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Canada's leading luggage retailer has filed for court-ordered protection from creditors, the fourth major specialty retailer in as many months to run into financial difficulty.
And industry watchers warn of more distress to come as turmoil in the stock markets further shakes consumers'confidence.
Bentley Leathers Inc., which operates 550 stores across Canada under various names, including Bentley, Access and Xcetera, said its decision to file for creditor protection will have very little impact on its business.
"This is a very small case. The dollar amounts are tiny," Tony Novelli, director of marketing, said in a telephone interview yesterday from head office in Montreal.
"It's just a question of restructuring for the future. We fully expect to have zero layoffs."
However, an insolvency expert at RSM Richter Inc. said Bentley's problems are another sign Canada's retail sector is weakening after several years of strong growth. Peter Farkas blamed declining mall traffic, shaky consumer confidence, tougher competition among retailers and over-expansion.
The insolvency firm has handled many major retail failures over the years, including the Eaton's department store chain and specialty fashion retailer Dylex Ltd.
"It's really picked up in terms of retail distress, which you didn't see for the last two years," Farkas said.
"It looks like we're headed for a difficult period," said David Schachter, director of Canadian Apparel Credit, which tracks retail creditworthiness. "Certainly, looking forward, the market losses we've seen over the last couple of weeks can't be good for retail."
The cracks started showing last September when the Bombay Furniture Co. of Canada followed its U.S. parent company into bankruptcy protection, Farkas said. Since then, Music World Ltd., Athletes World Ltd. and Saan Stores Ltd. have sought protection.
Richter filed a notice of intention on Friday on Bentley's behalf. The notice says the company plans to make a proposal under section 50.4 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
The notice was filed in a Quebec court and also with the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada. All proceedings against the luggage chain are stayed as of that date, the notice said.
Few additional details were available. The Montreal-based company is privately held.
Founded in 1987, with a single store in St. John's, Nfld., Bentley grew rapidly through acquisitions. It operates various chains, including Inglot, Collacutt, Jovin, Porters, Unic and Evex. The company also operates a warehouse in Brampton.

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Chancellor of Justice criticizes Narva council session in Russian | New
The Chancellor of Justice was responding to a request for an opinion on an August 15 session of the Narva city council, which was held in Russian, for the most part.
In her response, the Chancellor of Justice stated that according to the Constitution, the entire state and local government administration should in general be conducted in the Estonian language.
Legislation may, however, stipulate the extent and order in which the language of the majority of permanent residents of a respective locality is used, in the internal affairs of local government, the Chancellor of Justice said.
“As regards, so to speak, the choice of the foreign affairs language in which residents communicate with the authorities, the Constitution provides for the right of everyone to address local authorities in Estonian and to receive replies in Estonian .”
The Local Government Organization Act stipulates that the language of administration in local government is Estonian and stresses that legislative and executive sessions must be held in Estonian.
The Chancellor of Justice recalls that Article 11 of the Language Act stipulates that in a municipality where the language of the majority of the permanent residents is not Estonian, the language of the majority of the permanent residents of that municipality may , on the proposal of the local government leadership and on the decision of the national government, be used as a working language, within the framework of the internal administration of the local government, in addition to Estonian.
However, Madise continued, “As far as the Chancellor of Justice is aware, the Government of the Republic has not made such a decision regarding the town of Narva.”
The Narva City Council held an official and public session (and was streamed live via Youtube) on August 15, during which the deputies spoke mainly in Russian.
While the issue of the tank monument located just outside the city, now relocated to a museum near Tallinn, was on the agenda, the majority of the council decided at short notice to abandon this debate.
The tank was removed and relocated on August 16.
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The constructed longitudinal training dam in the river Waal near the village of Tiel (Source: F.C Collas)
Assessment of the ecological value of novel river training measures and a tool to design restoration measures based on habitat requirements of fish, macroinvertebrates and aquatic macrophytes.
Freshwater ecosystems are among the most endangered ecosystems in the world. Especially lowland rivers have been substantially modified to increase flood safety and to facilitate commercial navigation, resulting in low biodiversity and dominance of invasive alien species. To mitigate navigation-induced disturbance and to improve discharge capacity, longitudinal training dams (LTDs) were built in the river Waal in the Netherlands. LTDs are river training structures aligned parallel to the river shore (see figure). Thereby, these dams protect the river banks from navigation-induced impacts and possibly allow the development of sheltered lotic habitats and gentle slopes. Knowledge on the relation between multiple physical factors and habitat requirements of riverine species is required to evaluate and optimize the design of LTDs and other future river restoration measures.
Key goals: Innovative monitoring Integrated management
Overview of our approach to get insights and support the ecological design of river training interventions.
River restoration measures are often built without a detailed assessment of potential ecological effects. By combining field observations of riverine species with local conditions ecological models were developed that enable such a detailed assessment. Further innovation has been achieved by using state of the art abiotic measuring techniques (unmanned aerial vehicle, side scan sonar) to measure abiotic conditions in restoration measures. For the evaluation of the ecological effect of the build longitudinal training dams (LTDs) in the river Waal a similar approach has been applied. Innovative abiotic measurements were performed regarding water dynamics, water level fluctuation, flow velocity and underwater sound levels. The used method was found to accurately assess impacts of navigation on abiotic conditions in the littoral zone of the river Rhine. Abiotic conditions in the shore channel of the LTD were found to improve compared to traditional groyne fields. Subsequently, fish and macroinvertebrate monitoring was performed with traditional techniques combined with the previously mentioned method to determine abiotic conditions during sampling. Through combining species occurrence with simultaneous abiotic conditions measurements insights are gained on habitat preferences of riverine species.
For whom and where?
- River managers that want to optimize the ecological potential of river restoration measures.
- River restoration projects across Europe that are interested in constructing LTDs or other river restoration measures.
Data-collection methods: Field survey measurements Physical and laboratory experiments Remote sensing Systematic review
Temporal scale: Monthly series Seasonal measurements Yearly measurements
Application development and findings
- The constructed longitudinal training dams (LTDs) reduce the impacts of navigation on abiotic conditions in the littoral zone of the river Waal.
- The stability of dynamics is increased in the shore channel behind the LTD.
- As a result juvenile fish densities increased two to threefold compared to nearby reference locations.
- Macoinvertebrate densities also increased in the shore channel behind the LTD.
- Rare and endangered species are more abundant (e.g. River Lamprey, River clubtail, native unionid mussels).
- Based on known occurrences of riverine freshwater species habitat requirements have been assessed.
- A multitude of ecological models (species sensitivity distributions, SSDs) has been developed.
SSDs are a valuable tool for improving the design and monitoring of riverine restoration measures.
Status for day-to-day practice
Consultants and river managers need to consider mitigation of navigation effects in river restoration measures. Additionally, SSDs are an important tool to improve the design of river restoration measures.
Location along the 10 km stretch of the river Waal (between Tiel and Ophelmert) in which the longitudinal dam pilot was implemented.
Spatial scale: River section
Key locations: Rhine River (NL) Waal River (NL)
The coming years additional monitoring will be performed near the LTD and new technologies will be applied to spatially measure abiotic conditions as an input for the SSD models.
Last updated: 10/02/2020
Explore the contact details to get to know more about the researchers, the supervisory team and the organizations that contribute to this project.
Radboud University Nijmegen
As soon as available, explore the storyline to get to know more about the main methods or prototype tools that were developed within this project.
Ecological benefits of a sheltered channel parallel to the main river
The longitudinal dams minimize the effects of commercial navigation to protect the habitat of fish and macroinvertebrates.
Radboud University Nijmegen
Explore the output details for available publications to get a glance of the innovative components and implications to practice as well as the links to supporting datasets.
Absence of freshwater mussels in Europe in relation to climate-related environmental factors
Longitudinal training dams decrease effects of navigation and increase the density of juvenile fish species in the littoral zones of the river Rhine.
Also applicable to this project
Predicting effects of ship-induced changes in flow velocity on native and alien molluscs in the littoral zone of lowland rivers
Shipping increases local flow velocities thereby potentially decreasing species richness of freshwater mussels and snails which in turn affects ecosystem functioning and services.
12/11/2018 by Remon Koopman et al.//=get_field('category', $output->ID)->name?>
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Contains: Publication open access
Take a look to the dissemination efforts and application experiences which are available in the news items and blogs.
Sharing knowledge with HKV, one of the project partners.
For RiverCare, it is very important to have face to face meetings to exchange the knowledge, and make sure to discuss with interested parties the results of the researchers.
Collaborative monitoring or longitudinal training dam effects in the Waal River
15/07/2018 by Prof. dr. S.J.M.H. Hulscher
RiverCare is part of 'WaalSamen', a collaborative group to measure and compare the effects of the longitudinal dams as an alternative to river groynes.
Dutch serie “Vroege Vogels” (Early birds) about nature and ecology in the Netherlands
07/11/2017 by Remon Koopman
During the 2017 summer and autumn a fish monitoring campaign was performed by RiverCare and experts from Bureau Waardenburg.
Brochures about the longitudinal training dams
19/03/2018 by Laura Verbrugge
Communication of project results is important to enable the exchange of knowledge between the different stakeholders affected by the river intervention in the case...
Citizen Science newsletter editions of a participatory monitoring project
01/12/2017 by Laura Verbrugge
Monthly newsletters during the fishing season and a Facebook page update participants of the ongoing activities and results.
Anything to ask or share?About us
We would like to learn from your experiences and questions to take our knowledge further into practice in the Netherlands and abroad. Your feedback will help us to find out about your interests and how useful the information provided was to you.

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Why do people taunt?
Don’t feel obligated to respond or write an essay or whatever, this was just something that came up. Also for the record, I do not write from a place of salt, and just curious if you have any insight from being involved in the FGC/competition longer than I have.
I was trying out KI during my stream, and got to talking about the players that do things like taunting/teabagging/instant kill/etc (after having killer rank players dominate me as a bronze player and teabag make sure I knew who won). I get that it’s part of the mind game to try and tilt your opponent and make them play poorer, but I guess I don’t see the point in doing it at the end of a match as a final “haha you’re bad”, especially when you’re about to return to the matchmaking queue.
I feel like this practice can be especially harmful when done to players that are new to the genre, since they haven’t built the mental fortitude required by fighting games, so there’s a chance they might not come back. I still remember accidentally enabling matchmaking while playing arcade mode in MvC3 once, felt humiliated by the person who played me, and lost interest in really ever playing that game again. If I didn’t have friends to play SF4 with, I wonder if I would have left fighting games entirely…
I can only assume people who do this want to boost their sense of self and aren’t considering the possible ramifications to the growth of the community if they do this against random low rank people.
Thanks for everything you do for the scene. I always enjoy your articles, they give me something to keep in mind as I continue on the journey of self improvement that is life.
Keep on rockin,
Thanks for sending this! I thought this was a neat one and I ended up writing an essay. Whoops.
You already have the answer — you’re playing against people who don’t play with any consideration for their opponent. It might be because they’re a dumb kid who doesn’t know any better, or it might be because they’re emotionally a dumb kid who doesn’t know any better. Fighting games reward us for empathizing with our opponents — it’s how we make the sick reads — but it is typically the meta-game that rewards people for being considerate opponents, because it’s an important part of treating fighting as something you do for fun.
Fighting games, like martial arts, offer people a space to engage in mutually consensual violence. When two martial artists spar with each other, they typically do so under a shared understanding of how hard they’ll hit each other, which is informed by the relative skill level and size of both people, their personal comfort zone and risk tolerance, the rules of the training community and the art itself. This is all an important part of being a sparring partner because we’re literally taking each others’ health into our own hands, and if you break someone’s trust, you might have a hard time finding people to spar with. So if you’re a hugely inconsiderate jerk, you’re not likely to stick around for that long because no one will want to train with you — unless you find other people who are like you and down with it, in which case you all hang out and form the Cobra Kai.
Kids and adults in martial arts usually learn this pretty early on, because getting hit generally causes sharp emotional reactions in people. If you want to learn how to fight, one of the first things you’ll need to do is learn to control the feelings of stress, shock, panic, fear, anger, and actual physical pain that you feel when you get hit. When I taught boxing, I’d often tell people that the most valuable thing you learn in boxing is not to throw a punch, but to take one, because learning how to not be scared of someone willing to throw hands is a huge part of learning to project confidence and stand up for yourself in any situation. Once you get used to it, a fight is just a fight, and a punch is just a punch.
Fighting games are different because they (usually) don’t involve physical pain, but the feelings of stress, shock, panic, fear, and anger often still kick in. Your entire brain and body is intensely focused on constantly telling the character onscreen what to do, and when you get hit, they stop listening to you for a little bit, which gets annoying. The other player becomes this agent of frustration, intent solely on disrupting your connection to your character. And once you throw in execution errors, netplay lag, “Why did their move beat my move?”, etc., fighting games just pile on the frustration and expect the players to deal with it. Even if losing doesn’t bother you in the slightest, fighting games still have plenty of frustration in the core experience. Even though we’re not physically hurting each other, we’re still exchanging mental damage, which is what makes these games so spicy. It’s also why I think fighting games are truly special among video games, as they create a very intimate connection between the player and their character, and between the two players themselves, that I don’t find nearly as strong in any other game genre.
Back when fighting games were local-only, and you had to play at an arcade or at someone’s house, we would still have people who were inconsiderate about each others’ feelings, and people could get pretty intense about losing a quarter. But by and large, if you were a huge jerk, no one would want to play with you, so most of the people who couldn’t hold their Ls either learned how to do it quickly or stopped playing, because no one stays on top forever in fighting games. I’m not going to romanticize the past, mind you — people these days in fighting games are a lot nicer these days than they were back then, and it’s largely because we’ve grown up and learned that these things are way more fun with some love and trust to balance out the salt and spice.
However, that’s the kind of thing that people learn when they engage with healthy communities — either by going to tournaments or finding chill Discords or whatever. If you’re netplaying with randos in matchmaking, there’s nothing connecting you to the other person. You’re not training partners at the same gym, you don’t share a local scene, you’re not even in a space where you can see their body language or talk to each other (unless you have voice chat on). You’re just two people just signing up to fight a stranger for a couple minutes before moving on to the next one, and you’re about to engage in an intimate combat simulation with each other where one of you will likely leave dissatisfied. This shit makes Tinder look chaste and reserved by comparison.
When you play in random matchmaking, you’re playing against anyone who just wants to fight, and people enjoy fighting for all kinds of reasons. Some do it because they love to win, others because they love to learn, or style, or just hang out and make some cool friends. And some people out there enjoy fighting because they’re bullies, because they like the feeling of having power over others and using it to inflict pain. Bullies usually get weeded out in in-person fighting game events because they don’t do well in tournaments, but if they’re netplaying it’s not hard to find a couple poor scrubs to beat on if that’s what you’re trying to do.
And the thing about bullies is that they usually don’t actually realize they’re being bullies. They’re usually just acting out ways of relating to other people that they learned from others and just assumed were natural. The teabagging you’re getting after getting bodied is probably one that they got from someone else. Maybe that’s how they play the game with IRL homies from school or something, and just assumed that everyone else plays that way too. Different people have different emotional reactions to getting hit by a punch, and it’s easy to assume that however you feel is how other people feel too. But when you’re playing online, there are often few tools to pick up on whether the other player feels the way you do, so it’s very common for two players to walk away from a set with completely different experiences.
If you were playing in person, you could pick up on their emotional state through their body language and tone of voice, but in netplay there are no such cues, and their playful taunt could come off as cruel. So some people do it because they’re sadists, and others are just having rowdy fun, and others just do it because they saw a top player do it and thought it was funny, and it’s practically impossible to tell without some other form of communication besides the game itself. It’s like a Turing Test for assholes.
This is why I often tell people that if you’re not playing fighting games for the people, you’re probably missing out on the best part. And this is also why I hate playing online matchmaking. Give me lobbies or long sets on Discord or something, but please, no rando matchmaking for me ever again.
As an aside: teabagging is dumb as hell. If you want to taunt, commit to it with an actual taunt. You want to tell someone they’re trash? Play Guilty Gear and you can do a post-round taunt that will give your opponent 50 meter in the next round. That’s how you fucking taunt someone.
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Sandiganbayan denies motion to dismiss ex-Caloocan mayor’s cases
The Sandiganbayan’s Special Second Division and Sixth Division have denied the motion to dismiss nine criminal cases filed against former Caloocan City Mayor Enrico Echiverri.
In three decisions, all dated October 1 and released on Tuesday, the anti-graft court dismissed the request of Echiverri and his co-accused, City Accountant Edna Centeno and former Budget Officer Jesusa Garcia, for lack of merit.
Echiverri’s camp claims that their rights to due process and to a speedy disposition of the case have been violated because it took the Ombudsman two years to file their information with the court.
Sandiganbayan, however, said that the accused waived their right to a speedy disposition of the cases because they failed to raise the issue during the procedural periods.
“The right to speedy disposition of cases or the right to speedy trial must be timely raised. The respondent or the accused must file the appropriate motion upon the lapse of the statutory or procedural periods. Otherwise, they are deemed to have waived their right to speedy disposition of cases,” Sandiganbayan said.
“The accused claim that there was undue delay in the conduct of the preliminary investigation because the period within which it was conducted was considerably longer than the period prescribed under the applicable Rules. However, it does not appear that herein accused asserted their right to speedy disposition of cases in the proceedings before the Office of the Ombudsman,” it added.
Echiverri tried to cite previous cases, where it was ruled that a delay of three years constitutes to a violation of the prescribed time for cases to be resolved.
“The period of almost three (3) years it took to conduct and terminate the preliminary investigation, and to file the Informations, is considerably longer than the prescribed period for resolving a case,” Echiverri’s motion read.
“In Tatad vs Sandiganbayan, it was held that a delay of almost three (3) years constitutes a violation of the provisions prescribing the time within which cases must be resolved,” they added.
But according to the Second Division, there is no valid reason to reconsider the motion because it was merely a rehash of those already junked by the Court.
Echiverri and his two co-accused are facing complaints for alleged falsification of public document and for violation of Section 3(e) of R.A. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, misusing public funds in different projects in Caloocan.
His stint as mayor spanned from 2004 to 2013, completing three terms before running as the city’s first district representative.
Sandiganbayan also noted that the accused did not suffer from prejudice due to the delays brought by the sheer number of cases, as it would take time to each complaint.
“As the accused admit, the complaints involving the transactions entered into by the City of Caloocan during accused Echiverri’s term as Mayor alone are over a hundred in number. Each complaint, filed by a different complainant, on a different date, is treated as a separate case, and necessitates a separate investigation,” the Court said.
“The resolution of the cases related to the transactions of the City of Caloocan alone will take some time, considering the number of transactions involved,” they added. /ee
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
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Balsamic vinegar and brown sugar make a tasty sauce that's healthier than traditional gravy.
Heat the oven to 350 F.
Mince together the rosemary and garlic. Loosen the chicken skin from the flesh, and rub the flesh with olive oil and then the herb mixture. Sprinkle with black pepper. Put 2 rosemary sprigs into the cavity of the chicken. Truss the chicken.
Place the chicken into a roasting pan and roast for 20 to 25 minutes per pound, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Whole chicken should cook to a minimum internal temperature of 165 F. Baste frequently with pan juices. When the chicken is browned and the juices run clear, transfer the chicken to a serving platter.
In a small saucepan, combine the balsamic vinegar and brown sugar. Heat until the mixture is warmed and brown sugar dissolves, but don't boil.
Carve the chicken and remove the skin. Top the pieces with the vinegar mixture. Garnish with the remaining rosemary and serve immediately.

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By Miguel Rivera
On Saturday night in Acolod, Philippines, Filipino boxer Donnie Nietes captured the WBO's junior flyweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Mexican Ramon "Principe" Garcia. Nietes, a former WBO strawweight champion, fought Garcia in a very tough and very close fight, but two of the judges scored nearly every round for the challenger.
Only BoxingScene.com's Danrex Tapdasan, who the WBO selected as a judge for this fight, scored it 115-113. The other two judges, from America and Puerto Rico, had it 118-110 and 117-111.
"We will make a request to the WBO to review the video of the fight in order to make an evaluation and give us justice. We want a rematch. Principe deserves a direct rematch. Ramon won this fight and these judges robbed it from him," said Leo Camacho, who besides being trainer of Garcia, is a professor of ethics and values in Baja California.
Nietes improved to 29-1-3 and 16 knockouts. Garcia dropped to 16-3-1, 9 KOs.

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Please join me here as I discuss with Avi Abelow of Israel Unwired the latest developments to roil our crazy world. On our agenda this week are what happened when I appeared at Jewish Book Week in London, and the “Corbynisation” of the US Democrats.
I talk about the discussion in which I took part at Jewish Book Week on Brexit, the rough reception given to myself and my fellow Brexiteer Maurice Glasman, and why I think that the majority support by bBritish Jews for remaining in the EU is profoundly and self-destructively wrong.
We go on to discuss the growing feeling among sections of the British Jewish community that it’s “time to leave”. Then we talk about the similarities between the Labour party’s crisis and the growing difficulties of the US Democrats, whose leadership has conspicuously failed to deal with the antisemitism displayed by certain new members of Congress. I make the point that, as has been observed from the French Revolution onwards and as I observed in my Times column (£) here, the Democrats are once again proving the truth of the old adage that “the revolution consumes its own”.


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It’s been two years since Clash last exchanged words with Central Saint Martins BA graduate, Molly Goddard (here). In the intervening years she has produced a capsule collection for ASOS, joined (and abandoned) the prestigious MA course at CSM, and been asked to curate an in-store installation of her work for Dover Street Market.
None of which Goddard tells us. The response instead, when we ask what she’s been up to, is “raising two beautiful guinea pigs;” that, and the tedious task of moving house.
Part of the class of 2012 – likewise Westminster grads and Fashion East alumnae Claire Barrow and Ashley Williams – AW15 sees Molly make her first appearance on the official London Fashion Week schedule, as she joins Barrow and Williams on the Topshop backed NEWGEN programme.
“I imagined it would be years before I was on schedule!” the West Londoner announces, “It’s really exciting.”
Next Friday’s presentation won’t strictly be her debut however: last September the designer enlisted 21 of her nearest and dearest – among them sister Alice, Shrimps collaborator Tegen Williams and artist Phoebe Collings-James – to play dress up in her SS15 collection at her Fun Molly Party.
A school disco in a church hall with balloons and punch (Molly’s words), the presentation was styled by Alice, with party frocks layered over band tees and jeans, partnered with sheer black socks, and accessorised with disposable cameras and bright smiles.
“Loads of people turned up and stayed all night, which was great and just what I wanted,” she explains, “Everyone had loads of fun.”
Fun, it should be noted, is perhaps the defining spirit of the Molly Goddard label. While her graduate collection was inspired by her childhood wardrobe, the aesthetic of SS15 only further evokes a sense of girlish charm with its princess shapes and feminine fabrics; it’s easy to imagine a mini Molly dabbling in Miss Fleur, the kids label part-founded by Dinos Chapman’s wife Tiphane de Lussy in the late 90’s.
Like Miss Fleur before them (which dressed a different demographic but employed a similar regard for material and construction), Molly Goddard clothes are girlish but not exclusively girly. As per her fashion week bio, “the character she designs for conflicts with the beauty of her technique, and brings a clumsy and charming awkwardness to her silhouettes.”
As for the forthcoming collection, Molly offers only that she has been “looking at bohemian art students”.
Words: Zoe Whitfield

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Since I can’t go too long without Jireen, I have commissioned a piece showing the moment of her creation. It’s been the Netherlands-based artist Frans Mensink (DeviantArt site here, personal site here), who is rightly famous for his gorgeous pin-up work. You can click through for the glorious full-size image (though be warned, it is quite large and might take a lot of time to download).
Jireen Arises is an image based on the Tales of Gnosis College, written by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com, who also commissioned this image. The image was executed by Frans Mensink. It is published here by Dr. Faustus under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.


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A few more details have emerged this morning after last night's deadly crash at a sprint car race in California that claimed the lives of two spectators.
CNN reports that the crash occurred during the warmup laps about an hour before the race was set to begin at the Marysville Raceway Park north of Sacramento. Two spectators were killed when one of the sprint cars flew off the track and into the pits — a 68-year-old man who died at the scene and a 14-year-old boy who died at a hospital, sheriff's officials said. Their names have not been released.
Sheriff's deputies told TV station KCRA that it remains unknown why driver Chase Johnson's car went off the track. Johnson, 17, was not injured.
But sprint car announcer Steven Blakesley attended the race as a spectator, and he told reporters that it appeared Johnson's throttle got stuck, causing him to lose control in a corner.
"He hit the left side of an opening (of the wall) near the pit area, he hit two big tractor tires which sent him airborne," he told reporters. Blakesley told the Associated Press that Johnson's car was going about 90 mph when it failed to make the turn.
The race was the opening day of the California Sprint Car Civil War Series. The race was postponed after the crash. We'll update this story as we get more information.
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- Maitreya cancelled 'due to poor weather'
- Festival could damage Aboriginal sites
- Bush doof that saved a town is cancelled
The organisers of the failed Maitreya dance music festival are being sued in the Victorian Supreme Court over more than $400,000 of ticket revenue that remains unaccounted for.
Maitreya Arts and Music Festival, held at Lake Wooroonook about 250 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, was cancelled in March after Buloke Shire Council refused to grant permits to the organisers over concerns about planning, insurance and emergency services arrangements.
By the time the event was cancelled on March 10, more than $1 million worth of tickets had been sold for the festival via online ticketing agency TryBooking.
According to documents filed on behalf of TryBooking - which is suing Maitreya and its directors Lachlan Bell, Julius Webster and Sophie Oostermeyer - festival organisers were only permitted to access those funds with the express permission of the ticketing agency, and any funds withdrawn had to be repaid within two days.
However, it is alleged more than $950,000 was withdrawn between September 2015 and March 2016.
The Kew-based ticketing agency claims it has refunded $520,524 to customers who purchased tickets using credit cards, and now alleges it is out of pocket by $409,082.
TryBooking is seeking this sum plus damages from Maitreya.
"The event organiser has not cooperated with us on a refund process as required by our terms and conditions, leading to us pursuing them via legal avenues," TryBooking CEO Jeff McAlister said in a statement.
In the months since Maitreya Festival was cancelled, disgruntled music festival fans have continued to flood the festival's Facebook page with angry messages relating to the cancelled event.
In a series of Facebook posts, Maitreya organisers have declined to explain to affected punters their refusal to issue refunds.
"We can't in any number of words express to you the ins and outs of the rabbit hole that the event ended in this year," a statement on the page reads.
"We can't turn back time and give you back what might have been … but we do hold a deep belief that everything happens for a reason, even if that reason is really hard to understand or uncover in the short term."
Organisers, however, had plenty of time to realise that the festival was in trouble.
As early as February, Buloke Shire Council refused to issue the necessary permits over concerns about safety and the environmental impact of the event, which is staged near Charlton in central Victoria. Festival organisers took the council to VCAT, but a hearing on February 29 upheld the council's decision.
On March 4, VCAT told festival organisers to notify ticketholders that the event would not proceed and to clear the site within 14 days. Despite that, Maitreya posted on its Facebook page the following day that the event was "100 per cent go". Tickets were still on sale.
Organisers finally cancelled the event on March 10, citing bad weather as the reason. They promised a substitute event later in the year.
Several international DJs, including Swiss artist Liquid Soul and and Serbian DJ Zyce, confirmed to Fairfax they had been paid their full performance fee by organisers, indicating some of the missing funds have been spent on maintaining relationships with headline acts.
Many Maitreya fans, though, remain out of pocket.
The festival's most recent Facebook post has more than 500 comments from punters, who call the fiasco "a disgrace".
"Truly deplorable behaviour and absolute nonsense response," one festival goer wrote.
Dozens of disgruntled fans are considering launching legal action of their own, with calls for a class action lawsuit. Slater and Gordon refuted claims on Facebook they were launching a class action.
Maitreya organisers and their legal representatives declined to speak to Fairfax Media for this story.
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Maitreya: Timeline of a failed festival
February 10, 2016
Buloke Shire Council refuses Maitreya planning permit. Organisers failed to provide information for planning permit, including traffic management, insurance policy, emergency and environmental plans. Festival promoters launch VCAT action against council ruling.
Alan Getley, president of local business association the Charlton Forum, says cancellation is devastating for local economy. Wants to see festival go ahead.
Louise Staley, member of parliament for Ripon, says she has been inundated by community groups calling for festival to go ahead.
VCAT rules in favour of the council that festival cannot go ahead as scheduled. Maitreya argued the problem was with how festival was categorised in the planning permit. Organisers had no consent from Parks Victoria and no cultural heritage site management plan.
Alan Getley says council should do whatever it can to help festival go ahead. Announces he will run for council.
Maitreya ordered by VCAT to notify ticket holders and to clear site within 14 days
Promoters on Facebook say event is "100% go" with new venue.
Promoters still advertising tickets on Facebook page.
Victoria Police urges organisers and attendees to stop their plans to attend festival. They warn that support agencies such as St Johns have withdrawn services.
Maitreya Facebook post says stages are built and they will have medical, security and fire services. Headline acts Liquid Soul and Zyce arrive in Melbourne.
CFA District 18 Operations Manager John Bigham says any businesses on the site would be breaking the law.
Swan Hill Local Area Commander Inspector Dan Davison says event is a "recipe for disaster" and potential fire risk. No water, toilets, medical care and emergency response.
Maitreya organisers cancel festival, blaming poor weather and flooded site.
March 11 -14
Around 1000 people still descend on the Charlton district and stage informal festival.
Maitreya organisers say they are "unable to make any more refunds" in Facebook post. Announce plans to hold event on 30th September at Lake Wooroonook.


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LONDON, United Kingdom — Supreme landed in Soho in 2011. The New York skate label was already stocked at Dover Street Market and the now-defunct streetwear pioneer Hideout, but Supreme's first London store, on then-quiet Peter Street, drew legions of fans from the very start.
Two years later, Machine-A — a boutique offering street-luxe upstarts like 1017 Alyx 9SM, Ambush, A-Cold-Wall and Cav Empt (C.E.) along with Raf Simons, Martine Rose and Craig Green — opened on nearby Brewer Street. British skate label Palace soon followed, opening up across the street in 2015.
"It wasn't a strategic plan. It was the only option in terms of ticking the box on price, culture, accessibility and realness," Stavros Karelis, founder and chief buyer of Machine-A said of his Soho location. "There's a heritage and history here, something very real and pure. It wasn't affected by the big chains. And yet it's very democratic. Not everyone would walk down Bond Street, but everyone would come to Soho."
Plan or not, the arrival of Supreme, Machine-A and Palace lay the groundwork for what is now a flourishing fashion-streetwear mecca that has attracted a flood of fashion brands targeting millennials who aspire to Raf Simons as well as skate brands, from Eytys to Champion. Italian store GCDS, or Gods Can't Destroy Streetwear, recently secured a site next door to Supreme on Peter Street, while JW Anderson is set to open on the corner of Wardour Street in a former Carphone Warehouse in the spring.
There's a heritage and history here, something very real and pure. It wasn't affected by the big chains.
“Soho is one of the most vibrant parts of London with an incredible mix of locals and tourists,” said JW Anderson chief Jenny Galimberti. “When we were deciding where we wanted to open our first flagship, we knew it needed to be somewhere that has an energy, edge and diversity that aligns perfectly with the JW Anderson brand DNA.”
Soho’s gritty heritage of massage parlours and burlesque nightclubs offered both cultural authenticity and relatively lower rents when compared with other Central London shopping districts, which, combined with the relatively high footfall spilling over from once-cool Carnaby Street, anchored by Liberty, and the major shopping thoroughfare of Regent Street, made for a compelling mix for a certain kind of label.
“Right now, Soho is hot,” said James Ebel, chief executive of Harper Dennis Hobbs, a property agency that works with the likes of Microsoft and The Reformation to secure stores, citing the arrival of multi-brand streetwear player End Clothing’s large store on Broadwick Street last year. “Supreme and Palace really picked up, that’s why brands were looking, that’s why they want to be there,” he added. “If they’re looking for a cool, young fashion-conscious customer, they might look to Soho.”
“It’s an area that is already relatively well known to tourists, plus it’s bordered by high-footfall streets such as Regent Street and Oxford Street. For niche and emerging brands, as we’ve seen with streetwear brands in particular, the area offers a point of difference that can align with the aspirations of the brand; something that may be more difficult to achieve in mass-market locations,” added Marie Hickey, director of commercial research at property agency Savills. “Beyond this there are other added benefits related to costs; rents and business rates will be lower.”
End Clothing opened last year in a two-floor, glass-fronted, 8,500-square-foot corner space not far from once-legendary, now-closed fashion boutique A Pineal Eye, a harbinger of things to come during its reign in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
“For the last 15 years of John (Parker) and I visiting London, Soho was always the area that we felt our customer existed and was an area that had massive potential for an End store,” said co-founder Christiaan Ashworth. “This thinking was further backed up by Supreme and then Palace afterwards opening,” he continued. “We are really pleased with the first 12 months store performance.”
Fiorucci, Colmar, Eytys and Champion have all opened on Brewer Street, while Ganni and Samsøe Samsøe both recently launched on nearby Beak Street.
“Soho is such an iconic area in London,” said Ganni Chief Executive Andrea Baldo. It’s also the symbolic epicentre of London’s LGBTQIA+ community and home to a burgeoning restaurant scene. “You have this eclectic mix of food, art, stores and the odd shop that has been there forever. It’s an inclusive neighbourhood, where everyone is welcome, and the crowd is so diverse,” continued Baldo.
“The mix of tourists, local creatives and naughty nightlife makes for an eclectic footfall,” added Eytys Chief Executive Jonathan Hirschfeld, who opened the Swedish brand’s first international store on Brewer Street last year.
Danish contemporary streetwear brand Wood Wood considered Covent Garden, Seven Dials, East London and Kings Cross for its first London store. “But after evaluating we realised it had to be Soho,” said co-founder Karl-Oskar Olsen, which is opening next month in two former porn stores, not far from Machine-A. “I like that we are surrounded by stores and brands that are likeminded,” he continued, adding: “Soho has everything, it’s still dirty, you have the suits, the kids and the tourists.”
Soho has everything, it's still dirty, you have the suits, the kids and the tourists.
Dutch streetwear boutique Patta, which opened in 2016 on Silver Place, a narrow pedestrianised cut-through street in Soho alongside Swedish brand Our Legacy and perfumer Byredo, was a sign for Ace & Tate that Soho was the right location.
“Patta, they were there. That’s an industry indicator for us,” said Doortje van der Lee, Ace & Tate’s head of retail expansion. “The neighbourhood has a lot of creative-minded agencies and offices so we wanted to connect with them, and the streetwear brands attract very specific customer who would connect to our brand so with that mix we thought it would be a success for us.” So far, the store has “exceeded expectations,” she added.
Alex Eagle runs her namesake boutique on neighbouring Lexington, selling tailored clothing, furniture and beauty products. Eagle, who is married to Mark Wadhwa, a Soho property mogul, moved in four years ago after outgrowing her store in more upmarket South Kensington. Byredo, Le Labo and Rag & Bone have all since moved into the street. "We have the kids queuing around the block for Palace and now The End. It's good for the area. It's the opposite of the high street. It's known for drops and exclusives, a fashion destination in a great, new way."
Inside Raeburn's Soho store | Source: Courtesy
At menswear store Closet Case on the western end of Brewer Street, creative director Joey Hadley said he used to sell Italian luxury labels and brands like Galliano to a local media clientele. Today, 90 percent of his business is with 19-to-25-year-old Chinese and Middle Eastern shoppers, with prices ranging from £150 for a T-shirt to £3,000 for jackets. It certainly doesn’t hurt that Dover Street Market is nearby.
“We’ve just been mobbed by Chinese [customers] over Golden Week,” said Fiorucci-owner Stephen Schaffer, sitting in the Brewer Street store’s café beside a table of twenty-something Chinese women eating freakshakes. “Soho is slightly grubby and cool, but it has the respectability of nearby Regent Street. Fiorucci was more than a store; it was a community. I don’t know where else we would be.”
But how long will Soho’s unique attributes last?
The combined rent and business rates, the UK tax applied to all retailers on the building they occupy, have approximately doubled since Machine-A opened in 2013, from £60,000 a year to £120,000 a year. Karelis hopes property estates like Shaftesbury, the Crown Estate and Soho Estates don’t allow mass-market chains to open, for fear of destroying the authenticity and affordability that have made the area hot.
“Every location tends to heat up and cool, rents get to a point where it gets expensive and when that happens they look for somewhere new and fresh,” explained Harper Dennis Hobb’s Ebel, citing Shoreditch where the Spitalfields area has lost its edge over nearby Redchurch Street which still attracts “the cool kids.” Still, Soho has longevity as long as the landlords maintain the area’s niche. “I don’t see Soho at risk right now,” said Ebel. “I think the cool factor will continue for many years.”


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Heart attacks increase the risk of developing CANCER: Stress and side-effects of treatment can trigger disease
- Cardiac arrest sufferers diagnosed from 1991-2002 had 86% increased risk
- Treatment and stresses on body caused by heart failure may be cause
- But increased detection due to medical observation is a possible factor
Having a heart attack leaves you at greater risk of developing cancer, a study has revealed.
Patients diagnosed with heart failure between 1979 and 1990 had a 48 per cent increased risk of cancer, while patients diagnosed between 1991 and 2002 had an 86 per cent increased risk.
However the researchers, from the Mayo Clinic Centre for the Science of Health Care Delivery in America, said that despite better heart survival rates, the rise in cancer detection might be down to increased surveillance or side effects.
Those who have suffered a heart attack are more likely to develop cancer, according to new research. File picture
Dr Veronique Roger, director of the centre and co-author of the study said: 'Heart failure patients are not only at an increased risk for developing cancer, but the occurrence of cancer increases mortality in these patients.
'These findings underscore the importance of cancer surveillance in the management of heart failure patients.
'These findings also illustrate the importance of multi-morbidity among patients living with chronic diseases and support the concept of providing holistic rather than disease-based care.'
Increased detection of cancer thanks to greater medical scrutiny may have influenced the outcome of the study. Pictured, a cancer cell
Researchers conducted the study using medical records from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which links the inpatient and outpatient records from all providers used by the population of Olmsted County, Minnesota.
THE LINK BETWEEN CANCER AND HEART ATTACKS
596 patients with heart failure were paired with the same number of similar healthy subjects.
Patients between 1979 and 1990 had a 48 per cent increased risk of cancer.
Meanwhile patients diagnosed between 1991 and 2002 had an 86 per cent increased risk.
The study included 596 patients with heart failure paired with the same number of similar healthy subjects.
The research, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, looked at two 11-year time periods.
Dr Roger and colleagues suggest several possible causes for the increased risk of cancer in heart failure patients, including side effects of cardiovascular treatments, or stress from illness or other mechanisms associated with the physiology of heart failure such as inflammation.
Investigators stress the importance of the findings in the treatment and management of heart failure, concluding patients should be monitored closely for signs of cancer, the authors said.
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Shoot down enemies, avoid obstacles and flip the gravity line in this awesome action platformer video game. Save the world from an orbital nightmare in Metal Storm! Destroy the malfunctioned defense outpost and save the entire solar system!
Metal Storm is a side-scrolling action platformer game that allows players to reverse the gravity as they play (A feature unique at that time). Released back in 1992 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), the game features several sci-fi levels littered with a wide range of enemies. The game is set in the far future in the year 2501, when an orbital laser weapon began to malfunction and shot down other planets in the Solar System. In this game, the player takes control of a M-308 Gunner – a highly advanced mechanical robot capable of gunning down any threat it encounters.
Click inside the screen to activate controls
Arrow Keys – Directional Buttons / Movement
Press “Z” Key – A button
Press “X” Key – B button
Space – Select
Enter – Start
To save your game: hover over the emulator screen and use the icons to save your progress.
Down arrow icon (save), Up arrow icon (load).
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Au, A., Guan, Q., Caltabiano, M., Rodwell, P., Myatt, A., and Meng, W. (2011) The effect of sports on language functions. In: Combined Abstracts of 2011 Australian Psychology Conferences, p. 137. From: 46th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, 4 - 8 October 2011, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Caltabiano, N.J., and Rodwell, P. (2009) Women's experience of body image, self and quality of life. In: Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences, p. 77. From: 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, 30 September - 4 October 2009 , Darwin, NT, Australia.


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Definition of floruit
: a period of flourishing (as of a person or movement)
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Latin, he flourished, from florēre to flourish
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Letter: A step in the right direction
The ACA decision made by the Supreme Court is a step in the right direction for women’s health care.
Ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed, many politicians have made a woman’s health a partisan issue in our country. While all this bickering has been going on in Washington, millions of young women have had to decide between paying for preventive services and paying for basic needs.
While I am sure that the anti-woman legislators will continue their campaign, at least the Affordable Care Act is allowing millions the ability to receive the quality health care they did not have access to before.

domain: sociology


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Transform your space and create your own oasis of relaxation with the power of pure essential oils. With its ultrasonic technology and modern design, this is one home accessory you cannot pass up!
* Acts as a humidifier and removes dust particles while infusing the air with the healing power of plants.
* Releases negative ions to help lift your mood and relieve stress
* Naturally freshens the air in your space
Ultrasonic technology transforms the water blended with essential oil into an extra fine mist and dispenses it into the surroundings while producing negative ions which help to lift your mood and relieve stress.

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Compared to west nuptial practices, Chinese nuptial traditions differ drastically. These traditions involve specific colors, presents, rituals and ceremonies. There are also completely different nuptial customs depending on the site.
The Chinese wedding party involves a number of rituals and customs, such as the betrothal feast day, the item exchange, the tea ceremony, and the wedding ceremony. All of these traditions and persuits are considered crucial that you Chinese customs. In the past, partnerships were considered to be solemn and only the second generation was allowed to get married to. The marriage was considered important because it affected the future popularity of the family.
The bride and groom meet at the bride's parents' home for the first time after the marriage ceremony. This conference is an important a part of Chinese marriage ceremony customs. This is a time to show appreciation for the parents with regards to support.
The bride's family provides groom a "Si Dian Jin", a Offshore term for four pieces of your old watches, which signifies the assures made to the bride-to-be. This gift may be passed down to the bride's child. The treat also represents the bride's parents' support and fertility.
Before the wedding ceremony, the international dating for filipina women bride can be bathed https://asianbrides.org/chinese-women/ and dressed up. She would kneel before her relatives and the groom's more aged relatives. She https://sarahh03.medium.com/how-to-ask-a-woman-out-on-a-dating-app-a-guide-for-men-a84678d98fdb could also receive a gift via each of her family. This treat reflects the wealth of the bride's father and mother. The present is supported by a money necklace for fortune.
The bride and groom's marriage procession developed with firecrackers and deafening gongs. This is certainly believed to fend off evil mood.
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King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology
King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology
Kawwam M.,CNRS Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Luminescent Materials |
Kawwam M.,King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology |
Alharbi F.,King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology |
Alharbi F.,Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute |
And 3 more authors.
Applied Surface Science | Year: 2012
Cupric oxide (CuO) films were prepared on various substrates by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique to investigate their effects on surface morphology. As the substrate temperature decreased, the film surface roughness was also observed to decrease. This trend was also correlated with the polycrystalline structure of the films. Deposition at low pressures produced greater surface roughness because larger crystallites emerged from the surface, while higher oxygen pressure under an adjusted target-substrate distance produced smaller crystallites and a smoother film surface. Reducing the laser energy density led to lower densities and smaller micro-liquid droplets formed on the surfaces. The presented results could be useful for better understanding the effect of process parameters control on CuO film morphology. It could also serve as a reference for the fabrication of CuO-based devices, in which the surface quality of the CuO films is highly important. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Ahamed M.,King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology |
Khan M.A.M.,King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology |
Alhadlaq H.A.,King Saud UniversityRiyadh11451 Saudi Arabia
Environmental Toxicology | Year: 2015
Because of unique optical behavior gold nanorods (GNRs) have attracted attention for the application in biomedical field such as bio-sensing, bio-imaging and hyperthermia. However, toxicological response of GNRs is controversial due to their different surface coating. Therefore, a comprehensive knowledge about toxicological profile of GNRs is necessary before their biomedical applications. First time, we investigated the toxic response of GNRs coated with platinum (GNRs-Pt) in human breast carcinoma (MCF-7) cells. Platinum coating further improves the optical and catalytic properties of GNRs. Assays such as 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide (MTT), neutral red uptake (NRU) and lactate dehydroganase (LDH) assays have shown that GNRs-Pt induced cytotoxicity at very low exposure levels (0.1-0.8 μg mL-1). Accumulation of cells in SubG1 phase and low mitochondrial membrane potential (JC-1 probe) in treated cells suggest that GNRs-Pt induced cell death via apoptotic pathway. Quantitative real-time PCR data demonstrated that mRNA expression of apoptotic genes (bax, caspase-3 and caspase-9) were up-regulated while anti-apoptotic gene bcl-2 was down-regulated in cells exposed to GNRs-Pt. We further observed the higher activity of caspase-3 and caspase-9 enzymes in GNRs-Pt treated cells supporting mRNA data. Moreover, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) significantly attenuated the ROS generation and cytotoxicity induced by GNRs-Pt in MCF-7 cells suggesting that ROS might plays a crucial role in GNRs-Pt induced toxicity. This study warns of possible toxicity of GNRs even at very low exposure levels. Further investigations needed to explore potential mechanisms of this low dose toxicity phenomenon. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Feng P.,University of Puerto Rico at San Juan |
Sajjad M.,University of Puerto Rico at San Juan |
Li E.Y.,University of Puerto Rico at San Juan |
Zhang H.,Globalfoundrie |
And 3 more authors.
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology | Year: 2014
We report studies of the surface fringe structures and tunable bandgap width of atomic-thin boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs). BNNSs are synthesized by using digitally controlled pulse deposition techniques. The nanoscale morphologies of BNNSs are characterized by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In general, the BNNSs appear microscopically flat in the case of low temperature synthesis, whereas at high temperature conditions, it yields various curved structures. Experimental data reveal the evolutions of fringe structures. Functionalization of the BNNSs is completed with hydrogen plasma beam source in order to efficiently control bandgap width. The characterizations are based on Raman scattering spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and FTIR transmittance spectra. Red shifts of spectral lines are clearly visible after the functionalization, indicating the bandgap width of the BNNSs has been changed. However, simple treatments with hydrogen gas do not affect the bandgap width of the BNNSs. © 2014 Feng et al.
Mantey K.,University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign |
Nayfeh M.H.,University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign |
Al-Hreish B.,Nanosi Advanced Technoloies Inc. |
Boparai J.,Nanosi Advanced Technoloies Inc. |
And 5 more authors.
Journal of Applied Physics | Year: 2011
We used wet treatment to immobilize luminescent silicon nanoparticles on industrial glass fibers to impart optical and chemical functions to the fiber. Carpets or pads consisting of thousands of fibers are processed in parallel, enhancing the sensitivity of detection and the sampled volume. Treated pads exhibit strong luminescence, characteristic of the luminescence of the particles; showing no shift, broadening, or reduction of quantum efficiency. We demonstrate that drawing material by the pad due to physical adsorption can be reversed. We also demonstrate that allylamine can be covalently attached by photoinduced irradiation reactions, which results in imprinting the amine emission spectrum, providing spectral recognition. The imprint accompanied with a blue-shifting of the luminescence spectrum of the probe, allowing examination of the effect of termination on the nanoparticle structure. The shift is found to be consistent with an increase in the bandgap of the Si nanoparticle and is consistent with Quantum Monte Carlo calculations. In addition to sampling, the nano probe pad has the potential to enable a variety of biomedical applications through subsequent attachment. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.
Dhiman P.,Himachal Pradesh University |
Batoo K.M.,King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology |
Kotnala R.K.,National Physical Laboratory India |
Singh M.,Himachal Pradesh University
Micro and Nano Letters | Year: 2012
A report is presented on the structural, electrical, optical and magnetic properties of Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesised by the solution combustion technique. Structural characterisation by X-ray diffraction confirmed the phase purity of the samples. Surface morphology studied by scanning electron microscope revealed a cubic-type shape of grains. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis confirmed the elemental composition. Less value of DC electrical conductivity and increased bandgap for doped ZnO from UV-Vis studies confirmed change in the defect chemistry of the ZnO matrix. However, varied synthesis process results in ferromagnetic behaviour for doped ZnO nanoparticles. © 2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Ali M.,King Saud University |
Ali M.,King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology |
Zeitoun O.,King Saud University |
Zeitoun O.,King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology |
Almotairi S.,King Saud University
International Journal of Thermal Sciences | Year: 2013
Experimental investigation on natural convection heat transfer has been carried out inside vertical circular enclosures filled with Al 2O 3 nanofluid with different concentrations; 0.0%, 0.85% (0.21%), 1.98 (0.51%) and 2.95% (0.75%) by mass (volume). Two enclosures are used with 0.20 m inside diameter and with two different aspect ratios. The bottom surface of the enclosure is heated using a constant heat flux flexible heater while the upper surface is cooled by an ambient air stream. Various uniform heat fluxes have been used to generate the natural convection heat transfer data. The average Nusselt number is obtained and correlated with the modified Rayleigh number at each concentration ratio of the nanofluid. The average Nusselt number is obtained for each enclosure and correlated with the modified Rayleigh number using the concentration ratio as a parameter. The results show that the heat transfer coefficient increases as the concentration increases up to a specific value of the concentration and then it decreases as the concentration continues to increase compared to the basic fluid of pure water. Furthermore, a general correlation is obtained using the volume fraction and the aspect ratio as parameters. © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Ghannam T.,King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology
Applied Optics | Year: 2013
This paper investigates a specific kind of solitary pulse, the modulated zero-area (MZA) solitary pulse, when propagating within MgO photonic bandgap medium doped with silver nanoparticles (NPs). It will be shown that two coupled MZA pulses do propagate unattenuated within this medium but for a certain combination of the dipole moments and the density of the NPs. More important, and in contrast to the other kinds of solitary pulses, one of the two MZA pulses exhibits a slowing in its group velocity in comparison to the other one, depending on the amplitudes of the components of the dipole moments of the NPs that are in resonance with the two MZA pulses. With this particular feature, the system has the potential of working as an all-optical switch. © 2013 Optical Society of America.


A new poll from survey research center Marist appears to show a dramatic uptick in the number of Americans who self-identify as pro-life. But critics of the polls methodology — and its vehemently anti-abortion sponsors — have warned against reading too much into the results.
According to the poll, which was sponsored by Catholic men’s organization the Knights of Columbus, an equal number of Americans — 47 percent — now identify as either pro-life or pro-choice. The results marked a major departure from prior polls. A similar Marist survey from last month found that 55 percent of Americans identified as pro-choice, compared to only 38 percent who said they were pro-life. The new poll also found that 80 percent of respondents approved of abortion being limited to the first three months, a 5 point increase from last month’s poll.
Barbara Carvalho, the director of the new Marist poll, attributed the apparent change in public opinion to renewed attacks from Republicans on women’s reproductive rights — and on late-term abortions in particular.
“This has been a measure that has been so stable over time. To see that kind of change was surprising,” said Carvalho. “And the increased discussion [of late-term abortion] in the public forum in the past month appears to have made the biggest difference in how people identify on the issue.”
The poll has gotten traction with the media, but not everyone is sure it reflects a true sea change. Skeptics have said that statistical noise is a more likely cause for the strange results than an actual sudden shift in public opinion.
I like how the pollsters’ explanation is “tens of millions of Americans had their views on a hot-button issue changed by a recent third-order political flap” and not “sampling error” https://t.co/9F5XU4fI9b
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) February 25, 2019
Other critics noted that abortion surveys are notorious for using leading questions to manipulate poll results. Two years ago, for example, another Knights of Columbus poll found that 61 percent of Americans supported banning abortion after 20 weeks. But a subsequent Hart Research survey commissioned by Planned Parenthood determined that in reality, 61 percent of Americans would oppose a 20-week abortion ban in cases involving nonviable pregnancies, rape, or health risk to the mother.
“Once voters consider the range of circumstances in which abortions would be made illegal under most 20-week abortion ban proposals,” explained the pollsters, “a majority of Americans oppose them.”


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Necessary steps to invest in Greece are the following:
- Entrance in Greece with Visa C.
- Tax Identification Number at the relevant Tax Authority.
- Bank account in a bank in Greece.
- Purchase of the property and signing of the main contract.
- Submission and registration of the purchase contract at the Land Registry and Cadaster.
- Application for granting of residence permits to investors’ and their family members. Documents needed for the application are:
- Copy of Passport.
- Copy of Visa C Document
- Copy of the main contract.
- Copy of contract’s registration at the Land Registry and Cadaster.
- Evidence of residence in Greece.
- State fee of 500 € for Residence Permit.
- State fee of 16 € for Residence Permit’s card.
- Photographs (4x6 cm).
The value of the property in Greece is calculated in two different ways: commercial value of the property is the price that the parties agree in the purchase contract, while objective value of the property is the price set from the Greek Government. This fact is important because if objective value is equal or higher to the commercial one then objective value is used for tax calculation. But if commercial value is higher to the objective one then commercial value is used for tax calculation.
Article 20 - Other reasons for the issue of residence permits
A third-country national who has been granted a visa for one of the reasons referred to in this Article shall be granted a residence permit accordingly.
B. Owners of property in Greece
1. By decision of the secretary general of the decentralized administration, a five-year residence permit subject to renewal shall be granted to a third-country national who:
(a) Has legally entered the country with any type of visa or legally resides in the country, even if the residence instrument in his possession does not permit change of purpose;
(b) Personally has the full ownership, possession and peaceful enjoyment of real estate property in Greece. In case of joint ownership of a property to the
Value of EUR 250 000, the right of residence shall only be granted if the owners of the property are spouses with indivisible shares in the property. In all other cases of joint ownership, the right of residence shall only be granted if the joint ownership rate of each joint owner equals to the value of EUR 250 000;
(c) Has the full ownership, possession and peaceful enjoyment of real estate property in Greece via a legal entity whose shares are fully owned by such national;
(d) Has made a agreement with a minimum term of ten years for the lease of hotel accommodation or furnished tourist residences in tourist accommodation
Complexes pursuant to Article 8(2) of Law 4002/2011 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 180);
(e) Has made a time sharing agreement pursuant to the provisions of Law 1652/1986 regulating time sharing agreements and related matters (Government Gazette, Series I, No 167), as in force.
2. The minimum value of the real estate property and the contractual consideration of leases of hotels or tourist residences referred to in this Article is set at two hundred and fifty thousand euros (EUR 250 000) and must be fully paid up on the signing of the agreement.
The consideration is paid by crossed bank cheque or other bank transaction, the particulars of which must be solemnly stated by the contracting parties before the notary who prepares the agreement and declared in the agreement. By joint decision of the Ministers for the Interior and Finance, the value of the above real estate property may be adjusted, and shall result from
The value of the property stated in the contract or of the lease agreement.
3. Third-country nationals who own real estate property may lease that property.
4. Such third-country nationals may be accompanied by their family members to whom an individual residence permits shall be issued following a relevant
Application, which shall expire together with the residence permit of the sponsor.
Family members shall mean:
(a) the spouse;
(b) the lineal descendants of the spouses or either spouse, who are under 21 years old.
5. The above permit may be renewed for an equal period each time, provided that the real estate property remains in the ownership and possession of the thirdcountry national, or the agreements referred to in paragraph 1 above remain effective and all other requirements provided for by law are met. Periods of absence from the country shall not hinder the renewal of the residence permit. Resale of real estate property during the period of validity of the residence permit to another third-country national shall not entitle the buyer to the issue of a residence permit.
6. The residence permits issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article shall not grant the right of access to any form of employment.
7. The period of residence referred to in the provisions of part B hereof shall not be taken into account for inclusion in the status of long-term resident and the granting of nationality to the relevant residents.
8. The residence permit shall be issued within two months from procurement of all file information to the issuing authority.

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These days, when Ava DuVernay makes headlines, you know it's for something big. And this time is of no exception. As if her Netflix series on the Central Park Five, multi-million dollar Disney production A Wrinkle In Time, or hit OWN television show Queen Sugar didn't keep the talented filmmaker busy enough, DuVernay is adapting Octavia Butler's sci-fi novel Dawn into a TV series — proving there's absolutely nothing she can't handle. And everything about this news is worth celebrating.
Written in 1987, Butler's science fiction novel imagines a world where nuclear holocaust survivors have to make a choice to either adapt to the world run by and procreate with their alien captors, or die. Dawn presents itself as the first of Butler's trilogy series bringing lead character and black woman protagonist, Lilith Iyapo, to the forefront. Producer Allen Bain optioned for the rights of Butler's novel in 2015, according to Deadline.
Known as the “grande dame of science fiction,” Butler has won numerous awards for her contributions to the genre over her lifetime. The author was inducted into the The Science Fiction Hall of Fame posthumously in 2010, and is one of the first black female writers to have made a name for herself in the category.
Partnering with DuVernay to bring this tremendous story to the small screen are seasoned director and writer Victoria Mahoney, and Charles D. King's Macro Ventures.
Butler's accolades are definitely ones to note, but the woman behind the magic is just as, if not more, endearing as all of her published works. Between her inspirational quotes about the importance of honesty, to the uplifting "note to self" she penned and is now published in the Huntington Library, Butler has garnered a subset of fans who are encouraged by the way she candidly lived her life — including other amazing talents like DuVernay.
Typically a white male-dominated genre, sci-fi has been a difficult space for women, and more specifically women of color, to find equal representation. And with groundbreaking projects like Annihilation — starring Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jessica Jason Leigh, and Gina Rodriguez — and, now, Dawn on its way to sci-fi junkies in TV form, images of women, as well as women of color, will hopefully become more of a norm. That doesn't just go for those in front of the camera, however, but behind the scenes, directing and producing such grand and complex stories too.
DuVernay is a woman of many creative facets, and she continuously uses her platform to generate intoxicating content representative of demographics that are, more often than not, left by the wayside. And the birth of the Dawn television series is just another one of those gems from the visionary that the industry didn't even know they needed until now.

domain: entertainment


Fargo, North Dakota — With 14 branches across nine cities and two states, State Bank & Trust Assistant Vice President – Teller Coordinator, Bernice Kram, was monitoring a different scheduling process at every branch.
“Each location was scheduling the teller lines in their own way with spreadsheets, calendars, notebooks and such,” said Kram. “I could see how time consuming and challenging it was for the teller managers.” Kram knew a standardized scheduling method across all branches was the answer, but she was leery of being lured into high cost, customizable systems. “We wanted an easy, economical solution.”
Enter ScheduleBase, an online employee scheduling software that allowed State Bank & Trust to standardize their teller schedules across 14 locations and allowed for unprecedented scheduling oversight.
“Before ScheduleBase, we made out every schedule by hand in Excel,” explained Delight Swingen, scheduler for 20 tellers at the main branch. “I would spend way too much time preparing them, even color-coding to make sure they were easy to read.” Using ScheduleBase has eliminated Swingen’s need for color-coding and has saved her an enormous amount of time. “Also, the tellers love getting their schedules delivered via text and email, and any changes to the schedule are communicated instantly and easily.”
Dina Volk Vice President – Branch Manager is now able to write a month schedule in just one hour where it used to take her nearly a full day. “I used to collect teller availability in a desk calendar, and I had time off requests in a calendar too. Then, I would call or visit with each person who made a request while I reviewed the calendar to set the schedule,” said Dina. “I especially love the preset feature, and can’t imagine going back to my manual spreadsheet process.”
ScheduleBase has given Kram an affordable solution for State Bank & Trusts scheduling needs and she is now able to monitor the teller schedules of all 14 locations from anywhere she has an internet connection. “We are extremely pleased,” added Kram.
State Bank & Trust is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota and was chartered in 1966. State Bank & Trust has 14 full-service bank locations in Fargo, West Fargo and Wahpeton, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Audubon, Detroit Lakes, Pelican Rapids, Fergus Falls and Alexandria, Minnesota.


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(BALTIMORE – April 24, 2021) – On or about February 16, 2018, the family of Korryn Gaines won a 38M jury verdict from the citizens of Baltimore County. Almost a year later to the date, the verdict was taken away by the presiding judge. The Gaines family again went to court appealed and won the reinstatement of the verdict on July 1, 2020. However, to this day Baltimore County has not settled the case yet.
To add insult to injury Cpl. Royce Ruby, the officer who shot and killed Korryn Gaines has killed again and has since changed positions in the police department to Detective Ruby. He has yet to have to account for the homicide of Korryn Gaines and has paid none of the verdict awarded, and he remains on the street with a badge, gun, and police powers. Baltimore County Scott Shellenberger declined to prosecute him years ago despite the overwhelming evidence against him that has only accumulated over the years. There are many parallels seen and unseen to the Breonna Taylor case that action must be taken. BaCo Det. Royce Ruby needs to be jailed.
THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TO MURDER. THIS IS OUR CAMPAIGN TO HAVE DETECTIVE ROYCE RUBY BROUGHT TO TRIAL FOR THE WRONGFUL KILLING/HOMICIDE OF KORRYN GAINES.
Korryn Gaines is Women’s History too.
Any inquires from the media contact CarVer Communications at firstname.lastname@example.org


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Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
Brahms: The Boy II streaming: where to watch online?
Currently you are able to watch "Brahms: The Boy II" streaming on Showtime, Showtime Amazon Channel, fuboTV, DIRECTV or buy it as download on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, DIRECTV.