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The Wizard of Oz
We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!
One of the most famous musical films and the first film from Hollywood to use color. Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
The story of an evil young child who goes on a fanatic witch hunt recruiting evil mutant minions in her wake.
For years and years The Wizard of Oz was my favorite film of all time. It still has a very special place in my heart and don't get me wrong, if I had listed a top ten films of all time, it would be amongst nine horror films.
Growing up in a small town, surrounded by farms and a seemingly black and white existence I found myself dreaming over the rainbow more often than not. I related so much to Dorothy without really realizing it until I was an adult. My favorite character was always the Tin Man but that is easily because of his angelic singing voice and beautiful blue eyes, his lack of a heart may have been…
Did you know:
The Wizard of Oz is the origin of drive-by shootings?
It's true. The only difference between the drive-by of 1939 and the drive-by of today is that it became impractical to throw houses at people from lowered Chevy Impalas. The additional weight caused issues with underbody clearance. Eventually guns were settled upon as a replacement, as bullets were found to be much lighter than houses.
**Part of the Best Picture Project**
I can not think of anything better to start off the great year of 1939 other than The Wizard of Oz.
Every time I watch this film, it is always after some long gap since I last saw it, and yet, with every visit, the film does something that is nothing short of a miracle. I end up watching it with both nostalgic and fresh eyes. I remember things, but it still unfolds like brand new each and every time. This is the mark of a film that is truly timeless.
The last time I saw the film was on television in standard format, many years ago. Now, on my revisit, I see it…
The first film I remember watching. So it means an AWFUL, AWFUL lot to me. Also, it's the reason I like musicals. Whenever I watch some corny sing-a-long, I always say, "I love this, because I love the Wizard of Oz."
P.S. Sam Raimi, you should stay away from this universe. If you mess up Oz: the Great and Powerful, you'll have me to answer to...
I have a theory that this movie has probably been seen by more people than any other movie. The fact that it comes to us as children is probably the reason why. Other films like Gone With the Wind, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Star Wars, have been seen by a lot of people but in each case I can imagine people that might not have seen them. In the case of The Wizard of Oz it's hard to imagine anyone who might not have seen it at some point in their lives. Almost everyone you talk to has a memory of their first experience. The reason this movie remains the most beloved of Hollywood films even after six decades is…
You've seen it. I've seen it. We've all seen it and we all love it.
ok, this might anger some people. After I finished watching Wizard of Oz, my first thought was "why is this film a classic?" I just can't figure it out. Maybe it is that I didn't see this film when I was young (ok I am 26 and I don't live in the USA). I don't care about the message (the best place on earth is home?) I don't care about Dorothy's journey. Ironically, the only character I find interesting is the Wizard of Oz, who is neither great, nor mighty. He is just a magician, using tricks and machines to fool all the people. And after his tricks has been exposed by Dorothy, he just makes some lip service to each persons character, and gives Dorothy's friends Tin-man, Lion and Straw-man each a little pice of toy or worse, junk. Maybe I should watch Oz the Great and Powerful instead.
Long hair.. short hair.. Long hair..
That witch got melted
Over a pair of slippers
I've seen at Walmart
Dorothy pisses me off every time I watch this movie.
Yeah this movie's weird.
Eines ist klar, es ist eben ein Kinderfilm. Außerdem sind diese amerikanischen Märchenfilme immer sehr Gesangs-lastig, aber man muss auch sehen, welche technischen Möglichkeiten die Filmindustrie zu dieser Zeit hatte. Der Film ist von 1939!
Wer die Bücher gelesen hat, vermisste sicher den ein oder anderen Aspekt in der filmischen Umsetzung, was häufig bei Buch-Adaptionen vorkommt. Dazu hätte man die Story wohl in eine Mehrteiler packen müssen. Trotzdem kann man auf alle Fälle von guter Unterhaltung sprechen, für Kinder.
You've already seen this film, so why am I bothering to write anything about it?


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Toyota is supporting the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to conserve the world’s tree and plant species with a grant towards the development of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership. RBG Kew is to receive a Toyota Environmental Activities grant, money which will be used to train new seed collection partners and provide equipment.
The organisation is among 21 good causes to benefit from the 2014 grant programme, which this year was opened up to groups outside Japan for the first time.
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is a world-leading initiative to collect, dry and store high quality seed collections of plants at risk of extinction. The grant funding will enable new partners to be trained in Brazil next year to work in South America, and to provide a training course for new global partners in the UK in 2016. It will also allow for new seed driers to be purchased, essential tools for the collection teams.
The grant decision further strengthens Toyota’s links with RBG Kew. During the past year its experts have begun a long-term partnership to support biodiversity and environmental excellence at Toyota administrative and manufacturing sites in the UK and Europe. Here in Britain this initiative – a first for the auto industry – has seen new landscaping and planting schemes designed for Toyota (GB) PLC’s Surrey headquarters and Toyota Manufacturing UK’s car factory in Burnaston. Further work has also been commissioned at Toyota Motor Europe’s offices in Brussels.
Michael Way, Head of Collecting and Network Support, Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, said: “We greatly appreciate this support from the Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Programme. This funding will help us to achieve our plant conservation objectives by further building capacity among partner organisations as part of our international Millennium Seed Bank training programme. These partnerships are critical to our ambition of collecting and conserving 25 per cent of the world’s wild plant species in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank and our MSPB partner seed banks by 2020.”

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5 Technologies That Could End Paralysis – The Stand and Transfer System
First implanted back in 1999, the Stand and Transfer implant system developed by the Cleveland Functional Electronic Stimulation (FES) Center uses a series of muscle- and nerve-based electrodes to stimulate muscles in the lower body. Patients can restore limited movement to their lower extremities using an external control unit. The original, 8-channel unit has recently been upgraded to 24 channels. Paralympian Jennifer French has continued to win medals after receiving the implant and was even able to walk down the aisle at her wedding.


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- 100% Wool felt
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- Handmade in Denmark
From the company Andersen & Berner comes here one of the classic men's (and women's) hats, namely a Fedora felt hat in sheep's wool. Sheep's wool felt is heavier than the slightly more obvious felt types such as rabbit or the even finer beaver felt. Nevertheless, wool felt costs less, and is therefore a good approach for beginners or people who are considering starting to wear a hat. The hat is handmade in Denmark and sold in our hat shop in Nørrebro.
Choose the color of the hat band that comes with your order and write it in under order details. You can advantageously purchase several interchangeable hat bands
, which are available in 6 different colors. In addition, we sell a nice black hat box
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POTENTIAL EFFICACY OF CANNABIDIOL FOR TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY INFANTILE SPASMS AND LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME
Authors: Raymond Zhou, Catherine Jacobson, Julius Weng, Emily Cheng, Johnson Lay, Phoebe Hung, Jason Lerner, Raman Sankar and Shaun Hussain
Content: Rationale: There is a great need for safe and effective therapies for treatment of infantile spasms (IS) and Lennox Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Based on anecdotal reports and limited experience in an open-label trial, cannabidiol (CBD) has received tremendous attention as a potential treatment for pediatric epilepsy, and most notably Dravet syndrome. There is however scant evidence of specific utility for treatment of IS and LGS. We sought to document the experiences of children with IS and/or LGS who have been treated with CBD-enriched cannabis preparations. Methods: We conducted a brief online survey of parents who administered CBD-enriched cannabis preparations for the treatment of their children's epilepsy. We specifically recruited parents of children with IS and LGS, and focused on perceived efficacy, dosage, and tolerability. Results: Survey respondents included 117 parents of children with epilepsy who had administered CBD products to their children and consented to share their experiences in our survey. We identified 53 children whose parents reported a diagnosis of IS and/or LGS. 92% of parents reported a reduction in seizures, and 13% reported complete seizure-freedom. 89% reported that improvement (or worsening) occurred within 2 weeks. The median age of epilepsy onset was 4.0 months (IQR 3.0-7.0), and the median number of failed medications prior to CBD was 8 (IQR 5-12). Among those with IS (n = 45), the percentage of patients who specifically failed hormonal therapy (prednisolone and/or ACTH) and vigabatrin before CBD use was 62% and 73%, respectively. Among the larger cohort (IS and/or LGS), 57% had failed the ketogenic diet and 15% had failed surgery (not including VNS) prior to CBD use. The median age at CBD initiation was 3.6 years (IQR 2.0-4.3); the youngest patient was 5 months old. The median duration of therapy was 6.9 months (IQR 4.3-9.3). 85% of respondents reported using preparations with a CBD:THC ratio of at least 15:1. Among a limited subset of respondents (n = 20) who reported both weight and CBD dosage (mg/day), the median weight-based CBD dosage was 4.0 mg/kg/day (IQR 2.6-7.2). 94% of parents continued to administer CBD at the time of survey completion. Parents were asked about the presence or absence of 16 potential treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) commonly associated with AEDs. Parents reported a median of 5 TEAEs (IQR 3 - 10) present before CBD exposure, and a median of 1 TEAE (IQR 0-2) during CBD therapy; 76% of parents reported successfully tapering at least 1 medication after beginning CBD therapy. A high proportion of respondents reported improvement in sleep (53%), alertness (77%), and mood (64%) during CBD therapy. Conclusions: Although this study suggests a potential role for CBD in the treatment of IS and LGS, it does not represent compelling evidence of efficacy or safety. From a methodological standpoint, this study is extraordinarily vulnerable to selection (participation) bias and placebo effect. Further study is clearly warranted and appropriately controlled clinical trials are essential to establish efficacy and safety.

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In the atmospheric restaurant you can use the excellent and extensive à la carte menu every day from noon to 10 p.m.
Every day between 12.00h (noon) and 22.00h (10 p.m.) we welcome you in our stylisch restaurant. The menu offers a wide choice of traditional French cuisine dishes, but also special dishes from the Italian, South American and Oriental kitchen. Our kitchen chef and his team only use daily fresh products.
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Uddin, K., Matin, M. A., Khanal, N., Maharjan, S., Bajracharya, B., Tenneson, K., ... Potapov., P., ..., & Markert, A. (2021). Regional land cover monitoring system for Hindu Kush Himalaya. Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: A Decade of Experience from SERVIR, 103-125.
The goal of this project is to support the development of the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS) by the SERVIR Hindu-Kush-Himalayan hub (SERVIR-HKH) and to facilitate data application in the decision-making process by regional stakeholders. We will develop and implement automated Landsat and Sentinel-2 data time-series processing systems and will provide analysis-ready data for the regional land cover monitoring. Our team will build a set of regional land cover characterization models and supply RLCMS with multi-decadal annual timeseries of thematic land cover layers that will be integrated into regionally consistent land cover and land use maps. The output land cover products will support both land cover, ecosystem services, and food security thematic areas of SERVIR services. We will support SERVIR-HKH team with the hardware and software tools and training for annual updating of the land cover products. All resulting land cover datasets will be publicly available online for visualization, analysis, and download using the SERVIR-HKH data portal and the Google Earth Engine cloud-based spatial data interface. The land cover thematic products will be validated using the best available reference data.
Together with SERVIR-HKH hub, our team will provide training to national stakeholders to support the use of annual datasets for national and regional land cover/use mapping and change assessment, including land management and international reporting. Our project will be fully integrated with regional SERVIR-HKH activities and will promote the use of freely available Landsat and Sentinel-2 data archives for national and regional planning and management.


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Areas of Expertise
- Inequality and crime
- Labor markets
- Urban communities
- Deviance and social control
- Race and ethnicity
Robert Crutchfield, Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, is an expert in race and ethnicity, labor markets, urban communities, deviance and social control, social stratification and inequality.
Crutchfield served as a juvenile probation officer and worked as a parole agent in Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and served as the vice president of ASC. He served on the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Law and Justice and received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Washington. He is currently on the Board of Directors of The Sentencing Project.
He has been published in numerous scholarly journals including Prevention Journal and the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. He authored Get A Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity and Crime.
Crutchfield received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Vanderbilt University and B.A. in sociology from Thiel College in Pennsylvania

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Broan® 24-Inch Convertible Wall-Mount Pyramidal Chimney Range Hood, 450 Max CFM, Stainless Steel
From the leader in residential indoor air quality, this Broan® traditional European designed range hood is the perfect solution for today's modern kitchen, available in stainless steel and accommodating of 8 to 9 foot ceilings with its telescopic flue. The kitchen is the most polluted room in the house regardless of type of cooking appliance; everything from smoke, odors and chemicals is in the air. The range hood is often forgotten as the primary and most effective way to get the pollutants out of your home. This range hood is HVI certified - guaranteed to provide efficient ventilation with 450 Max Blower CFM to remove the pollutants and improve the air you breathe. While ventilating the kitchen air, this range hood is still quiet at a sound level of 3 sones on normal speed, which is as loud as normal conversation. The bright 1-level, heat resistant LED lighting makes even the worst cook's recipe look great, while also featuring a 5 minute delay off timer and quick-release dishwasher safe filters to aid in better ventilation practices. At Broan-NuTone we believe that better quality of air means better quality of life.


MIAMI — Carnival Cruise Line marked its 50th birthday with the first steel cutting of the Carnival Jubilee, scheduled to arrive in Galveston, Texas in November 2023.
Representatives from Carnival and Meyer Werft were on hand at the official ceremony in Papenberg, Germany on March 18, which included a champagne toast, a steel signing by everyone in attendance, and a special plaque cut from the same piece of steel to commemorate Carnival’s 50th birthday.
“It’s our birthday and with today’s steel cutting for Carnival Jubilee, this is a great way to honour the accomplishments of Carnival Cruise Line’s first 50 years and to celebrate the excitement ahead,” said Christine Duffy, Carnival Cruise Line’s president.
Part of Carnival’s Excel-class, Carnival Jubilee will share many of the same experiences already found onboard sister ship Mardi Gras, including the award-winning BOLT (the first roller coaster at sea) as well as unique design elements and signature venues of its own.
Carnival Jubilee will offer seven-day Western Caribbean cruises from the Port of Galveston beginning Nov. 18, 2023, with stops in Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico, as well as Mahogany Bay (Isla Roatan), Honduras.
All Excel-class ships, which also include Carnival Celebration, run on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology platform, which was pioneered by Carnival Corporation as part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and emissions reduction.


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Addis Abeba: A group of western countries issued a new statement of concern at "the escalation of the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia."
Australia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States,
Selam (name changed) holds a message in Tigrinya during an exercise at the safe house. Her note says, in English, "relief". © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo/May 2021
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Addis Ababa: Some 5.8 million people in Ethiopia are in need of a response to gender-based
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We were enraptured the moment our chef wielded his knives in front of us, gracefully slicing through a thick piece of sashimi that lay upon the counter. The polish with which our chef handled the food was amazingly impressive and an addictive sight to behold. Every movement was controlled deftly by his skilled fingers, a feathery touch that he used in each step of his action – moulding the wasabi into the beautiful leaf-shape presented on our plates, positioning the sashimi in an attractive arrangement and even picking up the uni (sea urchin) and ikura (salmon roe) with a teaspoon to adorn the sushi.
If you are in the mood to chat, there is plenty of opportunity for interaction with your chef. Sitting at the counter with your food preparation in full view, the service was thoughtfully personalized and seamless. Our chef gently nagged us to hurry with our food, explaining that some foods didn’t taste good if it cooled. When he realised that we couldn’t finish our food that fast, he then proceeded to inform the kitchen to slow down the serving speed, and popped our sashimi back in the fridge to keep it fresh. It’s these little details that make a meal at Seki so enjoyable.
The Seki Kamo Salad (smoked duck salad, $14)) was an interesting and refreshing dish to begin with. Not typically seen in Japanese restaurants, this appetizer was a crunchy blend of Japanese cabbage and smooth smoked duck, generously topped with crispy flakes that provided a mouthful of texture with every bite.
There was quite a range of sashimi to choose from the menu, with 5- and 3-kind options available. We decided to go for the single portions though, to savour the best of our favourites. – the Maguro akami (Bluefin tuna, $22/plate), salmon ($14/plate) and toro (tuna, $50/plate). Succulent, breathtakingly fresh and juicy was what characterized every piece of meat, which practically melted in our mouths.
One does not merely try the “normal” Chawanmushi (steamed egg) at Seki. Be adventurous, splurge a little, and order the Foie Gras Chawanmushi ($15). Balanced atop the wobbly egg is two pieces of the fatty goose delicacy. So smooth that they went down with a slurp, it was so fragrant that it left us wanting more.
The Salmon and Ikura Roll ($18) was a homely dish with a delightful medley of flavours. Watching our chef artfully rolling the maki with the sushi mat excited us for what was to come. Biting into a piece of the maki, each individual grain of rice was distinctly fluffy, scattered with sesame seeds, and gave way to the soft salmon within. The salmon roe was juicy and popped in our mouth with every bite.
the Gindara Mentayaki (grilled cod fish, $35) is one of the most popular dishes on the menu and we could see why immediately! well marinated in its sauces, such that the taste was infused into every smooth mouthful of the tender fish, we thoroughly enjoyed this fish!
the desserts were really interesting! they were slightly spiked with alcohol, which gave it a wonderful flitting flavour that tickled your senses. i particularly liked the shochu ice cream, which tasted delicious!
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Do you wish your kids would play with something other than LEGO? Mix it up with this building toy, perfect for ages 3-10 years! This toy is great for creative thinking and it's wonderful for travel, for playing at a siblings practice, or for playing at home.
In this video, you'll learn what Plus Plus Blocks are, why you should try them out, and the favorite things our kids build with them:
What are Plus-Plus Blocks?
They are little plus signs that allow kids to build in all directions.
Why do we love them?
1. Perfect for grabbing on the go, the tube packaging is easy to stuff into a bag or large purse and run out the door. It's no big deal if a few are lost because they are all the same! I've spent hours looking in the grass for a dropped LEGO!
2. Great for all ages - they have larger pieces for young kids, and the regular sets are even fun for adults!
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Good luck may follow the person that uses this ladybug pen if beliefs about ladybugs prove true. Hand designed, bright and fun, this 6" pen will delight that passionate ladybug lover in your life. Maybe you?
Both ends start with glass black rondelle beads with white polka dots and a clear overlay. They are followed inward by red glass faceted large hole beads. Bordering the ceramic red and black ladybug on either side are white donut shaped glass beads and smaller light blue donut shaped ones. The charm at the top is a small pewter ladybug.
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The company said that the acquisition has been approved by the SEBI, the BSE and the NSE, the RBI, and the other regulators of respective PL Group companies.
Financial services organisations Prabhudas Lilladher Group on November 16 announced that co-owner and joint managing director, Amisha Vora, will now be the chairperson and managing director of the PL Group. She now holds a 96 percent stake in the group’s holding company, up from 24 percent.
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The company said that the acquisition has been approved by SEBI, BSE and NSE, RBI, and the other regulators of respective PL Group companies.
In a statement, Vora said, "My mission is to ensure that we at PL continue to work towards converting our client’s savings into wealth. The PL brand has been built on the values of ‘Trust, Transparency and Ethical Practices’. We will continue to build our businesses on these core values of PL, which are ingrained in our DNA."
Arun Sheth, chairman of PL, who has been associated with the company for 50 years, will be retiring from the post after attaining 75 years of age. "Dilip Bhat, Joint MD, would also be moving on after 22 years. The Group’s Vice Chairman, Dhiren Sheth, will continue his association through his position on the Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director," the group said in a press release.
Sheth said: “The PL Group is now in the able hands of Amisha Vora. We are sure that with the help of a capable and dedicated team, she will strive for rapid growth in times to come. We wholeheartedly wish her all the success in the future.”
Amisha has been associated with the group since 2000 and was appointed the MD in 2007.

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Vice president and co-founder of Ridgeline Energy Analytics, David provides data-driven energy management advice to electric and gas utilities, energy service companies, and facility operators. His work includes metering and evaluating advanced energy efficiency technologies, performing energy audits, and solar PV installation quality control inspections. Previously he was vice president for measurement and engineering at the Cadmus Group’s Energy Services Division where he supervised 90 engineers and technicians and oversaw an engineering laboratory. He is a Professional Engineer and an Association of Energy Engineers’ Certified Energy Manager. David holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University.


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Schenectady, NY -- Senior guard Ian Fels (Miami, Fla.) scored a game high 20 points and pulled down six rebounds to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 76-68 victory over the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Corsairs in the first game of the Sig Makofski Men's Basketball Tournament at Union College's Viniar Athletic Center this evening. The Bantams improve to 7-4 with their second victory in a row and will play in tomorrow night's championship game at 8 p.m. against the host Union College Dutchmen who defeated No. 20-ranked Ramapo, 97-88, in the secpnd game tonight. The Corsairs drop to 4-6 and will play Ramapo in the consolation contest tomorrow at 6 p.m.
Trinity sophomore guard Cameron Sutton (Queens, N.Y.) scored 14 points, making six of his seven shots for Trinity, while classmate Mick DiStasio (Cheverus, Maine) added 12 points. The Bantams forced 22 turnovers. Four starters hit for double figures for Mass.-Dartmouth, as Colin Burns had 17 points with seven boards and Justin Pulver pulled down a game best 11 rebounds with his 14 points. Brandon Stephens scored 14 points with four assists and Paul Rose had 13 points.
Trinity held a three point lead at the half, 37-34, with the bench outscoring the opponent, 12-3. Stephens tied the game with 17:15 left in the second and Mass.-Dartmouth got up by as many as six (53-47 with 10:36 left), but Fels made six straight from the charity stripe in a single minute to turn a 53-48 deficit into a 54-53 with eight minutes left in the game. Trinity took the lead for good at 5:16 at 58-56 on a layup by freshman forward Eric Dean (Gilford, Vt.), and led by as many as nine at 74-65 with 29 seconds left.


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The spokesperson of BHRO, in a statement, said that the state authorities have confessed many times that the missing persons are in their custody and will not be released until they pass through the legal process. The statement was issued in the reaction of Director-General of Inter-Services, Major General Asif Ghafoor’s statement in which he claimed that not all missing persons are in their custody, some were killed and some fled to Afghanistan.
The spokesperson said that the military should also provide the number of enforced disappeared persons in their custody, under which legal process they are passing through and under which state law their whereabouts are undisclosed and they are being deprived of their legal rights to defend themselves. On the contrary, the detainees are subjected to inhuman torture and in many cases, their mutilated bodies were found dumped.
Many Baloch political activists including social media activists, students, laborers, and farmers are missing for a decade now and their families are peacefully protesting for years from the platform of Voice for Baloch Missing and Baloch Human Rights Organization for the safe recovery of their loved ones but in these 10 years none of the disappeared people were presented in courts. Instead, mutilated bodies of thousands of enforced disappeared persons were dumped and hundreds of them end up in mass graves.
Many Baloch mothers and sisters including Sammi Baloch, Seema Baloch, Ali Haider Baloch and Farzana Majeed Baloch have been continuously demanding in protests to present their loved ones in courts that if they have committed and punish them accordingly but till now, the state authorities in Balochistan have neither presented a single person of enforced disappearances in the court nor acted according to the law and constitution.
The state officials have claimed in various statements that the issue of enforced disappeared persons has resolved to a large extent. But on the contrary of the state claims, security forces are continuously abducting people.
The spokesperson further said that the families of missing persons are living a miserable life spending most years of their life protesting for the recovery of their loved ones but instead of listening to them, the state authorities are trying to suppress them. If the state authorities have sympathy and can understand the pain through which the families of missing persons of Balochistan going through, then they must bring the missing persons in the court and hold accountable those who are involved in the enforced disappearances in Balochistan. We appeal to the state officials that disappearing people in Balochistan is a serious issue and to solve this, it’s necessary to stop the enforced disappearances and present them in courts and relieve the families from the constant pain they had been going through.


|Publication number||US4756308 A|
|Application number||US 06/790,323|
|Publication date||Jul 12, 1988|
|Filing date||Oct 23, 1985|
|Priority date||Oct 25, 1984|
|Also published as||DE3537492A1, DE3537492C2|
|Publication number||06790323, 790323, US 4756308 A, US 4756308A, US-A-4756308, US4756308 A, US4756308A|
|Original Assignee||Akg Akustische U.Kino-Gerate Gesellschaft M.B.H.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (21), Classifications (8), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This invention relates, in general, to sound transmitting devices and, in particular, to a new and useful protective breathing mask which has both a speaking diaphragm for close communication and an electroacoustic transducer system for indirect speech transmission from inside the mask.
The invention relates particularly to a protective breathing mask which in addition to having a speaking diaphragm for close communication is also equipped with an electroacoustic transducer system for indirect speech transmission from inside the mask.
The prior art provides a number of methods of speech transmission for use with a protective breathing mask. A typical prior art system of this kind is described in German Unexamined Patent Disclosure (Offenlegungsschrift) No. 30 13 939, which relates to a microphone-loudspeaker to be used selectively with a protective breathing mask or safety helmet. The microphone-loudspeaker, consisting of an electroacoustic, preferably dynamic transducer, fits into a cup-shaped housing that is removably attached by its cylindrical rim to the rim head of the exhale valve housing of the breathing mask or to the chin protector of the safety helmet. The sole advantage of such a transducer system is that one and the same transducer can be used both as a microphone and as a loudspeaker. A microphone-loudspeaker, however, always suffers from disadvantage of reduced transmission quality for acoustic reasons. Another disadvantage is that the microphone can only pick up the sound spoken through the mask, which is considerably impaired in intelligibility. This makes it even more likely that sound will be picked up from the close vicinity of the person wearing the protective breathing mask, and what is primarily transmitted is interference sound containing no information, such as noise from the exhale valve.
In order to achieve a tolerably useful degree of speech intelligibility, the antechamber of the exhale valve must be designed as a Helmholtz resonator, with a resonance frequency of around 2,400 Hz, and another Helmholtz resonator with a resonance frequency of 3,000 Hz must be built into the microphone-loudspeaker itself in order to guarantee that the frequency range to be transmitted for radiophone communication is at least 3,000 Hz.
The low and unsatisfactory reproduction quality of microphone-loudspeakers is due to the fact that vibration conditions for the transducer diaphragm are different for sound reception than they are for sound reproduction, and electrical means are required to harmonize the frequency patterns of the two transducers. It should also be noted that a diaphragm diameter of 3 to 4 cm, such as is customary in such microphone-loudspeakers, is not adequate for the reproduction of the lower frequencies. The nonlinear distortion factor is also correspondingly high in any such small loudspeaker systems. It must be considered, therefore, whether unmistakeable speech intelligibility is assured in emergency use by a microphone-loudspeaker of the type described, since a misunderstanding could have fatal consequences.
In German Unexamined Patent Disclosure No. 30 13 939, various prior art devices for person-to-person communication are described. Thus, walkie-talkies, compact phone sets, necklace microphones, microphone systems to be carried on the cheekbone under the ear and microphone attached to the exhale valve of a protective breathing mask are proposed for use, all of which involve some sort of disadvantage. For instance, to operate the walkie-talkie device, the wearer must have one hand free, which in use considerably hinders the wearer in his freedom of movement. In another example, the arm of the phone set bearing the microphone must be swiveled around to the mouth area after the gas mask has been donned, and at that spot only a largely unintelligible speech signal spoken through the mask can be picked up. The other systems mentioned are mostly inadequate from an acoustical standpoint and are also uncomfortable to carry, or else the influence of interference sounds such as surrounding noise and valve noise from the protective breathing mask impairs the quality of the speech signal.
German Unexamined Patent Disclosure No. 31 37 113 does, it is true, mention a helmet/breathing mask arrangement that is equipped with a contact microphone, but means by that a microphone of the kind zlready described in German Unex. Patent Disclosure No. 30 13 939, which picks up speech vibrations directly at the head.
AT Patent No. 342,129 also discloses a gas or smoke mask that has a microphone in the cheek piece in the area near the mouth on the inside of the shell consitituing the gas mask that directly picks up the air sound waves created by speech. Since this mask is not equipped with a speaking diaphragm, even for close communication the built-in microphone must be used, which can sometimes come into direct contact with the cheek of the wearer of the gas mask, whereupon intelligibility is sharply reduced, quite apart from the disadvantageous position of the microphone to the side of the mouth, a position in which the higher frequencies, which contribute largely to perfect intelligibility, are greatly weakened.
German Unexamined Patent Disclosure No. 3 127 677 discloses a speaking device for mask wearers which entails at the minimum setting up a a transmission arrangement on the outside of the mask that is capable of producing an output signal corresponding to the voice of the mask wearer. The output signal can then be conveyed to a loudspeaker that the mask wearer is carrying on his person in order to produce sound signals that can be heard by persons in the vicinity of the mask wearer. It is clear that this prior art arrangement does not include a speaking diaphragm for close communication, but instead requires a complicated electroacoustic system in order to accomplish it. Furthermore, in the prior art arrangement the sound must penetrate the mask material, which does not make for clear intelligibility outside the mask of what is spoken. Moreover, the design expense is considerable and is all out of proportion to the results obtained.
Finally, in German Patent Publication (Auslegeschrift) No. 708 045, a mask connecting piece is described with at least one exhale valve and a speaking diaphragm. The latter is solely for close communication and involves an inner mask that both prevents the outgoing breath from going directly to the view window and conducts speech sounds to the speaking diaphragm, so that the sound waves pass to the outside via an antechamber. Under this prior art arrangement, there is no possibility of transmitting over a distance what is spoken inside the mask.
According to the invention, therefore, in contrast to the prior art, sound transmission from a protective breathing mask is accomplished with simple means and with a high level of transmission quality for human speech without simultaneously transmitting the interference sound from around the mask wearer and/or valve and breathing noises from the mask itself. The aim of the invention is, in particular, to insure that, in contrast to prior art arrangements, the level differential between meaningful sound arising from speech and any interference noise is so great that interference as such is almost imperceptible.
The invention provides a breathing mask with a housing closing the sound output channel on the mask side with an auxiliary diaphragm that is coupled with the speaking diaphragm by a secondary air chamber and is also mechanically connected directly or indirectly with a movable element of the electroacoustic transducer system.
By an electroacoustic transducer system is meant the interacting elements of a transducer that embody the principle by which the transducer operates and which in themselves accomplish the conversion of sound or a movement into an electromotive force, or the reverse. As an example, an electrodynamic transducer system can consist merely of a magnet system and related coil. When such a transducer system is equipped with an element that moves the coil or the magnet, e.g., a diaphragm that picks up or puts out sound, the result is an electroacoustic transducer. Hereinafter, therefore, the term electroacoustic system shall refer only to an arrangement of two interacting transduction elements that move relative to one another. Piezoelectric transducer systems, however, constitute a special case, since in many cases they are capable of working as electroacoustic transducers even without a diaphragm or the like. Nevertheless, even a piezoelectric system must be movable in at least some part, otherwise conversion of, for example, sound pressure into an electromotive force or the reverse would not be possible.
The arrangement pursuant to the invention has the advantage that as a result of the acoustic coupling of the diaphragm of the protective breathing mask, the transmission quality and intelligibility of the transmitted human speech is extraordinary improved.
When words are spoken with the protective breathing mask on, because of restricted space between face and mask no radiation field can develop for low and middle frequencies, so that acoustic characteristics of a pressure chamber must be taken into account. The excess pressure produced inside the protective breathing mask by speech is many times higher than the measurable sound pressure in the near radiation field at an interval of about 5 cm in front of the mouth. In general, the excess sound pressure inside the mask will be approximately 30 dB higher than the pressure created in the near radiation field under the same conditions. The excess sound pressure inside the protective breathing mask sets all parts of the mask capable of vibrating, and particularly the speaking diaphragm, moving in analogous vibrations, which can be converted into analogous electrical signals by means of appropriate sound receivers, which, because of the high excess sound pressure prevailing inside the protective breathing mask makes for an extraordinarily good interference differential with respect to the noise originating in the vicinity of the person wearing the mask, so that the meaningful spoken sound is transmitted without interference.
The invention is particularly advantageous when the embodiment of the protective breathing mask does not permit direct coupling of the moving part of the electroacoustic transducer system with the speaking diaphragm of the mask. In such case, the use of the auxiliary diaphragm, which is connected with the speaking diaphragm acoustically via a secondary air chamber and is in turn coupled with the moving member of the electroacoustic transducer system, makes it possible to install the transducer in the mask in a manner adaptable to the given space conditions. In this arrangement, the acoustic rigidity of the air in the secondary air chamber must be very great in comparison to the flexibility of the two diaphragms, so that the speaking diaphragm stimulates the auxiliary diaphragm to move in a way that conforms as closely as possible to the movement of the speaking diaphragm.
The auxiliary diaphragm provided pursuant to the invention will best conform to the movement of the speaking diaphragm if pursuant to another feature of the invention the natural resonance and the logarithmic decrement of the two diaphragms are the same, or at least nearly the same. This insures the same vibration characteristics in each of the two diaphragms over a very broad range of frequencies.
A further advantageous refinement of the invention is to make the coupling between the movable member of the transducer system and the auxiliary diaphragm of the protective breathing mask detachable.
The capability of detaching such a transducer or transducer system from the protective breathing mask offers the advantage that the protective breathing mask can be used with or without it as needed, and when necessary the transducer can be attached quickly and easily to the protective breathing mask.
The speaking diaphragm installed in the protective breathing mask is positioned at an interval of around 4 cm in front of the mouth and nose of the wearer of the mask and should enable the user of the mask to be understood by persons in his vicinity. In the nature of things, the intelligibility of such speech is subject to severe limitations, not the least of which is the extremely poor sound radiation out of the speaking diaphragm itself. A great improvement in transmission quality resulting in complete speech intelligibility can only be achieved when, as the invention proposes, the speaking diaphragm and auxiliary diaphragm are utilized for sound reception by the electroacoustic transducer system, since the excess sound pressure inside the protective breathing mask is thereby converted into analogous electrical signals. These analogous electrical signal are transferred to an electronic communications system, such as a radio system or announcement system, and can be received in an earphone or headphone or from a loudspeaker. The advantage in contrast to prior art communications systems is first and foremost the nearly interference-free and undistorted and hence highly intelligible transmission.
Another useful refinement of the invention is that when the electroacoustic transducer system is expanded into a microphone by the addition of a diaphragm of its own, said diaphragm can be positioned directly onto the auxiliary diaphragm of the protective breathing mask. Such an arrangement is ideal for transmitting the vibrations of the speaking diaphragm of the protective breathing mask to the diaphragm of the microphone, if care is taken to insure that even at the largest possible amplitude of the speaking diaphragm the two diaphragms do not separate from one another. The advantage of this manner of coupling with the speaking diaphragm is that the microphone is positioned outside the protective mask and does not take up any space inside the mask. Using simple acoustic means such as acoustic friction, for example, the entire system consisting of speaking diaphragm and microphone can be harmonized at low cost in terms of vibration characteristics so that in a frequency range of approximately 50 Hz to 4,000 Hz, a linear, flat frequency response is achieved, which translates into a constant transmission factor in the same frequency range. Such a frequency response is more than adequate for clear speech intelligibility over an electronic communications sytem. Because of the occurrence of high speech-sound pressures of approximately 120 dB SPL inside the protective breathing mask, the microphone itself, in contrast to microphones conventionally used to date, must be very insensitive to avoid overloading in the electronic communications systems by the electrical signal given by the microphone. In other words, said microphone, when measured in a free radiation field, is highly insensitive and delivers at its electrical output end a voltage approximately 30 dB lower than any conventionally used dynamic microphone. This is also the reason for the big differential between noise level and the meaningful signal when speaking with the mask on. In general, the protective breathing mask itself when worn will have an additional dampening effect on noise in the surrounding environment. Noises that originate from the mask itself, such as exhale valve noises, are weakened by those 30 dB in any case and therefore become nearly inaudible in the course of transmission.
In another possible embodiment of the invention, the auxiliary diaphragm of the protective breathing mask is connected with at least one member of the magnet system of an electrodynamic transducer system, whose plunger coil or flat coil is fixed in position.
In such an arrangement, the auxiliary diaphragm of the protective breathing mask serves as a microphone diaphragm and is united with the other parts of the electrodynamic transducer system to form a microphone. This embodiment makes it unnecessary to equip the transducer system with its own microphone diaphragm and nevertheless constitutes a satisfactory and perfectly functioning dynamic microphone. This embodiment constitutes an inversion of the previously described embodiment of a dynamic microphone. It has the advantage that a dynamic microphone can be designed in conjunction with a protective breathing mask and attached to it in the easiest possible way.
Sound pick-up from the speaking diaphragm set vibrating may also be achieved, however, by establishing a rigid physical coupling between the auxiliary diaphragm of the protective breathing mask and a piezoelectric transducer. Piezoelectric transducers are particularly known for their light weight and small size.
Another possible method of sound reception can also be to have the auxiliary diaphragm of the protective breathing mask coupled with an element of an electrostatic transducer system. In the current state of the art in electret technology, electrostatic transducers can be produced in minature and are particularly appropriate for picking up vibrations from the auxiliary diaphragm because of their light weight, small size and simple electrical connection methods.
In accordance with the invention a protective breathing mask is equipped with a speaking diaphragm for close communication and includes an electroacoustic transducer system for indirect speech transmission from inside the mask. A high transmission quality for human speech is achieved with a simple arrangement without occurrence of interference noise. This is effected by insuring that a sound output channel is closed on the mask side by an auxiliary diaphragm which is acoustically coupled with a speaking diaphragm in a secondary air chamber and is it is also mechanically connected directly or indirectly with a movable element of the electroacoustic transducer system.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an improved protective breathing mask which includes a mask body with a valve support housing which has an interior secondary air chamber, a sound output chamber in communication with the secondary chamber and extending outwardly of the mask body and with an electroacoustic transducer in the sound output chamber which has a movable element which is mechanically connected to a speaking diaphragm.
A further object of the invention is to provide a device for effecting speech through a protective mask which is simple in design, rugged in construction and economical to manufacture.
The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularly in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its uses, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a typical protective breathing mask; and
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same mask with the member made of plastic supporting the breathing valve and speaking diaphragm in accordance with the invention.
Referring to the drawings in particular, the invention embodied therein comprises a protective breathing mask which includes a mask body 1 which defines a breathing mask which fits over a wearer's face. The body 1 has a front portion with a tubular valve support 2. The valve support 2 has two axially extending chambers or channels including a sound outlet chamber or a channel 12 and a valve controlled air inlet channel or air channel 3. In accordance with the invention a speaking diaphragm 7 for close communication extends over the inner end of the channel 12 and the air channel 3 and it is associated with an electroacoustic transducer 11 and a system for direct speech transmission from the inside of the masked body to the exterior. In order to achieve a high transmission quality for human speech with simple means and without the currents of interference noise, it is provided that the sound output channel 12 is closed on the interior side of the masked body by an auxiliary diaphragm 9 which is acoustically coupled with a speaking diaphragm 7 which is positioned in an auxiliary air chamber which forms an extension of both of the channels 3 and 12. The auxiliary diaphragm 9 is also mechancially connected directly or indirectly with a moveable element 10 of the electroacoustic system 11.
FIG. 1 respresents a typical protective breathing mask comprising a rubber mask body 1 and two tubular valve supports 2 and 4. The speaking diaphragm, which is not shown, is positioned behind the air intake opening 3 in the valve support 2. The exhale valve is located in valve support 4.
FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the protective breathing mask 1 with the plastic support member 2 for the air intake valve and a speaking diaphragm 7. The speaking diaphragm 7 is protected against mechanical damage by means of protective filters 5 and 6 made of metal or plastic. When words are spoken, the speech sound pressure acting on speaking diaphragm 7 sets it vibrating and thereby causes sound vibrating and thereby causes sound vibrations in the air contained in the sound output channel 12. An auxiliary diaphragm 9 on the intake side of the sound outlet channel 12 that conducts the sound outward is mechanically connected with the moving member of the electroacoustic transducer system 11. The two diaphragms 7 and 9 are acoustically coupled via a secondary air chamber 8.
The movable member of the transducer system can either, as shown in FIG. 2, by way of example, be in contact with auxiliary diaphragm 9 through the moveable part 10 forming part of the electrodynamic transducer system 11, or a member of the magnet system may be directly connected with the auxiliary diaphragm 9, in which case the plunger coil or flat coil of the transducer system 11 is fixed in position.
The connection is each case between the auxiliary diaphragm 9 and the movable element of the transducer system 11 may be detachable or designed to be fixed, for example, by gluing.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.
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|Dec 13, 1985||AS||Assignment|
Owner name: AKG AKUSTISCHE U. KINO-GERATE GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.,
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Effective date: 19851009
|Feb 11, 1992||REMI||Maintenance fee reminder mailed|
|Jul 12, 1992||LAPS||Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees|
|Sep 15, 1992||FP||Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee|
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LOCKESBURG, ARK—Legacy Academy’s senior high basketball teams made appearances in the Heartland Christian Athletic Association’s 1A Regional Tournament last week held in Hot Springs. The Lady Warriors secured the program’s first regional title after a challenging season, while the boys secured third place in the region. Both teams advance to the association’s state tournament which includes schools from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
The girls secured their regional title by defeating Gospel Light’s Lady Lions of Hot Springs 53-42. The game was extraordinarily close until desperation fouling at the end of the game sent the Lady Warriors to the free throw line where Sophomore Oaklee Lofton was sinking the shots. The Lady Warriors led at half-time with a 5 point lead. Gospel Light fought back with a strong third period where they outscored the Lady Warriors 20-11. The Lady Warriors could never get hot from the three point line, not getting any to fall, while Gospel Light hit 8 in the game. The Lockesburg girls pushed the ball down the court and penetrated well. Grabbing 14 of their points on transition and 24 in the paint. It was the free throws at the end of the game that secured the win. Dori Bartek led the team in scoring with 21 points, she also grabbed 9 rebounds. Oaklee Lofton had a double double giving the Lady Warriors 19 points and 14 rebounds, while Mercy Hagler hit double digits with 13 points and 12 rebounds! The ladies defeated CMA of Hot Springs Village on Thursday in a nail biter 38-35 in the semi-finals to advance to the title game.
In senior boys action the Warriors defeated New Life Christian of North Little Rock 63-54 to capture the third place slot in the region and securing the last ticket out of regionals into the state tournament. The Warriors were led by senior Ethan Gallagher in scoring with 27 points with a contribution of 15 rebounds. Manolo Vazquez followed giving the Lockesburg boys 17 points. Layne Schroer led in rebounds with 19 boards and 9 points!
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Information Highlights: KBR supports the worldwide implementation of Mura Technology’s ground breaking recycling technological know-how
Mura Technological know-how has introduced a world partnership with KBR, an international provider of scientific, technological and engineering remedies, to guidance the world wide growth of its patented know-how, Cat-HTR.
The company describes Cat-HTR (Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor) as an state-of-the-art recycling approach that uses supercritical steam (h2o with elevated temperature and strain) to transform plastics back into the substances and oils from which they are built.
The supercritical steam acts like molecular scissors, reducing the for a longer period chain hydrocarbon bonds in the plastics to develop shorter chain hydrocarbon goods. Mura suggests these are then ready to be utilized for the output of new, virgin-grade plastics and other resources, or can be sustainably reused in other sectors, this sort of as in streets.
Potentially most importantly, the company promises its technologies can recycle all plastic waste, which includes a lot of that are viewed as non-recyclable, this sort of as multilayer, adaptable plastic solutions this sort of as films, pots, tubs, trays, and other packaging that it promises are presently incinerated or sent to landfill.
Apparently the resolution can also minimize CO2 emissions each and every ton of plastic processed by means of advanced recycling is claimed to conserve 1.5 tons of CO2 when compared to incineration. Mura plans to operate or create 1 million tons of global plastic squander recycling capability by 2025. The first internet site is less than progress in Teesside, United kingdom.
Mura Technological innovation has partnered with KBR as its unique licensing spouse, with the aim of enabling the identification of new marketplaces for the technologies and offering engineering and complex providers and products to create internet sites for world wide customers.
Dr. Steve Mahon, CEO of Mura Technologies, claimed: “This technology is revolutionary. We are experiencing a global plastic air pollution catastrophe, as only a minority of plastic squander can be recycled at wonderful price – the relaxation goes to the ocean, incineration or landfill.
“In the meantime, we are extracting more oil from the ground to make new plastics. We want to transform the way the world thinks about plastic – not as a waste product or service, but as a precious useful resource – by employing our technology to make an environmentally helpful, plastic neutral and sustainable foreseeable future.
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what type of fish is ninja?
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theyre guppies by the way
Dude Iuv your tanks you have my next fish ? I won't the star ? light keep doing what you're doing great ? job wish you nothing but the best
What kind of fish is ninja
These are minnows?? I always thought they were mosquito fish lol. I’m a fish newbie
Why the air pump? Did you have to drive far from home?
A fish is a man's best friend.
He's so obsessed with MILLION that he'll never hit a million Sub. ?
I can't be early for ur awesome videos again bcz of exams dude sorry?
Hi catch em all fishing
All these fish Youtubers do not care for any wild or ship fish
Bless up yourself Mark ???
Get a peacock for the tank
What type of fish is ninja?
i subscribed to your channel as soon as i saw u pet that fish in this video that was fuckin awsome!
Cosmo looks soooo over it.
9:32 "well caythh em ol fathen" ???
Joey out here tryna make minnows extinct lol
Awe, Joey/Lily. You were so nice to that man. He wants to be famous on YouTube. That was so sweet. Farley and Zak are everywhere
What type of fish is ninja??
Mark looks like a real down to earth man. Love the videos Joey.
Mark seems like a sweet guy. Next time you see him please say hi! ?P.S.- 100th comment! ?
I do YouTube and I love pet fish and I like your pet fish and you have cool videos and and you make me have a fish tank and my fish died and I got mad ? but I bot some now fish and day have a cool 32 gallon and I have 14 fish I have a red tail cat fish and a lot of big fish.tank you for your video
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How's Godzilla doing? I think he's so cute.
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Aren't those mosquito fish?
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Sorry that’s not 1,000,000 minnows that is like 50 or 60
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Innovate Bosch LSU4.9 O2 Sensor (38880)
Bosch LSU4.9 O2 Sensor by Innovate
If running race gas for long periods of time, or if your car is running too rich due to a lack of tune, your wideband O2 sensor car certainly suffer damage. If you're second guessing your AFR's under boost , and your spark plugs look good then your O2 sensor can be going out as well. Luckily you can get a replacement O2 sensor. This is a direct plug and play replacement so all that it requires is simply undoing it from the harness and exhaust system and you're good to go.
Please Note: The latest generation widebands are compatible with both the Bosch LSU 4.2 and 4.9. Please note that the sensor connector is different for each sensor. Reference the Sensor/ Sensor cable identifier image attached.
- Constructed from high-quality materials
What's In The Box?
- 1 - O2 Sensor
- Innovate's Standard Limited Warranty
Got it for a replacement sensor on the innovative boost controller. Works perfect and actually lasts awhile unlike some other ones ive had
Perfect replacement for innovate wideband gauge.
I needed this for my innovate mtx AFR gauge
Right out the box you can tell this thing is well worth.
Everything came packed good no issues it worked as needed paired with my MAP testpipe.


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Resetting a device means clear any pending errors and brings the system to the initial state so that the device can work properly without any faults and errors. But the question is how to hard reset android phone? Let’s find out.
Android Ecosystem has two types of resets
As the name suggests, this method just reboots the system and clears all the errors and initialises the Android Operating system again.
Hard reset of Android device means a clean reboot of the whole device, meaning that your data would also be erased along with it. Its used only when soft reset does not solve your smartphone problem.
Caution! Hard Reset Tip #1
Before Hard resetting ALWAYS create a backup of your data on your smartphone in your PC or external hard disk!
How To Hard Reset Android Phone?
There is no single way to hard reset your device. It actually depends upon your smartphone brand.
Hard Reset Tip #2
Always before resetting switch off your smartphone!
Press and hold Volume Up and Volume Down keys at the exact time and then press and hold Power button till you see some options visible on the screen. This method takes around 15 seconds to work.
From the menu on the screen navigate through the Volume down button and select Factory Reset Option and press Power button to select this option.
Method 2(for LG Smartphones)
Press and Hold the Volume down button, while doing this Press and hold the Home Button. And now while you are pressing these two buttons, Press and Hold the Power button. Keep holding buttons till you see the screen with LG Logo.
You would then would be redirected to a menu similar like that of Method 1 (having option of Factory Reset)
Press and hold Volume Down key and press the Power key and release it, still holding the volume down key for about 10-15 seconds. Press the Volume Down key to navigate down through the options until it highlights the reset option.
Press and hold the Home key, while holding Home key power the device on by pressing the Power key.
- Press and hold the Home button and press and release the Power Button…while doing this keep holding the Home button.
- From the Android Recovery screen, press the Search.
- Tap to select wipe data/factory reset then select OK (located in the lower left of the screen).
- Select Yes – delete all user data, and then select OK.
- Select “reboot system now” and press OK.
Method 6 (For most of the Samsung Devices)
- Press and hold the Volume Up key the Home Button and the Power button all at the same time.
- When you see Galaxy Logo or Samsung Galaxy brand name of your smartphone release the Power button but continue to hold the Volume Up Button and Home Button.
- Continue holding the Volume up and Home key until the “Android system recovery” appears.
- Select “wipe data/factory reset” option, and then use the Power key to make the selection.
- Once the factory reset is finished you may use the Volume and Power keys to highlight and select the “Reboot system now” option and the hard reset will be complete.
Hard Reset will clear all the data on your device whether it is a normal phone, smartphone or tablet. So, guys, the above 6 methods were the most common methods to hard reset android device.
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Condé Nast International announced that the 26th edition of Vogue will launch in Hong Kong in 2019. The Hong Kong edition of Vogue will debut digitally and in print and will be published under a licence agreement with Rubicon Media.
Jonathan Newhouse, chairman and chief executive of Condé Nast International said, “We are delighted to launch Vogue in Hong Kong. This magical city has long been a magnet for shoppers and a centre of taste and luxury in the heart of Greater China. With the launch of its own Vogue, Hong Kong truly steps up to the premiere league of fashion excellence.”
Hong Kong has a developed and growing economy as well as an established luxury market. The launch of Vogue in Hong Kong cements the region’s status as the leading centre for fashion and luxury retail within Asia.
Markus Grindel, managing director licensing at Condé Nast commented, “Hong Kong has a well-established media market with a strong appetite for luxury fashion and beauty among its sophisticated urban consumers - it’s a natural fit for Vogue and we are excited to partner with Desiree Au and her team to launch Vogue Hong Kong.”
Desiree Au has been appointed publisher of Vogue Hong Kong. A Hong Kong born media veteran who has both edited and written for leading newspapers, including The Hong Kong Standard, the South China Morning Post and The International New York Times, Desiree brings a rich journalistic experience to Vogue. Further editorial appointments will be announced in due course.
“My vision for Vogue Hong Kong is to nourish the creativity and individuality which exists in the city today. We are in the era of self-expression and authenticity, and Vogue’s curatorial voice is fitting for the modern woman in defining her individualism. The arrival of Vogue has been a long time in the making, and we are thrilled to now bring it to the region”,remarked Au.
Vogue Hong Kong will feature a blend of fashion, culture, art and lifestyle content accessible through its premium print magazine, website, social media, videos, and much more. The print edition will be published in traditional Chinese language, with a bilingual website in Chinese and English.
Vogue Hong Kong is the 26th edition of the magazine worldwide. Vogue is published in the United States, Britain, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Russia, Japan, China mainland, China Taiwan, Mexico and Latin America, the Middle East, Korea, Brazil, Greece, Australia, Portugal, India, Turkey, Thailand, the Netherlands and Ukraine.
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From titles changing hands at accelerating speed as media companies race to consolidate and capture larger audiences within their focus markets, innovating to adapt to the demands of new platforms and diving into AI - these were some of the major publishing industry trends identified by by James Hewes, president and CEO of FIPP at the FIPP Insider event in London today.12th Dec 2018 Features
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We’re offering discounted tickets to all of our upcoming events in Harlow, Essex! Starting Friday 23rd November through to midnight Sunday 25th our prices will be cut. Gigs include Muck and the Mires + The Speedways, The Chords UK + Eddie Piller + The Hurricanes and The Small Fakers. Don’t miss out on a bargain. Shop here Friday – Sunday!
Summer is over and the Black Wax is spinning once again! It was great to be back in the newly refurbished Phoenix Live studio.
The first show back from summer break – your weekly dose of Rock & Roll, Punk and Soul is right here to enjoy again and again. This week features tracks from The Teamsters, The Objects, Brandy Row, TheCars, The Clash, The Filaments, Giuda, Radiohearts and a lot more including new regular segments –
Classic Album – We go track by track through Joe Jackson‘s 1979 album ‘Look Sharp’ starting with track 1 – One More Time.
It’s Alive! This week Nine Below Zero got their mojo workin’ live at the Marquee.
Some Weird Song – Mauro from Some Weird Sin introduces us to The Cavemen (NZ)
7 Minutes Of Soul – we pay tribute to the Screaming Eagle Charles Bradleywho we lost yesterday.
Check it out now, and turn it up loud!
Continue reading “Show 26 – We’re Back!”
We’re back with a bang this time!
Henri first came to Harlow as part of the Jim Jones Revue for 2 sell out shows at The Square and later returned with his own combo showcasing his electrifying boogie woogie piano playing!
A video of Henri pounding the public piano at St Pancras station has now been viewed more than 14 million times.
Sunday 15th October –
Come and join us at Phoenix Community Radio studios and form an audience for this special live performance.
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Hello Black Waxers!
It’s been a while since the last bit of Black Wax news so here it all is in one place.
Firstly – Black Wax returns Sunday 24th September, 5pm – 7pm on Phoenix Live Radio. Phoenix Live is the new name for Phoenix Community Radio and broadcasts from the same location, but everything’s been given a bit of a makeover. Set your bookmarks to www.phoenixlive.online as that is where it’s all happening. The show has a new look, new feel, new guests but the same great mix of Rock N Roll, Punk and Soul spinning on the decks.
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New show is up! A great show with a special guest in the studio. Cherry B joined me to recite some of her poetry and spin some of her favourite tracks. What a selection! Thanks very much to Bev for being part of the show, I hope you all enjoy it!
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New show! Bit shorter than previous shows due to technical hitch at the start, but as always we get rocking’ eventually. This one is to be played loud!
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I’ve decided to set up a blog page to add to my radio show adventures!
Here I’ll be posting all sorts of stuff from gigs I’m attending, gigs I’m playing, Records I’m buying… all sorts!

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Yucca Valley is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 21,738 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Yucca Valley is the 305th largest community in California.
Yucca Valley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Yucca Valley is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Yucca Valley who work in sales jobs (10.95%), office and administrative support (10.92%), and healthcare (6.55%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Yucca Valley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Yucca Valley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The percentage of adults in Yucca Valley with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.82% of adults in Yucca Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Yucca Valley in 2018 was $27,828, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,312 for a family of four. However, Yucca Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Yucca Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Yucca Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yucca Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Yucca Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.55% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Yucca Valley include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Yucca Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.

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We’ve been wondering for months when Scosche’s smartSTRIKE ($25) would finally be introduced — it was one of the first Lightning cables to be seen, leaking out just before Apple debuted the new connector in 2012. Compared to other Lightning cords we’ve reviewed, this one actually stands out from the crowd, which almost never happens. Instead of just a straight or curly cable with USB on one end and Lightning on the other, there’s a built-in adapter housing a micro-USB plug. Sliding the plastic cap up reveals the plug, but leaves the Lightning component attached. The housing around the Apple plug is deliberately slim, so it can fit most cases.
Were it not for the module that starts about 3.25” away from the tip of the Lightning connector, this cable would look a lot like others on the market.
It’s 45” long, from end to end—9” more then the listed three-foot length—comes in either white or black, and is Apple-licensed. The plastic housing around the Lightning plug is tapered: it starts out somewhat thick, but the material directly sounding the plug is quite narrow. While it’s not as small as the sheathes on Apple’s cables, it’s tight enough that case compatibility shouldn’t be an issue.
The most exciting feature in smartSTRIKE is the sliding micro-USB adapter. At 1.25” long and 0.5” wide, it’s compact enough that it won’t get in the way.
If you need to charge a micro-USB-based device, you simply slide smartSTRIKE apart to expose the plug, and you’re all set. It’s a very handy design.
Even though we saw value in the dual-plug design right away, we needed to actually use the cable to appreciate its true value. Computers and wall adapters are always limited in available USB ports, so smartSTRIKE wins because it provides the ability to charge various devices without having to swap cables back and forth. Lightning and micro-USB are the two plug standards Apple and Apple accessory users care most about these days, so their needs will be covered.


On 24 and 25 August, PPU will be exhibiting at the Water Expo 2022 in Miami. The main focus will be on the ClearFox® solutions for industrial wastewater treatment. The PPU team is focusing on the recycling sector, municipal wastewater treatment and the food and beverage industry.
ClearFox® at the Water Expo 2022 in Miami
Water Expo 2022 in Miami focuses on the US wastewater market
Trade fairs and exhibitions are an important pillar of PPU. Therefore the Bayreuth-based company is exhibiting at Water Expo 2022 in Miami. The international trade fair for water and wastewater attracts visitors from all over America to the south of Florida. As the need for wastewater treatment solutions in America is increasingly coming into focus, there is also great market potential for PPU.
When it comes to wastewater treatment, the USA is focusing particularly on municipal sewage treatment plants. The aim is to create cities that have a closed water cycle and are becoming increasingly independent of drinking water inflows. In South America, the focus is on wastewater treatment in the plastics recycling industry, as well as wastewater treatment for large supermarket chains. Here, industrial solutions are just as important as the treatment of domestic wastewater.
PPU Umwelttechnik GmbH covers all these areas with its ClearFox® solutions. For example, the ClearFox® DAF and ClearFox® FBBR solutions are particularly suitable for industrial wastewater treatment, ClearFox® SBR especially for domestic wastewater treatment. Thanks to outstanding solutions, ClearFox® engineers adapt the systems individually to each type of wastewater.
Visit us at Water Expo 2022 in Miami at booth 905. We look forward to your project and are happy to answer any questions you may have.


Two Years Ago Today – Haiti Earthquake
Two years ago today, Haiti experienced a devestating earthquake that left the lives of countless adults and children changed forever. Out of the pain of lives lost and the destruction of homes and buildings came a passionate hope and love for God that is unexplainable to my simple, comfortable mind. I watched the television coverage and read stories of incredible struggle and loss.
After months of processing the affects of the earthquake, I decided to take the leap of faith to visit Haiti. Words cannot express the hope, the resilience and the faith in God that resides in the lives of the Haitian people. Songs of praise to an all powerful God by little voices that lost their families caught my attention. Praise and worship throughout struggling communities filled the air. And young people, determined to take care of their ailing family members depending on them for survival, filled me with admiration.
Haiti has shown the world that they will press on and trust in a God that promises to not leave their side. My prayer is that you too will get a chance to be touched by a child or a young adult in the new generation of earthquake survivors. I have a special little girl in my life that changed me forever from the first glance. She is a reminder that God is faithful even in the toughest of times.
As the Haitian people remind us, we must, â€œpress on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called us heavenward in Christ Jesus.â€ Philipians 3:14
-Michelle Reed, Haiti Family Coordinator