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Published: February 26th 2016
Old Town White Coffee
Even though I woke up pretty early, I had a leisurely morning drinking coffee, before I decided to venture out. My first stop was more coffee and some breakfast. There is an Old Town White Coffee, a Malaysian chain coffee place, in the mall near where I was staying. It was still quite early, so the coffee shop was pretty empty. I ordered the Kaya and Butter Toast set with eggs, and an iced white coffee. The coffee was nice and sweet, I normally don't drink sweet or milky coffees, but this made a nice change. I tried not to slurp down my coffee as I waited for my breakfast. My toast turned up first, followed a minute or two later by the eggs. My breakfast was good, the kaya toast was a bit too sweet for me to eat regularly, but nice to have once in a while.
It was only a couple of minutes walk to the subway station. The station is undergoing a lot of renovation, I think they are adding an extra line, so it looked like a building site. Because of the construction work only one platform was in use, so all trains were using
this platform. I had saw the train times at the entrance to the station, so I didn't end up getting on the wrong train. The train was meant to take me straight to the caves, however for some reason they have changed the train routes. This meant I had to change at one of the stations in what I presume to be downtown KL. However the train I needed would come on just the other side of the platform, a very easy transfer. I only waited a few minutes for the next train. The journey to the caves took just over an hour, I loved that the trains had women only carriages, however this rule doesn't seem to be strictly enforced as I did see a few men in there. There seemed to be some problem when exiting the station as none of the turnstiles seemed to be working. Inspectors were collecting paper tickets, and there was a card machine so I could swipe out.
The caves are right next to the station. There are lots of hawkers with little tables set up selling things. I passed by them and came across a big green statue, which is Hanuman,
a Hindu god and devotee to the god Rama. It snapped a few photos, it was so nice to be somewhere different and see things that looked totally different. I really enjoyed watching people taking selfies of themselves with the statue of Hanuman. I could see an entrance way beyond the statue, but I just didn't feel like that was the right one judging from the pictures I had seen of the caves. So, I headed in the opposite direction, away from the station and came across the 'proper' Batu Cave. This part was heaving, there were loads of people around and I spied a street of restaurants just across the way.
I could see the giant golden statue of Lord Murugan, the Hindu god pf war, and all those steps behind it. I had dressed conservatively in long pants and a top with sleeves, other people were covering up, too, but some weren't. I headed over to the stairs. They were quite busy, but not too crowded where it would feel dangerous. There are 272 steps to reach the cave. Personally, I didn't find them too hard to get up yes I was hot and sweaty, but it
wasn't too strenuous. I spotted a couple of monkeys as I made my way up the steps. Batu Cave is said to be around 400 million years old and were originally used as shelters by the Temuan tribe. The cave is not just one cave but a complex of caves. I reached the top of the stairs and walked into the cave. It was large and pretty bare. There were a few bits and pieces around the entrance way. I walked through the cave, there is a temple off to one side. At the opposite side of the cave there was another set of stairs leading up. I went up them gingerly as they were in a bit of state. The whole cave was a bit of a mess, it looked like it was undergoing some construction work. Here the cave was open, and there were a few different interesting rock formations to look at. There was also a small temple. I felt a bit sorry for the people praying in there, as they had all us tourists walking around outside and gawking in. I walked back out through the cave feeling a bit underwhelmed.
On the way up
I had spotted a sign for the 'Dark Cave', so I decided to go and check that out. I wandered up the stairs to the Dark Cave. It was quite busy inside, far more people on there than I would have imagined. I made my way over to the counter, I saw that the cost of the tour of the cave was 35 ringgit and it would be about a 40 minute wait to go on the tour. I ummed and ahhed for a minute or two about whether I should do the tour or not. In the end I thought sod it, I may as well do it. I paid up and was given a ticket. I then sat on the steps and read my book until it was time (I'm glad that I always travel with a book).
We were given a torch and a hard hat to wear on the tour. We were told the reason for the hard hat was that the snakes that live in the cave climb the walls in order to catch the bats and they can fall off and land on people. Well that put the shits up me. I really
hoped it wasn't true. Our guide was lovely and she talked us through the ecosystem in the cave. It was really interesting. I was really glad that I opted to do the tour. We ventured deeper and deeper into the cave. There were some drawing on the wall, and even a park bench, from before conservation was a big deal. We saw several of the different insects that the inhabit the cave. There were also some interesting rock formations. I also saw some huge spider webs, I dread to think the size of the spider that made those.
Opposite the main entrance to the main cave, there is a row of restaurants. I had been told to go there for lunch. I wandered around a few of them. Some were really busy, another one dead. I found one that had was quite busy. The menu had a few different options on it. My first choice was roti cennai, but they had sold out of that. I hadn't been feeling too hungry, so that is why I wanted the roti, but I thought sod it and ordered the huge banana leaf curry. I was given a giant banana leaf on
a tray, with a big mound of rice on it, a couple of poppadoms, a potato curry, cucumber and chilies, a cabbage curry, and some beansprouts. The waiter also brought me over a set of three big pots, which had different curry sauces in them. I opted for the spicy one and the lentil one, there was another one, but it looked pretty watery and unappealing. I really enjoyed my meal, it was delicious, spicy but not overpowering. The curry was a total bargain at 9 ringgit, including a soft drink.
By the entrance near the subway there is another smaller cave. This is the Ramayana Cave. There is a small entrance fee of 5 ringgit. There were some quite impressive statues outside of the cave, one of a Hindu God and the other like a chariot race of horses. Inside the cave was bigger than I expected. Around the edges of the cave, there were dioramas explaining the life of Ramayana. there was also a sentence or two underneath each diorama to explain who was who and what was going on. The story is regarded as one of the best works of Indian literature, and it was definitely
interesting to go around looking at and reading what was happening. There were also some stone steps at the back of the cave, which I climbed to get a good view down on the cave, there was also some rock formations at the top, but they were a bit meh. i enjoyed this cave as it was quiet and cool, the prefect combination for me. The subway journey home took forever. As I walked down the steps to the train, it pulled away. I had to wait twenty minutes for the next one. I'm glad that I had my book with me. The next subway turned up pretty soon, so I could sit in the luxury of air-con. When I arrived at KL Sentral, I must have just missed a train, as I had to wait twenty minutes for the next one.
I was in for a treat that evening as we took a cab to Sunway Pyramid, a huge shopping mall not too far from where my friend lives. In the mall there is a Hello Kitty Gourmet Cafe and we were going to have dinner there. We got the cab to take us to right on front
of the cafe, so we didn't have to get lost walking through the mall. We entered the cafe and the staff informed us that downstairs was for coffee and cake, and upstairs was for diners. We headed upstairs.The cafe is very cute with lots of Hello Kitty stuff, but not too over the top. It looked pretty classy. I was surprised at the amount of male waitstaff that worked there, but my friend pointed out that it is probably a good place to pick up women. They looked cute and smart in black pants, white shirt, and a baby pink bow tie. The menu was quite extensive, there were pasta dishes, all day breakfasts, burgers, and western style main meals.
We selected the steak and the chicken and mushroom pasta, the server advised us to go for the bigger portion with the pasta as the single is pretty small. We also ordered a couple of coffees. The coffees were served in cups with the Hello Kitty logo, and my friend's latte had Hello Kitty on the top. Our food arrived. They were right about the pasta, a single portion would have been too small for us to share. The
pasta kind of looked like Kitty's hair bow. The pasta was tasty, I like pasta when I am not the one to cook it. I haven't had steak in forever and even though it was a little fatty, it was delicious. So good, I could have eaten it twice. It was served with mashed potatoes, tomatoes, mushrooms, carrots, green beans, and a mustard sauce. The carrots were even cut into the shape of Hello Kitty. Our meal cost 120 ringgit, so not cheap, but not too expensive either. Afterwards, we took a wander around the mall. It is huge! I am surprised we didn't get lost. We took a look around a few clothes shops, I wish Korea had the same selections of clothing stores from England. I an very jealous!
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The painting, which was created by the artificial intelligence program, was first sold at auction in new York for $432 thousand This amount is much higher than the price in the $7-10 million, which the auction house Christie’s hoped to gain for this work, reported BBC Ukraine.
“Portrait of Edmond Bellamy” — the result of the Paris creative team Obvious, consisting of three artists who try to combine art and artificial intelligence.
The algorithm creates a picture, using 15 thousand portraits, drawn from the XIV to the XX century. For image generation computer compares own work with real pictures in the database until then, until you see that his work is identical.
About the picture
Portrait of Edmond Bellamy is one of a series of portraits of an imaginary family Bellamy created artificial intelligence. In the lower right corner of the algorithm, as a true artist, put his signature — a complex formula.
The picture is supposedly a work in progress — the face of the man blurred. This may be due to the fact that portraits is a difficult genre for artificial intelligence, since the machine does not recognize all the subtleties of facial features like humans do.
Specialist of Christie’s Richard Lloyd, who organised the auction, said that artificial intelligence is just one of several technologies that will have an impact on the art market in the future, although “it is too early to suggest what may be these changes.”
Earlier, Google has used artificial intelligence to create a systemthat is able to recognize individual voices in the crowd.
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The teaser of Vijay Deverakonda’s upcoming multi-lingual release Dear Comrade was released on Sunday. Going by the first impression of the visuals, this looks like an intense love story set against a college backdrop and featuring Vijay Deverakonda as a student leader.
The teaser unfolds in what appears to be a college corridor. We see Deverakonda walk in slow motion and punch someone in the face and as he falls behind a pillar and the camera follows him, the scene is quickly cut and we see Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna on the other side of pillar, passionately kissing in the rain.
Deverakonda is all rage and romantic in the teaser and one can’t shake off the Arjun Reddy (2017) hangover. Maybe it’s too early to judge, but it will be interesting to see when the film comes out on 31 May.
A romantic number featuring Sid Sriram’s voice is played throughout the teaser.
The film, produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Big Ben Cinema, is the directorial debut of Bharat Kamma, an erstwhile assistant of Chandrasekhar Yeleti.
Rashmika, who had previously worked together with Deverakonda in Geetha Govindam (2018), as the leading lady and she will be seen playing a cricketer. She underwent cricket lessons for nearly two months before joining the sets.
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- Xebec Adsorption Inc.’s revenue in Q2 2022 was reported at C$ 44.5 million compared.
- Algonquin distributed a quarterly dividend of US$ 0.181 per share.
- Polaris recently announced completing its third acquisition of an operational hydro project.
The approach of world economies is changing as they are making a shift towards green energy amid rising greenhouse gas emission concerns. The impact of this shift can be seen in clean energy stocks.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also guaranteed that Canada meets its latest climate target. The next target for emission reduction is 2030 which requires Canada to get emissions down by 55 to 60 per cent.
As an investor, keep a close watch on the factors governing the market. Let’s explore a few green stocks and look at their recent performances:
Xebec Adsorption Inc. (TSX: XBC)
Xebec Adsorption Inc. is engaged in manufacturing and designing products that are used for dehydration, purification, and separation of gases and compressed air.
In Q2 2022, Xebec Adsorption’s revenue was C$ 44.5 million compared to C$ 32.7 million in Q2 2021. The adjusted EBITDA of the company increased to C$ 12 million from C$ 5.2 million in the same period in 2021.
For the quarter that ended June 30, 2022, the net debt of Xebec Adsorption Inc. decreased to C$ 37.8 million from C$ 43.4 million on December 31, 2021. In the same period, the assets and liabilities increased to C$ 190.4 million and C$ 154.5 million from C$ 166.8 million and C$ 85.8 million respectively.
For the June 2022 quarter, Xebec announced a PSA supply agreement with Haffner Energy for the cost-effective production of green hydrogen.
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (TSX: BLDP)
Ballard Power Systems Inc. deals in proton exchange membrane fuel cell and the development of power systems. Principally, the company is into manufacturing sale and service and developing PEM fuel cell products.
In Q2 2022, the total operating expenses for Ballard Power Systems Inc. rose by 58 per cent and were posted at US$ 38.5 million compared to Q2 2021. In addition, the cash operating costs also increased by 59 per cent and were noted at US$ 32 .1 million for the same comparative period.
In the June 2022 quarter, the company saw a decrease in its cash reserves, which were noted at US$ 1,004.6 million as against US$ 1,246.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
On May 9, 2022, BLDP made a declaration about its strategic collaboration with Bravo Transport Services Limited, Templewater Group, and Wisdom Motor Company Limited, to speed up the adoption process of fuel cell commercial vehicles.
The below graph depicts the total market capitalization of the mentioned stocks.
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX: AQN)
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a diversified distribution utility. There are two business groups under the company- the Renewable Energy Group and the Regulated Services Group. Further, the company is engaged in offering cost-effective, safe, and reliable water and energy solutions.
In Q2 2022, the total revenue of Algonquin Power grew by 18 per cent and was reported at US$ 624.3 million compared to US$ 527.5 million in Q2 2021. The adjusted EBITDA also increased by 18 per cent to US$ 289.3 million relative to US$ 244.9 million in the corresponding quarter in 2021.
In the same comparative period, the adjusted net earnings witnessed an increase of 19.7 per cent and were noted at US$ 109.7 million.
Further, Algonquin announced a quarterly dividend of US$ 0.181 to the shareholders. The five-year dividend growth was reported at 8.85 per cent. The earnings per share (EPS) was US$ 0.39.
On August 16, 2022, the company’s subsidiary Liberty LLC completed its acquisition of Sandhill Advanced Biofuels, LLC.
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (TSX: BEP.UN)
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. is a multi-technology owner and operator of clean energy assets. Storage facilities, the solar, wind, and hydroelectric are a part of the company's portfolio.
As of June 30, 2022, the cash and cash equivalents grew to US$ 823 million from US$ 764 million on December 31, 2021. For the same period, there was an increase in the assets too which were reported at US$ 57,030 million from US$ 55,867 million.
There was an increase in the revenue for Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. which was posted at US$ 1,274 million in Q2 2022, compared to US$ 1,019 million in Q2 2021.
Brookfield Renewable Partners paid a quarterly dividend of US$ 0.32 to its shareholders, and its dividend yield is 4.083 per cent.
On October 11, 2022, Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. along with Cameco Corporation declared their strategic partnership with a further plan of acquiring Westinghouse Electric Company.
Polaris Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: PIF)
Polaris Renewable Energy Inc. deals in hydroelectric and geothermal energy products. Further, it is into the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of these projects.
For the quarter that ended June 30, 2022, Polaris Renewable Energy generated US$ 15.2 million in revenue. For the same comparative period, the adjusted EBITDA also grew to US$ 11.2 million from US$ 10 million a year ago.
On September 7, 2022, the company made an announcement regarding its completion of the third acquisition of an operational hydro project in Ecuador.
While analyzing your clean energy and hydrogen stocks, go beyond the solvency and other financial ratios. Focus on the vantage view and understand the core idea behind it. Moreover, your portfolio should not be devoid of diversification as it is crucial.
The rising concerns over greenhouse gas emissions have made investors more alert. Also, it has given a reminder of the need to make a shift to clean sources. This increasing dependence on clean energy sources may be a vital factor to look for in the long run.
Please note, the above content constitutes a very preliminary observation based on the industry and is of limited scope without any in-depth fundamental valuation or technical analysis. Any interest in stocks or sectors should be thoroughly evaluated taking into consideration the associated risks.

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JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot
on Wednesday launched the Indira Mahila Shakti (IM Shakti) fund, for which Rs 1,000 has been allocated. This would help in giving loans up to Rs 1 crore to women self-help groups (SHGs) to start their own businesses or set up enterprises and make them “self-reliant”. The CM said the state government will take all possible steps for empowering the women through this fund and it could be increased further, if needed.
“Under this, the government has made a provision of Rs 200 crore rupees per year, i.e. Rs 1,000 crore for five years. The objective is to strengthen women self-help groups and make women self-reliant and financially empowered,” said minister of state (MoS) for women and child development Mamta Bhupesh.
During the event, the chief minister appealed to the women present and the men to encourage other women at their homes to give up wearing a 'ghoonghat', which he said is a symbol of a patriarchal society. He gave examples of how earlier the husbands of women sarpanch took over her role and would dictate the terms. "But, now society has changed, women have become self-reliant and empowered," Gehlot said.
Secretary, department of women and child development, K.K. Pathak gave information about five different schemes launched for the empowerment of women under the Indira Mahila Shakti Nidhi. He said 5,000 women self-help groups, i.e. about 50,000 women linked to it, will benefit through the fund.
Under Indira Mahila Shakti Prashikshan & Kaushal Sanvardhan Yojana, 75,000 women and girls will get free computer training and under the Indira Mahila Shakti Lekha Prashikshan Yojana, 5,000 women will be trained in accounting. He also informed that under Indira Mahila Shakti Shiksha Setu Yojana, drop-out girls and women deprived of education will be reimbursed the fees for studying through Rajasthan
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Qingdao Xiaoyao Sea View Holiday Apartment Huangdao is an apartment in Huangdao within short distance of Former Residence of Kang Youwei, Qingdao International Beer City and Golden beach .
The city center is 1 km away. A 55-minute drive will take guests to Zhucheng. Guests can dine in A Piece Of Tofu located within a 10-minute walk of the property.
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Key Places - Laos: Northern Loop
Plain of Jars
The Plain of Jars is a huge archaeological complex. The stone jars are over 2,000 years old. Believed to be Iron Age burial urns, their true origin remains a mystery and legend has it that they could have been created to brew potent rice wine to celebrate the victory of a band of mythical giants over their enemies; others say the jars held whisky for a thirsty giant who lived in the mountains above Phonsavan.
The original inhabitants of the Plain of Jars were Austro-Asiatic hunter gatherers and skilled river navigators. Trading routes existed through the mountains and waterways. The most important river route was the Mekong because of its many tributaries. the Nam (River) Ngum which originates in the hills north of the Plain was the principal northern tributary. These water routes allowed traders to travel far and wide into rural areas where they bought cardamom, gum and many other foods.
Little is known about these ancient communities but archeological sites such as the Plain of Jars offer some insight into their history. Similar sites of funeral urns have been found in Cachar, Northern India, and in Sa Huynh, Vietnam, (also earlier prehistoric chamber graves in Houaphan and Samneua provinces).
One theory is that prehistoric salt traders had followed a caravan route from Vietnam all the way to India. Trading routes passing through Xieng Khouang were used right up until the 20th century. Salt, available in the Laotian uplands, was probably the reason the traders travelled through the plateau. It remains an important ingredient for making fermented fish paste (pla ra), a local dietary staple. Salt may have provided the communities of the Plain of Jars with a stable resource to exchange for exotic imported items such as cowry shells from the east and glass beads from the west. Traces of the shells and beads were found at the Plain of Jars by French archeologist Madeline Colani in the 1930s.
The communities who lived along this trade route may have buried their dead in the megalithic jars. But their origins and ethnicity are unclear.
There are three sites to explore and some local villages as well as Ban Xiengdi, where there is a small monastery with Buddha images.
Site 1 Ban Ang a mile north east of Phonsavan has more than 250 jars randomly placed; there is also a cave here where ashes and bones have been found. A recent excavation in 1994, revealed the carving of a human figure on the side of a jar, the first anthropomorphic image recorded at the site. Nearby, eight to twelve inches below the soil surface, seven flat stones, each covering a pit were also discovered. Six of the pits contained human bones and the seventh contained a two-foot-tall burial jar with small pieces of bone and teeth inside. These pits are thought to be sites of secondary burials, the corpses of poor people were placed in pits, while those of the nobie and wealthy were placed in the urns to dry out. This would explain their large size. Once they had been cremated in the cave, the ashes of the elite were returned to the urns, or perhaps buried in a sacred place, freeing the jars for re-use to decompose another body.
Local mythology would have it that the jars were used for distilling alcohol by a race of giants who inhabited the area, ruled by a king, named Khun Cheung, Another local story states that the jars were molded from natural materials including clay, sand, sugar, and animal products in a type of stone mix. This led the locals to believe the cave at Site 1 was actually a kiln, and that the jars were fired there and are not actually hewn from stone.
Another theory is that the jars were used to collect monsoon rainwater for caravan travelers at times when rain may have been seasonal and water was not readily available on the easiest footpaths. Rainwater would then be boiled, to become drinakble again. A practice long understood in Eastern Eurasia. The trade caravans that camped around these jars could have placed beads inside them as offerings, accompanying prayers for rain. Or the beads might simply have been unassociated lost items.
From 1964 to 1973, the Plain of Jars was heavily bombed by the U.S. Air Force operating against North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao communist forces. The U.S. Air Force dropped more bombs on Laos, primarily the Plain of Jars, than it dropped during the whole of World War II. This included 262 million anti-personnel cluster bombs. An estimated 80 million of these did not explode and remain a deadly threat to the population
In 1998 UNESCO and the LAO PDR government initiated a project to safeguard the Plain of Jars. The project aims to remove unexploded ordnance from the area and rehabilitate the plateau’s agricultural land, protect the archeoligical sites of interest for research and tourism.
MAG is a humanitarian organisation clearing UXOs (unexploded ordnances. Lao PDR is the most heavily bombed nation in the world (per capita).
Attention: The Plain of Jars was heavily bombed during the war, it is important to respect all the signs and stay along the defined trails due to bombs, UXO, and landmines
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The film Panipat is based on the third battle of the Panipat has begun to gasp within a few days of its release. The film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker could collect only about 22 crores in 5 days. According to a media reporter, the film has a collection of 2.10 crore on the 5th day on Tuesday, with the film's 5-day collection taking it to 22.37 crore. Panipat released on 6 December had a collection of about 4.12 crores on the first day, while the film's collections increased on the second and third day. The film collected 5.78 crores on Saturday and 7.78 crores on Sunday. Panipat's collections fell on Monday and the film collected only 2.59 crores.
Panipat Box Office Collection: 'Panipat' fails to impress the audience, earned this much
Apart from this, the special thing is that 'Panipat' has got the most viewers from the Mumbai area, where the film has garnered around 8 crores, while the enthusiasm for the film is seen less in other places. The film has received only 2.53 crores from the Delhi-UP Territory, which is considered an important belt for Hindi films. Panipat is also being opposed in Haryana and parts of Rajasthan, which has had an impact on its collections. In Rajasthan, the film could get only 63 lakh rupees. Protesters in these states allege that the role of Jat Maharaja Surajmal in the film is not shown correctly.
'Panipat' is in trouble, tremendous protest outside Panchayat Bhavan
The film Panipat is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, who has previously made films like 'Lagaan' and 'Jodha Akbar'. Arjun Kapoor played the role of Sadashiv Rao Bhau in the film, who led the Maratha army in the war against Ahmed Shah Abdali. Kriti Sanon is in the female lead role in the film. Rani Mukerji's 'Mardaani 2' will be released from this Friday, which is likely to give a tough competition for this film.
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Thursday, adding a new provision that closes the "boyfriend loophole" by extending existing gun restrictions to include current and former dating partners convicted of abuse or stalking charges. The vote was 263 to 158, with 33 Republicans approving the measure.
Right now, the law only prohibits firearm purchases for people who are "married to, lived with, or have a child with the victim" and who have been convicted of an abuse felony or are under a restraining order. This provision would extend the law to unmarried partners and misdemeanor convictions of domestic abuse and stalking.
The vote comes after months of partisan fighting over the landmark domestic violence bill, which Congress allowed to lapse earlier this year. VAWA, co-authored by then-Sen. Joe Biden and Rep. Louise Slaughter, became law in 1994, and Congress has reauthorized it around every five years. It is the first federal law that recognizes domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes. The current version of the bill, the biggest expansion since 2013, also strengthens protections for transgender and Indigenous women. The main authors of this version are Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican, and California Rep. Karen Bass, a Democrat.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) opposed the boyfriend-loophole provision, agitating Republican lawmakers to vote against it and effectively making them decide between protecting women and the powerful gun lobby. The NRA says it supports VAWA, but not the gun restriction. "The gun control lobby and anti-gun politicians are intentionally politicizing the Violence Against Women Act as a smokescreen to push their gun-control agenda," NRA spokesperson Jennifer Baker told NPR.
"It's absolutely absurd and obscene that gun lobbyists write our nation's laws, especially those protecting women," Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, told Refinery29.
Closing the boyfriend loophole is crucial considering how many women are abused and murdered by dating partners in the U.S., and advocates say it's not about restricting guns — it's about saving women's lives. "The NRA has spent a lot of money to create this distraction, making this about them as opposed to protecting the lives of women," Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District, said on the House floor on Thursday. "Over 50% of women murdered in 2017 were slain by an intimate partner. 82% of homicide victims targeted by intimate partners are women. The weapon of choice in over half of female homicides? A firearm. This is an opportunity to support both saving the lives of women and responsible gun ownership."
The statistics on domestic violence, which increases the risk of homicide, are equally harrowing. "According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on average, nearly 20 people every minute — 20 people every minute — are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in a floor speech earlier this week. "That is a tragedy and a crisis. One in four women experience severe intimate-partner physical violence, and one in seven have been stalked by an intimate partner to the point at which she felt very fearful, or believed that she or someone close to her would be harmed or killed. The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk — hear me — increases the risk of homicide by 500%." Women between the ages of 18 and 24 are more vulnerable to abuse by an intimate partner.
Because we don't have adequate federal laws, women in the U.S. are 21 times more likely to be killed with a gun than women in other high-income countries, and 19% of domestic violence involves a firearm. The new VAWA provision would further protect women by closing the "stalker loophole"; stalking is a major predictor of intimate-partner violence and homicide. And, it would strengthen enforcement by alerting state and local police when an abuser fails a background check, which allows them to intervene before he can do further harm.
Scanlon, a former pro-bono attorney and legal services coordinator working on behalf of abuse survivors, pointed out that six Republicans cosponsored legislation that would have closed the boyfriend loophole last year, and 23 states have enacted laws to prevent abusers from getting their hands on firearms.
In her speech, Scanlon said that within the past week, in her own district, the following incidents occurred: Stephanie, a young mother, was murdered by her ex-husband with an AR-15-style rifle at a convenience store when the two were supposed to meet to exchange custody of their 6-year-old son. After an incident three years ago, he had been charged with harassment and making terroristic threats, and Stephanie got a Protection from Abuse order. Another woman was asleep with her three children when her ex-boyfriend broke into her house and shot her in front of her 5-year-old. The only reason she didn't die is because his gun jammed when he fired a second time. She, too, had a Protection from Abuse order against him.
It's absolutely absurd and obscene that gun lobbyists write our nation's laws, especially those protecting women.
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Refinery29 is continuously tracking the frequent and largely preventable attacks on women by their current and former partners. One of the main culprits is the sheer number of guns in the wrong hands; there are more guns than people in this country and 3% of people own half the firearms. It is, in particular, white men who are stockpiling guns. They are more likely to be gun owners than any other group and more likely to feel emotionally attached to their firearms. A Harvard University study found that many of these men are insecure about the job market, less educated, and "beset by racial fears," and that they turn to guns to feel more powerful. President Donald Trump's stoking fears about immigrants and spreading dangerous rhetoric about women gives them a security they didn't have in the past.
This underscores the connection between gun violence and the rise of white nationalism: A 2016 study found that among white people, racial prejudice is a predictor of opposition to gun-safety laws. "Anytime a group in power thinks they're losing power, they try to pit minorities against each other," Gabby Richards, Scanlon's communications director, told Refinery29. "But just because one person becomes more equal, doesn't mean you become less."
Richards praised this current version of VAWA for its intersectionality, a mode of policy-making she said the freshman Congresswomen have helped introduce to Congress. Too often, she said, lawmakers look at policy issues with tunnel vision; case in point, the way Republicans are seeing attempts to close the boyfriend loophole as an attack on the second amendment.
"Anytime that there's an issue that is not just one-dimensional and touches on several policy points, it's almost as if you're forced to pick and choose," she said. "You shouldn't have to pick and choose when you have the chance to address several issues in this bill. In VAWA, we have the ability to protect women, to pass a form of common-sense gun policy, and also to extend protections to the trans community."
The reason politicians consistently vote against human lives when bills like this come up is the NRA's big-money presence in politics. That's why H.R. 1, the sweeping anti-corruption bill, was first order of business for the Democrats in the 116th Congress. "If you look at how much money the NRA has spent on buying seats in Congress, well, the story writes itself," said Richards.
Democrats have brought proposals to the table to close the boyfriend loophole in the past that haven't gone anywhere, such as Sen. Amy Klobuchar's Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act. "The NRA is wrong to oppose this provision, they are wrong to oppose this entire bill, it shows where they are when it comes to safety and when it comes to protecting women, and we will fight to keep it in this bill," Klobuchar, a 2020 presidential candidate, said this week.
It's unclear whether the Senate will vote on the bill with the gun-safety provision, but Sens. Joni Ernst and Dianne Feinstein are reportedly working on their own version of the VAWA reboot. Like Republicans in Congress, White House spokesperson Judd Deere has said, "The White House supports a clean extension of VAWA."

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The 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology was awarded jointly to Sir Peter Ratcliffe, of the University of Oxford and Francis Crick Institute, William Kaelin, of Harvard, and Gregg Semenza, of Johns Hopkins University.
They were bestowed with the honour “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
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While the importance of oxygen for the human body has long been known and understood, how the cells in the body adapt to the changes in the levels of oxygen was not known. The Nobel Prize winners for 2019 have identified the molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen, thus establishing the cornerstone for understanding how these fluctuations in oxygen levels have an impact on cellular metabolism.
Their pioneering work in this field has brought in new treatments for conditions such as anaemia and diseases such as cancer.
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Fairfax and Nine have announced a $4 billion merger that will create an integrated media giant across television, online video streaming, print, digital and real estate advertising — and erase the Fairfax name.
- A merged Nine and Fairfax will be worth $4 billion
- Nine shareholders will own 51.1 per cent of the combined company, with Nine's CEO and chairman remaining in charge
- The two companies aim to achieve $50 million in annual savings through the merger
Nine will be the dominant partner, with its current shareholders holding 51.1 per cent of the merged company's shares, and the current Nine chief executive and chairman — Hugh Marks and former federal treasurer Peter Costello, respectively — leading the combined firm, which will be called Nine.
Fairfax will contribute three directors to a board of six.
Nine's offer to Fairfax shareholders includes 0.3627 Nine shares for each Fairfax share they currently own, and 2.5 cents cash per share.
The deal is around a 22 per cent premium to Fairfax's closing price of 77 cents yesterday.
Fairfax's directors have unanimously recommended the deal, unless another company comes in with a better offer.
"The structure of the proposed transaction provides an exciting opportunity for our shareholders to maintain their exposure to Fairfax's growing businesses whilst also participating in the combination benefits with Nine," Fairfax's chairman Nick Falloon said in a statement.
The proposed merged media giant will include Nine's free-to-air television network, digital advertising businesses (such as Domain), streaming services Stan and 9Now, Fairfax's newspapers and online publications, as well as Fairfax's Macquarie Media radio interests.
Fairfax's investors reacted enthusiastically to the tie-up, sending the company's shares 12 per cent higher to 86 cents shortly after 11:00am (AEST).
However, Nine investors were not keen, pushing the company's share price 7.5 per cent lower to $2.33.
Major shake-up likely as merged company will slash costs
The companies said they anticipated annual cost savings of at least $50 million, to be implemented over the next two years.
Nine said it would "review the scope and breadth of the combined business, to align with its strategic objectives and its digital future."
However, Fairfax chief executive Greg Hywood insisted news and investigations would remain central for the merged company.
"We are confident that the strength of the combined management team and staff will ensure the continuation of our quality journalism," he said in a statement.
Media analyst Steve Allen from Fusion Strategy said he did not think the deal would be the end of print for Fairfax.
"I think the move that they made last week in the announcement of the shared printing facilities with News Limited has extended the life of newsprint for a number of years, if not possibly for half a decade," he told ABC News.
"Certainly on the Fairfax side they suggested it would save up to around $15 million a year.
"I think print is perfectly safe. And with the might and power of cross-promotion and promotion on the Nine television network, it might very well start to attract new subscriptions."
Mr Allen also said he believed it was unlikely there would be further mass job cuts at the merged company.
"Nine and Fairfax have been through that … I don't think in the operational, day-to-day level there'll be any loss of jobs," he said.
"In senior management there's bound to be some redundancies and changes."
'Why would two dinosaurs want to mate?'
Citi analyst David Kaynes thinks real estate advertising portal Domain is at the heart of the deal.
"In our view the transaction takes advantage of [Nine Entertainment's] elevated valuation to acquire a controlling stake in a high growth asset [Domain] and the rationale of combining TV and newspaper assets is secondary," he wrote in a note.
Fairfax has recently spun off its highly profitable real estate advertising business Domain into a company separately listed on the ASX, which Fairfax still owns around 60 per cent of.
Domain shares had jumped 8.6 per cent to $3.335 by 1:05pm (AEST).
Media analyst Peter Cox agrees that Nine shares are overvalued at the moment, allowing it to do a favourable deal.
"They did well last year, they became a threat, they got to number one in the advertising revenue and therefore the market's given them a lot of credence and a lot of value," he said.
"When you have an overvalued company, what you want to do is you want to buy other companies with your paper, not with cash — this is mostly a paper deal."
Beyond Domain, Mr Cox told News 24 that he does not see much long-term value for either company in the tie-up.
"These are what we call legacy companies — dinosaurs. Why would two dinosaurs want to mate?"
PMs past and present argue over deal's merits
A Fairfax-Nine tie-up was considered one of the most likely deals to be done after the Federal Government relaxed media ownership laws.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the deal highlighted the necessity of the law change, saying the merger would strengthen both companies which were operating in a "tough, competitive" environment.
"Fairfax is a great Australian newspaper company, the Nine Network was the first television station to be on air," he told Tasmania Talks.
"I think bringing them together enables two strong Australian brands with great, long traditions to be more secure."
It was a very different response from former prime minister Paul Keating.
"The absence of those legislative barriers, in the media free-for-all the Turnbull government is permitting will, because of the broadly maintained power of those outlets, result in an effective and dramatic close down in diversity and, with it, opinion," Mr Keating wrote in an op-ed sent to various news outlets.
"The problem with this is that, in terms of news management, Channel Nine, for over half a century, has never other than displayed the opportunism and ethics of an alley cat.
"There has been no commanding ethical or moral basis for the conduct of its news and information policy.
"Through various changes of ownership, no one has lanced the carbuncle at the centre of Nine's approach to news management. And, as sure as night follows day, that puss will inevitably leak into Fairfax."
Nine-Fairfax deal's hurdles
Any deal remains subject to shareholder approval from both companies, as well as a review by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which it said is likely to take around three months to complete.
"The ACCC expects to commence a public review of the proposed merger, once it has received submissions and relevant information from Fairfax and Nine," a spokesperson noted in a statement.
"The purpose of the public review is to assess whether the proposed merger is likely to substantially lessen competition in any market."
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance journalists' union urged the ACCC to reject the merger proposal.
"Today's takeover announcement is the inevitable result of the Coalition's Government's short-sighted and ill-conceived changes to media ownership laws that were always going to result in less media diversity," said the MEAA's media section president Marcus Strom.
"With ongoing inquiries into the independence and long-term viability of quality journalism underway, the ACCC must block this takeover."
However, media analyst Steve Allen cannot foresee any major competition concerns, given that the companies' assets are mainly on different media platforms.
"I think this merger will just go straight through," he said.
"I don't think there'll be any problems with any regulatory bodies — the reason media laws were changed was to facilitate this very move."


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Not so at neighboring 201 Bar (201 Massachusetts Ave. NE); that’s where the California lawmakers recently buddied up to belt out ’60s hits for a captive audience.
A Bera aide told HOH the pols serenaded a group of Asian-American young professionals with their rendition of “I Got You Babe.” After hashing out who was best suited to channel the latest Wu-Tang collaborator and who should step into the shoes of the late Sonny Bono, R-Calif., the pals put on what sounds like quite a performance.
“Congressman Honda’s experience showed and he definitely out-sang his protégé, but Congressman Bera had a certain something that captured much of the audience’s heart,” Team Bera suggested.
While Honda’s predilection for rocking the mic is no secret, our source assured us that any buzz about a multi-city tour “are only rumors.”
Between the din from House Republican outrage about the Affordable Care Act and the 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya growing louder, and pressure mounting ahead of the mid-term elections, we’re surprised those two didn’t invoke Cher’s paean to happier days:
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Samsung Galaxy A05 Pro : Since the launch of 5G Internet service in India, another Samsung smartphone from the Samsung mobile manufacturer company is coming soon, since then all mobile users want to buy a 5G smartphone, so now 5G supports mobile phones The market grew the most, with sales of 4G-capable handsets declining.
So, if you also want to buy a new Samsung 5G smartphone, you Samsung Galaxy A05 Pro Soon it will be available in the market for everyone, let’s find out about its price and features.
If we’re talking about the display of this phone, then you’re getting a 6.81-inch Dynamic AMOLED LCD display in it, 4K resolution + 3840 x 2340 pixels If we talk about its operating system, then in this you Android 13 operating system support is available if we talk about its processor then inside it Snapdragon 898 5G The installed processor will give you the best speed.
Talking about the camera quality of this phone where you get the best camera quality where you get a quad camera setup where the main camera is 108MP megapixels, and has 32MP megapixels A tiny camera is installed, along with a 16-megapixel camera and a 5MP megapixel camera.
If we talk about the front selfie camera, its internal 48MP megapixels A front selfie camera is installed.
If we talk about the battery of the phone, then inside you will see an 8000mAh cell which is said to be 55W fast charge Support 1000mAh, charge more than 50% of the phone in about 20 minutes.
If we talk about the variants of the phone, then you see two variants of it. 10GB RAM with 256GB storage and 12GB RAM with 512GB storage Self-contained internal storage |
If we talk about the price of its mobile phone, its real price will not be known until the mobile phone is launched. If it is roughly speaking, its price in foreign markets is 979 CAD perhaps


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She also said that new tests in technological ability for 11-year-olds could help the Government's business-sponsored technology colleges select their pupils in future. Launching a new research project to develop the tests, Mrs Shephard said the project was designed not to assess knowledge or skills but aptitude.
Under the new tests, children would be assessed on skills such as hand- eye co-ordination and spatial awareness. Their results could determine whether they are allowed to enter one of the country's 196 specialist state schools and colleges.
The research, carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), will initially work on tests for technological aptitude but could be extended to other subjects such as languages. Mrs Shephard said that children who had never studied a foreign language would be able to take such a test as easily as one who had.
Opinion among headteachers invited to yesterday's press conference was divided. Frank Green, principal of the Lincoln School of Science and Technology, a grant-maintained school supported by 50 companies, said he would be interested in using the tests. His school already used NFER tests with 12- and 14-year-olds to monitor progress and was considering using them as a selection tool for 11-year-olds.
Hazel Farrow, principal of Loxford Technology College in Redbridge, east London, said she would not use them. "In terms of the future of the country, it is the average child who needs to have these skills. I think those with aptitude will gain them anyway. I want to increase those skills in the population in general," she said.
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The judges unanimously chose SnowGate as the winner.
“They started when they were in college and instead of picking jobs, they created that into a real opportunity to forge their own path,” said Torres on why the judges selected SnowGate.
“When they a put a bit of sweat equity — when you put your own work without expectation and then hopefully you get paid in the future, but there’s no guarantees. So you’re essentially doing it because you believe it. They presented themselves in that light,” he added.
Torres himself won $25,000 for his apparel business in 2012 and was invited back to judge the Dallas event of this year’s competition.
“Winning the $25,000 gave us an opportunity to propel us forward and get exposure and then multiply it 10 times over, and that’s what I expect SnowGate to get out of the competition,” Torres said.
Nitu said the prize money will be used for IP and to secure further patents and contracts.
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Vice President Joe Biden took aim at GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Republican U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney and a Republican Party that he blames for political gridlock at a get-out-the-vote event Tuesday in Sumter.
Speaking to a crowd of about 475 at Morris College, the Democrat ran through the gamut of Trump’s political stumbles.
Heads shook as Biden brought up a vulgar video in which Trump brags about groping women, the Republican nominee’s early-morning tweet encouraging his followers to “check out” a sex tape and Trump’s boast that he benefited from the housing collapse.
“This is a guy who says, ‘Putin, strong leader,’ ” Biden said. “He probably would have loved Saddam Hussein.”
Biden and S.C. Democratic leaders, including U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of Columbia, urged the crowd Tuesday to turn out the vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. South Carolina long has been a Republican bastion, last voting for a Democrat for president in 1976. However, Clinton only was 4 percentage points behind Trump in South Carolina in late September, a Winthrop Poll found.
They also asked the crowd to support a former Biden aide’s bid for the 5th District congressional seat, which covers parts of Sumter County.
Democrat Fran Person, of Tega Cay, is running against Republican Mulvaney is what is likely South Carolina’s most competitive congressional race.
Biden — who has long courted South Carolina, delivering the eulogy at longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond’s funeral and vacationing regularly on the S.C. coast — recalled a bygone era when Republicans and Democrats could work together on solutions. He pegged Mulvaney, a member of the staunchly conservative House Freedom Caucus, as part of the problem in Congress now.
The vice president touted former aide Person – “Franny” – as an answer to the partisanship that has stalled policy-making in Washington, D.C.
“Franny gets it,” Biden said. “The reason I love this man is he’s got a heart as big as his head. He understands.”
Person, who spoke earlier at the event, also stressed the need to work across party lines as he jabbed at Mulvaney.
“Everybody is scoring political points, like my opposition,” Person said. “He represents an ideology, and literally nothing gets done.”
Person said a strong turnout next Tuesday is crucial to electing Democrats, who will fix South Carolina’s problems, including crumbling roads and inadequate funding for schools among them.
“Everything we fight for is on that ballot,” Person said. “Education is on that ballot. Justice is on that ballot. Opportunity is on that ballot. Progress is on that ballot.”
Later Tuesday, Biden joined Person for a rally in Rock Hill.


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Ottawa: The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, bringing it to five per cent.
Forecasters were widely expecting the move as the economy continues to run hotter than expected.
The central bank said the rate hike was prompted by elevated demand in the economy and strong underlying inflation pressures.
Its updated economic projections suggest it will take longer to get inflation back to the two per cent target.
It now expects inflation to stall around three per cent for the next year before steadily declining to two per cent by mid-2025.
The central bank didn’t indicate whether it plans to raise rates again in September, and instead said its governing council will continue to monitor how the economy evolves. — Canadian Press


WATERLOO, IOWA — Seven of wrestling’s greatest performers and personalities laced up their metaphorical boots to make the entrance of a lifetime for their induction into the 2014 George Tragos/Lou Thesz National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Fans, family and friends flocked to Waterloo, Iowa last weekend, July 18-19, to honor Randy Couture (George Tragos Award), Diamond Dallas Page (Frank Gotch Award), Larry Hennig (Lou Thesz Award), Larry Matysik (Jim Melby Award) and Wilbur Snyder and Rick and Scott Steiner (honorees).
As emcee, Jim Ross controlled the pace of Saturday’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which was filled with heartfelt sentiments, tales from the road and admiration across the board. In introducing Couture, Ross said the MMA fighter “really invigorated the whole landscape of mixed martial arts.”
“When this man was on pay-per-view, they got my money…” Ross said. “He was the classic hero.”
Couture’s career, according to Ross, is in a field based on athletics, “not sophomoric drama… and backstage skits.”
“Old school pro wrestling reminds me of today’s MMA,” Ross said.
Couture explained that he started wrestling at 10 years old to impress his father, and though that did not happen, he found his calling in what spanned a 14-year career.
“I found my niche, my thing in life,” Couture said. “It’s been an amazing journey.”
DDP’s journey into the world of wrestling, on the other hand, began at 35 years old, and he had two of wrestling’s greats on his side – Jake “the Snake” Roberts, whose personal battles have been well documented, and Dusty Rhodes. Not long ago, DDP introduced Roberts to DDPYoga – a move Ross said: “saved the life of Jake Roberts.”
“He’s created an amazing program…,” Ross said. “[DDP is] the most overachieving pro wrestler I’ve ever been around.”
However, Page said he does not view what he did as saving Roberts’ life, but rather, as paying it forward.
“I brought Jake into my house, I tried to help him get his life back because he helped me. He was my brother looking out for me, so I was just trying to return the favor…,” Page said.
In similarly humble fashion, Larry “The Axe” Hennig graciously accepted the Lou Thesz Award. Hennig said Lou Thesz was “one of the most outstanding champions,” and he tried to base his career around Lou Thesz’s. Hennig also had his grandchildren unveil a poster he had made with a photo from a match between Lou Thesz and himself and provided an 8 ½ X 11 print of the poster to everyone in attendance.
Charlie Thesz, Lou Thesz’s wife, told the crowd “Lou is here tonight because he loves Larry Hennig.”
“Lou loved him and respected him,” Charlie Thesz said. “Larry, to me, is more like Lou than anyone I’ve known.”
The only non-wrestler to be recognized came in the form of former Wrestling at the Chase commentator Larry Matysik. St. Louis wrestling promoter Herb Simmons accepted the Jack Melby Award for Matysik, who could not attend the ceremony due to health complications. Simmons said Matysik wanted to give his appreciation to J.R., Jerry Brisco and Charlie Thesz.
“He is very humbled about this award, this induction,” Simmons said.
Matysik also provided a video detailing his time in the wrestling business and expressing his thoughts on receiving the award.
“I couldn’t be more happy and more proud to receive the Jim Melby Award from the Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame and to have those names involved, Thesz, Tragos, and Jim Melby was a great friend and what an honor, what a chance to be involved in a hall of fame that really means something,” Matysik said in the video.
Lastly, Wilbur Snyder and the Steiner brothers were selected as honorees to the hall of fame. Ross said Snyder’s 30-year active career – from the 1950s to the 1980s – was “pretty phenomenal.” Snyder was also someone, according to Ross, that “you wanted to be on your show.”
“If you could design a wrestler, he would look just like Wilbur Snyder,” Ross said.
Ross also praised the Steiners, noting Rick Steiner’s out-of-the-ring accomplishments in real estate, as well as being a father and a school board member.
Scott Steiner, according to Ross, had the ability to market himself and keep changing with the times.
“He was going to be hellaciously successful,” Ross said. “[Scott Steiner is] one of the strongest, most real personalities in all of wrestling.”
Kyle Klingman, director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame/Dan Gable Museum, also recognized Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon, a hall of fame member who died in November, saying the hall of fame “lost one of [its] greatest members.”
Kathy Vachon, Maurice’s wife, said he “loved every minute” of his time in the wrestling business.
“If Maurice were here, he would tell each of you, ‘I am very proud of you, and you are very impressive to me,’” Kathy Vachon said. “I must say, I was very proud of him.”
TRAGOS/THESZ CLASS OF 2014 STORIES
- July 27, 2014: Road trip for a friend: A weekend at the Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame
- July 26, 2014: Steiners headline Tragos/Thesz induction weekend
- July 17, 2014: Thesz would approve of Wilbur Snyder as a hall of famer
- July 16, 2014: Amateur days at Michigan helped shape Scott Steiner
- July 10, 2014: Larry Matysik has earned the Melby Award for wrestling journalism
- November 12, 2013: Steiners and Snyder headline 2014 Class for Tragos/Thesz Pro Hall


|Publication number||US5056403 A|
|Application number||US 07/526,700|
|Publication date||Oct 15, 1991|
|Filing date||May 15, 1990|
|Priority date||Oct 14, 1986|
|Publication number||07526700, 526700, US 5056403 A, US 5056403A, US-A-5056403, US5056403 A, US5056403A|
|Original Assignee||Yamaha Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (15), Referenced by (20), Classifications (13), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 338,348, filed Apr. 12, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 108,092, filed Oct. 13, 1987, now abandoned.
The present invention relates to an electronic drum.
In a conventional electronic drum, a drum head or a pad is struck by a stick, and a vibration caused thereby is converted into an electrical signal. A musical tone (electronic tone) generating operation of an electronic tone source apparatus (such as a PCM tone source or an FM tone source) is controlled by waveform information of the electrical signal (striking position as a function of time, tone volume, and the like), thereby generating an electronic tone from a loudspeaker. In particular, the electronic drum must satisfy the following requirements: even if any portion of the drum head or pad is struck, the output (i.e., sensitivity) from a pickup device must be uniform; a change in signal in accordance with a change in striking force coincides with feeling of a performer; and a stick feeling must resemble that of an acoustic drum. Therefore, the material of the drum head and its mounting structure determine the performance of the electronic drum. Various drum heads have beer proposed, and for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-39753, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Nos. 55-97792 and 58-113070 are known.
However, in an electronic percussion disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-39753, outer peripheral portions of two vibration films are bonded to each other, and a cushion member and a pickup device are arranged between the vibration films to constitute a drum head. Therefore, a means for supporting and tensing the drum head is necessary as in an acoustic drum, resulting in a complicated structure and poor handling. In addition, sensitivity variation occurs depending on striking positions. In an electronic percussion disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 55-97792, a reception member is disposed in an opening of a cylindrical body, a cushion material is placed on the reception member, and the cushion material is covered with a striking film. However, with this electronic percussion, the striking film must be supported and tensed at a predetermined tensile force. Therefore, the structure is complicated, and sensitivity variation occurs as in the above mentioned electronic percussion.
In a snare drum trainer disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-113070, a foamed member is disposed on the surface of a base, and a dummy head is adhered thereon. With this structure, although good stick feeling can be obtained, it is nothing but a trainer, and cannot be satisfactorily used for performance.
As another conventional apparatus, the following electronic drum is known. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, a drum head 1 is tensed on a cylindrical body 2 by a known support/tension means 3, and a cushion member 5 is arranged between the drum head 1 and an intermediate plate 4. A dynamic loudspeaker 6 as a microphone is mounted on the lower surface of the intermediate plate 4. With this electronic drum, stick feeling can resemble that of the acoustic drum. However, since the electronic drum of this type has poor high-frequency characteristics, a delicate stick work cannot be easily detected. In addition, since the loudspeaker 6 has a large thickness, the thickness of the drum is inevitably increased. It is therefore difficult to realize a low-profile electronic drum.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic drum which has a simple structure, and can eliminate a sensitivity variation depending on striking positions, and has good stick feeling.
In order to achieve the above object, there is provided an electronic drum comprising: a head portion to be struck by a performer; an annular frame arranged to generally surround the head portion; a vibration plate, arranged to be in tight contact with a lower surface of the head portion, for vibrating in response to the performer's strike of the head portion; a pickup device, mounted on the vibration plate, for detecting the vibration of the vibration plate; vibration preventing means, inserted between the head portion and the annular frame, for preventing the vibration from being transmitted to the annular frame, wherein the head portion and the vibration preventing means are integrally formed of a flexible material; and a sound device connected to the pickup device for sounding in response to the detected vibration.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an electronic drum according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the electronic drum shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of an electronic drum according to a modification of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a conventional electronic drum.
An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show an electronic drum according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, an electronic drum 10 comprises a substantially circular instrument case 11 with a shallow bottom. The case 11 has an upper opening. The instrument case 11 is formed of a plastic or metal plate. A portion the periphery of the case 11 projects in the radial direction in a substantially trapezoidal shape, thus constituting a mounting portion 13 for an instrument support rod 12 of an instrument stand (not shown). The rod 12 normally has a polygonal shape, and facilitates fixing by a bolt (to be described later). A metal holder 14 for fixing the electronic drum 10 to the rod 12 is arranged and fixed inside the mounting portion 13. The holder 14 has a rod insertion hole 15 receiving the rod 12, and a tightening bolt 16 for pressing the rod 12 against the inner surface of the insertion hole 15 and fixing it. A hole 17 is formed in the mounting portion 13 in correspondence with the rod insertion hole 15. Note that a nut is threadably engaged with and fixed to the distal end of the bolt 16, and that the outer surface of the nut is covered with a washer which is partially fixed to the holder 14, so that the rod 12 is fixed by the bolt 16 through the washer.
A substantially annular frame 20 of a metal such as aluminum which is cut and open at the mounting portion 13 is fitted in the inner surface of the upper opening of the instrument case 11 and is fixed thereto by a plurality of set screws 21. The holder 14 is fixed to the inner surface of the open end portion of the annular frame 20 by a plurality of set screws 22. A pad cover 25 formed of a flexible material such as rubber is covered on the upper opening portion of the instrument case 11, and covers the opening portion and the holder 14. A fitting holder 27 having a substantially inverted U shape is integrally formed on the peripheral portion of the pad cover 25, and is fitted on the end of opening of the instrument case 11 and the annular frame 20 from the above. A vibration plate 29 has a smaller diameter than an inner diameter of the annular frame 20 and a proper thickness and is formed of a synthetic resin, wood, or the like. The vibration plate 29 is fixed to the inner surface of a head portion 28 which is struck by a stick. The head portion 28 in tight contact with the vibration plate 29 has a thin boundary portion or vibration preventing portion 25a on its peripheral portion so as to prevent transmission of its vibration to the surrounding portion when it is struck and so as to be supported by the surrounding portion. Therefore, the head portion 28 is spatially separated from other portions and hence, has a floating structure. A bolt insertion hole 30 through which the tightening bolt 16 extends is formed in the head portion 28 in correspondence with the tightening bolt 16 for the pad cover 25. A first pickup device 33 for picking up the vibration of the vibration plate 29 and converting it into an electrical signal is fixed to a proper portion of the lower surface of the vibration plate 29. A lead wire 34 of the pickup device 33 is connected to a jack 35 extending through the wall of the instrument case 11. The jack 35 is connected to a sound means through wires. The sound means produces a drum sound when the head portion 28 is struck by the stick.
A second pickup device 36 is mounted on the lower surface of the holder 14 through a cushion 37. The second pickup device 36 is arranged to detect a vibration of the holder 14 upon a rim shot, and is connected to another jack (not shown) by a lead wire 38. In this case, the second pickup device 36 need not always be mounted on the holder 14 but may be fixed to the inner surface of the instrument case 11 through the cushion 37 to detect the vibration of the case 11 upon a rim shot.
In the electronic drum 10 with the above structure, the head portion 28 of the pad cover 25 has the complete floating structure, and is vibrated together with the vibration plate 29 upon striking. Since the head portion 28 is coupled to the surrounding portion other than the head portion 28 through only the vibration preventing portion 25a, the striking vibration is satisfactorily transmitted to the entire vibration plate 29 in tight contact with the head portion 28 and is averaged. Therefore, the vibration preventing portion 25a can cause the head portion 28 to be spatially separated from the surrounding portion, and hence, can prevent a striking vibration from being transmitted to an external portion from the vibration preventing portion 25a. Since the floating structure is adopted, a stick feeling resembling striking of a drum head of an acoustic drum can be obtained. In addition, when the peripheral edge portion of the pad cover 25, i.e., the fitting holder 27 is struck, the vibration caused thereby is transmitted to the cushion member 37 through the instrument case 11 and the holder 14, and is detected by the second pickup device 36. The detected vibration is converted into an electrical signal, and can be positively produced as a rim shot tone.
In the case of a drum, a plurality of pads are often used. When the head portion 28 of the pad cover 25 adopts the floating structure, if one pad is struck, other pads are not influenced thereby, and tone separation can be improved.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various applications and modifications may be made within spirit of the invention. FIG. 3 shows a modification of the present invention. The same reference numerals in this modification denote the parts having the same functions as in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 3, a large number of recesses 40 are formed along the circumferential direction of a peripheral edge portion 27a of the pad cover 25 placed on the annular frame 20. With these recesses 40, the contacting area between the peripheral edge portion 27a and the annular frame 20 is reduced, so that a performer can obtain a soft rim-shot touch, thereby improving the stick feeling. Head portion 28 may also include annular rib 28a at its outer periphery.
As described above, in the electronic drum of the present invention, an upper opening of the instrument case is covered by a pad cover of a flexible material, the head portion of the cover has a floating structure, and a vibration plate having a pickup device is mounted on the lower surface of the head portion. Therefore, a striking vibration transmitted to the vibration plate through the pad cover can be averaged by the vibration of the head portion, and a sensitivity variation depending on the striking positions can be eliminated and prevented. In addition, a stick feeling can be controlled by changing the thickness and hardness of the pad cover or the hardness of the vibration plate.
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|Cooperative Classification||Y10S84/12, G10H3/146, G10D13/024, G10H2230/301|
|European Classification||G10H3/14D, G10D13/02E|
|Mar 28, 1995||FPAY||Fee payment|
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|May 2, 1995||CC||Certificate of correction|
|Apr 8, 1999||FPAY||Fee payment|
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|Mar 24, 2003||FPAY||Fee payment|
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Creador has led a INR3 billion ($42 million) Series C round for Kogta Financial, a non-banking finance company (NBFC) looking to deepen its penetration in India’s central and western states.
Creador is investing via its fourth Southeast Asia and India-focused fund, which achieved a first close of $430 million in July. The hard cap has been set at $550 million. The firm’s past investments...
A virtually impenetrable middle market under the control of incumbent conglomerates is the least governable of the systemic obstacles facing private equity hopefuls in the Philippines
GGV Capital has joined a group of investors in a venture round of undisclosed size for Structo, a Singapore-based 3D printing company focused on the dental industry.
TSign – a China-based electronic signature service provider – has received RMB650 million ($92 million) in Series C funding led by Alibaba Group affiliate Ant Financial. Other investors include Gobi Partners and Eminence Ventures.


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