If I could put this trailer into words I would, but I physically can’t. The only story of “Hercules” I know is the Disney version and while amazing, it does not compare to the badassness we are about to witness with this one.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars as Hercules because I mean, who better? And he’s in minimal clothing killing a bunch of wild beasts. Just another reason why he is the new Chuck Norris.
Oh, and if you thought you had a crush on the cartoon version of Meg, just wait until you see the girl playing her.
The film is set to release this July. Is it July, yet?


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I had a lengthy stay in this hotel, and was very happy.
The management and staff were very hospitable. My room was clean, the bed was very comfortable, and the view was great. The location was just right, and there is very little road noise to be heard from the rooms. The guest laundry was surprisingly cheaper than most I've come across- which was nice. There is a small workout room here, and trust me if, you stay here you're gonna need it- they have cookies...lots of them- and they are really good.
The only bad thing I can say is that the doors do not close gently. If someone is coming or going and they let the door close on it's own it makes a very loud slamming noise- and most of the people that stayed at the time I was there did not have the consideration to hold the door.
-on that note, some of the worst offenders were the housekeeping staff (but I'm sure that they will be instructed to use doorstops to avoid this at some point)
All in all, I had a very pleasant stay and would definitely recommend it to others.
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From 3 November 2022 to 2 July 2023 the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art presents the exhibition Olafur Eliasson: Trembling Horizons curated by Marcella Beccaria. The artist transforms the Manica Lunga of the Castello di Rivoli by presenting a new series of six immersive works of art similar to wedge-shaped optical devices. Within each installation, complex fluid shapes are seen in motion traversing a 360-degree panoramic space that appears wider than physically possible. These are optical illusions produced thanks to mirrors and light projections.
Since the end of the nineties, Eliasson's practice has combined the memory of the encounter with nature with the broad branches of science and ecological thought, proposing works that invite the active participation of those who encounter them. Trembling Horizons presents new works that derive from the experiments conducted by the artist in his studio in Berlin. Eliasson was inspired by scientific measuring instruments, considering the ambivalent role they have played throughout history. Produced over the last year, the new works on display propose a closer relationship between body and mind, emphasizing the value of subjective and sensory experience.
In the Manica Lunga del Castello, the exhibition itinerary opens with Navigation star for utopia (Navigation star for utopia, 2022), a suspended luminous work that welcomes visitors. Its beams of colored light cross the room and create luminous effects, almost suggesting the idea of a future orientation tool.

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Much of the Named Data Networking (NDN) project codebase is still at the Version zero-dot-something level. But things are nevertheless starting to get real for this content-centric architecture designed to blast past today’s host-based and point-to-point Internet scheme to one more suited for accessing applications across hugely scalable networks that are mobile and extend to all sorts of sensor-equipped things.
The NDN project team hosted more than 100 people from 63 institutions and 13 countries at UCLA last week to share progress and ideas at the second annual NDN Community Meeting (the first such meeting that we wrote about a year ago in "UCLA, Cisco & more join forces to replace TCP/IP" drew attendees from 39 institutions and 7 countries). A quick search of the IEEE digital library through early October turned up 42 papers from 2015 with Named Data Networking in their titles, whereas there were 52 new Named Data Networking papers for the entire span of 2014.
In addition to academic experts, influential network and computing vendors such as Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and Intel are behind this movement and took part in NDNComm, which featured sessions on topics such as advanced routing -- “hyperbolic” no less -- serious science applications and trust/security/encryption.
That meeting was immediately followed, up the coast in San Francisco, by the 2nd ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking, where NDN was one of the stars. And prior to all this, UCLA hosted the first NDN hackathon.
NDN's spiritual leader, Internet Hall of Famer and UCLA adjunct professor in computer science Van Jacobson, delivered keynote addresses at both NDNComm and the ACM event. NDN has its roots in content-centric networking, a concept that Jacobson started discussing publicly about 10 years ago while at Xerox PARC.
Jacobson actually took the podium at NDNComm after Jeff Burke from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Burke set the stage by focusing on how researchers in the arts and beyond are intensely interested in where the Internet is going as a means for communicating stories, and not just as in movie plots, but in the broader sense of the stories of our lives (think personal health, and tapping into everything from genome to Fitbit data). Named-based data could be a godsend for exploiting Big Data, including information served up by a sensor-based Internet of Things, and for supporting emerging applications, such as video streaming like you’ve never seen before, he said. “[NDN can] take us far beyond the connection-oriented model that a lot of our applications started in,” Burke said, adding that people should be excited about “the opportunities to be designing for applications that are coming down the pipeline and that are at the fringes in the future, and that that’s going to intersect in exciting ways with NDN.”
Jacobson took it from there (and you can see/listen to his presentation in the YouTube video below, a bit after the 1-hour mark):
“When you’re telling stories you need a vocabulary, you need idioms, you need ways to express those stories, and we’re telling stories as computer scientists, particularly networking researchers, with our protocols, with APIs, with packet formats. And the thing that kicked off all the [Future Internet Architecture] efforts was this frustration in the community that telling our stories with IP is getting really hard. It’s like our tools are working against us, not for us. We spend like 80% of our effort trying to bash the tools into shape and only spend 20% on the problems. In vocabulary terms, IP is like a good middle school education. There’s a lot of things you can say and communicate in society but it’s not so great for writing a poetry volume or a thesis. The Web kind of brought us up to high school and the expressivity in things like XML and Ajax. You can work at a higher level, accomplish a lot more, but you’re still pretty limited by this conversational client-server model. The real goal of NDN was to get us into college. To have a set of idioms, vocabulary that would let us naturally express the high-level things that Jeff presented, that we want to see.”
Jacobson went on to highlight new thinking in data transport, Internet security and routing. Routing, he said, has been long overdue for an upgrade. "For the past 40 years, unfortunately, we've been doing routing based on Paul Baran's original model of building paths through graphs and then binding identities to the ends of those paths. There's a lot of downsides in doing routing that way." He pointed to new geographic routing models prototyped in NDN that can be more efficient.
If you’re playing catch-up on NDN, don’t sweat it, as it really is still early despite the progress that's been made over the past few years. The good news is that a growing body of content is available online to help you bone up. NDNComm is making its presentations available in streaming and PDF formats, and a slew of tutorial videos are available from the ACM event.
This story, "IP was Middle School, Named Data Networking is College" was originally published by Network World.


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1. What is Free to Shine?
Free to Shine is a campaign spearheaded by African First Ladies towards prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) to reduce paediatric HIV. The Free to Shine campaign is a bid to improve outcomes of PMTCT by Increasing awareness and uptake of PMTCT services so that children are born free of HIV.
2. Objective of Free to Shine
The objective of the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign is to accelerate the commitment of African Nations to end childhood AIDS and keep mothers healthy. The campaign which aims at raising awareness of paediatric HIV and AIDS and to prioritize the need to reduce and eliminate the transmission of HIV from mother to child whilst ensuring that mothers are healthy is led by the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) and the African Union (AU).
3. Launch of Free to Shine
The ‘Free to Shine’ campaign was launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 29th January 2018, at the 20th Ordinary General Assembly of the then Organization of African First Ladies against AIDS (OAFLA).
The then First Lady of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and OAFLA President in her remarks saluted all First Ladies for their strong stand and work towards the elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV. She said currently there were 2.2 million children living with HIV worldwide and of this number, 1.4 million live in Africa. Going by these figures the need to prevent and fight childhood AIDS should be of great importance to keep children AIDS free and mothers healthy on the continent.
At that meeting, the then First Lady of Ethiopia and President of OAFLA, Madam Roman Tesfaye said there was the need for diligent work to prevent HIV amongst women of child-bearing age to ensure no new cases of children being born with HIV, hence the launch of the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign, to end HIV and AIDS in children by 2030.
She said whilst Africa had made unprecedented progress in reaction to the AIDS epidemic through the contribution of First Ladies, the response to childhood AIDS was still lagging behind. The launch of the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign by member states would rejuvenate EMTCT interventions, prevent new HIV infections among children and work toward the achievement of the AU commitment to end AIDS by 2030.
First Ladies of member states were entreated to lend their support to the campaign in their respective countries. In response to this, several First Ladies launched the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign either as a stand-alone campaign or as part of other interventions First Ladies were undertaking in their respective countries.
4. Free to Shine – Ghana Chapter
i. National Launch of Free to Shine: In Ghana, the First Lady, H.E. Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo launched the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign on 24th January 2019 at the LEKMA Hospital, Teshie, Accra under the theme; ‘Prevention of Mother-to Child Transmission of HIV: The Key to an HIV Free Generation and keeping Mothers Alive’.
In her speech, H.E. Mrs. Akufo-Addo said there was an urgent need to step up the pace in testing and treating women in the reproductive age to ensure that no child is born with HIV and mothers are healthy. She added that the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign must be given every support as its success would be a huge investment in the development agenda of the nation.
The First Lady paid glowing tribute to the Heart-to-Heart Ambassadors acknowledging their contribution in the fight against HIV and AIDS. She said in her work as HIV Ambassador for PMTCT she had been greatly encouraged by the work of the Heart to Heart Ambassadors, because through them, she saw first-hand that it was possible for women and men to be HIV positive, have children born free of HIV and live healthy lives.
She said HIV was no longer a death sentence and encouraged all women, especially pregnant women to avail themselves of the opportunity to test, know their status and treat if they test positive.
Mrs. Akufo-Addo called for commitment on all fronts to ensure that Ghana eliminates mother to child transmission by 2020 and ends HIV and AIDS in children by 2030.
At the launch, two women shared their experiences on the benefits of PMTCT services with participants.
The first advocate who tested negative encouraged women, especially pregnant women to know their HIV status saying it was ‘dangerous’ not to know your status. She admitted that it was a scary experience but worth it since it was the only way to save herself and her baby. She entreated women to test to know their HIV status, get treatment if positive and stay on treatment.
The second advocate tested positive for HIV in 1999. She said, in retrospect, she was thankful for accessing PMTCT services, going through the test, discovering her status and receiving treatment because she is alive and healthy and more importantly has healthy children who are HIV negative.
5. Free to Shine Activities in Ghana
A few months after the launch, on the 18th of June 2019. the First Lady, H.E. Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo met with executives and representatives of various women’s groups, to dialogue on the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign.
By reaching out to women executives of various women’s groups, The First Lady expects that participants would be equipped to inform their members and other women in their various communities of the campaign in the hope that the message would be heard far and wide so all women and children yet to be born will benefit from the campaign.
In addition to creating awareness on the ‘Free to Shine’ campaign amongst women of reproductive age, to increase access to and uptake of PMTCT services, GAC, working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, plans to adopt two high volume sites per region in a pilot program, to integrate the provision of PMTCT and RMNCH services to the package of services rendered to patients. The First Lady of Ghana, H.E. Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo will be encouraged to visit some of these centres once they are set up to maintain commitment to the campaign amongst health workers and the general populace.
The Ghana AIDS Commission is a supra-ministerial and multi-sectoral body established under the Chairmanship of H. E. the President of the Republic of Ghana by Act 2016, Act 938 of Parliament. The objective of the Commission is to formulate policy on the HIV and AIDS epidemic and...find out more

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- 1 Can you feel your hair thinning?
- 2 Can you grow back thinning hair?
- 3 How can I thicken my hair?
- 4 Will baldness be cured by 2020?
- 5 What vitamin should I take for hair loss?
- 6 What is the best treatment for hair loss?
- 7 How can I get thick hair in a month?
- 8 How can I grow my hair 4 inches overnight?
- 9 How long does it take to grow hair 12 inches?
Can you feel your hair thinning?
Hendricks explains that people can often feel hair loss before they see it. Because it’s easy to “lose a large amount of hair before even noticing,” Hendricks suggests monitoring how heavy your hair feels as you comb it. If you start to notice that your hair feels lighter than it did before, it may be thinning.
Can you grow back thinning hair?
Hair may appear thin, but you likely won’t go completely bald. The condition is fully reversible. Once the triggering event is treated (or you recover from your illness), your hair may start growing back after six months. However, this type of hair loss can last for years in some people.
How can I thicken my hair?
Everyday products to make hair look thicker include:
- Eggs. Share on Pinterest An egg treatment may help to make hair look thicker.
- Olive oil. Olive oil is rich in omega3 acids and other nutrients that are essential for overall health, including hair health.
- Proper nutrition.
- Orange puree.
- Aloe gel.
- Castor Oil.
Will baldness be cured by 2020?
In Conclusion. Currently, there’s no cure for male pattern baldness. However, medications like finasteride and minoxidil can help you keep the hair you have and, in some cases, potentially regrow some of the hair you’ve lost due to male pattern baldness.
What vitamin should I take for hair loss?
The 5 Best Vitamins for Hair Loss Prevention, Based on Research
- Biotin. Biotin (vitamin B7) is important for cells inside your body.
- Iron. Red blood cells need iron to carry oxygen.
- Vitamin C. Vitamin C is essential for your gut to absorb iron.
- Vitamin D. You might already know that vitamin D is important for bones.
What is the best treatment for hair loss?
The most common options include: Minoxidil (Rogaine). Over-the-counter (nonprescription) minoxidil comes in liquid, foam and shampoo forms. To be most effective, apply the product to the scalp skin once daily for women and twice daily for men.
How can I get thick hair in a month?
Here are the top six vitamins and supplements to support healthy hair growth and help you get thicker hair in a month.
- Biotin. Also known as B4 or Vitamin H, Biotin helps break down protein and is essential for hair and nail growth.
- Vitamin C.
- Vitamin D.
How can I grow my hair 4 inches overnight?
How long does it take to grow hair 12 inches?
Hair grows about 1/2 inch per month on average , So it will take 2years for 12 inches.

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The Brilliant Club
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity that works with schools across the United Kingdom. The programme aims to work with a selective group of more able pupils, providing them with an experience of university-style learning through seven tutorials and two trips to highly-selective universities.
This year, our select group of Year 5 and 6 pupils will be working with a PhD candidate from Cambridge University on the topic of Climate Change, what it is and why it matters. On Tuesday this week, we welcomed Toryn Whitehead - a Cambridge University PhD candidate who will be working with the pupils over the next term. The pupils are looking forward to their first trip to Cambridge on Friday.
"It is a really good opportunity for us to get a taste of what university is like and whether we would like to pursue our education further after secondary school." - Molly S

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There are many ways to grip a basketball, but the four most common are the palm-up, palm-down, two-handed finger-tip, and one-handed finger-tip.
How To Grip A Basketball
There are a few different ways to grip a basketball, depending on what you are trying to accomplish. For general handling and dribbling, many people use a 4-finger grip with their fingers around the seams of the ball. This allows for good control and grip. When shooting, some people use a 3-finger grip with their index finger, middle finger, and thumb on the seams. This gives more power to the shot. Finally, for rebounding, some people use a 2-
To grip a basketball, you will need a basketball and your hands.
- Width apart and your knees slightly bent
- Hold the ball with your dominant hand at about waist height
- Extend your arm out in front of you and bend your elbow point
- Stand with your feet shoulder
There are a few things to consider when gripping a basketball. First, you want to make sure your hand is in the right position on the ball. Your hand should be slightly below the laces and your fingers should be spread out evenly. Next, you’ll want to make sure you have a strong grip on the ball. You can do this by making a fist with your hand and then wrapping your fingers around the ball. Finally, you’ll want to make sure you keep your hand and
Frequently Asked Questions
Can You Grip Basketball With Small Hands?
Yes, you can grip a basketball with small hands, but you might have to use a different grip than someone with larger hands.
What Hand Size Do You Need To Grip A Basketball?
There is no one definitive answer to this question. It depends on the person’s hand size and their ability to grip the ball.
How Do I Improve My Grip In Basketball?
There are a few things you can do to improve your grip in basketball. First, make sure you are using the correct grip for the ball. There are three main grips: palm, fingertip, and claw. Palm is best for gripping the ball when shooting or passing, fingertip is good for dribbling and controlling the ball, and claw is helpful for holding onto the ball when being defended. Second, practice gripping the ball with different parts of your hand. Use different fingers, your thumb, and your palm to grip the ball. This will help improve your control of the ball. Third, strengthen your hands and fingers by doing exercises that focus on grip strength. Lastly, keep your hands and fingers warm by wearing gloves or using hand
The proper way to grip a basketball is to hold it with your fingertips, not your palm. This will help you control the ball and make better passes and shots.

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Hey Fandom! This week I talk all things Walk Dead Day, including our A Comic Shop exclusive cover of #1. (link here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/183469176408 )
I also talk Guy Gardner and the DC and Marvel books I enjoyed this week. Murder Falcon gets a highlight. And it’s capped off with my favorite book of the week, Brubaker and Phillips’ My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies!

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Members of the board of education will review the town's Strategic School Profiles, often characterized as a report card for local school systems, when they meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Center elementary school library.
The meeting is taking place a day later than usual because of Veterans Day.
The Strategic School Profiles are released by the state Department of Education each fall. They offer statistics for individual schools and for the system as a whole and compare a community's schools with schools in similar communities and with schools throughout the state.
Other agenda items include routine committee reports, approval of expenditures and a closed session at which board members are expected to discuss collective-bargaining agreements for administrators and teachers.


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DescriptionGauntlet II is very similar to its predecessor. Up to four players (a wizard, a warrior, an elf, and a valkyrie) make their way through various mazes, collect treasures and magic potions, and fend off assorted creatures and ghosts.
- "圣铠传说II" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
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1001 Video GamesThe Arcade version of Gauntlet II appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Cuntlet 2A hex-edited, X-rated copy of the MS-DOS version of this game circulated underground under the name Cuntlet 2. As well as an explicit title screen (liberating the the valkyrie of her constrictive loincloth), enemy sprites were changed vulgar versions of themselves and "IT" (the communicable monster-attractor) was tastefully renamed "AIDS." Instead of leaving behind a key ring upon character death, instead in your wake is left a wet puddle. The 4 selectable gauntlet characters were also renamed.
SpeechGauntlet II featured digitized sounds through the PC internal speaker. Some packages also included a Tandy SL / TL upgrade which took advantage of the digital sound capabilities of these computers (The SL / TL disk was also available from Mindscape if the package didn't include it. It seems inclusion of the enhanced sound disk was random)
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16th July 2014
Lancashire weekly the Leigh Journal has said goodbye to news editor Brian Gomm, as he retires after 44 years.
The veteran journalist began his career as an apprentice with the journal in 1970.
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One of the most debated and intriguing topics of the US Democratic Presidential Primaries is healthcare. The current frontrunners for the Democratic nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders, clash on the topic. While Biden seeks an expansion of the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, Senator Sanders is a […]
Andrew Yang is the Democratic candidate no-one is talking about. You should be.


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roasted aubergine with slow cooked onion and feta
my love affair with jerusalem continues. i’m still trying new recipes but am also starting to make for the second, third or more-th time some of the dishes which i’ve particularly enjoyed.
this roasted aubergine with fried onion and chopped lemon is one such dish. it’s very simple – the aubergines are halved and the flesh scored in a criss-cross pattern before roasting, skin side down, until they are golden and cooked through.
the topping is a simple of mix of slow-cooked onions to which chopped chilli, cumin, sumac and, most interestingly, feta are added. the final few minutes when these are cooked is when the feta starts to melt and integrate the flavours of the onion, chilli and spices. the final touch is a “sauce” of chopped lemon, minus the pith and skin, plus a little more chilli and garlic which adds a wonderful freshness to everything.
served at room temperature with just warmed onions and the lemon sauce, this is easy to make ahead and perfect as part of a jerusalem feast!

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- Did Marie Curie discover radioactivity?
- What exactly is radioactivity?
- Who studied radioactivity?
- What are the benefits of radioactivity?
- Has anyone won the Nobel Prize twice?
- How was radioactivity discovered?
- How did radioactivity change the world?
- Who was the first female Nobel Prize winner?
- Who discovered Proton?
- What are 3 interesting facts about Marie Curie?
- Why is the discovery of radioactivity important?
- Who discovered neutron?
- Who discovered xray?
- What 3 scientists discovered radioactivity?
- Who is the father of radioactivity?
- Is Marie Curie body radioactive?
- What is the first radioactive element?
Did Marie Curie discover radioactivity?
What Did Marie Curie Discover.
Curie discovered radioactivity, and, together with her husband Pierre, the radioactive elements polonium and radium while working with the mineral pitchblende.
She also championed the development of X-rays after Pierre’s death..
What exactly is radioactivity?
As its name implies, radioactivity is the act of emitting radiation spontaneously. This is done by an atomic nucleus that, for some reason, is unstable; it “wants” to give up some energy in order to shift to a more stable configuration.
Who studied radioactivity?
Marie CurieMarie Curie née Marja Sklodowska (1867-1934; see photo at Musée Curie) was one of the founders of the study of radioactivity. Born in Warsaw, she moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. She is best known today for the discovery and isolation of radium [Curie, Curie, & Bémont 1898; Curie 1902].
What are the benefits of radioactivity?
Utilizing radiation to combat cancer is an important career, earn your radiation therapy degree and help society. Killing Microbes: Gamma rays successfully kill microbes that cause food to decay. So food treated with this radiation have a longer shelf life.
Has anyone won the Nobel Prize twice?
If receiving a Nobel prize is the highest recognition for a scientist, being awarded twice by the Swedish Academy of Sciences is an extraordinary fact of which, until now, only four people can boast: Frederick Sanger, Linus Pauling, John Bardeen and Marie Curie.
How was radioactivity discovered?
In 1896 Henri Becquerel was using naturally fluorescent minerals to study the properties of x-rays, which had been discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Roentgen. The new radiation was bent by the magnetic field so that the radiation must be charged and different than x-rays. …
How did radioactivity change the world?
The discovery of radioactivity changed our ideas about matter and energy and of causality’s place in the universe. It led to further discoveries and to advances in instrumentation, medicine, and energy production. It increased opportunities for women in science.
Who was the first female Nobel Prize winner?
Marie Curie53 Nobel Prizes. Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded in 1903 (Physics Prize), followed by Bertha von Suttner who was awarded in 1905 (Peace Prize). As of 2019, the Nobel Prize have been awarded to women 53 times (Marie Curie is awarded twice).
Who discovered Proton?
Ernest RutherfordThe word proton is Greek for “first”, and this name was given to the hydrogen nucleus by Ernest Rutherford in 1920. In previous years, Rutherford had discovered that the hydrogen nucleus (known to be the lightest nucleus) could be extracted from the nuclei of nitrogen by atomic collisions.
What are 3 interesting facts about Marie Curie?
10 Radiant Facts About Marie CurieMarie Curie’s parents were teachers. … Marie Curie had to seek out alternative education for women. … Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two separate sciences. … Marie Curie added two elements to the Periodic Table. … Nobel Prize-winning ran in Marie Curie’s family.More items…
Why is the discovery of radioactivity important?
Like Thomson’s discovery of the electron, the discovery of radioactivity in uranium by French physicist Henri Becquerel in 1896 forced scientists to radically change their ideas about atomic structure. … Furthermore, radioactivity itself became an important tool for revealing the interior of the atom.
Who discovered neutron?
ChadwickIn February 1932, after experimenting for only about two weeks, Chadwick published a paper titled “The Possible Existence of a Neutron,” in which he proposed that the evidence favored the neutron rather than the gamma ray photons as the correct interpretation of the mysterious radiation.
Who discovered xray?
Wilhelm RoentgenWilhelm Roentgen, Professor of Physics in Wurzburg, Bavaria, discovered X-rays in 1895—accidentally—while testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass.
What 3 scientists discovered radioactivity?
Discovery of RadioactivityWilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923)Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908)Pierre (1859-1906) and Marie (1867-1934) Curie.Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)What They Had Discovered:
Who is the father of radioactivity?
Antoine Henri BecquerelAntoine Henri Becquerel (/ˌbɛkəˈrɛl/; French: [ɑ̃ʁi bɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French engineer, physicist, Nobel laureate, and the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity.
Is Marie Curie body radioactive?
Marie Curie, known as the ‘mother of modern physics’, died from aplastic anaemia, a rare condition linked to high levels of exposure to her famed discoveries, the radioactive elements polonium and radium. … Her body is also radioactive and was therefore placed in a coffin lined with nearly an inch of lead.
What is the first radioactive element?
uraniumWhile uranium was the first radioactive element to be discovered, radium was much more popular, as it was a spontaneously luminous material that emitted an incredible quantity of radiation.

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$8,000. That’s what this near masterpiece of horror was made for. It’s chilling and disturbing and has nightmare images that will attach to your brain whether you’d want them to or not (and you don’t). But what makes it different and especially intriguing is that, at its pitch black heart, Found is a superior character study.
The situation is established quickly and seen through fifth-grader Marty’s eyes. He makes a gruesome discovery in his older brother’s bedroom, soon understanding that his only sibling Steve is a serial killer. Part of what makes this so good is that it’s via Marty that we see what’s happening – how he responds to new information and the changing landscape around him. This is a strong character, a bullied boy who has certain fortitude. Marty’s easy to feel and care for as Found slowly uncovers what’s behind the façade of his ‘normal’ family.
Based on the novel by Todd Rigney, director/co-writer and editor Scott Schirmer has made something that sits in the left field of the horror genre. This is a thoughtful film, building the sense of dread to disturbing levels. As Marty, newcomer Gavin Brown is flawless, while screen brother Ethan Philbeck is increasingly frightening as the soft-featured psycho-killer Steve.
Imagine pitching this to a big brand Hollywood studio: A superhero movie based on characters the public has never heard of, with no fancy effects, no tongue-in-cheek humour. No camp. An American superhero movie that takes itself deadly seriously – and one where its superhuman stars are, effectively, without any powers.
It’s not until later that you wonder how the filmmakers managed getting away with a true-to-the-genre superhero movie that is, well, just some guys and a girl running around in costumes. But that’s its brilliance. Made on the flimsiest of shoestrings, All Superheroes Must Die owes more to film noir than Spider-Man in style, and its substance is based on strong characterisations and an unfolding of the story behind the heroes and their inter-relationships.
The film hooks you early – forcing you to wonder about these four characters that have just been awoken, without their powers, not knowing how long they’ve been unconsciousness.
Underneath every indie horror/comedy is an unspoken desire to become a cult sensation. But too often, movies in this sub-genre are only enjoyable to a point – the jokes and the scares run out of steam, and instead of becoming cult smashes, the films see out their days as DVD bargain bin fillers. It takes a particular talent to make horror/comedy that really works. That isn’t disposable. That makes you scared, makes you laugh, and actually sustains your interest. Which makes Canada’s Mon Ami such a find. It starts funny and gets funnier as the dumb and dumber kidnappers brilliantly, thoroughly and utterly hilariously screw up their plan.
Hardware store employees Teddy (Mike Kovac, Yesterday) and Cal (Scott Wallis, Prom Night) are best buddies, but with their taste for listening to classical music while smoking pipes, they’re of a different breed from the usual, predictable dudes. The duo’s friendship was somewhat fractured when Teddy tied the knot with Liz (Teagan Vincze), but they’re set for quality buddy time together when they kidnap Crystal (Chelsey Reist) – their boss’s daughter and colleague at the store. They’re pissed off employees after ransom and revenge, but they’re nice dudes and don’t really intend to hurt Crystal. But – of course – things do not go as designed…
FilmInk\'s Roger Smith witnessed some of his favourite flicks as he\'s never seen them before...
The opening night of the Adelaide Fringe is hot and packed, and nowhere is hotter or more packed than the season’s first performance of At The Movies. But Margaret and David won’t be making an appearance this evening, instead the sweaty crowd are stuffed into the backroom of the Soul Box Café on Hindley Street eagerly awaiting Miss Luna Eclipse and Miss Sapphire Snow to take to the stage for a Burlesque take on some of your favourite movies. In dazzling red sequined gowns with thigh high splits all the way up to there, Luna and Sapphire sashay their way through “Two Little Girls From Little Rock” from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with all the winks and wiggles in all the right places that would make Marilyn and Jane proud.
With temperatures rising in the packed house after the first number, comperes Rohan Watts and Lady Cara Louise finally address the white elephant that’s been in our midst since we walked in the door, yes, Burlesque. You know the movie with Christina Aguilera and Cher? Didn’t see it? Don’t worry, no one did. So long story short, (yes I’ve actually seen it), it’s about a burlesque club in LA that only features about three minutes of actual burlesque in the whole movie. So condensing all the best bits and wrapping them up in strings of pearls and ostrich feather fans, Sapphire shakes and shimmies the way Christina could only hope.
Jeanne Moreau\'s talent and versatility is obvious in ACMI\'s new season Focus on the French screen siren, according to Andrew Moraitis.
A childish gambler who utilises her looks to scam money from strangers, a beleaguered wife unsure of her marriage to a cheating writer, a kindly chambermaid who would risk her life to achieve justice, a sociopathic manipulator willing to destroy others’ happiness for her own vindictiveness, an increasingly depressed heroine that falls in love with one man but marries his best friend: in their physical and psychological challenges, these roles demand an extraordinary degree of range and skill. In retrospect, it’s astonishing to realise that one actor could have convincingly portrayed all these roles in a relatively short amount of time. Yet Jeanne Moreau, working with directors as distinctive as Roger Vadim, Luis Buñuel and François Truffaut, managed to bring versatility, focus and magnetism to these roles, cementing her deserved reputation as one of the finest French actresses of the 20th Century with her vivid and imaginative performances in these roles.
Other performers can credibly transform themselves (with the help of make-up, costume design or even prosthetics) into a range of disparate characters with physical skill, but cannot divorce themselves from their mannerisms, eventually succumbing to repetition in acting choices as a result of their lack of emotional range or sensitive acting technique. Moreau, however, disappears less with physical apparatus than with an extreme level of focus and precision in her acting choices. Probably best known for her enigmatic and alluring performance in the iconic New Wave film Jules et Jim, she disappears into the respective psychologies of her characters, hinting at tensions simmering beneath a poised surface. It’s thrilling to see someone in such command of her craft … and the films aren’t bad, either.
FilmInk snatched time with the director and stars of \'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters\' at the film\'s Sydney premiere.
Sydneysiders came out in droves to see the stars at the Australian premiere for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, a radical revisiting of the classic fairytale. Fitting with the macabre theme of the film, the red carpet was actually white with blood splattered stains. FilmInk waited our turn to speak to the director and stars beside a temporary stick forest, while a snow machine blasted us with fake flakes.
How did you get in and out of those remarkable costumes?
With a lot of help [laughing]! It took a while to get into them, it was a good thirty minutes every morning to get it all on and they were pretty tight, those pants. Some days they were tighter than other days especially after a weekend!
How did you cope with the stunts?
One of the best things was getting down and dirty, covered in mud.
The Disappearance of Alice Creed and Tamara Drewe really showed your dramatic ability and poise. Do you prefer those kinds of roles?
Yes, I do lots of theatre as well so that\'s where I think my creativity is set free. You have a bit more flexibility on smaller dramatic roles, and aren’t under such big pressure like the blockbusters. This is my year of independent filmmaking, I have four smaller movies coming out.
FilmInk\'s intern Stephanie Todd, a 15 year old high schooler, put this item together around the first disc of the groundbreaking documentary, The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
Smashing the movie myths and going back to basics with documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Yet another tedious documentary which recounts the driest parts in the history of film, you might be thinking. There will definitely be some very long and nostalgic narration praising the ingenuity of the old, boring filmmakers, reminiscing about how ‘different it was back then’. You’ll be happy to know, this cinematic voyage does not embark in such a fashion.
I was very surprised when first our narrator, with his strong Irish accent, remarks that film is not about the box office or the media or the promotion. Or that Casablanca is not a classic! Now that was a shock for me!
In fact, it is refreshingly different to hear a film expert not mindlessly praise some dusty old tape and call it genius just because it is a classic. Indeed, Mark Cousins, director and narrator of this piece, specifically calls Japanese cinema full of real classics, and says romances like Casablanca move too fast to be a true classic.
Finally! A breath of fresh air! A new opinion! Don’t get me wrong, I love Casablanca, I just want to hear something new, fresh and different. For this is not so much a look at film; it is an introduction into WHY some films are as highly praised as they are. And can I just say that this is a topic which most definitely needs to be addressed. As a budding film critic, I often struggle to understand what my elders see in some films. I mean, I didn’t see what made E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial as iconic as it is! I was personally quite bored by it, and thought it dragged on. But anyway, leaving my personal vendettas aside, The Story of Film: An Odyssey is interesting in the way that it takes us back to basics, and tells us what we’re missing when we’re unexplainably bored while watching some old film.
Tom Hooper\'s Les Miserables is technically ambitious, often moving, but slightly disappointing, according to Filmink\'s Andrew Moraitis.
Like Richard Attenborough, Tom Hooper has followed Oscar success with a screen musical. Given the consistently high fail rate – both critically and commercially – of the genre, you must credit The King\'s Speech director for his ambition, especially when considering Les Misérables is also an epic: a brown-toned and bloated melodrama that’s not only an adaptation of a Tony-winning musical (by Alain Boublil, Claude- Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer), but also based on one of the finest novels of all time (by Victor Hugo). Hooper’s film doesn’t match the lofty expectations of such prestige; rather, his film is chiefly distinguished by Anne Hathaway’s poignant and raw performance as the tragic Fantine. She’s the engine of this film – emotionally – and interest levels drop when she departs.
Hugh Jackman plays Jean Valjean, an imprisoned peasant in 19th Century France. After he is released and treated with compassion by a bishop (an excellent Colm Wilkinson), Valjean resolves to better himself, eventually becoming mayor of his adopted town, Montreuil-sur-Mer. Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe), however, becomes suspicious of the local hero, and resolves to bring Prisoner 24601 to justice. Entrusted with the daughter of the prostitute Fantine (Hathaway), Valjean attempts to protect Cosette (Isabelle Allen as a child, Amanda Seyfried as a teenager) from the dangers of the outside world, which is complicated by Cosette’s affection for Marius (Eddie Redmayne), a student protestor. (Sweeney Todd’s Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen also feature as the treacherous Thénardiers, Cosette’s abusive ‘caregivers’).
Shane A. Bassett braved the rain and wind to steal a few minutes with Daniel Craig and co. on the red carpet at Sydney\'s swish premiere of \'Skyfall\', which rolled out at the State Theatre.
I was early, so early in fact that I stood in my position at the Australian premiere of Skyfall whilst a man was giving the red carpet a once-over with an industrial vacuum cleaner.
It was raining and policemen stood at the ready along the busy city street. Then it came, a loud roar from the masses that were gathered from across the road behind a carefully constructed barrier. A black hire car had stopped and out stepped Daniel Craig, looking ever so much like his 007 alias. He was accompanied by two beautiful Bond girls and newcomers to the franchise, Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris.
Daniel was effervescent talking to journalists and every now and then, literally stopped traffic as minders took him across the street to sign autographs for screaming fans. And we stole a couple of minutes of his time, as well as the two girls who are every inch Bond’s equal.
This sliceof Greek social realism may be grim, but it\'s also superbly made.
In amongst the stereotypes of a bad soccer team, a worse economy and a tendency to cook lamb for vegetarians, the Grecian penchant for visceral cinema has largely been forgotten. One film that encapsulates this rawness is Tungsten, a cathartic, non-chronological story from writer-director-producer Giorgos Georgopoulos.
The film leads us through a day in the life of several hard-luck battlers, trying not to succeed, but merely make it through the day without failing. A middle-age transit officer (Vangelis Mourikis) asks his brother to help him out of debt in order keep his family together. Two young hoodlums (Omiros Poulakis and Promitheas Aliferopoulos) walk the streets aimlessly, scrounging for money, drugs and any stimulation at all, while a crabby middle manager (Tasos Nousias) tries in vain to balance his dead-end job and faltering abusive relationship.
The stories of this sorry but sympathetic bunch often intersect in amusing and unforeseen fashion, giving Tungsten a layered touch that seems to imply the commonality of each person\'s struggle, despite coming from different backgrounds and heading in different directions.


TASHKENT, November 8 (TCA) — The State Joint Stock Railway Company Uzbekiston Temir Yullari (Uzbekistan Railways) started the electrification of the ‘Karshi-Tashguzar-Boysun-Kumkurgan-Termez’ railway in the south of the country, according to the company.
The project worth US $481.7 million includes the electrification of the 325-kilometer railway section and the development of infrastructure and social facilities of the railway line. The project is designed for six years.
The project will be financed through a loan worth $220 million from the Japan International Development Agency (JICA) and Uzbekistan Railways’ own funds.
In August 2007, Uzbekistan Railways commissioned the ‘Tashguzar-Boysun-Kumkurgan’ railway worth $447 million.
A new 223-kilometer railway line linked the two southern regions of the country – Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya – bypassing Turkmenistan, and thus reducing the former distance for passenger and freight traffic by 170 kilometers.
The project was financed through a loan worth US $151.5 million from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), the state budget and Uzbekistan Railways’ own funds.
Earlier it was reported that between 2011 and 2018 Uzbekistan Railways will electrify three railway sections – ‘Marokand-Karshi’, ‘Karshi-Termez’ and ‘Marokand-Navoi-Bukhara’ with a total length of 715 kilometers.
The project is valued at $961.5 million and will be financed through the foreign loans and Uzbekistan Railways’ own funds.
After the implementation of these projects, it is expected that the share of electrified railway sections in Uzbekistan will increased by 2016 from 36% to 42%.
According to Uzbekistan Railways, the projects will help increase by at least 20% passenger and cargo traffic to the country’s south where a number of large investment projects are currently carried out. Electrification of the abovementioned sections will also increase the transit of cargo passing through Uzbekistan from neighboring Afghanistan.


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The contrasts that define modern Turkey were never more apparent than last weekend, when thousands of people gathered in Istanbul to support equal rights for gays, transsexuals and bisexuals. The protesters marched along Istiklal Avenue waving banners and rainbow flags, creating a scene that felt unique in today's Muslim world. The placards, written in Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Arabic and English, were imbued with mettle and humour. "Homosexuality is not a disease. But racism is," said one of them. "So what if I am a fag?" asked a banner. Another read: "We are the soldiers of Freddie Mercury."
If the Gay Pride parade, now in its 11th year, has been more crowded and flamboyant than ever, this is at least partly due to the so-called "Gezi spirit". After nationwide protests left more than 4,000 wounded and four people dead, the streets and squares have become an open space for politics. Citizens' meetings are organised in various areas, discussions are held about new forms of civic disobedience and there is a flurry of activity on social media.
What is particularly interesting about this new development is that it blurs religious and ideological boundaries. Suddenly gay rights activists are backing Kurdish rights activists; Kemalists are marching side by side with pro-EU liberals. People from different social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds are finding themselves chanting the same slogans, raising similar concerns. In a country where people have been divided into cultural ghettoes for too long, this is unprecedented.
Signs of this were first detected inside Gezi Park. During the weeks of protest, the camp hosted a wide range of activists, from leftists to mystics, from women in headscarves to socialist feminists. United in their criticism of the government, subjected to the same tear gas and pressurised water, they built up a new camaraderie. The AK party's minister of education, Nabi Avcı, acknowledged this situation when he said that the government had done what the opposition parties had not been able to achieve in many years – to unite people from all walks of life.
New exchanges are taking place among the cultural elite as well. Recently 81 artists and writers signed a common petition called "We are concerned". Among us were people with very different views. What brought us together was a collective concern about the continuing polarisation and a criticism of the government's attitude towards artists – pointing the finger at individuals and accusing them of being behind the protests.
In another campaign, hundreds of female academics, writers and journalists, many of them liberals, leftists and secularists, have signed a petition to stop discrimination in the public space against headscarved women. In Turkey a woman who wears a headscarf cannot become a lawyer or a teacher, or perform public service. The petitioners are asking for equality for all women, regardless of dress codes.
Meanwhile, the Kurds are expecting the government not to slow down the peace process and to carry out reforms. The pro-Kurdish BDP has called for marches in major cities. The reaction was triggered by an incident in the district of Lice, which left one man dead and several others wounded after security forces fired on protesters.
Young and dynamic, Turkey's civil society is anything but silent. A new form of engaged citizenship is developing, which may, in the long run, strengthen the country's pluralistic democracy. However, Turkey remains a polarised society. AK party officials, instead of trying to bridge the gap, have been fanning the flames with incendiary rhetoric. So far they have accused American lobbies, Jewish lobbies, Israel, BBC, CNN and some artists and young protesters.
This is a crossroads for the country. If the government realises that it represents those who have not voted for it just as much as those who have; and celebrate diversity through more democracy, freedom of speech and human rights, Turkey could become an exemplar state throughout the Muslim world. If the government takes the other path, however, and uses today's tensions as convenient propaganda material for the forthcoming elections, not only will Turkish democracy be badly bruised, but the entire region will also be affected.


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“We are thrilled to be launching this important project, which has the potential to make a real difference to the survival of young salmon in the Spey. We believe that by working together, we can protect this vital part of our natural heritage and ensure that future generations can continue to enjoy these magnificent fish.”Roger Knight, Director of the Spey Fishery Board
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Save Our Smolts project, a ground-breaking initiative aimed at protecting young Atlantic salmon during their critical migration phase from the headwaters of the River Spey to the North Atlantic. This project is a response to the crisis faced by Atlantic salmon populations, with the survival of smolts being essential for the species’ future.
As participants in the Atlantic Salmon Trust’s Moray Firth Tracking Project, which looked at the downstream migration of salmon smolts, the Spey Fishery Board contributed to findings which are indicating that rivers with ‘pinch points’ experience a higher smolt loss rate around these features.
The Save Our Smolts project, building on this valuable data, aims to address this issue by trapping and relocating juvenile salmon around known pinch points on the River Spey, ensuring their safe passage.
During the 2023 spring and early summer trial, salmon will be collected in traps above Loch Insh, a known pinch point on the River Spey. The salmon will then be electronically tagged, with half released above the loch and half below. By monitoring the survival rates of the two groups, the project aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of trapping and relocating smolts on the River Spey.
Widespread support for the Save Our Smolts project:
“Anglers from across the world visit the River Spey each year to fish for salmon, providing the backbone of our local economy. So we must do all we can to help our Atlantic salmon – an iconic species sadly now in crisis. This work is very demanding on the limited resources of the Board’s small team, but it is vital if we are to achieve our mission of getting as many salmon smolts as possible out to sea. We look forward to hearing about the results in due course.”Dr Sandy Scott, Chairman of the Spey Fishery Board
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Snapping out of Docker: a robotics guide for migrating Docker to Snap | Ubuntu
In this blog post, we are going to see when and how to migrate a ROS application currently deployed with Docker to Snap. We will use the web-based joystick application developed by Husarion, (GitHub – husarion/webui-ros-joystick) as an example. This application is used to send velocity commands to a ROS robot and manage a software emergency-stop.
Docker has greatly facilitated robotics software development by providing a way to package applications and their dependencies into portable containers. However, due to its cloud-oriented design, Docker poses some difficulties for developers when it comes to deploying software on a robotic device.
If you are completely new to Snaps and want to learn how to snap robotics applications, head over to our documentation page.
When to move your Docker to Snap
Before we jump straight into work, let’s understand first when you should consider migrating from Docker to Snap.
The software lifecycle for a robotics application typically…


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AIR DAY: Saturday AIR TIME: 9:00 PM AIRING CHANNEL: Mandee YouTube, Rakuten ViKi Plot Cutie Pie is a Thai BL (Boys Love) series released on Mandee YouTube Channel. The story is about 2 guys Kuea Keerati (Nunew) and Hia Lian (Zee) who were arranged to get married in their childhood. Kuea Keerati has been inContinue reading “Cutie Pie EP.6 Recap/Review”
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Star and Sky: Star In My Mind Release Dates announced!
Star and Sky: Star In My Mind (Star and Sky : แล้วแต่ดาว Star in My Mind | ขั้วฟ้าของผม Sky in Your Heart) is an upcoming Thai BL drama. It portrays two love stories, and talks about the two sides of love. The series is based on the two novels แล้วแต่ดาว & ขั้วฟ้าของผม by Peachhplease STAR:Continue reading “Star and Sky: Star In My Mind Release Dates announced!”
Leo of VIXX to star in a BL!
Leo of VIXX is famous worldwide for his beautiful visuals, charismatic voice and amazing acting skills. Leo has starred in various musicals such as Full House, Frankenstein and many more. It has been declared Leo is going to star in the coming Korean BL drama Happy Ending Outside The Fence (펜스 밖은 해피엔딩). Many fansContinue reading “Leo of VIXX to star in a BL!”
BL Minato Shouji Coin laundry to get a TV adaptation!
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Cherry Blossoms After Winter Cast Invites Fans To A Live Talk
Cherry Blossoms After Winter is a BL manhwa written and illustrated by Banwoo. Its first chapter was published in 2017. The manhwa’s main story is completed with side stories going on. It follows the story of Taesung and Haebom. Haebom has been residing in Taesung’s house because his parents had died. And now that he’sContinue reading “Cherry Blossoms After Winter Cast Invites Fans To A Live Talk”
KinnPorsche will change the history and future of all BLs!
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The company “AK “Phobos” in connection with the identification of facts of unauthorized use of the trademark “Phobos”, urges buyers to check the presence of identification marks of our shut-off valves:on the case there are Stamps applied by casting method, on the handle there are inscriptions “PHOBOS”.
The company warns about the presence on the commodity market of fake shut-off valves that have not been properly checked for compliance with the quality standards of shut-off valves, and in this regard calls on buyers of shut-off valves:
- pay attention to the price of the shut-off valves (unrealistically low prices indicate that the shut-off valves are made illegally and do not have a quality certificate or used components are used in its manufacture);
- pay attention to the presence of factory markings, passports and certificates for the purchased shut-off valves;
- check the appearance and design of accompanying documents;
- check the authority of dealers by calling the hotline of shut-off valve manufacturers;
- check with the “black list” of organizations engaged in the production or sale of counterfeit shut-off valves;
The company informs buyers who purchase falsified shut-off valves or manufactured illegally and sold at dumping prices that these products:
- poses an increased danger to the objects of the gas and oil, chemical industry, housing and communal services, etc.;
- does not have a guarantee of trouble-free operation;
- does not give the consumer the right to warranty or service
The company “PHOBOS” officially announces the accession to the Policy of the NPAA in the field of combating illegal trafficking in the commodity markets of counterfeit products – fittings and actuators.
The company’s website will contain:
- NPAA documents and bulletins on combating illegal trafficking of counterfeit shut-off valves;
- links to sections of the official page of the NPAA “black list” of organizations acting in bad faith;
- link to the list of hotline phones of shut-off valve manufacturers information about the activities carried out by JSC “AK “PHOBOS” in the fight against illegal trafficking of counterfeit shut-off valves.


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Skip to comments.UNPRECEDENTED AND SECRETIVE (The Obama team's secretive K Street Project.)
Posted on 11/07/2008 2:27:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
Lost amid all of the jubilation of the Obama victory was the announcement by the Obama transition team that it had set up a separate transition program beyond the one that is paid for by the American taxpayer. Called the "Obama/Biden Transition Project," it is a 501(c)4 tax-exempt organization, with no limits on the contributions it can receive and no requirements to divulge the names of individuals or organizations that give it money.
Traditionally, the victorious campaign has set up inaugural funds, as well as funds to deal with legal costs and other expenses to close down the campaign. Others have set up quasi-corporate offices to deal with transition issues, such as in 2000, when, with the election in doubt, the Bush-Cheney team set up a private transition office in McLean, Virginia, covering the costs from campaign contributions and other fundraising. Ultimately, the federal government, headed by the Government Services Administration, covers the cost of the transition staff, providing it with office space and all equipment.
No one is certain that any political organization has ever set up a tax-exempt entity that would be shrouded in such secrecy, particularly when Obama claimed he would be more transparent about the way things were done.
"To my knowledge, it's never been done, and people should be asking why the Obama people chose to do it this way," says a longtime Washington Republican, who has been involved in transitions for the Reagan and Bush campaign teams. According to an Obama campaign staffer who is being retained for the transition and inauguration planning, the "project" is intended not only to identify personnel for the Obama Administration, but to then send those project employees who know all of the senior staff in the various Cabinet departments and federal agencies out into the corporate and lobbying community to leverage those contacts.
"It's taking the old 'K Street Project' that Republicans had and doing it twice as fast and on steroids," explains the aide. "So, if you have a Project aide working on Commerce Department transition, that Project aide will be more likely to get a senior lobbying job because of all those connections at Commerce. That former Project aide will also be able raise more money for Democrats in this town and help others with jobs and such."
As well, the nonprofit may also serve as a haven for Obama supporters and campaign loyalists who for one reason or another can't be employed by the Administration or in the federal government. "There are some people who have been with us from the beginning who are clearly political liabilities or who won't be able to qualify for a job, say, because they can't get a security clearance," says another aide, who was unaware of the unique Obama transition project's tax status.
Regardless of the purpose, Obama campaign officials say there is no intention of shutting down the 501(c) 4 Project after the transition is over.
A shadow administration with no oversight by anyone, answerable only to Obama. A perfect way to hide violations of federal law.
Soros has to control them somehow.
this is just creepy
a secret shadow government to shelter subversives who wouldnt be able to operate openly in our government
I hope the FBI has a field day watching this place
even if the guys who do it are not “on the clock”
Is this where all the ACORN people are now?
The article said — “No one is certain that any political organization has ever set up a tax-exempt entity that would be shrouded in such secrecy, particularly when Obama claimed he would be more transparent about the way things were done.”
Now here is the first thing to really *hammer* Obama on, something that he’s doing *right now* — as opposed to all the other things in the past. This is “right now” and it indicates that he’s totally lying about “transparency”....
And no limit on foreign donations.
The FBI works for The One, did you forget that?
Republicans need to do the SAME.
If he can do it, so can we.
Time to fight fire with fire.
Enough of this silly stuff ... .
0bama = Abortion
“When freedom fails
Good men rot in filthy jails
And those who cried Appease! Appease!
Are hung by those they tried to please.”
I may not have that quote perfect, but I remember it from long ago...
Obingo will do as he pleases. Anyone who questions him will have two issues. You’ll be called on the carpet as a racist and you’ll be audited, your TV station shut down, your kids harassed, your brakes removed etc.
...in announcer voice..”watch the “Sopranos”, “Goodfellas” or the “Godfather” to learn more about how creative Obama can be”!! “Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Be There”!
If the Republicans had fought fire with fire, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Palin was the only one I saw fighting fire with fire and see what they did to her.
Think Code Pink.
Ping. See #9, too.
Maybe the GOP wanted to lose this one so they could hang all the coming misery around Barack Obama’s neck.
Only problem with that reasoning is the Supreme Court nominations, fewer restrictions on abortions, and all the socialist programs he intends to start that once started never ever end. But maybe the GOP doesn’t really care about these issues.
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text: is considered one of the best young poets writing in Arabic today. She is the author of four books of poems in Arabic Ittisafat (Characterizations) 1990; Mamarr Mu'tim Yasluh li Ta'allum al-Raqs (A Dark Alley Suitable for Dance Lessons), 1995; al-Mashy Atwal Waqt Mumkin (Walking As Long As Possible), 1997; Jughrafia Badila (Alternative Geography), 2006. She was born in 1966 in the northern Egyptian Delta. She has a bachelor's degree in Arabic literature from El-Mansurah University and a master's degree, also in Arabic, from Cairo University. Mersal worked as an editor for the cultural and literary reviews Bint al-Ard and Adab wa Naqd in Egypt for several years before leaving for North American in 1999. Volumes of her work have appeared in English, French, German, and Hebrew. Mersal is an assistant professor of Arabic at the University of Alberta in Canada. She lives in Edmonton with her husband and two children.


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I ran 5 and a bit miles up the hill getting a tan very warm. Sabine and Arthur arrived and in the evening we had BBQ which went very well. I drank the beers we had bought at reinosa.
I ran with Arthur and Sabine to the village and back it was very warm then went for my own rules. Later of about 6 miles up the hill. I. The afternoon we went to pozo azul and watched people jumping into the freezing water. I just got my ankles in and cooled by tinto de verano . We met John in the bar by the square and after some drinks we came back and had cold meats and cheese.
It was a little overcast so I went for a long 10 mile run to the desserts village on the plateau. I. The afternoon we went to the beach and I had a swim and the water was relatively warm. I then ran 2 miles in my beach shoes to dry off. We had drinks at the beach. And then went into town to the el. Baron restaurant where I had a very good dessert. We stayed up quite late chatting.
I woke up quite early and learnt some Spanish. After some pillows de leche I ran down. To the bar by the river. It was very warm. I had a bit of a swim along with John then we took it easy. Myself Arthur and Sabine had a drink at the bar by the river then me and John walked to the second bar where a man said cajones a lot. Then we had a final drive to the bar by the square which was busy. We popped back to the villa and we had a nice paella.
I got up early and ran for 4.5 miles discovering the a necropolis. In the afternoon we went to santillana del Ain and we met Brian and Paula after a bit of difficulty we ate in the restaurant with the great ice creams and had a nice 3 course meal with wine for 13 euros. We got caught in a little Rai. And popped I to the sidreria so that Brian rather and Sabine could try the cider machine. John then gave me a lift to Santander airport.


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By withdrawing from the agreement, Ali Rabiee said, the US also stopped Iranian people from reaping the benefits of the nuclear deal.
“In no period of time ever have ill-wishers of Iran, whether in the US or in countries bearing grudges against Iran in the region, or in other countries, been so powerful, and [in no period of time] has a country’s economy been under as much pressure of sanctions as Iran’s,” he noted.
The spokesman underlined challenges emanating from economic pressure have been coupled with the massive economic and social repercussions of the coronavirus outbreak, making it all the more necessary to focus on cooperation both within the Establishment and among people from different walks of life.
“The pressure caused by sanctions, the US bullying, and economic as well as livelihood problems are difficulties which have been created for people,” he said.
“We are also facing the effects of the coronavirus outbreak which has even harmed dynamic economies in the world, and undoubtedly, all-out cooperation, synergy and an understanding of issues are needed to successfully get through and mitigate problems is society,” he added.

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Pharmaceutical companies amass huge libraries of chemical compounds they can test to see if one just might be capable of being developed into a new drug. But what if, even with millions of compounds, you’re missing some that could lead to your next blockbuster treatment?
That was the idea behind Friday’s announcement that AstraZeneca and Sanofi will swap 210,000 compounds from their libraries, giving each company new compounds to screen. (It’s worth noting, as STAT Pharmalot Ed Silverman columnist points out, “the move comes as both companies struggle to replenish their product portfolios and appease restive shareholders.”)
Companies measure the potential of the compounds through a process called high-throughput screening, in which the compounds are tested on different cells or molecules to see if they are a “hit” for a certain disease target. If there is a hit, scientists work to refine the compound and then start testing it in animal models to explore if it could eventually provide the foundation for a new drug. It takes years even if all goes well, but it’s one key way that drugs are discovered. (Companies also try to design compounds specifically for certain disease targets instead of doing the mass testing that this type of screening requires.)
Here are six things you should know about compound libraries, and how different groups are trying to leverage them to improve drug discovery.
The companies don’t worry about honing in on the same compound
Companies want to protect their compounds: They spend a lot of money building and acquiring new ones, and they are intellectual property. So what if a compound turns out to be a hit for both Sanofi and AstraZeneca? First off, most hits don’t actually lead to new drugs. And even if both companies pursued the same chemicals, their scientists do so much work creating “lead compounds” and improving them that any resulting drugs would almost certainly not match. “Each of those is just a potential starting point for a drug discovery project,” said Stephen Frye, a former GlaxoSmithKline scientist who now directs the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That’s why the trade between the two companies involves what is known as “precompetitive” research.
AstraZeneca has shared before with industry
About four years ago, AstraZeneca and Bayer opened up their libraries to each other, but they only screened the compounds on targets that were not relevant to the other company. (In the AstraZeneca-Sanofi deal, no restrictions were placed on the screening.) One interesting discovery: Scientists from AstraZeneca and Bayer reported in Drug Discovery Today in 2012 that there was little overlap between the two collections, concluding that “one can effectively access a large collection of additional, diverse, high-quality and well-kept screening compounds … [in] the screening collection of a competing pharmaceutical company.”
…and with academia
Last year, AstraZeneca launched a partnership with the Academic Drug Discovery Consortium, a network of more than 130 academic drug discovery centers formed in 2012. The consortium does not have its own compound library, and academic institutions may only have a few thousand compounds in their libraries. With the partnership, selected researchers get access to 250,000 of AstraZeneca’s compounds. The compounds are sent to the scientists, who perform the screening on targets they develop. For researchers, the program opens the door to a wealth of compounds, and for AstraZeneca, the company typically gets the first chance to license any promising technology. “A lot of the biology expertise and knowledge about the genes and the disease, that comes largely from academia,” said Matthew Hartman, secretary and treasurer of the consortium.
Biotech and pharma will partner with the government as well
Robots at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, an arm of the National Institutes of Health, perform 3 million tests a week of roughly 500,000 compounds on different disease targets. The scientists there regularly work with biotechnology companies who want to study how certain disease targets respond to certain compounds. “They may not have the chemical libraries, they may not have the screening technology,” said Ajit Jadhav of NCATS. The center’s researchers can also help the companies polish the compounds to get them ready for further testing.
Europe’s in the game
Scientists recently formed the Joint European Compound Library with 321,000 compounds that originated in pharmaceutical companies’ libraries and plan to make 200,000 more compounds in the next four years. The library will be open to academics and biotech companies who otherwise would not have access to such a collection. “The emerging picture of a low chemical similarity between the independent screening libraries suggests that an efficient and cost-effective way to generate a highly diverse library would be to combine the libraries from multiple companies,” scientists wrote in February in Drug Discovery Today. “The combined chemical space explored by all the collections would be available and this would maximize the chances of hits against a novel biological target.”
Some pharmaceutical companies are sharing selections, but don’t expect open access
The compounds remain incredibly valuable to companies. “The library, the chemical compounds, are usually the cherished jewel of the company,” said Barbara Slusher, president of the Academic Drug Discovery Consortium and neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University. “So they’re still quite reluctant to give that out in an unencumbered fashion.”


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NBA Star Metta World Peace Releases New Children’s Book
NBA star Metta World Peace now wears two hats. The athlete recently wrote a children’s book called “Metta’s Bedtime Stories.”
The book features a collection of short stories for bedtime. The book is written to resonate to multicultural readers.
“That was important in this book in bringing people together and closer,” said Metta.
“If you get a Latino, Asian or white kid reading a book full of black kids, it’s not relatable. We wanted something where everybody could relate to,” he said.
The 33-year-old has four children of his own. Watch Metta read an entry from his book to a group of children on “Access SportsNet: Lakers” episode. The book is available on Amazon.


The CW’s The Flash has a bad habit of introducing new characters at the beginning of a season only to later reveal that the new character is also secretly the season’s new villain, so nobody should’ve been particularly surprised when the new CSI at the Central City Police Department played by Tom Felton also turned out to be the masked cult leader guy trying to summon a self-proclaimed “speed god” named Savitar. In a fairly refreshing twist, though, Felton’s character was actually being mind-controlled, and after getting saved, he decided to start working with Team Flash. Felton was largely useless after that point, since Team Flash has always been pretty crowded, but his casual cynicism did bring a fun energy to the group’s typical “believe in yourself” pep talks.
Unfortunately, even with the Flash himself trapped in a different universe (that’s not really what it is, but we don’t have all day here), the team is still pretty packed, so there won’t really be room for Felton when season four kicks off later this year. According to Entertainment Weekly, Felton’s character will be written out of the show at the beginning of the season, hopefully to make room for another new friend who is actually a villain. The EW story at least suggests that Felton isn’t being killed off, though, so there’s a chance he’ll pop back in someday.


MINNEAPOLIS—Minnesota leaders say they’ll help north Minneapolis recover.
Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and others toured tornado damage Monday with Mayor R.T. Rybak,
Dayton returned to the Capitol without speaking to reporters. But Rybak told reporters the Minneapolis recovered from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse and he’s confident the city can do it again.
Klobuchar says she saw a lot of homes and businesses that were “twisted and turned,” but her main concern is for all the people whose lives were “twisted and turned, and turned upside down.” She says Minneapolis might be eligible for up to $6.9 million in federal disaster aid, as well as individual and small-business loans.
Ellison says he’s confident the community will be rebuilt better than it was before.


Once again it is time to talk about CVC Capital Partners sale of their interest in Formula 1. having been in the series for 10 years, it could be choosing to sell its interest as early as September with Goldman Sachs brokering the deal.
According to Bloomberg, the sale could have as many as three credible parties vying for the investment and this video suggest a broadcasting company could be amongst them. It certainly could happen and according to Kiel Porter, the impetus for this could be F1’s slow uptake on broadcast packages featuring data-rich content and multi-screen viewing experiences.
That all sounds great and it’s what the press have been crowing about as well as fans for some time. Let’s get a complete digital package and stream that online and get the content ripped and put on YouTube and I want to watch a race with three screens so I can tweet, see raw car data, the camera over Lewis Hamilton’s shoulder and somehow manage to listen to Leigh Diffey and team call the action while I scan the radio channels trying to hear Kimi’s latest tirade. Meanwhile, I missed 30 of the 70 laps trying to muck around with my devices and tweet witty things on Twitter and Facebook. No thanks.
I am certainly willing to admit that a broadcaster could be interested but I suspect an investment company who realizes that CVC will have made 8 times return on investment, assuming they sell for $10bn, will be very keen to pony up and secure the interest that CVC holds. If F1’s returns can continue in this manner, a revolving group of investors could carry on this way for some time. Get in, skim the profits for 5 years and then get out.
No wonder the teams were lobbying hard for the F1 Strategy Group because if you fear the sport is simply going to be shuffled around between venture capital companies, then you need some assurance the series is stable and heading int eh right way irrespective of who owns it. I would feel no different than Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari and Renault if I were in their position.
This isn’t the first time F1’s been in the shop window but Kiel says this time seems more realistic than the past efforts. We’ll have to take his word for it but I haven’t seen the F1 journalists quite as effusive in their assurance that a September date is eminent and they rarely have their finger off of the pulse of F1. Time will tell, I have no inside track to CVC’s position so anything I would suggest would be mere guesswork.
F1 doesn’t need to become the wild west of digital media strategies and a test-bed for content delivery via Snapchat or other goofy social media trends. If you have a multibillion dollar business, you don’t take risks like that with your content which is the single-most valuable asset you have. Whatever F1 does do with its broadcast package, it will be Machiavellian in it’s approach and control of that package. It should be, that’s its $10bn asset and it’s not about to simply throw its content out to the world in search of a bigger audience. It doesn’t need to, not when owners are making 8x’s the ROI.
Hat Tip: Bloomberg