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Q: Can I safely use the eval() function to change values of some variables which names are stored in an array I want to change the values from a lot of variables.
At first I used this option:
date = [];
temp = [];
temp_min = [];
temp_max = [];
humidity = [];
... and so on.

And later I found out that I can use the the eval() function to make the process a little bit easier and fancier.
const FIELDS = ['date', 'temp', 'temp_min', 'temp_max', 'humidity'];
for (let j = 0; j < FIELDS.length; j++) {
    eval(FIELDS[j] + " = [];");
}

I wanted to learn more about this function and stumbled upon this site:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/eval
On the very top there is explained that the use of this function is very dangerous when used wrongly

And now I wanted to know whether this function is (enough) secure in my case.

A: If I'm to summarize the comments:

*

*don't use eval

*if you must, use this function which leaves you with a graceful way out of this cunnudrum.

function define_arr(name, context) {
  context = context || window
  context[name] = []
}

'humidity,wind,saturation,co2,alert'.split(',').map(define_arr)
console.log(humidity)

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NOAA Launches ERMA Mapping Tool for Responding to Arctic Oil Spills
Ice and open water in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. (NOAA)
JULY 31, 2012 — The uncertain, rapidly changing conditions of the Arctic Ocean call for emergency responders to take extra precautions in preparing for the possibility of a remote oil spill. Because of this, NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, along with the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), have launched an Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) for the Arctic region.
Arctic ERMA, the same interactive online mapping tool used by federal responders during the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, will help address the many complex challenges the Arctic presents. This comes at a key time for the area, as growing ship traffic and proposed energy development, including offshore drilling, are increasing the risk of oil spills. ERMA brings together all of the available information needed for an effective emergency response in the Arctic. In an emergency situation, ERMA is equipped with constantly updated oceanographic observations and weather data from NOAA as well as critical information from BSEE and other federal and state response agencies. Depending on the need, responders can further customize the tool with environmental, logistical, and operational data, such as areas where sensitive species may be, fisheries may be closed, or navigation may be restricted.
"Arctic ERMA builds on the lessons we learned on usability, data management, and data visualization from the Deepwater Horizon/BP disaster," commented Dr. Amy Merten, OR&R Spatial Data Branch Manager. "The Arctic ERMA team is thrilled to work with our diverse group of partners, ranging from Alaskan village elders to federal agencies, as they challenge us in how we share data and visualize information that can improve our collective oil spill preparedness. The Arctic ERMA site is now live, but it's a living work in progress."
Dr. Merten led the team developing Arctic ERMA. Integrating and synthesizing data—some in real time—into a single interactive map, ERMA provides a quick visualization of the situation, improving communication and coordination among responders and environmental stakeholders. NOAA developed Arctic ERMA to address escalating energy exploration and transportation activity in the region, which increases the risk of oil spills and other accidents. The Alaska Ocean Observing System; the State of Alaska; the University of Alaska, Fairbanks; the University of New Hampshire; and Alaska's Northwest and North Slope Arctic Boroughs are working with NOAA to keep this database current with information as it becomes available.
Arctic ERMA pulls into one platform data such as the location, extent, and concentration of sea ice; locations of ports and pipelines; and vulnerable environmental resources. This tool also includes cultural and subsistence resources based on traditional and local knowledge. In addition to providing local and natural resource information, BSEE has helped improve access to key environmental, commercial, and industrial data sources throughout lease areas in the Arctic. BSEE and other organizations will optimize real-time sensors to feed the data directly into ERMA during both potential oil spills and exercises simulating the release of hazardous materials. You can view Arctic ERMA online at https://www.erma.unh.edu/arctic. Earlier this summer, NOAA, BSEE, and the U.S. Coast Guard used Arctic ERMA during an industry-sponsored training exercise simulating an oil spill in the Chukchi Sea.
An aerial view of beluga whales, a species which may be vulnerable during an Arctic oil spill, in formation in the Chukchi Sea. (NOAA)
"It's an incredibly popular tool," said John Whitney, NOAA's Scientific Support Coordinator for Alaska. "My colleagues responding to oil spills in local, state, and federal government as well as industry continue to give very positive feedback about how valuable Arctic ERMA will be when they are trying to get information about a spill."
Arctic ERMA is the product of a partnership among NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, the Oil Spill Recovery Institute, DOI's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and the University of New Hampshire's Coastal Response Research Center. Besides the Arctic, ERMA is currently available for seven other geographic regions. The launch of Arctic ERMA is part of ongoing efforts by the Interagency Working Group on Coordination of Domestic Energy Development and Permitting in Alaska, which President Obama established in July 2011. This working group aims to coordinate the federal agencies responsible for overseeing the safe and responsible development of onshore and offshore energy in Alaska. Read the press release.


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Q: How to combine two excel-sheets with similar information for different years using MS access? Okay! So I have two data sets containing similar information but one covers year 2001 to 2012, and the other 2013 to 2016. Both begin with a column with a defining ID-number, followed by one separate column for each year containing a value for each specific ID-number. I cant figure out a way to simply add the newer columns to the old sheet, so that I have a sheet containing information for year 2001-2016. I think the issue might be that the different time-series does not contain perfectly matching ID-numbers. Example, there is ID a b c d in 2001-2012 but in 2013-2016 there is only ID a c d.
Does anyone have a way for me to do this? Would be greatly appreciated! I can use both MS excel and MS access, or R if there is a way to do it there.

A: Your union query will work if you use queries with equal count of fields.
So for the 2013-2016 data, use something like:
Select a, b, c, Null as d
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Guiao wants Blatche on board earlier for Gilas' FIBA World Cup buildup
Mar 4, 2019 10:20 PM PHT
Delfin Dioquino
The fiery mentor worries that the former NBA player might go out of shape once his commitments in China end
MANILA, Philippines – The sooner, the better.
Yeng Guiao wants to have Andray Blatche on board for Gilas Pilipinas as early as possible in the run-up to the 2019 FIBA World Cup that will be staged in China from August 31 to September 30.
Although the chances of seeing the former NBA player suit up as import in the PBA are unlikely, Guiao seeks to avoid cramming their preparations, just like what happened in the Asian Qualifiers.
In the sixth window of the qualifiers, Blatche had less than 3 weeks of practice with the Nationals and even missed days in between because of his commitment with the Tianjin Gold Lions in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Fortunately, it was enough time for Blatche to integrate himself to Guiao's system and deliver the Philippines wins over Qatar and Kazakhstan in order to reach the World Cup.
But enough will not cut it in the quadrennial showpiece, where the world's best 32 nationals will vie for basketball supremacy.
"We would want to be able to prepare at least two months. Instead of 2 to 3 weeks, maybe we can stretch it to 2 to 3 months," Guiao said after the PBA honored the entire Gilas program on Sunday, March 3.
"And part of that preparation is getting Andray Blatche in early and competing close to the level of the World Cup."
Another reason to have the 6-foot-11 big man in tow earlier is to monitor his fitness, Guiao said.
In the previous windows, Blatche's shape had been a concern when he was away from the national team and when he was not playing competitive basketball.
"My worry is after his China commitments, Andray Blatche is going back to the States. And for how long? We do not know. And the problem is, if he's not competing, then there's always a chance of him getting out of shape."
"[W]e have to look and find a way to get him here early, get him in shape, and have him ready for the World Cup," Guiao added.
A plan to fulfill that goal is by having Gilas compete in pocket tournaments now that the initial idea of the national team participating in the Jones Cup had been practically shot down due to conflict with the PBA schedule.
"[T]he other option given to us was just to play some friendly matches with teams that are not in our group or organize pocket tournaments," Guiao said.
"We don't know what are the specifics or what will exactly happen, but those are the options given to us. So from here, we will be talking to the PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas," he added in a mix of Filipino and English. – Rappler.com
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Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.
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Those people talking up charities downtown aren't looking for a $20 donation. Then what do they want? Here's the answer to that question, and five more, about fundraising that takes to the street.
Stroll State Street or Michigan Avenue long enough and you're bound to hear that come-on, or a variation of it, from a youngish person wearing a vest emblazoned with a charity's logo: Special Olympics. The Nature Conservancy. ASPCA. The Human Rights Campaign. Their job: face-to-face fundraising, as it's called, for national nonprofits. And they're looking for a specific kind of donation. What kind? Good question. Here's the answer to that one, and more.
Why can't they take my $20 and call it a day?
They don't want it. They want a commitment. These fundraisers are looking for members or sustaining donors, the kind who pledge to give monthly for a year or more. "This model is all about duration," says Martin Leggett, CEO at New Canvassing Experience, a face-to-face fundraising firm based in Austin, Texas. "It's all about the quality of the donor." Leggett says that half of his clients' sustaining donors come from face-to-face fundraising campaigns.
No. They're paid professionals. New Canvassing Experience is one example of a for-profit, face-to-face fundraising firm that works mainly in the South and on the West Coast. Dialogue Direct, based in New York, deploys fundraisers in Chicago.
Do they work on commission?
Leggett says his canvassers are paid a higher-than-minimum wage, and they get bonuses for signing up a certain number of donors who have promised long-term commitment to the nonprofit.
Why don't small, local nonprofits do this kind of fundraising?
It's expensive. The Nature Conservancy, a global environment-focused nonprofit with a presence in Illinois, paid $11.4 million to canvassing companies in fiscal 2016. The Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit has an $837 million annual budget.
Why pay big bucks to fundraise?
Two reasons: Canvassers bring in younger donors; at the Nature Conservancy, the average age of donors courted this way is 37, compared with 69 for donors nabbed via direct mail. Charities say canvassers really do pull in committed donors. The Nature Conservancy says half of its sustainer revenue comes from donors reached through canvassing but declines to give a specific dollar amount. Special Olympics International, which had fundraisers on Michigan Avenue and in the pedway this year, has just begun face-to-face fundraising, and initial results are "promising," according to a spokesman.
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Orex Shareholders, Optionholders and Warrantholders Vote in Favour of the Plan of Arrangement between Orex and Barsele Minerals Corp. and Approve All Annual Matters
Vancouver, B.C. -- Orex Minerals Inc. -- (REX: TSX-V) ("Orex") is pleased to announce that Orex's shareholders (the "Shareholders"), optionholders (the "Optionholders") and warrantholders (the "Warrantholders" and together with the Shareholders and Optionholders, the "Orex Securityholders") have voted today at the annual and special meeting of Orex Securityholders (the "Meeting") to approve the previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") between Orex and Barsele Minerals Corp. ("Barsele"), Orex's wholly-owned subsidiary. The Arrangement was approved by 99.87% of the votes cast by Shareholders and Optionholders, voting together as a single class, and 100% of the votes cast by Warrantholders, voting as a single class, at the Meeting. Additionally, all annual matters that were put before Shareholders at the Meeting were approved. In particular, Orex is pleased to announce the re-election of Gary Cope, Ross Wilmot, William Henry White, Arthur Freeze and Rick Sayers to its board of directors and the reappointment of Davidson & Company LLP as Orex's auditor for the ensuing year. Orex also received Shareholder approval for the adoption of rolling stock option plans for each of Orex and Barsele for use immediately upon completion of the Arrangement.
Gary Cope, President of Orex, said "We are pleased that Orex's Securityholders have overwhelmingly approved the Arrangement. In a difficult market for resource issuers, Orex has pursued the spinout of the Barsele Project and the separation of Orex's mineral assets as a means of increasing Shareholder value".
For more information on the matters voted on at the Meeting and for details of the Arrangement, please see Orex's management information circular dated August 21, 2015, which has been filed on Orex's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Orex's application to the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the "Court") to obtain the final order approving the Arrangement is scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2015. Assuming Court approval is obtained and that the other conditions of the Arrangement are satisfied or waived, the Arrangement is expected to become effective on or about September 25, 2015.
ABOUT OREX MINERALS INC.
Orex is a Canadian-based junior exploration company comprised of highly qualified mining professionals. Orex has several current projects: the Barsele Project in Västerbottens Län, Sweden, a joint venture with Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., the Coneto Gold-Silver Project in Durango, Mexico, a joint venture with Fresnillo PLC, the Sandra Escobar Silver-Gold Project in Durango, Mexico, a joint venture with Canasil Resources Inc., plus the Los Crestones Gold-Silver-Copper Project in Sinaloa, Mexico and the Jumping Josephine Gold-Silver Project in British Columbia, Canada.
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First Look: Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix
by Elle Breezy July 25, 2013
Andre 3000 has been spending much of his time away from music, but that's because he's been filming All Is By My Side, a biopic about the height of Jimi Hendrix's career in 1966-67, just 4 years before his death of a drug overdose in 1970.
When news first broke that Andre would be portraying the legend, it seems like a fairly good casting choice, but now a photo has surfaced of the rapper in character, and we must say, the resemblance is uncanny! Andre looks great in character, and should deliver an awesome performance.
"In researching him, I saw that a lot of the paths that he went down were the same ones that I went down when I was a young kid," André told SPIN magazine last year. "He did what he thought was right for his music. I always gravitated towards him. This movie is the real shit right here. I think people will learn things they didn't know."
However, clearance from Hendrix's estate for music catalog to be used in the film was not cleared, so instead, André the Beatles, Elvis, Muddy Waters, and the Troggs covers in the film.
Directed by John Ridley, the film was shot in Dublin, Ireland and will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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Oliver Tambo at 70
Weekly Mail Reporter
The closest Oliver Tambo has got to South African soil since the day he slipped across the border into exile, was a passenger seat in a high-flying plane which hurried him across the country's eastern edges, en route to a funeral in Lesotho. The plane flight, in December 1982, followed a South African commando raid on Maseru in which 42 people were killed, 30 of them African National Congress members.
Tambo insisted at an emergency national executive committee meeting in Lusaka that he would attend the funeral. The president could not cover behind in safety while his colleagues died in the frontlines. The executive refused to let him go. They pointed out that the only way he could get to landlocked Lesotho was by flying over South African territory, and there was no guarantee his plane would not be downed.
But Tambo insisted and a fierce debate ensued. By the time it had ended, Tambo had extracted an agreement from his colleagues. Firstly, he would go. Secondly, their objections would be placed on record in the minutes of the meeting. And, thirdly, if his plane was in fact downed, his colleagues would not say publicly, "We told him so". Very much against their better judgement, his top security advisors set about making a set of devious arrangements to get Tambo to Lesotho safely. There, a few days later, he addressed the mourners.
After 20 years in exile, he was finally south of the Limpopo. But still a long way from home. Today Oliver Tambo turns 70. His colleagues in the ANC's External Mission are preparing a round of celebrations to mark the birthday of this African Moses who, they believe, will lead them out of despair and nearly 30 years of exile.
Tambo has not yet parted the heavily guarded Limpopo – and some would argue he is unlikely ever to do so. But this does not dampen ANC members' enthusiasm for him. He enjoys an astonishing measure of respect and affection from his colleagues at all levels in the outlawed movement. Whereas criticism of other members of the outlawed movement's leadership is quite often heard in ANC circles, "0.R.", as he is known, escapes completely. This enthusiasm mystifies outsiders. Particularly since the ANC, 75 years after its launch, seems a long way from reaching its objectives. But the respect for Tambo is derived from precisely this fact: he has stuck with the ANC through thick and thin – and some of those times have been very lean indeed.
He has led the ANC through its bleakest days to what are now, arguably, its brightest its enemies are now forced to accord it more attention than at any stage in its chequered history. Any realistic history of the ANC will have to take Tambo's personality into account. Without doubt it has been a major unifying catalyst within the movement. Above all, it is that unity which has enabled the ANC to occupy the place it now does in South African politics – that of a ubiquitous, combative phantom, which few either can or do ignore.
One often hears from exiles their characterisations of the ANC leadership of the fifties with Nelson Mandela the "bulldozer" and "action man", Walter Sisulu the "strategist", Govan Mbeki the "theorist", and Oliver Tambo the "unifier", the man who could hold together the different strands which make up the ANC. It was, above all, this group of (then) young nationalists and communists who remoulded the ANC from an inert body into a militant movement with a mass following.
The ANC is now, since the 1976 Soweto students uprising, again being remoulded by another and larger group of young intellectuals. Like many of today's youth, Tambo learned his first political lessons in confrontations with school and university authorities.
Born to peasant parents in the Bizana district of the Transkei, he received a series of scholarships. At Fort Hare, where he later completed a BSc, Tambo led protests against an assault on a black woman by a white boarding master. And, while doing a subsequent Education Diploma, he was expelled for leading another student protest.
Together with the brilliant young Africanist Anton Lembede, Mandela, Sisulu, A.P. Mda and Robert Sobukwe, Tambo was a leading light in the formation of the ANC Youth League in 1944. Tambo served as national secretary of the ANCYL, later becoming its Transvaal president, and eventually its national vice-president in 1948-9. In 1949, the year the Youth League produced the ANC's first militant "Programme of Action", Tambo was elected to the ANC national executive committee proper.
Over this period, he considered entering the priesthood but, after Walter Sisulu had talked him out of it he went into legal practice in Johannesburg with Mandela. In the 1950s, he was served with first a two-year and then a five-year banning order. He was elected at different times to the posts of ANC secretary general and, then, deputy president, the position he held when the ANC was outlawed in 1960 under the presidency of Albert Lutuli.
A week after the Sharpeville shootings of March 21 1960 and two days before the declaration of the state of emergency Tambo left the country illegally to form the ANC External Mission. In fact, the executive's decision that he should leave had been taken a year earlier – but Tambo had been resisting it. Through the ANC's bleakest years – 1960 to 1969 – Tambo led the movement in exile. treading an often lonely path from Tanzania, to London and Lusaka, and back. Progress was slow and very painful for the ANC.
The Wankie Campaign, mounted jointly by ANC and Zapu guerillas in then-Rhodesia in 1967, proved a costly experience. And, when the ANC held its first National Consultative Conference in Morogoro, Tanzania, in 1969, feelings ran high. The entire executive was forced to resign, and Tambo was lambasted by delegates speaking from the conference floor. But, by the end of the conference, Tambo had been elected president to succeed Albert Lutuli (who had died in 1967) and a new sense of purpose had been achieved in the ANC.
A "Revolutionary Council" was established to take the struggle back home". However, in 1975, the ANC was again shaken when eight senior members, led by Tennyson and Ambrose Makiwane, formed a faction they called ANC (African Nationalist) and sought an alliance with the Pan Africanist Congress. The group also campaigned to end the relationship between the ANC and SA Communist Party. The eight were suspended from the movement and the ANC (AN) faded away.
An ANC veteran, who spent years in guerilla camps doing very little, recalls of those grim days: "They were very confusing, very difficult times. But O.R. led us through them, and so he became the father and mother of us all". – Howard Barrell
This article originally appeared in the Weekly Mail.


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Wanted suspect fatally wounded in shootout with police | Phoenix Sun
A wanted suspect, who was allegedly involved in a murder and hijacking incident, was shot and killed during a shootout with police, recently.
He was identified as 25-year-old Mtshengiseni Chonco.
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His 35-year-old accomplice were arrested by police and charged for attempted murder, possession of suspected stolen property and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Provincial police spokesman, Lt Col Thulani Zwane said on the day, Msinga police officers were conducting crime prevention duties in the rural area when they received information regarding suspects, who were wanted for murder and hijacking.
"The police officers followed up on the information and identified the house. While approaching the house, it is alleged that the suspects began shooting towards the police," he said.
The police returned fire, fatally wounded Chonco. Police also found two unlicensed pistols, ammunition, cellphones and credit cards, suspected to be taken during the hijacking incident.
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Lt Col Zwane confirmed that the seized firearms will be sent for ballistic testing to establish if they were used in any other crimes within the province.
The arrested man appeared in court.
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Synopsis: Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting and selling marine specimens for research. He is a lost soul who is looking for his place in life. He is running away from his past, one where he is trying to make amends for what he considers a past wrong. But his current life isn't totally satisfying either. He believes that his recent collection of eight baby octopi will help him define that future in conducting research on their behavior. However, he is finding that research is not as easy as he had hoped, and that he is still feeling restless. Into the area comes drifter Suzy DeSoto. She too is a lost soul. With few job skills, she gets a job as what she calls a floozy in the local whorehouse, despit
Director(s): David S. Ward
Actors: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Cannery Row has never been
like anywhere else.
Its people are different.
When the town died off,
most failed to notice.
Some say nobody would live here
unless they had to,
but some, like The Seer,
wouldn't live anywhere else.
Of all the people on Cannery Row,
Doc is probably the best known.
He makes his living
by collecting marine animals
and selling them
to colleges and museums.
Doc has become
a pillar of the community,
and its fountain of
science and philosophy.
He had friends
he didn't even know about
and some he would never forget.
Friends like Mack and the boys.
Mack leads a small group of men
who have in common no families,
no money and no ambition -
to discuss matters
of interest but little importance.
The youngest and strongest
of the group is Hazel.
A childhood illness left him with a
slightly diminished mental capacity.
As a result, he had the mind of
a small boy in the body of a bull.
Hey, Mack?
What is it, Hazel?
Mack, you said you was gonna
lead us in some exercise.
You said we was out of shape.
- I said that?
- Yeah, that's right.
- I must have been drunk as hell.
- Well, come on. We're waiting.
Here we go. Come on, Mack.
Okay, Mack.
- All right, you ready?
Touch your toes. Swing your hips.
Jumping Jacks.
Mack, I'm going to La Jolla for a
few days. Feed my mice, will you?
- There's beer in the refrigerator.
- Don't worry about the mice, Doc.
- We'll take care of it.
Doc is a hell of a guy.
Give you anything he's got.
A hell of a guy. We ought to do
something nice for him sometime.
Despite the esteem
in which he was held,
Doc was not fully content.
He'd been afflicted with
a gnawing restlessness.
A sense of something unfulfilled.
So he planned a collecting trip,
hoping to smother his unease
with activity.
At first, he turned up very little.
But by the third day,
his luck began to change.
Under the boulders of the intertidal
zone, he found eight baby octopi.
It was a little bonanza for him,
if he could keep them alive.
He dedicated himself to building an
octopus world within walls of glass,
anticipating every octopus need,
and eliminating every danger.
Doc, I got something important
to talk to you about.
- How much do you need, Mack?
- Two bucks.
Here, take it out of that.
- What about my story?
- What story?
I had a story about
why I needed two bucks.
- You don't need a story.
- The hell I don't!
I worked all night on it.
Hazel cried when I tried it on him.
You see, my aunt in Salinas...
She lost both husbands in the flood.
- I didn't know you had an aunt.
- I don't have an aunt!
That's the goddamn story!
Doc, what is the matter with you?
I got a problem, Mack.
- How am I going to light them?
- Light what?
The octopi.
Octopi are afraid of light. How can
I light them without scaring them?
- Why don't you just give up?
- Mack, octopi are fascinating.
They have emotions like ours.
They show fear, anger and excitement
by colour changes in their bodies.
I need a wide-angle binocularscope.
- Binocularscope.
Even if I do get the right light...
Doc, look at me.
It's me, Mack, your friend.
You've redone this tank five times.
I'm all right, Mack. Really.
I need to do something different
for a change. Something of value.
- You ain't done nothing up to now.
- That's just the point.
A man ought to make a mark.
Every year I go to the Congress of
Marine Biologists in San Francisco.
Every year I listen to guys reciting
papers on the stuff they know.
This year,
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Known for his abstract oil paintings, marked by Arab calligraphy and geometric forms and for his water colour landscapes, Abdul Qader Al Rais is a self-taught artist born in Dubai in 1951 where he lives and works today. Influenced by Dutch painters, the French impressionists, but also by his own culture, he has always tended towards painting as his medium of choice. At his start, his works were rooted in realism, seeking to depict the landscapes and architecture of the Emirates. However, in the 1980s, his work looked at themes connected to politics, particularly, the situation in Palestine. Then, in the 1990s, he moved towards a mix of abstraction and calligraphy, concentrating on Arab letters which have become his trademark. The exhibition Nuqta: The Diacritic, at the Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai, presents some recent works, both oils on canvas and water-colours on paper, which belong to the artist's third phase of development. Some of his works are on display in important international museums such as, among others, the British Museum of London and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai. Meanwhile, his public murals can be admired in the airport and metro system of Dubai.
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Jack Winkler (San Francisco) stepped up to the plate with a runner on second and one out in extra innings. The Rox' shortstop jumped on a curveball and sent a single down the left-field line to bring in Justin Kirby (Kent State) and earn St. Cloud its sixth straight sweep.
The Rox have won 18 of their last 20 games and maintain their two-game lead over Mankato in the Great Plains West. St. Cloud has just six games to go in the first half of the season as it pushes for a playoff berth.
St. Cloud fell behind in the top of the eighth but was able to tie the game back up in the home half. Kirby scored on a walk to Justin Van De Brake (Washington State) with the bases loaded to even the contest and send the game to extra innings.
Kevin Davis (USC Upstate) kept the game tied in the ninth and tenth innings, retiring all six batters he faced. Davis earned his first win of the season and stranded a runner on third in extras to give the bats the chance to walk it off.
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Stopovers in Taipei & Singapore
Raohe Street night market scenes and colors.
These two small cities have little alike and are not even close on the map. But on our way out of Japan, we decided on five days of hopping from Tokyo to Taipei, to Singapore and finally Yangon, Myanmar. We loved every minute of Japan, and know all too well that the journey back to real backpacking will be difficult. Taipei and Singapore to the rescue (we hope).
We couldn't get enough milk tea.
We land in Taipei, quickly taken over by the flair of the new country. How to describe Taipei? For the short version, take China, remove communism and teach English to all, add two ounces of Korea, and one and a half of Japan. Taipei is known for excellent food all around, shopping more than you could ever wish for, and gritty night markets that smell of stinky tofu, blood cakes, and all things cooked over fire. We opt for the food version of Taipei, feeling a little out of place when we pass by the many shops. Noise is up a few decibels; there's no complicated subway out of the airport, and poverty shows at the train station.
We arrive at Beimen Poshtel near the main station and immediately scavenge for milk tea - the national drink. Lots of rain and wind greet us on the first day; we're in the midst of typhoon season. A quick nap at the hotel and we're out to the Raohe Street night market. An inquisitive temple greets us at the front, but we're here for one thing only: the food. In the span of an hour, we'll eat juicy pork buns, XiaoMao dumplings, stinky tofu, XiaoLongBao dumplings, chocolate and custard mini pancakes - and will taste everything offered. A stuffed belly puts us to bed.
Taipei has about a dozen night markets, so it was hard to pick just one. We heard Raohe was smaller and had a more local feel than Shilin, so we headed across town to do what we came to Taiwan to do: Eat XiaoLongBao, pork pepper sesame buns, stinky tofu, and more. (And drink as many bubble teas as possible.)
Our second day in the city, after a large breakfast at the hostel (when is the last time I made eggs?) - we head over to Din Tai Fung, the successful franchise now found worldwide. Victor, a photographer friend of Madie who lives in Taipei, assures us it's still better here. And it is. XiaoLongBao dumplings, sweet potato greens, dumplings in hot sauces, and those fried in a pan - with pork fried rice of course. A little burp later, we're unsuccessful in finding Little Mermaid, Madie's new craze since Japan, but stumble upon a French bakery, with a whole chicken baked in a loaf bread. We'll settle for a classic croissant and go find another milk tea. We meet Victor at night for beef noodle soup, another Taiwanese tradition, spicy pork intestine stuffed with rice, and shaved ice with all the toppings.
Din Tai Fung's XiaoLongBao dumplings in the making.
Happy and full after dinner with Victor, who showed us where the locals eat!
The typhoon comes, and with it we fall back below ground to walk to our hotel, getting lost in the underground. There are incredible subterranean metro malls all over Taipei. We could walk for miles without ever seeing the sun, spending money on the latest fashion. The tourists are here in numbers, from Korea, Japan, and China, to shop. The rest of the island is however seldom visited, and in our short time here, we will not have time for more. Instead, we drink one last milk tea, as we carefully track the weather and hope for no delay for our flight to Singapore.
Or maybe we should have had a little delay. The take off is the roughest we've experienced, as we fly around the typhoon hitting the island, and fall in tall air pockets making a group of ladies scream (and me, piss myself a little). The Taiwanese are used to typhoons, this one is no exception. We make it, four hours flying to Singapore, and are in for another culture shock.
We've never seen a place so modern, and with so many efforts in keeping it clean and green.
Inside the cool Cloud Forest biodome, a mere 137 kilometers from the equator.
How to describe Singapore? Take a small island on the most southern point in Malaysia, only 137 kilometers north the equator, and create a tax haven. Add strong dashes of Malay, Indian, and Korean - and a ton of money, as much as you can get your hands on, then go ask Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates for more. You'll get a sort of Asian Monaco, without the casinos. The city is the cleanest in the world (chewing gum not allowed), has the largest inequality gap, and also the highest approval by its population - 90% of them can afford a home on the island. The metro stations will quickly tell you all the languages spoken here - Chinese, Malay, Indian, Korean - but the official language is in fact, English. On a single street block, we were able to visit a mosque, a Hindu temple, and a Buddhist temple.
Downtown is an incredible succession of buildings all more daring and beautiful than the other - one with multiple levels of gardens encased into the facade - the super tree grove at Gardens By The Bay; the famous Marina Bay Sands and its large boat with an infinity pool on top; the art and science museum, modeled after a blooming flower; and two soccer stadiums, one floating on water, the other with a roof opening at the top. Singapore does not disappoint with amazing architecture. The F1 Grand Prix is only a few days away, and most streets are already closed.
The super grove of solar-powered super trees.
We eat our coconut snack (longing for Hong Kong's) and make it to the top of the giant boat building, carefully walking to the side (at least I am). Next we visit the Gardens by the Bay and its super trees, of course with another milk tea, and visit the indoor rainforest - an incredible construction only Singapore can pull off. I miss the real rainforest dearly - we feel out of our element in a large, rich city. We're only an hour away from Bukit Lawang after all.
But Singapore also knows cheap and delicious food. We head over to Chinatown and attempt to eat at the cheapest Michelin star in the world, a mere 2.5 Singapore Dollars for a chicken meal that won a precious star. Unfortunately, at 4:45 pm, we're already too late and all the chicken is gone. We'll settle for second best soya chicken of the eatery. A couple juice drinks later, we head back to our capsule and settle in our bed, exhausted from plane rides and food. Tomorrow at the wee hours, we head to Myanmar, an all too different place, a largely under-developed country with civil war, and another culture shock.
Taipei is the main city in the island of Taiwan. It has many sights to offer, including historical buildings - but as you saw, we invested our time in the delicious food!
Taipei has an excellent subway system, including endless malls if that's your cup of (milk) tea.
Night markets are a craze in Taipei and should not be missed. We decided on the Raohe Street Market, for its reputation to be more local than Shilin.
Din Tai Fung restaurants are all over the world now, and for a good reason!
Beef noodle soup is a local specialty. We had ours at Yong Kang Beef Noodles, thanks to our friend Victor. Shaved ice is the other great specialty for dessert! Close to our previous spot is 政江號傳統小吃店 (don't ask).
Singapore is greatest in its downtown and in Marina Bay, where you can gaze upwards for hours at buildings and architecture. Not to be missed:
The Marina Bay Sands is an incredible building, holds a hotel, casino, restaurant, and more. You can take an elevator to the top to view Singapore's skyline and the Gardens By The Bay. Nearby is the ArtScience Museum.
The Gardens By The Bay are a great visit for the super tree grove, flower dome and indoor rainforest. More info about its history on wiki.
Foodwise, downtown will have plenty of western pubs and Indian restaurants. But the real action is at the Smith Street Chinatown market for the cheapest Michelin star in the world: Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle.
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Teenage singing star Cody Frost is the bookies' favourite to win "The Voice" after storming through to the show's live rounds.
The 17-year-old former Blessed Trinity pupil proved to be a real knockout as her haunting rendition of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall" saw her make mentor Boy George's final three on Sunday night .
Before selecting her for his final line-up, the Culture Club star said he was looking for somebody who could be a real artist and in this person he had found that.
Will.i.am, Paloma Faith and Ricky Wilson all said they would have put her through with Will.i.am describing her as an "amazing artist".
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By Alan Wood On July 21, 2014 No Comments
I think Charles missed his calling. Instead of working as an editor, he would have made a great stenographer or someone that keeps minutes at meetings. An opinion editorialist and indeed any journalist has a number of duties and responsibilities to maintain their credibility and standing with their readers. Editors are supposed to look at the big picture and editorials are meant to influence public opinion, promote critical thinking, and sometimes cause people to take action on an issue. In essence, an editorial is an opinionated news story. They usually fall into four types 1) Explain or interpret 2) Criticize 3) Persuade and 4) Praise. I think we all know where Charles Richardson would fall when it comes to talking about Dallemand or Promise.
Charles essentially is trying to throw the only three former board members that ever dared vote against Dallemand under the bus simply because they were forced to vote after the fact and based on legal advice to approve certain aspects of the Promise Boondoggle or put Bibb at risk for lawsuits. I would love to hear from Bechtel, Farmer, or Sipe with their side of the story since it is unlikely you will be given a a fair voice in the Macon Telegraph given the agenda of Mr. Richardson to rewrite history and make sure you three share the blame.
Last week I wrote two replies to his "editorial" called An Accounting and today he released Part 2 of his Accounting. Hence the title of my story.
My Response to Charles Richardson on "An Accounting" Editorial
Update: Part 2 of my Reply to the Charles Richardson Editorial
Instead of giving us any new information or any sort of critical analysis as to what all those dates and figures mean, he simply wrote another column that resembles the reading of the minutes at a BOE board meeting. Can't wait for part 3.. 🙄
His article today basically listed off votes that were taken at various times during 2012, but here is the key question he forgot to ask….Why? The audit that was conducted showed that Dallemand directed nearly $20 million in tax dollars to the Promise Center only to have the School Board approve the transfer AFTER the fact. Here is another fact Charles oh so conveniently left out. The BOE took those votes on the advice of Chief External Council Patrick Millsaps. Collier was far from the first to understand Dallemand was selling some very expensive snake oil, but he was the first that worked directly under Dallemand to dare speak up and for that he was punished.
Nearly every single vote the board took over anything beyond routine and non-controversial votes were always 5-3. Always. So when there is a unanimous 8-0 vote when it comes to Promise or Dallemand's double dealings there is likely to be a very important reason why the three sensible board members chose to vote with the five puppets and yet Charles completely ignores that point.
A whistleblower begins taking down the house of cards
Collier said after the school board awarded Dallemand a new employment contract he was demoted, and ordered to sit in a school district warehouse every day. That's when Collier says the bulk of unauthorized spending incidents took place between October and December of 2012. certainly any further investigation would have to address the culpability of school board members and their legal counsel. The audit shows the school board voted to rubber stamp many purchases after a contract was written or after a no-bid purchase was made.
Does it surprise anyone that Charles has not bothered to ask the three board members why they chose to vote for Promise a few times in 2012 after a long history of voting against all his other policies. Why hasn't Charles spoken with Ron Collier for his side of the story. Charles isn't interested in talking to those people because they might disrupt his trumped up mirage he is attempting to paint. The truth it seems does not fit within his purview.
Real journalists at the Macon Telegraph completely refute Charles Richardson's assessment of Dallemand and Promise
Luckily for the people in Middle Georgia, the Macon Telegraph has some determined and competent reporters still working there. I would like to take this opportunity to officially thank people like Andrea Castillo, Mike Stucka, Phillip Ramati, Jenna Mink, Oby Brown for all their wonderful articles these last few years to help uncover the muck and untangle the web of lies and deceit. Keep up the good work! We need more details about the missing $52 million and the millions more on their way to Whitby et al.
Map of Macon Promise neighborhood
Below is an article Andrea and Mike wrote back in January that is worth reading again especially since Richardson is trying his best to spin a new version. Quite a different conclusion from Mr. Richardson with the same facts.
Bibb schools bet big on Promise Neighborhood — with little oversight
"After an initial commitment from the school system of up to $1 million annually for the project for 10 years, Dallemand signed off on a much higher obligation a month later, committing $19.3 million in cash and in-kind services from the system, records show."
"A Telegraph investigation shows that school officials sometimes bypassed school board oversight to obligate the system with problematic contracts, taking the money from funding sources that the school board never budgeted — or approved."
Andrea and Mike clearly spell out in no uncertain terms why the board was forced to vote the way they did since Dallemand had apparently bypassed board oversight and put us all in a bind. It appears now Charles is not only trying to rewrite history but also fails to intelligently examine the facts and draw the honest, accurate, and obvious assessment that others at the Telgraph clearly saw. I will be the first to say the BOE also share some blame even if they did follow the advice of Milsaps. Common sense alone should have told them to seek a second opinion before burdening taxpayers with tens of millions of tax funds to projects that have nothing to do with the stated purpose of the board of education.
Good writers never lie about the facts and never cherry pick the facts that support their opinion while ignoring the ones that don't. Instead, they respect the facts, and if necessary they change their opinions accordingly. You didn't do that Charles and continue to promote a false narrative to support your bias and protect your wife's employment which you continually fail to disclose.
Another Must read was Written by Jenna Mink and Oby Brown.
School audit blasts Dallemand for policy violations, spending
"Former Bibb County School Superintendent Romain Dallemand repeatedly violated school board policy by ordering more than $26 million in technology equipment and services without required, prior approval from the board, according to a 2013 audit of the school system. One of those purchases — for nearly $3.8 million — was for 15,000 virtual desktop devices. Now, more than a year after they were ordered, about 14,800 of the devices still sit unused in a Bibb County warehouse. The order was placed without competitive bids and without prior board approval, the audit said. "
I especially want you to read this part written in the Macon Telegraph. "From July to December 2012, Dallemand authorized nine contracts or purchase orders, at least three of which did not involve competitive bidding and most of which did not receive prior board approval, according to the audit. Two of the orders were for more than $6 million, and two others were for more than $3 million." Seems your coworkers see things quite a bit differently Mr. Richardson. Perhaps coworkers is actually a poor choice of words on my part since they are actual journalists and you are a second-rate hack that couldn't write the instructions to escape from a paper bag on your best day.
Read Full Dallemand Audit Here
A New Atlanta Legal Firm Hired by Dallemand and BOE 5
On Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the regular meeting of the Board of Education school board attorney, Patrick Millsaps addressed the Board and requested that the Board re-hire his firm, Hall Booth Smith, for the coming year and the Board so approved. Then Millsaps proceeded to advise the Board that due to pending lawsuits, the funds budgeted for his law firm would not be sufficient and that the taxpayers of Bibb County should expect an increase in the current millage rate. I would love to know why an Atlanta law firm was ever hired in the first place. Everyone I have spoken with in Macon with any degree of knowledge has said the Macon firm did a much better job at a lower cost. Prior to that firm being hired, the Bibb BOE had a relationship with Jones, Cork & Miller for around 70 years. Read Full story: Bibb school board votes to sever ties with law firm)
Dallemand pushed for the change in law firms. Dallemand portrayed the long-term partnership as a liability and said the district needed to work with other firms. Strange coincidence that. Even if you want to change things up, why send Bibb taxpayer money to an Atlanta firm? Don't we send enough to Atlanta already? There certainly are other local firms here in Macon that were very capable. It also seems that things went downhill fast once a local law firm was no longer able to provide sage advice and oversight as they had done for 70 years prior. Of Course Tommy "the puppet" Barnes was in lock step with his BFF. Of all the idiotic moves made by the BOE5, Tommy Barnes certainly deserves the most blame as board president for allowing this madness to happen under his watch. Indeed, more than simply watching he seems to have been instrumental as a trusted Dallemand partner, or rather puppet. I wonder if those strings still reach all the way from Port-Au-Prince.
Voting in favor of the new Atlanta law firm were Barnes, Susan Middleton, Ella Carter, Tom Hudson and Wanda West. Voting against the change were Bechtel, Susan Sipe and Lynn Farmer. The BOE5 strikes again! It is no small coincidence that once Dallemad had his hand-picked law firm from out of town things took a severe turn for the worst.
Why Macon Needs a New Editor
All journalists must abide by a certain set of rules. If they cross the line then they lose all credibility. Not once have I ever seen Charles print disclaimers that his wife was hired by Dallemand, only in passing in comments. No credible editor would ever dare write about a public agency while his wife is employed there. Here are a few excerpts from the guidelines to avoid a conflict of interest from the Radio Television Digital News Association.
Will the actions of a journalist's or newsroom manager's family members with a news source or newsmaker give the appearance of an unprofessional connection? In the same way the personal actions of journalists on their private time may come into question, the actions of their spouses and family members may do the same. How will actions of those close to a journalist be perceived by audience members?
People in Macon should never believe a single word Charles ever utters again on any topic remotely related with Dallemand, Promise, the BOE, or indeed really subject at all. Once he crossed that line where his integrity could be questioned by a conflict of interest there was no turning back. To many in Macon Charles Richardson has become a paid shill plain and simple if the comments on most of his stories are any indication of public sentiment. Commenters directed towards mr. Richardson have not been kind to put in mildly.
Does anyone doubt at all that a manipulator like Dallemand did not have the idea that he could buy the support of the Telegraph if he hired the wife of the editor? Whether that was actually true or not is a question for debate, but why Does Richardson continue to try and muddy the waters on all subjects related to Dallemand? Even now with a mountain of evidence from audits and just common sense Richardson still treats Dallemand as the Dalai Lama.
My friend Bill Knowles wrote a great editorial and published it on the 11th hour which is a fantastic local publication by the way and Free! You can get issues all over town or just download the latest issue here. I will close this article with a quote from that Bill wrote but make sure and read his entire piece. It is worth reading and has a lot more great info to add that further shatters the pathetic attempt by Richardson to whitewash the Dallemand reign of terror. We also need to remember Bill broke the story about the expensive and completely unnecessary switch to Induction Lighting. I haven't heard much about that recently so perhaps Bill will update us with a part 4.
"Let me make something very clear at this point: The Ballard-Hudson building and the debacle that has ensued with it have absolutely nothing to do with the Macon Promise Neighborhood initiative. The building was going to be a place where it would be centered out of but beyond that, it has zero to do with it. The Macon Promise is a good initiative that has been tainted by the skullduggery of Whitby and the former Bibb County School Superintendent that allow him to do it, our dear old friend Romain Dallemand. Promise Neighborhoods have been successful in cities across the nation such as Los Angeles, Harlem as well as impoverished counties in Southeastern Kentucky and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. In a statement released on June 5th, Whitby wrote "I am disappointed with this decision of the Board of Education to rescind its prior commitment to partner with (the partnership) as it relates to the Macon Promise Neighborhood initiative and the impact it will have on this community." Unfortunately this decision will have significant ramifications for this project." This is pure and utter nonsense. The only "significant ramifications" that will be seen will be seen in Whitby's bank account as the initiative and programs for the Macon Promise are being run by The United Way and by Mercer University and have nothing to do with the CGPICD. "
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The James V. Allred Unit is a prison for males located on Farm to Market Road 369 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States,  northwest of downtown Wichita Falls. The prison is near Iowa Park. The prison, with about  of land, is a part of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region V.

It opened in June 1995 and is one of the largest maximum security units in Texas housing approximately 3600 offenders. It consists of four departments, General Population, Administrative segregation and one of the first "Expansion cell blocks" (High Security) to be built housing some level ones Seg overflow and close custody offenders. It also contains one of Texas's "Safe Keeping Units", which are designed to house prisoners that would be in danger from other inmates.

History
Allred opened in June 1995. It was named after James V. Allred, a Governor of Texas.

A former inmate, a homosexual African-American named Roderick Johnson, reported that he was forced into sexual slavery by prisoners at the Allred Unit after he arrived there in September 2000. Johnson reported that prisoners forced him to go by the name "Coco" and that he was forced to submit to anal sex and oral sex. Johnson said that Allred authorities denied his pleas for safekeeping until he contacted the American Civil Liberties Union. After Johnson left the prison, he filed a lawsuit against the prison authorities. In September 2004 a federal appeals court allowed Johnson's civil rights lawsuit to go to trial. On October 18, 2005, a federal jury rejected all of Johnson's claims, finding that he produced no evidence of rape and had lied in his testimony.

On August 13, 2007, Edward Brooks, 52, who is serving a life sentence for an aggravated robbery, broke out shortly after 3 pm, according to the Wichita Falls Times Record News. Brooks was authorized to work in the unit without supervision. He pulled a visiting soft-drink vendor from her black Dodge car, then sped through the front gate, according to Assistant Warden Tommy Norwood. The getaway car ran out of gasoline in Burkburnett. Officers spotted him and took him into custody within an hour of his escape.

Current notable inmates
 David Graham, who murdered Adrianne Jones
 Rigoberto Vasquez Hernandez, Perpetrator of a 2013 triple homicide outside of a nightclub in Dallas where he shot three people point blank.

Former notable inmates
 Mel Hall, former MLB player
 South Park Mexican (Carlos Coy)
 Alvaro Luna Hernandez, anarchist and Chicano liberationist

References

External links

 Allred Unit
 List of prisoners in the Allred Unit - The Texas Tribune

1995 establishments in Texas
Buildings and structures in Wichita County, Texas
Buildings and structures in Wichita Falls, Texas
Prisons in Texas

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At Milan's EICMA Motorcycle Show British Arc has revealed its first model, an electric futuristic bike inspired by the classic café racers and set to be sold at £90K.
The hand-built Vector is based on a lightweight carbon-composite structure and battery-module monocoque that reaches MotoGP levels of stiffness.
The suspension system uses front and rear carbon swing-arms, custom-made Ohlins dampers for telepathic handling and feedback, and meaty Brembo brakes on anorexic BST wheels.
The entire package weighs 220kg, which is almost 60kg lighter than comparable machines.
The main performance figures are a 0 to 60mph time of in 3.1 seconds and a top speed of 120mph.
The battery cells were developed as a modulare package and with space and mass-reduction in mind.
The power cell produces 399 units of voltage, giving a realistic range of about 200 miles in urban use and 120 miles on the highway.
Arc has stated it will install a personal electric charger at the owner's desired premises. Away from home, the Vector can be charged in 45 minutes at a quick charge point or service station.
One key feature is the Zenith helmet, designed in collaboration with Hedon, with its connected HUD projecting speedo, sat-nav and ancillary graphics onto the rider's visor, "Iron Man-style".
A live rear-view camera is encased in the calfskin-trimmed helmet, giving the user the ability to see what's behind them.
The bespoke armored jacket, Origin, features a HMI with audio-type haptic amplifiers – like a smart phone's vibration notifications, that vibrate to alert of a potential hazard, provide dynamic performance-based feedback, or enhance the senses when on a stimulating ride.
The jacket, tailored in collaboration with Knox, has three settings. Urban Mode focuses on safety, alerting the rider to dangers such as vehicles in their blind spot with a polite tap on the shoulder. Sports Mode gives the rider feedback on the bike's dynamic position and parameters by taking G-Force related data from the Vector's carefully nuanced sensors and providing a graduated level of feedback. This tells the rider how close to the limit of the motorcycle's capabilities the rider is. For example, the harder you brake the more feedback you receive. Euphoric Mode lets you play music through the haptics as you ride and simulates the bass through the jacket's amplifiers, making your hairs stand on end. It communicates with the Vector bike and the Zenith helmet wirelessly, emboldening freedom by enhancing the senses.
The Arc Vector, which includes the custom-made Zenith and Origin ride-wear, is priced at £90,000.
Production is targeting 399 motorcycles in year one, the same figure as the batteries' total voltage.
Financial backing for the project has been obtained from a number of blue-chip beneficiaries, including Jaguar Land Rover's venture capital fund InMotion Ventures, Mercia Fund Managers and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
At the Wörthersee Tour 2011 event Audi has presented the clubsport quattro, a one-off that explores the performance capabilities of the model. It features a 503 hp engine and sprints from zero to 200 km/h in 11 seconds.
Set to debut at the Geneva Show, the Q4 e-tron concept anticipates the lines of a production model set to hit the market in late 2020/early 2021.
Audi has unveiled the TT clubsport quattro, a sportscar based on the production TT with a design driven by the pure speedster concept. A limited production series is being considered.


On March 23rd, 1953, BABA gave darshan to the general public at Dehra Dun. The following are discourses spontaneously dictated by BABA at that time, and taken down by Kishen Singh, a devotee of BABA at whose house the darshan took place.
"If, when we grow up we become like children, child-like, not childish, then we can love GOD; because to love GOD we have to be desireless, except with the one desire, the one longing, to be united with GOD. So when we grow up and become child-like, not childish, we can then honestly love GOD. We find GOD everywhere. Nothing can shake, alter or stop that perpetual happiness, but we must first be honest seekers of Truth.
"Life is a Mighty Joke. He who knows this can hardly be understood by others. He who does not know it finds himself in a state of delusion. He may ponder over this problem day and night but will find himself incapable of knowing it. Why? People take life seriously, and GOD, lightly; whereas we must take GOD seriously, and life lightly. Then we know that we always were the same and will ever remain the same . . . the Originator of this Joke. This Knowledge is not achieved by reasoning, but it is the Knowledge of Experience."


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Simocyon est un genre éteint de petits mammifères, lointains ancêtres du panda roux, ayant vécu au Miocène supérieur (Tortonien) en Europe et aux États-Unis, il y a environ 9 millions d'années.

Liste des espèces
  Simocyon batalleri (Viret, 1929)
  Simocyon diaphorus (Kaup, 1832)
  Simocyon hungaricus Kretzoi in Kadic and Kretzoi, 1927
  Simocyon primigenius (Roth and Wagner, 1854)

Liens externes
 Reconstitution de Simocyon batalleri (Photo)

Carnivore du Miocène
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Sony Unveils the Ultra-Compact Sony a7C Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera
September 17, 2020 by Phil 0 Comments
As promised, Sony unveiled a new full-frame mirrorless camera via livestream this evening. But while this was originally rumored to be a compact entry-level model that would sit below the popular Sony a7 III, the new Sony a7C may be more of a step sideways than a true budget option.
In brief, the Sony a7C is basically Sony a7 III that was left in the drier a bit too long. It boasts the same 24MP BSI CMOS sensor, IBIS with up to 5 stops of shake reduction, oversampled 4K/30p (8-bit only) video capture, and can fire off up to 10fps at full speed… all inside of a body that weighs just 1% more than the crop-sensor Sony a6600.
On the outside, the camera features a corner-mounted 2.36M dot EVF with a rather small 0.59x magnification, a fully-articulating LCD screen for the vloggers in the audience, a single UHS-II SD card slot, separate mic and headphone inputs, and a USB-C port.
You can get a quick intro to the new camera and all of its key features below:
The focus with the Sony a7C was clearly on making it as small and travel/vlogging-friendly as possible without cutting too many corners. And from that perspective Sony has definitely succeeded. At just 4.9 inches x 2.8 inches x 2.2 inches (124.0mm x 71.1mm x 59.7mm) and weighing in at a measly 18oz (509g), the Sony a7C is officially the world's smallest and lightest full-frame camera with IBIS.
That last bit is important… since the Sigma fp is definitely smaller and lighter.
Joining the camera is the "world's smallest and lightest full-frame zoom lens": the new collapsible Sony FE 28-60mm f/4-5.6. While the lens probably won't win any image quality awards compared to larger lenses, it features 3 aspherical lens elements as part of its construction and promises sharp results from corner to corner despite its diminutive size.
Here's a closer look at the new camera and lens from all angles:
Finally, the last bit of news from Sony today was the announcement of the compact HVL-F28RM flash. The flash is (surprise) smaller and lighter than its predecessor, and features the ability to link flash intensity to the camera's face detection when using a compatible camera.
You can see a quick intro to the new flash unit below:
The Sony a7C is available to pre-order starting today for $1,800 for the body only or $2,100 in a kit with the new 28-60mm f/4-5.6 zoom lens. Shipping is expected to start in late October. You can also pick up the new lens all by itself for $500, shipping in "early 2021," and the HVL-F28RM flash will be available "this winter" for $250.
To learn more about the new full-frame mirrorless camera and the tiny lens, check out the hands-on first impressions video below by Adorama, or read their official first look at this link.
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Sgt Slaughter Recalls Getting Hulk Hogan To Jump From The Top Rope
By Lyle Kilbane. Published 30th August 2021.
Sgt Slaughter has discussed how he was able to get Hulk Hogan where no opponent had got The Immortal one before – up to the top rope.
At WrestleMania VII Sgt Slaughter and Hogan met in an emotionally charged match for the WWF Title that saw The Hulkster reclaim the title for himself and the USA after Slaughter had turned his back on his country.
Speaking exclusively to Inside The Ropes' own Kenny McIntosh for issue 7 of Inside The Ropes magazine, Slaughter revealed how he got Hogan up to the top rope on The Grandest Stage Of Them All:
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"Before the match, Hogan told me, 'Sarge, whatever you want brother, I'm following you. Whatever you want, I'm doing.' I said, 'Is that right?' He said, 'You're damn right. You get it on. I trust you and I know you're going to get the best out of me you can get. So, I'm just telling you, whatever you want to do, I'm in for it.'"
"During the match, I said, 'You ever come off the top rope, Terry?' He goes, 'What do you mean?' I said, 'Have you ever taken a slam off the top rope?' He goes, 'Negative.' I said, 'Well, you are tonight' He goes, 'What?' I said, 'You told me I could do whatever I wanted.' So he did it, and a lot of people say that was one of his best matches."
The WWE Hall Of Famer then discussed what it feels like to be given that responsibility by a megastar such as Hulk Hogan and why he takes great pride in giving Hogan one of his best matches ever:
"To be in the ring with Hulk Hogan and have him trust me to be the ring general—to have his confidence to know that I was going to take good care of him and make him look like the biggest damn superstar ever and not think a thing about it, all I wanted was to have someone say, 'That was a great match.' To this day people come up to me and say, That match you had with Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania, that was a great match and the best match I ever saw Hulk Hogan in.'"
"That gives you something to put on your chest. That's like a medal to take someone like Hogan, who didn't have a whole lot of arsenal—he could talk the chrome off a bumper, but he didn't know a headlock from a wristwatch—you had to work hard with someone like that, who only has a few moves. You had to work it all into a match where people were happy when they went home. That means more to me, anyway. I'm sure it does to a lot of the legends."
"It's not so much anymore because they don't tell stories anymore. It's all locker room matches and all scripted, but to us legends, the biggest thing was to be known as a ring general, someone that you could trust and would give you everything they had to make you look better than anybody, including themselves. And that's really what it all boils down to—the storytelling. You get into that square circle and you paint a picture on that canvas. You're an artist."
During the conversation, Sgt Slaughter also discussed his ringside perspective on the infamous Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Series 1997.
To read the full interview with Sgt. Slaughter you can order Issue 7 of Inside The Ropes Magazine here or take out a monthly subscription to get great wrestling interviews, features, and a whole lot more delivered to your door. Alternatively, Inside The Ropes Magazine is also available as a download.
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ACT's National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) is a portable credential that is widely recognized throughout the country.
The credential demonstrates achievement and a certain level of workplace employability skills. The Washington Work Ready initiative offers a suite of assessments that measures an individuals foundational workplace skills such as applied mathematics, reading comprehension and critical thinking-skills required for a majority of today's jobs.


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