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voxeljet to debut new VJET X 3D printer for serial production of complex sand cores
by Laura Griffiths
Mock up of voxeljet's new VJET X 3D printer.
Binder jet 3D printing specialist, voxeljet is set to debut new additive manufacturing hardware next week.
Described as a new technology for "additive mass manufacturing", the VJET X is designed for the cost-efficient serial production of complex sand cores for metal components and will be shown publicly for the first time during the GIFA casting technology show in Germany.
VJET X systems can be integrated into conventional casting lines and are already being lined up for commercialisation with a premium German car manufacturer. Possible applications include the 3D printing of complex water jacket cores in metal casting applications which are used for the precise temperature management in internal combustion engines, electric motors, inverters and battery systems to improve overall vehicle performance.
The machines use an inorganic binder system for emission-free core printing and are said to be up to ten times faster than previous models with a layer speed of less than five seconds thanks to a new process unit which combines multiple printing and recoating units. The VJET X can also be integrated into fully automated handling systems for pre- and post-process steps including loading and unloading, cleaning of the printed parts via robotic systems, and transport of sand cores to casting lines.
The news appears to build on an announcement made last summer where voxeljet teased a new VJet X-IOB machine believed to be up to ten times faster than its current hardware offering. At the time, the company stated it was taking steps to engineer the "world's first fully automated 3D production solution capable of replacing conventional manufacturing in serial production."
Together with its industrial partners, voxeljet will be hosting live demonstrations of the VJET X along with its VX1000-S printers at the GIFA show on 25-29 June in Duesseldorf.
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Attention Seniors! Are you at a crossroad and thinking of making a move? There comes a time in everyone's life when they are faced with decisions that can seem overwhelming. If you are a Senior or a Boomer, and are facing a decision on whether or not to sell your home, or stay in it as long as you can… or if you are a family member whose parents are in this position, then you need to seek out the services of a Real Estate Agent who is also an Accredited Senior Agent.
I am a Senior Real Estate Specialist, helping older adults find the resources they need to have the life they want to lead.
We are here to work along side you and the professionals you want involved, and make decisions that you feel are right for you!
I have access to professional who are knowledgeable about Canadian tax laws, estates and estate planning, Wills, trusts and options on ways you can release the equity in your home for future living expenses.
AS AN ACCREDITED SENIOR AGENT, I will assist you to search out any government grants and loans that are in place to help you stay in your place, if that's what you want to do. I know the local retirement homes – I've met the managers of many of them personally, and it would be my pleasure to help you find a new place to call home, whether you buy or rent. I like to say 'Hire me; I'm an ASA and I'll take the headaches out of your move.' It's what I've been trained to do, and it's what I love to do.
That's what I'm here for – to handle the unfamiliar for you and your family.
In order to help you prepare for our meeting, I offer these 8 questions as a starting point for our conversation when we get together.
Depending on how long you are away from your home, you need to make arrangements to ensure your home is checked regularly, especially through the heating season.In some circumstances you may need to inform your insurer, such as if you will be away for more than 30 days. Also, in cases of a fully vacant property, you will need to obtain a vacancy permit from your insurer.
When you are arranging vehicle insurance, make sure to let your insurance agent know if there is a sudden rise in the mileage you are doing on an annual basis. Also, if you are planning on Wintering in the Sunny South, be sure to let them know about that too. As a senior, you may find that your vehicle insurance premiums go down until you are 80, at which time some companies no longer will offer you coverage.When considering a new vehicle, cheaper cars with smaller engines will result in lower premiums, because they are seen as less costly to repair.
Are you an immigrant to Canada who likes to visit 'the old country'? Or, someone who travels the world? Insurance companies can, and do, place 'coverage exclusions' on policies if the policyholder travels to certain areas. For example, if you travel to the Middle East, you may not have life insurance in case of death whilst travelling there. Make sure you read your policy before travelling.
The Provinces differ in how long you can be outside your Province of principal residence and maintain your health care. For residents of BC, you must be in Canada at least 6 months a year, whereas Ontarians can be absent Canada for 212 days in any 12-month period. The important point is that you will require additional health care insurance if you are out-of-Canada for any period of time. Check your Provincial Health website.
Sometimes this is confused with Long-Term Disability (LTD) insurance. Here's an explanation of the two: LTD is used to replace lost income due to an injury or illness and the coverage generally expires at 65. LTC is used to help cover the cost of care due to an injury or illness. Generally speaking the person would have to have more serious health issues to claim on a LTC policy. He/she must not be able to perform 2 of 6 functions of daily living. On the plus, the coverage never expires and many policies can be paid up in a limited number of years. Many people will use LTC to supplement LTD insurance or to replace LTD as the insured approaches retirement.
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A vehicle went into a ditch after several alleged police reports claiming a female passenger was heard screaming for help on April 29, 2020. (Michael Rodriguez - Capital News)
Kelowna RCMP seek witnesses of crash that narrowly missed pedestrians
The crash occurred just after 1:30 p.m. on April 29
Daniel Taylor
May. 4, 2020 10:12 a.m.
Kelowna RCMP is asking witnesses to come forward after a red Cavalier crashed near the intersection of Springfield Road and Leckie Road on Wednesday afternoon, narrowly missing pedestrians.
On April 29, just after 1:30 p.m., Kelowna RCMP received a report from a concerned citizen of a red Chevrolet Cavalier with a passenger who appeared to be in distress and calling for help.
Officers began looking for the vehicle and located it near the intersection of Springfield Road and Leckie Road. The vehicle had left the road and crashed through a fence, just missing a bus shelter and flipped onto its side. Both the passenger and the man believed to be the driver of the vehicle were located by police.
The female passenger was also taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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The driver, a 46-year-old man was arrested at the scene and transported by BC Emergency Health Services to hospital for treatment for what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. He faces potential charges and has since been released from custody with a future court date. This matter is still under investigation.
"Officers spoke with several witnesses to this incident," said Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy of the Kelowna RCMP.
"However, we believe there were several others who had stopped to render assistance at this scene, and left prior to police arrival. We are asking that they call the Kelowna RCMP at 250-762-3300."
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Ndondština známá též jako oshiwambo [ošiwambo] je skupina jazyků původem z Namibie a Angoly. Mluvčí jsou z kmene Owambo. Zahrnuje asi sedm jazyků, z čehož některé mohou být považovány za dialekty. Ve dvou z těchto jazyků se i učí na základních školách na prvním stupni s postupným přechodem na výuku v jazyce oficiálním, kterým je v Namibii angličtina. Jedná se o:

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Nina Dobrev's 28th Birthday Party Will Make 'La La Land' Fans Super Jealous — PHOTOS
By Allyson Koerner
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Themed birthday parties are the best parties. On Saturday, Jan. 21, Nina Dobrev had a La La Land themed birthday for her 28th. Clearly, the 2016 film starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling left quite the impression on the former Vampire Diaries actor. No one just throws a birthday party with any old theme. It has to be the perfect one, and La La Land obviously won.
Dobrev didn't celebrate by herself, but it was a joint birthday party with her friend, according to People, professional polo player Omar Mangalji (who is also known has Ronnie Bacardi and might still be dating Freida Pinto). Based on a photo of the two blowing out their candles, they were "collectively turning 60" together. If you do the math, that makes Mangalji 32.
It was quite the party filled with celebrities, including Aaron Paul and his wife Lauren Parsekian, Scream Queens' Glen Powell, and brother and sister Julianne and Derek Hough, among others. After you scroll through and come to the last photo shared by Dobrev, you'll notice that she and Mangalji had a great time. And by "great time," I mean they drank way too much and woke up hungover. That's the only way to do it, right?
From here on out, if I need any party planning ideas, I'm going to Dobrev for help, because she definitely knows how to select the ultimate theme.
The Birthday Pair
Best. Birthday. Ever.
Pure Perfection
Dobrev and Powell make beautiful dance partners.
The Whole Gang
Do you have major FOMO yet?
What About Now?
This is how you do a celeb-filled birthday party.
The Houghs
Julianne and Derek were feeling the theme.
Feeling The Musical Era
Some of the best musicals are in black and white.
Kisses For The Camera
Yes, The Originals' Danielle Campbell is second in from the right.
The Cake
It's almost better than the real thing.
Another Cake
She basically is a unicorn.
As Dobrev wrote on Instagram, "It wasn't a successful party if you're not terribly hungover the next morning. You saw the before. This is the after. This photo of the birthday boy and birthday girl proves we definitely succeeded."
Admittedly, I have yet to see La La Land, but Dobrev's themed-party makes we want to even more now.


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Deep inside the mountain of Dovre, something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway. But how do you stop something you thought only existed in Norwegian folklore?
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The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
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In 2048, global warming caused the sea level to raise high above most cities. John Kubiak runs a salvage business with his adopted orphan sons, cocky Jack and erudite, cautious…
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Carencro Amazon Facility Suffers Collapse
Ian Auzenne Published: May 18, 2021
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Monday's storms knocked down part of the Amazon Fulfillment Center under construction in Carencro.
Photos shared with our news partner KATC show some of the damage at the facility.
According to Police Chief David Anderson, firefighters and police officers responded to the facility minutes after the collapse happened. Anderson says his officers told him people were on site when the collapse happened. How many people were there at the time is unknown. Anderson says the officers and firefighters left the scene shortly after arriving to attend to other problems created by flooding in the city.
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Acadian Ambulance was dispatched to the scene, but officials tell us they were called off before they arrived.
Officials who spoke to KPEL on the condition of anonymity told us Amazon is investigating to find out what exactly caused the collapse and the extent of the damage. Those officials said the company won't know if the construction process will be delayed until it completes its investigation.
KPEL went to the construction company's on-site office at the Amazon location at the old Evangeline Downs property. A security guard met our reporter at the gate. He said the construction manager was in a meeting and was not able to speak with our reporter. The security guard took the reporter's phone number and said he would pass it along to the construction manager.
As of the time of this publication, we have not heard back from the construction manager or anyone else affiliated with the project. We will update this story if and when we hear from officials with Amazon or the construction company.
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The Japanese government insists it is not withholding any information about the radiation levels or how dangerous the situation is at Fukushima-1 nuclear plant.
However, an American writer and an expert on Japanese culture, Alex Kerr, says the government is attempting to play down the whole scale of the disaster.
Now the fate of millions of Japanese lies in the hands of just a few dozen who are working at the plant trying to cool the reactors and prevent a meltdown.
The fate of millions of Japanese now lies in the hands of just a few dozen.
They're known as the "Faceless Fifty" – a team of workers putting their lives on the line to stop nuclear disaster at the Fukushima plant.
Randall Thompson, a member of the clean-up team following the Three Mile Island power plant accident, says nobody knows what these people are going through right now.


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Area churches, clergy struggle to provide care as people must stay home
Timothy Jessen
Special to the H-T
Last Sunday morning, March 22, the Reverends Bruce and Helen Hempfling Ervin faced a new and rather different reality: They could worship at the same place and time. They're the pastors of First Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) in Bedford and Bloomington, respectively. But, though a clergy couple, they are always separate at the time of Sunday worship. Not last Sunday. Their two congregations, bound together in other ways through staff members and shared history, developed an online worship service that could be shared by both. Several hundred logged in to participate in the latest innovation necessitated by the closure of almost all worship services and many other weekday meetings in church buildings.
But none of these adjustments has been easy. At the other end of town, Reverends Jimmy Moore and Mary Beth Morgan, another clergy-couple shared the duties of organizing and preparing a service for St. Mark's United Methodist Church, with no people in the pews and a handful of musicians to assist. In fact, many churches in Monroe County and beyond tried to figure out ways to reach parishioners while they are forbidden to come to their regular places of worship. YouTube, Facebook and now ZOOM are becoming familiar names — even to people in generations who never were comfortable with the online revolution. And each church has to figure out what they can do in the present situation. It often depends on the personal expertise of the pastor(s), the availability of technical experts to help, as well as the tools (cameras, microphones, speaking systems) available for the task. Dozens of such services were available just within the local scene, and though it is hard to sample them all, the results were mixed. Some expect to continue such live-streaming of services until they can resume services "live." Others are making the decision from week to week — what they will do. Still others have announced — on outside bulletin boards or in house communication, when they plan to open again.
The First United Church has expanded its Sunday offering to present a Wednesday Lenten service in the same fashion, using Zoom. Other churches may do the same as the period of no church activity in buildings continues.
But these are no easy times for places of worship. The leader of one rather large congregation has said they expect contributions to be down by as much as 70% when this sheltering-in-place period ends. Any pastor or church observer knows a missed Sunday for a blizzard or other cancellation is never made up, in terms of contributions collected. Pastors are also limited on the services that they can provide. Visitation is barred at hospitals and at nursing homes, where many elderly parishioners live.
In terms of providing the "substitute" worship outlined above, one pastor says, "Half the people like what I'm doing, and half do not." Another, the Rev. Eddie Howard of the Bethel AME Church in Bloomington says pastors are under incredible pressure right now. He has been called to substitute as a chaplain at Indianapolis' Riley Hospital, and his wife, also a chaplain, finds the pressure of that work difficult in these circumstances.
The Rev. Susan McGhee, executive presbyter of the Ohio Valley Presbytery, headquartered in Bloomington, is trying to provide online meetings where by phone or visual support, clergy and church leaders can exchange ideas and support one another. But she acknowledges that the smaller congregations, especially those without pastors, are having a more difficult time.
One pastor, asking for anonymity, said the suggestion that churches may be open for Easter, is especially troubling. It creates an open season for controversy and division, at a time when faith communities need to stay united. And the burden for that decision is likely to fall on the pastor, as well as the lay leadership. These are not easy times.
Other communities of faith within the Jewish and Islamic traditions are facing similar decisions. And these are worldwide concerns: Recently the nation of Egypt, strongly Muslim, banned all prayer services in mosques and churches.
Of course, good may come out of it all, as new resources are tapped to encourage relationships and connections, even when normal social interaction is impossible.
And faith communities, as they always have been, will find creative ways for worship as well as continuing to serve the needy within their neighborhoods.


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Get Fit Great Falls seeks a healthier community
From Tribune Reports
Once Christmas is over, we stop thinking about the presents Santa brings and start thinking about how to slim down our St. Nick-sized bellies.
Get Fit Great Falls is launching a free phone app that helps local residents achieve their New Year's resolutions to slim down or live healthier.
The app shares information about local events that are active and inexpensive or free. It includes healthy recipes that feature vegetables that are easy to find or grow in Montana. It also uses GPS technology to send motivational messages — like encouraging a lap around Gibson Park when you're in the neighborhood.
"We want to make the healthy choice the easy choice," said Kim Skornogoski, vice president of Get Fit Great Falls. "With this phone app, we're reaching people in a way that's easiest and most readily available to them."
For the first time since 1993, the U.S. life expectancy went down in 2016 in part because of increasing obesity. Obesity is linked to 60 chronic illnesses, and according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, obesity-related health care costs the U.S. $147 billion annually.
In Montana, obesity has increased steadily from just 8 percent statewide in 1990 to 26.4 percent now.
For the last 10 years, Get Fit Great Falls has been working to reverse the trend in Cascade County.
Run entirely by volunteers, Get Fit Great Falls is a community action organization that engages more than 24 stakeholders working to increase the number of people in Great Falls living at a healthy weight.
The Get Fit Great Falls app, which is free to download for both Apple and Android phones, is just one of many ways the nonprofit is working to start healthy habits, alter behavior and create systematic change.
This summer thanks to a $5,000 United Way grant, Get Fit Great Falls began its Park Pals Program. Every weekday, interns planned art and science projects and physical activities in five Great Falls parks in low-income neighborhoods.
"Great Falls has an amazing resource in our parks," Skornogoski said. "Our goal with the summer Park Pals program was to get kids out of their homes, away from a screen and develop a love for the outdoors and active play."
According to the 2014 County Health Rankings, 72 percent of people in Cascade County live within a half-mile of a park – ranking 2nd among 48 peer cities nationwide. Yet it ranks 28th for the percentage of people who are physically active.
Many people who grew up in Great Falls will remember the "park ladies" or "park grandmas." The City Park and Recreation Department ended the program more than a decade ago because of budget cuts.
Get Fit hopes to give a new generation of children those same fond memories. From June to August, 1,060 kids came out to play with the park pals.
Having learned from the first year's successes, Skornogoski said the program has room to grow and reach hundreds more children.
Over the summer, the park interns' work grew beyond planning games and crafts. To many of the kids who came regularly, the interns were a caring adult and someone they admired, Skornogoski said.
"For some of the kids who came out to the parks, the park pals were the only adults they saw during the day," Skornogoski said. "One kid rode his bike two miles every day so he spend time with the park interns."
Get Fit is also working with business and government leaders on the Building Active Communities Initiative, which looks at ways to create people-centric spaces in Great Falls. When areas are designed around people instead of cars, it encourages activity that is a boon to business, attractive to newcomers and naturally inspires people to be more physically active as well.
Annually, Get Fit Great Falls plans free events throughout the year. Get Fit organizes Come Out and Play, which got national attention for bringing women's soccer star Abby Wambach to Great Falls numerous times.
Winter Trails Day, which is set for Saturday, Feb. 4, introduces families to snowshoeing and cross country skiing with one, two and three-mile hikes led by experienced volunteers. The first Saturday in June is National Trails Day, which features dozens of hikes for everyone from kids, to local history buffs to avid outdoors people.
Want to give?
United Way of Cascade County asks for money once a year. So far, United Way has raised $876,908, which is 72 percent of its $1,220,000 goal. People can give monthly or one-time gifts through the website at www.uwccmt.org or can send donations directly to United Way at P.O. Box 1343, Great Falls, MT 59403.
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Things I Know to be True – Liverpool Playhouse
Writer: Andrew Bovell
Directors: Geordie Brookman and Scott Graham
Reviewer: Abbie Rippon
Having risen to significance with productions such as Othello and Beautiful Burnout, and their work on the multi-award winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Frantic Assembly has a lot to live up to with their new production Things I Know to be True. Well, there is no need to wait for the answer… It is exquisite.
Andrew Bovell's familial writing brings real warmth and humour to the piece, which follows a year in the life of the Price family. The familiarity of the family's tiffs and conversations, finishing each other's sentences and answering questions aimed at others, it is gorgeous, heart-warming and eerily recognisable. This could be any family, your family, which makes you warm to the characters even more.
The six cast members are a superb ensemble, as is traditional for Frantic Assembly's productions. The work abounds with choreographed movement, which is slick, polished and allows the piece to flow between time and place with delicate ease.
Imogen Stubbs and Ewan Stewart make a gorgeous contrasting pairing as Fran and Bob Price, nearing retirement age, worrying in equal measures, but showing it in different ways, about their four grown up children. The twists and turns of their relationship are beautifully played out on stage.
Natalie Casey's dry and guarded interpretation of Pip has the audience in tears of both laughter and sorrow as she unveils Pips hidden secrets and desires. Matthew Barker and Richard Mylan and Mark and Ben are as unalike as many brothers often are, again, each has a secret hold and each actor plays this with a subtlety that brings a great deal of truth to what might be regarded as a very stylised performance. Playing Rosie, the baby of the family, Kirsty Price has a gorgeous sense of innocence as the protected younger sibling. It cannot be expressed how much we warm to the family as the play progresses; Bovell's first-rate writing and the actors' characterisations meld beautifully together.
Equally as striking as the writing and performances is Geoff Cobham's ingenious lighting and set design. The lighting is so precise and works so beautifully with each moment on stage – this is an excellent example of director and design working in succinct harmony. The set, which may appear somewhat simple, beautifully demonstrates the passing of time and movement from place, to place for the Price family. The set and props have the wonderful attribute of appearing quite humble and straightforward, but there are so many complexities behind them; it is a real testament to the designer that his designs work with such flawless ease but at the same time add to the sense breath-taking awe one gains from the production.
This is one of those must-see productions; while this show is touring and there is an opportunity to see it, take it. You are guaranteed a memorable evening.
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At todays Labour Party conference, Culture Secretary Chris Smith said the government was to set up a network of outdoor recreation centres called John Smith Centres in honour of the late Labour Leader who was a keen rambler – funded from the National Lottery's New Opportunities Fund.
"Far too many children from our inner-cities never have the chance to get out into the open countryside and mountain landscapes and fresh air that others take for granted, never get the opportunity to go walking or cycling or canoeing or climbing, said Chris Smith, who was the government representative at the official opening of the National Cycle Network in Birmingham in June.
Chris Smith told the conference that said John Smith was passionate about wanting to ensure no-one was denied the chance to enjoy the outdoors.
"He would have longed to see us giving the children the opportunity to reach out beyond the concrete confines of towns and cities," said the Culture Secretary.


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The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced the 12 players that will represent Team GB in women's basketball at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Giant strides have been made by the British squad since the formation of British Basketball in 2007, and fittingly, the London Games will be the first time that Team GB has been represented in women's basketball at the Olympics. The squad announced today will be in confident mood after having defeated the Czech Republic, ranked fourth in the world, on Wednesday of this week.
While none of the players have previous Olympic experience, they have every reason to be optimistic about their prospects of producing competitive and creditable performances on home soil this summer after registering some notable results in recent years.
The British women made history by qualifying for the 2011 EuroBasket tournament for the first time where they reached the second round, and they have recently beaten countries including South Korea, Argentina and Canada – all with significantly higher world rankings – in the build-up to this summer's Olympic competition.
In their most important year since the team's inception, the Team GB women's basketball selection represents a good blend of youth and experience and will allow the side to gauge their progress by competing with some of the world's top nations. Before the Games, Team GB will play preparatory matches against Angola, Australia and France in Sheffield before meeting reigning gold medallists USA in Manchester.
The Basketball Arena in the Olympic Park will play host to the preliminary round and women's quarter-final, and the semi-finalists will relocate to the North Greenwich Arena where the final will also be contested on Saturday 11th August.
The announcement was made today at Loughborough University, which is hosting the Team GB Preparation Camp prior to the Games.
"The progress that British Basketball has made over the past five years is remarkable and the British women have already proven that they can punch well above their weight with a number of victories over higher ranked opponents.
"London 2012 presents a fabulous opportunity for the women's team to showcase British basketball to a new generation of sports fans. Home support can make a huge difference and I'm sure the crowd at the Basketball Arena will be willing the team on to cause a few more upsets.
"Our programme continues to grow and competition for places gets stronger each season. This year has been our hardest selection to date. I congratulate all those players who have been selected for the Olympic Games in London but equally I would like to thank all of the other squad players that have pushed themselves to the limits but just missed out. It is only by increasing the depth of our squad can we expect to sustain and improve upon our fantastic performances over the past two years.
"I particularly want to congratulate our two new GB youngsters who have come through our home nation and GB junior ranks in the past few years – Dominque Allen and Temi Fagbenle. They have shown this season an incredible willingness to learn but at the same time improved their game and fully deserve their selection.
"Being selected in the final 12 as an individual is a very proud moment for me and is something I will cherish forever. I'm really excited to be in the Olympic Village, I can't quite imagine how great it is going to be at the moment.


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6 Kumaon and The Battle of Walong – Timeline
Author: Rathin Mathur
Photographs: 6 Kumaon Battalion Archive
We hear much of wars that were won, as we should. What of those that we lost?
We hear much of wars that were won, as we should. What of those that we lost ? The Battle of Walong is a story that must be heard and must remain in our collective conscience. It has been in such battles that the character of our forces has been tested. This battle lasted over 27 days, fought in several locations, facing adversities of several kinds. This story is about the response of one Unit – The 6th Battalion of The Kumaon Regiment. Through the entire duration of the 1962 war, 6 Kumaon was the only Indian Battalion to have counter attacked the enemy. Not once, but twice. There were other Battalions that participated in the Battle of Walong and with incredible stories.
This is the story of 6 Kumaon.
Naik Bahadur SIngh, VrC (Posthumous)
21ST OCTOBER AT MCMAHON RIDGE IN KIBITHU
First Contact with the enemy starts in Kibithu, ahead of Walong. Massive shelling by the Chinese. Rifle and three-inch mortar fire reply. Return fire effective. First attack subsides. Second wave sees return in heavy numbers and supported by MMG and heavy mortars. When his platoon is attacked, Naik Bahadur Singh mans the LMG and keeps firing till he is hit in the chest. Even as he is injured, he does not stop till he is killed. The enemy numbers are staggering and reinforcements unavailable. The Kumaonis are ordered to withdraw.
Lt Bikram Singh
22nd & 23rd OCTOBER AT ASHI HILL & NAMTI NALLAH
As the battalion is ordered to fall back from Kibithu and take positions in Walong, Delta company stays en route at Ashi Hill to stall the advancing Chinese forces. Under the command of Lieutenant Bikram Singh, later to be acknowledged as 'The Lion of Walong', the Kumaonis await the enemy as they cross the Namti Nullah by a suspension bridge. Lt. Bikram Singh has had the planks removed and as the first of the enemy falls into the river, the rest switch on their flashlights. Lt Bikram has been waiting for this. He now gives the order to fire and this effectively executed ambush leads to 200 of the enemy dead. The objective to slow the advance of the enemy has been fulfilled. Over the next ten days, the Chinese forces move forward and occupy certain heights. There is a danger of them gaining dominance over the Walong airstrip that is critical for battle supplies.
Capt (Later Brig. Ravi Kumar Mathur, VrC, VSM)
6th NOVEMBER AT GREEN PIMPLE
A patrol of Alpha Company, under the command of Captain Ravi Kumar Mathur is charged with the task of dislodging the enemy from Green Pimple. The Kumaonis cross the ferocious river on archaic and rickety pulleys called 'the flying fox'. The Indian heavy gunners that are pounding the enemy positions go quiet as the Kumaonis approach Green Pimple. The enemy spots them coming and opens fire from above. Undaunted, the Kumaonis advance. They are facing enemy fire, injury and superior numbers but they nevertheless clear the forward enemy bunkers. Completely out of ammunition, Captain Mathur and his men engage in hand to hand combat. Despite the absence of the promised mortar support, they withstand five counter attacks by the enemy. They are then deployed along the West ridge where they hold defensive positions.
6th – 13th NOVEMBER
The Chinese now occupy the heights of Green Pimple and Yellow Pimple with regular reinforcements coming in. The Indian military leadership has decided that they must be dislodged. 6 Kumaon is once again entrusted with what will be a rare counter attack against the enemy in this war. Throughout the entire war, 6 Kumaon is the only Indian Battalion to counter attack the enemy.
On the 11th of November, Colonel Madiah, the Commanding Officer of 6 Kumaon moves the Battalion TAC headquarters right under the noses of the enemy, climbing from 6000 feet to 13000 feet. They establish HQ in the Trijunction area.
The offensive against Yellow pimple and Green pimple will be commanded from this position. The only ammunition that the Kumaonis have at the altitude is what they are physically able to carry themselves.
Sub Govind Singh
Nb Sub Tirlok Singh
14th NOVEMBER AT YELLOW PIMPLE
The objective is Yellow pimple and two companies of 6 Kumaon are assigned to attack from two separate flanks. 'A' Company, under the command of Capt. BN Singh will advance from a height on the left flank. 'B' Company, commanded by Major B.N Sharma will approach from the right flank. Upon approach however, on both flanks there are low features that have to be scaled upwards. The enemy has the advancing Kumaonis in full view and attacks downward with heavy fire comprising artillery, mortars and LMG fire. The left flank is exposed and the Indian artillery fire is ineffective. Despite the heavy casualties, A Company continues to advance up until a few meters short of the Yellow Pimple perimeter. On the right flank, things seemed to be going better for B Company. They are met with equally fierce firepower, but their own mortars support their advance. The Company manages to destroy the advance bunkers. The Kumaoni soldiers are determined. Facing heavy MMG fire, Subedar Govind Singh charges an enemy bunker and silences them. Yet another bunker opens fire and the Subedar repeats his charge, but goes down in the act. Inspired, Naib Subedar Tirlok Singh seizes a nearby LMG and charges another bunker. He is also killed.
The incoming heavy fire is now too much to counter as both companies hold defensive positions short of the perimeter. With limited options, they await reinforcements.
Meanwhile, the Chinese are reinforcing Yellow Pimple and in the middle of the night, they launch a counter-attack. Left with no ammunition and reinforcements unable to reach, the Kumaonis once again resort to hand to hand combat until they have to fall back to the Battalion HQ at Trijunction. Of the 200 men that left for this action, only 90 return.
The Chinese now plan an attack and begin their advance to Trijunction. The Trijunction is an incredibly valuable position for the Chinese and up until the resilience demonstrated by 6 Kumaon, they have not allocated large resources to this sector. Now, they have mobilized forces marked for other sectors so that they can rapidly occupy Trijunction. However, what they haven't planned for is the grit and guts of 6 Kumaon.
The Epicentre of the Battle of Walong
A View from the other side Current day Satellite imagery of the Walong Sector
The enemy launches the attack on Trijunction at 0430 in the morning with staggering strength. The Kumaonis have little more than a solitary company to defend themselves. Many of these men, are already injured and fatigued from the encounter of the previous day. The adjutant, Major PN Bhatia leads his men by example. When the gunner is hit, he mans the LMG himself. When the mortars require reinforcements, he personally carries mortar bombs to the position. Despite personal injury, Major Bhatia refuses evacuation. Nearby, Lieutenant AS Khatri is putting up a brave and determined resistance with his men. The first enemy attack is beaten back. The enemy, however, launches another attack. Trijunction is being shelled relentlessly. The enemy is in Battalion strength against this Company and is well supported by Artillery but is unable to break through the staunch defense of 6 Kumaon. Wave after wave of attacks continue through the night, all with the same result.
Indian reinforcements find it difficult to reach trijunction, but 33 men from 4 Dogra under the command of Captain KJS Grewal get through.
The next morning at 0730, a massive attack supported by 120mm mortars is mobilized by the enemy. The Dogras and the Kumaonis face heavy casualties, but once again the attack is repulsed. The unit doctor, Captain BC Chopra sets up his medical tent right behind the frontline and with scant regard to personal safety supports the company by treating casualties and sending them back to the fight. 27 of the 33 reinforcements have been killed and it is now becoming clear that it will be impossible for reinforcements to make it through. This already depleted company has been surrounded by a Battalion strength of the enemy – they are outnumbered, perhaps 7 to 1. Lieutenant Colonel Madiah, the Commanding Officer now orders disengagement. Trijunction may have fallen, but Brig. NC Rawlley, the Brigade Commander who has been watching the action says, "6 Kumaon at Trijunction fought and fought and fought till there was an eerie silence".
Maj. Prem Nath Bhatia, VrC
Lt (Later Lt Col) Amar Singh Khatri, VrC
Capt. (Later Brig) BC Chopra, VrC
16th NOVEMBER AT WEST RIDGE
The Lion of Walong
The enemy now rapidly moves to the West Ridge where he is met once again by his nemesis – Lieutenant Bikram Singh and the Delta company of 6 Kumaon. The frontal attack of the Chinese is repulsed. The enemy launches another attack but this time it is an attack that has 'D' Company surrounded from three directions with artillery and MMG support. He may be leading a little over a 100 men against an enemy strength that is well over 2000, but Lt. Bikram Singh stands his ground, giving strength and spirit to his boys. This is why this soldier is remembered 6 decades later as The Lion of Walong. When completely surrounded, he ensures the safety of his troops.
As they disengage, he mans an LMG himself and engages the enemy till his company withdraws. One of the last acts of engagement, it is typical of everything that 6 Kumaon has demonstrated in these 27 days since the first engagement – complete and selfless commitment to the task assigned with little concern to availability of resources, support or personal wellbeing.
Lt. Bikram Singh dies in his fighting position.
This battalion continues to face challenges as it disengages. The weather is inclement, the terrain is brutal and in several places the enemy is waiting to ambush. The Commanding Officer is taken Prisoner of War along with three other officers, five JCO's and 181 other ranks. In all, 127 officers and men have lost their lives. 124 are wounded. Of the 600 odd that went into war a month ago, 418 are either killed, wounded or taken Prisoners of War. Capt. Ravi Kumar Mathur with less than 5 years of service is the only Officer left and brings the weary remnants of the unit from Walong to Tezu. This is a distance of about 200km and a walk that would take a fortnight in such conditions.
As these few survivors walk back, grieving the loss of their friends, cold, starved, would they have realised that in action after action they made the enemy fight for every victory. They were the only Battalion to have attacked the enemy- they executed every order , every task and every mission assigned to them. They were outnumbered. They had no Air and little Artillery support. They were ill equipped and yet they held the enemy within Walong for three weeks. Refusing to cede any space.
The Time Magazine wrote "At Walong, Indian troops lacked everything. The only thing they did not lack was guts."
They leave behind their mates to the solace of these words inscribed in the memorial at Walong.
"The Sentinel hills that around us stand,
Bear witness that we loved our land,
Amidst shattered rocks and flaming pine,
We fought and died on Namti Plain,
O Lohit gently by us glide,
Pale stars above us softly shine .
As we lie here in sun and rain."
6 Kumaon Commemorative Shirt
This timeline of the Battle of Walong has been compiled by Rathin Mathur. He is the son of Late Brigadier Ravi Kumar Mathur VrC, VSM, a young Captain during the war and a Vir Chakra awardee for his gallantry and leadership during The Battle of Walong. While Rathin has relied on several sources for the timeline, his greatest resource was the first hand account narrated to him by his father.
• Article by Lt Col (Retd) Prem Andrews from his forthcoming book on The Battle of Walong based on personal accounts, War Diaries and Battle Records.
• As narrated by the Late Brig (Retd) Ravi Kumar Mathur VrC, VSM.
• "1962 – The War that Wasn't" by Shiv Kunal Verma
• "Kumaoni Nostalgia" by Col (Retd) NN Bhatia
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Gitane takes us for a ride through France and Spain
By Michael Bauer on January 15, 2015 at 4:30 AM
Photo: Peter Da Silva / The Chronicle 2009
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Gitane, located on Claude Lane, has a very clandestine vibe.
The interior has a speakeasy- meets- mid-century feel.
Photo: Kim Komeniche / The Chronicle 2009
Cocktails are always a strength, this one with scotch and rosemary looks like a winter tableau ($12)
Winter chicories with blue cheese, Cognac-soaked cherries, and balsamic vinaigrette ($11).
Octopus with cauliflower puree, tangerines and lavender hazelnuts ($16).
Morcilla sausage with verjus-braised radishes, charred treviso and apple mustard ($15).
Wood oven-roasted romanesco with capers,chiles and bottarga ($8).
Pacific black cod with oxtail and wild mushroom ragout and cacao-mushroom sauce ($28).
Rabbit wrapped in pancetta with truffled root vegetables and ricotta dumplings ($29).
Tamarind granita with tangerine mousse and basil ($8).
Olive oil cake with sour apples, butterscoth and black walnut semifreddo ($8).
The challenge of writing restaurant reviews, and keeping current, is illustrated by my Update review of Gitane in The Chronicle today.
In the review I detail the roller-coaster ride with the food since the restaurant opened in 2008. It was a Top 100 restaurant for several years, improved even more in 2011, but fell off the list in 2012. It returned in 2013 and came off the list in 2014.
Now, Jason Turley is in the kitchen. The ride is smoother and he's taken the kitchen back toward France, with a few stops in Spain and points beyond. There are appetizers such as a pristine chicory salad with blue cheese, marinated cherries, candied walnuts and a balsamic vinaigrette; and blood sausage with charred treviso and verjus-braised radishes.
The one element that's always remained captivating — the interior, with its sexy feel of a speakeasy meets mid-century modern.


Depending on where you fall in your family's immigration story (on a scale from "fresh off the boat" to "fresh off the Mayflower boat"), this video will make your stomach either churn or growl.
Asian-American comedians David and Andrew Fung, otherwise known as the Fung Brothers of Southern California, have teamed up with singer AJ Rafael and ethnic food store 99 Ranch Market for a musical tribute to Asian cuisine -- the weirder, the better.
That means the music video has shots of people scarfing balut (boiled duck embryo), chicken feet dim sum, tripe, durian fruit, dried squid, stinky tofu and pig intestines, for starters. And they down it all with grins on their faces.
As Angry Asian Man said, "This is an anthem for all the Asian kids who got laughed at for bringing home cooking to the school lunch table." But if census demographics are any indication, immigrant kids might just get the last laugh.


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Thales details IFE offering on Air France's new A380
By Mary Kirby2009-11-05T17:26:00+00:00
Thales has detailed the in-flight entertainment (IFE) offering that will be made available to passengers aboard Air France's new Airbus A380 aircraft.
Air France on 30 October took delivery of its first A380. The 538-seat, three-class A380 will be placed into revenue service on 23 November on the Paris-New York JFK route.
The widebody comes equipped with Thales' TopSeries IFE system, which offers large-widescreen displays and features a broad range of entertainment, including about 100 on-demand movies, 300 audio CDs, 26 games, live camera, flight information map, in-seat chat and a customised menu option for children, says Thales.
Air France is the first airline to equip each seat in its 'Affaires' business and 'Voyageur' economy cabins with a USB socket, enabling passengers to download content such as flight schedules, information on Air France, destinations guides, games for children, as well as relaxation videos and podcasts.
Thales notes that the TopSeries IFE system is the first passenger system of its type to integrate on-demand entertainment and in-seat power to accommodate personal electronic devices.
"With a growing market share that today exceeds 40%, this web-based system is scalable to any aircraft and has been selected by more than 50 airlines worldwide," says the manufacturer.
Air France's A380 is not fitted with an in-flight connectivity solution. Air France-KLM vice-president and general manager, USA Christine Ourmieres recently said the group's technology experts are studying various solutions but have not made a decision.
Thales's connectivity strategy is centred on Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband aeronautical service over L-band satellites.
The company has secured a raft of customers for SwiftBroadband-supported connectivity, be it used for basic cockpit solutions or the Thales TopConnect solution with GSM, which is offered in partnership with Airbus/Sita joint venture OnAir.
Thales is also working on an integrated in-flight entertainment system that harnesses this technology.
The firm recently opened a new "Connectivity Suite" in London. The brand new facility enables Thales to give a first hand experience of the latest airborne connectivity capabilities available from the manufacturer.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
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Коби Мояль (; 12 июля 1987, Маале-Адумим, Израиль) — израильский футболист, полузащитник.

Карьера

Клубная
Футбольную карьеру Коби начал в израильском клубе «Бейтар» (Иерусалим). В августе 2013 года перешёл в тираспольский «Шериф». По сообщению израильского портала Walla!, контракт подписан на 2 года, а заработная плата составила 300 тысяч евро в год. В сезоне 2013/14 вместе с командой пробился в групповой этап Лиги Европы. В составе «Шерифа» стал чемпионом Молдавии сезона 2013/14. Практически сразу после этого Коби покинул стан молдавской команды, его контракт по системе «1+1» завершился, и стороны не стали его продлевать. В июле 2014 года подписал контракт с «Маккаби» Хайфа.

В сборной
Летом 2014 года Мояль получил первый вызов в сборную Израиля — на товарищеские матчи со сборными Мексики и Гондураса. Дебютировал в национальной команде 2 июня, выйдя на 81 минуте на замену в матче против Гондураса.

Достижения
 Бейтар
 Чемпион Израиля (1): 2006/07
 Обладатель Кубка израильской лиги (Кубка Тото) (1): 2009/10
 Шериф
 Чемпион Молдавии (1): 2013/14

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль на оф. сайте ФК «Шериф»

 Профиль на сайте Израильской футбольной ассоциации

Футболисты Израиля
Игроки сборной Израиля по футболу
Игроки ФК «Бейтар» Иерусалим
Игроки ФК «Хапоэль» Кфар-Сава
Игроки ФК «Бней Иегуда»
Игроки ФК «Шериф»
Игроки ФК «Маккаби» Хайфа
Игроки ФК «Нью-Йорк Космос» (2010)


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New York Actor Charles Rogers hates his skin and all that hardship that comes with it. Feeling trapped by his race, Charles believes he has found the solution to his problems - change his appearance to embody 'Whiteness' - erase all that he has ever been and join the group he's believes he should be a part of. But is this ever possible?


Each night, the skies are observed from thousands of telescopes across the globe. Most of them are low-power and in the hands of hobbyists and amateur sky watchers. The ones with the ability to see into the depths of space are managed by governments, space agencies such as NASA, or Universities and other research groups. These giant earth-based instruments along with the orbiting Hubble telescope, are where most of the knowledge about outer-space comes from. Researchers and scientists spend countless hours scanning the skies to understand how the many different objects in space move and interact with one another. Many of those investigators are looking for signs of life on distant objects, while others are trying to identify things which haven't already been mapped or recorded. It seems that our quest for discovery and the great unknown of space are a perfect match.
Some of these discoveries are considered game-changers such as the discovery of extra solar planets or dark matter. Others are routine and commonplace, unless they present a unique feature that captures the attention of the curious. One recent discovery falls into the latter category. It is being called the "Death Comet" or as it's known scientifically, Asteroid 2015 TB145. The comet was originally discovered on Oct. 10, 2015, by researchers at the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS-1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System). At the time, the discovery received a lot of attention, but not the same reasons as today. At the time, it was the closest any object of that size had come to earth in recorded history, passing by at a distance of 310,000 miles away. The moon is 239,000 miles away from Earth, so the cause for concern was quite high at what might happen. Fortunately nothing happened, and the comet quietly passed Earth on Halloween night that same year.
Being so close, every piece of scientific equipment that was available was pointed directly at the comet. Based on observation and comparison with other known comets, this one was deemed to be dead; meaning it had shed all of it's volatile elements. Usually comets leave a tail in their wake which could be made up of ammonia, water, methane, hydrogen, and other elements which are being stripped off during flight. This stripping process creates the tail. There was consensus that TB145 was nothing more than an orbiting space rock; that is until the Arecibo Observatory shared the chilling radar images of the strange tumbling rock. The shape of the comet resembled a human skull, complete with deep eye sockets and a protruding chin. Up until that moment, NASA scientists had been calling the asteroid, "the Great Pumpkin," due to it passing on Halloween night. Once the pictures were seen, the old name was quickly replaced.
Now that the Death Comet is on the radar, so to speak, it's being regularly tracked. On November 11th, 2018, the asteroid will pass earth for the second time this decade at a distance of approximately 25 million miles. The scientific community can breathe a sign of relief as the spacing between it and earth is much wider. Strangely enough there were theories floating around on what kind of damage something of this size would do if it hit earth. Much of the rock would burn away while traveling through the atmosphere, but enough would remain to cause a serious catastrophic event. If it struck land, the damage could range from total destruction of the planet or a lasting scar that would not be soon forgotten. Previously in our history, we've seen what even small space objects can do to the planet. In 2013, a space rock hit a small city in Russia, causing damage to 7,000 buildings and seriously injuring 1,500 people. Another impact in 1908 near Tunguska, Russia flattened over 80 million trees over an area the size of New York City.
Could A Comet Destroy Earth?
NASA and other space agencies around the world scan the skies for objects which could impact earth. What most people don't realize it that Earth is in the direct path of approximately 500,000 asteroids and comets and that NASA is unaware of the exact location of 498,000 of them. Most of them are considered too small to cause worry, but just knowing that so many are out there does make some people squeamish.
While this year's comet won't be appearing in time for trick or treating, it will make another Oct. 31 appearance in the future. The comet will appear again on Halloween day in the year 2088, zooming by Earth at about 20 lunar distances.
Comet or Asteroid – What is the Difference?
The main difference between asteroids and comets is what they are made of. Asteroids contain metals and rocky material, while comets are made up of ice, dust, chemicals, and rocky material. Although both asteroids and comets were formed billions of years ago, their positioning in the universe is what matters. Asteroids formed much closer to the Sun, where it was too warm for ices to remain solid. Comets, on the other hand, formed farther from the Sun where ice would not melt. When comets approach the warmth of the sun, they lose material because of melting ice, which vaporizes to form the tail. Once all of the ice has been melted away, they are considered dead.


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Q: Prove that $\int_a^\infty \sin(f)$ converges I will appreciate any comment or review to the proof below. Thank you.

Let $f\in C^1([a,\infty),\Bbb R)$ for some $a\in\Bbb R$ with $f'$ strictly increasing and with $\lim_{x\to\infty}f'(x)=\infty$. Prove that $\int_a^\infty\sin(f(x))\mathrm dx$ converges.(Hint: use the substitution $y=f(x)$ and the inverse function theorem).

What I did
With the substitution $y=f(x)$ we have
$$\int_a^\infty \sin(f(x))\mathrm dx=\int_{f(a)}^{f(\infty)}\frac{\sin y}{f'(x)}\mathrm dy$$
If $f'$ is strictly increasing then at most it have a zero at some point $x=c$, what implies that $f$ is strictly convex and, at most, have a minimum in $x=c$.
Without lose of generality suppose that $f'$ have a zero in $x=c$.
Then $f$ is invertible in the regions $[a,c]$ and $[c,\infty)$ and by the inverse function theorem
$$(f^{-1})'(y)=\frac1{f'(x)}\tag{1}$$
Then
$$\int_a^\infty \sin(f(x))\mathrm dx=\int_{a}^{c}\sin (f(x))\mathrm dx+\int_{f(c)}^{f(\infty)}(f^{-1})'(y)\sin y\,\mathrm dy$$
Where clearly
$$\left|\int_{a}^{c}\sin (f(x))\mathrm dx\right|<\infty$$
because $\sin (f)$ is continuous in $[a,c]$.
Now observe that for $x>c$ $f$ is strictly increasing and positive by it convexity and the positivity of $f'$ in this region. Hence $f(\infty)=\infty$, $f^{-1}$ is strictly concave, strictly increasing and positive, what imply that $(f^{-1})'$ is strictly decreasing and positive.
And by (1) we can see that $(f^{-1})'(y)\to 0$ as $y\to\infty$. Then, putting all together, we can write
$$\int_{f(c)}^\infty (f^{-1})'(y)\sin y\,\mathrm dy=\int_{f(c)}^{M\pi/2}(f^{-1})'(y)\sin y\,\mathrm dy+\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k$$
for some $M\in\Bbb N$ such that $M\pi/2>f(c)$, where
$$a_k:=\int\limits_{(M+k)\pi/2}^{(M+k+1)\pi/2}(f^{-1})'(y)\sin y\,\mathrm dy$$
Then $(a_k)$ is an alternating sequence where $(|a_k|)\to 0$ so the series converges and clearly
$$\left|\int_{f(c)}^{M\pi/2}(f^{-1})'(y)\sin y\,\mathrm dy\right|<\infty$$
because $(f^{-1})'$ is bounded. Hence the integral $\int_a^\infty \sin (f(x))\mathrm dx$ converges.$\Box$

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From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel, a memoir (of sorts)—moving, lyrical impressions, interspersed throughout a narrative, punctuated by poetry, musings, lists of resonant books loved and admired, revealing a life and the making of a musician, that show us, as well, the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and of a collaboration that became the most successful singing duo in the roiling age that embraced, and was defined by, their pathfinding folk-rock music. In What Is It All but Luminous, Art Garfunkel writes about growing up in the 1940s and '50s (son of a traveling salesman, listening as his father played Enrico Caruso records), a middle-class Jewish boy, living in a redbrick semi-attached house on Jewel Avenue in Kew Gardens, Queens. He writes of meeting Paul Simon, the kid who made Art laugh (they met at their graduation play, Alice in Wonderland; Paul was the White Rabbit; Art, the Cheshire Cat). Of their being twelve at the birth of rock'n'roll ("it was rhythm and blues. It was black. I was captured and so was Paul"), of a demo of their song, Hey Schoolgirl for seven dollars and the actual record (with Paul's father on bass) going to #40 on the charts. He writes about their becoming Simon & Garfunkel, ruling the pop charts from the age of sixteen, about not being a natural performer but more a thinker, an underground man. He writes of the hit songs; touring; about being an actor working with directors Mike Nichols ("the greatest of them all"), about choosing music over a PhD in mathematics. And he writes about his long-unfolding split with Paul, and how and why it evolved, and after; learning to perform on his own . . . and about being a husband, a father and much more.
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The CDO Checklist:
Nine Essential Priorities for an Info-Savvy CDO
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Essential Priorities for an Info-Savvy CDO
Today, Chief Data Officers are tasked with deriving value from their organization's information assets. Previously, their roles revolved around mitigating data-associated risks. This evolution, while timely, means that the priorities of a CDO can get lost in the shuffle or mixed up with those of the CIO.
Caserta's CDO Checklist: 9 Essential Priorities for an Info-Savvy CDO shares the most important priorities that should occupy a CDO during his or her tenure. Following from their decades of experience advising CDOs and designing and delivering enterprise-scale data, analytics, and software solutions for Fortune 500 companies, Caserta Principals Doug Gray and Doug Laney share the nine most important items every CDO should take into account in their role.
Items tackled in our CDO guide include building a data strategy and roadmap, data monetization, data governance, architecture & platforms, organization & roles, partners, self-service, the cloud vs. on-prem debate, and project management.
Doug Gray
Doug Gray has over 30 years of experience as a data & analytics practitioner, Software Product & Solutions Delivery Program Manager, and CTO-VP-Director with Fortune 500 companies including American Airlines, Sabre, Travelocity, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City. Most recently, Doug was Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics Technology for Southwest Airlines where his teams won a total of 7 industry awards. Doug is an Adjunct Professor of Business Analytics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where he teaches in the Executive MBA program in the Cox School of Business and in the MS in Data Science program.
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Doug Laney is a best-selling author and recognized authority on data and analytics strategy. He advises senior IT, business and data leaders on data monetization and valuation, data management and governance, alternative data, analytics best practices, and information innovation. Doug's book, Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information for Competitive Advantage, was selected by CIO Magazine as the "Must-Read Book of the Year."


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BMW Racer Alex Zanardi Seriously Injured In Hand Bike Accident
Alessandro Zanardi, long time racer and BMW brand ambassador, was seriously injured in a hand bike incident during a race in Italy on Friday, June 19. Press reports say that he veered out of the racing lane into open traffic and was hit by a truck. He underwent three hours of neurosurgery and maxillofacial surgery in a hospital in Siena, and was then placed in a medically induced coma.
Autosport.com quotes Dr. Giuseppe Olivieri, the head of neurosurgery at Siena's Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital, as follows:
"The condition of Alex Zanardi is serious but stable. He arrived here with major facial cranial trauma, a smashed face, and a deeply fractured frontal bone [forehead]. The numbers are good, although it remains a very serious situation. We won't see what his neurological state is until he wakes up—if he wakes up. Serious condition means it's a situation when someone could die. Improvement takes time in these cases. Turns for the worse can be sudden. The operation went according to the plan. It's the initial situation that was very serious."
Zanardi's condition was reported as stable on Sunday afternoon. Dr. Olivieri added, "The next step is to try and stabilize him over the next week or ten days. Then if things go well, he could eventually be woken up and re-evaluated."
Zanardi, 53, who lost his legs in an Indy car incident in 2001, returned to the race track and also became a paralympic athlete, winning multiple hand bike world championships as well as four Paralympic gold medals.
He has run in a number of races for BMW in cars specially equipped with hand controls. He ran with Team RLL at Daytona in 2019, and was recently announced as co-driver of an M6 GT3 in the finale of the Italian GT Championship at Monza in November.—Brian Morgan
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MAGIC OF METAL
Spiritual and Physical Powers of Keris
Watch out, deadly curves!
No, this is not a traffic sign warning drivers of a dangerous winding road, but a rather inadequate description of keris, the traditional Indonesian dagger. Whether created by human hands or of supernatural origin, keris are believed to be physical manifestations of invisible forces. Forged in fire but symbolic of water, a keris represents a powerful union of cosmic complementary forces.
A distinctive feature of many keris is their odd-numbers of curves, but they also have straight blades. Keris are like naga, which are associated with irrigation canals, rivers, springs, wells, spouts, waterfalls and rainbows. Some keris have a naga or serpent head carved near its base with the body and tail following the curves of the blade to the tip. A wavy keris is a naga in motion, aggressive and alive; a straight blade is one at rest, its power dormant but ready to come into action.
Different types of whetstones, acidic juice of citrus fruits and poisonous arsenic bring out the contrast between the dark black iron and the light colored silvery nickel layers which together form pamor, damascene patterns on the blade. These motifs have specific names which indicate their special powers: udan mas (golden rain) is good for prosperity, wos wetah (unbroken rice grains) brings well-being.
Three fingers remaining helps in making decisions; two fingers left are good for spiritual purposes. One and a half fingers left repel disaster and black magic; one finger remaining is suitable for agricultural prosperity. Half a finger left is useful for thieves; no finger remaining is good for making proposals. What's going on here? Cutting off fingers for punishment? No, by measuring a keris from base to tip with four fingers of each hand alternating, the remaining length indicates how the keris is beneficial.
The keris is an important family possession and considered to be an ancestral deity, as weapons often play critical roles in the rise and fall of families and fortunes in history. Heirloom keris have proper names which describe their power: Ki Sudamala is Venerable Exorcist and repels negative forces, Ki Baju Rante is Venerable Coat of Armor and spiritually protects one wearing it.
In Bali, an heirloom keris and other such metal objects are presented offerings every 210 days on the day called Tumpek Landep, which means 'sharp'. They are cleaned, displayed in temple shrines, and presented with incense, holy water, and red-colored food and flowers to honor Hindu god of fire Brahma. This is followed by prayers for a sharp mind to Sanghyang Pasupati, the deity who empowers sacred objects and defeats ignorance.
Motorbikes and cars, modern metallic symbols of power and status, are also presented with offerings because they can bring fortune or mishap. Some Balinese jokingly call this day Tumpek Honda or Tumpek BMW, depending on what they can afford to own. With palm leaf ornaments flying up against windshields and rear-view mirrors, however, one wonders about the safety of this practice.
While the scabbard and hilt of the sheath may be made of rare woods or ivory and adorned with precious metals and fine gemstones, the most important part is the blade. Forces emanating from the dagger are kept under control by the sheath which also protects the blade. A cloth bag roughly in the form of a large keris in its sheath, sometimes made of magically protective black-and-white checkered kain poleng cloth, further shields against dust and damage.
A blacksmith is called pande, the same as the Indonesian word pandai meaning 'skilled and clever' as anyone who works with metals must be. The word empu is used for someone with a very high level of knowledge: sri empu is a high priest, empu keris is a highly skilled person who makes daggers. More than just weapons, in November 2005 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared Indonesian keris as a great cultural achievement of world humanity.
In September 2006, the Pura Penataran Pande Peliatan blacksmith clan temple south of Ubud held a huge rededication ceremony. For this, its members had a new Balinese keris made. During a ritual forging of the blade in June, men took turns hammering at the red-hot blade at the home of the temple's priest. During this time Suteja Neka, the senior person overseeing the ceremonies, became fascinated by keris and began learning as much as he could about them.
But things did not stop there, for Neka soon started to collect keris. He went to antique shops, visited collectors, attended exhibitions, and contacted organizations. When the news spread, people from Bali, Java and Madura brought old and new keris to Neka for him to examine and perhaps add to his collection. He also sought out handles, scabbards and sheaths along with those who made them, becoming a full patron of all the arts connected with keris.
The exhibition Keris in Culture: Traditional Daggers in the Arts will be officially opened and recognized as a permanent part of the Neka Art Museum by Jero Wacik, Indonesian Minister of Culture and Tourism, on 22 July to commemorate the museum's Silver Jubilee. Paintings with keris in them will also be displayed along with photographs of keris in Balinese rituals, dances and costumes. The keris will be housed in a new two-storey room at the Neka Art Museum to complement the artworks on display.
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1) Suteja Neka ritually hammers a new keris being made for the Pura Pande blacksmith clan temple in Peliatan in June 2006
2) Ki Baju Rante (Venerable Coat of Armor), royal Balinese keris from Karangasem, 17th century, ivory and variegated wood sheath
3) antique royal Balinese keris from Bangli with 17 curves, demon-shaped handle inlaid with gold and encrusted with semi-precious stones
4) antique Balinese keris with 13 curves, new gold inlay of naga (water-serpent), demon-shaped gold handle encrusted with semi-precious stones
5) antique Balinese keris with chiseled figures of lion king Candapinggala fighting bull Nandaka from the Tantri Kamandaka fables
Suteja Neka ritually hammers a new keris being made for the Pura Pande blacksmith clan temple in Peliatan in June 2006
Antique royal Balinese keris from Bangli with 17 curves, demon-shaped handle inlaid with gold and encrusted with semi-precious stones
Antique Balinese keris with chiseled figures of lion king Candapinggala fighting bull Nandaka from the Tantri Kamandaka fables
Antique Balinese keris with 13 curves, new gold inlay of naga (water-serpent), demon-shaped gold handle encrusted with semi-precious stones
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Vasily Chapayev
"Chapayev" and "Chapaev" redirect here. For the game, see Chapayev (game). For the film, see Chapaev (film). For the town in Kazakhstan, see Chapaev, Kazakhstan.
(1887-02-09)February 9, 1887
Budayka, now part of Cheboksary in Chuvash Republic
September 5, 1919(1919-09-05) (aged 32)
West Kazakhstan Province
Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War
Parent(s)
Ivan Stepanovich Chapaev, Yekaterina Semyonovna Chapaeva
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Сhapayev's birthplace (today the house-museum "Chapayevs' Log House")
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Чапа́ев; February 9 [O.S. January 28] 1887 – September 5, 1919) was a celebrated Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War.
2 Private life
3 In Russian culture
Chapayev was born into a poor peasant family in a village called Budayka, now part of Cheboksary. During World War I, he fought as a non-commissioned officer and was awarded the Cross of St. George three times. In September 1917, he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks). In December was elected commander of the 138 Infantry Regiment by a vote of the regiment's soldiers. He later commanded the 2nd Nikolaev Division and the 25th Rifle Division.
On September 5, 1919, the divisional headquarters near Lbishchensk (now renamed Chapayev in his honour) were ambushed by White Army forces. According to official sources, Chapayev tried to escape by swimming across the Ural River, but was never again seen alive. "In 1919, a wounded Chapayev was shot and drowned in the Ural river".[1] His body was never recovered, but the town where he died was later renamed Chapaev, and a museum was established in 1927.
Private life[edit]
In 1908 Chapayev became acquainted with Pelageya Metelina, who was 18. Although his father didn't approve of their relations, Vasily Ivanovich married her. They lived together for 6 years, and had three children, one of which was Klavdia Chapayeva. Though there was no official divorce, in 1917 Chapayev started living with the widow of his deceased fellow-soldier Petr Kishkertsev. Curiously enough, her name was also Pelageya. Chapayev adopted both of her children. Currently the only relative that remains is his great-great-grand daughter Vasilisa Chapayeva, with her parents Yevgenia Chapayeva and Viktor Pecherin.[1]
In Russian culture[edit]
Chapayev on a 1948 Soviet Union postage stamp
After the Soviet Union had been established, Chapayev was immortalized by Soviet propaganda as a hero of the Russian Civil War. In 1923, a Russian writer, Dmitriy Furmanov, who served as a commissar in Chapayev's division wrote a popular novel entitled Chapaev. Later, in 1934, it was made into a film Chapayev by the Vasilyev brothers. The movie became highly popular in the Soviet Union. The German actor and singer Ernst Busch also recorded the song Tschapajews Tod, which talks about his death in the Ural.
More recently, he became one of the central characters in the novel Chapayev and Void by modern Russian writer Viktor Pelevin.
In November 1998, Red Comrades Save the Galaxy, a point-and-click graphic adventure game was developed by S.K.I.F. and published by Buka Entertainment (now 1C Company). The game's protagonist Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev, is inspired by Chapayev.
Chapayev, along with his aide Petka, became a recurring character in popular Russian jokes.
Chapayev, the book by Dmitry Furmanov
Chapayev, the 1934 movie
Chapayev, a board game named after Chapayev
Red Comrades Save the Galaxy, a point-and-click graphic adventure game which features a main character inspired by Chapayev
Chapayevsk
Chapayev class cruiser, a group of cruisers built for the Soviet Navy
Chapayev and Void
Chapaev Battalion
^ a b Valeria Korchagina (March 2, 2001). "Following in Chapayev's Footsteps". The Moscow Times (2154). Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasily Chapayev.
Chapaev the novel a detailed summary at SovLit.net
(in Russian) Василий Иванович Чапаев: Biography in Russian.
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A third attack on horseback approaches toward the fort at night, and more of the men perish. As the numbers dwindle, only twelve men are left. As the Sergeant stuffs more propped-up bodies into the parapets, the two Gestes comment on their commander's skillful tactics to outsmart the enemy:
John: Charming fellow, our Sergeant.
Beau: A trifle uncouth. But the best soldier we'll ever see.
The end looks near for the remaining survivors: "You'll all be with these others in a little while. You'll do your duty better dead than you ever did alive." During a break in the fighting, the two Geste brothers share a few final, fateful words together:
Beau: I remember ghastly Gussie said one time, 'The Gestes always stick together.'
John: Digby's probably on his way here now.
Beau: He'd better be. John, somebody always gets out of these things. It might be you.
John: 'The Gestes always stick together.'
Beau: Well, if they shouldn't, would you do me a favor?
John: Of course.
Beau: Thanks. In my coat, I have two letters in a packet. One letter in the packet goes to my Aunt Pat. The other letter stays here with me.
John: All right.
Beau: Could I do you a favor if, uh, things happen to be the other way around?
John: Just tell Isobel that, just tell her something.
Beau: Older brother takes care of everything, I promise you.
The embattled Markoff's strategy seems effective - the Arabs have retreated, and argue over whether to attack again: "They've lost their stomach for it. The next attack will be the last one. No sign of any relief from Tokotu. Well, we'll show 'em we're not only awake, but merry and bright!" The Sergeant orders the bugler to play, and then orders "some happy laughter - lots of it, seven is going to sound like seventy." During his jackal-like laugh, Rasinoff is shot and falls to his death from the tower, as another Arab attack commences. Markoff orders the few survivors to move from parapet to parapet as they fire to give the impression of greater strength and defense: "We'll make 'em think we're still fully manned."
Beau falls to a bullet, appearing to be dead as the Arabs retreat for the last time. Just in case they do return, Markoff props up a body in each parapet, and extols his own fortitude:
Look at 'em. They come when I want them and they go when I don't need them anymore. They're beaten! But they've put down a mutiny for me. They've given me the Legion of Honor. And they've made me an officer.
Only John and Markoff are left. John warns the commander not to touch Beau's body: "Leave my brother's body alone...If you touch him, I'll kill you." While John brings the Sergeant bread and wine from the barracks, Sgt. Markoff searches Beau's body and finds the sapphire and letters. In a confrontation when John returns and interrupts him, John pulls out his bayonet and Markoff draws his pistol and threatens: "Armed attack on a superior in the face of the enemy. I court-martial you myself. I find you guilty and I sentence you to death. You get six in the belly." With his last ounce of convulsive energy, Beau rolls over and upsets the feet and balance of the Sergeant, giving John the opportunity to bayonet Markoff in the heart with his sabre. Beau expires, in a gallant death scene, in John's arms:
Listen to me. I haven't got much breath. Leave the public letter in Markoff's hand. Take the packet and the other letter home to Aunt Pat...Go to Egypt. Promise?...Tell Digby I was sorry. I couldn't wait for him.
At that moment, the sound of a bugle from the relief column from Fort Tokotu under Beaujolais' command is heard outside the fort: "A lovely sound, but a little late." After hearing gunfire, John returns two shots from the parapet to allow time to escape - he fears that he will be court-martialed for the murder of the Sergeant. He places the public letter in Markoff's hand as instructed, and rests Beau's arms across his chest in peaceful repose. He retrieves a canteen and food from the barracks before jumping down the back wall of the fort and retreating into the desert.
When Digby scales the fort wall, he finds the body of his brother Beau but no evidence of John's demise. He pretends to be one of the dead soldiers when the Major arrives. While the Major searches around, Digby carries the bodies of Beau and Markoff into the barracks where he prepares the Viking's funeral for his brother. He sets up a funeral pyre, placing Markoff's body at Beau's feet [the symbolic dog at his feet], and then ignites the entire bier on fire. As it begins to burn, he plays his muted bugle in tribute, and then escapes over the back wall as he hears rifle shots diverting the relief column into the nearby oasis. He finds his brother John firing his rifle at the relief column. The two of them are reunited, and watch the "Viking's funeral" fire for their heroic brother as the fort is consumed in flames:
John: I knew you wouldn't forget.
Digby: He wouldn't have if it had been me.
As they speak about fleeing to Egypt, they meet their two legionnaire friends Hank Miller (Broderick Crawford) and Buddy McMonigal (Charles Barton) sent on horseback from the burning fort for reinforcements - they are given assistance in their flight from the Legion. Later, when the four of them encounter a band of nomadic Arabs at an oasis, Digby outsmarts the tribal band by giving the impression - with the blowing of a decoy bugle charge - that a larger Legion is attacking, but he is slain in the attempt. His body tumbles down the steep sand dune - his bugle rests half-covered by sand next to him.
John is the only brother who survives to return to England. At Brandon Abbas, he is reunited with his beloved Isobel and falls into her waiting arms. He also presents Lady Patricia with the letter from Beau, disclosing that the valuable gem had been sold years before, and that Beau had lifted the substitute to save embarrassment of Lady Patricia when she was instructed to sell it. She reads the letter aloud at the foot of the stairs:
My Dear Aunt Pat:
I was inside the suit of armor in the hall the day you sold the Blue Water to the Maharajah's agent and received an imitation to take its place. When the wire from Sir Hector came, I thought I could repay your devotion to us by giving Brandon Abbas its first robbery. So the lights went out and so did Beau. Lovingly, Beau Geste.
The final line is tearfully spoken by a grateful Lady Patricia after she finishes reading Beau's letter:
Beau Geste? Gallant gesture. We didn't name him wrongly, did we?
Beau's name aptly describes his gallant, beautiful gesture ('beau geste') for the entire family - he had repaid his Aunt Pat's devotion to them by sparing her humiliation over the jewel's sale.