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20 Aug 2011
After handing a sizable contract extension to Kevin Kolb earlier this offseason, the Cardinals finally got their best player to commit to the franchise for the long-term as well. According to ESPN, the Cardinals will give Larry Fitzgerald an eight-year, $120 million contract with $50 million in guaranteed money.
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The checkpoint device serves as a routing aid in the workview . The contents of each connection are passed through from the input to the corresponding output without modification.
This can be useful for organizing your workspace and keeping a set of necessary wires together. You can also assign a custom name to each channel as an organizational aid.
Checkpoint Memory Conservation
In the Artist Point version and beyond, the Checkpoint device have gained a new ability.
When building a high resolution world, you can choose to use “Checkpoint memory conservation” in the project settings. This lets checkpoints function as a kind of results caching system, keeping high resolution build results only at each checkpoint instead of at each device. This saves enormous amounts of memory while still allowing you to edit and rebuild the world from the last checkpoint.
In the example above, the devices retains the terrain and erosion masks, allowing you to tweak the quick texture settings with a minimum of rebuild time and memory usage.
How to Use
Make sure in your Project Settings you have enabled checkpoint memory conservation:
Then add a checkpoint to your world. When the world is built, the devices that input into the checkpoint will be conserved and their results removed, while the checkpoint will retain all of its data.
Typically, each major section of your world file that you may want to edit would route all of its output through a checkpoint to minimize the amount of the world that must be rebuild on a change.
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Calling for more interventions that address intersectional stigma
Carmen Logie, of the University of Toronto, reviewed the impact that different types of stigma have had on communities affected by HIV. Explaining that stigma and discrimination can be found in community norms, religions, institutional practices, and policies, Logie argued that, while research teams have done a good job of conceptualizing and measuring stigma, there has been less success in developing interventions to reduce stigma.
Studies have shown that HIV stigma, and stigma related to racism, sexism, and homophobia, have negative impacts on health. Logie explained that women living with HIV experience an intersection of stigma around sex work, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism and gender discrimination, and HIV at the micro (intra/interpersonal), meso (community), and macro (structural/institutional) levels.
Research from the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) has shown that sexual minority women living with HIV experience greater stigma. Logie noted that gender-based violence and housing insecurity are also associated with HIV stigma, sexism, and racism, highlighting the need for intersectional approaches.
Emphasizing the need for interventions that work across multiple levels and address multiple underlying factors, Logie argued that there is especially a need for more stigma interventions that focus on community level attitudes and intersecting forms of stigma – including information-based approaches, skills-building, support groups, and contact and storytelling interventions, as well as structural approaches that address laws and policies.
Logie praised art space initiatives from the W4 Project, and body-mapping workshops as promising avenues. She also revealed that she plans to launch a digital storytelling lab in 2017.
In discussing the results from the REACH-funded Trans Priorities Project, Zack Marshall and Yasmeen Persad explained that trans women participating in their study had identified stigma as a high priority. Study participants, many of whom were or had been engaged in sex work, described compounding, intersectional stigma that came from being transgender, racialized, and HIV-positive. Some participants explained that disclosing their HIV status to other sex workers would have interfered with their ability to find clients, and others highlighted the stigma they perceived in health care settings.

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When was the last time you saw someone get pantsed? For many, it was this past weekend, and the victim was senior George Karamanoukian. With ten members, 30 skits and 60 hilarious minutes, the Experimental Theater Company’s (ETC) last show of the year “Neither Dope, Nor Ill, Nor Bonk,” was a whirlwind of laughs and excitement featuring some of Colgate’s biggest and brightest personalities.
For the shows on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, 30 pieces of paper numbered one through 30 were hung on a clothesline on stage. It was up to the audience to determine the order of the skits by calling out numbers. The only thing that gave any hint to what the skits were about were their titles, provided on the back of the show pamphlet. Many had to do with the topics of the skits, while others were abstract and left the plot a complete surprise.
“Bilogeddon” was one such skit. It was a sequel to a skit performed by ETC last semester that featured senior co-presidents of the group, Karamanoukian and Gabby Durr, along with first-year Magnus Vogel. Last semester, Karamanoukian and Durr were a Russian married couple who worked as marriage counselors. This weekend they acted out that same couple working as SAT tutors. Vogel played a young man who comes in for tutoring but turns out to be their son whom they gave up for adoption. They came to this conclusion by seeing that, as their son, Vogel inherited mannerisms, nonsensical sayings and a full dance routine.
One skit that had the audience cackling was “A Girl Walks Into A Bar (… ouch).” Many can understand the trials and tribulations of getting the bar- tender’s attention on a night out. Sophomore Emily Rahhal took the stage as a woman with a solid plan for getting that attention. She first assures her friends that she can handle it, fixes herself up a bit and then walks over to the imaginary bar. After a brief pause, she starts screaming at the top of her lungs for help. After attempting a number of absurd ploys (and being foiled by her concerned friends each time), she finally gets three vodka Redbulls by convincing the bartender that the bartender’s mother just passed, and her dying wish was for her daughter to make those drinks.
Sophomore Fritz Grunert enjoyed skits like this because of how relatable they are for Colgate students.
“ETC did a great job of turning everyday and not-so-everyday activities at Colgate into some knee-slapping comedy skits,” Grunert said.
Unfortunately for seniors Durr, Karamanoukian and Brian Regan, this was their final ETC performance. Reflecting on his last show, Karamanoukian was less sad that it was over, but rather grateful that he got to take part in it.
“I told everyone I was sure I would cry on stage once I realized that it was my last show… but that never happened. I think it’s because I was too proud to be sad: too proud of the people who made the show happen, too proud of all the work we’ve done and too proud of how unbelievably smart and intricate each of these people’s brains are. When I look back at Colgate, my time in ETC will be at the forefront of those memories. I will miss everyone in ETC, but I know I will see them again. You just better pray that it’s when we all become part of the SNL cast,” he said.
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Body swap stories are high concept stories, and their popularity endures. Freaky Friday, for example, started in 1976. We keep seeing new versions.
The mother-daughter body swap is relatively ‘safe’ and the moral lesson is clear: When we literally put ourselves in cross-generational shoes, we understand the other’s point of view.
However, when the body swap is cross gender, pitfalls soon reveal themselves. Likewise, as I am finding out, middle grade human-to-pet body swap narratives are also likely to convey problematic gender ideologies.
Continue reading “Body Swap Stories”
You may not believe in ghost stories. I don’t either. But once you understand how ghost stories work, you’ll understand how tools of persuasion are used in other realms. Studying the ghost story is a fun way to study the techniques of persuasion.
Ghost stories have plenty of other functions, too. Continue reading “When Everyone Else Is A Ghost”
“The Woman At The Store” is one of Mansfield’s earliest stories, written for the magazine Rhythm. The aesthetic goal of this magazine was pity, brutality and a carefully wrought plot with adequate foreshadowing. It is now thought that this story is far from Mansfield’s best work.
Continue reading “The Woman At The Store by Katherine Mansfield”
“At the Bay” (1921) is considered one of Mansfield’s best short stories, by a writer at the height of her powers. This is one of the three about the Burnell family, who also star in “Prelude” and “The Doll’s House“.
Read “At The Bay” at the Katherine Mansfield Society website.
“At The Bay” is an interesting case study for writers, for so many reasons. Notably:
- The way Mansfield creates her characters in pairs, to compare and contrast them. If one character goes visiting, so does her counterpoint character.
- This is an example of a story in which no one has any big self-revelation. Like Mad Men famously achieved, the characters go about their own lives, continuing to make mistakes, learning little, and that is how life really is. This is the ultimate realism, though it can feel to the reader like ‘nothing happens’. We tend to say of these stories, ‘It’s not got any plot’. Or, it’s an ‘anti-plot’.
- But apart from the lack of growth, “At The Bay” does conform to classic story structure, and even the lack of Self-revelation is replaced by characters who suddenly change their emotional valence, either because they are practising ‘opposite action’ or because they suddenly become scared or whatever.
- Mansfield’s scenes each feel complete in their own right because the emotional valence changes from beginning to end. Linda starts off with no emotional affect, but ends the scene beaming at her baby boy. Beryl starts off scared with Mrs Kembers than feels jubilantly free for a second. Stanley rushes into the water triumphant to be first and is immediately irritated to find he is not first after all. Mansfield’s emotions swing from one extreme to the other. If we find our own scenes emotionally flat, a read of “At The Bay” should set us back on the right track.
- Mansfield also has a real affinity for children. She recreates play scenes and child interactions so authentically, without glossing over the fact that the hierarchy between children can be brutal. There’s nothing mawkish about these children.
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You may have seen someone talking about this on social media, or in an article online, or somewhere else. I’ve seen it in numerous places. The idea is that, right now, with a pandemic, racial justice issues, and everything else that we are dealing with, suddenly talking about anxiety and depression, or being lonely and isolated is leading to mental health issues. Employers are showing some real concern for employees and their mental health, trying to be flexible on supporting employees and helping them deal with the challenges that they are all being faced right now.
No, this isn’t happening everywhere, but it’s much more common than it was 4-5 months ago.
It would seem as if COVID19 and everything else we’re dealing with has, finally, been the thing that has brought the reality of mental health into the limelight. Simply put, there are likely more people feeling overwhelmed and like maybe their mental health isn’t 100% on point right now, than there are who aren’t feeling that.
Suddenly, it’s normal to be struggling.
And, that’s the part that scares me. I fear that many people, who don’t understand mental health issues, see this time as unique. Of course, during a pandemic, violence, social upheaval, etc. it’s normal to feel overwhelmed, anxious, maybe even depressed, but once this is over, I suspect many of those same people will go right back to asking someone dealing with these same struggles “What do you have to be depressed about?”
The thing is, right now we see a clear cause and effect when it comes to our struggles. There’s a worldwide pandemic going on with no end in sight. The natural response to that is to feel anxious and overwhelmed. Not to diminish those struggles, they are real, and difficult, but not all mental health issues have that same straight line cause and affect. Lots of people had have these mental health issues, and many, many others, with no clear “reason” for it. But they are just as real, and just as difficult.
So yes, I’m glad the world is taking mental health very seriously right now, but it shouldn’t only be a priority during a pandemic. We needed to stop stigmatizing mental health issues long before we had a pandemic. Hopefully this isn’t just a temporary reprieve against some mental health issues tied to current events, because there are too many people who’ve been dealing with stigma for their own issues for years. They deserve better.

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Yes, it’s been 15 long years since Shania Twain has put out new music, but believe us when we say that the queen is back better than ever. Country music’s highest selling female artist of all-time performed two new songs off her forthcoming studio album on the Today Show this past week, and it’s almost as if nothing has changed.
Twain stopped by the morning show to perform during the Citi Concert Series held on the Plaza throughout the summer. She also chatted about her upcoming album, Now, and exemplified her overwhelming joy to get back on stage. Readers can press play on the video below to watch Twain perform her newest single “Life’s About to Get Good.”
“You know what? I’m really feeling the love! I didn’t realize how appreciated I was. Honestly, I think distance makes the heart grow fonder. And it works both ways—I really missed the fans and I’m loving just being with them again and feeling the whole joy of everything,” Twain exclaims to the Today show hosts.
Twain also opened up about how her upcoming album came about, and the treacherous journey it took for her to get there.
“I’m a go-getter. I’m a fighter. I have a lot of determination in me and I’m fiercely independent and that’s what motivates me, challenge. Facing my fears and of course, it was scary coming out again after so many years and writing the whole album alone, which I did on purpose to push myself and really find and rediscover myself as a songwriter ‘cause that’s really at the base of everything,” Twain said.
The talented singer/songwriter also played a round of “Country Confessions,” revealing that she wrote her 1997 Come On Over hit “From This Moment On” at a soccer game. “I write best when I’m really bored and I have nothing else going on,” she exclaims. “And the game was really boring.”
In addition to debuting two new songs, Twain also performed her iconic hits “That Don’t Impress Me Much” and “Man, I Feel Like a Woman.” Her much-anticipated upcoming studio album, Now, is due out on September 29.


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Check out these 5 great mobile games
Opinion Outpost members can take paid surveys to make money from home online or redeem gift cards to sites like iTunes*. These can be used to download the hottest music or a favorite movie, but some folks may instead use this extra cash to pay for the best mobile games.
While some may cost a few bucks to download, others are free to play but offer in-game purchases to take things to the next level. For serious gamers, buying extra points or downloadable content for a favorite mobile app is the best way to maximize the experience.
Here are some of the hottest games available for download:
1. Clash of Clans
Though the game has been available since 2012, iTunes reported that Clash of Clans is still among the most popular apps. Players collect resources and build a bustling, well-fortified village. And although creating a neat little town is exciting in its own right, the objective of the game is to build an army and go to war with other online users.
Between dragons, massive knights and the famous "hog-riders," Clash of Clans has a unique cast of characters that you can use in your army. Each comes with a strategic advantage, and part of the challenge is to build the right attacking force.
2. Assassin's Creed Identity
This is the first time the "Assassin's" franchise has dabbled in mobile gaming, and according to Metacritic, the results are spectacular. Set during the Italian Renaissance, users create a customizable assassin and use this character to complete all sorts of missions. This game boasts fantastic graphics and an incredibly detailed plot line.
3. SimCity BuildIt
A hallmark of PC games for generations, the wizards behind the "SimCity" games have made a mobile app, meaning you can build and govern a shining metropolis while on the go. As the mayor of your very own town, you are in control of everything from setting tax rates and zoning laws to protecting your citizens from tornados or the occasional alien invasion.
Like Clash of Clans and Assassin's Creed, SimCity BuildIt is free to play but comes with a number of in-game purchasable items.
4. Trivia Crack
Some folks may not be interested in investing time in managing an entire city or completing missions, and with Trivia Crack, users can log-on whenever and immediately jump into a game. With all sorts of categories, you can test your knowledge of movies, pop culture and more. Challenge friends or see how your scores stack up against the global leader board. According to iTunes, there are hundreds of thousands of questions to answer, but users can also create and submit their own.
5. Draw Something
Another great game to play with friends, Draw Something is a sort of mobile twist on Pictionary. The app gives you the name of an item or famous person, and you must create a doodle good enough that your friends can easily guess the right title. Stick figures and creativity are just as useful as artistic vision in this game, meaning anyone can play and be successful.
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Coating engine components with hard carbon reduces friction to almost zero – a development that could save billions of liters of fuel worldwide every year. Now researchers have developed a new laser method to apply the coating on the production line.
Scientists already know how to coat components with diamond-like carbon to minimize friction. But now Fraunhofer researchers have developed a laser arc method with which layers of carbon almost as hard as diamond can be applied on an industrial scale at high coating rates and with high thicknesses.
By applying carbon coatings to engine components such as piston rings and pins, fuel consumption can be reduced. “Systematic application of our new method could save more than 100 billion liters of fuel each year over the next ten years,” says Prof. Andreas Leson from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden, referencing a study that was published in the journal Tribology International in 2012.
Carbon-based coatings are already used in volume production. But now the team of IWS researchers led by Prof. Leson, Dr. Hans-Joachim Scheibe and Dr. Volker Weihnacht has succeeded in producing hydrogen-free ta-C coatings on an industrial scale at a consistent level of quality. These tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings are significantly harder and thus more resistant to wear than conventional diamond-like coatings.
“Unfortunately, you can’t just scrape off diamond dust and press it onto the component. So we had to look for a different method,” says Dr. Scheibe, who has spent over 30 years investigating carbon’s friction-reducing properties.
A pulsed laser controls the light arc
In a similar style to old-fashioned film projectors, the laser arc method generates an arc between an anode and a cathode (the carbon) in a vacuum. The arc is initiated by a laser pulse on the carbon target. This produces a plasma consisting of carbon ions, which is deposited as a coating on the workpiece in the vacuum.
To run this process on an industrial scale, a pulsed laser is vertically scanned across a rotating graphite cylinder as a means of controlling the arc. The cylinder is converted evenly into plasma thanks to the scanning motion and rotation. To ensure a consistently smooth coating, a magnetic field guides the plasma and filters out any particles of dirt.
The laser arc method can be used to deposit very thick ta-C coatings of up to 20 micrometers at high coating rates. “High coating thicknesses are crucial for certain applications – especially in the auto industry, where components are exposed to enormous loads over long periods of time,” says Dr. Weihnacht.
The automotive and motorcycle manufacturer BMW is working intensively on the industrial-scale implementation of ta-C engine components in its various vehicle models with the aim of reducing their fuel consumption. Prof. Leson sees this as the first major step in using the laser arc method to save resources. And as a motorcycle aficionado himself, he also sees another positive effect stemming from this development:
“The fact that our research is helping to make motorcycling more environmentally friendly eases my conscience every time I go for a ride,” he says, unable to suppress a smile.
Andreas Leson, Hans-Joachim Scheibe and Volker Weihnacht received the 2015 Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for the development of the laser arc method and the application of ta-C coatings in volume production.
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The Institute of Semiconductor Technology and the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, both members of the Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), at Technische Universität Braunschweig are partners in a new European research project entitled ChipScope, which aims to develop a completely new and extremely small optical microscope capable of observing the interior of living cells in real time. A consortium of 7 partners from 5 countries will tackle this issue with very ambitious objectives during a four-year research program.
To demonstrate the usefulness of this new scientific tool, at the end of the project the developed chip-sized microscope will be used to observe in real-time...
Astronomers from Bonn and Tautenburg in Thuringia (Germany) used the 100-m radio telescope at Effelsberg to observe several galaxy clusters. At the edges of these large accumulations of dark matter, stellar systems (galaxies), hot gas, and charged particles, they found magnetic fields that are exceptionally ordered over distances of many million light years. This makes them the most extended magnetic fields in the universe known so far.
The results will be published on March 22 in the journal „Astronomy & Astrophysics“.
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Researchers at the Goethe University Frankfurt, together with partners from the University of Tübingen in Germany and Queen Mary University as well as Francis Crick Institute from London (UK) have developed a novel technology to decipher the secret ubiquitin code.
Ubiquitin is a small protein that can be linked to other cellular proteins, thereby controlling and modulating their functions. The attachment occurs in many...
In the eternal search for next generation high-efficiency solar cells and LEDs, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and their partners are creating...
Silicon nanosheets are thin, two-dimensional layers with exceptional optoelectronic properties very similar to those of graphene. Albeit, the nanosheets are less stable. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have, for the first time ever, produced a composite material combining silicon nanosheets and a polymer that is both UV-resistant and easy to process. This brings the scientists a significant step closer to industrial applications like flexible displays and photosensors.
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The Importance of Planning your Garden
Before you dive in and start planting your garden, it’s crucial to plan it out first. Decide what kind of plants and flowers you want to include, where they will be located, and how they will grow. This will help you determine the ideal soil conditions, water requirements, and amount of sunlight each plant needs.
Landscape Design Principles
When planning out your Rochdale garden, it’s essential to keep in mind basic landscape design principles such as balance, unity, proportion, and variety. Use different colored flowers and plants to add variety and contrast to your garden, while keeping in mind the balance between shapes and textures.
Picking the Right Plants and Flowers
When selecting plants and flowers for your Rochdale garden, it’s essential to consider the climate that your garden will be in. Make sure you choose plants that can survive the unpredictable weather conditions in Rochdale. Some popular options include heather, roses, and lavender. Additionally, native plants are a great choice as they are adapted to the local weather conditions, and they can survive with minimal maintenance.
Soil Preparation and Maintenance
The soil is one of the most critical aspects of your garden. To prepare your soil correctly, have it checked for its natural nutrient levels, pH, and mineral content. If you’re planting flowers or plants that require specific soil types, make sure to use the appropriate soil additives and nutrients. Additionally, mulching is an effective technique to help conserve moisture, reduce weed growth, and increase the soil’s nutrient value.
Watering and Irrigation
Providing the proper amount of water for your garden is critical. Depending on your soil’s type, watering needs will vary, and it’s crucial to know how much and how often to water your plants. Additionally, an efficient irrigation system can help you conserve water while ensuring your garden gets the water it needs. The type of irrigation system you choose will depend on your budget, garden size, and personal preference.
Providing the Right Amount of Sunlight
Plants and flowers need sunlight to grow and thrive. Assess your garden’s sunlight requirements to avoid putting plants in the wrong spot or where they might not receive enough sunlight. Make sure to provide the right amount of sunlight for each plant and flower in your garden. Some plants may require full sunlight, while others may need partial shade. Keep learning about the subject with this external resource we’ve carefully chosen to complement your reading. Landscape Gardeners Rochdale, unearth fresh viewpoints and understanding on the subject!
As you prepare to create your ideal Rochdale garden, remember to plan and design it properly. Select the right plants and flowers that can thrive in the local climate, prepare your soil effectively, and provide enough water and sunlight to help your plants and flowers grow to their full potential. By keeping these tips in mind, you’ll have a flourishing, beautiful garden in no time.
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Giacomo Puccini, one of Italy’s most famed composers is to thank for the wonderful Puccini Opera Festival held every summer in Torre del Lago in his honour. Enjoy performances based on his finest work such as Madama Butterfly, La Bohème and Tosca. A stay in Viareggio will put you within easy reach of the festival and also means you can explore the rest of what Tuscany has to offer. Our Italy Experts are on hand to help you plan a trip of a lifetime.
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Alternate names: Neu-Pest (Germ), Újpest. 47°34' N 19°05' E , 4.7 miles N of Budapest. Újpest, the 4th District in Budapest, is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "new Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838. Újpest was a village for sixty years until 1907 when it became a town. In 1950, the town was unified with Budapest to form Greater Budapest. Since 1950, Újpest is the 4th District of Budapest.
Isaac Lowy wanted to move his shoe factory that he wanted to move to Pest but was unable to obtain a settlement permit because he was Jewish. In 1835, he decided to create a new town where he could build the factory. North of Pest in an empty tract of land owned by the Károlyi family, Lowy bought land. The deed included the rights of religious freedom, self-government, and engaging in business. By 1838, 13 Jewish families lived in Újpest. Later, Christians also resided there. Famous Jewish residents included the following:
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Shops and commercial establishments can remain open during prayer times in the Kingdom, according to a circular issued by the Federation of Saudi Chambers on Thursday.
The commercial and economic activities can also continue throughout the working hours, including the prayer times, the federation said in its directive.
The federation explained that this decision is part of the precautionary measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, as well as to ensure the health and safety of shoppers and customers.
It also aims at avoiding crowding, gatherings near shops when they remain closed during prayer times.
In a statement, the federation said that the move is aimed at improving the shopping experience and raising the level of services provided to shoppers and clients.
The federation said that the decision was taken after having made the necessary coordination with the relevant authorities.
“We hope from you to continue open shops and pursue commercial and economic activities throughout working hours with receiving shoppers and customers,” the federation said in the circular to shops and commercial establishments.
They have been instructed to make the necessary arrangements and take appropriate actions to organize the work and provide services on a rotation basis among workers in a way that does not impede workers, shoppers and customers in performing prayers.


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THE KID, Charlie Chaplin's first feature-length production, is one of his most sentimental and most satisfying films, a simple but very effective blend of pathos and laughs, in which the Tramp finds an abandoned baby.
An unmarried woman (Edna Purviance), "whose only sin was motherhood," leaves the hospital with her newborn son and puts the baby in a limousine that's parked in front of a fancy mansion, with a note asking the owners to love and care for it. Two thieves come along and steal the car, find the baby,
and dump it in a back alley. A tramp (Chaplin) discovers the baby and tries to get rid of it, but he keeps getting it back. He decides to keep it after reading the note, and names the baby John. Meanwhile, the woman has changed her mind and runs back to the mansion, only to find that the car has
Five years later, the baby has grown into a cute little boy (Jackie Coogan) who deeply loves his "father," the tramp. They earn a meager living by having the kid throw rocks at windows, with the tramp then walking by carrying a fresh pane of glass. Meanwhile, the woman has become a wealthy and
successful singer who does charity work in the slums. On one of her visits, she unwittingly runs into her son, and gives him a toy. John has a fight with a neighborhood boy, and the boy's huge brother beats up the tramp. The woman comes along and breaks it up, then tells the tramp that John is
ill. She sends for a doctor and the doctor finds the note about John being an orphan. He alerts the county orphan asylum and the authorities come to get the kid. After John hits the men in the head with a hammer, a cop comes in and holds the tramp as the kid is thrown into a truck. The tramp
escapes and jumps from roof to roof, then dives into the back of the truck and rescues the kid.
When the woman returns to the tramp's house to check on John, the doctor tells her what has happened, and she realizes that John is her own son after the doctor shows her the note that she had written years before. The tramp and the kid go to a flop house, but the proprietor sees a notice in the
newspaper offering a $1000 reward for the recovery of a lost child. When the tramp falls asleep, he grabs the kid and takes him to the police station. The mother is waiting there and she's reunited with her son. The tramp returns home and falls asleep in his doorway, where he dreams about the slum
being transformed into a heavenly paradise and its denizens into angels. The tramp is awakened by a cop, who takes him to the woman's house, and the kid runs out and hugs him.
Chaplin incorporated a number of autobiographical elements in THE KID, drawing on his childhood memories of growing up in poverty, right down to the shack where he and the kid live. Despite the happy ending, the depiction of slum life is exceedingly harsh and realistic, yet rendered in humorous
ways, such as when the tramp feeds the baby by slapping a nipple onto the end of a tea kettle, or when he makes a coat by cutting a hole in a bedsheet. As usual, Chaplin expertly balances the pathos with moments of sheer delight, preventing the film from becoming maudlin. The fight scene is a
classic of balletic pantomime and comic timing, as when the tramp ducks away from the bully and keeps bopping him on the head with a brick. Chuck Reisner, who plays the bully and was also the film's associate director, later became a full-time director under the name Charles F. Reisner, making
films with Buster Keaton, The Marx Brothers, and Abbott & Costello.
The whimsical fantasy of the dream sequence seems out of place with the rest of the film, but it's extremely well done, featuring dancing angels and flying puppies, and one of the actresses in this scene ("The Flirting Angel"), is Lita Grey, who would become Chaplin's wife in 1924. Jackie Coogan,
who was six-years-old when the film was made, matches Chaplin scene for scene, whether comedically, as when he's copying the way the tramp wipes his face after dipping his fingers in a water bowl; or dramatically, as when he gets a look of sheer terror and bursts into tears, stretching out his
hands and pleading not to be taken to the orphanage. In his oversized cap and ragged overalls, Coogan is adorable, and it would take a heart of stone not to shed a tear or two for his plight. THE KID may be overly melodramatic and sentimental, but in its own sweet, unpretentious way, it's one of
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Fort Pierce, FL – This week on Treasure Coast Happenings Drew Mello talks with Amy Harwick of the Junior League of Indian River County. They'll be having an Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 29th at Pointe West. For more information visit: www.jlir.org
Florida – Pancreatic cancer has a reputation of being hard to battle. Earlier this month it claimed the life of Steve Jobs. Dr. Jonathan Strossberg of Moffit Cancer Center in Tampa talks about the disease and the specific strain which afflicted Jobs.


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After the Ship Masters arrive Violet seizes her chance to experience life beyond the Farm. She learns that a planet nestled in the stars is waiting for her. But will her love, Zia, be welcome there?
In the Moon Colony, Lucille rises to Presidency from humble beginnings. She enacts a plan to save humanity's dwindling population but is torn between two warring classes. Life in Genesis is luxurious and technology has slowed aging. Underground, in Ickwall, citizens serve the city above and scrape by however they can.
This book is written in third person with multiple points of view. There are roughly six key characters with their own focuses, inner dialogues, and story lines. You'll get to watch them weave their lives together.
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Noxum excels as Partner
Noxum GmbH recognized as finalist for 2015 Microsoft Data Platform Partner of the Year Awards
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the past year.
Wuerzburg, June 11, 2015 —Noxum GmbH today announced it has been named a finalist in the 2015 Microsoft Data Platform Partner of the Year Awards. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
“This achievement honors our whole team and our hard work updating our product portfolio to become Cloud-ready. After initiating Cloud Computing in 2009 Noxum focused very early on the Microsoft Cloud. As Gold Application Development and Gold Cloud Platform Partner we seek to continue to grow our business following this path. The finalist award proves to potential customers that our technological and business choices are future-safe and up-to-snuff with the latest advances,” said Norbert Klinnert, CEO, Noxum GmbH.
Awards were presented in several categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 2,300 entrants from 108 different countries worldwide. Noxum GmbH was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in Data Platform Partner of the Year Award.
The Data Platform Partner of the Year Award recognizes a partner that delivers an outstanding solution based on the Microsoft Data Platform. The finalist has empowered a customer with a solution that takes advantage of the leading capabilities of the data platform for mission critical applications with a focus on high availability, performance or high scale or hybrid applications using Microsoft’s cloud data services. The solution must use premium editions of Microsoft SQL Server in a mission-critical environment or in conjunction with Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
“We are honored to recognize Noxum GmbH as this year’s FINALIST of the 2015 Microsoft Data Platform Partner of the Year awards for its nomination Publishing system integrated in Microsoft Azure,” said Phil Sorgen, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. “Noxum GmbH’s dedication to providing outstanding value for our mutual customers is a prime example of the excellence we see in our talented community of Microsoft partners.”
Read the Microsoft press release which provides information about the Microsoft Partner Awards.


Earlier this week, John 5 met up with his new Mötley Crüe bandmates to commence rehearsals for the band’s upcoming world tour – rehearsals that were, if Nikki Sixx’s word is anything to go by, “fucking epic”.
Now, as if anticipation ahead of the forthcoming tour with Def Leppard wasn’t high enough, John 5 has taken to social media to show off his complete guitar rig that will be accompanying him on his premiere trip round the world with Mötley Crüe.
John 5’s affinity for the Telecaster is well-documented, but the former Rob Zombie guitarist seems to have taken things up a notch for his latest job: in the video, he can be seen showing off a variety of Floyd Rose-equipped Teles, each flashing a striking gold-plated, silver-plated or black finish.
We’ve seen John 5 play these models before, most notably in his Mötley Monday videos, where he posts a number of Crüe covers to his social media channels. Having said that, John 5 has previously favored hardtail hardware, with both his flagship and upcoming Fender signature guitars both featuring conventional Tele bridges.
His defection to the ranks of Floyd Rose, then, looks to be a fairly recent phenomenon for John 5, who will no doubt be plenty busy with the whammy bar during Mötley Crüe’s tour. Indeed, he reveals his main guitar will be his "Gold" Tele, which features the Floyd Rose.
Despite this, there are plenty of hardtail Teles and a handful of John 5’s go-to guitars from his previous live appearances, including his LED-loaded, strobing single-cut that he’s used during his solo shows, and, of course, his signature Telecaster.
A more eye-catching six-string addition to John 5’s live arsenal is a Gibson Chet Atkins SST acoustic guitar, which will see some action during Home Sweet Home.
As for guitar amps and effects pedals, John 5 juxtaposes his flashy guitars with a relatively simple setup comprising a handful of Marshall JVM heads, Marshall cabinets, a rack speaker simulator and a very modest pedalboard that is made entirely from Boss pedals.
Specifically, the ‘board boasts a Radial Engineering SGI-44 line driver, an A/B switcher and five Boss effects pedals: the SD-1 Super Overdrive, CH-1 Super Chorus, OC-5 Octave, NS-2 Noise Suppressor and DD-8 Digital Delay. There’s also a mystery Boss pedal sitting underneath the Super Chorus, but it’s impossible to tell what it is. Having said that, its yellow casing suggests it might be another overdrive unit.
John 5 will head out on tour with Mötley Crüe later this year for the first time since being announced as their new live guitarist following Mick Mars’ retirement. Mars, the band’s founding guitarist, stepped back from live duties as a result of his ongoing battle with ankylosing spondylitis.
Mötley Crüe will play their first live show of the year on February 18 in Mexico City. For a full list of tour dates, visit the band’s website.


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Chandigarh, December 1
Every year, on 1st December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDSThe theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is “End inequalities, End AIDS, End pandemics.
Economic, social, cultural and legal inequalities must be ended as a matter of urgency if we are to end AIDS by 2030. To observe World AIDS Day, Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society organized a Cyclothone (By-cycle Rally) today from Sukhna Lake to Lake in Sector 42, Chandigarh. The rally was flagged off by Sh. Yashpal Garg, Secretary Health wherein more than 250 Cyclists from the city participated. The participants were from all walks of life including women and children. The youngest Cyclist was 13 years old and the oldest was 66 years.
General quiz was organized at the starting point and also at the end point for generating mass awareness about HIV/AIDS in which youth from schools, colleges participated. Prizes were also distributed. Mobile ICTC van for providing HIV and syphilis screening facilities was also stationed at both the venues and participants were motivated to get themselves tested.
Sandeep Mittal Deputy Director (TI) CSACS participated in the webinars organized by Pushpa Gujral Science City Kapurthala and Centre for Social Work PU to sensitize students on HIV/AIDS. Dr. Amandeep Kang, Project Director, Chandigarh SACS delivered a talk on HIV/AIDS over Chandigarh Doordarshan organized to observe World AIDS Day. Besides this, several events were also organized by partner NGOs of Chandigarh SACS and Red Ribbon Clubs which included health and awareness camps, candle light march, street plays, HIV testing etc. for generating mass awareness.
Chandigarh has already achieved zero HIV transmission among parent to child transmission of HIV. Further the HIV prevalence among pregnant mother is only 0.05% in Chandigarh. Overall, the adult (15-49 years) HIV prevalence in Chandigarh is 0.17% while the same for India is 0.22%. Efforts are being made to further reduce the prevalence and end HIV as public health threat by 2030.
Chandigarh SACS is providing HIV preventive services through partner NGOs to high-risk groups (HRGs) of Female Sex Workers (FSWs), Men having Sex with Men (MSM), Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) and Transgender (TGs). These high-risk groups are tested for HIV twice a year and linked with ART centre if found positive. Further Regular Medical Check-up and counselling services are also being provided every quarter for early detection of STIs and treatment. Counselling services are being provided as per need of HRG community.
Community based HIV screening services are also being provided for difficult to reach population by partner NGOs. Also, there are 26 ICTC centres and 1 mobile ICTC van located in all hospitals and major dispensaries to provide HIV and syphilis testing facility.
Partner NGOs have also enrolled about 550 IDUs on Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) programme who are being provided this therapy on directly observed basis. A total of about 45% IDUs who have been identified by the NGOs are linked with OST against the target of at least 20% by NACO.
Chandigarh SACS has also rolled out programme called “Netreach” whose major objective is to identify HRGs soliciting sex and drugs in virtual space and link them with the ICTCs (Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres). It is ensured that everyone who has been detected to have HIV are linked with ART centre where free antiretroviral drugs are provided. Besides medicines, the ART centres also provide counselling services, viral load testing, CD-4 testing services, management of Opportunistic Infections, tracking clients who are lost to follow up (LFU).


Future proof buildings with fibre ducting
(This article is published in ElectroLink November – December 2020 issue)
The hunger for more bandwidth driven by every advance in digital technologies has cemented fibre optic cable’s position as the go-to cabling solution for the future. Whether it is for entertainment in the home, business systems in offices or communications in industrial plants, the installation of fibre in buildings is now seen as the optimum solution for faster speeds and lower latency in the final mile of the UFB fibre rollout.
Picture 1. Stephen Wilson, Sales and Market Development Director, Hexatronic New Zealand
Even though few consumer devices and applications are currently designed to directly connect to fibre, says Stephen Willson, every building built today needs to have fibre capability installed at the design stage so that future data traffic demands can be delivered at the lowest installed cost and at the time an occupant requires it.
But just as when the Auckland harbour bridge was finally built and found to be inadequate for the traffic volume of the day, so too can poor planning for the future explosion of data traffic in buildings choke networks and limit their use long before the buildings are due to be replaced.
As the director of sales and market development for Hexatronic New Zealand, Willson says the only way to guarantee full data availability for the lifetime of a building is to have air-blown fibre ducting installed from the outset or when a refurbishment is due.
Picture 2. Hexatronic New Zealand manufactures the Air Blown Fibre ducting in Porirua.
“Installing the latest cable does not future-proof a building, but installing air-blown fibre ducting does. A Hexatronic ducting system extends the fast data highway from the street to distribution points in buildings and ultimately to the desktop. This allows users to blow in any amount of bandwidth at any time they want.
“Our blown fibre systems also surpass traditional solutions by reducing material and installation costs and taking the risk out of future demand because even a simple ducting system will provide all the bandwidth needed for 5G and beyond,” says Willson.
“A Hexatronic blown fibre system for buildings and homes requires fewer fibre connection points and simpler repairs and maintenance while providing a migration path for future applications. Savings over a non-ducted fibre installation can be as high as 30 percent.”


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There is no way to strike a balance between the idea you have innate worth and the idea that you don’t. It’s like asking someone “is a car coming?”. It is or it isn’t and based on that information your next step will be drastically different. You are going to be treated one way or the other and the lower you fall in society the more obvious it will become when you are treated as if you had innate worth.
Poor self-image comes not from someone not believing they have innate worth, but from the blowback one receives from believing they do. It’s a pathetic fact that this society plays lip service to the idea that people have innate worth and expects them to believe it on paper. Actions tell people a different story about their worth than words do. Of course there is the temptation to double down on the words but the process often produces more misery and consternation.

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Periwinkle or Vinca Minor, also known as creeping myrtle, originated in the Middle East and Asia, but is popular in Northern America. Used in teas and tinctures, however in magic it may be used for protection, keeping evil away, negative energy, love spells, prosperity, and new journeys. Store in an airtight container free of direct light and heat. 1lb
A nice Natural soapstone, Mortal and Pestle set with a carved floral design. Approximately 4'' cross the top mouth, measuring from edge to edge, standing approximately 3" in height from base, having an approximate depth of 1 1/2". Made of all natural solid soapstone, with natural perfections and imperfections colors and patterns. Sizes and coloring may vary piece to piece.
The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn comprises 78 fully illustrated tarot cards and is meant to be a companion to the book The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn: Divination, Meditation and High Magical Teachings. The uniqueness of this Golden Dawn/Stella Matutina tarot deck is its colouring, which is based on the four sets of Golden Dawn colour scales. A comparative study between the current Regardie /Wang deck and the classic Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn deck shows a large difference in the colouring, especially in the minor arcana, where the Wang deck does not use the four colour scales. A 5" x 5" Box with 78 cards and guidebook
Keep sake wooden box created with a fabulous metal design. The attractive details are on the cover and all around this special box. Lined with a soft velveteen to keep your items safe within. Latch closure and measuring 5" x 7".
Simple yet attractive coin purse with the Triple Moon embroidered on the cover. This offers a zipper closure to safely secure your items placed within. 4" x 6" cotton with colors that may vary. From India.
Witches are creatures of magic. They cast spells, heal, and foretell the future. What you might not know is that Witches can also commune with the spirits of the dead. In The Witches' Book of the Dead, modern-day Salem Warlock Christian Day shows how the spirits of our beloved dead can be summoned to perform such tasks as helping you to discover hidden opportunities, influence the minds of others, seduce the object of your affection, and even reach into the dreams of the unwary. According to legend, the Spirits of the dead can confer magical talents, fame, love, and wealth on those brave enough to summon them. The Witches' Book of the Dead explores the enduring relationship between witches and the dead and teaches rituals and incantations to help readers open doorways to the spirit world. A 6" x 9" Paperback book with 288 pages.
These Patchouli Sage sticks come in a pack of 6 and are ready to help you cleanse and calm your surroundings. The cleansing abilities of Sage in combo with the anxiety and stress relieving energy of the Patchouli, makes this a wonderful meditation stick. Made from mountain Sage that is scented with Patchouli essence. Each pack contains 6 smudge stick that measure around 4"
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New Delhi: Filmmaker Avinash Das, who has directed Anaarkali of Aarah, was detained by Ahmedabad Crime Branch outside his residence in Mumbai.
The director has been detained in connection with a case where he shared a photo on social media of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Jharkhand IAS officer Pooja Singhal. Singhal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case.
“Das has been detained from his residence in Mumbai and will be brought to Ahmedabad,” a senior police official of Ahmedabad DCB was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
Das had earlier moved the Gujarat High Court seeking anticipatory bail after a sessions court had rejected his anticipatory bail in connection with an FIR lodged by the Ahmedabad city crime branch under sections 469 (forgery) of the IPC and provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act and Information and Technology Act.
An FIR was registered against Das after he shared a photo showing Singhal, who was recently arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, whispering something to Shah.
As per the FIR, in a caption to the photo Das had claimed that the picture was taken a few days before Singhal’s arrest, when it was actually taken in 2017.
The filmmaker was also booked for insulting the national honour by sharing a photo on his Instagram and Facebook accounts of a woman wearing the tricolour.
Avinash Das has directed 2017 film “Anaarkali Of Aarah” starring Swara Bhaskar, Sanjay Mishra and Pankaj Tripathi. He has also directed Raat Baaki Hai and Netflix series ‘She‘.
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Unpowered mechanical design lowers the energetic costs of walking.
Boots rigged with a simple spring-and-ratchet mechanism are the first devices that do not require power aids such as batteries to make walking more energy efficient.
People walking in the boots expend 7% less energy than they do walking in normal shoes, the devices’ inventors report on 1 April in Nature1. That may not sound like much, but the mechanics of the human body have been shaped by millions of years of evolution, and some experts had doubted that there was room for further improvement in human locomotion, short of skating along on wheels.
Geoff Marsh talks to Steven Collins about how technology can make walking more efficient.
“It is the first paper of which I’m aware that demonstrates that a passive system can reduce energy expenditure during walking,” says Michael Goldfarb, a mechanical engineer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who develops exoskeletons for aiding people with disabilities.
As early as the 1890s, inventors tried to boost the efficiency of walking by using devices such as rubber bands, says study co-author Gregory Sawicki, a biomedical engineer and locomotion physiologist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. More recently, engineers have built unpowered exoskeletons that enable people to do tasks such as lifting heavier weights — but do not cut down the energy they expend. (Biomechanists still debate whether the running ‘blades’ made famous by South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius are more energetically efficient than human feet.2,3)
For their device, Sawicki and his colleagues built a mechanism that parallels human physiology. When a person swings a leg forward to walk, elastic energy is stored mostly in the Achilles tendon of their standing leg. That energy is released when the standing leg's foot pushes into the ground and the heel lifts off, propelling the body forwards. “There is basically a catapult in our ankle,” Sawicki says.
In order to efficiently store elastic energy in the Achilles tendon, the calf muscles above must resist stretching themselves. Much of the energy required to walk is expended in 'locking' the calf muscles — preventing them stretching. That is an inherent inefficiency of muscle physiology, says neuromechanist Max Donelan, at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. Mechanical clutches have an advantage over muscles because they lock into place without consuming energy, he says.
The researchers’ exoskeleton structures, built of lightweight carbon-based materials, have a spring that connects the back of the foot to just below the back of the knee, where it attaches with a mechanical clutch (see video). When the Achilles tendon is being stretched, the clutch is engaged and the spring, rather like an additional tendon, stretches and helps to store energy. After the standing leg pushes down, unleashing elastic energy, the clutch releases and absorbs the slack in the spring, in preparation for the next cycle..
The team has experimented with the invention for years, but was only recently able to cut down its weight down to less than half a kilogram per leg, light enough to provide a net energetic benefit.
A potential snag, Goldfarb says, is that the 7% boost in efficiency applies only at normal walking speed on level ground. Study co-author Steven Collins, a biomechanical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, says that his team is now testing the device in a broader range of conditions. But he says that the boots seem promising from his experience in wearing them. “Subjectively, it feels great on hills, cross-slopes, picking your way through tree roots, going up stairs, and so on.”
The researchers plan to experiment with 'smart' clutches, which would have embedded electronics that adjust the timing of the release in response to an individual’s style of walking and perhaps also to sloping terrain. They also hope to team up with a sports-apparel company to turn their idea into a commercial product, which they hope would cost less than a pair of ski boots. “I would think that’s the goal — to make it reasonably affordable,” Sawicki says. An important application could be to help people to improve their walking ability after having a stroke, he says.
But is making walking easier the best way to go from a public-health perspective? “I get this question a lot,” Sawicki says. “Why would you want to reduce energy? Don’t we have an obesity problem?” But he thinks that the balance of costs and benefits could tip either way, and could be positive if it encourages people who find it hard to move to get out more. “For a 65-year-old active person, it could really prolong their active years.”
Collins, S. H., Wiggin, M. B. & Sawicki, G. S. Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14288 (2015).
Weyand, P. G. & Bundle, M. W. J. Appl. Physiol. 108, 1011-1012 (2010).
Kram, R. et al. J. Appl. Physiol. 108, 1012-1014 (2010).
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Package of assistance needed for vulnerable power consumers - MEUG
By Gavin Evans
Oct. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Measures to help vulnerable consumers meet their energy costs need to be targeted as part of broader government support mechanisms, the Major Electricity Users’ Group says.
The government-appointed panel reviewing electricity prices is right to focus on those households most needing assistance, but that is more an issue of general hardship than something the sector can fix, MEUG chair John Harbord said.
Bigger electricity retailers have worked hard to give struggling customers more options and there may be more that can be done to ensure all retailers are up to best-practice. But he said the government should avoid seeking “simplistic solutions” to what are complex issues of poverty.
“Any decisions made coming out of the electricity pricing review, I think, need to be looked at holistically as part of that wider package,” he told BusinessDesk.
“What is it that needs to be done to help vulnerable households get on a more secure, stable footing for years going forward?
“That’s not interventions that might change their electricity bill. That is insulating their homes; making sure, to the extent that the government can, that their incomes will actually ensure they can afford the necessities.
“You’ve got to get all that right and that’s not a single intervention in a single industry and that’s complicated. If it was easy governments would have done it a long time ago.”
The eight-strong panel was appointed to assess whether electricity prices are reasonable and whether consumers in different regions and in different sectors are being treated fairly. It was also tasked with considering whether industry and regulatory structures are going to assist, or potentially slow, the take-up of new technologies like solar, batteries and electric vehicles.
The panel’s first report found no evidence of profiteering but affordability was an issue. The panel also saw signs that a two-tier market was developing in which many consumers were not benefiting from the greater choices and better deals available.
MEUG represents many of the country’s biggest industrial processors, including Pacific Aluminium, New Zealand Steel, Fonterra and supermarket chain Progressive Enterprises.
Harbord said the organisation welcomed the report, which showed there are no major issues with the electricity market. It had also “shone a light” on the very real hardship some families face in meeting their energy costs.
MEUG wants to see struggling households get the support they need, he said. But any government intervention should be targeted at those who need it.
While some form of winter assistance makes sense, given that is when demand and prices are typically highest, he said the scheme the government introduced this year is too loose.
“There are people at the moment who are receiving the winter energy payment who fundamentally don’t need it.
“You could take the total budget of the winter energy payment and target it to those who need it and give them a significantly larger payment and that would actually help alleviate some of these issues,” he said.
The Labour Party announced their winter energy package in July last year. It was to pay up to $700 for beneficiary couples or singles with dependent children as of right. Superannuitants were to have to apply, but the scheme approved in December was made automatically available for both groups – increasing the annual bill by about $70 million to $443 million in the current year.
Last month, Vector chief executive Simon Mackenzie mooted using those funds - $700 over 10 years – to deliver lasting savings for beneficiaries by installing solar panels on their homes.
The government has made a lot of the finding that residential power prices had increased 79 percent – excluding inflation – since 1990. It has particularly contrasted that increase with the 18 percent increase industry experienced during that time, and the 24 percent decline commercial users benefited from.
The panel’s August discussion paper spells out the factors that drove those changes, including the removal of cross-subsidies of network charges that historically saw households pay little of their network costs. The past 20 years also included higher gas prices, and increased investment in generation, transmission and distribution.
Harbord said the different customer classes aren’t comparable. Industrial users aren’t connected to the local distribution network and have not experienced increases from that sector. Nor have they and commercial users been impacted by the two increases in GST during the period reported on.
They also have more control of their energy use and pay for power at spot prices so that they can respond to those signals and benefit from changing their usage. Over time more commercial users have gone onto time-of-use plans. Some have also invested in their own generation capacity or have changed their processes so they can be more selective when plant runs.
In contrast, residential users have traditionally paid a flat price and have consumed much of their energy during peak times. They also require more infrastructure to get power to their homes and distribution costs have been the single biggest driver in household price increases since 1990.
Harbord hopes the panel’s final report will unpick the drivers of that increase and those from other parts of the industry.
“I’m not pointing the finger at lines companies. I’m sure there are some very valid reasons for those increases, but you’ve got to understand it,” he said.
“If you are trying to unpick whether people are paying a fair and reasonable price, then you’ve got to ask whether the price increases are fair and reasonable.”
Harbord said consumers have benefited since the 2010 electricity reforms, which introduced an independent, proactive regulator for the sector, increased competition and improved dry-year management.
The residential supply model is also changing rapidly with households starting to benefit from the same options commercial users gained in the past decade.
Retailers like Flick offer households the chance to buy energy at wholesale rates and other retailers are offer stepped prices during the day.
New technology will also change the way households use and pay for power. Solar and batteries are getting cheaper and, when managed automatically, will let households buy power from the network when it is cheaper than from their own supplies, he said.
With technology changing so rapidly, he urged the government to be cautious, given the risk of unintended consequences from any significant interventions.
“Let the market and let technology do its thing,” he said.
“I think we are getting close to a tipping point almost – it will be in a few years.
“In that sense there is not a need for a significant intervention - because it’s about to happen anyway.”


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Автор: Ennis Garth & Steve Dillon Название: Preacher Book 1 ISBN: 1401240453 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401240455 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1293 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Texan Preacher Jesse Custer becomes completely disillusioned with the beliefs that he had dedicated his entire life to. Now possessing the power of "the word," an ability to make people do whatever he utters, Custer begins a violent and riotous journey across the country. Joined by his gun-toting girlfriend, Tulip, and the hard-drinking Irish vampire, Cassidy, the Preacher loses faith in both man and God as he witnesses dark atrocities and improbable calamities during his exploration of America.
Описание: As a sorcerer literally haunted by the demons of his past, John Constantine`s is no stranger to mystic supernatural horror. But it`s his chain-smoking that ultimately brings death to Constantine`s front door. John Constantine has lung cancer. Though condemned to hell, Constantine continues to laugh in the face of this all-too-serious world.
Автор: Ennis Garth & Steve Dillon Название: Preacher Book 2 ISBN: 1401242553 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401242558 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1293 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: Presents the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip, and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, who head west to a party of Babylonian proportions. In this title, Jesse heads for France to rescue Cassidy from the clutches of religious fanatics.
Автор: Ennis Garth & Steve Dillon Название: Preacher Book 3 ISBN: 1401245013 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401245016 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1293 р. Наличие на складе: Заказано в издательстве.
Описание: In the continuing saga of the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, head down South in hopes of recovering from their encounter with the forces of the Grail. But during their planned down time Jesse must face off against an enraged Arseface, who seeks to avenge his father's death, while Tulip deals with Cassidy's startling declaration of love for her. Also includes a special story spotlighting the Saint of Killers and the story of Cassidy's first and only encounter with his fellow vampires.
Описание: John Constatine celebrates his fortieth birthday alongside his friends and loved ones, including Swamp Thing and Zatanna, and the love of his life, Kit. However, things never burn bright too long for John Constantine, and he soons finds himself at his lowest point ever. Drunk and homeless, John must pull himself together if he is going to survive against the King of the Vampires, who comes looking for his blood. Collects Hellblazer #62-71, Hellblazer Special #1, and Vertigo Jam #1.
Автор: Ennis, Garth (Author), Dillon, Steve (Illustrator) Название: Preacher Book Four ISBN: 1401230946 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401230944 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1293 р. Наличие на складе: Заказано в издательстве.
Описание: During some down time, Jesse Custer faces an enemy from the past who seeks vengeance for his father`s death.
Описание: It`s not often that John Constantine, the world`s greatest magician, has been able to be content. Years in the making, his occult knowledge and shrewd judgment are hard-won and paid for in blood - his own, his friends`, and that of innocents caught up in the never-ending arms race of would-be sorcerers chasing power.
Описание: John Constantine heads towards a final showdown with a revenge-crazed Satan during a raging race riot, and in addition to desperately trying to save his dwindling number of living friends, Constantine also has one final reunion with his lost love Kit.
Автор: Ennis Garth Название: Absolute Preacher Vol. 1 ISBN: 1401264417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401264413 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9702 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: "Originally published in single magazine form in PREACHER 1-26."
Автор: Michael Ennis Название: The Malice of Fortune ISBN: 0099579790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099579793 Издательство: Random House Рейтинг: Цена: 678 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Against a teeming canvas of Borgia politics, Niccolo Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci come together to unmask a serial killer. Through a labyrinth of ancient superstition and erotic obsession they discover an evil and terrible secret - one that still lies buried in the lines of Machiavelli`s greatest work, The Prince.
Автор: Ennis, Garth Название: Punisher max ISBN: 0785137823 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780785137825 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 2586 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Barracuda`s back! The most dangerous foe the Punisher has ever faced has found a chink in his enemy`s armor, one even Frank Castle himself doesn`t know about. Heart full of blackest hate and loving every minute of it, he`s out to crush the vigilante to pulp - and take his time over killing what remains.
Автор: Ennis Garth Название: Preacher Book Two ISBN: 1401225799 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401225797 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2587 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: "Preacher created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon."
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Commercial Bond Yields
Canada Mortgage Bond
Canada Housing 06/15/17*: 1.82%
Canada Housing 03/15/22: 2.55%
* denotes interpolated rate
Select Government of Canada Bonds
CAN 4.00 06/01/17: 1.50%
CAN 3.25 06/01/22: 2.16%
GOC Bonds are for reference purposes only
First National Floating
Insured Cost of Funds
Bank Prime Rate
1 Year: 3.50%
2 Year: 3.55%
3 Year: 3.95%
4 Year: 4.64%
5 Year: 5.14%
Yields are up and so is Canada’s inflation rate. The CPI was pushed higher in January by food and energy prices. Last month’s consumer prices climbed 2.5% Y/Y, a slight increase from the 2.3% Y/Y posted in December. Core inflation – excluding food and energy – came in at 1.6% Y/Y in January, again, a slight increase from 1.3% Y/Y in December. Increased car prices are cited for the increase.
Inflation in the U.S. increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in January, for a 12 month, unadjusted rate of 2.9%. Core inflation for 12 months stands at 2.3%.
Initial jobless claims in the U.S. dropped to a new cyclical low of 348K in the second week of February, nearly 20K below expectations.
And Canada’s international securities transactions report indicates an on-going appetite for Canadian assets. In December foreigners acquired $4.7B worth of securities, including $2.1B in bonds. Foreigners purchased a total of $95.6B worth of Canadian securities in 2011, down from $117.4B in 2010.
Next week, look forward to Canadian Retail and wholesale trade numbers, U.S. existing home sales , Canadian Q4 corporate profits and American consumer sentiment.
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Global Thermoplastic Tapes Market Size study, by Material (Fiber, Resin) by End Use (Aerospace, Automotive, Building & Construction, Industrial Goods, Oil & Gas) and Regional Forecasts 2022-2028
|Global Thermoplastic Tapes Market Size study, by Material (Fiber, Resin) by End Use (Aerospace, Automotive, Building & Construction, Industrial Goods, Oil & Gas) and Regional Forecasts 2022-2028|
Published: April 22, 2022
Bizwit Research & Consulting LLP
Delivery time: 2-3 business days
Global Thermoplastic Tapes Market is valued approximately USD 73.5 billion in 2021 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 29.4 % over the forecast period 2022-2028. Thermoplastic tape is a composite material that combines fibre and plastic characteristics. It's a structurally important narrow-reinforced strip consisting of moldable polymer and reinforcing fibre. The rising demand in electric vehicle components with growing demand for EV and increasing demand in the aerospace and defense sector due to its light weight has led the adoption of Thermoplastic Tapes over the forecast period. The Thermoplastic tapes are used in the electric vehicles for the battery-pack systems . For instance: As per the IEA Around 3 million electric cars were sold globally (a 4.6% sales share), and Europe overtook the People's Republic of China ("China") as the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) market for the first time. Also increasing product development is likely to create significant opportunities for the Thermoplastic Tapes Market. However, fluctuation in raw material prices and stringent legal requirements by the governments impede the growth of the market over the forecast period of 2022-2028.
The key regions considered for the Global Thermoplastic Tapes Market study includes Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America and Rest of the World. North America is the leading region across the world in terms of market share owing to the increasing demand for lightweight components in the automobile, aerospace and defense sector. Whereas, Asia-Pacific is also anticipated to exhibit highest growth rate over the forecast period 2022-2028 due to Change in the consumption pattern of composite materials would create lucrative growth prospects for the Thermoplastic Tapes Market across Asia-Pacific region.
Major market player included in this report are:
Evonik Industries AG
Toray Advanced Composites
Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Koninklijke DSM N.V.
The objective of the study is to define market sizes of different segments & countries in recent years and to forecast the values to the coming eight years. The report is designed to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the industry within each of the regions and countries involved in the study. Furthermore, the report also caters the detailed information about the crucial aspects such as driving factors & challenges which will define the future growth of the market. Additionally, the report shall also incorporate available opportunities in micro markets for stakeholders to invest along with the detailed analysis of competitive landscape and product offerings of key players. The detailed segments and sub-segment of the market are explained below:
By End Use:
Building & Construction
Oil & Gas
Rest of the World
Furthermore, years considered for the study are as follows:
Historical year - 2018, 2019, 2020
Base year - 2021
Forecast period - 2022 to 2028
Target Audience of the Global Thermoplastic Tapes Market in Market Study:
Key Consulting Companies & Advisors
Large, medium-sized, and small enterprises
Value-Added Resellers (VARs)
Third-party knowledge providers
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