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Nimish SawantAug 08, 2017 15:51:37 IST
When one talks about mobile chipsets, two names stand out: Qualcomm and MediaTek. Chinese chipmaker Spreadtrum has slowly but surely been building its portfolio of products and is increasingly being seen in a lot of popular smartphones. It's LTE SoC platform, the SC9820, was seen in one of the first 4G-enabled feature phones, the Lava Connect M1.
Spreadtrum has been operational in India since 2010, but so far, it has mostly stuck to the entry-level and mid-range segment. The Chinese chipmaker is now eyeing the burgeoning 4G smartphone and feature phone market. In addition to this, Spreadtrum also has plans to enter the IoT space.
We spoke to Spreadtrum India's country head, Neeraj Sharma, on how the company plans to ride the 4G wave that is washing over the country and what it is doing to stay competitive.
Tell us a bit about Spreadtrum and the various types of chipsets it offers?
Spreadtrum is one of the global leaders in the mobile chipset domain and is renowned for its high-performance, energy-efficient and low-cost chipsets for 2G, 3G, and 4G feature phones and smartphones. We also offer highly-integrated SoCs for IoT applications, including smart homes, wearable smart devices and the automotive industry.
Spreadtrum also has solutions catering to the digital payments industry, one of the fastest growing and high-potential market segments in the world. Most of our chipsets now come integrated with advanced security and payments solutions on a hardware level. We are also enabling better and more secure solutions through integrated Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities, and are working on facilitating integrating turnkey solutions for security features such as an iris scanner and fingerprint scanner in the chipsets.
Which are the areas that Spreadtrum will be focussing on in India?
With smartphones currently the key focus area for us, we are working towards becoming the 4G-enabler for Indian mobile brands and consumers. We have launched several 4G-enabled chipsets in India at extremely competitive prices to achieve this aim and are driving the adoption of 4G-led services in the country. In fact, Spreadtrum’s LTE SoC platform, SC9820, has been adopted by Lava for India's first 4G-enabled feature phone, Lava Connect M1.
We are also working on 5G technology and plan to make 5G-enabled chipsets commercially available in China by the year 2018. For India, we would be bringing them commercially once the market is ready.
Spreadtrum is also extending its support to the government’s ambitious ‘Design in India’ campaign. For the same, we have set up a one-of-its-kind hardware lab with an OTA chamber to offer turnkey solutions to Indian mobile brands.
Most of the phones with a Spreadtrum chipset are priced in the entry level category, will that be the only focus area?
Spreadtrum already has a diverse product catalogue which not only caters to entry-level smartphones and feature phones, but also provides turnkey solutions to high-end devices. Having recently launched a 14 nm chipset in collaboration with Intel, we are now working on developing affordable octa-core processors. We are also diversifying our product portfolio by integrating advanced features like voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi), carrier aggregation and dual camera support in our chipsets.
We are additionally partnering with leading mobile brands such as Samsung, Reliance, Micromax, Lava, iTel and Intex to enable better access to the latest mobile technologies to Indian consumers.Through our one of a kind hardware lab, we are providing end-to-end support – from creating a reference design to development, to testing, and debugging – to our partners and thus helping them with a faster go-to-market time.
Apart from the application processor, which other processors does Spreadtrum make?
From quad-core processors to octa-core processors, Spreadtrum has a diverse range of cutting-edge chipset solutions on offer. In addition to mobile chipsets, we also have SoC’s catering to IoT, digital payments, automotive, wearables, etc. Our aim is to facilitate the creation of a more interconnected world by promoting the ease of communication.
You said that you are also into making 2G and 3G band chipsets, But with India adopting 4G in a big way, are 2G/3G bands relevant now or you see a big market for phones with these radio bands still?
Given that most of the people who were using 3G are shifting to 4G, this might result in 3G almost completely vanishing in the next couple of years. The demand for 2G, however, is still expected to be relevant for some time. A large number of people are still on 2G, as they are either not able to afford high-speed internet or are hesitant to make a switch. We might see a direct leap from 2G to 4G in India, thanks to this curious dynamic.
There are already chipset players such as Qualcomm and MediaTek, which have a significant portion of the market. Where do you think Spreadtrum offers an advantage?
Spreadtrum already owns a significant market share as a global leader in the chipset industry. We had shipped 625 million chipsets in 2016, accounting for nearly 25 percent of the global phone shipments last year, and are already the largest chipset supplier in India.
Spreadtrum in India has always aimed at bringing the latest technology in the mainstream products and not only in high-end products. During the era, when Indian market was only feature phone focused, we brought in chipsets based on the ARM9 architecture whereas our competition was still using ARM7 architecture-based chipsets.
Integrated with the high performance CPU, it ensured that videos can be played at a higher bit-rate and x264 compression, thereby enabling people to enjoy videos through their memory cards. This helped Spreadtrum to become the leader in the feature phone segment within three years of its entry in the Indian market.
Spreadtrum was the first chipset company to bring in an affordable smartphone chipset, called SC6820, in 2013. Till then, our competition only produced chipsets which only catered to the urban population and did not consider Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities which needed affordable smartphones. With our chipsets, many Indian brands were able to launch products with a price as low as Rs 4,000, whereas most smartphones were still available at almost double the price.
In fact, for most Indian brands, SC6820 was the chipset on which they were able to launch their first successful smartphone models. Samsung also later launched models based on this chipset. In 2015, Spreadtrum launched a 3G quad core smartphone chipset, SC7731. Within one year of its launch, Spreadtrum became the leading player in the 3G smartphone segment. Our competition till then were offering only dual core as the minimum offering and it took them almost a year to catch up.
In 2016, we collaborated with various Indian operators to bring smartphones with 4G and VoLTE across all our offerings and not only in the high-end or mid segment. This has helped the market to shift to 4G in less than a year.
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Selected national clients: AI Gruppen, DFDS, Jeudan, Maersk Line, Schulstad, Storebælt, Torvehallerne KBH, Tulip, YouSee
Selected international cliebts: BEO, Hamleys, Sprite,
Worked with visual identities and packaging design for national and international clients in close collaboration with Creative Director Per Madsen.
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Teaching and arranging a workshop on magazine cover design with the 2. year students (60 students).
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Teaching and arranging a workshop on poster design with the 2. year students (20 students).
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Developing and expanding the zone identity program to cover the entire festival area, now covering a totalt of 18 zones, villages and cities.
Further development of the zone identity program. Implementing the identity to cover the nine zones of the inner festival area.
Asked to create the visual program and signage for the different festival zones. This design program is to be developed over the next couple of years.
Asked to decorate the world music stage, Astoria, at Roskilde Festival - North Europe's biggest music festival.
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According to Oxford Economics Africa, Egypt could face one of three scenarios following the recent devaluation of the local currency, with inflation rates reaching as high as 38% or as low as 24% by year’s end.
“Firstly, conventional economic wisdom would have one believe that the exchange rate weakness will result in further inflationary pressures. A model taking into consideration interest rate differentials and real income differentials predicts that inflation will peak just below 38% (year-on-year) in Q4 2024,” the economic consultant remarked.
The official rate dropped from 30.9/USD to about 50/ USD in a matter of hours after the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on March 6 that a market-based exchange rate would be implemented. The CBE’s decision was made a few days after the government announced that the annual rate of urban inflation had increased from 29.8% in January to 35.7 % in February.
“The higher starting point, even before the devaluation and Ramadan that commenced in March, complicates the inflation outlook,” Oxford Economics Africa mentioned further.
On the other hand, Oxford Economics proposed a different scenario in which inflation could decrease to 24% by the end of the year. This prediction was based on the belief that many goods and services had already been priced at the black market rate of nearly 60/USD for the past two quarters, which was almost double the official rate well before the official devaluation occurred.
Since December, the value of the Egyptian pound has significantly dropped on the black market, reaching a peak of 72 against the US dollar in January 2024. Following the recent devaluation and the UAE’s USD 35-billion investment in Egypt’s North Coast, the discrepancy between the official exchange rate and the black market rate had shrunk considerably.
Oxford Economics proposed a third possibility in which price increases may occur if the government and certain companies can obtain foreign currency at the official exchange rate during the country’s currency crisis. This scenario envisions these stakeholders beginning to import goods at the new rate of 50/USD.
“In scenario three, we could see inflation end the year just below the 30% (year-on-year) level,” Oxford Economics Africa noted.


The New York Times has gotten Washington all worked up with the suggestion that we can turn around both the economy and the housing market if only Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gave all underwater borrowers an automatic reduction in their interest rate.
The thinking, as illustrated by that world class economist Matt Yglesais, is “with a lower monthly interest payment, an indebted household can pay down other debts more rapidly. A less-constrained household will increase its consumption of goods and services.” What this misses is that a mortgage is one person’s liability, but another person’s asset. By replacing a mortgage that yields 6% with a mortgage that yields, say, 4%, you decrease the value of that mortgage (or mortgage-backed security). So whatever increase in consumption you get from making the borrower better off is reduced by making the investor worse off. There’s no magic in wealth redistribution.
I’ve argued all this before, but the reality is that the push to give underwater borrowers a free re-finance is not about economics, it is about politics. Heading into the 2012 elections, this plan offers Obama the chance to give millions of borrowers (and voters) a freebie. Of course, it isn’t free. Even if the investor is the taxpayer, as in the case of Fannie and Freddie, it is simply a transfer from one set of taxpayers to another.
I was a little surprised, however, at Yglesais’s admission that he just discovered ” that Fannie & Freddie are overseen by an independent regulator.” That’s mortgage finance policy 101. But then why let any study of the facts or details get in the way of a good political giveaway.
What again is the great tragedy of borrowers being stuck with mortgage rates of 5.5 or 6.0 percent? Those are quite low by historical standards. And if the borrower wanted their rate to decline when overall rates decline, they should have taken out an adjustable rate mortgage.


Committee and political group meetings, Brussels
A digital platform for the Conference on the Future of Europe. The Co-Chairs of the Executive Board of the Conference (Parliament’s Guy Verhofstadt, the Council Presidency’s Ana Paula Zacarias, and Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica) will unveil the new multilingual tool that will allow citizens from across Europe to contribute to the Conference directly, at a press conference in the European Commission (Monday at 13:00).
EU Climate Law. MEPs and the Council Presidency will attempt to find an agreement on the EU’s climate law, which as part of the European Green Deal would make it a legal requirement for the EU to become climate-neutral by 2050. Parliament has played an important role in pushing for a more ambitious EU climate framework, as well as declaring a climate emergency in 2019 (Tuesday PM).
Pandemic response and Health Union. Members of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee will hold debates on the EU Health Union package and on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The former will be with Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and the latter, focusing on the global dimension of the pandemic response, with representatives of the World Health Organization (Thursday at 9.00 and 14.45).
Turkey. The Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on Turkey and its relations with the EU. Among the issues that should be addressed in the text are the agreement on migration, the occupation of Cyprus, illegal drilling and exploring in the Eastern Mediterranean, breaches to the rule of law, and military and political involvement in Libya, Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh (vote on Thursday and results on Friday morning).
Artificial Intelligence. The day after the new proposal on an EU law on the use of Artificial Intelligence and how to ensure that EU values and rights are respected is released, the Legal Affairs Committee will hold a first debate on the proposal with Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton (Thursday at 17.45).
9th Euronest Assembly. The Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, comprised of 60 MEPs and 10 members from each of the parliaments of the Eastern European Partners (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) will meet remotely. Parliament President David Sassoli will open the meeting. Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi (recorded message) and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the speakers (Tuesday).
Plenary preparations. Political groups will prepare the 26 – 29 April plenary session, where MEPs will debate and vote on launching negotiations with member states on the Digital Green Certificate, on rail passenger rights, on a new law preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online, on the discharge of the 2019 budgets and on a mandatory transparency register. MEPs will also respond to the outcomes of the 25-26 March EU summit. They will discuss and vote on a wide range of EU programmes, such as the Horizon Europe research programme, which among other issues will help the EU’s health systems prepare for future pandemics and to decarbonise industry.
President’s diary. EP President David Sassoli will meet OLAF Director-General Ville Itälä on Monday, and South Korea’s Parliamentary Speaker, Park Byeong-seug on Tuesday. He will address, via video, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Wednesday. On Thursday, President Sassoli will remotely join the opening session of the conference on the new European Bauhaus as well as meet Spain’s Minister of Labour Yolanda Diaz.


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It‘s easy to stick to your healthy eating plan after you have your autumn routine and agenda figured out. However, the first of the greatest threats to break your efforts in eating healthy might be Halloween. And it just so happens that the most fun and sweet holiday of the year already lurks around the corner.
So the main question is, can Halloween be healthy and fun at the same time. It‘s quite easy to live through one orange and spooky day on the 31st of October if you have no kids. But what can you do if there are a couple of two little Frankensteins waiting for you to make or at least buy something to satisfy their sweet tooth?
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The Robotics module is missing from the Functions main pallette, although when I look up examples that has robotics Sub-VI's, they appear normally with no errors, when I try to look up their pallette, they are no where to be found.
I tried repairing the module, uninstalling and re-installing it, even uninstalled labview as a whole and reinstalling it and installing the module afterwards, while restarting my laptop in between steps, still no Robotics module pallette.
Any help please?
Thanks for the reply! ... Alright, so
- Windows 10, 64 bits
- Labview 2015 32 bits
- Yes i did, It's activated ( Both Labview and the Robotics Module )
- It used to work back when I had Windows 7.
-I'm not sure what do you mean by a palette heading tho.. can you explain?
-The functions palette is in attached Image 3
-Also, from attached image 1, the robotics module logo doesn't show up next to the rest.
-Robotics module is not displayed in the change visible palette either.
- Attached you can find a screenshot of the robotics example, when I right click one of the robotics sub-vi's ( which works fine ), and try to replace it, Labview should suggest the Robotics module palette for me automatically, but it doesn't. As if Labview doesn't know it's installed.
- I just tried the link, doesn't make a difference unfortunately.
Any other suggestions?
I believe the Robotics Module supports devices and sensors connected to such NI platforms as Compact-RIO, Single-Board-RIO, and myRIO, with LabVIEW development taking place through LabVIEW Project with one of these Targets as the targetted Deployment site.
Is that how you have your code set up? Do you have a LabVIEW Project created? Note that it really helps us to understand the nature of your problems if you attach LabVIEW code (VIs, Projects, .ZIP files created by compressing the folder where your code and auxilliary files are contained).


The iPhone 5 release date is getting closer and closer, which means it is time for the brave Apple diehards to head out and wait in line.
Launch day lines are the earliest indicator of iPhone 5 demand, well other than surveys which show there is already incredible pent up demand for the next iPhone.
As last week drew to a close, we asked 1,875 readers if they would be joining the fanboys and fangirls in line for the iPhone in October. However you buy the next iPhone, you should be able to do it with apple’s latest iOS software. We expect an iOS 5 release date of October 10th.
We found out that a majority of our readers won’t be camping out for the iPhone 5, but will be ordering online for an early iPhone 5 delivery. This number isn’t shocking, considering that nearly two-thirds of our readers would buy the iPhone 5 without seeing it.
Of note though is that 44% of our readers said that they will line up for the next iPhone on release day. Of these day one buyers, 28% are planning to camp out at their closest cell phone store, such as Verizon, AT&T or Sprint. This is one major factor that will speed up the iPhone 5 buying process. With more retail locations offering the iPhone 5 on day one, there are more places to line up.
Only 16% of our readers plan to make the pilgrimage to their closest Apple Store for the new iPhone on launch day. This is especially good news for this group, as Apple typically has more stock than the other retailers, and knows how to take care of those waiting in line with food and blankets in regions that will be experiencing cold fall weather.
If you do plan to camp out for the iPhone 5, I suggest you bring layers of clothing, plenty of entertainment, beef jerky and a big bottle of water. If you can, bring a friend who can watch your place in line, or make friends quickly since you may have to wait more than 5 hours if you are at the front of the line.
If you haven’t voted yet, you can weigh in on how you plan to purchase the iPhone 5.


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Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) LIV
Toronto’s most diverse poetry reading and open mic series
Featured poets: Puneet Dutt & Justin Lauzon
Host: Bänoo Zan
Time: Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Place: Church of St. Stephen in-the-Fields, 365 College St, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2N8
Doors open 6:15 p.m.
Open-mic sign-up 6:30 p.m.
Show 7 p.m.
Puneet Dutt Finalist for the 2016 Breitling Chapbook Prize, editorial board member at Canthius, creative writing workshop facilitator, debut poetry collection forthcoming with Mansfield Press
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EXPERTS TAKE THE HOT SEAT
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EXPERTS from Harper Adams University College have been taking their places in the hot seat as part of a national scheme on climate change.
Questions were fired at Dr Peter Kettlewell and Dr Paul Beckwith on Wednesday (8) on aspects of the changing climate and the impact it has on the earth.
And the university lecturers used the state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment at the university for the first time.
The live video conference, organised by the West Midlands Regional Broadband Consortium (WMnet), focussed on the 'Implications for food production and the countryside’.
During the conference, the pair answered questions pitched by six 17 and 18-years-old at Pershore High School, Worcestershire.
They talked about the likely impact of climate change on the kinds of crops that can be grown, the effects on agriculture and anticipated consequences for the countryside.
Dr Kettlewell, who specialises in the influence of weather on crop production, said: “I thought it was a relevant exercise and the students had obviously thought about the questions they were going to ask.
“The important aspect of this exercise is that anyone, anywhere can log onto the system and join in the event.”
Dr Beckwith, a specialist in soil science with an interest in the ways in which land use can reduce the impact of global warming added: “This was an interesting way of trying to get the message across about the importance of global warming because it is an incredibly topical subject.”
The recorded event, which is aimed at helping learners in Key Stages 4 and 5, was chaired by Steve Horsfield, co-ordinator for WMnet, and will be edited before being made available for online viewing.


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Materials Science and Engineering
Zumbrunnen, David A
Ellison , Michael
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Luo , Jian
Polymer nanoclay composites have been studied extensively in the past decade due to the excellent combination of properties they can offer at low loadings of clay. Despite robust research, the potential enhancements that nanoclays are theoretically predicted to offer have not been achieved. Such potential improvements in mechanical and gas barrier properties are realized only when the internal structure of the nanocomposite is optimized in terms of arrangement and orientation of nanoclay within the matrix. The mixing-based approach and the accompanying complex flow fields of conventional processing techniques widely used to produce nanoclay composites are unable to control the internal structure. This has also impeded the documentation and verification of the effect of orientation and arrangement of clay platelets on the matrix and the nanocomposite properties. Hence, a unique processing technique based on chaotic advection developed at Clemson University and shown to controllably produce structured materials in the past was employed to produce structured nanocomposites with a high degree of clay orientation as well as localization of platelets within layers of nanoscale thicknesses.
Continuous lengths of nanocomposites with different clay contents were extruded in the form of films by feeding separately melts of virgin polyamide-6 polymer and polyamide 6-clay masterbatch into a continuous chaotic advection blender. A variety of composite structures were producible at fixed clay compositions. The internal structure was characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Nanocomposites with novel in-situ multi-layered structures and a high degree of platelet orientation were formed by the recursive stretching and folding of the melt domains due to chaotic advection. Clay platelets were localized within discrete regions to form alternating virgin and platelet-rich layers leading to a hierarchical structure with multiple nano-scales. The thicknesses of the layers reduced with prolonged chaotic advection, eventually leading to nanocomposites in which the multi-layering was no longer discernible. The oriented platelets appeared to be homogenously dispersed through the bulk of the nanocomposite.
Investigation of the morphology of the matrix by XRD showed that the homogeneity of the crystalline phase and the orientation of polymer chains parallel to the film surface increased with increased chaotic advection. Also, as the layer thickness reduced, the number of polymer chains restricted by clay platelets increased causing the γ-crystalline fraction to increase. While XRD results suggested a change in total crystallinity with chaotic advection and clay content but without a specific trend, no change in crystallinity was measured by DSC. Such contradictions are consistent with results of other investigators.
Concentrating and orienting the clay platelets within layers increases the path length of the diffusing molecule and hence may improve barrier properties. The effect of multi-layering and platelet orientation on the gas permeability of the nanocomposite films was investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Experimental measurements of 2% clay films showed that a multi-layered structure with oriented clay platelets gives a 40% greater reduction in oxygen permeability compared to a structure with a homogenous dispersion of oriented clay platelets. Also, the nanocomposite films with homogenous dispersion of platelets produced by chaotic advection due to their high degree of platelet alignment exhibited improved barrier properties than nanocomposites produced by mixing. The combination of high degree of orientation and multi-layering conferred to the 2 wt% clay film produced with the chaotic advection blender a relative permeability lower than a 6 wt% clay film produced with a single screw extruder.
A theoretical model was formulated to explore the barrier properties of nanocomposites comprising a wide range of clay contents and platelet aspect ratio. The model showed the importance of orientation and layered structure. Permeabilities close to the intrinsic platelet permeability (i.e., near zero) can be realized by localizing and orienting a relatively low volume fraction (4%) of very high aspect ratio platelets (≥350) in the matrix or high volume fractions (20%) of platelets with aspect ratios around 100 (typical of the montmorillonite (MMT) clay). The chaotic advection blender was unable, however, to process such masterbatches due to limitations of available screw extruders intended for polyolefins. Experiments considered low volume fractions of MMT clay less than 4%.
Other physical properties of the films important for packaging applications were also evaluated. The presence of die lines, particulate contaminations and variations in thicknesses of the films led to data scatter of measured properties. However, even with film quality substantially less than obtained in industry, the nanocomposites of this study showed a slight increase in tensile strength with clay content without sacrificing impact toughness and resistance to tear. In addition, due to the high degree of orientation parallel to the film surface, the clay platelets were able to reinforce the material in both machine and transverse directions. The nanocomposites also retained the optical clarity of the pure polymer matrix.
Experimental and modeling results suggest that high barrier properties may be attainable if improvements to the chaotic advection blending system are made such that higher quality films can be produced with only slightly higher clay content or higher aspect ratio clay platelets than considered in this study.
Mahesha, Chaitra, "INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NOVEL MULTI-LAYER CLAY NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS PRODUCED CONTROLLABLY BY CONTINUOUS CHAOTIC ADVECTION BLENDING" (2007). All Dissertations. 175.

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It takes a lot of blood, sweat, and elbow grease to design the likes of Pikachu and Squirtle.
Did you think that Game Freak designed Pokemon‘s creatures by using Mad Libs? Or by throwing a dart at a board covered with various elements and animals? Me too, but apparently the process is more involved. Pokemon developer Game Freak recently talked about the process that goes into designing its creatures in an interview with Famitsu magazine.
Game Freak has a design team made up of 17 people that each draw every sort of Pokemon that they can dream up, and the good and bad are weeded out in group meetings. “There’s no particular number that each designer needs to create,” Pokemon 3D art director Takao Unno said. “But they come up with far, far more designs than actually get included in the game.”
Pokemon themselves have been inspired by everything from electric turbines to circus seals. Game Freak founder Ken Sugimori said that the legendary Pokemon gracing the covers of Pokemon Black & White were meant to be powerful dragons, but their tails are “based off of those electric turbines you see, and they give the impression that they’re these great big generators of fire or electric energy.”
On the other hand, Pokemon Black & White‘s starters were inspired by things more whimsical. Pokabu, a fire-pig, was designed around the fact that pigs roll in mud. It shoots fire out of its snout to cool off instead of getting all dirty. Mijumaru, a water type, had his final evolution designed according to inspiration from a “trained-seal show at the Sunshine International Aquarium in Ikebukuro,” said designer Yusuke Ohmura. These seals seemed extremely powerful, so Ohmura incorporated that power into his design.
Unno and Sugimori both said that while Pokemon might seem like an easy game to create, it’s not. There are now hundreds of creatures, and they all need their own individual frames of animation, especially in Black & White‘s new battle system. Unno said: “Since we have the Pokemon constantly moving during battle, we had to decide how each one would act when executing this or that move, or what they should look like when they were put to sleep or whatever. It was a lot more work than I ever imagined it’d be.”
“Since you can bring in your old Pokemon after finishing the story, we also had to add new animation to all of the Pokemon in the book,” Sugimori added. “It was just a massive quantity of work, and I really respect everyone on the team for plowing through it.” Well, if you want to be the very best, I guess you’ve got to work hard. I don’t think referring to the Pokemon song will ever get old.


Esri and Arup supercharge EV infrastructure with geospatial data
Geospatial analysis is helping both sides of the Atlantic work out where we need EV chargers. Here is how it works.
EV adoption targets are ambitious. The UK, for example, will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in 2030. In the US, the White House wants EVs to make up 50% of vehicle sales that same year.
But the infrastructure isn’t there.
California – home to about 40% of EVs in the US – has fewer than 80,000 public and shared private EV chargers, as of the start of 2022. The California Energy Commission has said the state needs 1.2m by 2030.
What’s real estate’s role in EV infrastructure?
In order to meet EV demand, we need public chargers outside supermarkets and offices. We need more roadside retailers and forecourt operators.
Great, so we install more chargers. Where’s the hitch?
Not only do we need a lot of public chargers, they need to be in the right place. According to UK real estate consultancy Carter Jonas, about 100 possible sites need to be considered for every new charging station.
This is partly due to fierce competition for land and, therefore, high attrition rates. But it’s also because EV chargers need to be in places where they can serve the optimal number of customers – and where they have the right power grid connections.
Because there are so many variables involved, installing EV chargers tends to happen on a case-by-case basis, rather than at scale.
So what do we do?
The solution is geospatial analysis. In the UK, Carter Jonas uses Esri GIS (Geographic Information System) to gather all the necessary data about sites. This includes:
- Open source data from Ordnance Survey, the Office for National Statistics and Department for Transport
- Demographic data from Esri’s Living Atlas collection of geographic information
- Traffic and population density
- Number of home charging points (current and forecast)
- Commuter journeys
- Power grid data
Using that data, Carter Jonas creates both strategy papers for clients, such as local authorities, and interactive online maps. Users can query maps and play around with a range of variables to see how well a specific location meets EV charging needs.
What is the industry doing in the US?
In California, Arup worked with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator to develop Charge4All, a tool that streamlines the process of pinpointing suitable sites.
Like the Carter Jonas tool, Charge4All uses a wide range of geospatial data to determine whether a site is suitable for housing a charger. Depending on an individual user’s goals, they can overlay all kinds of information on the map, such as building density, road types and vehicle miles travelled.
Importantly, the project consciously factored in things like socioeconomic status, access to fuel and lack of off-street parking to ensure that the state rolls out EV infrastructure to every community that needs it.


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Actor Holt McCallany knows his way around a boxing ring -- both as a sparring partner and an actor. That should help as he stars in the new FX Network series Lights Out, which premieres at...
Actor Holt McCallany
knows his way around a boxing ring -- both as a sparring partner and an actor.
That should help as he stars in the new FX Network series Lights Out
, which premieres at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
McCallany plays Patrick ``Lights'' Leary, an aging former heavyweight boxing champion struggling with life after his career ends. Financial troubles have him considering the choice between a return to the ring or working as a debt collector.
McCallany boxed in the 1995 TV movie Tyson
, playing legendary trainer Teddy Atlas
. He got to know the real man during the filming, and when he landed the FX series, he called Atlas to help him train.
``It's like a big fraternity. And because it's a very serious game, it's a very, very dangerous game, there's this kind of like unspoken respect that exists between these guys,'' McCallany says of the boxing world. ``It's a very pure sport and it's a very noble endeavor because you find out the things about yourself that maybe you didn't want to find out.''
Training is key.
``If you didn't commit yourself and do everything that you needed to do, you're going to be exposed.''


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Canada’s population is aging and the country is set to have a significant increase in seniors in the coming years but is the housing market ready?
A new report from Sotheby’s International Realty Canada and the Mustel Group, reveals that aging homeowners are concerned about their living arrangements in their senior years.
With an estimated 1 in 5 Canadians of 65 years and older by 2024, the challenges for the real estate industry is being able to meet the demands of a cohort of seniors that wants to age in their own homes.
In one of the first studies into the housing aspirations of aging Canadians, the survey of 1,764 homeowners of ages 54 years or older in Metro Vancouver, Greater Calgary, Greater Toronto and Greater Montreal, found that 46% considered their needs in older years when they bought their current home.
Factors that are important to these buyers include safety, transit links, and grocery stores.
Within the home, a main level bathroom, and either single-level living or potential for a bedroom on the main level are important. For condos, elevators, fitness and wellbeing facilities, and security were top considerations.
No desire to move
The survey confirms the trend for aging Canadians to want to remain in their own home – and their current home – as long as possible.
Little more than a third of respondents said they expect to sell their home in their lifetime and just 14% expect to move to a new city, with a similar share expecting to move to a different neighbourhood in their current city.
Of those that do expect to sell, downsizing (54%) and freeing cash for lifestyle expenses (25%) are among the top reasons.
Condos are the top choice of those who plan to sell. This is particularly apparent in Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto.
The full report is on the Insight Blog at sothebysrealty.ca.
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Can You Take Advantage Of an Online Dental Appointment?
Below are 5 great reasons that an online dental appointment is best for you! Why you ought to constantly book an online oral examination with a technique in your area. It’s so practical! It takes no time away from work, no gas to get there, no drive to and from the technique, no absolutely nothing! You can set a consultation for your online oral assessment at any time of day or night – there’s no need to call advancement, it’s totally approximately you when your appointment comes. Some dental practitioners likewise offer night or weekend appointments, too. If you have any dental health issues that would require you to see a dental health specialist on a regular basis, or if you have any health worries that would certainly stop you from seeing your family members dental expert on a regular basis, this is one way to decrease your exposure to those professionals. Lot of times, much less than fifty percent of the dental practitioners in a certain location in fact take patients that call in by phone. By using an oral experts’ site, you have the alternative of making a visit with them at their workplace, or you can reserve a consultation on-line right in the convenience of your own residence. An excellent advantage to using on-line oral consultations is that you can stay at home and also keep an eye on your oral problem with the Web. Several dental professionals provide webcams to their patients, and also some enable you to be a part of your appointment with another client. This way, you can view your dental expert work with your mouth, discover excellent dental health, ask any type of questions that you might have, and you can also see how your dental practitioner take care of numerous concerns. You’ll learn a great deal by observing the way your dental practitioner engages with you, as well as you’ll learn a great deal regarding the office atmosphere too. You’ll also see the interaction that happens between your dentist as well as various other team member. It’s all there for you to review and also choose concerning your future oral care. There are many different factors to see a regional dental practitioner for an assessment. Some people simply have a question or problem about their smile, while others might need an aesthetic analysis on their teeth, or they may have a concern connecting to gum condition or worn out teeth. Others still might need to see an expert to help deal with a major problem. Whatever the situation might be, an online oral examination has the possible to offer answers to all of these questions. When you utilize an on the internet oral assessment, you have the chance to make an appointment with one of your favourite dental professionals. Instead of contacting to the workplace on a regular day, you can arrange a consultation to have a look at your teeth and also obtain a quick analysis of what your problem is. Then, if you have any other inquiries or worries, you can call the dental professionals’ workplace to establish a time for an in-person consultation. In addition to arranging the appointment, you likewise have the possibility to assess images of your smile as well as obtain a digital preview of the work that will be done. Making use of an on-line oral assessment can aid you to get more knowledge regarding your problem and also get even more entailed with your dental medical care. In addition, you’ll likely obtain a far better understanding of the job that will be done on your teeth and mouth. Your visit will certainly also be extra arranged due to the fact that you will not have to drive to the workplace and also wait in line. If your special requirements or medications need to be taken daily, this will certainly be a lot easier, too.

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This Custom-designed 3D-printed 3-blade spinner was designed specifically for the 30″ wingspan A6M ZERO model airplane as offered by Manzano Lazer Works.
We wanted to offer a lightweight spinner that was the correct scale shape. Our spinner is 1.125″ in diameter and 1.44″ tall. This is designed for a 3-bladed 8 x 4.5 propeller (standard rotation) with our 1700kv 24gm motor and a 2-cell battery. You will need a prop adapter with a shaft length of 10mm (minimum) and diameter of 5mm. The motor, propeller, and prop adapter are available separately from Rabid Models. It can also be used with a 9×7 prop from Rabid Models.
Please see the notes below. To install the spinner, first secure the propeller and spinner backplate on the motor shaft using a prop adapter (or a nut), then the cone simply snaps on – no additional hardware is needed!
Here’s a picture of Jim Bosley’s model with the kit-supplied spinner – compare this spinner to the spinner shown in the drawing of the full-size A6M Zero below.
White PETG. 28.6 mm diameter, 36.5 mm tall
Weight: about 7.5 gms
The propeller and prop adapter are NOT included (we have them available for sale separately). This product is for use ONLY with electric motors and propellers. The spinner backplate has a 5mm centering hole.
The plastic spinner parts are unfinished but can be sanded smooth and can be painted with any plastic-compatible paint. Click here to see a video from Fun Scale Models that shows how to finish and install 3D-printed spinners. Painting is recommended because all plastics will deteriorate over time if exposed to sunlight. Glue is not needed!


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Series: City Summer Sounds Festival 2019
Fresh new sounds from City's legendary Sound Studios: electronica, sonic art and audio-visual work, performed on an immersive multi-channel array of loudspeakers. Includes premieres of new works created by City composers and sound artists. Full programme TBA.
City has held a reputation for innovation and exploration in the field of electronic music since the establishment its studios in 1975. Since then, the studios have producing generations of leading composers and researchers in these fields.


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Vaginal discharges are common for all the young women. If the discharge is sticky white with no smell then the discharge is absolutely common says Dr. Manjula Anagani. On the contrary, if the color of the discharge changes leading to foul smell – then you must consult a gynecologist to treat the infection she adds. What are the other ways to treat infections – watch this video and get you know in detail.
What is Menopause & what are its symptoms explains Dr. Manjula Anagani - https://youtu.be/dUpootnDM8E
Why No Hungry, When We Are Sick - https://youtu.be/yO1rN1QVu0c
Importance Of Maintaining Balance In Life -
Four Ways To Address Your Fears - https://youtu.be/aybrrLOmweA
What Is Real Love ? - https://youtu.be/d3VXu7VlFM4
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On Tuesday, the NTSB faulted maintenance performance and procedures at Las Vegas, Nev.-based air-tour operator Sundance Helicopters as the probable cause of the Dec. 7, 2011 crash of an AS350B2 that killed the pilot and four passengers near the Hoover Dam. The 1988 helicopter was originally manufactured as an AS350B and had accumulated 25,216 hours since new. Total time on the rental engine was 7,400 hours.
The helicopter had been returned to service earlier on the day of the crash following major maintenance that included an engine change and replacement of main- and tail-rotor actuators. NTSB investigators evaluating the wreckage identified that the fore/aft servo input rod was not connected to the fore/aft servo and that connecting hardware was missing.
The NTSB found that Sundance improperly used a degraded self-locking nut on the input rod, improperly installed or failed to install a split pin through the nut and conducted inadequate post-maintenance inspections, which resulted in the in-flight separation of the servo control input rod and rendered the helicopter uncontrollable. Maintenance technician and inspector fatigue were contributing factors, the NTSB said.
Nationwide helicopter EMS operator Air Methods bought the assets of Sundance in December.


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Less than a half-mile from the shores of Whitefish Lake, this comfortable and convenient two-bedroom home is the ideal place to experience a fun-filled vacation with someone you love. When you're not out on the water or enjoying a hot-weather hike, kick back in the home's spacious living room to watch a good ballgame or show on the mounted flatscreen TV then head into the full kitchen to prepare a savory and nutritious meal for everyone to enjoy. The dining table seats four, and there is a covered table/chair set out on the patio for those al-fresco meals. Spread out some of the provided board games for a fun evening with family and friends. You can use the free WiFi to download a good playlist to your device before heading out for an enjoyable walk with the family dog.
This retreat offers access to a convenient community hot tub and a gorgeous nature trail right across the street and very close access to a walking/bike trail that goes all the way into downtown. You will also be within walking distance to Lodge at Whitefish Lake, which features the Boathouse restaurant and a S.N.O.W bus stop. This is a free shuttle service provided by the city that takes guests both up the mountain to the ski resort and also back down and all the way into town.
Nearby Services and Dining Options
Cafe within 0.4 miles. Casual dining within 0.7 mile. Dine-in restaurant within 0.7 mile. Supermarket within 0.5 miles.
Places to Visit During Your Stay
|Attraction||Distance From Home|
|Crestwood Park||0.3 Miles|
|Lodge at Whitefish Lake||0.3 Miles|
|Crema Specialty Coffee||0.4 Miles|
|Montana Tap House||0.5 Miles|
|Bonsai Brewing||0.7 Miles|
|Stumptown Ice Den||0.6 Miles|
|City Beach||1.4 Miles|
|Whitefish Mountain Resort||6.0 Miles|
|Glacier Park International Airport||13 Miles|
|Reservoir Trailhead||1.2 Miles|
|Les Mason State Park||3.2 Miles|
|West Glacier / Glacier National Park||25.0 Miles|
Things to Know
*Please note the pool is available in the summer months only.
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Programs at the Academy are conceived to suit various types of players and are a combined result of our team members years of experience, continuous research into athletes needs and requirements, and insight gathered from renowned basketball professionals we cooperate with.
✔ With personalized workouts in the morning
✔With group workouts in the afternoon.
✔ With the sessions in the high performance sports center with the physical trainer.
The players see how they improve quickly.
We take great care of the player so that he feels at home and sports better quickly.
Our FIBA agents and associated clubs will be very aware of the players to look for an opportunity in europeans teams.
Although always the first option is to try to incorporate the player in our teams.

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Many of us will have seen in the weekend’s media news of an imminent heatwave across the country.
Forecasts indicate that we can expect temperatures in the high 20s during the week, peaking on Wednesday and Thursday before settling down again next weekend.
Although most of us enjoy a rare bit of sunshine during a typical English summer, the hot weather can bring a host of problems – in particular for our health, our pets, our relatives and for our home security.
A few things to bear in mind during hot weather include:
- Avoid the heat – stay out of the sun and try to avoid going out between 11am and 3pm (the hottest part of the day) if you're vulnerable to the effects of heat. Wear loose, cool clothing and a hat if you have one.
- Apply sun cream – we might not be in the Algarve, but the effects of the sun in the UK can still be considerable if you don’t look after your skin, and can pose health risks such as sunburn and increase the chance of developing skin cancer.
- Stay hydrated – drink cold drinks regularly. Plan ahead for journeys and ensure you have enough supply of water and food.
- Check on friends and relatives – particularly those you know are vulnerable or particularly susceptible to the effects of hot weather.
- Avoid alcohol – let your hair down and enjoy the warm weather, but drink sensibly. Dehydration is made worse with alcohol.
- Dogs die in hot cars – many people still believe that it’s ok to leave a dog in a car on a warm day if the windows are left open or they’re parked in the shade, but it’s still a very dangerous situation for the dog. A car can become as hot as an oven very quickly, even when it doesn’t feel that warm. When it’s 22 degrees, in a car it can reach an unbearable 47 degrees within the hour.
- Keep windows and doors secure – most of us will open windows in the hot weather, but don’t forget to close them again when you leave a room or house. Much of the Constabulary’s work during the summer relates to ‘sneak-in’ burglaries by opportunistic thieves who use the hot weather to their advantage.
- Swimming – don’t be tempted to swim in rivers and lakes during the hot weather, no matter how inviting they look. Even the most experienced of swimmers can get into difficulty.
Be vigilant – if you see anything that concerns you, or anything suspicious during the hot weather, call police on 101, or if it an emergency, dial 999.


Italy confounded their critics with a hugely impressive 2-0 win against Belgium in their opening game at Euro 2016. The Azzurri had been largely written off by many observers in the build-up to the tournament, but in beating Marc Wilmots' men, Antonio Conte's side proved that they must once again be considered as serious contenders to be crowned as champions this summer.
A win against Sweden will be enough to ensure that Italy progress to the last 16 of the competition and the Azzurri are chalked up as a 5/6 (1.83) chance with Paddy Power to pick up the three points that they require from Friday's fixture.
Sweden's hopes of reaching the knockout stages, however, are considerably more precarious following a 1-1 draw with Republic of Ireland in their opening group game. Erik Hamren's side are available at 4/1 (5.0) with Paddy Power to breathe fresh life into their campaign with a vital victory, while the odds compilers offer 12/5 (3.40) that Sweden are forced to settle for a share of the spoils for a second match in succession.
History is certainly in Italy's favour, for the Azzurri have been beaten in just two of their 22 matches at the group stages of this competition, while Sweden have come out on top in just three of their last 15 fixtures at the European Championships.
Sweden will hope that their talisman, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, can provide some much-needed inspiration, but the striker cut a frustrated figure for long spells against Ireland as his team-mates struggled to produce the level of service that the 34-year-old front man has become accustomed to at club level.
Sweden failed to register a single shot on target in their opening game of the tournament, although Ibrahimovic, predictably, had a hand in their equalising goal, providing the cross that the unfortunate Ciaran Clark turned into his own net.
Ibrahimovic, though, will have to be at the peak of his powers if he is to find a way through Italy's disciplined defensive unit. The Azzurri deployed a back three of Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini against Belgium, with Gianluigi Buffon in goal; the understanding between the four men - all of whom play their club football for Italian champions Juventus - is extremely advantageous for the Azzurri and Conte's charges will reap the rewards of that relationship in France.
The Italians have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three matches and the even money (2.0) quote from Paddy Power for Conte's men to shut out the Swedes may prove popular here. Better value, though, lies in backing the Azzurri to win to nil against Hamren's outfit at 13/8 (2.63) with Paddy Power.
The selection would have paid dividends in five of Italy's last seven victories and the juicy 13/8 (2.63) quote offered up by the odds compilers for the trend to continue in Toulouse is the recommended play for punters.
Those looking for further incentive to get involved should take advantage of Paddy Power's superb money back special on this match - simply bet £20 on a team to win the match and Paddy Power will pay you £5 for every goal that your team scores.
|Italy to win to nil at 13/8 (2.63) for a 2pt stake with Paddy Power|


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Riot addresses problematic Umbral Glaive bug at Worlds 2020
Oct 15, 2020
Riot Games developers have finally confirmed a fix for a potentially game-breaking bug fans discovered while watching the group stage at Worlds 2020.
Developer Mark “Scruffy” Yetter posted the update on Twitter, stating that the League of Legends team had shipped out a “micropatch” that fixed the Umbral Glaive bug.
“This is going into the Worlds build for the rest of the tournament,” Scruffy said.
We just shipped out a micropatch that fixes the Umbral Glaive bug that destroys Summoner’s Rift plants.
This is also going into the Worlds build for the rest of the tournament.
— Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) October 15, 2020
Viewers first noticed the Umbral Glaive bug in during a tiebreaker between G2 Esports and Suning. G2 was starting to outscale Suning, but top lane Chen “Bin” Ze-Bin pulled off a teleport flank on Gangplank that ultimately won Suning the game.
League of Legends viewers noticed, however, that the Umbral Glaive item seemed to stop jungle plants from respawning during the game. G2 should have been able to use a blast cone to jump any walls, which would have allowed G2’s jungle to enter the team fight or could have enabled Luka “Perkz” Perkowvic and Rasmus “Caps” Winther to escape the flanking enemy Gangplank. Unfortunately, the blast cone hadn’t appeared due to the bug and G2 went down hard in the fight.
Other Worlds 2020 viewers noticed the bug during other games throughout the group stage as well, though it never appeared to be as potentially consequential as it did in G2’s loss to Suning. It appeared during games featuring DAMWON, DragonX, and LGD Gaming.
Now that the bug is taken care of, G2 doesn’t have to worry about a repeat experience in the team’s upcoming match against Gen.G this weekend. If the LEC squad does manage to defeat Gen.G, G2 will have to face current favorite DAMWON, who are looking to get their revenge on the European side.
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Black carbon, dust discolouring Taj Mahal
doi:10.1038/nindia.2014.170 Published online 12 December 2014
The discolouration of Taj Mahal’s white marble facade has long been a cause of worry for India's tourism and archaeological conservation professionals. The root cause of this discolouration has now been explained by an international research team.
Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Archaeological Survey of India and US-based Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Wisconsin have found that deposition of air-borne light-absorbing fine particles on the white marble surface results in the discolouration of Taj Mahal1. They say black carbon, brown carbon and dust particles the key culprits that change the ability of the marble surfaces to reflect light.
Recent studies have shown high levels of air pollutants throughout the Indo-Gangetic plain, including relatively high concentrations of fine particles in Agra. Fine particles in this region mainly consist of light-absorbing components such as black carbon, organic carbon and dust. To date, no studies had probed the direct effects of these light-absorbing particles on the white marble surfaces of Taj Mahal.
The researchers measured the concentration of fine particles, total suspended fine particles, anions, organic carbon, elemental carbon and trace elements in the air around Taj Mahal. In addition, they securely placed pre-cleaned cuboids of white marbles roughly 300 metres away from the main dome of Taj Mahal. After a two-month exposure to pollutant-laden air, the marbles were analysed for surface deposits.
Using sophisticated imaging techniques and analytical methods, the researchers detected that daily concentration of fine particles and total suspended fine particles were much higher than the permissible limits stipulated by World Health Organisation. Besides dust, they found that light-absorbing elemental carbon and organic carbon contributed to the mass of total suspended fine particles.
Analyses revealed that particles having diameter less than 2 micrometre accounted for 30 per cent of the surface-covering fine particles. They observed that roughly half of the fine particles were carbon-based and carbon particles having diameter less than 3 micromtre dominated the surface of the marble pieces. These fine particles mainly come from burning of biomass, crop residues and trash. These particles are then airborne and get deposited on the outer surfaces of Taj Mahal causing the discolouration of white marbles.
Next, the researchers measured how the deposited fine particles changed the ability of the white marble surfaces to reflect light. Results indicated that separately each component of fine particles contributes to the colour change.
Black carbon changed the colour of the surface to greyish. Both brown carbon and dust influenced colour with preferential absorption at ultraviolet wavelengths resulting in yellowish-brown hues. When the light-absorbing effects of all types of fine particles were combined, the perceived colour of the surface shifted towards darker shades of yellow-brown.
The researchers say that deposition of light-absorbing fine particles not only damage cultural monuments but also the aesthetics of the environment by modifying the surfaces.
1. Bergin, M. H. et al. The discoloration of the Taj Mahal due to particulate carbon and dust deposition. Environ. Sci. Technol. (2014) doi: 10.1021/es504005q


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MOSCOW, April 25 (Itar-Tass) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin as the head of the working group on missile defence cooperation with NATO, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday.
Moreover, Medvedev signed a decree to relieve Rogozin of his post as the president’s special envoy on cooperation with NATO in missile defence.
“At the same time this means that Rogozin will continue to chair the interdepartmental working group on cooperation with NATO in missile defence under the president’s administration,” the press service said.
“As for the negotiating process with partners on this issue, it will be continued in already effective formats – through the Foreign Ministry and the Defence Ministry,” the source said.
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Originally published on Mon October 29, 2012 5:10 pm
The Brooklyn band People Get Ready has been combining music and performance art since 2009, when the group first performed at The Kitchen's Dance and Process series in New York. The band released its self-titled debut earlier this month, and it's a fine collection of harmony-rich pop.
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On the moor west of St. Ives, at the site of a disused mine, lies an artists' colony. Known as the Guild of Nine, it was set up by Archer, who runs it according to astrological principles, and his wife Lina, a woman with her feet rather more firmly on the ground.
The newest member, a beautiful young woman named Francine, has a legacy she wants to invest in the colony. Archer isn't sure--not least because she is a Scorpio; Lina, as always, takes a more pragmatic view. But then Francine is found dead in her bed, asphyxiated by a deliberately blocked gas heater.
Superintendent Wycliffe investigates and soon discovers that several members of the colony have good reasons for not wanting the police involved. Then, right under Wycliffe's nose, comes another death.
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text: Background Leukotrienes (LTs) participate in the large family of lipid mediators implicated in various inflammatory conditions such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. P2X3 receptor revealed that many CysLT2-labeled neurons had been localized with non-peptidergic and unmyelinated neurons, and interestingly, CysLT2 heavily co-localized with TRPV1 and P2X3-positive neurons mRNA. Intraplantar shot of LTC4, a CysLT2 receptor agonist, itself didn’t PD98059 pontent inhibitor induce the thermal hyperalgesia, spontaneous discomfort behaviors or bloating of hind paw. Nevertheless, pretreatment of LTC4 improved the unpleasant behaviors made by alpha extremely, beta-methylene adenosine 5′-triphosphate (-me-ATP), a P2X3 receptor agonist. Conclusions These data shows that CysLT2 portrayed in DRG neurons might are likely involved being a modulator of P2X3, and donate to a potentiation from the neuronal activity pursuing peripheral inflammation. History The leukotrienes (LTs) certainly are a category of biologically energetic lipid mediators. These are synthesized from arachidonic PD98059 pontent inhibitor acidity (AA) em via /em the 5-lipoxygenase pathway. AA is certainly changed into LTB4 enzymatically, LTC4, LTE4 and LTD4 that are referred to as bioactive LTs. LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4 are collectively termed the PD98059 pontent inhibitor cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs). LTs are made by turned on leukocytes in response to peripheral irritation peripherally, such as for example asthma and atopic dermatitis [1,2]. Four different kinds (BLT1, BLT2, CysLT1 and CysLT2) of G-protein-coupled receptor for LT have already been cloned [3-6]. LTB4 activates Rabbit polyclonal to AKT2 BLT2 and BLT1, and CysLTs activate CysLT2 and CysLT1. Peripheral inflammation elicits mechanised and thermal hyperalgesia often. The most examined of the lipid mediators will be the prostaglandins (PGs) from the cyclooxygenase pathway of AA fat burning capacity [7,8]. Appearance of G-protein-coupled receptors of EP for E-type PG is certainly localized in C-fibers, unmyelinated nociceptive fibres, in the dorsal main ganglion (DRG) . Activation of EP signaling is important in neuronal sensitization mediating modulation from the transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily 1 (TRPV1) receptor and P2X3 receptor [9,10]. Intradermal shot of LTB4 provides been proven to create both thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia [11,12]. Jain et al. have reported that LTs are involved in inflammatory pain induced by carrageenan . Furthermore, we exhibited that an increase in LT synthesis in microglia in the spinal cord induced by peripheral nerve injury contributes to neuropathic pain . However, in the periphery, the mechanism of the nociception induced by LTs is usually unknown and the precise expression pattern of LT receptors in the DRG has not been clarified. The purpose of this study is usually to examine the expression of LT receptor mRNAs in the DRG to assess whether LT receptors are expressed in nociceptive neurons. Furthermore, we attempted to determine the nociceptive role of LT receptors in DRG by behavioral analyses. Results Expression of LT receptors in the DRG To examine whether sensory neurons express the LT receptor mRNAs, we performed reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and em in situ /em hybridization histochemistry (ISHH) using adult rat DRG. The mRNAs for BLT1 and CysLT2 mRNAs were expressed in the DRG, but not the BLT2 and CysLT1 mRNAs (Physique ?(Figure1A).1A). For the ISHH, the BLT1 mRNA was expressed in an extremely limited populace of non-neuronal cells (Physique 1B, C). With brightfield imaging of ISHH for the BLT1 mRNA, silver PD98059 pontent inhibitor grains were accumulated over the non-neuronal cells whose nuclei were greatly stained with hematoxylin (Physique ?(Physique1C).1C). In contrast to the BLT1 mRNA, a subpopulation of DRG neurons expressed CysLT2 mRNA (Physique 1D, E). The darkfield photograph displayed distinguishable clusters of silver grains over the tissue with minimal background signals (Physique ?(Figure1D).1D). The brightfield and high magnification images confirmed the presence of CysLT2 on neuronal cell body (Physique ?(Figure1E).1E). To evaluate objectively the manifestation of the CysLT2 mRNA in DRG neurons, we measured, determined, and plotted the signal-to-noise (S/N) percentage and cross-sectional area of each neuron (Number ?(Figure2).2). Based on this scattergram, neuronal profiles having a grain denseness of 20-collapse the background level or higher (S/N percentage 20) were considered positively labeled for this mRNA. With this criterion, 35.8 3.3% of profiles were positively labeled for CysLT2 mRNA of the total DRG neurons (Table ?(Table1).1). The scattergram exposed that CysLT2 mRNA was indicated more intensely from the neurons with cell profiles less than 600 m2 compared with the medium or large-size neurons. The size distribution of the positively labeled profiles for CysLT2 mRNA is definitely demonstrated in Table ?Table1.1. The CysLT2 mRNA was indicated in a limited population of small ( 600 m2) and medium-size (600-1200 m2) neurons, whereas large-size ( 1200 m2) neurons were not labeled for this mRNA (Table ?(Table1).1). The neuronal size definition was defined  previously. Open in another window Amount 1 Appearance of LT receptor mRNAs.


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It’s Like Being a Rock Star
A Dad’s Perspective By Cody Charlton
Cody’s daughters affectionately cheer for their ‘Super Dad.’ Photo: Milk & Honey Photography
Dada, what’s it like being a dad?” “Well, honey, it’s kind of like being a rock star.” Sure, the groupies may be on the small side and contained to my household but they hang on to every word I say and even form an arrival line at the window to get the first glimpse of ‘SUPER DAD!’ coming home. When I open the door, it’s a full on sprint into my arms. If by chance my littlest groupie gets to me first, it’s on! The puppy dog eyes start fluttering, the bottom lip puckers up: “But, Dad, I wanted to give you the first hug.” My oldest daughter, Evalee, is 5 and has been working on an acting career for some time now. Just today she was looking in the mirror practising her faces and trying to pick one for the play she’s writing, directing and acting in. “Honey, if you’re putting on a play, you’ll need all of your faces; that’s what makes the show awesome,” I encourage her. She plays everything up, whether it’s genuine or for her gain there’s always a performance. Her dramatic nature is the root of what has become my alterego: “SUPER DAD!” It was just an ordinary day lazing around the house when I asked Evalee if she wanted to go to the park. Her eyes lit up like a thousand strands of Christmas lights on a dark and snowy night, her smile as wide as Niagara Falls, her fists pumping furiously like she was in the front row of a rock concert, dancing around and yelling, “SUPER... DAD!” With a reaction like this, you might think we keep her locked up in the closet and only let her out for eating, sleeping and the occasional bathroom break. But, no, we had been to the park last week. Really, we only live a stone’s throw away. But that’s Evalee: little miss theatrical. From this park day forward, she started introducing me to everyone as Super Dad. Well, I might have hinted that I’d like it if she introduced me that way! Yes, I’m milking every last moment of these young years because it seems like every man out there, whether they have daughters or not, has to remind me that they don’t stay young and sweet forever. It’s that look you get when you tell a guy that you have two daughters - that subtle yet unmistakable smirk, that lifting of the eyebrows: “Wow, good luck with that, buddy.” And, trust me, I have an older sister and I know what she was like behind the scenes. She did not make life easy on my dad and there was only one of her! Only time will tell if my daughters go easy on me or not and, right now, time is on my side. With Evalee only 5 and Lainey
just shy of 2, I figure I must have 10 more years with at least one of my girls thinking that I’m their rock star. And I’m going to do everything in my power to be their rock star for as long as possible. Like the other day when I demonstrated ‘fire safety’ in the back yard. “Dad, you’re a rock star!” exclaimed Evalee. (And by ‘fire safety,’ I mean Poi. Sure, I probably won’t win the most responsible parent award with that stunt but I can’t be a rock star dad by being responsible all of the time!) Cody Charlton is the father of 2 beautiful little girls and, you might have guessed, Mr. Kamloops Momma! When he heard we wanted a dad’s perspective in honour of Father’s Day, he offered and we’re so happy - and surprised - that he did! Happy Father’s Day to Cody and to all of the dads out there!
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Concrete / Portland Cement and Strength Arguments
What does concrete and Portland cement have to do with compressive strength when it comes to topics like sulfate attack and how it affects the performance of concrete?
In the early 2000's Building Forensics International Consultants were helped out in a concrete litigation case that involved claims of Sulfate attack that allegedly caused low compressive strength.
During the litigation mentioned above, such topics were addressed in depositions. The average psi strength, sulfate levels, and how the moisture from the soils may have contributed to the concrete's low compressive strength allegations.
The graph above was produced as part of a presentation to support the findings that the cement/water ratio in the concrete fell in the normal levels and that the overall strength of the concrete was normal.
Destructive Tests were performed in the interiors, garages, and foundations of the residences and the sulfate levels also were in the normal range for the vast majority of the concrete cores tested.
There was also a claim that sulfates were spreading through the onsite soils, whether they are silts or clays, transported by means of water. Testimony refuted that the visqueen would've acted as a barrier, and therefore it is unlikely that any sulfates could ever penetrate the interior concrete slabs.
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