The Pro AV market continues to show strong growth with AV over IP and the move to replace traditional matrix switch technology with standard, off the shelf Ethernet infrastructure set to revolutionize the industry across multiple applications and verticals. By contrast, the broadcast equipment market has shown single-digit growth for a number of years as broadcasters are slow to adopt IP-based technology and the new workflows required to meet the changing demands of content consumers. Uncertainty remains around the cost and complexity of the switch from SDI-based systems to all-IP switching, along with slow adoption of over-the-air standards for 4K video.
Broadcast Standards Abound
A video broadcast studio is a tightly controlled environment, where operational parameters are strictly defined by global standards from organizations such as SMPTE and the ITU. Studio operators are typically highly-trained professionals, with the equipment and infrastructure defined and maintained by skilled professionals. Broadcast studios operate with a constrained set of video image formats, such as 720p and 1080i for HD and 2160p for 4K, with an SDI infrastructure providing reliable and robust connectivity. The SDI infrastructure is also designed to carry AES/EBU digital audio and other ancillary data, such as closed captioning and time code, again, well defined by industry standards.
The video broadcast industry is slowly moving towards replacing legacy circuit switched SDI-based distribution within the studio to IP using common of the shelf (COTS) Ethernet equipment. The SMPTE 2110 suite of standards defines the carriage of video, audio and ancillary data over IP as individual streams, with tightly controlled system timing based on the Precision Timing Protocol (PTP), specified by SMPTE 2059. However, this is only a partial stack solution, with specifications and protocols for network management and control being defined by the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and the Networked Media Open Specifications (NMOS). In order to fully address the dedicated workflows required by broadcasters, the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has been formed to help the industry choose the best practices from multiple standards bodies and organizations, including SMPTE, EBU, AES, AMWA and the VSF. Still with me?!
While early HD systems are built around cost effective 10G Ethernet switches, and with no consensus on whether or not and what flavor of compression is used, the move to 4K uncompressed workflows requires 25G Ethernet or beyond. In parallel, UHD-SDI standards are evolving at a faster pace to allow 4K video transmission over legacy infrastructure at lower cost points.
Unconstrained Pro AV in Contrast
Pro AV installations vary dramatically from home theater and corporate AV to mission critical control centers and medical systems. Within this broad array of Pro AV applications, the choice of equipment and connectivity, video and audio formats, and user-control systems is just as varied. While Pro AV installations may be designed by a skilled professional, users and operators are typically untrained, uninterested consumers. The most common Pro AV source is an end user’s laptop, with the potential for unpredictable behavior, subject to IT restrictions and even full of malware.
Pro AV connectivity is virtually unconstrained with VGA, DisplayPort, HDMI and even wireless connectivity widely used. While standards exist, conformance is nowhere nearly as tightly controlled as it is in broadcast. Practically, Pro AV distribution systems are closed and from a single manufacturer, so the need for standardization and interoperability is often overlooked. With the Pro AV industry now looking to take advantage of IP-based distribution, using COTS Ethernet switches, there is some movement towards standardization, with the SDVoE Alliance™ making clear steps in this direction.
To further contrast Pro AV with broadcast video, supported video formats may similarly include HD and 4K, with the addition of any VESA graphics or flat panel screen format ever built. This may require an equipment manufacturer to support upwards of 40 screen resolutions and video formats. Audio in Pro AV can be anything from analog mono to stereo, or multichannel PCM to all the latest Dolby and DTS formats, potentially requiring distribution of the multichannel feed along with the ability to create and distribute a stereo downmix. While mechanisms such as EDID help to identify supported video formats, additional signal management and control is required to ensure the best user experience across the broad range of AV infrastructures.
In broadcast, content protection is provided by the very nature of the closed and tightly controlled environment of the broadcast studio, rather than over the physical connectivity itself. SDI systems carry AV content unprotected throughout the equipment chain. The Pro AV industry, however, expects content protection on almost all digital content, even originating from user’s laptops. The behavior of Pro AV systems when handling content protection tends to be very unpredictable. For example, connecting an HDCP-enabled consumer laptop to a video conferencing encoder should be simple and straightforward, but often results in a blank screen!
Ultimately, the requirements in broadcast and Pro AV are the same at the lowest levels: to move AV content from sources to end-points in the most cost effective and reliable manner. As illustrated above, each market’s requirements and expectations are quite different. Organizations such as SMPTE, AMWA and AIMS are focused on broadcast workflows and “just getting it all to work” in their end applications, leaving little benefit to using this approach for the Pro AV industry. In order to address the Pro AV market, a full stack solution is required which considers all the requirements, from basic IR and RS232 control to HDCP management and 4K HDR, via a simple control API.
Enabling AV Over IP
Semtech’s BlueRiver® platform is the most efficient and versatile approach to enabling AV over IP systems for Pro AV, and the core technology behind Software Defined Video over Ethernet (SDVoE™). SDVoE not only manages any HDMI-supported video and audio format, but offers scaling and other processing features to ensure compatibility between sources and displays. SDVoE provides simple EDID management, allowing seamless set up and control of the signal flow through the AV system, in addition to handling HDCP content protection where needed. Leveraging the powerful BlueRiver hardware platform, the SDVoE API provides easy access to all of this power through a single system-level interface. Developers and equipment makers can focus on building applications that solve real world problems, while ensuring interoperability across multiple vendors in the rapidly expanding SDVoE-based ecosystem.
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Telangana: COVID-19 survivor develops AI based screening system; Installed in railway stations
Hyderabad, June 11: Punna Reddy, a coronavirus survivor, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) based screening system that detects a number of 30 people who have high temperature or those not wearing masks in a second.
The system has been installed at Secunderabad and Hyderabad Railway stations.
Punna Reddy came to India for business visit and got infected with coronavirus.
Reddy has survived after spending 17 days at hospital. The survival stint led Reddy to think of helping people in this pandemic crisis.
"I came to India as part of my business visit and tested positive for coronavirus, after which I spent 17 days at a hospital. We came up with this solution that can scan up to 30 people in a second", Punna Reddy said.
Earlier, the technology wing of the Telangana police department had come up with a solution of using AI as to enforce the compulsory wearing of face mask in public.
Despite the untiring effort from the police to ensure that the lockdown rules are strictly followed by the people in the state, wearing of face mask in public was violated more often than not.
The new software tool is linked to CCTV cameras that are installed across the city to identify face mask rule violators.
Telangana: A #COVID19 survivor, Punna Reddy has developed an artificial intelligence based screening system that detects people who have high temperature or those not wearing masks. The system has been installed at Secunderabad and Hyderabad Railway stations. pic.twitter.com/URZk4ytOsm— ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2020
The cameras will flag people who are not wearing the masks and an alert will be sent to the central command control centre at the state police headquarters.
The alert will be passed on to patrolling personnel to trace the violators either riding bikes or walking on foot.
Meanwhile, the total number of the coronavirus positive cases in Telangana rose to 4,111 as nearly 200 people have been reported as COVID-19 positive yesterday. The death toll in the state stands at 156 after 11 people died on last 24 hours according to the state health ministry.

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NCHSAA adds O’Brien to state indoor track record book
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has officially recognized Hanna O’Brien’s record-setting time in the adaptive 55-meter dash at this year’s state 2A/1A indoor track championships.
The first female adaptive athlete in state history to compete in the indoor meet, O’Brien, a Polk County senior, posted a time of 9.27 to establish the record for the event.
The Wolverines also set a state record this year in the boys 4×800-meter relay and now own four indoor track state records. Karen Godlock set the two-mile run record in 1992 (11:15.1) and the one-mile run record in 1993 (5:09:12), both in events that are no longer contested.


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Paul Smith Catwalk Fashion Show ss2010
Paul Smith’s summer-collection has that old vintage vibe with a very toned down color palette – and that’s new for Smith. The show started with sober grey suits and evolved in a more sheen part and colors from pale pastels to purple, orange/red. To make it all more relaxed he paired the suits with espadrilles and pineapple-like prints. At the finale Paul Smith and his models were dancing down the catwalk to’ Thriller ‘. This was a happy end of an interesting fashion season.

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By Charles Consel, Hedi Hamdi, Laurent Réveillère, Lenin Singaravelu, Haiyan Yu, Calton Pu (auth.), Frank Pfenning, Yannis Smaragdakis (eds.)
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Infrastructure - not just your application infrastructure
When we talk about infrastructure, we are typically referring to the application infrastructure. Let’s say you start with your core network (VPCs) and add an abstraction layer on top of that for handling incoming/outgoing traffic (security groups). Then you build and run your virtual machines (VMs). You put a load balancer in front of the VMs, you point the DNS to the load balancer, and finally you might have a content delivery network (CDN) for faster delivery.
But let’s pause for a moment and ask ourselves “Why do we build applications?”
To move data.
Whether it’s your mobile banking application or an application to move data between your enterprise data warehouse and cloud data warehouse, applications move data.
That’s why it's important to understand how we build, manage, and deploy our data infrastructure.
But what is data infrastructure?
Whether you’re using a relational database, a NoSQL database, a streaming platform or a combination of all of these, you are using datastores. How about the networking, observability, and security services for the data-related services? All of these combined are your precious data infrastructure.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
Before applying IaC principles to data infrastructure, it’s important to know the principles first.
Reproducibility: The first principle is that systems can be easily reproduced. Your IaC tooling/scripts should handle the build/rebuild of systems, and your engineers should not waste time arguing about how to choose a hostname.
Repeatability: The second principle is that processes are repeatable. Effective infrastructure teams have a strong automation culture. It’s easier to click-ops a one-off request rather than writing (and testing) a script. But what if you have 20 future requests to do the same task? Manual processes are also enemies of consistent systems, as you might not recall the exact configuration.
Disposability: The next principle states systems are disposable which is related to the common expression cattle, not pets. In large-scale cloud infrastructure, the failure of underlying hardware is not a matter of if but of when. Software should continue running even if some of the underlying hardware is modified. Service continuity in the cloud era depends on embracing disposable infrastructure.
Consistency: Consistent systems help you trust your automation. If your test environment and the production environment differ (in terms of vCPU, memory, or network performance), you cannot predict the reliability of your applications. Inconsistent infrastructure leads to configuration drift and vice versa.
Changing design: The final IaC principle is design is always changing. One way to ensure that a system can be changed safely and quickly is to make frequent changes. The benefit of a dynamic infrastructure is that change is not dreaded; it’s expected.
IaC challenges and how to tackle them
There are some valid concerns and challenges around IaC, so let’s have a closer look and how to address them.
- Resistance to learning: There’s a tendency to keep a system unchanged if it’s working. Though this practice might have worked for your final-year engineering project, you don’t want to wait until your production database is down to implement better tooling.
- Security issues: According to Bridgecrew’s State of Open Source Terraform Security Report, nearly 1 in 2 public Terraform modules were misconfigured. This misconfiguration could lead to security issues. Public modules in Terraform are similar to code you find on the public internet. If you don’t run code directly from stackoverflow, you need to check configuration and security for public Terraform modules too.
- Configuration drift and duplication of work: When you have IaC in practice in your organization, if some engineers still make changes manually or using custom scripts, that will lead to configuration drift and duplication of work. While you have a transition plan, the configuration drift and some duplication of work is normal for the time being. It’s also expected that not every part of the organization would jump on the IaC wagon. As long as the same system is not handled by both an IaC tool and manual/scripts at the same time, you’ll have a relatively smooth transition.
- Handling unicorns: By unicorns, I’m not referring to companies with certain valuation. Rather, I’m referring to a mythical creature that looks like a flying horse with a single horn. Databases (relational databases to be more precise) are the unicorns in the IaC space.
The last point is very tricky, so let’s dive a bit deeper on how to address those challenges.
How to perform a version upgrade without downtime?
For a major version upgrade, almost every cloud provider requires some downtime for their managed databases. There can be some mechanisms to minimize downtime but zero downtime for a major version upgrade is not possible. At the end this is not an objection to IaC since the downtime would have resulted whether you clicked a button on the UI, ran a script, or used an SDK to perform a version upgrade.
How to prevent a version upgrade without downtime?
Some IaC tools might allow a flag like “allow_major_version_upgrade”. Only if this flag is set to “true”, the service can perform a major version upgrade. This is a simple way to prevent a sudden version upgrade.
How to perform configuration changes without downtime?
Configuration changes can be as simple as adding a tag or as complex as changing encryption settings. For major configuration changes like changing the instance type, subnet, or encryption settings, there might be some downtime. For those changes, it’s ideal to perform the changes during a maintenance cycle and inform users in advance.
A solution - Terraform
Terraform is an open-source IaC tool that you can use to build and rebuild your on-prem or cloud resources. Similar to your application code, you can version control Terraform code which is good for auditing purposes.
Notice that the section title says “a solution” and not “the solution”. I recommend Terraform as an IaC tool because it's mature, easy to use, and open-source. Feel free to choose any IaC tool that fits your needs as long as it follows the general IaC principles.
Terraform talks to any available target API via providers. For example, the Aiven Terraform Provider lets you create Aiven resources (Aiven for Apache Kafka®, Aiven for PostgreSQL®, and a number of other data-related services) on the cloud of your choice.
* Click-ops: An ops task that is accomplished by clicking on a GUI rather than automation.
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UPDATED: Foul play ruled out in Nelson death
Police continue to investigate the sudden death of a man in a Rosemont home being used as a drug lab.
The BC Coroners Service has identified him as Andrew John Meisner, 33. The Star has learned he lived alone in the split-level, three-bedroom home with two pit bulls since last March. He told his landlords he had a contracting business.
Friends who had been unable to reach him found him dead in his home Friday. He's believed to have died the previous day but it's not clear how. Foul play has now been ruled out. Police responded to the call at about 8:30 p.m. along with paramedics.
Meisner's parents are believed to be en route from New Brunswick. His father Gord is a former RCMP officer.
Meisner graduated from L.V. Rogers in 1997. His older brother Geoff went missing from West Kelowna in 2009. In an affidavit filed in court to have him declared dead, his wife said Geoff was a drug dealer with ties to the Hells Angels. Geoff formerly lived in Nelson and sold vitamin supplements.
Nelson police Sgt. Janet Scott-Pryke said in a news release that based on initial observations of the home — a duplex at the corner of Robertson and West Innes — they suspected a drug lab was present.
After consulting the RCMP and Nelson Fire Department, they determined there was likely no immediate danger to the public, but "in order to preserve the integrity" of the investigation, residents of the other unit in the duplex were asked to leave. The occupants of a house behind the duplex were also briefly evacuated, but have since returned home.
The RCMP's clandestine lab team from Surrey was called out and arrived at 6 p.m. Saturday to begin the investigation along with members of the Nelson Police Department, Nelson Fire Department, BC Ambulance, and the RCMP's forensic identification and road safety units.
"There was a clandestine lab in operation in the home that appears to have been manufacturing prescription and/or restricted drugs," Scott-Pryke said in the statement. "No dangerous or noxious chemicals were located or recovered."
The preliminary investigation has been completed, she said, but police are providing only limited information "so as not to compromise the coroner's and/or the police and fire investigations."
Police chief Wayne Holland added in an email to the Star that "there is absolutely nothing for the residents of that neighborhood, or the citizens of Nelson in general, to be concerned about as regards their health or their personal safety" as a result of the incident.
Meisner's landlord told the Star he was a good tenant who paid his rent early. They haven't been allowed into the home yet to assess the damage. His dogs are believed to have been taken to a local boarding kennel.
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Med Discovery was founded in 2002 as a spin-off of the Vaudois University Hospital Centre (CHUV) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Med Discovery is an independent company, funded by private investors.
The company evolved out of the research department of the urology department at the CHUV, developing and expanding the focus on onco-urology. The founder group included three biologists and three urologists led by David Deperthes. The breadth of the founders’ backgrounds and experience allows the company to have access to a wide range of competencies. Benefits from this are also seen in the international reach of collaborations, and the well established clinical connections, invaluable to a young biopharmaceutical development company.
By combining biological drug discovery expertise with a strong in-house knowledge of the medical urology field, Med Discovery is uniquely positioned to develop novel drugs for urological cancers and other related solid tumors.

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Taylor Swift Reputation Tour
The undeniable force that is Taylor Swift comes to our shores this November with her Reputation Tour. The seven-time Grammy winner released her number 1 album in November of last year featuring hits such as ‘Call It What You Want’ and ‘Look What You Made Me Do’. With support acts Charlie XCX and NZ brother-sister duo, Broods, joining her for the Australian and New Zealand leg of the tour, fans of country-come-pop singer will be excited to see her since her last show in Auckland back in 2013.
November 9 at Mount Smart Stadium
A Woman’s Place
With 125 years having passed since women in New Zealand got the right to vote, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is celebrating with their show A Woman’s Place. In association with Auckland Museum, the orchestra will perform an all-female programme of music conducted by Tianyi Lu, including a performance from New Zealand musician Tiny Ruins with works from historic and contemporary female composers.
Taking place at the Auckland Town Hall on November 29, this celebration of women is one not to be missed.
Looking for a NYE celebration in Auckland this year? Look no further than Wondergarden. Now in its third year, the one-day festival is quickly becoming a favourite among locals and out-of-towners alike and this year features performances from Nightmares on Wax, Katchafire and Ladi6. The all-ages event will also host children’s entertainment, plenty of great food options as well as a couple of on-site bars, all in the centrally-located spot of Silo Park.
December 31 at Silo Park


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Entry Title: "City of Avila"
Entre Líneas estudio de diseño,
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The Spanish city of Avila was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its most representative monument is its Medieval wall which encloses the old city.
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The city brand combines in a single stroke the silhouette of the plant of these walls with what resembles a thought bubble.
This isotype carries the claim think of Avila which conveys an invitation to remember, to imagine, to dream... as an allusion to the past, present and future of the city.
The corporate identity is completed by a set of sub-brands that are used to identify a variety of sectors of the city.

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I took some pictures of this plant (I don't even know its name...) with a sunset behind.
Maybe I'm going to post one of them someday!
looks pretty cold ;-)
17 Dec 2007 8:49am
very interesting...i like your icy series
17 Dec 2007 8:54am
beautiful in its icy simplicity
17 Dec 2007 2:09pm
Beautiful tones and composition
17 Dec 2007 3:59pm
I like the composition nad the colors - the background is perfect for this image
17 Dec 2007 4:38pm
17 Dec 2007 5:11pm
Nice, Sandrine, just to my liking.
17 Dec 2007 6:09pm
Hi Sandrine, I have seen your photoblog and I am really impressed. Also your image of today is a nice one with beautiful colors and dof. The last couple of days the temperature in The Netherlands is below sero, so this icy image is a good expression of my feelings.
17 Dec 2007 7:22pm
Great shot indeed. Wonderful focus and DOF.
17 Dec 2007 8:58pm
Sweet sweet shot.
It is so sharp with that soft background that is really pops.
17 Dec 2007 11:03pm
it's nice how photography can really put our attention into those seeminly mundane and trivial things. it's amazing how one can catch up on us just by focusing our lens on it. what i am saying is that, you have a keen eyes for showing us a piece of this 'everyday thing' and making it look very artistic and important, such as this one. ice (or snow for that matter) is not something i encounter everyday here, so it's nice to see them in actual image.
18 Dec 2007 12:33am
Beautiful shot. The lights of background are wonderful.
18 Dec 2007 4:49am
Thank you for showing this hidden beauty to us!
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19 Dec 2007 9:56pm
Fantastic image, it's nice to see the beauty of ice storms for a change.
23 Dec 2007 5:27pm
OMG awesome shot!!!
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More than 1,000 people gathered in Brattleboro, Vt., Saturday, in the latest protest against the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, the Associated Press reported.
The Vernon, Vt., plant sits near the Massachusetts border, and its evacuation zone extends into New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts. State officials in Vermont have denied the plant's operator, New Orleans-based Entergy, a state permit. However, a federal court has ruled the 40-year-old plant may stay open, for the time being.
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Graphene nanoplatelets suspended in different basefluids based solar collector: An experimental and analytical study
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. A flat plate solar collector (FPSC) was analytically studied, with functionalized graphene nanoplatelets (f-GNPs) as its working fluid. Four samples (wt % nanofluids) were prepared in different base fluids such as ethylene glycol (EG), distilled water (DW):EG (70:30), and DW:EG (50:50). Experimental results (via DW) were used to verify the effectiveness of the analytical model. Some of the operating conditions were taken into account in this research, including temperatures, power, and mass flow rates. Experimental techniques were used to elucidate the modified nanofluids’ physicochemical properties, such as its particle sizes, stability, and morphology, involving electron microscopes (EMs), UV–VIS, and X-ray techniques. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were applied to test the thermal analysis. The findings confirmed that the use of f-GNPs nanofluids enhanced the performance of the FPSC relative to the use of base fluids for all testing conditions. The maximum enhancement of the collector’s effectiveness at a mass flow rate of 1.5 kg min−1 and a weight concentration of 0.1 wt %, increased to 12.69%, 12.60%, and 12.62% in the case of EG, DW:EG (70:30), and DW:EG (50:50), respectively. The results also confirmed an improvement in both the heat gain (FR(τα)) and heat loss (FRUL) coefficients for the f-GNPs nanofluid.
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Alawi, O. A., Kamar, H. M., Mallah, A. R., Mohammed, H. A., Sabrudin, M. A. S., Hussein, O. A., ... Najafi, G. (2021). Graphene nanoplatelets suspended in different basefluids based solar collector: An experimental and analytical study. Processes, 9(2), article 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9020302

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Confused kitty? Bobcat breaks into Washington state prison
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MONROE, WASH.— A bobcat wandered onto the grounds of Washington state’s largest prison and climbed onto a roof, where it was shot with a tranquilizer gun Tuesday, officials said.
The animal was being treated for cuts it apparently suffered from some razor-wire fencing at the Monroe Correctional Complex, about 45 km northeast of Seattle, prison spokeswoman Susan Biller said. It will be released back into the wild.
“Yeah, I’d call it weird,” she said. “We need to assess how he even got in.”
But she doesn’t think it’s a security risk.
“Bobcats can jump and do things I don’t think a human can,” she said. “The fencing is designed to keep people in, not cats out.”
The Monroe prison is the state’s largest, with about 2,500 inmates and five units with varying security levels. Biller doesn’t know what attracted the animal to the facility, which has some wooded areas nearby. Raccoons have been seen outside the fence, but no other wild animals are known to have made it inside, Corrections Lieut. Jose Briones said.
Corrections officers noticed the bobcat at about 11:30 p.m. Monday during a perimeter check. The startled animal ran through the razor-wire perimeter fence and made its way to the rooftop of the special offenders unit, the Department of Corrections said in a statement.
Prison staff called veterinarian Roger Hancock, who sedated the animal with a tranquilizer gun. The bobcat was treated at the Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital in Snohomish.
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Lunch Club Fixed
Old and new insights have led to this armchair that sports beautiful elegant lines. The finely fashioned legs underscore that graceful outline, whilst the high, round, firmly upholstered backrest merges smoothly into the rounded-off ears and arms. The quite springy back provides for surprisingly good comfort. A loose seat cushion or a fixed seat give this armchair a totally distinctive feel. Smaller people will find its little sister, the Supper Club, more suited to their size.
Dimensions (w x d x h): 76 x 98 x 104h

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Obtain free day by day summaries of recent opinions from the Supreme Courtroom of New Jersey. The regulation primarily based on judicial opinions (together with decisions that interpret statutes), versus law primarily based on statutes, regulations, or different sources. Opinions – FindLaw cases and assets for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. As opposed to statutes—legislative acts that proscribe certain conduct by demanding or prohibiting something or that declare the legality of explicit acts—case regulation is a dynamic and consistently growing body of legislation.
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The Sonnets by William ShakespeareTouch Press writes that "The Sonnets by William Shakespeare allows you to enjoy, explore and understand these immortal works of literature as never before." While that seems like hyperbole (as never before?), I am truly amazed at the rich experience that reading this app brings.
developed by Touch Press
version 1.0, 2012
available on the iTunes AppStore
This app brings together dramatic performances of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets with the annotated, unabridged text and critical essays. Students can watch professional actors ranging from Patrick Stewart to Kim Cattrall recite the sonnets - an inspiring experience on its own. But you can also switch over to reading the poems while you listen to the professional reading, with lines highlighted as you go. Just watch David Tennant's performance of the famous Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
The actors' readings bring me so much greater appreciation for these poems than simply reading the text by itself. I also love the way that Touch Press brought so many different actors to this project, providing readers with the sense that we all can connect with Shakespeare's works in different ways.
The academic notes and videos also provide many different ways in for readers, reinforcing the idea that there is no one correct interpretation of these poems. Since I was reading more for my own pleasure, I was drawn to the video interviews with different academics and professionals. It was fascinating to hear different opinions on the same topic, giving me insight into the range of debates that still surround these poems. For example, I never realized that we don't exactly know whom the Sonnets are written for or to. Students will also find the line by line annotations helpful.
Throughout, Touch Press marries the text and the narration, the artistic and the academic, the visual and the auditory -- providing a seamless, multi-layered, multi-media reading experience. Overall, this is an app that I will come back to again and again. Get this for students who are auditory learners, but also get this for friends who love listening to poetry or learning about Shakespeare's plays.
For more information, see the Touch Press website: The Sonnets by William Shakespeare. For more reviews, see: School Library Journal, The Guardian newspaper, and The Independent newspaper.
I purchased the review copy for my own home library. If you make a purchase using the Amazon links on this site, a small portion goes to Great Kid Books (at no cost to you!). Thank you for your support.
Review ©2013 Mary Ann Scheuer, Great Kid Books

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Vansword reflects on the Declaration of Independence and recommends that our President take it to heart.
Do Obama's actions mirror those of monarchs of the past?
Whozis makes a strong case against public schools, specifically blaming the National Education Association for the fall of our system.
Is supporting Obama a necessity for taking part in the "black experience?" Can African-Americans both be "black" and be critical of the President?
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“It’s the economy, stupid,” may be the recurring voter mantra, according to a story today in the Arizona Republic. According to reporter Daniel González, jobs and the economy have eclipsed immigration as a significant factor in voters’ assessment:
“Heading into the 2012 election season, illegal immigration is no longer the red-hot political issue it was just a few years ago.
“This month’s recall of Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce shows the subject has peaked, according to some analysts.”
Well, maybe. But if the Pearce recall was about immigration, as the reporter suggests it was, and that recall happened just 13 days ago, then it may be a bit early to declare immigration dead on arrival. (You can read the whole article here.)
The November issue of Arizona Attorney Magazine includes a pointed article on one approach to illegal immigration. It is a federal endeavor called Operation Streamline.
As author Juan Rocha explains:
“To reduce and deter illegal immigration, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched Operation Streamline. Under this program, the federal government prosecutes a large number of people who illegally enter (or leave) the United States, and imprisons them. But prosecuting mass numbers of people, every day, cannot be done without taking shortcuts.
“Though journalists and academicians have written articles about whether Operation Streamline is or is not good public policy, what follows is a description of the actual Streamline process from the perspective of a defense attorney who has worked in Yuma and Tucson, where the federal government executes streamline prosecutions.”
Does Streamline cut corners, as Rocha maintains? Others have agreed with our author. For instance, here is an article by Stephen Lemons in which he calls the initiative an “immigration boondoggle.” (And the great illustration used at the top of this post came from that article; it was created by artist Brian Stauffer.)
Though the economy appears to be taking center stage in political battles, we’ll continue to examine immigration and border issues in the coming year.
In that regard, what would you like to see us cover? Let me know by commenting below.Follow @azatty


Exit Music is pleased to present 'Don't Look' by One Over.
Making driving rolling bass with groovy and skippy percussion. He has had releases on Max Chapman's Resonance Records and others like Format Music. Being in the scene approaching 3 years he has had some great support on his music and release with downloads and feedback from huge artists such as Jamie Jones, Steve Lawler, Marco Carola and more! Sure to be a massive future ahead for One Over.


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Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics
Isostasy and flexure of the lithosphere is a unique book which presents an overview of isostasy, a phenomenon of fundamental importance to the Earth Sciences.
Isostasy is a simple concept, yet it has long perplexed students of geophysics, geodesy and geology. The author has overcome this problem through the use of a simplified mathematical treatment, numerous geological examples and, an extensive bibliography. The book begins by tracing the ideas behind local and regional models of isostasy, arguing that only flexure is in accord with geological observations. It then proceeds to describe the theoretical background, the observational evidence and, the constraints that flexure has provided on physical properties of the lithosphere. The book concludes with a discussion of flexure's role in understanding the evolution of the surface features of the Earth and its neighboring planets.
This book is intended for use as a graduate-level text for students of geophysics, geodesy and geology and other related fields. It will also be of interest to researchers in gravity and geodesy, tectonics and basin analysis.

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Saturday, October 21, 2017, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Thayer Memorial Library
Suspense on Stage and Page, with James Nicola
How do you keep an audience riveted throughout your poem, song, or play? How do you keep a reader turning the pages of your novel or short story? How do you make your memoir not merely an account, but an adventure?
James B. Nicola’s workshop Suspense on Stage and Page is designed for writers of all genres—drama, poetry, song, memoir and essay. It looks at how some of the greats have created suspense not only with plot and character development, but through devices like word choice, repetition, tension and conflict, mystery, danger, voice, wonder, nuance, and restraint. Exercises will involve participants as performers and audience as well as authors. This workshop will also prove helpful, maybe even essential, to all performers, directors, and lovers of literature who want to get the most out of their experience as writers, readers, or audience. All you need bring is pen and paper, an inquisitive creativity, and an adventurous spirit. In other words, come ready to play—and to write!
James B. Nicola’s poems have appeared stateside in the Antioch,Southwest and Atlanta Reviews, Rattle, Tar River, and Poetry East, and in many journals in Europe and Canada. A Yale graduate, he won a Dana Literary Award, a Willow Review award, and a People’s Choice award (from Storyteller), and he was featured poet at New Formalist. His nonfiction book, Playing the Audience, won a Choice award.
Following the tradition of poets Stanley Kunitz, Elizabeth Bishop, and Frank O’Hara, James moved from his native Worcester, Massachusetts, to New York City where he makes his home. Lately he has been conducting both theater and poetry workshops at libraries, literary festivals, schools, and community centers all over the country, most notably the Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival.
James is also a director, composer, lyricist, and playwright. His children’s musical Chimes: A Christmas Vaudeville premiered in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Santa Claus was rumored to be in the audience on opening night.


IWC returns to our home base of Court Time Sports Center in Elizabeth, PA (under new ownership!) for Unbreakable 2019! The action kicks off with our special Facebook Free-For-All pre-show on Facebook Live at 6:30 PM, and the live event begins at 7:00 PM! If you can’t be there live, make sure you check us out on IPPV here! Several matches have been signed for the event:
On October 5th, SIX former IWC World Heavyweight Champions collide in a ladder match to determine who will get a shot at JaXon Argos to reclaim their title in the main event of Winner Takes All 2019! A #1 contender’s contract will be hung high above the ring, and the first to climb the ladder a retrieve it earns the title shot!
Last month, in one of the most brutal cage matches in IWC history, Josh Alexander won the Super Indy Championship from Wardlow via referee stoppage. But Wardlow NEVER gave up! So on October 5th, we look to settle this Super Indy Championship rivalry once and for all! There will be no referee stoppages, no DQs, and no count outs! It’s Wardlow vs. Alexander for the title in an “I Quit Match”!
After having opportunities at the IWC High Stakes Championship stolen from him on two separate occasions, Dan Hooven will get one more chance to defeat RC Dupree on October 5th! Will Hooven finally get over the hump and get his revenge, or will RC find a way to keep the gold and become the longest reigning IWC High Stakes Champion in IWC’s 18-year history!
After a controversial finish at Caged Fury, Gory and Johnny Patch will join forces one last time in an attempt to definitively end their feud with the Culmination once and for all! But this time, they will be taking on all three members! Can Gory and Patch coexist a bit longer to end this rivalry on top, or will the cohesiveness of the Culmination lead them on a path to superiority?!
What might be a first for this rivalry…a fair fight. Ganon Jones Jr. will not be in attendance. Instead; Duke Davis will go one on one with Chris LeRusso with the Regulators barred from ring side. LeRusso is a 2x Super Indy Champion but will be giving up a significant power advantage to the Metahuman. Pride…and a potential shot at the IWC tag titles are on the line in this one.
Bulk isn’t going to be happy about this, but IWC management has taken notice! The odd couple of Bulk Nasty and Zander Gabriel is somehow undefeated in IWC tag team action despite their “rocky relationship”. On October 5th, they will be tested once again, this time by two men who have waited patiently for their chance to prove themselves this year in an IWC ring! Will The Sexy Fireman and Keith Haught capitalize on this opportunity? Or will Bulk and Zander somehow find a way to keep their undefeated streak alive?!
IWC Rookie standout, Spencer Slade, looks to get revenge on Dylan Dylan Bostic for his tag team partner, Zach Nystrom, after Bostic took Nystrom out with a chair to the skull last month! Meanwhile, Dylan Bostic may have unfinished business with Jimmy Nutts, but he will have to be focused to take on this former professional football player turned pro wrestling powerhouse! Will Slade get even and score a huge win in the process, or will Bostic continue to leave his opponents laying?
On October 5th at IWC Unbreakable, a brand new rookie makes his debut to challenge our most recent rookie of the year! Paris Sahara has style and agility second to none. And not only does he think he’s better looking than The Man Dime, but he claims he’s more stunning than The Dime Piece! Will Paris take Man Dime’s place in the spotlight as top rookie, or will Man Dime get the win he needs to start a big run?!
Katie’s former manager, Calvin Couture, challenged Katie Arquette with a special stipulation that if she wins shell get a rematch at the IWC Women’s Championship, and looks to finish off Justin LaBar’s master plan to dethrone the Queen once and for all! Will Calvin be able to pick up a win over the former IWC Women’s Champion or will Katie finally shut her former fashion consultant up?
All this and still much more to be announced! Stay tuned!


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Michele Carey in her big screen debut 1965
Michele Carey in "Starsky and Hutch"
Michele Carey on "The Wild Wild West" Tv Show 1967
Michele Carey as Effie in the 1981 TV movie "Death Ray 2000"
Michele Carey is an American actress. She appeared in movies with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and other major stars In the 1960s and 70s, and guest starred on several popular television series.


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- 1 How do you tame and ride a zombie horse?
- 2 Can you tame zombies in Minecraft?
- 3 Why can’t I tame a skeleton horse?
- 4 Is the zombie horse a stand?
- 5 Why can’t I ride a zombie horse?
- 6 Can you tame a zombie horse?
- 7 What happens when a horse gets struck by lightning in Minecraft?
- 8 How do you kill a baby zombie?
- 9 Can you tame a Ravager in Minecraft?
- 10 How do you befriend a skeleton horse?
- 11 How do you ride a skeleton horse 1.16 5?
- 12 Is long horse good?
How do you tame and ride a zombie horse?
The game control to ride the zombie horse depends on the version of Minecraft: For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the zombie horse. For Pocket Edition (PE), you move your pointer over the zombie horse and press the Mount button. For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
Can you tame zombies in Minecraft?
Most people don’t like Minecraft Zombies, but some people want to keep them as pets. While you can’t tame them, the possibility to have a Zombie is a pet exists, you just need to find one and capture it!
Why can’t I tame a skeleton horse?
Just remember that you can’t tame a skeleton horse by using a spawn egg. It has to be a naturally occurring spawn in the game. Kill the skeleton rider(s). When a horse is struck by lightning, it splits into four or five skeleton horses, and those horses have skeleton riders.
Is the zombie horse a stand?
Its true form is a string capable of healing fatigue and regenerating (to a certain degree) any injury. With it, Gyro was able to reattach his leg that had been blown off during the fight with Oyecomova. When Johnny Joestar sees it for the first time, he questions whether or not it is a Stand ability.
Why can’t I ride a zombie horse?
You can’t ride them if you use a spawn egg. To get on the skeleton horse, you have to be holding a golden carrot, then tame the horse and put a saddle on. The zombie horses don’t spawn in minecraft pocket edition unless the player spawns them manually.
Can you tame a zombie horse?
Zombie horses can now be tamed and leashed.
What happens when a horse gets struck by lightning in Minecraft?
When a player comes within 10 blocks of the skeleton trap horse, lightning strikes it. When struck, the skeleton trap horse transforms into a skeleton horseman: a skeleton riding a skeleton horse. It also spawns three additional skeleton horsemen in the vicinity.
How do you kill a baby zombie?
Baby Zombies might be more dangerous than zombies, but still, they have the same life with them, so an iron sword or above would easily kill them. A Wolf can also easily kill a baby zombie.
Can you tame a Ravager in Minecraft?
Originally Answered: In Minecraft, how can you tame a ravager? You can’t – It’s completely impossible. They’re not supposed to be tamed, because they are the enemy of the villagers, who are your “friends”. Plus they’re already tamed by the pillagers.
How do you befriend a skeleton horse?
A skeleton horse can be tamed by killing the skeleton that is riding the horse. Then, the player will be able to tame it. A saddle is required, too.
How do you ride a skeleton horse 1.16 5?
The game control to mount the skeleton horse depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the skeleton horse.
- For Pocket Edition (PE), you move your pointer over the skeleton horse and press the Ride button.
- For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
Is long horse good?
It is purely harmless, and its goal is to warn humans of upcoming dangers. If a human hears a neck crack or sees the long neck of the creature, the message is that a disaster will occur, not because of Long Horse, but because of what will happen later on.


• Kaduna pupils desert schools after eating free meals
Written by Morenike Adebayo on March 15, 2016
Kaduna State Government has expressed concern over the desertion of schools by primary school pupils after taking the free meal offered them.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Shehu Adamu, told newsmen in Kaduna that the pupils have developed the habit of leaving school immediately after the free meal under the guise of going to drink water.
He appealed to parents to ensure that children remain in school after taking their free meals, so as not to jeopardize the program. The commissioner stressed that the program was introduced to encourage school enrolment, attendance and retention.
On the delay in paying vendors supplying food under the program, he said they had been directed to open a bank account through which they will be getting their payments.


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Thailand’s crown prince has led thousands of cyclists through the streets of the capital in a tribute to his mother, Queen Sirikit, to mark her 83rd birthday.
The high-profile event on Sunday, broadcast live by all public television stations, was also an exercise in palace public relations at a time of concern about the royal succession in Thailand.
Roads were closed along the route of what was dubbed “Bike for Mom”, which transformed typically traffic-clogged Bangkok – for a day at least – into a cyclists’ paradise. Among the riders were the prime minister, his cabinet, celebrities and other VIPs. Similar rides took place in other provinces, led by local officials.
“This is a historic event for Thailand,” the prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, said before the ride.
It was billed as the largest organised bicycle ride ever conducted in Thailand, and Prayuth said authorities hoped to set a world record for a national bike parade. Organisers said 40,000 people registered for the event in Bangkok and more than 250,000 registered for rides held across the country. “The event will also showcase to the world how devoted Thais are to their queen,” Prayuth said.
Thailand’s revered monarch, 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and his wife, Queen Sirikit, are both in declining health and have been absent from public life for years. Their only son and the heir apparent, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, does not command the same respect and affection as his father, though open discussion of the monarchy is constrained by a strict lese-majesty law that makes criticism of the royal family punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Mostly seen at formal ceremonies, the 62-year-old heir to the throne rarely mingles with the public. But Sunday’s bike ride was an apparent effort to rehabilitate his image. The crown prince shed his tailored suit for black bike tights topped with the event’s light blue “Bike for Mom” T-shirt as he blended with other bikers in a band of blue through Bangkok’s streets.
“It’s him! It’s him!” shouted an onlooker at the city’s Victory Monument, as the prince pedalled past. The event started at Royal Plaza in the city’s western historic quarter and followed a northbound circuit as thousands of people in blue shirts watched from the pavements. Some waved Thai flags or held pictures of the royal family.
In Buddhist tradition, blue represents Friday, the day of the week Sirikit was born. It has become the colour associated with the queen in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, while yellow – which represents Monday – is the colour worn to honour the king.
Sunday’s event took place a few days after the queen’s birthday on 12 August, which is also a national holiday and celebrated as Mother’s Day in Thailand.
Last week the palace announced its latest update on the king’s health, saying he was recovering from several ailments including excess fluid on the brain and difficulty breathing due to congested lungs. Last October he had his gallbladder removed.
The king has rarely left a Bangkok hospital that has become his residence since he was admitted in 2009 with what was said to be a lung inflammation. The queen has also seldom been seen in public since suffering stroke-like symptoms in 2012.
Most Thais hold great affection for Bhumibol, who took the throne in 1946 and is the world’s longest-reigning monarch.


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Crafts to Maynard Island
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The Crafts to Maynard Island attraction involves crafts that go back and forth to Maynard Island. It's kind of cryptic.
- If you are intolerant of cuteness, then you won't want to go on this attraction.
- Guests in wheelchairs are not required to sing along.
- Because this is a fun attraction, riders are required to bring their own themed pants.
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Since debuting their first collaboration last year, Todd Snyder and L.L. Bean have gone on to release full collections with a variety of classic apparel, footwear and accessories. They’ve now added some unique pieces to their lineup.
Over the weekend, the American fashion brands launched a limited-edition capsule collection featuring two uniquely crafted products. Dubbed The Upcycled Collection, the release includes a tote bag and a version of L.L. Bean’s iconic Bean Boot made from repurposed vintage surplus military bags and tents. Because the materials have their own patinas, printed characters and color variations, each example is one of a kind.
The exclusive pieces come in olive green shades, each accented by special details. The tote features two off-white handle straps and a beige exterior pocket. Meanwhile, the handmade Bean Boots stand taller than the duo’s original waxed canvas boot and the stitching matches its bright orange sole. The waterproof rubber lower and tongue are rendered in black to create an eye-catching contrast.
The duo’s first highly anticipated collection launched in October 2020 and was the first of its kind for L.L. Bean in its 108-year history. Earlier this month, Snyder and the outdoor brand issued a follow-up comprising 85 items such as sherpa jackets, beanies, face masks, and 5-pocket chinos in their Upta Camp collection.
“My collaborations with L.L.Bean have been all about putting a modern twist on these really classic, purpose-built styles, and to me, nothing feels more modern right now than upcycling—taking something that’s a bit old and timeworn and breathing new life into it,” Snyder said in an email to Robb Report. “Each of the pieces in this capsule is crafted from this amazing vintage canvas that was repurposed from surplus military bags and tents which gives the boots and bags an authentic, lived-in feel you just can’t manufacture. Every piece is truly one of a kind.”
To buy your own upcycled tote bag or Bean Boot from Todd Snyder and L.L. Bean’s latest collaboration, head over to Todd Snyder at the Liquor Store in Tribeca. The bags are priced at $249 and the boots are selling for $319. With a limited stock of both, you’ll want to run not walk to the boutique.


MarEcoTel is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization comprised of a small group of biologists whose mission is to support the conservation of marine species and populations by conducting scientific research into their biology, behavior, and physiology for use by managers and stakeholders. We promote the development, improvement, and use of technologies that support our research. Our overarching goal is to improve public knowledge and awareness of these species and the ways that human activities affect them. We are based on the wooded shores of Hood Canal in western Washington state, but our work takes us all over the world.
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A journey through the immense figure of Tofol Castanyer, the first Spaniard to win the ultra trail world championship. His origins in athletics and how he became the first of the “hill runners” before “hill running” even existed.
After finishing his university degree and his time as editor and production assistant on several TV channels (Antena 3, Canal Expansión ...) Álvaro directed 4 documentaries in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, in Bosnia and in Latin America receiving several mentions and prizes at various festivals. At the same time and during this stage he collaborated and worked with producer Emilio González Martín on several film and documentary festivals developing different activities for the AVID publishing company (Play Doc, Documenta Madrid, Miradas Doc …)
In 2010 he founded the international film festival MareMostra, which he directed during its first four editions.
In 2012 he began his work as advertising director with the aim of connecting, seducing and bringing new credibility and personality to brands through film, photography and communication. During these years he has worked for brands and agencies that allowed him to develop his work as a creator with total freedom. Havas, Ogilvy, Proximity, Kitchen, Drop & Vase, Nike, Banco Santander, Nivea, Real Madrid, Flex, Iberostar, Lottusse... He´s currently in the process of preparing and developing his first feature film as a director, “The Mediterranean Boys”
That same year (2012) he founded Solworks Films (www.solworks.eu) with his partner Enrique Vidal. Solworks is an international production company based in Mallorca and the Canary Islands. These 12 years have produced numerous advertising campaigns for the best production companies in Europe.
On January 2020 opened a fiction department at SOLWORKS FILMS. As far, he has directed TOFOL, THE ENDLESS RUNNER and developing his next sport documentary WIN LOOSING. On the fiction side he is developing his first feature film: THE MEDITERRANEAN BOYS.
En la actualidad acaba de terminar la dirección del documental “Tófol, el corredor infinito” para IB3. En sólo tres semanas este documental ya ha sido seleccionado para la sección oficial de 5 FesWvales internacionales. Torelló Mountain Film FesWval, Bcn Sports Film FesWval, Trento Film FesWval, BBK Bilbao Mendi InternaWonal Film FesWval, Inka Fest y FesWval Zoom Igualada.
En la actualidad se encuentra en la postprodución de tres cortometrajes (“United Mafia”, “Woman Human” y “Nacida en el Mediterráneo”) calificados para el ICAA. Uno como director y otros dos como productor ejecuWvo.
- -Barcelona Sports Film Festival 2023 – Official Selection (Spain)
- -BBVA Festival Muntanya Cinema Torelló 2022 – Official Selection (Spain)
- -INKAFest Mountain Film Festival 202 – Official Selection (Peru)
- -ZOOM Igualada Film Festival 2022 – Official Selection (Spain)
- -BBK Mendi Film Festival Bilbao 2022 – Official Selection / Best Sport and Adventure Film (Spain)


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Sihi Kahi ChandruActor, Producer, Director
Sihi Kahi Chandru is also known as Chandrashekar is an Actor, Producer, and Director from India. Age 61 years (1962) born in India. So far Sihi Kahi Chandru has worked in the Sandalwood entertainment industry and his artwork has been released in Kannada language movies.
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They say life begins in the 40s. More like, reality, dawns at 40. The fourth decade of one’s life comes with its own varied bag of expectations for men and women. The first is the realization that youth is gone. You might not look your age but you will certainly feel it or be regularly reminded of it, every time some youth asks a dumb question like, ‘Who is Tina Turner?”
To be single in your forties and without child or spouse is a revolutionary statement for women these days, a far cry from the past when the unmarried older woman had to bear the pitiful title of spinster or an old maid.
The single man in his forties is treated as an old fox, regarded with caution and only escapes scrutiny when they provide proof of celibacy. Senior bachelorhood is an oddity for men in Africa who cannot hide behind some religious dictate.
In our highly convoluted dating environment, people find they are unable to date within their age bracket because of unreasonable expectations. Younger women often wonder why male peers would walk right past them to swoon at the feet of a chubby 40 year old.
The jaded woman in her forties, with middle age body fat, will sometimes be incredibly surprised by the attention she draws from men in their late twenties and early thirties.
Her kids are teenagers who have preoccupations of their own. Her husband is too busy building an empire and doing someone younger as they both keep appearances for the sake of the kids and a good name in society. So when the audacious younger guy comes courting, it ignites long buried needs of desirability and revenge and a cougar is born.
Young men have their advantages. They tend to be only interested in a no strings attached sexual affair. They may never shut up about some insecure girlfriend ‘who mustn’t find out’ and the embarrassment of their mother’s getting wind of the affair. All they want is to have a good time and can be incredibly eager in trying to prove their worth between the sheets.
Some young women today are too picky and talk of expectations that should never have been allowed to leave the confines of a fairy tale. They expect their prospects to show up refined and reeking of success. The consequence of those attitudes is an active field of over 40 married guys maintaining trophy mistresses.
So invariably, younger men look higher up for maturity and acceptance which is how the dating-value of 40 some-things is retained.
That said, dating in your 40s is a serious affair. Contrary to the popular cougar escapades, most single women in their 40s do not have the luxury of engaging in the hussy practices of cradle snatching.
In a conservative society where gossip makes the headlines, toy boy affairs, can bring about irreversible damage to a solid reputation that took years to build. Therefore single women in their 40s find that for all the hot and eager younger guys available, they are forced to look within their age bracket and above.
The cold, hard fact is that the older a woman gets, the more difficult it is for her to find suitable men for a serious dating prospect. It can be easily said that it is foolhardy looking for a single unattached, prosperous, no baggage man in his forties.
Men in their forties appear with a separate set of complications. In one’s 40s, men are more confident. They will dress better, fuss about what they eat and pay more attention to their image. They love the company of younger women sometimes only as proof of virility. They also start to operate in packs with colleagues of similar professional background which creates its own brand of peer pressure. If you stumble on a single one, never married before type, he is usually settled in a comfort zone and long commitment has to come with solid guarantee. At 40, a man does not suffer fools.
At that age, a man is rarely without accumulated baggage and if they decide to commit, they might want to marry a woman who is able and willing to bear children. Men at 40 tend to be making up for lost time and they physiologically desire to become fathers.
At 40, a woman tends to be self sufficient and stubbornly independent. What she seeks in a man is companionship but at 40 men are more interested in fitting in with status quo. The differences in expectation are simply irreconcilable. Therefore a woman looking for dating options leading to long term commitment with a man, who hasn’t had a previous marriage, is on a wild goose chase.
At 40, the single woman finds herself shopping for a mate in the 50 to 70 age bracket where all the men are either divorced or widowed.
The fact is that single people in the 40 age bracket have more complicated lives than younger people, and it is definitely harder for them to compromise about the qualities they seek, to overcome accumulated emotional trauma and reach the goal of marriage.
They start out like most unmarried men and women in their late 20s and early 30s: affable, popular among friends, successful in their careers and generally thriving in life, except for the fact that they are single.
For some reason, they never find a match when it comes to dating, and their friends are never able to understand why. As years progress, they never get around to identify what was keeping them from dating successfully and blame the environment. Hence the phrase, “All the good ones are taken”.
When you are past 40 with children, meeting mature men in your age bracket for a committed relationship is about as rigorous as applying for an American immigration status.
For single women with children, it much easier to date men with children of their own. When you have kids of your own, you want a man who gets the commitment of child rearing and not one to compete for your attention with your child.
The truth is that, single and available men in their 40 rarely have same premium as women in the same age bracket. The men are often not as economically endowed and shackled by family responsibility that almost always involve an elderly mother.
Besides senior bachelors are complicated and sometimes more rigid in their expectations than a previously married individual. Many never-married men have not confronted the commitment-related fears or other issues which have kept them single.
In fact, formerly married persons tend to approach second chances with more openness cognizant of the mistakes and presumptions of the accumulated experience of their first marriages.
Men tend to marry younger women. Women tend to seek their men older and after 40, anyone seeking marriage, in their 40s is forced to be very open minded and not to fall into the scarcity mentality. It is not what you are that holds you back but rather what you think you are not.
In the end, when you accept your flaws, it easier to find someone who will embrace you without judgement. Someone who can see past your scars, because scars simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.
From the lesson of Chris Lyimo and Dr. Wandia Njoya who found love in their 40s, it is all about letting go of the past and embracing the second chances that life offers.
The emotional scars show us where we have been. They do not dictate, where we are going and age in this case, is just a number.

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2018 is set to see the competitive debut of the R5 version of Citroen’s city compact C3. This time the C3 R5 is aimed at the customer racing market. Citroen Racing made this car for the WRC2 – the feeder category to the WRC – and the various FIA regional championships (ERC and MERC), as well as in the wide array of national championships. The team has undertaken a root and branch review of the design, producing a radically different car to its predecessor.
Led by Olivier Maroselli, the team of twenty or so people involved in the project started from scratch
A guidance for this approach was also the fact that the standard in the category is higher than ever before. There are several high-profile manufacturers seriously involved. The main challenge concerns the regulations, which are much more restrictive than in the WRC as regards homologation. Competitors only have five upgrade tokens in the first two years. Only two of them are for safety or reliability reasons. And then there are five more in the next two years.
In September 2017 were the car’s first road tests. Then the project team began work testing the car in a wide range of conditions.
Tthe tarmac version of the C3 R5 went through its paces on the demanding roads of Corsica
It also had tests in the east (Vosges) and south (Tarn) of mainland France. The car also had its first outing in a competitive setting as one of the zero cars at the Rallye du Var in November of last year, driven by Yoann Bonato.
Meanwhile, work continued on the version intended for use on gravel – the most common surface in the WRC. There were sessions on gravel roads in Fontjoncouse, near Narbonne, Cardona in Spain and Mazamet, to the north of Carcassonne. Six thousand kilometres of testing later, Citroen Racing presented an accomplished product. Its development will continue with fine-tuning on some very specific surfaces. There is a schedule for further test sessions later this year.
Developed in-house, the engine represented an enormous challenge for Citroen’s technical team
“We set ourselves some very ambitious targets,” explained Olivier Maroselli, the project manager.
“Targets that we have met by working in three major areas. First of all, reliability and heat management with all the internal parts of the engine, which proved to be very sophisticated. We also paid very special attention to the cylinder head. [That was] to increase permeability as much as possible on the intake and exhaust ducts. The last major area of development was the car’s electronics. [Now there is] a more advanced ECU than what we have had in the past. On the one hand, the purpose of this was to have a much more functional anti-lag system and therefore get a much better response from the accelerator during in-gear acceleration. But the idea was also to be constantly as close to the maximum authorised booster pressure, without opening the pop-off valve, which always has a highly detrimental effect on power.”
“All of this means that the engine is now undoubtedly one of the car’s major strengths. All the drivers were in agreement that the car has bags of torque. But we also know that it is also well placed in terms of power, with a higher rating than its rivals.”
The C3 R5 has – like its famous big sister, the WRC – a Sadev gearbox
However, the similarities end there. The base model for the C3 R5 had a special design for the specific requirements and constraints of the category. “It’s a question of safety, really,” commented Olivier Maroselli. “Some of the internal components are familiar, and therefore tried and tested. We nonetheless chose to design our own architecture. Our packaging is different in terms of both the width and the height of the gearbox outlets. This is because they have a direct influence on the transmission angles, and therefore the maximum travel allowed. We, therefore, paid very special attention to this point.”
Like its big sister, the C3 WRC, the C3 R5 has two different front suspension geometries
That depends on whether the specification is for tarmac or gravel. The idea is, in each situation, to optimise both versions of Citroen’s new model.
“As the number of interfaces authorised between the hub carrier, the strut, the suspension arm and the toe rod are very limited, this was no mean feat,” explained Maroselli. “But we chose to incline the strut towards the rear on tarmac, for the purposes of kinematics, and towards the front on gravel, mainly to do with travel. This is another of the car’s strengths because we didn’t have to compromise on the designs chosen at all.”
“We were also determined to ensure all of these parts were at the minimum weight. This involved using Reiger shock absorbers. Not only are they very fine-looking products, which provide plenty of room for manoeuvre when it comes to defining the appropriate set-up. But their aluminium struts also helped us to keep the weight down.”
Citroen Racing made efforts to ensure the best possible maintenance conditions for the C3 R5, whilst also paying special attention to the durability of the parts selected
“Yes, this was clearly one of the areas we worked on, without however compromising on performance,” admitted Olivier Maroselli.
He went on to explain that removal of the gearbox at the front end is very easy. The team also made a lot of progress on the bodywork, by investing in multi-material technology.
“So that there are rubberized components in all the lower parts of the bumpers and in some areas on the wings. They are therefore more resistant to wear and distortion. Similarly, we covered a lot of miles in tests on really rough gravel surfaces such as at Fontjoncouse, and we noted a vast improvement in the ageing of the body and all of the subframe. Damage to consumable parts, like the protective skidplate, is at a really very good level and that is undoubtedly a plus for running costs.”
The start of our @CitroenRacing #WRC2 programme is getting closer! We’ll first be present at @TourdeCorseWRC, @rallydeportugal & @Rally_d_Italia. Then the team will decide for the next ones… pic.twitter.com/mnI7niyF2P
— Stéphane Lefebvre (@SLefebvreRallye) March 26, 2018


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