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GR Engineering Services Limited has been awarded a conditional engineering, procurement and construction contract (Contract) with Galena Mining Limited’s (G1A.ASX) (Galena) subsidiary, Abra Mining Pty Ltd, for the supply of a 1.2 million tonne per annum lead sulphide floatation process plant and ancillary infrastructure for the Abra Base Metals Project located in Western Australia.
The Contract sum is $74 million and will be undertaken on a guaranteed maximum price basis. The Contract remains subject to GR Engineering being issued with a full notice to proceed, which is dependent on Abra Mining Pty Ltd achieving financial close on its proposed project financing facilities.
GR Engineering has commenced early engineering works up to an agreed capped amount. Commenting on the award of the Contract, Mr Geoff Jones, Managing Director said:
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Pretty self explanatory about what happened here with the title, but what you don’t know is this is the first time that the legendary group have been in the city. It was also one of the few concerts I have shot in the last while. I would like to shoot more, but it’s been exceptionally busy in the last year or so with running ABORTmag lately.
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AMD’s mid range chipset seem to also follow the PCIe bifurcation trend.
According to a recent leak, AMD is prepping the release of two variants of B650 chipsets, including the standard B650 and B650E. The ‘E’ in the B650E stands for Extreme.
The leak from the Twitter user, @wxnod included an image that confirmed the existence of the two chipsets. Of the two chipsets, the B650E is supposed to feature a PCIe 5.0 graphics slot and a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot for storage expansion. On the other hand, the standard B650 offers the option to choose either a PCIe 5.0 graphics or storage expansion.
In May, AMD officially revealed its flagship X670E chipset. The red giant also confirmed the existence of X670 and B650 chipsets, but it’s surprising to learn that the B series chipset is also following a similar bifurcation trend.
While the X670 chipsets will carry a higher price tag, the B-series chipsets will be aimed at mid-tier PC builds. It’s important to note that the B650E will be a more attractive option for consumers looking to get the more performance for dollar.
There is no official announcement from AMD on either of the chipsets, but fans can expect to learn more during the official AMD Ryzen 7000 and AM5 reveal livestream.


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by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
The Internet and social media have raised hosts of new ethical issues in the health care world: Should doctors friend their patients? Should med students post photos of their cool cases? Should doctor diagnose people online? The general answer for these questions has been no: “Friending” a patient is a boundary crossing, posting patient photos is a confidentiality violation and diagnosing a patient online (not through a formal telemedicine process) violates standards of care. But some online technologies have been adopted in full such as emailing your doctor and interacting with your health care provider through an online portal. The latest question in cyberspace is whether social media can be used for teaching purposes such as livestreaming an unusual surgery or tweeting (or snapchatting) a procedure? A new article in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery provides guidelines as to when social media teaching can occur.
Consider Grey’s Anatomy (Season 8, Episode 3) where Bailey live tweets her surgery and in Season 10, episode 11, where Christina livestreams a groundbreaking surgery and then turns off the cameras when the surgery starts going wrong. In both episodes, the use of social media turns out poorly. In the real world, surgeons have placed videos on YouTube to educate and sell their services (see this outdated list from 2010) while others broadcast live surgeries while in costume or dancing.
In “Ethics of Sharing Plastic Surgery Videos on Social Media,” the authors found 37 articles that discussed social media and plastic surgery. They used principlism to find serious concerns with live broadcasting of these surgeries and created a set of guidelines for using social media in this way:
- Get informed consent. The authors suggest covering all identifying marks to preserve confidentiality and to make sure that consent disclosure includes information on where the video will be shared.
- Reaffirm patient right to refuse recording and live streaming. The authors say to avoid coercion and let the patient know that they can request the video be deleted at any time.
- However, once posted, videos can be shared and copied and broadcast anywhere. Thus, deleting the surgeon’s posting will likely not remove the video from all social media.
- Uphold the American Society of Plastics Surgeons Code of Ethics.
- Use a professional videographer to avoid increasing surgical time. The surgeon is responsible for overseeing the social media use herself and for her staff.
The American Society of Plastics Surgeons Code of Ethics mostly deals with issues of business—representation, advertising and charging for services. The first two principles of the code are relevant here: 1. “…render services to humanity with full respect for human dignity” and 2. “…affirmative duty to disclose new medical advances to patients and colleagues.” The question social media teaching raises is whether the second principle—discloses new advances—interferes with the first—practicing full respect for human dignity. By saying that a signed informed consent should be part of the process, the authors are placing an emphasis on autonomy and essentially saying that as long as the patient understands and consents, that broadcasting is fine. From a slightly more paternalistic stance, can a patient grasp that anything on the internet lives forever and even if the surgeon deletes, that the video does not go away? Does the surgeon owe the patient more nonmaleficence than can be covered under consent? Is informed consent enough because the permission is not for the surgery but for the broadcast? Who stands to gain from these events: Is it really just about the training others or is this an attempt to attract patients or trainees or to become a YouTube star? Is there a potential for financial gain or even prestige for the surgeon that could be a conflict of interest?
Additionally, there are issues of whether this is an effective method of teaching. Have learners been assessed to see if they learn new skills, techniques and improve their own patient outcomes as a result of viewing? Or is this mostly voyeurs?
These guidelines are an interesting start to a conversation but are not the solution. After all, the authors admit the guidelines come out of principlism, which is one mid-level ethical theory out of several and has its own critics. Even within a principlist analysis, the emphasis here appears to be on autonomy with less attention to nonmaleficence and beneficence. I would add some guidelines to this list:
- The livestreaming must not benefit the surgeon financially in anyway as this could create the appearance of a conflict of interest
- The most restrictive privacy options available on the social media site should be adopted (Thus not everyone may be able to see it, but they could view it if they request access from the surgeon and demonstrate they have a legitimate use for the viewing such as education).
- Informed consent is for medical procedures, a consent for taping and streaming needs to be a separate agreement and should discuss, among other things, who maintains copyright of the video and whether any revenue generated (saying advertising on the surgeon’s YouTube channel) is to be shared.
- A clear statement of how the patient may or may not benefit from being featured in the social media.
- An understanding that being part of the social media event can affect one’s family members. For example, if the surgery is to correct a genetic concern, then one has outed other family members who may have inherited the same gene and may not want that publicly known.
Social media has become an entrenched part of our world and continues to offer challenges to the health care professions, which are entrusted with keeping people’s deepest secrets. The authors of this article begin a needed conversation but what they offer is just a beginning.
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MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Planting 10 million trees statewide — that’s the goal of a Pennsylvania nonprofit. Volunteers in Mechanicsburg got a little closer to that goal Saturday, planting nearly 100 trees at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park.
It is the biggest park in Mechanicsburg, but the number of trees has fallen over the years, and volunteers hope to fix that.
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Daniel Lupia joined dozens of fellow volunteers Saturday, helping to plant those trees. They planted over 90 out of 110 trees.
“Three down, 107 to go,” Lupia said. “More trees go down than go up, so it’s awesome to be able to do something here to help that and go in the other direction.”
The project is spearheaded by the borough’s Shade Tree Commission, whose mission includes replacing trees around Mechanicsburg which have been removed.
“We’ve planted lots of trees,” commission member Nancy Luley said.
Luley said planting more trees in the park has long been a goal of the commission.
“It’s been a slow process getting there,” she said.
They didn’t have the budget until Luley’s colleague Bud Agerton reached out to the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership and got the trees for free.
Luley said they chose Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park because of its size and because it means a lot to families — including hers.
“My kids grew up coming over here, swimming in the pool and playing on the playgrounds. Now I have grandchildren coming over here when they visit,” she said.
Seeing a lot of trees fall over the years, some to disease and others to make room for other projects, has been hard.
“You can see tree stumps,” she said. “This [project] has allowed us to replace all the trees that have come out and more.”
Volunteers spent a few hours Saturday digging, planting and mulching,
“Get it nice and packed in there,” Lupia explained.
Now, the trees are ready to weather the fall and winter.
“We are covering the trees with a protective sleeve,” Lupia said. “Once we pop all these off in the spring, they’re just going to grow bigger and stronger.”
In several months, volunteers will get to see their work pay off.
“I can’t wait to come back in the spring,” Lupia said.
Luley said, “Be fun to watch these trees grow.”
The Shade Tree Commission still has some trees left over. They plan to host more tree-planting events at other parks in Mechanicsburg.

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A LITTLE NEARER INTO THE FUTURE: Legazpi Carpark Building and Villar Underpass Updates
The construction of the 5-storey Legazpi Parking Building located at the district which was started last June 2019 is becoming more and more complete as the days go by. This carpark building is reported to have 603 parking slots. Now, if that isn’t exciting for vehicle owners who often visit Makati, then we don’t know what is.
To add more to the joy, the Villar Underpass is looking good, as well. Construction is still ongoing. However, each day bunch of efforts put in by workers, the project underpass is starting to see the light of day. Soon, this will be packed with passersby, giving them a shade from the scorching sun while trying to get to a certain place by foot.


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The Central Arkansas Library System is getting ready to pay homage to the 5,526 Black men who escaped enslavement and joined the Union army to fight for their freedom during the Civil War.
CALS is looking for an artist to create a memorial statute for the Arkansas men who served in the United States Colored Troops. It will join four other monuments in Arkansas that honor Union soldiers including the Minnesota Monument at the Little Rock National Cemetery.
About 160 Minnesota soldiers died while serving in Arkansas and 36 are buried at that cemetery, according to the library's Encyclopedia of Arkansas. The Minnesota Monument is a sculptural statue. The other monuments -- all stone pillars -- are in Gentry, Siloam Springs and Judsonia.
In 2013, the first and only monument honoring Black Union soldiers in Arkansas was erected in Freedom Park in Helena-West Helena.
Bobby Roberts, the longtime executive director of the library system who retired in 2016, was the spearhead behind the idea of creating a monument honoring the Black soldiers.
"For a long time, several of us have felt that there needs to be something for the Arkansans who fought for the Union during the Civil War. There's between 20-25 Confederate monuments scattered around the state but there is really only one sculptural statue honoring the Union," Mark Christ, head of adult programming at the library and a Civil War historian, says of the Minnesota Monument.
Earlier this year, the library system announced it was seeking requests for qualifications from artists to build the monument that will be located somewhere in Library Square -- an area that includes the Main Library, the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art and the Ron Robinson Theater.
The library expects to spend a minimum of $150,000 for the project. The budget may increase through private fundraising and grant requests.
"We feel like it is past time for the Union soldiers to be honored," Christ says. "There were 10,000 white and 5,526 Black Arkansans who served in the [Union army] in the Civil War. The Black regiments weren't raised [called into service] until 1863 after the Emancipation Proclamation was passed.
"The Union saw a great source of manpower that was not being utilized so they started raising those units. In Arkansas there were eight units of infantry and two artillery batteries that were raised."
Christ says nationwide 185,000 soldiers fought in U.S. Colored Troop units and another 18,000 Black men served in the U.S. Navy. More than 68,000 of those men died in service -- mainly from disease. The Black soldiers fought in 449 Civil War engagements including 39 major battles.
The Union monument will go up as Civil War monuments are being taken down across the nation.
"I am sure there will be some people who don't agree with us having this memorial, possibly because it's memorializing African American troops, possibly because it is memorializing Union troops," says Tameka Lee, the library's communications director. "But there is a sadness in our hearts. As a person who is African American -- and there are millions of us living in Southern states -- this is the counterpoint to that. This is something where there's a sense of pride.
"It does seem like we are at a point where it is time to honor those who did serve and I am sure to serve and fight for their own freedom which I think is something that gets lost in the narrative of the African American experience," she says.
Christ points out that Black soldiers served in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812.
"It was in the early 19th century that the War Department passed a rule that Blacks would not be allowed into the Army," Christ says. "And that stood there for about 50 years or so until the Civil War started."
Currently around 20 Black soldier memorial statues exist in 13 states and Washington, D.C., including six in Confederate states, Christ says.
The Central Arkansas Library System's main library is about to undergo a major renovation that is expected to be completed sometime in 2025. Both Christ and Lee hope the monument is completed by then -- but that is only a wish.
"That would be pretty excellent timing, but I don't really know if we can say for sure," Lee says.
The existence of art at public libraries is nothing new. When what was then called the Little Rock Public Library opened in 1910, no art museums existed in the capital city. So the library became the default custodian of works of art. The library's first significant piece of exterior art -- the statue of Icarus and Daedalus that is now in the garden at the Main Library -- was donated by Raymond Rebsamen in the 1960s. Today about 15 pieces of exterior art are located at the library's branches.
The Central Arkansas Library System welcomes private donations that can be earmarked for this project. For more information on how to contribute go to cals.org/giving. The deadline for artist applications is April 30. To learn more go to cals.org/news/cals-seeks-rfq-from-artists.
CORRECTION: Tameka Lee, the library's communications director said, "That would be pretty excellent timing, but I don't really know if we can say for sure" when asked about the monument being completed by 2025. She was misquoted in an earlier version of this article.

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All of us dream of training the perfect Akita Inu, a pup that’s a CGC or canine good citizen and is well mannered and responsible at all times. Well dreams do come true if the training is done with kindness and focus. Never forget pups learn from day one and need to be instructed what is correct, what is wrong, and appropriate socialization.
Pups are just like kids, they have to have regular supervision and training. Training a pup needn’t be a chore, all you have to consider are a few simple principles:
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- Till your pup learns, you want to keep an eye on her at all times. When you can not then you will need to cage her. Make a routine for the pup, that will serve to help her to calm down fast. The calendar needs to consist of things such as hourly bathroom breaks, eating times, relaxation periods, strolls, play time, training, etc. A pup that has a hectic day has no time to get bored or misbehave.
- Train the pup to heed you. Akita Inus stay in packs and instinctively adhere to a leader. Once you establish your leadership in no uncertain terms then instructing will come easy as the pup will obey you at all times and not defy your authority.
- Utilize exclusively constructive training tactics. Don’t scream at, strike, or abuse your Akita Inu. It’s not only harsh but can result in behavioral concerns. Use of electric shocks, prong collars, sprays, etc can wound the animal.
- Show the pup “absolutely nothing in life is free.” This is a philosophy that is widely accepted as a practical teaching method. As you emphasize this, the pup will learn that to experience something like love, a stroll, or reward, he must act properly.
- Present the meaning of “No,” from day one. Do not reinforce behaviors like jumping, yelping, tug-o-war, yipping, or escaping open gates and doors. Applaud courtesy and just ignore or walk away when there is bad behavior. The pup will learn that if he is mischievous he will lose his companion/playmate.
- To improve a behavior you should catch the Akita Inu in the act and startle her by shaking a can of rocks. Once you have done this make him straighten out his behavior and immediately offer him a snack and appreciation. Akita Inus do not remember what transpired earlier so reprimanding him after an occurrence is futile.
- Make sure to call/use his name positively. Never ever say “Bad TOM,” or “No Tom,” this will result in confusion and the Akita Inu will believe that if you call his name then it is something negative. The pup must connect his name with pleasant events like hugs, petting, walks, food, and such. If this happens he will come willingly anytime you call out his name.
- Establish a coaching regimen that is short and sweet, say 10 minutes thrice a day. Long recurring trainings can be uninteresting and the Akita Inu will lose interest in learning. Make training fun and use trick training sessions to demonstrate directions like sit, down, come and so on.
- Connect with the Akita Inu and both of you are going to enjoy your lessons. The pup needs to expect spending quality time with you and not stay clear of you by turning tail or hiding. Make sure to socialize the doggie early on. Socialization is one of the most vital teachings. The Akita Inu will need to learn to coexist with other animals, people, sounds, vehicles, and other activities. So, slowly and gradually introduce the puppy when he is little to normal tasks and noises. Take him to the shopping center/ playground, introduce him to kids and other animals, and make him unfrightened of the vacuum cleaner and garden hose.
- Master all about potty training, leash walking, house breaking, together with food training. These are basic lessons that every Akita Inu puppy must grasp. Know about all the traits as well as qualities of the breed. This will give you important ideas on how to properly teach the puppy dog.
As a Akita Inu parent you have lots of choices. You could very well choose to train the Akita Inu yourself or enlist at a qualified training school. Training a Akita Inu has many levels: preschool, obedience training, doggie sports, presenting and conformation, as well as other components like therapy dogs, hearing dogs, et cetera. What level you choose to train is dependent on you along with the learning abilities of your Akita Inu. As you recognize, different dogs, like people, have different talents. Choose wisely and both you and your Akita Inu pup will have enjoyable times together.
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As we get closer to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X launches, the heat between rivals Sony and Microsoft inevitably goes up a notch. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, to find Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, sneakily throwing a jab at Microsoft for its massive spending sprees (chiefly, the $7.5 billion in cash spent to acquire Bethesda's parent company, Zenimax) to bolster its first-party roster of studios. Here's the relevant quote from an interview published yesterday on GamesIndustry, where Ryan highlighted the virtue of growing Sony Worldwide Studios organically instead.
It's probably not widely appreciated or understood, to what extent that we have grown our own game development capability organically over the course of this generation. Obviously, it's been helped by the acquisition of Insomniac, and it's wonderful to have them as part of the family. I would just invite anybody to look at the launch window line-up of the PlayStation 4 generation or PlayStation 3 generation and compare it to what we are going to bring in the equivalent phase of PlayStation 5. There's just no comparison.
That is the fruit of not massive spending sprees, but of very, very steadily, carefully planned organic growth. Probably the best example I give... I could obviously talk about Naughty Dog, but they've always been making great games. But let's talk about Ghost of Tsushima, which has been a critical delight and certainly a commercial delight to an extent that we didn't think it would be. That speaks volumes to the work that Sucker Punch has done to build on their previous canon of work.
We are lucky enough to have five or six studios who fall into that category... But it isn't luck, because we've been working on this for years and years. Very quietly, in a very PlayStation way, we've been building something quite special with these studios. You can do it with frenzied acquisition, or measured acquisition, or you can do it organically.
The PS5 is due November 12th in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and November 19th elsewhere in the world, while the Xbox Series S and X will launch globally on November 10th. Did you reserve one yet? Let us know in the comments!


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NEW YORK — With her sharp eye for talent, dancer and choreographer Michelle Dorrance has cooked up a tap dream team.
Joining her in the premiere of the collaborative “Until the Real Thing Comes Along (a letter to ourselves)” are Jillian Meyers, Melinda Sullivan and Josette Wiggan-Freund — three singular and rhythmically brilliant dancers who are part of the traditional tap scene, but who also live in the commercial world. “Until the Real Thing” will showcase their different styles and varied experience.
Collectively, they have covered some major dance ground. Touring with a major pop artist? That would be Meyers, who danced for Janet Jackson. Film work? Meyers was an assistant choreographer on “La La Land”; and Sullivan, a onetime finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance,” performed in it. And what about the circus? Wiggan-Freund has done that, dancing alongside Joseph, her equally talented sibling, in Cirque du Soleil’s “Banana Shpeel.”
Meyers and Sullivan live in Los Angeles; Wiggan-Freund resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, with her husband and young daughter. Dorrance, the 38-year-old MacArthur fellow, brought them to New York, where for the last two weeks they have been immersed in the creation of their new work. Set to music by Fats Waller, “Until the Real Thing” is part of Dorrance Dance’s season at the Joyce Theater, through Dec. 31.
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Wiggan-Freund, 34, says she doesn’t know if she has a specific style — she pulls from many, including ballet, which is apparent in her effortless, elegant line. She started dancing at 12 with tap, continued with ballet and jazz, and then discovered West African dance in college at UCLA. Later, she immersed herself in the Lindy Hop, a jazz-dance form born in Harlem in the 1920s, which, along with tap, is her current focus.
“I’ve just been trying to find ways to incorporate solo jazz movement into my dancing while I’m tap dancing so that it seems more seamless,” she said.
In “Until the Real Thing,” which involves transformations into different characters — there will be, for instance, a sad clown — the collaborators are aiming for a similar merging of forms. “Everything didn’t used to be separated,” Dorrance said. “It was all social dance.”
Wiggan-Freund added, “You sang, you ‘Lindied,’ you did a time step, and you played an instrument.”
But when the popularity of certain styles started to dissipate, specialists took them over. “Musicians only focused on the music,” she said. “Tap dancers focused on tap. It’s become very compartmentalized.”
Sullivan, 30, said her approach was rooted in theater. “I started learning about tap history and dancing as a musician,” she said, “but I’ve always been influenced by musical-theater and movie musicals. I’m drawn to incorporating that sort of theatricality with my tap training.”
And she’s eclectic, counting Jason Samuels Smith, from the Broadway show “Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk,” among her mentors. Dorrance remembers the first time she saw Sullivan dance. “She was a gangster — just a hoofer, period,” she said. “Like I wouldn’t have even known that she had a theatrical leaning.”
As for Meyers, 32, who has worked in both the commercial and concert realms, she said that as a fan of all dance, she feels like “a big grab bag.” In addition to touring with Jackson, she is a member of Peter Chu’s contemporary-dance company and she has recently started working with the clown and comedian Bill Irwin.
“I just want to be able to do it all, so I try,” she said with a laugh.
Dorrance is tickled that people might be surprised to see Meyers tap dancing. “The huge gigantic commercial dance world is not going to expect it, and the tap dance community is going to be like wait — she tap dances?” Dorrance said. “That’s also cool.” (Hannah Heller will fill in for Meyers, Dec. 28-31.) Studio Bliss
Of her guest artists, Dorrance said: “They could all do so many other things, but in my mind they live as honest and individual practitioners and voices of a particular vernacular era” of classic tap. “And that that’s alive inside of their contemporary-artist selves is unique for me.”
Dorrance has lots of ideas about “Until the Real Thing” but she also just wanted to play with these dancers — her equals — in the studio. “The fact that we have a show is really a shame,” she said.
Meaning that for this group, the rehearsal process has been fulfilling enough. Sullivan summed up the studio experience in a word: heaven.
“We don’t get these opportunities that often,” Wiggan-Freund said. “A lot of the time you’re hired, you learn the choreography and you go onstage, but this is a moment for us all to share, learn, grow and to be there for each other. It’s inspiring.”
And there’s something even more rare, in both the tap and commercial worlds: The collaborators are all women. “It’s allows for a very specific perspective that’s unfiltered by someone else’s idea,” Meyers said. “Usually, even if the choreographers’s a female, the director’s a male.”
Sullivan said, “So that’s final say.”
This time they get final say as a group. “The gift of this for me is that I trust them in every direction,” Dorrance said. “I trust them musically. I trust improvisational moments. And I trust each one of us to save something” — meaning fix a mistake in real time — “should a part be held together with dental floss.”


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THE 2010 AUDI A5 SPORTBACK and its supercharged performance-oriented S5 Sportback sibling may have centre stage for Audi at September's Frankfurt Motor Show, but a pair of new volume-selling models are also lined up to join them.
The A3 1.2 TFSI is one of those cars, and with its 78kW/175Nm turbocharged 1.2 litre petrol four-cylinder engine, it will also be one of Audi's most frugal.
Paired with a six-speed manual transmission and taking power to the front wheels, the A3 1.2 TFSI offers a claimed fuel economy figure of 5.5 l/100km.
Performance figures might not be uppermost in buyers' minds for an entry-level hatch, but Audi claims the new 1.2 litre petrol hatch will cover the 0-100km/h dash in 11.1 seconds. In A3 Sportback guise, the 1.2 TFSI hits 100km/h in 11.3 seconds.
Joining the A3 and its larger more-powerful brethren will be a new A4 variant, powered by a 3.0 litre V6 TDI common-rail diesel engine. With the quattro all-wheel-drive system down below, the 3.0 litre diesel A4 covers the 0-100km/h in just 6.3 seconds.
Already complying with the Euro VI emissions standards scheduled for introduction in 2014, the new 3.0 litre diesel A4 achieves a fuel economy of 6.7 l/100km (6.8 for the Avant).
The new 3.0 litre TDI diesel also features a new eNOX catalytic converter, designed to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.
The new A3 and A4 variants are expected to go on sale in Europe in the first quarter of 2010. Pricing and precise release dates have yet to be released by Audi Australia.
Image note: Audi has yet to release specific images for the new A3 and A4 variants.


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What is referred to as the Sorrow of China ?
Ipoh is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Perak, located by which river?
Who invented vaccination for ‘Small Pox’?
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Who was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognised for discovering penicillin?
Which Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb?
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Study of skull is known as?
The instrument used to measure blood pressure is
The international Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered in
First-ever UN human rights report on Kashmir was issued on
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The acronym GATT stands for
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It's nice to be creatively inclined. It's even nicer to have people to share it with. My husband made me something I couldn't have even conceptualized. It's a shelf for those beading trays (you know the ones that have openings to hold the beads you're working with and the lines for the strands for necklaces). It's pretty nifty.
Here it is with weight on it, in my messy craft corner. Excuse the mess, I do have a 5 week old and haven't gotten around to cleaning my corner. <3
Here's the finished product. This way, I can design multiple necklaces and/or bracelets at once. How cool is that?? Thanks hubby. ;)
In other news, we went to visit my sister in law in San Antonio a couple of weekends ago. It was a wonderful visit and everyone got to meet Caegon. She is letting us use her cradle for him and it's just BEAUTIFUL.
Here's his first nap in the cradle. <3
Keep reading! There's always more to come.

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As some of you well know, earthquake has hit Chile earlier today, an 8.8 magnitude, one of the largest earthquakes in history of mankind. My regards for people in Chile, stay strong!
It seems that has set off tsunamis that are heading towards Hawaii as I am writing this blog post. I believe most residents have evacuated and hopefully, the tsunami won’t be devastating to Hawaii. Watch the video above to see the action live, it should hit any minute.
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Today and tomorrow we will be participating in the 8th. Greencities, Forum of Urban Intelligence and Sustainability, in Malaga.
In recent years, demands for greater participation in political debate processes have become ever more frequent amongst the citizenry. We are witnessing the birth of a new era that includes new concepts such as “Participatory Budgeting”, amongst many others, which enable citizens to express their opinions on matters that affect them much more often than every four years.
Jordi Ribalta, director of Business Development at Civiciti asserted: “The culture of participation requires a stable, neutral and secure environment in which it can develop professionally. Which is exactly what our technology provides”.
Come and visit us, we are at stand A36, in the entrance area.

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Mr. Steal Your Girl, Trey Songz, releases a brand new visual for the single “Everybody Say” featuring Dave East, MIKExANGEL, and DJ Drama from his latest mixtape project, ‘To Whom It May Concern.’ Watch the video below or via TheBuzzinBoxTV.… Continue Reading
Bad Girl Ri Ri had to release her long-awaited eight studio album ‘ANTI‘ days early, due to TIDAL accidentally uploading the album before it’s scheduled release. To kick off the new album, Rihanna premieres the Drake-featured club bangin’ single, “Work.”… Continue Reading
Shots fired again, as Drake world premieres his newest record “Summer Sixteen” on the 14th Episode of OVOSOUND Radio, with his usual diss at Meek Mill. But wait, things get quite interesting as he also dishes subliminal jabs at President… Continue Reading
Chris Brown lays some smooth vocals and throw down a few verses with a remix of Pusha T and The-Dream’s, “M.F.T.R.,” over the beats of Boi-1da. Listen to Breezy get busy on the remix track below.
On Saturday’s Beats 1 SOULECTION, Jhené Aiko debuts her soulful new hip hop ballad, “B’S & H’S,” produced by The Fisticuffs. On the record, Jhené puts the fellas on blast by calling them out on their bullshit disrespectful and cheating… Continue Reading
K. Michelle is set for another season of her reality show ‘K. Michelle: My Life‘ on VH1, airing Monday, January 25th, as well as her third studio album. And, to kick things off in full gear she’s releasing her new… Continue Reading
Tank is back with part II of his Sex, Love & Pain album series that he first debuted back in 2007. The R&B singer takes us on a journey to the days of the classic 90’s R&B sound with beautiful… Continue Reading
Omarion delivers new music, “I Ain’t Even Done,” featuring Ghostface Killah on Beats 1 off his Care Package 3 mixtape. Listen to Omarion’s new joint below.


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All these kits are based on Arduino UNO and Raspberry Pi 3 development boards. Moreover, they include different shields and modules which enable to work with the most well-known communication protocols as GPRS, 3G, 4G, LoRa, LoRaWAN, Sigfox, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc., which gives an idea of its high level of versatility.
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DOI Methane Rule Another Unnecessary Blow to America’s Affordable Energy Providers
WASHINGTON – Institute for Energy Research President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement on the Obama administration’s methane regulation:
“Even as parts of the country prepare to face a blizzard, this administration rolls out a plan designed to increase the cost of natural gas, which keeps millions of Americans safe, warm, and secure. The boom in natural gas production has not only kept energy costs low, but has also brought new life to America’s manufacturing sector—creating jobs for American families. DOI’s regulation threatens to reverse this progress by hindering production, raising energy costs, and killing jobs.
“Companies have every incentive to capture methane, as it is a valuable commodity. The industry is already reducing methane emissions on its own and doesn’t need the federal government to come in and tell them how to conduct their business. This isn’t about the climate or the environment. It’s about giving more control to the federal government and depriving Americans of their affordable and reliable energy resources.”
Click here to read IER’s comment on the “social cost of methane.”


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Total recoveries 5 times more than active cases
New Delhi: Delhi on Tuesday reported 1,606 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally here to 1,15,346. However, 93,236 people have recovered from the contagious disease, taking total recoveries to almost five times the number of active cases which stood at 18,664 on Tuesday. A total of 1,924 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours.
The Capital also added 35 deaths to the toll, taking total fatalities from the virus here to 3,446. This is the fourth consecutive day when fresh cases have been reported in the range of 1,000-2,000. The Delhi government said that 10,695 patients are recovering in home isolation and the official health bulletin
showed that 21,063 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, of which 5,650 were RT-PCR tests and 15,413 were rapid antigen tests.
The number of containment zones in the national Capital stood at 657, one less than the previous day. Last week, the number of containment zones increased by more than 150 after the city government decided to break the existing hotspots into smaller clusters for better surveillance.
Meanwhile, a low-cost COVID-19 test kit developed by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi that uses an alternative testing method will be launched on Wednesday, according to the IIT director here. IIT Delhi, which became the first academic institute to develop a COVID-19 testing method, gave non-exclusive open licenses to companies for commercialising the test, but with a price rider.
While the institute had capped it at Rs 500 per kit, the company Newtech Medical Devices, which is launching the kit named 'Corosure' on Wednesday, has not announced its pricing yet.
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Minister of State for HRD Sanjay Dhotre will launch the kit.
Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the National Centre for Disease Control to file its report on the results and analysis of the antibody testing, also called sero surveillance, carried out in the national Capital.
The Delhi government had between June 27 to July 5 collected a total of 21,793 antibody samples from across the city and had sent it to NCDC which had not till date given the results. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad directed the NCDC to place the test results before it by July 16 and added that the report shall also include analysis of the results. It also asked the Director of NCDC to be present on the next date of hearing to assist the court.

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Robert Pattinson wrapped up filming scenes in Chickamauga, Georgia for his latest flick ‘Water for Elephants.’ Pattinson was seen wearing a suit and tie for scenes filmed outside a farmhouse in rural Georgia, according to sources. Just days later, he’s was next off to shoot the last scenes for the 1930’s flick set during the Great Depression in .
The film co-starring Oscar award winners Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz. The 24-year-old British actor is next due on the set of ‘Twilight Saga” which enters into pre-production on Nov. 2. According to some reports, Pattinson may first be off for 3 months to shoot the highly anticipated western Unbound Captives with Hugh Jackman this summer.
What do you think about Robert Pattinson’s new role in Unbound Captives?


The Italian Mattia Binotto, director of the Ferrari team in Formula 1, will leave his position on December 31, the Italian team announced on Tuesday, after days of speculation about the end of the relationship due to lack of confidence in him by the president of the company, John Elkann.
"Ferrari announces that it has accepted the resignation of Mattia Binotto, who will leave his position as team principal of the Ferrari team on December 31," an official statement read.
"With the regret that this entails, I have decided to end my collaboration with Ferrari. I am leaving a company that I love, of which I have been a part for 28 years, with the serenity that comes from the conviction that I have done everything possible to achieve the objectives set. ", Binotto assured in the note.
"I am leaving behind a united and growing team. A strong team, prepared, I am sure, to reach the highest goals, to which I wish the best for the future. I believe it is right to take this step at this time, no matter how difficult it may be. This decision has been for me," he added.
The relationship between Binotto and Ferrari was totally broken for days, but the announcement has been delayed because both parties were negotiating the clauses to put an end to their contractual union that ends by mutual agreement.
"I would like to thank Mattia for his many great contributions over the course of 28 years with Ferrari and, in particular, for leading the team back to a competitive position this past year. As a result, we are in a strong position to renew our challenge, especially for our incredible fans around the world, to win the ultimate prize in motorsport," said Benedetto Vigna, Ferrari CEO.
Rumors about Binotto's departure from the 'Prancing Horse' team increased at the end of the season that just ended with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (United Arab Emirates), when he declared that he was "too tired to continue" with his work "in critical conditions within the company," according to the media.
The name that sounds the most to replace Binotto, who arrived as an intern at Ferrari in 1995, is that of the Frenchman Frederic Vasseur, current team manager of Alfa Romeo.


Booth picks up Bama offer
Alabama has extended offers to two wide receivers in the 2014 class that hail from the Hoosier state, Austin Rivers and Dominique Booth. Booth was offered by Alabama today on a visit to see the Tide during his spring break. "It [the offer] was very unexpected," Booth said. "I had to act like I had 'been there, done that,' [in Saban's office] as with any new twist in life. I just said thank you like I do for every other offer." "We [Booth and his father] were meeting with Coach (Nick) Saban in his office, and he let me know he really wants to come play for him, and I have a scholarship there," Booth said. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver said the highlight of his day was seeing the facilities and talking with the strength and conditioning staff. "Their coaches can get you to your fullest potential," Booth said. "They know what they're doing at Alabama. The facilities are literally the best of everything I have ever seen." Though Booth says things could change after he sees eight schools in one week during his spring break, he named a top six last week before his visits kicked off. "My top schools are a little premature, but right now they are Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida State, West Virginia, Missouri, and Indiana." Booth previously said. However, asked if Alabama will make the final cut now that the Tide have offered, Booth responded, "Probably." Booth is nearing a decision date, and he hopes to commit to a school before this summer. "I've been going through this process since after my freshman year, and I've seen a lot of places multiples times. I feel like I'll be ready to decide after I take my visits this spring," Booth said. Booth visited Ole Miss March 28, Mississippi State the 29th, and he'll hit Florida State on April 2, Georgia on April 3, North Carolina State on April 4, Virginia Tech on April 5, and Tennessee on April 6.
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Parking offices can be both indoor and open air, open or private. It very well may be a parking structure, or a parking spot that has a place with the property of an individual's home.
A parking garage is a territory that is relegated for parking. Typically, the parking spots are set apart on the ground with white or yellow lines that structure squares that each fit one vehicle.
Parking areas are normally close by shops, bars, eateries and different offices that require parking.
There is parking garages that are open consistently, yet there are additionally extemporized parking garages that are extraordinarily relegated for an occasion.
For instance, when there is a music celebration that just happens once a year people can choose to open an adjacent knoll to give parking spots to the guests of that specific music celebration.
Parking spaces are typically situated on individuals' garages beside their home. These parking spaces are secured places where at least one vehicle can be slowed down.
They are private property that accompanies the house. Parking spaces don't have four dividers: Normally they just have a couple of dividers and at times they are joined to a mass of the house it has a place with.
Parking spaces offer assurance from awful climate conditions like downpour and snow.
Parking spots on road side
Likewise parking spots in side of the street where metered or spaces that are spread out for the utilization of parking, are viewed as parking offices.
Regularly you can distinguish such spaces on the grounds that there are at least one squares fixed out with yellow or white paint that fit one vehicle.
You as a driver should leave your vehicle in the middle of the squares. In different regions there aren't any parking spots drawn in the city. This typically just occurs in local locations where it isn't swarmed.
A parking structure is additionally called vehicle parking, parking structure, parking building, parking slope or leaving deck.
There are a few kinds of parking structures:
Single dimension parking structure
A solitary dimension parking structure is a parking structure that just has just a single floor.
Multi-story parking structure
Staggered or multi-story parking structures are parking structures that have different floors to stop at. The structure of a staggered parking structure can be altogether different.
The most widely recognized structure is a carport with inclines to move starting with one dimension then onto the next.
Less regular are parking structures that utilization lifts to go from level to level. At that point there are likewise parking structures with mechanical frameworks that move vehicles starting with one dimension then onto the next. The floors of the parking structure can either go up, down or both.
Automated parking structure
The vehicle leave works as pursued: You drive your vehicle onto a stage in the carport. At that point the robotized leaving framework will move your vehicle to the accessible parking spot some place in the pinnacle.
Theautos can be moved vertically and on a level plane with the utilization of pressure driven or mechanical lifts
Underground parking structure
An underground parking structure has levels beneath the surface and none over the ground. Frequently underground parking structures are situated in downtown areas where there's very little space accessible to assemble a parking office, yet there is a major need to construct one.
You can now get a parking booked for yourself in advance by the parking solution provided by YoParker. The user can visit the website or even download the app from the store without spending a single paisa for it.
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While the pantheon of travel literature is filled with accounts of journeys in, to and from Asia and the Silk Road, Latin America is less well covered. Perhaps it’s because writers have only ventured there more recently, or because it is perceived to lack much of the exoticness of India, China, Afghanistan et al.
Trail to Titicaca is part of the limited range of available Latin American travel literature. It’s an account of a cycle journey from Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, at the southern tip of the continent, to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, which took almost a year to complete. The three participants took part to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund, although the journey took place long before today’s wide range of charity-related organised ‘expeditions’ sprung up. Attlee comes across as something of a pioneer in this respect.
The route is not an easy one, climbing through the Andes and crossing the Patagonian desert, and the hardships of the trip are always evident. But Attlee brings the diversity of the continent to life – crossing jungles, the high plains of Bolivia, climbing mountains, navigating various ‘shortcuts’ and visiting a range of villages, towns and cities. There is also plenty of human contact. Attlee and his companions were recipients of Latin American generosity on many occasions, and there are plenty of colourful characters met en route.
Attlee mixes the ingredients of his travel book well: the worthy cause, spectacular scenery, kindly locals, the team dynamic, meetings with other travellers, local history, national quirks and the existential questions that accompany the end (and possibly the beginning and middle) of most big trips.
The result is a very enjoyable entry point to Latin America. But don’t expect much more than that. Rupert Attlee is no Paul Theroux, and at 300 pages of large-ish print, the book lacks the space to make any meaningful comments about the countries visited. But he’s an enthusiastic writer and he transmits his enthusiasm for the region well. This is one of those travel books that may have you reaching for the passport, Lonely Planet in hand, to plan your next trip. That’s something that the mass of Silk Road related tomes stopped doing long ago.
Overall verdict: Refreshing, engaging, and worthy


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Welcome to the Sketchfab NYC meetup group! This is a group to gather the Sketchfab community in NYC, and anyone interested in learning more about 3D publishing online.
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Describe Argan ang Belard.
Argan is the main character of the play. Many times throughout the play we see him used and taken advantage of by his doctors, his maid and his wife. He is a grandiose character that often erupts with intense emotions. He seems almost a caricature of himself, and consequently it's hard to take his character seriously at first. It's the soft side of his personality that draws the audience in as we get to know his true self, separate from his intensely emotional self, and feel sorry for him because of how he is treated by the other characters. He may be a clueless and highly dramatic hypochondriac, but he cares deeply about the people in his life and yet they merely take advantage of his naivete.


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Soon after winning the election in November 2018, Dallas District Attorney John Creuzot announced major alterations to the way that his office would pursue the prosecution of crime in the county. The proposed changes, a significant departure from historical practice, attracted the attention of locals, statewide elected officials, and one of the largest police unions in Texas.
In an April 2019 release, the then-newly elected Democrat announced that he had begun bringing about the “transformation” of the criminal justice system, calling his pursuit of so-called “reforms” during his first 90 days on the job “impressive.”
Among many other items, Creuzot’s “reform policies” include refusing to prosecute first-time misdemeanor marijuana offenses, as well as theft of personal items with a value less than $750 that his office deems stolen out of “necessity.”
Creuzot’s decision had the material effect of selectively ceasing the prosecution of Class C and B misdemeanor theft, as $750 is the threshold for theft to be prosecuted as a Class A misdemeanor under Texas law.
In an interview with the Texas Tribune soon after his policies were announced, Creuzot said, “I’ve been in criminal justice for 37 years, and I’ve seen people steal because they’re hungry, and I’ve seen the system react where the cases are dismissed or react in a more harsh manner where incarceration is requested, but the reality of it is putting a person in jail is not going to make their situation any better.”
Since Creuzot took office in January 2019, larceny and theft offenses have risen by 11.83%, according to DallasOpenData. So far in 2022, such crimes have increased by 14.40% when compared to the same period in 2019.
Soon after Creuzot’s policies were announced, Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a joint letter decrying Creuzot’s new policies, calling his actions a clear violation of his oath of office to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and this State.”
“Reform is one thing. Actions that abandon the rule of law and that could promote lawlessness are altogether different,” the two Republican elected officials stated.
Rebuking Creuzot for branding his plan as a “reform” package, the two chided, “Constitutionally, ‘reforming’ state law is the province of the Legislature.”
Calling Creuzot’s new plan for how to treat some crimes “unacceptable,” then-president of the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) Sgt. Todd Harrison remarked, “When he was campaigning for the office, we don’t remember not prosecuting crime as part of his platform.”
CLEAT is one of the largest police unions in Texas.
Michael Mata, president of the Dallas Police Association, told the Texas Tribune that Creuzot’s plan risked further eroding the relationship between the public and their local police.
Mata said that these policies create a “belief that it’s an option, that we are choosing to enforce law” selectively. He went on to say that if a citizen is adamant about filing a complaint, police are compelled to pursue it.
Yet to have the district attorney later decline to prosecute “erodes an already eroding relationship with the public” for law enforcement, he added.
“This isn’t helping us,” said Mata.
Despite local and state opposition, Creuzot has not backed down from these policies for prosecuting crime. In his recent party primary, Creuzot once again defeated Elizabeth Frizell, who campaigned this time around on ending what she called his “dangerous” theft policies.
“I don’t think when someone steals from you, you should feel like I can’t call the police, no one’s going to help me, no one’s going to do anything,” Frizell told Inside Texas Politics.
Creuzot successfully secured his party’s nomination but is now set for a general election in November with a broader electorate. In yet another rematch, he faces Republican Faith Johnson, the incumbent whom he defeated in the 2018 general election.
Johnson has made Creuzot’s theft prosecution policies a cornerstone of her campaign. When asked at a campaign event if she would rescind this policy, she declared to cheers, “Absolutely…I’m going to abide by the law.”
Note: This article was updated on September 13, 2022, at 6:35 p.m. to include additional information.


Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England have no public or media events on their schedules.
Commander, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Gen. William Wallace will host a media roundtabls at 11 a.m. EDT in the Secretary of the Army Conference Room, at 3D572. For further information, contact Harvey Perritt, TRADOC Public Affairs, at (757) 788-4465.
Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) George Peach Taylor, will be available to discuss the Air Force theater hospital, overall medical support and on-going aeromedical evacuations currently supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. For more information or to attend, please contact Mrs. Betty Anne Mauger, Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs at (202) 767-4802.


Although I didn’t get to see everything I wanted to at the Faire, there was a ton of stuff that was interesting enough for a mention. Many of these could probably merit their own separate article, and I didn’t get to talk about everything, so feel free to comment, or better yet write in to the tip line if you feel like you deserve more “air time.”
In the video after the break there’s everything from a [steampunk] display, to a model railroad club, and lots of projects in between. For a list of makers at this Faire, check out this page. Continue reading “NC Maker Faire 2012: Other Projects”
Although I had no idea what to expect at the NC Maker Faire, I was pleasantly surprised to see several well made electrical vehicles. One of note was [Lab306]‘s Fox body electric Mustang. Although it would have been impressive by itself, it was made by a high school class and has been featured in several publications. Be sure to check out their excellent website, or the short video of it after the break! Don’t you wish you went to that high school?
Also of note were a few really cool cars seen after the break, including one built from a kit by [Green Cycle Design Group]. The other two were extremely small by traditional car standards and featured very unique designs. Continue reading “Maker Faire NC 2012: Electrical Vehicles”
There were quite a few 3D printers at the NC Maker Faire this year (like the [Fablicator], several [RepRap]s, and [MakerBot]s) as well as a few subtractive machining devices including a wood lathe, a [ShopBot] display (one of the sponsors), and my little CNC router. There was even a little [Eggbot] on display, which combines several CNC concepts into a really unique device for printing a picture on an egg.
Check out the video below for lots of examples of what was at the Faire. There’s always room for one more 3D printing or CNC machining enthusiast, so hopefully it inspired some makers to expand their capabilities! Continue reading “NC Maker Faire 2012: Machine Tools And 3D Printers”
[Dino] has been featured here at [HAD] on many occasions, so I was excited to see some of his inventions in person and meet the man himself. [Dino] didn’t disappoint, bringing a display that included a working demonstration of his upcoming cover story for Make Magazine – an automatic doggie ball-thrower. Also there were some crazy musical instruments, what appeared to be a cylindrical oscilloscope display, and a robot rolling around with the thrown balls (and kids).
As seen in the video, one thing to remember if you’re displaying at a Faire, kids will definitely be there, and will interact with anything they can. This can be good or bad, so make sure you design your display, like [Hackaweek]’s to be the former. [Dino] also had a projector pointed at the wall playing some video. This made for a great attention-getter! Check out the short videos below of his ball thrower in action and a view of the show from one of his robots! Continue reading “NC Maker Faire 2012: Hackaweek Display”
Robot combat has inspired makers probably since the first one was conceived. Whether it’s an epic struggle between two future superpowers, or simply a friendly match of robot hockey, it’s always fun to watch. NC Maker Faire 2012 was no exception as [Carolina Combat Robots] had a small arena with remote control robots going at it. The matches were incredibly popular, and I was glad to be able to see some of it from my table next door!
Check out the video after the break for some footage of these ‘bots in action! Continue reading “NC Maker Faire 2012: Robot Hockey”


Donald Trump plays Brexit kingmaker
LONDON — Donald Trump is using his U.K. state visit to anoint Brexit winners and losers.
The president on Tuesday fully cast his lot with political leaders pushing for Britain to crash out of the European Union — and in the process trampled on diplomatic norms that foreign leaders generally avoid meddling in domestic politics.
Britain is especially fragile at the moment, with Prime Minister Theresa May set to step aside in the coming days, casting doubt on how — or even if — the United Kingdom will leave the EU.
But Trump barreled into the Brexit quagmire on Tuesday. In just a matter of a few hours, he snubbed the leader of the opposition — who wants a close relationship with the EU after Brexit and if he can’t get it, advocates a second referendum on the options — in favor of meeting with two avid Brexiteers and chatting with a third.
Trump “is very interested as to who the next Conservative leader and prime minister is,”said Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, following his own meeting with the president Tuesday.
But it’s not clear Trump’s pressure will win him the nationalist ally he craves in Europe.
For weeks, the discussion about May’s replacement has centered on Boris Johnson, the voluble Brexit leader and former foreign secretary who shares Trump’s penchant for headline-grabbing quotes. On Tuesday, however, it was Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn who grabbed the spotlight.
Corbyn had turned down a visit to the lavish state banquet at Buckingham Palace the night before saying that the U.S. president did not deserve the honor. Instead, he delivered an anti-Trump screed at a massive rally less than mile away from the president’s joint press conference with Prime Minister Theresa May.
The opposition leader said he would “fight with every last breath” to prevent American companies from carving up the U.K.’s state health system, the National Health Service. And, to cheers from the crowd, he attacked Trump over his policies on immigration, climate change, reproductive rights and international cooperation.
Asked about the comments at the press conference, Trump said Corbyn had asked him to meet, “and I told him no.”
“I don’t know Jeremy Corbyn. Never met him, never spoke to him,” Trump added. “I think that he is ... somewhat of a negative force. I think that people should look to do things correctly as opposed to criticize.”
The back-and-forth had both sides suddenly contemplating the potential U.S.-U.K. relationship under a Prime Minister Corbyn — a distinct possibility if a general election proves the only way to resolve the U.K.'s political impasse over Brexit.
The U.S. and the U.K. have long proclaimed a “special relationship” exists between the two countries. Trump used the phrase liberally and warmly during his remarks, proclaiming “the greatest alliance the world has ever known.”
But officials and diplomats quietly acknowledge these ties are fraying, strained by Brexit and Trump’s election. Corbyn’s rise to power would almost certainly further test the relationship’s strength still further.
Senior Labour officials war-gaming the prospect of Corbyn as prime minister with Trump still in the White House anticipate a rocky relationship, but not a total breakdown. A diplomatic visit like this week would still take place, one official said, but not with full state honors. Corbyn opposed the granting of a state visit and would continue to do so as prime minister.
“If he were president and Jeremy were prime minister they would find a way of working together. While of course simultaneously being a vocal critic,” the official said.
Whether Corbyn would call the U.S. relationship “special” — a buzzword for post-war U.K. prime ministers — remains to be seen. He used the term in a 2017 conference speech, but did so with conditions. He warned that Trump had “threatened war and talked of tearing up international agreements.”
“If the special relationship means anything, it must mean that we can say to Washington: that way is the wrong way,” Corbyn added at the time.
Some of Labour’s criticisms of Trump — on the Iran nuclear deal, on climate change, on the importance of multilateral bodies like the United Nations — are shared by the Conservative government, and are making the transatlantic relationship more difficult.
Heather Conley, director of the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies predicted the U.S.-U.K. relationship would face “profound strain” if Corbyn were to occupy No. 10 Downing. For one, the policies he has espoused over his lengthy political career are “so dramatically different from what we’ve come to expect from the United Kingdom,” she said.
“The more I think through what a Jeremy Corbyn premiership would look like, I think it would almost have some similar aspects to what it looked like when Trump became president,” Conley said. “You would really have a challenge for civil servants who wish to prevent dramatic shifts in policy.”
Corbyn as prime minister would add major new areas of divergence, particularly on military cooperation. Corbyn opposed last year’s airstrikes in Syria, as well as the 2011 Libya intervention. He can be counted on to maintain his lifelong opposition to U.S. foreign interventions if he became prime minister. It is also impossible to imagine Corbyn would be an ally, as May has been, in Trump’s push for NATO allies to spend more on defense.
“I imagine everybody would notice we have a tangible change. We have different policies and different priorities from the current government,” the Labour official said. Then again, the official added: “We could have Bernie.” The left-wing Democrat presidential hopeful would likely be a much more comfortable fit for a Corbyn premiership.
Trump allies have trouble envisioning Corbyn as prime minister, mainly because they don’t believe it will happen. Asked whether Trump would meet Corbyn at the negotiating table if he becomes prime minister, the White House declined to comment. Trump also did not provide a reason for rejecting Corbyn’s meeting request.
The president spent his time Tuesday engaging conservative politicians — one of whom, following the party’s leadership election, will become prime minister.
Trump spoke with Johnson for 20 minutes by phone Tuesday morning. They did not meet in person because of a clash with a leadership hustings among Tory MPs who will select the two nominees to replace May.
Johnson, one of the leaders of the official Vote Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum, further bolstered his hardline Brexit credentials when he resigned from May’s Cabinet in protest at her concessions to the EU. The president’s team also requested a sit-down meeting with Environment Secretary Michael Gove, another leader of the official Vote Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum.
But with Trump and Corbyn’s public spat on Tuesday, the president’s allies were forced to confront the possibility of a future Corbyn-led Britain.
One ex-Trump aide suggested the Labour leader isn’t particularly popular within his own party after it suffered heavy losses in last month’s European Parliament election. “He’s as well-liked within his party as Hillary Clinton was with Democrats” in 2016, the ex-aide said.
The White House has been careful not to press too hard on issues where May’s successor — whether it’s Johnson, or a handful of other potential candidates — might diverge from Trump, like healthcare and climate change.
Trump was noticeably quiet on the latter issue during his press conference with May. He also didn’t make waves after discussing the topic over tea on Monday with Prince Charles, a major proponent of climate rules and the Paris climate accord.
On trade though, Trump was typically robust. “When you are dealing with trade everything is on the table, so NHS [National Health Service] or anything else… but everything will be on the table, absolutely,” he said.
May quickly pointed out that what was included in a scope of any deal would be the subject of negotiation. But if the U.K. is still in a state of political upheaval and desperate to make up for trade losses with the EU, those talks may prove to be a painfully one-sided affair — special relationship or not.