The present invention concerns an innovative wing (1) specific for an aircraft operating in the transonic regime and comprising: - A root section ; - A tip section and; - A leading edge for connecting the root section to the tip section. In accordance with the invention, the curved leading edge is configured according to a line by which locally the angle (Λ) formed by the forwarding direction of the wing and the perpendicular to the tangent of the leading edge increases progressively from the root section to the tip section of the wing. In such a way, the speed component (Vu) of the asymptotic flow orthogonal to the leading edge decreases progressively from the root section to the tip section, thus reducing the local Mach number progressively.
|Titolo:||CURVED PLANFORM WINGS WITH A HIGH ASPECT RATIO FOR AIRCRAFTS OPERATING IN THE TRANSONIC REGIME|
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The University of Massachusetts “zoom summits” will introduce industry leaders, their colleagues in business strategy and government relations, to some of the most important breakthroughs of recent years
BOSTON – Reflecting its historic mission of creating and disseminating knowledge, the University of Massachusetts is set to host online forums where UMass research scientists will discuss major innovations with representatives from business, industry and government. Each forum will focus on areas of UMass expertise with applications that will accelerate the post-pandemic economic recovery.
The upcoming sessions – which take place from 3:30-5:00 pm each day – will focus on the following areas:
- Advanced Manufacturing - Monday, January 25, 2021
- Aerospace, Defense, Undersea Technology and Remote Sensing - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
- Sustainability and Climate Resilience: Coastal Communities, Energy, and Transportation - Friday, January 29, 2021
- Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Data Science - Monday, February 8, 2021
- Data-Driven and Technology-Informed Precision Health - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
- Applied Life Sciences - Thursday, February 11, 2021
The six focal areas were selected in consultation with academic and research officials on the UMass campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester. Each session will consist of UMass scientists highlighting recent innovations and their impact on industry, leading to discussions of the “grand challenges” that will dominate the next 5-10 years.
“At UMass, we focus on research that makes a difference, research that provides solutions, and it is vital that we keep private- and public-sector leaders apprised of our latest advances. It is also critical to our social and economic future that we discuss the challenges that lie ahead, particularly as the Commonwealth plans for its post-COVID future,” UMass President Marty Meehan said.
Business associations in the region – including the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Mass Medic, Mass Bio, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Mass Competitive Partnership and the New England Council – have alerted their member firms that the UMass zoom summits will provide insight into the technologies that will power a post-COVID recovery.
“We firmly believe that this is the time to look to the future and plan to get our world back on track,” noted the program’s organizer, Katherine Newman, System Chancellor for Academic Programs and Economic Development. “We also know that the University of Massachusetts possesses the research track record to help power New England companies in life science, robotics, alternative energy, advanced manufacturing and defense.”
UMass Chancellors Kumble Subbaswamy (Amherst), Marcelo Suárez-Orozco (Boston), Mark Fuller (Dartmouth), Jacquie Moloney (Lowell), and Michael Collins (Medical School) have a demonstrated commitment to building innovation ecosystems across their campuses and connecting research to the economic development of their regions and the Commonwealth.
The UMass research and innovation to be highlighted during the sessions includes projects relating to the development of floating offshore wind turbines, the impact climate change is having on coastal areas, the development of cybersecurity systems, the exploration of Mars, and the pioneering discoveries of RNAi and microRNA that laid the groundwork for new classes of therapeutics.
“Across the UMass system, major laboratories, research centers, and grant-funded researchers are applications that have transformed the lives of thousands through new therapeutics and medical devices,” Newman said. “We see autonomous vehicles on land and under water, robotics that help wounded soldiers recover, and strategies for protecting our coastlines from the ravages of climate change. In short, we see UMass producing research that can change the world – and we want to the world to know about it.”
Research output in the UMass system was valued at $684 million in fiscal year 2019, the most recent year for which complete certified figures are available. UMass, Harvard and MIT are considered to be the state’s leading research universities.
“From our earliest days, we have understood the importance of expanding the boundaries of knowledge,” Meehan said. “We are an educational institution and we are a knowledge-creation institution.”

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Bill introduced for drug testing of all ASG employees
If enacted into law, all American Samoa Government employees, including contract workers, elected officials and political appointees will be subject to alcohol and drug testing. And applicants seeking a job in government will also be subject to drug testing before being considered for the job, according to a Senate bill introduced yesterday and sponsored by Sens. Paepae Iosefa Faiai and Nuanuaolefeagaiga Saoluaga T. Nua.
The bill comes more than two weeks after Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga established and appointed members of the American Samoa Drug Control Commission (ASDCC), which is tasked with, among other things, “reducing and eliminating the supply of illicit drugs” in American Samoa.
Lolo has declared that there is a “drug crisis” in the territory, resulting in the set up of the ASDCC. (See Samoa News Aug. 11th edition for details).
According to the 16-page Senate bill, the proposed law allows ASG, including semi-autonomous agencies, to provide for appropriate and uniform alcohol and drug testing procedures for all government employees, applicants for ASG employment, elected officials, political appointees, contractors, and subcontractors.
An elected official is defined in the bill as any person who is elected to office for either ASG or any political office in the territory. A political appointee means any person appointed to a position, with or without compensation with either ASG, or any semi autonomous authority.
According to the bill’s preamble, ASG is “committed to protecting the safety, health and well-being of its employees and all individuals who come into contact with ASG’s workplace and property and uses its products and services.”
It claims that employees who abuse drugs have been shown to have lower job performance, reduced productivity, and greater absenteeism, not to mention higher medical and workers’ compensation costs.
Furthermore, it is in line with the “Governor’s mandate that all ASG entities work together to combat the drug problem in the territory that we now create a rehabilitative law to help those employees who have this issue”.
According to the measure, the ASG Department of Human Resources is the lead agency in handling all policies and procedures of the proposed law and DHR is also responsible for enforcing all provisions of the bill, which also provides for alcohol and drug rehabilitation services.
The bill details prohibited acts for employees, which may be grounds for termination. For example, under “alcohol”, it states that to report for or remain on duty with a breath alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.02 or greater, while BAC of 0.04% or greater requires a return to “duty test” along with a clearance from a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP).
According to another provision of the bill, whenever an employee is referred to SAP to determine the need for assistance in resolving difficulties associated with drugs or alcohol prohibition, a return to duty test is required. Test results must be less than 0.02% BAC for alcohol and negative for controlled substance use before an employee can return to work.
Also prohibited, according to the bill, is for an employee to possess or use alcohol — including possession of prescription or over the counter medicines containing alcohol — while on the job.
Under the subtitle, “drugs”, prohibited acts includes, use of illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine, amphetamines and/or controlled substances already in the law, unless a controlled substance is prescribed by a physician and then only if the physician has advised the employee that the drug will not adversely affect the employee’s ability to safely perform his or her job responsibilities.
Refusal to take the drug or alcohol test is also prohibited, the bill states.
OCCASIONS FOR EMPLOYEE TESTING
The bill details the “occasion for an ASG employee” to be tested for alcohol and drugs and this includes all new applicants for ASG employment before final selection for employment.
It states that applicants with a history of illegal drug use either by way of criminal conviction or otherwise, or who refuse to submit to a drug test or test positive shall not be selected for a job.
DHR is to schedule the test date and time and applicants will not be permitted to reschedule a drug test, except for an emergency.
For those already employed in ASG, the bill states that all employees may be tested for improper use of alcohol or illegal drugs, if the behavior of such an employee creates the basis for “reasonable suspicion” of the improper use of alcohol or illegal drugs.
Reasonable suspicion, according to the bill, may be based upon, among other things, observable behavior, such as direct observation of — for example — use or possession of alcohol or illegal drugs; physical symptoms of being under the influence of alcohol or an illegal drug; and arrest or conviction of an alcohol or drug related offense, or the identification of the employee as the focus of a criminal investigation into illegal drug possession, use, or trafficking.
Another example of “reasonable suspicion” resulting in drug testing is information that is either provided by a reliable and credible source or is independently corroborated.
The fact that an employee had a confirmed positive test for use of illegal drugs at some prior time, or has undergone a period of rehabilitation or treatment, will not, in and of itself, be grounds for testing on the basis for reasonable suspicion.
Samoa News will report on other provisions of the bill in future editions.


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The collection primarily consists of images featuring the Marshall family and their relatives and friends, both in formal group portraits and more casual poses.

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Corruption is a general concept describing any organized, interdependent system in which part of the system is either not performing duties it was originally intended to, or performing them in an improper way, to the detriment of the system's original purpose.
Specific types of corruption include:
Political corruption, corruption of a political system where public officials seek illegitimate personal gain through actions such as bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement.
Data corruption, the receiving of data which is different from that which was transmitted or otherwise intended
Corruption (grammar) of language or a text into a broken form or a different meaning
Tempting a mind to do wrong things eg: corrupting the youth.
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As England enters yet another national lockdown, the RSPCA is calling for local authorities to consider easing some locally Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) in order to help dog walker comply with lockdown rules.
A RSPCA statement says, “Many Councils across England and Wales have previously introduced Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs), which often include strict rules on where dogs cannot be walked. There have long been fears that this can restrict suitable dog walking spots in some local communities.
“As England enters another national lockdown, and with Wales already under national Tier 4 restrictions, the RSPCA has renewed its calls for Councils to explore a temporary relaxation of PSPOs related to dog walking to help stop unnecessary travel; enabling dog walkers to exercise within their immediate communities and comply with lockdown measures.”
PSPOs targeting dog walkers have previously come under fire for being often exceedingly strict and very difficult to appeal.
Dr Samantha Gaines, head of the RSPCA’s companion animals department, said, “With England and Wales now both in national lockdowns, there are clear restrictions in place concerning exercise, which will impact many dog walkers.
“In England, exercise is again limited to once per day – and should not be done outside the local area; while in Wales, while exercise is unlimited, this must start and begin at someone’s home.
“Many local authorities have previously introduced Public Spaces Protection Orders that stop dogs being walked in certain areas – including some sports pitches, green areas and fields. In some areas, there are concerns this restricts the availability of suitable dog walking spots.”
She added, “With restrictions now back in place on travel for exercise, this can really limit the dog walking options some people have and creates something of a postcode lottery for dogs and their owners – with many PSPOs across England and Wales meaning local marked sports pitches and fields can be out of bounds too for dog walkers.
“If dog owners do not have adequate space to exercise their dogs near their homes, they may make journeys beyond their immediate communities and unwittingly breach Covid-19 rules, aimed to stop the spread of this awful disease. We’re calling on local authorities to be flexible at this time and temporarily relax PSPOs where it is safe and appropriate to do so, to help keep people local and protect dog welfare.”
The RSPCA is also advising the public to keep dogs on leads at this time to help ensure social distancing. Anyone wishing to help a vulnerable person by exercising their pets is advised to closely follow guidance on handover protocols and safety from the Canine and Feline Sector Group (CFSG) and Animal Welfare Network for Wales (AWNW).


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A report by Transparency Market Research states that global tire machinery market is expected to grow with a rapid pace in the forecast period of 2019 to 2027. The market is projected to experience a substantial 4% CAGR in the projected duration. This growth of the market is the result of the growing number of vehicles across the globe. Moreover, growing industrialization across the globe is also one of the drivers that boosts the growth of the global tire machinery market in the projected period of 2019 to 2027. The experts at Transparency Market Research predict that the global tire machinery market shall bag major revenue showcase major growth potential for the players.
Stringent security Policies for Automotive Manufacturers
Security of the passenger is the most important parameter that every automotive manufacturers have to keep in mind. This parameter not only helps the vehicles to be secure but also helps the motor company to gain trust of the masses, which eventually helps them improve the growth of their business. In this pursuit to provide optimum security for customers, the tires that are being used in the vehicles have to clear certain stringent policies to be used commercially. These stringent policies ensures that the tires are of adequate width and diameter. These parameters can be efficiently full-filled by tire machinery. As a result of these requirements, the demand for machinery is steeply growing these days which is expected to boost the growth of the global tire machinery market from 2019 to 2027.
Motorcycle Tires Segment Projected to Dominate Market
Motorcycle is the fastest growing trend in several developing economies. These two-wheelers provide accomplishment of numerous purposes such as commutation, adventure, and luxuries. Moreover, the youth of these countries are also massively inclined toward riding motorcycles. Due to these demands, the demand for motorcycle tires have elevated extensively in these countries. As a result, the demand for tire machinery for building motorcycle tires has also skyrocketed in recent years. This as a result is the major factor that is boosting the growth of tire machinery market from 2019 to 2027.
Automation –A Crucial Growth Driver
As Industry 4.0 is pacing forward, every business is implementing automation to optimize their business processes. Following this trait, the tire manufacturing industry is also welcoming automation for its growth. An automated tire machinery can manufacture tires of precise size and quality with a faster speed. It is because of this reason the tire machineries are now implementing technologies like AI and IoT. Due to this automation of the global tire machinery market is expected to witness a substantial growth from 2019 to 2027.
Asia Pacific to Experience Prominent Growth
Asia Pacific is projected to hold the lion’s share in the global tire machinery market. The dominance of the region is the result of growing demand for vehicles in countries like India and China. With these demands, Asia Pacific is anticipated to account for 35% of overall growth share of the global tire machinery market from 2019 to 2027.
The global tire machinery market is segmented on the basis of:
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Your coffee will get cold / Kawa ci wystygnie
Running time: 10
The film is a recording of one day and a long conversation between the young director and her grandma. A conversation about things you do not normally talk about. About concerns for the future, politics, and ideals that are seemingly irreconcilable.
- Teresa Kurowska
Attends film studies and audiovisual culture at the University of Gdańsk. She turns her great social sensitivity into documentary films, although she is also interested in other fields of art – music, painting and writing. She is happy when she dances, sees the sea and spends time with her loved ones.read more
- 17.10.2021, 15:00 - 17:30, Kino Zamek, West Pomerania Shorts


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Oceanside, CA (PRWEB) October 22, 2010
Falling is a funny gag for comedians but when it comes to seniors, falling is no laughing matter. LifeGuardian Technologies LLC, distributor of life saving emergency medical alert devices, has announced a brand new medical alert device, LifeGuardian PRO™(http://www.lifeguardianpro.com) that will help keep seniors safe at home, and provide caregivers with a greater peace of mind. According to the CDC, “Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths. They are also the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma” (CDC 2005). LifeGuardian PRO™ is a small lightweight, waterproof personal help button that can be worn around the neck, on the wrist or clipped to a belt or pocket.
“Falls are a very serious matter for seniors, their families and caregivers. LifeGuardian PRO™ was developed with home care workers, and caregivers in mind,” said Thomas Franks, Company Director. “LifeGuardian PRO™ has specific features for the home health nurse or caregiver such as the ability to speak and listen over a two-way speaker phone.”
An injury from a fall can result in seniors no longer being able to live independently, which can be emotionally and financially devastating to older adults and their families. Tom and Pat Fortheringham are all too familiar with the costs of falling. Three years ago, Tom’s dad passed away after falling at home and hitting his head. The experience caused Tom and Pat to take action when mom Gladys began falling. “Mom lives alone and is very independent, but we live 3 hours away half the year, and 12 hours away the other half, so we were worried. LifeGuardian PRO™ has given us peace of mind. We know that if she falls she will immediately get help,” said daughter-in-law, Pat.
The LifeGuardian Medical Monitoring Center has specialized in medical monitoring for over 25 years and has successfully responded to over 3,000,000 alarm calls. The company continues to offer the LifeGuardian standard model to consumers and caregivers. LifeGuardian PRO™ is available exclusively through the Authorized Provider Program. The advanced system offers unique features such as:
- A sealed call for help button, that is waterproof to 30 feet under water.
- An optional long-range call button that can signal for help up to 1500’ away.
- Immediate text and/or email notifications to up to three caregiver or family contacts if the call button is activated.
- The ability to answer the telephone by pressing the call-for-help button, avoiding the risk of falling by rushing to answer a ringing phone.
- Up to eight automatic customized reminder messages can be programmed. Providers can remind seniors to take medications, eat or other important information that seniors may forget.
- Two-way speakerphone that allows health care workers and/or caregivers to call in and check on seniors. If there is no response, help can be dispatched immediately.
Physicians, pharmacists, assisted living facilities, home care workers and other providers can sign up for the Authorized Provider Program at http://www/lifeguardianprovider.com. To learn more about LifeGuardian PRO™ visit http://www.lifeguardianpro.com.
LifeGuardian Technologies, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clayton Communications, Inc. based in Las Vegas, NV and with offices in San Diego, CA. Clayton Communications, Inc. specializes in the distribution of wireless emergency medical alarms and GPS-enabled life safety systems.
For Additional Information, Please Contact:
LifeGuardian Technologies Contact:
Thomas Franks, Director
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Companies that reimagine processes with technology, AI at the core appear likely to win post-pandemic future
AI will drive the majority of innovations across nearly every industry sector in next five years.
With seasoned chocolatier Chef Harpawan Singh Kapoor as he puts together the delicious world of chocolates, its many formats.
IOT can help drivers find nearby charging stations, save operating expenses, avoid standing in line for extended periods of time.
Tadka Wali Dal remains a quintessential part of almost every order that is placed in an Indian restaurant
Middle Eastern Breakfast
Traditional fried foods
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NASA’s first planetary defense test mission began Tuesday with a launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base along California’s Central Coast.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — DART for short — blasted off at night, with the launch window opening around 10:20 p.m., according to a news release from the space base.
“Space Launch Delta 30 is excited to partner with NASA and SpaceX on the first planetary defense test mission,” Col. Rob Long, the launch decision authority, said in the release. “Everyone involved has been working tirelessly to ensure this launch is safe and successful. I’m proud of their efforts.”
The purpose of DART is essentially to deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid nearly head-on to change a near-Earth object‘s speed and trajectory, should one pose a threat to the planet in the future. That’s according to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, which helped develop the mission.
The current target — asteroid moonlet Dimorphos — poses no such threat to Earth, but will serve as the first official test of the planetary defense system, scientists say.
Dimorphos, which is approximately 160 meters in size, circles a larger asteroid named Didymos, and both in turn orbit the sun. With this mission, scientists will see if DART hitting the smaller object at a speed of approximately 15,000 mph will change its orbit within the binary asteroid system, according to the release.
The asteroid will be approximately 6.8 million miles from Earth when the collision takes place, something that isn’t anticipated until fall 2022.
“This asteroid system is a perfect testing ground to see if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course, should an Earth-threatening asteroid be discovered in the future,” the mission’s website states.
A ground-based telescope will be used to measure Dimorphos’ orbit before and after the collision to monitor for changes.
To date, no known asteroid larger than 140 meters poses a risk to Earth over the next century, although experts note that less than half of such asteroids have been discovered as of this past October, according to Johns Hopkins.
NASA defines a “potentially hazardous asteroid” as one that is at least 140 meters wide and has an orbit that will pass within 5 million miles of Earth.
One asteroid that received the classification, 2001 FO32, flew by Earth earlier this year, coming within 1.25 million miles of the planet on March 21.
Correction: A previous version of this story had the old name for the Vanderberg base. This post has been updated.


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Anyone who believes in “comic books as lottery tickets,” that is to say that by purchasing collectible and significant comic books you can resell them in the future for a massive payoff, is a person of extreme optimism on a par with someone letting themselves get bitten by a radioactive spider in the hopes of one day kissing a red-head.
Still, you might want to pick-up Hellboy The Fury #3 and Fear Itself #5 this week for no reason whatsoever. Certainly nothing interesting is going to happen in either issue that might make them appreciate in value. Pffff. Perish the thought.
The better idea to make money off of comic books is to buy up every indie title you ever come across…for serious. Next time you go to a big con just walk yourself down artist alley and buy every single book down the line. ONE of those books is going to be the next big thing.
Then again, I have another sure-fire way to make money off of comic books and YOU FOLKS can join in on the fun. It IS comic book speculation, but not how you’re thinking of it.
Alright, follow me on this one: Marvel and DC both have their big summer events out. DC has Flashpoint, and is still pumping out issues of Darkest Night follow-ups. Meanwhile Marvel has Fear Itself, as well as starting up its two new event books X-Men: Schism and Spider-Island, the “everybody in New York City has Spider Powers” book that kicks off in this week’s Amazing Spider Man #667.
NOW FOR THE MONEY
All we have to do is think about every future summer event they will have for the next couple of years and register the domain names. That’s right: cyber-squatting future Marvel DC events!
Seeing as how many of these things end up as movies, video games, and licensed toys, this idea has some legs…now to figure out what to gobble up!
DC names half of their events with “Crisis,” “Infinite,” and “Earth,” as well as comments on how bright, light, or dark things are. They will often shake it up with catch phrases. “Infinite Shake Up” isn’t that bad of a bet…same goes for “Shadow Earth” or “Blackest Crisis.” I think I’ll go with “Invisible Jets,” a cross over where Wonder Woman’s invisible jet goes nuts and threatens all of existence.
Marvel crossovers are even easier to name: Civil War, Secret War, Acts of Vengeance, Fear Itself…just grab any turn-of-phrase from the American Lexicon and you’ve got yourself a Marvel Summer event. How about “D-Day” or “Voo-Doo Economics.”
I’ve got it! The next big Marvel event will be called “The New Deal,” and it will be about the economic downturn closing the doors on heroes with high rents to pay.
FANS OF 100 BULLETS TAKE NOTE: This week Vertigo Resurrected is publishing the long out of print Jonny Double, the comic book that united writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso and is essentially 100 Bullets #0 in all but name only! DEFINETLY worth checking out.
ALSO: New Avengers #15 has Squirrel Girl vs the bad guys. You should buy that. LONG LIVE SQUIRREL GIRL, the coolest super-gal in comics today.

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text: The first Grand Slam starts in a couple of hours..and one of the best ones too!! So happy to be one more year a part of it and this time in the main draw. i had a few days here in Melbourne, every day pasted amazing fast..actually too fast!! Can’t believe that soon i will be playing my first round. I got to play Kimiko (Date). She is one of the oldest and fittest player of the tour, a lot of experience too!! We never played against each other, we did practice a few times in Asia last year. She is tough to play, she is playing very flat and very close to the lines. Somehow it is great to play vagainst her as she is also one of the nicest players on tour!!! Probably the match will be on tv, press your thumbs for me. I will have early dinner of course and fast to bed! have a great evening or day, depends of your time changes, Take care all of you! Eleni!


Can you pull off a double backflip?
Even though it’s still in early access, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has become one of the year’s most popular titles. The online battle royal game dumps 100 players on an island full of motorcycles, guns, and fingerless gloves before forcing them to fight until one person is left standing. It’s one of the rare games that’s as tense to watch as it is to play, which has led to PUBG‘s near-instant runaway success.
The combination of a huge player baseand the affable jank of an early access title means that there are plenty of variables left to uncover. Rumors and hot tips are passed around internet communities, as players share the strategies that might help someone else earn an ever-elusive Chicken Dinner. There’s no surefire way to success, but that doesn’t stop YouTuber DefendTheHouse from tackling some of PlayerUnknown’s Battleground’s most persistent myths.
In DefendTheHouse’s first PUBG video, he attempts to assess the validity of some of the online shooter’s most popular myths. There’s plenty of content packed in the short video, including definitive answers to questions such as:
- Can you get crushed by a care package?
- Is it possible to punch a player out of a moving car?
- Can you shoot a grenade out of someone else’s hand?
It’s cool to see someone tackle these (and a few more) in-game rumors, especially in a Mythbusters-like video. But just like in real life, not all myths are created equal. At the end of DefendTheHouse’s video, he tackled a Very Important question –is it possible to do a double backflip on a motorcycle?
Trust me; you’re going to want to see how this one plays out for yourself.


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What makes Batta Fulkerson unique compared to other law firms? We’re letting Dave Cain, one of our own attorneys, have the spotlight today to answer that question.
Dave has been with us for a year, and it’s been an interesting experience for him because, in his words, we’re unlike any law firm he’s ever experienced. He came from an Am Law 100 firm that practiced corporate law, and he never actually saw any clients while he worked there. That all changed, though, once he joined us.
“The distinction here is we’re making a difference in people’s lives every day,” he says. “People come in, and they’re hurt, they’re in trouble, and we’re able to take steps to, number one, get them well. I don’t remember ever having a contact like that with a client my entire career. It’s been a steep learning curve. The firm does it differently, and they should be proud of the work they’re doing, because I’ve never seen anything like it before.”
Remember, if you have any questions for us or there’s anything we can help you with, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d love to help you.

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Religion and Ecology conference with the Ecumenical Patriarch
Representing the Amsterdam Centre for Religion and Sustainable Development, Ruard Ganzevoort and Jan Jorrit Hasselaar participated in a conference on religion and ecology, organised by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
06/08/2018 | 12:54 PM
Participants included climate scientist, theologians, journalists, activists, and policy makers, affiliated with various religious traditions. While allowing for many informal conversations between all these perspectives, the conference discussed climate change and social justice, the effects of neoliberal economy and fossil fuel policies, war and climate refugees, water and food scarcity, and the role of religious communities and organisations.
The conference followed the inspiration from the Ecumenical Patriarch: who wrote in the program book: “If we are guilty of relentless waste, it is because we have lost the spirit of worship. We are no longer respectful pilgrims on this earth; we have been reduced to careless consumers or passing travellers.” The conference underlined the value of interreligious and interdisciplinary conversations and need for religious and spiritual narratives in the pursuit of sustainable development. For the Amsterdam Centre for Religion and Sustainable Development, the conference was a great opportunity to meet congenial initiatives and researchers and to present the Centre’s activities to the Ecumenical Patriarch and the other participants.


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Early life and education
Born in Denver in 1931, Heinecken grew up in Riverside, California, the son of a Lutheran minister. He joined the Navy in 1954 and served as a fighter pilot (though too short, he passed a height test by padding his socks with paper). Heinecken later served as an officer in the Marines, discharged as a captain in 1957.
Heinecken was known for appropriating and re-processing images from magazines, product packaging or television. In "Are You Rea" series from 1964 to 1968, for instance, he created a portfolio of images filled with unexpected and sometimes surreal juxtapositions by placing a single magazine page on a light table, so that the resulting contact print picks up imagery from both sides of the page.
In the late 1960s, he also began cutting up popular magazines such as Time and Vogue and inserting sexual or pornographic images into them. He would place his collage-publications back on newsstands in Los Angeles to be sold to unsuspecting buyers.
In the 1980s, he created several series on American news television that involved photographing images on the television or exposing the light of a television set directly to paper to create what he called "videograms."
Teaching and legacy
In 1962, he founded the photography program at UCLA. He taught there until 1991. In 1964 he helped found the Society for Photographic Education, an organization of college-level teachers. He also taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where his second wife, Joyce Neimanas, was on faculty. They split their time between the two cities for several years before they moved to New Mexico in 2004.
As a professor at UCLA, Heinecken was a prime mover in the Los Angeles art photography scene. His influence was felt by many students and associates. Among them were John Divola, Eileen Cowin, and Ray McSavaney. Many of them, in turn, became influences on succeeding generations of art photographers.
During his life he was mainly shown in traditional photography galleries, but two contemporary art galleries in L.A. began staging exhibitions of his work after his death: Marc Selwyn Fine Art and Cherry and Martin. Curators like Eva Respini at the Museum of Modern Art now place his work in a conceptual art lineage, associating him with Pictures Generations artists such as Cindy Sherman, John Baldessari and Richard Prince.
- 1986: "Selected Works, 1966-1986", Gallery Min, Tokyo
- 1990: "Amnésie médiatique : l'oeuvre de Robert Heinecken, 1966–2000", Rencontres de la photographie, Arles
- 2007: "Robert Heinecken 1932–2006: Sex and food, a memorial exhibition"", Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago
- 2011: "Speaking in Tongues : The Art of Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken", Armory Center for the Arts
- 2011: "Let the experiment begin: Photographic Process in Los Angeles, 1960–1980", Los Angeles County Museum
- 2012: "Figure and form in contemporary photography", Los Angeles County Museum
- 2014: "Robert Heinecken: Object Matter," Museum of Modern Art, New York
- 2006: "Recto/Verso", Nazraeli Press, ISBN 1-59005-174-2
- 1980: "Heinecken", , edition of 2000 signed copies
- Robert Heinecken, Artist Who Juxtaposed Photographs, Is Dead at 74
- Grundberg, Andy (May 26, 2006). "Robert Heinecken, Artist Who Juxtaposed Photographs, Is Dead at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- Yates, Jon (May 26, 2006). "Genre-Bending Artist". Chicago Tribune.
Determined to be a fighter pilot but concerned he was too short to meet the military's height requirement, he traced his feet on magazines, cut out the tracings and filled his socks to increase his height for the physical.
- Ignacio Villarreal (May 28, 2006). "Artist Robert Heinecken, 74, Dies". Artdaily.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- Knight, Christopher (May 21, 2006). "Robert Heinecken, 74: Pioneered Use of Commercial Photographs to Create Art". The Los Angeles Times.
- Finkel, Jori (October 31, 2013). "Robert Heinecken's Rediscovery as a Found Art Pioneer". The New York Times.
- Knight, Christopher (March 15, 2014). "A Robert Heinecken survey opens (finally) at MoMA". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- Robert Heinecken 1932–2006: Sex and food, a memorial exhibition
- Speaking in Tongues exhibition with Wallace Berman.
- Armory Center Speaking in Tongues.
- LACMA Let the experiment begin.
- LACMA Figure and form in contemporary photography.
- "Robert Heinecken: Object Matter". MoMA. Retrieved March 30, 2014.


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Royal Site of Aranjuez Afternoon Tour
with Bilingual Official Guide
About this experience
Royal Site of the Crown of Spain 46 km south of Madrid, situated in a fertile valley on the banks of the River Tagus (Tajo), known for its Royal Palace, its numerous gardens and for serving as inspiration to the composer Joaquin Rodrigo to create the Concert of Aranjuez. UNESCO declared Aranjuez Cultural Landscape a World Heritage Site in 2001.
The Royal Palace, where we will appreciate the variety of decorative styles, especially the China Chamber Porcelain and the Throne Room of Elizabeth II; The Prince's Gardens, the Parterre and the Island which are characterized by great variety of vegetation and tree species.
The Museum of Royal Feluccas (a type of long and narrow light boats, used in ports and rivers) was built in 1963 and exhibits the boats used by the royal family to navigate the Tagus River.
These include a gondola belonging to Philip V, although the ship actually dates to the reign of Charles II; and the boats of Charles IV, Ferdinand VII, and Elizabeth II.
(*)This Museum will not be visited on October for technical reasons.
How to use the voucher
Mobile Voucher Accepted
Cancel up to 1 day in advance for a full refund
VOUCHER TYPE: PRINTED VOUCHER AND E-VOUCHER
The tour ends at underground parking Plaza de España
• Air conditioned motor coach.
• Bilingual Official guide.
• Entrance to the Royal Palace of Aranjuez
What's not included
• Lunch, beverages or other services not specified above.
JULIÀ TRAVEL OFFICE: c/ San Nicolás 15 (Next to Plaza de Ramales) – Madrid.

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CFP: Ostracism in Ancient and Contemporary Times
Submission deadline: August 31, 2023
In Ancient Greece, ostracism represented a practice of exclusion and a legalized form of exile from the city which political leaders could employ as an extreme remedy against their rivals’ accumulation of personal power. In virtue of that procedure, any citizen who, because of his eminent political powers, talents, and/or material resources, was perceived as a potential threat to the stability of the polis could be banished by popular vote from his city-state for several years. At the time, no permanent loss of status or social stigma used to befall those who suffered ostracism at the end of their exile, nor were they deprived of the right to enjoy income from their property at the time of coming back to their native cities. By attempting to restore an idea of “symmetric” equality, ancient ostracism could be understood as a strategic tool designed to strengthen democratic citizenship and a more active participation of the dēmos in political life.
The aim of this Special Issue is to explore possible philosophic articulations of the idea of ostracism in ancient and contemporary times by attempting to answer the following questions (and not only these): 1) Can ancient theories of ostracism contribute to an understanding of supposed contemporary practices of exclusion? Could phenomena like so-called cancel culture be framed in terms of “modern ostracism”? If so, which evaluative criteria might determine—or fail to determine—the liberal democratic legitimacy of the social and/or political uses of that practice? What relationships might be established between democracy, populism, and practices of the removal of ideals and persons? How do supposed practices of ostracism of powerful leaders work in the digital era? Can they be justified? Is being banned from a social media a form of ostracism? Finally, could philosophical theories of emotion frame modern cases of ostracism?
Dr. Elena Irrera
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The men’s football league continued with an away game in Mezőkövesd, where Rebrov’s team started playing in an offensive spirit. In the 18th minute however, the home players finished an attack and scored from a difficult position. Ours tried to respond quick but the supporters had to wait for the equalizer until the second half. Then, in the 48th minute Dvali equalized with a header. Rebrov sent in some fresh substitutes and the newcomer Bőle won the match for Fradi.
He received a crossing from Heister in the 80th minute, handled the ball then passed cleverly into the net.
The match ended therefore with 2-1 for Fradi. There are only 5 rounds left and 11 points advantage currently, although Vidi will play only later on Saturday.
NB I, Round 28
Mezőkövesd-FTC 1-2 (1-0)
Mezőkövesd: Szappanos - Vadnai (Eperjesi, 46.), Katanec, Pillár, Silye - Iszlai, Meskhi - Moutari, Molnár (Koszta, 87.), Cseri - Drazic
FTC: Dibusz - Lovrencsics, Blazic, Dvali, Heister - Haratin (Bőle, 78.), Leandro - Varga R. (Isael, 64.), Tokmac, Petrjak - Sihnevich (Böde, 68.)
Yellow: Cseri (37.), Leandro (55.), Molnár (86.), Isael (89.), Koszta (91.), Iszlai (93.)
G.: Drazic (18.), ill. Dvali (48.), Bőle (80.)
Nikolai Baden Frederiksen, former player of Italian star side Juventus, has signed for Fradi.
Owusu Kwabena joins our men's football team from former qualification opponents Qarabag.
Our men's football team played a 0-0 draw against Vasas in the 17th round of the championship.
The Tunisian national midfielder won two Hungarian championship titles and an MMK with FTC.
ZTE equalized after Marquinhos' goal, and then we won 2-1 thanks to Traoré's goal!
Three-time Slovakian champion and cup winner Myenty Abena will continue his career at Ferencváros.
Stanislav Cherchesov's team played a preparation match against Piast Gliwice from Poland.
Our men's football team won by two goals against German first division side Augsburg.


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Qui Nhơn is one of those places that, even after living in Vietnam for several years, was never on my radar. Unlike Nha Trang, it doesn’t show up on most backpackers’ dream sheets. Unlike Tuy Hòa, it’s not a quiet, homey beach village. Qui Nhơn falls somewhere in the middle.
They’re clearly working on making it a destination much like Nha Trang. There are high-rises going up here and there along the beach. The restaurants have begun catering to foreigners and we definitely did see some of those tourists walking the beach road. The beach itself is a nice one – beating Nha Trang’s, in my opinion. And along the waterside is a nice long beach park. It’s a great place for a stroll with someone special, and perhaps to have a little fun with the marble statues along the way.
While it may not be on the English-language list of destinations, Russian people have clearly gotten the word. Unlike Nha Trang, though, prices are still among the lowest we’ve seen in a beach town, so it’s a great place for budget travelers like us. Additionally, it’s just down the road from Sông Cầu, another iconic little beach town. We stopped at one of its smaller shores to see some fishermen setting out, and a few carpenters at work building floating houses.
Upon leaving, we were soon treated to an unexpected surprise: a large Cham temple just outside of town that we hadn’t seen on the maps. Bánh Ít, like many Cham holy places, is a collection of four towers, but unlike the others we’ve visited thusfar, it’s effectively deserted. The parking area does have an attendant, who collects the 15,000 đong fee ($0.65) per person. It’s well worth climbing the many stairs to see more ancient architecture.
Escape the crowds, play some beach volleyball, visit with history, and enjoy a cheap coffee in Qui Nhơn! Then continue your phượt up Vietnam’s coast!


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Is the middle child always forgotten?
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Some people believe that middle children are often ignored or neglected, which can have negative effects going into adulthood. While some research suggests that there may be some influence on personality from birth order, the results are contradictory, and more research is needed.
Why is the middle child always left out?
They tend to feel left out
“Middles aren’t the caretakers or the babies,” says Dr. Davis. … Thus, they may receive less attention from parents and oftentimes feel ignored and neglected.” In the eyes of the middle child, oldest siblings reap all the privileges and the babies get away with everything and need so much help.
Why is the middle child always sad?
Many middle children are left depressed because they feel that you have a favorite child — and that favorite is not them. … Try to balance your compliments evenly between your children, ensuring that it does not appear that you lavish positive attention more heavily on any one child.
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Because they have an older and younger sibling, middles essentially get to experience the best of both worlds. … This means middle children experience the best of both worlds: They learn from the wisdom of elders, while still acting as leaders to their younger siblings.
Is the oldest child the favorite?
Most parents have a favourite child, and it’s probably the eldest, according to researchers. A study conducted at the University of California shows that out of 768 parents surveyed, 70 per cent of mothers and 74 per cent of fathers admitted to having a favourite child.
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‘Middle child syndrome’ doesn’t actually exist — but it still might come with some surprising psychological advantages. Middle child syndrome probably isn’t a real thing. Marianna / Pexels You’ve probably heard the term ‘middle child syndrome’ before. In fact, you may even have been accused of having it.
What is the middle child syndrome?
What Is Middle-Child Syndrome? Many experts who study personality believe that your family’s birth order plays a role in your development. They see “middle-child syndrome” as the idea that if you’re neither the oldest child nor the youngest, you get less attention from your parents and feel “caught in the middle”.

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The Department of Justice and BP announced a settlement today which will see BP pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history, plead guilty to 11 felony counts of misconduct or neglect of a ship's officers, one felony count of obstruction of Congress, and one misdemeanor count each under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Clean Water Act.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men who worked for BP during the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster have been charged with manslaughter and a third with lying to federal investigators, according to indictments made public Thursday, hours after BP announced it was paying $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disaster.
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Holder also said a civil lawsuit will go ahead in February seeking billions more in civil penalties.
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The demand for higher quality images using small-diameter optics is fostering competition amongst manufacturers. Xavier Levecq of Imagine Optic tells OLE why its latest product allows industrial R&D teams to push new lens designs through to market more efficiently.
The digital camera technology incorpor-ated into today's hottest selling products has become an important criterion of choice for customers. Do a simple search on Google for the "five most important features in a digital camera" and almost every article will put lens quality at the top of the list. For mobile phones and other devices, image quality comes in just after signal strength, size/weight and battery life. Consumers today understand that image quality is just as much about lens quality as it is megapixels.
"Smaller. Better. More powerful", these are keywords for almost any product these days but, in optoelectronics, they are synonymous with survival. From design and prototyping to online quality control, manufacturers are hard pressed to develop new lens designs in record time and to make sure that production lines function at peak efficiency. The combination of new optical designs, novel lens materials, complex assemblies that require precision alignment leaves no shortage of opportun-ities for problems to appear.
The first lens characterization systems to appear on the market functioned using the line spread function (LSF) to calculate the modulation transfer function (MTF) in one direction and at one point in the field of view. The LSF is obtained by projecting a slit image onto a CCD detector after it has passed through the optical system being tested.
Next came cross-slit systems that used the information from tangential and sagittal slits to measure the optical system's MTF on two axes but still at only one point in the field. Finally, MTF systems attained their maximum with the advent of multi-source platforms that measured the MTF at a set number of points in the field. The major shortfall of all of these systems is that they are only capable of giving a pass/fail response.
The next generation of characterization systems was based on wavefront metrology. A very small handful of systems rely on interferometry (standard or shearing interferometry) but the majority use Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors. Wavefront measurements provide information on all of the aberrations in the optical system and use that information to calculate the MTF. This was a major advance because characterization moved beyond simple pass/fail responses and users gained access to the cause of any problems in their element.
Although they offer significantly higher functionality than simple MTF systems, the vast majority of commercially available wavefront characterization systems have some important limitations. For these devices, measuring components with a high numerical aperture (NA) – microscope lenses for example – can be difficult without additional optics. In addition, they can generally only measure at a single wavelength whereas most optical systems are used over a wide spectral range.
Perhaps the most important limitation of commercially available wavefront-based systems is the fact that they can only measure on-axis whereas often users want to equally understand the off-axis optical qualities of the element being characterized. This is especially useful for optical assemblies that are used in high-performance imaging systems.
It is also worth noting that, while measuring the MTF and aberrations are important, other factors including effective focal length (EFL), chromatism, field curvature, distortion, relative illumination, and vignetting play equally important roles in defining overall quality of the individual optical elements in the assembly. Until recently, the state of the art required that researchers or production managers rely on several different machines to fully characterize optical elements.
Enter the SL-Sys neo
To respond to the growing optics industry need for the characterization of ever smaller optics and objectives, Imagine Optic launched the first of its SL-Sys products in 2006 with the SL-Sys liquid for testing miniature liquid optics. After several months of intense market research and nearly two years of technological development, the company followed up on the success of the SL-Sys liquid by launching the SL-Sys neo earlier this year.
"We didn't want to just put another characterization system on the market," explained Imagine Optic co-founder and vice-president of marketing Xavier Levecq. "We wanted to provide a truly novel solution that would have a measurable impact on the way that industrial R&D engineers and production line managers work."
The SL-Sys neo offers the features you would expect from a wavefront lens characterization system and equally proposes some surprisingly innovative pluses that make it a product that's worth a closer look. For starters, the product boasts a wavefront measurement sensitivity of λ/100, resolutions up to 7600 measurement points and a maximum MTF acquisition frequency higher than 1000 lp/mm. What's more, the neo not only measures on-axis but equally off-axis over a field with a range of ±45°.
SL-Sys neo: how it works
To understand how the SL-Sys neo works, it is best to start with how the device is built (see figure 1). It consists of two collimated sources functioning at 532 and 635 nm; a rotating diffuser, mounted on a translation stage that is adjusted along the z-axis with micrometre precision; two rotation stages of which one rotates the diffuser and objective on their common y-axis and the other that enables the objective to rotate on its z-axis; a specially designed, extended-wavelength HASO wavefront analyser; a beam expander; and a complex assembly of high-quality optical elements that make up the light path. The tabletop instrument is housed in a compact assembly with a footprint of just 32 × 35 cm2.
The beam expander plays two important roles because it adapts the size and precisely conjugates the pupil of the objective being characterized to that of the wavefront sensor. This conjugation is key to the SL-Sys neo's functionality because it enables the system to measure any objective between 1 and 12 mm in diameter (depending on configuration options), regardless of its numerical aperture, and equally enables users to observe the evolution of vignetting over the entire field.
Once lenses or objectives are loaded into the SL-Sys neo, characterization begins. The sources are activated one at a time and the objective focuses the incoming beam onto the diffuser whose position is automatically adjusted. The light reflected by the diffuser creates a secondary source that is retro-diffused through the objective and directed towards the wavefront analyser.
Simply knowing the diffuser's z-axis position provides the information necessary to calculate the objective's back focal length (BFL). Measuring the variations in curvature observed during the translation of the diffuser through the objective's focal plane enables the SL-Sys neo to provide a precise evaluation of the element's effective focal length (EFL). Using the EFL measurement, the device also provides measurements on the objective's distortion for all of the measured points in the field.
During the characterization process, the rotation stage on which both the diffuser and objective are mounted rotates on the y-axis, whereas the objective itself simultaneously rotates on its z-axis. This double rotation allows the SL-Sys neo to measure the objective's aberrations at any point in the field of view and, even more, to measure its field curvature. Excessive field curvature is one of the major causes of lost resolution in the field of view. Given the importance of field curvature and distortion on overall image quality, the SL-Sys neo draws a curve (see figure 2) to represent their evolution as a function of the field angle.
By using the aberration measurements obtained both on-axis and in the field (see top image), the SL-Sys neo calculates the three-dimensional MTF as well as the through-focus MTF for each analysed point in the field (see figure 3). By performing complete individual characterizations with each of the device's two sources that function at two different wavelengths, users are provided with information on the objective's chromatism as well as the aberrations at different points in the spectrum. Quantifying chromatism allows engineers to ensure that the component's value is within acceptable limits but also to evaluate the adequacy of lens materials.
In an R&D department, these core functionalities enable users to rapidly verify the conformity of a new lens assembly to its theoretical potential as it might be observed in optical design software. More importantly, these measurements provide meaningful insight into the root cause of any abnormalities such as irregularities in polishing, alignment (tilt) or centering of individual lenses as well as basic mechanical issues. When a deviation from established quality standards is detected on the production line, understanding the reason behind the anomaly can help save time and money.
By packing EFL, BFL, chromatism, wavefront aberrations on-axis and in the field, field curvature, distortion, 3D MTF, through-focus MTF and vignetting measurements into one device, Imagine Optic has developed a truly innovative product.
• Xavier Levecq is VP of marketing at Imagine Optic, a leading supplier of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing hardware and software, as well as adaptive optics technologies. For more information see www.imagine-optic.com.
• This article originally appeared in the October 2008 issue of Optics & Laser Europe magazine.
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