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\caption{Case ({\it{iii}}): $\partial{}M^4{}'$ has one pseudoconvex and one pseudo-concave copy each of $V_0^3$ and $V_1^3$.}
\end{subfigure}
\caption{Schematic depiction of possibilities ({\it{i}}), ({\it{ii}}), ({\it{iii}}) for $M^4\setminus(V_0^3\cup{}V_1^3)$.}
\label{FigThreeCases}
\end{figure}
\underline{\it Proof in case ({\it{i}}).}
In this case since $M^4{}'$ has an entirely pseudoconvex boundary, with compact boundary components.
The fact that either $\pi_1(V_0^3)$ or $\pi_1(V_1^3)$ is finite contradicts Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm}.
\underline{\it Construction of the pseudoconvex manifold $M_\infty^4$}.
In cases ({\it{ii}}) and ({\it{iii}}) the manifold $M^4{}'$ does not have pseudoconvex boundary, because $\partial{}M^4$ contains pseudo-concave copies of $V_0^3$ and/or $V_1^3$.
To remedy this, we create a sequence of manifolds-with-boundary $M_0^4\subset{}M_1^4\subset{}M_2^4\subset\dots$ that exhaust the entirety of a new pseudoconvex manifold $M_\infty^4$.
Set $M_0^4=M^4{}'$.
To create $M_1^4$, start with one copy of $M_0^4$, and glue another copy of $M_0^4$ onto the matching boundary or boundaries created by the pseudo-concave copy of $V_0^3$ (in case ({\it{ii}})) or the matching boundaries created by both $V_0^3$ and $V_1^3$ (in case ({\it{iii}})).
The manifold $M_1^4=M_0^4\cup{}M_0^4$ still has pseudo-concave boundary components: in case ({\it{ii}}) it has a pseudo-concave copy of $V_0^3$ and in case ({\it{iii}}) a pseudo-concave copy of both $V_0^3$ and $V_1^3$ (see the second image of Figure \ref{FigBuildingMInf}).
The gluing occurs by matching boundary components precisely as they had been matched in the original manifold and therefore the new manifold remains analytic, and continues to have, for example, an integrable complex structure.\\
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(a) In cases ({\it{ii}}) and ({\it{iii}}) the boundary $\partial{}M_0^4$ has both pseudo-concave and pseudoconvex copies of $V_0^3$ and/or $V_1^3$.}} \\
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{M014Split.pdf} &
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(b) The manifold-with-boundary $M_1^4$ is created by gluing the pseudo-concave boundary components of $M_0^4$ to the matching pseudoconvex boundary components on another copy of $M_0^4$.
Certainly $M_1^4=M_0^4\cup{}M_0^4$ continues to have both pseudo-concave and pseudo-convex boundary components.
}} \\
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{MInf4.pdf} &
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i-1}^4$ to the matching pseudoconvex components of yet another $M_0^4$ to create $M_i^4=M_0^4\cup\dots\cup{}M_0^4$ (union of $i$ many copies of $M_0^4$).
Continuing indefinitely, we limit to $M_\infty^4=M_0^4\cup{}M_0^4\cup\dots$ whose boundary is now entirely pseudoconvex.
}} \\
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\caption{
Schematic depiction of the pseudoconvex manifold $M_\infty^4$.
} \label{FigBuildingMInf}
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For an induction process, starting with $M^4_{i-1}$ we attach a copy of $M_0^4$ to $M^4_{i-1}$ along the pseudo-concave copy of $V_0^3$ (or of both $V_0^3$ and $V_1^3$) to the matching pseudoconvex copy of $V_0^3$ (or of $V_0^3$ and $V_1^3$) of $M_0^4$.
Now we have K\"ahler manifolds-with-boundary $M_i^4=M_0^4\cup\dots\cup{}M_0^4$ (union of $i$ many copies of $M_0^4$), each $M_i^4$ created from $M_{i-1}^4$ by attaching one copy of $M_0^4$.
Picking any basepoint $p_0$, we now take a pointed limit in the Gromov-Hausdorff sense, and arrive at a K\"ahler manifold-with-boundary $M_\infty^4=M_0^4\cup{}M_0^4\cup\dots$.
This manifold has pseudoconvex boundary (the third image in Figure \ref{FigBuildingMInf}), but no pseudo-concave boundary components.
The new manifold $\partial{}M_\infty^4$ has exactly one pseudoconvex copy each of $V_0^3$ and $V_1^3$.
\underline{\it Proof that cases ({\it{ii}}) and ({\it{iii}}) cannot occur.}
By gluing to together copies of $M_0^4$, we have constructed the pseudoconvex manifold-with-boundary $M_\infty^4$ which has one pseudoconvex copy each of $V_0^3$ and $V_1^3$ on its boundary, and no pseudo-concave boundary components.
Both boundary components $V_0^3$, $V_1^3$ are compact, and one of the groups $\pi_1(V_0^3)$, $\pi_1(V_1^3)$ is finite.
This contradicts Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm} and concludes the proof of Proposition \ref{PropEssSepPseudo}.
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\noindent{\it Proof of Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs}.}
The hypotheses are that $(M^4,J,g)$ has pseudoconvex boundary or no boundary, and $V^3$ is a boundary component or else a compact embedded submanifold that is pseudoconvex with respect to one of its two normals.
We also assume the group $\pi_1(V^3)$ is finite.
If $V^3$ is a boundary component, then Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm} says it is the only boundary component and $\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))=\pi_1(M^4)$.
If $V^3$ is separating, then $M^4\setminus{}V^3$ has a component $M_0^4{}'$ on which $V^3$ is pseudoconvex.
In this case, Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm} provides the conclusion that $\partial{}M_0^4=V^3$ and $\iota_*\pi_1(V^3)=\pi_1(M_0^4)$.
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that $\pi_1(M^4)$ has a factor of $\mathbb{Z}$.
After removing $V^3$ we are left with a connected manifold $M_0^4=M^4\setminus{}V^3$, and the former submanifold $V^3$ becomes two distinct boundary components, one copy being pseudoconvex and the other being pseudo-concave.
For each $i\in\mathbb{Z}$ let $M_i^4$ be a copy of $M_0^4$.
Then gluing the pseudoconvex copy of $V^3$ in $M_i^4$ to the pseudo-concave copy of $V^3$ in $M_{i+1}^4$ and so on, we reach in the limit (a pointed Gromov-Hausdorff limit) the manifold
\begin{eqnarray}
M_\infty^4\;=\;\dots\,\cup\,M_{-2}^4
\,\cup\,M_{-1}^4\,\cup\,M_{0}^4\,\cup\,M_{1}^4\,\cup\,M_{2}^4
\,\cup\,\dots \label{ContructionOfMInf}
\end{eqnarray}
Each $M_i^4$ is a copy of $M_0^4$, and each gluing surface maps unambiguously to $V^3\subset{}M^4$.
Therefore we retain a map $M_\infty^4\rightarrow{}M^4$.
Each point within any $M_i^4$---in particular any point on any of the gluing loci---has a small neighborhood which is evenly covered.
Therefore this is a covering map.
The map $d:M_\infty^4\rightarrow{}M_\infty^4$ generates the deck group of this covering.
We have constructed a cover of $M^4$ with transitive deck group $\left<d\right>\approx\mathbb{Z}$.
Covering space theory now says $\mathbb{Z}\approx\pi_1(M^4)/\pi_1(M^4_\infty)$, which is the same as the existence of a short exact sequence $0\rightarrow\pi_1(M^4_\infty)\rightarrow\pi_1(M^4)\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow0$.
But $\mathbb{Z}$ is projective so this sequence splits.
We conclude that $\pi_1(M^4)\approx\pi_1(M^4_\infty)\rtimes\mathbb{Z}$.
Next we verify that neither $M^4$ nor $M_\infty^4$ has any boundary components.
Consider the pseudoconvex manifold $\dots\cup{}M_{-2}^4\cup{}M_{-1}^4\cup{}M_0^4\subset{}M_\infty^4$.
This has a boundary component that is a pseudoconvex copy of $V^3$.
Because $V^3$ has $\pi_1(V^3)$ finite, Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm} says this copy of $V^3$ is its \textit{only} boundary component.
If $M^4$ were itself to have a boundary component, this component would also be a component of the boundary of $M_0^4$.
Therefore $M_\infty^4$ would have additional boundary components.
We have just shown this is impossible, so we conclude $\partial{}M^4=\varnothing$.
Next we show $\pi_1(M^4_\infty)=\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))$.
Consider the inclusion $\iota_*\pi_1(V^3)\subseteq\pi_1(M^4)\approx\pi_1(M_\infty^4)\rtimes\mathbb{Z}$.
Because $\pi_1(V^3)$ is a finite group, its inclusion must be an inclusion into the subgroup $\pi_1(M_\infty^4)\times\{0\}$---to see this, note that it is impossible for any element $a\in\pi_1(V^3)$ to map to any element of the form $(b,n)\in\mathbb{Z}\rtimes\pi_1(M_\infty^4)$ where $n\ne0$, for any such element would be infinite cyclic.
This produces an inclusion $\iota_*\pi_1(V^3)\subseteq\pi_1(M_\infty^4)$ (simply by leaving off the ``0'' factor).
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ota_*(\pi_1(V^3))\subset\pi_1(M_\infty^4)$.
Letting $p:\widetilde{M_\infty^4}\rightarrow{}M_\infty^4$ be the universal cover, the pre-image $p^{-1}(V^3)$ has more than one component.
Referring to the construction of $M^4_\infty$, for any $k$ consider the submanifold
\begin{equation}
M_k^4{}'
\;\;\;\;=\;\;\;\;
\dots\cup{}M_{k-2}^4\cup{}M_{k-1}^4\cup{}M_k^4
\;\;\;\;\subset\;\;\;\;
M_\infty^4.
\end{equation}
The submanifolds $\dots\subset{}M_{k-1}^4{}'\subset{}M_k^4{}'\subset\dots$ constitute an exhaustion of $M_\infty^4$.
Also note that $M_k^4{}'$ and $M_l^4{}'$ are diffeomorphic, by the deck action $d^{l-k}$.
Because $M_\infty^4$ has no boundary, as we saw above, the submanifold $M_k^4{}'$ has precisely one boundary component, which is a pseudoconvex copy of $V^3$.
The pre-image $\widetilde{M_k^4{}'}=p^{-1}(M_k^4{}')$ has more than one boundary component (because the pre-image of its boundary $p^{-1}(V^3)$ has more than one component).
However, conceivably $\widetilde{M_k^4{}'}$ also has more than one component, so we cannot immediately apply Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm}.
So let $\gamma\subset{}M_\infty^4$ be a path that represents an element in $\pi_1(M^4_\infty)$ not in $\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))$.
There exists some $k$ for which the loop $\gamma$ is contained within $M^4_k{}'$.
We may move the basepoint to the boundary copy of $V_0^3$, so without loss of generality we may assume $\gamma$ lies entirely within $M_k^4{}'$ and its two ends both terminate on the same point of the boundary copy of $V_0^3$.
Now lift both $M_k^4{}'$ and the path $\gamma$ along $p$.
Then the lifted path $\tilde{\gamma}$ is entirely inside $\widetilde{M_k^4{}'}$, and
because $\gamma$ represented an element of $\pi_1(M_\infty^4)$ not in $\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))$, the path $\gamma$ no longer a loop but a path with distinct ends.
Because the basepoint in $M^4$ was originally on the boundary component $V_0^3$, the two ends of the lifted path now terminate on (the pseudo-concave sides of) two different boundary components.
Therefore at least one path-connected component of $\widetilde{M^4_k{}'}$ has two or more compact pseudoconvex copies of $V_0^3$ on its boundary.
These two boundary components are compact and have finite $\pi_1$, contradicting Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm}.
Therefore $\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))=\pi_1(M^4_\infty)$, as claimed.
We conclude that $\pi_1(M^4)\approx\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))\rtimes\mathbb{Z}$.
Finally we prove that if $V^3$ is non-separating, then $M^4$ is both complete and non-compact.
We have already seen that the K\"ahler manifold $M^4$ has no boundary, so it is geodesically complete.
Because $\pi_1(M^4)=\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))\rtimes\mathbb{Z}$ and $\iota_*(\pi_1(V^3))$ is finite, certainly $H_1(M^4;\mathbb{R})=\mathbb{R}$, so the first betti number of $M^4$ is one.
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manifolds.
This concludes the proof of Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs}.
\section{Boundaries, holomorphic submanifolds, and manifold ends}
In this section we prove the four corollaries, but first we require some information on neighborhoods of embedded holomorphic $\mathbb{P}^1$ submanifolds of non-negative self-intersection.
From the differentiable perspective such neighborhoods are completely canonical: an embedded $\mathbb{P}^1$ has a neighborhood diffeomorphic to its normal bundle.
The normal bundle is a complex line bundle over $\mathbb{P}^1$, and differentiably these are fully characterized by the self-intersection number of the zero-section.
But to apply our theorems we require more: neighborhood boundaries must have a sign on their Levi forms.
In the case of zero self-intersection, an embedded $\mathbb{P}^1$ has a neighborhood that is a holomorphic product of $\mathbb{P}^1$ with a disk in $\mathbb{C}$ \cite{Sav82}.
Certainly the boundary of such a neighborhood is Levi-flat and has the topology of $\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^1$.
In the case of \textit{positive} self-intersection the situation is known to be much more complicated: neighborhoods of $\mathbb{P}^1$ of positive self-intersection fall within an infinite-dimensional moduli space of complex structures \cite{Mish93}.
However all we require is pseudo-concavity, and pseudo-concave neighborhoods are indeed known to exist.
The following result, an important thoerem in its own right, we record for our purposes as a lemma.
\begin{lemma}[cf. \cite{AG62} \cite{Rossi64} \cite{Suz75} \cite{Sav82}] \label{LemmaPosCycle}
Let $(M^4,J)$ be a complex manifold and assume $\mathbb{P}^1$ is an embedded holomorphic $\mathbb{P}^1$ of positive self-intersection.
Then a neighborhood $\Omega$ of this $\mathbb{P}^1$ exists, whose boundary has negative Levi-form with respect to the outward pointing normal.
Further, $\Omega$ deformation-retracts onto $\mathbb{P}^1$, $\partial\Omega$ is diffeomorphic to a lens space, and we can make this neighborhood as small as desired: given any open set $\Omega'$ containing $\mathbb{P}^1$, we can assume $\overline{\Omega}\subset\Omega'$.
Likewise, if such a $\mathbb{P}^1$ has zero self-intersection, there exist a small neighborhood $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{P}^1$ with Levi-flat boundary and boundary topology $\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^1$.
\end{lemma}
{\it Proof of Corollary \ref{CorLeviFlatAndCycle}.}
The assumption is that $(M^4,J,g)$ has a compact Levi-flat surface $V^3$, as well as a $\mathbb{P}^1$ of positive self intersection.
If $\mathbb{P}^1$ and $V^3$ do not intersect, then using the metric we can build a small tubular neighborhood around $\mathbb{P}^1$ that does not intersect $N^3$.
From Lemma \ref{LemmaPosCycle}, inside this tubular neighborhood is a domain $\Omega$ containing $\mathbb{P}^1$ that is pseudo-concave and compact, and $\partial\Omega$ has finite fundamental group.
Thus $M^4\setminus\Omega$ has a pseudo\textit{convex} boundary component.
The boundary of $M^4\setminus\Omega$ is compact, pseudoconvex, and has finite fundamental group, so Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs} says $\pi_1(M^4)$ is finite.
Therefore $(M^4\setminus\Omega)\setminus{}V^3$ is disconnected (by an easy Mayer-Vietoris argument).
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and Levi-flat.
This contradicts Thoerem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs} and establishes the Corollary.
{\it Proof of Corollary \ref{CorCycsPseudo}.}
This corollary studies two possibilities: that a holomorphic embedded $\mathbb{P}^1$ of positive self-intersection exists, and that a holomorphic embedded $\mathbb{P}^1$ of zero self-intersection exists.
First assume $(M^4,J,g)$ has a $\mathbb{P}^1$ of positive self-intersection.
By Lemma \ref{LemmaPosCycle} we can place a sufficiently small neighborhood $\Omega$ around $\mathbb{P}^1$ so that $\Omega$ does not intersect $\partial{}M^4$ and so $M^4\setminus\Omega$ is still pseudoconvex.
The boundary component of $M^4\setminus\Omega$ corresponding to $\partial\Omega$ is a sphere or lens space, so has finite fundamental group.
Because there is one compact pseudoconvex boundary component with finite fundamental group, by Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs} this is the \textit{only} component of $\partial(M^4\setminus\Omega)$.
Therefore $\partial{}M^4=\varnothing$.
Still assuming $\mathbb{P}^1$ has positive self-intersection, assume $\pi_1(M^4)$ is not trivial.
Then the universal cover $\widetilde{M}{}^4$ of $M^4$ is non-trivial, so there exists two (or more) embedded holomorphic $\mathbb{P}^1$ submanifolds of positive self-intersection.
By Lemma \ref{LemmaPosCycle}, around these we can find non-intersecting pseudo-concave neighborhoods $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$ so that $\partial\Omega_1$, $\partial\Omega_2$ both have finite fundamental groups.
Then $\widetilde{M}{}^4\setminus(\Omega_1\cup\Omega_2)$ has pseudoconvex boundary and two of its compact components have finite fundamental group.
This violates Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs}.
To verify the second assertion, assume some $\mathbb{P}^1$ has zero self-intersection.
For a contradiction assume there is a compact boundary component $V^3\subseteq\partial{}M^4$ with finite $\pi_1(V^3)$.
By Lemma \ref{LemmaPosCycle}, $\mathbb{P}^1$ has a small neighborhood $\Omega$ that does not intersect $V^3$, and is Levi-flat and compact.
However because $\pi_1(V^3)$ is finite, the manifold $M^4\setminus\Omega$ violates Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs}.
This establishes the corollary.
{\it Proof of Corollary \ref{CorZeroAndPos}.}
The assumption is that $(M^4,J,g)$ is K\"ahler manifold, without boundary (not necessarily compact), that $N=\mathbb{P}^1$ has non-negative self-intersection, and that $N'=\mathbb{P}^1$ has positive self-intersection..
For a proof by contradiction assume $N\cap{}N'=\varnothing$.
By Lemma \ref{LemmaPosCycle}, $N$ and $N'$ have small, non-intersecting neighborhoods $\Omega$ and $\Omega'$; the boundary of $\Omega$ is Levi-flat and compact and the boundary of $\Omega'$ is compact, pseudo-concave, and has finite fundmantal group.
Therefore $M^4\setminus(\Omega\cup\Omega')$ has two compact pseudoconvex boundary components, one of which has finite fundamental group.
This violates Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs}, and establishes the corollary.
{\it Proof of Corollary \ref{CorEnds}.}
The assumption is that $(M^4,J,g)$ has $k$ many ALE ends and $l$ many ALF ends; apriori $k$ or $l$ might be infinite.
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aging of the second fundamental form, restricted to the distribution perpendiculat to the normal $\hat{n}$ and $J\hat{n}$).
Label these separating submanifolds $V_1^3,V_2^3,\dots$; there might be finitely or infinitely many of these.
Each $V_i^3$ separates the manifold into two pieces: a manifold end (with a single boundary component, which is pseudo-concave), and a manifold with a new pseudoconvex boundary component.
The boundary components $V_i^3$ are each quotients of spheres, so have finite fundmanental group.
If there are two such ends, then a component of $M^4\setminus(V_1^3\cup{}V_2^3)$ has two pseudoconvex compact boundary components with finite fundamental group, in violation of Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs}.
Therefore at most one such end exists, so $k+l$ is zero or one.
Next we suppose $(M^4,J,g)$ has an embedded holomorphic $\mathbb{P}^1$ submanifold with non-negative self-intersection.
By Lemma \ref{LemmaPosCycle} there is a neighborhood $\Omega$ so that $M^4\setminus\Omega$ has a compact, pseudoconvex boundary.
But then if $M^4$ has an ALE or ALF end, we can separate that end, and have a compact pseudoconvex boundary remaining, that is topologically either $\mathbb{S}^3$ or a Lens space so has finite fundmantal group.
There are now two compact pseudoconvex boundary components and one has finite fundamental group, contradicting Theorem \ref{ThmPseudoconvexSubs}.
Lastly if $k+l=1$, $\pi_1(M^4)$ is finite by Lemma \ref{lemmaFundGrpsAndParaThm}.
This establishes the corollary.
\section{Examples} \label{SecExamples}
\subsection{A K\"ahler surface with non-intersecting Levi-flat submanifolds}
A K\"ahler $(M^4,J,g)$ cannot have Levi-flat submanifolds $V_0^3$, $V_1^3$ with $V_0^3\cap{}V_0^3=\varnothing$ when either submanifold has finite fundamental group (by Theorem \ref{ThmLeviFlats}).
We give an example showing that if both submanifold have infinite fundmantal group, then two such submanifolds can exist.
Let $M^4$ be the complex surface $\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1$.
Giving this the usual product metric, this is a K\"ahler manifold.
Pick two points $p,q\in\mathbb{P}^1$, and consider the complex submanifolds $\{p\}\times\mathbb{P}^1$ and $\{q\}\times\mathbb{P}^1$.
Expand these into small neighborhoods
\begin{eqnarray}
\Omega_\epsilon\;=\;D_\epsilon(p)\times\mathbb{P}^1, \quad
\Omega_\epsilon'\;=\;D_\epsilon(q)\times\mathbb{P}^1
\end{eqnarray}
where the disks are defined as follows: Let $f:\mathbb{P}^1\setminus\{p,q\}\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$ be the harmonic function with a simple pole of $-\infty$ at $p$ and a simple pole of $+\infty$ at $q$.
Then define $D_\epsilon(p)=\{f<\log(\epsilon)\}$ and $D_\epsilon(q)=\{f>-\log(\epsilon)\}$.
Since $f$, interpreted as an extended real-valued function $f:\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1\rightarrow\mathbb{R}\cup\{-\infty,\infty\}$ is harmonic on one factor and constant on the other, it is pluriharmonic.
Consequently the boundaries $\partial\Omega_\epsilon=\{f=\log\epsilon\}$ and $\partial\Omega_\epsilon'=\{f=-\log\epsilon\}$ are both Levi-flat.
For all sufficiently small $\epsilon$ these neighborhoods are non-intersecting.
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\subsection{Levi-flat surfaces in $\mathbb{P}^2\#\overline{\mathbb{P}}{}^2$} \label{SubsecRationalExample}
In addition to the example in $\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1$, we give examples of Levi-flats within $M^4=\mathbb{P}^2\#\overline{\mathbb{P}}{}^2$.
This is a rational surface, and has holomorphic $\mathbb{P}^1$ submanifolds of self-intersection $+1$.
In $\mathbb{C}^2=\{(z_1,z_2)\}$ an example of a Levi-flat hypersurface is $\{Im(z_1)=\alpha\}$ where $\alpha$ is any fixed real number.
Embedding this into $\mathbb{P}^2$ by $(z_1,z_2)\mapsto[1;z_1;z_2]$ and then taking the closure produces a closed Levi-flat hypersurface $V^3_\alpha$, except that $V_\alpha^3$ has a singular point which lies on the ``sphere at infinity'' $\mathbb{P}^1=[0;z_1;z_2]$.
We examine how $V_\alpha^3$ interacts with the curves of positive self-intersection.
One easily checks that the $\mathbb{P}^1$ at infinity entirely lies within $V^3_\alpha$, which also contains the singular point.
The other rational curves of positive self-intersection are (closures in $\mathbb{P}^2$ of) the 1-dimensional subspaces within $[1;z_1;z_2]$.
Each of these intersects $V_\alpha^3$ either in a linear subspace and
lies completely within $V_\alpha^3$ (these are the various $\mathbb{P}^1$ given by $z_1=const$ where $Im(const)=\alpha$), or in a circle (these are the various $\mathbb{P}^1$ given by the linear subspaces of $\mathbb{C}^2$ \textit{not} of the form $z_1=const$), or only at its singular point (these are the various $\mathbb{P}^1$ given by any subspace of the form $z_1=const$ where $Im(const)\ne\alpha$).
The space $V_\alpha^3$ is foliated by the complex lines $z_1=const$, $Im(const)=\alpha$, and each of these intersects the singular point.
Next we look at the singular point more closely.
As usual there are three natural charts for $\mathbb{P}^2$.
We defined $V_\alpha^3$ in the chart $(z_1,z_2)\mapsto[1;z_1;z_2]$ with $V_\alpha^3$ being $\{[1,\alpha'+\sqrt{-1}\alpha;z_2]\}$, $\alpha'\in\mathbb{R}$, $z_2\in\mathbb{C}$.
In the chart $[z_0;1;z_2]$ the surface $V_\alpha^3$ appears as $Im(1/z_0)=\alpha$, which remains non-singular and in this chart is a copy of $\mathbb{S}^1\times\mathbb{R}^2$ (except for the case $\alpha=0$).
Finally in the chart $[z_0;z_1;1]$ the hypersurface $V_\alpha^3$ appears as $Im(z_1/z_0)=\alpha$, which is a complex cone at $(0,0)$.
Since $z_1/z_0$ is invariant under simultaneous multiplication of both variables, we see a foliation of this cone by complex lines.
The lines themselves are parameterized by $\mathbb{S}^1$: this is because with $Im(z_1/z_0)$ fixed, the complex line on which $(z_0,z_1)$ lies is determined by $Re(z_1/z_0)\in\mathbb{R}\cup\{\infty\}\approx\mathbb{S}^1$.
From the singular surface $V_\alpha^3$ we create a \textit{smooth} Levi-flat hypersurface which is diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^1$.
Blow up $\mathbb{P}^2$ at the singular point of $V_\alpha^3$.
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$\mathbb{S}^1$ (due to the fact that the complex lines of $V_\alpha^3$ passing through the cone point were paramterized by $\mathbb{S}^1$).
One can check on charts that the new hypersurface, which is now within $\mathbb{P}^2\#\overline{\mathbb{P}}^2$, is smooth.
Let $V_\alpha^3{}^*$ be this new, non-singular surface.
As we have seen, the intersection of the desingularized surface $V_\alpha^3{}^*$ with the exceptional divisor is a circle.
On $V^3_\alpha{}^*$ itself, the desingularization can be seen by removing a neighborhood of the singular point---the boundary of this neighborhood is a torus---and then gluing in a solid torus whose central circle is the intersection locus with the exceptional divisor.
The boundary torus is glued by a torus automorphism---the automorphism exchanges a diagonal circle with a contractible meridian and vice-versa---and so the desingularized surface has infinite fundamental group.
This surface continues to intersect every rational curve of positive self-intersection.
It is now foliated by curves of zero self-intersection.
The original singular hypersurfaces $V_\alpha^3\subset\mathbb{P}^2$, which are simply connected, are themselves of interest.
These all intersect every $\mathbb{P}^1$ of positive self-intersection, so each $V_\alpha^3$ obeys Corollary \ref{CorLeviFlatAndCycle}, even though they are not $C^2$.
The singular hypersurfaces $V_\alpha^3$ all intersect one another (along the $\mathbb{P}^1$ at infinity), so the conclusion of Theorem \ref{ThmLeviFlats} also holds for the surfaces $V_\alpha^3$.
In the future, one would like to extend some version of Theorem \ref{ThmLeviFlats} to the case of potentially singular Levi-flat surfaces, as singular Levi-flats seem to be plentiful.
A number of technical hurdles stand in the way, such as questions of internal topology, possible nodes or self-intersections, how the Levi-flat condition interacts with or persists across the singularity, and points of contact between submanifolds possibly being at singular points.
See \cite{N99} for additional examples of Levi-flat submanifolds in ruled surfaces.
\subsection{A scalar-flat 2-ended K\"ahler instanton as a Taub-NUT conformal transform} \label{SubSecTwoEnded}
Our final example shows that a K\"ahler 4-manifold, even a scalar-flat K\"ahler 4-manifold, can have two ends even if one end is ALE.
The classic Euclidean Taub-NUT metric of Hawking \cite{Haw77} is a startling example in a number of ways, one of these ways being that although K\"ahler itself, it is conformal to two very different K\"ahler metrics.
Normally it is impossible that a K\"ahler metric in dimension 4 be conformal to another K\"ahler metric, but here it is possible due to the unusually large number of complex structures the Taub-NUT metric is compatible with.
The classic metric is
\begin{equation}
g\;=\;\frac14\frac{r+m}{r-m}dr^2
+4m^2\frac{r-m}{r+m}(\sigma^1)^2
+(r^2-m^2)\big((\sigma^2)^2+(\sigma^3)^2\big)
\end{equation}
on $r\in[m,\infty)$ where $m$ is a constant, and $\sigma^1$, $\sigma^2$, $\sigma^3$ are the usual left-invariant 1-forms on $\mathbb{S}^3$ normalized in the usual way so $d\sigma^i=-\epsilon^i{}_{jk}\sigma^j\wedge\sigma^k$.
It is well known that this metric is hyperK\"ahler.
It is half-conformally flat, but in the usual orientation $\{dr,\sigma^1,\sigma^2,\sigma^3\}$ the ``wrong'' half: $s=0$ and $Ric=0$ but
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^+\;=\;\frac{8m}{(r+m)^3}
\left(\frac32\omega\otimes\omega
-Id_{\bigwedge^-} \right),
\quad\quad W^-\;=\;0 \label{EqnTaubNUTDef}
\end{equation}
(in those days physicists were seeking ``self-dual'' metrics).
The hyperK\"ahler structure is carried by three sections $\omega_1,\omega_2,\omega_3\in\bigwedge^-$ which dualize to compatible complex structures $I_1$, $I_2$, $I_3$ that obey the quaternionic relations (and give the orientation opposite to $\{dr,\sigma^1,\sigma^2,\sigma^3\}$).
However the metric (\ref{EqnTaubNUTDef}) is compatible with two additional complex structures, not related to $I_1$, $I_2$, or $I_3$, which we label $J^+$ and $J^-$.
Letting $e_1,e_2,e_3$ be the left-invariant fields on $\mathbb{S}^3$ dual to the forms $\sigma^i$, and given any function $f=f(r)$, let $J_f$ be the almost complex structure
\begin{equation}
J_f\;=\;
-f\frac{\partial}{\partial{}r}\otimes\sigma^1
+\frac{1}{f}e_1\otimes{}dr
-e_2\otimes\sigma^3
+e_3\otimes\sigma^2.
\end{equation}
In fact this is always integrable.
To see this, note that
\begin{equation}
\bigwedge{}^{0,1}=span_{\mathbb{C}}
\left\{\frac{1}{f}dr-\sqrt{-1}\sigma^1,\;\sigma^2-\sqrt{-1}\sigma^3
\right\},
\end{equation}
and then on the basis we compute
\begin{equation}
\small
\begin{aligned}
&d\left(\frac{1}{f}dr-\sqrt{-1}\sigma^1\right)
=2\sqrt{-1}\sigma^2\wedge\sigma^3
=-2\sigma^2\wedge\left(\sigma^2-\sqrt{-1}\sigma^3\right) \\
&d\left(\sigma^2-\sqrt{-1}\sigma^3\right)
\;=\;2\sigma^1\wedge\sigma^3
+2\sqrt{-1}\sigma^1\wedge\sigma^2
\;=\;2\sqrt{-1}\sigma^1\wedge\left(\sigma^2-\sqrt{-1}\sigma^3\right).
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
Therefore $d\left(\bigwedge^{0,1}\right)\subset\bigwedge^1\wedge\bigwedge^{0,1}$ so $J_f$ is integrable.
Then two complex structures compatible with $g$ are
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
&J^+\;=\;
-4m\frac{r-m}{r+m}\frac{\partial}{\partial{}r}\otimes\sigma^1
+\frac{1}{4m}\frac{r+m}{r-m}e_1\otimes{}dr
-e_2\otimes\sigma^3
+e_3\otimes\sigma^2 \\
&J^-\;=\;
\;\;\,4m\frac{r-m}{r+m}\frac{\partial}{\partial{}r}\otimes\sigma^1
-\frac{1}{4m}\frac{r+m}{r-m}e_1\otimes{}dr
-e_2\otimes\sigma^3
+e_3\otimes\sigma^2.
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
Their corresponding $(1,1)$ forms are
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
&g\left(J^+\cdot,\,\cdot\right)
\;=\;\;\;\,m\,dr\wedge\sigma^1+(r^2-m^2)\sigma^2\wedge\sigma^3\;\in\;\bigwedge{}^+, \\
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&g\left(J^-\cdot,\,\cdot\right)
\;=\;-m\,dr\wedge\sigma^1+(r^2-m^2)\sigma^2\wedge\sigma^3\;\in\;\bigwedge{}^-.
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
Using the facts that $d\sigma^1=-2\sigma^2\wedge\sigma^3$ and $d(\sigma^2\wedge\sigma^3)=0$ we easily compute
\begin{equation}
d\left(g\left(J^\pm\cdot,\,\cdot\right)\right)
\;=\;d\big(\log(r\mp{}m)^2\big)\wedge{}g\left(J^\pm\cdot,\,\cdot\right),
\end{equation}
so neither form is K\"ahler, but both are conformally K\"ahler.
Making the conformal change with factors $(r\mp{}m)^2$ gives the two new metrics
\begin{equation}
g^{\pm}\;=\;(r\mp{}m)^{-2}g.
\end{equation}
The corresponding forms $\omega^\pm=g^\pm(J^\pm\cdot,\cdot)$ are now both closed, so we have two new K\"ahler metrics $g^+$ and $g^-$.
Both are conformally related to $g$ so they retain half-conformal flatness.
In particular they are Bach-flat, so by Proposition 4 part (v) of \cite{Derd}, they are both extremal K\"ahler metrics.
The pair of K\"ahler structures $\{(g^+,J^+,\omega^+),(g^-,J^-,\omega^-)\}$ on $M^4$ is an \textit{ambiK\"ahler} structure; see \cite{ACG16}.
The metric $g^+$ has K\"ahler form $\omega^+\in\bigwedge{}^+$ and by Derdzinski's Theorem, Proposition 2 of \cite{Derd}, we have that $W^+=\frac{s}{12}\left(\frac32\omega^+\otimes\omega^+-Id_{\bigwedge^+}\right)$.
Therefore (\ref{EqnTaubNUTDef}) and the conformal invariance of $W^+$ shows that $s_{g^+}=\frac{96m}{r+m}$ and we see this metric is strictly extremal (meaning it is extremal but its scalar curvature is not constant).
Clearly $g^+$ is one-ended, as the conformal factor $(r+m)^{-2}$ is non-singular.
One easily checks $g^+$ is complete.
However, unlike the Taub-NUT, it is not ALF.
Asymptotically it is cusp-like: $g^+\approx\frac14r^{-2}(dr^2+(4m)^2(\sigma^1)^2)+(\sigma^2)^2+(\sigma^3)^2$, which as $r\rightarrow\infty$ approaches the metric product of a pseudo-sphere times a sphere (locally, not globally).
The $g^-$ metric is more interesting to us, as it is two-ended.
It has K\"ahler form $\omega^-\in\bigwedge^-$.
Since $W^-=0$, Derdzinski's theorem states $g^-$ is scalar-flat.
Alternatively, one could use the conformal change formulas to compute $s=0$.
In addition to $s=0$ and $W^-=0$, the conformal change formulas show
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
&Ric_{g^-}=4\left(\frac{r-m}{r+m}\right)^2\left(
-(\eta^0)^2-(\eta^1)^2+(\eta^2)^2+(\eta^3)^2
\right) \\
&W^+_{g^-}=8\frac{(r-m)^2}{(r+m)^3}\left(\frac{3}{2}|\omega|_{g^-}^{-2}\omega\otimes\omega
-Id_{\bigwedge^+}\right)
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
where $\eta^0=|dr|^{-1}_{g^-}dr$ and $\eta^i=|\sigma^i|^{-1}_{g^-}\sigma^i$ are unit 1 | 0.574325 | -0.0173 | 0.526645 | 2.595252 | [
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Home Android Samsung is working on Galaxy Fold with S Pen as per the...
Samsung is working on Galaxy Fold with S Pen as per the report
By Colin Newlyn
Samsung is on its way to prepare the second-generation version of the Galaxy Fold foldable smartphone. Right now, the first version is not available for the customers.
Now, the second generation will have the same technology which was known as in-folding. It will also have an 8-inch display with an S Pen. The organization has already made a request to the makers of the S pen partners. They suggested making all the proper parts of the S Pen, which will support the second Galaxy Fold. This was declared through South Korean tech news outlet.
The procedure of production will start in the month of August.
The report also informs that the second-generation Galaxy fold will be launched in the earliest portion of December. There will be a big commercial launch of the device in the year 2020.
The real version of the device has a sports display of 7.3 inches when it is opened. It also has a display of 4.6 inches when it is folded. This information was announced in an event in the US in the month of April. The launch was delayed because of the durability issue of the screen.
At that moment, Samsung has posted the main reason for postponing the launch of the device.
There were few problems with the display, which showed a bad impact on the bottom of the hinge. There was an object which affected the display of the screen. This was stated in a report.
They stated that:
"We will take measures to strengthen the display protection. We will also enhance the guidance on care and use of the display including the protective layer so that our customers get the most out of their Galaxy Fold."
According to the primary announcement, the organization has said that they will give a new date for the launch of the device. They have announced this fact on each and every event and occasion. The suppliers of the first-generation Galaxy fold have paused their service. That means that they will start their service after the organization announces its launch date. The company has scheduled the date of August 7 in South Korea for the launch of this device.
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Standing on the DJ Table: Tsuruda's Internet Slaps Vol.2
Ben Grenrock delves into the newest release from the L.A. beatmaker. Spoiler alert: It slaps.
By Ben Grenrock January 31, 2019
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Like each of the artists on the bill for Low End Theory's final beat scene bacchanal this past August, Tsuruda was included to represent a specific chapter in the story of L.A.'s influential, genre-breeding club night: the next one. TOKiMONSTA held it down for Low End's first generation of innovative producers, Tyler the Creator was the ambassador for all the young rappers who got their first big break at LET, the Glitch Mob represented the club night's IDM wing, and Taylor McFerrin was the soulful example of the jazz and jazz-inflected sounds that would often break up the procession of laptops across the Airliner's stage.
Tsuruda was there to show that the movement Low End Theory started wouldn't die with the beloved event; the movement would live on in the raw creativity of an ascendant generation of bass-loving, experimental beat makers who grew up as LET admirers and attendees. That's a heavy mantle to bear, but as Tsuruda's new record Internet Slaps Vol.2 demonstrates, it's one that he's more than capable of carrying into the future.
Released independently on January 19th, Internet Slaps Vol.2 holds nothing back, unleashing raw subharmonic fury swaddled in the meticulous sound design that has become one of the L.A.-based, Salt Lake City-bred producer's calling cards. As the record's name suggests, it's a compilation of loosies that fans on SoundCloud have been spent the last year or so clamoring to download, packaged alongside a sizable chunk of unreleased tracks. Yet even though Internet Slaps Vol.2 may not have been designed as a planned and plotted album, its excellent pacing and the cohesive aesthetic its songs share make it feel like so much more than a bunch of B-sides.
internet slaps vol.2 by TSURUDA
Across a shadowy spectrum of bass-centric genres Tsuruda infuses Internet Slaps with a dynamic push and pull between sludge and sparkle, a dance of light and dark that plays out on an expansive stage of sound, stretching from ultra low to brilliantly high frequencies. Two of the record's most visceral "slaps"—dubstep-rooted "Devilman," which is built around Japanese raps sampled from the Netflix anime Devilman Crybaby and "Ode to Losco," a maelstrom of juke, trap, and digital madness—both feature seemless transitions from ludicrously heavy sections to airy reprieves, allowing the listener to come up for breath at just the right, unexpected moment. Other cuts like "TS 146," or "Build A House" feature clever sections that put ethereal shimmer and bone-busting drums in direct conversation with each other.
The sonic variety Tsuruda employs within a given song extends to the album as a whole, doubling down on the producer's excellent sense for balance and showcasing his dexterity. "Apples" is a swaggering hip-hop beat through and through; "Jeffeson Park" delivers a megaton payload of halftime grime; bouncy house track, "Horchata" fits surprisingly well sandwiched between the brutal duo of "Devilman" and "TS 146." As punishing as Internet Slaps Vol.2 often is, Tsuruda's dedication to keeping his compositions diverse, both internally and collectively, negates the sense that the producer is just bludgeoning you over the head song after song. It keeps the album from stagnating and provides contrast that allows the heavy parts to hit as hard as intended.
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Юрий Владимирович Ломбах (7 июня 1921, Петроград, РСФСР — 27 января 1999, Москва, Россия) — советский военачальник, командир 39-й гвардейской мотострелковой дивизии. Гвардии генерал-майор. Участник Великой Отечественной войны.
Биография
Юрий Владимирович Ломбах родился 7 июня 1921 года в Петрограде. До войны окончил среднюю школу и Тамбовское авиационное училище Гражданского воздушного флота. Работал техником-геодезистом в Ленинградском институте «Гипролесхим».
Член ВКП(б) с 1944 года. В ряды РККА был призван Зиминским РВК Иркутской области и направлен на учёбу в Омское военно-пехотное училища имени М.В. Фрунзе. По окончании училища в 1942 году — на фронтах Великой Отечественной.
Во время войны командовал разведвзводом и разведротой. За невыполнение приказа по удержанию плацдарма на Днепре отправлен в дисциплинарную роту с лишением всех наград. Как искупивший кровью вернулся в строй. Далее был заместителем начальника штаба, исполняющим обязанности начальника штаба и начальником штаба 301-го гвардейского стрелкового полка 100-й гвардейской стрелковой дивизии. Воевал на Воронежском (1942—1943), Карельском (1944) и 3-м Украинском (1945) фронтах. Принимал участие в боях по освобождению Венгрии, Австрии и Чехословакии.
День победы встретил в Вене. Войну закончил в звании майора.
По окончании Великой Отечественной войны проходил службу в должности начальника штабе 100-й гвардейской воздушно-десантной дивизии, закончил Военную академию имени М. В. Фрунзе. С 1966 по 1967 год — командир 39-й гвардейской мотострелковой дивизии 8-й гвардейской армии в ГСВГ. С 1967 года проходит службу в штабе ГСВГ, затем — в Уральском военном округе в должности начальника оперативного отдела штаба округа. Преподаёт в Академии Генерального штаба ВС СССР, доцент кафедры стратегии и тактики.
Как начальник оперативного отдела штаба ГСВГ разрабатывал операцию по вводу войск в Чехословакию в 1968 году.
Смещён с должности и отправлен "в ссылку" начальником штаба Краснознамённого Туркестанского военного округа по пропаже секретной карты (предал сослуживец. Карта после нашлась).
После ухода в отставку вёл активную работу по военно-патриотическому воспитанию. Был заместителем председателя и председателем Совета ветеранов 100-й гвардейской дивизии ВДВ с 1991 года и до конца жизни. Являлся соавтором книги «Сотая Воздушно-десантная». В 1986 году создал военно-патриотический клуб «Лазурь» в городе Раменское.
Жил в Москве.
Юрий Владимирович Ломбах скончался 27 января 1999 года. Похоронен на Хованском кладбище.
Почётный гражданин города Олонец Республики Карелии и города Раменское Московской области.
Награды
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Q. 1(b) - No benefit even if no fee?
Q. 1(c) - Quantum of "Investment"
Assume that CRIC is majority (but not wholly) owned and controlled by Parent, a non-resident corporation, with the remainder of its shares being held by one or more persons at arm's length with Parent and CRIC. Forco is a CFA of CRIC that carries on an active business in a country other than Canada. A non-resident entity related to Parent lends money to Forco for use in its active business. The Forco debt is guaranteed by CRIC but no guarantee fee is charged or paid.
Assume that subsection 247(7.1) will apply so that there is no adjustment under subsection 247(2) for the nil guarantee fee.
Paragraph 212.3(10)(b) defines "investment" to include a contribution of capital to Forco by CRIC, which is deemed to include any transaction or event under which a benefit is conferred on Forco by CRIC. Does the provision of the guarantee by Canco for no fee constitute a conferral of a benefit so that there is an "investment" under subsection 212.3(10)?
Can the CRA comment on whether, and in what circumstances, it would consider the provision of the guarantee by CRIC for no fee not to be a conferral of a benefit for purposes of paragraph 212.3(10)(b)?
In brief, a guarantee made for no fee is considered to be an investment in the subject corporation (Forco) by the CRIC in these circumstances. Although this ultimately is a question of fact based on all the circumstances, CRA's analysis in this context is informed by the analysis that would apply in an analogous s. 15(1) situation. CRA considers for purposes of s. 15(1) that there is a conferral of a benefit by a corporation on its shareholder when the corporation guarantees debt of the shareholder for no fee. Similarly, there is considered to be a conferral of a benefit when the CRIC guarantees debt of a subject corporation for no fee.
If such guarantee does constitute an "investment", can the CRA comment on what the quantum of that "investment" would be? For example, would it be the NPV of an arm's length guarantee fee over the life of the loan?
CRA cannot comment on all the considerations respecting the measuremnt of a benefit, which would be based on the facts and circumstances of each case. However, it can be noted that s. 212.3(2)(a) deems a dividend to be paid at the investment time of the fair market value at that time of the benefit conferred. Such determination would be a factual one based on all the relevant circumstances.
If such guarantee does constitute an "investment", further assume that the resulting deemed dividend is reduced to nil by virtue of the PUC grind permitted under subsection 212.3(7). It appears that no PUC reinstatement would be permitted on the repayment in full of Forco's loan. There could therefore be multiple, cumulative PUC grinds arising as a consequence of future Forco loans guaranteed by Canco without a fee, even if only one such debt is outstanding at any given time. Can CRA comment on this apparent anomalous result?
CRA agrees that repayment of Forco's loan would not satisfy the tests in s. 212.3(9). However, it is possible that a subsequent distribution described in s. 212.3(9)(c)(ii) could reinstate a PUC grind resulting from such conferral of benefit to the extent that such distribution is in respect of the investment in Forco.
Assume that UK Parent owns US Parent, which owns US Holdco, which owns Can Sub. US Parent sells US Holdco. Assume further that US Holdco shares are "taxable Canadian property" within the meaning of subsection 248(1). If the Canada-US Treaty applies, Canada does not have the right to tax any gain on the disposition of US Holdco by US Parent. Paragraph 3 of Article XXIX-A of the Treaty (i.e., the LOB) reads in part "the benefits of this [Treaty] shall apply to that resident person [US Parent] with respect to income derived from [Canada] in connection with or incidental | -0.625511 | -0.299324 | 0.318673 | 1.190512 | [
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to that trade or business (including any such income derived directly by that resident person through one or more other persons that are residents of [Canada]…" Assume that US Parent is carrying on a business that is upstream, downstream or parallel to the business carried on by Can Sub.
Would the CRA consider the gain to be derived from Canada where Canada taxes the gain under domestic law, such that the Canada-US Treaty applies to exempt the gain?
This situation is similar to Q.4 of ITTN No. 41 (i.e., the value of the US Holdco shares - and thus the taxable capital gain - is derived from an active business in Canada that is parallel to the active business carried on by US Parent in the United States, so that such gain is derived in connection with US Parent's active business.) To the answer in that response, CRA would add that since the value of the shares of US Holdco is derived from taxable Canadian property, CRA would consider its value to be derived from the Canadian property for purposes of Art. XXIX-A, para. 3 as well.
Clause 90(9)(a)(i)(A) of the Act permits a deduction in respect of an upstream loan included in a taxpayer's income pursuant to subsection 90(6) or subsection 90(12). The amount deductible is the amount that the taxpayer can demonstrate can reasonably be considered to have been deductible by the taxpayer pursuant to paragraph 113(1)(a) in respect of the exempt surplus of a FA of the taxpayer at the lending time, assuming that the amount lent was instead paid by the creditor affiliate or partnership as a dividend. Subsection 90(11) provides that for purposes of subparagraph 90(9)(a)(i), surplus accounts are deemed to be the amounts determined under paragraph 5902(1)(a)(i) of the Regulations.
Assume that an indirectly-owned FA ("FA1") generates substantial exempt surplus during a taxation year and uses the resulting cash flow to make upstream loans to its Canadian parent corporation ("Parent") in order to avoid a high withholding tax cost that would apply if it had paid a dividend through the ownership chain to Parent. Assume further that neither FA1 nor any of the FAs through which Parent indirectly holds its interest in FA1 has a surplus account balance at its last taxation year end.
In calculating exempt surplus for the purposes of clause 90(9)(a)(i)(A) can Parent rely on the 90-day rule in paragraph 5901(2)(a) of the regulations?
S. 90(9)(a)(i)(A) refers to the exempt surplus of the affiliate in respect of the taxpayer at the lending time, and at the lending time there was not exempt surplus. In very general terms, the 90-day rule in Reg. 5901(2) effectively treats a dividend as being paid at a (subsequent) time at which, in fact, it was not paid. Thus, the 90-day rule does not act to change the actual surplus balances at an earlier juncture. Accordingly, the 90-day rule does not alter the fact that there is no accessible surplus at the lending time.
Subsection 90(6) applies at the time a creditor affiliate that is a FA of a taxpayer resident in Canada makes a loan to a specified debtor or when a specified debtor becomes indebted to the creditor affiliate.
If a loan made by a creditor affiliate to a specified debtor is interest-bearing, when is the amount of interest on the loan treated as indebtedness for purposes of subsection 90(6)? For example, if a loan provides that interest is payable together with principal on maturity of the loan, say after three years, would the interest be treated as indebtedness for purposes of subsection 90(6) when it accrued, when payment is due or at some other time?
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could apply if such interest was paid within two years, and that exclusion would apply to the interest which accrued in the second and third year if the loan was repaid at the end of the third year. Furthermore, if the interest accruing in the first year was paid on maturity of the loan at the end of the third year, a deduction would be available under s. 90(14).
In some FA groups, one entity in the group provides cash management services to the other members of the group, pooling cash balances received from group members and making advances to other members of the group, generally on a short term basis. The volume of transactions may be so great as to make tracing each amount impractical or impossible.
How should the back-to-back loan rule in subsection 90(7) be applied in these circumstances? Should loans that are repaid within two years be ignored for purposes of applying subsection 90(7)? What is the result if a loan to the cash manager is for longer than two years, but the loan by the cash manager to another affiliate is shorter than two years?
Answer not presented. See subsequent written response below.
Paragraph 95(2)(i) provides that any income, gain or loss of an FA debtor is deemed to be income, gain or loss from the disposition of excluded property if it arose on the settlement or extinguishment of certain debts. The provision requires, generally, that all or substantially all of the proceeds of the debt must be used at all times to earn income from an active business carried on by the debtor or to acquire property that is excluded property at all times that the debt is outstanding.
In many cases, there is a short period of time after money is borrowed and before it can be employed in the business or to acquire excluded property. This period may be as little as a day in some cases. Would earning interest on the borrowed money for such a period of time cause this provision to be inapplicable (for example, interest on a bank account or term deposit)?
This general situation was addressed in 95-5293. CRA accepts that there may be a brief period of time before funds are deployed to acquire excluded property (or property used to earn income in an active business of the debtor). Conversely, there may be a brief period before proceeds are applied to the debt repayment. Accordingly, the holding of such funds does not automatically deny relief under s. 95(2)(i)(i). However, the delay in the application of the funds must be unavoidable. If it is determined that other factors (such as cash flow problems, or unfavourable prevailing interest or exchange rates or a desire to make an investment return) contributed to the delay in repayment, it is likely that the provisions of s. 95(2)(i) would not apply on the repayment of the debt.
In other circumstances, the borrowed money may be used to acquire property such as shares that does not qualify as excluded property for a very short period of time. Immediately after the acquisition, the taxpayer takes steps to ensure that the shares qualify as excluded property by, for example, disposing of non-qualifying assets.
Would this cause this provision to be inapplicable?
CRA assumed that the question arose in the context of a sale to an arm's length third party, as related parties generally could structure their affairs so that the issue did not arise.
In such a context, non-qualifying assets could be identified during the due diligence process preceding the acquisition. Such assets might be disposed of before the acquistion – or immediately after the acquisition. If the non-qualifying assets were disposed of following the acquisition, their holding would not deny relief under s. 95(2)(i)(i) only if their disposition occurred immediately, i.e., on the same day as the acquisition.
When a partnership in which a Canco is a member receives a pre-acquisition surplus dividend from a FA, there is no immediate reduction to the ACB of the shares of the FA. Rather, the amount is treated as (i) additional proceeds of disposition for Canco under subsection 92(4) when Canco disposes of the partnership interest or (ii) a deemed gain for Canco under subsection 92(5) and (6) when the partnership disposes of the FA shares.
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View from the top: Andy Day, Sainsbury's CDO
Data and analytics articles23 Nov 2017by David Reed, DataIQ
Andy Day, chief data officer at Sainsbury's, is number one in this year's DataIQ 100. David Reed caught up with him to find out what impact his star status has had.
DR - You are number one in the 2017 edition of the DataIQ 100. What impact has that had - if any - since we announced it in February?
AD - It has undoubtedly given me an extra degree of recognition, particularly in the analytics space. Perhaps they take me more seriously? It certainly has led to different types of conversations where people - especially on the supplier side - know that I understand what they do, so the conversation starts from a higher level, rather than them giving me the 101 first.
Given that I had just started in a new job, it has given me credibility that I might have taken longer to earn. I also have personal pride from it - it is nice to be recognised.
Sainsbury's has also benefited from the fact that I am in the DataIQ 100 and so is our head of information management, James Morgan. That helps when it comes to recruiting because candidates have heard about us and know what we are doing. The downside is just how many phone calls I got offering me a job! The DataIQ 100 is doing a great job for recruiters…
DR - So what has 2017 been like for you?
AD - There have been three parts to it. Firstly, it has very much been a learning year. I am in a new role in a business that is new to me and which is on a big scale with lots of complexity. I still refer to myself as the new boy, not least because I was just at a weekly team stand-up where somebody was recognised for their 35 years at Sainsbury's.
Secondly. we have made good progress on getting the business ready for data and analytics. There is a perfect storm now with activities like machine learning and artificial intelligence coming into common parlance. The chief executive of Argos [which Sainsbury's acquired a year ago] is doing a distance learning course on automation at Stanford University and two other managers are doing data science Masters at MIT. Senior people get the data issues and want to drive changes with it.
Thirdly, we have started to deliver value out of the Data Centre of Excellence. That is important because this is a big organisation that wants to know how to do things better. We still have some work to do on building the team - rather than bringing in 50 new people on day one, we have been steadily bringing them onboard, training and inducting them. But that is starting to pay off.
DR - What is your perspective on the data industry broadly and also the mood among chief data officers?
AD - I would never say it is easy, but there are three fundamental jobs the CDO has to do. The first is to provision the business with data that is trusted and accessible. The second is to put governance around the data to ensure it is used in the right way. That is not necessarily the job for the CDO - our data governance manager works for the company secretary and we have a number of data councils. The customer one looks after marketing data, there is a colleague data council that works with HR, and there is a product data council that sits in the commercial team. The third job of the CDO is to provide insight and analytics.
You have to move forward on all three fronts, not just one of them, otherwise the business will tell you to get back in your box. You also have to hold the ring between those who want to do clever things like AI and machine learning and those who just want the data to be right.
That is why the CDO has to be somebody of seniority in the organisation with the ability and resource to do the job. The more senior you are, the easier it is to get things done.
DR - And what is your outlook for 2018?
AD - I am an eternal optimist, my glass if half full. There is a lot of opportunity around what data can do for the organisation and we have to continue to deliver value to our stakeholders. There is legislation coming over the hill, of course, but that is not a threat, it is about doing the right thing from your customers' perspective. If you are serious about doing the right thing and looking after your customers, you are in | 0.429139 | -0.101459 | 0.686428 | -0.1383 | [
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Can Trump Bring Jobs Back To America?
Posted on December 16, 2016 by Chris Niccolls
(Previously Published in AndMagazine, 11/21/2016)
During an election, politicians make promises. But after the election, we find out what truly matters. Their track record gives us clues, but, as pundits have pointed out, President-Elect Trump lacks a track record. He's never been elected or worked in government. But he was a very public businessman for decades. He even wrote a book. (Well, 20, but "wrote" may be an exaggeration.)
Trump's promised to bring jobs back to America. We already know that he is offering business incentives to create jobs and guidelines to reign in outsourcing. But how exactly will this work? Let's break down the issues…
Where are we today: Millennials are leaving college with graduate degrees, but working in Starbucks. Coal miners want America to reopen mines in this economically devastated region. But American's don't want to burn coal. Besides, in areas like Kentucky, coal is just the crisis that followed the collapse of the Tobacco industry, years earlier. Manufacturing has shrunk to just 8% of the economy, as work moved to offshore factories offering cheap labor.
The problem that Trump will face is that today's employment problem was yesterday's employment solution. Tobacco farms and Coal mines have closed because both industries produced damaging, dangerous products. Tobacco use is way down, and so too is lung cancer. Fewer coal mines mean fewer coal mine collapses and deal coal miners. But that doesn't compare to the deaths from "black lung disease" in coal workers, and other ailments from the pollution caused by coal use. Most people complain when someone smokes next to them. Imagine having a coal powered electric plant opening down the block from your home.
Problem or solution: Outsourcing cost American jobs, but it also lowered the cost of… everything. Walmart once led the charge for offshoring, reducing costs by introducing America to products that were made in China and elsewhere. Back in 2010, an analysis of Walmart concluded that all of these outsourced products saved the average American family $2,500 to $3,000 every year. In the poorest areas in America, Walmart has replaced the hardware store, department store and local grocer. "Un-outsourcing" Walmart be hurt all consumers but will be devastating to small towns in poor states, where Walmart has the highest sales.
By the 1980's America had moved from a nation of factories to a nation of service providers. The service industry has both low paying (fast food, taxi drivers, hotel clerks) and well-paying jobs (financial analysts, lawyers, doctors, accountants). Graduating students want the high paying jobs. Or should I say need, if they ever want to pay off their student loans? Yet, these graduates are also consumers, who want more efficient, more digital services. Look at the apps on your phone. You can scan checks, pay for purchases, book vacations, etc. These functions were once jobs. As apps become more powerful and more connected, more jobs disappear. Automation and Artificial Intelligence have replaced more jobs than outsourcing.
The dealmaker: How will "Art of the Deal" Trump fix the problem? Apparently, the President-Elect is… making deals. Before the Election, Ford Motor Company announced the move of some manufacturing from Kentucky to Mexico. After Trump spoke with the Chairman of Ford, the work will remain in Kentucky. It's hard to say how many jobs this saves or if it is only a temporary fix, but it creates credibility for Trump, which will fuel more dealmaking.
Apple Inc., for example, has been making noises about being open to moving iPhone manufacturing to the USA. Does Trump have an app for "opportunity knocking"? Apple could start reshoring (moving work back onshore) the iPhone tomorrow if they want to. But there will be a cost. Literally.
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Related Categories: International | Drug War
5 Whistleblowers Of Many Who Have Exposed The CIA Role In Cocaine or Crack Distribution
by SNS
Friday Jan 15th, 2016 10:07 AM
The government's war on drugs is full of hypocrisy and lies. With the right hand the ATF and others conduct raids on drug dealers. With the left hand, the CIA for 50 years has sold drugs in order to fund black ops and to have an army of addicts willing to do anything for a fix.
5 Whistleblowers Of Many Who Have Exposed CIA Role In Cocaine or Crack Distribution
I Sean Penn
His interview in Rolling Stone about his conversation with El Chapo is linked below.
On Sunday Jan 18, 2016 60 Minutes of CBS will feature an interview with Sean Penn. and Monday the next day the entire interview with Charlie
Rose will be broadcast on Mr Rose' PBS show. Sean Penn has said his intention was to start a discussion about the 'war on drugs' in the US.
II Gary Webb of the San Jose Mercury News
Gary Webb in 1996 published the article Dark Alliance, about the CIA's role in creating a crack epidemic in the US., targeted toward black communities.Many say that Gary Webb, the San Jose Mercury reporter, was murdered, although the movie Kill The Messenger leaves it up to the audience. Why? The Congress had been opposed to the Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, CIA plans to create and fund an army of 'freedom fighters' in Nicaragua. Tens of billions of dollars of crack cocaine was distributed. The CIA created an army of addicts in the US in order to attempt to destroy socialism in Nicaragua through an illegal war. It was Operation Guido or Guns In, Drugs Out.
CIA connected media, the Washington Post, L A Times and New York Times, Nightline of ABC and Dateline cooperated in the CIA attempt to destroy Gary Webb. The Times printed news of his one time affair during his marriage. The San Jose Mercury News caved to the pressure. Webb had been held at gunpoint at least twice. He was followed. To protect his family, he had to move out. Illegal search and seizure occurred. As late as 2014 the Washington Post was attacking Webb and defending its sleazy crime.
Before his death, Gary Webb wrote a book, Dark Alliance, defending his reporting.
III Narrator Elizabeth Montgomery
Eight years before Gary Webb, in 1988, Elizabeth Montgomery, Star of Bewitched and daughter of former Screen Actors' Guild president Robert Montgomery, had narrated the film Coverup about G H W Bush's role in drug distribution. Bush had been for 1 year the head of the CIA and after that had been a link between Reagan and Oliver North. A 2 hour show by NOVA also focused on this topic.
IV 50 Years Of Drug Dealing By The CIA. The CIA airline Air America was used to transfer heroin from Southeast Asia to the US. The FBI followed Dick Gregory around the country as he reported that cocaine was secreted in the coffins of returning dead soldiers and that Jim Jones was part of a Vacaville prison (California) behavior modification study designed to observe how street people with no support system could be programmed.
V The Bush family fought the publication of James Hatfield's book, Fortunate Son, which reported on G W Bush's cocaine habit. They were successful in retracting the entire first printing. But James Hatfield got another publisher. He, a Texan, was found murdered in an Oklahoma motel room. The authorities ruled it a suicide.
Libertarians, conservatives like William F Buckley, and countless others have advocated an end to the trillions of dollars spent in phony wars on drugs.
Sean Penn article on El Chapo
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/el-chapo-speaks-20160109
Charlie Rose Show
http://www.pbs.org/charlierosetheweek/home/
Huffington Post on the movie Kill The Messenger which is about Gary Webb, whistleblower reporter
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Exchange, Bartolotta Catering and Events at The Italian Community Center, Bartolotta Catering and Events at The Peck & Bushel Barn, Bartolotta Catering and Events at Downtown Kitchen
Licensed Locations – Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport Restaurants (Northpoint, Bartolotta's Pizzeria Piccola, and Nonna Bartolotta's & Nonna's To-Go)
Activation – Results when a physical card is applied to a check during a visit to a participating location.
Registration – Results when a guest adds Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to the account for a physical card received during a visit to a participating location or applies PII to a virtual account.
Transaction – Any visit to or purchase at a participating location that is eligible to receive points.
Single-use - A reward in which any unused value is forfeited.
Multi-use - A reward in which any unused value remains in account for later redemption.
Holidays - Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, July 3rd and New Year's Eve
Earning Bartolotta Rewards: Members earn ("Reward Points") after activation by making qualifying purchases at participating locations. Points will automatically convert to ("Reward Dollars") after registration and only after meeting the qualifying threshold of points, which can be redeemed for food and beverages as described below. Qualifying purchases include dine-in food, beverages and gift cards purchased by the member at a participating location. Points will not be earned for any taxes, gratuities, orders placed on third party curbside or delivery platforms, delivery charges paid, for the redemption of gift cards, retail merchandise, offsite catering purchases, purchases that have received another promotional offer, or for purchases made with Reward Dollars. The Bartolotta Restaurants in its sole discretion may also award Rewards Program Members discounts, enhanced earning ability, free food items, or other benefits based on a Member's specific behavior, or as a surprise and delight ("Discretionary Awards"). Rewards and other benefits accumulated under the Rewards Program are promotional and have no cash value.
"Hurdle Rate:" Except as described below, all members earn 1 point for every $1 spent on qualifying purchases with no more than 5,000 Points earned in one day. Fractions of one dollar are rounded on a half-to-even basis. Once a member earns 250 Points ("Hurdle Rate"), the member will earn $25 Reward Dollars which are a multi-use Reward. The Hurdle Rate and the Rewards Program earnings rate are subject to change at any time and at The Bartolotta Restaurants sole discretion, with or without direct notice. Any revised Terms of Use will be posted on the Sites and effective once posted. In addition, The Bartolotta Restaurants may, in its sole discretion, periodically test different Hurdle Rates, Rewards Program levels, reward structures, or earnings rates, or other benefits in one or more markets with or without notice, and may terminate such test programs with or without notice.
The Rewards Program: Beginning October 2, 2019, The Bartolotta Restaurants Guest Loyalty Rewards Program was updated. Rewards Program benefits are subject to change at any time in The Bartolotta Restaurants sole discretion, with or without notice. In addition to accruing Points and earning Reward Dollars, members will receive the following:
Rewards and Benefits:
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offer. Double Points are not eligible to be earned on Saturdays, Holidays, for carryout or curbside orders, for third-party delivery orders, for ticketed or special events, and or for gift card purchases. 5,000 Point maximum earned per day.
Reward Dollars: A multi-use reward that will be issued after complete registration and only after a member earns 250 Points ("Hurdle Rate"). The 250 points will be deducted from the Reward Points balance and $25 Reward Dollars will be added to the Reward Dollars balance. Reward Dollars are valid for dine-in only redemption at participating locations.
Birthday Reward: Members will receive a single-use $20 Birthday Reward issued the 1st day of their Birthday month to expire the last day of their Birthday month. Valid for dine-in only redemption at participating locations. Not eligible to be redeemed on Saturdays, Holidays, for carryout or curbside orders, for third-party delivery orders, for ticketed or special events, and not eligible to be redeemed with the Wine Reward or the Registration Reward. If registration occurs in the month of your birthday the Birthday Reward will be issued the 1st day of the next month to expire the last day of the month it was issued in.
Wine Reward: Members will receive a single-use $25 Wine Reward issued January 2nd of each year which will expire December 30th of the same year. Valid for dine-in only redemption at Fine Dining and Casual locations on bottles of wine 750 mL or more. Not eligible to be redeemed on Saturdays, Holidays, for carryout or curbside orders, for third-party delivery orders, half-price wine nights, for ticketed or special events, and not eligible to be redeemed with the Birthday Reward or the Registration Reward.
Dine Around Reward: Beginning January 2, 2020, members can earn up to an extra $100 Reward Dollars each calendar year for dining in Fine Dining locations each year with a minimum spend of $100 during a single visit on food and beverage only at each location after discounts, redeemed gift certificates, and before tax, and gratuity required. Ticketed, special events, curbside pickup, and delivery are not included. You will earn $20 in Reward Dollars for dining in a total of three different Fine Dining locations, receive another $30 in Reward Dollars when you have dined in a total of six different Fine Dining locations and receive another $50 in Reward Dollars when you have dined in all 8 Fine Dining locations.
Double Point Days: Two Double Point days in a calendar year. Receive Double Points on dine-in food and beverage purchases at Fine Dining and Casual locations only. Rewards account must be provided during visit to earn the Point multiplier for that day. Double Points are not eligible to be earned on ticketed or special events, discounts, and or gift card purchases. 5,000 Points maximum earned per day.
Refer a Friend Reward: Refer friends to join Bartolotta Rewards and receive 50 extra points. Points will be awarded after friend is fully registered and has achieved 1 transaction with a minimum spend of $25. (Friends must not be currently enrolled in Bartolotta Rewards). Maximum of 250 points will be awarded per year.
Member Pricing Exclusive: TBD
Discretionary Awards: Bartolotta Rewards reserves the right to create additional promotions or on an as-needed basis with specific restrictions to apply.
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Benefits or discounts will expire as indicated in the accompanying communication.
Earned Points and Earned Reward Dollars: Expires after 18 months following a member's last transaction at a participating location if no further transactions have occurred.
Registration Reward: $10 Registration Reward will expire 60 days after the date of registration.
Birthday Reward: Expires 11:59 pm CST the last day of the month it was issued, unless the last day of the month falls on a Saturday or Holiday in which case it will expire the day before the last day of the month.
Wine Reward: Expires at 11:59 pm CST on December 30th of the year it was issued.
Dine Around Reward: Visits will reset to zero visits after 11:59 pm CST on December 30th of each year.
Welcome Back Reward: $10 Welcome Back Reward will expire 30 days after the date of issue.
Request for points to be added after purchase: Eligible points will be added for visits less than 90 days from the date of original receipt. Request can be made at https://www.bartolottas.com/rewards/add-points
Maximum Redemption: A maximum of $250 in Reward Dollars per table may be redeemed in one day.
Discounts: Certain discounts and special purchases cannot be combined with Bartolotta Rewards. The Bartolotta Restaurants reserves the right to refuse to permit Bartolotta Rewards to be redeemed in connection with discounted items.
Sweepstakes, Contests, and Other Promotions: The Rewards Program may offer sweepstakes, contests or other promotions that may have rules or their own terms and conditions. Members are required to read those rules and terms and conditions, and to agree and accept to be bound by them in order to participate.
Lost Rewards Card/Unauthorized Card Use: Report a lost Bartolotta Rewards card or any unauthorized use of your account to the Rewards Program by sending an email to [email protected]. The Bartolotta Restaurants will not be responsible for Bartolotta Rewards or other benefits redeemed by an unauthorized user of the Rewards Program Card.
Account Closure: The Bartolotta Restaurants will close a Member's Rewards Program account in its sole discretion after 24 months with no activity.
Suspension/Termination/Deletion of Membership: The Bartolotta Restaurants reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend/terminate/delete a membership in the Bartolotta Rewards Program in the event of any suspected misconduct. If The Bartolotta Restaurants concludes in its sole discretion that the Member has engaged in misconduct or that their account has been compromised, it may terminate the membership, including but not limited to terminating the Member's ability to redeem Bartolotta Rewards and/or other or benefits earned or received in connection with their membership in the Bartolotta Rewards Program.
Modification of Terms of Use: The Bartolotta Restaurants reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify at any time these Terms of Use. Any such changes are effective immediately upon being posted on any of the Sites and the Member's continued enrollment in the Rewards Program and/or use of the Sites confirms that they accept the changes and agrees to be bound by them.
Termination of Rewards Program: The Bartolotta Restaurants reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate or change the Rewards Program at any time. If the Rewards Program is terminated, Members will no longer earn Bartolotta Rewards or receive other benefits associated with the Rewards Program. Unless otherwise provided in writing by The Bartolotta Restaurants, any unused Reward Dollars or other Rewards Program benefits will expire upon termination of the Rewards Program, and Member's Rewards Program Points will be set to zero.
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About SOIL
SOIL Advisory Board
Lifesaving Sanitation Access
Waste Treatment and Transformation
Join the SOIL Team
Become a SOIL Cultivator
Wait List for SOIL Toilets in Cap-Haitien Grows to Over 575 Families
Leah Nevada Jean
In October last year, SOIL and our partners at re.Source Sanitation launched a new project to build toilets throughout the Shada neighborhood of Cap-Haitien. In exchange for a small monthly user fee, SOIL regularly picks up toilet wastes and delivers them to a SOIL compost site for safe treatment. This is a revolutionary test of a new social business model for sustainably providing complete sanitation (toilets and waste treatment) that has the potential to significantly increase sanitation access in impoverished urban communities around the world.
Potential customers in this pilot project are offered two different toilet options: a private household toilet or a communal toilet where up to four families share a key to a semi-private toilet. There are now over 2,500 people accessing a SOIL toilet through this system. Monthly toilet user fee payments of approximately $5 USD per toilet began in June 2013 and early results give a promising indication that families are willing and able to pay for sanitation services.
From toilets, to waste treatment, to compost production, to increased agricultural yields and reforestation: SOIL's full cycle approach to ecological sanitation.
Prior to SOIL providing sanitation services in these communities, the majority of people did not have access to sanitation and were forced to practice open defecation or use "flying toilets" (plastic bags often thrown into waterways or the ocean). Now SOIL's customers are reporting that they are very happy with their new toilets and they also report feeling safer (as they do not need to go out at night to find a place to go to the bathroom) and healthier.
SOIL believes that this low monthly user fees can cover the full cost of waste collection and toilet maintenance at a low break even point, but one of the most critical tests of whether this scale up of sanitation services will work is whether or not people are willing to pay for sanitation services. The exciting news from the Cap-Haitien SOIL Sanitation Team this week is that demand for toilets continues to greatly outpace supply. The wait list for SOIL toilets in Cap-Haitien is currently over 575 families long and more and more people are signing up everyday.
SOIL hopes to build 3,000 household and communal toilets around Cap-Haitien over the next three years – providing sustainable sanitation access to more than 22,000 people! Overtime as the monthly toilet fees cover the costs of waste collection, we plan to spinoff this component of our service to sanitation-sector social entrepreneurs that can help ensure that SOIL's toilets are there for the long-term while also providing stable economic development in the community and producing hundreds of thousands of gallons of rich, organic compost for agriculture and reforestation.
It's pretty amazing what can be accomplished with a toilet!
Monthly toilet user fees cover the critical costs of the service and provide a potential pathway to solving Haiti's long-term sanitation crisis, but we still need to fund the initial costs of the toilet to get people started in the program. We also have a lot of expansions to our waste treatment in the works… Individual donations complement SOIL's grant funding to enable us to dream big and to respond to needs on the ground in Haiti.
Photo Updates from Cap-Haitien
(Check out the photos below or visit SOIL's Flickr page to see the full slideshow.)
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Past blog posts About SOIL's Sanitation Social Business:
SOIL Launches the Household Toilet Project, October 31, 2013
Bringing the Toilets Home, November 8, 2012
New SOIL EcoSan Models Being Tested, September 4, 2013
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Mousetrap (fiction)
See all of Mousetrap, there is 1 more in this node.
See also: mouse trap for trapping mice
Do you really want to send Pandeism Fish a message saying you like their work?
(fiction) by Pandeism Fish Tue Oct 11 2011 at 20:16:42
The last thing Lola remembered she'd been screaming at that stupid waitress in that new bar on Fifth, who'd brought her the wrong drink. "Dumbfuck whore" she'd called that ditzy little bitch, before hurling her glass against the bar. They kicked her out -- that was a joke, fine with her, because the man who'd been buying the drinks was ready for fun. Into the next alley over they'd gone, laughing, and oh yes, he'd done her good up against the wall, dress hitched up, one leg wrapped around him. She picked his pocket as they climaxed together, then they stumbled their different ways, and as she'd made her way down familiar backstreets, darkness had engulfed her.
Lola woke in darkness. Hard surface, dark and wet, funky smell. Not the first time for that. She groped for her purse, found her little flashlight, turned it on. Ugh, looked like an underground tunnel. Like a sewer system. She wasn't sure what sewer, or how she'd gotten into one, and she didn't much care. She was immediately pissed and confused and wanted to get out. Tried her phone. No connection.
She dug into her bag -- the slick black wallet she'd purloined was still there. He'd've taken it back if he was the one who dumped her here. That was all she remembered. Maybe it was the whore waitress, or that bouncer she might've kicked on the way out. Maybe it was some other guy she'd-- but then she heard a noise, like a sudden, harsh whisper. She turned her flashlight to make the beam chase it down the tunnel. "Somebody? Hello, anybody? Can you hear me?" She heard another noise in the distance, high pitched, voicelike. "HEY!! Somebody'd better get me the FUCK outta here. NOW Goddamnit!!" Only her own echo returned to her. Okay, she was underground somewhere. Walk around enough, she'd find a way out. Then she'd raise some holy hell.
The corner of her eye caught movement, somebody ducking down into a tunnel, almost looked like a kid in a hoodie. She dug a can of mace out of her purse and followed, stalking purposefully along the ledge abutting the stream of filth that ran through the tunnel, building up a head of anger to pitch out at them when she finally caught the son of a bitch. There was light from an opening in the wall up ahead. Not sunlight. Maybe a flashlight. She turned through the opening and into a space, seeing more clearly that the light came from a passageway beyond the space. Sounds and shadows moved there.
"Hey, fucker!!" she shouted, stepping into the passageway. She found herself facing a mouse. For a moment she felt completely disoriented, because the mouse looked at the same time right in front of her face, and yet several feet away. Then she realized this feeling of distorted perspective was because of the size of the thing. It had to be four, maybe five feet long. It sat up, staring right into her eyes. It jumped. Lola's screams filled the tunnel as she stumbled backwards, running into something soft and fur-covered, tripping, falling. Not simply a giant mouse, a nest. A big, writhing mess under and now over and all around her body. She kicked and screamed, push her way back from the descending wall of massive claws and eyes and teeth.
The can of mace was still in her hand. She pushed the button, and horrible hisses and screeches erupted around her, deafeningly. Something swatted the can away from her. Claws or teeth, she didn't know what, gripped her wrists, her thighs, her neck. She let out one last horrified scream, sure the mice were out for blood, that now they'd tear her limb from limb, b | -0.631503 | -0.900975 | -1.717928 | -0.84506 | [
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All around the walls were dotted with openings, at least two dozen. One at each end was like a regular hallway, high enough for a person to walk through standing up straight. The rest were holes three or four feet around. Occasionally those gigantic mice darted in and out, taking no notice of her, going from one hole to another as if they were messengers carrying out their assignments. But then she saw that others were indeed taking notice. Two of them were sitting a few feet away, looking at her. One of the mice ran to the far corner, stopping halfway to look back at her and motion with its head for her to follow. And she saw that there was something of a bathroom set up -- a sink and toilet, a showerhead set in the wall.
Tentatively, Lola walked to the sink and turned the knob. Fresh water flowed out -- smelled okay. Tasted clean. Really clean, like not even tap water but fresh spring water. She drank deeply, splashed her face. She looked back for a moment. Three giant mice were standing, staring attentively, almost expectantly. She realized that they didn't look all quite the same. The one who'd pointed her towards the bathroom setup was brown with a patch of black on the center of his back. He was a bit bigger, and stood a bit farther forward than the others. She decided he must be in charge. The other two were a dark gray, one ever so slightly more so. One of them was pink at the tip of its nose. She eyed them warily for a moment, but then shrugged off momentary thoughts of fear and embarrassment. If they were going to hurt her, they would have already. And, hell, they were just mice, probably didn't know titties from tails.
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was plucked out of the trash somewhere. Apples and pears. Fresh lettuce, plump ripe tomatoes, carrots and radishes and sticks of celery. A tin of oatmeal cookies.
She glanced up at Fred. For a moment she couldn't muster the will to speak at all, but she cleared her throat and the words came out. "Can I get a knife?"
Fred stared back, blankly. She rolled her eyes for a moment. "Knife?" she tried again, this time holding a tomato and making a cutting motion. Fred's nose tilted down ever so slightly and then, then he shook his head. Was he answering her question? Or was it simply some instinctive movement.
"I'm going to call you Fred, okay?" Fred cocked his head to the side. "So Fred, do you-- do you understand me? You understand English?"
He continued to stare unmoving for a moment. And then, unquestionably, he nodded. "Holy shit," she murmured -- he understood. Then, suddenly, he turned and darted out one of the tunnels, leaving her to be watched by the two gray mice -- Pinky, she decided, for the pink-nosed fellow, and Jack for the other, since it was the first thing she could think of. She sat on the edge of the bed, eating a makeshift salad of bits of vegetables wrapped in a lettuce leaf, then a pear and a few pieces of a cookie. Then, overcome, she slept.
She awoke the next morning to breakfast in bed. A tray with pancakes topped with butter and syrup, strawberries and orange slices, next to scrambled eggs, and a thermos of orange juice. Now she was restless. Metal thermos because they didn't want her having glass, nothing she could make a weapon of. Lola had never been in prison, but she'd spent a night here and there in jail and had learned some things talking to those who'd been.
She realized that the clothes she'd worn yesterday were nowhere in sight. Presently, Fred returned. With her purse, to her surprise. She took it, poured it out on the bed. Some things were gone, the mace, naturally, and her taser, and a switchblade knife she kept for real pinches. Her money was there, for what good it would do, and that guy's wallet, now equally useless to her. Her cellphone -- she immediately flipped it open and tried to make a call, though she was completely unsurprised at the lack of a signal. No lighter, no matches, no cigarettes, none of her little airplane bottles of Jack Daniels for when she could really use a drink. Just money and makeup and hairbrushes and other trivial bullshit. Breathing a heavy sigh, she scooped her things back into her purse and tossed on the night table.
Fred was still there, watching, along with two new mice, one a lighter brown and the other tan and white. "So what's the deal Fred? Am I gonna get out of here?" Fred's response was to hold forth a paw. Something shiny dangled from it -- a thick gold necklace with a jeweled pendant hanging from it. Looked real. More than real, it looked priceless, like something from a pirate's treasure chest. Lola wasn't sure, but she thought this might be intended as something in the way of compensation for her imprisonment. Fred turned towards one of the tunnels and made some noises -- puppylike, almost -- and several mice came out of the tunnel, pulling something. It was a rolling TV stand, with a television set on it. The moved it to the middle of the room, facing the bed. A coil of wire dropped from the ceiling -- Lola noticed for the first time that there were a few tunnels going into the roof of the room as well -- and one of the mice busied himself with attaching things to the TV. Fred brought her a remote control. The TV worked fine. Basic cable, she guessed. The networks, news channels, cooking shows, the usual sort of thing. Fucking giant mice had cable. How did they pay the bill? No, probably they were stealing it.
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The offerings continued. Sparkling jewels, delicious food. Then, a few days later, Fred entered carrying something shiny and round and golden in his mouth. Lola tilted her head a bit trying to make out the shape-- a big piece of jewelry, and roundish, or was it a bowl? No it was -- Fred placed the object on the end of the bed and then he and the other mice there bowed before her, so deeply that their noses touched the ground -- it was a crown!! The mice were bringing her a crown!! At last she understood everything, the food the gifts: they'd brought her the to reign over them, to be their mouse Queen. While the rest of the mice remained bowing, Fred and another mouse placed the crown on her head. The crown was followed by a bottle of wine -- Lola was no wine freak, but she could tell it was pretty good stuff, and the first alcohol she'd had in weeks. They supplied a glass as well, and she poured and drank. For a brief moment, perhaps halfway through the bottle, it occurred to her that this was the first time they'd brought her anything glass -- a wine bottle and something to drink it from, too.
Suddenly, as she was finishing the last sips of the bottle, a dozen or more mice scurried in and formed two rows along either side of the largest of the round holes, one directly across from the bed. They bowed their heads towards the corridor. And then he came out. A mouse larger than any she'd yet seen, easily six feet long from toes to nose, and half that again with his tail stretched out behind him. A crown sat atop his head as well, matching the one she now wore, but even without it there would have been something.... regal.... about him. She heard a rustling behind her and glanced to see Fred and Gilbert, patting down the pillows on the bed, smoothing the surface of the comforter. She gulped. Hard. She knew what was to come, but even if she hadn't it would have become immediately apparent. The King reared up on his hind legs; with one paw, sweepingly gestured towards the bed. She was now their Queen; and she had a purpose to fulfill.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, Lola found herself overcome with a strange sense of wonderment. She was only a little bit afraid, but not disgusted by the prospect; indeed, she could not help experiencing an tingling of excitement. She was the mouse Queen, and her King was to have her!!
Wordlessly, she slid her robe from her body and lay on the bed. The King climbed over her, gently nudging the side of his head along her body as he did. She touched him. His fur was soft, and he had a musky scent, almost sweet. She felt the paws of other mice gently parting her legs. She offered no resistance at all. She was already moist with arousal. And then the King entered her, slowly, gently. The size was just right -- bigger than most men she'd been with, and in whom she'd often felt a bit of disappointment, but not so big that it hurt, something she'd experienced once or twice before as well. Indeed, she felt filled up, almost perfectly so, by the thickness and the length of his sexual organ.
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held him, held her King, stroked his fur as she would for a friendly kitten sharing her bed. And then he was gone, back down the tunnel, presumably to return to the task of commanding his kingdom.
After that, much the same ritual was repeated, to her delight, every three to four days. Once or twice in between she even found herself masturbating to the thought of his sleek, furry body above her, his perfect penetration of her. After several encounters, she thought to try something new; getting on her hands and knees, spreading herself open and offering herself to him from this different position. He accepted, mounting her from behind and filling her every bit as pleasurably. And another time, as her King thrust from above her, she whispered in his ear, "can I-- can I be on top?" With a grunt of assent, he rolled onto his back, carrying her upwards. And then she was in control, then she was the Queen, doing the fucking for her King, pleasuring him with thrusts of her hips which carried both of them to ecstasy.
Lola woke in The Chamber, feeling quite nauseous. Pregnant, she knew it right away. Not the first time, but the one before had been quickly fixed at the abortion clinic. This time, there was no such option. The Queen would bear the child of her King. A royal heir, she thought with sparkling visions, she was to give birth to the heir to the throne!! She laughed, and found herself unable to stop laughing, but didn't care, for she was their Queen and to be the mother of their Prince, and she was Lola, Queen of the Mice....
As months had gone by, Lola's belly had swelled with pregnancy, and she didn't much get out of bed anymore. The King came infrequently, stealing moments from his assuredly busy schedule to see to her progress, but irregular as his visits were, he always nuzzled and stroked her hair, or held her hand in one strong and regal paw while with the other he touched her belly, to feel their baby kick -- and what an active baby it had gotten to be!! She took care to be pleasant to her King, naturally. But she there was no need to express such affection to any of his-- of their-- subjects (except for Fred, who seemed to have an instinct for avoiding her displeasure). On this day, as with those preceding, she wanted pistachio ice cream. Oh, it wasn't always ice cream, sometimes Lola found herself wanting pickles, or salmon, or hot meatballs, needed her feet rubbed and her hair brushed, desired to have this movie or that added to her selection.
Pinky, who had been the first mouse to happen by when she was in her demanding mood, rushed back with her ice cream, but it wasn't fast enough. The ice cream was half melted. Lola scowled and hurled her thermos at Pinky, then her brush, her food, her plate. She had, after all obtained royal status amongst the mice, and they'd damn well better treat her as befits their Queen!! Pinky fled to try again while lesser mice cleaned up the mess. Finally Pinky returned with ice cream still frozen. "Well?" Lola cried, "feed it to me!! Do you expect me to do everything around here myself." Pinky obeyed while Lola watched episodes of I Love Lucy until at alast her eyes fluttered shut.
Lola awoke one morning to the groggy realization that no mouse was there. No one was watching her. In fact, none of the mice were anywhere to be seen, not scurrying through the tunnels or even casting distant shadows. "Fred?" she asked aloud, then hollered several times to no avail. She awkwardly pushed her heavily-laden form out of bed, put on a pair of slippers, and relieved her bladder before deciding to trudge towards the hole in the center of the round wall, the one from which her King always emerged. Nobody, not a sound. It was dark there, she needed a light. Her flashlight was long gone, but she remembered her cellphone still sat in her purse, unused for many months. She turned it on, and found power enough to cast a faint light. As she began to make her way down this new corridor, she heard a noise, far ahead. I | 1.10165 | -0.776526 | -1.026803 | -0.61744 | [
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October and November have been busy months. At the end of October we had a 4 gig weekend, starting with the Ceres Fruit Growers awards evening at Waverley Hills on 30 December, the Mayoral Golf Day on the 31st of October in the afternoon at Ceres, the Castle Rock Beer experience that same evening at Olive Rock and the Beer Fest at the Winterberg inn the following morning on 1 November.
It was action packed and very rewarding.
The next weekend in November, we had a double feature on Saturday 8 November, starting with a fund raiser in the Breerivier Valley and then a wedding at Olive Rock for a Johannesburg bride who was particularly complimentary of the group.
This weekend (28 and 29 November) the band will be performing on both nights at the "Gydosig Liggiesfees" and had to turn down two weddings on account of having been booked already.
They will have three gigs next week on 5 December in Stellenbosch and 6 and 7 December at Klondyke Cherry Festival.
There is a wonderful, post tour vibe amongst the group and they are all very bonded in deed.
It is so great to see this group grow in confidence, stature and become empowered, thanks to the support and generosity of so many people.
Today we got to take our newly branded new trailer on its debut trip to a performance in the CTICC in Cape Town. What a pleasure and what a great gig. Traveling will be a lot easier now.
Thank you to the wonderful people, largely South African and Zimbabwean, in Dubai who so warmly supported us with enthusiasm, encouragement and generosity.
I have so much gratitude to all that made this dream come true. Firstly to Charles Banks who sponsored our travel and accommodation. This was an enormous gesture of kindness,, compassion and caring for the less privileged in our area and we will be eternally grateful. We are grateful to every single person who contributed, be it simply buying a CD, or putting some coins in our busking box and to those who were more generous. I am particularly in awe and grateful to our children, who, along with their friends and colleague's contributed more than half of the monies raised for this amazing opportunity. Your caring, energy and support of us an our endeavors are simply "lump in the throat stuff" and we are eternally grateful to you all.
We are already busy with phase 2 of this project where we are planning to hire a premises in Wolseley town, source more instruments and get the next wave of youngsters trained in playing marimbas. We plan to establish the amaWolseley Cultural Association and start this with a marimba school and grow from here. You have all assisted us in achieving a dream thought impossible by many and have given us the tools to take this forward and to be able to leave a legacy of empowerment, and to be able to "Heal the world, one beat at a time". Words cannot express our gratitude to everyone.
The headmaster of Wolseley Sekonder, where the kids attend high school asked if the children could play at morning assembly so we were up early Monday and once again loading the instruments.
The band played the three songs that their peers knew best - Waka waka, Mamma Mia and Fireworks. They literally brought the house down and the rest of the children could not stay in their seats - they were up dancing and cheering and it was so good to see the positive effect that this band has had on their community, thanks to this wonderful opportunity that has been afforded them by the very kind and generous Charles Banks.
The plan is now for forge forward and implement phase two where we will secure a second set of marimbas, find a venue in Wolseley and employ the current band members to teach the next wave of marimba players. We fully believe this is possible. To this end we have already a applied for NPO status and submitted a business plan to get this program going.
Home COming: We love you south africa.
We arrived home late on Saturday afternoon, tired but happy. Cherryleigh's family was there to meet her and had space for another two passengers. The rest of us piled back into the double cab with trailer, but we needed to tie some of the instruments on the roof to make space for two who had to travel in the back. Before we hit the R300, we had | 0.786624 | -0.236316 | -0.432054 | -1.289894 | [
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5 sleeping band members and this was the case all the way to Wolseley. We dropped the kids off with some very happy parents and there were some very emotional reunions.
A good nights sleep was on the cards for all. The next day was Sunday and I believe most slept through that too.
All good things must come to an end at some point and it was now 6 am and "time to say goodbye". We were humbled and warmed by the kindness, warmth, hospitality and support from all the expats living in Dubai. You really made our trip very special and something for us all to treasure for ever. A big thank you from Paul, Peppi, Jemile, Emilda, Gavin, Gersh, Jay-Brian, Cherry-leighAshley.
Today we were all spoilt rotten by the wonderful Dubai hospitality from the expat South Africans and Zimbabweans.
We were invited by Hugh Born for a ride on his boat. We arrived at the home of Hugh and Lynn Born who live on the Palms in Dubai and half the group went on the boat ride to the Burj al Arab which is the only 7 star hotel in the world. The other half of the crew were able to take kayaks and row out on the water in front of their lovely home.
After an exhilarating morning on the water another very special person in Dubai invited us to lunch at her home. Sue Fletcher is from Zimbabwe and open her home to a hungry group of children and spoilt us all rotten. They swam and washed off the salty sea water from the Arabial Gulf.
It was now time to prepare for our evening concert at the Fridge. It was still beastly hot and we made the mistake of packing the instruments into the transport a couple of hours before the show which resulted in the drum skin going soft and some of the notes going flat. I don't think the audience noticed a thing though. Robyn had done an amazing job of securing us this venue and gathering so many people to come and enjoy the show. There was even a lady who had been in Dubai for 12 years, but had attended school in Wolseley. The band once again gave a sterling performance and got their first standing ovation. There were people in the audience who came and said how the band had made them homesick for South Africa. We were once again very proud of them.
We still had another treat lined up for the day and that was a delicious meal at Nando's. This was arranged by Michelle, a friend of Robyn's who is marketing manager for Nando's. This is like no Nandos I have ever experienced. It was out on the terrace near the Dubai Mall and whilst we were served the most delicious treats, from starters to mains and deserts, we had a view of the beautiful musical fountains. We had been spoilt with the most amazing Dubai hospitality and kindness from start to finish and our trip was about to end. It was now time to go home and once again wrap our instruments for travel. This process takes quite a while and it was after midnight before we went to bed, but some of the youngsters never slept at all. We had to get up at 4.30 am in order to get everyone up, packed and off to the airport for our flight home. The children were now quite hyped up about being reunited with family and friends. We have been exceptionally blessed by everyone in Dubai - extremely grateful.
Robyn had secured a rental and together with her Xtrail, and Paul driving, we navigated the streets of Dubai and got to see the Dubai Mall with its aquarium and famous shops. Needless to say no shopping was done by the SA crew with our week currency. They got to see the Buri Khalifa which is the highest building in the world. We then proceeded to another shopping center which was slightly more affordable and let the crew loose for a little shopping to buy gifts for family back home. We made them lunch at the Villa and suggested that the rested to get over a bit of jet lag before. They had a surprise waiting - a desert safari. Paul and I were not booked on this as we were going to have dinner with our daughter and her boyfriend Mark. This was to be the only time we had together and it was priceless.
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Q: Abnormal execute result while using signal in multiprocessing.Pool? I am using multiprocessing to process many files. In order to handle ctrl-c in cmd and quit graceful I add signal to each process.But it is not acting as my expect.
sample code:
import multiprocessing
from multiprocessing import Pool, Value
from time import sleep
import signal, sys
def f(x):
p = multiprocessing.current_process()
if exit_flag:
s = '%s outer exit' %p.name
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
return
for i in range(10):
if exit_flag:
s = '%s inner exit' %p.name
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
break
s = '%s --- %s' % (i, p.name)
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
sleep(1)
if exit_flag:
s = '%s --- %s final exit' % (i, p.name)
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
def handler(signum, frame):
global exit_flag
exit_flag = True
def attach_signal_handler():
global exit_flag
exit_flag = False
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, handler)
signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, handler)
if __name__ == "__main__":
# attach to main
attach_signal_handler()
# change to size = 2, range(6), make result more readable
size = 2
pool = Pool(size, attach_signal_handler)
for i in range(6):
result = pool.apply_async(f, (i,))
pool.close()
pool.join()
if result.successful():
print 'successful'
When I press ctrl+c , it will print something like below.
0 --- PoolWorker-1
0 --- PoolWorker-2
1 --- PoolWorker-1
1 --- PoolWorker-2
(press ctrl +c)
PPoolWorker-2 outer exit
oolWorker-1 outer exit
PPoolWorker-2 outer exit
oolWorker-1 outer exit
successful
inner exit and final exit not printed ,why?
what I expect is something like below (order maybe different, just for example):
0 --- PoolWorker-1
0 --- PoolWorker-2
1 --- PoolWorker-1
1 --- PoolWorker-2
(press ctrl +c)
PoolWorker-1 inner exit
PoolWorker-1 final exit
PoolWorker-2 inner exit
PoolWorker-2 final exit
(first two processes end at this point)
PoolWorker-2 outer exit
PoolWorker-1 outer exit
PoolWorker-2 outer exit
PoolWorker-1 outer exit
(other four precesses end)
successful
A: Your other conditions are not evaluated, after you hit the first "if exit_flag:", because you have return statement, as in this code:
if exit_flag:
s = '%s outer exit' %p.name
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
return
for i in range(10):
if exit_flag:
s = '%s inner exit' %p.name
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
break
s = '%s --- %s' % (i, p.name)
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
sleep(1)
if exit_flag:
s = '%s --- %s final exit' % (i, p.name)
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
You can simply move the return at the end:
if exit_flag:
s = '%s outer exit' %p.name
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
for i in range(10):
if exit_flag:
s = '%s inner exit' %p.name
sys.stdout.write(str(s)+'\n')
break
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How Europe and America Lost Turkey
A Japanese diplomat once replied to an American counterpart asking him about the principles of the Japanese foreign policy by pointing, "Your country may be based on principles, ours is based on archipelago". Geographic boundaries are rarely elastic, even when socially constructed. Cultural boundaries may seem more elastic, but like the physical ones, they too are rarely prone to fundamental changes. More importantly, the latter often determine the perception of the former. In "The Revenge of Geography" Robert Kaplan argued in a powerful way that ignoring geography may be a fatal mistake that could prevent us from understanding the nature of many political conflicts. What he ostensibly omitted from his paradigm is the difference between physical and human geography. A cursory look would show that when the two overlap, greater stability ensues. But when they don't, a search of identity could take many paths, not all of them leading to stability.
Turkey is a case in focus. In a striking similarity, its territory resembles an animal with a tiny head stationed right over the European border, and a huge fat body laying across Asia and the Middle East. Its 80 million strong population is predominately Muslim, mostly Sunni, its culture, language, history, even cuisine standing in sharp contrast with the cultural boundaries of Europe. Yet, since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the country's leaders have strived to bring the physical boundaries of the country within Europe, and overlay a Western social and political blanket over the Turkish cultural identity. But despite the best efforts of the guardians of the Kemalist visions for reforms, this cultural identity remained over the decades skin-deep. Now, the most powerful man in Turkey, the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is about to scrap it altogether.
Last weekend's referendum is momentous in that respect. With a thin majority of 51.4% of the voters, or about 1.2 million vote difference, the president opened the route to changing the 1982 constitution of the country – an amended version of previous constitutions that engendered the spirit of Kemalism, to destroy its basic principle of governance that lays within the sovereignty of the Grand National Assembly – the unicameral parliament – and to pass a radical constitutional changes that would take the power and sovereignty from the legislative branch, put it in the hands of all-powerful president, and would abolish the constitutional checks and balances over the office of the president. In effect, starting from the next presidential term in 2019, the future holder of the office will become a kind of a neo-sultan in all but name. Almost undoubtedly, this person will also be the current president, Erdogan.
This dramatic political transformation seems to be done against the wishes and hopes of the West. But it is with this same West, and its decades-long political short-sidedness, that a large portion of the blame for the current situation lies. Even more, it was the West – used here as an aggregate term to denote the European Union and American political elites – that enabled and even encouraged the process, which now resulted in the drastic retreat of Turkey from democracy, and its dramatic sliding towards authoritarianism-cum-Islamism.
When Ataturk began the radical reforms to implement his vision for Turkey as modern, secularist, in effect European country, with romanized alphabet, Western political system of institutions, radically new economic and administrative systems, and even new Western clothing code, he de facto had to destroy in rather brutal way centuries old political, cultural ,and religious traditions that had served as a basis for the dominant social order. He also gave up on the historical legacy of the Ottoman empire, and denied the Muslim world its spiritual center - the Caliphate, sending in 1924 the last caliph in exile. By all accounts, his six arrows of reforms – republicanism, secularism, nationalism, populism, statism, and reformism – were as radical as they were painful for large segments of the society. With the help of repressions and political purges, he installed the new social system and forced down a new political and cultural identity, despite the inner desires of many Turks. His chances for success, with or without the use of his iron fist, were shaky from the start, and there is little doubt that they would have imploded into a quick reversal in the years after his death. What saved them was the outbreak | 1.668695 | 1.229873 | 0.927371 | 1.466257 | [
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of the World War II, the ideological fallout between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the crucial geopolitical role Turkey was about to play in the upcoming Cold War. Kemalist republicanism, with its "arrows", survived not because of the forced modernization from inside, but because of the Truman Doctrine and the necessity to turn Turkey into the most powerful military counter-weight to the Soviet Union outside North America in the fringes of Europe.
While the United States, purely geographically, remained not just far away from Turkey but also liked it this way, Europe never really tried to come any closer, either in political or cultural aspect. At least not in any genuine way. It never embraced Turkey as a European state, just like it never embraced Russia as such, either. Both shared the same geographical idiosyncrasy, only different in scale: small heads in Europe, and huge bodies in Asia. Both experienced late modernization, and top-down Westernization, only to be rejected as non-European by the core of Europe. Both have seen the rise of strong man in the recent decades – the all-but-in-name tsar Putin in Moscow, and now the all-but-in-name sultan in Ankara (or rather Istanbul-Ankara, as Erdogan was also a long time popular mayor of the most populous city in Turkey in the 1990s). Both were also stung by the West's false promises and empty rhetoric: Russia was praised as a democracy under Yeltsin, but apart from being squeezed out of its role as a superpower, it got little recognition, help or support in its attempts to join the West, while finding itself surrounded by NATO. Turkey was promised European Union membership as far back as 1987, only to be jumped by 13 states, 12 of which Eastern European, including neighboring Bulgaria, as well as Romania Cyprus and Croatia. Even after Turkey's formal application process began in 1999, European political pundits and self-appointed guardians of the spirit of the European Union, like the former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, unabashedly rejected any possibility for such membership.
But while Turkey's European Union membership had appeared stillborn from the get-go both to Turkish political elites, and to their European counterparts – a hypocritical game of politics that served narrow political interests on both sides – it made possible the radical changes inside the country that have led to the current reversal of the political system, and the subsequent slide to dictatorship. Ironically, this regression was enabled by the accession criteria process itself, the so-called Copenhagen Criteria, which primary goal was the guaranteeing of a deeper level of democratic consolidation, greater individual and religious freedoms, economic liberalization and guaranteeing of stronger human and civil rights, protection of minorities, and stronger democratic institutionalism.
The official negotiations for EU membership, which started in 2005, pushed among other things for radical reforms in the military, bringing it under civilian leadership. This highly autonomous political force in the country was largely responsible for safeguarding the principles of Kemalism, and for decades was a staunch sentinel of secularism, at the cost of course of frequent coups d'etat and repressions, all five in total since the 1960s. The autonomy of the military and its anti-democratic role for safeguarding a founding principle of democracy – secularism – is perhaps one of the biggest paradoxes, not just in the Turkish history, but also for the practical implementation of the democratic theory itself. It was largely necessitated, however, by the discrepancy between professed cultural and political values, and the latent preferences that lied hidden beneath the mantle of secularism. The transformation of the role of the military, required by the EU and strongly encouraged by the Bush Administration's push for global democratization, destroyed the single force in the country that kept the dormant eruptive power for reversal towards Islamization and single-person authoritarianism in the country.
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the country from taking a permanent hold, despite the deep roots of his party, and himself, with a core base of religious conservative constituents, who hiding for decades their true cultural and religious preferences, had brought him to power with the hope of bringing religion back to politics. Deep down, it appears, Erdogan knew that neither Europe will ever recognize Turkey as one of its own, nor Turks will actually become "true" Europeans. The political identity of the Turkish state was never European enough to be accepted by Europe proper as such, nor internalized enough to lead to radical cultural transformation inside the country. Instead, this apparent discrepancy between professed identity, and hidden core values that lingered for decades since the forceful westernization of the country under the Kemalist doctrine had led to a latent but potentially explosive tension that boiled up to the surface with Erdogan's rise to power.
Being a shrewd politician and visionary – what he undoubtedly is – Erdogan had quickly recognized the window of opportunity for him to transform the country that was laid open by the Bush' Doctrine for blind push for democratization around the world at all cost, and the right requirements for democratization and socio-political restructuring embedded in the Copenhagen criteria. His first priority, no doubt, was the military. For as long as the military was not tamed down, his vision for the transformation of Turkey into a regional powerhouse, and regaining the role of a world center of Islam, was impossible. The global changes, with the ill-conceived American-led war on terror, the actual wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the rise of Russia as a counterweight to the American global supremacy, gave Erdogan the necessary opportunity to grab the moment and carve a niche for Turkey as a regional power center.
As the Arab Spring turned into an Arab Winter, and the Syrian conflict loomed large as the greatest humanitarian crisis since the World War II, Erdogan used the geographical position of his country to turn a disaster into a weapon. By controlling the flow of refugees towards Europe as a destabilizing power, and a boogie-man for many European constituents and politicians – either genuinely frightened or opportunistically xenophobic – he established a powerful counter-weight to Europe's strong hand in keeping his regime afloat: the economy. Europe is by far the largest economic partner for Turkey, and flow of European money is largely responsible for the Turkish economic wonder over the past decade and a half that delivered the real power behind Erdogan's rule. Rural Turkey became a high-quality substitute for the Chinese workshops needed by the European economies. Turkey's covert support for ISIS for quite a while gave the country a seat at the table for the future of Syria and Iraq, while also helped the country curb the rising separatist demands of the Kurds.
Turkey is undeniably now a major regional political power broker: it holds one of the pivotal keys for stability in Europe and the Middle East; it yields critical influence over Syria and Iraq; it is a an energy hub of a growing importance for Europe; it is still the largest NATO military power outside the United States, but also a close ally of Putin's Russia, that lately even plays with the idea of joining a rival military and economic pact – the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, alongside Russia, China and a number of central Asian countries. Not at last, Turkey is on the path of regaining its role of religious champion for political Islam.
In the aftermath of the last Sunday's referendum, Erdogan seems to hold now even stronger hand of cards. For the foreseeable future, Europe and the United States will have to hold their noses and court him back, as his growing prominence in regional politics has now elevated him into a global player to reckon with. The rise of Erdogan's regime is a powerful reminder that without the presence of tight institutional constraints of interaction, the traps of the Prisoner's Dilemma – a popular game theoretical anecdote that exemplifies and embodies the pitfalls of cooperation – will always lead to defection and "duping," regardless of its reiterative or non-reiterative nature.
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with Turkey – the military. Europe, for its part, is paying now a high price for its dishonesty and supercilious cultural haughtiness for never even trying to accept Turkey as one of its own. After the Sunday referendum, despite the narrow margin of the "Yes" victory, nothing will be able to stop Turkey anymore from its slide into authoritarian neo-sultanism. Among other things, this also means not just further loss of civil rights, liberties, and freedoms inside the country, but also greater unpredictability of Turkish foreign policy and increased regional and global instability.
*A version of this analysis is now available at http://www.thepolicyspace.com.au/2017/15/200-how-europe-and-america-lost-turkey
America Ataturk Copenhagen Copenhagen Criteria Erdogan EU Europe Kemal Mustafa Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Recep Recep Tayyip Erdogan referendum Tayyip Turkey United States
Участие при Силвия Великова по Би Ай Телевизия за Турция и ИДИЛ след неуспешния преврат там
By Unknown July 27, 2016
Интервю то Би Ай Тевизия относно Европейската интеграция и процесите на радикализация | An Interview I gave for BiTelevision about the state of European Integration and the processes of radicalization (in Bulgarian)
Проф. Любомир Топалов: Интеграцията на ЕС е под въпросАнтония Апостолова29/03/2016еМисия БългарияОстави коментар334 Показвания Западният свят все по-често се сблъсква с предразсъдъци, популизъм и радикализация, особено след атентатите в Париж и Брюксел. За тези предизвикателства пред обществата в Европа в еМисия България разговаряхме с проф. Любомир Топалов, преподавател по политически науки в японския университет Мейджи. Той се включи в предаването от Бостън, където в момента работи по мащабно изследване на популизма. Топалов има и дисертация на тема евроскептицизъм. ЕС претърпява много сериозна промяна през последните 25 години, заяви професорът, като
За Гражданството на Демоса и Демокрацията
Ако историята е някакъв показател, скандалите около "туристическия вот" в избори 2009 ще отшумят точно както отшумяха през 2005, както и през 2001 преди това. Ако историята наистина е някакъв показател, проблемът с "туристическия вот" ще се появи отново през следващите избори, независимо кога са те. Манипулирането и фалшифицирането на избори съпътстват трудния демократичен преход на България от 1989 година насам и пречат на консолидацията на демократичните институции в страната. Но човек трябва да прави разлика между "манипулиране" и "фалшифициране". Първото е част от демократичния процес (независимо, че това нарушава идеалистичната чистота на идеята за демокрация). За това имаме и парадокс – ограничаването на "манипулацията" на демократичния вот (която руши демокрацията) е "недемократично". Във втория случай няма парадокс – фалшифицирането на избори е недемократично. Въпросът е дали двойното гражданство и съответно правото да се гласува в две държави е фал | -0.403966 | -1.282379 | -0.793469 | 0.269627 | [
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The heart of Milford! The pictures in this gallery are in and around Union Square, or what most local's call "The Oval".
Big thanks to Russell Straw of Sugar Land Texas for sending in this photo. From Russell: "Here is my boy scout tro…
Thanks to Richard Carleton for this picture upload. This one goes way back and shows the Oval in it's original 'ov…
Thanks to Carol Merrill for sending this shot in. Looks like the Eagle atop Eagle hall was getting some repairs in…
Thanks to Carol Merrill for sending in this 1966 parade picture.
Thanks to Karen Martin Dion for sending in this parade picture from downtown back in 1969. Recognize any of t…
From an old postcard. Note the vines all over town hall.
Here's a random shot through a car window back in the 70's or 80's when McCrory's 5&10 store occupied it's storefron…
Thanks to Carl Johnson of Milford as well as the Calvetti family (Dolores Leger and Joanne Hayes) of Milford for the add…
Here's a picture from a parade on the oval in 1964. In the background is Boulter's pharmacy, which eventually moved acro…
A very early shot of Eagle Hall from a postcard.
A shot of the World War I memorial on the oval. It was put in place in 1927. The date of this shot is unknown. Maybe the…
From a postcard dated 1907. A shot taken from the entry to Elm St. The Foster Block on the right still stands today. The…
Buxton's Tavern, Union Hotel, Hotel Howison, and the Milford Inn were the names of this establishment on the oval. This …
Looking to the south from the bandstand. Thanks to Carol Merrill for the upload.
Buxton's Tavern on the West side of Union Square. Built by Jonathan Buxton, Sr. in 1787. Once known as the "Union Hotel"…
Another shot of the oval from a postcard.
Here's another parade shot that was sent in by Carol Merrill.
A shot taken around the turn of the century of some kind of event in the center of town.
Another shot of the oval taken from a postcard. This one was dated in 1938. Thanks to Rae Randall Pelletier for this pic…
Another old postcard titled "Union Square, looking north, Miford, NH"
A nice shot of the oval about 10 years before the current bricks walkways were installed. This picture is from somewhere…
I was on my way to work when I saw them doing construction on this building. I was amazed to see the original Rexall dru…
Picture of the Town Hall during the Pumpkin Festival October 2001
The town hall decorated in style for the town's centenial celebration in 1894.
A 19th century shot of the town hall.
Another shot of the town hall. This one is from a postcard and almost appears to be painted.
Another shot of the Town Hall and the oval from a postcard.
Picture of the oval. Notice the car going the wrong way by today's standards. Taken from a postcard postmarked in 1938
Shot of the oval looking towards the junction of Elm and Union Streets. Taken from a postcard.
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Q: Why is my video memory offset calculation off by one? I have been reading and following a tutorial on writing an operating system from scratch by Nick Blundell which can be found at https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~exr/lectures/opsys/10_11/lectures/os-dev.pdf
I have successfully written a boot loader that can call C code, and so I have started writing my kernel in C. I am now trying to write functions that can print characters and strings on screen. By the time I start executing C code, I am in 32-bit protected mode, so I am trying to correctly calculate memory offsets from video memory address 0xb8000.
My problem starts when I try to access specific regions of video memory using a calculated offset. Since the text area is 25 rows by 80 columns, I use the formula ((row * 80) + column) * 2 since I have to have a character byte and an attribute byte. When I set row = 0 and column = 0, the X I'm trying to print is absent. Setting row = 0 and column = 1, an X appears at the upper left hand corner.
Starting with char* video_memory = 0xb8000 and repeatedly issuing video_memory++ allows me to correctly visit each byte and print a space on a black background.
This is my main code:
#include "../drivers/screen.h"
void main() {
//clear_screen();
//print_character('X', 0, 0, 0);
// Helper variables.
int row;
int column;
// We need to point at 0xB8000, where video memory resides.
unsigned char* video_memory = (unsigned char*)0xB8000;
for(row = 0; row < 25; row++) {
for(column = 0; column < 80; column++) {
// Clear the screen by printing a space on a black background.
*video_memory = ' ';
video_memory += 1;
*video_memory = 0x0F;
video_memory += 1;
}
}
// Test the offset calculation by printing at row 0, column 0 (the upper
// left corner of the screen).
row = 0;
column = 0;
// For an 80 by 25 grid. Multiply by 2 to account for the need of two bytes
// to display a character with given attributes.
int offset = ((row * 80) + column) * 2;
// Reset memory location after the loop.
video_memory = (unsigned char*)0xB8000;
// Add the offset to get the desired cell.
// THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS! Setting column = 1 prints in the first cell
// of video memory instead of the second.
video_memory += offset;
// Set character and its attributes.
*video_memory = 'X';
video_memory++;
*video_memory = 0x0F;
}
This is the console displayed when row = 0 and column = 0:
The console when row and column are 0. No X appears.
This is the console when row = 0 and column = 1:
The console when row is 0 and column is 1. An X appears.
This is an objdump of my kernel.c file above:
kernel.o: file format elf64-x86-64
Disassembly of section .text:
0000000000000000 <main>:
#include "../drivers/screen.h"
void main() {
0: 55 push rbp
1: 48 89 e5 mov rbp,rsp
// Helper variables.
int row;
int column;
// We need to point at 0xB8000, where video memory resides.
unsigned char* video_memory = (unsigned char*)0xB8000;
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PTR [rbp-0x8],0xb8000
b: 00
for(row = 0; row < 25; row++) {
c: c7 45 ec 00 00 00 00 mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x14],0x0
13: eb 2f jmp 44 <main+0x44>
for(column = 0; column < 80; column++) {
15: c7 45 f0 00 00 00 00 mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x10],0x0
1c: eb 1c jmp 3a <main+0x3a>
// Clear the screen by printing a space on a black background.
*video_memory = ' ';
1e: 48 8b 45 f8 mov rax,QWORD PTR [rbp-0x8]
22: c6 00 20 mov BYTE PTR [rax],0x20
video_memory += 1;
25: 48 83 45 f8 01 add QWORD PTR [rbp-0x8],0x1
*video_memory = 0x0F;
2a: 48 8b 45 f8 mov rax,QWORD PTR [rbp-0x8]
2e: c6 00 0f mov BYTE PTR [rax],0xf
video_memory += 1;
31: 48 83 45 f8 01 add QWORD PTR [rbp-0x8],0x1
int column;
// We need to point at 0xB8000, where video memory resides.
unsigned char* video_memory = (unsigned char*)0xB8000;
for(row = 0; row < 25; row++) {
for(column = 0; column < 80; column++) {
36: 83 45 f0 01 add DWORD PTR [rbp-0x10],0x1
3a: 83 7d f0 4f cmp DWORD PTR [rbp-0x10],0x4f
3e: 7e de jle 1e <main+0x1e>
int row;
int column;
// We need to point at 0xB8000, where video memory resides.
unsigned char* video_memory = (unsigned char*)0xB8000;
for(row = 0; row < 25; row++) {
40: 83 45 ec 01 add DWORD PTR [rbp-0x14],0x1
44: 83 7d ec 18 cmp DWORD PTR [rbp-0x14],0x18
48: 7e cb jle 15 <main+0x15>
}
}
// Test the offset calculation by printing at row 0, column 0 (the upper
// left corner of the screen).
row = 0;
4a: c7 45 ec 00 00 00 00 mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x14],0x0
column = 0;
51: c7 45 f0 00 00 00 00 mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x10],0x0
// For an 80 by 25 grid. Multiply by 2 to account for the need of two bytes
// to display a character with given attributes.
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Home2018October12
Anatomy of Genocide
October 12, 2018 Jack S Cohen Anti-Semitism, Holocaust
"In Broad Daylight" by Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, describes how the Germans carried out their campaign of genocidal massacres of Jews throughout Eastern Europe in WWII from 1941-3, known as "the Holocaust by Bullets." It is estimated that 2.2 million Jews were murdered in this way. Why was it so easy for the Germans to kill so many Jews in such a short period of time? The reasons the Jews of Eastern Europe were murdered in their thousands in towns and villages all over the vast area were many. Here is a list of some reasons:
During WWI the Jews regarded the Germans who invaded Eastern Europe and Russia as civilized liberators compared to the Slavic peasants they lived amongst. The Jews were not badly treated by the German invaders then. This made them less afraid than they should have been in WWII, when major changes had occurred in Germany. Unknown to the Jews of Eastern Europe the Germans in WWII intended to kill all Jews due to racial hatred and the political propaganda of the ruling Nazi party.
The Jews of Eastern Europe had no means of defence, they had no military training and no weapons and they were essentially at the mercy of any armed forces. The Jews were inured to violent hatred and had developed a culture that made them resigned to their fate.
Their Jewish religion attributed everything that happened to God's will, they were . fatalistic. Also, with a particularly humanistic religion they could never imagine that any people would massacre other humans beings in such a way.
The Jews were mostly peasants, small farmers, shopkeepers and small businessmen. Like other people in this huge region, they had no means of communication, there were few newspapers and very few radios. They may have heard that there was a war on, but they thought that it was thousands of miles away from them and they did not expect the Germans to arrive and to bother with them.
The German forces were well-organized and prepared for their task of massacring all the Jews of Eastern Europe (some 5 million people). They invaded the area of Soviet Russia captured by the German forces in 4 main mobile commando groups (Einsatzgruppen). They were well-armed and briefed for their task of murdering Jews on a large scale.
The Germans meticulously organized these thousands of local massacres, killing up to tens of thousands of people in one go (in Baby Yar in Kiev they massacred 34,000 Jews in two days). From direct eyewitness accounts Desbois sets out the steps of the massacres, from the initial planning (they had Soviet lists of all people in the areas), to cordoning off the Jewish areas or moving the Jews into a Ghetto area that was surrounded by barbed wire with armed Ukrainian guards. All Jews were warned to remain in their houses while the Germans prepared for the massacre, including selecting the site for the ditches (the size depending on the number to be murdered) and requisitioning local Ukrainians to dig the ditches.
Then the night before the murders the Germans would go into the Ghetto and with the help of local Ukrainians identify wealthy houses and those with young girls. They would get drunk, steal from the wealthy, and shoot everyone in the house, they would rape young girls in the street or in their houses and shoot anyone including their family who tried to interfere, then they would shoot the girls.
The morning of the massacre, the Jews were told to assemble and told that they would be going to Palestine or to another Ghetto, they were told to bring food for the day and some clothes. They were either lined up and marched to the massacre site if it was close or transported in requisitioned wagons or in trucks, rented from German trucking companies. There were armed guards on each wagon or truck who shot people for any reason or for none. The local Ukrainians knew the Jews were going to be massacred, because they had dug the ditches, but the Jews did not know. It was only when they reached the ditches with Germans lined along the side with guns, that they realized the terrible truth.
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As the dust settles on Singapore's Capitol Theatre and over 450 drinks-industry bigwigs toast to an evening of exciting accolades (some old, others new) we're thrilled to report that — in a stunning upset — The Old Man Hong Kong has just nabbed the top spot at the Asia's 50 Best Bars awards for 2019. The Hemingway-inspired cocktail bar, which opened less than two years ago, debuted on the list at #5 in 2018 and, subsequently, #10 on World's 50 Best Bars 2018. Though there were rumblings that it would eventually dethrone Singaporean heavyweight Manhattan (which has won top place two years running), many insiders failed to predict how quickly that would come to pass.
Nonetheless, Singapore's prodigal son of hotel bars still won big in 2019, coming in at #2 and picking up the "Legend of the List" title (awarded for most consistent performance over time) for good measure. The top five spots are rounded out by Indulge Experimental Bistro Taipei at #3, Native (#4) and Atlas at (#5). Native climbed a notable three spots from its 2018 ranking, in the process dislodging Speak Low from the top 5 altogether (the Shingo Gokan institution clocked in at a respectable #7 this year).
The winners at tonight's awards ceremony in Singapore.
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is now sitting pretty at #8, while Quinary reenters the club at #10. Jigger & Pony meanwhile catapulted forward 34 spots this year to win the coveted "Highest Climber" title, in addition to a #9 ranking.
Jay Kahn, owner & head bartender of COA (#12 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2019)
As in 2018, Hong Kong has some serious face time on this year's list, with a total of seven of the city's bars represented. Of particular note are COA — Jay Kahn's agave-centric lair on Shin Hing Street — and The Wise King — an opulent bar with luxurious cocktails hidden away down a quiet lane in SoH0; they debuted on the Asia's 50 Best Bars 2019 list at #12 and #18, respectively. Thanks to the performance of bars in Hong Kong, China and Singapore remain the two regions tied for most number of bars overall (12 a piece). Venues from South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines account for other entries on the list.
Intimate and opulent, The Wise King debuted at #18 on this year's list.
First introduced in 2016 as an extension of The World's 50 Best Bars list, Asia's 50 Best Bars is a comprehensive ranking of the most popular and exciting drinking dens throughout the region. Each venue is ranked according to total number of votes, made by members of the Asia's 50 Best Bars Academy. The Academy itself is composed of individuals from 14 Asian countries — reflecting the diversity of drinking experiences around the region. Members include personnel from hotel cocktail bars, speakeasies, tiki lounges and venues specialising in beer & wine. The list is collated and published by William Reed Business Media (owners of The World's 50 Best Restaurants imprint).
You can view all of Asia's 50 Best Bars below — venues located in Hong Kong are highlighted in boldface and asterisks denote new entrants to the list:
1. The Old Man (Hong Kong)
2. Manhattan (Singapore)
3. Indulge Experimental Bistro (Taipei)
4. Native (Singapore)
5. Atlas (Singapore)
6. High Five (Tokyo)
7. Speak Low (Shanghai)
8. The Bamboo Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bangkok (Bangkok)
9. Jigger & Pony (Singapore)
10. Quinary (Hong Kong)
11. Tippling Club (Singapore)
12. COA (Hong Kong)*
13. The SG Club (Tokyo)*
14. Charles H (Seoul)
15. Gibson (Singapore)
16. Sober Company (Shanghai)
17. Bar Benfiddich (Tokyo)
18. The Wise King (Hong Kong)*
19. Le Chamber (Seoul)
20. Backstage Cocktail Bar (Bangkok)
21. 28 Hong Kong Street (Singapore)
22. Operation Dagger (Singapore)
23. Bar Trench (Tokyo)
24. Aha Saloon (Taipei)
25. D.Bespoke (Singapore)
26. Vesper (Bangkok)
27. Coley (Kuala Lumpur)
28. Bar Orchard Ginza (Tokyo)
29. Alice Cheongdam (Seoul)
30. Union Trading Company (Shanghai)
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32. The Pontiac (Hong Kong)
33. Lobster Bar & Grill (Hong Kong)
34. Rabbit Hole (Bangkok)*
35. Hope & Sesame (Guangzhou)*
36. Stockton (Hong Kong)
37. The Curator (Manila)
38. 8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo (Hong Kong)
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#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/resolver/viewport_style_resolver.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/css_default_style_sheets.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/css_numeric_literal_value.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/css_primitive_value_mappings.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/css_property_value_set.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/css_style_sheet.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/css_to_length_conversion_data.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/document_style_sheet_collection.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/resolver/style_resolver.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/style_rule.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/style_rule_import.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css/style_sheet_contents.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/css_value_keywords.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/document.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/node_computed_style.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/frame/local_frame.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/frame/local_frame_view.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/frame/settings.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/frame/viewport_data.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/page.h"
namespace blink {
namespace {
bool HasViewportFitProperty(const CSSPropertyValueSet* property_set) {
DCHECK(property_set);
return RuntimeEnabledFeatures::DisplayCutoutAPIEnabled() &&
property_set->HasProperty(CSSPropertyID::kViewportFit);
}
} // namespace
ViewportStyleResolver::ViewportStyleResolver(Document& document)
: document_(document) {
DCHECK(document.GetFrame());
}
void ViewportStyleResolver::Reset() {
property_set_ = nullptr;
has_viewport_units_ = false;
DCHECK(initial_style_);
initial_style_->SetHasViewportUnits(false);
needs_update_ = kNoUpdate;
}
void ViewportStyleResolver::CollectViewportRulesFromUASheets() {
CSSDefaultStyleSheets& default_style_sheets =
CSSDefaultStyleSheets::Instance();
mojom::blink::ViewportStyle viewport_style =
document_->GetSettings() ? document_->GetSettings()->GetViewportStyle()
: mojom::blink::ViewportStyle::kDefault;
StyleSheetContents* viewport_contents = nullptr;
switch (viewport_style) {
case mojom::blink::ViewportStyle::kDefault:
break;
case mojom::blink::ViewportStyle::kMobile:
viewport_contents = default_style_sheets.EnsureMobileViewportStyleSheet();
break;
case mojom::blink::ViewportStyle::kTelevision:
viewport_contents =
default_style_sheets.EnsureTelevisionViewportStyleSheet();
break;
}
if (viewport_contents)
CollectViewportRules(viewport_contents->ChildRules());
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MobileDocument()) {
CollectViewportRules(
default_style_sheets.EnsureXHTMLMobileProfileStyleSheet()
->ChildRules());
}
DCHECK(!default_style_sheets.DefaultStyleSheet()->HasViewportRule());
}
void ViewportStyleResolver::CollectViewportRules(
const HeapVector<Member<StyleRuleBase>>& rules) {
for (auto& rule : rules) {
if (auto* viewport_rule = DynamicTo<StyleRuleViewport>(rule.Get()))
AddViewportRule(*viewport_rule);
}
}
void ViewportStyleResolver::AddViewportRule(StyleRuleViewport& viewport_rule) {
CSSPropertyValueSet& property_set = viewport_rule.MutableProperties();
unsigned property_count = property_set.PropertyCount();
if (!property_count)
return;
if (!property_set_) {
property_set_ = property_set.MutableCopy();
return;
}
// We cannot use MergeAndOverrideOnConflict() here because it doesn't
// respect the !important declaration (but AddRespectingCascade() does).
for (unsigned i = 0; i < property_count; ++i) {
CSSPropertyValueSet::PropertyReference property =
property_set.PropertyAt(i);
property_set_->AddRespectingCascade(
CSSPropertyValue(property.PropertyMetadata(), property.Value()));
}
}
void ViewportStyleResolver::Resolve() {
if (!property_set_) {
document_->GetViewportData().SetViewportDescription(
ViewportDescription(ViewportDescription::kUserAgentStyleSheet));
return;
}
ViewportDescription description(ViewportDescription::kUserAgentStyleSheet);
description.user_zoom = ViewportArgumentValue(CSSPropertyID::kUserZoom);
description.zoom = ViewportArgumentValue(CSSPropertyID::kZoom);
description.min_zoom = ViewportArgumentValue(CSSPropertyID::kMinZoom);
description.max_zoom = ViewportArgumentValue(CSSPropertyID::kMaxZoom);
description.min_width = ViewportLengthValue(CSSPropertyID::kMinWidth);
description.max_width = ViewportLengthValue(CSSPropertyID::kMaxWidth);
description.min_height = ViewportLengthValue(CSSPropertyID::kMinHeight);
description.max_height = ViewportLengthValue(CSSPropertyID::kMaxHeight);
description.orientation = ViewportArgumentValue(CSSPropertyID::kOrientation);
if (HasViewportFitProperty(property_set_))
description.SetViewportFit(ViewportFitValue());
document_->GetViewportData().SetViewportDescription(description);
DCHECK(initial_style_);
if (initial_style_->HasViewportUnits())
has_viewport_units_ = true;
}
float ViewportStyleResolver::ViewportArgumentValue(CSSPropertyID id) const {
float default_value = ViewportDescription::kValueAuto;
// UserZoom default value is CSSValueID::kZoom, which maps to true, meaning
// that yes, it is user scalable. When the value is set to CSSValueID::kFixed,
// we return false.
if (id == CSSPropertyID::kUserZoom)
default_value = 1;
const CSSValue* value = property_set_->GetPropertyCSSValue(id);
auto* identifier_value = DynamicTo<CSSIdentifierValue>(value);
if (!value || !(value->IsPrimitiveValue() || identifier_value))
return default_value;
if (identifier_value) {
switch (identifier_value->GetValueID()) {
case CSSValueID::kAuto:
return default_value;
case CSSValueID::kLandscape:
return ViewportDescription::kValueLandscape;
case CSSValueID::kPortrait:
return ViewportDescription::kValuePortrait;
case CSSValueID::kZoom:
return default_value;
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Chinese currency is the "Chinese Yuan" or "Renminbi". Exchange rates vary but generally are between 6.3-6.6 Renminbi to the US Dollar; I usually check actual rates on xe.com before I go. The best rates are generally given by ATM machines.
As with mobile phones, the best plan is usually to call your bank and tell them that you are traveling to China; they should be able to tell you which Chinese bank ATM gives the best rates and lowest fees.
Note that other than hotels, Amex, Visa, and MasterCard are rarely, if ever, accepted by merchants in China; for incidental items or souvenirs you will want to withdraw sufficient cash to cover your expected purchases. Most likely your hotel has an ATM on site.
If you are going to bring your mobile phone to China, you will get much better calling and data rates from your provider if you call first and set up a package of service. For example, for $5.00 per month of usage, AT&T will cut your calling rates in China by 50%. Most providers allow you to turn your international options on and off by logging in to your online account, but it may be simpler to give them a call and ask about the best options for China. Links for international pages of major providers are below.
Wifi is just about everywhere, so you should not need much, if any data for your phone. For GPS usage in China, you're best to download google maps for offline use for the areas where you will be traveling as regardless of your data plan, GPS uses a large amount of data.
The weather in Shanghai can be above 90 degrees in the summer and down in the 30s to 40s in the winter. Winter is cold and rainy (like San Francisco in February); Summer is hot and humid (like Miami in August). Be sure to check the weather reports before you depart. Summer in Hong Kong is, for the uninitiated, often the most hot, humid place on earth; bring extra clothes, and breathable ones at that.
Do not drink tap water anywhere in China. It is ok to be exposed to it in the shower, but otherwise you should limit consumption to bottled water. Hotels normally provide 1-2 bottles of water per day per person, you can always get more on demand and more often than not it's free.
Food in China is, despite what you hear on the news, generally safe. If you have dietary restrictions you are well advised to make those known prior to embarking on your travels. It's not unheard of for supposedly vegetarian dishes to be seasoned with pork powder or similar (and odd) condiments. Vegetarians will get far more traction and understanding by explaining that they are buddhists.
Street food smells great, and tastes great too, but for those just starting out in China, be careful; food poisoning is not uncommon especially in some of the smaller food stalls in smaller cities. If in doubt, pass!
It would be rare for a bathroom in China to come equipped with toilet paper or soap, with the exception of toilets in your hotel room. Otherwise you'll likely be expected to BYO. Some public restrooms have an attendant selling toilet paper but to be prepared you should have a small case with tissues and hand sanitizer that you can bring with you to the toilets in the market, business parks, or restaurants.
Watch out for the cleanliness of plates and glasses at restaurants, especially any place where dinner will cost less than 100RMB (~$15) per person. Notably in the south of China, you will notice the ritual of people cleaning their tableware with the tea from the teapot on the table.
Outside of major cities, English is not widely spoken. Two must haves: Print a paper with with phrases and words that you will need (addresses where you will be going, industry specific terms, etc) and bring a good dictionary on your phone or tablet that can be accessed offline.
By far and away the best electronic dictionary on the market is Pleco, available for iOS and Android. The free dictionaries are great, and you can add on additional features as needed. The character recognition is great for times when only characters are present, most notably on contracts and menus.
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We talk with cross-genre author Quincy J. Allen, writer of the recently released Blood Curse from WordFire Press. A western steampunk epic fantasy, Blood Curse is the second book in his Blood War Chronicles series. Quincy also creates the book layout design for all of WordFire's print and digital offerings, manages their warehouse, and is constantly on the road, working their impressive displays at cons. We discuss juggling multiple aspects of a demanding career, realistic goal setting to guide his progress, and life on the road as an introvert who talks to hundreds of con-goers at every show.
Adron talks with author Todd McCaffrey, son of science fiction / fantasy legend Anne McCaffrey (Dragon Riders of Pern novels). Todd's latest release is City of Angels, a near-future sci-fi thriller available now from WordFire Press. We're also joined in this conversation by City of Angels editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt, who was an editor on the breakout Andy Weir novel The Martian. We discuss Todd's new book, working with his mother and taking over the Pern legacy, and the many iterations a book takes before it finally lands at a publisher.
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Strength Training, Words of "Wisdom"
Weaknesses. No matter who you are, you've got at least one. The problem is, we rarely leverage these to help us improve.
"In conjunction with our conversations about priorities and focus, I have a question for you. Based on your work with me as a client, what area(s) and/or weaknesses do you think I need to address in my own personal programming? I know that can be a difficult question, but I'd appreciate any feedback or insight you have."
AWESOME!!!! (John: If you're reading, I send you an internet high five). Man, if only more people, athletes and non-athletes alike, approached training this way.
The email got me thinking: in any facet of life, very very few us honestly want someone to bring our weaknesses to light, as it's obviously a blow to our ego. And the sphere of physical fitness is no different. However, recognizing, and then improving upon, our weaknesses is one of the largest steps we can take to reach our goal.
John "gets it." As soon as I received the email from him, I knew he was going to continue to make incredible progress because of his mindset. After all, the large majority of us gravitates toward partaking in the activities which amplify our strengths exclusively, but this ends up holding us back. If we fail to eliminate (or at least work on) our Achilles heel, we can only go so far. We're only as strong as our weakest link.
DIOTS: So, it seems like you kinda know what you're doing. Do you think you could help me with my bench press?
DIOTS: Well, you see, I haven't improved in the last few months. I've plateaued big time, and my shoulder really bothers me.
Me: Ok. Well, how do you typically train on a weekly basis?
DIOTS: I'll usually do bench press every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Then I'll follow it up with some dumbbell work....maybe some lat pulldowns and curls, too. It kinda depends.
Me: Hmmm...I see. When do you train lower body?
Me: You know, like your legs.
DIOTS: Oh. No, I don't really do that.
Me: Squats or deadlifts? Single-leg work?
DIOTS: Well, I used to have to do them with my team in high school. But I don't do them anymore. They're just so hard, ya know?
DIOTS: Ok, well, anyway, what does lower body have to do with increasing my bench press?
Me: We'll get to that later. How about rowing variations...you doing any of those? Or taken any measures to work on that cranky shoulder?
Me: Ok, no biggie, we can do this....Take your benching down to one day per week, and begin to incorporate a lot more rowing variations and prehab work for your shoulders. Get in a squat or deadlift variation in each week, too. If you really want to, feel free to add in some curls but it won't make or break your routine.
DIOTS: Benching only once per week?! How is that going to help me?
Me: Just trust me. You sure you want to continue with this?
DIOTS: No, yeah, I mean I trust you man. I'll definitely take your word for it. It just seems so crazy and counterintuitive ya know?
I then proceeded to instruct DIOTS on proper bench form (his bench technique, or lack thereof, was an enormous culprit for his shoulder pain), as well as show him the basics of squatting/deadlifting, and gave him a few drills he could utilize for shoulder health. To his credit, he soaked it all in like a sponge and did exactly what I said.
ME: Hey man, haven't seen you in a little while. How's it all be going?
DIOTS: I can't believe it! My bench press has gone up twenty pounds since we talked. Better yet, my shoulder pain has gone away.
Me: Wow, that's really awesome. Did you make those adjustments in your program?
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Sighisoara: The Outstanding Citadel of Saxon Transylvania
Home » Attractions » UNESCO Heritage » Sighisoara: The Outstanding Citadel of Saxon Transylvania
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Author Diana Condrea
Diana Condrea
Diana is a tourism consultant, tour guide, travel writer and amateur photographer. You can find Diana on LinkedIn
Sighisoara is included in many of our tours in Transylvania. More tours on www.uncover-romania-tours.com
There's no place like Sighisoara if you wish to step back in time to the medieval centuries when the Transylvanian Saxons settled central Romania, and when legendary princes like Vlad the Impaler were making history in the battle against the Ottoman Empire.
With its dazzling well-preserved architecture and fortifications, Sighisoara is one of the most beautiful and authentic small medieval towns in Europe, also part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites for its 'outstanding testimony to the culture of the Transylvanian Saxons'.
Old house in the Upper Town
Due to its geographical position, Sighisoara was for many centuries an important commercial and strategic point of Central Europe. It is also one of the seven fortified citadels the Transylvanian Saxons built after their settlement in this region starting with the 12th century.
Attested at the end of the 13th century under the German name Schespurch, Sighisoara rapidly developed into a powerful economic and commercial center due to its many craftsmen and tradesmen that fortified the settlement with 14 towers and five artillery bastions in the coming centuries against Ottoman invasions.
Behind the fortification walls
Each guild took responsibility for the maintenance in time of peace and defense during attacks of a tower named after their craftsmanship, for example, the Blacksmiths' Tower or the Goldsmiths' Tower. The local importance of the guild was also reflected in the dimensions and endowment of their towers. Even the members of the local council were in charge of defending the city from their own tower, the Clock Tower, that guarded one of the main access routes to the Upper Town.
During the violent 15th century, Sighisoara became the second political center of Transylvania, after Sibiu. During this century, its Romanian name of Sighisoara was first mentioned in a document by Prince Vlad Dracul, the ruler of the territory south from the Carpathians and the father of Vlad the Impaler who was born here. While we know this for a fact, there is no actual historical proof of the house where he was born, don't get fooled by the local 'house of Dracula' attraction.
Passage under the Clock Tower
Medieval attractions
You can find most of the medieval attractions of the town in the area of Sighisoara Citadel, located on a hill above the Lower Town. The Upper Town is, in fact, the part included on the UNESCO Heritage List with hundreds of houses more than 300 years old.
Nine towers still exist of the original 14, but most of them are closed for visitors. The Clock Tower, one of the symbols of Sighisoara, guards the citadel entry, and going all the way up to the top is a must. The highest and the most imposing tower, it was used until 1556 for the reunions of the Town Council. Due to its dimensions, the Clock Tower offers an excellent view from the last floor balcony over the historical center and the whole town of Sighisoara.
Today, it hosts the History Museum and each room has a thematic exhibition, starting from ancient times. You can even see the mechanism of the clock and the figurines that announce the exact hour every single day for the past hundreds of years.
The City Square
Next, you can admire the historical buildings from the small squares in the Upper Town where most of the commercial activity took place in the past. You can also visit the Church of the Dominican Monastery, first mentioned in 1298, and the Museum of Weapons, or admire the Venetian House and the Stag House among the many that belonged to the richest members of the local community. From the City Square, you're only a few meters away from medieval towers like the Tailors' Tower or the Cobblers' Tower.
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Video Game Review – Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu/ Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee
Posted on November 20, 2018 by tldrmoviereviews
TL;DR – In some respects the Let's Go games are huge improvements on what has come before, and in other ways, they are a real step back leading to an interesting if uneven game.
I have been playing Pokémon games since the first Red and Blue were released onto an expecting world not knowing the cultural touchstone they were creating. And besides that statement making me feel super old, it has been interesting to see the series change and develop while still holding fast to what came before. So today we are looking at the first Pokémon on the Nintendo Switch, which is a remake of Pokémon Yellow, which was a remix of the original Pokémon Red/Blue, that already had a remaster with FireRed/LeafGreen and with elements of Pokémon Go added to it, so it ends up with an interesting final product. Well, I have been playing it for a couple of days now, and while I have not beaten the Elite Four yet I do have a good idea about my feelings of the game.
So to set the scene, if you have never come across a Pokémon game before, it is an RPG about collecting Pokémon,training them, and then defeating the Elite Four to become the Pokémon Master. Along the way you will wake sleeping Snorlax, battle Team Rocket, take down Gym Leaders,and try to not make eye contact with any trainers as you race back to a Pokécenter because you forgot how many potions you have left in your bag. All of this is while you build your team and try now to get annoyed when not-Gary appears to give his snarky comments about you. For those playing at home, my team was Pikachu, Dragonite, Gyarados, Blastoise, Venusaur and Charizard. I picked my team for nostalgia this time around, not min/maxing.
Cry havok, and let slip the shiny Gyarados. Image Credit. Nintendo.
The first thing you see when playing the game is just how beautiful the visuals are, and how much they hit on that nostalgia you have for times past. All the presentation shows that is the game at its height with detailed Pokémon models, engaging battle animations, and a wonderfully remastered soundtrack that both takes you back into the past but also feels very modern. One thing they could have updated is that we still are using the same old incomprehensible 8-bit Pokémon sounds. In this day and age, it does feel like an odd holdback to the past when and sits in an odd juxtaposition when you have Pikachu and Eevee fully voiced. Though, okay being able to dress up Pikachu with different outfits that he goes into battle in is probably the best feature I have seen in a long time.
It is not just the visuals that have been updated in the game, there are also a lot of game mechanic tweaks and complete revamps, some which are amazing additions and other that just well don't work. This first big change and the one that I hope they keep for all future additions is that there are now no longer any random encounters in the game because you can see the individual Pokémon on the map. This has three main benefits, first, if you are looking for just the one Pokémon you don't have to go through battle after random battle hoping to see the one you want. As well as this, it also makes the world feel alive with all the Pokémon flying/swimming/running all over the place. Finally, if you are trying to avoid battles as you run back to civilization, no longer will caves or large stretches of grass fill you with dread. Also, they have added in the little story assists that clear up some of the wasted backtracking time, though the hints do get a bit in your face at times.
The battle mechnics, Pokémon. and music feel both new and link to the past. Image Credit: Nintendo
The big new game mechanic that I think is going to divide people is the new Pokémon catching mechanic. In all games up until this point, what you would do is battle wild Pokémon down until they are low in health and the let the Pokéballs fly, with maybe some stun spore if you had a particular stubborn Pokémon. In this | 0.759231 | 0.104015 | 0.313601 | -0.769905 | [
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Elven Blood (Imp #3) by Debra Dunbar
Having been chosen by an ancient artifact, Sam is now the Iblis, or in other words Ha-satan. This is a role that no one in hell wants, including Sam, causing her to wonder if her infamous lucky streak is now at an end. Unfortunately for Sam, this means that she now has to meet with angels as a member of the angel counsel and as luck or in her case bad luck would have it, this means copious amounts of paperwork, something the trouble loving imp is not the least bit fond of. To make matters worse, there is a demon who has placed a bounty on her head and the elves want her to track down an elf/demon hybrid. With all of the juggling Sam has to do, will Sam ever manage to finish the requisite forms before Gregory has to punish her?
If you haven't guessed it by now, I am a huge fan of this series. It's laugh out loud funny and the characters feel extremely real to me. I love that Sam tortures her Elf escorts by singing sappy love songs, saving Air Supply for her ultimate weapon of choice, after hearing that their music would cause people to void their bowels. Sam has grown so much from the first book in the series from an Imp who makes everyone claim hot wings and throws gum on the floor hoping that it will stick to people shoes, to a demon who has begun to pick up on human morality. At one time, Sam would have thought nothing about killing and Owning another being but after considering how she would feel if one of her humans were to meet the same fate, Sam actively starts to rethink her position. Being an Imp, some of her change of heart is still about avoiding the paperwork that comes with each kill.
As an imp, Sam's typical modus operandi is to duck and run. Being the Iblis, she is quickly learning that this is not a tactic that she can take any longer. Just as Wyatt challenges Sam to think about morality in a more human way, Gregory pushes Sam to accept her role as the Iblis, grow her power and throw up a mighty defense against those who seek to kill her. It is only when Sam faces Haagenti, instead of running that she gets a true sense of herself. Demons, Elves, and Angels, most certainly don't respect Sam or her potential, so the only way for Sam to survive is to beat them all at their own game. For Sam that mean beating Haagenti, using angel logic against Gregory and displaying her power while threatening the Elves.
The Sam/Wyatt/ Gregory love triangle is continuing to grow. Gone is the hesitant Sam who struggled to label how she felt about Wyatt. Sam now acknowledges that she is probably the only demon to experience love and is desperate to hold onto to it no matter what. Then there is the issue of Gregory. Sure, angel fucking feels great, and Gregory is a wonderful mentor but her feelings for him are starting to become confusing. Clearly there is something building between Sam and Gregory and unfortunately, Gregory and Wyatt cannot stand each other. So far Sam hasn't had to choose but clearly the day is coming. I particularly loved the scene with Sam leaving to do battle in hell and her bittersweet goodbye to Wyatt in case she is killed. It is a moment of great tenderness.
Unfortunately, we see far less of Michelle and Cathy this book. Michelle basically appeared for the purposes of woo woo. It seems that her family is from Haiti and her aunt is a priestess. Naturally, this is who Sam turns to have to have a barrier erected around Wyatt's home to keep him safe from demons attempting to kill him because he is her favorite human. Mining cultures of colour for woo woo is simply not cool.
Though we lose Michelle and Cathy, Dubar decided to give more page time to Sam's step sister, the succubus Leethu, whose favorite form is an Asian woman. Leethu is bisexual but seems only to have sex with women when she is in a male form. For most of Elven Blood, Leethu is bored because she is hiding out at Sam's. Leethu's only distraction is a series of pizza delivery boys whom she has sex with multiple times. I do enjoy the idea of a woman having sex without feeling guilt and shame but I cannot help but wonder why Leethu, who is bisexual never once has sex with | 0.504471 | -0.070571 | -0.544917 | -0.041237 | [
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January 23, 2018 / Dennis Finnegan
In 1960, when Bob Dylan was living in Minneapolis (he went by Zimmerman in those days), he had a friend named Paul Nelson, who at the time had an amazing record collection. One weekend when Paul was out of town, Bob decided to "liberate" about 25 of Paul's records. In Martin Scorsese's documentary film No Direction Home, Bob explains his reasoning for this: "He (Paul) had a whole lot of records which probably couldn't be found anywhere else in the Midwest, so I helped myself to a bunch." And since Bob saw himself as a "musical expeditionary", you know, a genius, well… anyway it all worked out.
Among the records that Bob Dylan was said to have acquired that day was The Anthology of American Folk Music - also known as The Harry Smith Collection. And on that weekend Dylan had not only acquired the records themselves, but a vast treasure trove of the music and lyrics that he was able to absorb and make his own. It wasn't stealing, but it was an enormous influence. Dylan wasn't alone in this, The Anthology of American Folk Music influenced his whole generation and brought traditional American folk music out of the past and into the here and now (or the there and then anyway).
The Anthology of American Folk Music was the brainchild of Harry Smith, a lifelong bohemian and eccentric as well as a painter, a writer, an experimental filmmaker, an anthropologist, linguist, vagrant, and general oddball. He was also a collector and a hoarder. He collected many things: paper airplanes, Ukrainian Easter eggs, string figures, and most of all records. The Anthology of American Folk Music was made up of Smith's collection of old recordings of "hillbilly", Cajun and blues performers that were long out of print. He found them in junkshops, flea markets, and used record stores all over the Northwest. These records were not field recordings, but commercial products meant to make a little money by tapping into rural, working-class markets – under-served communities that the big labels couldn't be bothered with.
In 1947, desperate for money, Smith sought out Moe Asch, the head of Folkways Records. Asch, another eccentric, was Folkways' founder, director, and sole proprietor for almost 40 years. He had no investors, no stockholders, and just a handful of employees. He also had no interest in being told what to record or release, or for that matter, what was profitable, what was authentic, or anything else. Folkways, despite being a supposed for-profit business, took an approach that more resembled a non-profit archive. Two-thirds of Folkways recordings sold less than 100 copies and the most of the rest never broke 500. Yet nothing ever went out of print, Asch reportedly said, "Just because the letter J is less popular than the letter S, you don't take it out of the dictionary". He was able to do this by paying no royalties whatsoever unless forced to, and yet somehow he remained beloved. Folk singer Dave Van Ronk once said of him: "Moe Asch could be an exasperating man, and he would never pay you ten cents if he could get away with five, but he really loved the music."
So, Asch and Smith were a perfect duo, and Asch decided that instead of just buying Smith's records he would recruit him to oversee the whole project. It was a win-win: Asch would bring a rare collection of recordings into his catalogue, and Smith would come to see his vision of music, art, anthropology, and esoteric spirituality achieved. Neither seemed to worry about the legal issues, let alone sales.
Smith was given complete freedom in overseeing the project. He designed the covers (each representing the alchemical elements of water, fire & air) and the booklet, did all the post-modern collage artwork, decided on song sequences, and wrote the liner notes. He even wrote up a series of brief, out-there song descriptions (e.g. for "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" by Chubby Parker, a song about a | 1.550903 | 2.135931 | 0.927371 | 0.185083 | [
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mouse marrying a frog, Smith's notes state: "Zoologic Miscegeny Achieved in Frog-Mouse Nuptials, Relatives Approve.")
The Anthology entered the market at the perfect time. When it was released in 1952, the music business was booming in the post-war era. Small labels and "race records" were selling like mad to an earnest and hungry audience, and America was at the pinnacle of its elusive search for the "pure and the authentic". This trend had started a generation earlier with Alan Lomax's field recordings, and led to the folk music revival, which was just beginning. The irony was that the performers on The Anthology of American Folk Music were not playing music of their own time, but rather music of a bygone age that was meant to elicit nostalgia and hopefully sell records. The authenticity-seekers may not have caught this irony.
Smith went on to become major cult figure in the 1960s, producing the rock band The Fugs, writing and performing his own songs with Allen Ginsberg, being named "Shaman in Residence" at the Naropa Institute, and topping it off by living (and eventually dying) at the Chelsea Hotel. Meanwhile his record collection's influence spread across America, beyond the rural south and into the mainstream, up North and even Britain. Every element of The Anthology of American Folk Music - from the songs, to the song sequence, to the artwork - found its way into our psyche, and its musical influence can be heard in American music from The Band to Springsteen and more recently Jack White, Wilco, and alt-country in general.
April 12, 2017 / Dennis Finnegan
In August of 1968, the album Sweetheart of the Rodeo by the Byrds was released. It was quite a surprise to anyone who was familiar with the Byrds' previous recordings that include songs like Turn, Turn, Turn, several pop covers of Dylan songs (such as Mr. Tambourine Man), and the psychedelic Eight Miles High. The Byrds abruptly went from jangly, Beatles-influenced, psychedelic folk-rock icons to an out-and-out Country band. Not everyone was impressed. Country music fans in particular thought it was a smirking mockery of Country music by a bunch of interloping hippies. The Byrds were met with jeers and booing at their Grand Ol' Opry debut, and were famously mocked in an interview with DJ Ralph Emory (McGuinn & Parsons penned their revenge song, Drug Store Truck Driving Man, about the experience). And their previous fans were just confused: was it a joke?
The Byrds were an LA band that started in 1964. Their original personnel included: Jim McGuinn (who inexplicably changed his first name to Roger in 1967), Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, & Michael Clarke. They were riding high in 1965-66, up there with the Beatles and the Stones as symbols of the counterculture. But with the departure of David Crosby, Gene Clark, and Michael Clarke, the two remaining members were searching for a new sound and ended up recruited Gram Parsons, initially to play some Honky Tonk piano, but by the time the record was finished Parsons more or less took over the band, as the primary songwriter, lead singer and overlord. Parsons saw his membership in The Byrds as an opportunity to express his vision of "Cosmic American Music".
Upon completion of the record, either producer Gary Usher or McGuinn had a change of heart and ended up removing several of Parsons' vocals, replacing them with McGuinn's, and thus minimizing Parsons' role in The Byrds. Power struggles, legal & political complications, and drugs followed, and before you could say Bob's your uncle, Gram Parsons was out of The Byrds. Eight weeks later, Sweetheart of the Rodeo was released.
Although at the time the record seemed a disaster on every level, it's now seen as a pivotal and influential landmark, launching a whole bunch of musical styles, Alt. Country among them.
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With each new season, I get the pleasure of hearing about the Wolverine resurgence, how this will be the year they'll run roughshod over the Big Ten and the Spartans — and then get to watch Michigan's season fall apart following a loss at the hands of "non-rival" Michigan State.
Each season, I get to hear about Denard Robinson's Heisman candidacy before Michigan has played a game, how the sophomore, then junior, now senior quarterback will shatter every NCAA Division-I record en route to New York for the trophy presentation. And each year, Robinson blows up in spectacular fashion — though this season's fall from grace was my personal favorite, when he threw four interceptions on four straight passing attempts against Notre Dame.
But please, tell me again how "Shoelace" torched an 0-6 Massachusetts team fresh from Division II for 397 total yards and four touchdowns. That impresses me.
There are Michigan State students that believe this is how the world works. This is comical in its lack of historical context.
Some time in the last 5 years, Michigan went from a program so dominant over its in-state rival that Mike Hart calling MSU "little brother" became a relevant meme and talking point for the media and both programs, to a team that's known as the Big Ten's Wile E. Coyote, hatching elaborate plans that go hilariously awry. There might be some truth to that perception. Michigan students rushed the field after eeking by an unranked 4-3 Michigan State team. I understand the reasoning: no undergrads have experienced the joy of beating the Spartans before, but Act Like You've Been There Before is an obligation, not a suggestion for haughty Michigan fans. We're the worst.
But righting the ship was always Brady Hoke's goal. You get the impression that one of the reasons Hoke would have walked to Michigan from San Diego is that he was pained by Michigan's free fall. In 20 games at the helm of the Maize and Blue, Brady Hoke is 16-4, undefeated at home, holds wins over Michigan's two primary rivals, and has a BCS bowl win. With Saturday's win over Michigan State, winning a Big Ten championship remains the only hurdle left for Brady Hoke's Michigan to leap.
This team is not without faults or free of concerns (notably, Al Borges' continued indifference to winning games or even picking up first downs), but it's hard not to feel like this team is being curated expertly by Hoke. With every new accomplishment, victory, and high-ranked recruit, Michigan inches closer to the program everyone fears instead of the one that keeps running into the tunnel painted onto the side of a mountain.
Michigan threw the ball on only 7 of 26 first downs, and MSU knew it. Michigan averaged 8.47 yards to go on second down, largely because Borges kept running directly into the face of Michigan State blitzes. This was apparent to everyone watching the game, notably Pat Narduzzi who was licking his chops as Michigan continued to get behind the chains early.
Look at where Michigan State's safties are lined up: seven yards (seven!!!!) from the line of scrimmage. Michigan tested the MSU defense vertically only once or twice the entire game. They also rarely used play action, so when Michigan showed run, they were running into a box with 9 players in it. Michigan's offensive structure/scheme against this defense was incoherent.
Le'Veon Bell: Still not terrifying. Bell could only muster 68 yards on 26 carries (2.8 YPC) with a long of 8 yards. His game is simply to run into the nearest defender and try to carry him four yards downfield. With players like Jake Ryan laying the lumber on Bell and not Boise State's undersized linebackers, that play style becomes a lot less intimidating (and effective). His offensive line clearly couldn't get a lot of push in this game, but Bell was never able to outrun Michigan defenders to get into space or make something out of nothing. He's one dimensional and Michigan exploited that in this game.
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season, but he's a junior without much upside. Against Michigan he completed 61% of his passes (his second highest completion percentage this season; against Central Michigan he completed 64.5%) but only averaged 5.64 YPA. His interception was bad and was largely responsible for Michigan winning the game.
Raise your hand if before the game, you thought Drew Dileo, Matt Wile, and Brendan Gibbons would be the most important players in this game. No one? Really? Wile finally delivered on the promise of being a big-legged field goal kicker. In case you were wondering, yes that was Wile's first field goal attempt in a Michigan uniform. And Dileo did exactly what he's always done at Michigan: catch absolutely everything thrown his way. I'll have to rewatch the game to see how he got so open on the final play, but that may be a season-defining catch.
The dropped touchdown pass by Gallon was unfortunate and I think it was caused by a miscommunication between Gallon and Denard. I'm giving Denard the benefit of the doubt here, but I think he was expecting Gallon to settle down in the zone where Denard threw the pass. That may not be the case--there's a good chance Denard just made a bad throw--but regardless, that catch needs to be made.
Speaking of dropped passes, someone please teach Devin Gardner how to catch in traffic.
Taylor Lewan is desperately trying to convince everyone that he's not an All-American left tackle. He needs to get these penalties in check and sort out his blocking protections because he's been disappointing this season. The only way this benefits Michigan is if it forces him to return for his senior season.
Will Gholston may need to stick around for his senior season to erase his reputation against Michigan as a total non-factor.
Denard's rushing totals take a major hit in this game, but Toussaint finally finds some lanes to run through. MSU understands the threat of Denard's legs and have probably gamplanned to stay home on him on all option plays. There will be a fumble generated on a linebacker blitz against an option play. Also, we'll see the return of Denard's back-foot heaves that end serendipitously, mostly thrown to Devin Gardner who makes a few astonishing catches in traffic.
On the other side of the ball, MSU won't be able to get rolling all game. Michigan's linebackers completely shut down Bell who averages ~3 YPC. Maxwell, meanwhile, will have a higher completion percentage than you'd expect but also throws two costly interceptions.
Denard's rushing totals were down a bit but Toussaint still couldn't get things rolling. No fumbles or backfoot throws. MSU couldn't get started, though, save two second-half drives. Bell averaged 2.6 YPC and Maxwell threw a really costly interception.
Saturday's game against Nebraska will probably determine who wins the Legends division. Beating Nebraska puts Michigan two games ahead of everyone in the division save Terrible Iowa, who has been unexpectedly competent. Nebraska is 12th in points per game but 72nd in points against. Given how Michigan has fared against rushing attacks the last three weeks, Nebraska shouldn't be too much trouble, but they have the potential to beat the Wolverines, especially at night in Lincoln.
Good analysis on the 1st and 2nd down play calling.
While it is run heavy, upon a second look at the game I'm OK with Borges play calling. We knew MSU's offense was not going to do much against UM's D so the coaches played it close to the vest. Really, only UM TOs were going to cost UM the game (see ND game).
We tested that theory big time by not executing in the red zone a couple times but I think that is on Denard. If you look at his feet on his throw to gallon they are almost perpendicular to the route hence he throws behind him.
This was right after he threw a bad fade to Funchess in the corner. If underthrows it thats 6. Instead it was to the inside and turned into a good pass break-up for Funchess.
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What is a Heat exchanger?
The heat exchanger is a mechanical device designed to transfer the energy or heat between two working fluids can be gas to liquid (liquid to gas), liquid to liquid, or gas to gas at different temperatures while keeping direct contact or preventing the mixing of the fluids.
By cleverly smartly utilizing this transferred heat (energy), Engineers made some amazing technologies listed below.
In Gas power plants, Intercoolers, and Preheaters
In steam power plants, Boilers, and Condensers
In HVAC systems, Condensers and Evaporators
In milk pasteurizing plant, Milk chillers
Automobiles radiators and Oil coolers
Heat exchangers types
Here, some of the most general heat exchanger types widely used in industries including:
Shell and tube heat exchanger or Parallel flow heat exchanger
Plates heat exchanger
Evaporators, Condensers, and Boilers
Shell and tube heat exchangers built from the large cylindrical shell, contain bundles of tubes or series of parallel tubes (sometimes several hundred) fitted in the shell with their axis parallel to the cylindrical shell. That's why it is also called a parallel flow heat exchanger. The heat transfer starts as one fluid flows inside the tubes and another fluid is forced through the shell that is flowing over, around, and between the tubes within the cylindrical shell. This provides a large surface area for heat transfer. These two integral fluids pathways (Inside the tubes and around the tubes within the shell) are generally built from a high thermal conductive material that permits easy heat transfer.
Shell and tube heat exchanger
The Shell and tube heat exchanger has a few types based on the number of tubes and the number of shell passes of fluids involved. The tube and shell heat exchanger in which the tubes make one U-turn within the shell is called the "One shell pass and two tube passes" heat exchanger.
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and two passes within the shell is called a "Two shell pass and four tube passes" heat exchanger.
In tube and shell heat exchanger types, the multi passes of fluid inside the tubes is achieved by forming the multiple U-shape at the end of tubes by bending it and the multi passes of fluid within the shell is achieved by placing the baffles within the shell that forced the shell side fluid across and over the surface of the tubes. By using multiple passes, the heat transfer is excellent due to increased surface area.
U-shaped tube bundles in shell and tube heat exch. | Credit – saheatexchange.co.za
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Plates heat exchanger are made from pairs of high thermal conductive material plates on which corrugations are made. The corrugations create turbulence and increase surface area, both of which maximize the heat transfer rate in a heat exchanger. Each pair of plates forms a flow gap or flow channel through which hot or cold fluid can flow. The pair of plates is known as a plate stack. Every plate stack is held by a tightening bolt in a Plates heat exchanger. In the Plates heat exchanger, the plate stacks are arranged in an alternative manner cold-hot-cold-hot. Plates heat exchanger are widely used for liquid-to-liquid heat transfer.
Plates heat exchanger's corrugations plates
In the Plates heat exchanger, hot fluid enters the Plates heat exchanger through the hot inlet. The gasket directs the hot fluid into the flow channel, but not into the flow channel between the next plate stack. The flow of hot fluid continues so that each alternative set of plates is filled with hot fluid.
Same time, cold fluid enters the Plates heat exchanger through the cold inlet. The gasket directs the cold fluid where no hot fluid is present and plates start to fill with cold fluid.
Now, the plates heat exchanger is full of cold and hot fluid and heat transfer takes place. Note that, two flowing fluids are always adjacent to each other throughout the plates heat exchanger. Both fluids do not mix because they are separated by a gasket from each other.
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Evaporators are one kind of heat exchanger used in refrigeration systems. Evaporators are used on the low-pressure side where the liquid refrigerant flows through evaporator tubes.
Evaporator working
The evaporator absorbs heat from the surrounding space (Refrigerator cabin). Note that, the liquid refrigerant has a low temperature compared to the surrounding space temperature. Due to that, According to the second law of thermodynamics, heat flows from the surrounding space (High temperature) to the evaporator tube (Low temperature) and the surrounding space (Refrigerator cabin) become cool (below atmosphere temperature).
Condensers are also one kind of heat exchanger used in refrigeration systems. Condensers are used on the high-pressure side where vapor refrigerant flows through condenser tubes.
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Condensers working
The condensers reject heat from vapor refrigerant. Note that, the vapor refrigerant has a high temperature compared to the surrounding condensing medium (Normally air or water). Due to that, again according to the second law of thermodynamics, heat flows from the vapor refrigerant (High temperature) to the condenser tube (Low temperature) and the vapor refrigerant becomes cool and converted into liquid refrigerant.
Boilers are also a kind of heat exchanger used in steam power plants to produce steam, in which the freshwater is flowing through the boiler tubes and burning fuel gas passes over the boiler tubes. The heat transfer starts and water is converted into steam.
A heat exchanger that will achieve a specified temperature change in a fluid stream of known mass flow rate use LMTD
To predict the outlet temperatures of the hot and cold fluid streams in a specified heat exchanger. NTU-effectiveness
Analysis and Design of heat exchanger
Whenever an industry needs to purchase or design a heat exchanger, there are several required tasks or parameters that should satisfy the industry standard like..
For known mass flow rate, select the heat exchanger that will achieve a pre-defined temperature change in fluid stream or…
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of the heat exchanger, determine the outlet temperature of the cold and hot fluid stream.
To solve these two criteria, Engineers designed the heat exchanger and carried out an analysis of it. Generally, there are two methods of analysis and design of heat exchanger.
Log mean temperature difference (LMTD)
Effectiveness – NTU method
The LMTD method of analysis and design of the heat exchanger is best suited for the first task. The Effectiveness – NTU method of analysis and design of heat exchanger is best suited for the second task.
In the heat exchanger, the rate of heat transfer is calculated by,
Q = UAsdT
U = Overall heat transfer coefficient
As= Surface area of tubes
dT = Temperature difference between cold and hot fluids
Sometimes a situation arises when you need to design or order a heat exchanger according to fix space in which it can be installed properly without compromising the industry requirement like pre-determined (Already known) inlet temperature of hot fluid, the outlet temperature of cold fluid, and heat transfer rate Q.
In this situation, the LMTD (Log mean temperature difference) method of analysis of the heat exchanger is used. In LMTD, the inlet temperature of hot fluid and both the inlet and outlet temperature of cold fluid are known. Also heat transfer rate Q and overall heat transfer coefficient U are known. Based on that parameters, you need to determine the size of the heat exchanger as the surface area can be calculated from the heat transfer rate equation.
In short, LMTD (Log mean temperature difference) method is very suitable for identifying the size of the heat exchanger when the inlet temperature of the hot fluid and both the inlet and outlet temperature of the cold fluid and the mass flow rate are specified.
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Sometimes a situation arises when you need to calculate the rate of heat transfer and outlet temperature of cold and hot fluid. The mass flow rate and heat transfer surface area or the size of heat transfer are known. The ultimate task is to determine the performance of the available heat exchanger.
In this situation, the heat transfer effectiveness of a heat exchanger is used, which excellently made easy heat exchanger analysis. The best feature of the effectiveness of a heat exchanger is, it gives the facility to calculate the heat transfer rate without knowing the outlet temperature of fluids.
The heat transfer effectiveness of a heat exchanger is the ratio of the Actual heat transfer rate to the Maximum possible heat transfer rate.
Actual heat transfer rate, Q = mcCpc (Tc, out – Tc, in) = mhCph (Th, in – Tc, in)
Where, Cc = mcCpc and Ch = mhCph are the heat capacity rates of the cold and the hot fluids, respectively.
mc , mh = Mass flow rates
Cpc , Cph = Specific heats
Tc, out , Th, out = Outlet temperatures
Tc, in , Th, in = Inlet temperatures
The heat transfer rate is maximum when there is a maximum temperature difference in the heat exchanger. The maximum temperature difference is the difference between the inlet temperature of cold and hot fluids and the fluid with the smaller heat capacity rate.
Maximum possible heat transfer rate, Qmax = CminTmax = Cmin (Th, in – Tc, in)
The effectiveness relations of a heat exchanger consist of the specific quantity called the Number of transfer units (NTU). The NTU is defined as
The NTU (Number of transfer units) is proportional to the surface area A. Thus, the larger the NTU, the larger the size of the heat exchanger.
The effectiveness of a heat exchanger depends on the flow pattern as well as the design of heat exchangers. Therefore different types of heat exchanger have different values of effectiveness listed below image.
Credit – Heat transfer by YUNUS A. CENGEL
How to improve the heat transfer rate of the heat exchanger or How to increase the efficiency of the heat exchanger?
Installation – The heat exchanger should be installed according to the manufacturer's guidelines. The counter flow arrangement is the most efficient flow arrangement in the heat exchanger. Be sure that, the heat exchanger is always full of working fluids.
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the heat exchanger to transfer heat.
Increase temperature difference – The temperature difference between hot fluid and cold fluid is very important when designing of the heat exchanger. Larger the temperature difference, effective the heat transfer rate. Because low-temperature fluid extracts more heat from the hot fluid.
Heat exchanger manufacturer in India
Here is the list of some local reputed heat exchanger manufacturers in India
Kinem Engineering Industries
It is a well-experienced heat exchanger manufacturer in India having 40+ years of experience in heat exchanger manufacturing in India established in 1981. The company has manufacturing units in Thane and Bhiwandi, India. The company earned various certificates that indicate the company's quality and design standards for its products. The company export across 18 countries all over the world. Here is the website kinam.in
Vikrant heat exchanger Pvt Ltd.
It is an experienced heat exchanger manufacturer in India having 27+ years of experience in heat exchanger manufacturing in India. The company export across 25+ countries all over the world. www.vikrantheatexchangers.com
Flowtex Engineers
It is a well-experienced heat exchanger manufacturer in India having a large variety of product ranges. It is established in 2016. It is AN ISO 9001:2015 certified company. The company has its manufacturing unit in Karnataka, India. www.flowtexheatexchangers.com
United heat exchanger
The company was established in 1980. The company has rich experience in heat exchanger manufacturing in India having 30+ years of experience in this business. The company has a wide product portfolio range. Company production unit located in Tamilnadu, India. www.unitedheatexchangers.com
Techpert process
This heat exchanger manufacturer in India was established in 2013, The Company has expertise in the manufacturing of Evaporator. The company has its manufacturing unit in Pune, India.
Radiant Group
Established in 1977, it is a well-experienced heat exchanger manufacturer in India having a large variety of product ranges. The company has its manufacturing unit in Pune, India. www.radiantengineers.com
Artson Engineering Limited (A subsidiary of TATA project limited)
The company has a manufacturing units in Powai, Nashik, and Nagpur, India. artson.net
Other well-known Heat exchanger manufacturers in India
Centpro (Pune)
Plateheatexchanger.co.in (UP)
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Q: Moving a database in netbeans to another computer I made a fairly small java program in netbeans, with the database saved in the scr folder under database/mainUserData, On my main pc, if i export it to a .jar folder, It works, If i copy all the data in the folder (70mb's worth) to another pc, it can't find the database any more, I made sure to add code that always uses the current directory in the jar folder as a url to the database, this is the connection code:
myconObj = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/MainUserData", "jacovanstryp", "Password1234");
Why is it when i move it to another computer (The whole file, it no longer knows where the database is?
What I have Tried:
URL url = this.getClass().getResource("/com/vanstryp/res/Database/MainUserData"); // This is the same directory as where the .jar is located
This just returns Null.
This is the top Error code it returns
java.sql.SQLNonTransientConnectionException: java.net.ConnectException : Error connecting to server localhost on port 1,527 with message Connection refused: connect.
This is the code for the method I used
public boolean checkLogin(String username, String password) {
try {
Class.forName("org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver");
//This code will connect the database to the java program
//Information to connect database obtained from --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7RZV4VLv3s
Connection myconObj = null; //allows to connect to database
Statement mystatObj = null; // create statement (Execute queries)
ResultSet myresObj = null; // get result
ResultSetMetaData mymeta = null;
try {
String query = "select * from JACOVANSTRYP.MAINUSERDATA";
URL databaseLocation = this.getClass().getResource("/com/vanstryp/database/MainUserData/");
myconObj = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:/" + databaseLocation, "jacovanstryp", "Eduplex1234");
mystatObj = myconObj.createStatement();
myresObj = mystatObj.executeQuery(query);
mymeta = myresObj.getMetaData();
int colomnNo = mymeta.getColumnCount();
while (myresObj.next()) {
String dbUsername = myresObj.getString("Username");
String dbPassword = myresObj.getString("Password");
System.out.println();
if (username.equalsIgnoreCase(dbUsername) && password.equals(dbPassword)) {
PrintWriter activeUser = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("activeUser.db"));
activeUser.println(dbUsername);
activeUser.close();
return true;
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return false;
} catch
(ClassNotFoundException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(commonMethods.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
return false;
}
A: This line:
myconObj = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/MainUserData", ...);
uses a connection string of "jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/MainUserData". That means that you have setup (maybe through Netbeans) a Derby server on that computer listening on port 1527.
Copying a jar and the file backing the database is not enough: you must start the Derby server on the new host or use the one from the old host:
myconObj = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby://other.host.full.name:1527/MainUserData", ...);
Alternatively, you could use the embedded mode of Derby. Then you just have to declare which folder contains the database file:
myconObj = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:/path/to/MainUserData", ...);
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Forget the side of chili dogs thank you!
"When I left the navy in 1988, I probably weighed around 160 pounds. Then I went to work selling hydraulic equipment. It's an office job, and I pretty much sat all day. "I'd make myself a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich for breakfast. For lunch, I'd bring leftovers from dinner the night before--fried chicken, pork chops, whatever. At work, I'd have some coffee, and somebody was always bringing in biscuits or doughnuts. Guys would go out for lunch, and I'd get them to bring me an extra chili dog or something, and I'd eat that along with my regular lunch. On the weekends, I ate a lot of fast food. And then I'd finish with cookies or cake and three or four beers a night. All that stuff added up.
"I used to play sports. I never really worked out, but those activities kept me halfway decent. Then when I got married, I just had a sedentary lifestyle. I'd go to work, come home, eat dinner, watch TV. Five years later, bam, 215 pounds."
"One night I woke up out of a dead sleep and couldn't breathe. It turned out to be a duodenal ulcer; it was my wake-up call for losing weight. I quit smoking. I went on a strict diet and stuck to it. For 3 months, breakfast was a glass of OJ and nonfat yogurt with a banana. My lunch was turkey on whole wheat with mustard and a can of V-8. For dinner, I alternated between soup-and-salad combos and tuna-fish sandwiches. And I stopped drinking beer.
"My exercise was pretty simple. I'd use the stationary bike and do pushups and situps. I started with 20 minutes on the bike, 10 pushups, and 25 situps. That was all I could do. Eventually I was doing 30 minutes on the bike with increased resistance, 25 pushups, and 50 to 60 situps. Within 4 months, I'd lost 55 pounds. I was back down to 160."
"I had to buy a lot of new clothes in the beginning. I had all these size-38 jeans, then 36, then 34. My knees and my back always used to be sore, but I don't have those problems anymore. The workouts strengthened my back, and I'm sure losing the 55 pounds helped, too.
"I've been lifting with dumbbells and have gained about 10 pounds, but it's all muscle mass. I don't want to get any bigger, just stay cut and look decent. I'm a solid 170 now. I look better, I feel better, and I know I'm going to live longer. I've never looked or felt this great, even when I was in the navy. I was probably heading straight into a heart attack, but I believe that anyone who truly wants to live a healthier lifestyle should go for it. It is a great feeling."
Mike does cardiovascular workouts 3 days a week on his stationary bike (45 minutes at 14 mph with intervals mixed in) and treadmill (brisk walk on an incline for 15 minutes).
He does weight training 3 days a week using dumbbells and an incline bench-- shoulders on Sundays, legs and biceps on Tuesdays, chest and back on Thursdays.
His abdominal workout: 300 crunches (six variations) after each weight session.
"I eat like a horse, but I eat healthy food. A big bowl of oatmeal or Cheerios with raisins (with 2 percent milk) for breakfast, banana for a snack. At lunchtime, it's still a turkey sandwich, but I like Miracle Whip Light, so I use it."
"When I eat meat at dinner, it's chicken or pork chops that don't have much fat."
"On Fridays, I eat whatever I feel like."
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Military service is difficult enough, but for many, life gets even harder once they're done. Over half of the 2.5 million soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan during America's longest continuous period of war have returned with mental health conditions directly related to their time in uniform. Twenty percent have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and 1 in 6 struggles with addiction, according to Justice For Vets, a nonprofit advocacy group. Often, the two are related: More than 2 in 10 veterans with PTSD also have substance use disorder, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
And instead of getting the help they need, too many veterans wind up behind bars. In 2010, the Office of National Drug Control Policy estimated that 60 percent of veterans in the prison system were struggling with SUD, and about 25 percent of incarcerated veterans said they were under the influence of drugs when they committed their crime.
In the past year, however, a new program funded by Buncombe County and the Governor's Crime Commission has begun offering a ray of hope fo some local, imperiled veterans. Operated in collaboration with the Charles George Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veterans Treatment Court is helping some of those who are struggling the most find a foothold en route to a successful future.
Mental health issues and addiction aren't limited to those who actually saw combat. Some people entering the military already struggle with addiction, and both training and active duty offer ample opportunities for trauma. In addition, people often leave the military without any plan for the rest of their lives.
Nick Albizo was a boatswain's mate in the Navy. He served for over three years, including time in Norfolk, Virginia, and in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. And even though he never went to war, his experiences triggered PTSD.
He was physically assaulted several times, both during training and later by resentful subordinates. To make matters worse, says Albizo, he worked up to 120 hours per week, sometimes under extremely stressful conditions such as severe cold. On one tragic exercise, he witnessed a fellow serviceman's accidental beheading.
Albizo also had a history of substance abuse. While growing up in Shelby, N.C., he had surgery and developed a dependency on opioid painkillers after being prescribed "pretty much an unlimited supply." He was supposed to use them as needed but says it's inevitable that anyone in that position will end up abusing them.
In the Navy, Albizo couldn't do the drugs so he switched to alcohol, essentially replacing one addiction with another. He was discharged from the Navy several years ago for medical reasons involving alcohol abuse, PTSD and a benign brain tumor.
"They weren't able to operate on it, so they didn't know what to do. They felt like I was more of a problem than I was someone they could help. I think that's why they made the decision to send me home and not even try to give me treatment," he explains. Within 18 months, however, the Navy did see fit to give him an honorable discharge, making him eligible for VA benefits.
Albizo then returned to Shelby, where he began self-medicating for chronic hangovers with marijuana and then benzodiazepines. "The benzos is what really got me," he reveals. "I started doing benzos more than I should have, and I combined benzos with pain pills or opiates." That, he says, resulted in a drug charge and subsequent probation, and when he got caught buying drugs he wound up in the Rutherford County Jail looking at potential prison time.
Albizo says his probation officer felt he needed a more comprehensive approach than standard rehab, so she reached out for information about Veterans Treatment Court. Albizo moved to Asheville last November, and he's now in a drug and psychological treatment program geared to his particular needs.
"I'm pretty proud of my story, because I've made it this far," he notes.
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already saved taxpayers more than $213,000, compared with the cost of sending them to prison. Currently, there are 12 participants, and according to Vaske, the court is saving either the county or the state (depending on where they would be doing their time) over $22,000 per year, per participant. With annual funding of about $75,000, Veterans Treatment Court is designed to serve 30 veterans at a time; at full capacity, substantially greater savings could be expected.
The voluntary Buncombe County program is the only one of its kind in the state that's tied to the Superior Court system, though there are others that work with lower courts. District Attorney Todd Williams discussed his desire for such a program during his 2014 election campaign. Williams also credits the programs presiding judge, Superior Court Judge Marvin Pope, whose passionate support helped get the program going and who now actively recruits qualified participants, including Albizo.
Can you help a veteran?
The folks at Buncombe County Veterans Treatment Court are builders: They are essentially bringing the VTC program into existence from a void. Like most start- ups, they need resources, and are asking community members to contribute funds.
If you would like to donate money to VTC, you can send a check to ABCCM or stop by its offices at 30 Cumberland Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. When donating, be sure to specify in the memo line that the contribution is for Veterans Treatment Court.
If you operate a business and would consider hiring veterans participating in the program, or if you are a veteran and would like to become a mentor for par- ticipants, contact Eric Howard, VTC coordinator, at (828) 259-6601.
One impetus for Veterans Treatment Court, says Williams, is that although the local drug treatment courts are useful, they're not necessarily the best fit for a veteran whose primary diagnosis is mental health-based, such as when substance abuse is an offshoot of a problem like PTSD.
Social worker Eric Howard, the coordinator for Veterans Treatment Court, agrees. "The sole focus of drug treatment court is on the actual addiction," he explains. "But from the research we're looking at and from what I've learned about the veterans program, so much of the addiction is fed by some sort of PTSD from … military service." One program participant, for example, smoked meth in part because he didn't want to go to sleep for fear of recurring nightmares.
With his background in social work and education, Howard (aka "Big E") is a firm believer in a holistic approach to problem-solving. He draws on resources all over the county, but it's the collaboration with the VA Medical Center, he says, that really makes the program work. "They have more of a socialized medicine model," he explains. The veterans "have everything there, they have access to care," with different departments focusing on addiction, homelessness and so on.
Stewart also sees the symbiotic relationship as key. "The involvement of our veterans in VTC seems to greatly improve engagement and commitment to treatment services," she reports.
Even veterans she met through jail outreach, continues Stewart, are more committed when their treatment program is bolstered by the support services the special court provides.
Playing a role not unlike that of a sponsor in a 12-step program, mentors attend court dates and meet socially with participants.
Albizo's mentor, Kevin Rumley, is a medically retired Marine who works as a veterans outreach coordinator and certified substance abuse councilor at NC Brookhaven Behavioral Health in Asheville. Rumley says he tries to help clients find replacements for drugs and alcohol and healthier ways to manage trauma symptoms.
Albizo, meanwhile, says he feels sufficiently inspired by what Kevin does that he'd "like to pursue a career in that myself." That's exactly the sort of buy-in that Schumacher says he's looking for. In fact, as veterans complete the treatment court program and get their lives back on track, he hopes to recruit some of them as mentors.
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Antisense Therapeutics (ASX:ANP) appoints Chief Commercial Officer
Antisense Therapeutics Limited (ASX:ANP) Chair, Dr Charmaine Gittleson, and new Chief Commercial Officer, Dr Anthony Filippis, discuss Antisense's progress, attracting new talent to the company, and what drew Dr Filippis to the role.
Tim McGowen: We're talking today with Antisense Therapeutics (ASX:ANP). It's got a market cap of around $57 million. The company is developing and commercialising antisense pharmaceuticals for large unmet markets in rare diseases. We have with us Dr Charmaine Gittleson, who is the company Chair, and Anthony Filippis, who is the company's new Chief Commercial Officer.
Now, before we start, a little background into the biotech sector, which over the last 12 months has moved from one extreme to the other — from spectacular fundraising success during the pandemic to a spectacular crash over the last 12 to 18 months. Investors are, however, starting to return to the more promising parts of the listed biotech sector. The upcoming JP Morgan conference in January could be seen as a potential catalyst for an uplift in sentiment across the sector. JP Morgan has certainly provided the sector with a boost in the past, and this will be the first time in a couple of years that attendance won't be restricted by the pandemic. It also appears that M&A activity is on the rise, with big drug-makers now sitting on almost $300 billion of cash and many, including Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb, need to refill their pipelines because of major patent expires in the second half of the decade. Of course, successful biotechs are usually bought out by big pharmaceutical companies, who have the financial muscle to fund large Phase 3 clinical trials and commercialise successful treatments. Overnight, for example, Johnson & Johnson said it struck a deal to buy heart pump maker Abiomed for $16.5 billion in cash, a 50 per cent premium to the share price. The reality is, however, that it's been a very difficult sector over the last 12 months, and biotechs on the ASX have been no exception. Of course, healthcare and life science sectors aren't going away. It's literally the only industry whose intention is to save lives or improve the lives of people with critical illnesses. It's important work.
We have both with us today Dr Charmaine Gittleson, as I said, and Dr Anthony Filippis, with us today, and they can help us get more insights into Antisense, the sector, and the US industry dynamics.
Anthony, welcome to the network. Charmaine, nice to see you again. Thanks for your time.
Dr Charmaine Gittleson: Thanks, Tim.
Tim McGowen: Now, as we just discussed in our intro, it's been a really tough environment for biotechs and the industry as a whole, both here in Australia and offshore, of course. What are your thoughts on Antisense's progress over the last 12 months?
Dr Charmaine Gittleson: Look, we have made progress. I know that the progress that's been made has not been reflected in the share price, and that has affected particularly retail investor sentiment. I'm very aware of that. It concerns me. But in terms of the actual progress we've made as an organisation, I think importantly what we've been able to do is find a way to move forward and to move back into the clinic. And a lot of effort has gone into, this year, trying to access capital in the markets, and while there is some capital available, the structures, the deal structures, almost require you to sell your soul. Deep discounts | -0.202281 | 0.144081 | -0.291689 | -0.259752 | [
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required in order to access capital. And we've not felt that that's been in the best interests of the shareholders. So we've worked through a strategy of how we can utilise the funds that we have at our discretion to use them to get ourselves back into the clinic. That's the most important thing. It's going to be the data from the patients, from the boys, that is going to be what we can leverage. It really is going to make the difference.
Tim McGowen: Now, Anthony, you're new to Antisense. Can we start by talking a little bit about your background and follow by what originally attracted you to join the company?
Dr Anthony Filippis: Yeah, sure, Tim. So, obviously, I was CEO and MD at NSV (Neurosciences Victoria) since 2017. Prior to NSV, I've been an accomplished CEO and C-suite executive for over the last 25 years in the biotech space, both ASX-listed and private companies. I sit on a number of boards, have chaired committees as well. In terms of attraction to Antisense or what attracted me to the role, there was a lot of factors, clearly. I think not only personal growth, but I think also from a company perspective, they've got a late-stage asset in ATL1102. There's a few companies, obviously, that have got late-stage assets, but there's not many of them in the Australian market. So, I'm really excited about working with the Phase 2b-ready drug in ATL 1102 for DMD (Duchenne muscular dystrophy). And the other thing that also attracted me to the role was obviously the data that's been coming out regarding long Covid. I think a third of people with Covid go on to develop neurological complications. Some of those complications really are around inflammation of the brain and brain fog that goes with that. So I think there's, through the identification of these elusive biomarkers, there's a diagnostic and a therapeutic angle as well that I think can be looked at. So, I'm really excited about that opportunity as well.
Tim McGowen: Charmaine, putting aside industry dynamics for the moment, Antisense have their AGM coming up, and the company's putting in place a new employee share option plan post it's expiry, which expires in December 2022. Is this how you attract new talent — someone like Anthony, for example?
Dr Charmaine Gittleson: So, I wouldn't describe it as new, because it is the same employees share option plan. And, as you said, it expires in December 2022. It's something that gets renewed every three years, and as such, needs to go to an AGM as a resolution to be voted on. But, yes, it's very much standard to use options and shares to attract talent, and importantly to retain talent. And the important thing to note, though, even though management and directors come under an employee share plan, there's a subtle difference, not always appreciated. So, it's at the discretion of the board to issue shares and options to management, but it's not at their discretion to issue them to themselves. And so, if the board is to receive shares or options, it has to come forward as a separate resolution. So, separate to the one that we put forward now. Has to come forward as a separate resolution named for each director. And, as you'll see, there aren't any this year for named directors, and I don't believe that there were for last year. I'm a firm believer in the organization, performing, doing well, and then people being rewarded with shares and options. So, as a board, we've not put that forward for ourselves as a reward this year, but it is an important incentive, and it will be something that we will be using over the next year to attract people to the board and the organisation, and to retain our key talent.
Tim McGowen: Charmaine, included in the AGM is a resolution in regards to a new placement capacity, which appears to be fairly standard AGM procedure for a biotech. How can shareholders reconcile the employee share scheme and the placement facility?
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Methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer, Blue World Technologies, is starting a limited production marking the first step in commercialising its fuel cell technology.
Founded in October 2018, Blue World Technologies has spent the last two years optimising the production processes working towards the goal of commercialising the methanol fuel cell technology through large-scale production. As many other start-ups, Blue World Technologies has met challenges on the way and in September 2019, just a year after the company's establishment, the construction of production facilities for Blue World Technologies was paused due to construction difficulties just a few weeks before the construction was planned to begin. That resulted in a plan B, and Blue World Technologies quickly adapted and continued the path of developing new production methods and optimising processes. Now the company is starting a limited methanol fuel cell production as the first step in commercialising the technology.
Anders Korsgaard, CEO and co-founder of Blue World Technologies, explained: "One of the most crucial elements we have been working on these past two years is bringing down the production time and costs of the fuel cell components. We have now reached a point which enables us to move one step closer towards commercialising the technology to be able to compete with conventional technologies."
The steps towards commercialisation
In less than two years Blue World Technologies has managed to build up a solid order book that reflects the market demand in the methanol fuel cell technology. The limited production that has now been started allows Blue World Technologies to deliver systems and components to customers as an initiating step towards scaling up the production. The experience gained from the limited production will be used in the continued optimisation of production methods and processes as the company will move onto serial production of 2,000 to 5,000 units. Blue World Technologies is expected to continue upscaling the production with an aim to reach a full-scale commercial production capacity of 50,000 fuel cell units within three years.
"There is an increased focus on Power-to-X and there is a big market demand for alternative technologies providing CO2 reduction, which we also see in both our current order books but also in the initiated dialogues we have with potential customers. Starting this initial production now allows us to progress with development and trial projects with customers," said Mads Friis Jensen, CCO and co-founder of Blue World Technologies.
Retiring the combustion engine
The methanol fuel cell technology has great potential in several markets such as maritime, heavy-duty, stationary, and passenger vehicles. Blue World Technologies has a partner approach to fully leverage the potential of these markets. As a green and clean alternative to combustion engines and diesel generators the methanol fuel cell technology provides multiple benefits such as cost-savings, CO2 reduction – or even a CO2 neutral operation when running on green methanol – as well as zero harmful emissions. The fuel cells run on methanol which is an easy-to-use e-fuel as it is liquid at atmospheric pressure making refuelling convenient and makes it possible to integrate and reuse in the world's existing infrastructure. Methanol is a fuel that can be produced from green sources and is CO2 neutral in a well-to-wheel perspective. Therefore, it is a solid alternative to fossil fuel and can contribute to the green transition in multiple industries around the world.
Blue World Technologies aims to retire the combustion engine – a technology we have been relying on for more than a century. The company is working towards commercialising the fuel cell technology. Facing the optimisations and development of combustion engine technologies that have been ongoing for decades, Blue World Technologies has spent the past two years and is continuing to bring down production time and costs as well as increasing the electrical efficiency to be able to compete with the combustion engine.
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Humbled but healthy, Eaves to attempt fourth straight Smashfest title
Patrick EavesDominic MooreSmashfestAnaheim Ducks
Patrick Eaves, who was limited to just two NHL games in 2017-18, can't wait for the puck to drop on the new season. But before it does, the right wing has one order of business to take care of.
Patrick Eaves, who was limited to just two NHL games in 2017-18, can't wait for the puck to drop on the new season.
But before it does, the right wing has one order of business to take care of.
The voice that greets you on the other end of the line is a happy one. For starters, it's Eaves' oldest kid's birthday. But there's another reason, a big one, as to why the 34-year-old is smiling these days.
"It was very trying year," said the Anaheim Ducks forward who was forced to the sidelines after initially being diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition where a person's immune system attacks the nervous system. Doctors later concluded that Eaves was experiencing post-viral syndrome, which can be triggered by a viral infection.
"I had to have surgery [on his shoulder] in March, which ended it all. I'm doing therapy for that, but the rest of my body feels great. I'm training hard. It's pretty much what I did the past couple of years. I just got off the ice and I feel great. I'm excited to feel normal again."
Eaves, who came to the Ducks via a trade from Dallas February 24, 2017, turned to several people for support since his diagnosis last October.
"The only reason I'm able to come back and play this year is because of the people that I'm surrounded by," said the veteran of 626 regular season NHL games. "It starts with my wife, my kids, my family, the trainers and everyone that has helped me.
"It was a very difficult situation. It humbled me, for sure. It made me lean on everyone around me. You can be surrounded by great people, but sometimes it's a pride thing…you don't always want to share your difficulties. This forced my hand on that and everyone came to the table and helped out. I'm very fortunate. I'm really looking forward to playing again."
Before that happens, Eaves will attempt to net his fourth straight Smashfest title.
The seventh annual Charity Ping-Pong Challenge, founded by fellow NHLPA member Dominic Moore, will take place Wednesday, August 1 at Steam Whistle Brewing in Toronto. The fan-inspired event, supported by the NHLPA, showcases NHL players' ping-pong skills while raising money and awareness for research into concussions and rare cancers.
"It's just such a fun night to be part of," said Eaves. "You go meet guys that you've played against all year in a fun setting. But I'll be ready to play. I'm very excited about playing in it."
Moore won't make it easy for Eaves in his quest for a four-peat.
"Dom is loading up the deck," said Eaves. "Every year, he seems to do that. It'll be good. You have to get a little lucky and just have fun."
Don't expect the 29th overall pick of the Ottawa Senators in 2003 to hit the table tennis circuit any time soon.
"Not yet," offered Eaves. "I'm looking to get on the senior tour one day."
How would a Smashfest title, a return to NHL hockey, followed by a Stanley Cup win sound?
"Well, that sounds great. I'd definitely be happy with that."
Dominic Moore gets ready to serve up Smashfest X
Set for July 20 at Steam Whistle Brewery in Toronto, Smashfest, makes its return to Toronto.
Dominic Moore honoured to be 2021 Hockey Fights Cancer ambassador
The 2014 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy recipient joins some elite company as a Hockey Fights Cancer ambassador.
Dominic Moore serves up ninth annual Smashfest
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package org.eclipse.ceylon.common.tool;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
* The multiplicity of an option argument or argument.
* @author tom
*/
public class Multiplicity {
public static final Multiplicity _1 = new Multiplicity(1, 1);
public static final Multiplicity _0_OR_MORE = new Multiplicity(0, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
public static final Multiplicity _0_OR_1 = new Multiplicity(0, 1);
public static final Multiplicity _1_OR_MORE = new Multiplicity(1, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
private final int min;
private final int max;
Multiplicity(int minMax) {
this(minMax, minMax);
}
Multiplicity(int min, int max) {
if (min < 0 || max <= 0 || max < min) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
this.min = min;
this.max = max;
}
/** true if {@linkplain #getMin() min} > 0 */
public boolean isRequired() {
return this.min > 0;
}
/** true if {@linkplain #getMax() max} > 1 */
public boolean isMultivalued() {
return this.max > 1;
}
/** true if {@linkplain #getMin() min} != {@linkplain #getMax() max} */
public boolean isRange() {
return this.max != this.min;
}
/** true if the given number is between {@linkplain #getMin() min}
* and {@linkplain #getMax() max}, inclusive.
*/
public boolean isWithinBound(int num) {
return min <= num && num <= max;
}
public int getMax() {
return max;
}
public int getMin() {
return min;
}
public static Multiplicity fromString(String str) {
str = str.trim();
switch (str) {
case "1":
return _1;
case "*":
return _0_OR_MORE;
case "?":
return _0_OR_1;
case "+":
return _1_OR_MORE;
}
str = str.trim();
Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("([0-9]+)").matcher(str);
if (matcher.matches()) {
int num = Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(1));
return new Multiplicity(num);
}
matcher = Pattern.compile("([\\(\\[])\\s*([0-9]+)\\s*,\\s*([0-9]+)?\\s*([\\)\\]])").matcher(str);
if (matcher.matches()) {
boolean minInclusive = "[".equals(matcher.group(1));
int min = Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(2));
boolean maxInclusive = "]".equals(matcher.group(4));
int max = matcher.group(3) != null ? Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(3)) : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
return new Multiplicity(minInclusive ? min : min + 1,
maxInclusive || matcher.group(3) == null ? max : max - 1);
}
throw new RuntimeException("Unsupported multiplicity " + str);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return min ^ max;
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (this == obj)
return true;
if (obj == null)
return false;
if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
return false;
Multiplicity other = (Multiplicity) obj;
return this.min == other.min
&& this.max == other.max;
}
public String toString() {
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How Telltale's The Walking Dead Changed Games Forever
Cian MaherThursday, October 04, 2018
*This article will contain spoilers for Season 1 of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead*
The recent news that Telltale Games is in the process of shutting down isn't becoming any easier to stomach. From The Wolf Among Us to Tales from the Borderlands, Telltale changed the way in which contemporary games are made. Despite the fact that The Walking Dead wasn't Telltale's first title, it was the first one to resemble what could now be described as a "Telltale Game."
I played The Walking Dead's first season once, and I'll likely never play it again. Sure, some of the choices I made came back to bite me, but it would simply be too traumatic to consciously undertake such an emotional journey again, even if it meant finishing the game with a better outcome. To tell you the truth, I also haven't played the later seasons. I never will, either. I have no interest in playing past where the first series ended the first time I played it. I'm not going to pretend that the later games aren't fantastic—I'm sure that they are. Some friends of mine have told me so. However, that first season left its mark on me. For me, the series ended when Lee locked those handcuffs to that bar. That's not what I'm here to talk about, though.
The Walking Dead's first season is a game that's entirely founded upon the player's choices. Lots of RPGs offer their players dialogue options—in Skyrim, a player can use their high Speech stat in order to convince a merchant to give them a discount, and in Mass Effect a player can use their high Paragon level to break up an otherwise game-changing dispute. However, these games have other aspects, too. There's combat, free-roam exploration, and a million other things to do. In The Walking Dead, you play through a linear game that changes to suit the decisions you input by pressing a single button when prompted. It's so simple, but it's so engaging. All that's there is a story—a story that you have the power to influence.
The impact of choices in The Walking Dead is a little more nuanced, too. Certain decisions will yield a notification—"Kenny didn't like that." You become aware early on that all of your decisions are weighted in a far more complex way than you may have expected. One seemingly minor choice can affect the sensibilities of four different characters in four very different ways. That's where the game's complexity lies—in its dialogue mechanics. All of the other Telltale games were in the same vein as this one, and lots of other games have taken note since, too. However, building an entire game upon a foundation as untried as this was a risky endeavor to undertake. I'm so glad that Telltale had the courage to go through with it.
On top of this, the game's episodic nature meant that choice and consequence were separated by quite a distance. If you played the first episode at launch, you would have played the final episode seven months later. Choices made in the very first episode heavily influenced the narrative in the final one, so the story wasn't one that could simply be played in the space of a week. It may be now, but the intangible spaces between episodes still assert their presence, as the boundaries that mark the end of one and the start of another are permeable but firm. Also, player choices in early episodes were used to supplement the writing of later ones, as Telltale made educated design decisions based on the choices that players had selected. This made for a story written by the writers, but influenced by the players. In a way, the players themselves helped to direct the story towards its natural conclusion.
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Photo by Sue Watson
Tim and Lisa Liddy are pictured at The Apothecary with a state award presented for their commitment to downtown.
• Mississippi Main Street honors Holly Springs couple
SUE WATSON Staff Writer
Tim and Lisa Liddy, owners of Court Square Inn and The Apothecary, in downtown Holly Springs, were honored by the Mississippi Main Street Association as Main Street Heroes.
The Liddys have shown leadership in the private sector and in the public sector.
This award recognizes outstanding community leaders or public figures who have displayed an involved commitment to downtown and his or her Main Street program. "It's quite an honor," said Lisa Liddy,
who is responsible for upkeep of Court Square Inn, a bed and breakfast and the downstairs business, The Apothecary, which is available for banquets, meetings and receptions.
These two businesses were opened after restoration of the old Seale Drug Store building on East College Avenue.
Tim Liddy owned his own pharmacy in Holly Springs for years before selling his business to CVS three years ago. He continues to work there as the pharmacy manager. Tim Liddy has been elected four
times as alderman at-large in Holly Springs.
Lisa Liddy has been heavily involved in the Marshall County Relay for Life since the event started.
The Liddys also purchased a historic home in June 1992 — Rutledge, listed on the National Register.
Tim Liddy served on the City Beautiful Commission under the late mayor Eddie Lee Smith. And he served on the Historic Preservation Commission for 10 years. He has also served on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, now Main Street Chamber, on and off for a number of years.
He, along with David Beckley and Clencie Cotton at Rust College, is credited with helping bring the Main Street Program to Holly Springs.
"My father years ago told me — to be successful, your community has to be successful," Liddy said.
Christy Owens, executive director of the Holly Springs Main Street Chamber, said the Main Street Heroes award is tied to service to the community.
"It's kind of like walking the walk and talking the talk," said Owens, meaning the Liddys have put their money where their mouth is in terms of community service and community building and development.
By restoring the old Seale Drug Store building, they saved the structure and put it back to use after being empty for years.
Owens said the Liddys were chosen for recognition by Mississippi Main Street, but she nominated a number of businesses for recognition in a number of categories.
"Tim and Lisa Liddy have spent their lives giving back to Holly Springs," said Owens in her nominating form. "Tim has been a pharmacist in Holly Springs since 1989, and Lisa was the deputy city clerk for Holly Springs until 2003. Tim has also served many years as an elected official.
"Tim and Lisa purchased a building located on the Historic Courthouse Square and began renovating the second floor in 2007 to include three luxury suites called the Court Square Inn Bed & Breakfast. In 2017, Tim and Lisa began renovating the first floor that had previously been the home of three different drug stores, and The Apothecary event space officially opened in 2018.
"Tim and Lisa are preservationists at heart and great partners of Main Street, and there is not a more deserving couple than the Liddys to be called Main Street Heroes."
The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) celebrated the achievements of Mississippi Main Street Communities with a special virtual annual awards presentation this year.
MMSA staff presented the 2020 awards from the Old Capitol Inn in downtown Jackson via Facebook Live.
The Holly Springs Main Street Chamber group watched from The Apothecary.
The annual awards honors Main Street directors, board members and volunteers and recognizes the most outstanding downtown development projects from Main Street communities in Mississippi.
"Mississippi Main Street is excited to celebrate the achievements of our Main Street communities," said Steven Dick, MMSA Board President. "Our local leaders have worked tirelessly to provide economic opportunities, increase quality of life, and preserve what makes our downtowns special."
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The new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class impresses with numbers
'Sometimes the numbers say more than a thousand words', the management believes.
The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class combines perfection and high-tech solutions with the exclusivity and tradition of Maybach. Since the market launch of Mercedes-Maybach S-Class in 2015, around 60,000 units have been delivered worldwide. In 2019 alone, 12,000 units were sold and sales figures in China were doubled.
Its 18 centimetre-long wheelbase entirely benefits the rear compared to the long variant of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, whilst its Executive Seats as standard and the Chauffeur package makes the rear section become a comfortable working or resting area. They are complemented by exclusive details, such as large areas of trim on the rear of the front seats and between the two rear passengers.
"With the new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, we are emphasising the progressive, modern approach of its exclusive product portfolio shortly before the 100th anniversary of Mercedes-Maybach automobiles," says Dirk Fetzer, head of Mercedes-Maybach product management. "As they did then, today's customers have high expectations of their exclusivity and individuality, elegant design and a first-class standard of finish, all based on the very latest technology. Especially considering comfort, safety and design, the new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class has unique selling features in the hotly contested luxury segment," he added.
The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is a classic three-box saloon, with the distinctive bonnet, a chromed fin and the Mercedes-Maybach radiator grille in front. This is highly recognisable by its vertical, three-dimensional trim strips. The wordmark, MAYBACH, is elegantly integrated into the chrome surround of the grille, whilst the Maybach brand logo on the C-pillar emphasises exclusivity. Its rear doors are wider than those of the brother models and the C-pillars feature a fixed quarter light. As a standard, the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is equipped with electrically operated comfort rear doors.
The exclusive appearance of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is be enhanced by a two-tone paint finish with a dividing line which is applied by hand to the highest quality standards. This is available as optional equipment, as is the DIGITAL LIGHT headlamp technology. In each headlamp, DIGITAL LIGHT has a light module with three extremely powerful LEDs that is refracted and directed by 1.3 million micro-mirrors.
The interior: generous space and great comfort
The interior of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is based on the new interior design of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The sculptured look of the dashboard, centre console, and armrests appears to float above an expansive interior landscape. There are also up to five display screens available. Included by default is a 12.8-inch OLED central display as a high-tech control centre. Meanwhile, a 12.3-inch 3D driver display with a three-dimensional representation of other road users and pronounced depth and shade effects is available on request. The distinctive look of the driver display in exclusive mode underlines the special status of the Mercedes-Maybach: The surrounds of the dial instruments are in the brand colour rosé gold.
This colour is also used for the active ambience lighting, i.e. the animated LED light band with intelligent comfort and safety functions. It has two new colour themes for the active ambiance lightning—rosé gold white and amethyst glow. The "Welcome Rear" entry display greets passengers with a special light show. There is also a wide adjustment range between precise working light and relaxing lounge light.
The infotainment system MBUX is more personal and intuitive
The second generation of MBUX (Mercedes-Benz User Experience) introduced in 2018 has its debut in the new S-Class. The unique feature of MBUX is its networking with a wide range of vehicle systems and sensor data. Brilliant displays on up to five large screens, in part with OLED technology, make the control of vehicle and comfort functions even easier. The possibilities for personalisation and intuitive operation have become far more extensive.
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MBUX Interior Assist recognises eye direction, hand gestures, and the body language of the occupants, so as to assist with automatic vehicle functions as the situation requires. The movements and gestures by the rear occupants can be recognised with the help of 3D laser cameras in the roof liner. For example, the belt extender for the outer rear seats automatically offers up the seat belt when MBUX Interior Assist recognises the occupant's intention to reach for the belt by hand movements. The exit warning function has also been extended and is able to register that a rear passenger intends to leave the vehicle.
Refined engine design for efficient power delivery
The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is available with a choice of two engine variants: the S 580 4MATIC, powered by an eight-cylinder petrol engine (M176) with integrated second-generation starter-alternator and 48-volt onboard electrical system; and the Mercedes-Maybach S 680 4MATIC, powered by the familiar V12 (M279), for the first time combined with 4MATIC all-wheel drive.
The 9G-TRONIC transmission was developed further and adapted for the integrated starter generator (ISG). The electric motor, the power electronics, and the transmission cooler have now moved into or onto the transmission. In conjunction with ISG, it became possible to eliminate the entire two-piece belt drive, as an electric refrigerant compressor is used. This means that even when the engine is not running (start/stop and gliding phases), the interior can be efficiently and comfortably climatised.
Suspension: comfortable setup with surprising agility
The AIRMATIC air suspension with continuously adjustable damping ADS+ is standard equipment. Using DYNAMIC SELECT, the driver is able to individually modify the characteristics of the powertrain, ESP®, the suspension and the steering. The selection is made using control at the lower end of the central display. DYNAMIC SELECT has a dedicated MAYBACH driving mode that focuses entirely on ride comfort.
Rear-axle steering improves manoeuvrability in urban areas. This reduces the turning circle by up to two metres. Customers have a choice between two variants: 4.5° and 10° rear-axle steering. Instead of 13.4 metres, the turning circle is then 12.4 or 11.4 metres.
The optional, fully active E-ACTIVE BODY CONTROL suspension on a 48 V basis uses a stereo camera to scan the road ahead, and smooths out undulations. It also gives additional protection in the event of a lateral collision, as it raises the vehicle level. It can reduce the loads acting on the occupants because it directs the impact forces towards highly resistant structures in the lower area of the vehicle.
Acoustic comfort: extraordinarily quiet and low in vibrations
The new luxury saloon further enhances the very good noise, vibrations, harshness (NVH performance of the new S-Class generation. The extended NVH measures mainly benefit the rear section. Additional absorbent foam is installed in the area of the rear wheel arches, for example. The additional, fixed quarter lights in the C-pillars have thicker laminated glass, as they are in close proximity to the heads of rear passengers. Noise-optimised tyres with foam absorbers are available depending on wheel size.
For the first time, the company used the active road noise compensation system. This reduces unwanted low-frequency noises using counter-phased sound waves. The bass speakers of the Burmester® high-end 4D surround sound system are used for sound reproduction, as well.
Safety: even more protection before and during car accidents
Especially in the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, particular attention has always been paid to safety in the rear section. During severe frontal collisions, the standard innovative rear airbag can considerably reduce the loads acting on the heads and necks of seat belt wearing occupants on the outer rear seats. In the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, passengers in the rear of a saloon car have the benefit of an automatic belt extender for the first time. It is an indirect invitation to fasten the belt, and also makes the process more convenient. The | 0.688008 | 0.261143 | 0.065049 | 0.410101 | [
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Lessons in Science Safety with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
by Thomas K. Adamson, Donald B. Lemke
Illustrated by Tod Smith
Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the importance of science safety that includes information on safety equipment and dealing with accidents. Written in graphic-novel format.
The Shocking World of...
by Liam O'Donnell
Adventures in Sound with Max...
by Emily Sohn
Understanding Photosynthesis...
Exploring Ecosystems with Max...
by Agnieszka Biskup
The Earth-Shaking Facts about...
by Katherine Krohn
Investigating the Scientific...
by Donald B. Lemke
Understanding Global Warming...
The Illuminating World of Light...
The Attractive Story of...
by Andrea Gianopoulos
"Here's a case in which a curriculum-related series (Graphic Science) puts the graphic-novel format to good use. Narrative and images nicely interplay to show the how and why of such basic safety practices as wearing goggles, calling for help when accidents happen, and avoiding contact with unknown substances. The titular character is a buff, bald African American, whose commanding presence is as engaging as it is pedagogical. The science experiments students are shown pursuing as the text moves along are suited to upper-elementary and middle-school curricula. The resources noted for further information are up to date. This will be a good choice for science classes during the opening weeks of the school year. Other Max Axiom books introduce topics such as photosynthesis, food chains, and electricity." - Booklist
Pennsylvania School Librarians Association - Ro Becker
"Join Super Scientist Max Axiom in adventures covering various science concepts in kid-friendly "graphic novel" format. These books are sure to appeal to middle level kids and teachers with their easy-to-follow story lines and clear explanations of science concepts. Each book includes additional facts, a glossary, book and internet suggestions, and an index. Recommended." - Pennsylvania School Librarians Association
Curriculum Choice blog - Cindy
"I'm in love – or, better yet, my son is in love! We've had the opportunity to review graphic science books on all sorts of topics that are fun and easy to read. Comic book style science sounds really fluffy doesn't it? Believe it or not, the Max Axiom series is full of "real" science that goes deep enough to be appropriate for any upper elementary/early middle school child. My son is a less-than-zealous textbook reader. (Picture eyes glazing over and giant yawns.) After reading – or being read to – from a textbook, he recalls very little of the information. Over the years, I've turned science into hands-on unit studies and supplemented with lots of library books, which has worked quite well. During one of these unit study times, I came across Max Axiom and wanted to know more. I found that Capstone Press offers many, many Max Axiom books, and boy were my son and I excited! Twenty-four books total cover the areas of biology/botany, chemistry, physical and earth science. In each book, Max Axiom (a scientist with super powers), goes on an adventure to learn all about the topic at hand. He can shrink to the size of bacteria and whiz through the human body, or go back in time to learn more about a famous scientist of the past. All of this in a 32 page comic book! (When I say comic book, don't think of flimsy pages, these are "real" books.) http://thecurriculumchoice.com/2011/07/max-axiom-graphic-science-books/" - Curriculum Choice blog
Thomas K. Adamson
Thomas K. Adamson has written dozens of nonfiction books for kids on sports, space, math, and more. He lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with his wife and two sons. He likes reading and playing ball with his boys. He also likes to check scores and stats on his phone.
Baseball: The Math of the Game
Basketball: The Math of the Game
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Tax and spend – on your favourites
"Australia's welfare state is out of control," Labor backbencher Craig Emerson says in a paper to be published today, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. He asks: "How do we justify giving family payments to millionaire couples so long as the mother agrees to stay at home while poor single mothers are expected to work […]
"Australia's welfare
state is out of control," Labor backbencher Craig Emerson says in a paper to be
published today, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
He asks: "How do we justify giving family
payments to millionaire couples so long as the mother agrees to stay at home
while poor single mothers are expected to work for as little as $3 an hour
after taking account of benefits lost, taxes paid, child care and travel and
work costs?"
According to Emerson, a former economics
adviser to Bob Hawke, the welfare bill has grown by half under the Howard
Government after adjusting for inflation. Welfare now accounts for $1 in $7 of
household income compared with $1 in $17 at the end of the Whitlam government.
He says government policy-makers and leaders
of his own party should reverse a recent explosion in welfare payments –
particularly through the family payments system – in a crackdown on welfare
that would lead to lower taxes.
"The Government continues to expand its
incentive-crushing income tax system to fund relentless increases in welfare
payments. High income tax rates are boosting the incentive to avoid and evade
tax… The income tax base is under siege from a government determined to offer
electoral favours to chosen constituencies."
Mike Steketee offered a good brief on the
situation in The Weekend Australian. Federal Government assistance to families with children, he reported, will run at almost $27
billion this financial year. It is up 134% over the past 10 years.
That's incredible
social engineering – incredible and inefficient, by the time the funds churn
through the system and are chipped away by administration costs.
In fact, we lose twice
from inefficiency. Our money is taken away from us and wasted by administration
– then our time gets wasted when we seek to claim it back.
"Pity poor Peter
Costello," Steketee said. "In past years he has made a reasonable fist of the
Treasurer's trick of lowering expectations in the lead-up to the budget and
then delivering some pleasant surprises, such as tax cuts. But this year, the
horse is not just out of the stable, it has bolted to the far end of the back
paddock."
Steketee's sympathetic to the Treasurer –
but lays out a challenge:
The real test of Costello's leadership credentials will be the
extent to which he can withstand the pressure to cut the top rate and turn the
public debate around. You could follow most of the public discussion in recent
times without ever realising that last year's budget included some of the
largest income-tax cuts any government has ever given to higher-income earners…
None of this means we should forget about tax reform. An even bigger
test of Costello's leadership would be to cut the top tax rate and pay for it
by paring back concessions, particularly those which go mainly to higher-income
earners. This is what Malcolm Turnbull had the courage to advocate when he
first jumped on to the tax-cut cart last year but it is seldom mentioned in the
debate these days.
This so called broadening of the income-tax base would make it
harder to avoid tax in a system in which paying it is purely optional
for many
high earners because of the deductions available to them. The scope to
large rate cuts is vast through measures such as restricting the
burgeoning
growth in work-related deductions, cutting fringe-benefits concessions
for cars
and reducing the generosity of negative gearing or capital-gains tax
concessions.
True, it requires political courage but Paul Keating proved it could be
when, as treasurer in the 1980s, he reduced the top income tax rate
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How Pacific Magazines is becoming a multiplatform business
By Kruti Joshi
Head of digital and innovations Darren Kerry discusses deadlines, traffic growth + focus on data
When Darren Kerry (pictured) joined Pacific Magazines just over 12 months ago, the business was hungry to transform from a traditional publishing model into a multiplatform one.
In the process of doing this, Kerry, the publisher's head of digital and innovation, bolstered its digital team from six to 86 people.
In the last six weeks, Kerry has spearheaded the relaunch of 12 titles' websites.
"It's been busy," Kerry laughed with relief that all the relaunches had happened as planned.
"None of them stood out as being more difficult. In terms of which were the most stressful, it would have to be getting ready for the first three: Famous Live, marie claire and Who.
"It was about making sure that we had an exhaustive checklist of everything from setting up the production environment, getting a checklist to work through with the editorial teams, migrating content from Yahoo7 and checking the website for everything from Google Analytics, Nielsen through to programmatic."
Following a new operating agreement between Pacific Magazines and Yahoo7, the latter will be responsible for only the native advertising on the new websites. Previously, Yahoo7 powered all the 12 websites that Pac Mags has relaunched.
"Both businesses know their strengths and that was the key objective and reason for the new operating agreement. Yahoo7 is an amazing business and its geographical ad network is best in the world at what it does. Pacific on the other hand is a content production powerhouse. It has 18 brands and produces amazing content.
"Over the last 12 months I have been recruiting this digital team… Given Pacific produces all the content for its magazines and we had the digital expertise to develop these new websites, it was just a natural progression for the business."
The last two (Diabetic Living and Practical Parenting) of the 12 new websites were launched on 6 June 2016. Despite the fact that the new websites have been live for less than three months, Kerry says they have already surpassed expectations.
"We have been exceeding our predictions as far as traffic is concerned. The traffic to all the websites has grown by 238% month-on-month," Kerry claimed.
There were three mandatory requirements that Kerry and his team were given for these new websites.
"The first one was set by the market, which is mobile-first and video capabilities," Kerry listed. "We knew a large proportion of our content would be consumed on mobile devices.
"The second mandatory that I briefed the team on was that the design and technical framework had to be flexible and functional across all 12 brands. We had to make sure that the features were flexible enough that each brand retained its own identity.
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All the new websites have been rolled out as minimum viable product. This means that all the websites are operating on minimal framework. The websites will be enhanced with new features over the coming weeks. "Now the real fun begins," Kerry quipped.
"Once you launch a website it doesn't stop – it continues to evolve."
Kerry and his team have held over 24 tutoring sessions for the editorial staff of each of the 12 titles in the last six weeks, he revealed. "We did two half-day sessions for each of the editorial teams.
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The big focus of the new websites is around data collection, Kerry noted.
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A lot of functional know-how goes into the creation of a ceramic kettle for tea, as this type of teaware needs to overcome several challenges in order to be aesthetically pleasing, have enough heat resistance to work on all the different kinds of stoves in the world, and, of course, most importantly, make nice water for tea. A window into this process helps us understand and appreciate our kettles that much more!
Kettles for boiling water are, without a doubt, one of the most important kinds of teaware. After all, what would our tea sessions be without boiled water? For me, as a potter with a sincere love for tea which informs my ceramic work, clay kettles have always been a central part of my work and practice. When I reach over and rest my hand on the handle of a nice kettle, I feel how quickly nice teaware becomes a friend, bringing us tea-joy. To a potter, these wares are also inspiration and creativity.
Ultimately, humans have made clay cookingware since prehistorical times. Despite all the advancements in ceramic production, technology and firing, making a kettle from clay is still a difficult task indeed, especially in a small, artistic ceramic studio like ours. Before I share our journey of failures and successes in making kettles, let me first discuss some of the details and difficulties that go into making a kettle in general. Even though this article contains technical language that may be dry, it may help you understand why potters struggle when making cookingware and give you a bit of insight into ceramic production, which is, of course, something all tea lovers are interested in.
Thermal shock resistance is an elusive and seemingly magical quality we try to achieve when creating heat-resistant ceramics. When you bring up this topic in conversation, most people are puzzled. Ceramicware is fired at really high temperatures: most utility wares are fired between 1,100 - 1,400 °C, or even higher. So why can't such pieces survive the gas stove in our kitchen? The main reason is low thermal shock resistance. And the main troublemaker in the fired clay body is cristobalite, which is a crystalline form of silica. This forms spontaneously (within bodies) at temperatures above 1,100 °C (depending on the clay composition and firing schedule). Ordinarily, this form of silica has many benefits: it adds strength to our ware and helps to seal glazes to our pots. But cristobalite suddenly changes/increases its volume (around 0.8% change) at temperatures above 200 °C! Since ceramics are brittle, volume changes cause cracking. You might imagine that when the crystals inside the pot hit the 200 °C, they puff up a little bit like popcorn. They then shrink back down as they cool. Sooner or later, the pot gives up and releases this tension in a crack. How do we overcome this problem? There are three main options, and there are pros and cons to each of them.
Underfiring: This technique has been used for millennia, since the Neolithic era. As cristobalite is formed above 1,100 °C, potters sometimes fire cookingware at lower temperatures. Such pots are porous, fragile and can break easily. Before the invention of metal cookware, however, these underfired pots were used in kitchens all over the globe. Unfortunately, even when they are well-crafted, these wares usually weaken over time and start to leak. Our great-grandmas were using them daily. When these pots started to leak, they just found another use for them; as storage for grain or vegetables, for example. They then visited the local potter to commission or trade for a new one. In the world of kettles, the Mulberry Creek stove and kettle sets from Chaozhou, which are one of the Four Treasures of gongfu tea, are classic examples. Japanese bofura for sencha are based on the Mulberry Creek stoves and kettles, and are, therefore, similarly made.
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, mix with clay and then fire to the right temperature. To develop its shock resistance, it requires a special firing schedule that takes it over 1300 °C. This is not easy to achieve in small studios and workshops. My guess is that many of the kettles that are suitable for gas and electric fires that you can find from bigger companies (such as Lin's, for example) are all produced in this or the following way.
Clays with the lowest amount of free silica possible: This means that little to no cristobalite will be formed during firing. There are some clays in the world that fit this bill, even in their natural state, prior to blending, but they are pretty rare. This means that such material has to be mixed from several minerals, types of clay and feldspars. Aside from a lot of testing to find the right recipe and firing curve, there are a few other problems with this method as well. Most glazes will not work on non-cristobalite clays (they crack or flake off), so special glazes have to be made to suit such clay. Also, the firing curve has to be very accurate - if you underfire even slightly, the pot will leak. If you overfire, on the other hand, the pot will collapse. Nevertheless, despite all the challenges this technique brings, in my experience, searching and testing to create this kind of special mixture of clay and firing technique is usually the way most teaware artists solve the problem of thermal shock resistance.
When we started, we hoped that the easiest, good old-fashioned way of underfiring the kettles would work for us, as it has for the most famous kettle makers in history. But we soon realized that such pots are fine for slow cooking in an oven or old-style wood/charcoal stove, but are not strong enough for gas fire or electric/infrared stoves. Also, when used without glaze, they leak and the water often tastes of clay. Some of you may have experienced this "clay water flavor" in lower quality Chaozhou Mulberry Creek kettles or Japanese bofura. Such an influence on the water can be nice with some water and tea, like rich and complex teas, such as aged puerh, but all too often it ruins most teas, especially delicate ones, like oolong. Therefore, we kept on our journey, searching for a better kettle solution. There had to be a way to make great kettles for tea lovers!
After about two years, we again started intensively looking for an improvement in kettle design. Inspired by a few recipes we found in ceramic books and online, combined with articles on this topic from several pottery magazines, we started blending, firing, testing and then blending again - over and over... A few months later, our first kettles were made and tested. Interestingly, at around the same time, we found a new supplier of clays for our regular work and there was a "flameproof " clay they offered in their catalogue. With a lot of skepticism, we gave it a try (we already had tried so many "flameproof " clays that didn't prove effective). We were surprised to find that this commercially produced clay was very close to the best one we were mixing at home, after years of trial and error. As mixing clay is quite difficult on a small scale, with many practical problems, it was logical for us to use this ready-to-go clay, especially since it was so close to ours. The problem was that this clay was a bit boring: pale white when fired unglazed, and, worse than that, the water prepared in these kettles was not that great for tea. We continued blending, adding iron oxide, iron scales, grog and other natural clays to achieve a clay that would not only survive any kind of heat, but also look nice and improve our water for tea. A great kettle should be pleasing aesthetically and also function well. It should have a nice effect on the water for tea, making each kettle sweet and adding depth and brightness to the tea we brew. This process of improvement is ever ongoing, as there is always room for growth!
Bigger kettles with wider spouts work well for sidehandle brewing, while the finer spout below will be appreciated in gongfu tea. The lively decorations on these bodies are the footprints of horsetail weeds from our garden. Such plants are put on the pots before closing the kil | 1.331755 | 0.549434 | 0.836066 | 0.229306 | [
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A strong identity: entrance to Square Chapel Arts Centre
Halifax is spectacular both in its setting and in the ambition of its architecture. Set in the narrow valley of the Hebble Brook and surrounded by the Pennine hills and moors, its topography is extreme and its townscape stunning. With a population of more than 80,000 it is one of the larger West Riding towns, all of which are characterised by a fierce sense of independence and local pride, but Halifax is now part of the much larger Calderdale district.
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Pevsner, writing in 1959, pronounced that 'nature has done much for Halifax; architecture little …. The mills have ruined natural beauties. They have replaced them by what may be visually exciting and inspire awe. But with architectural beauty they have nothing to do. And as for buildings in the town centre there is also nothing of a high order.' This is extraordinarily dismissive even for an early Buildings of England, where Pevsner often sees little of interest in industrial towns between C15th sedilia in the parish church and modernist schools or pit-head baths. However Ruth Harman in the recently updated and greatly expanded version of the West Riding (Sheffield and the South) volume makes generous amends. 'Halifax has perhaps the best Victorian town centre in England'.
Spectacular: The Piece Hall, Square Chapel & Beacon Hill
But Pevsner was right about nature. 'The situation of the town is spectacular'. Ruth Harman expands: 'The Pennine moors rise to the N and W while to the E the cliff like slope of Beacon Hill confronts the town across the narrow valley of the Hebble Brook. To the S the River Calder runs at the foot of a steep wooded bank …. The steepest hills still make car driving an adventure and their development-defying gradients have left bare moors overlooking the town'. Ian Nairn in his marvellous 'Football Towns' evokes the landscape setting with a passion, calling it the most dramatic town siting anywhere in England. The Halifax landscape can be conventionally picturesque in a National Trust way, as when you arrive at the Station with ravine-like wooded slopes rising up behind you and the blackened tower of medieval Halifax Minster in the foreground. But it is also brutally dramatic. Owen Hatherley in 'Ruins' quotes Wyndham Lewis's visit with fellow Vorticist Edward Wadsworth, who came from Huddersfield. 'We gazed down (from the hill above Halifax) into its industrial labyrinth. I could see he was proud of it. "It's like Hell, isn't it?" he said enthusiastically'. The harshness of industry has receded but the West Riding towns cannot escape their history or particularly their geology. The topography and building materials make for continuity between the town and moors. As Asa Briggs said, they are not 'at one' with the landscape but one with it.
Victorian gates to the courtyard
A reason to visit Halifax now is to see the magnificently restored Piece Hall, next to which are a superb new library and an excellent extension to the Square Chapel Arts Centre. The Piece Hall was designed by the local architect Thomas Bradley and completed in 1779. It is one of the greatest Georgian commercial buildings in England. Externally low and unassuming, once inside the gates it is astounding; Nairn called it a stage set on a scale unequalled in England. The vast sloping courtyard is enclosed by colonnaded galleries emulating a Roman forum, two and sometimes three stories in relation to the sloping site. This provided 315 rooms for the trading of 'pieces' of woollen cloth. But independent cloth production went into decline with the building of large mills in the early C19th and the Piece Hall is the only one of the many West Riding halls to fully survive. Its architectural and historic importance was recognized as long ago as 1928 when it was made a Scheduled Ancient Monument and it was comprehensively restored in a low key way in 1978.
The hard landscaping could have been better
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, a contemporary and flexible space which will provide a cultural and community focus for the borough. The overall scheme includes the new library and the reopening of the industrial museum. The renovation of the Piece Hall buildings themselves by LDN Architects is stunningly good. The rooms lend themselves to retail and café/restaurant uses and this has been done very subtly so there is none of the problem of, say, Albert Dock where jazzy tourist uses jar with the severity of the structure. A fourth (east) entrance facing towards the new library, industrial museum, Minster and railway station has been introduced and the south entrance links to the newly extended Square Chapel Arts Centre. The other entrances link to the main shopping streets, so that functionally the new Town Square works well. The reservation however is about the hard landscaping and paving which was designed by Gillespies.
Granite?
The great thing about the Piece Hall courtyard was its sheer size (0.7 hectare) and the simplicity of the groundscape laid out in setts, so the courtyard did not compete with the buildings. The courtyard has a pronounced slope and thus a subtle relationship to the forum buildings. The City Square design however involves creating a flat space for events etc, and this requires stepping up and down to the levels of the colonnaded buildings. In a sense this is inevitable and desirable if the square is to be well used, and not just be a backdrop for the architecture but it should have been done more subtly. The paving of the flat 'square' in Pennant sandstone is handsome enough. However the stepped area and water feature to the NW is really clumsy and intrusive, competing with and diminishing the low colonnaded buildings. The seating pods around the square are visually dominant and the pedestrian steps with their ugly balustrades and railings –unnecessary anyway as there are accessible ramps – destroy the horizontal quality of the space. Worst of all is the use of granite, in every sense alien to Halifax and to the Piece Hall. The funereal Portugese blocks used for the stepped areas and seats are grim but the fussy Carlow blue mosaics are worse. However the lighting is good and at night the courtyard does looks quite magical.
Every town should have one as good as this
Better than the new Birmingham library
No such reservations about LDN's lovely new library. This incorporates the spire and ruined rose window of the C19th Square Chapel, the rest of which was demolished in the 70s after a fire. The view W from the Piece Hall courtyard is magnificent, with the horizontal rectangle of the forum stunningly juxtaposed with the thrusting verticality of the spire and the wooded slopes of Beacon Hill beyond. The chapel was built in 1855 and modelled on Pugin's St Giles Cheadle. Nairn in his characteristically poetic way said the steeple is 'malevolent, like Heathcliffe' and it certainly has passion and raw power; incorporating it into the new library was a masterstroke. The new building is entirely satisfying. For a start it really looks and feels like a library – there are lots of books and it is not all about coffee and chat. The library is opposite the Industrial Museum which is in a converted mill building and flanks a grand flight of steps up to the new east entrance to the Piece Hall. You enter the building at the upper level. Quiet, unassuming, four storeys with very nicely executed brickwork, the new build does nothing to distract from the Piece Hall or the dramatic steeple. On entering there are super views of the spire from the atrium and glazed stairwell. But this is not the only wow factor. You are also treated to gorgeous views out from the library to the town and wooded Hebble Brook valley. Everything is so nicely detailed, like the toddlers' entrance to the children's library below a screen of books. A beautiful piece of architecture.
An awkward corner creates an interesting brief
Nonconformist
The earlier Square Chapel was built in 1771 and again designed by Bradley. Pevsner called it one of Yorkshire's greatest Georgian chapels but it was also threatened with demolition and lay derelict for many years. It was restored as exhibition and performance space in 1988 by Allen Tod architects. An ambitious new extension to the arts centre has just | 1.980981 | 0.542272 | 0.300919 | -0.039936 | [
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opened, designed by Evans Vettori. This provides a new foyer, café-bar, cinema, studio theatre and backstage facilities for the main auditorium. The striking but simple burnished copper box structure nicely restores the old street line of Blackledge and you enter into a light, airy, expansive space for the foyer and café-bar. This has an interesting steel roof carried on three structural 'trees' with triangular infill of brown, green and yellow. The tree metaphor is continued with the etched glass of the great windows which flood the foyer with light. The detail is all very satisfying like the marquetry of the box office, the shuttered concrete for the bar and balustrades, the quirky light fittings. But the most dramatic feature is the difference in levels between the original chapel and the new extension. A great concrete staircase provides a triple height space between the café-bar and the east elevation of the C18th building with superb views of the library' steeple. The old chapel elevation is exposed and preserved just as it was – a wonderfully theatrical experience. As with Caruso St John's Nottingham Contemporary, Evans Vettori have used an awkward triangular site and difficult levels to triumphant effect. It is justifiably a huge popular success.
Ring O' Bells & Sense of Place
There is much more to see in Halifax. The present station doesn't really do justice to the town; the handsome old station next to it is now the Eureka!, the National Children's Museum. Don't miss Halifax Minster, down the hill from the station. This is the largest parish church in these parts, mostly built in the C15th but extensively restored by the Scott dynasty. Nairn captured its character perfectly as 'blackened, strong, and lonely'. On a gloomy day it is tremendously atmospheric. I like the C17th items - the communion rail, box pews and especially the plain glass windows with exaggerated lead work, initially taking these to be Expressionist.
Victorian success in 10 Parts: #1 Corners
#2 Doorways
#3 Lintels
#4 Streets
Pevsner greatly regretted the loss of Halifax's older buildings in the thorough-going Victorian redevelopment of the town centre. Only one timber frame building survives and that is so tarted up as to look ridiculous. In post war developments Halifax consistently used sandstone to to be 'in keeping' with its proud C19th commercial inheritance, even for Modernist inspired buildings and commercial slabs such as Pennine House, which leers into the view from the Piece Hall courtyard. The Woolshops shopping precinct, built in the 80s and clearly a response to the general excoriation of 70s 'concrete monstrosities' like Bradford's Kirkgate shopping centre, incorporates a number of listed buildings and other façades of interest, like the 30s entrance to Prince's Arcade. But the new shop buildings are half heartedly going through the motions; faced in stone they are about the right scale but their articulation is bland and mechanical. The pseudo Victorian canopies don't help and hiding the bulk of M&S becomes impossible. But at least you get fresh air and views. The adjacent Council offices, Northgate House, and the now superseded 80s library building are a more convincing exercise in dressing up new buildings in stone.
#5 Theatre Royal
#6 Victoria Theatre
#7 Offices
Ruth Harman is right to say that (arguably) Halifax has the best Victorian town centre in England. It is small and compact, essentially just three broadly parallel main streets up the hill from the Piece Hall. But, together with the cross streets, these contain an amazing concentration of grand commercial and public buildings. If not entirely intact, Halifax does manage to retain that feeling of concentrated urbanity, although inevitably it is fraying around the edges.
#8 Town Hall – what are people moaning about?
The Town Hall is at the north end of the ensemble. It was the last building of Charles Barry, architect of the Houses of Parliament and after his death completed in 1860 by his son. The grand tower and spire 'defeats period categorizing', according to Pevsner. Ruth Harman says 'it is regrettable that the site is too congested | 1.926194 | 0.871747 | 0.321209 | 0.365878 | [
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to take the building in as a monument of self confident High Victorianism or to contribute much to the townscape other than its tower and spire which terminate the view from Princess St etc'. Which rather underplays its contribution – the townscape of the tight streets around with fine, ornate classical commercial buildings in stone is exceptional by any standards. The area was developed by John Crossley, the industrialist whose rivalry with Edward Ackroyd shaped mid C19th Halifax. Crossley sponsored the Town Hall as part of his ambitious commercial development around Crossley St and Princess St.
#9 Market – the West Riding does this sort of thing very well
At the very centre of the town is the Borough Market designed by Leeming and Leeming and opened in 1896. It is the forerunner to the even grander Kirkgate Market in Leeds. But this one is pretty damn grand too; Nairn thought it to be one of the best in England. The street frontages are grand parades of ornate shops and the complex is contiguous with The Arcade and Old Arcade, equally fine fin-de-siècle. You enter through low-key entrances into a stupendous glass and cast iron market hall, a riot of decoration and embellishment. The four arcades meet under an elaborate dome with a magnificent cast iron clock beneath, which as Nairn said ties the whole thing together. Nowadays the market is looking a bit run down but fortunately Calderdale Borough is consulting on its long term future and refurbishment. The majority of the post-it comments seem to get it right - keep the present character and the present tenants, which means low rents. Concentrate on good maintenance not fancy improvements. It would be nice though if the central clock were not so obscured by market stall fascias. And lets hope refurbishment includes reinstating the delicate colour scheme of oranges and lemons which Nairn liked so much.
The town centre has a lively feel and, as well as the usual chain store suspects, there are lots of independent shops and cafes. The Hebble Brook ravine makes a dramatic break to the east but to the west there is continuity with pleasant areas of inner Halifax, not a cordon sanitaire of retail parks and low grade uses. However, despite the ring road, the traffic is fairly dominant in the main streets and there are lots of largely empty competing buses swirling around. Given the ring road and the large, well placed bus station, perhaps the next step in Halifax's renaissance could be more extensive pedestrian priority and better considered paving and street furniture design.
#10 Banking – Lloyds
Nat West on Waterhouse St
Halifax has a wealth of opulent bank buildings, reflecting its commercial prosperity well into the C20th. Perhaps the grandest are the former Halifax Commercial at the corner of Crown St and Silver St (1880), Lloyds Bank on Commercial St with its proud pedimented Corinthian portico and sumptuous interior (1897) and the Nat West on Waterhouse St, 1927 and a late example of the swaggering Edwardian Baroque revival. But the West Riding is more notable for its building societies, the largest of which was of course the Halifax.
Zaha Hadid would have loved this – the Halifax HQ
The Halifax HQ building, built 1968-74, is a real statement of both municipal and corporate pride in the Society, at least as it was before demutualisation in 1997; it is now part of Lloyds. Owen Hatherley says is 'genuinely one of the most unbelievable post war buildings in the country, all the more so for being an early work of BDP when it was still an idealistic socialist experiment …. It combines every possible device in the 70s architectural arsenal …. Flying walkways, black glass, Seagram curtain walls …. It is all reached by a series of platforms and walkways which replicate the sharp changes in scale of the local landscape'.
Metropolitan quality
The offices are raised up on a great concrete deck above the grand entrance plaza and entrance foyers, supported by a huge square concrete pier at the corner. The parallelogram plan dramatically thrusts the angle of the building forward to the street. Ruth Harman says 'as architecture it deserves the many accolades | 1.696089 | 0.746403 | 0.073926 | 0.212397 | [
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received, but as townscape it is a brutal intervention'. Nairn took a different view. He said it dominates by strength, not brutality. He loved its relationship with the town, the way the podium floats above the little houses beyond and how it edges into the view along Commercial St – not violently, but saying 'hello Halifax, I'm here'. He particularly liked the dark glass which gives the angled reflections of Victorian Halifax . He was not convinced however by the ventilators in the plaza, expressed as neo-Constructivist sculpture. The extension of 1987 by Abbey Hanson Rowe is taller and much more conventional, apart from incorporating the façade of the old Freemason's Hall as a stage set in the glazed foyer.
Northgate House – contextually dull
A terrible 'Vue'
Pevsner, writing more than a decade before the Halifax HQ was built, says that as for C20th contributions to Halifax 'there is nothing alas to report'. Nairn saw the building as a necessary monument, something equivalent to the Piece Hall in the C18th or the Town Hall in the C19th. It certainly raises the architectural profile of Halifax. This cannot be said of the tawdry and vacuous Vue cinema and Premier Inn complex which debase the setting of the Town Hall.
Gothic details on North Bridge
Northgate, which leads to North Bridge, is one of those streets 'fraying at the edges' although still containing many fine buildings. Halifax's extreme topography provides for exciting road engineering, as Pevsner noted. North Bridge, built in 1871, dramatically spans the ravine of the Hebble Brook at a more convenient higher level than its medieval predecessor down below. However the concrete viaducts of the inner ring road, built a century later, now soar above both with breathtaking style, drama and, for some, arrogance. Rarely has an inner ring road produced such exciting kinetics, which you can appreciate on the way to Dean Clough Mills.
Dean Clough Mills
Everything ticking along nicely
Industrial classicism
Dean Clough is another architectural wonder of Halifax, a huge complex of carpet manufacturing mills built by the Crossley family. Ruth Harman says' 'it is one of the most impressive C19th industrial sites anywhere. In scale and grandeur at least it stands comparison with, say, the warehouses of Liverpool's docks'. The mills, half a mile long, just about squeeze into the narrow Hebble Brook valley. The earliest surviving building, 'A' Mill, was built in 1841. 'G' Mill with its imposing nine storey elevation to Dean Clough Road (reducing to five at the top of the bank) was constructed in 1857. The factories closed in 1982 and were bought by Sir Ernest Hall who has over time renovated them for new uses. The mills now house about 200 companies, together with art galleries, restaurants and the Viaduct Theatre. Dean Clough is one of the most significant regeneration projects undertaken in Britain, bigger even than Saltaire.
Discuss: Victorian factory owners were sometimes quite good ...
... I mean, can you imagine Richard Branson doing this?
Ackroyd also built factories across the Hebble Brook from Dean Clough. On the hill above is his model settlement of Ackroyden. Old Lane, laid out with magnificent setts, leads up the steep valley side, looking like a Hovis advertisement apart from the rubbish everywhere. The model village, built in the 1860s, is beyond Bankside, Ackroyd's mansion and now a museum in a large park. The terraces of Ackroyden are in neo-Tudor style, arranged around a green square and it is all very attractive. Back down Haley Hill the view is dominated by the overwhelming spire of All Souls church, commissioned by Ackroyd. G.G. Scott wrote that 'it is, on the whole, my best church'. SAVE led an epic battle to preserve it in the 80s and it survives, maintained by the Churches' Conservation Trust. We did not manage to see its magnificent interior. South west of the town centre Crossley also built a model settlement, West Hill Park | 1.635823 | 1.244198 | 0.311064 | 0.2176 | [
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and employed Paxton to lay out the splendid People's Park, from which there are fine views of the hills.
The Todmorden Republic
Lancashire industry & Yorkshire agriculture
Rochdale Canal: connecting the north at Todmorden
Would not be out of place in London or Birmingham
Calderdale Borough covers great tracts of wild, rugged moors and dales, often with the savage landscape beauty seen in Francis Lee's marvellous film 'God's Own Country'. However the landscape is also studded with small, characterful industrial towns like Todmorden. This was a cotton manufacturing town, developed by the industrialist and philanthropist John Fielding who commissioned the stunning Town Hall. Designed by John Gibson in 1875, Ruth Harman says it is 'one of Yorkshire's grandest - the pedimented temple rising above the little town is one of Calderdale's most memorable views – and not dissimilar to Birmingham Town Hall'. It is an absolutely extraordinary sight and well worth a visit to Todmorden just to see this building, but this distinctive, unpretentious town in its dramatic Pennine setting is a great overall experience.
A market on the moors
Built upon moorland streams
Much of the townscape character of the place derives from the impressive engineering of the Rochdale Canal (1804) and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (1841). The most striking church is that of the Unitarians up the hill, designed by Gibson in 1865 with a very dramatic steeple, definitely a church, not a chapel. The handsome buildings on the main streets, mostly of the later C19th and many of them quite exuberant, indicate the town's prosperity at the time. Now its population of 12,000 is only half that of its zenith but it is still a busy place. Between the Town Hall and the railway viaduct is a covered market with outdoor stalls as well. The shops are mostly independent and down to earth and there are plenty of other facilities too: a rather grand 'Northern Renaissance' style library and a distinctive 1950s Community College. Todmorden is on the Lancashire border - indeed the boundary used to literally run through its famous Town Hall. It is very much closer to Manchester than to Leeds, so the 'City Region' thing is a bit irrelevant here. Perhaps it is not surprising that the locals support nearby Burnley F.C. and the two towns have recently been re-connected by train with the new 'Todmorden curve', a modest but useful piece of transport investment for the North.
Hebden Bridge: a wooded valley
Canalside living
Hebden Bridge aka Happy Valley is a few miles further down the Calder valley at its junction with Hebden Water. Tom Dyckhoff says it is 'officially the quirkiest/ kookiest/ koolest/ most LGBTQ-friendly/ least chain store-y small town in the universe .... all co-ops, carrot cake and bunting.' Hebden Bridge is certainly highly picturesque. Here the valleys are steep and heavily wooded, quite unlike moorland Todmorden. The Calder threads through the green valley, crossed by the Rochdale Canal on an impressive aqueduct. Attractive artisan stone cottages and terraces follow the canal and pile up along the valley sides, some actually built one on top of one another, accessed from different streets.
Hebden Bridge Station – a film set
Another dramatic episode – Wesleyan Methodism
Civic pride & utility: Hebden Bridge Town Hall & St George's Bridge
You immediately get the Hebden Bridge vibe on arrival at the station, which seems like a stage set. It is one of England's best preserved late Victorian stations - thanks to a local trust, not Network Rail. Leaving the station you see the allotments below in the valley. Down New Road is Hope Chapel (1857), the most elegant of the many chapels around, and opposite is the classical-deco Picture Palace (1919). The Little Theatre is next to the canal lock and around here it is full-on alternative lifestyle. Market St across the bridge is quite grand shops, many with original shop fronts and kooky uses. The old centre is further up the Hebden Water valley around a C16th packhorse bridge and some older buildings. But what impresses is the confidence and | 1.575557 | 1.104529 | 0.325014 | -0.337468 | [
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Potential new targets identified in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Utilizing these innovative methods, the investigators discovered a network of cell-to-cell communication driving scarring as the liver disease advances.
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5 Jan, 2023, 2:56 am
WASHINGTON: Researchers have uncovered novel candidate drug targets for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by using the latest technologies, including both single-nuclear sequencing of mice and human liver tissue and advanced 3D glass imaging of mice to characterize key scar-producing liver cells. The research was led by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Utilizing these innovative methods, the investigators discovered a network of cell-to-cell communication driving scarring as the liver disease advances. The findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, could lead to new treatments. Characterized by fat in the liver and often associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and elevated blood lipids, NAFLD is a worldwide threat.
In the United States, 30 to 40 per cent of adults are estimated to be affected, with about 20 per cent of these patients having a more advanced stage called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, which is marked by liver inflammation and may progress to advanced scarring (cirrhosis) and liver failure.
NASH is also the fastest-rising cause of liver cancer worldwide. Since advanced stages of NASH are caused by the accumulation of fibrosis or scarring, attempts to block fibrosis are at the centre of efforts to treat NASH, yet no drugs are currently approved for this purpose, say the investigators.
As part of the experiments, the researchers performed single-nuclear sequencing in parallel studies of both mouse models of NASH and human liver tissue from nine subjects with NASH and two controls. They identified a shared number of 68 pairs of potential drug targets across the two species. Furthermore, the investigators pursued one of these pairs by testing an existing cancer drug in mice as a proof of concept.
"We aimed to understand the basis of this fibrotic scarring and identify drug targets that could lead to new treatments for advanced NASH by studying hepatic stellate cells, which are the key scar-producing cells in the liver," said senior study author Scott L. Friedman, MD, Irene and Dr Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, and Chief of Liver Diseases at Icahn Mount Sinai.
They added, "In combining this new glass liver imaging approach--an advanced tissue clearing method that enables deep insight--along with gene expression analysis in individual stellate cells, we have unveiled an entirely new understanding of how these cells generate scarring as NASH advances to late stages."
The researchers discovered that in advanced disease, stellate cells develop a dense network, or meshwork, of interactions among themselves that facilitate these 68 unique interaction pairs not previously identified in this disease.
"We confirmed the importance of one such pair of proteins, NTF3-NTRK3, using a molecule already developed to block NTRK3 in human cancers and repurposed it to establish its potential as a new drug to fight NASH fibrosis," said first author Shuang (Sammi) Wang, PhD, an instructor in the Division of Liver Diseases.
"This new understanding of fibrosis development suggests that advanced fibrosis may have a unique repertoire of signals that accelerate scarring, which represent a previously unrecognized set of drug targets."
The researchers hypothesize that the circuitry of how cells communicate with each other evolves as the disease progresses, so some drugs may be more effective earlier and others at more advanced stages. And the same drug may not work for all stages of the disease.
The investigators are currently working with Icahn Mount Sinai chemists to further optimize NTRK3 inhibitors for the treatment of liver fibrosis. Next, the investigators plan to functionally screen all candidate interactors in a cell-culture system, followed by testing in preclinical models of liver disease, as they have done for NTRK3.
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Tag: San Francisco (Page 1 of 2)
Fort Point, guardian of the Golden Gate
In USA, Videos
Immediately under the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge stands Fort Point, a US Army fortress that protected the approach to San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. Fort Point is one of the best-preserved coastal defense forts of its era, and one of the few major sites of Civil War significance on the West Coast.
The Army built Fort Point as part of the Third System of Coastal Fortifications, which were built between the end of the War of 1812 and the beginning of the Civil War. Most of the Third System forts were built on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. When I lived in Alabama in grad school ten years ago, I visited several Third System forts; some of my pictures of those forts appear in this video.
While I enjoyed visiting those forts, I was disappointed to find that many of them had ugly concrete batteries from a later era, the Endicott System, built right inside them. Not even iconic Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began, was spared this fate! But Fort Point didn't have any concrete gun batteries built inside it, as there were plenty of more convenient sites for the big guns elsewhere on the Golden Gate (and they probably wouldn't have fit anyway). Although Fort Point is hardly in pristine condition (all of its original guns are missing, and the fort was modified in an abortive attempt to convert it into a second prison like Alcatraz), the fort is substantially complete, and it is easier to envision how it was used in the 1800s than it is while visiting many other Third System forts.
When researching this video, I found no shortage of secondary source material about Third System forts in general and Fort Point in particular. Some of this material was produced by the National Park Service for its own use in maintaining and interpreting the site. Another very useful source was (surprisingly) a Master's thesis from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, which provided a wide-angle view of Third System forts that other secondary source material lacked.
Fort Point is nestled under the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is easy to miss, but well worth taking the time to pay it a visit if you are in San Francisco.
The southern or scarp wall of the fort, which was the only wall that did not face the ocean.
The gorge wall in the interior of the fort, on the same side as the scarp wall. This is where the officers and enlisted men had their quarters.
The reconstructed powder magazine of Fort Point, in the scarp side of the fort. (This display was under renovation when I shot this video, which is why it does not appear in the video. I took this picture in 2019.)
View of the parade ground inside Fort Point. The three arched tiers around the courtyard are the casemates, where the guns were mounted to protect against enemy ships.
The vaults in the casemates.
View from the top level of the fort.
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In my first quarter teaching at Pacific Union College in Napa County, California, I got assigned an upper-division class about medieval Europe. PUC is close to a wide range of educational resources, as it | 0.812648 | 1.978356 | 1.35346 | 0.251418 | [
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is located within striking distance of San Francisco, Sacramento, the Pacific Coast, and the Sierra Nevadas. Had I been teaching California history, I might have considered taking my class to Mission Dolores in San Francisco, or perhaps the barracks at Sonoma. But when I was planning my class about the Middle Ages, it never crossed my mind that there might in fact be resources related to medieval Europe in the area as well.
Then, once the quarter was well underway, I discovered that San Francisco has its very own (neo-) Gothic cathedral, standing atop Nob Hill and looking at least a little like the great churches built in England, France, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe during the High Middle Ages. All of a sudden, it occurred to me that there might be other relics of the Middle Ages in San Francisco as well—whether authentic or, like this cathedral, mere imitations. It was much too late in the quarter to incorporate San Francisco into my curriculum, and at any rate, I didn't have time to catch my breath while teaching three classes for the first time. But after the quarter finished, I set off to investigate whether San Francisco—a North American city founded in the eighteenth century—could teach me something about medieval Europe.
Grace Cathedral
The first stop on my medieval San Francisco tour was Grace Cathedral, the church on Nob Hill. Built in stages from 1927 to 1964, Grace Cathedral has a structure of steel and concrete that is designed to be earthquake-safe. The architecture is primarily based on French Gothic examples, although certain elements were taken from Spanish and English churches.
Facade of Grace Cathedral.
Looking up at the facade of Grace Cathedral.
Backside of Grace Cathedral.
Almost all signage at the cathedral is written in this quasi-medieval uncial script.
Although work on the church stopped in 1964, it has never really been finished—in much the same way that many medieval cathedrals were left incomplete. The vaults of the nave have not been filled in, and many of the wall and column surfaces are bare concrete. The parts of the church that have been completed look terrific; the rest, less so.
View from the completed choir back into the nave with its incomplete vaults.
The apse of Grace Cathedral. I'm not sure why that little bit of vault at the very top of the picture has been filled in while the rest has been left open.
The most impressive part of the cathedral for me was the Chapel of Grace, which has been completed in its entirety. It has an early-modern altarpiece.
Chapel of Grace (completed 1930).
Along the walls in the aisles are murals illustrating a variety of scenes, including the construction of the cathedral and the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945.
Mural of the construction of the cathedral.
Mural of the founding of the UN (difficult to photograph because a Christmas tree was in the way).
The cathedral is full of art, ranging from an actual medieval Spanish crucifix to a triptych completed in 1990 by Keith Haring.
Thirteenth-century Spanish crucifix.
Copy of a window from Chartres Cathedral.
Some archaic musical notation mounted on the wall.
The Keith Haring triptych in the AIDS Memorial Chapel.
I was also surprised to discover that the cathedral has copies of the doors of the bapistry at the cathedral in Florence, a famous piece of art from the early Renaissance. The doors in San Francisco were made from casts of the originals taken during World War II.
The cathedral's Ghiberti Doors.
Detail of the Jacob and Esau scene from the Ghiberti Doors.
Portal of Santa María Óvila
The next stop on my tour was the campus of the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit institution on the western side of the city near Golden Gate Park. An outdoor theater in the back of Kalmanovitz Hall has a portal from Santa María de Óvila, a Cistercian monastery built in Spain between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. By the twentieth century, the monastery had fallen into disuse, and in the 1930s, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst bought large parts of it and had the stones crated and shipped to San Francisco. Although he planned to rebuild the monastery on one of his estates, that never happened, and | 1.991939 | 1.749155 | 1.378822 | 0.428311 | [
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the disassembled stones spent decades in Golden Gate Park. The de Young Museum assembled just the monastery's church portal in 1965, but this was transferred to USF after the museum opened a new, earthquake-safe facility.
Portal of Santa María de Óvila.
As a bonus, right inside Kalmanovitz Hall is another bit of medieval architecture, identified by a plaque on the wall as a "twelfth century Italian Romanesque portal." It was gifted to USF by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the Legion of Honor and the de Young Museum).
Portal from twelfth-century Italy.
Detail of the top of the portal.
By the way, the rest of the stones for Hearst's monastery were eventually transferred to New Clairvaux, a working Cistercian monastery in the Sacramento Valley. The stones were made into a new chapter house, which opened in 2012.
Modern statues of medieval warriors at the Legion of Honor
The last stop on my medieval San Francisco tour was the Legion of Honor, an art museum on a hilltop overlooking the Golden Gate and the city.
In front of the museum are two modern statues of medieval warriors: Rodrigo Díaz and Jeanne d'Arc.
I was especially interested in the statue of Rodrigo Díaz a.k.a. El Cid, an eleventh-century soldier of fortune who was exiled from his native Castile and set up an independent principality in Valencia. In the first medieval history class I taught, I had my students read The Song of the Cid, a twelfth-century fictionalization of El Cid's life and career.
Your blogger with El Cid and Babieca.
The Legion of Honor's statue of El Cid astride his horse Babieca was sculpted by Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1921. This cast was made about six years later.
Every vein on Babieca's huge bronze body is bulging.
Anna's husband Archer had translated The Song of the Cid into English, and this sculpture seems to be based on the fictionalized character in the epic.
El Cid could see the Golden Gate Bridge if he would just turn his head.
The other statue, also by Anna Hyatt Huntington, is Jeanne d'Arc, better known in English as Joan of Arc, the French peasant who led her people to some morale-boosting victories against the English in the Hundred Years' War. I'd had my students read Joan's threatening letter to the English, and I had just watched the Luc Besson film The Messenger (1999), so Joan was on my mind too.
Joan of Arc is going to have trouble fighting the English without the blade of her sword. Just saying.
Pedestal of the Joan of Arc statue.
The design of Joan's armor seems to be based on a fifteenth-century miniature painting of her.
Late medieval miniature of Joan of Arc in armor.
Real-life medieval artifacts inside the Legion of Honor
Inside the Legion of Honor museum, there is a gallery of actual medieval artifacts.
This Madonna with child is from thirteenth-century Lorraine.
Adam and Eve being confronted by God from fourteenth-century Spain.
Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, fifteenth-century Spain. This remarkable piece of architecture shows clear Moorish influence.
Thus ended my tour of medieval San Francisco. As it turns out, San Francisco does have something to tell me about the Middle Ages in Europe. Despite being a modern building, Grace Cathedral got me thinking about what it might have felt like to visit one of the great cathedrals during the High Middle Ages. Anna Hyatt Huntington's statues of El Cid and Joan of Arc made me consider how we remember and make use of the medieval past. And at USF and the Legion of Honor, I got to see actual relics of the Middle Ages in Europe. These places made me think about the Middle Ages in different ways than I could have by just looking at books. They could inspire my students to think differently as well.
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Capella (Alfa Aurigae / α Aur / 13 Aurigae) es el nombre de la estrella más brillante de la constelación de Auriga, («El Cochero»), y la sexta más brillante del cielo.
Es la estrella de primera magnitud más cercana al Polo Norte Celeste.
Se encuentra a 42,2 años luz de distancia del Sol.
Nombre
Su nombre procede del latín capella, «pequeña cabra», y es el origen del mito romano de la cabra Amaltea que amamantó a Zeus. También recibe los nombres árabes de Alhajoth, que igualmente significa «La Cabra», y Al Rakib, «El Conductor», porque en los atardeceres y en las luces crepusculares era la primera estrella que se veía entre todas las que la rodeaban. En el antiguo acadio recibía el nombre de Dil-gan I-ku, la «Mensajera de la Luz», así como Dil-gan Babill, la «Estrella honorífica de Babilonia». Se han descubierto algunos templos celtas que se encontraban orientados de tal forma que recibían el primer rayo de Capella al salir esta. Los antiguos observadores le atribuyeron una coloración rojiza, del todo inexplicable.
En la mitología hindú, Capella era Brahma Ridaya, simbolizando el corazón de Brahmā.
Sistema estelar
Aunque Capella es una estrella cuádruple, primero se reconoció su condición de estrella doble a través de estudios espectroscópicos y luego (en 1919) con interferometría. La separación visual de estas componentes, A y B, no supera los 0,05 segundos de arco, correspondiendo a una separación real de 0,73 unidades astronómicas (ua). Se mueven a lo largo de una órbita prácticamente circular con un periodo orbital de 104 días.
A 12 minutos de arco de A+B hay dos compañeras más tenues, denominadas C y D, que se encuentran a 11 000 ua (0,17 años luz) del par principal, describiendo una órbita tan enorme que todavía no se ha podido completar por medio de las observaciones; un cálculo de primera aproximación para esta órbita arroja un periodo de unos 400 años. La separación media entre C y D es de unas 48,1 ua.
El modelo que ofrece Capella puede asimilarse a dos esferas de 35 y 20 cm de diámetro separadas 3 m entre sí; a 40 km de la pareja principal se situarían dos esferitas de 2 cm, separadas entre sí 120 m.
El sistema forma parte de la corriente de las Híades.
Características físicas
Los dos astros principales del sistema, Capella A y Capella B, son estrellas gigantes amarillas con temperaturas superficiales similares a la del Sol; sus tamaños, sin embargo, son mucho mayores que el de este. La luz combinada de este par es la que origina, cuando se la observa a simple vista en la noche, el intenso color amarillo de Capella.
Capella A, de tipo espectral G8IIIe, tiene un radio 12,2 veces mayor que el radio solar y una masa de 2,7 masas solares. Con una luminosidad 78,5 veces mayor que la del Sol, su edad se estima en unos 525 millones de años. La baja abundancia de litio en su superficie indica que en su núcleo ha comenzado la fusión nuclear de helio en carbono. Asimismo, es una estrella variable de tipo RS Canum Venaticorum.
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It's three o'clock in the afternoon; Linda is standing outside the red wooden cottage where John and company are inside sleeping, not having awoken yet from last night's party. She starts to get a taste of the anxiety she experiences almost every day after she's woken up: she needs something!
Then she remembers the deal John might land with the other guys.
If they buy that camcorder, we'll get a $50 provision for the sale. Hector's birthday is coming up and I don't have any money for a present otherwise. But what do I do about this awful feeling I've got right now?
As she looks around the scenery, she spots John's car, an old light blue Volvo, somewhat obscured by shrubbery, its front facing this way. After a moment of contemplation, her eyes lock onto the windshield wipers. She walks up to the car and tries to open the door on the driver's seat, but finds it locked. Now that she's there, she has a closer look at the windshield wiper.
You press that thing inside the car and the alcohol sprays out of that orifice, she remembers.
Linda looks around for a moment for an object she could use to pick the lock, but then the thought of John hitting her again comes to mind.
As if the pain isn't bad enough, we'll have even more problems with child welfare if John goes to prison for assaulting me again. I'll have to find some other way.
John is still sleeping. He keeps the car keys in his jeans pocket.
She turns towards the cottage again and steps inside. The interior is very old-fashioned, probably from the end of the 19th century. One member of the company is completely passed out face-down on the floor, one arm underneath him, the other straight out over his head. Looking down at his head, she spots a bit of saliva on the floor underneath his mouth. Stepping over him, she comes across John's pants hanging over a sofa in the living room. There's a bulge in one of the back pockets, which she realizes is his wallet. Reaching into the other pocket, she comes across John's key ring, which she grabs and then starts to walk outside. She's amazed at how quiet it is. At a time like this, other people might take a moment to enjoy the solitude, but Linda hastily proceeds to get back to her original plan: getting some liquor out of the windshield wiper.
Outside, she walks over to the car again and unlocks the door. Then she climbs up on the hood, stretches her arm around into the side of the car, over the open door, and reaches for the spray button. Fumbling for a moment, she slips off the hood and slams her head into the car door. Grinning in pain, she recovers for a few minutes while lying on the ground, then gets back to work. This time around, she makes sure to have a better idea of just where the spray button is before she gets up on the hood. Then she climbs back up again, places her face near the spray opening, stretches her arm around the windshield, and opens her mouth. At first, she only nudges the button, which makes the spray undershoot and end up on her shirt instead.
"Oh, is there anything in my life that doesn't go wrong?" she whispers to herself.
Then with a bit more force, she presses it down completely and gets a jet of alcohol into her mouth, devouring it voraciously. Linda keeps drinking up the alcohol, even though quite a bit of it spills on the windshield instead, and some on her shirt. For a while, she thinks she's in Heaven, until suddenly the spray dries out.
But I need more! This wasn't enough.
It doesn't take her long to notice the alcohol on the windshield.
Hmm, this windshield is dirty…but what do you do?
She licks up the remainder with her tongue until she finds herself reasonably satiated, proud of her sudden stroke of genius. After she's done, she locks the car door, walks back inside to put the car keys back into John's pocket, and decides to pretend nothing has happened.
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Belarusian Protests Upend Lukashenka's Geopolitical Game With Russia, China, The West
August 14, 2020 15:24 GMT
By Reid Standish
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka (left) with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in September 2016.
As Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka finds himself increasingly embattled at home in the face of the most widespread protests of his 26 years in power, the 65-year-old leader must also navigate a difficult test in the international arena.
The authoritarian Lukashenka has launched a severe crackdown using stun grenades, internet blackouts, brute force, mass detentions, and live ammunition against demonstrators who have taken to the streets to protest an allegedly fraudulent election result in the country's recent presidential vote.
Lukashenka was previously battered by his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic but, after a week when Belarusian authorities have violently suppressed demonstrations and Lukashenka's main rival, Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, left for Lithuania, the country finds itself in a deep crisis.
As protests swell across the country, the deepening domestic standoff is creating a geopolitical conundrum for Lukashenka and Belarus's European Union neighbors and Russia -- as well as major powers like the United States and China -- who are all searching for a way to further their interests while preventing the domestic situation in Belarus from escalating into deeper unrest.
"[Lukashenka] is embattled on all fronts in a way that he hasn't been before, both domestically and internationally," Nigel Gould-Davies, a former British ambassador to Belarus and a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told RFE/RL.
A Turning Point
Over the years, Lukashenka has cemented his reputation as a political survivor -- weaving between Moscow and the West to leverage Belarus's strategic position -- while in recent years welcoming in Chinese influence and investment to gain space to rebuff Russia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping was the first leader to congratulate Lukashenka on winning the contested election and offer support, but Beijing has otherwise remained quiet amid the widespread demonstrations and the brutal crackdown against them.
Postelection Crackdown In Belarus
Read our ongoing coverage as Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues his brutal crackdown on NGOs, activists, and independent media following the August 2020 presidential election, widely seen as fraudulent.
The EU is facing strong calls to impose sanctions and the bloc said that it is reassessing relations with Lukashenka's government as it holds an August 14 EU foreign ministerial meeting to discuss Belarus.
The United States has similarly expressed deep concern over the election results and the unrest in Belarus comes on the heels of Washington restoring diplomatic relations after a decade-long break and a landmark February visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
For Russia, the postelection turmoil comes after a period of rising tensions between Minsk and Moscow over Russian loans, subsidized energy, and Kremlin efforts to further integrate Belarus through a Union State treaty. While Russian President Vladimir Putin did congratulate Lukashenka on a "victory" at the polls, his statement implied conditions for Russian support, and Moscow is looking for ways to gain leverage over a weakened Lukashenka who is desperate for help.
This puts the Belarusian leader's long-standing international game under immense strain as the pressure against him at home continues to grow -- with large factories and other companies going on strike and making demands on August 14.
"The situation now is different than in previous years. Belarusian society has passed a turning point," Katsiaryna Shmatsina, a research fellow at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies in Vilnius, told RFE/RL. "Lukashenka can increasingly only rely on repression at home, which leaves him isolated and vulnerable abroad."
Playing The China Card
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and economic force in Belarus, with Minsk increasingly looking to Beijing as a place from which to receive loans and investment, while also courting China for political support.
In addition to Xi being the first foreign leader to offer support to Lukashenka following the election, the Belarusian president's first appearance after the election was at a major investment project where CITIC Construction, a Chinese state-owned company, functions as general contractor.
The optics were clearly intentional, Olga Kulai, a Minsk-based expert on Chinese-Belarusian relations, told RFE/RL.
Kulai said the appearance was meant to show that Lukashenka enjoys Beijing's favor and that China will continue to be an important partner for Belarus in the future.
In recent years, Chinese money has financed new roads, factories, rail links with Europe, and a sprawling industrial park on the outskirts of Minsk that has already drawn more than $1 billion in investment from 56 foreign companies, including Chinese technology giants Huawei and ZTE.
Strikes Add Momentum To Wave Of Election Protests In Belarus
Belarus has also positioned itself as an important launching pad on the EU's doorstep for China's Belt and Road Initiative and increasingly turns to Beijing's patronage, with Beijing opening up a $15 billion line of credit to the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus last year.
But Lukashenka's current crackdown on peaceful protesters could make Belarus a less attractive partner to China.
"It really undermines the importance of Belarus to China," Kulai said. "Beijing is a practical partner and they are looking for a stable country that is integrating [with] the world economic system and especially into the EU structures -- and this is not what Belarus is now. It's a domestic mess, but also a mess for foreign affairs."
With Belarus's strategic value to China waning and the EU weighing a tough response, Russia is hoping to capitalize on the current chaos.
Minsk remains highly dependent on Russia, with Moscow operating as Minsk's largest creditor and Belarus's key exports are derived from products made with subsidized Russian oil. Belarus is also a member of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union and Collective Security Treaty Organization.
But while ties between Belarus and Russia are close, they remain dysfunctional.
Moscow began raising energy prices in 2018 to eventually match the market rate and Lukashenka has at times taken a tough stance against the Kremlin, positioning himself as a bulwark against Russian attempts to erode Belarusian sovereignty at home and its ties to the West.
During the presidential election campaign, Belarusian authorities claimed to have arrested 33 Russian mercenaries in Belarus working for the Vagner Group, a private military company, ostensibly sent to cause mischief.
Amid the current protests and threat to Lukashenka's hold on power, the Kremlin is concerned about growing violence and is supporting him, while looking to make a deeper push for Moscow's goal of further integrating Belarus into Russia once the current situation calms.
"Putin is worried that Lukashneka is too weak and he is in a situation right now where he can't get out well, so Russia will be ready to interfere in one way or another," Tatiana Stanovaya, the founder of the political consultancy R.Politik and a scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center, told RFE/RL. "The Kremlin knows that Lukashenka will have to lean more on them in the future, so they would like to see him weak but not broken in order to keep as much leverage as possible."
How far would Lukashenka be able to concede to Moscow's wishes?
But exactly how far Lukashenka would be able to concede to Moscow's wishes remains to be seen. The Belarusian president has in recent years promoted the Belarusian language and identity and past attempts to develop the Union State between the two countries have faced popular resistance.
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Bluemina: Change the way people live
Becoming a global citizen is more accessible than ever
Published: November 05, 2019 15:31 Special to GN Focus
Bashar Daoud, managing partner of Bluemina, wants everyone to know that immigration is a thing of the past. "We're keeping away from the term immigration," he says. Instead, the company is helping their clients become global citizens through citizenship and residency programs that open up the world to Arab investors.
With us, people can come to a well-organised, specialised firm and get the best residency and citizenship solutions in an efficient and swift manner
- Bashar Daoud, Managing Partner, Bluemina
As an international marketing agent for popular Caribbean nations, a government-approved and licensed firm, and member of the Investment Migration Council, Daoud believes Bluemina is perfectly positioned to help the region's residents become global citizens. In operation for over two decades, the company is at the forefront of citizenship- and residency-by-investment programs. With six offices, over 15 country programs, and over 11,000 success stories, the company has been a leading firm in global citizenship since its beginning.
Daoud's father founded the company in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which he refers to as "the birthplace of immigration." He goes on to say, "As immigrants ourselves, my father started this business – a family business now being structured as a firm – for anyone who wants second citizenship or residency services."
Like his father, Daoud believes that people in the MENA region seeking new opportunities should be able to explore their options when thinking about their future. "Options are out there," he says, "and there are solutions for each and every person." In fact, in the MENA region alone, 2019 has seen a 15% increase in demand for citizenship-by-investment compared to the previous year, demonstrating an eager interest in available opportunities.
He notes that there has been a particular surge in interest for citizenship-by-investment through Caribbean island nations, which accounts for 65 per cent of demand. Bluemina is an international marketing agent for these countries with special insight into the attraction for investors and regional residents, particularly the balance between available benefits with costs and timeframe.
For a quicker path to many of the benefits offered by second citizenship, residency-by-investment programs give investors freedom of travel, the right to reside, and often access to health and educational benefits, "without the obligation of residing in a country," Daoud explains. Malta's program, which grants EU residency and many other benefits to recipients, is particularly popular in the Arab world, accounting for 45% of all applications submitted. Other options include programs in Cyprus, Greece, and Portugal.
Bluemina provides guidance for its clients on choosing specific citizenship- and residency-by-investment programs. Providing an example, Daoud describes how a businessman may want to expand across borders, as well as open an offshore banking. In another example, an Egyptian family may explore second citizenship in a Commonwealth country for their children who hope to continue their studies in Europe or the U.K.
Having established connections with over 15 countries, including Malta, Cyprus, several Caribbean countries, and the US, the company provides its clients a smooth and transparent process as they begin their transformation from single nationality to global citizenship.
Bluemina also works to improve programs across the world. As part of the Investment Migration Council, the company recently attended a meeting in Geneva, explains Daoud. He describes a panel he participated in where governments shared ideas and thoughts on how to increase investment options in their countries and attract foreign investors through citizenship- and residency-by-investment.
Daoud explains that there are many ways of obtaining a citizenship- or residency-by-investment, either by contributing to a country's fund, or investing in real estate. With numerous opportunities for both countries and investors, it's firms like Bluemina that create that synergy.
With more people in the region interested in citizenship- and immigration-by-investment than ever before, Bluemina is prepared to help individuals and families achieve their dreams of becoming global citizens. Having expanded | 1.153697 | 0.718649 | 0.742225 | 0.118097 | [
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Category: Full-Length Equipment Reviews Full-Length Equipment Reviews
Created: 15 July 2013 15 July 2013
Note: Measurements taken in the anechoic chamber at Canada's National Research Council can be found through this link.
My house is a ten-minute walk from the Ottawa River, which forms the border between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec -- and, essentially, divides English- from French-speaking Canada. Although Quebec is part of the same country, once you cross that border, you realize that the French -- even Canada's French -- go about things quite a bit differently from those on my side. It can be a bit of a culture shock -- a good one, particularly when it comes to things like food, fun, and women.
But for an even greater shock, a seven-hour plane ride from my place lands you smack dab in a country known for doing things differently. That nation, France, is where Grand Cru Audio's Essentiel loudspeaker was designed. As you'll read below, the Essentiel is, visually, technically, and sonically, unlike any other two-way minimonitor I've reviewed to date. Given its origins, should that be a surprise?
The Essentiel is a pricey two-way bookshelf speaker costing $8200 USD per pair, in Black or Walnut finish. Still, it's not the most expensive two-way with a ribbon tweeter that I've reviewed; that distinction goes to the Volent Paragon VL-2 SE, which cost $8500/pair when I reviewed it in November 2011. Not all ribbon designs are expensive. Philip Beaudette recently reviewed Monitor Audio's GX100 ($2195/pair), and priced somewhere in the middle is Monitor's PL100, which retailed for $4800/pair ($5500 with matching stands) when I reviewed it in 2008.
My review samples of the Essentiel were finished in the same textured, matte Black (it's more a very dark gray) on the side, rear, and front panels. The finish looks like Nextel, but is supposedly a high-end, custom-made Italian paint used in interior decorating. Essentiels finished in Walnut have the same matte-black front baffle; the wood veneer is on the sides and rear. In both instances, a gold-colored metal badge engraved with the company name and "Designed in France" adorns each | 0.599664 | 0.017394 | -0.639392 | -0.317632 | [
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side -- a nice, unique touch. To me, it's a toss-up whether Black or Walnut looks better; anyway, they cost the same.
The cabinet, purportedly made in Italy, measures 16"H x 8.5"W x 11.5"D -- slightly larger than many two-ways, but nowhere near the biggest I've seen. Made of MDF, inside it's strategically braced to eliminate resonances. The box has mostly sharp edges, except for the baffle, which has two opposing corners beveled at a slight angle, giving the Essentiel a distinctive appearance when viewed from the front. The baffle also has an intricately carved surface, into which the magnetically attached grille fits securely. In fact, the grille slots in so well, forming an ideally flat baffle surface seemingly devoid of jutting edges, that I was sure the speakers' sound would be better with the grilles left on. But the company reps said no, and they were right, in terms of both our measurements and my listening impressions -- the grilles brought down the highs just a touch, which isn't necessarily desirable with the Essentiel (see below). I did my listening with the grilles off.
The Essentiel felt sturdy and is fairly heavy at about 25 pounds -- there's substance there, but I wouldn't consider its build quality extraordinary for the price. The Volent Paragon VL-2 SE is larger, heavier, and more elaborately constructed, with more cosmetic embellishments. The Monitor GX100, which Philip reviewed, wasn't nearly as large as the Essentiel, but its cabinet was built just as well, and for a lot less money. Still, the Essentiel's construction is very good, and its styling is unique; I doubt that anyone who falls in love with its sound will quibble about its build or appearance.
I've never seen a driver arrangement quite like the Essentiel's: a deeply recessed, horn-loaded, 2.5" ribbon tweeter offset to one side, and below it a midrange-woofer that measures 7" across (frame edge to frame edge). Below the midrange-woofer is a port, offset to the opposite side of the tweeter. The speakers come in mirror-imaged pairs: the tweeters and ports of each pair are on opposite sides of the speakers. I found it better to place the speakers with the ribbons on the inside and the ports outside, but was told by Jim Ricketts of TMH Audio, Grand Cru's North American distributor, that having the tweeters to the outside might be better, depending on the setup and the room.
Marrying a ribbon tweeter to a cone midrange-woofer is not for the faint of heart -- some compromises need to be made in the crossover design. One thing is dispersion. Ideally, the ribbon's output should extend low enough in frequency to blend with the upper end of the midrange-woofer's range, which, with a normal-sized midrange-woofer, usually means that the drivers are crossed over to each other at 2kHz or so. The problem: the distortion all the ribbon tweeters we've measured rises dramatically below 3kHz. As a result, ribbon-tweetered speakers with this low a crossover frequency usually play reasonably well at average listening levels, but sound hard and gritty when pushed to play too loud, because the tweeter then distorts.
A different tack has been taken with the Essentiel. The folks at Grand Cru aren't all that forthcoming about their crossover technology, other than saying that it's "potted in resin and decoupled from [the] cabinet," has 21 elements of the "highest quality," and was designed to "[ensure] perfect phase and time coherence." That's all fine and dandy, but it didn't tell me everything I wanted to know. Still, after some additional researching and listening, I gathered that the crossover frequency seemed to be around 3kHz, which, combined with the horn loading of the tweeter (which increases its output), would certainly help keep the distortion in check, or at least lower.
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