foundations of computational agents
In deciding what an agent will do, there are three aspects of computation that must be distinguished: (1) the computation that goes into the design of the agent, (2) the computation that the agent can do before it observes the world and needs to act, and (3) the computation that is done by the agent as it is acting.
Design time computation is the computation that is carried out to design the agent. It is carried out by the designer of the agent, not the agent itself.
Offline computation is the computation done by the agent before it has to act. It can include compilation and learning. Offline, an agent can take background knowledge and data and compile them into a usable form called a knowledge base. Background knowledge can be given either at design time or offline.
Online computation is the computation done by the agent between observing the environment and acting in the environment. A piece of information obtained online is called an observation. An agent typically must use its knowledge base, its beliefs and its observations to determine what to do next.
It is important to distinguish between the knowledge in the mind of the designer and the knowledge in the mind of the agent. Consider the extreme cases:
At one extreme is a highly specialized agent that works well in the environment for which it was designed, but is helpless outside of this niche. The designer may have done considerable work in building the agent, but the agent may not need to do very much to operate well. An example is a thermostat. It may be difficult to design a thermostat so that it turns on and off at exactly the right temperatures, but the thermostat itself does not have to do much computation. Another example is a car painting robot that always paints the same parts in an automobile factory. There may be much design time or offline computation to get it to work perfectly, but the painting robot can paint parts with little online computation; it senses that there is a part in position, but then it carries out its predefined actions. These very specialized agents do not adapt well to different environments or to changing goals. The painting robot would not notice if a different sort of part were present and, even if it did, it would not know what to do with it. It would have to be redesigned or reprogrammed to paint different parts or to change into a sanding machine or a dog washing machine.
At the other extreme is a very flexible agent that can survive in arbitrary environments and accept new tasks at run time. Simple biological agents such as insects can adapt to complex changing environments, but they cannot carry out arbitrary tasks. Designing an agent that can adapt to complex environments and changing goals is a major challenge. The agent will know much more about the particulars of a situation than the designer. Even biology has not produced many such agents. Humans may be the only extant example, but even humans need time to adapt to new environments.
Even if the flexible agent is our ultimate dream, researchers have to reach this goal via more mundane goals. Rather than building a universal agent, which can adapt to any environment and solve any task, they have built particular agents for particular environmental niches. The designer can exploit the structure of the particular niche and the agent does not have to reason about other possibilities.
Two broad strategies have been pursued in building agents:
The first is to simplify environments and build complex reasoning systems for these simple environments. For example, factory robots can do sophisticated tasks in the engineered environment of a factory, but they may be hopeless in a natural environment. Much of the complexity of the task can be reduced by simplifying the environment. This is also important for building practical systems because many environments can be engineered to make them simpler for agents.
The second strategy is to build simple agents in natural environments. This is inspired by seeing how insects can survive in complex environments even though they have very limited reasoning abilities. Researchers then make the agents have more reasoning abilities as their tasks become more complicated.
One of the advantages of simplifying environments is that it may enable us to prove properties of agents or to optimize agents for particular situations. Proving properties or optimization typically requires a model of the agent and its environment. The agent may do a little or a lot of reasoning, but an observer or designer of the agent may be able to reason about the agent and the environment. For example, the designer may be able to prove whether the agent can achieve a goal, whether it can avoid getting into situations that may be bad for the agent (safety), whether it will get stuck somewhere (liveness), or whether it will eventually get around to each of the things it should do (fairness). Of course, the proof is only as good as the model.
The advantage of building agents for complex environments is that these are the types of environments in which humans live and where we want our agents to be.
Even natural environments can be abstracted into simpler environments. For example, for an autonomous car driving on public roads the environment can be conceptually simplified so that everything is either a road, another car or something to be avoided. Although autonomous cars have sophisticated sensors, they only have limited actions available, namely steering, accelerating and braking.
Fortunately, research along both lines, and between these extremes, is being carried out. In the first case, researchers start with simple environments and make the environments more complex. In the second case, researchers increase the complexity of the behaviors that the agents can carry out.


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Close your eyes and think on the word patio for a minute. What image comes to mind? Maybe, you see those rectangular concrete slabs that were so popular in the 1970’s. Perhaps your mind took you to a recently attended flower or home show, with elaborate displays of pavers and wall systems. A few of you might have included some plants, or most likely a large expanse of lawn. Easy to conjure up these images, and think we now have the essence of a patio. But, what really makes a patio a patio? If we are to take lesson from these examples, then a patio is very simply is a flat paved surface in the back yard where you gather with friends around your outdoor dinette. Sounds ok, right? Sure, why not, it’s functional, social, and convenient. To me though, there is so much more this outdoor space. In fact, to me the word patio should never stand alone; it should always be combined with the word garden. Close your eyes again, but this time, visualize the words patio garden. Does that bring about a different image? Let’s take a look at a few essential elements of a patio garden, and then let’s see if that image might change.
The architecture of your building should provide more than enough right angles and straight lines for your entire landscape, so let go of the rigid geometry and open your mind to soft elegant curves. Or better yet the communal shape of a circle. If the shape must be must be angular, then try and offset the shapes to provide space for plants to soften the edges.
Fire pits are very popular now, and for good reason. Sitting around a fire calls back to our ancient past, and stirs something deep inside each of us. Perhaps it’s the sense of safety, perhaps the calming sound of the crackling fire, or maybe it’s just a focal point for our attention as we discuss the events of the day. In any case, there’s bound to be s ‘mores, so best to include a fire pit. Design has set its sights on the plain ole fie pit, and there are options for every taste; from stone, to iron, portable and permanent, there are new choices each year, so make a statement with yours.
Like fire, water is very good at setting a mood. Water features have a head start on fire pits though, having been a popular part of the modern landscape for quite a while, so the options are many; from wall mounted, to sculptural, to pond less waterfalls, each brings its own feel to the garden. And, opposite its combustible counterpart, will draw in wildlife. What fauna and how big are entirely up to you!
An oft overlooked element in patio garden design is outdoor lighting. Sometimes simply an oversight, but most often the reasons for not including landscape lighting are cost and bugs. I cannot stress enough the ambiance created with a well designed landscape lighting system. A soft glow washing the patio surface, illuminated stonework, and up lit plant specimens, provide drama, romance, and depth to the garden. Today’s LED systems tackle the cost and pest problems also. Although a bit pricier in the install cost, they are efficient to run, and the spectrum of light output does not attract the insects of the night.
Last, but certainly not least for our discussion, are the plantings. Plants are the softening ingredient in the landscape. A well designed planting plan defines space within the patio garden, provides intimacy, and softens the harsh edges of the hardscape and architecture. Balance within the space is achieved through the careful use of the texture, color, and form, of each plant. Like water, plants also provide movement in the garden; wind causes branches and stems to sway and pollinators buzz about as they busy themselves from blossom to blossom. Following another current trend, growing food is another great way to expand the feel and use of your patio garden. Grapes on treillage, tomatoes in pots, and greens and herbs in containers, add a tasteful element.
So there are a few of the elements we consider before designing a patio garden. Have they changed the image in your mind? Have you used any of these elements in your outdoor rooms, in your patio garden? Please share your successes and ideas below with a comment; I’d love to hear from you!
Remember to also follow the links to see what the other members of the Roundtable think about “Patios”!

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Whether or not you like the new Dante I’d say it’d be tough to argue that this game doesn’t look good – the only problem is that, to me, it barely resembles a Devil May Cry game. Where’s the gritty environments, the cheesy dialogue, or the strategically placed devil doors (not real name?) that keep my frightened ass from fleeing the battle? I’m not entirely sure if I dig Dante’s emo look, I’ve seen enough brooding protagonists in my video games thank you very much. But this isn’t about that, so I’ll shut up now so you can check out the game’s brand new trailer and decide for yourself whether this is a direction you want the series to head.
Quick question, did Dante go super saiyan near the middle of the trailer? Check out a handful of new screens for the game after the break.
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Arteries transport blood to the head, limbs, and other organs. Peripheral vascular diseases (PVD) result from deposition of artherosclerotic plaque in arteries. PVD includes diseases related to peripheral arteries & peripheral veins, impacting cardiac & peripheral circulation in humans. PVD devices are utilized to treat coronary or peripheral arterial diseases and find applications in peripheral coronary and endovascular practices.
For Market Research Report on “Peripheral Vascular Devices Market” Visit -http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/peripheral-vascular-devices-market
These devices reduce disturbances during operations. They also ensure minimum interference from patients. The peripheral vascular devices market is estimated to be propelled by rising venous diseases. The other vital propeller comprises old population worldwide, furthering endovascular practices (due to their advantages) involving minimal invasiveness.
Besides, poor eating habits like high tobacco, smoking, & alcohol consumption and lifestyle diseases boost the rates of blood clots, cardiac arrests, and other vascular diseases. This also creates more demand for the peripheral vascular devices market. The market is bifurcated into products and regions.
The nine products are based on their actions. Some of these include peripheral vascular stents, peripheral transluminal angioplasty balloon catheters, chronic total occlusion instruments, and atherectomy instruments. The remaining are embolic protection instruments, aortic stents, inferior vena cava filters, PTA guidewires, and synthetic surgical grafts.
Treatment concerning coronary arteries is generally done using stents. Stents are mesh-tubes and introduced into veins or arteries, or other human routes. They avert or counter a disease brought, restricted flow constriction. Stents & balloons occupy most of the shares in the peripheral vascular devices market.
Asia Pacific, North America, rest of the world, and Europe are the four regions into which the market is divided. In 2013, North America led the market. Escalating minimally invasive operations, huge medical expenses, and health awareness among patients in the region were responsible for its size. Asia Pacific is predicted to catch everybody’s attention during 2014 to 2020 (forecast period).
This would happen due to many patients with unmet healthcare demands. China and India are witnessing rising patient disposable earnings and better medical infrastructure. This will serve as a forthcoming regional prospect. Major participants working in the global peripheral vascular devices market comprise Angioscore Inc., Abbott Laboratories, Associates Ltd., W.L.Gore, and Volcano Corporation.
Information Source: Grand View Research

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This blog will host my ramblings about life. To be a bit more specific, I'll probably focus on these subjects: music, sports, food, the everyday beauty of life, and the comedy/tragedy/absurdity of our existence. That about covers it.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Music Friday: "The Low Highway"
For a week filled with all kinds of political news ~ the President's speech on climate change, Supreme Court rulings, and Wendy Davis ~ it seems fitting to feature an artist known for his socio-political statements.


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Okay, so the first shipment of Ohana ukuleles arrived yesterday. Wow.
First up, let’s look at the SK-20s. This is a soprano with a solid mahogany top and laminated back and sides. It’s solidly built and well appointed for the price range. I went through six of them and found them all set up well and easily playable right out of the box. They are very traditional looking ukes, if that makes sense. Nicely finished, smooth fret-ends. The great thing about these ukes though, is the sound. They are head and shoulders in tone above the other ukes they are joining in the school’s elementary program. Surprisingly, they are strung with GHS strings… and they still sound fantastic. I’m guessing that swapping out the strings for Aquilas or Worths would really make them sing. Here’s hoping Ohana decides to start shipping them with Aquilas… they really bring out the tone of lower-priced ukuleles. With a suggested retail of $129, the SK-20s is a real deal… a great sounding instrument at a great price.
The other instrument that came in this shipment is a CK-25. This is a concert model (for those new to ukes, a little bit bigger than the standard soprano). It is, at first glance, a very simple uke… no body binding, very simple sound hole rosette, with a matte finish. Beneath this plain-Jane exterior though, lurks an absolute monster of a concert uke. With solid mahogany top, back and sides the CK-25 is all about the sound. It has a bone nut and saddle, Aquila strings and like the sopranos, came set up pretty darn well right out of the box. The intonation is absolutely flawless all the way up the neck. Strumming sounds great and played fingerstyle it is crisp and clear. It’s just solid. This one is staying right here… when I’m teaching I need a uke I can rely on and after only one day, the CK-25 seems like an old friend.

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Twin County Regional Healthcare is urging community members to wear face masks or cloth face coverings in public areas where social distancing is not easily achieved to help stop the spread of COVID-19. This aligns with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Department of Health districts, as an effective way to prevent the spread of the illness.
The hospital has already instituted a universal masking protocol within its facilities and requires anyone entering to wear a face mask at all times.
“Twin County Regional Healthcare strongly encourages our community members to wear masks because each of us plays an important role in helping to keep our community safe and protect one another from the spread of infectious diseases,” said William Alley, chief nursing officer at Twin County Regional Healthcare. “One of the easiest and most effective ways we can look out for each other and aid in the fight against COVID-19 is to wear a face mask in public spaces right now.”
Recent studies have shown that universal masking can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19, especially in individuals who may be asymptomatic and unaware that they are ill. Face masks and cloth face coverings should be worn over the nose and mouth and be held securely in place with loops or ties.
“Until there is a vaccine, wearing a mask in public, practicing social distancing and proper hand hygiene are our best lines of defense in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in our community,” Alley said. “That’s why we’ve established a universal masking protocol in our facilities to help protect our patients, providers and employees, and we’re encouraging our fellow citizens to do the same in other public places. By looking out for each other, we’ll get through this together and continue making our community healthier.”
For more information from the CDC on face coverings and how to make your own, visit www.cdc.gov. To learn more about how Twin County Regional Healthcare is working to ensure the safety of patients during this time, visit our website at https://www.tcrh.org/coronavirus-covid-19-preparedness-information
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HMFMC#132 which is "getting ready for Christmas." I used an older HM stamp I've had for ages called Santa's Little Helper. The embossed panel was done with a Crafts-too ef. The "joy" sentiment is from a retired SU! set. It has an embossed frame and I thought this little mouse would look perfect in the center. I matted with real red card stock and colored the image with Copics. I added some icicle stickles to the hat fur, and to the dots on the embossed panel but they don't show up in the photo. Perhaps if you click to enlarge it, that detail will show a little better.
I guess we'll all be getting ready for Christmas soon as those holidays are rolling around so quickly!
Wishing you a merry Monday and thanks for stopping by!


They'll be playing their new EP in Singapore, Jakarta and Bali.
Jakarta's 'electric dance festival' returns for its second edition with bigger and better production, lineup and more this September. And here're the reasons why...
Snail Mail is looking to hit Asia with her "Heat Wave"
Bali, now you know where to catch Abel live!
Jakarta, Khalid is "OTW".
The 4-piece American rock heads Movements confirmed their Southeast Asia tour to promote their debut effort Feel Something. The band will be heading to Thailand,...
Be prepared, Kygo is about to set Asia on fire.
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The sunshine vitamin is necessary for good health, with or without the sun. Low levels of vitamin D may worsen asthma and increase the risk of developing allergies, according to a study of 616 Costa Rican children published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The results provide further evidence that vitamin D deficiencies occur even in places with abundant sunshine, possibly as a result of more time spent indoors.
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When it comes to weight loss, all that really matters is calories. In a study in , researchers assigned more than 800 overweight adults to one of four diets, with varying amounts of carbs, fat and protein. After two years, it didn't matter which diet they were on as long as they cut calories. The study concluded that the best diet is the one you can stick with.
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field was planted 3 years ago as a large front yard, 20,000 plants,
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The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that the healthiest global economy in years is threatened by rising debt levels, volatile financial markets and a simmering trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told reporters a US-China trade war "will not be something that will affect only the two countries because the world is so interconnected. It will affect the global economy."
"Investment and trade are two key engines that are finally picking up. We don't want to damage that," she said at a press briefing to open the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.
For now, the IMF expects the global economy to grow 3.9 percent this year, the fastest since 2011. But Lagarde says "we are seeing more clouds accumulating on the horizon." She cited trade tensions and rising global debts, which have hit a record US$164 trillion. She noted that government debt in advanced economies is at the highest level since World War II.
Lagarde's comments came at a press conference to open the spring meetings of the 189-nation IMF and its sister lending organisation, the World Bank.
The three days of talks will also include discussions among the Group of 20 major economies, which account for more than 80 percent of global economic output. The United States is being represented by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Finance officials from member governments this week during the Washington meetings – which end Saturday – will discuss the trade disputes that Lagarde said threatened to cause damage beyond the two countries involved, due to the interconnected nature of global supply chains.
While she acknowledged "the actual impact of growth is not very substantial when you measure in terms of GDP," she said the dispute could erode business confidence very quickly because of the uncertainty, which would make businesses "reluctant to invest."
International cooperation "has served us so well and delivered more progress for more people than at any time in history," but is now being questioned, Lagarde said.
The spring meetings are occurring as the global economy enjoys a broad-based rebound — with most regions recording growth — for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis sent the world into a deep recession.
But Lagarde said the expansion was vulnerable. Stock prices are unusually high but have been battered recently over growing concerns about US President Donald Trump's aggressive America First trade policies. The turbulence comes as the Federal Reserve ratchets up US interest rates from the record low levels where they had been in the decade after the financial crisis.
While the Fed has been raising rates at a gradual pace, Lagarde expressed concern about the consequences if the Fed had to accelerate the pace of its rate hikes. A rapid succession of rate hikes could push down stock prices and potentially hurt developing countries that have come to rely on foreign investment, she said.
To guard against these risks, Lagarde called for countries to take advantage of the current good times to reduce their debt, giving them room to ramp to combat a downturn.
While she welcomed bilateral discussions between Washington and Beijing, she said disagreements should be resolved in a multilateral forum and every country should address its own trade barriers. Lagarde again urged countries to "steer clear of all protectionism," saying that "unilateral trade restrictions have not proven helpful." Instead, "countries should work together to resolve disagreements without using exceptional measures."
Even with the implied critique of Trump's tactics, Lagarde praised the massive US corporate tax reform which the Fund "advocated, recommended, encouraged, and is very pleased to see happening."
Lagarde did not directly criticise Trump's hardball trade policies. But she urged countries not to abandon seven decades of international cooperation that she credited with "helping to reduce poverty and deliver more progress for more people than at any time in history."

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Photos from one of the largest F30 3 Series owners meets yet, taking place in Singapore and featuring some nicely modified F30 sedans with lots of M Performance Parts goodies.
Car and Driver takes a more in-depth look at the F30 335i Sportline from the LL2 category of its 2013 Lightning Lap.
An F30POST member decided to have fun with some Youtube videos and have an unscientific look to see how the BMW Activehybrid 3 stacks up against other hybrids – the Activehybrid 5, the GS-450h, M35h.
The Activehybrid 3 appeared to corroborate BMW’s factory quoted performance numbers and beat out the AH5, GS-450h and M35h.
The Infiniti Q50 sedan (formerly known as the G37) made its debut at the 2013 NAIAS this week. As in previous generations, the Q50 sedan is Infiniti’s answer the latest 3 Series (F30).
Like the G37 that it replaces, the Q50 will be powered by a 3.7L V6 outputting 328hp / 269lb-ft (compared to the 328i at 240hp/255tq and 335i at 302hp / 295tq), powering the rear wheels (AWD optional) and paired with a 7 speed automatic transmission (paddle shifters optional). There is also a hybrid … CONTINUED
Inside you can download the entire official installation instructions guide for retrofitting the M Performance Aerodynamics Package to the F30 3 Series.
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Very nice action photoshoot featuring a F30 3 Series M Sport and Mineral White E92 M3 Coupe.
Watch the highlights from the BMW press conference at the 2013 NAIAS Detroit Auto Show, taking place this past Monday.
It includes the introduction of the BMW 4 Series Coupe Concept, M6 Gran Coupe, 320i, F31 touring, and Z4 LCI facelift model.
The recently announced BMW 320i sedan has hit BMW USA website.
A lucky and proud E90 325i owner has hit 200,000 miles and he shares a brief owner’s journal with us.
Have a look at the first frozen (matte paint) F30 3 series on F30POST. The F30 has been fitted with:
M Sport kit with M Performance add-on(s).
Brembo GT 380mm 6/4 pot front/rear BBK
BC Forged 19″ with Michelin PSS tires
Carbon side mirrors, boot and roof spoiler
M Performance muffler
A list of the unveilings for the upcoming Montreal Autoshow starting this Friday has revealed that a 328d diesel F30 3 series model is bound for Canada.
At the occasion of the NAIAS, BMW announced the BMW 320i and 320i xDrive for the US market. Available for other markets since the F30′s introduction in February 2012, US deliveries will start in Spring 2013.


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President Barack Obama and top officials are stepping up the pace of their travel to promote the economic stimulus package to skeptical voters—particularly in states with close mid-term election contests in the fall.
The White House has announced a total of 172 trips outside Washington, D.C., in which administration officials have discussed the stimulus package and its economic impact in the year and a half since the package was signed.
That includes 49 trips between June 1 and July 21, up from 31 in the same period last year.
The increased activity comes as Republicans are making an issue of the administration's spending on selling the stimulus, with House Republicans reviving an effort to block funding for signs saying a project was funded by the plan.
Under the banner of "Recovery Summer," the president has recently made visits to Holland, Mich., Kansas City, Mo., Las Vegas and Columbus, Ohio.
Vice President Joe Biden, cabinet secretaries and agency heads have headed other trips this summer, touring facilities which have received stimulus money, joining in ribbon-cutting and ground-breaking ceremonies, and making speeches.
The president and vice-president have also hosted fundraisers and rallies for local Democratic candidates before or after the official stimulus events.
In all, administration officials have made 70 stimulus-themed trips to six states which have competitive elections in November, and will be pivotal in the 2012 Presidential campaign: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, California and Missouri.
The events are generally ignored by the national press except when they involve the president, but receive significant attention from local media.
Ohio alone has had at least 18 visits from federal officials. Mr. Obama has gone there four times to talk about the stimulus —to Warren, Youngstown, Elyria and Columbus. Mr. Biden has traveled to the state twice.
In a two-day period during June last year, the labor secretary, interior secretary, commerce secretary, Small Business Administration chief, Environmental Protection Agency administrator and White House auto industry recovery director held six stimulus-themed events in the state.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and California have highly competitive elections for both Senate and governor this fall, and key House seats to defend. Obama administration officials have made four trips to the Allentown, Pa. district where Democrats see a chance to win a seat from a sitting Republican congressman.
Other popular destinations for stimulus events include Illinois, Indiana and Colorado, where Democrats are trying to hold on to Senate seats and, in Illinois and Colorado, the governor's mansion as well.
"Administration officials have visited over 40 states to survey Recovery Act progress since the program was passed more than a year ago and will continue to do so as long as Recovery dollars are being put to work," said Liz Oxhorn, the White House's spokeswoman on the stimulus plan.
The White House also says tthe visited states were among the most populous in the country. The administration has paid relatively few trips to Texas, however, or to other large southern states where the stimulus plan is particularly unpopular.
Presidential travel to promote domestic policies is not new. The president and vice-president are also allowed to travel on military aircraft to campaign rallies and fundraisers, though there are restrictions on other federal officials participating in overtly political events.
Partisan sparring over travel isn't new, either. In 2006, Democrats criticized President George W. Bush's and Vice President Dick Cheney's frequent travel in support of Republican candidates. Rep. Henry Waxman, then the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, ordered a report prepared on the issue.
That estimated the operating costs of Air Force One at $56,518 an hour, based on a study by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office.
The hourly cost of operating a military aircraft for the vice-president was estimated at $14,552. Top federal officials usually travel by commercial air-carrier.
Candidates' campaigns reimburse the White House for a portion of the travel costs when the president or vice-president fly for an official event and a political event.
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The prime minister isn’t himself these days.
Stephen Harper is not always a strategic genius but is usually a competent poker player, a guy who plays his cards close to his vest, gets the most out of his good hands and occasionally surprises everyone with a deft play.
Lately, though, he’s like a poker player on tilt, someone who has lost a big pot to some sucker drawing on an inside straight and can’t settle back down.
When a poker player goes on tilt, he stops playing his cards rationally, and starts playing them too aggressively, making wild bets and stupid, transparent bluffs.
That’s the kind of player you want to face, and that’s how Harper looks now.
There has always been an authoritarian side to Harper’s leadership. He doesn’t send goons to beat up his opponents, but he very much wants people to do what he wants them to do, and if they don’t, he will make life unpleasant for them.
That cussedness is a source of strength, because people know that if they get on his bad side, they will regret it.
But in the Senate expense scandal, Harper’s authoritarian approach has backfired. His office secretly manipulated events in the Senate, which is supposed to be independent, and when they were caught, he badly overplayed his hand.
When Harper moved to strip Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau of their pay and benefits, he got between them and their dinners. What did he think they would do? Meekly acquiesce?
It reminds me of Harper’s 2008 misplay, when he tried to kill the per-vote subsidy — taking the food off his opponents’ plates — and was then shocked when they tried to unseat him.
Harper sometimes seems so impressed by his own fearsomeness that he can’t imagine anyone standing up to him, as Duffy did last week.
Duffy, an old ham actor with his back to the wall, colourfully denounced the prime minister and his team as machiavellian schemers who forced him to take a secret payment, lie about it and cover it up.
To cope with the fallout, Harper took to the airwaves, doing radio interviews with three Conservatives-turned-talk-show-hosts, which should have been easy enough.
But he flubbed one interview badly, telling Halifax’s Jordi Morgan that he had “dismissed” chief of staff Nigel Wright. Back in May, Harper said that he had accepted Wright’s resignation “with regret.”
In the House on Tuesday, under remorseless grilling from a laughing Tom Mulcair, Harper was unable to explain why his story had changed.
With the gallery full of Bay Street swells in town to learn about the details of the free trade deal with Europe, Harper threw their friend Wright under the bus.
“On our side there is one person responsible for this deception and that person is Mr. Wright,” said Harper. “It is Mr. Wright by his own admission.”
There are two ways to interpret Harper’s attack on his former right-hand man, and I don’t know which is worse.
Wright has been helping the RCMP with their investigation into various Senate shenanigans. It’s possible that the prime minister has learned that Wright has been more helpful to the Mounties than he would like, and is preemptively attacking his character behind the shield of parliamentary privilege.
It’s also possible that the prime minister just can’t control his temper.
Either possibility is grim. Either the prime minister is willing to badmouth one of his former servants to deflect responsibility, or he has an anger-management problem.
Even if the prime minister told the truth — in some narrow, lawyerly way — about what he knew about the payment from Wright to Duffy, a cheque released by Duffy last week makes it hard to believe that Wright is solely responsible “for this deception.”
On April 3, Conservative party lawyer Arthur Hamilton transferred $13,560 to Duffy’s lawyer, Janice Payne, “representing payment of your invoice dated March 4, 2013.”
Hamilton met Payne at her Ottawa office on March 4, at the conclusion of negotiations between Payne and the Tories, negotiations apparently aimed at convincing Duffy that if he took Wright’s money and paid back the Senate for his expenses, it wouldn’t splash back on him.
A lot of people knew about this deal. None of them told Harper? Apparently not, because when he first answered questions about it in May, he said Wright alone knew about it, and stuck with that story until Wright told the RCMP that more people knew.
Having lost Wright, Harper is now surrounded by a palace guard that is poorly equipped to curb his worst instincts.
This overblown affair is not like the sponsorship scandal, something widespread, involving lots of people. It is entirely about Harper’s credibility.
If the prime minister doesn’t settle down and get his game under control, Conservatives may ask themselves whether they’ve thrown the wrong guy under the bus.


US Departments of Justice and Treasury launch multilateral task force on Russian oligarchs
In remarks Wednesday, Biden is expected to announce $800 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine, a White House official told CNN, bringing the total to $1 billion announced last week.
The $800 million in security aid comes from the massive spending bill the president signed into law on Tuesday, which includes $13.6 billion in total new aid to Ukraine.
The amount of money the legislation includes for Ukraine increased during last-minute negotiations, from the $10 billion the White House had requested earlier in the month.
Aid to Ukraine is tied to a budget law that sets spending limits for the federal government for the 2022 fiscal year, which began in October. Lawmakers haggled over the full-year supply bill for months and passed three interim funding bills to keep the government going in the meantime.
The text of the 2,741-page bill was released last week and Congress passed the legislation before Friday’s deadline, avoiding a government shutdown.
how it will be spent:
military aid: About $6.5 billion, or about half of the aid package, will go to the US Department of Defense so it can deploy troops to the region and send defense equipment to Ukraine, according to a summary from the bill provided by the House Appropriations Committee.
The United States deployed thousands of troops across Europe before and during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But sending troops on the ground to Ukraine, which is not a NATO member, is a line the United States and its Western allies have been unwilling to cross.
Humanitarian aid: More than $4 billion will provide humanitarian assistance to refugees fleeing Ukraine and internally displaced people in Ukraine, as well as emergency food aid, health care and emergency support vulnerable communities in the area, according to a fact sheet provided by the House Appropriations Committee.
Economic aid: The package will provide nearly $1.8 billion to help address economic needs of Ukraine and neighboring countries, such as cybersecurity and energy issues.
The law also calls for $25 million from the US Agency for Global Media, an independent federal agency, to combat disinformation in foreign news broadcasts. An additional $120 million will help support local Ukrainian activists and journalists and promote accountability for human rights abuses in Russia.
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In recent months political disputes between Russia and the United States have grown to include sharp differences over Washington’s expanding plans for ballistic missile defense (BMD) on the European continent. In an effort to shore up ties, Presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin held a July summit in Kennebunkport, Maine, that concentrated on missile defense. Putin suggested that Washington incorporate the Gabala radar station located in Azerbaijan into any European defense shield Washington may build. In response, President Bush voiced, along with his Russian counterpart, tentative support for joint Russia/NATO efforts on missile defense. Despite vague promises of cooperation, however, U.S. missile defense continues to push eastward without Russian involvement. This fact is all the more pertinent to Russia as its own air defense perimeter is only now significantly recovered, following the inward collapse that occurred after the fall of the USSR.
America’s Continued BMD Expansion
Russia’s stepped up criticism of U.S. intentions to build a missile defense system with North Atlantic Treaty Organization members is likely a belated response to Washington’s 2002 unilateral withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty – a move that at the time evoked little commentary from the still-greatly-weakened Russia. After the treaty’s abrogation, America’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) launched (or accelerated) a number of multi-billion dollar projects – everything from ground- and sea-, to forward-based lasers and missiles – to create a networked BMD system for the United States.
Initially, this provoked only mild criticism from Moscow. Putin said the withdrawal from the ABM Treaty presented “no threat to the security of the Russian Federation.” He did, however, call the decision a “mistake.”
Now, to protect allies and forces deployed overseas, the U.S. government has decided to expand its BMD coverage to Europe – even as work has progressed on new domestic missile sites in California and Alaska, aboard Aegis-equipped destroyers in the Pacific Ocean and on a 28-story floating radar station known as the SBX. Now, also under consideration is a proposed emplacement of 10 long-range, ground-based missile defense interceptors in Poland, as well as a mid-course radar in the Czech Republic.
The U.S. BMD expansion plans are pushing forward. The Czech government gave its assent to placing a missile defense radar near Misov, 50 miles southwest of Prague on July 3. The Czech Parliament will need to give its final say on such a deployment, but Warsaw’s Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski expects a deal to be reached sometime in the fall. Great Britain also agreed in July to allow expanded facilities at Menwith Hill, a U.S operated military base in England, to provide early warning information for America’s BMD system.
Russia’s Start to BMD Recovery
In contrast to America’s expansion, Moscow’s air and missile defense systems have lost significant overseas assets in recent years. The breakup of the Soviet Union curtailed the Kremlin’s access to numerous BMD ground sites, many of which landed in newly independent nations. In any case, insufficient resources were available for the support and maintenance of the system and many sites simply went offline. In particular, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact created significant problems for Russian early warning and radar coverage of NATO member states – a growing concern as those forces moved closer to the Russian homeland with every enlargement phase.
In particular, Russia lost its Daryal-UM radar based in Skrunda, Latvia in May of 1995. The Dnestr-M radar, also in Skrunda, ceased operation in 1998. This posed “a loss of important monitoring parameters,” according to Col. Gen. Vladimir Yakovlev, commander-in-chief of the Russian strategic rocket forces.
Ukraine also hosted several radar stations on the former Soviet periphery. In Mukachevo, near the Slovakian border, a Dnepr-M radar station entered service in 1979. A second Dnepr radar system entered service in Sevastopol on the Black Sea that same year. The post-Cold War Russian air defense forces have continued to rely upon these sites for aerial coverage but shaky relations between Ukraine and Russia have meant that the transmission of data, forwarded by Ukrainians, has never been completely satisfactory for the Russians. Moscow currently pays 1.3 – 1.5 million USD to rent these sites from Ukraine.
Should Moscow lose all access to the sites, Russia would suffer a drastic decline in airspace coverage over southwest Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. Strategic warning systems would also be affected by this potential further reduction in Russia’s airspace perimeter, according to former Russian space and missile defense commander Col. Gen. Volter Kraskovski. Even so, the post-Soviet agreements that have allowed Russian forces to continue accessing Kiev’s radar coverage never pointed the way toward permanent cooperation.
Hence, Moscow has now prepared to invest in new BMD sites on its own territory. In December 2006, Moscow activated a new Voronezh radar system at Lekhtusi, a space operations training base located not far from St. Petersburg, ending a potentially dangerous seven-year gap in coverage over northern Russia and the arctic that resulted following the 1998 closure at the Skrunda facility in Latvia. A second Voronezh radar at Armavir, located in the Caucus Mountains of Rusia, conducted initial operations at the end of 2006 and is scheduled to enter service in late 2007, mitigating the potential loss or eventual obsolescence of the Gabala site in Azerbaijan.
The loss of control over Soviet-era installations forced Moscow to prepare an air defense with a shrunken perimeter. In Ukraine and Latvia, where the political winds blew West, Moscow sought to buy time by essentially leasing facilities, while it developed and built new radar stations on its own soil. Leaders signed temporary agreements that allowed Moscow to continue accessing surveillance data provided by former Soviet monitoring facilities. Despite these measures, with the dearth of resources that occurred in the 1990s and the loss of several stations, gaps in coverage – west from Latvia over the northern Atlantic Ocean and perhaps south into parts of the volatile Middle East – occurred.
In countries with greater allegiance and ties to Moscow, the Kremlin has been able to keep a firmer grip on its Soviet-era integrated radar system. The Baranovichi and Balkhash (in Belarus and Kazakhstan, respectively) sites have not yet proven themselves bones of contention as have facilities in other former republics.
The Future of Russian and US BMD Systems
In the long-term, the loss of older assets located abroad – replaced by more modern sites inside Russia – will improve the Russian military’s ability to monitor and defend its airspace. A shortened air defense perimeter will require fewer radar installations to provide adequate surveillance and early warning coverage against aircraft or missile threats to Russia.
Russia’s recovering BMD capabilities are also leading to a renewed ability to cooperate with, or confront, the West. Many fear that Putin’s recent suggestion to integrate Gabala or another new Russian radar site, into the U.S. missile defense network may be a political ruse.
Yet, at a time when relations between Washington and Moscow are frosty regarding many issues, cooperation on BMD – as pointed out by Henry Kissinger in a recent Washington Post opinion piece – could accomplish several important goals. It would reassure U.S. allies that Washington can engage states diplomatically on a multilateral basis. BMD integration could also help cement a broad front for opposing nuclear weapons development in Iran and other rogue states by combining two of the world’s largest BMD systems.
From Moscow’s perspective, BMD cooperation could improve Russian air defense force capabilities. Most importantly, Russia would gain reassurance that a European defense shield is not an offensive weapon aimed at Russia and claim prestige attached to missile defense cooperation with the current leader in that field, the United States.
Editor’s note: There has been much coverage in the Western media about the current US-Russia disagreement over ballistic missile coverage. However, most stories have focused on emphasizing the more dramatic events rather than attempting to provide their readership with an understanding of the issue at hand. Hence, Putin’s comment that Russia would direct missiles at America’s system in Europe (which, from a military point of view, is an understandable and perhaps even necessary step for Russia), but little of the history of the events, which includes America’s unilateral withdrawal from an Arms Reduction Treaty, has been given air. We are therefore pleased and honored to publish this informative and impartial article.


GREAT FALLS – Billings Firefighter Matt Hoppel has been a firefighter for 20 years and he said a great need has gone unnoticed for many years.
“We have never got ahead of it. We have never said you are going to come across this stuff in the fire service and how you deal with it,” Hopple said.
But for the past two days, Hoppel joined firefighters from Montana, Washington, and Idaho to learn how they can be peer supports for their departments.
“We have had a lot of similar type programs but not specifically geared towards the peer to peer training,” Hoppel said.
International Association of Firefighters Peer Instructor Kerry Ramella said they have found through research that firefighters have a higher rate of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and suicide than the normal population.
“They are exposed to trauma on a shift basis. They have sleep deprivation because of the type of work that they do. They are the problem solvers so they should be able to handle it and they don’t reach out,” Ramella said.
Ramella said they found that firefighters are more comfortable speaking to people who know where they are coming from and can understand what they are going through.
“The hope is peer supports will be the bridge to other resources,” Ramella said. “If someone goes to a peer support and talks about their problem, the peer supporter can then connect them to the resource that will ultimately help them.”
Once the class is over, the men and women can bring the knowledge they learned back to their departments and start a peer support team.
Bozeman Firefighter Britton Clark has been a firefighter for five years and he helped start the department’s peer support team.
“In Bozeman Fire Department, we started a peer support team about six months ago just to really take care of our members,” he said. “This training offered by the IAFF is really the next step.”
Clark added that this is the first step to chaning the stigma of mental health among firefighters.
“It’s just amazing for us to get the same level of training across the nation. It is important because we have not done it before. Guys are just starting to recognize just how important that stuff is.”
If you know a firefighter in need of help, call 844-252-3473.
Reporting by Margaret DeMarco for MTN News


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What's the difference between a Li-ion and solid-state battery?
A couple of weeks ago, Kris introduced us to the topic of solid-state batteries and how they might be the next major advancement in smartphone battery technology. In short, solid-state batteries are safer, can pack in more juice, and can be used for even thinner devices. Unfortunately, they’re prohibitively expensive to put into medium-sized smartphone cells right now, but that might change in the coming years.
So, if you’ve been wondering what exactly a solid-state battery is and how it’s different to today’s lithium-ion cells, read on.
The key difference between the commonly used lithium-ion battery and a solid-state battery is that the former uses a liquid electrolytic solution to regulate the flow of current, while solid-state batteries opt for a solid electrolyte. A battery’s electrolyte is a conductive chemical mixture that allows the flow of current between the anode and cathode.
Solid state batteries still work in the same way as current batteries do, but the change in materials alters some of the battery’s attributes, including maximum storage capacity, charging times, size, and safety.
The immediate benefit of switching from a liquid to solid electrolyte is that the energy density of the battery can increase. This is because instead of requiring large separators between the liquid cells, solid state batteries only require very thin barriers to prevent a short circuit.
Solid-state batteries can pack in twice as much energy as Li-ion
Conventional liquid-soaked battery separators come in with a 20-30 micron thickness. Solid-state technology can decrease the separators down to 3-4 microns each, a roughly 7-fold space saving just by switching materials.
However, these separators aren’t the only component inside the battery and other bits can’t shrink down as much, putting a limit on the space-saving potential of solid-state batteries.
Even so, solid-state batteries can pack in up to twice as much energy as Li-ion, when replacing the anode with a smaller alternative as well.
Longer life spans
Solid-state electrolytes are typically less reactive than today’s liquid or gel, so they can be expected to last a lot longer and won’t need replacing after just 2 or 3 years. This also means that these batteries won’t explode or catch fire if they are damaged or suffer from manufacturing defects, meaning safer products for consumers.
Solid-state batteries won't explode or catch fire if they are damaged or suffer from manufacturing defects.
In current smartphones, replaceable batteries are often sought after for those looking to use the same phone for many years, as they can be swapped out once they start to break down.
Smartphone batteries often don’t hold their charge as well after a year or so and can even cause hardware to become unstable, reset, or even stop working after several years of use. With solid-state batteries, smartphones and other gadgets could last a lot longer without needing a replacement cell.
There are plenty of solid chemical compounds that could be used in batteries, not just one.
Talk of liquid versus solid batteries is an oversimplification of the subject though, as there are plenty of solid chemical compounds that could be used in batteries, not just one.
Types of solid-state electrolytes
There are eight different major categories of solid-state batteries, which each use different materials for the electrolyte. These are Li-Halide, Perovskite, Li-Hydride, NASICON-like, Garnet, Argyrodite, LiPON, and LISICON-like.
As we’re still dealing with an emerging technology, researchers are still coming to grips with the best types of solid-state electrolyte to use for different product categories. None have come out as clear leaders just yet, but sulfide-based, LiPON, and Garnet cells are currently seen as the most promising.
You’ll probably have noticed that many of these types are still lithium (Li) based in some regard, because they are still using lithium electrodes. But many are opting for new anode and cathode electrode materials to improve performance.
Thin film batteries
Even within solid-state battery types, there are two clear cut subtypes – thin film and bulk. One of the most successful thin-film types that is already on the market is LiPON, which the majority of manufacturers produce with a lithium anode.
The LiPON electrolyte offers excellent weight, thickness, and even flexibility attributes, making it a promising cell type for wearable electronics and gadgets that require small cells. Going back to the subject of longer lasting cells, LiPON has also demonstrated excellent stability with only a 5% capacity reduction after 40,000 charge cycles.
LiPON batteries could last anywhere from 40 to 130 times longer than Li-ion batteries before they need replacing.
For comparison, lithium-ion batteries only offer between 300 and 1000 cycles before showing a similar or greater fall in capacity. This means that LiPON batteries could last anywhere from 40 to 130 times longer than Li-ion batteries before they need replacing.
LiPON’s downside is that its total energy storage capacity and conductivity are rather poor by comparison. However, alternative solid-state battery technologies could be the key to bringing longer battery life to smartwatches, which is currently putting off a number of customers from picking up a wearable.
Bigger, bulkier batteries
So far, solid state batteries aren’t yet suitable for larger cells found in smartphones and tablets, let alone laptops or electric cars. For larger bulk solid-state batteries with a greater capacity, superior conductivity that comes close to or matches liquid electrolytes is required, which rules out otherwise promising technologies like LiPON. Ionic conduction measures the ability of ions to move through a material, and good conduction is a requirement of larger cells to ensure the required current.
LISICON and LiPS have overtaken research into LiPO, LiS, and SiS batteries, the previous leaders in the solid state field. However, these types still suffer from lower conductivity than organic and liquid electrolytes at room temperature, making them impractical for commercial products.
This is where research into garnet-oxide (LLZO) electrolytes comes in, as it boasts a high ionic conductivity at room temperature.
The material achieves a conduction that comes in only slightly behind the results offered by liquid lithium-ion cells, and new studies into LGPS suggest that this material could even match it.
This would mean solid-state batteries of roughly equal power and capacity as today’s Li-ion cells, while seeing benefits such as reduced size and longer lifespan become a reality.
Garnet is also stable in air and water, making it suitable for Li-Air batteries too. Unfortunately it has to be fabricated using an expensive sintering process.
This currently makes it an unattractive proposition for use in consumer batteries when compared to the low cost of lithium-ion cells. In the future, costs are likely to fall as manufacturing techniques are refined but we are still some way off from a commercially viable solid-state battery.
Clearly there is still a lot of ongoing research into solid-state battery technology. We’re not going to see mature cells make their way into consumer products like smartphones for another 4 or 5 years, according to the earliest predictions. Solid-state batteries in other devices (like drones) may appear as soon as next year though.
Still, the latest research is finally producing results that can compete with existing li-ion batteries in terms of attributes, while also providing the benefits of solid-state electrolytes. All we need is for manufacturing processes to mature, and there are a number of large and upcoming battery manufacturers with the resources to make this a reality.
In summary, the key benefits of all these chemical differences from a consumer perspective are: up to 6 times faster charging, up to twice the energy density, a longer cycle life of up to 10 years compared to 2, and no flammable components. That’s certainly going to be a boon for smartphones and other portable gadgets.

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In February 2006, for the first time in the history our partner gain his claim satisfaction made to Moscow Government to compel land sale contract conclusion in Moscow.
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The world’s largest asset management firm BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Fixed Income Rick Rieder has talked about Bitcoin (BTC) in his recent interview with CNBC on Friday, November 20. While drawing a comparison between the so-called safe-haven asset Gold and Bitcoin, he said that the top digital asset has the potential to replace gold. BlackRock’s executive also claimed that Bitcoin is not going to go anywhere rather it will stay right here.
Rick Rieder is another executive of a major firm who has recognized the potential of Bitcoin and has shown confidence in it. While talking to CNBC, he said, “I think cryptocurrency is here to stay.”
Several financial firms already consider Bitcoin a good store of value and they have diverted their attention towards the leading digital currency. According to the recent data provided by Clark Moody, corporate treasuries now hold around $15.6 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC). This shows how confident these companies are in the major digital currency.
Sharing his point of view regarding the potential of Bitcoin further, BlackRock CIO said that in the future, Bitcoin might be able to replace Gold. As he said, “Do I think it’s a durable mechanism, do I think it will take the place of gold to a large extent? Yeah, I do, because it’s so much more functional than passing a bar of gold around.” However, Rieder also said that Bitcoin does not fit into his business.
BlackRock’s senior executive Rick Rieder is not the first employee from the asset management firm who has spoken in the favor of cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin. The company’s Global Chief Investment Strategist (CIS) Richard Turnill also talked about the potential of digital currencies back in the year 2018. At that time he said that as the markets are becoming matured, the potential usage of digital currencies is also increasing.
Bitcoin, on the other hand, is constantly heading towards achieving its all-time high value. Later on Friday, the first-ranked digital currency tested the past resistance level of $18,800. After correcting below this price figure, the price value of BTC is still trading above the $18,500 level. Bitcoin is now only 5 to 10 percent away from hitting its all-time high value.


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Efteling is a family park par excellence. At the same time museum, open air and amusement park it is a park that can fascinate young and old. Beautiful garden architecture goes hand in hand with fantastic beautifully designed buildings and attractions in a consistent Anton Pieck atmosphere. It can charm and enchant both young and old.
VAN AKEN considers it an honour (as well as a challenge) to be able to work together with Efteling artists on various attractions (the Pandadroom, Polles Keuken, Raveleijn with Poortgebouw, and Bosrijk - themed holiday homes and the entrance building with hotel apartments and a swimming pool)
Raveleijn is a building where various functions come together. The building serves as an office building for staff and management of Efteling and it also serves as an entrance building for visitors who come by appointment in connection with the hiring of part of the Efteling. At the same time, Raveleijn is one of the top attractions, the arena with the wooden tribune is the stage for a spectacular show with real horses and tame ravens!
Raveleijn is connected to a WKO installation, has daylight-controlled artificial lighting and is equipped with sedum roofs. Despite the fact that everything looks weathered and old and somewhat broken (this is the work of the Efteling artists), the use of materials has been chosen for their maintenance-free and sustainable aspects.


What part do costumes play in branding for The Play That Goes Wrong around the world? How are they made durable enough to survive eight performances a week of one of Theatreland's most physical productions?
As part of an ongoing series, I've chaired post-show talks with various Mischief Theatre casts this year, all of whom waxed lyrical about the brilliance of the company founders. At Groan Ups, I had a chance to pose questions to those original mischief-makers themselves.
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Q&A video and photos: From UK-wide tour to the West End with a new cast
What fun to return to the Criterion Theatre to see a brand-new cast put their stamp on Mischief Theatre's The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, as the first in a series of monthly post-show Q&As with the comic geniuses.


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Silver 4 Hour Price Update
Updated February 16, 2021 01:58 AM GMT (09:58 PM EST)
The choppiness in the recent four-hour candle price action of Silver continues; to start the current 4 hour candle, it came in at a price of 27.563 US dollars, down 0.14% ($0.04) since the previous 4 hours. Relative to other instruments in the metals asset class, Silver ranked 4th since the previous 4 hours in terms of percentage price change.
Silver Daily Price Recap
Silver entered today at $27.59, up 0.88% ($0.24) from the day prior. Out of the 5 instruments in the metals asset class, Silver ended up ranking 3rd for the day in terms of price change relative to the day prior. The daily price chart of Silver below illustrates.
Silver Technical Analysis
The clearest trend exists on the 90 day timeframe, which shows price moving up over that time. For additional context, note that price has gone up 5 out of the past 10 days.
Overheard on Twitter
Over on Twitter, here were the top tweets about Silver:
- From BenWestgate_:
@ddelruss @sachsjunior they’re hundreds of USD each now because silver price went up due to dollar debasement. I’d rather stack sats but I’ll get one eventually. Right now I’d rather have the $3-5k in 3 years (if I buy BTC) than the 300-500 lighter today.But I’d get it today if old Nightlife existed
- From atla_gold:
I just upgraded my #gold & #silver price target to INFINITE because in 2025, it will be UNOBTANIUM. You just need a worldwide rush in gold and silver, and it is over. Why? Just 5% of world investors money go into gold & silver and all is gone. How about 10%? 20%?
- From comexdefault:
@wernerdevos3 @FGMR @BullionStar Nobody knows with Currie admiting that the big Comex shorts are the ETFs. Does this mean that SLV could see significant outflows while the silver price rises? If yes, how can it then “track the price of silver”?
For a longer news piece related to XAGUSD that’s been generating discussion, check out:
In other words, it lets the managers of SLV off the hook if the silver price starts rising and the price of SLV does not….Here is what I believe to be the key new disclaimer: “This could lead to volatile price movements in [SLV] Shares that are not directly correlated to the price of silver.” SLV No Longer Needs To Track The Price Of Silver
In other words, the price of SLV is now whatever the managers want it to be….Protecting Themselves, Not SLV Shareholders
And if SLV is actually a slush fund to control the silver price and is short silver as some have alleged, it is impossible to predict what the impact would be if the SLV share price stops tracking the silver price.


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Saturday, June 14, 2014
Interview with Kerri Krysko’s Nanny
I had the opportunity to meet and interview Kerri Krysko’s Nanny the other night. Everyone talks about this supposed Nanny Kerri had so I thought it would be prudent to seek her out and find out what she had to say. Turns out she was a baby sitter not a nanny.
She first started working for Kerri and her husband when she was 15 years old. Kerri asked her to baby sit her kids on New Years Eve one year. She said that she was very close to Kerri claiming that Kerri helped raise her and was like a second mother to her.
I obviously asked her about the violence. I asked her if she ever saw Kerri’s ex hit her. She was clear and said yes she had. She had seen him hit her, threaten to hit her and she saw the physical signs of beatings. Sad. It’s still hard for her to talk about it years later. She said it was hard for her to deal with it when she was young and was amazed Kerri was able to write it all down in a book. She said that everything Kerri described in her book about the violence was true.
She described one instance when she saw Kerri’s ex grab Kerri by the throat and punch her in the left eye. She admits that when people asked her about it previously, she was scared and denied she actually saw that at the time. Now she clearly states that she did indeed see that. She states she was afraid of the ex’s violent temperament and his membership with the Hells Angels.
No doubt being so young, it was also hard for her to choose sides like any child in a domestic dispute. Kids don’t want to have to choose sides in a marital breakdown and they shouldn’t have to. They should have to lie about violence either. Letting them be honest about what they saw and heard helps them deal with it.
The Nanny is referred to as Desire in Kerri’s book to protect her identity and is introduced on page 240. Desire told me about another instance when she was visiting them at a apartment while they were building a new home. She was standing outside in the hallway by the fire door and could hear Kerri’s ex yelling at her ordering her to stand in the bathtub so that when he beat her she could wash the blood off before the ambulance came. There was another instance where Desire saw Kerri’s lip bleeding after she was hit in the face with a pool stick.
Again it was hard for her to talk about these situations as she was young and it brought back bad memories for her. Interestingly enough, going through these traumatic experiences helped her choose a career path and is trained to work as community outreach in Transition homes.
She told me her only concern was to protect a mother and her wonderful children from violence. She remembered after the separation, Kerri brought the kids to see her ex to a home where they could visit their father in a supervised access visit. With tears in her eyes she said she couldn’t understand how they would let the father see the kids after what he had done.
I promptly asked if he had ever hit the kids and she said no. I then explained that the courts can seem heartless. If the parents argue and the husband beats the wife, that is seen as a different matter than him beating the kids. If the mother and father are separated and he doesn’t beat the kids, the courts tend to believe that continuing the fathers access to the children is in their best interest. That way they don’t have to deal with feelings of abandonment as they process some of the violent acts they witnessed.
In fact, having been a single parent myself, I clearly remember watching an important video on Parenting after Separation. The father just got off the phone with his ex and in front of the daughter started going off on what a b*tch she was. Then the video showed the daughter thinking to herself, If my mother is a b*tch and I’m half my mom, then I must be a b*tch. It was heartbreaking and instilled in me early on how important it is not to trash the other parent in front of the kids.
Which kinda makes writing a book about an abusive marriage problematic. You don’t want to trash the other parent but you want to be honest about what happened so the kids understand what is normal and acceptable and what isn’t.
Previously I used the example how do you tell Luke Skywalker his father is Darth Vader? Simply by being honest about it. Your father did some bad things but he was not all bad. No one is. He did have some good in him. In Darth Vader’s case, it was his son’s belief in the good in him which helped him forsake the dark side and return to the light.
Desire did mention three occasions where she found some pretty bizarre things in the guestroom. I’m not even going to go there. I’ll just say that it’s pretty shocking as those items were things you’d expect to see in a prison shower not in a Hells Angels' guestroom.
Desire was clear that her concerns had nothing to do with the Hells Angels and that she still had a closet full of support gear. She was just concerned about the kids being exposed to such violence and for Kerri’s safety. She did admit that a lot of the conduct contradicted what she normally thought was acceptable for Hells Angels members and agreed that in Kerri’s next book, that aspect of the conflict will become clear. Desire was clear that Kerri did not use drugs.
Kerri Krysko will be releasing her e-book in July.

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It started to rain heavily today, a trip to waterfall Gully was possible in a gap in the weather. The light was good, and the colours were vibrant.
It’s been a bit dull and threatening rain, but we decided to get out of the house today and have a look at one of the local waterfalls. The light was very flat, but we managed to sneak a bit of a hike in before it rained. There was just a little water flow, and remaining evidence of last years floods, we’ll come back after the rains have started to see it in full flow.

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Wedding dress Designing and making a wedding dress for Kelly Briggs (who is an amazing artist, go check her website!). Dress with a low back, low shoulders, an underskirt, and a corset. Beaded fabric from India and subcycle satin. Final dress Design Using a diversity of images of references, we agreed on this design.
Ton Corps – Ma Terre – Tatiana Spivakova Directed and written by Tatiana Spivakova.Using text extracts from Mahmoud Darwich.Artistic collaboration Tamara Al Saadi Directing assistant Shadya KarbalAdministration and productionGaspard Vandromme & Coline Bec WithHayet Darwich, Maly Diallo, LuanaDuchemin, Alexandre Ruby, RaymondHosny, Yacir Rami Light creation Cristobal CastilloSound creation Malo ThouémentMusical creation Yacir RamiScenography Salma BordesCostumes… Continue reading Ton Corps – Ma Terre – Tatiana Spivakova
Sympoiesis : a bio inspired dance performance Direction and costumes:Laurane Le Goff (MA Art and Science) Dancers and co-creators:Megan Eyles (Trinity Laban Conservatoire)Aske Ploug (London Contemporary Dance School)Justine Prignot (London Contemporary Dance School)Timea Szalontayova (Trinity Laban Conservatoire) Sound design:Victor Paredes (PhD sound-music-movements interactions, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou) with the collaboration of Anshuman Gupta (MA Biodesign) Videographer and… Continue reading Sympoiesis
Passagères – Tatiana Spivakova Written by Daniel Besnehard, with Anna Akhmatova’s poemsDirected by Tatiana Spivakova. With: Catherine Gandois, Sarah Jane Sauvegrain, Vincent Bramoullé Scenography by Salma BordesLights by Cristobal CastilloSound effects by Malo Thouément.Produced by 984 production It was played in the theatre Le Lucernaire (Paris) from January 29th 2020 to March 17th 2020. The… Continue reading Passagères – Tatiana Spivakova
Metamorphosis – Festival Latin Grec Design and making of the costume in collaboration with Amandine Pénigot and Thelma Di Marco (DMA Costumier Réalisateur, Lycée La Martinère Diderot) – as part of Festival Latin-Grec (Lyon, 69000, France) Model : Viktoryia Zorina Metamorphosis of Daphnée into Laurel
Volume and materials The origin of this project is a raincoat from the nineties. I dismantled it, arranged the pieces in a different order, and started to question the pattern as the matrice of something reproducible. Same pattern, three materials Due to the characteristics of each material, I assembled the pieces in different ways, trying… Continue reading Volume and materials
Fragile – Le Séchoir 155cm x 75 cm, June 2015, Polyester muslin and cotton engraving printings, tulle underskirt. «No(w) Future» workshop’s project.Exhibition at le Séchoir, Mulhouse (France), from June 5th 2015 to July 14th 2015. The exhibition emerged from an intense week in November 2014, when the students went into immersion in the natural reserve… Continue reading Fragile – Le Séchoir


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Nice looking model. Question, in the 3/4 rear view it appears as if there are tubes inside the circular cutouts in the dump body rails connecting one web to the other. This feature did not exist on the original Terex version. Maybe it’s just the lighting of the render. Also, unless it’s been changed, the reinforcement gusset from underside of canopy to front plate looks too small. Beautiful renders.


Here's a look at how to observe the planets of the solar system in 2011.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third-largest planet in the solar system. The blue-green gas giant has the coldest atmosphere of all the planets in the solar system. Uranus is the only planet in the solar system that orbits the sun on its side, and this extreme tilt is responsible for turning the planet's magnetic fields into a jumbled mess. So far only NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has studied the planet up close during a flyby in 1986, but researchers are still studying the planet with telescopes on and around Earth.
Jupiter, the moon and Uranus will over a skywatching show as the crescent moon passes north of both planets on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10.
A NASA Pluto probe may be slumbering at the moment, but it's still tearing through space at a blistering pace, closing in on the orbit of Uranus.
Uranus, seventh planet from the sun, is the third largest planet and is a gas giant similar to Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune with the coldest atmosphere in the solar system.
The rare cosmic triple play of Jupiter, Uranus and the full moon is dazzling amateur astronomers this week in a bright night sky show.
This Wednesday there will be a spectacular triple conjunction of the harvest moon, Jupiter, and Uranus.
The planet Uranus can be spotted in the night sky using Jupiter as guide this week, a challenging but rewarding target for skywatchers.
Many important astronomical discoveries unexpected; future findings likely to be serendipitous as well.
From snowfalls on Mars, to the polar craters of the moon, take a tour of the solar system’s chilliest spots.
Water is all over the solar system and the rest of the galaxy. What's it mean to the search for life?
Nice model of solar system evolution says migration of gas giants pushed asteroids into asteroid belt.


The GPS III satellite program is expected to miss a critical deadline due to a delay of its Exelis-provided navigational payload, according to Defense Systems. However, Air Force officials have said that they are confident that it will not delay the overall constellation of Lockheed Martin satellites.
The GPS III program is expected to replace legacy GPS satellites and provide upgraded capabilities, including new anti-jamming capabilities, three times the positional accuracy, and a 25 percent longer spacecraft life, according to Lockheed Martin.
The first GPS III satellite was originally expected to be delivered this year, but this recent delay may push the delivery date into 2015.
“I think the date was at the end of FY14 and we’re going to slip well past that now,” Gen. William Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, commented at a breakfast in Washington, that Defense News reported on. “But we hadn’t intended to launch this thing until into ’15 anyway. So that’s why I say I think we’re going to be fine.
“We haven’t determined exactly what the slip is going to be. Maybe we can still make what was going to be our date, but in terms of their contracting date, that’s where we’re going to drive past.”
Lockheed spokesman Chip Eschenfelder said in a statement that the delay is largely a result of issues surrounding integration.
“The problems were largely first-time development and integration issues, including required design changes to eliminate ‘signal crosstalk,’ or interference between the signals on the satellite.”
The Air Force has plans to build up to 32 satellites for the new GPS constellation.


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Conversation 360° at the Brick: Voting & Disability
August 14, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmFree
Join disABILITYsa in conversation as we get together to openly discuss the benefits, challenges, barriers, and pathways to engaging in the San Antonio community while addressing the way each topic impacts our selves and neighbors who live with a disability. We’ll take a look at voting and civic engagement.
Voter registration will take place at this event, supported by the League of Women Voters of San Antonio
The Conversation 360° creates an open and safe platform for an interactive dialog on the issues individuals living with a disability in San Antonio face that create barriers to inclusion, independence, and a superior quality of life. This discussion creates a dialog for improvement, identifying ways in which the San Antonio community can take action toward filling the gaps, creating awareness, advancing public attitudes, and creating a community of inclusion for all citizens.
6 p.m. – Exhibitor Engagement & Voter REgistration
6:30 p.m. – Topic Discussion
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Cooperation helps us solve problems – big, wicked problems, but day to day problems too. In our personal lives, at work, in our communities. To cooperate, we must work with others, and often, most successfully in terms of the grand transformations we need, with people who are different.
We don’t get far in life without cooperation. Human society is founded on it. We cooperate with people around us - our partners, families, communities, colleagues – to live. Cooperation requires that we come together to resolve disagreements, to solve problems, to fathom how to move forward on challenging issues. It requires us to speak and interact with others, often people we disagree with, sometimes people we hate, people who have harmed us. It isn’t easy to cooperate, but when we don’t, we go backwards because the world is moving fast and cooperation is essential to keeping pace, to keeping ahead of challenges.
There’s a lot of anger in the world right now. We're not doing so well at cooperating.
There’s judgement, indignation, shouting, mocking, nasty attacks, even violence; often fuelled by media that elevates those yelling to hero status. We’ve formed tribes that shout together and carry out unhappy and unhelpful ‘warfare’ against 'the other' in the hope that their tribe triumphs, that they win the day, this day. Looking further forward to where we might be in the future seems to have become less important.
Who is this ‘other?’
It’s people, just like you and me though our tribal behaviour promotes differences over what’s common amongst us. It’s the planet too and all the species that live here.
Mega challenges like poverty, racism, inequity, climate change, pollution and mass species extinctions race away, out of control while we bicker, shout, and strive for small advantages, small victories, so often for ourselves rather than for the larger good. We're hurting ourselves, people, and the planet.
These are all seriously wicked problems. They’re constantly in flux, changing. Just keeping pace with them is super hard, but getting in front of them, to make a difference, to improve the state of things, requires cooperation.
In the face of all this anger, shouting and warfare, how do we get to cooperation?

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The Utah Valley University women used some stifling defense to get to 5-5 in conference play on the season with a 72-53 win over California State University Bakersfield on Saturday afternoon in the PE Building.
The Wolverines shot a scorching 73 percent from the field in the first quarter on 8-of-11 shooting but struggled controlling the ball, totaling seven turnovers in the quarter. Still, a 12-7 run to end the first gave UVU a 20-19 lead at the end of the quarter.
UVU started the second quarter on an 8-0 run en route to winning the period 16-4 to give the Wolverines a 36-23 halftime lead. The Roadrunners shot 1-of-13 in the quarter.
“We kind of kept them off balance a little bit, we took them out of their stuff a little bit,” said Head Coach Cathy Nixon. “We took them out of their main options and really controlled the tempo on both ends of the floor.”
The UVU defense held CSUB to 37 percent shooting on the night. On the offensive end, the Wolverines had six players in double digits. Patrice Toston led the team with a game-high 14 points. Georgia Agnew had 13, Mariah Seals 12, Deijah Blanks 11 and Rebecca MaWhinney and Sam Loggins had 10 points each. Loggins and MaWhinney were each one rebound shy of a double-double. UVU also won the rebounding battle, 34-22.
“If we move the ball, in my opinion, it’s impossible to guard all the options,” Nixon said.
Addi Walters led the Roadrunners with 12 points in the losing effort. Two-time WAC player of the week Batabe Zempare was held to only seven points and 12 rebounds.
I grew up on a farm in Burley, Idaho, but I’ve always had an intense love of sports. I’m studying journalism in an attempt to turn my love into a career. I’m a huge Utah Jazz, Tennessee Titans, and San Jose Sharks fan. If it’s a sport, I’ll watch it.


New York, July 22, 2018……The Printing Industries Alliance launched its Print Drives America initiative just 10 months ago at a press conference at PRINT 17 in Chicago. The Print Drives America Foundation has driven its message via an ambitious PR Campaign and speaking engagements that have crisscrossed the marketplace. Our message of PRINT being the […]
“PRINT DRIVES AMERICA FOUNDATION” WILL OFFICIALLY KICK-OFF WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE AND MEETING AT PRINT 17 ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10th AT 2:15 IN ROOM
New York, March 27th, 2018…… The New York Press Association has announced that Marty Maloney will be the Keynote Speaker for their Annual Spring Conference on April 13th, 2018 which will be held at the Albany Hilton. The New York Press Association was founded in 1853 and includes all newspapers from the largest city dailies […]
New York, October 9th, 2017…… Since its kick-off last month at Print 17, the Print Drives America Initiative has been enthusiastically embraced by the industry. The Printing Industries Alliance reports that many printers have already become members and several have become founding members.
Six Locations in the Next 45 Days New York, March 14, 2016…….Printing Industries Alliance has announced that Marty Maloney their Executive Vice President is taking his presentation “Print Drives America” on the road. The presentation clearly positions and proves that Print is the dominant media!


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The EASTMASK’s background is quite veiled. You can only tell he is from east only by appearance. Rather than that we only know that he brings the mysterious sound using eastern ancient musical instruments in his live sets. Specially his unique deep soul tune and groovy rhythm moves listeners heart beats in every gigs.
His delightful performance is also the one that you should not miss.