Rumors of a foldable iPhone have surfaced before, but the new one is more reliable. Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo told investors that Apple plans to release an 8-inch folding iPhone by 2023, according to documents seen by Engadget and an article by MacRumors. The report, based on “industry research”, predicts that Apple plans to sell 15-20 million units in 2023.
Kuo said he had already revealed the possibility of a foldable iPhone in March, but his latest report contained more details about the vendors. QHD + flexible OLED is expected to be supplied by Samsung Display, while the DDI display controller will come from Samsung Foundry. He also notes that Apple will use silver nanowire technology touched by TPK, “because of its several advantages over [Samsung̵
The report is highly speculative, so don’t start saving for iPhone Fold or anything yet. However, other details give it additional credibility. Kuo expects Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and Honor to launch new folding models in late 2021 or early 2022, and shipments to grow to 17 million by 2022 if component shortages improve.
If that happens, foldable phones could become “the next innovative point of sale for high-end models,” as Kuo says. In this case, Apple, of course, would like to be ready with its own model. However, if users do not take advantage of the devices, as Kuo predicts, Apple may dismiss the project as a hot rock. In other words, a lot can happen in the next two years.
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Here is an interesting book which contains rarely seen photographs of the rich in their homes, resorts and just lounging about. Yachts, Tennis, Travel, Parties, Debutantes, Polo, Gardens, Horses, Fox Hunting. The world of Palm Beach, Newport, Southampton, The Riviera. It is a small book and the stories are fictitious, but intertwined amongst beautiful images of the rich at play. This book presents an authentic picture of the Downton Abbey, Gatsby and Ralph Lauren lifestyles. F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel, The Great Gatsby,
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They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully, wherever people played polo and were rich together.” This book is like a wonderful scrapbook put together by Uncle Willy and Aunt Babs. I would recommend it for those who are real devotees of the subject.
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MV Agusta is taking their F3 675 and Brutale 675 and throwing in electronically assisted shifting (EAS).
EAS won’t be standard on the middleweight motorcycles. Instead, there will be two versions of the bikes, one with EAS, and one without. Now, riders will be able to quick-shift the bikes without closing the gas or using the clutch.
The EAS package will also be available as an optional accessory from MV Agusta.
Throw EAS into the mix with a counter-rotating crankshaft, traction control, ride-by-wire throttle and Agusta’s MVICS electronics package, and these bikes will be pretty high-tech machines. They’re certainly part of a growing trend towards onboard technology that lets computers help control the motorcycle, letting the rider push the machine even further.
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Static clustering has been used to group tasks for parallel processing. Most clustering methods used for current multithreaded DSM systems only consider the workload balance. In contrast, in this paper we present a static method to cluster closely related tasks of an application onto a multithreaded DSM system. This method relies on the Hopfield neural network to find optimal or near-optimal clusters. An optimal solution identified by this method tends to minimize load imbalance and communication overhead. We have implemented this method on Cohesion which is a multithreaded DSM system. Three programs, SOR, Nbody, and Gaussian Elimination, are used to test the effectiveness of this method. The result shows that our method indeed can find optimal or near-optimal clustering for these programs.
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Brad Douglas, a former budget committee counsel and business development professional, is new to the credit union industry.
If passed, the new rule would raise the salary threshold for overtime pay eligibility from $23,660 to $50,440.
Nearly all member credit unions voted in favor of the ninth league consolidation since 2007.
The Department of Education’s proposed rules would revamp how financial institutions do business with colleges.
One league CEO predicts 2015 could bring the first non-contiguous state league merger.
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Danny studied the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design from 1999-2000 and went on to graduate from Central St. Martin’s.
Now an established artist, illustrator & director, Danny has collaborated with brands such as the BBC, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton and Show Studio, and has shown solo exhibitions in London, Europe, Tokyo and New York.
This autumn he is shooting his first feature length film ‘Goldbricks in Bloom’ which he wrote earlier in the year. We caught up with Danny to ask him about his time at University and what life is like as busy creative with lots of plates spinning all at the same time!
Can you tell us about what you remember about the Foundation Diploma at Leeds Arts University and how it helped you starting out professionally?
I remember how you didn't sit at desks for the first month or so. It kind of broke people down a bit. I feel the course kept me grounded in many ways. Ego was always kept in check. It's easy for people to loose themselves in compliments when they start doing well, but really all it should ever be about is what you create.
Do you remember what kind of work you were making?
I was doing a lot of photography and writing my name places I shouldn't.
How would you describe your current work and interests?
I work across a bunch of areas – pretty much all at the same time. However I suppose the main area for me right now is directing, films and commercials etc. It's an area I find the most challenging and therefore I get the most out of it when I complete a project.
What achievements in your career to date are you most proud of?
I'm not sure. I’m just proud I can make a living from something I love doing.
Can you give us an insight in a typical working day/week?
I have no routines whatsoever, so I actually don’t have a typical work week. I travel a lot so when I’m home I tend to laze about. However I’m constantly ‘on’- I never stop working. At no point do I switch off. I can’t, I don’t need to. I basically watch films, write scripts, draw random pictures and make weird films with my friends all over the world.
Do you have any advice for students who would like to follow in a similar career path to you?
Do what you love doing and stay focused. Even if you’re broke and living on spaghetti hoops, don't panic, stay focused. Find friends that compliment you and make you stronger.
Work together and make the most out of what you have. And in the words of Charles Bukowski, '"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start''.
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Pete looked about to see the new world he was in.
The surrounding area was nothing more than a farmhouse in the middle of a clearing with forest surrounding it. The place looked decent enough, able to hold for a few geese, chickens, a goat and so on; Pete thought how he was surprised to see no pigs around.
Pete gave a curious hum at the house before putting the key to the Doorway in his pocket and keeping the Book Of Legends secured in his back pocket; as best it could fit.
“Now to find that Black Cauldron.” He said, walking towards the house. “Bet somebody here knows where I’ll find it.”
He reached the front door and knocked, waiting for someone to answer. He noticed some of the animals looking at him oddly before giving a mean look and a growl. This sent them running as Pete gave amused chuckle. No one answered yet to Pete knocked again.
“Yes, yes. I’m coming.” Someone inside called out.
The door finally opened to reveal a very old man. He had a balding head and long grey hair. He was dressed as any common folk in this land would be.
He looked at Pete with a look of shock and confusion. Clearly nothing like Pete was ever seen around here before.
“Can I help you?” he asked, looking oddly at Pete still.
“How do you do.” Pete said, trying to act like a gentlemen. “I’m a stranger in town and I was wondering if you could help me a bit.”
“Oh, I see.” The man said. “You’re from far away. No wonder you look so.....different.” he cleared his throat and said. “I am Dalben.”
Pete shook his hand and introduced himself. But then he remembered the name Dalben from somewhere: the Book.
“Hey wait.” He began. “Ain’t you the same guy who used to have that kid watching out for your pig? Tar-tar was it?”
Dalben knew who he spoke of and said “Taran. And yes he did. Oh...wait. Are you another one of his admirers? The ones who always come here and ask me about things like his adventures with Elionwy and finding the Black Cauldron?”
Hearing mention of the Black Cauldron, Pete began to form a little plan. He figured it best not to let on he was from another world but to try and play it smart. Perhaps this old man would tell him where to find it.
“Uh, yeah. That’s right. I’m a big fan of his.” Pete said. “Got me an official t-shirt and everything.”
Dalben clearly didn’t understand what he meant, but only huffed and said “Well if you were hoping to be lucky enough to meet him, you’re mistaken. Taran’s been busying training to be a knight. He traveled back to Elionwy’s kingdom with the rest of his friends.”
“Oh, uh, I wasn’t trying to meet him...just yet.” Pete began to lie. “You see I’m a, um, traveling scribe. You see? Yeah. And I was, uh, trying to get down all the right points of the story with whole story about the Cauldron and all that.” He held out the Book of Legends, backwards, and said “See? Got a whole bunch of stories from all over the world written down in here. So I figured I’d come to this place and get all the info I could from guys like the great Taran and good old Mr. BallPen.”
“Dalben.” He corrected. He gave a odd hum before saying “Oh, alright. Come on in then.”
Pete had to duck his head a bit when walking in after bumping it on the doorframe and giving an annoyed grumble. The inside was set well enough, a kitchen area with a table and chairs set, a stove area, a straw bed, a desk with a bunch of papers and maps on it, a nice view of the outside with a window....
Pete’s eyes darted back to the desk. There were all manner of papers there, maps included. Maybe some of them could point to where the Black Cauldron was. He sat down and pretended not to notice it while Dalben went over to the kitchen.
“Can I get you anything?” he asked. “Refreshments? A nice little snack or two?”
“Oh, uh, sure.” Pete said. “I’m starving.”
Dalben nodded and went to work fixing a meal. With his back turned, Pete took the opportunity to rush over and check the desk for anything. He did not and had to rush back just as Dalben was looking back to ask a question.
“Would you like water or something a little stronger?”
“Uh no. Water’s good enough.” Pete said, waiting for him to turn again.
Once he did he rushed back and started looking through the papers again. Still nothing. He rushed back over once Dalben turned yet again to ask a question.
“Would you like any bread?”
“Sure. Fine.” Pete said, annoyed.
Dalben nodded and turned and Pete rushed over to the desk. Even on his third try there was nothing. Pete barley put any effort into beating Dalben turning before he got back to his chair. It was surprising that he did though.
Dalben set a tray down with some bread, slices of cheese and meat, and a small bowl of what looked like a mushy stew. He handed Pete a silver cup with water and had one for himself.
“I should warn you though,” Dalben began “if you’re planning on asking any questions about where that blasted Cauldron is, you’re out of more luck. I don’t know where it is. In fact I doubt anyone does.”
Pete face-palmed himself and said “Nuts.”
“Oh. I think I do have a few walnuts left over.” Dalben said, standing. “I’ll get them.”
Pete dropped his head to the table out of aggravation. All that sneaking around for nothing. While Dalben went to get the nuts Pete flipped opened the Book of Legends and skimmed through the story about the Black Cauldron to find any clues to where it went. The only reference at the end was that it was taken by three witches. Nothing there to help. But then he found the passage about the pig that was able to see things like the future. This gave him an idea.
Putting the Book back he said to Dalben “Say, you don’t still have that little piggy running around here do you? What’s her name? Pen-Wink?”
“Hen-Wen.” Dalben corrected. “And yes, in fact I do. “She’s just outside taking a rest.”
Pete gave a grin and said “Well I’d sure like to meet her.” He gave an evil chuckle before smelling the stew on the tray. “Say that’s smells pretty good.” He dipped his finger and tasted it before saying “Yummy. What’s this stuff anyway?”
“Oh. That will be her lunch.”
Pete instantly spit into the corner of the room before taking a large gulp of his water. He gave out a disgusted noise before giving an annoyed groan.
Dalben came with a bowl of walnuts and placed them down. As he did a large orange cat hopped up on the table and looked oddly at Pete. Pete gave the same threatening look he did to the animals outside, but the cat only recoiled not ran. It still looked at him confused though.
Pete started to dig in, taking large bits and practically swallowing whole slices of meat full. Dalben looked a bit shocked at this and only sipped his water.
“Well, you seem to have a healthy appetite.” He stated.
“Yeah.” Pete said, his mouth full of walnuts. “Take after me ma.”
After gulping down another swig of water Pete asked “So when’s that boy, Tar-head supposed to be here?”
“Taran.” Dalben corrected. “And, to be honest, I’m not sure. He tends to visit as often as he can, but the life of a knight in training can be a busy one. Last time he came though, his friend Gurgi ended up stealing all my apples.”
Pete gave an uninterested “Right.” While wiping his mouth with his sleeve. “So when can I met the pig?”
“Well I suspect she’ll be waking any...”
Just as Dalben was about to finish there came a squeal from outside. Dalben ran over to the window and had a horrified look.
Pete, watching with confusion, saw as Dalben grabbed a shovel and ran outside. Pete followed and soon both of them came to the small hut where the pig, Hen-Wen was kept. She was there but so was something else.
Holding a dagger to the pig’s throat was a small goblin-like creature with a hood. Pete recognized him from the description in the Book of legends. This was the late Horned King’s former little servant, the Creeper.
Seeing Dalben and Pete, the Creeper back up with Hen-Wen and said “Stay back! Both of you!”
Dalben pointed the shovel at him and said “You let Hen-Wen go this instant. There’s nothing she has you want.”
The Creeper laughed and said “Don’t try to fool me, old man. I know this pigs power. She’s going to help me find what I want to become king. The Black Cauldron.”
Pete perked up at the mention of this.
“You are the fool.” Dalben said. “The cauldron is lost. And even if you did find it, the power within it is dead. That’s what everyone has said.”
The Creeper still held the dagger close and said “Shows what you or any other idiot in this land knows. It’s power can never die, understood? It was only stopped. But I know how to make it work again, and this little piggy is going to show me where it is!”
“She will not!” he said, coming closer.
The Creeper held the dagger even closer, making Dalben stop, before saying “Take another step and I’ll cut her open!”
Dalben still stood where he was and said “If you do that then you’ll never find the cauldron. Face it, we’re at a standstill.” Seeing that his words were making the Creeper realize the situation, He continued with “Now look, I’m sure we can find a way out of this where no one has to get...”
Pete conked Dalben in the back of the head with his wooden club. The old pig keeper fell to the ground, out cold. The Creeper, and even Hen-Wen, looked confused as Pete stepped over the unconscious man.
“Now that he’s out of the way, let’s talk about a real deal.” He said.
“What’s your game, stranger?” the Creeper said, pointing the dagger at him.
“You see, little guy, I’m kind of like you. I want to get my hands on that cauldron so I can be king. I’m thinking, maybe we can, you know, team up. A partnership. See? That way we both come out of this on top.”
The Creeper looked oddly and said “So I should trust you?”
“Sure. I’m an honest enough guy. Believe me. We split it fifty-fifty. What do you say?” Pete said, crossing his fingers behind him.
The Creeper though for a moment and said “Very well then. Partner.” With his fingers crossed behind him.
He reached up and the two shook hands, neither one realizing what the other had in store for him. Hen-Wen tried to run but was stopped when Pete grabbed her by the back of her neck and hoisted her up to his eye level.
“So how’s this work?” he asked, looking down at the Creeper.
The Creeper ran over and pulled a bucket of water over before saying “Like this.”
He took Hen-Wen from Pete and shoved her snout into the water. He held it there while she struggled a bit, keeping her from raising her head. He then began to recite words he remembered hearing from the pig boy who’d preformed this before.
“Hen-Wen. From you I do beseech. Power and knowledge beyond my reach.”
Suddenly Hen-Wen seemed like she was in a trance. She calmed enough for the Creeper to let go and she still stood where she was. A odd colored ripple formed in the water before swirling around and becoming a vision. Images began to show, mainly that of the Cauldron. Both Pete and Creeper watched as the vision turned into a scene of a swamp before finally fading away.
“So the thing’s in a swamp?” Pete asked.
“No just any swamp.” The Creeper said. “I know that place. It’s the Marshes of Morva!” He kicked the bucket over with glee, it falling over Hen-Wen’s head, and declared “I have it. Uh, I mean WE have it.” He said, giving a grizzly giggle.
Hen-Wen shook the bucket off and, now free, ran over to the still unconscious Dalben. Pete only looked and huffed. There was nothing left to get from her.
He turned back and said “So you know where to go? The let’s get moving. By this time tomorrow, we’re going to be kings!”
As the Creeper lead the way he said to himself “Yes. Keep thinking that. Fat fool.”
He gave another giggle before both were well on their way to the Marshes of Morva.
In less than two days the two had finally managed to reach Morva.
Their journey was a hard one, Pete often complaining about his feet aching, but now they’d reached their destination. The marshes were like any other swamp, full of muck and gross looking tress and murky puddles of water.
“So where we going to find the Cauldron in all this swamp gunk?” Pete asked, shaking off a bit of mud from the toe of his boot.
“From what I heard, the Cauldron was taken by three of witches that lived here.” The Creeper explained, looking around. “So look for anything like an old hut of some kind.”
“You mean like that one?” Pete pointed.
He was pointing at the remains of a broken down old hut with a pile of cauldrons and kettles spilled out of it from the front door, or what was left of it. Most of the house was destroyed or in piles of rubble. It looked like something had broken from inside and cracked it in two.
The Creeper perked up at the sight of all the cauldrons and ran over, examining them and tossing some aside. Pete did the same while even looking in one and being scarred when a frog hopped out of it.
He tossed it aside and asked “So which one of these is the Black Cauldron?”
The Creeper tossed another aside and said “None of them. The Cauldron is supposed to have carvings on the side of it. That who you’ll know.”
“Oh, you mean like that one?” Pete asked, pointing to the right.
The Creeper looked over and there it was: the Black Cauldron. It stood out in the large clearing around where the hut was, oddly not being noticed by either of them until now. It just sat there looking very ominous in how black and foreboding it seemed.
Both of them walked over to it before the Creeper lifted himself on the edge of it and looked inside. At the bottom of the cauldron was a few scarps of cloth and two bones.
“Got what you deserved. You old bag of bones.” He said to himself.
Pete looked inside before recoiling with an “Eww.” He then looked around and rubbed his chin saying “You know, something don’t seem right. If the witches took this thing, why’d they leave it out in the open?”
Suddenly a booming voice above them said “To catch thieving fools like yourselves!”
A clash of thunder sounded as the two looked up to see the clouds begin to swirl and change. From them came large spectral images of three witches. There was a tall one, a very scrawny and yet crazy looking one, and a fatter one, who looked the youngest out of all. All three looked down at them with harrowed angry eyes.
“So you two think you could just steal the Black Cauldron from us?” the taller witch said. “You shall be punished for this!”
Pete shook with, while the Creeper stood on the edge of the Cauldron, and said “N-now, now, ladies. I’m-I’m sure we don’t have to go that far. Maybe just give us a warning or a ticket or something.”
“Don’t think you can talk yourself out of this.” The scrawny witch said. “C’mon, Orddu.” She said, looking to the tall one. “Let’s turn ‘em both into toads. Be an improvement for them if you ask me.”
“Oh no, Orgoch .” the fat witch said. “Let’s keep the big one. He’s so cute.”
Pete looked more nervous at this statement before Orddu said “Will be having none of that, Orwen. These two fools tried to steal our cauldron. They deserved to be punished.”
“I beg to differ!” the Creeper said before taking his dagger and putting it to Pete’s throat.
Pete gasped while the witches looked with both confusion and fright.
“What do you think you’re doing?” Orrdu asked, angrily.
The Creeper laughed and said “I won’t be turned into anything by you old crones. I know how to resurrect the power of the Black Cauldron. All it needs is a little blood, and this fat oaf is going to give it.”
Orwen gasped and said “You can’t do that.”
“Not unless we turn you inside out and into stew first!” Orgoch said.
“Any of you try anything,” the Creeper threatened. “and I’ll cut him. Understood?”
“You sneaky little creep!” Pete said. “I was the one who was going to turn on you. But you beat me to it and now you’re trying to take my blood. No one does that to Captain Pete!”
He reared his head back and bumped it into the Creeper’s. This made him drop his knife, giving Pete the chance to reach back and start strangling the Creeper. He struggled before breaking from his grip and grabbing Pete by the ears and pulling.
As the two struggled the witches watched from above. Two of them looked amused while Orwen seemed concerned.
“Orddu,” she said, looking to her. “don’t you think we should do something?”
“Why bother? It’s more fun to watch them kill each other than put in the effort.”
“I hear that.” Orgoch said with a cackle. “I’m putting my money down on the tubby one!”
As the two struggled more, Pete managed to land a punch right into the Creeper’s jaw. This managed to knock out one of his teeth which also took a drop of blood with it.
No one, not even the witches, noticed as both fell into the Cauldron. It dropped onto the bottom among the rest of what was left down there. Something began to stir from the bones and cloth.
The Creeper hopped on Pete’s head before seeing his dagger on the ground. He ran over to it, with Pete recovering and chasing after, before grabbing it and hopping up to the ledge of the Cauldron. He pointed it at Pete, making him stop, and gave a crazed laugh. This made the witches perk up and watch with more interest.
“All of you are going to be bowing to me by the end of this day. Do you understand?” he shouted. “For years suffered at the hands of that decrepit king. Well now it’s time for me to be the one strangling lackeys and ruling over armies of the dead!”
Something in the Cauldron was reach up with slowly forming fingers and a hand.
“I’m the one who will be ruling this world! I will be the new King of Pryd...”
A horrid hand reached up and grabbed the Creeper from behind. Everyone gasped at this while the Creeper screamed as his throat was being squeezed. He struggled and screamed as he was pulled down into the Cauldron.
“NOOOO! LET ME GO! LET ME.....AAAHHHH!”
A green glow began to come from the Cauldron. It grew larger and larger before it erupted into a geezer of green magical energy that shot up. Pete back away before tripping onto the ground as he and the witches watched this happen.
The hand from before reached up and grabbed the edge of the Cauldron. Another one joined it. Something began to lift itself out of the Cauldron as the energy began to swell down into it. Finally the thing stood up and began to lift its head.
The creature had a withered body that was slowly being covered the red cloth from the Cauldron, forming into a robe with a good and fur around the shoulders. It’s face was withered like the rest and had sunken in eyes that were closed. But Pete noticed its greatest feature were the two horns on its head.
“No...it’s not possible!” Orddu proclaimed, seeing the creature step out of the Cauldron.
“The Horned King....” Orewn said, just as shocked.
The King finally opened his eyes which blazed with red. He examined his surroundings, seeing Pete first, before looking up at the witches.
Orddu, gaining a bit of courage, said “You were destroyed! And we shall keep it that way!”
Her sisters seemed as confident as she was and charged down from the sky towards him. The Horned King lifted his hand and, to all surprised, fired a blast of green magic that struck all three of them. They seemed in pain as they recoiled into the air, screaming in pain.
Once high enough, all three witches burst into shimmers of light that trickled down into the marshes. The King did not notice, but something bearing the outline of a sword had fallen from the sky once they were destroyed. It fell somewhere far in the swamp but the King never saw.
The Horned King examined his hand, a bit surprised by this new power, before saying “Interesting.” He turned back and placed his hand on the Cauldron, as if feeling the life from inside it. “It would seem the power is no longer within you...but me.” He said.
He walked away, towards Pete, before turning back and holding up his hand. Another blast of magic struck the Cauldron, causing it to shatter to pieces with a large blast.
“Never again.” He said to himself before turning to Pete, who was cowering the whole time. “Who are you?” he demeaned.
Pete jumped with fear before getting on his knees and pleading “Oh please, your Horned Kingyness, don’t hurt me. I-I’m just a stranger here. Honest. I didn’t mean to wake you up or anything like...”
“Silence!” the King shouted. Once Pete was quiet he asked “What manner of creature are you? I’ve never seen or heard of anything like you from this world.”
“Oh, well, uh, you see, sir, I ain’t from around here.” Pete stammered.
“W-well you see, I come from someplace else. A-a whole other world!” he declared out of fear.
“What do you mean by ‘other world’?” he asked.
Pete did his best to explain that Prydain was one of many worlds all connected with his world. The King listened and rubbed his chin as he listened.
“Other worlds beyond Prydain?” he said. “Do you have proof?”
Pete thought of the best evidence before snapping his fingers and pulling out the Book of Legends. The King took it and examined all that was written. Eventually he found the story involving his world and skimmed through. His eyes grew wider with intrigue as he found everything written down mirrored what had transpired before.
“Fascinating.” He said, lowering the boom and looking up. “To think, this world is only one of many. So many worlds. So many different possibilities. So many...new places to conquer.”
Pete heard this and said to himself out loud “Say, I wonder if this is that terrible thing the mirror talked about in its prophecy.”
Hearing this, the King looked down and asked “Prophecy? What prophecy?”
Pete jumped with fear again and stammered “Th-the one the magic mirror told me. I found it up in Master Yen-Sid’s room. I-it talked about some horrible force with horns on its head, coming to bring darkness or something like that.”
The Horned King gave a low hum and asked “And this mirror is in your world?” Pete nodded before he gave another hum. “What is your name?”
“Do you wish to live, Pete?” he asked, his eyes blazing red again. Pete nodded frantically before he said “Then vow that you will now become my new servant. Swear loyalty to me.”
Pete seemed realized as he bowed and said “Oh yes sir, your majesty. I’m your man. I promise, I will be yours.”
“Rise.” The King said, making Pete stand. “Do you have a way back to your world?” he asked.
Pete took out the key to the Doorway and said “Sure do. All you need to do is stick this key in any door and it’ll take you back.”
“Excellent.” He said. “Before we do, tell me more about this magic mirror.”
In Yen Sid’s study, the old master was using the Viewing Basin to try and find Pete.
To his surprise, he was having trouble. The visions of the Basin were become more erratic with each attempt to locate Pete. He was starting to worry about what the oaf could’ve have done to cause this.
But then, to his horror, the Basin’s water’s began to grow black. The images within were overshadowed by the dark murky water that started to consume everything. Soon the Basin’s waters were nothing more than black ink-like liquid.
Yen Sid furrowed his brow and said “What have you done, Pete?”


Maps of the Nile Basin
To the right is a list of maps of Nile Basin countries produced by Nile Basin Research Programme and Department of Geography, University of Bergen, 2009.
Please contact us on firstname.lastname@example.org with any comments you may have.
List of map resources for the Nile Basin
Tributaries and sub-catchments of the Nile River Basin
This map gives an overview of the extent of the Nile River Basin. The site also provides an interactive service where the user can choose several layers such as major or smaller sub-basins within the Nile Basin, cities, names of rivers etc. However, national boundaries are not provided and some rivers look faint because the background is a satellite image. Regardless, it is a helpful tool for familiarising oneself with the Nile and extent of its water resources.
The Nile Basin Map from USDA
This is a good map for one to appreciate the extent of the Nile Basin. However the small font presents difficulties in reading some of the names. National boundaries are not included in the map. In addition to this map there are two additional maps, one showing the equatorial lakes region and the other showing the sketch of the Nile basin including annual rainfall data.
The Nile Basin Map from the Nile Basin Initiative website
This map shows the extent of the Nile River Basin and contains relevant information such as location of some of the major dams including their names. The font is clear and it is easy to read names of the major rivers shown. However, like many maps of the Nile Basin, national boundaries are not included.
The Map of Africa from maps.com
This map produces a fairly good amount of detail. It is colourful and provides details on many parameters. However, the viewing space is small. You can zoom in to get much clearer details but this reduces the extent of the area which you can view at a single time. However, the site provides the ability to buy these maps and explains their originality and so much more.
Equatorial lakes region map
This map from the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) shows the water resources of the equatorial lakes region limited to the Nile Basin. Even though some tributaries to Lake Victoria are not named i.e., those from Tanzania and Kenya, the map provides overview of what water resources the Nile River stems from.
This map of Kagera Basin from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is available in PDF format with high resolution. The map has an insert showing the Nile Basin map with the Kagera sub-basin clearly highlighted. Because of the good resolution of the map, you can zoom in for detail on any particular area. However, the rivers are not labelled and as such would be most useful to those who are already familiar with the area
World Resources Institute – Earth Trends: Water Resources and Freshwater ecosystems
From this page you can choose various watersheds around the world and get additional information for each watershed. There are two maps from the Nile River basin. The first shows the whole basin while the second covers the Lake Victoria sub-basin. However, most of the rivers are not labelled so that it is most useful to those who are familiar with the territory.
Guide to country maps available on the Internet
The University of Texas maps
The site provides country maps at various resolutions and file sizes for all the countries in Africa. Maps for Uganda have very good resolution and much more detail. File sizes for these maps are bigger than the rest of Nile countries. Other maps have fair to poor resolution and do not provide much detail.
Provides country maps showing perennial rivers, principle roads etc.
United Nations Cartographic Section website
Provides country maps for all the Nile Basin countries with the exception of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ethiopia and Eritrea are contained in the map of the Horn of Africa. The maps are generally of good quality.
Maps of the Nile Basin Countries from Nationsonline website
The site has colourful maps for Burundi, DRC, Egypt, Sudan and Rwanda. The maps feature rivers, towns and communication links. For hydrological uses, note that some maps lack important rivers or their names: i.e., Semliki River is not shown on the DRC map. For Kenya, rivers that pour water into Lake Victoria are not named, and for Tanzania, Lake Victoria’s tributaries are not displayed on the maps. However, the site contains much information that may be helpful to the user i.e. country profiles, various types of maps, and important links that provide information on the countries’ economy, statistics, products, destination and tour guides, environment and nature, history and communications.
Maps from geology.com
This site provides access to maps of all the African countries. The maps are not very detailed but show some of the major roads, cities, bodies of water for each country.
Atlases and maps of Africa from Intute website
This site has gathered links to other websites that contain maps. Hence this could be a useful site by easing the access of the user to various map resources of the Nile Basin states and others.
Map resources from HRW World Atlas
This site provides interactive maps where you can explore country maps and move from one country to another by clicking on the name of the neighbouring country. However, maps are small in size with limited information.


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LED control circuit
In the console unit, an LED for category display and three 7 segment LEDs are used. These LEDs are controlled one by one in the order by PIC. In case of this method, because only 1 digit lights up at the same time, so, the electric power is cut down. The power unit becomes small too. This control is done at high speed, so, it seems to light up at the same time to the look.
PNP type transistor is used to control of LED. The 7 segment LED which was used this time is an anode common type. Therefore, the transistor for the control must be put between the power and the LED. When the control port (RA0-RA3) of PIC becomes an L level, the transistor becomes ON and the corresponding LED becomes a lighting-up possible condition. A lit segment is decided by the condition of RB0-RB6. The LED segment lights up when the corresponding port becomes an L level.
100 ohm is used for the control resistor of the LED for the category display. Only one LED is written as LED4-6 on the schematic. However, three LEDs are connected each in parallel. To pass an about 10mA electric current to each LED, it should pass the electric current of 30mA in total. So, it becomes (5V-2V)/30mA=100ohm. 2V is the voltage which is applied to the LED.
The voltage to apply to the LED is 5V. This is because the voltage which is applied to the terminal of PIC is 5V. The circuit which makes the voltage to apply to the LED more than 5V is used in the display unit.
Switch scan circuit
15 switches are used for the console unit. PIC scans a switch in the order and detects a pushed switch. 4-16 decoder is used to specify the switch to scan.
In the binary signal of 4 bits, 16 kinds of conditions can be expressed. This decoder develops the binary signal of 4 bits and makes a corresponding signal port in 16 kinds of signals an L level. The detection of the switch operation is done in RC4. When neither switches are pushed, RC4 is H level with R15. In the following explanation, it supposes that SW-8 was pushed. When RC3, RC2, RC1, RC becomes 0111(RC3 is a higher rank bit), the terminal which SW-8 is connected becomes an L level. RC4 becomes an L level too because SW-8 is pushed. By this, SW-8 is recognized to have been pushed by PIC.
The scan of the switch is done in order from SW-1 to SW-15 and repeats the operation which returns to SW-1 again. When detecting the switch of ON in the software of the switch scan, it doesn't scan the switch after that and it returns to SW-1. By this operation, only the switch which is near SW-1 is detected even if more than one switch is pushed at the same time and a malfunction is prevented.
At the switch, the chattering phenomenon which repeats ON/OFF in short time occurs. A malfunction by this is prevented by the software too.
The diodes between the switch and IC2 are to prevent electric current's flowing through the L level terminal from the H level terminal of IC2 when more than one key is pushed at the same time.
RS232C control circuit
A RS232C interface is used to transmit the information which was set at the console unit to the display unit.
This interface is used for an interface with the modem. About ±9V is used for signal voltage on the connection cable with the display unit and the long distance transmission is possible comparatively. In the standard, the cable with about 15m length can be used. Actually, it is possible to use for any more distance. It depends on the condition of the cable. The +5V signal of PIC can be directly transmitted without using the RS232C interface if being a short distance. The purpose that this IC is used this time is to attempt to use the RS232C device and to secure a distance.
In ADM232AAN of the ANALOG DEVICES Inc. which was used this time, it has the DC-DC converter which makes the voltage of ±10V with +5V power. So, the external circuit is very simple.
PIC clock circuit
To make do the operation of PIC, a clock generator is needed.
An oscillation circuit is had within PIC, so, it puts a vibrator outside only. As the vibrator, the crystal oscillator can be used because of the precision oscillation. However, at the circuit this time, a ceramic vibrator (Resonator) is used because it doesn't need the precision oscillation. The maximum clock frequency of PIC16F873 is upto 20MHz. However, at the equipment this time, because it doesn't need high-speed operation, the oscillation frequency is 4MHz.
A transmission speed is calculated by 4MHz. So, when using this equipment at the clock frequency which is not 4MHz, reconsideration is needed.
DC12V is made with AC100 by the switching power unit. At the console controller, a 3 terminal regulator is used to get +5V voltage from the +12V power.
The regulator which is used this time is regulator for +5V. The merit of this regulator is low voltage dropout. In the specification, when the output current is 1A, the dropout voltage of this regulator is 0.5V. In the circuit this time, it makes +5V from +12V. So, a 7V voltage drop is caused with the regulator. So, the merit of LM2940 isn't effective. When making 5V voltage with 6V power, this function is effective. At the circuit this time, 7805 can be used. The one is cheaper. I am using to confirm the convenience of LM2940.
At the equipment this time, about 100 mA are used in the console unit and an about 150mA electric current is used in the display unit. The capacity of the power unit is enough capacity because it is a maximum of 900mA.


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DO YOU SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON INSIDE THE HEAD OF YOUR BABY? ARE YOU CURIOUS HOW CHILDREN LEARN TO ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES? DID YOU KNOW THAT CRYING MAY WELL BE A SIGN OF HEALTHY ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUR BABY? ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT HELPING YOUR CHILD DEVELOP SELF-ESTEEM? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE WAY EARLY FEEDING EXPERIENCES RELATE TO LATER HASSLES AROUND FOOD?
There are many books and programs which tell parents how and when to wean, toilet train, feed, speak to and show love to the growing child. "My First Five Years: A Developmental Photo Album" does not tell you what to say to your child. The author feels strongly that with some understanding of the concepts portrayed in this book and a "good enough" desire to nurture: "... you are then free to get a lot of interest out of looking to see what happens in the development of the baby while you are enjoying responding to his or her needs." (D.W. Winnicott "The Child, the Family and the Outside World," 1964, p. 29)
"My First Five Years" focuses on children's feelings and needs rather than at what age a baby should turn over, coo, babble, get a tooth or learn to use the potty. This book reflects the author's many years of experience as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and pediatric nurse, as well as the theories of Selma Fraiberg, Penelope Leach, Margaret S. Mahler, Rene Spitz, D.W. Winnicott and other giants in the field of child development.
The information is presented from the child's point of view in language that is clear and free of psychological jargon. The black and white photos which accompany the text are of children and parents in a variety of everyday settings -- their own homes, playgrounds and day care centers. The participants are all volunteers from Asian, black and white families, and the photos are unposed.
The book is divided into five sections: Introduction, The First Year, 12 to 18 Months, 18 to 36 Months, and 3, 4 and 5 Years. Since children normally grow, acquire skills and achieve competence at different ages, the age ranges are deliberately broad. It is neither wise nor possible to pinpoint the age at which any one skill or capability is achieved.
This photo album appeals to anyone who interacts with a small child: parents, grandparents, child care workers, teachers, students of child development, pediatricians, baby-sitters and anyone else who is interested in children. Readers will see echoes of their own families in the many photos, which make the information easy and fun to absorb.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
" ... presents the trials, tribulations and delights of childhood in a new key: the perspective of what the child is grappling with at each developmental landmark. The narrative, based on a body of knowledge generally not shared with the public, skillfully extracts from the theory of early development all that is useful and relevant to understanding little children. The author succeeds in this complex task and we are presented with a text that blends simplicity with sophistication, and photographs that capture the magic moments of childhood. Whether the reader be a parent, an educator or a psychotherapist, this insightful book makes a valuable contribution to all and deserves to be widely read." -- Diana Siskind, C.S.W., author of "The Child Patient and the Therapeutic Process," Jason Aronson Inc., 1992
"What a beautiful book. Such wise words and wonderful photos." "What a lovely gift for a new mother!" "It came out beautifully! You have done a terrific job with all the photos. It is the first time I have seen a 'baby book' written from the child's point of view." "... informative and not patronizing." "This truly is delightful, thoughtful and caring ... do hope Dr. Shufer gets it to the attention of inner-city schools ... I think the young girls having babies would relate to it very well." "... delightful, charming, relevant and sensitive. What a great way to get a message across to new parents." "It helps parents understand their child's emotional life and respond sensitively to them." "... beautiful in message, photos and layout!"About the Author:
Shirley Shufer Ph.D., R.N. has many years of experience as a professional in both psychoanalytic psychotherapy and pediatric nursing. She practices psychotherapy in New York City and Pawling, N.Y., and is affiliated with the Southern Dutchess Mothers' Center.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Book Description Serenity Books, 1997. Book Condition: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Bookseller Inventory # GRP82195199
Book Description Serenity Books, 1997. Book Condition: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Bookseller Inventory # GRP82210456
Book Description Serenity Books. Spiral-bound. Book Condition: VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). Bookseller Inventory # 2819533217


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Collectors Series Part 2 ep #2
The second part features milestones of the cosmic disco movement. ''Captain Starlight'' by Zazu has been a cult track for many years and is now finally available again in all its glory -- the original pressing of this tune is up to 300 Euros on eBay. The rare Tantra track, ''Wishbone'' is one of their best tracks and one of the highlights on Kaos and Sal P.'s mix.
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Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz Jr - How a warm welcome in Saudi Arabia sends a shiver down the spine
Six miles from the luxury Riyadh hotels which house Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr, fringed by an ancient textile souk and a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise, squats the city’s notorious Deira Square.
Colloquially known as ‘Chop Chop Square’ for the hundreds of public beheadings that have been held there, it serves as a palpable reminder of the controversy stirred by the decision to stage the first world heavyweight title fight in the Saudi Arabian capital.
Amnesty International issued a stinging rebuke earlier this week, accusing the Saudi government of attempting to “sportswash” the country’s tarnished image, and calling on Joshua to speak out about the country’s human rights abuses.
For all its global projection and expectations of a 15,000 sell-out on Saturday night at the purpose-built arena at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Diriyah, promotion for the fight within the city has remained minimal and carefully stage-managed.
Responding to the expanding sports portfolio of their neighbour and political rival Qatar, the Saudis pumped the kind of sums into acquiring this high-profile rematch that, from a purely promotional perspective, made it impossible to ignore. Saudi officials promised a site fee in excess of £30m to steer the contest out of the financial reach of the UK and even the major Nevada casinos, and ensured Joshua will earn well in excess of £40m, comfortably the biggest purse in British boxing history.
Speaking to British media on Monday at a plush shopping mall on Olaya Street filled with ubiquitous, high-end western brands, promoter Eddie Hearn questioned what he implied is the inconsistency of holding up a single sporting event for criticism.
“I was driving around today and you see House of Fraser, you go into the mall and see Gucci, Chanel, even Starbucks, major corporations who are willing to trade here,” said Hearn.
“I can’t sit here and say it has nothing to do with me, but the bottom line is, I am not a politician. As ruthless as it is, I’ve got a job to do for my fighter. It doesn’t matter what I think, but I am happy and excited at how everything has gone.”
The so-called ‘Clash on the Dunes’ is part of an extended ‘Diriyah Season’ of cultural events at the UNESCO World Heritage site, intended as the first step in the rebranding of the country as a tourism destination.
Tourist e-visas to the Kingdom were issued for the first time last year, and the attractions keep coming.
The warm welcome afforded to visiting media seems a little incongruous given the uproar generated in October last year by the assassination of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Yet the Saudis have made their intentions plain.
On the programme’s website, the chairman of the country’s General Sports Authority, Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, writes: “Thousands will be entertained in the cradle of modern Saudi civilisation.
“Where else in the world can you find this epic blend of the past, the present and future? Our arms are open and our welcome has never been warmer.”

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The strange case of Bernard Rubin took another odd turn on Tuesday when a judge said there are no grounds to continue holding him in connection with the shooting deaths of his in-laws and ordered him released from jail.
But Rubin's address changed only marginally. He left the Broward County Jail, not for his North Miami townhouse, but for similar accommodations at the City Jail.
Police arrested Rubin, 62, on May 1 after a father and son named Burton and Michael Wolcoff linked the labor racketeer with the slayings of his in-laws, Edward Nipon, 58, and Sylvia Nipon, 67, who were killed in their Hallandale condo on Jan. 31.
But in a sealed indictment handed up by a Broward grand jury last week, it was the Wolcoffs, not Rubin, whom the panel charged with two counts of first- degree murder.
Yet Rubin remains a suspect, said Dave Casey, spokesman for the State Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors and police investigators admit the only evidence they have against Rubin at this point are the statements of the Wolcoffs. The state has refused to offer either of them immunity, and they have not testified before the grand jury.
The grand jury will hear testimony from one or two more witnesses in the investigation this morning. Rubin is among those invited to testify.
At a preliminary hearing on Tuesday before Circuit Judge Mark E. Polen, prosecutor Kelly Hancock said he could present no witnesses or evidence to show there is probable cause to believe Rubin was involved in the killing of the Nipons.
Polen then ordered Rubin freed, adding that he could still be charged later. The U.S. Marshals Service, however, had a "hold" placed on Rubin for allegedly violating his parole. Later in the afternoon, federal marshals picked up Rubin at the County Jail and took him to the City Jail, where the Marshals Service has a contract to incarcerate prisoners.
After a 1980 conviction for labor racketeering, Rubin was sent to prison. He was later released to a halfway house and paroled in March 1985.
He has violated his parole by failing to notify his parole officer that he was contacted by law enforcement officials in connection with the Nipon case, by falsifying supervision reports and by the fact that he is a suspect in the Nipon murders, said Rudolf Friederich, supervising deputy in the U.S. Marshals Service.
There has been a federal warrant out for Rubin's arrest since May 15, said Friederich. Rubin was already in custody for the Nipon murders at that time.
Rubin's attorney, Roy E. Black, said his client has not violated his parole. He declined to speculate on whether the federal arrest of his client was designed to keep him in custody a while longer while state prosecutors try to build a stronger case against Rubin.
A parole commission hearing for Rubin, is scheduled for this morning.
"Bernard Rubin (has) spent 40 days in jail on the word of convicted felons," Black said on Tuesday.
Burton Wolcoff, 48, has served time in prison for a bankruptcy scam and wire fraud. His son, Michael, 19, has been jailed on charges ranging from robbery to credit card fraud to escape. He is in jail in Palm Beach County. His father was arrested last week.
Police say that the younger Wolcoff telephoned them in April from the Metro- Dade County Jail and said he heard Rubin and a man using the name Stanley Diamond discuss killing the Nipons to prevent their testifying against Rubin who was starting a loansharking operation in New York.


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Bill Moyers, in his usual eloquence:
Let's take a brief detour to Ohio and I'll show you what I am talking about. In recent weeks a movement called the Ohio Restoration Project has been launched to identify and train thousands of "Patriot Pastors" to get out the conservative religious vote next year. According to press reports, the leader of the movement - the senior pastor of a large church in suburban Columbus - casts the 2006 elections as an apocalyptic clash between "the forces of righteousness and the hordes of hell." The fear and loathing in his message is palpable: He denounces public schools that won't teach creationism, require teachers to read the Bible in class, or allow children to pray. He rails against the "secular jihadists" who have "hijacked" America and prevent school kids from learning that Hitler was "an avid evolutionist." He links abortion to children who murder their parents. He blasts the "pagan left" for trying to redefine marriage. He declares that "homosexual rights" will bring "a flood of demonic oppression." On his church website you read that "Reclaiming the teaching of our Christian heritage among America's youth is paramount to a sense of national destiny that God has invested into this nation."
The folks at Street Prophets have been keeping an eye on these wackos, so be sure to check out some of their entries if you're getting up to speed.
Beyond the sport of oggling at wingnuts, their existence is politically relevant due to their near orgiastic support of Ken Blackwell, Ohio gubernatorial candidate. And, as you're surely aware, Ken Blackwell is inextricably linked to the sickening array of voting problems in Ohio surrounding the 2004 Presidential election.
So, today, I'm skimming headlines and come across this from Raw Story:
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Republican Party fired a staffer Thursday for sending inflammatory e-mails about Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland that Democrats labeled "gutter politics."
The messages, sent to GOP supporters, questioned Strickland's ministerial credentials, his toughness on child predators and his and his wife's sexual orientation.
Gary Lankford, a Christian school headmaster and former director of the Ohio Restoration Project, was let go over the postings, said Jason Mauk, the state party's political director.
The party hired Lankford to coordinate the GOP's outreach to social conservative groups. Ohioans for Ken Blackwell, the campaign of Strickland's GOP opponent in the Nov. 7 election, paid him $15,000 during the primary for "voter contact," state records show.
Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett said Thursday he did not see Lankford's e-mails before they went out and that they crossed the line.
"I will not tolerate anything like that. That's not how I run the party," Bennett said. "Unfortunately, I was a little slow to react to this."
Democrats, who said they first learned of the messages through news reports, blasted Lankford's postings, which he encouraged recipients to forward to others.
"This is the worst kind of innuendo and gutter politics, like you used to see in the 19th century. It's sleazy," said Brian Rothenberg, a spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party.
Strickland called the firing appropriate.
"I would like to be able to take Mr. Bennett at his word when he says we ought to focus on the issues that are important to Ohio," he said. "That's what I've been doing my entire campaign."
He said the party should have been wary of Lankford, who had worked for the Blackwell campaign and the Restoration Project, a politically active, conservative Christian group. "He was not an unknown quantity," Strickland said. [Emphasis mine]
"Not an unknown quantity". Of course he wasn't. And I can't think of a single liberal that will be at all surprised that tactics such as these spring so easily from the loins of the ORP (or the GOP, for that matter).
Which leads me to wonder --
Given what we've seen from the neo-con religious right, when the FUCK are we going to stop giving the benefit of the doubt to ANY blowhard that claims to be a Christian? You know what? The legitimately pious people I've met in my life very rarely volunteer their religious affiliation, and instead, demonstrate what they believe by what they DO.
Since when did this kind of metric become passe? And worse, who the hell is falling for it? Not the religious people whose blogs/articles I read. They recognize shit when it's piled up and steaming at their feet.
One can only conclude that the voters supporting groups like the ORP are the worst kind of "Christians". You know, the kind that treat Sunday services like cocktail hour at a country club, who claim affiliation with no more gravity than that awarded to brands of peanut butter, and who cherry pick their way through the Bible looking for tools with which to oppress anyone they don't like.
This is hardly a ground-breaking analysis of far too many "values-voters" in this country. However, the assumptions we make about so-called Christians in politics is in virtual opposition to how they ACTUALLY BEHAVE. And yet, we see stories like that referenced in Raw Story, in which it's actually "news" when these ratfuckers reveal themselves for what they actually are.
If we're at all serious about throwing off the yoke of neocon fundamentalism in this country, how about refusing to assume that anyone claiming to be a "Christian" is automatically a good guy? How about assigning their religious affiliation no more significance that their hair color and get on with watching what they do and what they say?
These despicable people are only as powerful as we let them become, since we're the ones swallowing their bullshit with nary a blink. Wake up, people.

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New Delhi: Termed as the biggest consolidation deal in the telecom space of India, Reliance Communications and Aircel merged their wireless operations on September 14 to give birth to an entity with assets worth Rs 65,000 crore.
RCom and Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB) hold 50 percent each in the merged entity with equal representation on the board and committees.
Largest telecom operator by customer base
The merger will create India's fourth largest telecom operator by customer base and revenues. The merged entity will have the second-largest spectrum holding among all operators, aggregating 448 MHz across 850, 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz bands.
The transaction will reduce RCom's debt by Rs 20,000 crore, while Aircel's debt would go down by Rs 4,000 crore on closing in 2017.
The entity will have assets of Rs 65,000 crore and net worth of Rs 35,000 crore.
Who said what?
"Together with our partners, MCB, we are delighted to have taken the lead in consolidation of the Indian telecom sector, first, with RCom's acquisition of the wireless business of SSTL (Sistema/MTS), and now, with the combination of our business with Aircel in a 50:50 joint venture with MCB," Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani said after the merger.
This combination is expected to create substantial long term value for shareholders of both, RCom and MCB, given the benefits of the wide-ranging spectrum portfolio and significant revenue and cost synergies, he added.
"This deal further reinforces MCB’s commitment to India. Since acquiring Aircel in 2006, MCB has invested in excess of Rs 35,000 crore into Aircel, making this one of the largest foreign investments into India, not only in the telecom industry but across all sectors," MCB said.
According to Moody's Investors Service, "While we view the combination of the wireless businesses positively, we will also need to re-evaluate the credit profile of RCom in conjunction with the proposed organizational and financial restructuring, as the remaining business will be smaller in scale with - in our view - a weaker business risk profile."
Moody's has placed under review for downgrade Reliance Communications Ltd's Ba3 corporate family rating and senior secured rating following the announcement of its plan to merge its wireless business with Aircel Ltd and its first quarter results for the 2016-17 fiscal, it said in a statement.
India Ratings and Research however said that the merger of is a key milestone in the ongoing consolidation in the telecom sector.
Ind-Ra believes that the merger will enable the new entity RCom-Aircel to give strong competition to its peers in the backdrop of the disruption that the launch of operations by Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) has caused.
RCom will continue to own and operate its high growth businesses in the domestic and global enterprise space, data centres, optic fibre and related telecom infrastructure, besides owning real estate.
In addition, the new operator will be liable to pay about Rs 6,000 crore to the Centre for the spectrum bought by RCom in the previous auction. The new operator will have assets worth Rs 65,000 crore and a net worth of Rs 35,000 crore.
Once the merger is consummated in about six months, RCom and Maxis will pump in additional equity into the company to strengthen the balance sheet, fund growth, and enhance financial flexibility. Both parties are already in talks with leading international investors in this regard.


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Honeymoon with my Mother is a Spanish 2022 romantic comedy film directed by Paco Caballero, written by Cristóbal Garrido and Adolfo Valor, and produced by Juan Gordon under Morena Films, The Lab Cinema, and the identical pictures studio.
The story follows a young man named Jose who is dumped by his future wife at the altar and is picked up by her overprotective mother, Mari Carmen in an attempt to visit the honeymoon destination that her son has planned before the marriage.
Mother’s Love movie is now streaming on Netflix while the original distribution rights are owned by Netflix Espanol.
Honeymoon with my Mother Filming Locations
Honeymoon with my Mother was filmed inside Mauritius and Canary Islands. Filming began in January 2020 but wasn’t completed until early 2021. Due to covid-19 pandemic, the shooting was halted for six months and eventually begun in August 2020 and wrapped up in January 2021.
Most scenes took place in the islands of Mauritius, the cast were spotted in Jan 2020 when the filming was in early phase.
Mauritius is an island nation located in the southeastern coast of Africa. The multicultural population, expensive resorts(Resort to Love), perfect night stay rooms, well decorated apartments, and Seven colored Earths makes this place an ideal for other tourist destinations. Moreover, Mauritius is the home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Le Morne Cultural Landscape and Aapravasi Ghat.
The film’s producer Juan Gordon revealed in the interview that Justina was keep on testing positive for the whole stay of six months. Moreover, she was admitted in the hospital for almost five weeks.
At that time, they shot everything they can in the Mauritius without her. Then, Juan decided to leave the place to visit Spain and miraculously, Justina Bustos tested negative that day.
So, rest of the filming was done in Canary Islands where everyone was available fit and fine. The shooting took place for five days in January and finally the principal filming comes to an end that day. The producer also revealed that there may be another part of the film but first they want to see how it works.
Honeymoon with My Mother Cast
- Carmen Machi as Mari Carmen
- Quim Gutiérrez as José Luis
- Jake Francois as Calvin
- Edeen Bhugeloo as Jean-Pierre
- Joaquín Ortega as Patrón yate
- Vinesha Bissoondeeal
- Pere Costa
- Celia Freijeiro
- Isnard Marcio
- Danny Bhowaneedin
- Jorge Suquet
- Andrés Velencoso
- Juanjo Cucalón
- Yolanda Ramos
Honeymoon with my Mother Synopsis
The future wife of Jose has left her in the altar but her persistent mother has blinded herself to go on with son at his honeymoon. When Jose resists her mom’s decision, she come up with an excuse of not wasting the money. The family drama begins in Mauritius along with the washed up nature of Jose.
The movie is full of drama but the sweet nature of Mari Carmen is adorable. She reveals her unexplored face and her wonderful nature that nobody in the family can see. Overall, Amor de madre is funny, dramatic, and full of humor.
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The other two installments of this issue of POW! from July 1966 are here and here.
This piece drawn by John Severin is reprinted from Cracked, which POW! is a spin-off of.
Have Gun, Will Travel by George Peltz is reprinted from Zany, another humor magazine in this line.
Carl Burgos drew this Zorro parody, also reprinted from Zany.
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Andy's Room at the Fort Braden Branch Library
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Experience the magic of being inside a life-sized Andy's Room! Play and learn from our fun STEAM activities, including making a potato light up, and creating your own Forky! There will be photo ops and more." Andy's room is visiting most Library locations. See the full schedule: Main Library 12/4, 10-4 pm Eastside Branch 12/11/21 11-3 pm Northeast Branch 12/18/21, 12-3 pm Fort Braden Branch,12/28/21 to 12/29/21, all day BL Perry Branch 12/29/21 to 12/30/21,all day Lake Jackson Branch, 1/8/22,View more
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Release counties cash, President orders Treasury
Posted Tuesday, August 7 2012 at 19:39
President Mwai Kibaki has directed the Treasury to release funds for the 47 counties before the March general election.
While opening the new debating chamber at Parliament, which was refurbished at a cost of Sh950 million, the President said releasing the cash would guarantee a smooth transition to the devolved system.
“Devolution is critical and it is therefore important that counties are adequately staffed in readiness for the new structures,” said Mr Kibaki.
Finance minister Njeru Githae said the Treasury would release the money to enable counties set up structures for the new administration.
The Treasury set aside Sh160 billion (15 per cent of the total budget) in the current financial year for devolution.
The President said national resources would continue being used to benefit all Kenyans, allaying fears that devolution threatened Kenya’s existence as a unitary state.
“With the discovery of oil and other mineral resources, mechanisms should be put in place to ensure that locals benefit while the national good is put into place for the benefit of future and current generations,” he said.
President Kibaki said the government would facilitate the next phase of Parliament’s modernisation programme.
Parliament has set aside Sh700 million to renovate and expand the old chambers to accommodate the 68 member Senate.
It also plans to spend a similar amount initially on the construction of a 26-storey office complex at a cost of Sh5 billion, to house the expanded parliament.
Parliament is also eyeing the multi-storey Harambee Sacco and Ukulima House buildings for acquisition.
National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende said the chamber, which was constructed in 1963 and commissioned in 1965 to accommodate 158 MPs, was refurbished using locally sourced materials and personnel except for electronic equipment.
Marende defended the Sh220, 000 cost for each of the 350 seats, saying it cost Sh77 million or 54 per cent of the budgeted Sh167 million.
The seats were designed and delivered by Kenya Prisons.
Mr Marende said the Chamber has inbuilt radio and TV broadcasting studios transmitting live feeds straight from the House.


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Whether you are an educator looking for distance learning solutions, or a parent looking for ways of keeping your little ones engaged, or someone who cares about children having uninterrupted access to reading resources even during school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak - StoryWeaver is here to support you.
Illustration by Ekta Bharti, for I Love Me, written by Menaka Raman and published by Pratham Books.
We have more than 19,000 storybooks in 230 languages, available on our platform www.storyweaver.org.in which you can read online, on your phone, download or print PDFs, all for free. Here are some of the other ways that you can use StoryWeaver:
--> The Reading Programme is an easy-to-use, curated collection of books, themes and activities, tailored to suit the learning needs of children from Grades 1 to 8. Sign up for free and help children fall in love with books and reading! http://bit.ly/33jYdMl
--> The STEM Reading Lists have a collection of storybooks that spark curiosity and interest in children to explore concepts related to science, math and technology: http://bit.ly/3aR5RR9
--> The Readalongs are audio-visual storybooks that early readers can listen to as they learn to read. These books have subtitles that mirror the audio narration of the story, which help children build language acquisition skills: http://bit.ly/3aS5Nk2
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Explore StoryWeaver’s local language digital libraries that are available in Amharic, Assamese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla (Bangladesh), BasaJawa , Bengali, Chinyanja, Farsi, French, Gondi, Gujarati, Hindi, Igbo, Kannada, Khmer, Kiswahili, Kolami, Konkani, Korku, Luganda, Macedonian, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Serbian, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, Urdu, Vietnamese and Yoruba, to name a few.
If you are looking for more distance learning solutions, here is a comprehensive list shared by UNESCO.
Thanks to the power of open licensing, technology, and our network of wonderful authors, illustrators, translators and partners, we can give children around the world free access to joyful reading material, even during school closures.
Keep calm, stay safe and #ReadAtHomeWithStoryWeaver.
Pratham Books (www.prathambooks.org) is a not-for-profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish good quality, affordable books in many Indian languages. Our mission is to see ‘a book in every child’s hand’ and we have spread the joy of reading to millions of children in India. As a publisher serving every child in India, Pratham Books has always pushed the boundaries when it comes to exploring innovative ways in which to create access to joyful stories and have been fortunate in finding partners to collaborate with who share this vision.
In 2015, Pratham Books' increased its footprint by going digital. As an industry leader, we were one of the first publishers in the country to open license our content. All this content is now available on StoryWeaver, which is a digital platform that hosts stories in languages from India and beyond, so that every child can have an endless stream of stories in her mother tongue to read and enjoy. The stories can be read, translated, versioned or downloaded for free. All stories on the platform are openly licensed.
We are looking for a Content Manager for the StoryWeaver team.
Illustration by Mohith Mohan from Building a Building, written by Kavitha Punniyamurthi, published by Pratham Books
We are looking for a dynamic individual for the position of Content Manager - StoryWeaver. A self-motivated individual with experience and skills in curating content from multiple sources, forging strategic partnerships and anchoring the process of migrating content to the platform. The person will lead a team and be responsible for timely execution to expand the content available on the platform to serve the needs of children globally. The role will report to the Director - StoryWeaver and will work closely with different internal and external stakeholders. This is a full time position based out of Bengaluru.
Lead the strategic planning, development, and management of content on StoryWeaver
Curation of Content
Continual development of new, innovative ideas to curate the content on the platform
Curate content based on requirements of organisations and partners so as to ensure users access quality content
Licensing and Sourcing Content
Create partnership opportunities with other publishers to open license their content on the platform
Work closely with the content team for sourcing children's storybooks under open licences from across the globe
Create, implement and showcase the best practices around open licensing of content through easily replicable frameworks
Orienting to Curriculum
Liaison with educational and governmental partners and teachers on curating content based on curriculum and structured frameworks.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and subject matter experts to create and source curriculum based content.
Hygiene and Maintenance
Liaison with collaborators and internal and external stakeholder to ensure that high quality standards are met for crowd-sourced content - including review processes and red flagging of inappropriate content
Work closely with operations and studio teams to ensure processes and work-flows are created and well implemented
Work closely with the editorial, research and marketing teams on promotions and campaigns and to deliver the project goals
To take on other tasks or responsibilities, as required for the project
Archiving and documentation
Post graduate in Literature / Education / Journalism with 6-8 years of experience in related fields. Experience with digital platforms is favourable
Experience in curriculum development or classroom experience
The candidate must have hands-on experience in review, proofreading and production related processes.
Exceptional communication skills
Highly organized and detail oriented
A proven track record to manage, lead and deliver large-scale operations
Proven ability to build consensus and work effectively within a cross-departmental team
Nice to have but not mandatory
Experience working with non-profits
1-2 years working in a partner-facing role
Indic language and digital publishing experience
This is a full-time position in our Bangalore office.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience
Write to us:
Email your resume with ‘Content Manager - StoryWeaver’ in the subject line to [email protected]
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Today is World Storytelling Day, which means it is time for our annual storytelling contest: Retell, Remix, Rejoice - this time, with a twist! This year’s edition of Retell, Remix, Rejoice will focus on translating some wonderful storybooks on StoryWeaver, and adding to the pool of multilingual children’s literature.
Translate storybooks and share the joy of reading in 10 languages
At StoryWeaver, we believe that every child deserves joyful storybooks in her own language. In order to work towards this, Retell, Remix, Rejoice 2020 will nurture the translator community, to find and encourage translation talent in 10 languages: Bahasa Indonesia, Hindi, Gondi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Vietnamese.
If you are fluent in one or more of these languages, just fill in the participation form (link below), and we shall assign you a storybook. All you have to do is translate the book into the shortlisted language and submit it!
This year’s prize
The winner(s) will have a one-on-one mentoring and feedback session with an editorial expert. The winner(s) will also receive a print copy of the translated book (only for participants based in India), and the winning translation will be published and highlighted as a Recommended title on StoryWeaver.
How to enter
Enter the Retell, Remix, Rejoice 2020 contest here: https://bit.ly/RRR_Contest
Guidelines for submission
1. The contest will run from March 20, 2020 to May 20, 2020
2. All translations submitted must be your own work.
3. Translations must be in Bahasa Indonesia, Hindi, Gondi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, or Vietnamese.
4. Participants must be over the age of 18 to participate.
5. By submitting your work to Retell, Remix and Rejoice 2020, you are agreeing to a CC-BY 4.0 license being applied to it. This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. To know more about CC-BY 4.0, click here.
6. Terms and conditions apply. All final decisions rest with Pratham Books’ StoryWeaver. For more read here.
1. I am an individual - can I take part? What will I need to participate?
Yes! Your translating skills are very helpful. All you will need is a WiFi connection and a desktop or laptop.
2. I represent an organisation. Can we take part?
We encourage you to spread the word in your network, to participate as individuals if they are fluent in one (or more) of the listed languages.
3. I have no prior translation experience - is that okay?
It is absolutely fine if you have no prior translation experience - if you are fluent in one of the listed languages for RRR 2020, you are all set! Refer to our translation resources here, for some useful tips on the nuances of translating children’s storybooks and for a guide on how to use the StoryWeaver Translator tool.
4. Is there prize money to be won?
There is no prize money. However, the winner(s) will receive a print copy of the translated book (only for participants based in India), and the submitted translation will be published and highlighted as a Recommended Translation on StoryWeaver. The winner(s) will also have a one-on-one session with a Pratham Books’ editorial expert.
5. How will I get credited for the book(s) I translate?
Once you create your own, individual account on StoryWeaver, this ensures that you receive an attribution for your translation.
6. Can I translate more than one book?
Absolutely! Do mention this in the entry form. However, while multiple entries are allowed, every translation will be taken on its own merit at the time of evaluation.
7. Can we translate books into more than one language?
Yes! Do select the languages accordingly in the entry form.
8. What if the book that is assigned to me already has an existing translation? Does my contribution still count?
Yes, it does!
9. Can I write my own story?
This edition of Retell, Remix, Rejoice is focussed only on translation, and not original submissions.
Enter the Retell, Remix, Rejoice 2020 contest now!: https://bit.ly/RRR_Contest
For any queries, do write to us at [email protected]


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Dresden is easily to reach via train and has two big train stations (Bahnhof Dresden Neustadt and Hauptbahnhof) on both sides of the river. For the meeting place and the recommended hotels Bahnhof Dresden Neustadt is the nearest train station.
- from Frankfurt/M via Leipzig hourly service by ICE
- from Hamburg/Berlin every two hours by EC/IC
- from Munich via Leipzig hourly service by ICE
- from Budapest/Prag several times daily by EC
- from Wroclaw three times per day by RE
The Dresden airport has regular connections to many German and European cities (e.g. London, Moskow, Zurich). With the airport train, called S-Bahn, the city centre is only 20 minutes away (train station Dresden Neustadt) and this for only 2 Euro. Most flights are operated by Lufthansa (usually via Frankfurt/M or Munich) and Air Berlin (via Dusseldorf or Nuremberg). An overview over important connections can be found here.
The airports of Berlin or Leipzig are also not far away. Both can be easily reached via train or bus (Berlin Linien Bus or Autobahnexpress). An overview over all connections to or from Berlin can be found here.
- from Frankfurt/M via Autobahn A4
- from Hamburg/Berlin via Autobahn A13
- from Hamburg/Hannover/Leipzig via Autobahn A14
- from Munich via Autobahn A9/A72
- from Prague via Autobahn A17
- from Wroclaw via Autobahn A4
Take the Dresden-Neustadt, Dresden Wilder Mann or Dresden- Hellerau exit and followw the signs to the city centre.