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When planning your estate plan and deciding how best to protect your wealth from taxes you should consider the Charitable Lead Trust
The trust is useful for philanthropic endeavors, where charitable gifts are periodically given. Generally, a gift occurs upon creation of the trust and a significant income tax deduction is available in the year the trust is created, with the unused portion carried forward for five years in some cases.
“The Charitable Lead Trust also enhances your ability to transfer wealth to your children and grandchildren without incurring a gift or estate tax.” says Anne Desormier-Cartwright, of Elder and Estate Planning Attorneys, PA.
Control of the principal investment assets may be retained, and the trust may be created before or at death.
Elder and Estate Planning Attorneys PA is a law office small enough to provide personal service but large enough to handle all of your estate and planning needs.


From “Man, Machine, and Information Flight Systems”: The Apollo 8 flight to the moon involved collecting and processing more bits than the data used by all combat forces in World War II. The technological advancement in making advanced rockets for flying on the moon is reasonably well known. Much less understood, but perhaps even more significant is the information management system. The work of thousands of people in real time, and the data processed by many powerful computers, is organized, processed, filtered and channeled through one to three people in the cockpit in an understandable and digestible form. With this information pilots can move with confidence that they have a league with powerful logic systems and a large number of cells in memory storage.
From “Multiprocessor Revolution: Using Computers Together”: By using a number of relatively inexpensive VLSI processors together in a multiprocessor system, we can significantly reduce the cost of achieving today’s fastest computing speeds. Many of us hope that these new breeds of machines will make possible our most romantic and ambitious aspirations: these new machines can recognize images, understand speech, and behave more intelligently. Even anthropological evidence suggests that in order for computers to work intelligently, many processors need to work together. Consider the human eye, where millions of neurons help us see. What arrogant argument led us to believe that a single processor capable of giving only a few million instructions per second could ever demonstrate intelligence?


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We are among the people!
There are so many beautiful causes to support: the orphan, the widow, clean water, anti-war, refugees, human trafficking – sadly the list goes on and on.
LIGHT Partnership operates various projects in rural India. Our goal is to bring care to orphans, destitute children, and teens.
LIGHT has a ten-year standing partnership with our local village community, which oversees nearly 350 families. We strive to provide excellent medical care and we have a close partnership with the Tamil Nadu ART Center, which provides medications and treatment for orphans living with HIV/AIDS.
The mission of LIGHT Partnership is to provide a family environment where vocational and life skills training can empower the world’s most vulnerable children and young adults.

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Tarl Cabot comes back to counter-earth to find everything he left behind has been destroyed and the people he loves are outcasts. Tarl discovers that he is now an outlaw. Then why did the Priest-Kings call him back?

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Part two of my Los Angeles blogs. While having a good time getting lost in Los Angeles, we visited some famous rock and roll landmarks.
The Whisky-A-Go-Go on the corner of Sunset and Clark. Founded in 1964, this establishment was immortalized in the song by the Miracles "Going to a Go Go" (later covered by the Rolling Stones). Arguably, The Whisky was the birthplace of the LA music scene. Southern California rock bands like the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and Love were regulars there. The Doors was the house band for a while. British rock bands like the Who, Cream, Led Zeppelin, and the Kinks made their first headliners there.
Over the years, diverse acts such as Quiet Riot, the Police, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, the Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Soundgarden and many others played there.
The Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset. Founded in 1972. This restaurant was a popular hangout for many celebrities, rock stars and their groupies. The late John Belushi ate his last meal here.Some notable regulars here were John Lennon, Keith Moon, Led Zeppelin, Grace Slick, Ringo Starr, Janis Joplin, Alice Cooper and Elvis Presley.
The Roxy Theatre on the Sunset (next door to the Rainbow). Founded in 1973. This famous nightclub was the host to so many acts such as-Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Genesis, Neil Young, David Bowie, Nirvana, Motley Crue, Guns n' Roses, Van Morrison, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frank Zappa, Dire Straits, Them Crooked Vultures, Foo Fighters are among them.
Andaz West Hollywood 8401 Sunset Bvld. Formerly the Continental Hyatt Hotel. The hotel was favored many traveling rock bands like Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and the Who for it's close proximity for the local nightclubs. Infamous stories of television sets tossed from balconies and motorcycles driven in hallways came from here.

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Through Focus the Nation’s Forums-to-Action Program, a multidisciplinary group of UW-Madison students is planning a clean energy forum for February 15th, 2012 from 3-7pm in Union South, Varsity Hall. This year’s event titled The Negawatt Summit: Catalyzing Energy Conservation in our Community will focus on ways the campus and Madison community can speed adoption of energy efficiency and conservation measures in buildings. Students and campus leaders will come together with energy experts, business leaders, and elected officials to identify roadblocks and solutions in this effort to pick the low hanging fruit in energy efficiency. One panel session will seek innovative solutions to get more rental property owners investing in energy efficiency retrofits. A brainstorming session over dinner will inform an action plan which students will implement over the next semester(s). This event represents a great opportunity for the campus and Madison community to come together in addressing an issue of great import.
Event Follow Up
The Focus Wisconsin's Clean Energy Forum, The Negawatt Summit: Catalyzing Energy Conservation In Our Community, focused their conversations around the roadblocks and solutions associated with reducing energy use in multi-family residential properties. The main roadblock is twofold: First, there are many rental properties that waste a lot of energy. Second, there are few good incentives for owners or renters to make their properties more energy efficient.
At the forum, it was decided that the best solution would be to create a program to give incentives to owners and renters to make more environmentally friendly choices. This includes ways to make properties more energy efficient and to encourage occupants to make smart, eco-friendly decisions. The solution should also incorporate ways to make it easier for renters to know about the efficiency levels of apartments they are thinking about renting.
Check out the UW-Madison Project page for more information on how the Focus Wisconsin team and their partners are turning their roadblocks and solutions into local community project!
FC Joel Charles moderates the panel conversation with local energy leaders.
The "Negawatt Summit Idea Space" is used to collect possible Solutions.
Manager - Multifamily Services
Mark has more than 31 years of experience working at Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) with the residential, commercial and multifamily sectors. His duties include advising multifamily customers on energy use and rates, conducting customer training seminars and advising developers, architects and contractors on new construction projects. He also works with hvac, lighting and plumbing contractors to match appropriate technologies to particular projects.
Through MGE’s Neighborhood Revitalization Grants, Mark has been instrumental in the successful energy-efficient design on projects for the City of Madison, Stonehouse Development, Nakoma Development, the Oakbrook Corporation and Commonwealth Development. He has contributed to Home Energy magazine and has recently finished phase two of MGE’s Multifamily Energy Benchmark Study.
Steve Holzhauer is a Madison architect and managing principal of Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA). Educated and trained in Milwaukee, he moved to Madison in 2005 to open and establish the firm’s office here at 222 West Washington Avenue.
Steve has a strong passion for planning and building good, high-performing buildings. In the last several years he and his local team designed award-winning projects for PIKE Technologies, Whitewater Technology Center, and the Green Technology Training and Enterprise Center in Plain. Committed to energy-conscious design, he and his firm are presently planning uniquely green projects, often within the urban fabric. These projects are especially important as the revitalize neighborhoods and provide visual lessons for people, young and old. To quote Steve, “There is undeniable pride in rebuilding neighborhoods and reconnecting the urban fabric in ways that truly affect people’s lives and invigorate their awareness to good, well-conceived and sustainable design.”
Steve was educated at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee where he earned his Master of Architecture degree in 1985. In 2007 he became a LEED Accredited Professional and has been involved in numerous LEED Certified buildings and high-performing sustainable projects.
His Madison staff has grown from 8 in 2005 to 17 professional today. The firm is presently planning unique projects throughout Madison and Wisconsin
Nancy Jensen is the Executive Director of the Apartment Association of South Central WI (AASCW), with offices located in Madison, WI. The association represents approximately 1,000 rental property owners-- public and private, non profit and for profit—and several hundred vendors to the rental housing industry. Ms. Jensen has worked with Wisconsin utilities, Wisconsin River Power Company, Wisconsin Public Power, Inc.; residential and commercial construction trade associations; and business relationships/government affairs for the Mayor of St. Louis, MO.
Multifamily Energy Advisor
Torrance Kramer is a Multifamily Energy Advisor for Wisconsin's Focus on Energy program. He has been involved in testing, researching, and promoting energy efficiency in small to large existing and new construction residential buildings for nearly a decade. Torrance has led the field work on multiple ENERGY STAR Multifamily High Rise buildings. He has assisted in the creation of multiple Multifamily and Single Family utility rebate programs and weather assistance programs, including specification manuals and field protocols.
For 25 years, Seth promoted and managed cooperative rental housing as a sustainable and affordable approach to community living – an approach which obviates the split-incentive problem, because the tenants are the owners. In 2010, he bought his first two-unit rental property and has been retrofitting it to make it greener and more energy-efficient ever since. He is currently developing a group of and for rental property owners committed to sustainability and energy efficiency. Seth is a Senior Policy Analyst at the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, where he specializes in utility energy efficiency policy and program research. He holds an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business, an MPA from the La Follette School of Public Affairs, and a Certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
Alderperson Scott Resnick was elected to the Madison Common Council on April 5, 2011. Graduating in the Spring of 2009 with a degree in political science and legal studies from UW-Madison, Resnick represents a large portion of UW-Madison undergraduates who live in the Spring Street neighborhood, lower Langdon, and all UW dormitories. He currently is a member of the Housing Committee, among others.
Professionally, Scott is the vice president of Hardin Design & Development, a web application company located in downtown Madison. He also is an active member of Capital Entrepreneurs and works with many start-up and new businesses from the University.
Residential Services Specialist
As a Residential Services specialist at Madison Gas and Electric Company, Charles is involved in a number of programs and services that help MGE customers save energy. He works primarily with senior citizens, renters and students, advising each group on a variety of energy efficiency and conservation topics. Prior to joining MGE in 2007, Charles worked as a Program Services manager at Energy Services, Inc., a non-profit agency that administers federal and state energy assistance funds to households in fourteen Wisconsin counties. He also serves on the board of directors and advisory committees for a handful of community organizations including EnAct, the North/Eastside Senior Coalition and the Home Buyers Round Table of Dane County.


Bhatnagar International Foundation School celebrated Independence Day with great zeal and patriotic fervour befitting the occasion. An interesting program, including dance, song, skit and yoga, were organised by the students to pay a tribute to freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country.
The students set the pitch for the program with shlokas and patriotic songs. The highlight of the program was the enactment of a skit on the life of Queen of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmi Bai, the young queen who became an icon against the British Raj. It urged today’s generation to value the freedom we have.


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My primary research goals are at the intersection of architecture and social control specific to populations on borders, specifically Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I use text, media, and objects/ephemera to create domains related to the concept of states of emergencies.
I have been creating work at Pine Ridge since 2012 and this is an ongoing, long-term project. My interest in border towns is in their capacity to give us insight into resistant aesthetic practices. My practice negotiates the way in which one documents people in states of emergencies and how to create an archive of this specific place knowing that translation ultimately destroys the “native information.” In what way can we create archives around subjects whose mode of archiving is oral? How do we navigate the terrain of documenting that is not ethnographic and historicist? To The North is a series and takes many different forms depending on the context. Some iterations are video installations, some are talks, other iterations include a printed book.
The video archive uses film and video to document the not so ordinary instances of what it means to live in a state of emergency, a reservation. Subjects range from uranium fracking on the reservation, to the weather, to documenting architecture as social control, to history and myths told through first person narratives. Another resource is the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and its collection of photographs in South Dakota dealing with Lakota life from the 1880’s until the mid 1890’s, many of which have still not been digitized. The video archive I am creating is juxtaposed alongside the photographic archive provided by The Library of Congress.
The format of using two different resources to explore the themes of the archive would hope to would question the way institutions archive, that what is left out is just as important as what is being presented, that there can be a way to document a language not based on an institutional ways of linear historicism, a way of documenting and archiving history and myth; that this decentered archive ,created collaboratively at Pine Ridge can attest to the disruption of the archive created by an linear system that detested not only them as beings but as cultural signifiers; those Indians who roamed free. This archive in form should be malleable and changeable. Some of the problems that arise in trying to make “postcolonial” archive or for Lakotas a post-genocide archive is that of translating, since translation creates and destroys information and culture, or that an “actively speaking subject” cannot be rendered transparent. So how is it that video can try and manage this contentious relationship? One should be careful saying that one can “understand cultures by understanding the various conducts of their culture.” If anything, being reflexive, critical, and suspicious of the way the humanities tries to make things transparent can help us understand the limits, and hence, these “limits” is where a useful artwork can maybe come out of.


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A Community Network for Bowes Park and Bounds Green
2.9 million older people feel they have no one to turn to for the help and support that can make all the difference when times are tough.
We want to be there for older people in good times and in bad and we recognise that different people need different things.
Whether it’s having someone come round to help with the shopping, a friendly call or visit each week and somewhere to go to make new friends, or some expert advice to deal with a problem that’s nagging away, Age UK is determined to be there to help.
Companionship, advice and support
We’re working hard to give older people the fundamental things everyone deserves and which most of us take for granted without a second thought: advice and support at the times it is most needed, friendship and someone to share a laugh with from time to time.
If you agree with us that a life with no one is really no life at all, then visit our website to find out how you can help, or to make a donation or volunteer, to help us make sure everyone has someone.
Because no one should have no one.
To those in Haringey borough, Age UK haringey also needs volunteers!


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Scarlett Johansson started out her career in small, independent films, but that hasn’t stopped her from becoming a part of the Marvel franchise. She made her big-budget film debut in 2010’s Iron Man 2 as Natasha Romanoff, aka the Black Widow.
Johansson spoke with the The Wall Street Journal about her reasons for taking on the role.
She said, “I was like, I want to be part of something big like that. I want to be in a really successful, huge film that’s good and works.”
The action sequences didn’t deter her either.
“I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it,” she said. “I wanted to stretch myself physically, out of my comfort zone, and still succeed. I’m probably like most actors. We have huge egos, and you want to know you can be successful, no matter what. I don’t want to be pigeonholed in one genre or budget or whatever.”
Even with the success of the Marvel Studios films, don’t expect her to abandon her indie roots.
The 29-year-old actress shared, “I’d rather take the chance of a film not working than be stuck in a pattern of making the same movie over and over.”
While the WSJ spoke with the Her star a few months before the pregnancy announcement with fiancé Romain Dauriac was revealed, it was obvious that family was on her mind during the interview. She talked about finding a balance between her personal and professional life.
“There must exist a world in which I can balance those things, be able to raise a family and still make a film a year, or work on my own, develop things, do theater. I want to be able to have it all.” She laughed. “Selfishly.”
Even though she was joking, it’s clear she understood that you can’t have it all at once sometimes.
“I know that with that there will be some sacrifices. I know that’s the struggle with working mothers and successful careers. It happens,” she explained. “With [male actors] it just doesn’t happen that way. You can be every woman’s fantasy, and nobody thinks twice about the fact that you have eight kids or whatever.”
Johansson will next be seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier which opens nationwide on April 4.


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Prep 8 mins
Cook 18 mins
This is a very easy chicken for a cook-out. The spinach is sauted just briefly.
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 lb fresh spinach, torn
- Mix the first 8 ingredients.
- Rub all over the chicken.
- Grill over medium coals for 8 minutes per side.
- In lg skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil for 1 minute.
- Add mushrooms, cook and stir for 2 minutes.
- Add spinach and saute for 3 more minutes.
- Place spinach on plates, top with chicken.
Chicken at it's best!! Loved this!!
Very good recipe, and very healthy! I took Tebo's advice and marinated the chicken for several hours and it was a nice blend of flavors. I did feel that the spinach mix needed some salt and pepper so I added that and it was a great meal, along with acorn squash. Thanks for the nice recipe. Carole in Orlando

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Faster 12-nanometer semiconductors
Intel and UMC have announced a mega-deal to work together on making 12-nanometer semiconductors faster and more powerful.
I need you to burn
Seagate has revealed the industry's first hard disk drive that uses heat to write data.
Enabling 128GB DRAM modules, and paves the way for 1TB DRAM modules
Samsung has announced the development of the industry's first and highest-capacity 32Gb DDR5 DRAM on a 12nm manufacturing process.
A 7.2Gbps DRAM with reduced power consumption
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has started mass production of its 16Gb DDR5 DRAM based on the industry’s most advanced 12nm-class process technology.
Works with AMD's Zen
Samsung has unveiled the world’s first 12nm DDR5 DRAM chips.
Based on 12nm Polaris GPU
As expected, rumored, and leaked earlier this week, AMD has now officially released its latest mid-range graphics card meant to put a bit more pressure on Nvidia's GTX 1060 during this holiday season, the Radeon RX 590.
The same RX 580 Nitro+ Special Edition design
Sapphire's RX 590 Nitro+ Special Edition has been spotted online and comes with the same design as the RX 580 Nitro+ Special Edition - confirming earlier reports that we are looking at just a die shrink of the original Polaris chip.
Should be launching this month
A box shot has pretty much confirmed that AMD is likely to soon launch the 12nm Polaris-based Radeon RX 590, which could bring around 10 to 15 percent performance boost compared to the RX 580, at least depending on the actual GPU clock AMD AIB partners hit on their cards.
Spotted in 3DMark database
As we already told you earlier, AMD is gearing up to launch a 12nm Polaris refresh which should bring around 10 to 15 percent improvement, and now it appears it could be called the Radeon RX 590.
Bringing 10 to 15 percent improvement
AMD is gearing up for a slight refresh of its graphics card lineup with a 12nm Polaris GPU, which is likely to bring an improvement of around 10 to 15 percent, mostly thanks to higher clocks.


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The older we get, the more our bodies evolve and change. Though very few would consider mid-twenties old, researchers found a “startling” statistic for those who reach the quarter of a century mark.
According to researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the global risk of developing a stroke increases a considerable amount at 25 years and older.
“Our findings are startling,” said Dr. Gregory Roth. “It is important that physicians warn their patients about preventing strokes and other vascular diseases at earlier points in patients’ lives. We found extremely high lifetime risk for stroke, and based on other research we evaluated, it is clear that younger adults need to think about long-term health risks.”
The researchers looked at stroke risk on a global scale and found that consumers’ chances of having a stroke are coming much earlier in life. Though risk used to come around at age 45, this most recent study found that adults are actually at risk at 25.
Using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the researchers were able to look at various regions around the world and assess the overall risk.
When the study wrapped up in 2016, eastern sub-Saharan Africa was found to have the lowest lifetime risk of stroke, coming in at under 12 percent. Comparatively, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and East Asia were found to have the highest risks, each topping off at over 30 percent, with East Asia inching towards 40 percent.
“The lower risk of lifetime stroke in sub-Saharan Africa does not necessarily represent a lower incidence of stroke or more effective prevention and treatment strategies,” said Dr. Roth. “On the contrary, people there are merely at higher risk of dying of another cause first.”
To help combat the risk of stroke, the researchers urge healthcare providers to provide their patients with the highest quality of care, as strokes can be avoidable. Eating healthy foods, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding alcohol and tobacco all contribute to lowering the risk of stroke.
Focusing on health
The researchers’ advice was sound: consumers can help reduce their risk of stroke by eating healthy and exercising.
Recent studies have shown the benefits of just light exercise for elderly people looking to avoid a stroke, while eating one egg per day was found to be beneficial in the fight against heart disease and stroke.

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Print Edition - 2014-09-04 | Nation
VCs express dissatisfaction over CIAA raids
Sep 3, 2014-
Vice-chancellors (VCs) of various universities have expressed dissatisfaction over the recent raids by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) at varsities.
The VCs led by University Grant Commission Chairman Parasar Koirala met with Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and complained over the anti-graft body’s recent raids. The university officials said some of the VCs, mainly from the newly-established Purbanchal University (PU), were dragged into controversy without strong ground behind the allegations.
“The anti-graft body’s investigation into the newly-established universities has mired academic environment and staffers are discouraged,” UGC Chairman Koirala reportedly told the PM. The university officials said the CIAA overstepped its jurisdiction and raided autonomous bodies like universities hampering their activities.
The CIAA had raided the PU, Mid-Western University (MWU), Tribhuvan University and Mahendra Sanskrit University. Of them, the PU and the MWU are left without top staffers after officials, including VCs, were dragged to the court on corruption charges. Similarly, the CIAA had raided 13 central departments of the TU and seized all their documents.
UGC Member-Secretary Bhola Nath Pokharel complained that the daily work of the PU was affected after the VC and other officials were dragged to the court on minor charges like failing to collect affiliation fees from colleges.
In response, the PM stressed on the need of booking those involved in the financial irregularities. “I for myself will be liable to the punishment if I commit misconduct,” he said, stating that he was saddened after the cases related to financial irregularities and corruption surfaced in the media.
The PM also asked the university officials not to come to him if someone is arrested for wrongdoing. Stating that he was not in a position to intervene the CIAA activities, the PM said he would look into the matter if any righteous person was victimised.
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THE WEEKEND ROUND UP (AUG 17 - 19)
SCREENING ALL WEEKEND
NOIR CITY CHICAGO 2018
Music Box Theatre, Chicago IL
Noir City's 10th anniversary kicks off with an Opening Night tribute to writer-director Carl Franklin. Join us for a double bill of his neo-noir classics and an in-person discussion between films with the director and Noir City host Eddie Muller.
Then return to Noir City for the following six days and nights for a thrilling excursion through the original film era, comprising chronological "A" and "B" double features of film noirs both legendary and obscure! Weekend shows presented by Eddie Muller, host of TCM's Noir Alley! Weeknight shows hosted by the Film Noir Foundation's Alan K. Rode, author of Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film. Weekend selection as follows;
Fri, Aug 17th 7pm
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995 / 35mm Print)
Fri, Aug 17th 9:45pm
ONE FALSE MOVE (1992 / 35mm Print)
Sat Aug 18th 3pm
CONFLICT (1945 / 35mm Print)
Sat Aug 18th 5pm
ESCAPE IN THE FOG (1945 / 35mm Print)
Sat Aug 18th 7pm
THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946 / 35mm Print)
Sat Aug 18th 9:15pm
STRANGE IMPERSONATION (1946 / 35mm Print)
Sun Aug 19th 2pm
THE UNSUSPECTED (1947 / 35mm Print)
Sun Aug 19th 4:15pm
BLIND SPOT (1947 / 35mm Print)
Sun Aug 19th 6:15pm
I WALK ALONE (1948 / DCP)
Sun Aug 19th 8:30pm
BODYGUARD (1948 / 35mm Print)
New 4K Restoration
CHINATOWN (1974 / 4K DCP)
Fri Aug 17th 1:30pm, 4:00pm, 7pm & 9:45pm
Sat Aug 18th & Sun Aug 19th 12:30pm, 5:30pm & 8pm
Film Forum, New York City
In drought-ridden 1930’s L.A., divorce-specializing private eye Jack Nicholson gets his nose re-arranged—by director Polanski in a memorably nasty cameo—after sticking it into the connivings of John Huston’s family-loving mogul Noah Cross and his mysterious daughter Faye Dunaway, culminating in a darkly operatic finale that brings together all the players for a showdown in the lawless neighborhood of the title. “I saw Chinatown not as a ‘retro’ piece or conscious imitation of classic movies shot in black and white, but as a film about the thirties seen through the camera eye of the seventies,” Polanski said, and he created both an homage to, and a classic of, film noir (opening with a b&w Double Indemnity vintage Paramount logo), as well as an examination of the birth of Los Angeles, with the stolen water rights of the actual Owens Valley War the midwife. The first production from Robert (The Kid Stays in the Picture) Evan’s own banner, Chinatown was originally to have starred his then-wife Ali MacGraw in the Dunaway part and reteamed Nicholson (his first romantic role) with screenwriter Robert Towne, who’d scripted his hit The Last Detail. But in Polanski’s hands, it became more caustic and disillusioned—a post-Watergate, post-Vietnam excursion into the heart of darkness, made with all the resources of a major studio. Amid 11 Oscar nominations (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Music, etc.), the screenplay was the only winner, despite—or perhaps because of—Polanski’s revision of the ending, over Towne’s violent objections.
Glorious 70mm Presentation
CLEOPATRA (1963 / 70mm Print)
Sat Aug 18th & Sun Aug 19th 1pm
Museum of The Moving Image, Astoria NY
In this epic story about love and power, the legendary Egyptian queen tries to use her beauty to conquer the Roman Empire. Notorious for its protracted production schedule and enormous sets, Cleopatra was, to date, the most expensive film ever made; it was a flop for Twentieth Century Fox in spite of its being the top-grossing film in 1963. Behind-the-scenes intrigue also contributed to its status as a colossal cultural event - first, Liz Taylor almost died from pneumonia, and then she began an affair with co-star Richard Burton. Their real-life chemistry intensifies the performances onscreen in this colorful spectacle from a script by Joseph Mankiewicz. The photography is by the great Leon Shamroy (Leave Her to Heaven, Planet of the Apes).
New 4K Restoration
SUSPIRIA (1977 / 4K DCP)
Fri Aug 17th & Sat Aug 18th 12:20pm, 6:05pm, 9:20pm & Midnight
Sun Aug 19th 12:20pm, 6:05pm & 9:20pm IFC Center, New York City
Made 40 years ago, Dario Argento’s gripping horror remains an impressive classic in which his stylized flourishes of the genre began to develop. When American dancer Suzy (Jessica Harper) enrolls at a prestigious ballet academy in Germany, she and her roommate (Stefania Casini) are caught in sinister web of murderous witchcraft on campus. This shocking cult favorite is scored by the Italian prog-rock band Goblin, a recurring musical collaborator of Argento’s.
SCARY MOVIES XI: HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
Film Society Lincoln Center, New York City
Classics on Sat Aug 18th & Sun Aug 19th / Festival until Aug 23rd
New York’s top horror festival—bringing you the genre’s best from around the globe—is back for another wicked week of hair-raising premieres and rediscoveries, guest appearances and giveaways. The 11th edition launches off with the delightful yet blood-soaked holiday-set high-school musical Anna and the Apocalypse, followed by a Zombie Christmas Party, before turning darker with another yuletide end-of-days offering, Await Further Instructions. This year’s lineup also includes a trio of creepy Latin American offerings featuring possessions, dark fairy tales, and haunted hospitals; a selection of new indie horror at its most promising, Hurt, Boogeyman Pop, Blood Paradise, and The Witch in the Window; the retrospective sidebar “Tainted Waters,” featuring a quartet of 35mm titles whose horrors take place above or below the surface, or sometimes come creeping onto the land; and a brand new live edition of Glass Eye Pix’s acclaimed radio-play series Tales from Beyond the Pale, brought to you by the dynamic duo of Glenn McQuaid and Larry Fessenden. Plus, last year’s fast-working closing-night director Colin Minihan returns with What Keeps You Alive, and we conclude with Jonas Åkerlund’s harrowing black-metal tragedy Lords of Chaos. Programmed by Laura Kern and Rufus de Rham. Sponsored by IFC Midnight. Classic films on the schedule include ALLIGATOR (1981 / 35mm Print), DAGON (2001 / 35mm Print), DEAD CALM (1989 / 35mm Print) and SHOCK WAVES (1977 / 35mm Print)
Audacious Debuts Double
THX 1138 (1971 / 35mm Print) + DUEL (1971 / 4K Restoration)
Fri Aug 17th 7:30pm
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica CA
Two Audacious Debuts! George Lucas' THX 1138 envisions a bleak, dehumanized future where every person is given pills to quiet emotions and prevent the questioning of authority. In Steven Spielberg’s DUEL, Dennis Weaver is a businessman crossing a stretch of deserted highway, who finds himself terrorized by a malevolent, unseen truck driver.
5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND (2007 / DCP)
Fri Aug 17th 7pm
Metrograph, New York City
Named Best Animated Feature at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Shinkai’s three-part romantic drama follows protagonist Takaki Tōno from elementary school to adulthood, from the early 1990s to 2008, tracking his relationship with classmate Akari from pre-pubescent friendship to a mutual later-in-life regret of an unfulfilled romance that remains just out of reach. A film rich with longing and wistful regret playing out beneath a watercolor sky, its animation a marvel of sensitive, filigreed detail. Screening as a part of the Metrograph's Makoto Shinkai series.
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978 / 35mm Print)
Fri Aug 17th 7:30pm
Hollywood Theatre, Portland OR
The classic, caustic, controversial, and comedic film that launched John Belushi into international stardom - National Lampoon’s ANIMAL HOUSE. But don’t forget all of those other recognizable faces in there too - Tim Matheson, Peter Reigert, Bruce McGill, Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hulce, Kevin Bacon. The film spent many weeks in Eugene and Cottage Grove and spawned many local stories and careers. In fact, this screening precedes the 40th Anniversary bash taking place in Cottage Grove on the weekend on August 18 - which is looking to break the world record for the largest toga party after losing that title several years ago to a group in Australia. You won’t want to miss this one - “Otis? He stills owes me money!"
THE RAID (2012 / DCP)
Fri Aug 17th Midnight
Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn NY
Deep in the heart of Jakarta’s slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it.
When a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building’s lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city’s worst to survive their mission.
Drive-In Sing Along Double Feature
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986 / 35mm Print) + WEST SIDE STORY (1961 / 35mm Print)
Friday Aug 17th 5:30pm
Mahoning Drive In, Leighton Pennsylvania
Two great musical masterpieces on the big Big BIG screen, back-to-back on 35mm film! We're kicking the night off with the quirky 1986 musical comedy LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, followed by the 1961 award winning classic WEST SIDE STORY. Join this fantastic Drive In (and music!) magic under the stars! Keep an eye on their schedule too. They do some brilliant cult movie nights.
SHAKEDOWN (1988 / 35mm Print)
Aug 18th 8pm
Roxy Cinema, New York City
The 80s were high time for buddy cop movies, and though James Glickenhaus’ Shakedown tends to get overlooked in favor of 48 Hours or Beverly Hills Cop, it rides comfortably along with those films as a prime example of the genre and wholly enjoyable escapist entertainment. Shakedown’s premise is simple; a mild-mannered public defender (king of deadpan Peter Weller) teams up with a renegade narcotics agent (master mustache-wielder Sam Elliot) to clean up the New York streets as well as the corruption in their respective institutions of law. By cleverly intercutting courtroom scenes with cartoonish, high octane action sequences, Glickenhaus gives the film an irresistibly rollicking pulse, allowing his leads to play to their comedic strengths while establishing a strong onscreen rapport. With Patricia Charbonneau, Antonio Fargas and Blanche Baker.
Dennis Hopper Double Feature!
BLUE VELVET (1986 / 35mm Print) + RIVER'S EDGE (1986 / 35mm Print)
Sat Aug 18th 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood CA
Dennis Hopper Double Feature! In BLUE VELVET, the actor is one of the scariest villains in film history, menacing squeaky-clean suburbanite Kyle MacLachlan and tormented torch singer Isabella Rossellini. In RIVER'S EDGE, Hopper is a visibly damaged adult interacting with disaffected teens involved in a young girl’s murder. Introduction to RIVER'S EDGE by actor Tom Bower.
Holy Bat Bomb - In 35mm!
BATMAN & ROBIN (1997 / 35mm Print)
Sat Aug 18th Midnight
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA
George Clooney stars as the mysterious caped crusader in this fourth installment of the blockbuster "Batman" saga. This time he's up against the cold-blooded Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who has joined forces with femme fatale Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) to wage a deadly crime spree against the citizens of Gotham City. Armed with a new array of high-tech crime-fighting gear, Batman enlists the help of his daredevil partner, Robin (Chris O'Donnell), and their new secret weapon, Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone). It's an action-packed thrill ride as the forces of good and evil clash in the most spectacular Batman ever produced.
Leonard Bernstein Centennial
WEST SIDE STORY (1961 / DCP)
Sat Aug 18th 12pm, 3:15pm & 6:30pm
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge MA
One of the most iconic movie musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY brings Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s version of Romeo and Juliet to the big screen. With Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer playing the star-crossed lovers and a movie-stealing performance by the great Rita Moreno.
40th Anniversary Presentation
GREASE SING-ALONG (1978 / DCP)
Sat Aug 18th 2pm, 5pm & 7pm
Astor Theatre, Melbourne Australia
Grease is based on Warren Casey’s and Jim Jacobs’s 1971 musical of the same name, and in the United States, it is still the number #1 highest-grossing musical, to date. Its soundtrack album has sold over 28 million copies worldwide and features two Travolta/Newton-John duets, “You’re the One That I Want” and “Summer Nights”, which in the U.K. were both number one hits and are still among the 20 best-selling singles of all time. The movie’s title song was also a number-one hit single for Frankie Valli. Before John Travlolta – Henry Winkler, who was playing Fonzie on Happy Days, was originally chosen to play Danny, but having twice already played similarly leather-clad 1950s hoods in 1974’s The Lords of Flatbush as well as Happy Days, turned down the role for fear of being typecast. Singer Olivia Newton-John, cast at Travolta’s urging, had done little acting before this film. In 2008 it was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965)
With Live Music Score by REEL ORCHESTRETTE
Sat Aug 18th 9pm
Film Noir Cinema & Video, Brooklyn NY
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
ON THE TOWN (1949 / 35mm Print)
Sun Aug19th 12pm, 2:30pm, 4:45pm & 7pm
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge MA
In this classic MGM musical, three sailors race across New York City trying to find love before their 24-hour leave runs out. Though only some of Bernstein’s tunes were used, the undeniable highlight of the film is his “New York, New York” sung by stars Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin against the backdrop of real-life New York City locations.
From the makers of The Matrix
SPEED RACER (2008 / DCP)
Sun Aug 19th 7:30pm
Loft Cinema, Tuscon AZ
Based on the classic 1960s anime, Speed Racer is a hyperkinetic, ultra-stylized live-action cartoon come to rip-roaring life, courtesy of The Wachowskis, creators of The Matrix! Fearlessly hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition in his thundering Mach 5, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) was born to race cars. But when Speed turns down a lucrative offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret–some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls! The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat the evil E.P. Arnold Royalton (Roger Allam) at his own game. With the support of his family, including Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon), and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams up with his one-time rival, the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox), to win the race that took his brother, Rex Racer’s, life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible! Featuring stunning SFX, a neon candy-colored aesthetic and relentlessly thrilling racing action, Speed Racer is a spot-on homage to the beloved ‘60s TV series that will take your breath away!
Entire Trilogy in 35mm
THREE COLORS TRILOGY (RED, WHITE and BLUE)
1993 - 1994 (35mm Prints)
Prince Charles Cinema, London UK
This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieślowski was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The films are named for the colors of the French flag and stand for the tenets of the French Revolution—liberty, equality, and fraternity—but that hardly begins to explain their enigmatic beauty and rich humanity. Set in Paris, Warsaw, and Geneva, and ranging from tragedy to comedy, Blue, White, and Red(Kieślowski’s final film) examine with artistic clarity a group of ambiguously interconnected people experiencing profound personal disruptions. Marked by intoxicating cinematography and stirring performances by such actors as Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Irène Jacob, and Jean-Louis Trintignant, Kieślowski’s Three Colors is a benchmark of contemporary cinema (Criterion).
THE IRON GIANT (1999 / DCP)
Sun Aug 19th 11am
Filmhouse, Edinburugh Scotland
In a small town in Maine in 1957, young adventurer Hogarth is obsessed with things extra-terrestrial. He’s the only one to take seriously a fisherman’s frantic reports of the landing of a metal giant, and his search is rewarded by the sighting of a metal-crunching, electricity-immune 50-foot iron giant in the forest. A friendship between boy and giant grows, but all the while government agents close in. A beautifully animated intelligent adventure that will delight audiences young and old.
**All Program Notes by respective cinemas.

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Creating a more inclusive--and profitable--practice.
The growth opportunity of catering services to a specific patient population.
Serving a huge group of patients who need your care.
Promoting diversity, equity & inclusion in optometry--and in your own practice.
Offer feedback on how the pandemic has impacted diversity, equity and inclusion.
Bold, new steps OD schools are taking to increase Black & minority representation.
New information on how the optometry workforce is shifting.
A ground-breaking appointment and initiative.
Two ODs share their passion for the Black Lives Matter movement.

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As the pharmaceutical industry seeks more efficient methods for the production of higher value therapeutics, the associated data analysis, data visualization, and predictive modeling require dependable data origination, management, transfer, and integration. As a result, the management and integration of data in a consistent, organized, and reliable manner is a big challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. In this work, an ontological information infrastructure is developed to integrate data within manufacturing plants and analytical laboratories. The ANSI/ISA-88.01 batch control standard has been adapted in this study to deliver a well-defined data structure that will improve the data communication inside the system architecture for continuous processing. All the detailed information of the lab-based experiment and process manufacturing, including equipment, samples and parameters, are documented in the recipe. This recipe model is implemented into a process control system (PCS), data historian, as well as Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) system. Data existing in the recipe can be eventually exported from this system to cloud storage, which could provide a reliable and consistent data source for data visualization, data analysis, or process modeling.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Process Chemistry and Technology
- Continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Data management
- OSI Process Information (PI)

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CHICAGO Fallon targets top business and financial executives in its latest work for ArcaEx, an electronic stock exchange.
Television spots from the Minneapolis agency, which break during NBC's coverage of the Ryder Cup this weekend, depict everyday activities becoming overwhelmed by interest. In one spot, a la Hitchcock's The Birds, a couple innocently feeds pigeons in the park until they and the city are overwhelmed by the creatures. In another spot, a casual chess game in the park brings a city to a standstill.
In both spots, the "Numbers this big are hard to ignore" tagline appears along with the explanation that 575 million shares are traded daily on the Chicago-based electronic exchange.
Similarly themed print executions broke Friday in The Wall Street Journal and will also run in The New York Times, San Jose Mercury News and American Banker newspapers, as well as business magazines. Television will run on ESPN, CNN, Fox and CNBC.
"These efforts are focused on making CEOs, CFOs, investor relations officers and key outside influencers to the listings process aware of ArcaEx," said Margaret Nagle, marketing director of the Chicago-based company, in a statement. "We hope they will be interested in probing further about the listing services ArcaEx provides."
Spending for the effort was not disclosed. Archipelago Exchange spent only about $1 million on advertising last year, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMR.


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Kaspersky experts have uncovered a series of attacks by advanced persistent threat (APT) actor BlueNoroff against small and medium-sized companies worldwide resulting in major cryptocurrency losses for the victims. The campaign, dubbed SnatchCrypto, is aimed at various companies that, by the nature of their work, deal with cryptocurrencies and smart contracts, DeFi, Blockchain, and the FinTech industry.
Kaspersky has been named number-one among companies with Russian origins patented in the United States in 2021 by IFI Claims Direct. The recognition from IFI, the global leader in patent data analytics with over 145 million patent records around the world, highlights Kaspersky’s leadership and innovation in the cybersecurity sphere.
Global Kaspersky research unveils that 30% of healthcare providers have experienced cases where their employees compromised customers’ personal information during remote consultations. In addition to this, almost half of providers believe that their clinicians don’t clearly understand how patients’ data is protected. However, 67% of them believe it is important for the healthcare sector to collect even more personal information to further industry development.
Kaspersky EDR has achieved the highest AAA award in SE Labs’ Enterprise Advanced Security test (previously known as Breach Response Test). The solution was noted for its ability to detect complex targeted attacks, track malicious behavior from the beginning to the end of an attack and generate no false positive results. During the evaluation, the product was exposed to the tools, techniques, and procedures used by advanced threat groups.
From January 20 to November 10, 2021, Kaspersky experts uncovered a new piece of malware that has targeted more than 35,000 computers across 195 countries. Dubbed “PseudoManuscrypt” for its similarities with the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Lazarus’ Manuscrypt malware, this new malware contains advanced spying capabilities and has been seen targeting both government organizations and industrial control systems (ICS) across numerous industries.
Leading global cybersecurity company, Kaspersky, has announced the continuation of its partnership contract with Scuderia Ferrari. In addition, the company joins a lineup of partners for the Ferrari Esports FDA team competing in the world Esports Series.


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Etched in incandescent texture, a stenciled silver teardrop swings from the bottom of an elegantly elongated chain for a whimsical style. Features an adjustable clasp closure.
Sold as one individual necklace. Includes one pair of matching earrings.
Ice Queen Green Necklace
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Lookin Like a Million Pink Necklace
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Putting BMX cranks on a mountain bike can transform its performance and ride feel. But is it possible, and what do you need to know before swapping out cranksets?
Yes, it’s possible to put BMX cranks on mountain bikes, as long as the mountain bike’s spindle matches the inner diameter of the bottom bracket.
In this all-inclusive, we will overview and discuss everything about installing BMX cranks on a mountain bike.
Essential Things to Know About Putting BMX Cranks on Mountain Bikes
- It is possible to install BMX cranks on a mountain bike in most cases with some compatibility considerations.
- BMX cranks offer increased ground clearance and often a lighter, stiffer, stronger crankset design.
- The downsides are less overall gear range and potential compatibility issues between bottom bracket types.
- The right BMX crankarm length, bottom bracket width, and chainline are crucial for proper MTB fit.
- Splined spindle BMX cranks are easiest since they work with common MTB bottom brackets.
- Some frame and drivetrain modifications may be needed for optimal shifting performance.
Why Put BMX Cranks on a Mountain Bike?
There are a few key potential benefits of using BMX cranks on a mountain bike:
- Increased ground clearance – BMX cranks are more compact and have smaller chainrings, allowing them to sit higher off the ground for better clearance over obstacles, roots, and technical trails.
- Stiffer, stronger cranks – BMX cranks are designed for taking abuse from big jumps and tricks so they are often stiffer and more durable than MTB cranks.
- Lighter weight – Top-end BMX cranks use advanced materials like carbon fiber, aluminum, and titanium to shed weight over stock MTB cranksets.
- Better power transfer – The stiff and direct power transfer of BMX cranks can make pedaling feel more efficient and responsive.
- Cool custom looks – BMX cranks can give a mountain bike a unique style and appearance.
Riders who value snappy power delivery, ruggedness, and tech trail capability are prime candidates for switching to BMX cranks on their MTB.
Potential Drawbacks of BMX Cranks on Mountain Bikes
However, there are also some potential downsides to consider:
- Less overall gear range – BMX cranks often have smaller chainrings with fewer teeth, limiting the gear range compared to MTB triple cranksets.
- Compatibility and fitment issues – Getting the right bottom bracket, spindle interface, chainline, and crankarm length for proper bike fit can require modifications.
- Chain drop – The smaller BMX chainrings and wider Q-factor on some BMX cranks can increase chain drop issues.
- Compromised shifting performance – Optimizing the front derailleur position and shifter cable routing is key for smooth gear changes.
- Higher costs – Aftermarket BMX cranks are more expensive than basic MTB cranksets.
Carefully weighing the pros and cons and setting up BMX cranks properly helps maximize benefits while avoiding drawbacks when installing them on a mountain bike.
BMX Crank Types Compatible with Mountain Bikes
There are two main crank interface spindle types used on BMX cranks:
Splined Spindle Cranks
- Use a spline pattern to interface with the bottom bracket spindle.
- Are the most compatible BMX crank option for mountain bikes.
- Work with common MTB bottom bracket standards like Shimano Hollowtech II, SRAM DUB, etc.
- Examples are Profile Racing, Odyssey, and Subrosa splined BMX cranks.
Euro BB Spindle Cranks
- Have a one piece Euro BB spindle permanently attached to the crankarms.
- Require a dedicated Euro BB bottom bracket and are less compatible.
- May require frame BB shell adaptation to fit the wider Euro BB shell width.
- Examples are Sunday, Bitex, and Tree splined spindle cranks.
Splined spindle BMX cranks are easiest to install on a MTB since they work with modern bottom bracket systems, while Euro BB cranks often require additional frame modifications.
How to Choose the Right BMX Crankset for Your Mountain Bike
Follow these guidelines when selecting a BMX crankset for optimal mountain bike compatibility:
- Match the spindle interface – Choose a splined spindle model that fits your bike’s bottom bracket type, like Hollowtech II or DUB.
- Pick the correct crankarm length – Match your MTB’s stock crankarm length (usually 170mm or 175mm) for proper fit.
- Mind the bottom bracket/spindle width – Match the BB shell width and spindle length specs of your frame’s bottom bracket.
- Consider the chainline – Some BMX cranks use a wider 55-57.5mm chainline vs. MTB’s 49-52mm standard, so this must align.
- Check** chainring clearance** – Ensure the BMX chainrings clear the MTB’s chainstays and have enough frame clearance.
- Account for q-factor – Wider q-factors on some BMX cranks may require re-positioning the front derailleur.
Installing BMX cranks can be straightforward with the right crank specs matched to your MTB’s bottom bracket and drivetrain. Test fitting parts and measurements ahead of time ensures optimal compatibility and performance.
The Step-By-Step Process for Installing BMX Cranks
Once you have the right compatible BMX crankset, here are the key steps for removing your stock MTB crankarms and installing the new BMX cranks:
Remove Existing Crankset
- Shift chain onto the smallest rear cog for chain slack.
- Remove crank bolts and extract crankarms using an 8mm hex wrench.
- Unthread and remove the bottom bracket spindle.
- Thoroughly clean BB shell and apply fresh grease.
Install BMX Bottom Bracket
- For splined BMX cranks, press in the matching new bottom bracket according to the specs.
- For Euro BB spindles, adapt the BB shell if needed and press in the dedicated Euro BB.
- Torque bottom bracket to manufacturer specs – usually 35-50Nm range.
Mount BMX Crankarms
- Apply thin layer of grease to the spline or spindle interface.
- Orient non-drive crankarm and firmly press onto the spindle.
- Install 8mm crank bolts and torque evenly to specs.
- Repeat the process for the drive-side crankarm.
Final Setup and Adjustments
- Reinstall chainring bolts, pedals, and chains.
- Spin cranks to ensure smooth rotation and check for rub.
- Fine-tune front derailleur height and position over smaller BMX chainrings.
- Shorten the chain if needed to eliminate slack from smaller rings.
Take it for a test spin to dial in shifting performance and make any final tweaks for optimal clearance and drivetrain function.
3 Crucial Compatibility Tips for BMX Cranks on a Mountain Bike
Follow these top 3 tips when choosing and installing BMX cranks on a mountain bike:
- Match the spindle interface – Choose a splined BMX crank that fits your bottom bracket type like Shimano Hollowtech or SRAM DUB.
- Mind the chainline – Ensure the BMX crankset chainline aligns closely with your MTB’s standard chainline.
- Fine tune the front derailleur – Expect to adjust the front shifter height and limit screws to accommodate the smaller BMX chainrings.
Getting the right spindle interface fit while optimizing chainline and drivetrain setup will ensure maximum performance from your new BMX crankset on a mountain bike.
Frequently Asked Questions About BMX Cranks on Mountain Bikes
What bottom bracket do I need for BMX cranks on a mountain bike?
For splined spindle BMX cranks, you can reuse your current MTB bottom bracket like Shimano Hollowtech II or SRAM DUB. Euro BB spindle cranks require a dedicated Euro BB bottom bracket and sometimes frame shell width adapters.
Will BMX cranks work with my mountain bike shifters and derailleurs?
Most likely, yes, but the front derailleur position and limit screws will need to be adjusted to accommodate the smaller BMX chainring sizes. The rear derailleur just needs proper chain length.
Do I need a chain guide if I put BMX cranks on my MTB?
It’s a good idea to add a top-mounted chain guide to prevent potential chain drop issues from the smaller BMX chainrings. A tensioner can also help manage the chain slack.
Can I leave my MTB triple crankset on and just use the middle ring with BMX cranks?
This is not recommended, as the redundant outer rings can interfere and strike the chain in certain gear combinations. Remove all three rings and just run the proper BMX single, double or triple crankset.
What’s the best BMX crankarm length for converting a mountain bike?
For proper fit, choose a BMX crankarm length that matches your MTB’s original crankarm length, usually 170mm or 175mm. Don’t size down or go shorter.
Summary: The Benefits and Drawbacks of BMX Cranks on Mountain Bikes
Installing BMX cranks on a mountain bike can provide increased ground clearance, a stiffer and stronger crankset, snappier power transfer, and a unique style when done properly. Just be aware of the potential downsides like less gear range, compatibility challenges, and drivetrain tuning required.
Overall, BMX cranks are a cool way to boost the performance and appearance of a mountain bike for certain riding styles. By matching the spindle interface, choosing the right crank length, considering how chainline and q-factor impact derailleur setup, and fine tuning the drivetrain, you can unlock the full benefits of these durable, responsive cranks on a mountain bike.
Mahin Abrar is a passionate writer and outdoor enthusiast. As a regular contributor to Bikepics.net, Mahin shares his knowledge and experiences in the fields of biking, cycling, hiking, and camping. With a deep understanding of these activities and a keen eye for detail, he offers valuable insights and practical advice to help readers get the most out of their adventures. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, Mahin's writing is sure to inspire you and guide you on your journey.


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Meanwhile, a Northumberland County Council spokesperson said: "The council has a zero-tolerance approach and, if the fly-tipper
can be identified, then we will always take action against them by issuing a fixed penalty fine or seeking their prosecution through the Courts.
given suspended sentence for dumping commercial waste in Blaydon
A NOTORIOUS fly-tipper
who showed "contempt" for the countryside by dumping rubbish near customers' homes has been jailed.
A CARAVAN park manager turned amateur sleuth to track down a fly-tipper
who dumped rubbish at his site.
also ditched clothes, a mattress and other waste at the site.
This is a major problem but we are not saying everyone with a white van is a fly-tipper
If anyone has information about the identity of the fly-tipper
, we'd be grateful if they could pass it on to the city council.
A farmer took revenge on a fly-tipper
by dumping a trailer-load of trash on his well manicured lawn.
It also carried out the most prosecutions, with 15 successful court actions, leading to PS4,430 in fines, plus one fly-tipper
A CARELESS fly-tipper
did not realise he was being watched by council officials as he dumped his rubbish.
THIS is the pile of rubbish dumped by a fly-tipper
among woodland in north Warwickshire.
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- BBNaija Shine Ya Eye star, Niyi Lawal, was recently shown great love by his co-stars over his ill health
- The reality star who is still recovering was paid a visit by some of his fellow BBNaija housemates
- A video trended online of them speaking in tongues as they prayed for Niyi to get on his feet and walk while also helping him up
BBNaija Shine Ya Eye star, Niyi Lawal, has been facing some challenges with his health and his co-stars made sure to show him love.
Some BBNaija stars visited Niyi and their interesting encounter was captured on his Instagram live.
Tega, Beatrice, Sammie and Yerins were some of the reality stars who visited Niyi. In videos making the rounds, they were seen playing around and having some fun.
Another video also trended online of them pretending to be pastors as they started speaking in tongues and praying hard for Niyi to get on his feet and walk.
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They however did not stop there, the BBN stars gathered around their ailing co-star and tried to help him up on his feet.
After they were eventually able to drag him up, they all let out celebratory cheers before Niyi sat back down on the sofa.
See the trending video below:
Internet users react as BBN stars' prayers for Niyi
Read what some Nigerians had to say about the trending video below:
“He’s been strong but getting better.i just love dis set,ty have so much love.pple love vayulense....why rt didnt enjoy s show.its d first show without eviction and outside ty atill bound well not only with their set but with s set before rhem ❤❤❤.”
“Not the bottle of wine in the presence of the lord.”
“Is this playing?”
“The most united set of housemates.”
“Get well soon Niyi..you are loved.. this too shall pass.”
“Awwwn these house mates are d best ever....I luv d unity.”
“He shouldn't slump o, they should allow him heal a day at a time sha.”
“Omo the need to record everything is dam*n worrying. Get well soon Man.”
“The only housemates that didn't give us headache unlike my erica ,kiddway and the rest na so so headache everday.”
“AwwwwI still feel like their set is the best set so far♀no beef, no hate like the other sets even pere and whitemoney that we were expecting to beef each other after the show shocked everyone. God bless them ❤.”
Whitemoney vows to bring home Grammy
Popular Nigerian reality star, Whitemoney, has continued to remind social media users that he is a musician.
If you hurt my son, you will see a lion: Omoni Oboli condemns domestic violence, warns sons' future wives
Taking to his social media page, the BBNaija Shine Ya Eye winner shared a video of himself doing a music freestyle.
In the short clip, Whitemoney who appeared to be in his element noted that music is in his system and he also addressed his haters, saying that he does not blame them.
The BBNaija star then promised that one day, he will win the coveted Grammy award.


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The following companies are listed in the PowerProfiles business database for the Austell, Georgia region and for the category Local And Suburban Transit And Interurban Highway Passenger Transportation.


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Dalvero Academy members Danielle McManus, Rosa Lee and Sara Dilliplane (pictured, left to right) announce the launch of their professional website – the 1104 Studio!
Visit the site here: www.the1104studio.com. There you will see their illustrations, design, photography, fine arts and textile work – some terrific stuff!
Congratulations and we wish you much success with it!!
Dalvero student Cassandra Berger has recently illustrated two books for Nick Jr. and Noggin. The cover above is for the book, “Let’s Find Colors”, the one below is for the book “Bengal Tiger”. She is currently working on a series called Wonder Pets and these books are just a part of her involvement.
Congratulations Cassandra – keep up the good work!!
(All artwork copyright 2008 by Cassandra Berger. Please do not use without permission.)
Brett Affrunti, a recent Pratt graduate and Dalvero student, has just had his first editorial illustration published. The above piece was done for an article titled, “Maximizing the Mobile”, in Washington CEO magazine. Congratulations, Brett, terrific job!
I recently discovered this great site for viewing commercials and ads from around the world. Some of it is free to view, so I wondered if it would make a good post for the Dalvero blog? You can also see what agencies are doing what!
Dizzy from Drawing,
Author and illustrator Laura Vila will read her new picture book about the history of Manhattan, titled Building Manhattan, and lead a creative art activity for children. Laura will also sign copies of her beautiful tribute to the famous island.
when: Wednesday, July 23 at 3pm
where: Book Culture: 536 W. 112th St., Manhattan telephone: 212-865-1588
Welcome to the blog site of the Dalvero Academy!
We invite current students, former students, and friends of the academy to send us news of their accomplishments in the field of graphic communication to be posted. We hope you will also send us links to other blogs and web resources to post, so that this blog can be a resource and digital meeting place for all of you.
Stay tuned for more postings!

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Lean manufacturing is a sequence of methods and workflows designed to assist corporations scale back prices, enhance product high quality whereas bettering store flooring effectivity, all resulting in improved profitability.
On the heart of lean manufacturing are course of and manufacturing monitoring methods designed to offer the info wanted for superior analytical methods, together with Statistical Course of Management (SPC) and Six Sigma. These methods and others like them are designed to establish, clear up, and take away variation in manufacturing processes all the way down to the machine degree.
How Lean Manufacturing Delivers Larger Visibility & Management
A lean manufacturing technique serves because the blueprint for bringing course of and high quality enhancements to each side of each plant and manufacturing heart, delivering larger visibility and management within the course of. It guides the defining, deployment, managing, and optimizing of lean manufacturing objectives, placing the shoppers and their wants on the coronary heart of all enchancment efforts. The underside line is that excelling at a lean manufacturing technique attracts new clients, delights present ones, and fuels larger gross margins. DELMIAworks ERP helps producers obtain their lean manufacturing targets, creating end-to-end visibility throughout your entire manufacturing course of.
3 Core Targets of Lean Manufacturing
Lowering waste utilizing lean manufacturing methods opens up extra time to develop, launch, and produce new merchandise. It is additionally a confirmed shock absorber for any manufacturing enterprise, enabling them to proceed working. The three core strategic objectives that always drive manufacturing success and supply a powerful aggressive edge embrace the next:
- Investing in real-time course of and manufacturing monitoring to supply the info wanted to drive correct Statistical Course of Management (SPC) and Six Sigma methods.
- Re-ordering the move of knowledge to scale back lag time & misplaced productiveness throughout store flooring.
- Making a visibility zone throughout all store flooring based mostly on real-time intelligence and information.
Combining these three strengths assist reduce the consequences of disruptions on any manufacturing working and set a stable basis for eradicating the seven varieties of waste outlined beneath that waste invaluable sources, time, and margin:
Lean Methods to Waste in Manufacturing
- Faulty merchandise – Scrap, rework buyer returns, buyer dissatisfaction.
- Overproduction – Producing greater than inside or exterior buyer wants and producing earlier than the interior or exterior buyer wants.
- Ready – Folks and equipment ready for tooling, upkeep, uncooked supplies to be accomplished throughout a store flooring.
- Non-Utilized Expertise – Not offering expert staff with sufficient difficult work to maintain them engaged and rising of their jobs.
- Transportation – Shifting supplies or individuals over lengthy distances.
- Work-In-Course of (WIP) Stock – Course of stock causes further dealing with, further area, and additional price.
- Extra Motions – Any movement of individuals or machines which doesn’t add worth to the services or products.
- Unneeded Processing – Pointless (non-value added) or inefficient processing.
Making clients and their wants the catalyst that drives the depth to enhance is the defining trait of all profitable lean manufacturing methods. Producers who emerge to dominate their industries are ingraining high quality into each step of their manufacturing course of. They attain and keep at excessive manufacturing high quality ranges by reflex; they develop into a part of their DNA.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield-Branson National Airport was open on Thursday but only about half the usual number of flights arrived or left. The problem was planes didn’t get here from other airports or couldn’t have landed at their planned destinations.
Crews in St. Louis spent plenty of time prepping planes for take-off. In Kansas City, the situation was so severe that the airport was closed.
As the sleet started to come down, the flight boards at Springfield-Branson started to fill up with cancellations and delays. That made for many anxious and hopeful moments for passengers.
“I’ve been nervous just waiting, waiting,” said Deanna Fite, an Ozark mother who spent the day at the aiport waiting for her daughter to arrive from Phoenix.
"If we can get on the 6, we’ll get on 6. If not, it’s not until 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon,” said Christine Cummings, a passenger attempting to fly back to New York.
About two-thirds of the scheduled arrivals and departures before noon were cancelled.
"The airport itself has been open all morning, and we've had at least one runway open,” said the airport’s director of aviation, Brian Weiler.
Weiler said crews started treating that runway with chemicals at 3 a.m. Thursday, and began plowing a few hours later.
"It’s really more to do with the flight conditions right now and whether or not the pilot feels comfortable coming in,” said Weiler.
Frustrations mounted for those waiting for loved ones to get here, and for those just trying to get home.
"Obviously, we want to be safe first, but we don't want to be stuck here another three or four days,” Cummings said.
Airport officials say the impact of the storm will likely affect air traffic for another day or so.
"A lot of surrounding airports are in same boat we are. I understand Kansas City, Tulsa, so many airports have the same issues and all are doing the best we can to make best of challenging situation,” said Weiler.
News release from Kent Boyd, marketing director for Springfield-Branson National Airport, 3 p.m. Thursday:
The Airport is open.
The winter weather is clearing from the west, though the forecast still calls for occasional snow and freezing rain through tomorrow morning. That being said, it appears the worst is over (at least from the airport’s point-of-view). By the end of today I’d estimate that approximately half of the day’s flight will have been cancelled — that’s 22 out of 44 flights.
Flight schedules in Springfield (SGF) are starting to return to normal, but fliers should expect significant delays through today and tomorrow — the storm has caused delays and cancellations at airports across the central United States, including Dallas (DFW), Oklahoma City (OKC), Tulsa (TUL), Denver (DEN), Chicago (ORD), and St. Louis (STL). Kansas City International (MCI) is closed due to snow.
The storm system is making its way towards Chicago. That will likely impact Friday’s Springfield/Chicago flights. The best way for fliers to determine their flight’s status is to call their airline's toll free phone number, or to check the airline's web site. The Springfield airport website is another option:www.flyspringfield.com.

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Abuja - Lagos State Government's Safety
Service Commission has suspended work at Hongxing Steel Company Limited over
The company, situated at Amuwo Odofin area, allegedly
violated safety rules, which recently resulted in the death of a casual worker, Emeka Umoh.
The Director General of the Commission, Fouad Oki, gave
the order during a working visit to the company following the publication of
He described the working condition as deplorable.
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Oki noted that a safety audit of the whole company that
was earlier conducted by the commission
team showed management put inadequate safety measures in place.
"The Commission had no option but to give the
directive due to the harsh and totally unacceptable working condition of the
work place," Oki said.
Public Relations Manager of the company, Uche Eke, said
the closure of the company would serve as a notice to the management to improve
workplace safety measures.
He said the death of Eke was unfortunate.
- CAJ News


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Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an american celebrity and heiress to her father Richard Hilton's real estate fortune. She is a socialite, model, entrepreneur, actress and now singer. Hilton's debut album Paris was released on August 22, 2006. The album featured Hilton's first single Stars Are Blind which premiered in Canada this June. The single was officially released in America in July. The album also features Hilton's follow up single Turn It Up. She worked with Scott Storch, Three Six Mafia, Fat Joe and Jadakiss on the album. Her latest single is Nothing In This World.
So far, Paris' Stars Are Blind and Turn It Up have both reached the #1 spot in the US Club Charts, whilst her debut album got into the Top 40 in more than 40 countries around the world.

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Goldman Sachs is planning big layoffs in its investment banking division as it tries to slash costs.
The firm has not made a final decision on how many will be affected, but executives say that 15% to 20% of the department, or between 150 and 200 bankers, could lose their jobs, according to Monday's New York Post. The cuts are expected to focus on senior-level bankers, whose pay packages are becoming harder to justify.
Goldman is not the only firm sharpening its ax on Wall Street, as the drought in IPOs, merger advisory work and other investment banking business continues and the brokerage business declines.
Last week, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein began laying off more than 500 employees at its investment banking arm, and Charles Schwab said it would cut about 1,800 workers in the next two months. Morgan Stanley fired more than 150 investment bankers last month. J.P. Morgan Chase, which warned last week of a shortfall in the third quarter, said it might have to cut jobs. Lehman Brothers may cut 600 to 1,200 jobs, or about 5% to 10% of its staff, as it copes with a sudden drop in bond offerings, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Manhattan-based securities firm cut as many as 150 staffers in August (Crain's New York Business, Aug. 26). And Merrill Lynch, which has dismissed about 25% of its staff, or 17,400 people, since the end of 2000, is said to be looking at another round of reductions.
Wall Street firms have cut a total of 8.8% of their workforce, or 32,287 employees, since the end of 2000, according to data from the Securities Industry Association.


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Innes National Park
Spectacular coastal landscapes with rugged cliffs and sandy beaches provide the backdrop of Innes National Park. The park comprises 9,415 hectares of coastal vegetation, contributing to one of the few large areas of significant vegetation on the Yorke Peninsula.
Innes offers fantastic opportunities to enjoy camping, bushwalking, fishing and surfing. Discover the park's mining and maritime history by exploring the remnants of Inneston, once a booming gypsum-mining town, or go scuba diving among the shipwrecks that lay off the coast of the park. You can even stay overnight in one of the restored miners cottages in the historic Inneston village.
Take the virtual tour of Innes National Park, courtesy of Georama.
Access to the Southern Spencer Gulf Marine Park is also available from this park.
Innes National Park is located 300km west from Adelaide.
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Vehicle park entry and camping fees apply in this park.
Cash self-registration stations are no longer in use in this park. Pay vehicle entry and book your campsite and accommodation online before you go.
There is a self-registration computer available at the park for credit card payments (slow internet connection in this area).
Cash payments for this park can also be made at:
Camping and accommodation
Innes National Park has a range of camping options. Book and pay online before you go to camp in secluded wilderness or stay by the beach.
There is also accommodation in a heritage cottage that you can book online.
Wood fires and solid fuel fires are prohibited from 1 November 2015 to 30 April 2016.
Gas fires are permitted other than on days of total fire ban.
Find out more information about fire restrictions.
Phone: (+61 8) 8841 3400 (Clare natural resources centre)
In case of an emergency, dial 000. Contact the Regional Duty Officer on 0417 883 678 for urgent issues only.
If you are planning a trip for a school group or other large group, please ensure you let the park know of your intentions (+61 8) 8841 3400.
If you intend to visit remote sections of the park or undertake any risky or strenuous activities, please ensure you let a responsible person know of your intentions, and when you anticipate returning. If you have any questions please contact the park on (+61 8) 8841 3400.
This park may be closed on days of extreme fire danger.
Beach goers should be mindful of the risks associated with undertaking activities in or near the water. Please take care when surfing or fishing as risks can include submerged objects, unstable cliffs, strong currents, slippery rocks and changing surf conditions.
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The victim was sitting on a bench with his friend in Oldfield Recreation Ground, Greenford Road, at about 4pm last Saturday (August 16) when he was attacked by a group of about seven youths.
The boy was punched, kicked and stabbed in the leg, before the suspects ran out of the park via the exit in Greenford Road.
The 16-year-old was taken to a central London hospital. His injuries were not life threatening and he has since been discharged.
No arrests have been made.
Anyone with information should call T/DC Darren Evans from Acton CID on 0208 721 7041, 101, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit www.crimestoppers-uk.org .


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DUBLIN, Apr. 04, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qmg9q4/global) has announced the addition of the "Global Residential Gas Generator Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.
The analysts forecast the Residential Gas Generator market to grow at a CAGR of 9.55 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the growing dependence on electronic goods .The Residential Gas Generator market has also been witnessing the emergence of next-generation gas generators. However, the need to comply with emission regulations could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
The report, the Residential Gas Generator Market 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers North America, the US, Canada, Mexico, the APAC region, India, China, Australia, Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Russia; it also covers the Residential Gas Generator market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
To remain sustainable in the competitive business environment, several market vendors are developing advanced gas generators with increased features and functionalities. For instance, a few vendors are developing generators with comprehensive control and monitoring systems that improve the overall efficiency of generators. Also, the next-generation gas generators are more environmentally friendly, as they include technologies such as electronic governors and automatic voltage regulation.
These technologies help to control the speed of the generator engines automatically, thus making them more energy efficient. Moreover, some of the smart generators are incorporated with an additional feature that allows them to be monitored through the internet. Therefore, the emergence of next-generation generators is one of the emerging trends in the market that is expected to have a positive influence on growth.
According to the report, one of the main drivers in the market is the growing dependence on electronic goods. With an increasing dependence on the various electronic and electrical products such as refrigerators, heating equipment, and air conditioners, the need for electricity in the Residential sector has increased.
Further, the report states that the major challenge in the market is the need to comply with emission regulations. The various emission regulations formulated by different governments require market vendors to comply with them.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Executive Summary
2. List of Abbreviations
3. Scope of the Report
4. Market Research Methodology
6. Market Landscape
7. Geographical Segmentation
8. Buying Criteria
9. Market Growth Drivers
10. Drivers and their Impact
11. Market Challenges
12. Impact of Drivers and Challenges
13. Market Trends
14. Trends and their Impact
15. Vendor Landscape
16. Key Vendor Analysis
17. Other Reports in this Series
- Baldor Electric Company
- Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group LLC
- Cummins Inc.
- Generac Power Systems Inc.
- Carrier Corporation
- Eastern Tools & Equipment
- Eaton Corp.
- General Electric Company
- Honda Motor Co. Inc.
- Kohler Co.
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qmg9q4/global
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it’s been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you’ll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, “Things,” Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from ha...
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About this book
This book presents methods for full-wave computer simulation that can be used in various applications and contexts, e.g. seismic prospecting, earthquake stability, global seismic patterns on Earth and Mars, medicine, traumatology, ultrasound investigation of the human body, ultrasound and laser operations, ultrasonic non-destructive railway testing, modelling aircraft composites, modelling composite material delamination, etc. The key innovation of this approach is the ability to study spatial dynamical wave processes, which is made possible by cutting-edge numerical finite-difference grid-characteristic methods.
The book will benefit all students, researchers, practitioners and professors interested in numerical mathematics, computer science, computer simulation, high-performance computer systems, unstructured meshes, interpolation, seismic prospecting, geophysics, medicine, non-destructive testing and composite materials.
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National security hawks criticized proposed reforms to the National Security Agency Tuesday as President Barack Obama prepared to endorse overhauls suggested by a review board.
The five members of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, saying the reforms it recommended in a report will allow the NSA to continue to investigate terrorist activity while better protecting Americans’ privacy.
The review board released its report in December recommending more than 40 reforms to the NSA, including ending the warrantless collection of nearly all American phone records, requiring judicial approval to obtain Americans’ phone and financial records, and keeping such information in private, third-party databases.
The review group faced sharp questioning from Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who have opposed greater scrutiny of the NSA’s surveillance programs and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) tasked with approving secret warrants for the intelligence community.
Feinstein listed a number of terrorist attacks and plots against the United States. "There's a real litany of fact here," she said. "The question becomes, do you not find substantial value in preventing these kinds of attacks?"
"The question of efficacy for us did not really impact our view," review board member and former CIA deputy director Michael Morell replied. "We do not believe that we're going to add a substantial burden to the government by making the changes we're suggesting."
Graham said the asymmetric nature and religious fervor of terrorist groups demands strong surveillance methods to stop terrorist plots.
"We’re not fighting a country with a navy or a standing army. We're fighting an ideology," Graham said. "We gotta hit them before they hit us. We've got to identify the attack before it happens."
The intelligence community has argued the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone "metadata" was instrumental in stopping a number of terrorist attacks.
However, the review board’s report said the NSA’s broad dragnet had done little to prevent such plots.
"The information contributed to terrorist investigations by the use of section 215 telephony meta-data was not essential to preventing attacks and could readily have been obtained in a timely manner using conventional section 215 orders," the report said.
One of the more contentious recommendations in the review group’s report involves putting a public advocate on the FISC.
FISC judges sent Feinstein a letter on Tuesday opposing the review board’s recommendation.
"The participation of a privacy advocate is unnecessary and could prove counterproductive in the vast majority of [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] FISA matters," the judges wrote. "Advocate involvement in run-of-the-mill FISA matters would substantially hamper the work of the courts without providing any commensurate benefit in terms of privacy protection."
"An advocate appointed at the discretion of the courts is likely to be helpful, whereas a standing advocate with independent authority to intervene at will could actually be counterproductive," the judges continued.
The debate over the appropriate scope of the NSA’s power to spy on Americans—and the public’s right to scrutinize its decisions—has engulfed the Obama administration and Capitol Hill since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden first leaked details of the secret surveillance program in June of last year.
Splitting with his Democratic colleague Feinstein, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) has endorsed reforms to the NSA.
"This is a debate about Americans’ fundamental relationship with their government—about whether the government should have the power to create massive databases of information about its citizens," Leahy said in a statement Tuesday. "I believe strongly that we must impose stronger limits on government surveillance powers, and I am confident that most Vermonters, and most Americans, agree with me."