This paper presents a circuit for simultaneous reception of optical power and data using a solar cell. The circuit employs a switched-inductor boost DC-DC converter for energy harvesting and a low-power thresholding receiver for data reception. The thresholding data receiver comprises a current-sense resistor that monitors the current output of the solar cell, an instrumentation amplifier, a band-pass filter and a comparator. A system-level analysis of an optical communication system employing the proposed circuit is presented along with a circuit-level analysis and implementation. As a proof-of-concept, the proposed circuit for simultaneous power and data reception is implemented using off-the-shelf components and tested using a custom-built test setup. Measurement results, including harvested power, electronic noise and bit error rate (BER), are reported for a GaAs solar cell and a red LED light source. Results show that 223 mu textW of power are harvested by the DC-DC converter at a distance of 32.5 cm and a radiated power of 9.3 mW. At a modulation depth of 50% and a transmission speed of 2.5 kbps, a BER of 1.008times 10-3 is achieved. Measurement results reveal that the proposed solution exhibits a trade-off between harvested power, transmission speed and BER.
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Calf milk powder shortage dire – Neal Walllace:
Calf rearers battling a shortage of milk powder are unlikely to get a reprieve this season with a major retailer warning product delays could continue for another four weeks.
As if that wasn’t enough, farmers report the price of calf milk replacer, or what some are calling white gold, has increased in recent weeks from $53 for a 20kg bag to $75.
Farmlands chief executive Peter Reidie said his company was not taking any new orders for calf milk replacer (CMR) because suppliers had advised they could not supply any product. . .
World food trends favour dairy – Hugh Stringleman:
Fonterra has identified 11 modern consumer food trends it says are very positive for high quality milk production in New Zealand.
Global consumer and food service chief operating officer Jacqueline Chow said Fonterra had invested $1 billion over the past decade in dairy innovation – in science, sustainability, nutrition and packaging – to position the co-operative to meet the trends.
Its dairy farmers had also spent $1b over the past five years on environmental initiatives. . .
The Waikato Rural Support Trust is receiving unusually high numbers of calls from farmers as adverse weather conditions and the low dairy payout take a toll, it says.
Trust chairman Neil Bateup said a particularly wet spring had caused issues with feed quality and quantity and that had made farming very difficult.
Mr Bateup said the farmers calling were mainly in the dairy industry, with those people also struggling with the low payout of the past couple of years. . .
Activism in New Zealand has sunk to a new low as conservation workers don’t even feel safe going about their daily jobs.
Federated Farmers is deeply concerned for the safety of the country’s conservation department staff and contractors, as so-called activists continue to ignore the fact that 1080 is working well for New Zealand.
“It is simply unacceptable for New Zealanders who go to work every day to protect our environment, to be made to feel unsafe doing their jobs,” says Federated Farmers president Dr William Rolleston.
“This is madness and it’s activism out of control. . .
Ngāi Tahu adds horse treks to its tourism stable – Aaron Smale:
Ngāi Tahu has bought a horse trekking business in Glenorchy to add to its tourism portfolio.
The South Island iwi has bought Dart Stables in Glenorchy, which runs horse treks through a region that features heavily in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Ngāi Tahu Tourism chief executive Quinton Hall said the business fit well with its broader tourism strategy.
“The team at Dart Stables has an excellent reputation with customers and within the local community and has access to some of the most beautiful parts of the country,” he said. . .
Six fantastic businesses are competing in three categories this year and the ultimate winner will receive the supreme prize for the Enterprising Rural Women Awards.
Rural Women New Zealand’s annual awards showcase rural women who run their own successful businesses. For the entrants, it is an opportunity to promote their innovative rural enterprise and gain recognition for their contribution to their community.
Each category winner receives $1,000 in prize money and a trophy, with a further $1,000 being awarded to the supreme winner who is judged as an exceptional rural business women. Prizes also include clothing from Swazi Apparel and from the Agri-Women’s Development Trust $400 worth of executive coaching for each category winner and an additional $3,400 professional development package for the supreme winner.
2016 ERWA categories: . .
New Zealand is hosting beef producers from the International Beef Alliance in Taupo this week.
The International Beef Alliance includes the national organisations representing beef cattle producers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay and the United States and it meets annually to progress issues of common interest.
This week the Presidents and CEOs from the Cattle Council of Australia, Associação dos Criadores de Mato Grosso, Associação Nacional dos Confinadores de Brasil, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas, Asociación Rural de Paraguay, Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the US National Cattlemen’s Beef Association will meet in Taupo. This group accounts for 46% of the world’s beef cattle production and 63% of global beef exports. . .
With volatility in the dairy payout, there has never been a more important time to have a clear picture of your farming business’ performance.
And according to Figured’s marketing manager Monica Shepherd, nearly 40 per cent of farmers surveyed at the New Zealand National Fieldays, said they wanted more advice from their accountants on how to achieve just that.
In response, Dairy Women’s Network is running a free dairy module called ‘Farming in the Cloud’ with its partners Figured, Xero, ASB Bank and Crowe Horwath. . .
Winners in New Zealand’s most prestigious competition for olive oil were announced last night at a formal dinner held at Parliament in Wellington and hosted by MP Paul Foster-Bell.
Robinsons Bay Olives from Akaroa took out the 2016 Best in Show as well as Best in Class in the Commercial Medium Blends Class at the New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Awards, run by Olives New Zealand, the national organisation for olive oil growers.
The Old N’Olive Grove Partnership from Wairarapa won the Best in Boutique Category for growers who produce less than 250 litres of certified extra virgin olive oil, as well as Best in Class in the Boutique Intense Single Varietal Class with their Rockbottom Grove Picual. . .
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All the other forums I visit normally have a “for sale” forum where items can be sold between members. From previous posts I have read, alot of the members here upgrade their DVD drives quite frequently…which would be a good idea for a “for sale” forum. I myself have an NEC3500 that I want to sell to get a BENQ 1620.
already been asked and answered look here http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=117738
In addition to the points Tax made in the other thread, it seems to me that such a forum would also be an invitation to spammers. :Z
another forum im a reg at enacted a minimum post count before you can post a link…this dissuades spammers.

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Some people call it harassment. Others say it’s fair game under the First Amendment.
While NFL players who have supported kneeling in the past have not revealed their plans for this season, it is unlikely the new policy brought an end to the controversy.
Cutting future pension benefits worries teachers: Public sector workers in Colorado don't receive Social Security.
A sea of protesters dressed in red converged on Civic Center Park.
The governor says if TABOR's binds were loosened, education funding could go up without a tax increase.
In terms of education spending, teachers say that the state has a long way to go to make up for ground lost during the recession.
Students and advocates across the state took to the streets for the March For Our Lives.
D.C. march organizers say more than 800 “sibling” events will take place all over the world, including in Colorado.
A dozen high schoolers gave speeches, shared personal stories or performed. The student organizers also arranged for Democratic state Sen. Andy Kerr to say a few words.

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This book focuses on the study of the important Spanish region of Catalonia in the modern age. Catalonia has a strong claim to being an independent state, dating back to its time as the Kingdom of Aragon. There is a unique Catalan language and the region has a culture of its own, independent to that of the main Castilian Spanish national one. In wake of recent events in Catalonia, that occurred after this book was released, this book becomes ever more important to study in order for us to fully understand the political processes that are now occurring in Catalonia and their causes. Catalonia was a key thorn in the foot of Franco and the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War and during the ensuing Franco dictatorship, he never forgot the Catalan betrayal. Inherent to Francoism was oppression of regionalist identities within Spain. Under Franco, Catalanism went underground. There was suppression of the language and I found it strange how the main thrust of survival of Catalanism was to found within the Catholic church, an institution that, in particular, during the Spanish Civil War, encountered a fierce enemy in the Catalan people and experienced one of the most excessive repressions of the church by any area during its history, with many churches burnt and priests killed. Catalan liturgies and church literature ensured the survival of the language and the culture was empowered by Vatican support. Montserrat and its role in society in terms of Catalan national identity became intertwined. In the post-Franco era, there has been a resurgence in Catalanism. A degree of autonomy has been granted and widespread recovery of culture has developed, with Catalan being taught again and used in schools and an alternative centre of power to the central Madrid government has emerged in the Generalitat, its key figure in its foundation being long term president, Jordi Pujol. In the modern age, immigration of initially non-Catalan speakers from other areas of Spain, and then non-Spaniards, has created issues for integration within wider Catalan society. Catalonia is a powerful and wealthy industrial region that gives away about 10% of its GDP to Madrid with no return. Politically it tends to lean towards bourgeois values although working class organisation and unionisation has played an important role. There has been an ongoing rally for votes within Catalan politics between middle-right Nationalists and Socialists / Communists. The book’s epilogue explores the move for independence and Dowling successfully predicts the events that we have been seeing as Barcelona hits global headlines in its fight for secession. This book is an essential read for anybody who might be interested in the region of Catalonia.
This book focuses on the different components that comprise French Industrial relations, neatly divided up into 8 distinct chapters with a thorough introduction and conclusion. Each chapter goes into detailing a particular aspect of the French Labour movement. It looks at the role of the State, Employers and also Trade Unions and the interactions that, often complicated, form the tenuous bond between each of these bodies. The climax of the book is in the final ‘Conflicts’ chapter which details strikes in France, a country where the population is globally recognised for its propensity to get onto the streets. France has a very strong Jacobin State, weak Trade Union membership and very high Collective Bargaining coverage. The uniqueness of French Industrial relations make this an interesting study and for my ‘History of French Labour’ course that I study at Cardiff University (taught by author of this volume, Dr Nick Parsons), the book is an essential read and a key source of reference. It builds on less comprehensive studies of French Industrial relations that I have picked up from other books.
This is a translation from the original French and as such I feel that sometimes reads a little strangely as an academic study in that it sometimes has an unusual technique for presenting ideas. It is quite rich in statistics and sometimes the data can be overwhelming. The book is neatly broken down into chapters which focus on the different effects during multiple time periods on the individual classes which compromised 19th century French society. It is clear that each of the revolutions that occurred during this period, even though often initially driven by the lower classes, all had a tendency to ultimately favour the bourgeois status quo among society’s political elite. Even though peasants and working class often bore the brunt of society’s effects, it is also apparent from the study that by the end of the century, in particular during the Belle Epoque, living conditions and standards had actually risen. France caught up with the rest of the Western world in terms of its industrialisation and a more cohesive labour movement gradually improved the lot of wage earners. France moved during three major periods during the nineteenth century. We have the July Monarchy, the Second Empire and the Third Republic. There are good regional examples of the different events that form the country’s social history. I particularly enjoyed the details about various industrial regions such as the mining districts and also the variations across the land from North and South. It is a worthy read, even if sometimes this book does get bogged down in detail.
This is an in depth study of socialism in France. The book is broken up into a series of long chapters, each covering a critical period of the political left in France. The emergence of working class political culture in the nineteenth century is explored and we see the development of trade unionism and the creation of socialist parties. The development of the social party, the SFIO is looked at in detail, prior to its rise to power under Blum. We then see the decline in the power of the socialists as they concede proletariat votes to the PCF, communists. The chapter on the French communists looks at the theorists who were so successful at internationalising the ideas and images of French Marxism. Sartre among the most famous, also there is a detailed study of Althusser, who unlike many of the French Marxist writers – was also an actual member of the PCF. The tailing off off Communist popularity as it clung hopelessly to the vestiges of Stalinism, leads to the book’s final chapter, where the rise of the socialists yet again, culminates in the ascendancy of Mitterand at the 1981 French general elections where the socialists swept surprisingly into power. this victory is compared with the Revolution of 1791 and the Paris Commune of 1871 in terms of its relevance to leftist politics in France. I found this book to be very detailed and some chapters were a bit tricky in terms of ideas and specialist vocabulary – but the book, read for a History of French Labour course at Cardiff University – has certainly enlightened me on certain aspects of French working class politics and I feel that the knowledge imparted has been vital.
This short book, written in 1971, is a study of syndicalism and its effects on the French Labour movement in the twenty years preceding World War 1. French workers had learned the effectiveness of striking to improve their wages and conditions and there was an increase in strike activity which was mainly co-ordinated by syndicalist labour leaders who drew on the ideas of theorists such as Proudhon. Syndicalist Unions organised their members and there was a shift in awareness among the working classes of how to unite and fight a class struggle. Syndicalism mainly avoided politics and focussed on the economic path to fighting for workers’ rights. Ultimately the non-syndicalist unions came to the fore to champion the workers and as wages increased and conditions improved as a result of strike activity, the thoughts and ideas of the syndicalists lost favour and faded away. The book analyses why the conditions were ripe for syndicalism. The artisanship of the workers, the lack of industrialism, and the regionalism of employers and lack of large companies, all meant that France, during this period was ripe for the syndicalist ideas to flourish.
This is a relatively concise look at Employment relations in France. Taken from a contrastive Anglo-Saxon point of view, the author explores the intricacies of the French economic system and how industrial relations are different in France than other Western capitalist nations. In France, strikes, in particular by public sector workers, are notoriously common and tend to make headlines around the world. This study reveals some of the reasons for the French workers’ propensity to take strike action. The government tends to have a major effect on working life and state intervention is common in the French economy. From the effects of Vichy to the Gaullist dirigisme through to the more recent Aubry laws to the present day, the effects of the state, mixed in with the demands of employer and employee associations, there is a complex web of interactions. Trade Unionism in France is relatively undersubscribed but has a large ability to mobilise the workers en masse. There is a myriad of acronyms relating to the various unions and other associations. The CGT, the CFDT, the FO, the employer association Medef. All of these contribute in their own right to forming the employment relations. France has a strong welfare element to its state and has also moved away from its more traditional family-owned patrimonial role of the employer to being more Americanised in its business models with international pension funds being more predominant in the stock market. This book is a great introductory text for my History of French Labour course at Cardiff University and I felt that the author does a very good job of explaining how the French economy operates. I would imagine that over the next year I will be regularly thumbing the pages of this text for reference.

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Offering a total square footage of approximately 2,702 square feet and consisting of 2 levels is this residential home, with commercial potential, located on one of Belize City's thruways being Baymen Avenue, King's Park. This structure being of solid concrete sits on timber pile foundations with no current form of structural damage visible. The ground level, offering 1,384 square feet, is currently setup to be used as a commercial space compromising of 4 rooms, 2 baths, a corridor, lobby and office space. The upper level, offering 1,318 square feet, was used previously as an office space consisting of 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, a kitchen are and lobby area.
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Las Vertientes – Reserva Natural Privada was formed in 2009 with the aim of promoting wildlife conservation and environmental education for the children of the Northern Patagonia. In addition to naturally occurring animal species such as birds and a variety of wildlife, flora, fauna. The philosophy behind Las Vertientes Nature Reserve is creating a place where endangered species can once again thrive has also created a rare experience for the small number of people who are allowed to visit.

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Uber to open new service in Lviv city
The immensely popular taxi service Uber has set its eyes on Lviv with plans to roll out a new service there in late spring.
Plans are already in place for Uber to be available in Kyiv after an inspection from the European office, according to Ilya Kenigshtein, freeland advisor to the Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy.
"If the NBU does not procrastinate then the service will be launched in Kyiv in late March or early April. And then it will start immediately in Lviv", he stated.
This follows on from protests in February by Kyiv tax drivers against Uber launching. Kyiv taxi drivers called for equal and competitive work conditions and were afraid of losing their jobs.
Similar protests could be expected in Lviv but feedback is positive for Uber to expand their network across Ukraine.
2 October 2019Ukrainian President backs investment in Carpathian ski resort At the recent European strategy conference held in Kiev, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that the new megaproject in Slavske could help turn the cup Asians into Eastern Europe’s Al
29 August 2019Tourism in Paris and in France is declining, due to civil disturbance and terrorism. Hotel tracking companies have reported occupancy declines of as much as much as 7% in Paris since November 2018. But for the traveller looking to visit an historic capit
19 August 2019Lviv city with its neoclassical architecture and the beautiful Carpathian nearby is an attractive mix that is drawing more and more tourists. The former head of the Lviv regional administration, Oleh Syniutka, estimated at the growth in tourism was not le


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Why water purifying ?? Have you ever heard about Legionella and legionaires disease, If not you should read this here
The genus Legionella is a pathogenic group of Gram-negative bacteria, that includes the species L. pneumophila, causing Legionellosis (all illnesses caused by Legionella) including a pneumonia type illness called Legionnaires' disease and a mild flu like illness called Pontiac fever.
It may be readily visualized with a silver stain. Legionella is common in many environments, including soil and aquatic systems, with at least 50 species and 70 serogroups identified.
The side-chains of the cell wall carry the bases responsible for the somatic antigen specificity of these organisms. The chemical composition of these side chains both with respect to components as well as arrangement of the different sugars determines the nature of the somatic or O antigen determinants, which are essential means of serologically classifying many Gram-negative bacteria.
Legionella acquired its name after a July 1976 outbreak of a then-unknown "mystery disease" sickened 221 persons, causing 34 deaths. The outbreak was first noticed among people attending a convention of the American Legion—an association of U.S. military veterans. The convention in question occurred in Philadelphia during the U.S. Bicentennial year in July 21–24, 1976. This epidemic among U.S. war veterans, occurring in the same city as—and within days of the 200th anniversary of—the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was widely publicized and caused great concern in the United States.
On January 18, 1977, the causative agent was identified as a previously unknown bacterium subsequently named


Justin Germano is back pitching well as Kerry Robinson debuts in Portland and steals three bases. …
Coonrod promoted; Bechtel down
Coonrod was in the midst of a streak of ten games in a row without allowing an earned run.
Chuck Bechtel appeared in 14 1/3 innings for the Storm, recording one save in seven appearances. He allowed 15 hits and five walks while striking out nine. Opponents were hitting .254 off of Bechtel in the California League.
Bechtel allowed runs in five of his seven Storm appearances and allowed a runner on base and has retired the side in order in just three of his 29 appearances all year.
Prior to his call up from the Wizards in late May, he was 1-1 with a 5.34 ERA in 30 1/3 innings and 22 appearances. He has 35 strikeouts, 39 hits allowed and 23 walks issued.
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Chris Brown enters rehab for anger issues
The singer's decision to enter a rehabilitation centre comes days after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a man
Chris Brown has entered a rehabilitation centre for anger issues following his arrest for allegedly punching a man in the face.
A representative for the singer said: “Chris Brown has elected to enter a rehab facility. His goal is to gain focus and insight into his past and recent behaviour, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point."
Mark Geragos, Brown’s lawyer, said the singer “decided he wanted to take some time off and do some introspection”.
Geragos added Brown’s decision to enter rehab was not an acknowledgement of wrongdoing in the assault case.
The “Don’t Wake Me Up” singer tweeted last night: “In order to go where u have never gone u have to be willing to go where u never been!!!”
Brown and his bodyguard were released from custody on Monday following their arrest for allegedly punching 20-year-old Parker Adams in the face at a nightclub in Washington DC.
Adams told police he had tried to push his way into a picture Brown was taking with a woman and her friend earlier in the evening.
The police report states the singer said: “I’m not down with that gay shit. I feel like boxing.”
Brown denied punching Adams, and Hollosy said he intervened when Adams tried to get on Brown’s tour bus.
The pair were initially charged with a felony assault, which was reduced to a misdemeanour.
Both Brown and his bodyguard Christopher Hollossy will face a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a $1,000 (£620) fine if they are found guilty.
The singer and his bodyguard were released from custody on Monday and are due to stand trial on 25 November.
Brown is still on a five year probation for attacking his ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 before the Grammy Music Awards.
His probation was revoked over the summer after he was charged with a hit-and-run traffic accident in Los Angeles. It was later reinstated after the judge was satisfied he and the driver had reached an agreement over the case.
In January, it was claimed he was involved in a fight with singer Frank Ocean over a car parking space outside a Hollywood recording studio.
At the time, detectives said Brown was under suspicion for punching the victim but the case was dropped after Ocean decided not to press charges.
His new album, X, is due out in December.
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Afghanistan defeated Kenya by seven wickets to finish second in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here and qualify for its maiden Cricket World Cup in 2015.
Afghanistan Friday defeated Kenya by seven wickets to finish second in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here and qualify for its maiden Cricket World Cup in 2015. Deciding to field first after winning the toss, Afghanistan dismissed Kenya for 93 in 43.3 overs and then achieved the target in 20.5 overs with seven wickets to spare.
The victory meant Afghanistan finished on 19 points – five behind champion Ireland, which qualified for ICC’s flagship event in July. The architects of Afghanistan’s victory were left-arm spinner Hamza Hotak, captain Mohammad Nabi and Hashmatullah Shaidi. Hotak finished as the pick of bowlers with figures of 10-1-19-3, while Nabi scored 46 not out and Shaidi 13 not out. The pair of Nabi and Shaidi put on 62 for the fourth wicket, after Shem Ngoche had taken two wickets in five balls to reduce Afghanistan to 34 for three.
By virtue of finishing second in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship, Afghanistan have earned a place in Pool A that includes co-hosts Australia and New Zealand, as well as Bangladesh, England, Sri Lanka and Qualifier 3.
Afghanistan will play their opening match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 against Bangladesh at Manuka Oval, Canberra, Feb 18 while their other matches will be against Sri Lanka (Feb 22, Dunedin), Qualifier 3 (Feb 26, Dunedin), Australia (March 4, Perth), New Zealand (March 8, Napier) and England (March 13, Sydney).
It has been a remarkable journey for Afghanistan which were playing in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 in 2008.
In 2010, they qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 by winning the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2010. They then finished second to Ireland in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012, to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012. Afghanistan also played in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2010 in New Zealand and the 2012 edition in Australia.
Kenya 93 all out, 43.3 overs (Morris Ouma 39, Rakep Patel 18; Hamza Hotak 3-19, Karim Sadiq 10, Mohammad Nabi 2-10, Hamid Hassan 2-11) vs Afghanistan 96-3, 20.5 overs (Mohammad Nabi 46 not out, Hashmatullah Shaidi 13 not out; Shem Ngoche 2-30).
Afghanistan won by seven wickets.


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Middle Back Louise Mortensen has surprisingly decided to end her career.
Aalborg loses key player
Danish Champions League team Aalborg DH will have to play the rest of the Women’s Champions League this season without one of the most important players. The versatile right handed backcourt player Louise Mortensen has decided to end her career with immediate effect after six and a half year in the club.
In the summer of 2009, Louise Mortensen extended her contract with Aalborg for another year. But the contract allowed her to end it at New Year if she wanted to. And now she has decided to make use of that option.
"I can look back on many good experiences with the club and with the national team. Lately, however, the need for a life without handball has grown bigger and bigger. Now is the time to start a new chapter of my life. I wish Aalborg DH good luck in the future and hope the best for everyone in and around the club," said 30 year old Louise Mortensen, who has played 82 internationals for Denmark.
She was one of the most important players in the Danish national team at the World championship in China in December, where the Danes ended fifth. She has not wished to elaborate on her reasons for ending her career in this sudden and rather surprising way.
Two group matches left
"When Louise and Aalborg DH decided to continue our cooperation last summer, we agreed that it could end at New Year, if one of the parties wanted this. Louise has chosen to make use of this opportunity to stop now and open a new chapter of her life. She has played for Aalborg DH for many years, and has also been a regular in the Danish national team. We are extremely happy and proud to have had Louise in our team all this time," Aalborg DH´s managing director and club owner Jan Hansen said.
Aalborg have two matches left in Group B of the EHF Champions League. Both are away matches – against Hypo Niederösterreich on January 9th and against Metz on January 15th. In spite of being last in the group with two points after their first four matches, Aalborg still have a chance to advance to the main round, although Louise Mortensen´s career stop may weaken this chance.
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text: It’s been almost a week since my beloved mother passed away. I still can’t get away from the sadness. It seems tears are automatically turn on whenever and wherever. Although it pains me still, but I want to make something beautiful out of this feeling. Because my mother’s love is the greatest to me. So I was back to my working station recently and created two greeting cards to honor her. I called these cards OPEN HEARTS. The card in the front is my favorite. Both cards reflected my love of paper cut out. The motif was stamped and then colored with ink stamp, and the rest of the accents were hand-drawn. The hearts pattern for both cards are my creation.


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To Tuesday’s Bristol City Council budget meeting where the Reverend Rees was especially on edge after councillors voted to cut the budget to his well-staffed office – run by a PA on £95k a year – and use the funds to open some public toilets.
Here’s what Rees had to say to Green Councillor Jenny “Spend-a-Penny” Bartle who tabled this popular amendment to the Reverend’s budget:
Just the couple of issues with this latest unhinged outburst from the Reverend:
Firstly, the Reverend seems to have unilaterally changed the job description of Bristol City Councillors. Their roles are described by the Local Government Association (LGA), who the Reverend earns £17k a year from chairing their City Regions Board, here.
Where does it say our councillors should traipse the streets doing the work of the Reverend’s council officers for them? What does he think the council have staff for? Just to serve him and his business cronies tea and mini pastries and answer his emails?
We’re also reliably informed that there’s been no information or briefing on the community toilet scheme to councillors in the last year, So any new councillor wouldn’t have been given the materials, resources or information to recruit new businesses to the Reverend’s Community Toilet Scheme. They don’t even have a lists of who’s signed up at the moment!
Are council officers so busy running the Mayor’s Office there’s no time for the Reverend and his officers to provide information to councillors about the projects the council would like to promote?
The Reverend owes councillors an apology. Bet they don’t get one.


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I love books by Kate Alcott, so I was thrilled to see that she wrote one about the heyday of Hollywood. The Hollywood Daughter is told from the point of view of the daughter of a publicist who represents, among others, Ingrid Bergman. Jesse idolizes Ingrid Bergman and when Bergman comes to her school to film The Bells of St. Mary, Jesse’s strict Catholic upbringing and her Hollywood family life collide.
In 1950, Ingrid Bergman—already a major star after movies like Casablanca and Joan of Arc—has a baby out of wedlock with her Italian lover, film director Roberto Rossellini. Previously held up as an icon of purity, Bergman’s fall shocked her legions of American fans.
Growing up in Hollywood, Jessica Malloy watches as her PR executive father helps make Ingrid a star at Selznick Studio. Over years of fleeting interactions with the actress, Jesse comes to idolize Ingrid, who she considered not only the epitome of elegance and integrity, but also the picture-perfect mother, an area where her own difficult mom falls short.
In a heated era of McCarthyism and extreme censorship, Ingrid’s affair sets off an international scandal that robs seventeen-year-old Jesse of her childhood hero. When the stress placed on Jesse’s father begins to reveal hidden truths about the Malloy family, Jesse’s eyes are opened to the complex realities of life—and love.
Beautifully written and deeply moving, The Hollywood Daughter is an intimate novel of self-discovery that evokes a Hollywood sparkling with glamour and vivid drama.

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Ferroelectric ceramic materials with low loss tangent at RF frequencies allow development of electrically controlled devices (tuners) with extremely fast switching times (τ<100 ns). This offers the possibility of a Ferroelectric fast reactive tuner (FE-FRT) ferroelectric cavity tuner, operating at room temperature, that can: (1) alter the coupling between the transmission line and the acceleration structure, (2) electronically control the cavity frequency within a bandwidth needed for active compensation of microphonics.
FE-FRTs can be foreseen for a wide variety of RF use cases including microphonics suppression, RF switching, and transient beam loading compensation. This promises entirely new operational capabilities, increased performance, and cost savings for a variety of existing and proposed accelerators.
The ferroelectric material at the heart of FE-FRTs is a BST ferroelectric ceramic, which can be synthesized in the form of polycrystalline ceramic layers and in bulk. Very fast permittivity response times, high dielectric breakdown strength, low gas permeability and simplicity of mechanical treatment make such ferroelectric ceramics an attractive solution for the loading material in fast tuning and switching devices of RF accelerator systems. The material properties of the BST (M) ferroelectric (BST ferroelectric with Mg-based additives, as developed by Euclid Techlabs) in the frequency range 80 MHz – 1.5 GHz, have been assessed in terms of applicable material properties, including dielectric constant and loss tangent variations in the 50C – 550C temperature range. The results of these measurements are presented here.
The potential for fast reactive tuning with ferroelectric material is presently under development, with CERN considering a potential FE- FRT based beam loading compensation scheme for LHC injection scenarios. Such a use case takes advantage of the fast response time of the ferroelectric material in order to alter the cavity detuning during gaps in bunch trains, which in turn translates to appreciable reductions of required RF power whilst maintaining a constant cavity phase in the presence of transient beam loading.


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(CNN) — It’s a sunny afternoon in Moravia, and people are busy weeding the communal gardens on top of El Morro de Moravia (Moravia Hill), which sits at the heart of this working-class Medellín neighborhood.
Others are in the greenhouse, inspecting orchids in myriad tropical shades and rows of bromeliads, whose glossy orange bracts erupt from waxy leaves.
Outside, children fly kites, the flimsy colored plastic shuddering in the gusts that blast and swell, before leaping up into cerulean skies. Around them are families, meeting to chat and enjoy the panoramas of Medellín that this vantage point, 35 meters (115 feet) above the neighborhood, grants.
Concrete steps stamped with words such as “dignity” and “difference” lead up to the hilltop and are bordered by black and white photographs of this tranquil park in its former — and entirely unexpected — incarnation.
Like the rest of the city — which was dubbed the world’s most dangerous by Time magazine in 1988 — it’s unrecognizable. After all, beneath everyone’s feet lies a decade’s worth of rubbish and what was once the municipal landfill.
El Morro landfill formally closed in 1984, and desperate families began to build their houses on top.
‘A dark corner of the city where nobody dared to go’
Many found their way to Moravia, an informal neighborhood that once lay on the outskirts of Medellín.
In the 1970s as the city expanded, the local authorities designated Moravia as the site of the new municipal landfill. Existing residents were relocated to distant areas in the west of Medellín; those who remained — dubbing themselves “The Resistance” — faced the realities of living beside a rubbish heap.
Many turned to recycling as a means of etching out an existence. Each day, one hundred tons of waste — about the weight of a Boeing 757-200 — was dumped onto the site.
When the landfill was formally closed in 1984, desperate families — many with young children — began to build their houses on top. Over the next 20 years, the population of El Morro swelled to over 15,000, all living in precariously built shacks constructed from whatever they could scavenge.
The hill was covered over and is now a thriving urban park and garden.
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“The first house that I built was made of cardboard, plastic and wooden poles,” explains Elsy Torreglosa Gallego, who arrived in 1986, four kids in tow. Conditions were unsanitary, and the risk of fire constant because of cramped housing constructed from flammable materials and the noxious cloud of toxic gases that bubbled up from the waste.
A more immediate concern, however, was violence.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Medellín was in the grip of a bloody battle between drugs cartels, the most notorious of which was led by Pablo Escobar. In Moravia, rival gangs and armed groups recruited from the ranks of young people.
Moravia quickly became a no-go zone for the rest of the city, with residents facing the stigma of living in such a dangerous place.
“Moravia was a dark corner of the city where nobody dared to go. When we tried to get jobs in other parts of the city, they would say ‘no, because you’re from Moravia’. We had to lie in order to get work,” recalls Gallego.
Flowers bloom from trash
Everything changed in 2004.
Believing that life could be different, community leaders began “knocking on doors: the government’s, organizations, anyone who would be willing to help us solve the needs of the neighborhood,” says Gloria Ospima, who moved to Moravia with her family in 1968 at age 6, and is now one of the area’s more than 100 mostly female community leaders.
These requests were met with action when the government announced the Moravia Integral Improvement plan, which began clearing slums from the rubbish mountain and converting it — in part by covering the garbage heap with dirt — into a 30,000-square-meter urban park.
The government also invested in new community buildings. As part of this strategy, residents living beside El Morro were also allowed to legally purchase their land and homes.
“Those 15 minutes when the mayor told us that they were going to focus on Moravia and support us was life-changing,” recalls Gallego.
Flowers to sell at fairs across the city are grown in the vast greenhouse at the top of El Morro.
Nowadays, the neighborhood couldn’t look more different.
Gallego is part of Cojardicom, a collective of women who carefully tend the flower beds that now line the slopes of El Morro, which thrive with colored grasses and more than 70 species of plants. In the vast greenhouse situated at the very top, they also grow flowers to sell at fairs across the city, in one of the most symbolic acts of transformation: making flowers bloom from trash.
Vibrant local life
Back beneath the hill, Moravia thrives, too.
One of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city, it’s a jumble of concrete and brick dwellings that rise up like upside-down pyramids as every new story is larger than the last, and whose walls are a flush of color from street art that pays homage to revered community leaders who’ve spearheaded Moravia’s metamorphosis.
Murals, such as this one by Jefa, bring flushes of color to many walls in Moravia.
Dotted in between are tiny restaurants serving freshly squeezed fruit juices and deep-fried, cheese-filled buñuelos, whose aromas settle into air filled with the buzz of mopeds careering through narrow streets. IA smattering of gift shops has sprung up selling locally handcrafted jewelery and offering much-needed sources of income to residents.
If El Morro is the green lung of the neighborhood, this is its beating heart.
Seventeen paid staff and an army of volunteers offer cultural and educational programs, with everything from ballet to breakdancing and woodwork to weaving, while local artists and theater groups can exhibit and perform their work.
Ana Maria Restrepo, general coordinator at the center, is under no illusions as to the scale of its impact on local people.
“We know that art and culture are platforms that help people to connect, and that connection transforms into a knowledge of the world,” she enthuses. “A different perspective of the world changes everything for people here who historically haven’t had many opportunities.”
Tours offer visitors a chance to explore the area’s transformation.
A future that hangs in the balance
But, after over a decade of sustained improvements, a new plan for the neighborhood threatens its existence.
Issued in 2018, the Plan Parcial de Renovación Moravia (Moravia Partial Renovation Plan) proposes converting half of the area into a public park, while a further quarter of current dwellings would be replaced with 20 high-rise apartment blocks — a plan that critics argue will relocate a third of residents and change the social make up of the area.
One such critic is Maximilian Becker, co-founder of architecture collective Oasis Urbano, which, since 2016, has worked with community leaders to empower the neighborhood in an “approach that puts local communities at the heart of the process, bridging the gap between top-down and bottom-up planning,” Becker explains.
These multistory apartments, he argues, will have “no infrastructure, no shopping, no culture, no nothing. It’s the complete opposite of Moravia.”
But the constant threat of relocation isn’t the only disabling force residents must face.
Over the past few months, an estimated 1,000 new shanty dwellings have sprung up once more on El Morro, with community leaders blaming a wave of Venezuelan refugees and government inaction.
The future of the project now hangs in the balance.
“We’ve had a setback of more or less 20 years,” Gallegos argues, reflecting the palpable anger from residents and community leaders, who see the government as having failed in their duty to prevent families from repopulating the hill.
A view from the top of El Morro looks across Rio Medellín and the tram station.
Overcoming stigma and having a voice
New projects continue despite this uncertainty.
Oasis Urbano and community leaders are working to construct Taller Tropical 2.0, the second version of a bamboo-built open-air workshop that hosted 10,000 people for cooking classes, concerts, workshops and more over three years, but was deconstructed earlier this year when the lease ran out.
Using crowdfunding, they plan to rebuild and expand the building to become a four-floor community hub, encompassing a cooking school, restaurant and community kitchen, workshop spaces and a library.
Following the election of a new mayor in 2019, residents are also optimistic that there is less of an appetite to enact the controversial relocation plans. Instead, there’s hope that conversations between government and local people can encourage a rethink, allowing the community who have fought so hard for Moravia to be given a voice, too.
If tourists continue to visit and hear the neighborhood’s remarkable story of hope, community strength and transformation, it may also help ensure the longevity of the changes.
Overcoming the stigmas that residents still face from other Colombians who, unlike international tourists, remain fearful of entering the neighborhood is an essential part of this.
“Moravia was a place nobody wanted to come to. There was violence, it smelled bad and there were lots of mosquitoes,” Ospima explains.
“But today, people from other countries come and are interested in hearing and knowing our history. This shows what we have achieved in this neighborhood, and our capacity to improve and transform.”


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Prelude Strings is an introductory-preparatory ensemble for young string musicians. Through participation in this orchestra, members improve individual playing technique, develop ensemble skills, and gain valuable performance experience. Students who desire to participate in Prelude Strings should have a minimum of 1 to 2 years playing experience. For students and teachers familiar with the Essential Elements for Strings series, Book Two is a representative playing level for Prelude Strings. Students should be familiar with finger patterns in D major, G major, and C major.
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Training and continuing professional development (CPD) for people working in the NHS breast screening programme (BSP) in England.
This guide sets out education and training resources available to healthcare professionals working in the NHS breast screening programme (BSP).
GPs should complete the British Medical Journal’s breast cancer screening in the NHS module to learn about:
- how to advise women who are worried about breast cancer
- what information to give women
- how to advise women who have questions about the NHS breast screening programme
Physicians: video learning modules
Watch 4 medical animations for health professionals showing the:
- anatomy of the breast
- development and treatment of breast cancer
There are 7 designated training centres in England which provide specialist training for staff working in breast screening.
The training centres work closely with the screening quality assurance service and breast screening units to meet training needs of staff working in the breast screening programme.
South East London National Breast Screening Training Centre
The Jarvis Breast Centre Education and Training Centre
St George's National Breast Education Centre
Nottingham International Breast Education Centre
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One of the many games shown off during Microsoft’s E3 press conference was a gorgeous 2D game called Spiritfarer, which looks to be an interesting mashup of different genres.
Spiritfarer, from Jotun creators Thunder Lotus, looks to center on a character and a boat. Players slowly expand and populate the boat by annexing new housing units that allow new characters to live on it. These characters are more than avenues for conversation, however. The first trailer promises that you can care for these characters, and also “learn to say goodbye” to them, as one part of the trailer shows your character seeing off a character they’ve invited onto their boat earlier in the game.
There are also elements of resource-gathering, as well as cooking, gardening, and on-foot exploration of areas on the shores of your adventures.
No release date was announced, but the game is coming to Xbox One. Other platforms are unconfirmed at this point.
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Barcelona will face Galatasaray within the spherical of 16 of the European League, whereas Sevilla will play West Ham United after Friday’s attract Nyon.
Spartak Moscow, the one Russian membership remaining within the competitors, was drawn towards RB Leipzig. Spartak won’t be able to play its house sport and must discover a impartial venue, a choice made by UEFA’s govt committee on Friday after Russia’s navy invasion of Ukraine.
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Barcelona, who’ve by no means gained the match, wish to develop into the third consecutive Spanish staff to win the title after Seville and Villarreal.
Barcelona didn’t get previous the group levels of the Champions League for the primary time in 22 years and take part within the first Europa League competitors since 2004. Xavi Hernandez’s staff reached the final 16 with a convincing 4-2 (5-3) victory. on agg.) in Naples on Thursday. Barcelona will play the opening match at house after which journey to Turkey for the return match.
Six-time European champions Sevilla will face West Ham, a staff they haven’t confronted earlier than and who’re sixth within the Premier League.
They’ve added motivation to maneuver ahead within the competitors with the ultimate to be performed on Might 18 on the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Regardless of Thursday’s 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb, Sevilla led 3-2 on combination.
“We’ve fallen with maybe probably the most tough [rival] “A well-built staff, they’re having a terrific season within the Premier League,” stated Sevilla’s sporting director Monchi. They’ve gamers of a excessive stage, each technically and bodily.
“We weren’t very fortunate, however we now have to imagine it is a tie like this and look ahead with optimism. I do not suppose they are going to be very completely satisfied both.
“It is a good draw, and it deserves the significance of the competitors. It may be a pleasant expertise, it is [England] It’s the cradle of the sport of soccer and this draw will permit us to measure our means to beat challenges.”
The opposite Spanish staff left within the competitors, Actual Betis, to face Eintracht Frankfurt. Betis ousted Seville from the King’s Cup final month. They eradicated Russian Premier League champions Zenit 3-2 on combination.
Scottish champions Glasgow Rangers, who beat Borussia Dortmund and Norwegian star Erling Haaland on Thursday, returned to the final 16 for the third consecutive season. They’re dealing with Purple Star Belgrade.
Bayer Leverkusen, who’re third within the German Bundesliga, have a tricky last-16 match towards Italy’s Atalanta.
In the meantime, within the European Convention League, Leicester Metropolis had been drawn towards Rennes. The English Premier League staff reached the final 16 after beating Denmark’s Randers 7-2 on combination.
Roma, who’re eighth within the Italian league, will meet Dutch aspect Vitesse.
The primary leg of the Spherical of 16 will happen on March 10, aside from Porto and Betis who will play at house the day earlier than, whereas the return matches will likely be held on March 17.
UEFA Europa League Spherical of 16
Rangers vs Purple Star Belgrade
Braga vs Monaco
Porto vs Lyon
Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Sevilla vs West Ham United
Barcelona vs. Galatasaray
Leipzig vs Spartak Moscow
Actual Betis vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Europa Convention League Spherical 16
Leicester Metropolis vs. Renes Stadium
Marseille vs FC Basel
BAOK Salonica vs. KAA Gent
Vitesse vs AS Roma
Eindhoven vs. Copenhagen
Slavia Praha Lask
Bodo/Glimt Vs. AZ Alkmaar
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text: A collection titled “Chinatown” might conjure up images of girls in silk qipao dresses and embroidered pajamas. But the New York City neighborhood’s mash-up of Chinese traditions, crowded streets, and diverse residents has been a constant source of inspiration for Katie Gallagher throughout her career. The designer has lived and worked in the area for nearly a decade, and for Spring she translated its singular energy into clothes that were easy, minimal, and just a touch charming. “It’s really just about my take on Chinatown, and what I smell, feel, and see when I’m there,” Gallagher said. That came through in the color palette, which was predominantly black and white with pops of red and gold—“like Chinese gold, or a taxi”—but it was also felt in the delicate textures. Still, the stone-washed silk slip dresses would no doubt stand up to the Mott Street hustle; some of them had a vaguely Eastern influence with apron necklines. Gallagher also whipped up a slouchy cherry red tote as a nod to the plastic shopping bags you pick up at Chinatown markets. That tongue-in-cheek accessory lent a softer, more playful element to the collection: It felt fresh for Gallagher, whose oeuvre is characteristically more edgy and conceptual.


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EXCLUSIVE: Cameron Diaz Dances, Talks Singing Fears in ET's Behind the Scenes Look at 'Annie'
Cameron Diaz tells ET that singing is the most terrifying thing she's ever done for a movie, but in this exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the set of Annie, it looks like she's got more fury than fear.
Fans will remember Cameron's less-than-stellar karaoke in My Best Friend's Wedding, but she made a 180-degree turnaround in the upcoming big-screen version of Annie, opening Dec. 19.
The new, contemporary take casts Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role: a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York.
Abandoned by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life for Annie ever since thanks to her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (played by Cameron).
But everything changes when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) -- advised by his brilliant vp Grace (Rose Byrne) and his scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) -- makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he's her guardian angel, but Annie's self-assured nature and sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it's the other way around.
While singing may have been out of Cameron's comfort zone, dancing clearly was right up her alley, as evidenced in our footage. Check out the video to see Cameron bust out the robot with a dash of Madonna.


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“Fall is certainly my favourite time of the year. I feel a vast surge of inspiration overtake me whenever it starts to get just a tad bit cooler out. It is the time where I get my best writing done, where I feel ready and capable to explore new ideas, and in turn, create great content that I absolutely love. I am quite excited to head back to University as well, as I truly miss the campus environment (and I do feel as though I am much more productive when I’m writing and or reading in the library). There’s much to look forward to in the coming months, as I have quite a bit of plans for both my personal life as well as my creative one. Sometimes, we need to recenter ourselves, find our balance once again, and do more to better the outcome of our days. That is exactly what I plan on doing, as efficiently as humanely possible.”
It All Started With Dabbling in Consignment
I never really knew I wanted to start clearing out my wardrobe by taking the consignment route until very recently. I noticed that there had been quite a few items that still had the tags on (for months) and I decided that it must be time I start looking for a better option. Little did I know, it became a lifestyle change. It’s amazing to take into consideration just how much we can do once we start. – They always say that the start is the hardest part, and once you begin, you’ll see just how easy it could potentially become. I hadn’t had work that day last week when I gathered a few items I no longer felt attached to and headed down to a local thrift store. It wasn’t long before I started organizing my entire closet, setting aside items I could potentially consign. I noticed how this little change really did elevate how exciting it was to go into my closet and only see pieces that I truly loved and wore frequently. I know that I like to do quite a bit of shopping around the Fall time, so clearing out my closet is a must, and it’s been a great deal of fun as well.
Fall is my Favourite Season to Write
Why you ask? I associate a lot of my comfortable, inspired writing with Fall because it is truly when I get my best work done. I am certainly looking forward to participating in NaNoWriMo this year, as my current project should be about wrapped up and up on Wattpad soon. This current project has been the stepping stone I needed to jumpstart my consistent productivity where my creative work is concerned and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I look forward to what the season has in store creatively, and I thank you for joining me.
I hope you all have a lovely day!
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This student campaign titled 'Hygiene' was published in Brazil in August, 2014. It was created for the brand: Cão Q Ri, . This Print medium campaign is related to the House, Garden industry and contains 1 media asset. It was submitted over 8 years ago.
Art Director / Illustrator: Tiago Neves
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Kyoto National Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION: CHINESE CERAMICS. The Most Popular Works Among Japanese. Kyoro, 1991. c. 200 pp. c. 50 pp. colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.
Catalogue of an interesting exhibition of 251 Chinese ceramics dating from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and demonstrating the ongoing Japanese taste for Chinese ceramics over the centuries. Some superb pieces, particularly Song. The ceramics unsurprisingly from Japanese collections. Introduction and list of exhibits with brief descriptions in English. Main text in Chinese.
Available, as of: 13/03/2021
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Public relations and communications company IDEA Communication have announced a strategic partnership with Chinese virtual reality (VR) solutions provider Plex-VR (which is not to be confused with the similarly named social VR company Plex). The partnership will see the two companies working towards a roll-out of Plex-VR-powered educational VR technologies in Singapore and China.
Education is starting to see the benefits of VR technology, in the USA almost half of US colleges have some manner of VR educational facilities in place. The two firms are keen to use their combined resources to apply VR technology to this area in China and Singapore.
Plex-VR is hoping to elevate its brand as a light field technology solution provider by utilising the resources of IDEA Communication to increase its reach and apply the technology in new areas, such as real estate, education, medicine, retail and tourism.
“I’m delighted to partner with a solid firm with all-rounded know-how of digital technology and the role it plays in consumption upgrading and to bring more relevant applications into the new retail and consumer sectors,” said Mr. Yu Yijing, founder and CEO of Plex-VR, “We are confident that the partnership with IDEA Communication leveraging IDEA’s local market knowledge and resources will propel our business to the next level and support us to meet with the demands of our customers in the region.”
“The strategic partnership taps the complementary strengths of us two companies and is built on the consensus of the broad application outlook of the AR and VR technology in Asia. With the digital transformation accelerating in Singapore and China, the timing is good to introduce the advanced VR and AR solutions to the retail and consumer sectors that demand more engaging and interactive experiences. We are committed to continuous development and customer-oriented solution and I am confident that the partnership will help the two companies grow to the next level,” said Ms. Helena Ma, owner and managing director of IDEA communications, with operations in Singapore and China.
For further coverage of developments in the VR industry, keep checking back with VRFocus.
Update: Plex got in touch to explain that Plex-VR and Plex are not the same firm. Plex-VR is a light-field VR technology company, while Plex is the creator of a Samsung Gear VR content platform. The images have likewise been updated to reflect the correct company. VRFocus apologises for any confusion.


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Pastor Jon will be hosting a virtual and in-person book study of “Issues Facing Christians Today” (4th edition) by John Stott. The study starts September 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. and lasts for 9 weeks every Wednesday night. The book study will be limited to 9 attendees, so whether you are attending virtually or in-person, you will need to register. Topics over the 9-week period are:
- Is Christian Involvement Necessary?
- Is Christian Thinking Distinctive?
- Is Christian Witness Influential?
- Women, Men and God
- Marriage, Cohabitation and Divorce
- Abortion and Euthanasia
- The New Biotechnology
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c. C12H22011(S) + 02(g)-* CO2(g) + H 2 0(g) d. Fe(s) + 02(g)-* Fe203(S) e. FeO(s) + 02(g)-* F~03(S) 96. Balance the following equations: a. Cr(s) + Ss(s)-* Cr2S3(S) b. NaHC0 3 (s) ~ Na2C03(S) + CO 2 (g) + HP(g) c. KCI0 3 (s) Heat) KCI(s) + 02(g) d. Eu(s) + HF(g)-* EuF 3 (s) + Hig) 97. Silicon is produced for the chemical and electronics industries by the following reactions. Give the balanced equation for each reaction. a. Si0 2 (s) + C(s) a:ll~~::~:/ Si(s) + CO(g) b. Silicon tetrachloride is reacted with very pure magnesium, producing silicon and magnesium chloride. c. Na2SiF6(s) + Na(s)-* Si(s) + NaF(s) 98. Glass is a mixture of several compounds, but a major constituent of most glass is calcium silicate, CaSi0 3 . Glass can be etched by treatment with hydrofluoric acid; HF attacks the calcium sil-icate of the glass, producing gaseous and water-soluble products (which can be removed by washing the glass). For example, the volumetric glassware in chemistry laboratories is often gradu-ated by using this process. Balance
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Waco, TX — Troopers for the Texas Department of Public Safety will be getting new guns come 2014, or at least they will have the option.
Officers right now carry .357 Sig Sauer pistols.
A trooper with the department today confirmed they will be given the choice to switch to the Smith and Wesson M&P 9MM handgun in January.
Trooper hopefuls in the future will also train with the 9MM version.
Gun experts say the Smith and Wesson is lighter, can carry more ammo than the .357, and also has less recoil.


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EXPIRE … it’s just an act!
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Senator Mark Warner urged to reconsider financial support for industrial wind.
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EA has announced that Battlefield V's long awaited battle royale mode Firestorm will finally be launching on March 25 by way of a bombastic new trailer.
The trailer, which we've embedded below gives a good impression of what to expect although no actual gameplay is shown. Still, it'll feature 64 players duking it out in Squads or Solo with Battlefield's signature building destruction and vehicluar mayhem in an ever decreasing play space. But there's also some interesting tweaks to the tried and tested battle royale formula in Firestorm.
Squads will be able to try and take over objectives, doing so will net them powerful loot such as the ability to call in a V1 rocket or a panzer tank. EA also promise the mode will continue to grow after launch, with a Duos mode already expected for April.


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Anti-Castro PACs Dole Out Campaign Cash, Mitt Romney Earns a Utah Endorsement and More in Capital Eye Opener: July 6
July 6, 2011 | Today, congressional representatives are typically more wary about publicly supporting of Castro, and an active anti-Castro lobby has been financially generous to opponents of the Cuban communist leader. During the 2010 cycle, anti-Castro political action committees donated more than $3 million to congressional campaigns across the country, with a roughly two-to-one ratio of contributions to Democrats over Republicans.
Pittsburgh Steelers Political Champs, Cash-Flush Romney Romps and More in Capital Eye Opener: January 24
January 24, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics.
Bad News for Incumbents, Self-Financing Candidates in Most Expensive Midterm Election in U.S. History
November 4, 2010 | The priciest midterm election in U.S. history saw a Republican tide sweep numerous Democrats out of office, as voters anxious about the state of the economy ousted more House incumbents from office than any time since 1948. While several money-in-politics axioms held true, money was not a panacea for embattled politicians.
October 6, 2010 | The top beneficiaries of the generosity from party leaders and other politicians who donate with their leadership PACs and candidate committees are some of the party's most vulnerable incumbents and most promising challengers.
May 5, 2010 | Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee have programs to help fund and support vulnerable incumbents. The DCCC runs the "Frontline Program" and the NRCC the "Patriot Program," and the increased financial support facilitated by these programs may be a determining factor in these candidates' success at the polls. So far this cycle, the average House Democrat participating in such a program took in took in nearly $600,000 more than the average non-assisted House member, and the average NRCC-assisted Republican collected about $200,000 above the non-assisted House average.
April 13, 2010 | Particularly vulnerable or especially promising politicians often receive financial help from their fellow partisans who want success on election day. Toward this end, party leaders and others may transfer or contribute money from their candidate committees and leadership PACs to these targeted candidates.
April 8, 2010 | Recent filings with the Federal Election Commission show Murtha's leadership PAC is still active in donating cash to Democratic campaigns. Majority PAC also cut a notable $10,000 check to the campaign of Mark Critz, Murtha's former district director...
February 24, 2010 | Whether it was health care reform, cap and trade climate proposals or financial regulatory reform, Blue Dog Democrats were often at the center of Congress' top legislative fights. This caucus of 54 moderate and conservative House Democrats was also at the center of political fund-raising in 2009, the Center for Responsive Politics has found.
October 21, 2009 | Democratic incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives that their party views as potentially vulnerable raised an average of $842,400 since January, while Republican incumbents in the House viewed as potentially threatened raised an average of $597,300, the Center for Responsive Politics has found. Furthermore, these Democratic lawmakers ended the third quarter with an average of $646,000 in cash on hand, while these Republican congressmen ended the quarter with an average of $434,300.
October 16, 2009 | An initial Center for Responsive Politics analysis has found that sitting members of the U.S. House of Representatives raised $48.2 million from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2009, based on the 336 reports we have in. The mean amount these lawmakers raised was $143,640, and the median amount was $126,680.
August 20, 2009 | The 52 fiscally conservative House Democrats known as the Blue Dogs and playing prominent roles in the nation's health care reform debate continue to collect campaign funds from health insurers at a greater rate than their non-Blue Dog counterparts, tCRP has found.
August 7, 2009 | While some lawmakers are grappling with the forged letters they received from embattled lobbying firm Bonner and Associates this summer, others might be considering their financial ties to the firm.
June 25, 2009 | Here's a cool tool that brings together data from various parts of OpenSecrets.org to show how much money each current lawmaker has raised from various health-related industries and the health sector overall since 1989 (including President Obama's haul).
May 21, 2009 | In looking at the PACs that gave money to losing congressional incumbents before the 2008 election, CRP has found that 171 groups went on to switch allegiance and give money to the winning challengers immediately after the election.
November 5, 2008 | The historic election of 2008 re-confirmed one truism about American democracy: Money wins elections. From the top of the ticket, where Barack Obama declined public financing for the first time since the system's creation and went on to amass a nearly two-to-one monetary advantage over John McCain, to congressional races throughout the nation, the candidate with the most money going into Election Day emerged victorious in nearly every contest.
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Justice League of America is an unsuccessful 1997 TV-pilot produced by CBS and directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá, based on a team of fictional DC Comics superheroes from the comic of the same name. The film centers on a female meteorologist who gains superpowers and on her subsequent induction into the "Justice League" (JLA), while the city of New Metro is held for ransom by a terrorist armed with a "Weather Control Device".
The film is interjected with mock-interviews of members of the Justice League, speaking about life as a superhero in a past tense, preceding the events of the film.
Reviews of the film have been negative. Common complaints are of the plot holes, poor special effects, bad costumes and that the league members deviated heavily from their source characters. Critics have also said the movie tried to be like "Friends with superpowers" Established JLA writer Mark Waid said the film was, "80 minutes of my life I'll never get back." Critics felt Stiers' weight affected his portrayal of the character.