Three dimensional computational study for spiral dry gas seal with constant groove depth and different tapered grooves
Leakage is a wide spread phenomenon in the oil and gas production rotating machines. It not only can cause a waste of supplies and energy, but also threats to the safety of people around, due to flammable, explosive, corrosive, toxic working fluid. Advanced sealing technology is the only way to solve the problem. Dry gas seal is a kind of non-contacting dynamic seal used for sealing of rotating shafts. It gets wide applications in petroleum and chemical industries, especially in centrifugal compressors because of high stability and low maintenance. The location of DGS in a typical centrifugal compressor is shown in Fig. 1(a); it is located at the interface between the inside of the compressor and the atmosphere. The seals are fed with a clean, heated if necessary and dry gas usually taken at the discharge of the compressor (1.478Mb)
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The three dimensional simulation for dry gas seal with constant depth spiral grooves and with different taper grooves is done using ANSYS FLUENT CFD code. Grid independence study and code validation are done with experimental work. The fluid state effect on the gas seal internal flow and performance is studied. The laminar and turbulent flow with RNG K-ɛ turbulence model and LES is examined for the same geometrical and operating conditions. The influence of film thickness for constant depth groove gas seal is simulated for 2, 3 and 4 μm film. The effect of different rotational speeds on gas seal performance is examined for 0, 2500, 5000, 7500 and 10380 rpm. Three taper spiral grooves are studied each with three different angles, including taper grooves in the radial, circumferential and combined radial-circumferential directions. The laminar flow simulation for the dry gas seal agree well with the experimental results more than the turbulent flow simulation which overestimate the pressure distribution inside the seal. The results indicate that as the rotational speed increases the seal open force and leakage increase. The use of tapered type spiral groove causes a reduction in the seal open force and the leakage rate. Increasing the angle of radial taper groove reduces the temperature distribution inside the gas film. The reduction in seal open force and leakage rate is higher when the combined radial-circumferential taper is more than radial and circumferential taper used.


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Pandora Hands-on (English version)
Not just professional companies develop for consoles. There is also a
wide scene of hobby coders, who simply do it for the fun of it. Anyone
can write software on the PC and start without problems. But whoever
wants to develop for consoles will hit some very big hurdles. Console
manufacturers don’t earn their money through selling the hardware, but
with licensing fees that third parties have to buy. Free games are not
appreciated by them.
Developers find a way to overcome these
hurdles, though: Whether with custom firmware on the PSP, a modchip
installed in the ps2, buying a flashcart for the DS or with the help of
bugs on the Wii – in the end you can run your own programs. It is
cumbersome, often throwing the warrantee into the air and especially
with modchips and flashcards the threshold of piracy is low.
there is another way: There are now a few handhelds that are aimed at
and depend on the hobby developers. The GP32 from the small korean
company Gamepark made the first step in 2001. It was originally
designed as a competitor to the GBA, but didn’t inspire professional
game developers enough. The success came when GP started allowing
everyone to develop for it without limits. As a result, a big
international community of developers was built. Its successor, the
GP2X was released in 2005 , developed by Gamepark Holdings also from
Korea. It too relied completely on hobby developers, but there were
also problems with communications to Korea, as the absrupt halt in
production clearly showed. The GP2X scene therefore decided to develop
their own handheld. A few skilled handymen have come together and
developed the Pandora.
Its specs sound like a wet dream of
every technology freak: 600MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, in-built Wi-Fi,
bluetooth, a touchscreen with a resolution of 800×480 pixels, two
analog sticks, a full QWERTY keyboard and – of course – Linux.
the „Games Convention“ we had the opportunity to be one of the first to
take this new handheld under the microscope, and to have a chat with
Michael Mrozek aka Evil Dragon, owner of GP2X.de and the german
distributor of the Pandora, about his mark on the scene as a scene
We were able to see the Pandora with the final
Mainboard, but with unfinished housing. Since this was still a
prototype and very rattley,we didn’t have a chance to really play on
the device. To start the pandora, it even had to be taken apart. A
first impression was possible, though.
The display made a very
good impression. It is large and razor sharp thanks to the 800×480
resolution. It is also very colourful from the side and it is very easy
to recognize everything. In the GP2X forums after pictures were
released, people expressed their concerns, that the controls would be
hard to reach. When you hold the Pandora in your own hands these
concerns quickly disappear. It sits well in your hands and there is no
problem reaching the two analog sticks. The other buttons are easy to
reach as well. The keyboard in our test model was still not assembled.
How well this will turn out in the end is hard to say. Otherwise the
buttons aren’t too small and easy to reach.
showed us the emulator „Final Burn“, which was comforting as it played
old arcade at full speed. What the device can do shows a fully
unoptimised version of Quake 2 that ran almost without lags. Also
another fact is impressive, up to 5 Super Nintendo Emulators will run
side by side (Yes that’s just to show off, no one actually wants to do
that…). Therefore there should be sufficient power available for more
sophisticated Homebrew games. DOSBox is expected to reach new regions
and there’s also enough juice for emulators.
For creators and
modders it’s also interesting that the contacts are the mainboard are
deliberately left quite large for those who want to add additional
hardware, so that you can add hardware through normal means without the
need for an education in electronics. It is also worth noting that all
contacts are properly labeled.
The pre-orders for the pandora begin on the 30th of September 2008 and will be delivered on 13th November 2008.

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Customer centricity is increasingly taking centre stage in utility operations, going beyond basic engagement with approaches and models that are designed with customers’ needs in mind and that meet their requirements and wishes. [Engerati-In Focus: Retail Predictions for 2017 - Customer Centricity]
This concept is most frequently being adopted with traditional practices such as billing and with new products and services. [Engerati-In Focus: Customer Centricity - Billing & Customer Care] However, an area that it has yet to be widely adopted is energy efficiency.
Energy efficiency for households
A new study from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has found that many utility energy efficiency programmes are designed around measures rather than people. These "untargeted" programmes focus on meeting energy savings and cost-effectiveness goals, and are ostensibly impartial about the characteristics of the households that receive the offering. However, they also often appear to limit participant diversity.
The study reviewed the 66 residential programme evaluations in California for the 2010-2012 programme cycle, and found participants in some of the biggest programmes were substantially less diverse than the population. For example, Energy Upgrade California (EUC) and Home Energy Efficiency Rebate (HEER) programme participants were more likely to be white, upper income, college educated or English speakers.
Three reasons are identified why programme participants may not look like the general population, according to the study author, Marti Frank.
One is the buy-in cost, or the amount a household is required to spend in order to participate. In the US, the average buy-in cost ranges from $6,000 for a home energy retrofit to $500-$3,000 for an energy efficient appliance to -$50 for refrigerator recycling (i.e. the programme pays the participant). The data show that a high buy-in cost correlates with a less diverse participant population. Participants in programmes with the highest buy-in costs, EUC and HEER, were less diverse than California’s general population. Participants in the programme with the lowest buy-in cost, refrigerator recycling, looked almost exactly like the population.
Second is the language, format, and channel through which programme information is communicated. Nearly 40% of Californians say their primary language is something other than English. But the biggest-budget efficiency programmes communicated nearly all programme information in English.
Third is the implementation method. Programme designers face many options when it comes to implementation, and their choices can influence participant diversity. An example in the ACEEE study is an experimentally designed pilot programme for refrigerator recycling. When implemented by big box retailers, participants had higher incomes, larger homes and recycled newer, larger, side-by-side refrigerators, compared to participants in a utility-run programme.
“There are many research opportunities to explore the relationship between implementation approach and participant diversity,” says Frank calling for evaluators to “consistently collect, report, and analyze demographic data.”
Housing retrofits in UK
Another example of where this becomes important is on the opposite side of the Atlantic. In the UK, the decarbonization of heating in homes is essential in moving to a low carbon economy and improving the thermal efficiency of the existing housing stock will form an important component to achieving that. [Decarbonising homes – the UK challenge] However, housing refits are expensive and need to be targeted appropriately. Indeed the cost of deep retrofits could potentially be similar to the cost of rebuilding the entire UK housing stock, i.e. in excess of £2 trillion.
A new study from the Energy Technologies Institute indicates that only a third of consumers are motivated to spend effort and money on saving energy and bigger drivers are comfort and security. Thus, a focus on the interests of home owners and occupiers is critical to progress.
The ETI suggests the uptake of efficiency measures could be increased by making them an integral part of improving the amenity and value of dwellings rather than as a series of independent measures. Progress with retrofits will depend on recognising that efficiency savings are a very weak driver and that some combination of improved comfort and amenity along with improved supply-chain performance and mechanisms that mandate or reward carbon savings will be required, both in the social and able-to-pay sectors.
“Targeting an appropriate mix of measures on the most promising combinations of housing and occupants is more likely to be a successful 'sell' than a blanket approach,” says ETI chief engineer Andrew Haslett. He suggests that with a “coherent whole systems approach” to meeting UK climate change targets, expenditure of £10 billion of private and public funds over the next ten years could provide a platform that would enable investment of roughly £100 billion out to 2050.
“Developing the platform would ensure that this money would be well spent as part of an overall housing and energy strategy.”

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They are icons from Haverhill’s political past.
Mention the names George Katsaros and Lewis Burton, and people who can remember back to the 1970s will think of a sometimes-fierce political feud as the men battled to be mayor.
The struggle was against the backdrop of mid-1970s Haverhill. The city’s shoe industry had all but died out, the economy was suffering and the community was politically tense.
A Greater Boston film group is about to take people back in time to relive that mayoral campaign and time from Haverhill’s past. The group has revived a documentary film made in 1975 about the city’s political struggles of that time.
The documentary “If It Fits’’ will be shown July 29 at 7 p.m. at the Brattle Street Theatre in Cambridge. The film will be presented by Documentary Educational Resources, a Cambridge film curator, and The Doc-Yard, a bi-weekly film and discussion series. Documentary Educational Resources is a non-profit organization that shows cultural and educational films.
Film-maker John Marshall made the 58-minute movie in the 1970s to detail what happened to the city’s once-successful shoe-manufacturing industry and how its demise hurt Haverhill’s economy. The film documents the lives of political figures, their campaigns and the condition of a struggling Haverhill.
The film details how Fire Chief Lewis Burton ran for mayor against Katsaros and beat him in 1975, as the city debated how to rebound from the dying shoe industry that cost many jobs. Shoe-manufacturing had been Haverhill’s economic lifeblood for generations.
“This film examines a dying industrial town and its politicians’ search for votes over such issues as municipal spending, rising taxes, the revitalization of depressed areas, and attracting new industry,’’ Documentary Educational Resources said on its website.
Marshall made the documentary during the second administration of Katsaros, a three-term mayor. The film captures Katsaros’ efforts to win an election as the city’s economy was collapsing. The film does not reach the conclusion of the campaign, which Kastaros lost to Burton.
The film opens with a slow panning of the Merrimack River, showing the muddy banks and debris that littered the water’s edge. Behind the river rises the concrete river wall of downtown and the backs of vacant factories with broken windows and rusted fire escapes.
The film features images from the two mayoral candidates’ campaigns — Burton’s newspaper ad with the slogan “It’s time for a change’’ and a sketch of a crying baby in diapers; Katsaros carrying on the political tradition of giving pens to voters outside a supermarket; Burton visiting an elderly housing complex, where he told residents the city’s finances had gotten so poor under Katsaros that Haverhill might have to close the complex.
There are campaign rallies featuring music from bands and cheering supporters holding signs.
And looming in the background, repeatedly, is the image of a city mired in a an economic breakdown.
When told the documentary will air next month, Katsaros’ widow, Effie Katsaros, remembered their life together before he entered politics.
Katsaros worked as a salesman for a Lawrence paper company after returning from the Army in the late 1940s. He married Effie and they built their house at 1 Richmond St.
“I remember putting the shingles on the roof one afternoon,” Effie Katsaros said. “We built the house a little at a time. We started it in 1950 before we got married, and it was done by the time we were married in 1951.’’
With his wife, they opened and ran a downtown lounge and rented its large back room called The Crystal Room. They ran that part of the building as a function hall on Merrimack Street across the street from The Haverhill Gazette newspaper office.
“George liked music and he was a band leader,” his wife said, explaining he started his own band and played in clubs alongside other big bands.
“It was different then, and the big national bands played everywhere and the local bands would play, too,” Effie Katsaros said.
Katsaros served three terms as mayor, the first from 1972 to 1973 and a second term from 1974 to 1975, when he lost the election to Burton. Burton served one term from 1976 to 1977. Katsaros came back to beat Burton in 1977 and served his third term from 1978 to 1979.
“It was a grudge match and Kastaros won,” former mayor William Ryan said of Katsaros’ last campaign in 1977.
“Burton went back to being fire chief after Katsaros beat him,” Ryan said.
Ryan was elected mayor in 1981 and served three consecutive terms.
Katsaros died in 1982 at age 62, a victim of leukemia.
“He was a man with his heart in whatever he did,” his wife said.
The documentary ends with Katsaros playing the 1968 hit “Those Were the Days” on an electric guitar at an outdoor rally.


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Theater and film actor Pyotr Krasilov, who became widely known for his role in the TV series “Poor Nastya”, surprised fans with a changed appearance. The artist gained weight, but this does not bother him.
Krasilov practically does not appear in the cinema, but is in demand in the theater arena. The artist suggested that the lack of projects is due, among other things, to the fact that the directors do not want to shoot him.
“It’s just that once upon a time, five years ago, I was one, now I’m different. I have different dimensions, different shapes. And they remember me as a slender boy. I’m not afraid of the transition from one role to another, for me, as an actor, it’s more interesting, ”said the 44-year-old actor in the My Hero program on TVC.
According to the artist, they are used to seeing him the way he was in the TV series Don’t Be Born Beautiful and Poor Nastya. But with the new look, this is not yet possible.
Fans, having seen the artist in the program, admitted that they watched the show with great pleasure. However, the actor was hardly recognized.
“It’s really hard to recognize him, but it’s not worth writing so rudely about changing dimensions. We do not know the real reason why this happened”;
“If the interview was without names, then I would not recognize you, Peter. Not to say that he “got sick”, but he changed a lot, ”the commentators wrote.

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A California farmer developed a low-grade fever, myalgia, and cough. A chest X-ray exam revealed infiltrate in the lung. Microscopic exam of the sputum revealed round budding Cells. A sputum culture grew mycelia and arthroconidia. What organism is most likely the cause of the symptom? How is this disease transmitted? How might it be prevented
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TROY, Ala. -- As the school day winds down, with tipoff rapidly approaching, reality sinks in for Maori Davenport.
She doesn't have her basketball shoes. Or her ankle brace. Or her warm-up jersey. Davenport didn't think she had any chance of playing when she woke up, so she hadn't packed her bag for game day.
But now she needs all those things. It's a good problem, but a problem all the same. She texts her mom, Tara, in desperation. But Tara, herself in a daze after everything that has happened in recent days, can't find any of the things her daughter needs. She goes through Maori's bedroom in a frenzy, but has no luck. So she drives to Charles Henderson High School, a place she has spent much of her time lately, and picks up Maori.
They drive back home, past Troy University, through the newly developed part of town and onto the leafy streets lining the way to their home. Ariana Grande's "God Is A Woman" plays on the car radio. Maori likes the singer, but both she and Tara feel like the song's lyrics are a little absurd. As Maori runs into the house, three stray cats greet her on the porch, but there's no time to play. Seconds later, she emerges with a bag in hand. Everything had already been put in the living room. It was the only place Tara hadn't looked.
On the drive back to school, breathing a little easier with her gear, Maori takes in the scenery. She's amazed at what she has overlooked. As their SUV rounds South George Wallace Drive, named after the former Alabama governor who famously said "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" in his 1963 inauguration speech, the 18-year-old star basketball player sees dozens, if not hundreds, of "We Support Maori" signs in the yards of homes and businesses.
"Stop the car," she says.
Her mom stops. Maori hops out and pulls a sign out of the ground. "I think they'll be OK with me taking one of these," she says with a big grin.
It had been a long time since Maori could smile like that.
After weeks of agony, confusion and the intense glare of the national spotlight, Maori Davenport received word she could play basketball again. It was Friday morning, and she didn't even know where to go or who to see as she walked around the Henderson High campus in a celebratory haze. The news traveled fast to her classmates and teachers, and, with a 6-foot-4 frame that made her hard to miss, she could barely make it five feet without an emotional bear hug or a "Welcome back, Maori!"
Turns out she didn't actually need her warm-up jersey for the game that evening because everyone in the building, including her teammates, would be given shirts with her No. 23 on them to commemorate the occasion. The players would wear them pregame.
The mood at school was far different than it had been on Nov. 30, the day Maori was called into principal Brock Kelley's office. When she walked through the door, she saw Kelley and her coach, Dyneshia Jones, with serious looks on their faces. Having played for Jones since seventh grade, and not exactly the type of student typically summoned to the principal's office, she knew something was wrong.
She was just four games into her senior season. Having already proved to be among the nation's best in the class of 2019 (she is ranked No. 15 in the espnW HoopGurlz Top 100) and having signed with Rutgers University two weeks earlier, Maori was looking forward to one final season with her high school teammates and hoped to lead the Trojans to a state championship repeat. She was coming back with a newfound confidence after a successful stint with USA Basketball's U18 squad over the summer. One of three high school players on the roster, she had been named to the all-tournament team of the FIBA Americas U18 Championship and helped carry her country to the title.
But in the principal's office, Kelley told her the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) had ruled her ineligible for the season. The reason? She had deposited an $857.20 stipend check USA Basketball had sent her. In the past, for players with high school eligibility remaining, the organization verified with state athletic associations the maximum amount allowed for a student-athlete, but USA Basketball acknowledged that it failed to do so this time. Alabama's limit is $250.
When USA Basketball realized its error, Ohemaa Nyanin, the former women's national team assistant director (she is no longer with the organization), reached out to the high school. Maori immediately sent the money back, in the form of a check, but the AHSAA cited its amateurism rules and suspended her anyway.
Maori was devastated. Kelley and Jones told Maori they would appeal. This would be resolved, they promised her, hoping that they would be right. Maori left the office and went back to class, stunned. There were more than a few tears that day. Emotions hit her in waves. Unsure of what else to do, she went to the team's game later that afternoon. Her teammates were distraught but supportive as she sat on the end of the bench cheering them on.
She hoped the decision would be reversed, but two weeks and two lost appeals later, she felt less optimistic. Troy mayor Jason Reeves reached out to see what he could do, and more than 10,000 people signed a Change.org petition encouraging her reinstatement. But there was no movement. AHSAA director Steve Savarese was steadfast in its decision.
Maori's 18th birthday came and went. So did Christmas. And New Year's. She briefly considered transferring to a private school, but she wanted to graduate with her friends.
Local news outlets had covered her suspension from the start, but the real whirlwind began when the national news got word of what happened. From there the support started pouring in -- Kobe Bryant, Billie Jean King, Chris Paul, DeMarcus Cousins, the WNBA. ESPN's Jay Bilas voiced his criticism of the suspension during an Alabama-Kentucky men's basketball game. Maori and Tara even appeared on "Good Morning America."
While grateful for the public outcry, it has been an exhausting journey for the entire family. Tara acknowledges she hasn't slept much lately and has needed to take several days off from her job as a fifth-grade teacher at Troy Elementary School.
"It's been very, very challenging for us," Tara says. "Trying to keep her life as normal as possible, while we go through what we're going through, it's been tough. She has her academics that she has to continue to do and other things that are important as well."
When Davenport isn't practicing or playing basketball with her high school team, she's playing with her All-Alabama AAU team or at the town's rec center. Nearly every Sunday afternoon, she and her 14-year-old brother, Mario, go there after church to play in pickup games. Maori is usually the only girl, but she feels like it makes her a better player.
They are almost always the last ones at the center and stay until it closes at 6 p.m. Sometimes, though, the facility manager lets them keep playing a little longer. It's Maori, after all.
Maori is reserved and so soft-spoken that sometimes it's hard to hear her. She shies away from extra attention. She picked Rutgers because she felt the school didn't put on a show for her or do anything special during her recruiting trip.
"It was just a normal day," she says. "I liked that."
"Some of my friends will be like 'Oh, you're famous famous.' But I'm just like, 'Girl, whatever. I'm just the same Maori.'" Maori Davenport
At first, she didn't mind the attention after news of her suspension made the local rounds. People she knew would stop her and offer support and prayers, and then she would talk to them about whatever they usually talked about.
Troy, about an hour south of Montgomery, is a town of about 19,000 people with a nearly balanced population of black and white residents. With a downtown area spanning a few blocks, the newly developed section with the strip-mall staples and seemingly more churches than storefronts, it feels like many small towns in the South. While "Roll Tide" and "War Eagle" ring true, as with most of the state, Troy is visibly most proud of the Trojans -- the team nickname both the university and high school share. The water towers spotted around town proudly boast their logo and "Home of the Trojans."
"The first thing I would say about Troy is it's definitely small," Maori says. "Everybody really knows everybody. But I like that, especially lately."
Her voice trails off.
She loves the familiar faces and places of her hometown, and is comfortable with her routine. She says most people she encounters in basketball circles have never heard of Troy, and she wants to change that. Her unassuming demeanor should not be mistaken for ambivalence -- she wants to put her town on the map, one bucket, block and rebound at a time.
The WNBA is her dream (Candace Parker is her role model), and she wouldn't be the first Troy native to make it to the big leagues. MLB relief pitcher Brian Meadows, NFL defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin and NFL linebacker Art Stringer, all long since retired, are from the town, but the list pretty much ends there. Country rockers Kid Rock and Hank Williams Jr. both own properties on the outskirts of town, and even filmed their 2013 video for "Redneck Paradise" around Troy. But, believe it or not, that doesn't exactly make it feel like a hotbed for celebrities or famous athletes.
Still, it's home for Maori. And she has never appreciated it more.
Forty-three days after she learned of her suspension, Maori was back in Kelley's office. This time, she arrived to the gleeful faces of her principal and coach. No one can remember who actually told Maori the news, but it really didn't matter. She could play again.
Tara and Mario Davenport Sr., her ex-husband and Maori's dad, had filed a lawsuit against the AHSAA the day before, and that morning Circuit Court Judge Sonny Reagan granted an emergency motion allowing Maori to be reinstated. While it was just a temporary victory, at that moment, no one in Kelly's office cared.
Maori turned to the group: "It's show time."
Kelley summoned the rest of the basketball team into his office. Everyone in the administrative office cheered as Maori announced her return. She grabbed her backpack and headed over to the school's training center.
"She walked in here and said, 'I need a game-day workout,'" says Tyler Eady, the school's strength and conditioning coach. "I almost teared up. I'm so happy for her. I don't know anyone that could have handled this situation better than her.
"She hates attention, but she's handled this with nothing but grace and maturity. She's an amazing basketball player, but I think I'm just most proud of how she's handled everything."
She tried to stick to her routine as much as possible, but it was hard to ignore everyone's excited stares and encouraging words, not to mention a reporter and photographer following her around. A dedicated student who is in honors and advanced placement classes, she decided it would be OK to be late for AP Bio this one time just so she could tell her best friend in the cafeteria. Her teacher was more than understanding when she finally showed up.
Fans began to trickle into the gym during the boys junior varsity game. Each was handed a white T-shirt with an orange "23." Other supporters were handing out "We [heart] MD" signs. Camera crews and reporters hastily made their way in and jostled for electrical outlets and what was available of the spectator spots on the baseline.
The video board at the school's main entrance boasted proudly: "Maori's Back!!!"
While Maori readied herself in the locker room with her team, Tara made her way around the gym greeting friends and family members and thanking other parents for their encouragement. Mario Sr. arrived and did the same. (Maori's brother, Mario Jr., had his own game, so he was not in attendance.) Carl Cole, the family attorney, made the three-hour drive from Decatur with his 8-year-old son, who had encouraged him to take the case. They both wanted to see her return in person.
The team took the court for a brief warm-up during halftime of the boys JV game, and the crowd chanted, "Let her play!" as she began to stretch. When the game concluded, cheerleaders wearing "23" shirts lined up by the balloon archway in the corner. One member of the squad ran around looking to see if anyone knew how to use the smoke machine. They had never used it before, but felt like this was the perfect occasion. A DJ played music, further hyping up the crowd. Finally, the music silenced, and one by one, the players ran onto the court, with Maori at the end. Screams reverberated off the gym's ceiling. Tara stood in the corner of the bleachers, with a smile that wouldn't fade.
When the starting lineups were announced, Maori once again was last. Her team coordinated a paparazzi-style display after she high-fived a teammate at the end of the line and she playfully -- but boldly -- flexed her muscles for the fake cameras (and the real ones). Her shy demeanor melted away and a confident, self-assured baller was there in her place.
It took 19 seconds for Maori to score. From then, it was a dazzling display of shooting, rebounding, blocks and assists. Towering over much of her opposition, and with her braids bouncing triumphantly on her back as she ran back and forth down the court, it was clear she was in her element.
"It just felt like I belonged there," she said after the game. "It's like I left a place and I came back right where I belonged."
Charles Henderson took a 43-5 lead over Carroll High into halftime. Maori had 18 of those points and played every minute. She was subbed out in the third quarter and played sparingly in the second half. Charles Henderson won 72-17.
As the buzzer sounded, Maori was bombarded with hugs from her teammates. She took it in for a moment, then turned and walked to the corner of the gym and cheered on the boys varsity players as they ran onto the court for their game.
The word from the scorer's table was that Maori finished with 25 points and too many rebounds, assists and blocks to count. A video of the game would have to be reviewed later.
Flocked by reporters and cameras in the locker room, she fielded questions as her teammates looked on. While she said her performance was "OK," she was astounded by the love she felt from everyone in the gym.
"I knew the city was behind me, but they really showed up and showed out today," she says. "[The signs] were the coolest thing ever. I never imagined signs for me.
"I will never let myself forget this day. I will tell my grandkids one day about this and the night Grandma scored 25 points and had a few rebounds."
She looks at her mom.
"I feel the same way," Tara says. "I'll never forget this day. We have had so much support from this city, it is just amazing. That has made this journey so much easier to conquer."
Some 36 hours after her magical night, Maori sits in her church best with her mom, brother and some family friends at a local Southern buffet-style eatery called Sisters. They often come here after services at Troy Church, a non-denominational Christian church that meets in a ballroom at Troy University.
If it weren't for the line out the door, it would feel more like someone's home than a restaurant. As Maori samples the down-home cooking -- chicken, potatoes, banana pudding -- she is approached by patrons black and white, old and young, friends and casual acquaintances. All have a congratulatory message to share or tell her she has been in their prayers.
An employee runs over and says, "You're the basketball player everyone has been talking about!" Maori smiles sheepishly, thanks her for her support and takes her plate back to the table. She is mostly quiet as she eats and sips her sweet tea, save for the moments when she exchanges funny faces with the toddler sitting next to her.
People continue to stare, but she doesn't seem to notice. A woman approaches with her young daughter, who appears too starstruck to speak. "She had a game yesterday," the woman tells Maori. "She said you were her inspiration, and I told her to pray about it, and then they won the game!"
A while later, as Maori prepares to leave, the young girl asks if she can take a picture with her. Maori looks uncomfortable but doesn't hesitate to oblige.
"I'm still not really used to the spotlight," she says as she gets back into her mom's car. "I'm just used to people being like, 'OK, she can play basketball and she's really good.' But I have never been in any other kind of spotlight, definitely not anything that was nationwide before. I know my name is pretty far out there right now, so I guess I should expect people I don't know to approach me, but it's still a little weird.
"Some of my friends will be like, 'Oh, you're famous famous.' But I'm just like, 'Girl, whatever. I'm just the same Maori.'"
Maori says she hopes everything goes back to normal soon. Judge Reagan's motion provided a 10-day restraining order, which allows her to play for now. At the Jan. 22 hearing, the sides will present their cases and Reagan will either keep the restraining order in place, thus allowing Maori to play for the remainder of the season, or remove it and restore the suspension.
Tara wants her old routine back, too. She has lesson plans to make. It's the first time in her 18 years of teaching that she has felt unprepared, and she is determined to rectify that. Mario just wants everyone to stop asking him questions about his sister.
This Sunday afternoon, Maori needs to go home and study, but she'll get to that later. She's off to the rec center for an afternoon of pickup games with the boys. Just like always.


The Department of Trade and Industry recently launched the Gauteng One Stop Shop in Sandton, which will provide a variety of services to investors, Sandton Chronicle reports.
Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies along with Gauteng Premier David Makhura were at the launch of the centre, which is located at the Gauteng Investment Centre.
This will be the third centre launched, following successful launches in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
The centre is a collaborative effort between the department of trade and industry (dti) and the Gauteng Growth Development Agency, along with the help of various other government departments.
Makhura said that since the Gauteng Investment Centre was opened in 2014 there have been more than 200 foreign direct investment projects for the province.
— The GGDA (@TheGGDA) April 10, 2018
The centre will provide a variety of services including specialist advice and reduce ‘red-tape’ and ‘regulatory inefficiencies’ for investors.
“We want to smooth the way for investors, ease the regulatory hurdles they have to go through, have shorter time frames for decisions and make sure that they have a good experience interacting with different parts of government that entertain regulatory decisions,” said Davies.
Minister Rob Davies reatirated the call from President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to improve the investment climate and the ease of doing business in South Africa. #InvestSAGauteng pic.twitter.com/LZ2vRB2XRt
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He added that since the National One Stop Shop was launched last year, they have hosted over 600 investor consultations, which saw 21 regulatory issues being addressed.
He said that there have also been agreements with other African countries to establish the African free-trade area.
Makhura said there is a significant number of businesses looking to expand on the continent, with many choosing Gauteng as a location for headquarters.
The One Stop Shop will aim to further encourage investment by reducing costs and ensuring it is easier to do business.
— GautengGov (@GautengProvince) April 10, 2018
“The task of countries that want to be competitive investment destinations is to make it easy for a business to set up shop and remove all hindrances that may drive investors away.
“We are responding to this with the launch of InvestSA Gauteng,” said Makhura.
Details: Gauteng Investment Centre 010 001 8650


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After briefly testing the waters under a new name, the Spell (a re-formed Images in Vogue) released a new album with their temporary band name as the title (though it's quite possible that the "new" band intended "Images in Vogue" to be the title). Only three of the original members (Dale Martindale, Joe Vizvary, and Gary Smith) remained, however, and the new members (Derrick Gyles and Tim Welch) gave the band a new, more rocking feel. The first single, So Careful, was certainly a solid number that nicely balanced guitars with keyboards, though it was plagued by a certain facelessness that did in most of the rest of the album -- by the time they had re-formed, there were any of a number of other bands already doing this sort of thing, often better. Still, most of the album makes for a very pleasant listen, and it's by no means embarrassing. One oddity here is the short instrumental number "One Hand Cleanses," which sounds like a Skinny Puppy outtake -- considering Kevin Crompton's less than amicable departure from Images in Vogue, it's quite possible that the title is a jab at their former bandmate.
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Remains below 100/200 hour MAs
The EURUSD moved higher today. The low was in the early Asian session at 1.17836 That was near the lows from yesterday's trading at 1.17835 (about as close as you can get). The inability to move lower, turned sellers into buyers and the price moved higher.
The move to the upside in the pair, took the price to the 100 hour MA (blue line in the chart above) at 1.1836 (at the time ) and the 200 hour MA at 1.18478. The high price for the day stalled between those MA levels at 1.18419 and moved back lower. The market found the sellers.
The current price is trading at 1.1810. That is near the midpoint for the day's trading range at 1.18128. There is a trend line connecting the lows for the day at 1.1807. The 1.1800 area is the next target followed by the floor developed yesterday and today at 1.17837. Get below each (and stay below) will be eyed by sellers for more downside confidence.
Should the trend line hold (or the 1.1800 level after that, etc), a move above the 100 and 200 hour MAs is still needed to tilt the bias back to the upside. Absent that, and the sellers are still in control.


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Akhil Narang, MD from the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern University discusses AI guidance helps nurses with no experience obtain echocardiograms.
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According to new research published in JAMA Cardiology, AI models will direct nurses with no previous experience through the method of obtaining 10-view transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) studies.
To see if AI could help with this issue, Narang et al. used software designed to "emulate sonographer expertise" by tracking image quality and providing helpful cues when needed.
The team trained its AI model on images from a variety of suppliers, making it adaptable to a variety of platforms, and then put it to the test on a group of eight nurses who had never done an echocardiogram before. From March to May 2019, each nurse screened 30 adult patients who were scheduled for an echocardiogram at one of two facilities.
Each nurse's purchases were individually checked by a group of five experienced specialists. Overall, 98.8% of scans for left ventricular size, function, and pericardial effusion were of diagnostic quality, while 92.5 percent of scans for right ventricular size were of diagnostic quality.
The researchers believe that their work will help users get improved patient care in addition to improving access. If the AI model can assist nurses with no prior experience, it can also be useful for users with some prior experience, offering vital reminders that they can bring with them going forward.
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Taking care of your eyes is so important. And with the rise of working from home, digital meetings, Zoom classes, and more, our eyes are definitely feeling the strain! One study from the Pacific Vision Institute said the number of LASIK surgeries performed from June-August 2020 increased by 42% compared to the same number last year. People are tired of neglecting their eye health! If you need an eye exam or want to learn more about LASIK, visit Key-Whitman Eye Centerin the North Dallas Corridor, which recently one the Addison – The Guide 2020 Readers’ Choice Award for Favorite LASIK/ Eye Care Specialists!
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Owen on ‘cross nationals: ‘I might as well challenge myself’
Logan Owen has won 10 national championships in a row, but an 11th title could be tricky as the young star will race with the elites for his first time.
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Logan Owen’s nationals win streak currently sits at 10 — he’s never lost. And lately, he’s not only won ‘cross championships, he’s dominated them, putting on brilliant displays of power and finesse.
Heading into the 2016 USA Cycling cyclocross nationals, the California Giant rider chose to race with the elites instead of the under-23s. “Honestly there is not a whole lot of difference between winning 11 in a row or 10 in a row,” he said of the choice that could end his stars-and-stripes streak.
“I have been battling with the top guys in the elite race, and I am considered one of the top guys in the elite race anyways, so I figured, hey I might as well challenge myself,” Owen said ahead of his trip to Asheville, North Carolina, where he’ll race on Sunday.
Owen delayed the start of his ‘cross season to recover from an intense road season and has been slowly building fitness since the beginning of November. He swept the Subaru Cyclo Cup weekend, his second racing weekend this season, and proved his form a week later on the hallowed dunes of Koksijde, finishing ninth in the under-23 World Cup race.
The season has not been all smooth sailing for Owen though, as he has battled sickness twice in December. “I was actually sick before I went over there,” Owen said of his Christmas block of racing in Europe. “I still made the decision to race Namur because I thought I was feeling healthier, even though I clearly wasn’t, and on a course like that you can’t really hide that.”
Owen got a much-needed mental boost before leaving Europe, finishing seventh at the under-23 Superprestige in Diegem. But his battle with illness was not done yet. “I got the flu and that kind of hurt me a bit, but I’m starting to feel better now and I’ve got some good training in the last couple of days, and I’m starting to feel good again,” Owen said.
Before the Christmas trip, he showed his strength and power at Jingle Cross, where he dueled with the two odds-on favorites for Asheville: Stephen Hyde and reigning national champ Jeremy Powers. Owen ultimately finished second; a late bobble, clipping in after running the barriers, provided the gap Powers needed to win.
“I had a lot of mud in my cleats, but I was running them just as fast as he was riding them,” Owen said of the barriers, which were close to the finish, similar to Asheville’s course. “I have been practicing that, trust me, and I knew I had the edge on [Powers] there, and I knew I could have possibly taken the win had I not bobbled there.”
The hilly course in Asheville plays to Owen’s strengths. “I think it is going to suit me really well because I am light, and I go uphill really well on those punchy climbs,” he said of the nationals course, which reminds him of Jingle Cross. “I can see [Powers or Hyde] hit it from the gun and try to make that separation, and I can definitely see it coming down to a three-way battle again.”
If it rains as predicted, Owen believes the pendulum swings in his favor. “If it’s a muddy race, I would say it suits me more than anyone else,” Owen said. “I grew up in the Northwest and I have raced mud my whole life; that’s what I am good at — muddy and a hard hilly course, and that’s what it looks like it is.”


How’s the New Year’s resolution going to lose weight? Not so great? Maybe you spend too much time driving!
A new study from Australia shows people who have a long commute gain a lot more weight than people who don’t spend much time in the car.
Car commuters actually gain an average of four pounds over four years!
One big reason is that when you’re in the car for longer periods of time, you tend to buy a lot of your food on the run and eat it that way, too.
It’s called “eating while distracted.” It’s the same problem you run into when you eat at your desk or in front of the TV. You probably consume more calories than you want to because you’re not paying attention.
Suggestions? Try to save eating for mealtimes at the kitchen or dinner table. And, take smaller bites.
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text: The Atlantic just dropped a story about how Donald Trump secretly mocks his Christian supporters and makes fun of other religious groups. These weren’t all coming from anonymous sources. People went on the record to confirm these things. One individual who Trump made fun of is Mitt Romney for his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He specifically made fun of the undergarments that many members of the church, including myself, wear. I’m not surprised by it, but I do wonder how people in Utah who are members of the church can continue to support a man who has such a negative attitude towards their faith.

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DUBLIN ZOO has unveiled its newest habitat the Himalayan Hills, inspired by the natural habitat of red pandas and snow leopards in the wild.
The new habitat will reflect the look and feel of a Nepalese Village with colourful roofs and prayer flags, leading visitors to enjoy an immersive experience as part of the themed eco-region.
Visitors will venture to the highest point of the Asian Forests, to enjoy views of the elusive snow leopard prowling through a new habitat of sloping rocky terrain. They can then observe a red panda exploring an elevated woodland of carefully placed trees and logs to do what they do best – climbing!
The relocated and expanded habitat was designed with the red pandas’ tree-dwelling lifestyle in mind. Large broad-leafed evergreen trees will provide much stimulation for the arboreal red pandas, where they can be seen traversing the canopy branches of their elevated forest habitat.
Voted by visitors as their favourite animal at Dublin Zoo, red pandas are listed as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Native to high-altitude bamboo forests in the Himalayas, one of their main threats in the wild is habitat loss. Since 2015, Dublin Zoo has provided support to the Red Panda Network and their Forest Guardian programme in Nepal.
Known for their beautiful silver, white and black fur and green eyes, the snow leopard is also listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. In the wild, they face threats of poaching and habitat loss. In 2009, Dublin Zoo began working with the Snow Leopard Trust, the leading authority on the study and protection of snow leopards. The funding from Dublin Zoo is going towards five ongoing, sustainable and community-driven projects in Mongolia, India and Pakistan.
This morning, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and local Dublin West TD opened the Himalayan Hills habitat during a ceremony at Dublin Zoo.
Launching the new habitat, the Tánaiste said:
"This is a brilliant new facility at Dublin Zoo, visitors and families will love it. I got to see work underway on the new red panda habitat last year when the Government announced €2m in special funding for the Zoo, following some difficult years for the zoo in the pandemic. It’s great to be back to see the finished project, especially with its strong focus on conservation, both in the Zoo and in the red panda’s natural habitat in Asia."
"The red panda and snow leopard habitats are a fantastic addition to existing habitats including the African Savanna, Sea Lion Cove and the Wolves in the Woods. Dublin Zoo had a place deep in my heart as a child. The children of today and the future will have even more to see when they come here."

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Perhaps he configured the setup that it will try to connect to the external VGA view first? You could try and hook up a monitor to that connection to see if that works.
Other method may be pressing FN-F4 (or F5, don’t remember that well) to switch the video feed from internal - external - both display.


If that means breaking away from the NCAA, so be it.
In a moment, the American gymnast became the most beloved person on campus before even arriving.
Texas might be a little soft these days, but the boys out in Austin are not stupid.
Governor Kay Ivey, please have a talk with the football coach at your alma mater.
Texas, we’re not fooled one bit by any of this.
Coaches are fighting misinformation about the vaccine and Deion Sanders doesn't have any information at all.
Once was bad enough — like a crime against humanity.
After a one-year hiatus, the league is back together again.
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How did we get here? Someone really messed up, that’s how.
New rules allowing players to make money through endorsements means big business for the greatest rivalry in sports.
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The Neville Brothers’ Tipitina’s 1977 Recordings Surface
Two rare The Neville Brothers live recordings taped at Tipitina’s in the band’s hometown of New Orleans have surfaced. Randy Bayers of Funk It has shared soundboard audio of The Neville Brothers’ performances on November 12 and 26, 1977 in MP3 and FLAC (11/12 and 11/26) formats.
The release of these recordings come on the eve of the 50th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which spans April 25 – May 5. Formed in 1977 by brothers Art, Aaron, Cyril and Charles; The Neville Brothers closed out Jazz Fest for a span of 15 consecutive years. Here’s what Bayers wrote about the soundboard recordings:
Happy Jazz Fest 50! Here are some very rare audio recordings of The Neville Brothers on their home turf, live and raw, early in their career. I’m talking about 5 and a half hours of pristine soundboards! These are revelatory recordings and absolute gems with just the right amount of analog hiss. There are jams, ballads, jazzy work outs, fierce soul, hushed doo wop, and New Orleans rock n roll stompers. It’s a pleasure to find treasures like this and put them out into the world for others to enjoy!
While the musicians who joined the four Neville Brothers for their Tipitina’s performances in 1977 haven’t been fully confirmed, they were accompanied by Gerald Tillman on organ at both shows. The band mixed a selection of originals with plenty of covers including Steve Miller Band’s “Fly Like An Eagle,” “Shake Rattle & Roll” by Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Cliff’s “Sitting In Limbo.” Big Chief Jolly made guest appearances each night. Listen to a few samples of the November 26, 1977 recording below:
Hey Pocky A-Way w/ I’m Your Captain (Closer To Home), Cisco Kid, It’s Your Thing & More
Junco Partner (w/ Big Chief Jolly)
November 12, 1977
Set One: (Fades In) Don’t Push The Button > Jam, Fly Like An Eagle, Sitting In Limbo, Baby What Do You Want Me To Do, The Greatest Love, Instrumental, Tell It Like It Is, Africa
Set Two: (Fades In) A Night In Tunisia, Be My Lady, Fiyo On The Bayou > Ain’t No Use tease > Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), All These Things, Fever, Woman’s Gotta Have It > Love Ballad > Woman’s Gotta Have It, Here Dey Come Meet The Boys On The Battlefront (w/ Big Chief Jolly & The Wild Tchoupitoulas)
Set Three: Instrumental, Shake Rattle & Roll, Sitting In Limbo, Hey Pocky A-Way
November 26, 1977
Set One: Shake Rattle & Roll, I’m Leaving It Up To You, Momma Don’t Allow No Get Down Funky Round Here > Jam, Fly Like An Eagle, //Hey Pocky A-Way
Set Two: Down By The Riverside, All Over Again, Tell It Like It Is, Cabbage Alley, Junco Partner, //Little Schoolboy jam/ending, The Greatest Love, Sitting In Limbo, Be My Lady, Baby What Do You Want Me To Do, Stormy Monday
Set Three: Fiyo On The Bayou, Arianne, Fever, All These Things, Instrumental, This Is My Story, A Night In Tunisia


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EU Council approved the export duties removal for Ukraine
On April 14, 2014 the Council for Foreign Affairs of the European Union approved the single removal of customs duties for the Ukrainian commodities exports to the European Union, declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Carl Bildt.
The Minister stated it will be the great impulse for Ukrainian business at the amount of nearly 500 mln EUR.
Remind, on March 11, 2014 the European Commission decided to decrease customs duties for Ukrainian commodities, supplied to the EU and on April 3, 2014 the decision was supported by the European Parliament.
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Ukraine: prices on the export market of sunflower oil reduced
Ukraine: Ministry of Agrarian Policy has no plans to limit grain exports
Ukraine regains China corn market
In the third week of January Ukraine exported over 0.5 mln tonnes of grains from the seaports
Canada to provide Ukraine over 50 mln USD for development of agriculture
Ukraine: Ministry of Agrarian Policy to sign the memorandum with grain exporters until February 1
Ukraine plans to double grain exports by 2020 – O.Pavlenko
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In a lot of ways, this post is very similar in concept to the first post that I’ve written for my blog and my thoughts on fandoms. Maybe this could be considered the slightly grumpier version of those? Doesn’t matter, I felt inspired to write this post for obvious reasons. July 13th was my birthday and I can’t help reflecting about a lot of things in my life. I won’t tell you how old I am, but the fact that I was early in grade school when I started watching anime and it’s almost been two decades should give you a massive hint at this. At this point, I realize that it’s been apart of my life for almost as long as I’ve been alive. Watching anime is one of my defining traits and I don’t feel like myself unless I watch at least one episode in a given day. Does that make sense to anyone? Maybe I’ve never been addicted to harmful drugs because I’ve always been addicted to anime. It can be just as much of a money sink as drugs. Anyway, I can only be optimistic about watching more of it in the future even if I can be a little crusty about it from time to time. What does age have to do with being an anime fan? A lot and nothing at the same time.
I know that Toonami is a thing that is back and new/hot again, but I can’t help but remember when Toonami was a bigger thing then it was. I know that I am completely biased towards the way things were in my youth, but there is a big difference between hen something was on during prime time right after I was done with school and a late-night block on Saturday night. Having anime in the prime-time vs having anime only on during night time during the weekend change everything from the demographics of who watches it to limiting the variety of anime that shows up during that block to having the people who’ve already seen the anime watch it in a different form. Still, I am glad that it is back. Having English dubbed anime somewhere on television in the first place is a big deal. I watch and record a couple shows from that segment myself, so it’s still a massive delight. We are lucky that Toonami is around and is just as successful as it is. I mean, it’s there. Why not enjoy it when I can?
I’ve been at this enjoy watching thing for a long time, but I can’t help but be overjoyed at it. Even if there aren’t as many of my preferred science fiction and mech stories in recent times (though this year has been proving me wrong), they still exist. Plus there are other types of anime out there that I like trying out and finding out I enjoy them. March Comes in like a Lion, Girl’s Last Tour, and Made in Abyss are series I never would have given the time of day when I was younger, but I think about them every single day. Plus, space shows do still appear from time to time. I’ve been loving the Yamato reboot series to death and the Legend of the Galactic Heroes release was decent too. I also mentioned that mech shows are still coming out this year, right? What about the occasional action spectacle show? Quite a few of those appear every season as well. It’s not like I am running out of things that I am interested in watching anytime soon.
If we want to talk about how anime has changed since I started watching it, I can just say that the more things change, the more they stay the same? Every genre that has ever existed in anime has had a phase when they were extremely popular. There was a giant robot phase, a cyberpunk phase, a dnd fantasy phase, and today’s light novel isekai phase. Even that isekai phase is slowly out right now because now we are getting people transforming into monsters in alternate worlds. Though, I would make an argument that today’s anime is so filled with different genres that isekai barely eeks itself out of the whole mass blob. If want to discuss idol stuff, that’s always been in anime ever sense S.D.F. Macross. Possibly before hand? First we had minmay then Bubblegum Crisis has Priss in the 80’s, then Key the Metal idol in the mid 90’s, Macross Plus had robotic idols, and you get what I am saying right? Just choose your preferred idol situation and leave that all behind. Besides some more advanced animation techniques and more anime being produced, not much has changed . The only difference between now and then is that we don’t have time to filter out the great shows any more and more original series need to make their way onto the market. Anime has a long history of being a commercial for source material, but there have been some great original stories that dance alongside them. We have to do that ourselves which is harder. I personally enjoy the hunt, but I know that not everyone does. That’s ok. We all have our preferences.
Speaking of preferences, I would be lying if I said that my current tastes weren’t influenced by the amount of anime that I’ve watched in certain genres. I do spend a lot of time going “well, this anime is like this anime except insert concept or change here” and I don’t see anything wrong with that. I constantly dig myself into that hole with every show that I watch. I mean, I currently have three older series that I am slowly watching along side a big list of seasonal shows. It sounds crazy, but that’s how I’ve always consumed media that I’ve liked. This line of thinking does hurt my opinion towards some newer series. I feel like Darling in the FranXX is a massive example of this. As a Mech fan, I’ve watched a ton of the genre and have a long list of favorite shows which do the same things at DinF. Darling in the FranXX was completely mediocre to me because of that. I can see what kind of appeal it has for people who haven’t watched one mech show after another after another after another and I will be happy if it reinvigorates the mech genre more, but it didn’t work for me. I’ve seen all the shows that it borrows from, so this feels like a Studio Gainax selected hits without having any identity on its own. I keep noticing that I am not a flawless, unbiased person that has my preferences. I’m not going to apologize for that, because that’s who I am.
Well, how I can I end this other saying that I don’t see my love for anime disappearing anytime soon. I look forward to being one of those all-knowing anime grandparents in the future that can help spread my knowledge to those who are younger then me and/or haven’t watched as much anime as me. I feel like I am digging into what I said in another one of my blog posts here, but anime series always seem to be focused on a younger crowd so the majority of anime fans are going to be younger then me. Oh well, so what? As long as I watch anime I want to be stomping around conventions, meeting anime voice actors, finding new characters or anime to fanboy over, and so many other things. No reason to change who I am. That’s the realization that I’ve gotten to by watching other anime fans my age or even older. I’ve been watching anime for two decades and I plan on watching it for at least two more decades. Hopefully more. I love this drug and I want more of it.


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Twitch is the biggest broadcasting format on the internet right now, specifically, but not exclusively, when it comes to video game content. Once upon a time, Youtube was the haven for video game focused content creators. But, by their own hand, that’s not really the case any longer.
As much as I continue to watch and enjoy content on Youtube, many creators I enjoyed have started to split their attention between it and Twitch, some making a more permanent move there that I don’t feel like I can’t follow.
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What is Firewatch. That’s the funny joke right, have I done it well? In all seriousness though, Firewatch was, and still is, a kind of difficult game to pin down. It’s not a video game in the same sense Super Mario is a very video game ass video game. Rather, it’s a story, one in which the player participates. Like the new Telltale brand of adventure game, player input really really negligible to what is a very pretty and interesting narrative experience.
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According to troubling new allegations, workers in Amazon’s UK warehouses pee in bottles to avoid being penalized for taking bathroom breaks. The claims come from author and investigator Jared Bloodworth, who says he worked undercover as a warehouse worker for six months while writing a new book about low-wage work in the UK.
“For those of us who worked on the top floor, the closest toilets were down four flights of stairs,” Bloodworth told The Sun. “People just peed in bottles because they lived in fear of being disciplined over ‘idle time’ and losing their jobs just because they needed the [bathroom].”
Workers in Amazon’s cavernous warehouses, called fulfillment centers, spend long hours traveling great distances to pick and package items. But as has been previously reported, workers risk being fired because of a punitive tracking system that measures how long it takes them to fulfill orders. According to Bloodworth, workers walk roughly 10 miles in an average day, taking minimal breaks for shifts that last about 10 hours. In the four-story warehouse where he worked, Bloodworth said it could take 10 minutes to walk to the restrooms, both located a quarter mile away on the ground floor, so workers used a “toilet bottle” system.
Business Insider cited a separate survey of Amazon workers released in April, who similarly feel overworked. “For picking, the target is around 100 units per hour which means we have to pick 100 units within 60 minutes from anywhere across one floor of the Fulfilment Centre,” a worker reports in the survey. “This for normal days. And during peak time its 120 to 140 units per hour, which is near on impossible.”
Amazon denied Bloodworth’s allegations.
“Amazon provides a safe and positive workplace for thousands of people across the UK with competitive pay and benefits from day one,” Amazon responded in a statement to Business Insider. “We have not been provided with confirmation that the people who completed the survey worked at Amazon and we don’t recognize these allegations as an accurate portrayal of activities in our buildings.”
Update 6:30PM: Amazon responded with the following statement:
We have a focus on ensuring we provide a great environment for all our employees and last month Amazon was named by LinkedIn as the 7th most sought after place to work in the UK and ranked first place in the US. Amazon also offers public tours of its fulfilment centres so customers can see first-hand what happens after they click “buy” on Amazon.


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Burlap Placemats. Great idea for Thanksgiving. Maybe you could put each person's name on the placemat instead of doing name cards?
Burlap covered flower pots out of recycled paint cans. another great idea ,also made some for my little cans ,for smaller herbs/and plant starters .Looks great and it works .Also it makes a great house gift/or patio gift. I also made the tags by using burlap, string and can lid. Just name it parsley and so on............Garden Angel Gramm's./crafty lady
This romantic Country French Burlap Stocking has a cuff designed with French Shabby “Rustic Toile” in Chestnut and Ivory fabric*. The stocking is lined with unbleached muslin, hangs by a 2” jute trim loop, and is topped with removable raffia. p stockings.
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Kofi Kingston was a guest on the Reps Podcast where he talked a bit about his start in the WWE, specifically the difficulty he had with his first character, that of a “Jamaican” superstar.
Kingston debuted in 2006 and was billed as being from Jamaica, he wore the colors of Jamaica on his ring gear and even had an accent. According to Kingston, it was the accent that proved the most difficult to sustain.
“I was so happy to be able to drip the accent,” said Kingston, adding that it was Vince McMahon himself who insisted that he keep the accent and the act at all times.
“Any time I was on screen or being interviewed by anybody about anything it had to be in Jamaican,” he said.
“The WWE magazine would call up and it would just be a regular number and I would say ‘Oh hello?’ and they would say ‘Hi this is Megan from the magazine calling, is Kofi there?’ and I would say ‘Oh hold on’ and then answer in Jamaican,” he recalled.
According to Kingston, it was a reporter from the BBC who went the extra mile and called his mother who enabled him to drop the act.
Kingston had completed an interview where a reporter grilled him about being Jamaican. Kingston thought he had successfully protected kayfabe till he got a call from his mother.
“My mom calls me up and says ‘Somebody from the BBC just called and they asked me about your Jamaican heritage and I told them you were from Ghana and this’ and I was like ‘NOOO Mom Kayfabe Kayfabe!’” said Kingston.
A year later, Kingston was allowed to drop the Jamaican act which he said was a relief.
As cool and happy go lucky as the Jamaican character was, it really wasn’t who I was so I was only able to get to a certain point. It was great to have that lid popped off so I could keep climbing the ladder,” he said.


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No. 216, Part I, 6 November 1995
We welcome you to Part I of the Open Media Research Institute's Daily Digest. This part focuses on Russia, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. Part II, distributed simultaneously as a second document, covers Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Back issues of the Daily Digest, and other information about OMRI, are available through our WWW pages: http://www.omri.cz/OMRI.html ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^TODAY'S TOP STORY^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SHEVARDNADZE AHEAD IN GEORGIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. As widely predicted, preliminary figures show that Georgian parliament chairman Eduard Shevardnadze has swept the country's 5 November presidential elections, international media reported. In roughly half of the republic's electoral districts, including strongholds of the late former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Shevardnadze was leading with more than 70% of the vote, AFP reported the next day. A spokesman for the OSCE, which monitored the elections, said polling took place peacefully and without major violations. The results of the parliamentary elections, in which 8,200 candidates belonging to 53 different parties ran for 235 seats in parliament, are expected to be announced later this week. -- Lowell Bezanis ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ RUSSIA SUPREME COURT ORDERS REGISTRATION OF YABLOKO, DERZHAVA. The Supreme Court ordered the Central Electoral Commission (TsIK) to register Aleksandr Rutskoi's Derzhava on 3 November and Grigorii Yavlinskii's Yabloko the next day. One witness, former Yabloko candidate Valerii Galchenko, testified that Valerii Yegorov, a TsIK employee, had urged him in the name of the TsIK leadership to compromise Yabloko by giving false information, NTV reported. However, TsIK Chairman Nikolai Ryabov said the Supreme Court "exceeded its authority" in overturning his commission's refusal to register Yabloko, Russian Public TV (ORT) and ITAR-TASS reported on 5 November. The TsIK registered Derzhava on 4 November and is expected to register Yabloko on 6 November. -- Robert Orttung and Laura Belin YELTSIN REASSERTS CONTROL. Presidential spokesman Sergei Medvedev said that the power ministers remain directly subordinate to President Boris Yeltsin, ITAR-TASS reported on 4 November. Earlier, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin had said that they would have to work with him while the president is in the hospital (see OMRI Daily Digest, 31 October 1995). Both Medvedev and Chernomyrdin blamed the confusion on journalists' misinterpretation of the prime ministers' words. However, after meeting with Yeltsin on 3 November, Chernomyrdin said he did not support "overworking the president." On 3 November, Yeltsin appeared on Russian television for the first time since being hospitalized on 26 October, but he appeared stiff and slurred his words, according to Western media. -- Robert Orttung YELTSIN ASKS CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO RECONSIDER DEPUTIES' IMMUNITY. President Boris Yeltsin asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the constitutionality of parliamentary immunity rules, Russian and Western agencies reported on 5 November. The president shares the public's concern that the current law attracts criminals who try to use the parliament as a shelter from justice, ITAR-TASS and Interfax reported, quoting the presidential press service. All federal and local lawmakers enjoy immunity from prosecution and testimony. According to official statistics, more than 350 federal and local deputies have come under investigation in the past two years and are avoiding prosecution with parliamentary immunity. Last week, the State Duma failed to overturn the law on deputies' immunity (see OMRI Daily Digest, 26 October 1995). -- Anna Paretskaya CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS APPEAL ON ORT. The last parliamentary attempts to reverse President Yeltsin's November 1994 decree ordering the reorganization of Ostankino TV and the creation of Russian Public TV (ORT) have ended in failure. In a decision that cannot be appealed, the Constitutional Court refused to hear a parliamentary challenge to the decree's legality on the grounds that "the president's right to issue decrees of this nature follows from the constitution," ITAR-TASS reported on 4 November. ORT took over Channel 1 broadcasting privileges from Ostankino on 1 April, but opponents of the restructuring continued to fight the decree. The Duma and Federation Council passed a draft law annulling the creation of ORT, but Yeltsin vetoed it on 7 June (see OMRI Daily Digest, 6 April and 8 June 1995). -- Laura Belin KHASBULATOV LAUNCHES PEACE INITIATIVE. Speaking in Grozny on 4 November, former Supreme Soviet Speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov attempted to jump-start the stalled Chechen negotiation process by proposing a Russo-Chechen accord, providing for the demilitarization of Chechnya, a common currency and citizenship, and unhindered movement between Russia and Chechnya, Russian and Western agencies reported. Khasbulatov also called for federal authorities to drop criminal charges against separatist Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudaev and negotiate directly with him. Dudaev negotiator Khodz-Akhmed Yarikhanov reacted positively to Khasbulatov's proposal. However, on 4-5 November, 10 federal servicemen were killed and eight wounded in continued fighting. -- Scott Parrish CIS PRIME MINISTERS SIGN ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS. The CIS prime ministers signed 10 economic cooperation documents, including agreements on scientific and technical cooperation, the transport of natural gas, and civil aviation, at a 3 November meeting in Moscow, Russian agencies reported. Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan also formally agreed to join the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan customs union. Prime Minster Viktor Chernomyrdin called for accelerated integration within the CIS but noted that CIS states owe Russia $5.8 billion, mostly for energy supplies. He said Russia could not endlessly finance its neighbors and suggested it would tighten credit next year. -- Scott Parrish MILITARY BALKING AT DESTROYING ARMS EAST OF THE URALS. Russia has destroyed less than one-quarter of the tanks and half of the other armored vehicles it promised to get rid of from the vast amount of equipment sent east of the Urals in 1990, the Defense Ministry's top armored officer told ITAR-TASS on 3 November. Col. Gen. Aleksandr Galkin noted that at a CFE treaty meeting in Vienna on 16 July 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev made a "political commitment" to destroy 6,331 tanks and 1,988 armored vehicles beyond the Urals by the end of 1995. Galkin said only 1,518 tanks and 983 armored vehicles had been destroyed so far. According to the agency, the Defense Ministry and now feels that Gorbachev's promise is no longer in Russian interests. Galkin also reported that Russia would meet the CFE treaty deadline of 16 November to destroy its excess equipment west of the Urals even though only half of the necessary money has been allocated to it so far. -- Doug Clarke RUSSIA CONCERNED AT PLANNED U.S. TESTS. The possibility of the U.S. resuming nuclear testing is "certainly not an idle matter" for Russia, Foreign Ministry spokesman Grigorii Karasin told Interfax on 3 November. He said that the Russian embassy in Washington had already asked for "comprehensive information on this matter." Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would conduct six tests over the next two years using high explosives and some nuclear material. The U.S. argues that the tests would not involve any nuclear yield from the fissile material. -- Doug Clarke TOP POLICE OFFICER FIRED FOR REVEALING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. A top Moscow police officer was fired for passing classified information on to a criminal gang, ITAR-TASS reported on 4 November. Col. Gen. Anatolii Kulikov, the interior minister, who has vowed to stop corruption within his ministry, dismissed deputy police chief Maj. Gen. Valerii Aksakov on grounds of treason. According to ITAR-TASS, Aksakov allegedly passed classified information on a witness, linked to one of Russia's most notorious recent crimes, to an unidentified group. Aksakov could face criminal charges. -- Thomas Sigel CRIMINAL CHARGED WITH ORGANIZING LISTEV'S MURDER. Russian authorities charged a criminal gang member with organizing last March's assassination of the popular television host and director of Ostankino, Vladislav Listev, Russian and Western agencies reported on 4 November. ITAR-TASS said the accused belonged to the Solntsevo gang, named after a Moscow district and believed to be one of the most influential and dangerous organized crime groups in the city. The accused is suspected of acting on a contract from unknown planners who could benefit from Listev's death. The murder was rumored to be linked to the network's financial interests and Listev's plans to reorganize its lucrative advertising market. -- Thomas Sigel INFLATION 4.7% IN OCTOBER. Russia's consumer prices edged up in October by 4.7%, up from September's post-reform low of 4.5%, but well below January's 17.8%, Goskomstat announced on 3 November, according to Russian agencies. Prices of food products rose by 3.4% in October, while non-food products were up 5.1% and services 8.9%. The latest figures bring inflation for the first 10 months of 1995 to 114%. Officials now admit that Russia will not meet the government target of 1% monthly inflation by the end of the year. Bringing monthly inflation to below 5% has nevertheless been one of the government's main achievements this year. -- Thomas Sigel THE VOLUME OF INVESTMENT IN THE ECONOMY DROPS BY 15%. According to the Russian government's Center for Market Studies, the volume of investment in the economy dropped by 15% during the first nine months of 1995 compared to the same period in 1994 and now totals 144 trillion rubles ($32 billion), ITAR-TASS reported on 2 November. The largest drop (almost 30%) was recorded in the light and food industries, but investment also fell in the fuel and energy sector, engineering, and metallurgy. Only nine of the 207 investment projects listed in the 1995 Federal Investment Program have been finished. -- Natalia Gurushina GOVERNMENT TO HALVE VAT ON FOOD. Aleksandr Kalinin, head of the government's Department for the Agro-industrial Complex, said that the government intends to halve the VAT rate (from 20% to 10%) on a number of food products, including grain, meat, and poultry, Interfax reported on 4 November. Those products will be added to the list of goods (bread, milk, sugar, fish, and baby food) which had their VAT rates reduced last summer. There are increasing reports of a possible surge in food prices this winter, which the government presumably is keen to allay in the run-up to the December elections. -- Natalia Gurushina TRANSCAUCASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA WARRANT FOR IOSELIANI'S ARREST. The Georgian Prosecutor's Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of Dzhaba Ioseliani, founder of the paramilitary organization Mkhedrioni, alleging he was involved in an attempt to assassinate parliament chairman Shevardnadze on 29 August. Ioseliani is running for re-election in the parliamentary elections; if he fails to win a seat he is expected to be arrested immediately, AFP reported. -- Lowell Bezanis AUCTION FOR KYRGYZ FIRMS. On 8-9 November, thirteen Kyrgyz enterprises will go on the auction block, Interfax reported. "Several dozen countries" have already filed 618 applications for buying shares in the businesses with the largest amount, 97, coming from U.S. firms. Also mentioned were Turkey with 71 applications, India with 22, and Russia with 14. One of the country's largest firms, the Kyrgyz Chemical and Metallurgical Plant will be included. The Kyrgyz State Property Fund said the enterprises would offer from 8-76% of their capital at the sales and that asking prices would range from $7,000 to $2.38 million. The international auction is the first for any former Soviet republic. -- Bruce Pannier HOMELAND DOORS OPEN TO KYRGYZ GERMANS. German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel told a group of Germans in Kyrgyzstan on 5 November that "the door to Germany remains open," according to Western sources. The Germans in Kyrgyzstan are part of the legacy of a forced resettlement by Soviet ruler Josef Stalin. Since the late 1980s, tens of thousands of Germans living in Central Asia have taken advantage of the opportunity to move to Germany. The German government has given DM 58 million to Kyrgyzstan since the country's independence in 1991 in an attempt to provide support for Germans residing there and decrease the amount of people emigrating from the region back to Germany. Kinkel repeated promises of help to those Germans who wish to stay in Kyrgyzstan. The German foreign minister is in Bishkek for a two-day visit. -- Bruce Pannier NEW CASPIAN CONSORTIUM FORMED. A new consortium to extract an estimated 100 million metric tons of oil from the Karabagh field in the Caspian Sea over a 30-year period has been announced, Western and Russian media announced on 4 November. Participants in the consortium include LUKoil, Penzoil, Agip, and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). The stakes each has in the venture have yet to be disclosed. -- Lowell Bezanis KAZAKHSTANI GAS BLAST KILLS 28. A gas explosion in a residential building in the town of Arqalyk in Central Kazakhstan killed 28 people on 4 November, according to a 5 November Kazakhstani TV report cited by AFP. Another 32 people were injured in the explosion, believed to have been caused by a leak in heating gas, which also destroyed two stories of a five-story apartment block. Arqalyk, located about 1,000 km northwest of the capital Almaty, is one of the coldest places in Kazakhstan. -- Bhavna Dave [As of 1200 CET] Compiled by Victor Gomez The OMRI Daily Digest offers the latest news from the former Soviet Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe. It is published Monday through Friday by the Open Media Research Institute. The OMRI Daily Digest is distributed electronically via the OMRI-L list. To subscribe, send "SUBSCRIBE OMRI-L YourFirstName YourLastName" (without the quotation marks and inserting your name where shown) to LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU No subject line or other text should be included. To receive the OMRI Daily Digest by mail or fax, please direct inquiries to OMRI Publications, Na Strzi 63, 140 62 Prague 4, Czech Republic; or electronically to OMRIPUB@OMRI.CZ Tel.: (42-2) 6114 2114; fax: (42-2) 426 396 Please note that there is a new procedure for obtaining permission to reprint or redistribute the OMRI Daily Digest. 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