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Santorini Photo Diary
Ah beautiful Santorini - I felt so nostalgic after going through old photos and decided to upload a series from my previous travels which I missed. Surrounded by the white houses on the clifftops of Imerovigli - I’d highly suggest staying at Chromata if you do decide to visit.
Time flies and there are so many places I wish to see - hopefully it won’t be too much longer before I see this beautiful Greek Island again. Till we meet again…


Saturday 23 September 2017. Music 8pm.
Delighted to welcome back The Churchfitters! They are a folk band like no other. A bass guitar made out of a frying pan. Heart-wrenching vocals accompanied by a musical saw and traditional tunes reinvigorated with fiddle and sax.
The three virtuoso musicians from England and France strut their stuff on a stage that bristles with instruments adding flute, banjo, dulcimer, tin whistle, guitar, ukulele, stand up dustbin bass and a sackful of percussion to their ensemble. And let’s not forget the unique ‘bing-bong’ machine made out of hack-saw blades. Throw in some exquisite harmonies, a slew of startlingly original songs and a few jokes that create instant rapport.
The Churchfitters website: www.churchfitters.com
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Lee Hardcastle (born January 21, 1985) is a British animator who specialises in stop-motion techniques. He is famous for his handmade independent animations. His work includes original remakes of emblematic 1980s action and horror films, as well as parodies of animated series and video clips . His work is known for its violent and gory content.
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You won’t find this APP on your phone (at least not yet). This APP is an acronym for Accountability, Productivity, and Psychological Safety. During a four-year study in North America and the UK that involved working with peer advisory groups for CEOs and business leaders, I pressure tested the Five Factors common to high-performing groups introduced in The Power of Peers (2016). During that time, I learned the following: 1) It became apparent that the Five Factors should not be expressed as free-standing or as part of a list, but as a reinforcing loop. 2) A look inside the Five Factors revealed a strong relationship among the factors of Accountability, Productivity, and Psychological Safety, all of which contain feedback loops worth noting. 3) As the study expanded to include cross-functional work teams, it became clear that the Five Factors were just as applicable to developing high-performing teams of all kinds in any organization.
A Reinforcing Loop
The Five Factors are critical to supporting what the best groups and teams enjoy in the form of having a robust Learning-Achieving Cycle, which I covered in my last article as the difference between having a good team and a great one – a team that performs reasonably well versus one who consistently makes the playoffs, so to speak.
To review the Five Factors, it starts with having the right people, including people who share a common challenge/aspiration and are likeminded about what it takes to be a vital contributing member (including mutual respect), yet bring diverse experiences and perspectives to the group or team. They create psychological safety for one another to ask questions, express themselves freely, and learn and grow together. A high level of psychological safety unlocks new potential for productivity and creates an environment of accountability, where each person’s currency lies within the team member-to-member relationships. The leader responsible for supporting the team’s success also serves as the steward of the four factors already mentioned. Doing so drives this important cycle over time.
A Look at the Feedback Loops
After working with more than 150 groups and cross-functional work teams since late 2016, it also became apparent that inside the Five Factors’ reinforcing loop, there are symbiotic relationships inherent among accountability, productivity, and psychological safety. For example, the more psychologically safe and open team members can be with one another, the more likely they will get to the heart of what it will take to maximize their productivity. The more productive they are, the more they experience the efficacy of being genuinely open, which only reinforces such behavior.
Psychological safety also has a direct impact on creating a positive culture of accountability. If team members don’t feel psychologically safe, they will never feel comfortable enough to challenge one another for the team’s good. Again, teams that challenge one another know that being open is the key to making that possible. During my research with high-performing groups, I would ask members to rank their ability to leverage their psychological safety on a scale of 1-10. If they ranked it a 7 (for example), you can bet that they would later rank their accountability culture a 7 as well. With minimal deviation, the correlation was undeniable.
Regarding productivity and accountability, great teams have members who accept personal responsibility for bringing their A games and continually setting new excellence standards. It becomes a self-perpetuating reality on both fronts. It aligned with my experience working for the advertising agency Mullen (now Mullen-Lowe) more than a decade ago. The more the agency members challenged one another, the better the work became, which only inspired them to challenge each other more often and more intensely.
Why This APP Matters to Teams
The APP, if you will, offers further evidence that the Learning-Achieving Cycle, which drives a daily commitment to individual and team growth, and the Five Factors that make such a cycle possible and sustainable, are essential to any group or team that hopes to compete on today’s fast-paced, ever-changing world stage.
If you look at this through the lens of sports, think about the teams in college or the pros who consistently compete for championships. These organizations focus on getting better every day through their high-powered Learning-Achieving Cycle, their mastery of the Five Factors, and their deep understanding of relationships and synergies as powered by a thorough understanding of their APP. For these organizations, championships are not the goal; they are the reward for a commitment to one another and their dedication to daily improvement.
Take a minute to examine accountability, productivity, and psychological safety in your organization. Explore how it will help your leaders and your team members grow, and discover how you can inspire everyone to set a new standard of excellence for everyone’s benefit.
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‘CRNB Live’ At Hackney Attic – Thursday, April 13 | Events
CRNB Live is back with their bi-monthly event that exists to promote your favourite UK RnB acts. On Thursday, April 13 the CRNB team, in association with 6 Figure Music, brings to the stage some of the UK’s hottest RnB acts from their online platform at the Hackney Attic, hosted by Amanda Star.
Performing on the night will be Mark Asari, Tiana Major 9, Jordan Morris, Olivia Louise, Levelle London and more! This is an event that you do not want to miss!
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Developed by the Children’s Tumor Foundation, the Racing4Research™ (R4R) program utilizes competitive, professional auto racing as a vehicle to increase awareness of neurofibromatosis and raise funds for research through corporate sponsorship, personal donations, and individual fundraising by NF Heroes: children and adults from around the country who live with neurofibromatosis. The Racing4Research program offers children and families living with the disorder a unique, one-of-a-kind experience with the teams, drivers and corporate partners, and has raised more than $3.4 million dollars since 2008.
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Since its inception in 1978, the Children’s Tumor Foundation has grown into the largest non-government funder of neurofibromatosis, or NF, research in the world. The Foundation is the driving force behind research aimed at finding treatments and a cure for NF – a common, yet under recognized progressive disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body. NF affects one in every 3,000 children, more than cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Huntington’s disease combined, and can lead to a wide variety of complications, including blindness, bone abnormalities, cancer, deafness, disfigurement, learning disabilities and excruciating and disabling pain.Pioneering NF research funded by Children's Tumor Foundation is shedding new light on cancer, brain tumors, learning disabilities, and bone abnormalities – ultimately benefiting the broader community, in addition to those with NF.
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“We’re coming to a honky tonk near you,
A little hardcore troubadour hillbilly blues
Bringing country back, a little old a little new,
We’re coming to a honky tonk near you”
The title song off of the new album by independent veteran country artist Kevin Fowler pretty well sums up his sound, approach, and endless work ethic. Steeped in the old-school charm of classic country music, amped up with a modern energy all his own, and steadily touring from one packed house of honky-tonk diehards to another, Kevin Fowler makes music on his own terms for the thousands and thousands of loyal fans he’s earned down through the years.
To see Kevin Fowler in concert is more than just a show: it’s an experience. The Amarillo,
Texas native’s wild-eyed charisma breathes new life into old favorites like “Beer Bait & Ammo” and “The Lord Loves A Drinkin’ Man,” his twangy vocals riding atop the honky-tonk groove of his ace backing band. Few performers in country music are as naturally gifted at leading the crowd in a good time, whether it’s in a crowded dancehall or the wide open spaces of an outdoor festival. And few things amp up a busy musician’s energy level quite like a brand new album to release: this autumn, Kevin Fowler will be bringing the fresh new material of Coming To A Honky Tonk Near You to his fans around the nation.
“Sometimes the recording process can be grueling, but this record was a pleasure to make,” Fowler beams when asked about the new project. “I recorded it with my good buddy Trent Willmon. I think it really shows in the final product when you are just having a great time making music with your friends. "
It’s a downhome feast of new tunes, kicked off by the aforementioned theme song that lays out Fowler and his band’s mission to bring real-deal country music to the people that love and appreciate it the most. According to the man himself, "As I was trying to decide which songs to cut, these eight songs stood out to me and immediately became my favorites. I think our fans are going to love this record as much as I do. This is best thing I’ve done since Loose, Loud and Crazy and I can’t wait for everyone to hear it." Listeners may have already caught the first single, “Sellout Song,” or the accompanying video; a collaboration with fellow Texas songwriter Zane Williams, it’s Fowler’s catchy comical take on the modern trend of hip-hop beats and phrases finding their way into mainstream Top 40 country music. Elsewhere he rattles off drunken adventures on one number (“Bouncer”) then switches gears to the sincere, humble likes of “Living Proof” or the affectionate ode to his home state on “Texas Forever.”
Speaking of Texas, it would be hard to understand Kevin Fowler’s unique spot in the modern musical universe without a little context of just what his home state has meant to his career. The Lone Star State, for those who aren’t already familiar, has a healthy regional country music industry that’s largely independent of the Nashville system. It’s a breeding ground for singers, songwriters, and musicians steeped in traditional country but empowered to write and play the kind of music that doesn’t necessarily conform to modern trends and expectations. After an early stint playing guitar in the popular ‘80s metal band Dangerous Toys – did we mention that he’s had an unconventional music career? – Fowler steered hard back towards his country roots, forming his own band and playing the sort of songs his deep Texas twang was always best-suited for anyway. That detour wasn’t an easy path: countless miles on the road, long nights on cramped stages in front of small crowds, and recording on a shoestring budget just to get his new original songs heard. But year after year it paid off. Those crowds got bigger and bigger, those songs found their way onto regional playlists, and those self-produced records started to sell well into the tens of thousands. Within a few years there were enough Kevin Fowler fans out there to pack the biggest honky-tonks in Texas and beyond, making him one of the state’s most popular acts. “I think some bands have fans, but our fans are more like my road family,” Fowler affectionately claims. “They have been coming to our shows and having fun with us for over 16 years now.”
With that kind of momentum, even the Nashville music industry couldn’t help but notice and Fowler couldn’t help but take the gamble on extending the reach of his music across the country and beyond. It paid off in many ways: he landed deals with a couple of Nashville record labels, charted with a handful of singles (including the Top 40 hit “Pound Sign”) and albums, recorded a duet with the legendary George Jones, toured Europe and worked with other hitmakers like Sammy Kershaw, Mark Chesnutt, and Montgomery Gentry. Along the way he saw his home state popularity continue to soar and landed atop
the bill at some of Texas’ biggest festivals. By the time he stepped back into the independent scene with his 2014 release How Country Are Ya?, homegrown acts that
Fowler had influenced and collaborated with – Granger Smith, Cody Johnson, and Josh Abbott among them – were joining him at the top of the list of the region’s most in-demand artists.
In the year 2016, Fowler can proudly say, “This is our eighth studio album and I really think it’s going to be a fan favorite.” And Kevin Fowler still is what he always was: a “Panhandle Poorboy” from Amarillo who loved country music so much that one day he decided to make his own, who has figured out how to do it bigger and better over two decades of hard work, dedication, and always going that extra mile to reach out to the fans that make it all possible. Still “Loose, Loud, & Crazy,” still “100% Texan,” and always Coming To A Honky Tonk Near You.


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Oscar Wilde was a Victorian iconoclast who stood at the vanguard of the aesthetic movement. His works, from his Comedy of Manners plays to his verse compositions such as "Requiescat," have changed the landscape of literature in general.
This poem was written by Oscar Wilde in memory of his sister Isola's death."Requiescat" is essentially a Latin term for the phrase "May She Rest" and is a very significant component of the poem. From the very title, one can tell that the poem is an elegy.

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WASHINGTON DC, USA – A former contractor for the US National Security Agency who leaked information on Russian hacking of election systems to journalists was sentenced Thursday, August 23, to more than 5 years in prison.
The 63-month sentence that a federal judge in Augusta, Georgia handed to Reality Winner in exchange for her guilty plea was the stiffest ever for a single charge of leaking classified information to the media.
It came as the Trump administration ramps up pressure to deter the leaks of classified materials to journalists that have plagued it since last year.
But Winner's case dealt with materials that had been kept from US states that were the targets of the hacking, and was officially divulged only months after her arrest.
"The defendant schemed to take and disclose classified information she had sworn to protect – and then did so almost as soon as she had the chance," said Assistant Attorney General John Demers in a statement.
The former Air Force linguist was arrested in June 2017 hours before The Intercept, an online publication that frequently breaks national security-related stories, published a story based on documents she took.
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"There is no allegation or evidence of actual spying or treason" against her, they said.
"This was not a WikiLeaks-like 'dump' of massive amounts of sensitive data, nor was it a disclosure of military secrets," they added.
That was a reference to the case of Chelsea Manning – at the time known as Bradley Manning – who as an army intelligence analyst in 2010 leaked a massive amount of highly secret defense and diplomacy documents to the transparency group.
Manning was ultimately sentenced in February 2013 to 35 years in prison on 17 counts that included espionage and other charges.
Four years later, then president Barack Obama commuted her sentence as having been disproportionate, and she was freed.
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Volunteer Corey Blonquist brings his own kayak to pick up trash in the canals on Belle Isle. He’s one of dozens who turned out on a rainy Saturday to help Belle Isle Conservancy in its fight for plastic-free waterways this summer.
“A friend first turned me onto this and now every time I’m available I try to make it out,” Blonquist told Planet Detroit. “I’ve seen bikers ride by as I’m kayaking and picking up trash and they’re like, ‘That’s awesome, I want to do that!’ so they come over and ask questions.”
The expanded citizen science program involves sorting and itemizing each piece of litter found on Belle Isle and in the surrounding Detroit River.
“This is the first time we’re collecting this degree of data,” Genevieve Rattray, director of sustainability and advocacy for the Conservancy, told Planet Detroit. “We’ve known for years how many pounds of trash we’ve been collecting, but this is the pilot year of sorting through it.”
The program is part of the Conservancy’s Keep Belle Isle Beautiful initiative, created in 2017 to counteract litter pollution at Detroit’s treasured 982-acre island park.
Last year alone, volunteers collected and removed approximately 8,000 pounds of trash left behind by some of the island’s four million annual visitors. By taking their pollution tracking a step further, the Conservancy aims to use those data points to create a “littering personality” of the park and nearby waterways, hoping to one day leverage their research to bolster meaningful environmental stewardship legislation in Michigan and beyond.
“We intend to use it for policy eventually,” said Friends of the Detroit River community outreach coordinator, Kaylee Peterson. “It’s good information to know, especially to hold brands accountable.”
Among the most common items found during park cleanups, according to Rattray, have been plastic caps and water bottles, plastic grocery bags, ice bags, fast food trash and other single-use plastic or styrofoam food packaging, as well as what she calls “treasure trash” – colorful plastic pieces that are sorted out to create environmental impact art like the “Trash Fish” currently on display inside the Belle Isle Aquarium, composed entirely of plastic debris found by volunteers during the 2017 Belle Isle Spring Cleanup.
“Part of the reason why we designed [Keep] Belle Isle Beautiful was to have something meaningful that could make a difference here locally, regionally and globally,” Rattray said. “I look at it as ocean conservation at the local level.”
With global plastic production doubling over the past 50 years, it’s expected that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our world’s oceans than fish, according to the World Economic Forum. On a local level, the outlook isn’t much better, with Alliance for the Great Lakes reporting “stunningly high” amounts of tiny plastic pieces in all five Great Lakes – posing a serious threat to the environment and public health.
“If you think of a plastic water bottle, it makes its way into the canals, makes its way into the Detroit River, it goes into the Great Lakes, goes into the world’s oceans, and during that time the sun’s hitting it; the chemicals are going out into the water and impacting aquatic life, breaking up into microplastics which harms aquatic life, but then also ends up on our dinner plates through the food system,” Rattray said.
“So we look at it as, we’re keeping Belle Isle beautiful of course – removing litter pollution – but then also keeping the same plastic pollution out of our waterways, and therefore out of our food chain.”
Conservancy staff and volunteers have found plenty of unusual items too, she said, including passports, cremation boxes, and even a few “things that make me blush.”
The program has received tremendous support from the community in recent years, attracting everyone from individuals and couples to families, friends and corporate volunteer groups.
At the end of each cleanup, staff and willing volunteers lay out a large tarp to weigh and sort through all the day’s collected items using best practices from the Ocean Conservancy, Alliance for the Great Lakes and other partner organizations. That information is then shared on the Ocean Conservancy’s Clean Swell app, which collects similar litter pollution data worldwide.
As the program continues to grow, Rattray hopes that so too will its potential to strengthen environmental policy in Michigan – like the bill just introduced in March by Sen. Sue Shink (D-Northfield Twp.) that aims to repeal the state’s 2016 law banning local municipalities from restricting the use of single-use plastic bags. (Yes, you read that right; Michigan has a law banning the banning of plastic bags).
“I feel like if people come out and see the impact that they’re making, having that connection is what keeps people engaged,” said Rattray. “To me, everything needs to be collaborative. No one institution, organization, or country can do this; we have to be doing it together.”
And Blonquist will be there.
“I think the more people seeing it normalized kind of helps too, and it becomes more of a standard thing for people to plug into and volunteer for,” he said.
The Belle Isle Conservancy will host two final data collection cleanups on Belle Isle this summer from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19 and Saturday, Sept. 16. For more details on how to get involved/join a cleanup, visit belleisleconservancy.org.


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Early Life of Joseph Beuys
He attended the Dusseldorf Academy of Fine Arts during the 1940s. He was a Luftwaffe volunteer in 1941 and trained as an aircraft radio operator with Heinz Sielmann.
He created a huge-scale, socially themed sculptural work called the “7000 Oaks” project.
His father was a merchant in Krefeld. He and his siblings were members of the Hitler Youth during the 1930s.
English circus performer who has taken her rollerskating daredevil act around the world, having personally performed for the likes of Princess Anne and Prince Charles. She is known to television audiences for her appearances on such shows as America’s Got Talent and Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.
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Her brother Victor is part of her rollerskating act. Her parents are Billy and Carmen Arata.
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At five years old, he began performing with his father in acrobatics and by ten he’d taken up hand balancing.
He graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in broadcasting, becoming the first member of his family to graduate from college. He was also a member of the college’s ISU Circus.
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His father Ivan was an acrobat and moved from Belgium to perform with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. His mother, Maritza Atayde, was an aerialist with Mexico’s largest and oldest family circus Circo Atayde Hermanos.
He has done work for numerous big name brands and celebrities, including performing with Britney Spears on her Circus tour.

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Baku. 24 August. REPORT.AZ/ Danish Ambassador to Turkey and Azerbaijan Svend Olling has commented on yesterday’s match between Denmark’s Copenhagen and Azerbaijan’s Qarabag within the play-off stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Report informs, Ambassador Svend Olling said that the match was dramatic.
An impressively strong defense from Qarabag was able to defend the goal and keep the FCK victory at 2-1 marginally allowing Qarabag to move on in the playoffs. FCK is one of my personal favourite teams so sad to see - but I do find a lot of comfort in the fact that a team from Azerbaijan is succesful. I will be rooting for Qarabag's impressive team going forward. Good luck!”, said the Ambassador.
Notably, based on the results of the two matches (2:2) and due to the goal in the away match, Qarabag has become the first club from Azerbaijan that has qualified for the group of the Champions League.


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When your company’s extra virgin olive oils continue to garner top honors at competitions across the globe, it should be your rightful time to raise a tasting cup and revel in your success. Or so you’d think.
Australia’s Boundary Bend harvests a hit parade of varieties favored for extra virgin olive oil — Arbequina, Hojiblanca, Koronekei, Picual, Leccina, and several more — from 2.5 million trees. Their state-of-the-art production practices have led them to extraordinary yields and worldwide acclaim.
The estate produces 10.5 million liters annually of some of the highest quality EVOOs on the market, winning at national and international tasting competitions including the prestigious New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC), where Cobram Estate has earned more awards than any other brand.
But in a recent interview with Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald, on the front page of the business section, McGavin — while apparently having posted a record harvest just last month — appears restrained even as he smiles.
“We want people to sell a product and call it what it is,” McGavin was quoted as saying. “If it’s refined olive oil, call it that. If it’s extra virgin, make sure it is. And try to get us access to where 70 percent of the world’s olive oil is consumed, which is Europe.”
Cobram Estate’s own website tells the story of McGavin’s frustration in a snapshot. Navigate to a tab, “Stockists,” and a map shows the retail locations for the company’s brands. To the far left, the United States and Canada are sparsely dotted, while to the very far right, several others mark locations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, and Australia. The entirety of Europe and South America is wholly blank.
As critically applauded as his brands are, McGavin can’t seem to get them in front of many of the world’s consumers without giving away the tree, so to speak.
Despite the Euro-barriers, the Australian company and its products are beginning to find a firmer footing in the U.S. market, where production by all American producers combined doesn’t match the output of Boundary Bend. Earlier this year, the company set up a production facility near Sacramento, California.
According to Fairway Market, a U.S. retailer that buys and backs the Cobram product and others from Down Under, “fine olive oil from the Australian continent is just exquisite.” And with significant shortages of olive oil yield hitting the open market from traditionally high-production countries like Italy (due to a persistent and damaging blight) and smaller deficits for the world’s top exporter, Spain, McGavin is perhaps justifiably outraged that he can’t sell his finely crafted, authentic and efficiently milled product, in all its apparent abundance, to a market already rampant with counterfeits.
In 2010, McGavin told Olive Oil Times’ Sarah Schwartz, “I think Australia is pivotal to the future of the olive industry. There are going to be some pretty major advances in the Southern Hemisphere in the next 10 years as far as our position in the world market.” Five years later, McGavin’s predictions are proving to be accurate while formidable obstacles remain for the company to maximize its global cache.

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Lafayette, LA – Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana has released a statement on the arrest of a counselor charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
Investigators believe the 21-year-old Jeckell Joseph Fuselier had an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana has learned of the arrest of a volunteer for alleged inappropriate behavior with a member. We are deeply alarmed and concerned by this allegation and are cooperating fully with authorities as they investigate this serious matter. The safety and protection of the children we serve is the number one priority of Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana. Our organization is committed to the highest standards of ethical behavior and integrity and does not tolerate inappropriate or illegal activity on the part of any Club staff, volunteer or youth member. All employees and volunteers must undergo a criminal background check. All supervisory policies are designed to ensure the maximum safety and protection of Club members. At this time, we will continue to cooperate with the authorities but withhold further comment in order to respect the privacy of the Club member.
Fuselier was arrested Tuesday at the Boys and Club on Marie Antoinette Street in Lafayette and booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.
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The music is in part voluptuous, coquettish, Wagnerian in intensity and harmony, yet intimate, sensual, charming and surprising. Among the poets whose texts she chose to set were Richard Dehmel and Rainer Maria Rilke. They expressed a visceral, sensual empathy with nature, magnifying emotions, yet they were also suspenseful, remote and ghostly. There is often a sexual charge to Dehmel’s poetry, which must have seemed perverse at the time.”
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The single strike fighter was designed to improve the combat capabilities of the US Army, but weakened it instead.
"The program seems to have stabilized," Michael Sullivan of the United States Audit Office told Congress. “I am inspired by what I have seen,” echoes Lieutenant General VVS Christopher Bogdan, the head of the program on the part of the government. Lockheed spokesperson Laura Siebert says he expects “more positive” articles than usual in the light of what she put it, of the “substantial progress” of the program.
But the chorus of praisers is wrong. The single strike fighter (JSF) F-35, created by Lockheed Martin Corporation for overcoming enemy radars, bombing ground targets and destroying enemy combat aircraft is problematic, as before. All recent seemingly good news will not be able to change the fundamental flaw in the design of the aircraft, the roots of which lie in the conflicting requirements for the new fighter.
Due to the heavy compromises in relation to the aircraft being created, imposed mostly by the Marine Corps, the F-35 is seriously inferior even to the old Russian and Chinese fighters, which fly faster and farther, and whose maneuverability is better. In the JSF lightning strike, “too heavy and too poorly armed,” says the director of the Strauss Military Reform Project for the Government Supervision Project, Winslow Wheeler.
And future enemy aircraft, designed specifically for air battles, may turn out to be even more deadly for the compromise JSF.
In fact, it does not matter how smoothly the work of the government and Lockheed are progressing over the new combat aircraft. Even a perfectly designed JSF is a second-rate fighter in air battles with the enemy for life and death. And this could mean a death sentence for American pilots flying the vulnerable F-35.
The inadequacy of F-35 was clearly apparent five years ago during a computer simulation organized and conducted by John Stillion and Harold Scott Perdue, two analysts at the RAND research and development center in Santa Monica, California.
In the course of the simulation year 2008 held in August, numerous Chinese air forces and naval forces, amid growing tensions in the western Pacific Ocean, are piling on a long-standing Beijing rival, Taiwan. A sudden blow to the Chinese missiles destroy the tiny, outdated Taiwanese air force, leaving American fighters based in Japan and Guam to fight with Beijing's planes.
In this scenario, 72 Chinese fighter patrols the Taiwan Strait. Only 26 American combat aircraft - survivors of a missile attack on their airfields, could intercept them. Among them are ten X-NUMX-motive stealth fighter F-2, which quickly spent their ammunition, leaving 22 smaller, 16-motive F-1 to fight with the Chinese. When, within the framework of a mathematical model, they began exchanging fire, the results were shocking.
The latest American stealth fighters and the basis of the future Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps did not reach the level of Chinese military aircraft. Despite their vaunted ability to avoid detection by radar, JSFs were erased from the sky. “F-35 are twice as inferior,” conclude in his later leaked summary into the press Sillion and Perdue.
Analysts expressed indignation about the new aircraft, which, speaking in all fairness, played a small role in the whole simulation. "Inferring in acceleration, in the rate of climb, in maneuverable capabilities," they wrote. “It also has a lower maximum speed. He can neither maneuver, nor take off, nor accelerate. ”
And partly because of this, the USA as a result lost the simulated war. Hundreds of computer-simulated American crews died. Almost a century of American superiority aviation ended among the wreckage of simulated combat aircraft scattered across the Pacific Ocean.
Even if these results could be challenged, the 2008 war games of the year should have been a wake-up call. From the mid-90-x, the Pentagon is completely dependent on the F-35, intended to replenish the declining arsenal of combat aircraft built, for the most part, in the 1970-x and 1980-x. Even if there was a small chance that the aircraft could not fight, the Pentagon would have to be very, very concerned.
Among the pathologies inherent in the F-35 design, the most destructive is the result of a peculiar institutional obsession with one of the three main clients of the program. Already at an early stage, the marines managed to drag for their version of the aircraft the opportunity to take off vertically.
A single strike fighter JSF is created in three versions - for the Air Force, Navy and Marines - all three options have a single fuselage, engine, radar and weapons. Wings and equipment for vertical takeoff differ from each model.
Together, all three versions of the F-35 were intended to replace nearly a dozen older versions of the aircraft from half a dozen different manufacturers - from maneuverable air force models, supersonic F-16, or slow-armored A-10, and ending with AV-8B with vertical takeoff, whose unique characteristics are not very combined with the features of other aircraft models.
The engineering tradeoffs imposed on the F-35 in this unprecedented need for versatility have impacted the performance of the new aircraft. Largely due to the volumetric fan for creating lift, which the marines demanded, the JSF turned out to be wide, heavy, highly resistive, and even close to failing in speed with the F-16, as well as not complying with the structural strength of the A-10. Having promised all the virtues of other planes, JSF did not show one in the end.
After winning the 2001 competition for the right to create a multi-purpose JSF, Lockheed headed towards eventually becoming the only active manufacturer of American aircraft of a new generation, giving competitors like Boeing to promote designs of old aircraft.
Which means that the worst of the new fighters in the world, which, as one Australian military analyst, who later became a politician, said, “will be killed in battle like whip,” may soon become the only new American fighter.
And in the following decades, the US Air Force may completely yield to the air force of any country with the latest models of Russian or Chinese combat aircraft, one of which, ironically, seems to be an improved copy of JSF, minus all its flaws.
Chinese J-31 seems to be based on American F-35
The lift air blower developed at the beginning of 1980's by DARPA and Lockheed Corporation was the only ready solution for the aircraft’s ability to take off vertically, plus supersonic speed and the ability to remain invisible to enemy radar, the latter of which required the aircraft to have smooth outlines, and nothing was suspended outside.
But this mixture of characteristics cost dearly all three aircraft variants, although the two of them did not need the ability to take off vertically.
Adding a lift fan to the basic design of the F-35 turned out to be a cascade of problems that made it harder, slower, more complex, more expensive and more vulnerable to attack the enemy - which became more apparent as a result of a simulation of the war over Taiwan.
To reduce costs, all three aircraft options are essentially the same fuselage. And to meet the requirements of the availability of a hoist fan and bomb compartments presented in all three options, the “intersectional part” of the fuselage should have been “much more than those planes that we replaced”, reluctantly agrees Lockheed head Tom Burbage.
But the problems continued to arrive, and their solution was gradually eroding from the ability of F-35 to fight. The addition of a hoist fan forced to abandon the second engine, which is present in many other fighters. The bulky fan built into the fuselage immediately behind the pilot blocked the rear view from the cockpit - a drawback, which, as one of the pilots put it, would lead to the fact that "the aircraft will be shot down every time."
Lockheed Vice President Steve O'Brien said that the sensors of the aircraft, including video cameras built into the fuselage, which scan 360 degrees around the aircraft, more than compensate for the rear view limitations. Critics objected that the resolution of the video is much worse than the look with the naked eye, and it is completely insufficient to track and recognize tiny dark points in the sky, each of which can be ready to destroy the enemy fighter.
Many problems came together in the 2004 year, when Lockheed was forced to admit that the option for the marines was overweight, in part due to the addition of a lift air blower. Ironically, the addition of a fan and other equipment designed for vertical takeoff threatened that the plane would be too heavy to take off.
In a panic, Lockheed allocated more people, time and money (not forgetting to bill the government) for reconstruction, which allowed to get rid of most of the excess weight - in fact, by getting rid of safety equipment, and making the fuselage elements thinner and less durable.
O'Brien said that the weight loss ultimately benefited all three fighter versions. But the reconstructed Joint Strike Fighter, although somewhat lighter and more maneuverable, also became less durable and safe for flight. In particular, according to the Pentagon’s analysis, getting rid of valves and fuses made the fighter 25 percent more vulnerable to enemy fire.
The problems multiplied. Initially estimated to cost about $ 200 million for the development and design of 2900 aircraft, expected to debut in combat use in 2010, the cost of the fighter constantly increased, and commissioning was constantly postponed. Today, the cost of developing and producing 2500 new aircraft swelled to $ 400 billion, plus another trillion dollars in maintenance over the next five decades.
To help block overspending, between 2007 and 2012, the Pentagon wrote off nearly 500 existing A-10s, F-15s, F-16s, and F / A-18s - that is, 15 percent fleet air fighters, even before the F-35 would be ready to replace them. The naked and unarmed F-35s, with only half-finished software and only a few samples of compatible weapons, will not be ready for combat use before 2015, for which Boeing planned to discontinue the production of its F / A-18E / F-x - the only one besides JSF produced Pentagon fighter models (F-15 and F-16 fighters are still manufactured for foreign customers by Boeing and Lockheed, respectively).
When, after two years, the first ready-made F-35 finally makes its first normal sortie, it can really be the universally recognized worst new fighter in the world, and in the worst case scenario, still be the only new fighter that will be available for purchase by the US Army .
Instead of breathing new life into the Pentagon’s air arsenal as planned, the JSF devoured it little by little, which threatens the future strategy of the war. In 2012, an embarrassed chief of arms procurement for the Pentagon, Frank Kendall, called the F-35 "a negative practice of acquiring weapon models."
But Kendall meant only new program delays and cost increases. He did not mention the more threatening flaw that surfaced as a result of Stilion and Purdue’s 2008 military simulations: regardless of when and at what price the F-35 will go into service, because of its vertical takeoff equipment, it is the aerodynamic equivalent of flying brick - completely losing the latest Russian and Chinese fighters.
Wheeler advocates replacing the F-35 with the updated A-10 and F-16, as well as the new F-18 from the Boeing conveyor. These steps would “prevent the continued deterioration of our air force,” he argues.
Experienced design engineer Pierre Spray, who had a hand in creating agile F-16s and fighters tanks A-10, warned that it might take American engineers years to re-learn the ins and outs of creating supersonic fighters lost due to the growing F-35 monopoly, and the only way to do this would be to finance low-cost competition based on mock air battles between rival prototypes.
But this expenditure of time, talent and funds would be better than the continuation of the financing of an overgrown all the estimates and terms of a combat aircraft, which, being burdened by a lifting fan, can neither maneuver, nor climb, nor accelerate.
Replacing the useless universal American fighter would be, as Wheeler believes, a headache, but the continuation of the program is even worse. F-35, he writes, "will cost too many lives to our pilots."


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Wife, mother, lawyer, activist. Hoping to travel to Italy in 2013 with my best friend for a repeat of our wonderful 2000 trip that included Cinque Terre, Pisa and Firenze. We have husbands and children now, so the experience will be different! I also dream of traveling to Greenland and to Chile, and returning to visit friends in Ireland and the UK.
Five things I can't live without: my husband, my son, my two dogs and red wine!


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SUGAR LAND (KHOU) — Two teenagers have been charged with breaking into the police chief's home, according to Sugar Land police.
Conner Hinton and Taylor Nuttal, both 17, are charged with burglary.
Officers responded to the burglar alarm in the 2000 block of Holly Glade last Friday just before noon.
The home belongs to Sugar Land Police Chief Doug Brinkley.
The back door was forced open and several boards were missing from a fence that backs up to the greenbelt.
A neighbor reported seeing two men climb over a fence near her house and told officers what they looked like.
Another resident in a nearby neighborhood reported a suspicious vehicle with two men inside parked in front of her house.
Police spotted the vehicle shortly after the burglary and arrested Hinton and Nuttal.
Nothing inside Chief Brinkley's house appeared to be missing, so the suspects may have been scared away by the alarm.


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I’m finally finished with my piecing of the diagonal “strips” of my squid quilt! YAY! I got myself some cream and grey fabrics for the border… and so I need to make another 288 hexagons. 144 grey and 144 cream, and then I’ll add them onto the strips and sew them all together.
This is becoming more and more a practice of patience and of following through… and I’m doing it!


The much-anticipated Kiev Major got off to a great start yesterday with its fair share of upsets, great plays and all round exciting Dota 2. Day one also brought in a number of record-breaking matches between the first few teams.
The Kiev Major features sixteen of the world’s best Dota 2 teams battling out for $3 million. This Major also introduced the Swiss System for the group stages, which simply means winners play winners, and losers play losers. The system creates an interesting atmosphere for the teams as everything is placed on the line, and it showed throughout Day One.
First up was IG and OG, two favourites leading into the tournament. OG faced off against Brazilian hopefuls SG e-sports, and dropped game one creating an interesting scene for the unfolding games. OG still managed to take their match, and secured the top seed for the next round of the group stage.
The second round of matches was where the fickle Swiss System started to show its true colours. TNC gaming, from the Philippines, took on Evil Geniuses and North America’s Digital Chaos would face Chinese titans Newbee. This is where the major upsets kicked in as both teams won their matches upsetting the balance. Nobody expected either team to topple North America and China’s top team, but now we were faced with an interesting group stage as the two hopeful winners were set back by their losses in the Swiss System.
TNC continued their dominance despite losing game one to Thunderbirds. TNC were able to bounce back and take the series continuing their newfound road to trying to secure the top seed for the day. TNC met their match against Virtus.Pro as they would inevitably meet stronger teams as they progressed. TNC suffered a 2-0 defeat against Virtus.Pro which pushed the Philippinos to a fourth place standing after day one. Virtus.Pro grabbed the top spot followed by Invictus Gaming and Team Secret (who are currently playing as I am writing). The winner will take the second spot behind Virtus.Pro who have already taken top seed after winning three of their opening matches.
The seeding process, which is ongoing, will determine the places in the main event which all 16 teams will enter once the group stage is over. From there on out it’s a single elimination bracket, and so far it’s Virtus.Pro who are looking poised for a great tournament. However, day one offered some great upsets and in a single-elimination bracket we can expect a few more upsets going forward. Keep your eyes on TNC.
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2019 Chevy Corvette Picture
The reason for the rapid transition is simply because GM started working on a center of the engine style for the C7. Unfortunately, people programs finished up being scrapped in the tumult before the automaker’s 2009 personal bankruptcy.Checking out the new images, we comprehend could see that the C8 will likely be quite identical in proportions to the C7 but with a reduced, bigger place. Flanking the engine bay looks to become a set of large buttresses, and we’re advised developers will influence add a piece of the screen in the center to exhibit the car’s engine. One of the biggest complications is warm management.
Our agents say this model has become operating nearly completely during the night to prevent lengthy-range lens with 50 mega pixels to toss about so far. It’s also been secured from the majority of employees at GM, closed to all but a small number of developers and technicians as was the situation with Ford Motor Company’s GT supercar. The new Corvettes won’t be a expensive limited version supercar like the GT, however. We find the causes for the car’s center of the the engine system will likely be the C7’s metal spaceframe framework rather than an entirely all-new style. There can also be conventional pushrod V-8s for lower-spec designs.
It’s an original although not that uncommon. By now you’re probably asking yourself why GM would stone ‘n move the motorboat by using these a impressive modify to the Corvettes system. Apparently the top engine, a rear-tire-push style is getting to its limitations. Also, the Alpha-centered Camaro is formerly taking at the pumps of its big sibling. Hence, to help upcoming separate Corvettes from the Camaro, a much exclusive style was needed. There’s also a bit of center of the engine Corvettes background. Corvettes father Zora Arkus-Duntov was a huge fanatic of the structure, in particular for engine racing. He assisted GM create a volume of center of the engine suggestions for testing factors, the genuine being the originally CERV (Chevy Design Research Vehicle) idea provided in 1960. Never be surprised if a Corvettes ZR1 heir is known as after him since we comprehend GM has a product for “Zora.”
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Day #4: Your favorite prince
Mhm… good question… actually I really don’t know since I see the princes always as side-kicks… Let’s see, who is there to choose from… Prince Snow White… meh. Prince Cinderella… Nope. Eric… not really… Phillip… i don’t know, I kinda like him… Ah, I know now!
Flynn Ryder, the only Disney Prince who married into royalty. Also, he’s simply adorable. Look at him!
Innit cute? Like a puppy! The funny thing about Flynn is also, that I (and many, many other people on Tumblr) think he looks like Ezio Auditore’s (from Assassin’s Creed) lost twin brother (or something like that).
Separated by birth!
Anyway, because I absolutely love Flynn’s facial expressions I put another Gif of him in here <3
Day #3: Your favorite heroine
I mean she secretly joins the army to protect those most precious to her, specifically her father, and ends up saving China. Plus she is a major badass. I mean how many of you women out there are swift as the coursing river, have the force of the great typhoon, the strength of the raging fire or are mysterious as the dark side of the moon?
When I was a kid, she was my Idol!
Day #2: Your favorite princess
This one’s easy:
She is the only princess, who actually does something besides singing and dancing around to make her dreams come true. She doesn’t mind working hard to get what she wants and I think this is admirable. Also she is not born a princess, a noble woman or wealthy but rather the opposite, which is also one of the reasons I like her. Plus I think she is the prettiest.
Day #1: Your favorite character
Yay! Disney Challenge!
Dear god… why is the first question SO hard? There are so many super mega awesome characters, I can’t choose!
Gosh… Ok, I’ll pick this charming guy
When in doubt I’ll ALWAYS pick Jack Sparrow!
Pardon, I mean Captain Jack Sparrow!
Even though I think he wasn’t as awesome in On Stranger Tides. I felt like his character was a little butchered…


Amorphous silicon films have been made by HWCVD at a very low substrate temperature of ≤ 100 °C (in a dynamic substrate heating mode) without artificial substrate cooling, through a substantial increase of the filament–substrate distance ( 80 mm) and using one straight tantalum filament. The material is made at a reasonable deposition rate of 0.11 nm/s. Optimized films made this way have device quality, as confirmed by the photosensitivity of > 105. Furthermore, they possess a low structural disorder, manifested by the small Γ/2 value (half width at half maximum) of the transverse optic (TO) Si–Si vibration peak (at 480 cm− 1) in the Raman spectrum of 30.4 cm− 1, which translates into a bond angle variation of only 6.4°. The evidence gathered from the studies on the structure of the HWCVD grown film by three different techniques, Raman spectroscopy, spectroscopic ellipsometry and transmission electron microscopy, indicate that we have been able to make a photosensitive material with a structural disorder that is smaller than that expected at such a low deposition temperature. Tested in a p–i–n solar cell on Asahi SnO2:F coated glass (without ZnO at the back reflector), this i-layer gave an efficiency of 3.4%. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a HWCVD thin film silicon solar cell made at such a low temperature
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A unique attraction.
In striving for pristine perfection Thai artist Ajarn Chalermchai Kositpipat delivers the most brilliant temple in Thailand.
Clearly subjective analysis, however, the White Temple demonstrably lives up to this claim. The ornate and even bizarre artwork of the principal building of this work-in-progress is white on dazzling white, highlighted by fragments of mirrored glass embedded in the building’s exterior.
The colour white symbolises the purity of the Buddha.
The Thai name for the White Temple is Wat Rong Khun although it is more of an art exhibition than a Wat.
Apart from the purity of white, the Naga serpents and other mythical creatures, and the positioning of the temple’s guardians and deities, have a symbolic meaning. The common theme is that of escaping greed and desire and moving towards enlightenment through Buddha’s teachings.
The glittering white, enhanced by a myriad of tiny mirrors, covers the building from top to bottom. This colour theme and artwork extends to the surrounding statues, bridges, and fences to the extent that on a sunny day the complex is difficult to look at without dark glasses.
Adjacent buildings depart from the white theme – the building housing the toilets is an entirely gold coloured structure featuring ornate exterior decorations. It must surely be the best decorated ‘restroom’ in the world.
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Brazil has been affected in recent weeks by suggestions of a slow down in Brazil’s usually hot economy. Inflation in China also has received some attention. The result was that some market studies have been done on the BRICS and emerging economies showing that countries like Mexico, South Africa and Vietnam are doing quite well and that China keeps on moving along to attract investment, even with signs of inflationary pressures. In a Bloomberg article on the top emerging markets, China was the only one of the BRICS to make the medal round, with Thailand and Chile taking the silver and bronze positions. Frontier markets, those who are not BRICS or possible future BRICS but had noticeable growth, also made their own listing with Vietnam at the top of the list. South Africa and Mexico made the top ten of emerging markets, South Africa already being seen as one of the BRICS and Mexico achieving record reserves despite slow growth in the US and local narcotics violence.
This year Mexico will elect a new President and Senate and the parties are slowly presenting their candidates for the upcoming six-year Presidential term. President Calderon has served his one and only legislated term in office of six years and it will remain to be seen whether his PAN party will be re-elected. With excellent economic numbers in a slow global economy, the PAN has a good chance of being re-elected. What might hurt the party is the open drug war in Mexico currently taking place that was a result of Mr. Calderon pressing for drug security in Mexico and the entrenched drug networks that have been established in Mexico over the last few decades. With former PAN President Vicente Fox pushing for a legalisation of the narcotics trade to reduce violence in Mexico, the PAN may have some soul searching to do before putting the Presidential campaign into full force.
A decent market measure for all economies can often been seen in the aviation industries response to different national economies. In Mexico, the now defunct Mexicana Airlines is showing some signs of re-emerging in Mexico after its financial collapse a few years ago. Emerging markets in general has seen some attention from the aviation industry in general as many companies seek customers in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, a result of region market growth in general through to 2016. While the aviation industry is not being displaced in North America and Europe, it does show that BRICS and other emerging and frontier markets will produce trade expansion while the US and eventually the EU drag themselves out of economic paralysis. A conference on competitiveness and innovation addressing the aviation industry by GE named “GE American Competitiveness: What Works” will deal with issues of expansion to emerging markets and strategies in the current US market slowdown next week in Washington DC. Anyone who wishes to see how one industry is handling expansion to emerging markets and growth in the time of economic slowdown should seek information from the conference presenters and organizers. With the possible re-birth of Mexicana and troubles in Asia with the A380, it is certain to be an interesting week of presentations. Information on the conference can be found here.


News & Reviews: ASUS ROG Phone 3 Malaysia pre-order
Last Updated: Jul 12, 2020
ASUS recently confirmed that the ROG Phone 3 would be launching on 22 July 2020 and news has trickled in over the weeks. More details are confirmed recently and about the only thing left we don't know would be the retail price. Sources have also found the phone certified on the Taiwan NCC.
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2020
Based on a video posted by Tech Elucidations on their Facebook page, it seems that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 will most definitely be the first smartphone to come equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset. But that’s not all, other rumours have also stated that the device will also have up to 16GB RAM, 144Hz refresh rate display, as well as up to 512GB of internal storage.
Last Updated: Jun 26, 2020
Based on a statement by Ice Universe on the user’s weibo account, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset will most likely be unveiled somewhere around July 2020 provided there are not hiccups. With that said, we can expect many smartphone manufacturers to unveil a few flagship smartphones that come equipped with the aforementioned chipset.
Last Updated: Jun 23, 2020
When it comes to smartphones, gaming phones are easily the most good looking ones these days. For fans of ASUS, the highly anticipated ROG Phone 3 couldn't come sooner. The good news is that you might not have to wait much longer because ASUS has confirmed the launch window for the device.
Last Updated: Jun 19, 2020
From our news yesterday, we reported that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 might be featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ chipset and this was the first time that we heard of the new chipset. If you see a + sign behind, you know it's going to be a stronger variant and Geekbench already has the scoresheet from benchmarking the processor.
Last Updated: Jun 18, 2020
It seems that a recent statement by a user on weibo seems to hint that the upcoming ASUS ROG Phone 3, will most likely come equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and up to 16GB of RAM. While not much is known in regards to the release date for, we can expect the smartphone to most probably be unveiled at the same time or slightly right after Qualcomm officially unveils the Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset.
Last Updated: Jun 16, 2020
Update: Added more information from TENAA listing
The ASUS ROG Phone series is one of mobile gamers' favourite gaming phone to have and many are anticipating the ROG Phone 3 to show up this year. Although it's not picking up the steam yet, we are getting more information on its tech specs and features.
Last Updated: Jun 15, 2020
It seems that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 has been spotted on EEC, which gives us an idea on what to expect when the device is officially unveiled sometime in the near future. Based on the certification, it seems that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 will be available in two variants which are the 8GB variant and 12GB variant.
Last Updated: May 22, 2020
It's been a while since ASUS launched the ROG Phone 2 gaming smartphone. We knew back in February that a new one was coming when Qualcomm announced the phones that would be using its Snapdragon 865 chipset this year. But it was only recently that we got some news on the ROG Phone 3 after hints of it appeared on Geekbench and the WiFi Alliance website.
Last Updated: Feb 26, 2020
While it was unfortunate for the Mobile World Congress 2020 to halt its annual event, Qualcomm decided to send out their press release news and one of them is about a few unannounced smartphones carrying the Snapdragon 865 chipset!