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|Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu||Akasaka||Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu is a 4 stars hotel situated in the centre of Tokyo. Akasaka Mitsuke Station (direct line to ...||JPY 15692.00|
|Akasaka Yoko Hotel Tokyo||Akasaka||Akasaka Yoko Hotel is established in 1977 and renovated in 1997. It is not large and spacious hotel but provides its ...||JPY 8400.00|
|Annex Katsutaro Ryokan Tokyo||Taito||Welcome to Annex Katsutaro Ryokan,full of history and culture amid unsurpassed natural scenery.
We are located in the ...||JPY 6300.00|
|Best Western Shinjuku Astina Hotel Tokyo||Shinjuku||Welcome to Best Western Shinjuku Astina Hotel Tokyo!
The Best Western Shinjuku Astina Hotel Tokyo is located across ...||JPY 9500.00|
|Blue Wave Inn Asakusa Hotel Tokyo||Asakusa||Seven stories on the ground||JPY 5000.00|
|Chisun Grand Hotel Akasaka Tokyo||Akasaka||The Chisun Grand Akasaka Hotel offers the finest amenities and service of a first class hotel at affordable prices ...||JPY 10500.00|
|Chisun Hamamatsucho Hotel Tokyo||Hamamatsucho||The Chisun Hotel Hamamatsucho is classified as a limited service hotel and offers all the services of a first class ...||JPY 8000.00|
|Chisun Hotel Shinagawa-West Tokyo||Shinagawa||Chisun Hotel Shinagawa West offers easy access to both the airport and the downtown areas of Tokyo. The hotel is ...||JPY 9500.00|
|Chisun Inn Asakusa Tokyo||Asakusa||All guest rooms of Chisun Inn are 200 guest rooms, either single or double rooms designed to provide a cozy and ...||JPY 10400.00|
|Citadines Tokyo Shinjuku||Shinjuku||Live in a comfortable and vibrant private hotel apartment in the centre of Tokyo with the benefits of services and ...||JPY 13000.00|
|Family Resort Fifty's Tokyo||Maihama (Near Tokyo Disney Land)||Family Resort Fifty's Tokyo is located only 2 km away from Tokyo Disney Resorts.
The nearest station is JR Keiyo Line ...||JPY 6500.00|
|Flexstay Kanda Inn Tokyo||Kanda||**A great place to base your trip In Japan**
Located in Kanda, the inn offers easy access to Tokyo’s famous "Electric ...||JPY 8300.00|
|Fraser Place Howff Shinjuku Tokyo||Shinjuku||Located in Shinjuku, Tokyo’s largest skyscraper district where some two million people converge for work and play on a ...||JPY 15511.00|
|Gimmond Hotel Tokyo||Nihonbashi/Chuo-ku||Hotel Gimmond Tokyo is located at Nihonbashi area,ancient center of Tokyo.
Passing through the stone facade entrance, ...||JPY 9450.00|
|Ginza Yoshimizu Inn Tokyo||Ginza||Ginza Yoshimizu Inn Offers a few ways to live in harmony with nature, while still located in an urban center.
All ...||JPY 27500.00|
|Grand Palace Hotel Tokyo||Iidabashi||QUIET LOCATION CONVENIENCE TO TAKE A TRAIN TO GO TO CITY PLACE||JPY 18480.00|
|Hachioji Plaza Hotel Tokyo||Hachioji||Centrally located in downtown Hachioji, and just five minutes from JR Hachioji Station,the hotel is ideally situated to ...||JPY 6300.00|
|Horidome Villa Hotel Tokyo||Nihonbashi/Chuo-ku||Hotel Horidome Villa is located at eastern side of Tokyo,at the
heart of Nihonbashi area ,close to Ningyo-cho area.We ...||JPY 4700.00|
|Hotel Amista Asagaya Tokyo||Asagaya / Suginami-ku||Hotel Amista Asagaya is established in 1994. It is not large and spacious hotel but providing its warming hospitality ...||JPY 7140.00|
|Hotel Asia Center Of Japan Tokyo||Akasaka||Asia Center of Japan is ideally located in Akasaka which is not only one of the most prestigious residential areas in ...||JPY 6930.00|
|Hotel Azur Takeshiba Tokyo||Hamamatsucho||Our hotel is lacated at tokyo bayside. It is also near shibuya/harajuku, roppongi area(with-in 25 minutes by ...||JPY 6800.00|
|Hotel Dormy Inn Asakusa Tokyo||Asakusa||With an ideal location in a popular neighborhood, it is within walking distance to the city''s main attractions, shops ...||JPY 12500.00|
|Hotel Dormy Inn Tokyo Hatchobori||Nihonbashi||This hotel is located in Tokyo city center and provides an affordable accommodation for those traveling on a budget. ...||JPY 11000.00|
|Hotel JAL City Haneda Tokyo||Haneda Airport||Enjoy a luxurious stay at the Hotel JAL City Haneda, Tokyo.
The JAL Group is a world class airline which extends its ...||JPY 14800.00|
|Hotel Metropolitan Marunouchi Tokyo||Marunouchi||Directly connected to JR Tokyo Station(connected to Nihonbashi Exit).It is very convenient wherever to go.|
|Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo||Ikebukuro||The Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo is an oasis of luxury and comfort in the heart of the bustling international metropolis of ...||JPY 12574.00|
|Hotel Monterey Akasaka Tokyo||Akasaka||Hotel Monterey Akasaka opened on Apirl 3rd 2007.
Hotel Monterey Akasaka is a 13-story hotel situated in center of the ...||JPY 8920.00|
|Hotel Monterey Ginza Tokyo||Ginza||Hotel Monterey Ginza is located at heart of famous Ginza, one of the most excting spot in metroporitan Tokyo, full of ...||JPY 11500.00|
|Hotel Monterey Hanzomon Tokyo||Hanzomon||The Hotel Monterey Hanzomon is located ideally in the quiet residential and business district. Ginza, Shinjuku, ...||JPY 10000.00|
|Hotel Monterey La Soeur Ginza Tokyo||Ginza||Hotel Monterey La Soeur GINZA is located at heart of famous Ginza, one of the most excting spot in metroporitan Tokyo, ...||JPY 11000.00|


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Posted on June 8, 2015 by Linda Bochert
On May 5, 2015, the Wisconsin Department of Administration (WDOA) released its Preliminary Determination that compliance with the Wisconsin water quality-based effluent limitations (WQBEL) for phosphorus will cause “substantial and widespread adverse social and economic impacts on a statewide basis”, thus providing the foundation for availability of a statewide multi-discharger variance (MDV).
What brought this on?
In posts in 2011 and 2013, I described Wisconsin’s phosphorus reduction rule, including its compliance options of water quality trading and adaptive management. Recognizing that these innovative compliance alternatives to traditional construction are not viable for all dischargers, in 2014 Wisconsin enacted legislation to authorize a statewide MDV for those dischargers that cannot meet the WQBEL for phosphorus without a major facility upgrade. Under the MDV, a point source will have more time to meet its phosphorus limitations. However, during the extended period, they will be obligated to either implement nonpoint source reductions or to provide funding to counties to implement existing, but seriously underfunded, nonpoint source reduction programs. The expectation is that most permittees will choose to fund their local county. At $50/pound for the difference between the actual pounds of phosphorus discharged and the target value of 0.2 mg/L, we are talking about real money.
The MDV legislation required the WDOA, in consultation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), to conduct a study to:
“determine whether attaining the water quality standard for phosphorus . . . through compliance with water quality based effluent limitations by point sources that cannot achieve compliance without major facility upgrades is not feasible because it would cause substantial and widespread adverse social and economic impacts on a statewide basis.”
Based on work conducted by ARCADIS, The University of Massachusetts Donohue Institute, and Sycamore Advisors, consultants to WDOA and WDNR, the Preliminary Determination concludes that, without this variance:
· “almost 600 Wisconsin businesses will be impacted as they continue to work their way out of the recession”
· Wisconsin communities will experience a minimum cost of “$3.4 billion in capital expenditures which will rise to nearly $7 billion when accounting for interest” to meet increased capital costs
· Annual operations and maintenance (O&M) cost of $405 million along with debt service will “equate to $708 million annually”
· In 2025 when the full impact of the costs will be felt, statewide impacts will result in:
o 4,517 fewer jobs
o $283.3 million in foregone wages
o $616.6 million reduction in gross state product
o 11,000 fewer Wisconsin residents
A hearing on the Preliminary Determination was held on May 12, and written comments are due by June 11. The next step is for WDNR to submit a request to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to approve the MDV for phosphorus for Wisconsin. Once implementation of the MDV begins, much-needed nonpoint source funding can begin to flow.
Additional relevant documents are accessible via the WDNR website.

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Anyone with a green finger knows how important it is to have a drainage layer in potted plants to protect against waterlogged soil. Clay shards, grit or expanded clay are the usual solutions. But actually, it's easier to use recycled wine corks. This makes the pot lighter and also keeps pests away, because cork doesn’t rot or attract mold.
The age-old bathroom conundrum – what to do with that last little piece of soap? Too small to shower with – and yet it seems a shame to throw it away. Solution: Place old soap ends in a fruit and vegetable net bag (the kind that oranges and lemons come in) and tie up the ends. Then you’ll have a handy foaming sponge for showering that also has a pleasant exfoliating effect.
You can also use this method to create a scrubbing sponge for kitchen use, ideal for scrubbing off burnt on residue. Don’t use it on ceramic stoves though, as it might scratch the surface.
Kids love cereal – they taste delicious and the shapes on the packaging are bright and entertaining. Once the box is empty, you and your kids can make a puzzle out of it:
- Carefully flatten out the box.
- Cut out the desired round or square shape.
- Draw wavy horizontal and vertical lines on the back.
- Cut out the puzzle pieces along the wavy lines. Your puzzle is now ready.
Team Clean wishes you lots of fun with your upcycling, crafting – and money-saving projects.

domain: design


Masked Intruder drop new music video and other news you might have missed today
Plus the Dirty Nil announced new tour dates, and Thrice released a new video. Check it all out below.
1. Masked Intruder release new video, announce next album
Masked Intruder unleashed news of their next album, /// along with a video for first single “No Case.” The band teamed up with producers Roger Lima and Mike Kennerty of Less Than Jake and the All-American Rejects respectively. The full-length will drop March 1 via Pure Noise, and preorders are available now. The band will also be hitting the road with the Interrupters, and tickets are onsale now with dates available below.
2. The Tiger Lillies release new video
Grammy-nominated avant-garde outfit, The Tiger Lillies released a new video for their latest single, “Is That All There Is?,” a Peggy Lee cover. The band’s upcoming album The Devil’s Fairground drops Feb. 15 via Misery Guts Music. Preorders are available now.
3. The Dirty Nil announce new tour dates
The Dirty Nil here
02/05 - Cincinnati, OH @ Top Cats
02/06 - St. Louis @ Blueberry Hill Duck Room
02/08 - Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
4. Thrice release new video
Thrice dropped a new video for “Hold Up A Light.” The track is taken from their latest album Palms, which is available now. The band is hitting the road with Bring Me The Horizon and FEVER 333 next month. Check out those dates below, and pick up tickets here.
01/23/19 – Nashville, TN @ Municipal Auditorium
01/25/19 – Orlando, FL @ CFE Arena
01/26/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
01/28/19 – Fairfax, VA @ Eaglebank Arena
01/29/19 – Manhattan, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
01/30/19 – Manhattan, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
01/31/19 – Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
02/01/19 – Boston, MA @ Tsongas Center
02/02/19 – Montreal, QC @ Place Bell
02/04/19 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
02/05/19 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
02/06/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Armory
02/08/19 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
02/09/19 – Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center
02/11/19 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium
02/13/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
02/15/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
02/16/19 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
5. Afterlife drop new video for “Holding On”
Afterlife dropped a video for “Holding On” from their upcoming album Breaking Point, which is available Jan. 11 via Hopeless Records. Preorders are available here. The band will be supporting Like A Storm on the 2019 Sirius XM Octane Accelerator tour later this month. Check out dates below and pick up tickets here.
01/12 – West Palm Peach, FL @ Respectable Street *
*Afterlife album release show


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One night at home in Greystones, Ireland in 2003, aged 25, I was watching a movie and noticed that my left ear felt as if it had water in it. At first I didn’t think much of it. Then the feeling persisted and got worse every time I heard a loud noise.
I went to my GP, who said I had a small hole in my eardrum and prescribed antibiotics. The hole healed, but afterwards I began to find certain everyday noises painful – and both ears were affected.
This started to have an impact on my behaviour. On a train, I would sit as far as possible from the loudspeaker; in a cafe, I would distance myself from the coffee machines. I hated the sound of the pneumatic doors on buses. Noises at home triggered discomfort, too: plates clinking together, or the toilet being flushed. It was as if everything was turned up to maximum volume. To block out the noise, I started to wear earplugs in everyday situations. My GP didn’t seem to know what was wrong.
In 2004, I moved to London to pursue a music career, but my condition got worse. In the studio, trying to mix a record, I would be in pain. I became depressed about how this “allergy to sound” was affecting my efforts to become a professional musician. It made me anxious and hard to get along with. My partner had to tiptoe around me; if we had an argument we would have to whisper at each other.
I sought help from the NHS, but was told there was a long wait to see the ear, nose and throat services (ENT). In the meantime, I turned to the internet and learned about a condition called hyperacusis, which seemed to be what I was suffering from. It involves increased sensitivity to sounds that most people are able to tolerate.
When my ENT appointment came round 18 months later, it felt like the last chance saloon for my hearing. I wasn’t expecting much, but was pleased to finally get a diagnosis – the consultant confirmed I was suffering from hyperacusis. But instead of more hearing tests or strong anti-anxiety drugs – the two options I’d previously been offered by healthcare professionals – he suggested hearing therapy at the Royal London hospital.
Therapy involved counselling sessions, in which my emotional issues as well as my hearing condition were discussed. The therapist helped me understand that my fear of noise was a problem: the more I felt afraid of noise, the more it was likely to hurt me. Using earplugs is often one of the worst things a hyperacusis sufferer can do, because when the plugs are taken out, the brain perceives sounds to be louder than they are. This can reinforce the hypersensitivity to noise, and the fear of it.
For some people, there is a link between hyperacusis and anxiety. I suffered badly from anxiety as a kid and I think this was an underlying cause. As career opportunities opened up, I became so worked up about making it in music that my anxiety started to revolve around my hearing. Once the therapist explained there wasn’t anything physically wrong with my ears, and that it was a case of dealing with my anxiety, I felt reassured.
It didn’t take long for my hearing to get back to normal – just a few counselling sessions. You don’t often encounter quick fixes, especially not quick psychological ones, but this reassurance felt like a lightbulb moment. The emotional cost of hyperacusis had been huge. I had nearly given up on music and my girlfriend, and it was a such a relief to be able to experience everyday life in a more normal way again.
Hearing therapy showed I had a real problem with irrational fear. I had a lot of obsessive and frightening thoughts as a young person and, weirdly, my hearing condition helped me contextualise them and get me out of the emotional hole I was in.
I still make music now with my band, Five Grand Stereo, and my girlfriend is now my wife. I’m thankful to the NHS – I could have lost both without its help.
As told to Daniel Dylan Wray
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Confession: I have a slight obsession with books. If the loft remodel isn’t proof enough, one of my favorite date nights involves browsing secondhand hardbacks at Value Village. You know, the Seattle thrift shop where Macklemore bought his jammies.
The hallway connecting the den and bedrooms has a nice little sitting area. Now that Mister is crawling, it’s the perfect time to do some decorating and baby-proofing. Case in point, this empty cabinet.
We bought it for our Chicago condo back in 2008. It was the right size for our growing DVD collection, but seven years and many movies later, Cabby was ousted to the hallway. It also blocked an intake vent, a major no-no according to Dave, so it was time to use the wall for something new. And then it hit me:
It’s finally happening! I have a place to hang my Penguin Postcards!
I bought these beauties years ago with no real purpose. They basically had me at “vintage book covers.” I love the variety of colors and titles from all genres. A display wall was the only solution, and we did it for under $20.
Dave and Gill removed the vent before hanging to make sure the nails wouldn’t damage the duct-work. They confirmed we were good to go.
The finished product is colorful and really brightens up that dark corner.
Mister’s toy box will likely sit under the frames. Functional and literary; I call success!
The final cost breakdown:
- 9 IKEA frames x $1.99=$17.91
- 9 postcards x ~$0.16=$1.44
- Total: $19.35


By late Friday afternoon, there was only one question on everyone’s lips: “How will you spend it?”
You’d have to take a lot of holidays, buy quite a few houses and a stack of diamond rings to make a dent in your Mega Millions Lottery fortune. Here in America, 640 million dollars worth of anticipation had erupted into full-scale lottery fever.
My twin nephews were arguing about which type of Porsche to buy. When I pointed out that the winner could buy 5,000 of them, or maybe just 50 plus a mansion in Beverly Hills with a 50-car garage to house them, they began to get as excited as the rest of America.
The TV news was full of interviews with people looking forward to their new-found wealth. A taxi driver was going to drive his cab to the busiest intersection in town and leave it in the middle of the road to be impounded; downtrodden manual workers were going buy their businesses and sack their managers; Mexican maids were buying Caribbean islands and never coming back.
I’m writing this in a leafy, comfortably well-off town a few miles to the north of Los Angeles. Even here there were queues for tickets outside convenience stores on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, 2,700 miles and a whole world away to the East, someone walked into a 7-Eleven store in a tired street of rundown shops in the small Maryland community of Milford Mill (average per capita income $20,195, 8% of the largely black population below the poverty line) and bought a single $1 “quick pick” ticket chosen randomly by the computer. Just 46 minutes later, in an embarrassingly brief televised draw in Atlanta (with a frantic presenter rushing through his few seconds of fame), that mystery person became $233 million richer, one of three winners in the United States.
As I write, no one knows the identity of the ticket holders, but all the newspapers and talkshows are full of advice for how they should spend their money. Meanwhile the owners of the 7-Eleven store that sold the winning ticket, an immigrant couple from Ethiopia called Abera and Mimi, were shocked to find they were $100,000 better off themselves – a thank-you from the lottery company.
Of course, behind the winners’ stories are the losers: 100 million of them. And you, and me, and everyone who’s ever bought a lottery ticket. For there’s only one real winner in a lottery, and that’s the taxman.
The real “mega millions” are those earned by the state, even if the distribution of some of the revenue is to what they primly call “good causes”. If government and state-sponsored lotteries were made to issue health warnings like they have on cigarette packets, I doubt they’d sell a single ticket: “This is a voluntary tax – half your money is snatched away for causes you’re most unlikely to benefit from, like opera and the Olympics; and you’re 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning in your lifetime than get your hands on the top prize. Enjoy.”
In the UK, someone buying five tickets a week - £260 a year – may as well simply write the government a personal cheque for £130. You won’t get a thank you note.
Of course, that’s not what I said back in the early 90s, when I was part of the original winning Camelot lottery team – my job was to write the part of the bid document that dealt with television. I remember sitting in Saatchi’s London office in in London as they unveiled the “It Could Be You” logo for the first time. “It could, but it almost certainly won’t be”, I muttered under my breath.
But at least when you watch the Olympics on television this Summer, and read about the theatre companies that have gone bust because their lottery-funded grants have been cut to pay for it, you can feel real pride for all that cash you’ve invested to make it happen. And maybe one of you will be watching the action from your Caribbean island with your 50 Porsches lined up on the verandah. Good luck to you.


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PENNY WOODWARD says versatile coriander deserves a place in every garden.
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An onion that walks accross the garden, how can that be? asks PENNY WOODWARD
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JUSTIN RUSSELL suggests two jobs to do this month to help your garden deal with a changing climate.
You asked for it, so here is the 2015-16 moon planting chart, available to download free, with explanatory text by Lyn Bagnall.
PHIL DUDMAN says it's never too late to sow some seeds. Check out his Seed Sowing Guide available to download.
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Learn about different garlic varieties to grow now with our horticultural editor and garlic guru, Penny Woodward in this video from ABC TV Gardening Australia.

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This paper proposes a strategy for transporting a large object to a goal using a large number of mobile robots that are significantly smaller than the object. The robots only push the object at positions where the direct line of sight to the goal is occluded by the object. This strategy is fully decentralized and requires neither explicit communication nor specific manipulation mechanisms. We prove that it can transport any convex object in a planar environment. We implement this strategy on the e-puck robotic platform and present systematic experiments with a group of 20 e-pucks transporting three objects of different shapes. The objects were successfully transported to the goal in 43 out of 45 trials. When using a mobile goal, teleoperated by a human, the object could be navigated through an environment with obstacles. We also tested the strategy in a 3-D environment using physics-based computer simulation. Due to its simplicity, the transport strategy is particularly suited for implementation on microscale robotic systems.
We propose a coevolutionary approach for learning the behavior of animals, or agents, in collective groups. The approach requires a replica that resembles the animal under investigation in terms of appearance and behavioral capabilities. It is able to identify the rules that govern the animals in an autonomous manner. A population of candidate models, to be executed on the replica, compete against a population of classifiers. The replica is mixed into the group of animals and all individuals are observed. The fitness of the classifiers depends solely on their ability to discriminate between the replica and the animals based on their motion over time. Conversely, the fitness of the models depends solely on their ability to ‘trick’ the classifiers into categorizing them as an animal. Our approach is metric-free in that it autonomously learns how to judge the resemblance of the models to the animals. It is shown in computer simulation that the system successfully learns the collective behaviors of aggregation and of object clustering. A quantitative analysis reveals that the evolved rules approximate those of the animals with a good precision
This paper investigates a non-traditional sensing trade-off in swarm robotics: one in which each robot has a relatively long sensing range, but processes a minimal amount of information. Aggregation is used as a case study, where randomly-placed robots are required to meet at a common location without using environmental cues. The binary sensor used only lets a robot know whether or not there is another robot in its direct line of sight. Simulation results with both a memoryless controller (reactive) and a controller with memory (recurrent) prove that this sensor is enough to achieve error-free aggregation, as long as a sufficient sensing range is provided. The recurrent controller gave better results in simulation, and a post-evaluation with it shows that it is able to aggregate at least 1000 robots into a single cluster consistently. Simulation results also show that, with the recurrent controller, false negative noise on the sensor can speed up the aggregation process. The system has been implemented on 20 physical e-puck robots, and systematic experiments have been performed with both controllers: on average, 86-89% of the robots aggregated into a single cluster within 10 minutes.
This paper presents a solution to the problem of self-organized aggregation of embodied robots that requires no arithmetic computation. The robots have no memory and are equipped with one binary sensor, which informs them whether or not there is another robot in their line of sight. It is proven that the sensor needs to have a sufficiently long range; otherwise aggregation cannot be guaranteed, irrespective of the controller used. The optimal controller is found by performing a grid search over the space of all possible controllers. With this controller, robots rotate on the spot when they perceive another robot, and move backwards along a circular trajectory otherwise. This controller is proven to always aggregate two simultaneously moving robots in finite time, an upper bound for which is provided. Simulations show that the controller also aggregates at least 1000 robots into a single cluster consistently. Moreover, in 30 experiments with 40 physical e-puck robots, 98.6% of the robots aggregated into one cluster. The results obtained have profound implications for the implementation of multi-robot systems at scales where conventional approaches to sensing and information processing are no longer applicable.
This thesis is concerned with the design and analysis of behaviors in swarm robotic systems using minimal information acquisition and processing. The motivation for this work is to contribute in paving the way for the implementation of swarm robotic systems at physically small scales, which will open up new application domains for their operation. At these scales, the space and energy available for the integration of sensors and computational hardware within the individual robots is at a premium. As a result, trade-offs in performance can be justified if a task can be achieved in a more parsimonious way. A framework is developed whereby meaningful collective behaviors in swarms of robots can be shown to emerge without the robots, in principle, possessing any run-time memory or performing any arithmetic computations. This is achieved by the robots having only discrete-valued sensors, and purely reactive controllers. Black-box search methods are used to automatically synthesize these controllers for desired collective behaviors. This framework is successfully applied to two canonical tasks in swarm robotics: self-organized aggregation of robots, and self-organized clustering of objects by robots. In the case of aggregation, the robots are equipped with one binary sensor, which informs them whether or not there is another robot in their line of sight. This makes the structure of the robots’ controller simple enough that its entire space can be systematically searched to locate the optimal controller (within a finite resolution). In the case of object clustering, the robots’ sensor is extended to have three states, distinguishing between robots, objects, and the background. This still requires no run-time memory or arithmetic computations on the part of the robots. It is statistically shown that the extension of the sensor to have three states leads to a better performance as compared to the cases where the sensor is binary, and cannot distinguish between robots and objects, or robots and the background.
This paper proposes a strategy for transporting a tall, and potentially heavy, object to a goal using a large number of miniature mobile robots. The robots move the object by pushing it. The direction in which the object moves is controlled by the way in which the robots distribute themselves around its perimeter - if the robots dynamically reallocate themselves around the section of the object's perimeter that occludes their view of the goal, the object will eventually be transported to the goal. This strategy is fully distributed, and makes no use of communication between the robots. A controller based on this strategy was implemented on a swarm of 12 physical e-puck robots, and a systematic experiment with 30 randomized trials was performed. The object was successfully transported to the goal in all the trials. On average, the path traced by the object was about 8.4% longer than the shortest possible path.
When a mixture of particles with different attributes undergoes vibration, a segregation pattern is often observed. For example, in muesli cereal packs, the largest particles—the Brazil nuts—tend to end up at the top. For this reason, the phenomenon is known as the Brazil nut effect. In previous research, an algorithm inspired by this effect was designed to produce segregation patterns in swarms of simulated agents that move on a horizontal plane. In this paper, we adapt this algorithm for implementation on robots with directional vision. We use the e-puck robot as a platform to test our implementation. In a swarm of epucks, different robots mimic disks of different sizes (larger than their physical dimensions). The motion of every robot is governed by a combination of three components: (i) attraction towards a point, which emulates the effect of a gravitational pull, (ii) random motion, which emulates the effect of vibration, and (iii) repulsion from nearby robots, which emulates the effect of collisions between disks. The algorithm does not require robots to discriminate between other robots; yet, it is capable of forming annular structures where the robots in each annulus represent disks of identical size. We report on a set of experiments performed with a group of 20 physical e-pucks. The results obtained in 100 trials of 20 minutes each show that the percentage of incorrectlyordered pairs of disks from different groups decreases as the size ratio of disks in different groups is increased. In our experiments, this percentage was, on average, below 0.5% for size ratios from 3.0 to 5.0. Moreover, for these size ratios, all segregation errors observed were due to mechanical failures that caused robots to stop moving.
This letter highlights a fundamental inconsistency in the formulation of the Gravitational search algorithm (GSA) (Rashedi et al., Inf Sci 2232–48, 2009). GSA is said to be based on the law of gravity, that is, candidate solutions attract each other in the search space based on their relative distances and ‘masses’ (qualities). We show that, contrary to what is claimed, GSA does not take the distances between solutions into account, and therefore cannot be considered to be based on the law of gravity.


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THE LAST BLOOD was famously sold as HARD BOILED 2 by UK scum Eastern Heroes, leading to legions of disappointed fans who were expecting an actual sequel to the John Woo film that came out a year _after_ this one. Apart from a shoot out in a hospital the films are quite different, but judged on its own merits THE LAST BLOOD is not a bad film.
Reviewer Score: 7
Andy and his girlfriend fly to Singapore for a holiday, and end up sharing a plane with the Daka Lama - who warns them that she shares the same horoscope and she will be in danger today. True enough, both are shot by terrorists at the airport, and it turns out that as well as a horoscope they share the same rare blood type. Only 3 people in Singapore have blood they can use for a transfusion - who will get "the last blood"? Alan Tam wants to get it for the Lama, Andy wants to get it for his girlfriend, and the terrorists don't want anyone to get it at all!
Wong Jing crafts a pretty solid action film with diversions into his trademark dumb humour and cheap thrills but a strong, coherent story overall. The action isn't as carefully or stylishly choreographed as a John Woo film, but has some good frenzied moments.
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Spike attended the Celebrity Forum of the Third Shanghai International Nature Conservation Festival on the weekend of the 21-22nd October. On Saturday he gave a presentation on why we need to work together to save migratory waterbirds before an audience of local citizens, with a specific focus on Shanghai, including the need to conserve remaining natural habitats, such as the wetlands and reedbeds of Cape Nanhui. Following a field visit to EAAFP Flyway Network Site Chongming Dongtan [EAAF002] on Sunday, Spike also participated in a roundtable on nature conservation in Shanghai, including natural habitats and species and creating conservation corridors in the city. There is a plan for Chongming to create an eco-island, including potentially establishing Chongming Dongtan as a national park, and increasing species and habitat diversity on the island.
For more photos, visit EAAFP Flickr.

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Question: doesn’t Fulfillment by Amazon mean it’s actually coming from a third party?
No. It means it’s our inventory and we’re using Amazons’s warehouses and fulfillment network.
Question: When will Woot be good again?
I expected a spreadsheet on replacement head prices.

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Improving Your Quilting Skills
By Donna Sebastian
My first quilt was a round robin friendship quilt. We all had the same instructions so our blocks should have matched. Sadly, when I began to assemble the quilt I discovered some blocks were off by as much as ½ inch. Blocks that were too big could be trimmed down but the odd assortment of sizes created a challenge to assemble. I struggled through and managed to put it together, but a lesson was learned. Blocks really need to be all one size. It took many more years to piece together enough information to allow me to approach quilting with the accuracy I wanted.
Many variables contribute to piecing a quilt accurately. The first variable is you the individual. Just how accurate do you want to be? I know quilters who literally count the number of machine stitches per seam. Others count the threads in the fabric. Another quilter I met used magic markers to touch up seams that showed through the fabric. These are extreme examples of perfecting a quilt project and you may or may not fit in this category. If you want this level of accuracy, be prepared to really work hard and above all learn as much as you can. Most of us will probably be happy with a little less attention to detail. As you make more quilts, your goals may change also. Before you begin quilting, decide just where you are on the continuum of accuracy and accept your abilities at that point. You may find that over time you become more demanding of yourself, but always accept where you are now. Finally, never ever point out your flaws or make excuses for your work. When your admirers praise your efforts, learn to say thank you, I really enjoyed working on this.
Understanding and choosing fabric is the first step once you have accepted your role in the quilting process. Not all fabric is equal. Another of my first projects was a quilted bargello jacket. The shop owner who taught the class was, of course interested in selling as much fabric as possible for the project. Because her shop was new and not well stocked, I found the selection insufficient for what I thought I wanted. I raided my garment stash, bought other fabric very unsuitable for quilting just to get the colors I wanted. This resulted in a lot of frustration on my part when I assembled the quilt sections. Another lesson learned, stick with one hundred percent cotton when starting out.
This is what you can expect if you buy one hundred percent cotton. Some fabric will be heavier or denser than other fabric. Some fabric is loosely woven and some is tightly woven. Other fabrics will shrink when laundered. Fabrics will be off grain, especially at the end of the bolt. All of these factors will affect your accuracy in some way.
Fabric is woven and has properties worth knowing. The long threads that run with the selvedge are the warp threads. These threads tend to have very little stretch. The threads that run perpendicular to the selvedge are called the weft. These threads will tend to stretch when handled. You can test this by holding a piece of fabric and pulling along each direction of the weave to see which has more give or stretch. Fabric can stretch when cut, sewn and pressed. The selvedge edge may draw up tighter than the fabric itself, especially if you launder the fabric. You may not even notice it until you begin to cut the fabric. To eliminate problems with the selvedge trim it off before working with your fabric. We will talk about how to tame the stretch and shrinking of fabric later.
Rulers and Measuring
A basic fact of measuring and cutting – the smaller the piece cut the more accurate you need to be.
Not all rulers are created equal. Before talking about rulers and measuring let us do a little experiment. You will need a ruler, a pencil, a sheet of paper, and a cutting device, either scissors or rotary cutter.
First draw a 2 inch square using the ruler. Label this square #1
Cut out the square. Be as accurate as you can.
Using square #1 trace a second square and cut it out. Label it #2.
Using square #2 trace a third square and cut it out. Label it #3.
Continue until you have 6 squares total. Always use the last square cut as your template for the next square.
Now place the #1 square on top of the #6 square. Are they identical or are they way off in size?
You have just experience the phenomena of compounding errors. Understanding rulers, measuring, and cutting can minimize this problem.
A basic set of starter rulers:
6 inch X 24 inch quilting ruler
6 inch X 12 inch quilting ruler
2 inch X 18 inch C-Thru ruler
Rulers are slippery so you will want to put a nonslip backing on all rulers. Quilt stores have materials that can be cut to size and adhered to the ruler. A do-it-yourself option is to cut ½ inch circles from fine grit sandpaper and glue them on about 6 inches apart with contact cement.
Quilt rulers and grids on cutting boards are wonderful for cutting but are not very good for accurate measuring. The thickness that makes them so wonderful for cutting distorts the line you are looking at for measuring. The other problem is the thickness of the line on the ruler. Do you cut to the right or the left or somewhere in the middle of the line? It is best if you try to use the center point of the line. A better ruler for measuring is a 2 inch X 18 inch ruler by C-Thru. These rulers are the ones to use for making templates, checking for accuracy, especially on small piecing. You will also want to use a .5 mechanical pencil to ensure consistency in the line width.
Many rulers start at the exact edge. Over time, the corners of the ruler can become worn or nicked. To measure a 2 inch line, place the 1 inch point of the ruler on the material and mark the 3 inch point.
To make a template or anything else you will be tracing you will want to be consistent in how you hold the pencil. If you hold the pencil at a 90 degree angle to the paper along the side of the ruler the line may be off. It is better to hold the pencil at a 45 degree angle against the edge of the ruler. This undercut will be more accurate
A final word on measuring – rulers are only half of the equation. The eye of the individual is the other half. Some people have a better eye for detail than others. You can train your eye to see more accurately. The more you practice the better your eye for accuracy will become.
Rules for cutting:
Measure twice, cut once
Never cut when you are tired
Never cut with a dull blade
Always cut off the black line
You may cut with scissors or a rotary cutter. We will only talk about cutting with a rotary blade. Blades come in various sizes. The ideal blade size is the quarter size blade. They are cheaper so you will be more inclined to use a fresh blade when the old one becomes dull. The smaller size blade is more stable than the larger blades. The larger blades tend to wobble when you put pressure on them. This creates uneven wear and dulls the blade faster.
You will want to cut with the fabric and ruler lined up so that you are cutting away from your body. This will be easy if you are cutting stripes. You just move the ruler over and cut another strip. Sometimes you will be cutting in several directions. Do not pick up the fabric to reposition for the second cut. Instead, have the fabric on a cutting board and turn the board to the position you need for cutting. When you pick the fabric up it can become distorted when you put it back on the cutting board.
Use the ruler sized for the cut you are making. Use large ruler for large cuts and small ruler for small cuts. Place your hand flat on the ruler with your fingers splayed out like an octopus to anchor the ruler. Pick up your hand and move it forward as you cut so that the section you are cutting is always opposite the hand anchoring the ruler. You may also place your forearm on the ruler to gain more distance when cutting long pieces. Try to cut only the length of the ruler. If your cut is longer than the ruler move the ruler, so that at least half of the ruler is lined up with the cut section. If you are having trouble cutting a folded piece of fabric open the fabric and cut one long strip. You must be extra careful when cutting a fold that the cut line is exactly perpendicular to the fold. To see what happens when your cut is not perpendicular fold a piece of paper in half and cut a slightly angled line from the fold. Open the paper to see the distortion. For the best accuracy hold the rotary cutter at a slight angle against the ruler, the same as you did with the pencil. You will be making a slight undercut.
If you suspect the blade is skipping it is time for a new blade. For best results you want to make one cut only. Once the cut is made, keep the ruler in place and gently move the scrap section away. This is the time to discover any skipped sections and correct them and change the blade.
When you are cutting a pattern or template it is important to cut away all of the black line. When you make the template, the ruler should be on the inside of the template and the line drawn to the outside of the template. No matter how skinny the line is it has thickness and will add size to the final cut.
You have done everything so far to the best of your ability, so what could go wrong now? Your fabric will now be subjected to handling and manipulating that can undo all your best efforts of measuring and cutting. Rule # 1 – Handle the fabric as little as possible.
The sewing machine:
The sewing machine can be a brutal force in distorting your beautiful block. You line up the edges and set them under the pressure foot and sew away, only to discover that the opposite ends no longer meet. Home sewing machines are really bad at feeding the top and bottom fabrics unevenly as they sew. One remedy is to use a walking foot. Unfortunately, you must now eyeball the quarter inch seam allowance or put a piece of tape on the throat plate of your sewing machine. The sewing machine is not the only factor in misaligned seams. Remember all those fabric characteristics we talked about? Fabric that tends to stretch will tend to stretch more as it goes through the sewing machine. If you have a stretchy piece and a stable piece of fabric you will want to put the stable piece on top whenever possible to minimize stretching. Stretch comes from having a cut edge on the weft (selvedge to selvedge). It can also occur when triangles are cut. You now have a bias edge that can be really stretchy. Again, try to sew with a stable fabric on top and use a walking foot. If this is not possible or you find it too difficult to manage then starching the fabric will create a stiffness like paper that will keep the edges more stable. Basting is always an option and preferable to pinning. Basting is underrated and nothing to shy away from. It can be a really fast and effective way to tame a difficult situation.
Sewing with pins will hinder your progress and cause more problems than they solve. Pins can nick your needle, distort the seam, and slow your progress. Pins do not work well with ¼ inch presser feet or walking feet. The best seam is one that is sewn in one long continuous motion with the least amount of handling the fabric. Learning to sew without pins is liberating and builds confidence. Confident quilters do the best work.
Sewing the seam:
To actually sew the seam line up the top edges, place under pressure foot and sew a few stitches. Stop and line up the bottom edges and hold them firmly together as you complete the seam. You may hold the fabric with just a wee bit of tension as you sew. Tension is not the same as stretching the fabric.
There are several ways to sew a ¼ inch seam. Whichever method you use always make a sample and measure for accuracy before proceeding.
Many machines have a line marking the ¼ inch line. Line up your fabric and sew a test seam. Press the seam flat and measure with the C-Thru ruler.
Measure out from the needle hole ¼ inch and place a strip of masking tape on the throat plate. The piece of tape should extend about 4 – 6 inches towards you and be perpendicular to the left to right edges of the throat plate. When sewing the seam you should be lining up the fabric several inches in front of the needle and presser foot. It is too late to line up once the fabric reaches the needle.
Use a ¼ inch presser foot. These special feet have a guide that keeps the fabric within the seam allowance. The guide can be a hindrance when joining seamed pieces together. You may need to stop and raise the presser foot before feeding the fabric through.
Remember, there is only one measurement for ¼ inch. There is no measurement for a scant ¼ inch. It either is ¼ or not. It is not worth the effort to try to figure out how big or little a scant is.
The preset stitch length is generally the one to use. If you are finding that you rip out a lot of seams you may increase the stitch length. This makes it easier to take out stitches. As you improve you can go back to the preset stitch length. Occasionally, you may want a shorter stitch length for more precision work such as curves or really small pieces. Paper piecing also requires a shorter stitch lengthen. Shorter stitch lengths may cause the fabric to draw up making the seam length shorter. Make a 6 inch sample seam, press it flat and measure before using the shorter stitch length.
Things are going along smoothly but you decide something needs to be ripped out. This will also distort the seam edge. The best way to rip is to cut the top thread at one inch intervals. Then gently pull the bottom (bobbin) thread.
Fact or myth about pressing – Never use steam when pressing a seam. This is definitely a myth. Fabric is fabric whether you are making garments or making a quilt. Correct pressing is important in all types of sewing. The same principals apply in all fabric pressing. To press a seam you place the iron on the seam and hold the iron in place. If you use steam, you allow the fabric to dry before handling. You do not move the iron back and forth. This will stretch the fabric. Most of the time, a hot, dry iron works. A dry iron works when the fabric is thinner and both pieces are the same weight. Heavier fabrics such as Kona cotton do not always respond to a dry iron and need the added boost of a shot of steam. The goal in pressing is to have the flattest seam possible.
Steps for pressing a seam:
With the seam still flat (not open) press to set the threads in the fabric. Do this on both sides of the two sewn quilt pieces.
Open the two pieces and finger press the seam to one side. Usually this is the side towards the darker fabric. To finger press either pinch the fabric between your fingers or lay the fabric on a flat surface and press with your fingers.
With the fabric face up press the seam flat with the iron. By having the fabric face up you can see if a small pleat is formed at the seam edge before you do the final pressing. If the padding on your ironing board seams too soft and the seam isn’t flat enough then you should press on a piece of wood covered with a press cloth.
Always do a test pressing to determine if you need steam or not.
If you used steam, set the piece aside to dry before using. The time to dry depends on your climate, dry or humid, and the amount of steam used.
No matter how good you are there will come a day when things just do not fit. You can rip, take a break, or toss the project as hopeless. This day happens to the best quilters and is addressed with some simple fixes that throw out the rules.
The most common problem is the seam that does not match from end to end. You do not want to cut another piece because you do not know which piece is in error or you do not have enough fabric to cut another piece.
Longer seams have more wiggle room. First, measure each piece and correct by cutting if one seam is too long.
When one seam is too short you can stretch it to fit the correctly cut seam. Sew with the short seam on top and stretch as you sew. Then press with steam to set the fibers.
In extreme cases when the cut is too short and there is no more fabric to recut, you can wet the fabric and stretch it to the desired size using your iron to set the threads. I heard a nationally known quilter openly admit to doing this on her award winning quilt.
You have carefully measured, cut, and sewn a 12 inch block with multiple pieces and the finished block does not measure 12 inches. After pressing it flat you can use a template to trim and true it up. You can also use a steam iron and stretch it to size.
You discover a tiny pleat on one piece. Open the seam several inches and stretch the shorter piece to match the longer piece that had the pleat. If the pleat is near an edge, open the seam, re-sew and trim the excess.


THC Domains, a division of cannabis industry marketing firm THC Media Group, has announced the availability of a large number of geographic domains for entrepreneurs looking to get a head start on the legal marijuana markets in Washington and Colorado.
Bellingham, WA (PRWEB) October 10, 2013
Washington-based online marketing firm THC Media Group has announced the availability of a large collection of geographic domain names for entrepreneurs who are gearing up for the legal cannabis industry in Washington and Colorado. These geographic domain names are listed by city and state at THCdomains.com.
The website reads, “For many cities in Washington and Colorado, we own all of the relevant keyword variations involving ‘marijuana’ and ‘cannabis.’ By controlling all of the domains for your city, you can feel secure that your competition will not encroach on your brand.” For entrepreneurs who are not ready to invest in the purchase of a domain, or start-ups who are in the process of seeking funding, THC Domains also offers the option of reserving domain names for a particular city or region for up to 4 months. This process involves a down payment (which varies by city) in exchange for a contract stating that the domains will not be sold or leased to anyone other than the reservee until a specified date.
Noel Abbott, the company’s founder and CEO, was interviewed by Michael Cyger of DomainSherpa.com in August about his company’s collection of domain names. Since then, THC Media Group has continued to expand their inventory and build relationships with domain collectors who have partnered with the company to broker sales and auctions of their domains. Abbott says, “A lot of people ask me to appraise their collections, but it’s hard to put a value on cannabis domain names due to the uncertain future of the industry. However, with the federal government’s recent announcement that they won’t challenge the initiatives in Washington and Colorado or the medical cannabis laws in other states, I think there’s a growing trend of optimism. If the industry does take off and other states start legalizing cannabis, these domains are going to be a very valuable commodity. Investors who are snatching them up now while they’re cheap are doing the smart thing.”
In addition to the recently-announced geographic domains for cities in Washington and Colorado, THC Domains offers a growing selection of keyword-specific and brand-name domains pertaining to the cannabis industry. THC Media Group also provides online marketing services for cannabis start-ups in the recreational and medical industries, ranging from website and brand development, to search engine marketing, to email and social media marketing. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Bellingham, Washington.


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In the pandemic environment, the Canadian digital health space is getting increasing attention, especially as health systems increase adoption and more people become comfortable using digital solutions. Digital health companies are accelerating transformation in health care by enabling shifts to a care system that’s more predictive, preventative, personalized and participatory. We’re starting to see early signals of what the future of health will look like—key digital health segments and trends to watch include virtual care, home care, predictive analytics, privacy and mental health.
Here is PwC/CB Insights mapping of private VC-backed digital health companies in Canada:
Recent news from SeamlessMD
September 23, 2021
WEBINAR: Reduce Surgical Backlog & ED Visits with Surgical Remote Monitoring
On September 21, 2021, SeamlessMD, in partnership with Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) hosted a webinar discussing the use of Surgical Remote Monitoring technology to improve clinical outcomes.
SeamlessMD Podcast - Episode 48 - Dr Carmine Simone: Pioneering Digital Patient Engagement in Ontario
In this episode of the SeamlessMD Podcast, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO at SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Carmine Simone, thoracic surgeon and Vice President of Clinical Programs at Michael Garron Hospital (MGH), Medical Lead for Covid Response at MGH, Medical Director for Integrated Programs for Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and MGH, and Associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. See the full show notes below for details.
UAB presents at 16th Annual Academic Surgical Congress showing 94.7% patient activation with Patient Engagement Technology
UAB recently presented an abstract at the 16th Annual Academic Surgical Congress entitled, “Who chooses not to use Patient Engagement Technology (PET)?” which examines the key factors behind why Colorectal, Cardiac, Thoracic and Gynecology patients may or may not choose to enroll in a PET.

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Dozens of Israeli tanks entered the southern Gaza Strip, where the army expanded its ground offensive against Hamas despite the presence of hundreds of thousands of civilians and rising tensions in the region. Satellite images showed dozens of Israeli tanks, personnel carriers and bulldozers reached the area and the Israeli army confirmed that it was acting “with force” around the village of Al Qarara, northeast of Khan Younis.
Israeli forces, which began a ground offensive on October 27 in the north of the Palestinian enclave, have been warning for several days of a “terrible imminent attack” in the south and ordered the evacuation of the population, according to the Israeli newspaper. Yedioth Aharonoth. “The fighting and the ground advance of the Israeli army in the Khan Younis area do not allow civilians to move along the Salaheddin (road) axis, in the north and east of the city”the army said in a statement.
“I saw how Hamas fighters beat her and raped her”: a survivor’s account of the music festival in Israel
The Hamas Health Ministry reported 15,899 deaths on Monday, of which 70% were women and children, in the Israeli bombings, launched in response to the unprecedented attack by the Islamist movement on Israeli soil on October 7. The Islamist commandos infiltrated that day in Israel killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, according to authorities.
Israel declared war and promised “annihilate” to Hamas, which has ruled the Palestinian enclave since 2007. In this context, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, who arrived in Gaza on Monday, denounced the “intolerable” suffering of the population. “I reiterate our urgent call for civilians to be protected in accordance with the laws of war and for aid to be allowed in unhindered,” he wrote.
Insufficient food, little light and a lot of silence: the first testimonies of how the hostages released by Hamas lived in captivity
“Despite what is claimed, the attacks in southern Gaza are as ruthless as those suffered in the north,” James Elder, a Unicef spokesman, posted on X on Monday. “People ask us for advice on where they can take refuge. We don’t know what to tell them,” denounced Thomas White, director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza.
The Israeli army announced on Monday that three soldiers died the day before in the north of the territory, bringing the number of soldiers killed since the start of the ground offensive to 75 and 401 since October 7. Fighting broke out again on Monday in Gaza City, the target of several airstrikes. According to witnesses, Israeli tanks opened fire and entered the old town market for the first time, destroying dozens of stalls.


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This week Tony sits down to discuss the Rainbow Six: Siege Chimera expansion, Finka and Lion, Hitting a Wall in Monster Hunter: World, the evolution of Dead Cells, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Warhammer and 40K in video games, the Super Smash Bros for Switch announcement, and the most hype in video games.
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The school education authorities in Chennai are discussing the need for the Plus 1 public examination for the upcoming academic year. The Tamil syllabus implemented the public examination for Plus 1 students in 2017-18, but it has resulted in more students not passing the Plus 1 exam and dropping out of school halfway.
This academic year, 50,000 students applied for the Plus 2 public exam but did not appear for it. Education Minister Mahesh held a discussion with the authorities on this issue two weeks ago. If Plus 1 public examination continues, the dropout rate for Plus 2 is expected to increase.
Today, the school education department will hold a consultation with district primary education officers to debate whether to continue or stop Plus 1 public examination for the coming academic year. A meeting will be held for two days in Anna Centenary Campus in Chennai, where Principal Education Officers will share their opinions on the district-wise public examination, plans for the upcoming academic year, and tenth standard public examination arrangements. The next steps will be finalized based on their feedback.
In the current academic year, 50,000 students who applied for the Plus 2 public examination, did not appear for the Plus 2 examination and became ‘absent’. In this regard, School Education Minister Mahesh held a consultation with the authorities two weeks ago.
In this, it was informed that if the Plus 1 public examination continues, the dropout rate in Plus 2 is likely to increase.
In this case, the officials of the school education department are going to hold a consultation today with the district primary education officers whether to continue or stop the Plus 1 public examination system in the coming academic year.
A consultation meeting will be held today and tomorrow at the conference hall in the Anna Centenary Campus in Chennai.
In this, the Principal Education Officers are going to share their views on district-wise public examination activities, plans for the coming academic year, tenth standard public examination arrangements. According to their comments, the next step is to be finalised.


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From the Chatham News + Record, by Bill Horner III
In an age where landing even a $50 million economic development project is considered a major win, Michael Smith sheepishly admits the numbers generated in Chatham County this year are almost “cartoonish” in scope.
It all got started last March with VinFast — at the time, with $4 billion in investment and 7,500 new jobs, the biggest industrial announcement in N.C. history. The Vietnamese company is now more than a third finished with site preparation work on its land at Triangle Innovation Point, near Moncure, the future home of its massive electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant set to roll out EVs in the summer of 2024. (Plant construction will begin in early 2023.)
Add in semiconductor maker Wolfspeed’s $5 billion, 1,700-job announcement for the Chatham-Siler City Advanced Manufacturing site in September, and FedEx’s April shipping hub launch near the VinFast site, and Smith — president of Chatham’s Economic Development Corporation, and the chief internal engineer of the county’s industrial development efforts — acknowledges something truly unprecedented here: more than $9 billion in investment and 9,000 new jobs coming to rural, potential-laden Chatham, all announced within the span of a few months.
Continue reading on the Chatham News + Record website.


What's the difference between "scalability" and "enterprise-ready"? Doesn't an OS have to be scalable to be enterprise ready?
The terms "scalability" and "enterprise ready" are often used in the same context. Often these terms are used to create doubt and to deflect evaluation away from common sense principals.
When working with a large corporate site in 1997, an engineer built a test bed to validate the capacity for a Linux-based solution to handle a production load in a 30-user CAD shop. The server was also used to host a project tracking application and accounting application. He built two identical machines, one running Linux and the other running Unix. He compared memory usage, the user and system load factors and responsiveness on both machines as the load was increased on each system in turn. Both machines had dual PentiumPro CPUs.
He examined the number of concurrent client tasks that could be run before the load would become excessive. The benchmarks for excessive delay were set at:
- CAD file save using Samba: 60 seconds
- Accounting application module recompilation: 5 minutes
- Search through entire project database: 2 minutes
Unix Linux ---- ----- CAD file saves 5 8 Recompilation 3 2 Search database 7 11When the results were reported, the head of IT determined that these results confirmed that Linux was not sufficiently scalable. The engineer who worked on this had concluded that Linux had out-performed Unix in the two areas that mattered most. Precisely what scalability meant made could not be established.
In a second case, a site installed a Web server (late 1998) that was supposed to be capable of taking the load of 2 million hits per day. The software vendor had recommended a Sun server. The site engineer installed a dual processor Pentium-II system with lots of memory. The machine comfortably handled the real load, never using SWAP and net ever exceeding a load factor of 3. When the head of IT resigned, the first action taken by the new head of IT was to replace the Linux operating system with MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server (late 1999), so-called because it was more enterprise ready and more scalable.
So precisely what did scalability mean in these situations?
Clearly these examples are biased! But they demonstrate the point that emotional and non-technical factors often prejudice perceptions of scalability.
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C2 Dead But Still Breathing
I paused, looking out the dreary window to the grey skies.
It was about to pour soon, and much like my heart it was heavy and in need of relief.
Never had I felt more scorned in my life.
Kelia, that traitor, was soon to marry Prince Gevin.
Of all the people she could have wounded me for, she chose my arch rival.
My finger recoils, and I force myself not to ruin the invite in my had.
I can hear the whispers through the wall.
Since word spread yesterday the palace has been ablaze with eager ears at the news.
That should've been me.
I did her well, loved her right, yet that wasn't enough.
Not even the whole Kingdom of Phylin could satisfy her.
Still I knew if I had the chance, I would relish the scent of lavender from her hair as I held her one last time.
And that thought enraged me the most of all.
Wide mahogany doors to my room opened, and a palace maid bowed low.
Her face was pale, and something about her form trembled like a leaf.
"Your Highness the King wishes to speak to you. He says it is an urgent matter and you should come to his chambers right away." she said all too fluidly, and the words collided with each other as I tried to make sense of them.
"Thank you, you may go now." I say turning from the now pouring skies.
Carrying the pain along with me, I rose to my father's bedside.
Deep down I know he's dying, and I'll be left to attend the cursed wedding alone.
In more ways than not I felt just like him; torn, disposed and a shell of a former glory.
Yet he would soon leave behind memories of my adulterous mother, while I would have each day of my sage health to remember Kelia.
A dark door stands before me, and I barge in before he draws his final breath.
"My son...come here child." he says, voice jagged and worn out.
What is left of my strength seeps out as I drag my feet near his silken drapes.
"You are leaving me too, aren't you Father?" I say, a faltering smile on my lips.
My chest tightened as I took in his deathly pallor -he wouldn't make it past the hour.
I'd miss him, I loved my father more than life itself. And to me life had been the woman I treasured.
He slowly cracked a grin of his own, but then burst into a wheezing fit.
I dashed for the cup by his bedside and gave him a drink of warm water.
Some of it drizzled down his chin, and he struggled yet managed to wipe his mouth with a feeble hand before talking.
"Son I know present circumstances have caused you grief, but it is clear you must take the throne now. Marry Ephene, and do all to see Phylin reign as Kingdom supreme. Our forces may merge with Niarciss but know there can be only one supreme ruler on this earth and that man is you. Dominate the world son, it is the one thing that will allow you to control what is out of the hands of many," then his face went devoid of the determination that coated it.
My trembling hands barely managed to close his eyes before a cry tore from my lips.
How I wish it were a mere dagger that pierced me in the chest.
But I bled from hidden places I didn't know where to block.
So I kneel there and sob, weeping like every bit of the broken man I was.
Then I rose from my knees and promised my father I would make him proud.
My name will go down in history as the monarch to be reckoned with.
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Chance to celebrate worthy sports stars
A SUMMER of sport for the annals has inspired people to leap off the sofa and join sports clubs here in Harborough and now the Mail is celebrating the sporting achievements of teams and individuals from the district.
Sports clubs have reported a boost in membership thanks to the London 2012 Olympics and British wins in the Tour de France and a tennis Grand Slam final.
There has been success here in Harborough too – on the pitch, on the track and on the field.
The Mail is proud to again celebrate these achievements with its annual Sports Awards which is now in the 11th year.
People can now nominate people by filling in a nomination form in the Mail or online at our dedicated Sports Awards 2012 website.
So far the Mail has received several entries for the awards in a number of different categories.
Just one of these entries is in the category of Sports Team of the Year.
Market Harborough Squash Club 1st Team has been nominated by Alison Avil of Coventry Road, Harborough. She said the club nearly withdrew from the Northants 1st division but that a new member to the club, Simon Turner, pressed them forward and stepped in to run the side.
With the help of Callum Fraser, Jack Turney and Hari Patel, all under the age of 22, the team went on to win Division 1 for only the second time in the club’s history.
She said: “This was a tremendous turn-around and revitalised the 1st team. The team played consistently good squash through the season with a good blend of old and young.
“They are now looking forward to trying to defend their title and perhaps this season go for the double.”
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Duke University Rubenstein Art Center
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Duke University’s Rubenstein Arts Center, dubbed “The Ruby”, reinforces the interdisciplinary focus of the University, weaving the arts within science, engineering, and medicine through this multifaceted complex. HLB collaborated with William Rawn Associates to provide lighting solutions for the feature black box theatre, dance studio, lobby gathering and display space, twelve flexible studio modules, radio station, art galleries, offices, outdoor working yard, façade, and site.
Within each studio module flexibility is provided through multiple layers of light, user-friendly lighting controls, and provisions for temporary lighting rigging throughout. The black box theatre transforms from “day” to “night” through an innovative folding wall system that provides instant room darkening. The plug-in lighting grid on hooks allows for endless configurations.
- Architectural Lighting
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- LEED Silver Certified78,000 sq.ft. | 7,246 sq.m.$25 M
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- Robert Benson Photography


We receive frequent requests about warranty. Watch the Intel Warranty Guide for Processors video for answers to the most frequently asked questions.
The information below helps you to determine if you should contact Intel and lists information needed for Intel-provided warranty eligibility.
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Intel® engineering sample processors, also known as Intel® Qualification Sample Processors, are pre-production processors loaned to Intel's Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs), and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). They are used in the product design cycle prior to product launch.
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Sony is to discontinue online services for multiplayer-only titles SOCOM Confrontation and MAG, as well as SOCOM 4, early next year. Released in 2008, 2010 and 2011 respectively, one can only assume that the online-focused PS3 shooters have relatively small active player counts, although publisher Sony provided no explanation when it announced the news on Twitter.
Advisory: Online multiplayer services for MAG, SOCOM Confrontation, and SOCOM 4 will be ending on 01/28/14July 16, 2013
SOCOM Confrontation was developed by Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City maker Slant Six Games, which downsized earlier this year after transitioning from console development to the mobile and free-to-play market. MAG and SOCOM 4 were developed by Zipper Interactive, which was shut down by Sony in June 2012 following the completion of Vita shooter Unit 13. At the time, the platform holder said the closure of the 18-year-old studio was “a result of a normal cycle of resource re-alignment within Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios”.


Different Usage of Types of Hot Rolled Steel Products
1.Steel for structure
It is mainly used in the production of steel structural parts, bridges, ships and vehicles.
With adding special elements (P, Cu, C, etc.), weathering steel has good corrosion resistance and atmospheric corrosion resistance, and is used for the production of containers and special vehicles, and also for building structures.
3.Steel for automobile structure
It has high strength steel plate with good stamping performance and welding performance, used for the production of frame, wheel, etc.
4.Hot rolled special steel
General mechanical structure uses carbon steel, alloy steel, tool steel, after heat treatment engineering for the production of various mechanical parts.
5.Cold rolled raw plate
It is used in the production of various cold rolled products, including CR, GI, color coated plates, etc.
6.Steel plate for steel pipe
With good processing performance and pressure strength, it is used for the production of high-pressure gas pressure vessels filled with LPG, acetylene gas and various gases with an inner volume of 500L or less.
7.Steel plate for high-pressure vessels
With good processing performance and pressure strength, it is used for the production of high-pressure gas pressure vessels filled with LPG, acetylene gas and various gases with an internal volume of 500L or less.
8.Stainless steel plate
Stainless steel has good corrosion resistance, mainly used in the food industry, surgical equipment, aerospace, petroleum, chemical and other industries.
Welding Notice of Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Product
1.Due to the good welding performance of hot rolled carbon steel flat product, in the condition of not thick plate, and the welding requirements are not too high, the choice of AC spot welder can achieve the welding requirements.
2.If the cost of equipment allows, try to use medium frequency inverter spot welder to spot weld mil steel plate. The welding effect is better, and the fusion nucleus and welded joints will be more perfect.
3.There are cold-rolled steel plates and hot-rolled steel plates. Cold-rolled steel plates do not need special cleaning before welding, while hot-rolled steel plates must be cleared of oxidation, rust, oil and other impurities on the surface.
4.If the capacity of the spot welder used allows, it is suggested that hard specification welding to reduce the effect of heat diffusion on the product, and also to reduce product distortion.
Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Overview
Hot rolled carbon steel plates are widely used in many specialized mechanical equipment and large structural components in the manufacturing industry, for example, in the engineering, energy and mining machinery industries, where many products use steel plateswith thicknesses of 6-20mm. Some of these hot rolled carbon steel plates are flat sheets without hollow cores, while most are 30% porosity plates. Their specifications and sizes vary depending on the product and application. These carbon steel plates are cut by plasma or oxygen, which will leave different degrees of flying edges, slag and burrs on the cut surface. These must be removed, otherwise the aesthetics and usability of the finished product will be affected.
Hot Rolled Steel Products VS Cold Rolled Steel Products
·Cold rolled steel products are hard, relatively difficult to process, but not easy to deformation, higher strength.
·Hot rolled steel products strength is relatively low, and the surface quality is poor (oxidation/low finish), but it has good plasticity, generally for the thick plate. Cold rolled steel products have high strength, high hardness, high surface finish, generally for the thin plate, which can be used as a stamping plate.
·The mechanical properties of hot rolled steel products are far from cold rolled steel product, but hot rolled steel products have good toughness and ductility.
·Cold rolled steel products due to a certain degree of hardening, low toughness, but can achieve a better yield to strength ratio, used to cold bending spring and other parts, while the yield point is closer to the tensile strength, so the use of the process of danger is not foreseeable, in the load exceeds the allowable load is prone to accidents.


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WASHINGTON (3/29/13)--The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has pushed back the deadline for comments on its credit loss reporting proposal until May 31. The previous deadline was April 30.
FASB's credit loss reporting proposal would utilize a single "expected loss" measurement for the recognition of credit losses; this would replace the multiple existing impairment models in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles that primarily use an "incurred loss" approach.
"The delay is a good development, but we are very concerned about this proposal," Credit Union National Association Deputy General Counsel Mary Dunn said Thursday. If adopted, the proposal would likely result in credit unions and other creditors having to initially boost their allowance for loan and lease loss accounts by significant amounts and to estimate cash flows that they do not anticipate will be collected over the life of the loan based on all available information, including forecasts of future events, CUNA has noted.
CUNA continues to develop a comment letter on this accounting issue, and will release that letter in the coming weeks.


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Crowe on Liles and Boswell, 'Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi'
The following book review from H-Texas may be of interest to some H-Women list members.
Debbie M. Liles, Angela Boswell, eds.
Debbie M. Liles, Angela Boswell, eds. Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2016. Illustrations, maps. 336 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57441-651-0.
Reviewed by Rebekah Crowe (Wayland Baptist University) Published on H-Texas (December, 2018) Commissioned by Linda Powell (Amarillo College and Wayland Baptist University)
Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=52823
One of the first lessons for budding historians is that their research needs to fill holes in the historical record. This volume is an excellent example of how to do just that. Deborah M. Liles and Angela Boswell set out to demonstrate that, despite a perceived lack of primary sources, scholarly work on women in Texas during the years of the Civil War is possible. To that end, they collected essays on diverse populations of Texas women from a variety of historians.
Women in Civil War Texas is incredibly useful. Undergraduates and graduate students alike will appreciate its straightforward simplicity, finding the information in this book easy to digest, yet fascinating, and applicable in a wide range of courses, including those on the Civil War, Texas history, and/or women’s history. Boswell’s introduction contains exemplary examples of both historiography and a strong thesis argument with supporting evidence. Boswell also addresses the conundrum of Texas head-on—is it West? South? a battle site? a frontier?—and encourages readers to think in terms of how much more complicated the Lone Star State, indeed any historical situation, is to fit into one or two research boxes.
The essays that follow in roughly chronological order fit together but also stand alone as inspiring scholarly works. Their lengths are impressively compact considering the large number of specific examples contained within. Each essay situates a particular community of women within the larger scope of American history, Texas history, women’s history, and Civil War history, demonstrating that history does not occur in a vacuum and that the most effective history acknowledges what already has been written on the subject, as well as what remains to be done.
Vicki Betts argues that Texas women supported first secession and then the war in myriad ways, even before Texas voted to join the Confederacy. Dorothy Ewing uses Caroline Sedberry’s experience as wife of a Texas Confederate politician to show how Texas women, not unfamiliar with taking care of business during the absence of men, gained confidence in their own abilities and made more decisions on their own. Letters passed between Texans during the Civil War are more than just invaluable primary sources for historians today. Beverly Rowe demonstrates that such correspondence provides great insight into how male and female Texans experienced the Civil War on an everyday basis, as well as how the war changed Texas and Texans forever. Brittany Bounds looks at Texas women’s activities during the Civil War, arguing that Texas women were able to keep themselves and their minds busy enough to maintain hope better than Confederate women living in other states.
Bruce Glasrud’s essay provides an overview of the tenuous existence of African American women in Texas during the Civil War, women for whom the Civil War was clearly about freedom. Linda Hudson continues the discussion of African American women by exploring how they used the Texas state court system to greater degree than has been studied previously. Jerry Thompson and Elizabeth Mata contribute research on Tejanas, who participated in the Civil War much more than the oft-told version of the story indicates. Judith Dykes-Hoffman takes on a group of immigrant women—German Texan Unionists. These women, living in a frontier region of Texas, not only faced the same upheaval as their Confederate supporting neighbors but also lived in the midst of great hostility, struggling to keep themselves, their families, and their menfolk safe.
Rebecca Sharpless also discusses Unionist women, this time focusing on the small north Texas town of Gainesville. She argues that the story of the violent deaths of some of the men in Gainesville who supported the Union during the Civil War had to go underground for many years, leaving the women who survived to grieve, unsupported, in silence. Some of the women who experienced the Civil War in Texas came as refugees from other parts of the Confederacy once the war broke out. Candice Shockley demonstrates that this group of elite women had to adjust their impressions of themselves as “southern ladies” and that they did so without a unified model to which they could look. Deborah Liles returns to the subject of the Texas frontier in the last essay of the volume. She explores the lives of women living isolated lives on the cattle frontier of Texas, where raids by Native peoples constituted one of the most present dangers during the Civil War.
The images the editors selected help bely the assumption that few visual primary sources exist on mid-nineteenth-century Texas women. Starting each essay with an image, usually a portrait, gives the reader a face to have in mind while working through the information in that essay. Likewise, the standardized maps assist readers in locating themselves within the geographical area. The authors of the essays in this collection model for students of history how to extrapolate information from secondary sources on topics related to the subject at hand as well as best practices for analyzing a wide variety of primary sources, such as local, regional, and national newspapers and other periodicals; journals, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies; census reports and other government documents; and material culture.
It will be interesting to see what other research and analysis Women in Civil War Texas will inspire, particularly on such topics as the experiences of indigenous women in Texas during the Civil War, the role of religion (of various types) in the Civil War, rape/sexual assault as a method of warfare, and a comparative study of centers of higher education for Southern women and their Northern/Union counterparts.
Citation: Rebekah Crowe. Review of Liles, Debbie M.; Boswell, Angela, eds., Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi. H-Texas, H-Net Reviews. December, 2018. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=52823

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