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This week President Donald Trump traveled through Europe, confronting and charming America's allies along the way. And Ohio Gov. John Kasich traveled to Washington to speak to the National Press Club, explaining why our old alliances with these democracies are precious. The following is an edited version of the speech the governor gave on Thursday.
About a week ago, I was talking to my uncle George. He is 92, still walks a couple of miles a day; he's a terrific guy. We started to talk about his experience in World War II. Uncle George was in the infantry. He survived by not having his unit placed on a boat that would ultimately sink on its way to the Battle of the Bulge. Because they were crowded on that ship, his unit took a ship the next day and landed in northern France.
My father and my uncle Steve fought on Iwo Jima. That's my family heritage, and when we think about our heroes, our military heroes, I always like to think back to the contributions that were made by our men in World War II, and I think about how amazing it must have been to be on those barges on D-Day, knowing that as part of the first wave, I may not survive.
When I think about that, I think about how amazing America is, and how amazing our spirit is, and what is it all about. It's about preserving our values; it's about preserving the ability of every human being to be able to live to their God-given potential. It's about the ability of people to be free: freedom of speech, freedom to practice religion. It's about the highest sense of what it means to be a human being, and America encapsulates that.
Now, post-World War II, we helped rebuild the world. The Marshall Plan was incredible because not only did we rebuild parts of the nations who were our allies, but we also chose to help people who actually were our enemies. Whether it was the reconstruction of Germany, whether it was the resources that we put in to Japan, and as we look today, what was the payoff?
Well Japan is one of the strongest democracies in the world, and we all celebrated when it was completed in Germany in 1989, when the wall came down. Between 1946 and 1952 we invested $2.2 billion, or $18 billion in 21st century dollars, because we thought that it made sense for us and the world, for those that shared our values, because nobody functions very well alone.
We do well when we work in teams. We do well when the strong support the weaker, when the weaker step up at times to give greater strength to those that are strong. And so we decided that it was important, post-World War II, to cement these alliances that we had with our friends and our enemies, who ultimately shared our great and strong values.
Let me tell you what I'm very concerned about. I think that we have been pursuing an America-alone policy, not America first. We have been bullying countries all over the world, and to me it never makes sense for America to adopt a wrecking-ball strategy. Take the wrecking ball, break things up, and at the end try to declare that we had some sort of a victory.
I was in the Oval Office with Barack Obama talking about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Now that is something that Republicans had as a fulcrum of their philosophy and conservatives had as a fulcrum of their philosophy. Free trade, open trade, which connects the world, which allows people in poverty to rise out of poverty, and our free trade programs have allowed more people to escape poverty than any other program we've ever put in place.
We withdrew from the TPP. We created a vacuum in Asia, with a lot of small countries that kind of felt that they needed the strength of America to bolster them, because they fall in the shadow of China, which has a value system that is so completely different than ours.
Then we turned around and we withdrew from the Paris Accord, unilateral withdrawal from the Paris Accord. Now, this whole argument about science, well there's one thing that's pretty darn clear, that we are seeing significant environmental degradation. Just look at the Great Barrier Reef, some of which will never be restored to its beauty and its glory, created by the good Lord, that shows the beauty of nature and the glory of God. We withdrew from the Paris Accord; we created a problem.
Then we decided that after having made an agreement to stop the enrichment of uranium, that we would withdraw from the Iranian accord. Our allies visited with the president and argued that it didn't make much sense, that it was an agreement that was being adhered to, and that it made sense to stay in there to monitor. We decided we'd go our own way. America alone again.
Then I watched with trepidation, the G7 summit. I was shocked to see the kind of disruption that was occurring. Insults, unacceptable behavior in my opinion, and at the end, not even an agreement on a communiqué. Then I watched the imposition of tariffs on our friends, our allies in Europe, the Canadians, the Mexicans, under the guise of national security.
Now, a number of these countries that we have been picking on, we find their troops stationed with us in Afghanistan, contributions to the efforts in Iraq, and then under a national security guise we say: We're going to impose tariffs. This without any question has sent shock waves through the EU, NATO, the Western world.
So I looked at all of this and I thought to myself, the alliance that has kept the peace for 70 years is being frayed. The fraying of relationships has consequences.
Now we all know, and I give the president credit for being willing to stand up to the Chinese who have violated our international property rules. Are tariffs the right way to go? Probably not. There are probably other approaches that can be taken that can bring a clear message to the Chinese about the fact that they need to stop doing this, but we need our allies to be willing to stand up with us to hold the Chinese accountable.
Now when you spend your time running around and getting into these disagreements in a disagreeable way, it's pretty hard to come back and ask your allies to support you when the going gets tough.
What I worry about is not some of the aims or the goals of the president, every president has decided and made the case as I sat in the Congress, that NATO needs to do more to support themselves. What was achieved at this summit from what I can tell is that they agreed to what they had agreed to before. Now maybe it's been accelerated, I'm all for that, and there's everything right with some straight talk, but it has to be done in my opinion in an appropriate way. Wrecking ball strategies rarely end up being successful over the long term.
I commend the president for his efforts to try to step up and do something about the IP robbery that China commits on a regular basis, and I support that, but I think there are better ways to accomplish our goals.
I am increasingly concerned that with the fraying of the relationship with our friends, with people who support our values, who love freedom, who are willing to invest human lives on the battlefield to preserve this, that as this alliance can potentially wither, what takes its place? What keeps the peace?
Is it important that we have discussions with Russia? Of course, because we have mutual interests all over the world, in the Middle East, particularly with Syria. We have concerns about cybersecurity, election interference, all these things matter, but most important, the issue of arms control. We need to get back to the table to deal with the problem of arms control, so that the world can be made safer. So I hope that this summit will be successful, but that the president will realize, and I'm sure he does, the significant difference between their approach to the world, our approach to the world and that of our allies.
Finally, all is not lost yet. When your clothes fray, you can repair them. We just don't want to get to the point where we do damage to the relationships that we have, that have served us very well.
John Kasich is governor of Ohio. He gave this speech at the National Press Club in Washington.
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Manan Bhardwaj (Composer) Height, Weight, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Biography, Girlfriend and More
Manan Bhardwaj is an Indian playback singer, music director and composer. He is mainly known for his work in the Bollywood and Punjabi music industry. Manan is famous for his work on Shiddat (2021) and Armaan Malik: Veham (2020). He garnered enormous popularity by composing music in Prabhas and Pooja Hegde’s blockbuster movie Radhe Shyam in 2021.
Birth & Family
Manan Bhardwaj was born on 21 January 1991 in Gurgaon, Haryana. His father’s name is Sankalp Bhardwaj, and his mother’s name is Deepti Bhardwaj. He did his schooling at S D Adarsh Vidyalaya, Gurgaon, and graduated from SAE Institute, Mumbai.
|Real Name||Manan Bhardwaj|
|Profession||Playback Singer, Music Director and Composer|
|Date of Birth||21 January 1991|
|Age (as in 2022)||31 Years|
|Birth Place||Gurgaon, Haryana, India|
|Home Town||Gurgaon, Haryana, India|
|Family||Mother : Deepti Bhardwaj|
Father : Sankalp Bhardwaj
Sister : Not Available
Brother : Not Available
Wife : Not Available
|Address||Mumbai, Maharashtra, India|
Manan composed the music video of Sachet Tandon: Kandhe Ka Woh Til in 2020. In the same year, he composed a music video of Armaan Malik: Veham in 2020. The Next year, he was the composer of Tulsi Kumar and Jubin Nautiyal’s song Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham in 2021. He was the music director and composer of the music video of the movie Shiddat Title Track in 2021. He was the composer of Guru Randhawa’s music video song Aise Na Chhoro in 2021.
Education Details and More
|School||S D Adarsh Vidyalaya, Gurgaon|
|College||SAE Institute, Mumbai|
|Educational Qualification||Audio Engineering|
|Debut||Music Album : Kandhe Ka Woh Til (2020)|
Physical Stats and More
|Height||5′ 6″ Feet|
|Body Shape||Chest: 42 inches|
Waist: 34 inches
Biceps: 15 inches
|Hobbies||Travel and Listening to Music|
Marital Status and More
|Salary (approx)||Not Available|
|Net Worth||INR 10-50 Crore|
Social Media Presence
|You Tube||Manan Bhardwaj|
Some Facts About Manan Bhardwaj
- Manan was born and raised in Gurgaon.
- At the age of 4 years, he used to compose poems and sing them out. He decided to pursue music as career when he was in 8th standard.
- He has two mainstream music production firms, Namyoho Studios, and White Coffee Entertainment Pvt. Ltd in India.
- Manon lost his father as a teenager and was soon found himself directionless in terms of a career.
- He consider AR Rahman and Jagjit Singh as his idol.
- He is also pretty active on YouTube, and actively makes independent music.
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Gail Page (NSW)
Launching her debut album 'Colours That Run' in November 2007, Gail Page hits the Sydney scene with a voice that will touch even the most hardened of souls.
Close your eyes and you'd swear you're in New Orleans listening to one of the greats - Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin- then again, modern comparisons bring Toni Childs to mind - but wait, now she's singing the most beautiful rendition of an Eva Cassidy song. Gail is a musical chameleon unlike any other.
She's got one of the most powerful voices we've heard in a long time, microphone seemingly a mere prop, she can't easily be placed in a specific genre. While blues and jazz initially spring to mind, some of the songs would more appropriately be categorised as alternative contemporary. The minute you think you have it worked out, she'll surprise you with something new.
Be prepared to be moved. Gail doesn't just sing, she tells a story. And the stories are from the heart. They convey the emotions of a life's journey, messages of hope and strength and the uncanny ability to touch something inside every person that hears them. Expect at least a goosebump or two. It isn't just the clarity and power of her voice, nor simply the genuine emotion behind the songs, she's one of a kind, unique, powerful and touching.
Gail will be accompanied in Goulburn by Parris Macleod on keyboard. Parris is regarded as one of Australia's leading keyboard players, Parris has performed extensively both in Australia and abroad.
Parris is also well known in the industry as a first class recording producer and engineer and runs his own state of the art recording studios (Cloud Studios) boasting credits in many genres including albums for The Screaming Jets, Troy Cassar Dailey, Doug Parkinson, the Teletubbies and many more. Parris has performed at numerous festivals with artists including here in Goulburn with Phil Emmanuel in 2005, with Bluezone in 2007, Andrew Clermont and many others. Winner of the Bluestar Peoples' Choice Award 2007 for Best Australasian Instrumentalist - Piano/Keyboard and Producer of the Year in the 2007 Australian Blues Music Chain Awards here in Goulburn.
Colours That Run (2007)
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Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China
Christine Mollier reveals in this volume previously unexplored dimensions of the interaction between Buddhism and Taoism in medieval China. While scholars of Chinese religions have long recognized the mutual influences linking the two traditions, Mollier here brings to light their intense contest for hegemony in the domains of scripture and ritual. Drawing on a far-reaching investigation of canonical texts, together with manuscript sources from Dunhuang and the monastic libraries of Japan—many of them studied here for the first time—she demonstrates the competition and complementarity of the two great Chinese religions in their quest to address personal and collective fears of diverse ills, including sorcery, famine, and untimely death. In this context, Buddhist apocrypha and Taoist scriptures were composed through a process of mutual borrowing, yielding parallel texts, Mollier argues, that closely mirrored one another. Life-extending techniques, astrological observances, talismans, spells, and the use of effigies and icons to resolve the fundamental preoccupations of medieval society were similarly incorporated in both religions. In many cases, as a result, one and the same body of material can be found in both Buddhist and Taoist guises. Among the exorcistic, prophylactic, and therapeutic ritual methods explored here in detail are the "Heavenly Kitchens" that grant divine nutrition to their adepts, incantations that were promoted to counteract bewitchment, as well as talismans for attaining longevity and the protection of stellar deities. The destiny of the Jiuku Tianzun, the Taoist bodhisattva whose salvific mission and iconography were modeled on Guanyin (Avalokitesvara), is examined at length. Through the case-studies set forth here, the patterns whereby medieval Buddhists and Taoists each appropriated and transformed for their own use the rites and scriptures oftheir rivals are revealed with unprecedented precision. Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face is abundantly illustrated with drawings and diagrams from canonical and manuscript sources, together with art and artifacts photographed by the author in the course of her field research in China. Sophisticated in its analysis, broad in its synthesis of a variety of difficult material, and original in its interpretations, it will be required reading for those interested in East Asian religions and in the history of the medieval Chinese sciences, including astrology, medicine and divination.
Cambodian Monks under Pol Pot
This pioneering study of the fate of Buddhism during the communist period in Cambodia puts a human face on a dark period in Cambodia’s history. It is the first sustained analysis of the widely held assumption that the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot had a centralized plan to liquidate the entire monastic order. Based on a thorough analysis of interview transcripts and a large body of contemporary manuscript material, it offers a nuanced view that attempts to move beyond the horrific monastic death toll and fully evaluate the damage to the Buddhist sangha under Democratic Kampuchea.
Compelling evidence exists to suggest that Khmer Rouge leaders were determined to hunt down senior members of the pre-1975 ecclesiastical hierarchy, but other factors also worked against the Buddhist order. Buddhism in a Dark Age outlines a three-phase process in the Khmer Rouge treatment of Buddhism: bureaucratic interference and obstruction, explicit harassment, and finally the elimination of the obdurate and those close to the previous Lon Nol regime. The establishment of a separate revolutionary form of sangha administration constituted the bureaucratic phase. The harassment of monks, both individually and en masse, was partially due to the uprooting of the traditional monastic economy in which lay people were discouraged from feeding economically unproductive monks. Younger members of the order were disrobed and forced into marriage or military service. The final act in the tragedy of Buddhism under the Khmer Rouge was the execution of those monks and senior ecclesiastics who resisted.
It was difficult for institutional Buddhism to survive the conditions encountered during the decade under study here. Prince Sihanouk’s overthrow in 1970 marked the end of Buddhism as the central axis around which all other aspects of Cambodian existence revolved and made sense. And under Pol Pot the lay population was strongly discouraged from providing its necessary material support. The book concludes with a discussion of the slow re-establishment and official supervision of the Buddhist order during the People’s Republic of Kampuchea period.
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Buddhism in Taiwan is the first work in a Western language to examine the institutional and political history of Chinese Buddhism in Taiwan. Tracing Buddhism's development on the island from Qing times through the late 1980s, it seeks to shed light on the ways in which changing social circumstances have impacted Buddhist thought and practice. It looks in particular at a number of significant changes that modernization has brought: the decline in clerical ordinations, the increasing prominence of nuns within the monastic order, the enhanced role of the laity, alterations in the content of lay precepts, the abandonment of funerals as a major source of income, the monastic order's loss of special recognition from the government, and the founding of large, international organizations. Charles Jones begins his survey with the earliest mention of Buddhism in Taiwan in historical records from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and continues through the formation of pan-Taiwan Buddhist organizations during the Japanese occupation (1895-1945). A review of the role of the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China (BAROC) follows, and the volume concludes with the rise of large independent Buddhist movements that fully emerged after the end of martial law and the removal of restrictions of civic organizations in the late 1980s. Jones provides a careful and balanced review of primary and secondary sources and translations of government and Buddhist documents, extensive bibliographies of major figures, detailed histories of prominent temples, and an exhaustive summary of recent Taiwanese scholarship. Buddhism in Taiwan promises to be a classic in the field of modern Chinese Buddhism. Scholars of the religion, history, political science, sociology, and anthropology of Taiwan will find its systematic and thorough approach stimulating as well as highly informative.
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A scholarly journal devoted to Buddhism and Christianity and their historical and contemporary interrelationships, Buddhist-Christian Studies presents thoughtful articles, conference reports, and book reviews. It also includes sections on comparative methodology and historical comparisons, as well as ongoing discussions from two dialogue conferences: the Theological Encounter with Buddhism, and the Japan Society for Buddhist Christian Studies.
In its teachings, practices, and institutions, Buddhism in its varied Asian forms has been—and continues to be—centrally concerned with death and the dead. Yet surprisingly "death in Buddhism" has received little sustained scholarly attention. The Buddhist Dead offers the first comparative investigation of this topic across the major Buddhist cultures of India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Tibet, and Burma. Its individual essays, representing a range of methods, shed light on a rich array of traditional Buddhist practices for the dead and dying; the sophisticated but often paradoxical discourses about death and the dead in Buddhist texts; and the varied representations of the dead and the afterlife found in Buddhist funerary art and popular literature. This important collection moves beyond the largely text—and doctrine—centered approaches characterizing an earlier generation of Buddhist scholarship and expands its treatment of death to include ritual, devotional, and material culture.
A Historical Analysis
This introduction to Buddhism examines its basic philosophical teachings and historical development, setting forth complex and significant ideas in a straightforward and simple style that is easily accessible to the student. The author's orientation is philosophical, rather than religious or sociological. This approach is both the uniqueness and the strength of the work.Part I outlines the historical background out of which Buddhism arose and emphasizes the teachings of early Buddhism. Part II examines developments in the history of Buddhist thought and the emergence of the various schools of Buddhism.
Religion, Activism, and Protest in Japanese Occupied Korea
Why and how did Korean religious groups respond to growing rural poverty, social dislocation, and the corrosion of culture caused by forces of modernization under strict Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945)? Questions about religion’s relationship and response to capitalism, industrialization, urbanization, and secularization lie at the heart of understanding the intersection between colonialism, religion, and modernity in Korea. Yet, getting answers to these questions has been a challenge because of narrow historical investigations that fail to study religious processes in relation to political, economic, social, and cultural developments. In Building a Heaven on Earth, Albert L. Park studies the progressive drives by religious groups to contest standard conceptions of modernity and forge a heavenly kingdom on the Korean peninsula to relieve people from fierce ruptures in their everyday lives. The results of his study will reconfigure the debates on colonial modernity, the origins of faith-based social activism in Korea, and the role of religion in a modern world.
Honor, Vengeance, and Love in Four Plays of the 18th and 19th Centuries
The four plays presented here—“Moritsuna’s Camp,” “The Mountains Scene,” “Vengeance at Iga Pass,” “The True Tale of Asagao”—were first performed between 1769 and 1832, a time when the Japanese puppet theatre known as Bunraku was beginning to lose its pre-eminence to Kabuki. During this period, however, several important puppet plays were created that went on to become standards in both the Bunraku and Kabuki repertoires; three are found in this volume. This span of some sixty-odd years was also a formative one in the development of how plays were presented, an important feature in the modern staging of works from the traditional plebeian theatre. Only a handful of complete and uncut plays—often as much as ten hours long—are produced in Bunraku or Kabuki nowadays. Included here is one of these. There are also two examples of the much more common practice of staging a single popular act or scene from a much longer drama that itself is seldom, if ever, performed in its entirety today.
Kabuki, while better known outside Japan, has been a great beneficiary of the puppet theatre, borrowing perhaps as much as half of its body of work from Bunraku dramas. Bunraku, in turn, has raided the Kabuki repertoire but to a far more modest degree. The fourth play in this collection, “Asagao,” is an instance of this uncommon reverse borrowing. Moreover, it is an example of yet another way in which some plays have come to be presented: a coherent subplot of a longer work that gained an independent theatrical existence while its parent drama has since disappeared from the stage. These later eighteenth-century works display a continued development toward greater attention to the theatrical features of puppet plays as opposed to the earlier, more literary approach found most notably in the dramas of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (d. 1725).
Newly translated and illustrated for the general reader and the specialist, the plays in this volume are accompanied by informative introductions, extensive notes on stage action, and discussions of the various changes that Bunraku underwent, particularly in the latter half of the eighteenth century, its golden age. Because many of the features we see in Bunraku plays today owe their origins largely to the changes the theatre experienced more than two centuries ago, this volume will be a valuable reference for those interested in contemporary Japanese theatre as well as its historical antecedents.
This is the first study in a half century of one of the least known societies in the contemporary world. Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century provides insight into the everyday lives, concerns, and values of the people of this reclusive nation. Prominent anthropologists and religion scholars with in-depth, long-term knowledge of central Burma offer detailed analyses of the ways in which Burmese actively manage and create lives for themselves in the shadow of a military dictatorship. Their research crosses the domains of religious, political, and social life, examining public festivals and performance, local-state relations, literary life, lottery frenzies, mass meditators, political rumors and black humor, the value of children, changing male identities, and more in this impressive, wide-ranging collection.
Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Rather than privilege the doctrinal and exegetical interpretations of the tradition, which assume the central importance of the mind and its cultivation, James Benn focuses on the ways in which the heroic ideals of the bodhisattva present in scriptural materials such as the Lotus Sutra played out in the realm of religious practice on the ground.

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S-Space College of Natural Sciences (자연과학대학) Dept. of Biological Sciences (생명과학부) Theses (Ph.D. / Sc.D._생명과학부)
Regulation of gene expression for Fe-SOD and Ni-SOD by nickel-responsive nur in streptomyces coelicolor : Streptomyces coelicolor 에서 니켈에 반응하는 Nur에 의한 슈퍼옥사이드 디스뮤타제 유전자발현의 조절
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- 자연과학대학 생명과학부
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- Nur ; 니켈 ; 슈퍼옥사이드 디스뮤타제
- 학위논문 (박사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 생명과학부, 2014. 2. 노정혜.
- Nur (Nickel uptake regulator) is a nickel-responsive transcription factor the regulates nickel homeostasis and anti-oxidative response in S. coelicolor. Nur is a unique nickel-specific Fur-family regulator. In S. coelicolor, expression of the sodF and sodN genes is inversely regulated by Nur. Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are widely distributed enzymes that convert superoxides to hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen, using various metals as cofactors. Many actinobacteria contain genes for both Ni-containing (sodN) and Fe-containing (sodF) SODs. With sufficient nickel, Nur directly represses sodF transcription, while inducing sodN indirectly. Bioinformatic search revealed that a conserved 19 nt stretch upstream of sodN matches perfectly with the sodF downstream sequence. So we estimated that Nur could activates sodN gene through sodF transcripts, double repression mechanism. First we checked the existence of transcripts containing anti-sodN region by S1 mapping. We found that the sodF gene produced a stable small-sized RNA species (s-SodF) that harbors the anti-sodN sequence complementary to sodN mRNA from the 5 end up to the ribosome binding site and s-SodF is approximately ~90 nt confirmed by northern blotting. We could not detect any Nur box in nearby 5 end of s-SodF and s-SodF is sensitive to 5-monophosphate-specific exonuclease. These data strongly indicated that the s-SodF RNA is a likely processed product of sodF mRNA. In order to check the s-SodF effect on sodN expression, we introduced to △sodF mutant an overexpression plasmid for s-SodF RNA whose expression was driven by a strong ermE* promoter. In △sodF mutant, half-life of sodN is delayed to about 16min compared to WT (3min). But, in s-SodF overexpression strain, delayed half-life of sodN is restored to 7min. This result indicated that the s-SodF RNA caused a significant decrease in the half-life of the sodN mRNA. Therefore, Nur activates sodN expression through inhibiting the synthesis of sodF mRNA, from which inhibitory s-SodF RNA is generated. This reveals a novel mechanism by which antagonistic regulation of one gene is achieved by small RNA processed from the 3UTR of another genes mRNA.
Recently, we reported crystal structure of Nur and Nur is homodimer and two DNA binding domains (DB-domain) are attached to the dimeric core constructed by two dimerization domains (D-domain). It contains a unique nickel-specific metal site (Ni-site) and nonspecific common metal site (M-site) per each monomer. Nur also has two Cys-X–X Cys motif but no zinc coordination is shown in crystal structure. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) using Nur overexpression cell extract by PET system in E. coli showed that Ni-site and M-site not Cys4 site are both important for DNA binding activity of Nur. This result coincide with Crystal structure of Nur. In order to confirm the critical residues of Nur in vivo, we introduced to △nur mutant an integration vector for pnur::nur variants expression and we checked the sodF repression activity of Nur by S1 mapping. We found that Ni-site was still important for Nur in vivo but mutations of M-site residues could not affect repression activity of Nur. Interestingly, Cys96S, Cys133S and Cys136 which consist of two Cys-X–X Cys motif were confirmed as critical residues of Nur. So we tried to do EMSA using S. coelicolor cell extract and result showed that Ni-site and two Cys-X–X Cys motif not M-site are both important for Nur in vivo. This result match with S1 mapping data. These experiment suggest the possibility that Nur coordinate zinc in two Cys-X–X Cys motif and this Cys4-Zn site will be critical structural metal binding site like BsuPerR in vivo.
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Today I read an article based on someone being called, “Too sensitive”, naturally every part of me wanted to respond “Aaaargh!!!” to the resolute victimness of it, as amongst other things, the statement, “You are too sensitive” is as much a wording structure issue as it is a judgemental issue.
I was reminded of a recent event where I (unusually ;-)) had some objections, and was told that, out of 30+ people, I was THE ONLY ONE who had complained.
Now, many moons ago, if a person of status had said this to me, I would have quietly thought, ‘OMG! There’s something wrong with me!’
30+ people against 1….!!!
And backed down, feeling my opinion was 'lesser'.
But actually, over the years, I have got to know myself quite well, and whilst I can be too sensitive (sometimes) too opinionated (other times), I can also perceive really well when something is unfair and am a great fighter of the ‘underdog’. So, rather than accept this statement in the way it was designed, I chose to accept this divide and conquer statement as a compliment,
‘In a poll of 31, you think I am unique, Awww, thank you’.
Because actually as much as I value being part of a tribe, I also rather value difference; I like difference, I enjoy difference.
Don’t get me wrong, not everyone does, but in certain contexts if I am labelled different, thank you. -It has taken a while to embrace being called, THE Black Sheep, but I actually, I rather like black sheep.
Being called, ‘Too’ anything can be hurtful or painful, especially when we are emotionally intelligent or empathic and just want to be part of a group or a unit. But then, it is about considering the context.
As a Hypnotherapist, part of the practice, (alongside the counselling skills) is to be aware of words and how we use them; perhaps we use metaphors to describe how we feel, or perhaps we rely on one of our senses more than the other; with training and experience I look for, listen to and sense all of these things when I am face to face with a client. I am acutely aware of word structures and how we use them to persuade ourselves to do, or not do something.
So imagine my surprise when in this article said loads about being ‘Too sensitive’ but gave little explanation of why the sentence structure alone can cause distress.
- The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.
-‘Perceived’, even in the definition of criticism there is a singular opinion.....And there lies the rub, if we hear a stand alone statement such as,
‘YOU ARE TOO SENSITIVE’
Behind that statement is the sentiment of a huge 'US' against just a little you.
(‘Divide and conquer’)
The use of ‘Too’ can suggest that there are opinion polls, a mass of people and great swathes of experience to judge and asses us, evidence to all conclude that you are TOO sensitive or OVER reacting.
(‘Over…’ again, another example that suggests that there is a preset/defined ‘norm’ and you are not complying to it). These are isolating statements that imply,
YOU are the only one that is different.
And perhaps these statements are true, but ONLY according to the one person saying it…. What they perceive.
So what if we look at the fact that everyone is different?
Some of us have blue eyes, some brown -we are all different. Imagine saying to someone, “Your eyes are too brown/blue.” Of course we wouldn’t... Because we are aware that people are physically genetically different, and there’s little we/they can do about it, even the statement feels uncomfortable because we are not used to saying or hearing it.
What if we too, are all emotionally different? intellectually different? etc etc… Then, rather than thinking that one way is right or wrong, we use what we have got to the best of our capabilities, and make the best out of who we really are?
If we are a black sheep, be the fluffiest, butt-kicking black sheep there is.
So how about we look at any judgemental sentence and change it to,
“You are too sensitive (for me).” “You are over sensitive (and I can’t understand)"
...Then walk away knowing that the person who said the statement, just can’t keep up with us?
Footnote: Absolutely, we may be wrong, but that’s OK isn’t it? We are all allowed to get things wrong now and again, surely?

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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Several of the largest universities in Texas have reported a major increase in COVID-19 cases since August, when students began returning to classes.
While universities have been preparing for months, it’s proving difficult to keep students from gathering off campus, where school officials have less jurisdiction.
Texas Tech University Dean of Students Matt Gregory said TTU launched a marketing campaign aimed at educating students about the risks, to encourage them to follow social distancing and other safety protocols.
“We’ve partnered with the city leadership under Mayor Pope’s office. We’ve partnered with neighborhood associations, our academic affairs area or residence halls and student housing. And it’s been a community effort really to try to gain compliance,” Gregory explained.
He said as cases started to rise on campus and reports of students gathering started coming in, the administration is taking new punishments into consideration. Students and members of the community can report those breaking the rules to the Student Conduct Office.
“We are still trying to take the educational approach. However, for more egregious and more flagrant violations that expose risk to our university community or even to the Lubbock community, we are pursuing those aggressively, and that could entail a probation period of suspension and the worst case scenario, expulsion from the university,” Gregory said.
At UT Austin, students who violate COVID-19 guidelines could also face possible suspension in addition to other penalties from the Office of the Dean of Students.
Federal guidance earlier this week recommended communities with universities enforce more restrictions at bars and restaurants.
On Wednesday, Dr. Mark Escott, Austin-Travis County Interim Health Authority, said he agreed with that guidance.
“I think we have to react. If that’s the circumstance that we experience and stay the course in terms of bars and, you know, determine if we need to make further reductions in restaurant capacity,” Dr. Escott said.
Response to COVID-19 cases varies by university, but many have isolation facilities available for students who test positive.
Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci recommended sick students stay on campus, and not go home, to contain the spread of the virus.

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DEARBORN— A partnership of business owners are set to begin designing a new Detroit city park on the corner of Warren and Grand River Avenues.
Prince Concepts, a real estate development company and sponsor of the project, has selected Julie Bargmann, the founder of D.I.R.T. Studio, a landscape design practice, to design the quarter acre public park.
“What makes Detroit interesting is the amount of space that exists in an urban area,” said Philip Kafka, founder of Prince Concepts. “If we get rid of the space, we get rid of Detroit’s intrigue, mystery and magic. Instead of just developing architecture, it is very important to us that we leave the majority of the real estate we own as just that — space.”
“Julie Bargmann and D.I.R.T. Studio are internationally renowned for designing regenerative landscapes,” Kafka said. “And their unique perspective on landscape has enhanced our vision of the role this important space plays within our broader Core City redevelopment plan. Our projects are not just about creating density, they are about activating people’s imaginations and enhancing their well-being through the celebration of landscape.”
Abe Saad, owner of Dearborn Meat Market, and a close friend of Kafka’s, said he hopes the park, close to Dearborn, will interconnect the cities.
“I hope it will bring Arab Americans into that area,” he said. “It’s just something different and sometimes downtown Detroit is too far and this is just seven to ten minutes down Warren Avenue.”
Saad said he met Kafka through being in the restaurant industry.
“Being customers at each other’s businesses we just both connected,” he said. “I loved his personality, he has super positive energy.”
Saad said he’d like to see Arab Americans “step out of the bubble” of Dearborn to meet new people.
“They feel in their comfort zone and once they see people stepping out of that bubble they feel more comfortable,” he said. “You can expand your mindset, your thoughts on Detroit.”
He said people of the Dearborn community in the past associated Detroit with fear.
“But I feel like with the development going on in the last few years, people should take that mindset and put it to the side and give Detroit a shot because it’s not what it used to be,” he said.
As stated in a recent press release, Prince Concepts and D.I.R.T. Studio share a vision for the park as reminiscent of Detroit’s wildflower fields and a densely-wooded portion of 60 Locust and Dogwood trees. The park will also feature spaces for lounging, socializing and special events.
“They are very clever with their ideas,” Saad said, “so I’m looking forward to seeing it all happen.”
Prince Concepts has acquired approximately 1 million square feet of space in the Core City neighborhood of Detroit and plans to transform most of it into unique public spaces and community parks.
It also plans to offer the opportunity to individuals, companies and institutions to sponsor and name trees, benches and terraces in the Warren and Grand River Avenue park.
“The power of landscape, especially its potential in Detroit, is that it offers a critical density for urbanity and the soul to flourish,” Bargmann said. “I am super excited to imagine an industrial strength landscape that honors the neighborhood’s working past and that pushes forward to make places welcome to longtime residents as well as new Detroiters.”


PIEDMONT — After years of planning and fundraising, work is scheduled to begin within the month on the Kingston/Linda/Rose Triangle with City’s Council’s approval Tuesday.
Four bids were received by the city on June 8. Ray’s Electric, the lowest bidder, was awarded the contract for $283,594 that includes a 10 percent contingency of $20,736 and $55,496 for construction management.
Public Works Director Chester Nakahara said Ray’s Electric will do all the work and was deemed a reliable, responsible contractor.
A neighborhood group in 2013 approached the city asking if something could be done to alleviate traffic and visibility problems at the five-way intersection that is confusing to motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.
“This is a classic Piedmont project, a private-public partnership,” Nakahara said.
Spearheaded by neighbors Andy Skov and Patty Reid, $4,610 was raised for the project from private donations. The Piedmont Garden Club donated $2,000; the Piedmont Beautification Foundation donated $31,305 to the project. Earlier, the City Council appropriated $5,000 for a traffic study and conceptual plan.
All way stops were installed in October 2015 and the council appropriated $175,000 more to the project.
“This (project) has been crying out for civic attention,” Councilwoman Teddy King said. “It provides traffic and pedestrian safety and a beautiful entry to town.”
The triangle will be landscaped with water-saving features, and trees donated by Craig Lundeen.
In other business, the council received an update on the city’s Climate Action Plan.
The complete report may be viewed at www.ci.piedmont.ca.us. Based upon most recent data from 2014, solid waste is reduced from 2005 levels, as well as residential energy use. Commercial energy use stayed flat while transportation emissions rose slightly from 2010.
A good sign was an uptick in electric vehicles, with 262 rebates redeemed for such vehicles from June 2011 through April 2016.
There was a 24 percent increase over 2010 in CO2e consumption from the aquatic center, and the Piedmont Center for the Arts, the report noted. But the Piedmont Recreation Center fared well in reduced consumption.
The city’s climate action plan and environmental task force identified a series of goals to achieve the 2020 reduction target. City Administrator Paul Benoit noted that 46 of the 61 goals are “in the works.” In all, the city is working diligently to meet its goals, he said.
“We could declare victory and go home. But we have to keep working at it,” former Councilman Garrett Keating said. “We will use the Recreation Department as an example.”
At the start of the meeting, Councilman Bob McBain was nominated as vice mayor until the Nov. 8 municipal election. City Clerk John Tulloch said candidates for City Council must come in person to City Hall to file papers from July 18 through Aug. 12.
“To comply with new state law, the process is more formal and detailed,” Tulloch said.


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When the world of K-Pop and K-Dramas collide, it seems like the perfect collaboration for netizens worldwide. After the rising success of the Netflix series Squid Game, these kinds of interactions have become more common, with idols sharing their love and obsession for the franchise.
In particular, Squid Game has almost become almost inseparable from one group, and this is BLACKPINK!
One member who recently showcased her love for the show was Lisa! During her trip to America, Lisa visited the Zach Sang Show, where she spoke about everything from the BLACKPINK members, her debut solo, and much more.
As expected, Lisa was asked about her thoughts on Squid Game after talking about her iconic Younghee Halloween outfit. Like most of the world, she seems as obsessed with the K-Drama as everyone else.
Even though she wasn’t sure about whether season two was a spoiler or not, host Zach Sang even thought that Lisa could make a cameo in the future series, following Jisoo, who is starring in the JTBC K-Drama Snowdrop.
Lisa unsurprisingly couldn’t stop praising Jisoo’s talent but seemed less confident about her own abilities, adding, “Can I act? I don’t even know!”
Even if Lisa doesn’t get a part in the next series, she already has a connection to the show. Lisa brought up the fact that her solo track “Money” was used in many viral videos for the show. The track took over everyone’s FYP and, with the catchy lyrics and uptempo beat, you can’t blame them?
Fans were shocked to know that Lisa had seen a lot of the videos, yet it wasn’t surprising to see how excited she was about it.
I saw some viral videos on TikTok about Squid Game and ‘Money.’ I was like, ‘Yay, thank you!’
After the show was first released, TikTok became flooded with videos and edits from the show. In particular, many used Lisa’s track “Money” as the backing track, and it was no surprise that a badass song was the perfect BGM (background music) for such a badass show.
It isn’t the first time that BLACKPINK and Squid Game have had a perfect collaboration. Jennie was mentioned in the credits and visited the set because of her friendship with actress Jung Ho Yeon. Also, the inspiration behind the morbid coffins even had a BLACKPINK reference.
With a second series on the way, BLINKs would love to see a member of BLACKPINK in the show or even “Money” used as an OST. Hopefully, Lisa can live her Squid Game dream and be involved in the show in some way!
You can watch the full interview below.

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At the Easel Pro launch event I saw the JUMANJI Board Replica Thread! fan art project and practically fell out of my chair. It’s really cool.
Anyway one of my friends works at Cards Against Humanity. If you haven’t heard of it, Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you’ve played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.
It’s bad…I mean it’s really bad. It’s not for everyone. For some people they laugh so hard that their drinks come out of their nose so be careful. Either you will hate it and burn the cards or you will laugh so hard that you might need to go to the hospital from a herniated disk. I’d be interested in stories from both types of experiences.
Anyway the employees at Cards Against Humanity are really into games. They make all sorts of games. One of them made an “escape box” on the Carvey. It’s like an escape room in a suitcase.
Has anyone ever made any wood board games like chess or settlers of catan or invented their own board games and made them out of wood so they look nicer than the typical cardboard style ones?
I’ve done catan boards and parts, as well as card holders for Dominion, a “shut the box” style design for the score sheets for Qwixx and a Magic the Gathering table-top board for holding the deck and life counters. I’ll try to find some pics, these were all gifts and sadly most I didn’t take any pictures of. I’m really bad about that. So bad in fact I’ve attached a go-pro mount to the ceiling above my assembly table and I’m working on a way to have it take time lapse photos whenever I’m in the shop so I actually have evidence of my creations
I would like to see the “escape box” if you have links.
Technically not a game, but this:
What do your Catan boards look like? If you can find those pics that would be awesome. There is a big Catan community out there.
I don’t have any pics of the “escape box” but I’ll email my buddy to see if he can send some.
Did you design that from scratch @anon68752607
No sadly I don’t have the time for that.
I found the source image as a tshirt design. It was really grungy and dirty, so it needed a lot of cleanup. And I gave it my own touch. But I can’t take credit for the design itself.
What do you use the Ouija board for?
Oh, we are huge Catan fanatics here, we have every expansion for the game same for Dominion…
Let me see if I can get the gift recipients to send me some pics.
Basically I’ve done 3 different Catan designs. One is a board for the standard game, it takes the place of the blue “sea” border pieces, but also has a bottom with depressions to hold the land tiles. It was designed to prevent the constant shifting of the tiles. I’ve 3d printed many of the 3D tiles, and use those with the custom wood board.
The second design was similar to the first, but also included card and settlement/city holders for each player, with sliding dovetails around the edge.
Last one was a larger board so you could play the knights, seafarers and pirates expansions, based on the same hexagonal land tiles, depressions to hold them and locking border pieces.
I still have laser etched and / or vcarved tiles on my todo list.
Let me find pics…
Ummm @PhilJohnson that is ridiculously awesome…
Do you call it Battle Boats @PhilJohnson because you aren’t making the game that I played as a child and don’t have the express written consent of Major League Baseball?
I have a design nearly complete for my own Settlers of Catan version, but an international work assignment is keeping me from my machine. It will be my first project once I’m back stateside.
Here’s a screenshot preview of what I have in mind. (It’s also a perfect chance to test out the new V-carve capability in Easel!)
Funny you mentioned that, it was one of my first carves. Fits all of the expansion packs and special edition packs (as of now anyway). I used some scrap walnut laying around, nothing special.
please tell me where the pegs go, shot glasses fit in there now
I did not, sir. just hopeful wishing
“you sunk my battleship”
“yeah, now sink that tequila!”
I made an Easel file of some generic Catan tiles to put 3D terrain on a few months back. I’ve not been able to revisit.
Yes. I was going to do the terrain in ZBrush, but things got really busy.

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The Item: Her Royal Highness, Meghan Markle Wears Olive Ralph Lauren Dress. The Duke and Duchess were photographed while attending the christening of their nephew, Price Louis. Louis’ mother, Kate Middleton, also stunned in a white gown by Alexander McQueen.
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Ask and Tell: Meghan Markle Wears Olive Ralph Lauren Dress
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US 20020062675 A1
A device for forming a double-curved object comprises a frame, two elongate clamping heads which are arranged parallel to one another on the frame, a support with an exchangeable shaping die, on either side of which support there are clamping heads, and drive means for moving the clamping heads to and fro transversely with respect to their longitudinal direction, along the shaping die in the direction of a working stroke, during which the sheet is stretched and formed, and a return stroke. At least one of the clamping heads is provided with a double-curved shaping piece.
1. Method for forming a double-curved object by means of stretching a sheet (8), comprising
providing a shaping die (2) with a shaped die surface (3, 4),
positioning the sheet (8) in such a manner that it extends along the shaped die surface (3, 4) of the shaping die (2),
clamping two opposite ends of the sheet (8) into in each case one clamping head (1) which extends along the respective edge,
during a working stroke, moving the sheet (8) with clamping heads (1) and the shaping die (2) towards one another, in such a manner that the sheet (8) comes into contact with a part (4) of the die surface (3, 4) which projects a relatively long way, and as a result of continued movement of shaping die (2) and clamping jaws (1), comes into contact with a part (3) of the die surface (3, 4) which in relative terms does not project such a long way,
influencing at least one clamping of the sheet (8) in such manner that a sheet edge section which is next to a part (3) of the die surface (3,4) which in relative terms does not project such a long way executes a greater advancing movement compared to a sheet-edge section which is adjacent to part (4) of the die surface (3, 4) which projects a relatively long way.
2. Method according to
3. Method according to
4. Device for carrying out the method according to
5. Device according to
6. Device according to
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9. Device according to
10. Shaping piece (11) for device according to
11. A method for forming a shaped object having a double-curved portion curved in two mutually transverse directions, wherein a flat sheet material is drawn over a shaping die curved about an axis transverse to the direction of sheet movement, the die having a corresponding double-curved portion additionally curved about a first axis extending in the direction of sheet movement;
a) feeding the sheet material over a shaping piece curved about a second axis extending in the direction of sheet movement; and
b) drawing and stretching the sheet material over the die.
12. A method according to
13. A shaped object produced by a method according to claim 11.
 The invention relates to the manufacture of products from sheet material with a double-curved shape. The initially flat sheet material is stretched and drawn over a shaping die. During this process, the sheet material undergoes plastic deformation as a result of the combined action of the stretching and contact with the shaping die.
 Usually, a process of this type is used for the production of metal objects, such as the leading edge of a wing, transition pieces for the transition between wing and fuselage, aircraft noses, etc. Shaped products of this type can also be used in the automotive industry.
 During the production of double-curved objects, the stretching and forming has to be carried out in a relatively large number of separate steps. The reason for this is that the elongation in, for example, aluminium or steel sheet has to be kept within set limits. If these limits are exceeded, the quality of the product will suffer, for example as a result of the appearance of surface lines caused by the crystal structure of the sheet material being affected. Particularly in the case of products which are used in the bright, polished state, this leads to an unacceptable appearance.
 In practice, therefore, the sheet material undergoes plastic deformation in small steps. After each shaping step the intermediate product obtained undergoes stress-relief annealing. After cooling, the intermediate product then has to be clamped in place again, be shaped one step further, released from its clamps again, annealed, cooled, etc.
 A process of this type is laborious and labour-intensive. Moreover, it should be considered that a lubricant has to be applied to the shaping die before each shaping step, in order to counteract corrosion during shaping. The film of lubricant has to be removed before the intermediate product can be annealed.
 Depending on the curvature of the end product and the maximum acceptable elongation in the material, the shaping process may take up several days, for example 3 to 4 days.
 Therefore, if the number of steps in the shaping process could be reduced, it would be possible to make considerable savings in terms of production time and costs. A precondition is that the quality of the end product must not suffer when using a higher production rate.
 The first object of the invention is to provide an improved method of this type. This object is achieved by means of a method for forming a double-curved object by means of stretching a sheet, comprising the steps of:
 providing a shaping die with a shaped die surface,
 positioning the sheet in such a manner that it extends along the shaped die surface of the shaping die ,
 clamping two opposite edges of the sheet into in each case one clamping head which extends along the respective edge,
 during a working stroke, moving the sheet with clamping heads and the shaping die towards one another, in such a manner that the sheet comes into contact with a part of the die surface which projects a relatively long way, and, as a result of continued movement of shaping die and clamping jaws, comes into contact with a part of the die surface which in relative terms does not project such a long way,
 influencing at least one clamping of the sheet in such a manner that a sheet edge section which is situated next to a part of the die surface which in relative terms does not project such a long way executes a greater advancing movement than a sheet-edge section which is adjacent to a part of the die surface which projects a relatively long way.
 In the method according to the invention, the differences in elongation as arise in the sheet material remain limited on account of the use of one or more shaping pieces. These shaping pieces ensure that the sheet material is able to follow even the lower parts of the shaping die during stretching. This prevents those parts of the sheet material which bear against the higher parts of the shaping die from rapidly acquiring excessive elongation. On account of the use of the shaping pieces, therefore, the stretching process can be continued further for each deformation step without locally excessive elongation occurring and without the sheet material being damaged.
 In this method, clamping heads which are known per se and comprise a pair of clamping jaws can be used. These clamping jaws each bear against one surface of the sheet. When carrying out the method, a flat sheet is clamped between the pairs of clamping jaws, and as a result of the contact between shaping die and sheet the sheet is bent around the clamping jaws which are situated on that surface of the sheet which is remote from the shaping die. Now, according to the invention, a shaping piece is attached to the said clamping jaw, or a shaped clamping jaw is used.
 The use of a shaped clamping jaw or of a separate shaping piece only involves a minor intervention in the machine, which can be carried out without major problems.
 The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method as described above, comprising a frame, two elongate clamping heads which are arranged parallel to one another on the frame, a support with an exchangeable shaping die, on either side of which support there are the clamping heads, and drive means for moving the clamping heads to and fro transversely with respect to their longitudinal direction, along the shaping die in the direction of a working stroke, during which the sheet is stretched and formed, and a return stroke. According to the invention, at least one of the clamping heads is provided with a single-curved or double-curved shaping piece.
 The shaping piece may be integrated in the clamping head or may be a separate component which is attached to the clamping head. Each clamping head comprises a pair of clamping jaws, at least one of the clamping jaws, which is situated at the rear in the direction of a working stroke, being provided with a shaping piece.
 The shape of the shaping pieces is adapted to that of the shaping die. Since the shaping die comprises a part which in relative terms does not project such a long way in the opposite direction to the direction of the working stroke, at least one of the clamping heads must bear a shaping piece which, approximately at a position which is adjacent to the said part of the shaping die which in relative terms does not project such a long way, comprises a part which does project a relatively long way.
 Although the above text speaks of a metal as the sheet material, for example aluminium or steel, the invention can also be used for sheet material made from plastics.
 The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the highly diagramatic exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention illustrated in the figures.
FIG. 1 shows a first step in the shaping of a sheet by means of the device according to the invention.
FIG. 2 shows a second step.
 The device according to the invention for forming a double-curved object by means of stretching a sheet comprises two clamping heads 1, only one of which is shown. The clamping heads 1 run parallel to one another at the same height and are connected to a pivoting device which is known per se but is not shown and can be used to move the clamping heads 1 up and down.
 A fixedly disposed stretching block 2, which is in the form of the curved object which is to be formed, is situated in the centre between the clamping heads 1.
 As is partially indicated by solid lines and partially by dashed lines in FIG. 1, this stretching block is in the form of a section of a nose profile for an aircraft wing. The stretching block 2 and the area of skin to be shaped for the nose profile have a single-curved section 3, which gradually merges into a double-curved section 4.
 As is known, during the production of a double-curved sheet-like object by means of stretch-forming, the sheet-like material which is still straight is clamped over a stretching block and, in the process, is stretched slightly in order to be able to follow the curved contours of the stretching block. At the location of the double-curved sections of the stretching block, the plastic deformation which occurs is relatively great. Consequently, the stretching and the associated shaping of the sheet has to take place in a large number of separate steps according to the prior art. This is because the plastic deformation of the sheet material must remain within set limits. If these limits are exceeded, the crystal structure of the sheet material will be affected, leading to the appearance of surface lines.
 To counteract this, the sheet material undergoes stress-relief annealing after every step in which plastic deformation occurs. Then, after cooling, the sheet material is clamped into the device again and is plastically deformed by a further, relatively small step, and so on until the final shape is obtained.
 A procedure of this type is very labour-intensive, particularly with products which have a relatively pronounced double-curved shape. When shaping products of this type, it is necessary to pass through a large number of steps.
 According to the invention, sheet-like products of this type can be shaped in a considerably smaller number of steps, without the drawbacks of the crystal structure being affected and the like arising.
 The clamping heads 1 each comprise two clamping jaws 5, 6 which enclose a gap 7 in which the edge of the sheet 8 to be deformed is clamped. The opposite edge is correspondingly clamped in the second clamping head (not shown).
 Moreover, the top clamping jaw 5 bears a shaping block 9, over which the clamped-in side of the sheet material 8 can curl with a uniformly curved section 10, as shown in FIG. 2.
 The invention now uses a shaping block 9 which is not in the shape of a prism but which locally has a shaped section 11 which defines a cross section which deviates from the cross section of the prism-shaped part 12 of the shaping block. This shaped part 11, which likewise has a double curvature, is situated directly adjacent to the double-curved section 4 of the stretching block 2.
 During the forming of the double-curved shape in the sheet material 8, the shaped section 11 of the shaping block 9 ensures that the sheet material, at the level of the double-curved section 4 of the stretching block, is able to follow the contour of this block even through relatively large deformation steps. The sheet material 8 also remains in good contact over the entire stretching block 2, since the sheet material 8 at the location of the shaped part 11 of the shaping block 9 is deformed further than at the location of the prism-shaped section 12 of the shaping block 9.
 Consequently, the plastic deformation of the sheet material 8 can remain virtually uniform over the length of the stretching block 2, i.e. the plastic deformation at the location of the double-curved section 4 of the stretching block does not deviate excessively from that which is produced at the location of the straight section 3 of the stretching block 2.
 Consequently, the maximum total elongation which is required in the product in order to achieve the desired deformation is much lower. As a result, the object can be produced in considerably fewer steps on the device, with a limited percentage elongation for each operation.


Deftones Ride Their ‘White Pony’ to No. 3
Deftones, a Sacramento band that melds thrash metal, moody dirges andhip-hop turntables, debuts at No. 3 on the nation’s album chart this week with “White Pony,” while cartoonish, speed-rapping Busta Rhymes returns to the scene at No. 4 with his “Anarchy” album.
The top spot still belongs to Eminem, the mercurial rapper whose biting, graphic lyrics have inspired controversy and critical plaudits--and sales of 4 million since late May.
“White Pony,” which sold 178,000 copies in its first week, joins two other rap-rock acts near the top of the chart: Kid Rock with “History of Rock” at No. 6 and Papa Roach (another Sacramento band) at No. 11 with “Infest.”
For Rhymes, “Anarchy” marks his fourth album and features several subdued tracks--an unusual tone for the boisterous Brooklyn rapper.
The new disc, which sold 168,000 copies in its first week, also features guest turns by fellow New Yorkers Jay-Z and DMX.
The Top 5 is rounded out by the superstars of youth pop, with Britney Spears at No. 2 and ‘N Sync at No. 5.
Debuting at No. 12 this week is the R&B; trio Next with “Welcome II Nextasy.” The sophomore album from the smooth groove Twin Cities outfit seeks to follow up on its double-platinum 1997 album “Rated Next” and its biggest hit, “Too Close.”
Other notable debuts this week: Los Angeles rap group Jurassic 5 with “Quality Control” at No. 43; child country singer Billy Gilman’s “One Voice” at No. 52; Canadian chanteuse k.d. lang at No. 58 with “Invincible Summer”; and Seattle rockers Sunny Day Real Estate at No. 97 with “Rising Tide.”
Two veteran acts from the rock world, meanwhile, saw their albums slide this week.
Don Henley’s “Inside Job,” his first studio album in more than a decade, falls from No. 14 to No. 25, while Bon Jovi’s “Crush,” the group’s first new effort in more than five years, tumbles from No. 9 to No. 29 in its second week on the chart.
On the singles chart, Enrique Iglesias holds onto No. 1 with “Solo Me Importas Tu,” followed by Christina Aguilera’s “I Turn to You” and Mariah Carey’s “Can’t Take That Away (Mariah’s Theme)” at No. 2 and 3, respectively.
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