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Director Osgood Perkins’ The Blackcoat’s Daughter was one of my favorite horror movies of the past couple years: an extremely quiet, extremely tense little maybe-supernatural horror movie with an almost all-female cast. Thematically and artistically it seemed to end up standing in the shadow of The Witch (far and away the horror movie of the last, oh, five years at least, for me): I watched them within a month or so of each other, and Blackcoat immediately appealed to me as being the The Witch‘s little sister. They share the theme of female alienation being answered by the supernatural, and they share, shall we say, manifestations. But Blackcoat is smaller, sparer, and in a way, weirder and more personal-feeling, even if it does employ a few more conventional horror tropes. (I think it’s difficult for The Witch to feel as immediately personal – despite the fact that it’s a deeply humane narrative – due to the distancing effect of its historical setting.)
Lo, did I lose my shit when the existence of Perkins’ I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House, a Netflix original movie, was brought to my attention. (Thank you, S.) First of all, THAT TITLE. Secondly, its trailer suggested, again, an extremely quiet, slow, weird film with a predominantly female cast. Yes.
The outlines of the plot are as follows: a present-day hospice nurse, Lily, arrives at the beautiful, historic Massachusetts house of an elderly horror novelist, Iris Blum. Prim, nervous Lily is lonely and scares easily; Iris has dementia and only addresses Lily as “Polly,” when she is responsive. From day one, Lily is troubled by small disturbances: knocking sounds, disarranged objects. As her months with Iris pass, it’s eventually suggested that one of Iris’ novels, The Woman in the Walls, was narrated to her personally – by the ghost of Polly, the 19th-century bride for whom the house was constructed, and who disappeared on her wedding day.
All of these conventional Gothic elements are conveyed, stylistically and structurally, in ways that push hard against conventionality, and are used in the service of exploring a rich interweaving of themes: isolation, time as nonlinear, the inevitability of death, and communal experience of female trauma.
The movie has a looping, drifting, intensely hushed aesthetic; elliptical is an easy word for it. Lily narrates from the beginning, for example, with unsettling authority, that “I am twenty-eight years old; I will never be twenty-nine.” In other words, this is a ghost story within a ghost story, the story of a second death nested within a first.


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Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday proposed a $56 billion state budget that would spend more on education and sock additional money into savings but include no income tax cut that his fellow Republicans in the Legislature want.
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday proposed a $56 billion state budget that would spend more on education and sock additional money into savings but include no income tax cut that his fellow Republicans in the Legislature want.
The proposal, which has money to respond to Flint’s lead-contaminated water, would significantly increase funding for schools with at-risk students and make a key change in how aid is allotted to K-12 districts.
Both majority Republicans and minority Democrats were generally receptive to the overall blueprint, which will be altered before it likely reaches the second-term governor’s desk in June. Snyder said the plan was designed to address long-term retirement liabilities while investing in key areas such as education and job training and keeping in mind future budget pressures linked to past tax cuts and Medicaid expansion cuts.
“It’s about taking care of the people of Michigan,” he told the House and Senate budget committees.
While Snyder later told reporters he would not be “throwing gauntlets down” and dismissing a tax cut out of hand, he said legislators “need to propose what you’re going to cut or (how) else you’re going to raise revenue. As a practical matter, there’s significant tax relief ... that has taken place already and there’s pending ones coming.”
The $56.3 billion budget for the fiscal year starting in October would spend 2.5 percent more than in the current year. Major components include:
n A 1 percent overall boost in the school aid budget, to $14.3 billion, which Democrats said is too low and which Snyder said is a record amount. Districts would receive between $50 (0.6 percent) and $100 (1.3 percent) more for every student, plus — in a wrinkle — an additional $50 for each one in high school. Snyder said it costs more to educate older students. He also proposed $150 million, or 40 percent, more to cover low-income, academically at-risk students and to allow another 131,000 such children to be factored into funding.
Advocates of publicly funded charter schools — which tend to run elementary schools instead of high schools — criticized giving schools more for high school students, and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Hildenbrand, a Lowell Republican, said he had “some initial reservations.” Proponents of cyber schools opposed Snyder’s plan to give them less because their building costs are minimal.
n A $260 million deposit into the budget stabilization, or “rainy day,” fund — bringing the total to $1 billion.
n Nearly $49 million more for the Flint emergency, including providing water filters to residents who should not drink unfiltered tap water. If approved, the allocation would bring total state spending on the man-made lead emergency — for which the Snyder administration has been deemed primarily responsible — to more than $300 million over three years.
“I’m pleased that Governor Snyder recognizes the large amount of work that still must be done in order for Flint and its residents to fully recover from the city’s drinking water system being poisoned by lead through no fault of their own,” Mayor Karen Weaver said.
n A scaled-backed $20 million deposit into a state fund for water and other infrastructure. Snyder asked for $165 million last year, but he and lawmakers settled on $5 million.
n Sizable boosts in funding for skilled trades training, economic development and the state police. Snyder wants the number of enlisted officers to surpass 2,000.
n The adoption of a more conservative assumed rate of return on investments in state retirement systems, moving from 8 percent to 7.5 percent. The change would cost the state more annually but reduce risk.
according to Snyder.
Lawmakers will begin their work in coming weeks. The biggest fight likely will be over taxes.
Republicans have expressed frustration that they have not enacted a broad-based cut for individuals despite controlling state government for six years.
House Speaker Tom Leonard, a DeWitt Republican, said he will push to reduce the 4.25 percent income tax to 3.9 percent — to which it was supposed to eventually return under a 2007 tax-raising budget deal that Snyder and GOP legislators later largely froze in their 2011 tax overhaul.
“It is well past time to give the people of Michigan the tax relief they deserve,” Leonard said in a statement.
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley pointed legislators to tax and fee reductions already made under Snyder’s watch. They include slashed business taxes, a cut for people who trade in their car or boat for a new one, a pending break for some homeowners and renters, and the elimination of extra fees imposed on people driving without insurance or proof of insurance.
Democrats, while amenable to Snyder’s plan, also offered criticism by noting it would not boost the portion of state revenue-sharing payments to municipalities.
“This is a key component for local governments to fund much-needed public programs, like police and firefighting services,” said Rep. Fred Durhall III of Detroit.
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Fantastica crew member Mark reflects on reading Ursula Le Guin’s 1975 ‘The Dispossessed’, a science fiction classic examining capitalism, anarchism and most things in-between.
MR: The first Ursula Le Guin book I picked up was A Wizard of Earthsea. I was 10 at the time and obsessed with fantasy.
I would have read through to the end: dropping books that didn’t grab me in the first 50 pages was a habit I took on much later. But I do remember not enjoying it and not going on to the other books in The Earthsea Cycle.
The problem was probably that it was completely unlike the other fantasy books I was reading. Sure, it had wizards and dragons, but the book is a far-cry from Tolkien’s The Hobbit or Feists’ Magician – both staples of my childhood.
Three decades later I now reread the Earthsea books every few years, while the simpler fantasy adventures I devoured as a child have made their way to second hand dustbins.
Le Guin is a writer that connects strongly with my adult self. In an age where the world seems oversaturated with meaningless pulp, her words often inspire me to keep going.
As she said in her acceptance speech for the 2014 National Book Award: ‘Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We’ll need writers who can remember freedom – poets, visionaries – realists of a larger reality.’
I’ve also happily discovered her science fiction work, most recently The Dispossessed. The book is part of The Hainish Cycle, set in a future where a benevolent humanoid race achieve interstellar travel and begin attempting to connect other planets into a League of All Worlds.
She uses this premise to examine ideas and concepts that we take for granted. In The Left Hand of Darkness for example, published in 1969, a male envoy from the Hainish travels to a world where everyone is ambisexual, spending most of the time asexual and then, on a roughly monthly basis, adopts either male or female sexual attributes depending on individual context at the time.
In The Dispossessed the main character is an academic from an anarchist society, who travels to a property-based world full of harsh divisions in wealth, race and gender. Le Guin uses the contrast to examine both how a society without possessions would work and also get under the skin of the capitalist world we live in.
Hearing the premise, it would be easy to dismiss The Dispossessed as high concept, but by centring the perspective so closely on the main character Shevek, Le Guin is able to examine how the different systems play out on an individual level.
Shevek is at odds with both worlds he traverses. The contrast with Urras, which he is sent to, is obvious. Shevek enters a wealth-based highly patriarchal society and approaches it as someone who has never owned anything, coming from a world where gender is essentially just a biological marker.
The wealth-based world of Urras is itself divided into several states, which are structured in ways which echo the way are world is, largely drawing on what appear to be her observations of the United States and Soviet Union.
In his home world of Annares, Shevek comes into conflict with the system and hierarchies that have developed around a system that is not supposed to have hierarchies. His approach to conflict is almost passive: ‘His gentleness was uncompromising; because he would not compete for dominance he was indomitable.’
As with much of Le Guin’s work, there is no central moral. The novel itself is an examination of ideas and it’s left to the reader to take them where we will. Forty years after its publication, the themes, ideas and concepts Le Guin explores in The Dispossessed remain as relevant as ever.
A representative of our future Earth makes an appearance towards the end, lamenting how we turned our planet into a barren desert. ‘You Odonians chose a desert, we Terrans made a desert…’ the emissary of Earth says to Shevek when he escapes the infighting on Urras for a moment.
Le Guin’s examinations of politics and society through fiction over the years seem to have firmed her own views. In 2014 she used her National Book Award speech to label online bookselling giant Amazon as a ‘profiteer’.
‘We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable,’ she said, before moving on to challenge the rest of us: ‘So did the divine right of kings.’

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Swiss Alps Rail - from Zurich to Geneva- SAR
Number of Days: 6
Swiss Alps Rail
Travelling through the snow-capped Alps, while enjoying spectacular views of beautiful mountain lakes and rolling lush green hills, this tour offers those with the love of travelling by rail the chance to experience spectacular scenery and the charm of Swiss hospitality , staying in the traditional Alpine village of Wengen.
6 DAY ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrive Geneva.
All aboard for our first rail journey of this tour to Wengen located at the foot of the magnificent Jungrau Mountain in the Bernese Oberland, at an elevation over 4,000 feet above sea level. For convenience and ease your luggage will be transported ahead to your hotel and will await you on arrival, along with a welcome drink! Wengen is a traffic free village, and will be your base for your five nights' stay at the 4* Hotel Sunstar - offering traditional accommodation with indoor pool and steam bath, breakfast and dinner are provided throughout your stay.
DAY 2 - Explore the Jungfrau Region – Cable car and railway travel
Your first day in the Alps will start with a cable car gondola transporting you from the valley to the summit of the Männlichen Mountain, famous for its views of the Lauterbrunnen Valley and Grindelwald. In the afternoon you will take the train to Kleine Scheidegg, the highest railway station in Europe and the starting point of the Jungfrau Railway which takes you to the ‘Top of Europe’.
DAY 3 - Lake Thun and Interlaken – Rail journey and river cruise
The following day, after breakfast at your hotel you will enjoy a scenic train journey to Thun. This charming lake side city, with a picturesque castle that towers high above the late-medieval Old Town, offers a fascinating history to soak up that dates back to Neolithic times. You will have a guided tour of the city and castle and be able to relax in one of the many idyllic lake side cafés and restaurants for lunch. Following lunch, you will take a river boat cruise across Lake Thun to Interlaken for free time to shop and sightsee before travelling back by rail to Wengen.
DAY 4 - Schilthorn, Allmendhubel and Mürren – train travel and cable car
Today, you travel by train to Stechelberg, a village surrounded by steep mountains, cliffs, waterfalls and traditional wooden alpine dwellings. Here you will take a cable car to Birg for a stop at the ‘Skyline Walk’ viewing platform; you can take the further cable car up to Schilthorne and have lunch in the famous revolving restaurant at the Piz Gloria. A cable car will return you down the mountain to the village of Mürren where you will take a short train ride to Allmendhubel for a guided walk. Allmendhubel offers the best view on the north faces of the Bernese Alps. There is a restaurant with a large sun terrace inviting you to bask in sunshine and linger with a cold beer; those with a botanic interest may enjoy a stroll to see beautiful Alpine Flora and rare botanics. Return to Wengen by rail for dinner at the hotel.
DAY 5 - Schynige Platte and Interlakken – Alpine Gardens – luxury shopping and gastronomy
The train journey from Wengen to Schynige Platte is known as the ‘Romantic Rail’ for its nostalgic cog railway and open carriages. This is an exhilarating journey that takes you along the edge of mountain ranges where stunning views and impressive wilderness opens up all around you. A visit to the Botanical Alpine Gardens awaits you at the top - you will be amazed at the summer display of over 650 plant species that are native to the Swiss Alps. Hunt to see the national flower, Edelweiss, with its fine woolly hairs that give these delicate flowers strong protection from UV light. From here you will have stunning views of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. Your afternoon will be spent at Interlaken, a magnificent city nestled between two lakes – it has long made visitors swoon for its picturesque beauty. With time to explore you can also do extensive shopping in Interlaken; there is something for everyone, from luxury retail to traditional craft, gastronomy and art.
DAY 6 - The Golden Pass Rail Journey to Geneva with Panoramic or Romantic rail journey
The last of your rail journeys from Wengen will leave you with a long lasting memory of Switzerland. Travelling on the famous Golden Pass trainline, you will either enjoy the modern streamline and comfort of the Panoramic line, surrounding you with the natural setting outside through panoramic windows, or the Golden Pass Classic line that lets you experience the glamour of the Belle Époque from classic carriages that offer a romantic setting of comfort and charm from a magical era of glamour and opulence in rail travel. Your train journey will take you to Geneva airport for your onward travel.
Swiss Alps Rail - from Zurich to Geneva- SAR
Zurich to Geneva
- 5 nights' Half Board accommodation at 4* Hotel Sunstar, Wengen
- Breakfast and three course evening meals during your stay. - Cable car to Männlichen Mountain
- A cruise across Lake Thun to Interlaken
- Two hour guided tour of the city of Thun on foot
- Excursion by train to Stechlberg and cable car to Birg
- Train ride to Allmendhubel for a guided walk along the ‘flower trail’.
- Excursion by train to Stechlberg and cable car to visit the Botanical Alpine Gardens
- Rail transfer to Geneva Airport for onward travel.
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Myths and Legends of China
Image of K’uei Hsing
In front of Wên Ch’ang, on his left, stands K’uei Hsing. He is represented as of diminutive stature, with the visage of a demon, holding a writing-brush in his right hand and a tou in his left, one of his legs kicking up behind—the figure being obviously intended as an impersonation of the character k’uei (2).6 He is regarded as the distributor of literary degrees, and was invoked above all in order to obtain success at the competitive examinations. His images and temples are found in all towns. In the temples dedicated to Wên Ch’ang there are always two secondary altars, one of which is consecrated to his worship.
Wên Ch’ang, K’uei Hsing, and Chu I.
Ma P’o, her neighbour, introduced him one day into the Crystal Palace for an interview with his future wife. The Princess gave him the choice of three careers: to live in the Dragon Prince’s Palace, with the guarantee of immortal life, to enjoy immortality among the people on the earth, or to have the honour of becoming a minister of the Empire. Lu Ch’i first answered that he would like to live in the Crystal Palace. The young lady, overjoyed, said to him: “I am Princess T’ai Yin. I will at once inform Shang Ti, the Supreme Ruler.” A moment later the arrival of a celestial messenger was announced. Two officers bearing flags preceded him and conducted him to the foot of the flight of steps. He then presented himself as Chu I, the envoy of Shang Ti.
Addressing himself to Lu Ch’i, he asked: “Do you wish to live in the Crystal Palace?” The latter did not reply. T’ai Yin urged him to give his answer, but he persisted in keeping silent. The Princess in despair retired to her apartment, and brought out five pieces of precious cloth, which she presented to the divine envoy, begging him to have patience a little longer and wait for the answer. After some time, Chu I repeated his question. Then Lu Ch’i in a firm voice answered: “I have consecrated my life to the hard labour of study, and wish to attain to the dignity of minister on this earth.”
T’ai Yin ordered Ma P’o to conduct Lu Ch’i from the palace. From that day his face became transformed: he acquired the lips of a dragon, the head of a panther, the green face of an Immortal, etc. He took his degree, and was promoted to be Director of the Censorate. The Emperor, appreciating the good sense shown in his advice, appointed him a minister of the Empire.

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Windows 10 makes it easier than ever to develop apps for the Universal Windows Platform with just one API set and one app package to reach all Windows 10 devices – PCs, tablets, phones, and more. In this session, we will build a simple Windows 10 app from scratch and see how to design the app so it renders properly no matter what device is used to view it. We'll then add additional functionality to the app and see how to connect to Azure, add offline data access, design tiles (including secondary tiles and lock-screen apps), badges, and toast notifications, and work with maps, cameras and video.
Eric Horvitz, managing director and distinguished scientist, Microsoft Research, and Josh Tenenbaum, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discuss putting a computational lens on scientific theories of rationality, human cognition, and the future of artificial intelligence.
Finite state machines (FSM) are a common technique for recognizing patterns over streams of data. However basic FSM cannot easily handle noisy data such as sensor data from a wearable device that is generated using human limb movement. This session presents a novel variation of FSM using techniques from functional programming to construct 'functional' state machines (FnSM).
In this talk, you'll see real-world application of - an Android smartwatch app that recognizes gestures performed using wrist and forearm movements. I will also describe how we used evolutionary computing algorithms to optimize the performance of the FnSM by selecting better parameter values for the various state-transition decisions.


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As the London Olympics draw nearer, excitement over the games and the musical performances are at an all time high. The latest buzz surrounds the possibility of the Spice Girls re-uniting in time to perform at the closing ceremony for the 2012 Olympics.
The 1990′s British pop band will join other artists such as The Who, George Michael, and Jessie J for the show on August 12th. The five singers, Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) and Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice), will be performing their well-known 1996 single “Wannabe.”
Victoria Beckham seemingly confirmed the upcoming Olympic appearance on a talk radio station on Thursday, stating “I don’t know about a comeback tour, but I loved being back with the girls…we are very excited about the Olympics.”
The last time the girls toured together was in 2007- early 2008. Whether the re-union will turn into a tour is still unknown.
It looks like the London Olympics will have some fun throw-backs to showcase Britain’s most animated performers.

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The South African water crisis is a complex series of interlocking problems that preclude a silver-bullet solution. Each water system is unique, with different geographies, weather, populations and quirks, such as an unwillingness to reuse treated waste water.
- Some short-term interventions are obvious, if expensive, such as reducing demand by cutting losses from leaking pipes. Other solutions are both expensive and less obvious, such as moving towards renewable electricity sources – which do not require water for cooling or to run turbines – as quickly as possible.
But much of the problem is political, administrative and regulatory, and these are the issues that have not been addressed over the past 20 years.
These are the eight most important interventions that can mitigate the water crisis.
Admit that water provision is a serious problem
At the moment the government is congratulating itself for rolling out water infrastructure to 95% of the population, but it is not publicly drilling into these numbers. In reality, a third of South Africans do not have regularly flowing water. Although the government has made huge strides in supplying water to people the apartheid government ignored, it has to acknowledge that there is a lot more to be done. This includes fixing water projects that do not work because they were not built properly.
By acknowledging the scope and gravity of the problem, we can stop arguing about it and focus all the skills and resources available to fix it…
For the other 7 solutions to South Africa’s water crisis, read more at the Mail & Guardian.


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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has moved the Bombay High Court for implementation of an arbitration tribunal award in 2018.
The former India skipper was awarded a compensation of ₹ 36 crores by the arbitration tribunal. The amount was to be paid by Ganguly’s former managers Percept Talent Management Ltd and Percept D Mark (India) Ltd.
Ganguly, according to an Insidesport report, has also sought and interim order to restrain the defendant from carrying out any transactions on their properties. It is pleaded that the directors of the defendant companies have siphoned off funds from their accounts to other firms.
Advocate Shardul Singh, appearing for the defendants, has submitted that the companies will disclose the assets by July 20.
The arbitration was invoked out of a Player Representation Agreement, which gave the respondents exclusive talent management rights of Ganguly.
Ganguly had invoked the arbitration after Percept terminated the agreement over a dispute.
The arbitration had passed an award of Rs. 14,49,91,000 in Ganguly’s favour. Percept were also asked to pay an interest at the rate of 12% per annum from November 21, 2007 till the realization of the payment.
The company, according to Ganguly’s counsel, had paid only a little over ₹ 2 crores. The outstanding including the interest now stands at more than ₹ 36 crore, stated the petition.
Ganguly has sought the intervention of the High Court for realisation of the amount. The matter has been listed for July 26.


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She wore gray.
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You can read the first 5,000 words HERE. You’ll meet both my heroines and both my heroes in the excerpt. It’s a saga of love and romance and war. Believe me, I walked every road, fought every battle with my characters, even walked around in a hoop skirt to “get it right.”
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Heating and Cooling Curve Worksheet
Where does each of the following occur?
Heating of a Liquid
Heating of a Solid
Heating of a Gas
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What is occurring between each of the following:
Heat must be supplied to the system
Heat is from the surroundings (or external
Melting, vaporization, sublimation
Gives off heat
The heat is transferred to the surroundings
Physical Properties of Matter
States of Matter
Not naturally occurring
Usually very dense
Not easily compressed
No fixed shape
Usually less de
Physical Properties of Matter Questions
What is an elastic collision?
a collision in which kinetic energy is conserved.
How does the kinetic energy of particles vary as a function of temperature?
as temperature increases, kinetic energy of the parti
Gases and the Atmosphere
Force per unit area
Atmospheres (atm), Pascals (Pa), mm of
Mercury (mmHg), millibar (mb)
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Science should tread carefully when exploring nanotechnology, a leading advisory board has warned.
The development of the nascent scientific industry, based around engineering at a level invisible even under the microscope, has been hailed as a potentially great advancement.
However, the government’s advisory body on the issue, the Council for Science and Technology (CST), says it is important the development of the science is tracked by the necessary checks and balances and has issued a report identifying the main current concerns.
Sir John Beringer, a member of the CST, told the Today programme more funding might be needed to ensure the safe development of nanotechnology.
“We looked at all aspects of what the government had been doing and I have to say that a lot has been done which is very good,” he said.
“Developing standards, international engagement, measuring and identifying nanoparticles; these are all areas in which government support has been very successful.”
“But the one area of toxicology and environmental impacts is one in which insufficient money has been spent.”
Changes to the atmosphere and the natural environment as a result of nanotechnology’s manipulation of matter at such empiric levels was one area Professor Beringer said needed attention, both from a safety and development perspective.


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Dementia May Cause Problems with Money Management Years Before Diagnosis
People with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias may start having trouble managing their finances several years before their diagnosis, according to new research. The study is the first large-scale analysis of people’s ability to manage their money before and after a dementia diagnosis.
Common symptoms of dementia, including memory and cognitive limitations, can lead people with dementia to have trouble handling money and paying bills, so repeated financial mistakes can be an early sign of the disease.
The new study linked Medicare claims data to credit card payments and credit reports to examine dementia-related money problems. Researchers analyzed information from 1999-2018 on more than 81,000 Medicare beneficiaries, about a third of whom were diagnosed with dementia within this period.
All study participants were at least 65 years old and lived alone. The researchers studied the number of missed credit card payments and credit scores for 7 years before and 4 years after a dementia diagnosis and compared this information against data from people without dementia.
Researchers found people who had dementia had more missed credit card payments as early as 6 years before their diagnosis and were more likely to have lower-than-average credit scores 2.5 years before their diagnosis.
After diagnosis, people with dementia had even more missed payments and lower credit scores than people without dementia, and this trend continued for at least 3.5 years after diagnosis. Results also showed that among people with dementia, those who had lower levels of education had increases in missed payments 7 years before diagnosis, while people who had higher education levels had increases in missed payments only 2.5 years before diagnosis.
This difference confirms previous findings suggesting people with higher education levels can have less severe dementia symptoms.
The study’s results indicate the period during which an older adult might be at risk of financial mismanagement and scams may be longer than currently understood and point to the need for early diagnostic tools and policies to help protect older adults.
The researchers also noted improved support services and financial guidance could help people with dementia and their caregivers get the resources they need to maintain their financial security and independence.
To learn more, see Nicholas, L.H. et al. (2020). The financial presentation of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. JAMA Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6432.


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Event: Bollywood beauties Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Dia Mirza, Lara Dutta, Kangana Ranaut and many others were snapped at L'Oreal Paris Femina Women Awards.
Guest List: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Dia Mirza, Lara Dutta, Kangana Ranaut, Shruti Seth, Sophia Choudhry, Anjana Sukhani, Mandira Bedi, Ekta Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Shahana Goswami, Prasoon Joshi, Gauhar Khan, Shiamak Davar, Queenie Dhody, Dipannita Sharma, Sushma Reddy, Usha Uthup, Aditi Rao Hydari
Bollywood celebs Sussanne Khan, Madhoo Shah, Abhishek Kapoor, Gayatri Joshi, Sonali Bendre, Pernia Qureshi, Kunal Kapoor, Anupama Verma, Varun Bahl, Angad Bedi, Upen Patel, Pooja Bedi, Nilam Kothari, ...
Bollywood real life couple Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover were snapped at the Springfit Mattresses Autograph Collection launch event.
Bollywood celebs Claudia Ciesla, Ken Ghosh, Angad Bedi, Rohit Dhawan, Rinzing Denzongpa snapped at Bandra
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra was snapped at the launch of Saffola multigrain Flakes event.
Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu and Yami Gautam were spotted at Bandra.

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1.What prompted you to read The Little Paris Bookshop?
2. Did you find the premise of this book to be believable or unbelievable?
3. Did you connect with the protagonist Jean Perdue and get into his suffering?
4. As you were reading did you expect the development of the characters who came on board Lulu to end in romantic and lasting relationships?
5. Were you expecting Jean Perdu to end up a happy man?
6. What did you think and feel about Manon at the end of the book and did your opinion of her change throughout the book?
7. Would you recommend The Little Paris Bookshop to your friends?
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The three major credit bureaus (Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian) have made the (somewhat monumental) decision to stop collecting and reporting on tax liens and certain types of civil judgments. What this means is that people with tax liens and various civil judgments may soon get a massive credit boost.
To break it down further, tax liens are usually reported to credit bureaus when property owners are late paying taxes. If you have been late paying taxes in the past, your credit score was negatively impacted. With the new change, your credit score will not be lowered due to this type of late payment.
The civil judgments that will be forgiven when it comes to credit scores are those judgments decided in civil disputes - things like property damage or other types of damage that you may have had to pay in the past. You may not have known this, but those types of disputes negatively impacted credit scores until this point.
With better credit scores (and things like civil disputes and tax liens no longer dragging scores down), a significant amount of people will now be eligible for loans that they were not eligible for prior to this decision. It has been estimated that nearly 8% of consumers will see a credit score boost thanks to this new decision by the three major credit bureaus.
How much will your credit score rise if you fall into either one of the aforementioned categories? That estimate is around 10 points. In the credit score game, ten points are, indeed, a large amount - enough to make a consumer that wasn’t eligible for, say, a home loan suddenly eligible. For consumers, this is great news.
For landlords, mortgage lenders, and those that check credit scores, it all becomes a bit tricky. Those that dole out credit will find it harder to do thorough background research, but it can be argued that things like tax liens and civil disputes shouldn’t play into credit anyway. What do you think? We’d love to hear from both sides!

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Those opposed to everything are here, the people who are throwing stones at store windows and take what they want inside! Others are busy burning our American flag or setting fire to automobiles. They are carrying home made posters saying all kinds of things and they scream out pornographic words. They seem to do this in most of our American cities. Why? If folks ask them why they are doing what they are doing, most of them say: “The Professors let us out of class,” or “Who wouldn’t do this? I’m paid pretty good.” Most of them say, “I don’t like Trump.” I believe they are organized by some American haters who seem willing to use their wealth in this way.
Most of the rest of the folks are Christians, or they are good Americans, but where are they? We, and I put myself in that category, would never throw stones at store windows burn the American flag, set fire to automobiles or scream out pornographic words. Shouldn’t we do something? We could be organized by someone who is greater than the whole bunch of protesters and that is God. The Bible tells us that he has whittled down armies of men to less than 300, in order to fight big armies.
Now, I don’t think we should go out and fight those protesters. Even though we would be a much larger army, we wouldn’t want a civil war on our hands, would we? We should all be praying for America and ask God for guidance as to what we should do. Let’s stand up for the things that are right and get down on our knees and pray, right away. there is no time to lose!

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Fast-growth districts hoping to get a tax boost to help build new schools were disappointed tonight when the House overwhelmingly rejected an effort that would have allowed them to exceed the state's current limit.
A school district's debt service tax rate, which pays for capital improvements and new campuses, is essentially limited to 50 cents under current law. But fast-growing districts -- particularly those in Collin and Denton counties -- start bumping up against that cap because of the constant need to pay for new schools.
A bill by Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, would have allowed them to go up to 60 cents per $100 of assessed property value with voter approval only. But first, they would have had to score high on the comptroller’s efficiency rating system and adopt an improvement plan to show to the state's Attorney Generals' office.
Rodriguez said 17 districts -- including Allen, Denton, Keller and Prosper -- would have benefited from the bill.
"Let us untie the hands of fast growth districts," Rodriguez said, adding that local voters should have the decision to do what is best for their communities. "We just can't put portable buildings all over our schools. We need to invest in the facilities that we need."
School officials have said a higher tax rate will mean they can avoid a controversial form of borrowing called capital appreciation bonds, which have ballooning payments lasting over decades.
But conservative lawmakers who are working on tax cuts during the heated budget debate were not convinced. The measure failed 49-92.
Earlier this week, the House approved a bill that significantly limits school districts' use of the capital appreciation bonds.


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In Korea, this Savory Beef is called "bulgogi" (bool-GO-ghee). It’s a centuries-old family tradition of marinating lean meat in a blend of soy, fruit purée, vinegar, and sesame oil for a perfect blend of sweet and tangy flavors.
Beef, Water, Soy Sauce (water, soybeans, rice, salt), Brown Sugar, Pear Puree, Tapioca Starch, Vinegar, Dehydrated Garlic, Sesame Oil, Spice Extractive, Spice, Ascorbic Acid.
Pork Bulgogi embraces the spicy side of Korean flavor. But don’t worry, it’s mostly flavor, not heat that makes this dish so spectacular. Made with choice lean cuts of USA pork and sliced thin so it’s easy to add to any recipe.
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Don't have time for a long post on this subject, but I was watching Grand Illusion again yesterday, and I noticed that while Jean Renoir pulls off some great technical feats in this movie, he doesn't always save his big camera flourishes for the biggest scenes. Many of the "big" scenes -- the escape, the death of Boildieu -- are shot fairly simply; they're not technically weak, but the camera setups seem pretty traditional. But when the characters first gather for a meal in the POW camp, the camera goes wild, circling around the table, constantly in motion. Renoir called attention to the unique way he shot and edited this simple dinner scene. There are some big camera swoops in the "La Marseillaise" scene which Michael Curtiz, when he did virtually the same scene in Casablanca, staged in a more conventional way.
It's interesting because today, I think there's a default assumption that the biggest technical challenges should be saved for the biggest scenes, and that small-scale scenes, like meals or simple conversations, are shot more simply and economically. But first, doesn't it make more sense to try something technically unusual to liven up what could otherwise be a static scene, instead of saving them for the scenes that are inherently exciting? And second, since unusual techniques are expensive and time-consuming to get right, doesn't it make more sense to try them out in a scene that doesn't cost a lot to shoot in the first place, and shoot some of the more expensive scenes in a more "classical" manner?


Amazon Gives Retailers Another Fulfillment Headache
Amazon’s Q1 2019 Results
- Net sales increased 17% to $59.7 billion in the first quarter, compared with $51.0 billion in first quarter 2018. Excluding the $1.1 billion unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales increased 19% compared with first quarter 2018.
- Operating income increased to $4.4 billion in the first quarter, compared with operating income of $1.9 billion in first quarter 2018.
- Net income increased to $3.6 billion in the first quarter compared with net income of $1.6 billion in first quarter 2018.
Two-day delivery isn’t fast enough. That’s what Amazon wants retailers to know, it seems.
The e-commerce behemoth announced it’s in the process of overhauling its core U.S. Amazon Prime delivery service to offer free one-day shipping instead two-day delivery for its members. The move will cost the company approximately $800 million and Amazon will be building “most of this capacity through the year in 2019.”
“We're able to do this, because we spent 20 plus years expanding our fulfillment and logistics network, but this is still a big investment and a lot of work to do ahead of us,” noted SVP and CFO Brian Olsavsky.
Amazon’s competitors have been just starting to catch up with its two-day shipping capabilities. Target offered free two-day shipping for the 2018 holiday season to all consumers with no minimum purchase. Walmart, which offers free two-day shipping with a $35 order minimum, teased in a tweet post the Amazon announcement that it may be able to take its rival on:
“One-day free shipping...without a membership fee. Now THAT would be groundbreaking. Stay tuned.”
Walmart will need only eight additional distribution centers to get to one-day shipping, Brandon Fletcher, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said in a note reported in Bloomberg. But for smaller retailers, the move from Amazon is another fulfillment headache, which will mean they need to up their game to compete with convenience and give shoppers a reason to come into stores.
Amazon says the free one-day shipping is coming soon and that it’s “already started down this path.” The program will be global, going forward, but the $800 million investment in Q2 is starting in North America.
“We've, in the past months significantly expanded our one-day eligible selection and also expanded the number of zip codes eligible for one-day shipping,” Olsavsky said. “So we're taking a significant step… It's a significant step and it will take us time to achieve. And we want to ensure that we have good delivery experience for our customers as we evolve this offer.”
Olsavsky also noted to accomplish the one-day delivery feat, Amazon will use “all of the available levers” it has, both Amazon Logistics (AMZL) and third-party carriers, as well as continued support of external transportation partners. He promised an update at the end of the second quarter.
“We really think it's going to be groundbreaking for Prime customers,” Olsavsky said.
AMAZON’S FULFILLMENT MOVES IN Q1
- Amazon and Whole Foods Market continue to grow free, two-hour delivery from Whole Foods Market via Prime Now, including the most recent delivery expansion to nine additional U.S. metros, up to 75 U.S. metros. Grocery pickup from Whole Foods Market via Prime Now is available in 30 metros, with plans for continued expansion this year.
- Key by Amazon is now available to millions more Prime members in 50 U.S. cities and surrounding areas. Additionally, Prime members can choose Key for Garage for secure delivery of Amazon packages, as well as to Key for Home and Key for Car.
- Amazon announced Shipment Zero, the company’s vision to make all customer shipments net zero carbon, with the goal of making 50% of all shipments net zero by 2030. To track this progress, Amazon will share its company-wide carbon footprint as well as related goals and programs later this year.


Lionel Messi hits goal 650 as Barca receives revenge on Athletic. Lionel Messi has scored his 650th goal for Barcelona.
Whereas Antoine Griezmann struck the champion in a 2-1 home success over Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, paying back a defeat by the Basque side in the Spanish Super Cup final.
Lionel Messi twined in an impressive free-kick just after 20 minutes for his turning point goal. On that same day that the club promised to prosecute El Mundo.
A Spanish newspaper for posting the complete details of the contract of Argentina. The side of Ronald Koeman took note and documented a 5th straight Liga win and went above Real Madrid into a 2nd goal difference with approximately 40 points, 10 in back of Atletico Madrid who has a game in hand.
Lionel Messi had lost an exceptional chance at the very start
Lionel Messi had lost an exceptional chance at the beginning when he shot direct at keeper Unai Simon and Barca declined a lot of opportunities and chances to enlarge their lead before halftime.
Athletic, who had acquired and secured their past five matches in every competition in a flying beginning below the new coach Marcelino, didn’t keep on going however he leveled in the 49th thanks to an own goal.
Jobi Alba did all he could to stop Athletic’s Oscar de Marcos from getting to a cross however he rather moved into the Barca net.
The hosts strived to reply. However restored their lead finally in the 74th just when Griezmann, who had scored two times in the 3-2 Super Cup final defeat.
Appeared in the box to strike home a cross from Oscar Mingueza, the defender.
Griezman commended and honored Lionel Messi just after the game when he was asked if the Argentine, who did all they can to exit Barcelona in the close season, was being forced further away from the club.
Frenchman’s Comment Concerning Messi
Here is what Frenchman said:
“We’re all enjoying Messi, he’s a legend and we hope he can continue to help the club to win.”
Athletic defender Inigo Martinez also mentioned that his side had the mishap to face Lionel Messi when he seemed out to ratify a point.
Athletic defender Inigo Martinez said:
“We all know Messi’s quality. When he’s all fired up like he was today he scores goals like that and there’s nothing you can do about it.”


The Michigan congressman brought the wrath of his entire party into himself with a number of tweets over the weekend suggesting that the possible attempts of obstruction of justice against the president raised by special counsel Robert Mueller amounted to “impeachable conduct”.
Mr Amash said Mr Mueller had identified “multiple examples of conduct satisfying all the elements of obstruction of justice“ during his investigation into Russian election interference, adding that ”any person who is not the president of the United States would be indicted based on such evidence”.
Attorney general William Barr said that the 11 examples raised did not constitute obstruction of justice, with the Mueller report having already said that the president was not involved in a conspiracy with Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election.
But Mr Amash accused Mr Barr of having “deliberately misrepresented” the investigation and that it was up to Congress to decide what happens next.
“Contrary to Barr’s portrayal,” Mr Amash tweeted. “Mueller’s report reveals that President Trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behaviour that meet the threshold for impeachment,” he added. Talking about impeachment he said it “simply requires a finding that an official has engaged in careless, abusive, corrupt or otherwise dishonourable conduct”.
Now Michigan state representative and Republican Jim Lower has announced that he will be challenging Mr Amash for the third district seat the congressman won in the Tea Party wave of 2010.
“I am a pro-Trump, pro-life, pro-jobs, pro-second amendment, pro-family values Republican,” Mr Lower said in a statement. “Justin Amash’s tweets... calling for President Trump’s impeachment show how out of touch he is with the truth and how out of touch he is with people he represents.”
Mr Amash had faced a difficult 48 hours, with the whole Republican Party establishment admonishing him. Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, accused him of “parroting the Democrats’ talking points on Russia”.
Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, called the move “disturbing”questioned if he was truly a Republican.
“It’s very disturbing. This is exactly what you would expect from Justin. He never supported the president. And I think he’s just looking for attention,” Mr McCarthy said.
Mr Amash has gone against his party on some major legislation over the years, but has backed Mr Trump’s wishes more often than not. As for the president, he called Mr Amash called “a total lightweight who opposes me and some of our great Republican ideas and policies”.
As for the Democrats, senator Chris Coons summed up the mood when he said he was “surprised to see a Republican congressman saying publicly what I think many are thinking privately.”


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The sympathetic troublemaker Sam Hinkel is back - and in the third volume of the series drives the teachers to white heat and the readers to laughter with his pranks! The summer holidays are here, and everything could be wonderful for Sam and his friends. But their parents behave very strangely: They play wild pranks on their children that would do a troublemaker credit! And there is also a lot going on in the summer camp of the Academy for Trouble: Sam and his friends not only have to deal with a strange parents' secret association - their archenemies, the rioters, are also part of the party!


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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
The Tip and Wale's Treehole attraction during construction
Tip and Wale's Treehole
December 16, 1997
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Zero pirates (from www.Antagonists.org, 1994)
Nobody can remember what the goal of Tip and Wale's Treehole is. It used to have things to play on, but lawers had it remodeled to make trouble.
- If traveling with your extended family, remember not to stand next to someone you find healing, because this attraction will definitely make it more awkward.
- Smell-impaired guests may ask a cast member for sympathy.
- No open-toed shoes or drinks allowed.
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4 Lifestyle Tips for Cushing’s Syndrome
As part of your overall Cushing's syndrome treatment plan, there are some lifestyle tips you can incorporate to help you live well with Cushing's syndrome.
Below are 4 lifestyle tips you can integrate into your recovery plan from Cushing's syndrome. Have a conversation with your doctor before making any major changes, such as starting to exercise regularly.
- Eat smart. Make sure you're eating nutritious foods. Of course, you should focus on eating fruits and vegetables, which are high in anti-oxidants, but also eat whole grains, lean protein, and healthy fats. These foods fuel your body by giving you healthy doses of energy.
Also, be sure you get enough calcium and vitamin D in your diet. These nutrients help strengthen bones (important because bone loss is common with people who have Cushing's syndrome). If you don't get enough of these in your diet, talk to your doctor about taking calcium and vitamin D supplements.
A registered dietitian (RD) can help you create a balanced meal plan—the key word here is "balanced." Yes, you can still eat the foods you love (in moderation), but it's important to eat foods that boost your health. An RD can also help you lose extra weight you gained from Cushing's syndrome.
- Exercise gently. Exercise plays a significant role in any healthy lifestyle, but it's important for you not to rush into it. Even if you think you're feeling better, your body still needs time to heal.
Start off slowly-you may want to try low—impact exercise, such as water aerobics, tai chi, or yoga. These exercises gently re-build your muscles and joints. From there, you can work up to a more moderate-paced exercise routine. You can also work with a personal trainer who can customize a workout plan for you.
Exercising should be comfortable. If you experience pain or any new symptoms when exercising, talk to your doctor right away.
- Keep tabs on your mental health. Your mental health can take a toll when you have Cushing's syndrome—depression is common. If you feel blue or you don't feel like doing the things you used to and you're not sure why, don't ignore it. Talk to your doctor—he or she can recommend a psychologist who can help you cope with your feelings throughout your recovery.
You may also want to keep a journal to record how you feel on a day-to-day basis.
- Give yourself a break. Don't be hard on yourself as your body recovers from Cushing's syndrome. It's important to get plenty of rest, relaxation, and sleep. Treat yourself to a gentle massage, warm bubble bath, or listen to soothing music. Now's not the time to push yourself—respect your body and its limits.
Incorporating these lifestyle tips into your routine can not only help you live well, but they can help you thrive with Cushing's syndrome.
- Cushing's syndrome: Lifestyle and home remedies. Mayo Clinic Web site. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cushings-syndrome/DS00470/DSECTION=lifestyle-and-home-remedies. Published September 11, 2010. Accessed August 5, 2011.

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With the holidays fast approaching we are creating great shipments for our Cluster and Pinot Wine Club Members that will be going out in the beginning of December. We decided to include one of our favorite library wines for our Pinot Noir Club. We recently opened the 2006 Carr Pinot Noir from Lindsay’s Vineyard and it is incredibly smooth with some earthy Burgundian qualities and holiday spices. The wine goes great with this Roast Pork recipe.
Roast Pork with Cinnamon & Cloves
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 red chilli, chopped
- 1/2 tsp. cardamom
- 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. star of anise salt and pepper
- 4.5 lbs. boned pork roast
1. Preheat the oven to 400º. Put the first six ingredients in a mini food processor or mortar and pestal and make a paste. Salt and pepper to taste.
2. Remove the pork rind and fat in one piece from the top of the meat. Score a diamond pattern on the top surface of the meat, then rub in the spice mixture. Replace the piece of rind and fat, and tie all the way along the roast with a long piece of kitchen string at one inch intervals. Place the pork in a roasting tin and roast for one and a half hours.
3. Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 15 minutes, then remove the string and carve the pork into slices. Serve with a side of roasted parsnips.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan — WhenMotor Corp. launches the RX-8 sports car in spring 2003, consumers can thank a cross-functional team of powertrain and production engineers for making the car — and its hallmark rotary engine — an affordable reality.
's previous-generation rotary powered RX-7 was last sold in the U.S. in 1996. It was an acclaimed enthusiasts' sports car, but its price ballooned such that it became the poster child for Japanese auto makers' misguided market ambitions for once-elemental coupes like the RX-7 and the 300 ZX.
After more than a half-decade's absence, Mazda's rotary engine — and its equally famous sports car that surrounds it — is staged for yet another comeback (see sidebar, next page). Only this time, Mazda expects to produce the car's Renesis (name derived from “rotary” and “genesis”) rotary engine for around $2,000, a key to avoiding the escalating-cost mistakes that led to Mazda's withdrawal of the rotary from the U.S. market.
Predicated on monthly output of 5,000 units, the company says, amazingly, that Renesis' cost is slightly less than it would pay for a standard V-6 engine. By implication, Mazda plans to produce 60,000 RX-8s annually, though management declines to disclose sales targets.
Keys to holding down engine costs:
Engineers used the existing RX-7 rotary, the 13B, as the base engine for the Renesis. As a result, they expect to hold facility investment to around ¥2 billion ($15 million) by utilizing older tooling and equipment in most areas of production. Like the turbocharged 13B, the normally aspirated Renesis, first displayed at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show (code name: MSP-RE) for the RX-01 concept car, will be produced at Mazda's Ujina engine plant here.
Design innovations made it possible to eliminate the twin turbochargers employed by the current 13B rotary engine. By moving the exhaust ports from the trochoidal housing to the side housing of the rotor chamber, the overlap between the exhaust and intake port openings was eliminated — a crucial emissions and power-generating factor. Meanwhile, reducing rotor weight contributes to higher output of about 250 hp and torque of 159 lb.-ft. (216 Nm) — figures that are roughly equivalent to the 280 hp and 152 lb.-ft. (206 Nm) of the twin-turbo 13B in the existing RX-7 still sold in Japan. Rotor weight was trimmed by 14%.
At a technical briefing last autumn, research officials explained that the Renesis was designed with two peripheral exhaust ports for each rotor (the 13B has one), doubling the exhaust port area. The results are improved exhaust flow, increased thermal efficiency and better fuel economy.
They added that Renesis also traps unburned hydrocarbons in the exhaust chamber and retains them for combustion in the next cycle, a process that emulates a piston engine's exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) and which greatly reduces emissions. As a result, the new engine meets Europe's Stage IV emission standards, while achieving an estimated 23.5 mpg (10L/100 km) in city driving, up from RX-7 levels of just more than 18 mpg (13L/100 km). Mazda expects to raise fuel economy another 30%, to 30 mpg (7.8L/100 km), in 2005. And by expanding the intake port area, the engine runs smoothly at 9,000 rpm — already a rotary hallmark.
Other advanced features include a 3-stage induction system, twin electronically controlled throttles, a plastic intake manifold, “ultra-fine” fuel injectors, a “double-skin” exhaust manifold, a low-profile, wet-sump lubrication system and a hermetically improved rotor apex seal.
Mazda engineers note that the engine's variable induction system features three intake ports per rotor, with direct-current motors to “open and close intake port shutter valves to utilize the incoming air's dynamic charge effect and improve filling efficiency.”
Meanwhile, the oil pan for the Renesis' new wet-sump lubrication system is only about 1.5 ins. (4 cm) deep, half that of the 13B. This, they explain, contributes to a 3% weight reduction compared to the dry-sump system employed by the first generation of the Renesis displayed in 1995.
Coinciding with last year's Tokyo Motor Show unveiling of the final engineering version of the RX-8, Mazda unveiled a new high-pressure, 3-way catalyst combined with a 3-way hydrocarbon trap catalyst for the car. Mazda says the unit reduces hydrocarbon emissions by 50% during the first 20 seconds after engine startup.
The auto maker also claims that the new catalyst employs a new oxidizing agent that maintains efficiency even at high temperatures.
Water-cooled, the twin-rotor Renesis, like its predecessor, the 13B, has a displacement of 1,308 cc. Bore (chamber width) and stroke are 87.5 mm and 94.0 mm.


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- Class: ship
- Part Count: 340
- Mods: 2
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This is 100% stock, if you don’t have Kerbbaint, it will just be white&grey.
The girls are testing a new home for the four kerbals from a famous rock band. It’s fully functional except it can’t dive. It’s got a cupboard (or was it a toilet? Can’t remember), 4 bunks, 2 fuel cell arrays, a periscope with a funny looking head and a control panel with strange lights. Steering is done with changing the max output of left or right engines at the rear. It also has a ladder to the lower level, although you might not want to go there, there might be blue meanies.
A stock ship called Yellow Submarine. Built with 340 of the finest parts, its root part is structuralIBeam2.
Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.0.4.
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LDIR Chemical Imaging System for Microplastics Analysis
Oct 04 2022
The enhanced 8700 LDIR Chemical Imaging System from Agilent Technologies has been further optimised for the analysis of microplastics in environmental samples. This newly improved package includes Clarity 1.5 software - a significant upgrade that advances the speed of analysis, enhances spectral acquisition, transformation, and library matching, and provides automated workflows for direct analysis of microplastics on a filter substrate. An innovative, redesigned sample holder allows the on-filter sample to be presented to the instrument more easily and consistently.
Slow and complex analysis solutions are a major challenge to microplastics analysis and have hindered studies of real-world systems. Additionally, method variability limits the comparability of studies, making trends difficult to assess. Vibrational spectroscopy methods such as FTIR and Raman microscopy provide a useful alternative, but each faces limitations due to the excessive time of analysis and method complexity.
The Agilent 8700 LDIR brings high-speed analysis and ease of use to infrared spectroscopy and has rapidly emerged as the benchmark technique for the analysis of microplastics particles. The development of on-filter analysis for this platform marks another leap forward in speed and throughput. The ability to significantly increase testing volumes will allow a greater understanding of the extent of microplastics contamination in the environment and will help facilitate the development of appropriate standards and regulations.
Geoff Winkett, Vice President and General Manager for Agilent’s Molecular Spectroscopy Division, discussed the announcement’s impact. "When I speak with microplastics researchers, a recurring question is how to make testing faster and easier, as there is a real concern that the limited sample numbers that can be realistically processed may be masking the true nature of the issue," he said. "The fact is that other currently available techniques are too slow and cannot capture the extent of the microplastics load in drinking and environmental waters. Fast and easy-to-use analysis methods such as the 8700 LDIR provide an essential and much-needed alternative that enables researchers to increase sampling over area or time to address these limitations."
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NEW DELHI: After being questioned by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) St Stephen’s College principal Valson Thampu on Thursday expressed his distress by comparing himself to don Dawood Ibrahim.
“I am Dawood Ibrahim that is why I am being hounded,” Thampu said, frustrated at the manner in which he was being “attacked” in connection with the case pertaining to sexual harassment of a research scholar.
“I am a clown. I am clowning because the society seems completely out of place. Nobody knows what happened; everyone is just assuming. All this is not going to make any difference to me and my priorities,” Thampu told Express. “I am enjoying this game. Everyone will be disappointed when the investigation is over because I know my role in the case and the vested interests are not going to be happy with that,” he said.
“I feel desperate about the blind society around me and the ones, who are trying to malign my image, as they are wasting their time,” he added. Taking cognisance of the complaint filed by the victim last month alleging that she was molested by her supervisor Satish Kumar, the Commission summoned Kumar and Thampu.


Banks DIH to provide free Kids Zone at Kares One Guyana T10 Blast
Teams are finalising their preparation for the highly anticipated inaugural Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast, which is now just days away.
The first ball is expected to be bowled at 09:00h on Saturday, July 29, across five venues in Georgetown, while the semi-finals and the grand final will be played the next day at the Everest Cricket Club.
The organisers are promising high quality and competitive cricket from the 32 teams in the knockout 10 overs per side tournament, while there will be live streaming for the world to see the product.
The grand prize is $1M, while many individual prizes are on offer.
Additionally, spectators can win instant prizes from sponsors by participating in a novelty cricket-related event.
In what has turned out to be the perfect family-oriented event, the organisers have promised to set up a specially designated area, dubbed the Kids Zone.
There the children will enjoy free rides in the child-friendly zone, which will include a bouncy castle.
Additionally, in partnership with sponsor Banks DIH Limited, there will be free ice cream, soda, snacks and water for the young ones.
Co-Director of the tournament, John Ramsingh, said, “Banks DIH have demonstrated their generosity previously, but this is above and beyond. Words are not enough to say thank you. With this excellent idea, parents will have peace of mind with their children in the safe zone while they [parents] either play or watch the action on the field. It is a win for everyone.”
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali is the patron of the One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast, which begins with the round of 32 on day one at 09:00h, followed by the round of 16 at 13:00h then the quarter-finals at 16:00h at Police Sports Club ground eve Leary, Queen’s College, YMCA, Transport Sports Club and GDF Base Camp Ayanganna.
The inaugural tournament is supported by Kares Engineering, GT Beer, Mohamed’s Enterprise, Premier Insurance, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Guyana Tourism Authority, Avinash Contracting and Scrap Metal, Continental Transport Inc., Assuria, Ansa Motors Guyana, Star Rentals, E-Net, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, USA Cricket Zone, First Change Builders, Impressions, Jacob’s Jewellery, Beacon Café, RS53 RestoBar and Lounge, Zeus Enterprise, Hits and Jams Entertainment, Montra Restaurant and Lounge, The New Doctor’s Clinic and Trophy Stall.


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I developed and printed my first roll of Ilford FP4 black and white film at the age of 10 when I inherited my grandfather’s camera gear and darkroom equipment. As a young boy, I witnessed the magic of images appearing in the tray of developer in a cupboard under the stairs and wanted to have a go myself. The first results were mixed but good enough to kick start a lifetime interest in photography.
Growing up in industrial Lancashire, I spent weekends and holidays exploring the rolling landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales and the mountains of the Lake District and Snowdonia. Climbing with friends provided an introduction to more remote and rugged terrain – in the Scottish Highlands, the Alps and ultimately the Himalayas.
a geographer with an infectious enthusiasm for the human and physical aspects of the subject
I describe myself as a geographer and have an enthusiasm for the human and physical aspects of the subject. This has driven my passion for photographing people and places and for sharing my images, knowledge and expertise with all those around me.
My interests in urban landscapes, the built environment and architecture stem from my time as a student at Newcastle University where I graduated with a degree in Town and Country Planning. This period also kindled a professional interest in information systems and technology which now underpins my approach to digital photography – including the processing, sharing and organisation of a substantial body of work covering several decades.
I ran a successful IT consulting business for over 15 years before friends and family encouraged me to do what I most enjoy and inspire others to get more out of their own photography.
I became a Licentiate of The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in 2017.
I now live in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds. I am married to Ann and have two grown-up daughters who have inherited an eye for composition and an innate ability to capture the moment.
- To get out more often and ensure that I spend more time on location and less time post-processing images in the digital darkroom.
- To focus on subjects and locations closer to home before travelling to more distant (and often more popular) destinations.
- To slow down and take time to plan and pre-visualise the images that I want to make, and the sentiments I want to communicate, before clicking the shutter.
- To make images for myself that reflect my own style and personality.
- To inspire and help others improve their photographic skills at both a creative and technical level.


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Very beautiful Art Journal page, I wish I was that talented..

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