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I began to touch on this in the last Confession but as it’s close to my heart thought I would finish this series with a closer look at creativity.
The thing that first drew me to Traveller at the end of the ’70s was the ability to roll a few dice, produce a handful of numbers and have an outline of an entire planet encapsulated in that tiny amount of information. Of course, much detail could be added and needed to be to make it interesting, but it was that process of creation and the inspiration it provided for then thinking up interesting worlds and societies that really grabbed me. I soon set to work generating a subsector or two by hand and eventually an entire sector with the help of a Commodore 64. Of course, that was already too many worlds to detail in full, but I found the process intrigued me, the possibilities for adventure inspired me, and the opportunities for creative writing abounded. Indeed, with that and the Game Designers’ Workshop universe, I had friends whose parents knew me as “the guy with a universe in his bag”. I know few Traveller enthusiasts who haven’t enjoyed the creative process at whatever level they’re comfortable with, whether it’s generating characters, building vehicles or starships, writing adventures, or throwing their heart and soul into role playing an interesting sophont. I’ve had a go at all of these and more and loved the way that they not only have their direct relevance, but also an indirect encouragement to observe and examine the world I inhabit more closely to see how people or things or stories ‘work’.
As a Christian I believe in a creator God and I believe we’re all made in the image of God. (Genesis 1:26-27) For me, that’s where the creative urge comes from. I regularly speak to students in my lectures who don’t think of themselves as ‘creative’, but I firmly believe we’re all creative. Perhaps in different ways – Belbin team roles can be helpful here in suggesting we might be creative as ‘completer-finishers’, creative as ‘resource-investigators’ or creative as ‘plants’ (the ‘idea generators’ that many think of as the only creative types). I’ve written about this professionally and endeavour to encourage all the students, and others, that I speak with to see themselves as creative: whether it’s in their work or raising a family; their hobby or their approach to life. The satisfaction we get from seeing things we’ve made enjoyed by others or hearing performances we’ve put on connecting with audiences or loving children we’ve brought up and seeing them blossom is second to none. Perhaps Traveller fans take a godlike approach to building a universe a little more literally than others, but whatever your creative impulses are, seek them out and develop them. If you’ve not previously thought of yourself as creative, think again!
Traveller offers so much opportunity for self-expression and is such a wonderful encouragement to play and to think and to write that I’m sure it will continue to go from strength to strength as it has done across nearly four decades. One final word must be to thank Marc Miller and the other original creators of Traveller for giving so many of us such a lifetime of fun and adventure. Thank God for that creative spirit! This will be my last Confession, at least as a ‘newbie’ referee, (some have pointed out I’m no longer that new). I hope they’ve either been helpful, thought provoking or interesting.

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Disturbing find in boy's stomach undetected for two months
A toddler swallowed more than 200 magnetic balls which went undetected for two months before they started to decay in his stomach.
Surgeons at the Emergency Children's Surgery and Traumatology Research Institute in Moscow, Russia, successfully removed 209 magnetic balls from the two-year-old's stomach recently after he became ill.
The painstaking procedure was performed with an endoscopic device grasping one to four of the balls at a time.
The process was complicated with the operation lasting some two hours.
In the end, the surgeons managed to successfully remove all of the balls, revealing that the youngster was lucky they had remained in his stomach and not travelled to his intestine, which would have required open surgery and could have resulted in a life-threatening perforation of the digestive tract.
The team revealed the toddler was also lucky because some of the balls had developed sharp edges due to the gastric juices in his stomach and could have perforated the organ's membrane.
The child had reportedly swallowed the magnetic balls over two months previously, and it was only when his parents noticed his stools were black – a sign of bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract – in mid-January that they sought medical advice.
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After contacting doctors, his parents began to notice the appearance of magnetic balls in his stools, and he was referred to the Emergency Children's Surgery and Traumatology Research Institute, who performed an X-ray scan, which revealed the metal mass in his stomach.
The magnetic balls were apparently part of a children's toy that the two-year-old had access to.
Following the successful operation, the boy is now said to be in good health.
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I made cakes for my son's teachers as gifts. The books are molded from rkt and the rest are mmf accents. I also made cupcakes for the class: each received a personalized mmf crayon on their cupcakes and the parents got the apple ones. The apple cupcake design was first inspired by the Hello Cupcakes! book, which they created a pumpkin version. However, I noticed a lot were done for apples here on this site when I did a quick search. The fondant crayons were inspired by my son's supply.
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Devon Maritime Forum to discuss coastal change
Posted on: 3 December 2015
Coastal change will be the focus of the Devon Maritime Forum’s meeting next week.
Entitled ‘Understanding, Managing and Coping with Coastal Change’, the meeting at Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish on Tuesday 8 December, will examine how and where our coast is changing, as well as assessing current predictions for future change.
Speakers from Plymouth University, the National Trust, and Environment Agency, all of whom work at the forefront of coastal change research, management, policy and planning, will address the issue, including flood and coastal risk management at Dawlish Warren, and the response and recovery along the south west coast from the extreme 2013/14 winter storms.
The meeting will feature presentations from a range of experts working on the front line of coastal change, managing and mitigating its effects, and dealing with the impacts of rising sea-levels and extreme storms. They will explore the merits of both hard and soft engineering solutions as well as evaluating the practicalities and politics of not actively intervening. A number of innovative new approaches to coastal management will also be showcased.
Professor Ed Maltby, Chairman of the Devon Maritime Forum, said: “With world leaders gathering in Paris at the United Nations Climate Change conference, the issue has never been higher on the political or media agenda. Evidence suggests that the rate at which coastal change takes place will significantly increase as we move further into the 21st century. Precisely how and where increased rates of erosion, and deposition, will impact on our coastline remains to be determined but the coast of Devon and the wider south west peninsula will change and will look different to our children and grandchildren. We need, therefore, to plan for these changes and manage our coastline in a way that meets the needs of both our coastal communities and the coastal environment.”
The Chair of the Peninsula Rail Task Force, Councillor Andrew Leadbetter, will be among the guest speakers at the meeting. He will set out the Task Force’s ambitions to get the region’s rail network ‘back on track’ following the devastating disruption of recent winter storms. The meeting will also hear about the group’s three-point-plan for greater rail resilience, connectivity and capacity, as well as the compelling economic and social rationale for investment, and how the long-term resilience of the coastal mainline at Dawlish remains a top priority.
For more information, the full meeting programme and registration details, go to www.devonmaritimeforum.org.uk
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Modern advanced radar systems are being challenged on a number of fronts, with additional operational requirements including a need to support multifunction processing and dynamic mode adjustment. Moreover, recent changes in frequency allocations have resulted in many radar systems potentially operating in close proximity to communications infrastructure and other spectrally demanding systems. With further spectrum congestion anticipated in the coming years, the problem is expected to be compounded to a point that radar systems will need to be run-time adaptable to suit their environmental and operational requirements, which is driving the need toward cognitive and digital radar systems.
The need for more digital signal processing is pushing the radar signal chain to transition to digital as early as possible, moving the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) closer to the antenna, which in turn introduces a number of challenging system-level considerations. To explore this further, Figure 1 illustrates a high level overview of a typical current X-band radar system. Within this system, two analog mixing stages are typically utilized. The first stage mixes the pulsed radar return to a frequency of around 1 GHz and the second to an IF in the region of 100 MHz to 200 MHz to enable sampling of the signal using a 200 MSPS or lower ADC, to a resolution of 12 bits or higher.
Within this architecture, aspects such as frequency agility and pulse compression may be implemented in the analog domain, which may require signal processing modifications and adjustments, but for the most part the system functionality is limited by the digitization rate. It should be noted that even sampling at 200 MSPS data rates has enabled a significant leap forward in radar processing, but as we move to the next stage in this evolution we are required to migrate even further toward all digital radar.
In recent years, gigasample per second (GSPS) ADCs have been pushing the transition to digital nearer to the antenna by moving the digitization point in the system to after the first mixing stage. Using a GSPS converter with an analog bandwidth in excess of 1.5 GHz already supports digitization of the first IF, but in many cases, the performance of current GSPS ADCs has limited the acceptability of this solution as the linearity and noise spectral density of the device has not met the system requirements.
Until recently, high speed ADCs predominantly used parallel low voltage differential signal (LVDS) interfaces as the means of moving data between the high speed ADC and the digital signal processing platform, typically an FPGA. However, using an LVDS data bus to output the data from the converter brings some technical challenges as a single LVDS bus would need to operate well beyond the max rate of the IEEE standard and what an FPGA can handle. To accommodate this, the output data is demultiplexed onto two or, more generally, four LVDS buses to reduce the data rate per bus. For example, 10-bit ADCs operating at sample rates in excess of 2 GSPS would typically require the output to be demultiplexed by a factor of 4, creating a 40-bit wide LVDS bus. With many radar systems, and particularly phased arrays, using multiple GSPS ADCs this soon becomes an unmanageable hardware development, with so many lanes required to be routed and matched in length—not to mention the number of FPGA pins required for the interconnect!
New GSPS ADCs provide solutions to not only overcome existing challenges but also to further optimize the system. In supporting digitization closer to the antenna, these converters provide unparalleled linearity as well as an analog bandwidth of over 3 GHz, enabling under sampling of the L and most of the S frequency bands. This enables direct RF sampling within these frequency bands, reducing component count and system size by eliminating mixer stages. For higher frequency systems, this also enables higher IFs to be used, providing options for reducing the number of mixing stages and filters, as well as increasing the frequency planning options as a wide range of IFs can be used.
The higher linearity and lower noise spectral density of these new devices further enables them to be used in next-generation radar systems. With increasing spectral density, higher dynamic range is critical to be able to manage blockers or signals of interference which neighbor the radar return frequency. The latest GSPS ADCs are able to provide in excess of 75 dBc SFDR, which is nearly a 20 dBc improvement over devices that have been available in the last decade. This significant leap is even more critical when competing with recent communications infrastructure frequency allocations.
The improvements in analog bandwidth, linearity, and noise could possibly be anticipated as the next logical step by device manufacturers. However, two additional features of new GSPS ADCs offer more to the system designer and are likely to increase the acceptability of these components in future systems:
- JESD204B data link interfaces, and
- DSP functionality embedded within the converter, which provide system designers with options for significant benefits and possible power savings.
JESD204B data links have recently been introduced on a number of high speed ADCs but the most significant benefit is with GSPS converters where LVDS interfaces were already struggling to meet system needs. JESD204B is a high speed serial standard that enables data to be transported between the high speed ADC and FPGAs or other processors using a reduced number of differential interconnects (FPGA pins). It is a very low overhead protocol which is based upon 8b10b encoding schemes and supports baud rates as high as 12.5 Gbps.
To examine the benefits, consider Analog Devices’ new AD9625, 2.0 GSPS, 12-bit converter. The output data rate for this converter is 24 Gbps. If we assume an LVDS data bus is limited to 1 Gbps and ignoring data packing issues, more than 24 LVDS pairs would be needed to support this interface, all of which would need PCB traces matched in length when routed in hardware. Using JESD204B, and with a max baud rate of only 6.25 Gbps, only six JESD204B links are required to support the output from this converter. The benefit is clearly seen in Figure 2 where only eight JESD204B lanes are routed between the AD9625 and an FPGA to support the full 2.0 GSPS data rate.
Furthermore, when multiple JESD204B lanes are used the requirement for length matching the PCB traces is significantly relaxed as the standard only requires an alignment to 920 ps across the lanes, providing a wide variation between path delays of the individual JESD204B lanes. The latest “B” variant of the JESD204 standard also supports deterministic latency, which enables the latency between the data leaving the high speed ADC and the data arriving at the FPGA to be calculated. If the latency can be determined, this can be compensated for in digital post processing to realign and synchronize data streams, a key requirement of phased array and beam forming systems using GSPS converters.
JESD204B provides a significant benefit to the hardware designer, but possibly the most beneficial aspect of newer high speed ADCs is the addition of digital signal processing. The next generation of GSPS converters, such as the AD9625, based on 65 nm or finer CMOS process geometries, is able to support a vast array of digital signal processing at these high data rates. In the near term, high speed ADCs are being supplied with run-time selectable digital down converters (DDCs) embedded in the device as shown in Figure 3.
Radar waveform bandwidths can vary dramatically depending on the application. For example, some synthetic aperture imaging radar waveforms require hundreds of MHz while tracking radars may use wave forms that are tens of MHz wide or even less. In the past, moving a GSPS ADC closer to the antenna would have meant that in some instances vast amounts of unwanted bandwidth were transported to the FPGA or processor. In modern FPGAs and high speed ADCs a significant proportion, if not the majority of the power consumption, is related to the power dissipated in the interfaces to the device, thus transferring significant amounts of unwanted bandwidth needlessly increases the power of the system. In future multimode radars, the ability to dynamically enable a DDC provides a significant advantage, offloading complex processing otherwise located in the FPGA.
The DDC combines a digital numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) and decimating filters, providing the ability to select the signal bandwidth and signal location from within the high speed ADC’s Nyquist band and transfer only the appropriate data needed to the signal processing devices. For example, consider radar using a 30 MHz bandwidth waveform at an IF of 800 MHz. If this is sampled using an ADC at a sample rate of 2.0 GSPS to a resolution of 12 bits, the output bandwidth of the data would be 1000 MHz, far in excess of the signal bandwidth, and the output data rate from the converter would be 3.0 GBps. If the data is decimated by a factor of 16 using a DDC, not only does the decimation provide some increased noise reduction but the output data rate is reduced to below 625 MBps, which enables data transportation using only a single JESD204B lane! This significantly reduces the overall system power required. With the ability to dynamically configure the DDCs or bypass them as needed, new high speed ADCs provide the option of switching between different modes to support power and implement optimized solutions as needed and enable the feature sets needed for cognitive radar applications.
New GSPS ADCs, such as the AD9625, are providing significant options to the radar system architect, with analog bandwidths and sample rates that enable component count reduction or direct RF sampling. With JESD204B interfaces and embedded DSP options, there is no longer a need to trade power and board complexity for these benefits. The ability to dynamically configure the high speed ADC provides multifunction support and meets the goal of creating an all digital cognitive radar system.


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The usual approach to work life in an organization does not allow much room for play, risk or individuality. But principles in the natural world suggest a more creative, effective approach. “Everywhere you look in life, what you see is enormous creativity, diversity and experimentation.” The same methods nature uses for producing vital, thriving life forms can bring new life to individuals and organizations of all kinds. In this paper I will try to explain you how to let go of your need for control, invite innovation–and be ready for surprisesIs creativity a momentary flash of inspiration? How are creative ideas generated?” Creativity is, more often than not, the result of four clearly defined steps. Before you expect any creative output, the mind has to go through.
Four-Step Creativity Process
STEP 1: Preparation
You can, and you should, prepare for creativity. All knowledge contributes to creativity. So the ‘Preparation’ stage refers to the process of gathering information and knowledge.
STEP 2 – Incubation
The mind needs periods of incubation to develop creative ideas. Truly creative ideas are generated when you actively engage both your conscious and subconscious mind. In this stage, take time out to slow your brainwaves down, let your subconscious mind generate more ideas.
STEP 3: Inspiration
Inspiration is the stage that ideas occur. It is the moment at which the unconscious and the subconscious minds, having finished working on the problem, present an ‘Aha!’ or ‘I’ve got it!’
STEP 4: Verification
In the final stage, the process is to use our logic and practical thinking to closely examine the collected ideas, and to verify if they are workable.
One common mistake people make during the creative process is they insist on being logical. Of course logic is critical in our daily lives, but there is one place it does not belong – during the creative thinking process and brainstorming activities. There is plenty of time for logic later on, but during the creative process you want as many ideas as you can get, regardless of how ridiculous they might seem at first. Many times we think a creative idea is illogical but when we ask why is it illogical, you often find it’s only a few specific rules or procedures that make it so. If you dig a little deeper, you find that the rules may not apply in this particular case or that they can be modified to allow this new idea to take form. Often this can be done without dramatically changing the rules or suffering any real consequences. To be successful, always remember there is no room for logic during the creative thinking process.
So where do breakthrough ideas come from? What kind of work environment allows them to flourish? What can leaders do to sustain the stimulants to creativity — and break through the barriers? In order to be creative, a person needs to be able to view things in new ways or from a different perspective. Among other things, he needs to be able to generate new possibilities or new alternatives. And more importantly don’t ever think he’s not creative, every one is. If he tells himself he’s not, then he won’t be. State of mind plays a key role. Keep telling yourself you are creative and you will be. Keep your head high, remain optimistic, and let yourself discover something new.
Most adults have a fear of looking foolish which is one of the biggest obstacles to creative thinking, especially in a group setting. Have you ever been in a meeting and hesitated to speak up about the great idea that just popped into your head? We don’t speak up for fear of criticism. It’s not an irrational or unjustified fear. It’s real. Everyone is a critic in meetings. Many new ideas are attacked and quickly shot down. This impact is especially damaging when the senior person in the room immediately shoots holes in an idea. The best way to completely constipate the flow of creative thought is to shoot down or criticize a new suggestion. Managers should be quiet, listen, and pay attention to what other people have to say. Who knows what it might lead to or what you might learn. Suppression of creativity leads to violence. People are naturally creative. When they are forced to crush their creativity, its energy force turns to destructive release. Their inherent humanity must express itself! Many opportunities and rewards are lost because creativity in the workplace is absent. Instead of having a productive and stimulating environment, workers are faced with boredom as a result of relentless routine.
There’s a widespread belief, that internal competition fosters innovation. But researches found that creativity takes a hit when people in a work group compete instead of collaborate. The attitudes that pervade the operations of a company can enhance or thwart creativity. A close-knit team, drawing on the particular strengths and skills of each member of the group, may be smarter and more effective than any individual member of that group. One of the keys is building feelings of trust and respect to the point that people feel secure enough to express new ideas without fear of censure.
The most creative teams are those that have the confidence to share and debate ideas, that way the work will go more smoothly because they’re taking it lightly. Creativity includes the use of colour, laughter and freedom to enhance productivity. Creativity is fun. When people enjoy what they do, they work much harder. Humour greases the wheels of creativity. Researchers report that when teams of people are working together on a problem, those groups that laugh most readily and most often are more creative and productive than their more hard-faced and well-behaved counterparts. When they’re joking around, they’re freer to consider any possibility–after all, they’re only kidding. Having fun helps them disarm the inner censor that all too quickly condemns their ideas as ridiculous. But when people compete for recognition, they stop sharing information. And that’s destructive because nobody in an organization has all of the information required to put all the pieces of the puzzle together.
One way to help people in an organization to focus on creativity is by maintaining a network for people interested in creativity.Communication is absolutely essential to give birth to a creative workplace environment in a mature, seasoned culture. In fact creativity in communication is the key to implementing a culture rebirth because major changes in organizations often evoke resistance based on fear. Therefore managers should share all financial information with all of the employees. Elimination of traditional corporate secrets helps workers to understand the larger reality of the business and encourages them to generate ideas of their own to reduce costs and increase revenues. In addition people tend to rise to the occasion when someone truly believes in them. Many times people are looking for someone to be interested in them and to be accountable to. When they find this individual they will produce. It is essential during a cultural transformation that each person in the firm has someone that believes in them and is counting on them to succeed.
In creative problem solving, a mistake is an experiment to learn from, valuable information about what to try next. Research suggests that creative people make more mistakes than their less imaginative peers. People often back in their efforts because they are afraid of making mistakes, which can be embarrassing, even humiliating thus the degree of creativity is influenced by our feelings: our belief that we can speak without fear of retribution, our feeling of being trusted by others, a confidence in our own intuition.

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Let Governor Newsom know it is the wrong time to demand changes in digital technology operations and business models
More than 300 hundred small businesses, many of them NFIB members, have already added their company’s name to a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking his help to ensure access to the many digital platforms, tools, and programs remain within reach of Main Street enterprises.
“Access to online tools enables websites, analytics, digital ads, online marketplaces, and e-commerce platforms to empower retailers, restaurants, service providers, and California small businesses of all types,” reads the letter. “Now, more than ever, businesses and the Californians they serve benefit from the stability, scale, and security of these tools. Now is not the time to disrupt those services.”
NFIB California is part of a coalition working to keep internet tools in the hands of small businesses.
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The Hong Kong government has been exercising more control over activists since the annual July first democracy parade. Their latest target is the Falun Gong spiritual group. Hong Kong's government says Falun Gong practitioners they have to remove banners from the street, many of which have been there for 10 years to raise awareness of the persecution in the Mainland. Some Hong Kong legislators say this shows the increasing influence of the Communist Party in Hong Kong.
Yet now Hong Kong’s government is telling Falun Gong they have to take the banners down. They say it’s to ensure smooth traffic flow, running of local elections and the appearance of the city. Yet many Hong Kong legislators feel it shows the increasing influence of the Chinese regime in Hong Kong.
A regular advocate of free speech and democracy, Legislator Leung Kwok-hung says the request for Falun Gong to remove the banners is an attack on all Hong Kong residents.
[Leung Kwok-hung, HK Legislator]:
“Today this is not only aimed at Falun Gong… actually it is a violation of our entire democratic society.”
Rights activists say that since the July 1st democracy parade on through to the visit of Chinese Communist Party official Li Keqiang in late August, the Hong Kong government has been cracking down on activists and the media.
[Leung Yiu-chung, HK Legislator]:
“Today the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has already become a puppet of the central government, whatever the central government wants it to do it does. If it’s suppression it suppresses, it has completely lost its independent autonomy.”
Law Yuk-kai says there is no legal justification for the government’s demands.
Law Yuk-kai calls on citizens to be on their guard, as human rights in Hong Kong have deteriorated.

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Hopkinson is posting her work on her blog.
Oulipost is inspired by the experimental writing practices of Oulipo, a group founded in France in 1960, which sets constrained writing techniques on its acolytes. The Oulipost project applies those constraints to newspaper text.
"Oulipo constraints provide poets a chance to break free from the restrictions and challenges they face in their everyday writing practices," said Jenni B. Baker, editor-in-chief of the Found Poetry Review, in a statement. "We're encouraging writers to be bold, take risks and write about topics they normally wouldn't touch."
Hopkinson is using the Tribune's pages and website for her source text.
"I love words and there's something very enjoyable and fascinating to read and pick out the ones that catch my eye for use in a new work. It's exciting to see what comes of the exercise," Hopkinson said in a statement.


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Japanese executives have stated that they are interested in increasing their trade with Israel. This is part of a growing trend whereby Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Israel in 2015, which followed Netanyahu’s trip to Tokyo in 2014.
In the past Japan was hesitant to trade heavily with Israel due to its reliance on Arab oil, with Japan unwilling to upset these countries. However, since the price of oil has decreased this is no longer such a concern for the Japanese, with the Chairman of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Kobayashi commenting “geopolitics is changing in the Middle East and as oil prices come down, strategically it’s not as important. Japan is changing its mind”.
This change in the trading relationship between the two countries can be shown by the fact that bilateral trade between Japan and Israel was $1.4 billion in the first seven months of 2016. As a consequence, Japan has become Israel’s fourth largest trading partner in Asia. This is part of a growing trend whereby Asia is overtaking America as Israel’s second largest trading partner after Europe.
This increase in the trading relationship can also be shown by the Japanese acquisitions of Israeli companies. Most notably, Rakuten acquired Viber, an Israeli chat app that was popular within Asia, in a deal worth $900 million. In addition, Sony Corp acquired Israel’s Altair Semiconductor for $212 million.
These acquisitions are in conjunction with R&Ds being set up by the Japanese Government in Israel, which includes notable companies such as Panasonic, NEC and Ricoh, leading to the creation of 12 projects with Israeli companies. This is a trend that is reportedly set to increase in the following months and years, with investment by Japan into Israel already reaching $50 million in 2015.
This investment goes both ways, with the Israeli firm Apps Flyer, a mobile analytics company opening an office in Tokyo last year, which reportedly has over 100 Japanese clients.
Additionally, Teva Pharmaceuticals has a joint venture with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company to bring its generic drugs to Japan.
Overall, the Japanese are very attracted to Israel’s biotech, internet and automotive industries, with particular emphasis on cyber and defensive security, as well as health in order to deal with the threat from China and its aging population respectively.

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The result of this is that under International Law the European Community and a part of the Member States (EU15) have agreed to jointly fulfil some of those obligations whereas under Community Law all Member States share a certain degree of responsibility to meet the obligations created by the Kyoto Protocol.
This book analyses in great detail the Kyoto Protocol and its obligations, as well as the discrepancies between International Law and Community Law in that regard. The book is a useful tool for academics, practitioners, consultants and all stakeholders operating in the field of environmental law and climate change.
Leonardo Massai is a legal expert and lecturer in International and EU Environmental Law and Climate Change.
- Climate Change
- International and Economic law
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Book Title: The Kyoto Protocol in the EU
Book Subtitle: European Community and Member States under International and European Law
Authors: Leonardo Massai
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
Copyright Information: T.M.C. ASSER PRESS, The Hague, The Netherlands, and the author 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-323-6Published: 30 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-982-5Published: 03 December 2014
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Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 431

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Chris McCarthy’s Ropeadope Debut Still Time To Quit is Coming on April 3rd
Chris McCarthy, noted as “one of the most impressive and original pianists on the New York jazz scene” by Hot House Jazz Magazine, is thrilled to announce the release of his Ropeadope debut, Still Time To Quit, out April 3rd. With this album, McCarthy steps into the foreground as a singular composer and bandleader after establishing himself as a first-call sideman for many. McCarthy’s band of world class improvisers includes trumpeter Takuya Kuroda, saxophonist Michael Blake, bassist Sam Minaie and drummer Jongkuk Kim. The release of Still Time To Quit will be celebrated at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 on April 2nd in New York City.
An in-demand sideman, Chris McCarthy can be heard on a multitude of recent gems. He backed renowned trumpeter Jason Palmer on his release At Wally’s Vol. 1, Sasha Berliner on her acclaimed new album Azalea, and two releases for Ropeadope: Jared Sims’ The New York Sessions and Akinola Sennon’s Cousoumeh. On stage, McCarthy can be found in duet with vocalist Clotilde Rullaud, playing with acclaimed bandleaders Jerry Bergonzi, Ben Allison, and Dan Blake, and accompanying fast-rising peers Tony Glausi and Vanisha Gould.
While McCarthy is the bandleader and all the compositions are his, Still Time To Quit is a group effort by design, featuring the same band on all 8 tracks. Takuya Kuroda is a fast rising star with two critically acclaimed albums to his name: Rising Son and Zigzagger. Michael Blake has been an enduring presence on the New York scene for over 30 years having played with everyone from Charlie Hunter to Oliver Lake. “Their strong character on every solo and almost telepathic communication with each other is a highlight of the record to me” said McCarthy. The rhythm section is rounded out by stalwart bassist Sam Minaie (Tigran Hamasyan, Melody Gardot) and McCarthy’s long-time associate Jongkuk (JK) Kim, who is appearing on new releases left and right. According to McCarthy, “they are a uniquely groovy yet free-spirited rhythm section, always bringing the funk in tandem with adventure.” The band’s natural chemistry is readily apparent after just one listen.
Album highlights include “Ready Steady Here You Go” which feature incredibly high energy solos from Kuroda and Blake and an infectious go-go funk groove; “Valedictorian Driver,” which is a reimagining of rapper Noname’s “Diddy Bop”; and “That’s All You Get”, a whirlwind of off-axis uptempo swing (and indeed, the only swing tune you get).
The tongue in cheek album title comes from the idea that no matter what level of success one reaches as a musician, there will always be people saying a sustainable career in music is impossible. To McCarthy, there’s always “still time to quit” music, but there’s also time to fulfill one’s creative and professional dreams and goals. With this shining debut for Ropeadope, McCarthy’s is beginning to achieve those goals.


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Interposition Psychology Definition
According to an Oxford Dictionary, “Interposition Psychology” is the placement of monocular cues of visual depth perception and overlapping another object. The overlapping object looks closer than the monocular cue, which is the backend. When one object blocks the path of another, the blocked object is perceived as more distant.
Interposition is the act of overlapping two objects to give the illusion of depth. Interposition is one of the Monocular Cues For Depth Perception. Monocular cues are formed when one object partially covers another, known as interposition or overlapping. By doing so, it appears as if the object that is being covered is the one that is further away. Any stimulus related to depth perception which can be perceived with one eye alone is a monocular cue. As opposed to binocular cues, in which the depth is perceived by using both eyes at the same time.


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University of Arkansas researchers have created a model that might explain how water could produce the flow patterns seen by a spacecraft orbiting Mars.
Research professor Vincent Chevrier and former Doctoral Academy Fellow Edgard Rivera-Valentin, now a postdoctoral associate at Brown University, published their findings in a recent edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
The University of Arkansas researchers studied small flow features originally identified by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and detailed in a July 2011 paper published in Science magazine. These flow features, which appear and disappear with the seasons and show a strong preference for equator facing slopes, indicate the possible presence of liquid on the Red Planet. Chevrier and Rivera-Valentin have constructed the most comprehensive model to date of the behavior of water-and-salt combinations called brines to show that frozen water could melt, flow and then evaporate, creating these flow features on Mars.
Salts can lower the melting point of water, so the researchers used different forms of salt known to form on Mars to calculate what would melt, how much would become liquid and how long the liquid would last from the time it went from freezing to evaporation. They based their model on soils up to 20 centimeters deep, because beyond that depth the seasonal temperatures would not affect the freezing and melting aspects of the salt-water mixtures.
“We had to find a salt-water mixture that would come and go,” in other words, something not completely liquid or solid, said Chevrier, a research assistant professor in the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. They found that calcium chloride fits the bill.
“In one day we could form enough liquid to create these flow features on the surface,” he said. The researcher’s model also explained why the flow features disappeared by incorporating evaporation into the model.
“The easier it becomes to melt, the easier it becomes to evaporate,” Chevrier said. At low concentrations of brine, “as soon as it melts, it evaporates and disappears.”
However, the researchers showed that they could melt enough brine so that it would not completely evaporate, thus creating conditions that might explain the flow features.
Their model fits with the seasonal change in flow observations, with the flows occurring on equator facing slopes and with seasonal changes. Also, high surface evaporation rates as demonstrated in their model explain why, if there is water, it would disappear relatively quickly and why imaging spectrometry on Mars has not identified water signatures.
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Aka the longest bridge in the world. In order to cross the bridge from one bank of the Nemunas to the other took 13 days, because Kaunas belonged to the Russian Empire and Aleksotas to the Prussian kingdom up to 1807. The different sides of the river had different calendars, which included a 13-day difference. During World War II the bridge was blown up twice, only to be reborn in 1948 (architect Levas Kazarinskis); the bridge retraction mechanism is still of use today. Having crossed the Nemunas you can try the funicular and the climb to the Aleksotas area where you will see a breathtaking panorama of Kaunas.


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The beloved disciple,
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writers, wrote his Gospel in
. John was an eyewitness
to the events of the Last Supper (John 6:30-68).
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless
you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh
and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him
on the last day. For
my flesh is true food
is true drink
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remains in me and I in him."


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Parking Meters Eyed in Three Hamptons Villages
Drivers seeking hard-to-find parking spots nearby popular shops in some South Fork downtowns may soon have to feed new parking meters for the first time.
The Village of East Hampton struck an agreement with ParkMobile, an Atlanta-based parking meter company that offers an app for drivers to pay via mobile devices instead of coin-operated meters. Sag Harbor may vote on it in March and Southampton will hear from the company at its January meeting. Times and rates are expected to differ between villages.
“Visitors to the region will be able to use their same account in all three villages,” Sag Harbor Trustee Aiden Corish said. “This makes it easier for everybody and reinforces the idea that paid parking is something whose time has come on the East End.”
ParkMobile is used in thousands of locations nationwide, including Patchogue, Freeport, Great Neck, Bay Shore and New York City.
Sag Harbor proposed premium parking May 29 to October 3 on Main Street and Long Wharf with the first hour free, $5 for the second hour, $7.50 or the third hour and $15 for the fourth hour. East Hampton proposed keeping free the one-hour parking on Main Street and two-hour parking in municipal lots, but charging $10 for the third hour and $20 for the fourth hour.
“It’s going to really help the businesses and it’s going to help us in the village provide other services that we need,” East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larson said.
Sag Harbor expects to earn from the meters $1 million annually, which will fund road repairs, bicycle paths, and benches. Revenue projections were not immediately available for the other two villages.
Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren said, “I think it’s a great idea, but we have to get our board up to speed.”


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KALAMAZOO, MI -- If the Kalamazoo Central High School student with tuberculosis turns out to be a typical TB case, there is a 1 percent chance or less that another student or staff member will come down with the disease, based on federal health statistics.
In the average typical TB case, those at highest risk of infection are immediate family members. Of that group, 20 percent are likely to test positive for TB and 1 to 2 percent will be diagnosed with an active case of TB. The risk diminishes for people who have less frequent, direct contact with the patient.
About 300 students and staff members at Central who have had direct contact with the student will be tested for TB starting Monday, as questions swirl about the likelihood of whether anybody else developing the infection.
Health officials say the odds of acquiring tuberculosis varies depending on many factors, including the strain of TB involved, stage of disease, the health of the person exposed to the germs and the circumstances of exposure.
Still, here are some points to keep in mind.
1. No, Americans are not vaccinated against tuberculosis.
A vaccine does exist. But because of the low TB rate in the United States and concerns about the vaccine's effectiveness, the United States is not among countries that promote TB vaccinations.
2. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease, but less contagious that you might think.
"What gets people's attention is that it's an airborne infection and there's very few of those," said Dr. David Davenport, a Kalamazoo specialist in infectious disease and medical director of infection prevention and control at Borgess Medical Center.
When a person with active TB coughs, sneezes, talks or sings, they spray the bacteria into the air -- "and it can stay in the air for a long time," Davenport said.
In theory, a single exposure to those germs can infect another person with TB.
"That said, it typically takes prolonged exposure and multiple exposures" for another person to pick up the germs, and even for people with that level of exposure, there's a very good chance of not getting infected, he said.
On average, he said, about 20 percent of those living in the same household as TB patients will test positive for TB.
"So the numbers are pretty good -- 80 percent won't be infected," and that's for the group at highest risk, Davenport said.
By comparison, TB is "way, way less contagious" than the flu, said Linda Vail, Kalamazoo County health officer.
3. The vast majority of people infected don't develop active TB.
Just as most people directly exposed to a TB patients aren't infected, most of those infected don't get sick.
Davenport said only 5 to 10 percent of people who test positive for TB develop an active form of the disease, with symptoms that include coughing, fever, chills, night sweats and weight loss
The other 90 to 95 percent who test positive have latent TB, which means they have a dormant form of the disease that is asymptomatic.
Vail estimates about 4 percent of Kalamazoo County residents have latent TB, and most don't realize it. Because tuberculosis remains a leading cause of infectious disease in developing countries, about a third of the world's population tests positive to TB.
4. Odds are 1 percent or less that another K-Central student or staff member will be diagnosed with active tuberculosis, assuming this is a typical TB case.
So if 20 percent of household members test positive on a TB test and 5 to 10 percent of that subgroup have active TB, that calculates to a 1 to 2 percent chance of acquiring TB from an infected family member.
And remember, this is the group at highest risk. The odds are lower for people with less frequent, direct contact with the TB patient.
There's reason to think those odds could be lower for K-Central students and staff. That's because 10 people are tested in the average TB investigation, according to the CDC report, which means a much higher ratio of family members with significant exposure as compared to the numbers being tested in the K-Central case.
Bottom line, "unless the (infected student) had a horrible cough and a severe form of the disease," the odds are against another K-Central student or teacher coming down with TB, Davenport said.
The caveat here is these numbers reflect the averages. Local health officials haven't provided details on the infected K-Central student, and those details -- the strain of TB, how long he's had the illness, the exact nature of his social interactions at K-Central -- make a difference.
5. A real danger in TB is undiagnosed cases.
So if K-Central students and staff are at fairly low risk of getting TB, why the scramble to test everyone in the student's classes, activities and bus route?
"The reason that TB is such a big deal is that people can have the infection and not know it," Davenport said. "The symptoms are very common -- a persistent cough, a fever -- and so people can go around with active TB and not know they have it and spread the disease."
Once a TB patient is identified, it's important to track down any secondary cases to nip a potential outbreak in the bud, Davenport said.
Only people with active TB who are experiencing symptoms can spread the infection. The incubation period to test positive for TB is about two to 10 weeks after exposure.
And while Vails says TB is typically a "very treatable disease," it's still a nasty infection that can be life-threatening, especially for the very young, the very old and people with underlying health problems.
6. The problem with latent TB.
For the majority of people, it's not a big deal to live with latent TB.
Still, Davenport said, if anybody at K-Central has a positive TB test, they should talk to their doctor about possible treatment, even if they're not sick.
"The problem is it can lay dormant until you're 50 or 60 and you have breast cancer or some other horrible thing" that affects a person's immune system and "that's when latent TB can activate," Davenport said. "You can be hit by this serious infection when the chips are down."
Latent TB can be treated with a six-month regimen of antibiotics, he said.
7. What makes this situation unique is not that Kalamazoo has a TB case, but the potential number of exposures.
There hasn't been a TB case in a Kalamazoo County school in recent memory, and Kalamazoo Central happens to be the largest school in the county.
That explains why 300 people have to get TB tests. By comparison, 10 people are tested in the average TB investigation, according to the CDC.
But while the size of this case is highly unusual, the process and procedures are not. Vail notes Kalamazoo County has a few TB cases every year, which means her staff is experienced in developing a list of people potentially exposed and ensuring any secondary TB cases are identified.
Moreover, Davenport and Vail point out the CDC sets protocols for such situations, including TB cases in schools, so it's not like local health officials are developing an action plan from scratch.
"From what I've heard, they're doing everything right, everything by the book," Davenport said about the response to the K-Central situation.
While some parents have questioned why all K-Central students and parents aren't getting tested, local health officials are following CDC guidelines that call for testing those with repeated and/or sustained contact with the TB patients, such as being in the same class or school bus.
Even those protocols err on the side of "overkill," Davenport said.
8. Central staff and students with serious health problems may want to get tested regardless.
For the most part, Davenport said, K-Central students or staff who haven't been identified for TB testing shouldn't worry about exposure.
The exception, he said, are those in building with a health history that makes them especially vulnerable to infection -- someone who has had a transplant, for instance, or has HIV.
"If someone has an immune deficiency, it would certainly be worth discussing with their doctor" about whether they should be tested for TB, even if they didn't have any known contact with the infected student, Davenport said.
ARCpoint Labs in Portage is offering TB tests for seniors and all students of Kalamazoo Central who are not primary contacts for $18 and $25 for all others. The lab is located at 5401 Portage Road; their phone is 269-216-3668.
Julie Mack covers K-12 education and writes a column for Kalamazoo Gazette. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.org, call her at 269-350-0277 or follow her on Twitter at kzjuliemack.


[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-11-72 by Ord. No. 213]
Recreation vehicles such as trailers and boats may be parked or stored within the Borough under the following conditions:
All such vehicles or boats must be stored in the rear yard only. They cannot be stored in the front yard, side yards or driveway.
No such vehicle or boat may be stored within five (5) feet of the owner's property line.
The length of the vehicle or boat to be so stored can-not exceed thirty (30) feet in length.
[Amended 5-13-91 by Ord. No. 10-1991]
No more than one (1) vehicle or boat may be stored on one (1) piece of property.
This article applies to the storage of the vehicle or boat only, and no living within or use of the vehicle or boat shall be permitted.
A vehicle such as a trailer or a boat may be parked on the street for a period of time not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours for the purpose of loading or unloading only.
[Added 8-10-87 by Ord. No. 13-1987; amended 8-27-90 by Ord. No. 23-1990]
No person shall store or park a motorcycle, moped or other motor vehicle upon the front, side or rear lawn of any residence, unless in the rear, the area has been appropriated for parking by a carport, paved or crushed stone; or upon any sidewalk within the Borough.
[Amended 8-27-1979 by Ord. No. 7-1979; 4-22-02 by Ord. No. 5-2002]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the local Police Department.
[Adopted 8-23-66 by Ord. No. 154]
No person shall garage, store or permit to be garaged or stored any motor vehicle or trailer used for the transportation or storage of oil, gasoline, liquid or gaseous chemicals or any other substance of an explosive nature in the residential or business zones of the Borough as set forth on the Zoning Map of the Borough.


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The new 5 ltr jar is the latest addition to the Freedom Healthy Cooking Oil offerings
Gemini Edibles & Fats India Ltd (GEF India) has unveiled their new 5-liter jar of Freedom Groundnut Oil. This new 5 ltr jar is the latest addition to the Freedom Healthy Cooking Oil offerings. It has a nutty flavour and offers various health benefits and is preferred for making pickles with traditional flavour and aroma in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. The new 5 ltr jar for Freedom Groundnut Oil was launched by P. Chandra Shekhara Reddy, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Freedom Healthy Cooking Oils.
In current times, most people end up buying the commercial store sold pickles due to several reasons like lack of time, lack of idea on pickle making etc. But these store bought pickles generally lack the authentic taste, quality & more importantly the health benefits.
Speaking about the launch, P. Chandra Shekhara Reddy, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Freedom Healthy Cooking Oils, said, “We are pleased to launch the 5 Ltr jar of Freedom Groundnut Oil which adds more variants to the portfolio. Our focus lies in providing quality products to our consumers and offer specific variants of oils for their varied culinary preferences. Groundnut Oil is the most preferred oil for making pickles in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, primarily due to the unique aroma and flavour of the oil. We have observed that the demand for groundnut oil increases 4 times during the pickle season. The addition of new 5 ltr groundnut oil jar to the Freedom Healthy Cooking Oils basket provides the consumers added convenience this pickle season.”

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Kowa SL – 15 is high-quality optics with compact lithium-ion battery-on board
Sometimes it is a good idea to have a portable slit lamp that comes with the versatility and convenience for you to move with it from place to place. Whether you are visiting a patient in their residences or you are conducting a free communal clinic, you will always appreciate the portable medical devices. The Kowa SL – 15 is one such portable handheld slit that every eye care professional should have, even if they have already invested in the other models.
The Kowa SL – 15 features a lightweight design, and you will be surprised to know that it weighs just about 800grams. Its versatile design makes it easy to handle and operate, and with features, it contains, you can expect to get very good performances from this compact slit lamp.
Features for comfort, and convenience
The notable features for convenience, comfort, and performance you find in this Kowa SL – 15 include-:
- A cordless rechargeable battery which makes it possible for users to use it without any restrictions. They have the ability to examine anywhere.
- Easily accessible controls – you will have no problems in accessing the controls of this slit lamp. For example, the lighting switch conveniently sits on the grip for ease of use.
- A sturdy stand which also doubles up as the charger
- It uses lithium-ion batteries and in addition to the main unit, there is a spare one to ensure that illumination goes on when the equipment is in use. The capacity of the batteries is also long and can support up to 40 minutes of continuous usage.
- Allows for both digital and video recording of the examinations.
Kowa SL – 15 Specifications:
- Slit Width 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.8mm, spot
- Light Intensity Selected Among Full, 1/4 and 1/16
- Slit Projection Angle Horizontal, 60 degree
- Light Source 7.5V, 12W halogen lamp
- Duration of Illumination Approx. 40 minutes
- Electric Rating 8.4 VDC (special purpose battery), 15W
- Dimensions 221(W) x 106(D) x 214(H)
- Weight 790g / 27.87oz
- Power unit (charger)
- Output terminal: For charging both built-in power pack and spare power pack
- Input Voltage: AC100 ~ 240V, 50/60Hz
- Power consumption: 90VA
- Dimension: 124(W) x 253(D) x 68(H)
- Weight: 1250g / 44.09oz
The Kowa SL – 15 has the convenience of being compact and portable and most professionals will find it very suitable for domiciliary environments. It is ideal for a variety of situations, with the most common ones being emergencies, situations that call for mobility challenges, as well as situations which involve switching from one consultation room to another.
The equipment guarantees a cordless rechargeable operation with a battery that has the capacity necessary to offer continuous LED illumination during examinations. The base as a stand that also doubles up as the charger and can conveniently accommodate both the spare lithium-ion battery and the main unit all at the same time.
Kowa SL – 15 has a flexible recording tool
There are very many reasons why an eye care professional may desire to record images during ophthalmic examinations. For example, they may want to use the recordings for reviews and patient follow-ups, while others may use the recording to explain to the patients the conditions they may be having.
Though most of the slit lamps in the market today have the ability to make such recordings, very few portable units will have this ability and the Kowa SL – 15 happens to be one of the lucky few. The lamp has the ability to support video or digital cameras with the help of an optional c-mount camera adaptor which can then be used for instant imaging.


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PT Farm, LLC, a North Haverhill, N.H. establishment, is recalling approximately 15 pounds of lamb products that may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The lamb products, a neck and one leg, were derived from a carcass produced on Sept. 6, 2016 and were shipped to a retail store in Somerville, Massachusetts and sold at their retail counter on Sept. 7, 2016.
The problem was discovered on Sept. 7, 2016 when the establishment was notified of an E. coli positive water supply sample result and resulting ‘water boil’ notice initiated by the North Haverhill Municipality Water Department located in North Haverhill, New Hampshire.
FSIS and the company are concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’ freezers.
Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.


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Description:2-Channel Relay interface board
Just use 5V input signal to control.
You can do some simple design about it.
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Each relay has a normally open
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Equiped with high-current relay
This is a 2-Channel 5V Relay Module Shield can be controlled directly by a wide range of microcontrollers such as Arduino PIC ARM AVR DSP.
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Hotel Portamaggiore has two different types of meeting rooms, including a recently renovated. The rooms are available for conferences and meetings. Also, used especially in hot summer days Romana in the garden you can spend pleasant evenings or dinners in the great delight of area covered with tables used. The Piano Bar, spacious and comfortable offering guests the opportunity to taste fancy drinks entertained by an excellent background music. The two restaurants "La Fenice" and "Valentine" is treated in a refined environment in the selection of typical dishes, and offer you the famous and traditional Italian cooking. This is a traditional building with a light red facade.
Reviews: Hotel Portamaggiore
4.6Poor price/quality relationSérgio - Feb 1, 2018
The room and toilet were clean and the breakfast is OK for a 3 star. However, the reception is confuse and the room was extremely hot. We asked at the reception how could we refresh the room and they sent someone to check the Air Conditioned which was "working fine". As you can't fine tune the temperature (you can only turn it on or off), the only solution was to turn it off and keep the windows open all day and night. But with the window open, the noise from the street is extreme and impossible to sleep with. This was in January, I can't imagine someone staying in the same room by the summer!
The bar/restaurant is pleasant but too expensive for the quality. We bought the half board option and informed the staff about allergic restrictions on the first day, but they didn't took it into consideration in subsequent days.

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This was in Realdeal.hu today. I am posting it since we have had inquiries about Balaton
as a possible summer home real estate investment from my readers in the past, but recent and distant.
While many agents were expecting a small upturn this year in the market for lakeside Balaton properties, such a bump has yet to happen, writes napi.hu. The market is still “dead” in Keszthely
, despite the appearance of Ukrainian buyers, said László Kozma, managing director of Capital ’99 Kft. Other foreign buyers – Germans, Austrians and Brits – have disappeared completely, in part a result of the canceling of budget flights to the region’s international airport. Meanwhile, most Hungarian buyers are not willing to pay more than Ft 10 million (€38,000) for a lakeside vacation home.
Miklós Tanai, owner of Balatonfüred‘s Aktív Ingatlaniroda, said buyers are mainly looking for housing in the town. There is demand for cheap houses starting from Ft 15 million which are in need of renovations. In Csopak, there are many high-end homes near the lake for sale for between Ft 60-70 million.
On the southern shore of the lake, only supply had gown, said Nándorné Sümegh, owner and managing director of BA-S-HA Kft. Prices are nearly 20% lower than three years ago. Many small, good quality wooden vacation homes are for sale for Ft 4.5-5 million in Máriafürdő, Balatonberény and Balatonkeresztúr.


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PURDUE UNIVERSITY MEDIA CONFERENCE
August 26, 2014
THE MODERATOR:¬† Coach will make an opening statement and then we'll go to questions.
COACH HAZELL:¬† Obviously we're anxious to get started on Saturday.¬† I know our guys are fired up.¬† We'll finish our last preparation days Tuesday, Wednesday, a little bit on Thursday, then we'll have a brief walk‑through on Friday, then we'll get over to the hotel and get our minds right and ready to go start the season off the right way.
We're excited.¬† I'm excited.¬† The players are excited.¬† It's time to start playing again.
THE MODERATOR:¬† We'll go ahead with questions.
Q.¬† Talk a little bit about the Western Michigan offense, Terrell, in particular the wide receivers and quarterback.
COACH HAZELL:¬† Those guys are good players.¬† I think they've done a nice job last year even through their struggles of trying to find a way to get him the ball.
I think the quarterback does a good job of moving around.¬† He's not a big run guy, but moves around, slides in the pocket, finds open guys.
He was pretty efficient I felt towards the back end of the season.¬† You could watch his progress continually get better and better as the year went on last year.
They're going to come ready to compete, that's for sure.
Q.¬† Defensively they had some problems last year.¬† What do you like about them defensively?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I think the thing they do defensively is they bring a lot of pressure.¬† They're going to hang their hats on bringing five‑man pressures, keep one guy in the middle of the field, try not to let it over the top of their heads.
They feel pretty good about their corners on the side.¬† They like to play a lot of man‑to‑man coverage.¬† Their front, they're always moving.¬† Whether they're angling, slanting or stunting, they're always going to keep the front on the move.
Q.¬† From your team's perspective, what do you need to see from the Kugler and the offensive line?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I don't think Kugler needs to do anything more than he's done for the last four or five weeks practicing.¬† He's done an excellent job.¬† He is the quarterback of our offensive line.¬† He makes all the offensive line calls.¬† He's playing so much more physical.¬† He's put on 15 solid pounds.¬† He's playing with greater balance.
I love the way he's playing right now.¬† I really love his communication skills and his leadership skills.
Q.¬† You told us on Media Day when we asked you about the two freshmen defenders, Robinson and Bentley, you said it's your job to get them ready to play.¬† One is listed as a starter, I'm sure the other will play.¬† Their progress in camp, sometimes it's dangerous throwing kids right in there, but they obviously have proven something to you.
COACH HAZELL:¬† Absolutely.¬† You take a look at Ja'Whaun Bentley, the production is on the film.¬† You come in every night and evaluate players, how well they're adapting and adjusting to your defensive scheme.¬† He's done an unbelievable job of learning for a young guy.¬† Really studies the game.¬† But he's also that physical presence that can add to that linebacker corps.
The thing I like about Gelen, he is so strong.¬† When he gets engaged with somebody, they go flying.¬† He's not always on points yet because he's still learning the system.¬† But he's a very, very physically strong guy when he knocks up with someone.
Q.¬† In any sport you got to be good on defense to win.¬† Last year there were some games that you gave up an awful lot of points and yards.¬† What have you seen in camp that leads you to believe this year this defense can be much better?
COACH HAZELL:¬† First of all, you're tired of talking about last year.¬† This is a whole different football team.¬† But we're a much better defense right now than we were at any particular time last year.¬† I mean, I think Ryan Russell has done an unbelievable job of his leadership inside as a defensive lineman and across the defense.
But they're running to the ball better, they're more physical, more gap sound.¬† You go right down the list, check off things.¬† We're better in the back end.¬† They're playing so hungry right now.
If they can continue to do that, we can put pressure on the quarterback, we'll be a very, very good defense this year.
Q.¬† You've been pretty light the last few days.¬† Has that helped some of your nicked up guys like Phillips, Howard, Cermin.
COACH HAZELL:¬† Cermin will be back today.¬† Howard will be back today.¬† Jalani is going to be back today.¬† We have to be smart with them because they're still coming off those injuries.¬† The most important thing is to get your A players into the game.
Being able to take off, having a light practice Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday was off, other than lifting.¬† I saw Jimmy Herman get on the elevator the other day, he said, Coach, my legs feel great.¬† That was the goal.
Q.¬† Knock on wood, you made it through the month without anything major happening.¬† Anything in particular you feel like you did to prevent injury?
COACH HAZELL:¬† We went into camp, I told the coaches, It's your responsibility to govern how much pounding your group gets.¬† I can control it in the group settings, our team settings, but you have to be able to control it in your individual periods.
I felt our staff did a good job of watching how much they beat each other up but still getting the work in, trying to keep them as fresh as you can but still getting the work in.¬† It's that fine balance that you're always looking for to make sure you're getting better but you're not leaving them on the practice field.
Q.¬† You moved Cermin to left tackle in the third or fourth day.¬† I get the impression you liked what you saw there early.¬† What was it about moving him back there again that made you feel comfortable?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I really like him in the run game.¬† I think he's got the physical presence in the run game.¬† He's really starting to work well with Jason King over there in terms of combination blocks, the communication that you need to have.¬† Obviously we're going to do some things in the pass game.
You see his growth.¬† He just keeps getting better and better and more confident.¬† I saw him again this morning.¬† He's ready to go.
Q.¬† What freshmen do you think will play for you on Saturday?
COACH HAZELL:¬† If I had to guess, I think you're probably going to see five guys.¬† Gelen and Ja'Whaun on defense, I think you'll see Greg Phillips, Trae Hart and possibly our center, our backup center, Larry.¬† Those three guys are probably the three guys you'll see, five total.
Q.¬† With receivers, you wanted the top six on the depth chart, you only listed four.¬† Do you feel you got a good top six now?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I think we've got six or seven maybe.¬† We should have listed probably six guys with B.J. at the Z.¬† You'll see Danny at the H.¬† You'll see Yancey at the X backed up by Phillips.¬† You'll see Trae Hart.¬† We'll probably slide Danny back outside to get Trae in and let him run there.¬† But you'll also see Miles and maybe Monteroso, yeah.¬† You won't see Posey this week.
COACH HAZELL:¬† Violation of team policy.¬† He'll be out for this week.
Q.¬† How far along does Monteroso need to come?
COACH HAZELL:¬† The only thing you worry with Monteroso is he has not practiced a whole lot.¬† How much practice can you get in in two days to get him ready to play?
We'll have to gauge him on Thursday and see where he is.
Q.¬† With Phillips and Hart, were those two guys you identified before camp as guys that would help you, or once you started camp you saw they had the possibility of contributing?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I think we identified Greg coming out of the summer.¬† Not so much Trae.¬† But Trae is extremely smooth.¬† He's got great hands, great quickness.¬† He plays so under control.¬† I mean, to me he's vaulted up the depth chart for us.
Q.¬† How will it work Saturday with Landon Feichter?¬† Does he come out and warm up?¬† Does he have to go hide somewhere?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I still need clarification on that.¬† That question was addressed to me at our staff meeting.¬† Does he have to stay in the locker room for the first half?¬† I said, Let me check with our compliance guy.¬† I'm not sure.
But wherever he is, watch out, he'll be pacing.¬† He's ready to go.¬† He's so excited to get back on the field.
Q.¬† You limited the tackling in camp.¬† A couple scrimmages where you let them fly around.¬† Any concerns that you didn't tackle enough?¬† How do you think this team is going to wrap up players on Saturday?
COACH HAZELL:¬† That's always the key to winning football games, you have to be able to tackle.
We tackled as much as we had to, I think.¬† You have to go out, keep your head up on Saturdays, got to get 'em on the ground.¬† That's the number one goal for the defense.
Q.¬† What do you want to see Saturday?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I want to see our team come out with a lot of confidence, with a lot of energy, an execution level that's off the charts.¬† I really do.¬† I want to see few mental mistakes.¬† I don't want to see any of that stuff.¬† We've tightened the game plan down so we can execute at a high level.¬† That's what I want to see us do.
Q.¬† You mentioned that Western Michigan likes to bring some pressure.¬† Danny Etling has been honest that a lot of that pressure, those sacks he took, were his fault.¬† How have you seen him work?
COACH HAZELL:¬† It's a state of mind for Danny.¬† He understands that.¬† He realizes that he hung on to the ball a little bit too long last year.¬† He's corrected that.
I have all the confidence in the world that he'll take care of the ball, one, but also that he knows a great play might be a throw‑away when he feels a little bit of pressure.
He's done a great job of studying the game and studying himself.¬† He's going to have a phenomenal day on Saturday.
Q.¬† How do you think Gabe Holmes matured since you've been here?
COACH HAZELL:¬† There was a transformation that happened with him probably back in December, January when he was struggling.¬† He was on the fringe.¬† Coach Parker did an unbelievable job of really taking him under his wing and said, These are the things you need to do if you'd like to be successful.
To Gabe's credit, he worked every single day in making sure that he was eligible, put in the extra hours.¬† So he's grown up quite a bit in the last nine months.
Q.¬† Why is he important to have on the field?
COACH HAZELL:¬† He's one of the best, in my opinion.¬† He could be one of the best tight ends in the country.¬† He's 6'6", 260 pounds.¬† He can run, he can transition.¬† He catches it.¬† He's got to prove it on the field for us, and I know he will.¬† He's ready to go.
Q.¬† Because you have so many options on tight end, I know John calls the plays, isn't it an interesting challenge offensively?
COACH HAZELL:¬† We're going to limit our personnel groupings to probably three, which is two tight end sets, four‑wideout sets, three‑wideout sets with a tight end.¬† Those are probably or three main personnel groupings we'll concentrate on.¬† We think all three of those could be pretty exciting.
Q.¬† How have you seen in the first three weeks of camp the running game be better because you've spread the field out a little bit?
COACH HAZELL:¬† You get so many people out of the box.¬† I think that's the number one thing.¬† When you have those two backs, Raheem and Akeem, you can spread the defense, make them tackle in space.¬† Those guys are hard to get down on the ground if you have to tackle them in space.
Naturally guys fall off of people when you have a lot of people in the box.¬† Naturally sometimes guys fall off of people or there's always an extra hat in the box that you can't account for.¬† You get them out of the box, watch out.
Q.¬† Frankie playing safety now, does that change what you're doing defensively at all?¬† Are you doing different things schematically because he's there?
COACH HAZELL:¬† You've seen practice, but we haven't changed our thought process.¬† We're still playing whatever we're going to play back there.
Back safety in our scheme is a lot like a corner that's playing on the inside.¬† You're going to draw a lot of man‑to‑man coverage, those types of things.
The thing you like about Frankie, he's so poised in there, he communicates so well, he's got a lot of battle experience, which you like to have.
Q.¬† What uniforms are you guys wearing?
COACH HAZELL:¬† Oh, I can't remember.¬† Went through the whole season, all 12 of them, can't remember what we're wearing.¬† Won't be anything crazy.¬† It will be a pretty standard uniform for us.
Q.¬† Jason Tretter was listed as the backup left guard.¬† How much did he play left guard in camp?
COACH HAZELL:¬† A little bit.¬† He's moved around from position to position.¬† You like the growth of Tretter.¬† He's done a nice job.¬† He's a little nasty, which you like.¬† He's a little bit more athletic than you think he is.¬† That's what you like about him.
Q.¬† What do you expect from Western Michigan?¬† What team do you expect to see Saturday?
COACH HAZELL:¬† Like I said earlier, they're going to be a pressure team.¬† They're going to come out and run a lot of five‑man pressures early.¬† How long they do it will be based on whether or not they get hurt in those five‑man pressures defensively.
Offensively they're similar schematically to what we are right now.¬† I mean, you watch them, they run a lot of zone read stuff.¬† They're very similar to us schematically.
Q.¬† Do you feel like you have an offense pretty well designed to beat pressure with a lot of the short passing stuff?
COACH HAZELL:¬† We do.¬† We really do.¬† Not only the short passing things, but also in the run game.¬† Run game can also beat blitzes.
Q.¬† What do you expect from Zach Terrell?¬† Can you break him down for us a little bit?
COACH HAZELL:¬† Sure.¬† He's a guy, you know, you watch his progression over last year's season, he got better and better.¬† I think they like to keep him on the move whenever they can.¬† But he lets the ball out of his hands.¬† That's pretty evident.¬† They're playing some young linemen.¬† I'm sure that's still going to be the case.¬† He does not want to hold on to the football.
Q.¬† Corey Davis, too, is a pretty big weapon for them as a wide receiver guy.¬† What do you like about him?
COACH HAZELL: ¬†He might be their best player offensively.¬† He's a guy that runs good routes.¬† He catches the ball around people.¬† He plays outside of his body.¬† He's a tough kid.¬† He plays with a lot of confidence.¬† You can see it on film.¬† He plays with a tremendous amount of confidence.
Q.¬† Anytime you go into an opener, you don't know what to expect because of the off‑season.¬† When it's a situation like this one, new staff last year, you would assume a lot of what didn't work for them last year perhaps sticks a little more this year, do you really not know what to expect?
COACH HAZELL:¬† Obviously you're going into your second year, wherever you are in the country, you're going to be better.¬† Your kids are going to be better.¬† They understand what your expectations are, so they're going to be a better football team.¬† But you're right, you go into the opening game, you don't know what to expect.
We think schematically we got a pretty good beat on them.
Q.¬† Austin Logan I imagine would start.¬† What have been your impressions of him on the last three weeks?
COACH HAZELL:¬† He's a kid that's grown up for us.¬† We needed him to do that.¬† I think this might be the best thing for Austin Logan in the long run in terms of having this experience, this confidence behind him, to be able to start the game and be out there.
But he brings a physical presence.¬† That's probably his biggest strength.¬† But he also is in the film room every single morning when I come in there studying and trying to learn.¬† He'll do a good job for us, I really believe that.
Q.¬† After having a chance to look at the kick scrimmage, do you have any idea who your field goal kicker will be yet?
COACH HAZELL:¬† Well, not yet.¬† Hopefully we can make that decision here in the next day or so.¬† But it's a close race right now.
Q.¬† You generally have chosen one guy when you've had these competitions.¬† That's the approach you're probably taking here or could you do something different?
COACH HAZELL:¬† A lot of times when you have two kickers kick for you, it's because you have a long‑range guy and a short‑range guy.¬† That's not the case in this situation.
Both of them have good legs.¬† There's some things that we need to work out with both of them.
Q.¬† MacDougall will kickoff for you?
COACH HAZELL:¬† He will, yes.
Q.¬† Do you like what you've gotten from him as a kickoff guy?
COACH HAZELL:¬† We do.¬† Funny, we were in the kick scrimmage, maybe it was a kick practice, and he kicks it down to the two or three yard line.¬† Coach Williams goes over to him and says, Can you kick it in the end zone?
He goes, Yeah, I can kick it in the end zone.
Why didn't you?
I was just trying to get some hang time.
Next time he kicks it seven yards deep.¬† He's got a good leg.¬† He'll be a good weapon for you.¬† If you can start teams on the 25 yard line, that's a good thing for our defense.
Q.¬† After two straight days of practice, however it was, two off days, do you expect the guys to come back refreshed and recharged, ready to go for game week?
COACH HAZELL:¬† They're so hungry right now.¬† I know they were in the weight room yesterday.¬† They're so ready to go.
You always like to get them away so they miss it for a couple days.¬† But they're ready.¬† They're ready to be back.
Q.¬† Talk about the fan base, your expectations from them week one, the excitement level around the program.
COACH HAZELL:¬† I think the fans are going to fall in love with this football team.¬† If they don't already love them right now, which so many do, we've had such great fans, we have such great fans, they're going to fall in love with this team because of the way they're going to play.¬† The talent level has risen.¬† They're going to play with more passion.¬† They'll be more physical.¬† What you expect, respect for the game.¬† They're going to really enjoy watching us play this year.
Q.¬† Not only for the team but everybody involved, how important is it to show that early on?
COACH HAZELL:¬† I think that's huge.¬† I think it's huge that we come out on Saturday and play extremely well because once we do, it will be fun.
Q.¬† Would you compare this Western Michigan team to anyone?
COACH HAZELL:¬† Not necessarily.¬† I'm not comparing them to anyone but themselves.¬† They're going to come out and play hard.¬† Their coach, who I've worked with for a year, I know him very well.¬† He's going to have a lot of energy.¬† They're going to cheer everything.¬† We're going to have to obviously exceed their intensity level.
As long as we're doing the things we need to do, you like your chances.
Q.¬† In all three phases of the game, what are you hoping to see out of your team in the early going?
COACH HAZELL:¬† You got to come out and play with great speed.¬† You play with great speed, great execution.¬† We do have good team speed on both sides of the ball.¬† Then you're off and running.
Q.¬† Danny Etling, his first season‑opening start, your expectations for him?
COACH HAZELL:¬† Well, he's going to run the offense, there's no doubt.¬† He's going to run the offense.¬† He knows it.¬† He's studied it.¬† The biggest thing for Danny is to obviously take care of the football.
But he's going to find all his play‑makers.¬† He's going to be one step ahead.¬† He'll play a great game for us on Saturday.
THE MODERATOR:¬† Coach, thank you for your time.
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