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A dream vision or visio is a literary device in which a dream or vision is recounted as having revealed knowledge or a truth that is not available to the dreamer or visionary in a normal waking state. While dreams occur frequently throughout the history of literature, visionary literature as a genre began to flourish suddenly, and is especially characteristic in early medieval Europe. In both its ancient and medieval form, the dream vision is often felt to be of divine origin. The genre reemerged in the era of Romanticism, when dreams were regarded as creative gateways to imaginative possibilities beyond rational calculation.
This genre typically follows a structure whereby a narrator recounts their experience of falling asleep, dreaming, and waking, with the story often an allegory. The dream, which forms the subject of the poem, is prompted by events in their waking life that are referred to early in the poem. The ‘vision’ addresses these waking concerns through the possibilities of the imaginative landscapes offered by the dream-state. In the course of the dream, the narrator, often with the aid of a guide, is offered perspectives that provide potential resolutions to their waking concerns. The poem concludes with the narrator waking, determined to record the dream – thus producing the poem. The dream-vision convention was widely used in European, Old Russian, medieval Latin, Muslim, Gnostic, Hebrew, and other literatures.
Visions in medieval European literatureEdit
In the book "Medieval Latin visions", Russian philologist Boris Yarkho explores the genre of dream visions, defining it in terms of form and content. To the formal aspects of the genre, the researcher refers, first, the didacticism of the genre of visions itself, which should reveal some truths to the reader; secondly, the presence of the image of a "clairvoyant" (or visionary), which has two functions: "he must perceive the content of the vision purely spiritually" and "must associate the content of the vision with sensory images". Third, the formal aspects include psychophysiological phenomena, that is, the situation and circumstances of the vision: lethargy, hallucinations and dreams.
The content of the genre of visions is based on the description of pictures of the afterlife, ghosts and phenomena of otherworldly forces, as well as eschatology. In addition, medieval visions can also be filled with topical content that is adjacent to the "eternal", that is, the afterlife, the otherworldly: socio-political contexts can penetrate into the visions, etc.
Yarkho pays attention to the internal structure of visions, distinguishing two types — "one-vertex" visions and "multi-vertex" (eschatological) visions. The structure of the second type of vision can be "archaic", "classical", or " complexly systematized».
On the Genesis of medieval visions, Rosalia Shor writes in the Literary encyclopedia (1929-1939):
Until the 12th century, all the visions were written in Latin, from the 12th century there are translated ones, and from the 13th — there are original visions in folk languages. The most complete form of visions is represented in the Latin poetry of the clergy: this genre is closely related to canonical and apocryphal religious literature and is close to Church preaching
The peak of the medieval vision genre is considered to be Dante's "Divine Comedy", which can be called a detailed vision, based on its narrative and compositional features.
The deformation of the genre of visionsEdit
In the course of evolutionary development, the genre of visions in European literature undergoes natural historical changes: visions are beginning to be used by authors as a means of transmitting satirical content, for writing pamphlets on topical circumstances. As R. O. Shor notes,
since the Tenth century, the form and content of visions have provoked protest, often from the declassified layers of the clergy themselves (poor clerics and goliard schoolboys). All this results in periodic visions. On the other hand, the form of visions is taken over by courtly chivalrous poetry in folk languages: visions here acquire a new content, becoming a frame of love-didactic allegory — such as, for example, "Fabliau dou dieu d'amour" (the Story of the God of love), " Venus la déesse d'amors" (Venus — the goddess of love) and finally-the encyclopedia of courtly love-the famous "Roman de la Rose" of Guillaume de Lorris.
Visions in Old Russian literatureEdit
The genre of visions was one of the typical genres of Old Russian literature, in addition, its individual elements could penetrate into the structure of other genres of Old Russian works. For example, Nikolai Prokofiev discovered the features of the genre of visions in stories, walks, lives, signs, and many other sources.
The composition of the traditional Old Russian vision is as follows: the plot begins with a prayer that precedes psychophysiological states, which are accompanied by visions. Then the hero sees otherworldly forces, which, showing the visionary a "revelation", solve some question. The fear of the clairvoyant is described, after which the meaning of the "revelation" itself is revealed. In conclusion, these same forces call on the visionary to preach what he has seen.
The nature of the images in the Old Russian visions is twofold: they can be both characters of Christian mythology, which do not need interpretation, and symbolic or allegorical images of living nature (going back to the Old Russian pagan beliefs). Exploring the genesis of visions, Nikolai Prokofiev raises them to the genre of dreams, very popular in ancient times.
The heroes of the Old Russian epic are often gods, and this phenomenon is usually given in dreams.
Some researchers conclude that the genre of visions gradually disappears from literature after the Peter the Great era. Russian Russian writer Alexander Pigin, who in his book "Visions of the Other World in Russian Handwritten books" cites a whole body of texts that indicate that the genre of visions in the Russian handwritten tradition does not die in the XIX—XX centuries, and also draws attention to the lack of knowledge of the genre. Defining the subject of the Old Russian visions, he speaks of "small eschatology", that is, the doctrine of the posthumous fate of the human soul, and of "big eschatology" - the doctrine of the end of the world:
The subject of the visions is "small" (or "private") eschatology, since all the interest in them is focused on the posthumous fate of the individual.
Pigin points out that visions as a genre have their roots in archaic animistic beliefs, and ideas about the "other world" are found in all peoples.
Authors and worksEdit
- Augustine of Hippo, Soliloquia
- Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
- Cicero, Dream of Scipio
- Macrobius, Commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio
- John Gower, Vox Clamantis Book One is an account of the Peasants' Revolt
- Alain de Lille, De planctu naturae
- Brother Marcus, Visio Tnugdali ("The Vision of Tundale")
- Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la rose, also translated into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Marie de France, The Legend of the Purgatory of St. Patrick
- Le Chemin de Povreté et de Richesse, a 14th-century dream poem incorporated in Le Ménagier de Paris
- Le Chemin de long estude, by Christine de Pizan
- See also aisling, Modern literature in Irish.
- Geoffrey Keating
- Aogán Ó Rathaille
- Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin
- Seán "Clárach" Mac Domhnaill
- Brian Merriman
- Pádraig Phiarais Cúndún
- Seán Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin
- Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy depicts the conventions of dream-vision literature, though Dante specifically says that his vision is not a dream
- Bede, Vision of Drycthelm
- Anonymous, The Dream of the Rood – the guide in Dream of the Rood is the Cross on which Christ was crucified.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Legend of Good Women, House of Fame, Book of the Duchess, Parliament of Fowls – The Parliament of Fowls features a dream vision in which the narrator falls asleep while reading the Dream of Scipio and is ushered into a walled garden. He is chaperoned in the dream briefly by Scipio the Elder himself.
- William Langland, Piers Plowman or Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (William's Vision of Piers Plowman) is an apocalyptic Middle English allegorical narrative attributed to William Langland, one of the great works of English literature. It is written in unrhymed alliterative verse divided into sections called passus (Latin for "step").
- Sir John Clanvowe, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale
- Anonymous, Parlement of the Thre [sic] Ages
- Anonymous, Wynnere and Wastoure
- Pearl Poet, Pearl
- The Vision of Tundale, a translation from the Latin Visio Tnugdali.
- John Lydgate, The Temple of Glass
- John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Triumph of Life
- William Morris, News from Nowhere, A Dream of John Ball
- C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce tells of a dream vision in which the author joins a group of the damned on a vacation bus trip to heaven, where they encounter various figures from their own pasts who try to entreat them to come and join the company of those in heaven.
- The Eagles, "Hotel California"
- Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865 ) is in the form of a dream vision.
- James Joyce's (Irish novelist) "Finnegans Wake" (1939) consists of an immense cosmic dream.
- The Tale of Igor's Campaign
- Praying of Daniel the Immured
- About the whole thing
- Depth Book
- And some Old Russian letopises.
- See also Aisling, Scottish Gaelic literature
- Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair
- Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna
- See also Ukrainian literature
- Taras Shevchenko's The Dream
- Anonymous, The Dream of Rhonabwy, possibly a satire on the medieval dream vision
- Anonymous, The Dream of Macsen Wledig
- Boris Yarkho (1989). "Средневековые латинские видения" [Восток-Запад: Исследования, переводы, публикации] (in Russian). Moscow. ISBN 5-02-016791-6.
- ^ Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2001, 2004), p. 78.
- ^ Christine Kenyon, Jones, "Dreams and Dreaming," in Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 (Taylor & Francis, 2004), vol. 1, pp. 293–294; Douglas B. Wilson, The Romantic Dream: Wordsworth and the Poetics of the Unconscious (University of Nebraska Press, 1993), p. 11.
- ^ a b Ярхо, Борис Исаакович. Из книги «Средневековые латинские видения» // Восток-Запад: Исследования, переводы, публикации. Вып. 4. — М.: Наука, 1989. — ISBN 5-02-016791-6
- ^ Shor 1939.
- ^ Shor, Rosalia (1939). Vision [Literary Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Moscow. p. 447.
- ^ a b c Nikolai Prokofiev. Vision as a genre in Ancient Russian literature / / Uchenye zapiski MSPI im. V. I. Lenin. - M., 1964. - Vol. 231: Voprosy stila khudozhestvennoy literatury. - p. 37-38
- ^ a b Alexander Pigin. Visions of the Other world in Russian handwritten books. - St. Petersburg, 2006. - p. 3-21.


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Fit Pay, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NXT-ID, has revealed that it is adding payment capabilities to Token, a biometric identity ring.
The proprietary technology platform provided by Fit Pay will deliver payment, credential management, authentication and other secure services to the biometric ring.
Fit Pay said that it will equip Token with digital wallet functionality and connect to its Trusted Payment Manager platform, which is integrated with major card networks as Mastercard and Visa.
Michael Orlando, president of Fit Pay and COO of NXT-ID, said: “Innovative devices like Token are transforming the payment experience for consumers by combining secure authentication and a frictionless transaction into a sleek, fashionable form factor. Its launch helps push the adoption of contactless payments towards an inflection point.”
Token cofounder and CEO Melanie Shapiro said: “Our vision is to offer a device that streamlines the process of authentication throughout the day, while simultaneously protecting users from identity fraud using advanced cryptography.
“As we looked to add essential services to Token, contactless payment capabilities were a must-have and Fit Pay platform offered the best end-to-end solution for our users.”
Token is now available for presale at the company’s website beginning at $249, and will begin shipping to users in December 2017.

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I'm surprised the media isn't talking about this 24/7
If it was a mass shooting they would be screaming assault weapon and we would have a timeline of events.
I also personally never realized how big the fire was and how quickly it got that large.
From what I've heard, the female officer was shot first, and the guy, went in to rescue her, leave no officer behind.
Only heard it once though


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Corvallis, Ore. -- About a dozen of scouts were in attendance at Oregon State for the Beaver's Pro Day as coaches, families, and friends watched as the players went through drills.
A group of eight Beavers participated in Pro Day events, ranging from bench press, 40 yard dash, to the vertical jump.
Among the participants Friday afternoon was receiver Timmy Hernandez, linebacker Jonathan Willis, defensive tackle Kalani Vakameilalo, offensive lineman Kammy Delp, former quarterback Darell Garretson, and former defensive tackle Paisa Savea. About three Western Oregon players also went through drills during the event.
Despite most projections prediciting the Beavers to go undrafted, the players said they were excited to go through the process and find out where they land in the NFL.
Willis said, "It's something you do just to prepare for, but when you get to it you know just make sure when you get into it you're calm. You're not too worried about the outcome as long as you go in and do your best everything will fall; Fall in place."
Scouts in attendance represented the Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, and Pittsburgh Steelers.
"It's weird i'm sitting there talking to some of the scouts afterwards and you look down, he's wearing a Broncos or a different team's logo on his jacket," Hernandez said. "And that's kind of cool that that's where we're at, our stage and we're so close to where we've been dreaming about since we were five years old."
The NFL Draft begins on April 25th, and will go through the 27th.


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Dinardo-Miranda L.L.,Instituto Agronomico
Bragantia | Year: 2010
Nematodes are important pests of sugarcane crop in Brazil. However, no studies have been reported on the spatial and temporal variability of nematodes population in sugarcane fields and such studies are indispensable for the development of sampling plans, aimed at their application in integrated management programs. This work was carried out in two commercial fields of approximately 1 ha, both of them infested by Meloidogyne javanica and Pratylenchus zeae. In each area, samples represented by about 50 g of roots, were collected every two months, within a grid measuring 10.5 × 10 m (experiment 1) and 9.8 × 10 m (experiment 2). The highest nematodes populations were obtained during the rainy season, when high temperatures and moistures were favorable to root development. For this reason the rainy season was considered the best time to collect samples to identify areas with nematodes problem. Among the 52 calculated semivariograms (28 for M. javanica or P. zeae populations in area 1 and 24 for M. javanica or P. zeae populations in area 2), 22 could not be fitted to any model and presented a pure nugget effect. The spherical model showed the best fit to the semivariograms of data observed in the other 30 conditions. In those cases, values of range in semivariogram varied from 22 to 77 m, with 47 m on average and suggesting that, to obtain a reliable estimate for the population of these plant parasites in a given area, samples should be collected 47 m apart, which is equivalent to 1.5 sampling points per hectare.
de Assis A.C.C.,Instituto Agronomico |
Coelho R.M.,Instituto Agronomico |
da Pinheiro E.S.,Federal University of Amazonas |
Durigan G.,Instituto Florestal
Plant Ecology | Year: 2011
Soil is one of the environmental elements to influence Cerrado vegetation. Aluminum toxicity of Cerrado soils is well known, but the importance of water availability is still to be understood, especially in Cerrado under wetter climates. We studied the association between Cerrado physiognomies (cerradosensu stricto and cerradão) and morphological, chemical, physical, and physical-hydrical soil attributes at southwestern São Paulo State, Brazil. Characterization of soil morphology, classification and sample collection for particle-size distribution, and chemical and water-retention analyses were carried out in 15 permanent plots, where vegetation was characterized floristically and structurally. Simple correlation and canonical correspondence analyses were performed with soil data. Classification of soils (U. S. Soil Taxonomy) with very low clay contents was not able to separate soils under cerradão-forestry physiognomy-from those under cerradosensu stricto-savannic physiognomy, even though it tends to distinguish soils under greater biomass from those under lower biomass physiognomies. High soil acidity of all studied soils and increased at the sites with greater contents of organic matter, mainly with the cerradão physiognomy, precluded Al toxicity as a cause of the physiognomic gradient within Cerrado. Clay content, microporosity, and residual and saturation moisture were the most significant soil attributes to correlate directly with the cerradão physiognomy, indicating that water availability is the main factor explaining the physiognomic gradient of Cerrado vegetation in a local scale, where climate and soil fertility do not vary spatially. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Esper R.H.,Instituto Biologico |
Goncalez E.,Instituto Biologico |
Marques M.O.,Instituto Agronomico |
Felicio R.C.,University Estadual Of Santa Cruz |
Felicio J.D.,Instituto Biologico
Frontiers in Microbiology | Year: 2014
Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a highly toxic and carcinogenic metabolite produced by Aspergillus species on food and agricultural commodities. Inhibitory effects of essential oils of Ageratum conyzoides (mentrasto) and Origanum vulgare (oregano) on the mycelial growth and aflatoxin B1 production by Aspergillus flavus have been studied previously in culture medium. The aim of this study was to evaluate aflatoxin B1 production by Aspergillus flavus in real food systems (corn and soybean) treated with Ageratum conyzoides (mentrasto) and Origanum vulgare (oregano) essential oils. Samples with 60 g of the grains were treated with different volumes of essential oils, 200, 100, 50, and 10 μL for oregano and 50, 30, 15, and 10 μL for mentrasto. Fungal growth was evaluated by disk diffusion method. Aflatoxin B production was evaluated inoculating suspensions of A. flavus containing 1.3 × 10 spores/mL in 60 g of grains (corn and soybeans) after adjusting the water activity at 0.94. Aflatoxin was quantified by photodensitometry. Fungal growth and aflatoxin production were inhibited by essential oils, but the mentrasto oil was more effective in soybeans than that of oregano. On the other hand, in corn samples, the oregano essential oil was more effective than that of mentrasto. Chemical compositions of the essential oils were also investigated. The GC/MS oils analysis showed that the main component of mentrasto essential oil is precocene I and of the main component of oregano essential oil is 4-terpineol. The results indicate that both essential oils can become an alternative for the control of aflatoxins in corn and soybeans. © 2014 Esper, Gonçalez, Marques, Felicio and Felicio.
de Alcantara M.A.K.,University of Sao Paulo |
de Camargo O.A.,Instituto Agronomico
Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira | Year: 2010
The objective of this work was to evaluate nitrate movement on soil columns considering mainly, total amount recovered, fit among experimental and model-predicted transposition curves, and model-obtained retardation factors. Samples of A and B horizons of Udox and Udult soils were used. A leaching experiment was carried out considering the miscible displacement theory, using 100 mL of a 10-mmol L-1 KNO3 solution as pulse. The amounts of nitrate leached and recovered in the columns for Udox and Udult soils in horizons A and B varied from 0.405 to 1.432 mmol L-1. There was significant (p<0.05) correlation between experimental and model-predicted curves for columns Udult-A, Udult-B and Udox-B. The mathematical model used is suitable for predicting nitrate lixiviation in B-horizon columns in Udox and Udult soils. The retardation factor was greater than 1.0 in the soil columns with good fit among experimental and predicted data, which indicates that the nitrate movement is delayed in comparison to the advance of the soil wetting front.
Zambrosi F.C.B.,Instituto Agronomico
Bragantia | Year: 2012
There are still doubts with regard to the efficiency of P fertilization in the sugarcane ratoon and the interaction between P and other nutrients that could affect the responses to P reapplication. An experiment was set up to evaluate the effects of P rates (45 and 90 kg ha-1 of P2O5) applied either in the absence or presence of Mg fertilizer (50 kg ha-1 of Mg) on the stalk yield, of sugarcane ratoon. P fertilization increased stalk yield in 17% compared to the control treatment (no P fertilizer). However, such response did not depend on Mg fertilization, suggesting that Mg was not critical to the occurrence of P response. The P nutritional status of sugarcane was not also affected by Mg application, being altered exclusively by P fertilization. P content in the leaves varied significantly (p<0.05) from 1.4 g kg-1 in the control to 1.7 g kg-1 and 1.9 g kg-1 in the treatments with application of 45 and 90 kg ha-1 of P2O5, respectively. P fertilization increased in 21% and 16%, the efficiency in the use of N and K fertilizers, respectively, compared to the control. The results suggest that increases in the yield of sugarcane ratoon cultivated in a low-P soil can be obtained with P reapplication, what might be related to the improvements on the P nutritional status of the plants.
Andrade S.A.L.,University of Campinas |
Silveira A.P.D.,Instituto Agronomico |
Mazzafera P.,University of Campinas
Science of the Total Environment | Year: 2010
Studies on mycorrhizal symbiosis effects on metal accumulation and plant tolerance are not common in perennial crops under metal stress. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of mycorrhization on coffee seedlings under Cu and Zn stress. Copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) uptake and some biochemical and physiological traits were studied in thirty-week old Coffea arabica seedlings, in response to the inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and to increasing concentrations of Cu or Zn in soil. The experiments were conducted under greenhouse conditions in a 2×4 factorial design (inoculation or not with AMF and 0, 50, 150 and 450mgkg-1 Cu or 0, 100, 300 and 900mgkg-1 Zn). Non-mycorrhizal plants maintained a hampered and slow growth even in a soil with appropriate phosphorus (P) levels for this crop. As metal levels increased in soil, a greater proportion of the total absorbed metals were retained by roots. Foliar Cu concentrations increased only in non-mycorrhizal plants, reaching a maximum concentration of 30mgkg-1 at the highest Cu in soil. Mycorrhization prevented the accumulation of Cu in leaves, and mycorrhizal plants showed higher Cu contents in stems, which indicated a differential Cu distribution in AMF-associated or non-associated plants. Zn distribution and concentrations in different plant organs followed a similar pattern independently of mycorrhization. In mycorrhizal plants, only the highest metal concentrations caused a reduction in biomass, leading to significant changes in some biochemical indicators, such as malondialdehyde, proline and amino acid contents in leaves and also in foliar free amino acid composition. Marked differences in these physiological traits were also found due to mycorrhization. In conclusion, AMF protected coffee seedlings against metal toxicity. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Berenschot A.S.,Instituto Agronomico |
Quecini V.,Embrapa Uva e Vinho
Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants | Year: 2014
Flower color and plant architecture are important commercially valuable features for ornamental petunias (Petunia x hybrida Vilm.). Photoperception and light signaling are the major environmental factors controlling anthocyanin and chlorophyll biosynthesis and shade-avoidance responses in higher plants. The genetic regulators of these processes were investigated in petunia by in silico analyses and the sequence information was used to devise a reverse genetics approach to probe mutant populations. Petunia orthologs of photoreceptor, light-signaling components and anthocyanin metabolism genes were identified and investigated for functional conservation by phylogenetic and protein motif analyses. The expression profiles of photoreceptor gene families and of transcription factors regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis were obtained by bioinformatic tools. Two mutant populations, generated by an alkalyting agent and by gamma irradiation, were screened using a phenotype-independent, sequence-based method by high-throughput PCR-based assay. The strategy allowed the identification of novel mutant alleles for anthocyanin biosynthesis (CHALCONE SYNTHASE) and regulation (PH4), and for light signaling (CONSTANS) genes. © 2013 Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society.
Bernini C.S.,Instituto Agronomico |
Paterniani M.E.A.G.Z.,Instituto Agronomico
Pesquisa Agropecuaria Tropical | Year: 2012
Hybrids developed with the efficient use of heterosis contribute significantly for increasing maize yield. This study aimed to evaluate F 2 hybrid populations, concernings agronomic traits, and estimate genetic parameters of F 2 populations, as well as heterosis, by using the Gardner & Eberhart method. Higher estimates of F 2 populations effect, for grain mass, were noticed in the Pop.9, Pop.11, Pop.14, and Pop.15, being considered suitable for intrapopulational recurrent selection programs and for obtaining superior lines. The Pop.10 and Pop.16 distinguished themselves by presenting the higher effects of parental heterosis, for grain mass. The Pop.12 x Pop.10 and Pop.13 x Pop.10 hybrids showed high yield and specific heterosis effects, revealing the existence of dominant locus in the genetic control of grain mass.
de Abreu C.A.,Instituto AgronOmico |
Coscione A.R.,Instituto AgronOmico |
Pires A.M.,Embrapa Meio Ambiente |
Paz-Ferreiro J.,Technical University of Madrid
Journal of Geochemical Exploration | Year: 2012
Phytoremediation is a sound alternative to soil decontamination, as it has lower costs and is more environmentally friendly than other practices. The need to handle contaminated biomass after harvesting and the search for new renewable energy sources have shifted research interests from typical edible or scenic plant species to those that can be used to produce biofuels. The castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L.) is a fast growing plant with high biomass production and is a potential phytoaccumulator of several metals. In recent years, the federal government of Brazil has encouraged castor oil plant cultivation for biodiesel and bioethanol production. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the phytoextraction potential of R. communis L. and the effect of organic matter addition (peat vs. filter cake) to a soil contaminated with scrap metal residue containing heavy metals and boron. The experiment consisted of a completely randomized block design with two organic matter sources and four rates of amendment (0, 20, 40 and 80Mgha-1 organic carbon). Treatments were replicated three times. The castor oil plants were harvested 74days after sowing. No accumulation of Cr, Ni, Cd, Cu, Pb or Zn was observed in the plants, but the concentration of B increased to 626mgkg-1 upon filter cake addition in castor oil shoots. Peat addition reduced by 2.7years the time needed for removal of 50% of soil B content compared to the treatment with no organic matter addition. The transfer factor and transference index values obtained for B with castor oil plants in the present study were comparable to those obtained for hyperaccumulator species. Although our results are promising, further studies should be conducted to prove the usefulness of plants grown in contaminated areas for remediation purposes and for biofuel production. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Dinardo-Miranda L.L.,Instituto Agronomico |
dos Anjos I.A.,Instituto Agronomico |
da Costa V.P.,Instituto Agronomico |
Fracasso J.V.,Instituto Agronomico
Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira | Year: 2012
The objective of this work was to evaluate the oviposition preference of Diatraea saccharalis and the effect of ten sugarcane cultivars on larval development. Oviposition preference was assessed under greenhouse conditions by three releases of couples of moths, with subsequent counting of egg masses and eggs per plant. In order to evaluate the effect of the cultivars on larval development, each plant was infected with about 150 eggs, and, 29 days later, the total number of internodes, number of bored internodes, number of life forms found, larval and pupal weight and length, and the width of larval head capsule were evaluated. The cultivars IACSP94-2101 and IACSP96-2042, the least preferred by D. saccharalis for oviposition, and IACSP94-2094, the most unfavorable for larvae entrance and development, show resistance to the pest.


Although UTLX did have some 10,000 gallon Type V cars, the model shown is a 6500 gallon car.
The main issue, following their use through WWII, was the requirement to convert to AB brakes. Note that the model has split KD brakes that are mounted directly to the bottom plate of the tank as there was no center sill. With some built in the first years of the century and none built past 1912, it would appear that UTLX did not deem conversion to AB schedule brakes worth the cost and effort.
Note that this type of car, with the K brakes continued in operation for many years beyond 1953 on Colorado narrow gauge rails.
It would be interesting to know what was the last standard gauge Type V car in operation and when it was retired? Certainly, it would have been at or near 1953.
Hope this helps. With the onset of WWII every tank car that was available was pressed into service.
From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.org] On Behalf Of vapeurchapelon
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Subject: [RealSTMFC] UTLX frameless tank car - how long in revenue service?
I have one of these cars:
Years ago I have read these were in use until after WWII, but I am sure - if at all - then with other trucks (easy fix). But when I see how small it is and that it doesn't have a seperate frame - I wonder if this design met all requirements for any kind of service around and after WWII - does anyone of you know more?
Many thanks and greetings
Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953


One of the most regular pieces of news that seems to crop up is some game being given a movie deal by some studio. We saw this just yesterday, with a collaboration between J.J. Abrams and Valve announced that could point to a Portal or Half-life movie being made, with a collaboration between the filmmaker and the developer a powerful one.
In many ways I suppose this is a reflection of just how far gaming has come since the days it was pushed to the side and almost entirely ostracised by society. The situation now is hardly amazing, we still get politicians and the media rallying against violent games and linking them to just about every piece of real world violence, but there’s certainly a more broad acceptance of gaming as a whole, even if certain elements are still left out in the cold.[drop2]You could also see it as Hollywood complimenting the writing in games, that their characters and stories are good enough to be seen on the silver screen as well as in your home.
Of course, given the number of changes that movies often make to the games they’re based on, perhaps it’s not the writing as a whole that’s improved but simply the core ideas.
What’s really improved though is one simple thing, brand recognition. Games now make enough money that they’re impossible for movie makers to ignore, they frequently make the box office take look pathetic by comparison.
There is, of course, the huge gap in price between a ticket to the cinema and a brand new game (although with the rising price of tickets the gap’s closing), but there’s still an absolutely huge market for games and their characters that movie studios want to tap into.
I can’t really blame them for that, every business on the planet wants to get more customers to buy their product. However, at times it really does feel like the cross-media proliferation of games has gone just a little bit too far.
The concept of characters from a game popping up somewhere else is certainly nothing new, Saturday Supercade started in 1983 and featured short episodes featuring characters from arcade games (Donkey Kong, Frogger, Q*Bert and Pitfall Harry), while the late 80s and early 90s saw Mario and Sonic, among others, getting their own cartoons and comic books.
Kids loved the characters, and making transition to other forms of media was an obvious one that provided profit for everyone involved.
As gaming has grown so has the desire for their characters to make the transition over to comics, books, TV and films. It now seems like just about any popular piece of IP will be picked up for a film, and I wonder if this isn’t always the best thing for the original games.
Yeah, the Super Mario Bros. movie.
It may well be that these crossovers bolster the original game, bringing the characters to a wider audience and, crucially, drawing in more money for the publishers and developers to make more games with. However, too often I think they’re simply bad, harming the game’s reputation and enforcing a notion that games can’t tell “proper” stories.
If a movie’s good then, maybe, you might be able to redirect some of those patrons back towards the source material, although the popularity of movies like the Avengers or Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy hasn’t done all that much to bolster the sales of comics featuring the same characters.
Of course much of the time the announcements of a movie deal comes to nothing, it’s simply a studio buying up the rights on the chance that they feel like making it and to stop a rival from picking up a potential blockbuster. I’m actually content with this, and hopefully a longer time spent developing the film will lead to a better quality product if it does get released.
Realistically that’s what we need if games are going to continue to get movie deals – good films of good games. If that starts to happen more often then perhaps it could be good for gaming as a whole, although I do worry that an oversaturation may seem a little desperate, similar to some of the backlash against the number of movies tied into comics.


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Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay tweeted Saturday that he's "elated" to now own the piano John Lennon used to compose songs for The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.
The piano, made in the 1870s, was auctioned on the site GottaHaveRockandRoll.com. The site estimated it would sell for between $800,000 and $1.2 million. As of Saturday night, the final price tag had not been announced, though the website TMZ said it was $718,750.
"I’m elated to now be the steward of John’s “Sgt. Pepper” upright piano. It’s a responsibility I take seriously, with future generations in mind," Irsay said in his tweet.
GottaHaveRockandRoll.com said the painted piano had been in two homes Lennon lived in in England while composing songs for "Sgt. Pepper's," which came out in 1967. According to the website, songs he wrote on the piano included "A Day in the Life" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."
Irsay is a longtime rock memorabilia collector. In 2016, he paid $137,500 to purchase the Yellow Cloud electric guitar that Prince used in numerous concerts until the mid-1990s.
Irsay also has instruments once owned by musicians Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, and Ringo Star of the Beatles. In 2015, he paid $1.75 million for Ringo Starr's drum set.

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Over the years, Cambodia has become the gambling hub for East Asia, where most countries have banned gambling in their jurisdictions. In 2020, Cambodian authorities passed a law regulating the gambling industry in the country.
Is gambling allowed in Cambodia?
The law provides designated gambling zones and measures to protect the industry from harmful consequences such as money laundering and terrorism financing.
The rules and regulations to be followed by casino operators in Cambodia are spelt out under this law.
What law regulates gambling in Cambodia?
Under this Commercial Management Law, Cambodian citizens remain banned from entering casinos or other gambling establishments. However, the widespread corruption in the country makes it challenging to enact some of the provisions effectively.
There are more than 200 licensed casinos in Cambodia, according to the Commercial Gambling Committee of Cambodia (CGCC). In 2021, Cambodia received 1,306,143 foreign tourists, mainly from Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Europe.
One location that has risen to become the centre of Cambodian gambling is Sihanoukville. It contains more than 50% of the betting and wagering establishments, with over 450 slot machines.
These are some of the best casinos to visit in Cambodia:
Nagaworld Casino and Hotel
Founded in 1995, Nagaworld Casino and Hotel is a subsidiary of NagaCorp Ltd, which trades on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The award-winning resort is located in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, and features 1658 luxurious rooms and suites. The hotel amenities are found in a massive 13-storey building.
The resort offers a lot of attractions, including top-notch facilities such as the very first underground shopping mall in the country and a luxurious Theatre with a 2000-seat capacity.
Try Your Luck at the Hotel’s Casino
It has the country’s largest luxury premium casino in an eight-story building.
The casino offers massive gaming halls, machines, exquisite spars, karaoke lounges, and a shopping gallery for thousands of guests daily.
Shop at Cambodian sole underground shopping complex for international premium brands.
Lucky Ruby Casino
Located in Prey Vor, Svay Rieng, Lucky Ruby Casino features over 100 Asian-themed luxurious rooms.
It is strategically located, and visitors from Phnom Penh, Bavet, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, can conveniently access it.
The casino offers an exciting gambling experience with professional staff ready to serve you.
It hosts a wide variety of options, including 3 Card Poker, Baccarat, and Dragon Tiger, as well as local games like Fishing Machine, Fan Tan, Tai Xiu, and Bai Buu.
Lucky Ruby Casino boasts restaurants serving authentic Cambodian, Vietnamese, and general Asian local cuisines prepared by top chefs.
The casino also features an Asian Beer Garden, Sky Bar, Ruby Mart & Café, Karaoke, disco, gym, massage, sauna, and jacuzzi.
The Sangam Resort and Casino
The Sangam Resort and Casino is located in Oddar Meanchey Province, Stung Treng, Cambodia.
The 12-storey luxurious hotel and casino offer various amenities suitable for people looking for fun and an escape from busy urban life.
A Classic Casino
Visitors can try out more than six varieties of games on the gaming floor. The most common games include Caribbean Stud Poker, Non-Commission Baccarat, Baccarat, Roulette, Sic-Bo, and Fan Tan.
The casino also has a VIP room for High Rollers. Players can always pick a brochure containing information about all games available.
Recharge your batteries
You can enjoy Japanese, Chinese and European foods, live concerts, karaoke, swimming, casino games, plus a Spa & Massage salon in this resort.
Established in April 1999, Crown Resort Company Ltd is located on the Poipet-Aranyaprathet border, Poipet city.
It opened its first resort in Poipet and has grown into a massive single resort consisting of four adjoining main buildings – namely Princess Crown, Golden Crown, Dreamworld, and Genting Crown.
Over the years, Crown Casino has expanded its operations and has subsidiaries in Chrey Thum, Bavet, and Pailin.
More than Just a Casino
The hotel offers the highest hospitality services with a safe and secure environment for visitors to enjoy their stay at the hotel facilities.
A Casino Worth its Name
Built to attract foreign gamblers, Crown Casino is among the most popular casinos in the city. It offers Poker, Roulette, Black Jack, poker machines, and other gaming facilities.
The well-trained staff and top-level security systems ensure your gaming experience is full of fun, safe, and seamless.
The casino provides a fair gaming experience where you can win generous prizes while trying out various gambling facilities.
Queenco Hotel and Casino
Queenco Hotel and Casino is located in Victory beach, Preah Sihanouk, and consists of restaurants, a SPA and salon, a swimming pool, a casino, and a lounge.
Take Your Vacation to the Next Level
The seaside hotel allows you to have a quiet vacation enjoying the tranquillity at top-notch facilities and adventurous summer, amusing yourself with an extensive list of water sports.
Bring Your Luck With You
Sihanoukville’s second-largest casino features 12 gaming tables and 138 slots. Here you can play Roulette, Blackjack, and Baccarat, among others.
The complimentary drinks and appetisers provided to gamblers make their gambling experience memorable.
Alternatives for Travelling to Casino Resorts
Travelling to casino resorts requires being well-moneyed as most services are luxurious. However, the rise in online gambling means you can opt for convenient alternatives for online casino games, engaging in such activities using your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone.
As casinos try to infiltrate the growing online market, they have upgraded their services to online gambling, where gamblers can bet with minimum funds.
Cambodia is the gambling centre of Southeast Asia.
Cambodia has emerged as a Southeast Asia gambling centre with numerous legal casinos.
The law on commercial gambling management has helped the country control the gambling industry and encouraged investors to set up their gambling businesses in designated areas.
It has led to an influx of foreign tourists in these locations.
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Cheryl Cole is a very busy girl these days, but she still finds time to catch up with her best girlfriends.
Kimberley Walsh says she’s happy after finally getting to spend some quality time with Cheryl Cole now that The X Factor has finished for another year.
She told us: “I‘ve been having a lovely time catching up with Cheryl – she popped round for a cup of tea and a chat, which was great. She’s just chilling at the moment after The X Factor and enjoying every moment.”
And Kimberley says she can’t wait for Sarah Harding and fiance Tom Crane to throw an engagement party – which she assures us Nadine Coyle will get an invite to.
She added: “I also caught up with Sarah Harding, she seemed so happy and excited about her wedding plans but she categorically hasn’t planned an engagement party without inviting Nadine like some publications have said.
“Although knowing Sarah, she will throw a big party and I for one can’t wait!”

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Dr. Yazhen Gong is currently an associate professor and an executive vice department chair at the School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China. She received her doctoral degree from University of British Columbia and her master degree from University of the Philippines. Her major research field is environment and natural resource economics, particularly focusing on studying the governance of natural resources from economic perspectives. She has strong expertise on conducting household surveys and field experiments to study human behaviors in natural resource management. She has published more than 20 papers in high-quality journals such as PNAS, Land Economics, Ecological Economics, Agricultural Economics, Climatic Change, Science of the Total Environment and among others.
This course provides a systematic introduction to major environmental issues in the context of recent social and economic development in China.

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Limestone powder is the most widely used building material in the world. This status is the result of the good physical and chemical qualities of limestone. Lime is stone, therefore it does not decompose, shrink or expand.
Nordkalk’s limestone powder products made of the white marble in Pargas are used in products, in which high quality and white colour is required such as white plasters and mortars, white concrete facades, in colourful facings and e.g. in the white substance used for road markings. Other Nordkalk lime fillers are widely used raw materials in different construction industry products such as concrete, tiles, roofing felt and fibre cement board and in mortars and levelling compounds.
Quicklime is needed as a binding agent in lime sand bricks, and slaked lime in all types of plasters and levelling compounds.

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Creating Wakanda: How Travel Inspired the Design of Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’By Marc Graser and Robin Bennefield
It will be hard for you not to want to visit Wakanda after you see Marvel Studios’ newest blockbuster “Black Panther.” There’s just one catch: You can’t. Well, sort of.
The fictional nation is the homeland of Black Panther, King T’Challa, who made history as the first superhero of African descent in mainstream American comics when his character debuted in 1966.
Imagined by director Ryan Coogler and set designer Hannah Bleachler, the film’s setting delivers a reverential treatment of Africa’s lush landscapes, from the rolling savannahs and verdant grasslands to its bustling markets and urban cityscapes.
In an exclusive interview, Beachler spoke with Marriott Bonvoy Traveler‘s Editorial Director Marc Graser on how she created this otherworldly landscape and the travels that inspired the final product of “Black Panther” design.
“Building a country and a civilization, you really have to start at the beginning and that’s what I did,” Bleacher says of the process of bringing the hidden African nation of Wakanda to life.
Their Wakanda feels warmly familiar and yet is unlike anything you’ve ever seen — it beautifully balances the African traditions and ways of life that have been practiced for centuries with a tricked out, technological dream world fit for a Marvel fanboy or girl.
Beachler and Coogler, who had previously worked together on “Fruitvale Station” and “Creed”, collaborated closely to create more than just cinematic set pieces, but a fully fleshed out world with cities and a culture that helps bring out the heart of the film.
In one of the early scenes in “Black Panther”, T’Challa’s spaceship, the Royal Talon Fighter, soars over these grasslands above sheep herders and farmers before bursting through a hidden force field that reveals a futuristic wonderland, known as the Golden City, sitting in a verdant valley and populated by sparkling, gemlike buildings.
Upon returning home from his Avenger adventures, T’Challa says, “This never gets old.”
Moviegoers will soon discover that at the heart of Wakanda and the source of its technologic prowess is Vibranium, a fiercely protected, and sought after, semi-natural resource mined from an asteroid mountain with innumerable scientific applications, even healing properties.
Inside this mountain, sits Shuri’s lab – The Wakanda Design Group. Shuri is T’Challa’s younger sister, princess of Wakanda and the brains behind the Black Panther suit, as well as all of Wakanda’s technological advancements.
Bleacher says this set is one of her favorites and it makes sense. It’s a very stylish, high-tech lab that matches Shuri’s playful spirit with bold graphic murals paired with clean white workspaces for building her next Vibranium-powered gadget. Shuri is the ultimate innovator, representing the never-ending promise and modernity of Wakanda.
In contrast to the Lab is M’Baku’s striking lair in the snow-capped mountains of Wakanda. M’Baku is a challenger to T’Challa’s throne and leader of the White Gorilla tribe. If Shuri represents Wakanda’s modernity, M’Baku represents Wakanda’s old ways, living off the land and less reliant on technology. His lair reflects this. Hanging log beams point towards the outside imbuing a rustic feeling, but at the same time the interiors have a smooth modern minimalism, an almost Scandinavian feel with clean wooden angles, a nod that we are still in Wakanda.
This movie is a love letter to Africa, to its people, its diverse topography, culture and traditions
Beachler speaks of the color, textures and food she experienced while traveling in South Africa and how much she enjoyed Johannesberg, all of which shines through in a Golden City district known as “Step Town.” Here we find street vendors grilling meat like chisanyama or South African braai, as well as woven bags for sale on the street and people with a radical sense of style.
“Being in Africa…It certainly takes more than being black to understand African culture, so going there really informed me of the connection that you have but don’t really understand until you get there and the scope and scale of the landscape, the people, the colors the textures, the textiles, the food,” Beachler says.
“Going to Africa isn’t what you’re told. It’s not what you think. It’s a whole different place,” Beachler says. “There is a sense of pride. There is joy. There is happiness.”
This movie is a love letter to Africa, to its people, its diverse topography, culture and traditions. You can feel the love throughout the film. The fight scenes are fast-paced, but the camera lingers on the scenery. Coogler seems to want you to take it in and immerse yourself in Wakanda like any other place in real life.

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JYJ’s Kim Jae Joong will be holding a fan meeting concert with fans in Korea.
C-JeS Entertainment, Kim Jae Joong’s agency, announced, “Kim Jae Joong will be launching the fan meeting concert 2015 Kim Jae Joong Concert in Seoul [The Beginning of The End].”
The upcoming event has reportedly been suggested by Kim Jae Joong himself, due to the Korean fans requesting to hear Kim Jae Joong’s story and drama OST, as he has previously held fan meetings in Japan through the dramas Triangle and Spy.
The upcoming concert will be filled with Kim Jae Joong’s music, his thoughts as an actor and honest stories as human Kim Jae Joong.
The agency rep stated, “Kim Jae Joong has been gaining popularity by acting as the gentle and manly character named Kim Sun Woo in the drama Spy. The fans from in and out of Korea have been showing their explosive interest and love so we’re expecting a fierce competition for ticketing.”
Meanwhile, the tickets to Kim Jae Joong’s Korean fan meeting concert will begin sales on March 4 at 8 p.m. (KST) through Interpark (www.interpark.com)
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Taabon and Uenikai wake up so early and begin doing their morning work. Today is the prize giving day for them which marks the end of the first term of school. They have recently finished their examination and are now waiting for this day. Their school holiday of two weeks starts once the prize giving is done.
Their mother also gets up early because she has to cook her children’s foods for that occasion. She cooks fish, breadfruit and vegetables. She also fries chicken and prepares toddy for their drink. Wow! The smell of food goes into the air! Their father has already got up and cut toddy.
When the children have put on their new dresses and garlands over their heads, their parents call, “Hurry up, we have to go now”
Arriving at the school, they see that many parents have already been there, hence more and more are coming to the school mwaneaba (hall). Everyone looks smart. Children get excited. They run around, others jump while some just sit and talk with friends. Families come and sit anywhere they feel like inside the mwaneaba - as there is plenty of room. Oh, how beautiful the mwaneaba looks as children, teachers and parents sit together!
When everybody is ready, there is silence inside the hall as the festival is about to start. Soon the program starts with the welcoming speech presented by the Island Mayor which then followed by the reporting of Class 1 academic results. Then it goes up to the next classes until it comes to Class 5 reports. Nei Uenikai comes thirteenth in her class of 25 students. When her mother hears that, she is very happy because she knows that Nei Uenikai is always trying her best. Then it comes to Class 7 academic report. Ruuta is overjoyed when she hears Taabon’s name. Taabon goes up to the front to take his award for being the winner of his class of 33 pupils.
All parents feel happy because they have listened to their children’s reports presented by the school teachers. Those who have time to speak during the function encourage children to work harder at school. They also remind those who have achieved high marks to keep that sort of spirit and those who don’t do very well to try harder next term.
“Thank you Uenikai for working hard in school” said mother.
“Congratulations Taabon for being the best in your class! Let’s me shake your hands for the good effort you have shown in school,” the father hugged his children.
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Elderly and vulnerable people being helped to keep warm
A COUNTY council scheme to help elderly and vulnerable people keep warm throughout the winter is being hailed as a success.
Since Hitting the Cold Spots was introduced in the winter of 2011-12, 160 home assessments have been carried out, more than 50 heating systems have been fixed, 75 oil-filled radiators have been supplied and more than 600 residents have been helped.
The scheme, funded by the Department of Health’s Warm Homes, Healthy People fund, aims to give older people and vulnerable people of any age immediate and practical advice on reducing energy bills, increasing available income and keeping warm.
Advice is available until the end of March from a trained adviser by calling 0800 804 8601 for free and, depending on the situation, further help may also be on offer with free home assessments, access to efficient, oil-filled radiators and grants to assist with hot water and heating repairs.
Councillor Felicity Hindson, executive member for adult social care at Hampshire County Council, said: “Cold weather not only makes life uncomfortable but can also lead to, and aggravate, serious health problems such as respiratory diseases, asthma, depression, heart disease and strokes.
“The scheme is building on last year’s initiative with another campaign targeted at older and vulnerable people who may fall beneath the radar and struggle to keep warm and pay the bills during the cold winter months.
“I’m very pleased that our Hitting the Cold Spots scheme is helping to people to keep warm.”


Serious warnings are being repeated about the dangers of swimming in open water.
It follows the death of a swimmer in Coniston together with this week's soaring temperatures
Devil's Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale is a notorious spot for thrill seekers with youngsters tombstoning into the River Lune at the weekend despite the death of a man last year.
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Researchers from MIT and Stanford are taking the ‘person’ in ‘personal assistant’ to mean something more literal with these robots that scurry around on the user’s clothing.
Project Kino — inspired by living jewelry — are robotic accessories that use magnetic gripping wheels on both sides of the clothing to move about. For now they fill a mostly aesthetic function, creating kinetic accents to one’s attire, but one day they might be able to provide more interactive functionality. They could act as a phone’s mic, adjust clothing to suit the weather, function as high-visibility wear for cyclists or joggers, as haptic feedback sensors for all manner of applications (haptic sonar bodysuit, anyone?), assemble into large displays, and even function as a third — or more! — hand are just the tip of the iceberg for these ‘bots.
Size and the 45 minute battery life are limiting factors at present — both addressable down the line — but a wireless charging station on the user’s person that the robots can top up at is an intermediate solution. In addition, the complex 3D mapping of the user’s person is a bit too much for the Rovables’ microprocessors, so they are only partially autonomous and limited in their movement for now. Still, a personal swarm of these assistant-accessories sounds like some seriously cool near-future tech.
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11 thoughts on “Project Kino: Robotic Jewelry And Tech Accessory”
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was of a sci-fi story where the people wore spider like creatures that constantly re-wove the clothes they were wearing.
Must tickle a lot, depending on the bodypart.
OMG, get them off me, NOW! Holy shit, I used to like robots, now I going down to my lab to invent robot repellent spray. Hmm, what should I call it?
My thought exactly. I’m going to forget that it’s there, feel it move, and knock it across the room.
Seems like this could be applied to self lacing shoes
Missing a major market here..fkn ironing.
Give them little heaters or have them operate in a heated box or something and they can press out the wrinkles and have your shirt ready for morning as they move around.
I mean its a lot simpler than this Johnny 5 thing
I though someone slipped me acid.
Now she’s literally got no reason to keep me around.
would it really work in the real world? a bit too distracting at work, and I’m not sure those things’d stay on at a party, probably not while dancing, and if you sit, make sure you don’t cross your arms, etc etc..
just.. too hassle-ish.
Wow! We are getting near the Hunger Games Wardrobe.
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YORK COUNTY – A fatal crash in York County is under investigation. Yesterday at 2:51 p.m., police responded to W. College Avenue and Smith Hill Road in North Codorus Township and discovered a single vehicle accident. Police say an eastbound 2007 Toyota Highlander on W. College, crossed into the westbound lane, and went off the north-side of the roadway. The vehicle went up an embankment and struck a tree. The unidentified driver, a 67-year-old West Manchester Township man, died. The York County Coroner’s office say driver may have had a medical event. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Northern York County Regional Police at 717-467-8355.


Man is prone to wanderlust, and the responsible ones already possess a tattered passport. But not everyone is responsible. As Eddie Izzard once said, America doesn’t make it easy for Americans to travel. Indeed, acquiring or renewing a passport is a slow and pricey endeavor, which can take as long as six weeks and whose total cost reaches upwards of $200. But if you’re suddenly jetting to greener pastures within only a few weeks, or even a few days, you still have options.
Go the traditional route
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The good news: Government passport agencies aren’t entirely unsympathetic towards abruptly planned international trips. “Many cities, such as New York City, will offer expedited passports if you visit the passport office in person and can demonstrate that you plan to travel within two weeks,” says Sarah Gavin, Director, Public Relations and Social Media at Expedia.
The bad news: It’s not foolproof. The number of appointments are few, in part because passport agencies are only open a handful of hours during the weekday. This isn’t often a problem, but during busy seasons — particularly summer, when everyone wants to ditch America — regional offices in major cities, like New York City and Philadelphia, are too often clogged to the point where there are no appointments. You may be asked to visit offices in far-flung Buffalo or New Hampshire — a problem if you’re a carless urbanite.
Even then there may be an unexpected issue —something in your past that requires further snooping —that may slow the process. And you might wind up stuck with a ticket you purchased to get the passport, only to wind up passport-free. But there’s still another option.
Go through an expediting agency
As any richie knows, the way to solve any problem is to hurl money at it. If you have a flight abroad but don’t yet have an appointment to acquire a passport, you can try an expediting service (like Passport Visas Express, www.passportvisasexpress.com), which can turn passports around in as little as three days. It’s not cheap: Depending on how quickly you need it, the fee can go as high as $200, plus any overnight FedEx fees — and that’s on top of the usual passport fees. But if there’s a will, and a pile of excess cash, there’s a way.


Red Rock – the debut album from US based Menchen – was originally envisioned as an all instrumental release with tracks composed by the gifted and prolific guitarist Bill Menchen and recorded with Robert Sweet and Tony Franklin. However, when the producer first heard the quality of the tracks it was decided that it would be a shame not to add vocals, and singer Ken Redding was added to the band.
Musically, this is classic hard rock with a Christian slant, meaning that all the lyrics revolve around God, Jesus and, well, Christianity. If I were to compare Menchen to other bands, I would point in the direction of Savatage and Mogg/Way.
The main attraction of this band is Bill Menchen who serves up some genuinely inspired riffing and lead work that serves as the foundation and driving force of the music. His playing is powerful but restrained and never flashy – even when he churns out one of his blistering solos. Almost as impressive are the performances by Sweet and Franklin whose playing really add a lot to the music. The second track ‘Noon Sun’ is a good example of their fine collaboration.
There is one considerable problem with this release, however, and that is the singer Ken Redding. His vocal range is not that bad, but his delivery in the lower range seems very stiff and dry, while his efforts in the high range often sound forced and overly dramatic. Some have compared him to Geoff Tate, but in that case it’s a rather tired and uninspired version of the Queensr˙che front man. At times it sounds a bit as if Redding is uncomfortable with the lyrics – as if the words don’t sit quite right in his mouth – but that’s just my opinion.
There is definitely plenty of good material on Red Rock, and if these guys had had a different lead singer I would have added another 10 points or so to my rating. A few tracks (such as ‘Forty’ and ‘Time To Ride’) aren’t that good, and the album is rather short with a run time of only 37 minutes, but if you don’t mind lyrics with frequent mention of ‘God’, ‘Jesus’, ‘Halleluja’ and the like, I would recommend that you give this release a listen. Afterwards you can join me in a prayer asking for these guys to pick a different singer for their next album.


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Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.
Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.
Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.
I've heard so many people talk about this book, and I decided to dive into it without knowing a single thing about it, and I loved it. I don't know how well I can even explain my love for this book, but I shall try.
The characters: I loved both of these characters. The story was told in a dual perspective Nastya and Josh. They are both very different people with very different experiences, yet they both have issues that they are dealing with. Josh has lost everyone he has ever loved, so he struggles to make relationships with people. Nastya has gone through something terrible and hasn't spoken a word in over a year. These two characters, while their circumstances and their relationship seems unlikely in real life (but not that unusual in fiction), were so realistic. They weren't perfect by any means, they were real people and because of that, it made it so easy to connect with them.
I found the plot to be so interesting. it was similar to another book I had read but it was so much better with the way it dealt with that. This book, while prone to some of the more popular book tropes in YA, was so unique and beautifully written. It was very fast paced and captivating that I didn't want to stop.
But my favourite part about this whole book, was that the romantic relationship, was so well paced!! This was no "love at first sight" type of romance. Their relationship was built on trust, and it developed over time. Seriously, I applaud Millay on this because it seems to me that I haven't read a book where the two main characters don't fall completely in love and go through what seems like an endless amount of events within the span of 2 or 3 weeks, in a very long time. This just made the romance, that much more realistic and made me love the characters even more.
Honestly, the key word for this book is realistic, because that's what it is. It''s not a fairy tale, it's not a happy little love story where everything just falls into place. These characters actually develop and change and work through their struggles like normal people would. Of course not every aspect of this book is very realistic, but it is a fiction book and these sorts of unrealistic plot points are needed in order to keep the reader interested. Which mind you, I was completely interested and invested in this story. If I didn't have work or other commitments, I would have knocked this out in one sitting for sure. I also want to mention that the ending of this book, was fantastic. I loved how it didn't just wrap everything up with a HEA, and I loved how it didn't end where everything was fine again. I've said it before and I'll say it again. It made the book SO REALISTIC.
My only issue with the story was revealing of a major plot point. I felt like this twist (if you could even call it that), had such a big build up that when it was revealed, it didn't feel like a revelation at all. This is in most parts because I knew right when I started the book, and I find it difficult to believe that other's who read this book, didn't know as well. Throughout the story, there are little snippets from Nastya's diary entries, and from that you know something has happened, but for me I thought because they were pretty much spelling it out for you, that it must be even bigger. So when it was revealed to be what I thought it was originally, I was somewhat let down. Having said that, I think considering everything that happened, this book did a fantastic job of portraying the raw emotion and actions of not only the main character, but of family members and friends.
Other than that, if you want a really good YA contemporary which deals with some tough themes in a very realistic manner, read this book. I cannot recommend this enough and I cannot imagine there would be anybody who wouldn't like this book. I'd say it's nearly impossible (but I'm sure there'd have to be at least one person)
I was the one he trusted. I was the one he loved, the only one who believed him, even when his own mother had locked him up and thrown away the key.
And now, I was going to pass down the white tiled hallway, knock on his doctor’s office door, slam his secret notebook on her desk and make her read it, make her understand what he was hiding, make her see what only I had seen.
April won’t let Jonah go without a fight.
He’s her boyfriend—her best friend. She’ll do anything to keep him safe. But as Jonah slips into a dark depression, trying to escape the traumatic past that haunts him, April is torn. To protect Jonah, she risks losing everything: family, friends, an opportunity to attend a prestigious music school. How much must she sacrifice? And will her voice be loud enough to drown out the dissenters—and the ones in his head?
That blurb makes this book sound completely different and it kind of annoys me. It makes it sound like April is the only person who knows about Jonah's issues, but everyone knows about them, but they're all too in denial about it to do anything. I think that if the blurb wasn't so far off the book, and I actually knew what I was getting myself into, I might have enjoyed this book more. But alas, the blurb is crap and therefore, I thought the book was pretty average.
This book was just OK. To be honest, I didn't really like it, and the more I think about it the less I am liking it. At first I liked the main characters but then some things happened and it just got too ridiculous and unbelievable for my liking. I think it does discuss a very important topic, on that seems to have become quite popular in YA lately and that is mental illness. At first I didn't know how accurate it was but I have been told since that it was pretty accurate in terms of the mental illness itself. The other stuff, not so much. If you want to read a book about a 15 year old know it all in a completely unrealistic relationship in unrealistic circumstances, this book might be for you. But honestly, I do think that there are other books out there that can do a better job of portraying mental illness and do it in a more realistic way. So overall, I wouldn't recommend this, however this is my opinion so feel free to take it with a grain of salt.
And that is where the non-spoilery review ends and the somewhat spoilery review starts. You've been warned.
There were quite a few things I didn't like about this book. Firstly, I really did not feel like this book, and what actually happened in this book was very realistic considering the age of the characters. I'm not talking about the mental illness itself, but of how everyone was reacting to this mental illness. April who was only 15 mind you, seems to think that she can cure Jonah's SCHIZOPHRENIA. She acts like such a immature child who thinks she knows it all, and gets away with it because the parents just let her do whatever she wants. For example, when Jonah first gets admitted into hospital, her mother actually says she isn't allowed to go visit him, but then she visits him daily and the mother doesn't say a thing.
My other thing was I really didn't like Jonah's mother. In the blurb it says that she locks him up in his room or something along those lines, but in reality, she knows exactly what's going on yet she doesn't do anything about it, and then complains about how she was too late.
Also, what sort of doctor would let some kids 15 year old BOYFRIEND sit in on a meeting discussing CONFIDENTIAL information. None that I want to go to that's for sure. And this happened more than once in the book. I understand that Jonah wouldn't leave unless he knew she was in there, but they could have easily sent her out of the room once he was gone. It might be understandable if they had been in a relationship for more than a few weeks, or if they were engaged or something but no, it's just his 15 year old girlfriend who is absolutely clueless to everything. So in this meeting, the doctor actually tells the mother (and the girlfriend) his suspicions that her son is having hallucinations and whatever else it was (I can't remember). And what really annoyed me, was the fact that the girlfriend knew, the mother knew, yet they told the doctor to shove it and that they didn't want his help. instead they take him home because they can help him better than any doctor could. Honestly, if your son was acting the way Jonah was acting, thinking that the government is out to get him, yelling to himself all the time, hearing things no one else can hear, would you not get him help? and when a doctor actually tells you what is wrong, would you not DO SOMETHING?! I honestly cannot get over that, and I don't know if people in these situations actually do this, but I really hope not.
The one thing I did like about this whole book, was the ending. I really liked how it didn't end in a happily ever after, and that was the most realistic thing in this whole book. After he tried to commit suicide and he got the new therapist that was actually helping him, the book got way better. And it was frustrating because when he was starting to get better, you could almost feel how much April resented it. So I was so happy when he broke up with her (and not just because I didn't like her).
And that's all I have to say. I'm still pretty annoyed at this book. I don't regret reading it, but I definitely would not read it again.
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Format: eBook, 336 pages
Genre: YA Contemporary
Acquired from: iBooks
I'm so annoyed because I couldn't think of just one more book to be excited about to make it an even 10! But it is what it is, so here are all of the books that I am most excited to read in 2016! I will be mentioning the books in order of publication.
This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijmkamp
I've been wanting to read this for a while now. it sounds like a really depressing book, but for some reason I like that. Basically this book takes place in a school where a shooting is taking place. From what I've heard it is told in four perspectives and each person has some relation to the shooting. I don't know, it just sounds really interesting. It's also told within the span of 54 minutes and I really like reading books that go by time.
Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandeira
This book sounds simply amazing and I seriously cannot wait. It's about a girl who loves books and wishes her life could be a book. But alas, she lives such a boring life that could barely pass as a contemporary. But then she meets some guy and she turns to the books for advice, and obviously I don't know what happens next but it sounds right up my alley!
The Siren by Kiera Cass
I loooooved The Selection series, so I have to read this, there is no question really. So I don't know anything about this book apart from what I've heard and what I've heard is that it's about a Siren (duh), but Sirens aren't allowed to come into contact with the humans or something bad will happen to them. So I think I can see where this is going, but I'm still so excited for it, you don't even know.
Never Never by Collen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher
I read part one a few months ago and absolutely loved it, but I've been waiting until this books came out before reading the second instalment because I really don't think I can wait to read it. I've even pre-ordered this book on iBooks, that's how serious this is. I never pre-order books FYI. I wouldn't even know how to explain this book, so I won't, but you should definitely read the series.
The Glittering Court by Rochelle Mead
If Pretty Little Liars and The Selection had a baby, this is what it would look like... I think. It's not normally something I would read, but the synopsis sounded alright so I'll give it a go. And who knows, maybe I'll find myself a new favourite series.
When We Collided by Emery Lord
It's a story of opposites attracting, some tragedy and then some happiness and then apparently the guy goes all Bella in New Moon and becomes a dare devil and that's where the synopsis ends. That's a pretty bad explanation, I'm sorry. But I want to read it, and it doesn't come out until April and that's that.
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
I might be the only person who hasn't read all of Morgan Matson's books (I've read Amy & Roger and loved it), but I saw this book and thought it sounded really good, so I got excited. I can't remember exactly what it's about, but there's a girl and a boy and some family drama and some dogs. And I love dogs so I'm sure I'll love this.
Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories by Stephanie Perkins
This is another anthology of 12 short stories, but this time they are summery ones! I'm not as excited for this one as I am the others, mainly because there are a few authors in here who Ihaven't heard of or don't really like the genre they write. But I really enjoyed My True Love Gave to Me so I'm going to trust Stephanie and give this a whirl too. I'm intrigued to see if they will be contemporary short stories or fantasy/dystopian ones, because the authors in there don't usually write contemporary as far as I know. We'll see!
PS I Like You by Kasie West
This is another one of those "I haven't read her other books but this one sounds really good" books. This girl basically starts exchanging notes on a school desk with an anonymous person, and then she finds out it's a guy so she freaks out. but then she finds out who it is and apparently it's the last person she expected so now she doesn't know what to do and who knows what happens next because it doesn't come out until JULY!! Are you intrigued? Because I am!
That's all of them! I hope you've found some books to be excited about, or not either way. That's all I really have to say about that, so I'll go now. Thanks for reading!
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I have a 1963 simplex scooter with a AA7 B618 red seal need info parts availability such as points and condenser the original points are missing also how to time point cam was loose but still with unit
I'm guessing your Simplex scooter is a "Compact Senior C" like the one Nevr-Enuf-Stuff posted under "Scooter/Minibike ID". The number you gave is the block casting for an 1100 Series Continental engine. The timing procedure is posted under "Continental AU85 no start" by oldmotorette, and the Continental ID procedure is posted under "Continental Engine" by Jim Hilgartner. Simplex used modified Continental Model 1120 engines on those bikes. 1120s are a later model of the AU10 engines. They have the Contex ignition, which has the points located under the flat top box on top of the engine. Point gap is .020". The breaker cam is an integral part of the engine cam axle. If you're missing the breaker cam, you're missing the whole cam axle shaft. These engines are modified with a larger intake manifold, larger carburetor, and long dwell cam to produce 6 hp instead of 4.25. They have the lighting generator system (with shroud-mounted capacitor). Continental part nos are AA7-M-2990 points and AA7-M-2980 condenser which are common to all Contex ignitions. I recall that some automotive points and condensers will interchange. Parts for these "square block" engines are harder to find than earlier models. You should have a Maximatic torque converter drive.
NAPA listed the points as Primeline 7-01001 or Echlin CS753 and the condenser as Primeline 7-01307 or Echlin FA66
The Echlin numbers interchange with all Ford engines 1949-53 plus Ford 240, 300 6 cylinder 1952-63. Lots of them on ebay. Point & condenser kit is Echlin FAK100SM.


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Using the iconic typography of British amplification manufacturer Marshall, an iPhone 5 case has been released to go with their previously released line of headphones. The vinyl case pays tribute to the brand’s rock ‘n’ roll heritage, with a pebbled black texture similar to the tolex found on the brand’s amps and speakers. The case is finished with an inscribed version of the brand’s unmistakeable script logo. Keep an eye out for the cases when they drop and in the meantime you can check out our interview with the brand’s president here.
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On Saturday, January 20th, the anniversary of one year of Donald Trump’s presidency, the second annual Women’s March was held in cities across the nation. Marches took place in D.C, Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Chicago. This year, the March’s theme was of particular importance to the global #MeToo and #TimesUp movement, which particularly escalated in Hollywood last year with the fall of disgraced film producer, Harvey Weinstein.
In LA and NY, several notable musicians took to the streets to protest and to use their voices for women around the world who aren’t able to use their own. Notable attendees this year included Yoko Ono,
— Yoko Ono ☮ (@yokoono) January 20, 2018
Adele, who posted a photo of herself marching with actresses Jennifer Lawrence and Cameron Diaz, with a captivating caption explaining her reasons for marching.
and Halsey, who gave a powerful five-minute speech in which she recited a poem she had written about herself entitled, “A Story Like Mine.” Halsey posted a video of herself reciting the poem for her fans to see on her Twitter page:
— h (@halsey) January 20, 2018
Halsey holds nothing back as she details her own experience with rape, assault, and performing onstage on the same night that she had a miscarriage. She also chronicles her friend’s experience with rape and her experience waiting at Planned Parenthood with her to find out whether or not her friend would need an abortion.
The poem is beautifully written, with many of the lines rhyming with one another, and spoken with great command and confidence. The emphasis that Halsey brings to the topics of sexual assault, rape, abortion, and miscarriage have the Internet buzzing. We commend Halsey for bravely recounting these distressing events and using her voice to help others who have suffered through the very same traumatic experiences. Halsey also thanked everyone for the support of her poem on her Twitter page:
I’m truly humbled and overwhelmed by the support I’ve gotten in the past day. Im comforted and saddened by all who can relate. We are in this together.
— h (@halsey) January 22, 2018
Other notable celebrities in attendance included Viola Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Amy Schumer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Alyssa Milano, Constance Wu, Eva Longoria, Ilana Glazer, and Whoopi Goldberg, several of whom gave speeches of their own.
As 2018 continues, the solidarity that the Women’s March brings to all of us, particularly women, is something that our society should constantly strive to have. Cohesion is power.

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Image & Form, the makers of the SteamWorld series, have released a mysterious video to welcome the weekend.
During this week’s Nintendo Minute video, Krysta and Kit took their shopping skills to the test to find 10 items that will be donated to Make A Wish foundation at the employee-only Nintendo HQ Store.
The company behind the beautiful Switch port of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been revealed.
Violett, developed by Forever Entertainment, was originally released in 2013 as a mobile. The game has since been remastered and ported onto the Nintendo Switch. The game is suggested to be played utilizing the Switch’s touchscreen capabilities. However, the controls have been adjusted to accommodate docked mode as well. This point and click adventure has some very unique puzzles that will rattle your brain. I decided to respect the developers and play this game in handheld mode only and jab the screen to completion.
Twin Stick Shooting game Aperion Cyberstorm is coming to the Nintendo Switch early next year. The game which was shown on the Wii U back in 2015 will be released with a few new features specifically for the Switch.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils Aime promises fans that they are working to put as many Nintendo Switch and SNES Classics on the shelves as possible for the holidays. This comes as both consoles were the Nintendo Consoles Take 1st And 2nd Place In October US Hardware Sales.
Ubisoft has released a gold edition of their hot selling Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. The gold edition will include the season pass DLCs along the original full game.
The surprise fervent AAA developer for the Nintendo Switch, Bethesda has made a tweet thanking Nintendo of America for all their support and encouragement while they were porting their games over to the Nintendo Switch.
The developers of Tiny Metal, an Advance Wars spiritual successor heading to Switch, have revealed that they aren’t ruling out a physical release for the system.
A few years ago Nintendo left Brazil due to the high cost of business indirectly affected by the country’s tax rates.


Hello and welcome to the details of Japan issues tsunami advisory for islands in eastern Japan and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Japan issued a tsunami warning for the islands off of Izu peninsula following an earthquake that struck at 11am near Torishima island. — Reuters
TOKYO, Oct 5 — Japan issued an advisory for a tsunami of one metre for the islands off of Izu peninsula on the eastern coast of the country.
The warning followed an earthquake that had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 that struck at 11am near Torishima island, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The epicentre was in the Pacific ocean about 550km south of Tokyo. — Reuters
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In the case of the unloaded generator, the air gap flux is equal to the rotor flux. On a loaded generator, the air gap flux is equal to the vector sum of the rotor and armature reaction flux. When the generator is supplying lagging current, the armature reaction flux detracts from the rotor flux, reducing the voltage induced in the stator windings and hence the terminal voltage. Leading current produces an armature reaction flux that is additive to the rotor flux, boosting the induced stator voltage and the generator terminal voltage.
When the generator is under load, the stator current will lead or lag Eq by angle B, depending on whether the load is capacitive or inductive, as shown in Figure below. Note that angle B is not the power factor angle. The power factor angle is measured between the current and the generator terminal voltage; under load, Eq is an internal generator voltage.
Load current produces a second flux within the generator. This flux, sometimes referred to as the armature reaction flux, is formed in the air gap by the vector summation of the alternating flux in each stator phase winding. The intuitive conclusion would be that the summation of the phase flux would be zero, because the balanced load currents that produce the individual phase flux sum to zero. This conclusion would be correct if the phase windings were physically aligned with each other. The individual phase flux would then be displaced by 120° and sum to zero just as the currents do. However, since the stator windings are physically displaced by 120° around the stator, the individual phase flux are shifted and produce a resultant flux that is in phase with the “A” phase stator current and lags the rotor flux by 90° + B, as shown in Figure.
The air gap flux can be represented by flux components projected on the d- and q-axes, as shown in Figure below. These components are aligned with the machine’s two magnetic circuits to facilitate analysis. Because the two axes are at right angles to one another, there is no magnetic interaction between them and the analysis of each axis can be carried out independently of the other.
Generator behavior is predicted by determining the response of each axis individually, then combining the d and q components to define the air gap response. The variations of the air gap flux determine the transient characteristic of the short-circuit current. Generator loading determines magnitude of the air gap flux and angle Ø in Figure below; hence, it determines the initial magnitude of the flux component in each axis.
Because of flux inherent characteristics (e=-dØ/dt) the flux linkages between the various windings cannot change instantaneously. When a fault occurs, the initial current is determined by the flux linkages “stamped” into each axis by the prefault load condition.


text: A rabbit is placed in one door (compartment). It travels to the other side when the performer is not looking and can peer out around the door. The trick ends with the rabbit disappearing and reappearing in the performer’s hat. Includes original instructions, two attached rabbits, and two loose rabbits. Shows some wear, else in good condition.


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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has played down his relationship with the press today saying he was "ignored or derided" before the Liberal Democrats entered Government in 2010.
The Deputy Prime Minister told the Leveson Inquiry that at a dinner party with Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks in 2009, he had been put at the "very end of the table where the children sit". He added that most of his meetings with editors and proprietors were "fairly humdrum".
He said when he became leader of the Lib Dems in 2008 many senior figures did not "know me from Adam".
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A transplant patient who waited 30-years for a new kidney has urged people in a similar situation not to give up hope.
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About the book
The Allied landings in France on 6 June 1944 was a turning point in world history.
This book is a compilation of 200 images relating to all aspects of D-Day and the Normandy landings, beginning with the years of planning and preparations, all conducted in great secrecy. Next the focus is on the naval and air force operations, the airborne landings, and the British, American and Canadian forces who came ashore on 6 June.
The book also covers the months of hard fighting during the Battle of Normandy, and through to the end of the war.
Using the extensive archives of the Portsmouth D-Day Museum, this is a moving and unique record of a momentous time.
About the writer
Andrew Whitmarsh is military history officer for Portsmouth Museums & Records Service, a role which includes the curatorship of the D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery. The D-Day Museum opened in 1984 and is the United Kingdom’s only museum with the sole purpose of telling the story of D-Day. He has been its curator since 2001.
He has written a variety of popular and academic articles on military history, as well as D-Day in Photographs and Portsmouth at War for The History Press.
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