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The integral piece to getting the Crimson Tide men’s tennis program back on track arrived this summer from the sunny shores of Southern California.
George Husack, who helped guide the University of Southern California Trojans to four national titles as an assistant coach, was named head coach for the Crimson Tide in June.
Husack, a native of San Mateo, California, said he wasn’t introduced to the game of tennis until later in his life. But ever since his sophomore year of high school, he has been devoted to life on the tennis court.
“I guess I was more of a late starter,” he said. “I played all sports growing up and so my interest in tennis got me involved in it.”
After walking on at San Diego State University as an undergraduate, Husack helped guide the Aztecs to national prominence as team captain. But upon the completion of his degree, Husack took a brief break from tennis.
“I ended up taking a job in finance,” he said. “I wanted to go play a little bit more but I wanted to get a job and so I worked in finance for about two years.”
But it wasn’t long before he rediscovered his passion for tennis. Husack started to get involved again while in graduate school at The University of San Francisco.
“I started training with a friend who was playing in low-level events and tours,” he said. “From there, it got me back into playing again, so I started playing in minor league tournaments, satellite tours and futures tournaments.”
For a while, Husack played professionally in tournaments across North America, Europe and Asia. But he said while working out with a good friend at Santa Clara University, his passion for tennis took a different direction.
“When I decided I didn’t want to play tennis professionally anymore, I decided I wanted to get into coaching,” he said. “From there on I ended up assisting my friend at Santa Clara.”
Husack spent seven years as an assistant coach and five years as the head coach of the Broncos before taking position as an associate head coach at The University of Illinois and then moving on to USC.
What Husack said he hopes to bring to The University of Alabama men’s tennis program is a sense of discipline that, in the long run, translates into a national title.
“I am bringing structure and vision to the program,” he said. “From my experience so far, myself and coach [Ryler] DeHeart are holding guys accountable. We have a job and our job is to be successful coaches and set goals for our players and makes sure they are the best players they can be.”
Husack said he is not looking too far ahead into the future but hopes to one day bring the Crimson Tide men’s tennis program to national prominence.
“I’m focusing just on right now,” he said. “Here I want to be a championship contender for a national title and a conference title. How long that is going to take? I’m not too sure but I like what I see.”


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This book describes an Australian micro-simulation model of two chronic diseases, viz. diabetes and CVD (cardiovascular disease). As far as I am aware, this model is one of the first of its kind. (Unfortunately, the book does not include a review of the international literature on this topic.) Existing simulation models of the incidence or prevalence of diseases either use computer-generated synthetic databases, or are so called cell-based or meso models (e.g. as used for predicting the use of long-term care), where the population is divided across a number of groups. An important advantage of microsimulation of chronic diseases is that co-morbidity can be taken into account. This is important, as the book quotes figures indicating that the combined effect of two diseases is often much greater than the sum of their separate effects. This is true both for healthcare costs, and for life quality.
After introductory chapters about the health of Australians in international perspective , and recent health care reforms in Australia, the main part of the book is devoted to a fairly detailed description of the construction of the model, its validation, and some applications. In the last part, Agnes Walker discusses some issues that go beyond this particular model, focusing on ways to improve health modeling and to ensure that its results are better used.
The book is clearly written and well structured. The chapters are formatted like medical journal articles, which has the important advantage that they (and also the book as a whole) are succinct. Agnes Walker, James Butler and Stephen Colagiuri are listed as editors, but have in fact written almost all chapters, which gives the book more coherence than would otherwise have been the case.
As is true for many simulation models, the database and the model are built up using a variety of sources and available evidence. The base-year dataset represents the Australian population by a nationally representative sample of individuals, providing survey data on the presence of chronic diseases as well as their risk factors (e.g. BMI, smoking) and disease consequences. An ‘umbrella model’ progresses over time the age of these persons, and their health-risk-factors, in five-year intervals from the base year 2005 until 2025. Two specific models are used to estimate who will acquire diabetes and/or CVD in the future. The task of these submodels is to project into the future the onset of diabetes and/or CVD for the subpopulation who did not have these diseases at the start of the projection period, using a set of equations estimated on a specific longitudinal study on diabetes, which also collected information on CVD. Outputs of the model as a whole are the costs of these diseases (including, but not limited to, health service expenditures), and the expected future changes in the quality of life of the individuals concerned.
Any person who has constructed models using various sources of data (or is familiar with the literature) will not be surprised to learn that the authors had to deal with many kinds of inconsistencies between the data, or between the data and external benchmarks. These problems, and the choices, assumptions and alignment procedures that were needed as a consequence are succinctly and clearly described. (And sometimes played down a bit, as when an average of 2,263 million dollars is described as being “not too far from the benchmark of 3,944 million”.)
The model combines both static and dynamic microsimulation techniques (although the authors do not use these terms). Ageing of the population is simulated with weights (static), while changes in risk factors and in the chronic diseases themselves are modeled dynamically on an individual basis. The description of the model, and the projection results seem to imply that the latter is possible only for a period of five years ahead (from 2005 to 2010), although the authors never state this explicitly.
The authors report illustrative simulations of the impact of lower obesity rates and of population ageing. A more policy relevant simulation (according to the authors’ opinion) concerns the effects of an integrated diabetes and cardiovascular disease screening, prevention and management intervention. This program involves screening, treatment and prevention paths, and it is indeed quite an achievement to simulate its results on the micro level. They estimate that this intervention would cost between 3,000 and 14,000 Australian Dollar per quality adjusted life year (QALY) gained.
The main relevance of this book is that it shows that microsimulation of chronic diseases is both possible and useful. Modeling of health and health care is likely to become more and more important in the future, due to the ageing of the population, and the improvements and innovations in health care. Both developments will have the tendency to drive up the costs of health care, so that it becomes unavoidable to make choices regarding the treatments that are included in the public health system. Studies such as this one, that show the costs and gains in terms of healthy life years of particular interventions, can be a great help for policy makers.
The details of the study, and in fact even several of the main building blocks of the microsimulation model, are unfortunately too specific to Australia to be of much use for researchers who would want to construct a similar model of chronic disease in other countries. In this respect, the study contains a useful lesson: for the CVD submodel, the initial idea was to use equations from the US Framingham Heart and Framingham Offspring studies, and for the diabetes model, results from the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS). However, it turned out that compared with Australian aggregate benchmark statistics, both the US and UK data provided unexpectedly high incidence and prevalence overestimates. This is surprising, since many researchers and others assume, implicitly or explicitly, that findings regarding the risk factors for certain diseases are readily transferable from one country to another. (Many recommendations regarding a healthy life style are based on foreign research, including the Framingham study.) For this reason, the US and UK data had to be replaced by findings from Australia itself. Any researcher who would be bold enough to build a similar microsimulation model of disease for another country would therefore be wise to look for domestic data on this topic.
Karel Van den Bosch
Federal Planning Bureau
Health Policy in Ageing Populations: Economic Modeling of Chronic Disease Policy Options in AustraliaBentham.

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Love them or hate them, everyone’s had just about enough of politicians with overinflated egos. So, why not go as one for Halloween? This lighthearted inflatable politician costume imagines a certain political figure as an oversized baby. Whether you want to make a political statement or want to recreate the Trump baby balloon seen all over the world, this adult inflatable costume is guaranteed to let your views be known.
Made of 100% polyester windbreaker fabric, this inflatable costume is designed as a jumpsuit that zips up in the back. Your head, hands & feet are fully enclosed for the battery-operated fan to do air-blown inflated effect, and there’s a mesh viewport in front to comfortably see and breathe. The fan clips to your waist over the right hip, and just needs 4AA batteries to operate. The suit’s exterior is fully decorated as a politician baby, complete with an American flag and presidential token held in each hand. For further effect, it even has an integrated sound chip that adds audio to your caricatured performance!


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Under Drawing Effect, Photoshop Tutorial
Drawing a nice cartoon character can be as difficult as drawing a human portrait. You also need to work out detailed color painting plus adding shadow and reflection effects. Here will show you the way to do.
In this tutorial, we will be able to learn how to draw rocks, stones, cliffs or anything made of stone. There are many ways to achieve this. For this tutorial the author decided to make sharp reefs in the water, anyway you can use the same technique for anything stone.
You will see how a cartoon to be drawn layer by layer. Simple coloring for the image, and adding shadow and lighting effect will be shown. You will get the idea of the steps and you can use this concept for all the cartoon drawings.
There are many ways to paint your graphics. In this time, the tutorial will show you how to paint for your cartoon graphics professionally in Photoshop. You will learn how to paint up a cartoon character properly including the eyes, face, hair and so on. Very awesome!
Some of you may be car lovers and would like to design your own car. Drawing a car is like drawing other 3d objects. You have to prepare a sketch and then paint. Reflection and shadow are always very important when you make a 3d object.


99% of television is crap. I stopped watching television regularly back in 1981 and over the years have maybe gotten into five or six shows that I thought were worth watching. ‘House’ and ’24’ being two that come to mind. Even then I can catch them online so I don’t have to sit through commercials.
Movies.. I can catch those in the theater or DVD.
News.. I get it faster and with less bias Online.
Ads.. If I want something, I get better info on a product/service if I research it Online.
Let’s look at the person who watches ‘only’ 2 hours of TV a day, on average through the week. It’s been 11,315 days since 1981. At 2 hours of TV a day, that’s 22,630 Hours spent watching TV instead of living Life. That’s roughly 943 24-Hour-Days of a person’s life GONE they’ll never get back. Equal to 2.5 YEARS spent non-stop just watching TV. The way I see it.. I’ve been busy enjoying and exploring life an extra 2.5 years over this TV watching person.
What would anyone give to have an extra 2.5 Years added to their life? Too late about the past.. but for the future? Considering the crappy programming a person gets in exchange for their time (their Life, really).. it’s just not worth it.
What about you? Will your last thought on your death bed be, “I wish I’d spent more time watching TV.” or… “I’m so glad I turned off that damn box and went out to explore the world around me. Hiking, doing hobbies, visiting friends, raising my children, etc.”
You only get one shot at this. It’s your decision. What will you choose?
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Best Buy customers often prefer the following products when searching for Action Adventure Games.
Browse the top-ranked list of Action Adventure Games below along with associated reviews and opinions.
Browse the top-ranked list of Action Adventure Games below along with associated reviews and opinions.
- Model:2943094Publisher:SonySKU:2943094Top comment
"I like...So fun...Awesome storytelling, gunplay, and action....The only downside was that I was so addicted to this game that I finished it in about one week, but I already am planning on playing it again on a higher difficulty and with a goal of finding more of the hidden treasures that are sprinkled throughout the game."
"Awesome storytelling, gunplay, and action."Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionSeveral years after his last adventure, retired fortune hunter, Nathan Drake, is forced back into the world of thieves. With the stakes much more personal, Drake embarks on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. His greatest adventure will test his physical limits, his resolve, and ultimately what he's willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves.$19.99
- Model:3000683Publisher:SonySKU:9197137Top comment
"5 Star...So fun...Uncharted is a classic adventure game...Let me preface this by saying I had never played or heard of this series but read good reviews on the newest release so I wanted to see if I would be into the whole series and started with this purchase, I mean after all it is literally 3 games in one and was fairly cheap in comparison."
"Uncharted is a classic adventure game"Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionExperience one of the most revered game series of all time as you follow the perilous journey of Nathan Drake across the globe, from humble beginnings to extraordinary discoveries.$19.99
- Model:91787Publisher:Square EnixSKU:4746900Top comment
"So cool...It's ok...For the bayonetta action enthusiast...IM GLAD I GOT THIS GAME FOR 25 BUCKS ON BLACK FRIDAY I WAS N STORE FOR OVER AN HOUR TRYNA LOOK FOR THE GAME CAUSE IT WAS LAST COPY MY STORE HAD LOL OVERALL I AM TRULY AMAZED AT HOW THE GAME IS STYLISH LANDSCAPING AND GREAT ACTION IN IT ASWELL ITS A MUST HAVE FOR TRUE SQUARE ENIX FANS!!!!"
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Product DescriptionJoin in the battle to retake Earth from the evil Mechanoid invaders when you play NIER: AUTOMATA for PS4. This exciting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world combines powerful storytelling and vibrant graphics to create a compelling experience for gamers. With its multiple gameplay styles, NIER: AUTOMATA for PS4 lets you engage in melee battles and firefights.$39.99
- Model:91769Publisher:Square EnixSKU:5163502Top comment
"5 stars...So Fun!...However great gameplay and adventure as always...This game is a direct sequel to the latest reboot simply named Tomb Raider, it follows on a more matured Lara Croft on her adventures which is a lot like the previous game but it improves on pretty much every angle, great game for fans of the game."
"However great gameplay and adventure as always"Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionAfter discovering an ancient mystery, Lara Croft must travel through Siberia in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Outstanding action, beautiful environments, guerrilla warfare and incredible tombs are all yours for the taking in this third person adventure. Outthink the Trinity and hone your survival skills in Rise of the Tomb Raider.$19.99
- Model:1000488432Publisher:WB GamesSKU:4890006Top comment
"P good...So Fun...Batmobile Action Galore...Like most console gamers, I have greatly enjoyed the "Arkham" Trilogy by Rocksteady Studios, I say that because I did not complete Arkham Origins (Dev by Warner Bros.), however I did beat that now infamouse Deathstrokeboss fight but after that the game felt very recylced and I told my self I would for next-gen Arkham installment by Rocksteady."
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Product DescriptionThe shadows are his home and keeping Gotham's citizens safe is his sustenance. Darkness envelops his every move and his legend lives in the whispers of each passerby. Known by many names — the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, Batman — this man lives to protect. But by pitting himself against the criminals of a city, he has only made his laundry list of powerful enemies grow. One after another, a new and nefarious threat has risen up and one after another Batman succeeded in bringing them down. But what happens when those menacing masterminds join forces? Who will rescue Gotham when a deadly roster of depraved lunatics gangs up on the shadowed warrior? Who will save us all? The finale to the legendary Arkham series explodes onto your screen in the most adrenaline-pumping storyline yet. The Scarecrow has returned to Gotham City and he has united a terrifying team of super villains, including Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn. For the first time in the franchise, you get to step behind the wheel of the iconic Batmobile as you harness the power of Batman and scramble to outwit the wicked gang after your blood. Tear through the streets and soar across the skyline in heart-pounding gameplay that will suck you in and force you to ask yourself if you have what it takes to save Gotham. Do you have it within you to be the hero the city needs? Or will the villains of Gotham overtake the Dark Knight once and for all?$19.99
- Model:3000287/3003513Publisher:SonySKU:5875178Top comment
"Top 5...A win!...So much action and keeps me excited!...Basically what I am trying to say is buy this game you wont be disappointed at all this game has you on the edge of your seat the whole time guess what s going to happen next and then you feel like you are apart of the characters by the end of the game"
"So much action and keeps me excited!"Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionThe Last of Us has been rebuilt for the PlayStation 4 system. Now features full 1080p, higher-resolution character models, improved shadows and lighting, in addition to several other gameplay improvements. 20 years after a pandemic has radically changed known civilization, infected humans run wild and survivors are killing each other for food, weapons and whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a violent survivor, is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl, Ellie, out of an oppressive military quarantine zone, but what starts as a small job soon transforms into a brutal journey across the U.S. The Last of Us Remastered includes the Abandoned Territories map pack, Reclaimed Territories map pack, and the critically acclaimed The Last of Us: Left Behind single-player campaign that combines themes of survival, loyalty, and love with tense, survival-action gameplay.$19.99
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"Love it...So Fun!...great fight sequences and action....Its one of my favorite ps4 games that ever came out this game horizon zero dawn and batman arkham knight are my top 3 games for ps4 playing this in 4k on my oled tv incredible quality besides how awesome the gameplay is if u have a ps4 or ps4 pro don't matter which one u will be happy with this game I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do."
"great fight sequences and action."Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionSwing into action with this Marvel Spider-Man game for the PlayStation 4. This Insomniac offering lets you take crime fighting to all of Manhattan via third-person action, including plenty of iconic web-slinging, parkour moves and combat opportunities. A brand new story line satisfies hardcore fans and newcomers in this Marvel Spider-Man game.$59.99
- Model:12345Publisher:MicrosoftSKU:6940069Top comment
"5 stars...Not bad...Great action game!...This is a great game people over at ps4 you guys will get this game soon I play pc and ps4 xbox one wii u I have all of them I love games I grow up with her back in the 90's I love her so please keep her coming this is a beautiful game well done color the world is big her friends is great as well down to the guns she get no to guns yet maybe part 3 let's do it keep up the good work"
"Great action game!"Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionFeatures and requirements may change. See xbox.com/reserve for additional information. After uncovering an ancient mystery, Lara Croft embarks on a journey throughout the most treacherous and remote regions of the world to find the secret of immortality. Forming powerful new alliances and relying on her intellect and survival skills, Lara will ultimately embrace her fate as the Tomb Raider. Featuring epic, high-octane action moments set in the most beautifully hostile environments on earth, Rise of the Tomb Raider delivers a cinematic survival action adventure where you will join Lara Croft on her first tomb raiding expedition and witness the rise of an icon.$19.99
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"Fun !...so fun...Great action in Halo universe!...I like the game it was worth waiting a couple years for it and I like the fact that even though I preordered it when I first got my xbox one to Best Buy they still gave me all the points for my xbox and the game so I recommend it to a friend and I'm glad that I finally got the Xbox one and the game came out to play it"
"Great action in Halo universe!"Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionA mysterious and unstoppable force threatens the galaxy, the Master Chief is missing and his loyalty questioned. Experience the most dramatic Halo story to date in a 4-player cooperative epic that spans three worlds. Challenge friends and rivals in new multiplayer modes: Warzone, massive 24-player battles, and Arena, pure 4-vs-4 competitive combat.* *Online multiplayer features require Xbox Live Gold membership (sold separately).$19.99
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"Top 5...I like...Great shoot outs and lots of action....I bought this game so I could play with my friends online and was quite pleased with the game as a whole, controls are a bit wonky but it overall is a fun and entertaining game"
"Great shoot outs and lots of action."Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionA new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. After narrowly escaping an attack on their village, JD Fenix and his friends, Kait and Del, must rescue the ones they love and discover the source of a monstrous new enemy.$39.99
- Model:87466Publisher:ActivisionSKU:6628114Top comment
"My fave...Love it...Great action game for adults....I vowed not to purchase this game as I was done with Call of Duty but after I watched some YouTube videos and Best Buy was running a good deal on the game I decided to pick it up and give it a try."
"Great action game for adults."Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionCall of Duty: Black Ops III is the ultimate 3-games-in-1 experience. In Campaign mode, you must navigate the hot spots of a new Cold War to find your missing brothers. Players can play the campaign cooperatively or solo and are now always connected to the intelligence grid and their fellow operatives during battle. Multiplayer features a new momentum-based chained movement system, allowing players to fluidly move through the environment with finesse, using controlled thrust jumps, slides, and mantling. Black Ops III multiplayer also introduces the new Specialist character system, which allows players to master 9 characters' battle-hardened weapons and abilities through a challenge-based unlock progression system. No Treyarch title would be complete without its signature Zombies offering. "Shadows of Evil" has its own distinct storyline right out of the box, set in the fictional 1940s Morg City, where four particularly troubled individuals — the femme fatale, the magician, the detective, and the boxer — star in this film-noir inspired horror story.$39.99
- Model:3000550/3003541Publisher:SonySKU:9599131ESRB Rating:E10+ (Everyone 10+)Top comment
"Wow ....So fun...Great game full of action...I got this game and this game is definitely a steal at 19.99 best looking platform tons of weapons classic game and is fun if you own a ps4 and don't own this game you missing out kinda wish they would of added some sort of online multiplayer but it's still a great game also wish they would of added more things for clank they shoulda just called this ratchet"
"Great game full of action"Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionPlay the game, based on the movie, based on the game. Ratchet & Clank (PS4) is a new game based on elements from the original Ratchet & Clank (PS2). Developed alongside the major motion CG-animated picture coming to theatres in 2016, Ratchet & Clank (PS4) marks the PlayStation 4 debut of PlayStation's greatest heroes. Join Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark, and new friends as they battle to save the Solana Galaxy from the evil Chairman Drek.$19.99
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"Top 5...Nice ....Great action game...Heard about this game a while back I figured I'd give it a try I liked it a lot it also comes with a copy of Alan Wake which is a plus for me because I'm a big fan looks fantastic on Xbox One S"
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Product DescriptionFrom Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. Time is your greatest weapon as the end of time threatens. An intense and thrilling storyline brought to life in a way never done before by fusing gameplay and a gripping live action show.$20.99Save $19Reg $39.99
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"No BS....So fun...Action packed and excellent graphics...Cool game for gamers who like personal shooting games hard to understand moves at begining but overall great game.little hard on moves and orientation need to previous games to know the game better"
"Action packed and excellent graphics"Hear more from customers
Product DescriptionDOOM returns in this action-packed, adrenaline-pumping installment on your PlayStation 4. Developed by id Software, DOOM plunges you into exhilarating action and spine-tingling combat. Get ready to engage in thrilling, heart-racing combat with DOOM on PlayStation 4. Lock and load for hair-raising action-packed first-person shooter adventures. Blast through enemies in the epic single-player campaign, and battle it out against other players in the fast-paced competitive multiplayer. Are you ready to return to DOOM?$19.99
- Model:91380Publisher:Square EnixSKU:3089045Top comment
"5 Star...Not Bad...Decent Action Adventure Escape...I purchased this game since I had it on my ps3 and never finished it,so once I heard it was on ps4 I was like its a must have on a newer console.Graphics are better,and the game it self is very fun to play I love these types of games that take place on forest ,woods, and wild ."
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Jedi Mind Tricks come storming back with the follow up to their inconsistent 'Army of Pharoahs' mixtape with their latest release 'Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell'. Stoupe is once again consumed with his penchant for Latin rhythms and provides his usual razor sharp production, delivering a well rounded and layered musical surface for Vinnie & Co to destroy.
Skittering mellow melodies are plyed with industrially heavy beats, (just check out the track entitled 'serenity in murder') creating a sense of urgency yet melancholy reflection. Vinnie Paz is on fire (again) but this time he (slightly) tones down the violence, removes homophobic slurs and shows a knack for impeccable story-telling. There really aren't many rappers out there who name-check Cannibal Corpse, Dillinger Escape Plan and Bill Hicks. Paz delves deep into his inner pscyhe to reveal issues close to his heart like the relationship with his family and this allows the listener to connect with his personality, thus making his lines and aggression all the more relevant. He also puts across an extremely pessimistic viewpoint spitting lines like "my future a box or an urn" and "each day is another day closer to death". The album also touches upon a number of issues including the vietnam war, slave labour and government corruption. The former features an 'on fire' R.A The Rugged Man who delivers immense wordplay and timing. Other guests include ILL Bill, Sean Price and Chief Kamachi. The track 'when all light dies' features a nice trip-hop style vocal chorus contribution from Diamond Girl while the soulful sample in the closing track 'black winter day', combines nicely with the violent content. This is an altogether refereshing change to the (very effective but) standard, sampled and vinyl scratched choruses.
All in all, this album is a highly consistent long player featuring enough quality to move JMT back to the heights they achieved with their unanimously praised classic, 'Violent By Design'. If you're a fan of heartfelt, unflinching yet melodic horrorcore, then cop this right now. If you aren't then you may be suprised by a slightly more lyrically and stylistically varied album
Synopsis: Good mix of old-style JMT battle raps and some new directions. A few gems, but some mediocre tracks. Overall, not JMT's strongest effort, but a good addition to a dedicated fan's collection.
Pros: - The rhymes and flow from Vinnie are pretty much as sharp as ever. The multies come as thick and fast as we're used to. - Although I haven't heard all the previous albums, I know some of JMT's earlier albums, like Violent by Design, which mostly consist of battle raps. Although this is cool, if you like that sort of thing, and the production and rhyming/flow have always been top notch, it meant JMT lacked variation in their topics. This newest album explores some new directions, with more serious and deep topics coming in. E.g. - Uncommon Valor: a Vietnam Story covers a foot soldier's viewpoint of the vietnam war, Shadow Business looks at the sweatshop situation in American Samoa (though it could be the same in any sweatshop), Razorblade Salvation puts Vinnie in the place of a guy once considering suicide, now discovering new meaning to life, and Black Winter Day gives an insight into Vinnie's inner pains and struggles. This new depth to the lyrics improves the whole JMT experience. - While the subject matter might not be highly original in every track (hey it's hard to be these days), the way Vinnie puts it across is as fresh as you're gonna get. No one else does the style Vinnie uses. Points for freshness there. - The beats have some slightly strange melodies, but in general they're still as dope as ever from Stoupe. - There are a couple of real gems on here: the tracks When All Light Dies, Shadow Business, Uncommon Valor and Black Winter Day are my favourites with dope lyrics and beats.
Cons: - This album uses synthesized childlike/female voices in many of the hooks instead of proper female vocals. These can be pretty annoying. I find they get less annoying with repeated listening, but they never actually get good. I gotta say that the good beats kind of make up for it though. - Of the album's 16 tracks, 5 are skits or mini-tracks. The album is pretty short anyway, at under 50 mins including the skits. - Although there are some really sick tracks as I said, a few of them are pretty mediocre. Let me stress, there are no really weak tracks... but not that many outstanding ones either.
so glad theres still so decent hip hop out there, this album is fire... I was a bit disapointed because I love heavy metal kings and compared to all other tracks on the album its a bit dull sounding as in there doesnt seem to be much midrange n treble, dont let that put you off though its a banging cd, took about a week to arrive but im in England and this is from Philly..so many good artist on this, the dj kills it, Boxcutter got it down to a T.. nice 1 Vin
Once again Jedi Mind have failed to disappoint. Its another brilliant album, great production from Stoupe and thoughtful agressive lyrics from Vinnie Paz. All fans of underground hip hop must buy this album. Best tracks incude Uncommon Valor, Razorblade Salvation and Put Em In The Grave.


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A Thousand Thanks: The Gift of Sadako and Her Cranes
In this original show with music, I use magic, story, and song to explore Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr.
I first encountered the book as a child in the library, and in the show I share how Sadako and the gift of her courage changed the little half-Japanese-American boy I was. In the process, the audience learns how 12-year-old Sadako, stricken with leukemia from the bombing of Hiroshima, follows a tradition of folding a thousand paper cranes to be granted a wish. The show draws upon and honors as well the September 2018 publication of The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki by Sadako’s brother Masahiro Sasaki and was developed with support from 4Culture.
By Heart: A Celebration of Words, Magic, and Memory
In this original solo performance, I combine poetry, magic, and story to explore how poets and poetry sing memory alive, join past, present, and future, and reveal the inner truths of our hearts.
One might describe this show as a theatrical journey for adults that uses words and illusion to make the invisible visible and the unsayable sayable. I want to share what I know about the inner experience of poetry and how it helps us remember who we are. This is magic for adults about the real magic that can happen when we listen to our hearts.
First Fridays at May Kitchen + Bar
I’m honored to perform my poet’s magic tableside at May Kitchen + Bar during Vashon’s First Friday Gallery Cruise each month.
“We wanted to offer a performing art for First Fridays,” May Kitchen’s May Chaleoy recently explained to the Vashon Beachcomber. “We’re thrilled to have Thomas do what he does. Every time he comes in, he wows our guests, not just with his magic, but with his artistry and presence.”
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On March 22, 2022, Sandbox AQ announced its formal launch as a separate company from Alphabet (fka Google). I consider this to be seminal event in the Quantum Computing (QC) industry so wanted to provide additional color to emphasize the magnitude of the announcement.
Quantum Computers will transform the way we use computers by massively accelerating certain computations and, more importantly, by enabling a wholly new form of computing.
There is a plethora of resources available on the Internet including articles, podcasts, blogs, interactive learning resources, classes, lectures, seminars, academic papers, etc., which I catalogue in this post. I encourage you to try a few and if they don’t resonate or feel helpful, skip to the next one. I hope these items accelerate your understanding and spur further learning
Given that some benchmarks favor optimization strategies, some favor simulation, some focus on contrived theoretical tasks and others try to reflect real-world applications, some are great at 2-qubit gates but not at larger entanglements, etc., it unfortunately does not look like a universally accepted standard is going to be agreed upon in the near-future. So instead, what if there were an annual contest like a global QC decathlon?
While Quantum Computing is in the early innings, there are promising developments in Quantum Machine Learning (QML). As the amount of stored data and images continues to explode, along with the increasing adoption of voice recognition tools (i.e., Alexa, Siri, etc.) utilization of QML will be vital to enabling efficient use of these evolving tools. I expect we’ll see many more collaborations and tools in the QML space in the next few years.
he power and potential of Quantum Computing, you may be wondering how to invest in this emerging opportunity.
Quantum advantage is closer than you think
People are using actual working Quantum Computers every day. Each of Amazon and Microsoft offer cloud access to several QC hardware systems, while players like Google, IBM, IonQ, Rigetti, Honeywell and others offer direct access to their systems via direct web-based interfaces.
I’ve curated this list to provide a broad set of definitions that should help frame the Quantum Computing (QC) potential, and for ease of reference as you come across terms where a definitional reminder would be helpful.
I’ve covered some key aspects of Quantum Computing in prior posts and thought it would be helpful to synthesize and consolidate some of the fundamental properties of Quantum Computing to provide a bigger picture of the promise and potential of the industry


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Many of you will be familiar with the American interior designer Kelly Wearstler, who has been dubbed the Queen of West Coast style. She has designed homes for Gwen Stefani, Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller. She has designed fabric and furniture, rugs and tiles all in her signature pared back maximalist style. And if that sounds like an oxymoron think gold, lacquer and marble in fierce geometric shapes with masses of art and sculptural shapes in strong colours.
I am very excited to share a few images from her new book Evocative Style with you today. It was published on 1 October and is her first book since 2012. It’s probably best if I let the book blurb speak for itself: “Her ornate interiors are distinctive for layers of bold textures, patterns, and rich colours juxtaposed with lustrous surfaces… a whimsical and elegant look that has been called mod baroque. Wearstler shares her creative world, profiling in detail her latest residential and commercial designs (several previously unpublished) as well as her creative process.”
Now this is definitely a coffee table picture book. It’s not that wordy and I’m not sure you will entirely learn how she does it – why would she give that away? But you could definitely lose a few hours poring over the pictures. I was only allowed to publish six of them (and the cover) so this is a very small glimpse of what’s inside.
What you will take away is a sense of vintage pieces that have been re-upholstered or brought up to date in modern colours and finishes. It’s all about the shapes and the materials in Kelly’s world and while she’s not afraid of colour she’s also very happy with a white wall.
I’m sure most of us don’t live in houses like Kelly’s (pictured above and below) which she and her husband bought from Cubby Broccoli and which has had only four owners, including the actress Carole Lombard, but you can, nonetheless, get a sense of her style from it.
The colour palette is simple but it’s all about the shapes – from angular chairs to geometric artwork. Where there are curves – see the furniture below – it’s covered in lines or stripes. The curved chairs below are covered in plain corduroy while the sofa has a more obvious stripe.
More geometric lines below although in softer colours this time. Kelly does do colour and she does do pastels but her overall aesthetic is strong. This is what you can recreate from her style even if you can’t recreate her budget.
As Kelly says of this home below: “There are interiors that inspire the minute they are presented as a blank canvas, and others where more imagination is required to see through a maze of imperfections and recognise a space’s ultimate potential.
“While the results might suggest otherwise, this home, in its former incarnation, was the latter: a California bungalow, complete with brown ceiling beams and stark white walls that had been renovated and expanded into a sprawling modern home with an open but oddly fragmented floor plan. Creating a cohesive space began with paring down the unseemly details that had been added by previous owners, and adding subtle but significant architectural elements that were more authentic to the style of the home.”
Good to know she’s not the only one that has to start with an uninspiring mess then.
This last image is of the Villon restaurant in the San Francisco Proper hotel. It was named after Jacques Villon, a French artist who was the brother of Marcel Duchamp. Villon was considered one of the most exceptional printmakers of his time and became known for his Cubist works featuring interlocking and overlapping geometric shapes, which inspired the restaurant’s decor, says Kelly in the book.
I’m sorry I can’t show you more but this is a book I love. Usually I’m more of a reader than a flicker and while I would have loved more words to get stuck into and learn more I could also pore over these images for ages absorbing all the details.
Kelly Wearstler Evocative Style £42 (but that’s RRP) Rizzoli.


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AFL State of Origin teams to be released on Tuesday afternoon
Hawks star Tom Mitchell makes smooth return, Jon Patton impresses
"Why penalise us for your extremely bad decisions?"
Isaac Smith says Hawks will build on encouraging 2018 season.
BALLINA could be 'king' within two months
Hawks star Isaac Smith says ‘hunger’ for September success is there
Mayor goes on national TV criticising chicken memorial
Shaun Burgoyne is one of the most dependable players in AFL history
Isaac Smith seeking AVO against Lismore business owner
Hawthorn has limped into the finals
Premiership credentials on the line.

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The 2017 Glen Rose High School powerlifting season got underway Saturday, winning the boys team championship at Dublin Powerlifting Invitational.
Terry Harlin, who coaches the GRHS boys and girls powerlifters along with Curtis Lowery, said the boys team topped the field of 15 schools despite the fact that its top two lifters, Matthew Willis and Justin Huckabee, were unavailable to compete.
Dillon Graves was named as the meet’s outstanding lifter in the lightweight division (165 pounds and under), Harlin said.
“He exceeded expectations for all three lifts,” Harlin stated. “We took a bunch of young freshmen, and even some sophomores who had never lifted (in competition). They competed real well. They got some valid experience.
Technically, the Tigers tied Dublin in points, but Glen Rose took the title based on having more first-place finishers, Harlin said. Comanche was third in the boys division. The Glen Rose girls team placed ninth among the 15 teams, but competed with only seven lifters compared to the usual 12-member squad.
Last year for the Tigers, Caesar Hererra won the state championship in the Division III (Class 3A and below) 148-pound class. Hererra graduated in May, but Harlin said his accomplishment could help inspire some of the younger competitors on this year’s squad.
“I think so, absolutely,” Harlin said. “It kind of carries on from class to class. They see what other kids have done and it helps them want to reach their personal best as well.”
Harlin said all of this year’s girls team members have competitive experience, and is “seeing them grow and get better and improve.”
Three of the GRHS girls placed in the top five at Dublin.
“Everybody was in the top 10 at Dublin,” Harlin said. “Four broke school records.”
Graves won his weight class, as did Max Lauderdale and Nic Lara among the boys. For the GRHS girls, the top finisher was Tatum Stegint who was second in her division.
Stegint and Isela Delgado set GRHS girls records for their weight divisions. Delgado’s performance included girls school records in deadlift and squat. Sidney Garcia set a girls school mark in squat for her weight class, as did Stegint in the deadlift. Alexis Norman set a girls school record in deadlift for her class.
Harlin, in his 10th season of coaching powerlifting at GRHS, sounded optimistic about this season’s outlook.
“I think we can definitely get a good handful of boys move up to regeional, and maybe a couple of girls,” he said.
Last season, both Willis and Huckabee qualified for regional and medaled there, Harlin noted.
“They have a taste and they know what it takes to get to the next level,” Harlin said.
The next meet for the Tigers and Lady Tigers will be this Saturday in Comanche, starting at 9 a.m. After a week off, the teams will host the Glen Rose Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Powerlifting is not a UIL-sanctioned sport, so there is no district competition. Individuals qualify to advance to the regional meet if they have a lift that ranks among the top 12 in their weight class.
Dublin Powerlifting Invitational
Julian Talavera, 123-pound class — second place (570 total).
Dillon Graves, 132-pound class — first place (890 total).
Max Lauderdale, 148-pound class — first place (895 total)
Jacob Merril, 148-pound class — eighth place ((750 total).
Christian Moseley, 148-pound class — ninth place (715 total).
Braylen Meador, 148-pound class — 11th place (680 total).
Jose Zavala, 165-pound class — 14th place (660 total).
Grant McGarity, 198-pound class — eighth place (795 total).
Jonah Wilson, 220-pound class — fifth place (1,040 total).
Tanner Stroud, 220-pound class — eighth place (1,000 total).
Tony Ramos, 220-pound class — 14th place (670 total).
Jacob Pena, 220-pound class — 17th place (660 total).
Nic Lara, 243-pound class — first place (1,115 total).
Hayden Shaw, 275-pound class — sixth place (1,025 total).
Cole Evert, superheavyweight class — fourth place (875 total).
Alexis Norman, 114-pound class — fourth place (420 total).
Antonia Diaz, 123-pound class — eighth place (515 total).
Sandy Delgado, 123-pound class — 10th place (450 total).
Isela Delgado, 165-pound class — fifth place (530 total; school record).
Sidney Garcia, 165-pound class — sixth place (515 total).
Marissa Cantu, 165-pound class — seventh place (490 total).
Tatum Stegint, 198-pound class — second place (655 total; school record).


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Speaking at Dropbox Open London, Dropbox has announced the launch of Project Infinite, a new offering which the company claims meets expectations on how people find, access, and collaborates with large amounts of data.
Building on the ideas and new trends of mobility, collaboration and accessibility, Dropbox believe traditional tools, such as shared network drives and browser-based solutions, don’t meet the standards. The company claims Project Infinite will enable customers to work directly from the cloud, removing any concerns about the power and storage capabilities of their device.
“With Project Infinite, we’re addressing a major issue our users have asked us to solve,” said Genevieve Sheehan, Product Manager at Dropbox. “The amount of information being created and shared has exploded, but most people still work on devices with limited storage capacity. While teams can store terabyte upon terabyte in the cloud, most individuals’ laptops can only store a small fraction of that. Getting secure access to all the team’s data usually means jumping over to a web browser, a clunky user experience at best
“Project Infinite will enable users to seamlessly and securely access all their Dropbox files from the desktop, regardless of how much space they have available on their hard drives. Everything in the company’s Dropbox that you’re given access to, whether it’s stored locally or in the cloud, will show up in Dropbox on your desktop. If it’s synced locally, you’ll see the familiar green checkmark, while everything else will have a new cloud icon.”
The company also announced it has been growing in Europe, which is also supported by the appointment of a new European Vice President, Philip Lacor, who joins from Vodafone in Germany. The company now claims to have more than 500 million registered users, as well being used in 52% of companies in the Fortune 500, 33% of companies in the FTSE 100, and 29% of companies in the Global 2000.


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A sequence is a string of entities from a finite alphabet with some ordering relationship, e.g. text, shapes, music, speech, pictures. Relationships between sequences include equality, containment, cyclicly equal, or partial overlap, along with differences caused by substitutions, insertions, deletions, swaps, compressions, and expansions. Relationships between entities in a sequence can be binary (equal/not equal) or multilevel.
A Correlation Image (CI) is a visual representation of all possible alignments between 2 sequences. For 1-D sequences, each row corresponds to a different alignment of the sequences, and the intensity of each pixel is proportional to the goodness of match of the aligned entities.
The following is a list of perceptible structures within the CI and the generalized sequence relationship which created them.
This image shows examples of each of these phenomena. .
XSauci (X-window Sequence Analysis using Correlation Images) is a system developed at WPI by David Nedde and Matt Ward (with later enhancements by Maureen Higgins) for exploring the application of CIs to genetic sequence analysis. The following is a partial list of the features of XSauci:
Biologically significant relationships can be localized by searching for the features listed below.
A recent thesis by John Rasku explored the use of CIs in comparing shapes. By representing a shape as a sequence of elements (we tried the coordinates themselves, first and second derivatives, and distance to centroid) with a distance metric, we could classify the way different shape changes manifested themselves within the CI and which representation(s) were best for various shape differences. We did a simple experiment with 3-D shapes as well (represented as a series of 2-D slices), though it was clear that better 3-D representations were needed.


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Why there aren’t many Arab Nobel science laureates
The Nobel science prizes are done for another year and in 2018, just as in most of the past 117 years, there were few surprises for the Arab world. No Arab scientist was among this year’s laureates.
The Arab world has produced precious few Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine, including Egyptian-American chemist Ahmed Zewail in 1999, the first Arab to win a Nobel in the science category.
The most recent winner from the region was Turkish-American chemist Aziz Sancar in 2015, who stressed he wasn’t Arab but “a Turk.” There were two members of the Lebanese diaspora in the West — the half-Lebanese, Brazil-born, Britain-based Peter Medawar in 1960 and Lebanese-American Elias James Corey in 1990.
That makes four, all of whom have deep and abiding educational connections to the West and three who don’t count as Arab.
In fact, there seems more chance of an Arab from the region and based in it to win the Nobel Peace Prize than for science. Why?
“In the Arab world, we have not given great minds a great environment,” said Osama AbdelKarim who runs MaterialSolved, a start-up that helps researchers transform data into a visual story. “Behind one [Nobel]-winning scientist, there are teams of hundreds of researchers working on a project.”
The Arab world, however, doesn’t give its scientists such resources and “in Egypt, many researchers cannot even work full time on research but have to tutor to financially sustain themselves,” AbdelKarim said.
The point is underlined by the Arab Thought Foundation, an NGO advancing economic, social and cultural development. In its annual report on scientific research, the foundation said scientific research in the Arab world is heavily underfunded with investment in university infrastructure, research centres, human resources and the protection of intellectual property lagging far behind other regions.
In 2012, Saudi Arabia spent 0.25% of its GDP, Tunisia 0.68% and Qatar 0.47% on research and development. Even the private sector in Arab countries is said to be hesitant about investing in scientific research because it has little faith in it.
Research by Sana Almansour, an associate professor at Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh, said the region is beset by the poor application of information technology, a lack of strategic planning and an overdependence on foreign expertise.
AbdelKarim said the poor regional environment for science means it cannot “attract foreign researchers from, say, South Korea.”
He has a point. In 2005, Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries put together. UNESCO’s 2009 Science Report stated that Egypt produces 0.3% of all scientific articles in the world; Lebanon generates 0.04%; and Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia each 0.03%. Those numbers have likely not changed significantly in recent years.
Unsurprisingly then, Arab scientists are fairly limited in their ability to make groundbreaking medical discoveries, consider the laws of physics or develop transformational methods in chemistry.
In fact, they can’t help not winning prizes, said Harout Arabaghian, a research assistant and molecular microbiologist at the Sima Tokajian’s Microbial Genomics Lab at Lebanese American University.
“One of the main reasons holding back Arab scientists is the minimal support received by the scientific community. This prevents labs from having advanced facilities or [following] current technological trends, [which] makes it even more difficult to receive international grants,” he said.
Tamara Salloum, another research assistant at the lab, adds that the lack of ambition is upsetting, saying: “As researchers in the Middle East, we have the same potential as anyone else in the world.”
Arab scientists with a desire to excel generally immigrate, often to the West. In 2014, BBC Arabic reported that approximately 50 000 Sudanese university professionals, engineers and medical doctors had left the country.
In 2016, Jim al-Khalili, the Baghdad-born, Britain-based professor of theoretical physics, noted that Muslim countries in general “have fewer than ten scientists, engineers and technicians per thousand residents, compared to the global average of 40 — and 140 in the developed world.”
One of the reasons may be the lack of regional interest in studying science at the postgraduate level. The Arab Thought Foundation report said higher education institutions have a low enrolment rate in applied sciences and mathematics compared to other fields.
Those Arabs who do take up science seem a low-key bunch. A quick look at TEDx talks, the non-profit events that help spread ideas, shows there aren’t many Arab scientists presenting research.
Perhaps that, more than the lack of Nobel science prizes, says it all.


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Strong and growing demand for drugs in Asia is driving up global production of methamphetamine, with seizures in the region tripling in five years to record levels, a U.N. body said Tuesday.
Asia-Pacific trade ministers said Tuesday they would intensify talks on a vast trans-Pacific free trade agreement, but offered no clue on when a final accord would be reached.
Latest intelligence shows that China is beefing up its presence at a China-controlled reef in the South China Sea to boost its sovereignty claims over the disputed waters, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said yesterday.2 Comments
The Philippines says it has reached an agreement with Indonesia on a sea border dispute after 20 years of negotiations, and hopes to sign the pact soon.
China has evacuated more than 3,000 of its nationals from Vietnam following a wave of deadly anti-Chinese violence, state media said Sunday, as Vietnamese authorities imposed heavy security to thwart any further unrest.
The Philippine government on Thursday released military surveillance photos of Chinese land reclamation on a reef claimed by Manila in the South China Sea that it said showed Beijing violated a regional agreement not to escalate territorial disputes.
The Philippines has protested China's reclamation of land in a disputed reef in the South China Sea that can be used to build an airstrip or an offshore military base in the increasingly volatile region, the country's top diplomat and other officials said Wednesday.
China's state-run media on Tuesday called for Beijing's territorial challengers to be made to pay an “unaffordable price,” with the country embroiled in heated rows in the South China Sea.1 Comment
Southeast Asian leaders have expressed “serious concern” over worsening territorial disputes in the South China Sea, presenting a rare united front against an increasingly assertive Beijing.
Concerns over China's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea top the agenda in the first regional summit hosted by Myanmar, which is hoping to demonstrate the progress it's made since emerging from a half-century of brutal military rule.
Surging tensions in the South China Sea dominated a meeting of Southeast Asia's regional bloc Saturday, presenting a challenging diplomatic debut for Myanmar as it hosts the talks for the first time.
Beijing on Thursday swatted blame back to Hanoi after it accused Chinese ships of ramming Vietnamese vessels in disputed waters, the latest escalation in territorial disputes involving the Asian giant.1 Comment
Hanoi said Wednesday that Chinese ships protecting a deep-water drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea had used water cannon to attack Vietnamese patrol vessels and repeatedly rammed them, injuring six people.1 Comment
A Chinese national has been seized in Malaysia's Borneo island by Filipino gunmen, a security official said Tuesday in the wake of tension between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing over missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.


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When we use the fiber metal laser cutting machine, some dust is often generated which affects the eyes. For the sake of safety, we suggest that dust removal equipment must be installed, which is good for people's health and machines. It is recommended that you master the following three points, which can protect your body.
1) The laser is invisible, and the laser beam is invisible to the naked eye. If you open the hood for maintenance, you must pay attention. Don't accidentally touch the light path. It is more dangerous to touch the light path.
2) The harmful elements (znse) in the focusing lens of the fiber metal laser cutting machine should not be in frequent contact with the lens, and the scrapped lens should be specially disposed of, and not littered.
3) Everyone pays attention to the material when processing, if it is carbon steel or stainless steel, there is no problem. If a large amount of aluminum alloy is processed, the cutting dust will be suspended in the air, which is harmful to the human body after inhalation. Also, when cutting aluminum plates, the light is very reflective, and the cutting head needs a protection device, otherwise it is easy to malfunction.
According to years of laser equipment research and development experience, laser cutting is much more environmentally friendly than plasma cutting and flame cutting. There is a lot of dust, dense smoke and strong light when the plasma cutting machine cuts, which requires a matching dust removal device. The laser cutting machine produces less dust when cutting, the light is not very strong, the noise is also very small, and it is more environmentally friendly.
The reason why the cutting parts of fiber metal laser cutting machine are deformed
First of all, we need to investigate whether it is caused by the improper dimming of the machine. The second analyzes what raw material is used for cutting. The reflective properties and metal characteristics of the raw materials may affect the cutting effect. If you are cutting thin metal plates, laser cutting is thermal cutting, and thermal cutting will definitely be deformed. Compared with flame cutting machine and plasma cutting machine, the deformation is relatively small. However, there is still deformation. The size of the deformation has a lot to do with the material being cut, the shape of the part, the cutting thickness, and the laser processing technology. The shape of the part largely determines the size of the deformation. For example, if you cut a square, the thermal deformation will not be too large. But if you cut a long and narrow rectangle (10*2000mm), the deformation will definitely be great. The reason for the deformation is due to uneven heating, which causes thermal expansion and contraction to cause the switch to change.
Why does the fiber metal laser cutting machine cut a circle with corners? How to deal with it?
If the end point and the starting point cannot return to the same position, there may be a problem with the drawing or a problem with the machine structure. The treatment method can start from the following three aspects.
- Turning acceleration and power should be adjusted well
- The graphics are guaranteed to be round
- Check the accuracy of your mechanical structure.
In summary, similar phenomena are also common. If the servo motor is difficult to control, it is recommended to ask a professional cnc laser cutting machine fiber manufacturer for technical guidance.
Maintenance and precautions of fiber metal laser cutting machine in summer
Due to the rising temperature in summer and high air humidity, the scientific maintenance of the laser cutting machine can prevent many small problems in use, which are summarized as follows:
- The idea that the temperature of the cooling water should not be too different from the air temperature. The laser and optical lenses of the laser cutting machine use water cooling methods. Because the water in the air will condense into water when it is cold, when the cooling water temperature is lower than room temperature 5 At -7 degrees, there will be condensation on the surface of the laser and the optical lens, which greatly affects the light output efficiency of the laser and the transmission of the optical lens, and greatly affects the laser energy and the service life of the optical accessories. It is recommended that users of Guangda cnc laser cutting machine fiber set the water temperature to 30-32 degrees, and control the temperature difference between the cooling water temperature and the room temperature to be greater than 7 degrees.
- The temperature rises in summer, and the working pressure of the cooling system of the fiber metal laser cutting machine increases. It is recommended to check and maintain the internal moderate pressure of the cooler before the high temperature. The pressure of the equipment of different manufacturers is also different. It is recommended to consult the equipment manufacturer before maintenance. parameter.
- Due to the high temperature in summer, the deterioration rate of the cooling water will also increase. It is recommended that users of laser cutting machines use regular distilled water or pure water and clean up the scale regularly, so as not to cause scale adhesion in the laser and pipes to affect the laser power. Different types of cnc laser cutting machine fiber have different methods for cleaning scale. Please operate under the guidance of the equipment manufacturer.
- Since the dust of the metal laser cutting machine is mainly metal powder, it is recommended to regularly clean the dust in the electrical cabinet of cnc laser cutting machine fiber and check the working condition of the cooling fan.
Summary: Scientific and orderly maintenance can effectively avoid some minor problems of the fiber metal laser cutting machine in use, effectively improve the performance and service life of some accessories, and virtually increase the efficiency of work.


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A new interesting blog from Dr. Nancy Strichman, a Glocal staff member, about her visit to the Her Academy (‘Hamichlala’ in Hebrew) organization. This local NGO assisting commercial sex workers to leave this profession.
Lecture (a) 2nd Semester Tuesday 09/06/20 08:30-12:15 Lecture (a) 2nd Semester Tuesday 23/06/20 08:30-12:15 Lecture (a) 2nd Semester Tuesday 26/05/20 08:30-12:15 Comments: Course will be given in English. One credit for online portion of the course during the second semester, one credit for 3 4-hour sessions held over May and June.
Post-colonial theory explores the impact of European colonization upon the societies which it subjugated, recognizing that the cultural and political struggles which colonization set in motion continue to influence the present. Central concerns relate to the impact of European languages, institutions and epistemologies on colonized societies. The foundational gesture of postcolonialism consisted in uncovering the link between Western knowledge systems, exemplified in discourses such as Said’s “Orientalism,” and the maintenance of colonial power. Read more about Postcolonial Theory
The course will introduce feminist theories from the global South and North, and explore the role of gender in social, cultural and economic processes. We will consider gendered social constructions, and the relationship between ideology and disenfranchising practices in everyday lives. The course will begin with an introduction to the field of gender, sexuality and feminist thought, following we will examine matrixes of oppression in the South and gender and globalization. Read more about Gender and Feminism – Theory and Practice

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New York, NY, April 18, 2013 – The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) welcomes today’s verdict in Guatemala by the High Risk Court in the trial of former military dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt. The 86-year-old ex-general was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity against the indigenous Mayan Ixil population during Guatemala’s Civil War. He was sentenced to a total of 80 years in prison. José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, the co-accused, who headed military intelligence under Ríos Montt, was found innocent.
A three-judge panel found retired army general Ríos Montt guilty on all charges, which stemmed from the massacre of 1,771 Mayan Ixils, massive displacement, and subjecting the Ixil group to conditions designed to destroy it. The actions were part of military plans in 1982 – 1983 to eliminate not only the guerrilla forces in the internal armed conflict, but anyone suspected of supporting their objectives. It is estimated that in the course of the three-decades of armed conflict some 200,000 people were killed or forcibly disappeared, the vast majority of them indigenous Maya.
“This was the first time that a former head of state has been tried for genocide in clearly genuine national proceedings. Despite the many obstacles, its success shows the importance of justice being done nationally, even when the odds are long. It is a great leap forward in the struggle for justice in Guatemala and globally,” said David Tolbert, president of ICTJ. “Today will be carved into the history of the fight against impunity for mass atrocities as a victory for victims in this country, and for all who care about the state guaranteeing, rather than abusing, the fundamental rights of citizens.”
Presiding Justice Yassmín Barrios, together with the two other judges on the tribunal, based the guilty verdict on the evidence presented that Ríos Montt ordered the plans that led to genocide, and that he had full knowledge of the massacres and other atrocities being committed, yet did nothing to stop them despite having the power to do so.
The Association for Justice and Reconciliation, a group of victims and survivors of the genocide, and the Center for Legal Action on Human Rights (CALDH) were instrumental in the process. They investigated the atrocities, brought cases to prosecutors as far back as 1997, and continued to develop them over the ensuing years. Great credit also goes to Guatemala´s current Attorney General, Claudia Paz y Paz, and her team, who had the commitment and will to prosecute the crimes.
“This has been a long process, where victims who came together to seek justice have honored their innocent loved ones. It has taken enormous courage and diligence. The prosecutors and judges deserve great credit for doing their job under very difficult circumstances. The trial is part of Guatemala’s difficult struggle to face the truth, but with this historic judgment, the space for racism and denial is smaller, and the dignity and rights of those persecuted by a racist state are recognized,” said ICTJ Vice President Paul Seils.
A coup brought Ríos Montt to power in March 1982, making him the de facto head of state until August 1983. During his 17-month rule, one of the bloodiest periods in Guatemalan recent history, he led a counterinsurgency against leftist guerrillas, which saw a dramatic increase in violence against civilians.
Although the crimes had been committed over 30 years ago, the court heard testimony from dozens of massacre survivors, some of whom were young children when Guatemalan forces attacked and razed their villages. Their stories helped show that the military considered all Ixil civilians, including children, to be legitimate military targets. The trial also heard particularly horrendous evidence of the widespread practice of rape that occurred during massacres and as part of the military occupation.
“Judge Barrios said today that all of Guatemala was harmed by these crimes. Today, all of Guatemala should now be proud of the capacity of its institutions and the courage of the authorities who prosecuted and tried this case,” explained Marcie Mersky, ICTJ Program Director. “Despite the many difficulties and remaining legal challenges, Guatemala has set an example for the region and the rest of the world in the struggle for accountability.
The trial comes fourteen years after the UN-sponsored Historical Clarification Commission concluded that agents of the Guatemalan state had committed acts of genocide against the Mayan Ixil people and other ethnic groups, and that the state had an obligation to investigate and sanction those crimes.
The International Center for Transitional Justice works to redress and prevent the most severe violations of human rights by confronting legacies of mass abuse. ICTJ seeks holistic solutions to promote accountability and create just and peaceful societies. For more information, visit www.ictj.org
New York: Refik Hodzic, ICTJ Director of Communications E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org Phone: +1 917 975 2286
Paul Seils, ICTJ Vice President. Seils spent nearly five years in Guatemala (1997-2002) as legal director of one the country’s main NGOs, designing and directing investigations on behalf of victims into massacres committed by the military during the civil war.
Marcie Mersky, ICTJ Program Director. Mersky worked in Guatemala for more than 20 years, including for Guatemala’s Commission for Historical Clarification.
PHOTO: Former Military Dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt in the courtroom, with victims and members of affected communities in the background. (Sandra Sebastián/Plaza Pública)


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VIDEORECIPE Easy Baby Shark Cake
A simple idea for a beautiful birthday cake. Boys and girls will love this delightful design and the tasty chocolate & buttercream cake inside.
- 31⁄4 cups self-rising flour
- 3 cups crystal sugar
- 11⁄4 cups cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1⁄2 cup melted butter
- 5 egg
- 2 tablespoon coffee
- 1 cup water
- buttercream frosting
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Mix the eggs and sugar into a cream. Add buttermilk, butter, and coffee diluted in water. Mix, then add sifted, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder. Mix well while adding water.
Grease your baking pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. Pour in the batter. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool.
Cut horizontally in half and fill the middle with buttercream frosting. Print out a baby shark template, the right size for your cake, and cut out the cake shape according to it.
Cover the whole cake with frosting, chill, and cover with more. Smooth the frosting out as much as possible. Once finished, chill again.
Color your fondant according to your template. Roll out enough fondant to cover the whole cake, and cover it from all sides. Cut out shapes from more fondant according to your template. Build all decorations necessary, then place on your cake.
Decorate the sides of the cake with blue frosting, or add any other desired decorations, such as molded sea creatures from leftover fondant. Enjoy your baby shark cake!


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This rustic cherry rhubarb galette is the perfect way to celebrate the summer fruit that's available to us during the warm season. The tartness of the rhubarb is balanced by the sweet, ripe cherries and then the filling is wrapped in a crumbly galette crust and baked until it's golden brown and bubbling.
Rustic Cherry Rhubarb Galette [Vegan]
For the Crust:
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 4 1/2 tablespoons vegan butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1/4 cup cold water
For the Filling:
- 1 1/2 cup rhubarb stalks, chopped
- 2 cups cherries, fresh or frozen
- 1/4 cup sugar or to taste
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 small lemon juiced
- First, prepare the dough by combining the flour, sugar, salt (if using), and cold diced vegan butter in a food processor.
- Process this until it resembles fine meal.
- Add the cold water and process the mixture until a dough forms. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it chill for an hour.
- Meanwhile prepare the rhubarb-cherry filling by chopping up the fresh rhubarb into small pieces and place in a heavy bottom sauce pot with the sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice.
- Cook the mixture over medium heat. Stir it constantly to avoid burning but to allow the rhubarb to break down and release its juices.
- Cook this for about 5-8 minutes until the rhubarb is tender.
- Remove it from the heat and add the cherries.
- Now the dough should be chilled and you can roll it out to approximately 10 inches in diameter.
- Place the fruit compote in the center and fold up the edges of the dough.
- Brush it with water and sprinkle it with sugar.
- Bake it in the oven, at 375°F, for approximately 25-30 minutes or until the dough is light golden brown and the fruit compote is starting to bubble.
- Let it cool slightly before serving it as is, or with ice cream.


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If Phyllis Dietrichson had a granddaughter, one who learned the tricks of her granny with Walter Nief, then it would be Mini who’d carry on the mantle. But, as with all femme fatales, you’re left wondering, is Mini brilliant, or is she simply an average person in a world of predictable imbeciles?
Nikki Reed, in all her utter unique dripping sex appeal, takes much of the mystique and allure from her debut “Thirteen” (one of the best movies I’ve seen in years) and brings it down to her newest feature “Mini’s First Time”, the story of a young girl who is always five steps ahead of everyone. The world is her chess board, and the people she involves herself with are her pawns.
Reed shows she’s grown from her roots as a promiscuous thirteen year old now as a promiscuous and utterly conniving eighteen year old enjoying the world and playing all of the despicable people that litter the environment around her. And as long as you take a cold shower afterwards, you’ll enjoy Nikki Reed’s performance and the way she seems to be having a hell of a time with Mini manipulating and seizing control from her elders. “Mini’s First Time” often begs the question: did the world make Mini evil, or was Mini born that way?
She doesn’t seem to care, because she’s just enjoying making others miserable, as often as possible. Most of “Mini’s First Time” revolves around her attempts to explore life and the work of a prostitute. This experiment eventually leads her to a mistaken rendezvous with her stepfather Martin, which transforms into a relationship. Mini decides in order to proceed with the relationship unfettered, and she has to get her mother Diane out of the way through a gradual process of inflicted insanity.
Carrie Anne Moss carries over much of the same overbearing mother character from “The Chumscrubber” which is one of the downfalls of this dark murder mystery, but Alec Baldwin channels much of Fred MacMurray’s utterly gullibility and tunnel vision in his infatuation with Mini, and steals much of the scenes. “Mini’s First Time” starts off as an upper crest comedy to a dark murder mystery where our suspects just dig themselves in deeper and deeper, and you can’t help but feel threatened by Luke Wilson’s foil of a detective whose interest in this couple grows as the clues rise.
Wilson’s performance is engrossing as a man who seems ignorant at first glance and shows his teeth as the plot thickens. Mini is a wonderful character, and she’s the villain you simply can’t help but root for, watching the dominoes fall where they must, and lets these yuppies self-destruct. Reed gives a very good devious performance as a character you’ll enjoy hating. The girl can’t help it.


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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes
(Flatfishes) > Paralichthyidae
Etymology: Pseudorhombus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, rhombos = paralelogram (Ref. 45335). More on author: Norman.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 33 - 392 m (Ref. 11790). Deep-water
Indo-West Pacific: India and the Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).
Cabanban, A., E. Capuli, R. Froese and D. Pauly, 1996. An annotated checklist of Philippine flatfishes: ecological implications. Presented at the Third International Symposium on Flatfish Ecology, 2-8 November 1996, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, The Netherlands. (Ref. 9494)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 123251)
CITES (Ref. 123416)
Threat to humans
ReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsAllele frequenciesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingNutrientsMass conversion
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969
): 15.3 - 27.4, mean 23.6 °C (based on 298 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00341 - 0.01611), b=3.16 (2.99 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245
Trophic level (Ref. 69278
): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153
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Fate/Unlimited Codes is a download-only fighting game where seven pairs of "Masters" and "Servants" compete for a wish-granting prize known as the "Holy Grail." The storyline is based on the Japanese visual novel "Fate/Stay Night," and the weapon-based combat features an assortment of different characters, each with unique fighting moves. Action is not relegated to single-player fighting, however, as Fate/Unlimited Codes includes local multiplayer combat for two, more than 200 playable missions, alternate costumes, unlockable extras, and a series of mini-games. ~ Christopher Brown, All Game Guide

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- Collection ID:
Phillips, William Lyman, d. 1966
- Physical Description:
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30 glass negatives and 2 glass autochromes.
3 x 4 inches.
The William Lyman Phillips Collection includes thirty glass negatives and two glass autochromes showing a sampling of gardens presumably designed by landscape architect William Lyman Phillips. The gardens are located in Massachusetts, Florida and unidentified locations.
Images believed to be from Massachusetts are indicated in their catalog records as being from Unidentified Garden in Massachusetts, No. 1, in order to differentiate them from other unidentified Massachusetts images in the AAG collections. The unidentified Massachusetts slides in this series are likely from multiple sites.
William Lyman Phillips (d. 1966) was a landscape architect credited with popularizing the use of tropical and subtropical plants in landscape design. His most famous project was the design of the Fairchild Tropical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida. Phillips studied at Harvard, graduating cum laude in 1910, and the next year joined the Olmsted Brothers firm. He worked in Canada and New York, and laid out the townships of Balboa and San Miguel Ellende in the Panama Canal Zone. He designed many estates and parks for the Olmsted firm and traveled to Europe to study villas and gardens. During World War I, Phillips built cantonments in the United States for the U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps. He was later in charge of landscaping American military cemeteries in France, after which he returned to the United States to work once again with the Olmsted firm.
In 1923 Phillips took charge of the Olmsted Brothers' projects of Bok Tower Gardens and the adjacent Mountain Lake Colony in Lake Wales, Florida. In 1929 he was hired to site the house and gardens for Charles Austin Buck, the president of Bethlehem Steel. The estate, "El Retiro," now called Pinewood, was in the Mountain Lake Colony. Phillips collaborated with the architect, Charles Wait, on the Buck estate until 1932. Phillips worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Dade County, Florida, supervising the construction of several state parks, and he designed the Dade County parks. In 1936, while Phillips was working with the Civilian Conservation Corps, he was hired by Robert H. Montgomery to design the Fairchild Tropical Garden.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note
Images donated by Faith Reyher Jackson, biographer of William Lyman Phillips, 1997.
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Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: email@example.com.
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Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, William Lyman Phillips photograph collection.
Related Archival Materials
Materials relating to Olmsted Brothers' projects that Phillips worked on are at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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