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Why Did Dell Go Public Again?
Despite the confusion among analysts and the financial press, the reason is simple: liquidity. But not for Dell Technologies, or Michael Dell, or Silver Lake Partners.
On July 2, 2018, Dell announced it would be going public again - with a catch. Voting control would remain in founder Michael Dell's hands. The internet immediately exploded with analysts trying to figure out why, including this video clip from Squawk on the Street, which reminded me of the old Abbott and Costello "Who's on first?" clip. For 15 minutes (don't watch the whole thing), the three business news analysts ask Michael why he took the company public, and he answers, repeatedly, "to simplify the capital structure," an answer that can also be found in Michael's letter to his internal team.
The financial terms are here, and in a savvy bit of cashflow engineering, the transaction will be paid for by a special $11B dividend from VMWare, Dell's 81%-owned subsidiary. Those following along will note that means Dell gets $9B in cash to pay for its own deal.
"Dell will offer either $109 a share in cash or 1.3665 shares of newly issued Class C stock in itself for each share of the tracking stock, known by its ticker, DVMT. The cash portion of the transaction will come from an $11 billion special dividend that VMware will issue to all its shareholders — $9 billion of which will go to Dell."
— New York Times, July 2, 2018
It's not the first time Dell's reinvented itself.
Let's break it down. As I wrote in my 2015 book, Reinventing Dell: The Innovation Imperative, a smart Fortune 500 CEO once told me that a company goes public if it needs:
Liquidity.
An enhanced reputation.
A boost to their brand.
Dell Technologies, Michael Dell, his partner Silver Lake, need none of these things, except for perhaps a bit of financial risk management should interest rates rise. Skeptics point to Dell's $40 billion in core debt (see Dell's 10Q for the period ended May 4, 2018, page 80, debt analysis), but Dell kicked off about $1.2 billion in cash flow from operations last quarter and has $15 billion in cash on the balance sheet (see 10Q, pages 79 and 81), more than enough to comfortably pay debt service including interest. Yes, Dell had a net loss of over $500 million last quarter, but that's accounting funny money, not real business results. When you back out the purchase interest accounting adjustments and non-cash amortization, Dell actually made about $1.2 billion in profit last quarter (see Dell's 10Q, pages 65-66, non-GAAP income). Dell's got $15 billion or so of cash on its balance sheet, Michael Dell's worth $20 billion or so personally, and Silver Lake has $39 billion in assets under management. None of these "entities" need liquidity.
And beyond cash, Dell's doing just fine - this $87 billion company is growing 17% year-on-year, has gross margins of over 30%, and net income of 5.4%, on a non-GAAP basis (i.e., excluding all the accounting mumbo-jumbo adjustments - true business results). Those of us who remember the tough years in the PC-only business, with sub 20% gross margins and sub 4% net income, will immediately recognize what a freakin' transformation this is.
Way back when you could fax in your PC order.
As to a need for an enhanced reputation or a boost to their brand, well...no. Dell's an $87 billion company (up from about $55 billion in 2015) and has generated over $1 trillion in revenues since it was founded in Michael Dell's dorm room in 1984. Dell's now #1 in over 20 major categories of IT infrastructure and is gaining share in most of them. During the time period it was public (1984-2013), Dell's stock rose 13,500%, beating the return on the S&P 500 by 27X. The transformation from a PC company to a technology infrastructure leader has largely been completed (one merely needs to notice that the Services business was roughly half the gross margin to realize that) out of the glare of public eye (and resultant pressure to meet the quarterly earnings targets), and Michael Dell will remain in control of his company after going public thanks to the voting power of his stock. Dell is doing well indeed and has been transformed over the last 5 years.
Which brings me back to why Dell went public, and who this liquidity is for. It's obvious Michael Dell is smart, and optimistic. He is also, and has always been, grateful. Grateful for his roots, grateful for what he's learned, and grateful to those who helped him build this $87B tech powerhouse. Dell went public to provide real liquidity for its employees, among several other good reasons. Michael gave stock options to all his employees from the very beginning (late 80s), well before it was commonplace. I remember the all-hands meeting where it was announced that every employee was being granted, that day, 50 stock options. Some factory workers used those 50 options to send their kids to college (see 13,500% return).
Dell's Austin team, 1989.
This is not only heartwarming, it's good business. Every employee was quite literally very, very invested in customer satisfaction and Dell's success. Going public again makes it easy for Dell to issue stock options to all employees, eliminates any "discounts" associated with a "shadow" tracking stock, and allows employees to realize full economic value for their Dell shareholdings. Buried in the May 2018 earnings call with analysts, CFO Tom Sweet makes a reference to the "full value for employees" rationale:
" ...So I think we thought it was important for the VMware entity to continue to have a public currency, particularly as it relates to demonstration of financial strength, as well as for the — quite frankly, from a talent, talent attraction, talent retention for the types of software engineering talent that they compete with."
— Tom Sweet, Dell CFO, May 2018 earnings call
Sweet was talking about Dell's subsidiary VMWare, but Michael Dell then immediately followed that up with:
"...I agree with that... It's also the reason we took Pivotal (another software-based Dell subsidiary) public...So I think you can all see what's going on here in terms of exposing value."
— Michael Dell, May 2018 earnings call
Smart strategy's good business. And as Michael Dell knows, so is gratitude. Watch Dell switch on the afterburners as 100,000 employees start to realize what "exposing full value" for their efforts really means. We ain't seen nothin' yet, folks.
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A POTTED HISTORY OF FROME
Frome (pronounced Froom) is the fourth largest town in Somerset, built on steep slopes at the Eastern edge of the Mendip Hills.
Named after the river that runs through it, the town can be dated back to at least 685AD when St Aldhelm built a monastery here. There is also evidence of Roman settlement in the shape of a Roman villa and in 2010 the Frome Hoard of over 52,500 Roman coins was discovered by a metal detectorist.
During the 15th century the cloth industry played an important part in its growth but when this declined, other industries were established in the town.
A bell-foundry started in 1684 by William Cockey grew to be a major producer of components for the developing gas industry.
The J W Singer brass foundry and bronze-casting works, was a major employer and produced many bronze statues. John Webb Singer was a native of Frome and established his art metal work foundry in 1851. Many of these bronze castings can be seen all over the world. Locally there is Queen Victoria in Weymouth, the Digby Memorial in Sherborne and in London, Queen Boadicea by the Houses of Parliament and "Justice" at the Old Bailey to name just a few.
Frome was also involved in the Monmouth Rebellion. On the 27 June 1685, the forces of the Duke of Monmouth camped in Frome, following their defeat in a skirmish with the Kings forces at Norton St Philip. Large numbers of his army deserted during the few days he stayed in the town before his eventual defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor. Following the putting down of the Monmouth Rebellion, 12 men were hanged in the town.
Frome is riddled with underground passages. Frome is reputed to have one or more systems of tunnels beneath the streets of the older parts of the town. Some entrances are visible above ground; for example, in the wall at the top of Stoney Street, with other entrances in the cellars of shops and houses. Their purpose and full extent remains unknown, but they have been under investigation in recent years by at least one local group and a documentary has been made.
With more listed buildings than any other Somerset town, its history is evident in the weavers' cottages that contrast with Georgian terraces and the Trinity area of the town has been preserved as an example of 17th Century industrial housing. The Trinity area, which was built in the latter half of the 17th century and first half of the 18th century, is a fine (and rare) example of early industrial housing. Over 300 houses were built between 1660 and 1756 in a very unusual early example of a planned grid-pattern. Unfortunately before its historical importance was realised, about half the area was demolished in the 1960s under a Slum Clearance Order, but the remainder was saved and was restored between 1980 and 1984.
Many other important architectural buildings have been preserved like the former Dye-House for woollen cloth which has been transformed into an interesting exhibition area. Also used for exhibitions and as a community hall and Arts Centre is Rook Lane Chapel, a non-comformist chapel built between 1705 and 1707 by James Pope. The former (Butler & Tanner) Selwood Printing Works has been converted into flats preserving the highly elaborate exterior and keeping the integrity of the area.
The Blue House, a grade I listed building, is located adjacent to the town bridge, and was formerly the Bluecoat School and Almshouses, so named due to the colour of the school uniforms. Built in 1726 at a cost of £1,401 8s 9d, it replaced a previous almshouse dating from 1461 and rebuilt in 1621. The Blue House provided a home for twenty widow women and schooling for twenty boys. The front of the building is adorned by two statues, one of a man and the other a woman, indicating the building's dual purpose. They are colloquially known as "Billy Ball" and "Nancy Guy". The building's role as a school came to an end in 1921, and it now provides studio and one-bedroom flats for elderly residents.
These buildings have all become useful in their own right and the architecture is preserved giving Frome its quaint, picturesque feeling.
Today the Frome Group is very fortunate to have a wealth of historical information available in the town. The Frome library has a large collection of books about Frome plus copies of local newspapers on micro-film. The Frome Museum has an enormous collection of artefacts, photographs, directories and a host of written material and the Frome Society for Local Study, the Frome and District Civic Society, St John's Church and the Dissenter's Cemetery are all willing to help with individual research into family history records.

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Michael Pederson Says His Witty Street Art Isn't Destined For Galleries
By Cayla Dengate
Michael Penderson
"This is a time travel pay phone," the sign calmly states on a phone booth somewhere in Sydney, Australia.
Before you ponder the menu, offering to take you back 15 minutes, "2 weeks before they all found out what you did" or simply to "Dinosaurs", consider this: would you use it if you could?
The sign is one of the many irreverent pieces hidden throughout Sydney by mental health worker Michael Pederson.
He told The Huffington Post Australia he wanted to make people smile, but that wasn't all of it.
"I guess when you're doing anything in public, humour is a quick way to engage people," Pederson said.
"I hope it brings up ideas as well -- gets people thinking about their headspace."
Pederson said that while he'd dabbled in painting in the past, he wasn't interested in being an artist displayed in galleries.
"It's not something that I want to pursue," Pederson said.
"It has its presence in the outside world. Sometimes it will be removed in an hour, sometimes it will last a month."
He said you'd be lucky to catch him in the act installing a work.
"Generally I don't like to stick around too long," Pederson said.
"It looks a bit creepy I guess. Sometimes I'll watch to see if anyone notices, but generally I'm pretty quick."
Check out some of his work below or see it all at his website Outside.
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Game of Thrones fever has swept the globe like wildfire in recent weeks as television's most popular show enters its final run of episodes (with the remaining six scheduled to air late in 2018). Although the show has been among the most popular on TV for some time in the U.S. and Europe, Asia has somewhat lagged behind. The most recent two seasons, however, have seen viewership figures skyrocket across the region, to the delight of HBO and its parent company Time Warner.
Although a certain amount of this surge can be attributed to the increasing popularity of Game of Thrones around the world, that alone doesn't tell the full story. In most English-speaking territories, viewership figures have consistently ticked upwards over the past seven seasons rather than rising dramatically in recent years, as has been the case in Asia.
"Game of Thrones has had a significant spike in viewership in Asia," Jonathan Spink, CEO of HBO Asia told Forbes. "Compared to Season 6, the first episode of Game of Thrones Season 7 saw an increase of 50% in Singapore, 47% in the Philippines and 24% in Taiwan." Here are a few key factors behind the show's recent success across the region.
HBO has made an increased effort to market its original programming globally, and has invested time and money into ensuring that audiences in all territories can access their programming in ways that suit them. For example, Game of Thrones has been dubbed into several new languages across Asia over the past two years, making it easier for local audiences to understand, including Thai for the first time in 2017.
The company has also worked hard to combat piracy, which had long been an issue in overseas territories, by simulcasting the more recent seasons of the show across the globe. Almost all original programming is now simulcast across HBO's territories including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
These tactics have definitely borne fruit for HBO, with almost all territories showing viewership gains since simulcasting was made a priority. In the UK, Sky Atlantic witnessed a record number of viewers for its 2 a.m. showing of the season 7 premiere. The episode eventually racked up 4.7 million viewers within a week, making it the largest audience for any program ever on Sky Atlantic.
In China, where the show debuted in 2012, viewership figures are not easily obtainable, but it seems clear based on promotional efforts and fan engagement online that the show is doing extremely well. Chinese viewers are typically more primed for the show's medieval setting than the typical Western viewer, as big-budget historical shows are already some of the most popular in the country. Airing as 权力的游戏, or "Game of Power" in China, the show currently holds a 9.6/10 rating on Douban, the country's most popular review site.
For this reason, fans have continued to skirt the Great Firewall or turned to streaming services in order to see full, unedited episodes.
Capitalizing on the show's popularity, HBO has stepped up its marketing efforts across the region in recent years. Ahead of the season six premiere, actress Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) visited Japan and Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) went to Thailand to promote season seven.
In mid-2017, the Indigo shopping mall in Beijing was subject to a Game of Thrones-inspired takeover, where shoppers could take pictures sitting on the Iron Throne and view prop replicas from the show. In 2016, Singapore hosted Asia's first "Worlds of Westeros" immersive experience, where fans could scale The Wall in VR and browse concept art from the show. And earlier this summer, White Walkers were spotted wandering the streets of Hong Kong, posing for pictures and handing out free frozen yogurt.
These efforts have resulted in the show breaking worldwide viewership figures for its season premiere just six weeks ago, with subsequent episodes easily pulling in more than 10 million viewers each week. Game of Thrones is likely to shatter those records again when the final episode of season 7 airs on Sunday, and when it does, Asia will play no small part.


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Oct. 6: Selected as 2020 HENAAC Award for Education. See Press Release here, and the web page of Great Minds in STEM here. See Awards Ceremony here (starts at minute 21). See article in TECHNICA, the HENAAC magazine here, the ACCEPTANCE video here, and the THANK YOU video here.
Sep. 26: Video Talk "GEANT4 study of proton-tissue interactions" delievered by video to the XVI International Symposium on Radiation Physics. See the 14 min. talk here.
Article J.A. Lopez, "La física del cambio social", in book "Por qué fracasan las izquierdas", S. Schmidt, Ed., Independently published 9/23/2020. ISBN-13 : 979-8689569390. See article here.
Apr. 9: Video Talk, "Fisica atómica, El Chapo, Osama Bin Laden y El Papa", Grupo ChacMool and ArtStudio, Austin, TX. See older version of the presentation here (in Spanish).
Article J.A. López, S.S. Romero González, O. Hernández Rodríguez, J. Holmes and R. Alarcon, A GEANT4 study of a gamma-ray collimation array", J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications, 7, 217-221, 2020. See article here.
Article "Structural, magnetic and second harmonic generation properties in Mayan blue indigo nanostructured pigment", C.A. Díaz-Moreno, Y. Ding, L.M. Martínez, A. Hurtado Macías, S.R. Singamaneni, C. Li, J. A. López, R.R. Chianelli, 499 (2020) 166052. See article here.
Feb. 9-10: Meeting, Advancing Research and Technologies in the Sciences (ARTS) Forum, Department of Energy, Washington, DC. See agenda here.
Article J.A. López, A. Gaytán Terrazas, S. Terrazas Porras, "Isospin-dependent phase diagram of nuclear matter", Nucl. Phys. A994, 121664 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa. 2019.121664. See article here.
Jan. 20-24: Talk, Isospin dependent phase diagram of nuclear matter, J.A. López, XIII Latin American Symposium of Nuclear Physics and Applications, San José, Costa Rica. See abstract here.
Article Samuel Schmidt and J.A. López, "Estudio de la elección para gobernador de Chihuahua de 2016", El Cotidiano, 215, 71-82, 2020. See article here: http://www.elcotidianoenlinea.com.mx/pdf/215.pdf.
Article C.D. Tibambre-Heredia, H. Olaya-Dávila, A.C. Sevilla, S.A, Rahul Samasundaram, Jorge A. Lopez, S.A. Martinez-Ovalle, L. Sajo-Bohus, "Radon Progeny Recoil Effect in Retrospective Indoor Glass Dosimetry", J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications, 7, 35-41, 2019. See article here.
Article J.A. López, J.A. Muñoz, C. Dorso, Frank, G., "Machine learning Minkoswki functionals of neutron star crusts", IOP Conference Series, submitted Sep. 23, 2019.
Nov. 22: Thesis Defense, Adrián Gaytán Terrazas; "Phase diagram of nuclear matter".
Nov. 20: Meeting of CAPEF (Consejo de Acreditación de Programas Educativos de Física), Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, San Andrés Totoltepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
Nov. 14: Talk "El papel del tutor en la educación de físicos", Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers – Chapter Mexico, Nov. 14, 2019, UACJ, Cd. Juarez, Chih. Mexico. See abstract here.
Nov. 8: Talk "GEANT4 study of gamma ray collimation array" given at the XXIV Reunión Universitaria de Investigación en Materiales (RUIM 2019) at Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Son, Mexico. More information here and abstract here.
Nov. 1, 2019: Article "Understanding a Physicist's Work to Explore the Stars and His Community: An Interview with Dr. Jorge Lopez from the University of Texas at El Paso", written by Andrew Lowrance, Journal of Young Investigators, Nov. 1, 2019, Vol. 37, Pp. 43-44, see article here.
Oct. 8-10: Talk "GEANT4 study of gamma ray collimation array" given at the XV International Symposium on Radiation Physics in conjunction to the Congreso Nacional de Física, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Sep. 3: Article Carlos A. Díaz Moreno, C. Sosa, L.M. Martinez, A. Hurtado Macias, S.R. Singamaneni, J.A. López, "Magnetic behavior in Coltan from México", J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 497, 165781 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165781. See article here.
Aug. 19-23: Talk "Fisica nuclear, El Chapo, Osama Bin Laden y el Papa" given at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (Aug. 20) and Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. (Aug, 22). See video of presentation at UAZ here.
July 29-Aug 2: Talk "The pasta structure of neutron star matter" at the International Nuclear Physics Conference 2019, Glasgow UK. See program here and abstract here, and the PPT presentation here.
Jul. 3: Participant, Foro de la región noroeste sobre la Ley General de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), representing CAPEF.
Jun 26: Meeting of CAPEF (Consejo de Acreditación de Programas Educativos de Física), Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, San Andrés Totoltepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
Jun 25: Meeting, Sistema de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación del Estado de San Luis Potosí (SICITI), San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico.
June 10-21, Guest Claudio Dorso, Universidad de Buenos Aires. On June 18 Claudio gave the Physics Seminar "Diffusion of fear in crowds".
May 28: Article "Correlation between Violence and Forced Migration", Chapter in book "Latin American Geopolitics: Migration, Cities and Globalization", Eds. César Álvarez Alonso and José Ignacio Hernández, Palgrave Macmillan, 978-3-319-99551-9, Feb. 2019. See more information here. See article here.
May 20-24: Participant of the Workshop Machine Learning Applied to Nuclear Physics at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, MI.
Inducted into the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 28/April/2019.
Apr. 25: Received a Recognition of Excellence from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in Austin, Texas. See a 12 min excerpt of the webcast of the meeting showing the Lopez participation here. See the complete webcast of the Board meeting here, it lasts six hours and the Recognition of Excellence for Drs. Dimitiu, Karp, Villalobos and Yours Truly runs from 2:07:00 – 2:45:00.
Apr. 1: Talk "Física anti-narco, anti-terrorismo y anti-fraudes religiosos" at the Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
Mar. 24-26: Panelist at NSF, I cannot say which panel.
Mar. 19: Talk "Física anti-narco, anti-terrorismo y anti-fraudes religiosos" at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez Campus CU, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
Mar. 14: Article "Sustainable Synthesis and Remarkable Adsorption Capacity of MOF/Graphene Oxide and MOF/CNT based Hybrid Nanocomposites for the Removal of Bisphenol A from Water", M.A. Ahsan, V. Jabbari, M.T. Islam, R.S. Turley, N. Dominguez, H. Kim,E. Castro, J.A. Hernandez-Viezcas, M.L. Currye, J. Lopez, J.L. Gardea-Torresdey, J.C.Noveron, 672 (2019) 306-307. See article here.
Mar. 19: Talk "Física anti-narco, anti-terrorismo y anti-fraudes religiosos" at the Ciudad Universitaria of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
Jan. 31-Mar. 15: Panelist at the NSF-GRFP.
Jan. 29: Article "Analytical expression and neural network study of the symmetry energy", Jorge A. López and Jorge A. Muñoz, CERN-Proceedings-2019-001, ISBN 978-92-9083-519-6 (paperback), ISBN 978-92-9083-520-2 (PDF), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23727/CERN-Proceedings-2019-001, (2019). See article here.
Jan. 24: Article "Symmetry Energy in Neutron Star Matter", C. Dorso, Frank, G., and J.A. López, Nuclear Physics A, 984, 77-98, (2019). See article here.
Dec. 18: Selected as 2018 NATURE Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring. See Nature article here and SpringerNature article here. See UTEP's news release and video here, video with Spanish subtitles here. See the news report in Spanish in El Diario de El Paso, the report in El Diario de Juarez, and the report in The Herald Post.
Dec. 15: Selected as Grand Marshall of the 2018 UTEP Winter Commencement. See video here and President Natalicio's remarks here.
Nov. 30: Talk "SOBRE LA DEGRADACIÓN DE FILMES FOTOVOLTÁICOS DE PEROVSKITA CON HALOGENUROS METÁLICOS", delivered at the XXIII Reunión Universitaria de Investigación en Materiales (2018 RUIM), Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. See abstract here in p. 241.
Nov. 29 and 30: Talks "Graduate studies at UTEP" at the Physics Department of the Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
Nov. 18: Article "Modern Physics Simulations", Jorge A. López, Milijana Suskavcevic and Carlos Velasco, posted on arXiv:1811.09363 [physics.ed-ph] on Nov. 25, 2018. Written in Oct. 2005.
Nov. 7: Meeting of CAPEF (Consejo de Acreditación de Programas Educativos de Física), Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, San Andrés Totoltepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sep. 27: Physics Colloquium, "Symmetry energy and phase transitions in the nuclear pasta", at Texas A&M-Commerce.
Sep. 13: Article "Green synthesis of a highly efficient biosorbent for organic, pharmaceutical, and heavy metal pollutants removal: Engineering surface chemistry of polymeric biomass of spent coffee waste", A. Ahsan et el., J. Water Process Engineering, 25, 309-319, (2018). See article here.
Sep. 9: Article "Multiferroic and Optical Properties of La0.05Li0.85NbO3 and LiNbO3 Nanocrystals", C.A. Díaz-Moreno, Jorge A. López, et al., J. Nanotechnology, 3721095, 2018, (2018). See article here.
Sep. 5: Interview at radio show "Pájaro Latinoamericano" with Chelis López, KPOO Radio 89.5 FM, San Francisco, CA, listen to the 30 min Spanish language interview here.
Aug 28: Book "La Ciencia en el Paso del Norte", Jorge Alberto López Gallardo, Independently published, 136 pages, Spanish language, ISBN-13: 978-1719916585.
Aug. 20: Interview at radio show "Café con Leche" with Lilia Galindo, Radio Hermosa 1470 AM, in Palmdale, CA, listen to Spanish language 15 min interview here.
Aug. 6: Article "Phase transitions and symmetry energy in nuclear pasta", C. Dorso, Frank, G., and Jorge López, Nuclear Physics A, 978, 35-61, (2018). See article here.
Aug. 1: Article "Temperature Effects in the Composition of Metal Halide Perovskite thin Films", by M. Castro-Colin, L. Banuelos , C. Diaz-Moreno, D. Hodges, E. Ramirez-Homs, D. Korolkov, N. Sharmin, and J. A. Lopez, J. Nucl. Phy. Mat. Sci. Rad. A., 6, 39-49, (2018). DOI 10.15415/jnp.2018.61007. See article here. or here.
July 27: Thesis Defense, of my M.S. student Pamela Lara; "Gravitational waves research at TOROS UTRGV", see thesis here.
June 25-27: Received The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) from the White House and the National Science Foundation. See announcement here, the PAESMEM page here, the personalized PAESMEM page here, the UTEP announcement here, the Spanish language news in El Diario here, and some pictures here.
25 Jun–14 Jul. 2018, Guest Claudio Dorso, Universidad de Buenos Aires. On July 13 Claudio gave the Physics Seminar "Measles Outbreaks. Is the World Health Organization wrong?"
June 11-15: Talk "Phase transitions and symmetry energy in nuclear pasta", delivered at the 15th Varenna Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, Varenna, Italy. Supported by the Bouchet Award of the American Physical Society. See program here.
May 21-25: Talk "Temperature affects in the composition of metal halide perovskite thin films", delivered at the XIV International Symposium on Radiation Physics, BUAP, Puebla, México.
May 18-22: Presentations of book "Basta de fraudes electorales 1988-2018", at Grupo María Cristina Mexico City (Apr. 14), UACJ Economía (May 14), UAM-I (May 18, click numbers to see video 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), UNAM - FyL (May 18), UAEH Pachuca (May 21), MORENA Del. Polanco (May 21), BUAP Puebla (May 22), Librería BUAP (May 22). Feria del LIbro Cd. Juárez (May 26). See newspaper reports here: Germán Molina (Puebla), Intolerancia (Puebla, May 24), Sin Embargo (Mar. 19), Milenio (May 20), EA Noticias (May 21), La Jornada (May 2).
Apr. 18: Article "Adsorptive removal of methylene blue, tetracycline and Cr(VI) from water using sulfonated tea waste", by Ahsan, Md. A., S. K. Katla, Md. T. Islam, J. A. Hernandez-Viezcas, L. M. Martinez, C.A. Díaz-Moreno, J. Lopez, S. R. Singamaneni, J. Banuelos, J. Gardea-Torresdey, J.C. Noveron, Environmental Technology & Innovation, 11, 23 – 40, (2018). See article here.
Apr. 16: Interview at radio show "Hilo Directo" with Angel Otero, Arturo Del Hierro, and Servando Pineda, Radio Net in Juarez, Mexico, about electoral fraud.
3 - 8 Apr. 2018, Guest Alfredo Aranda, Universidad de Colima, Research guest and seminar speaker: "A hidden interaction with flipped generations", 5/Apr/2018.
30 Mar. 2018, Guest Jesus Pando, DePaul University, Chicago, Il, seminar speaker: "Wavelets and the large scale structure of the universe", and a second talk in my ASTR 1308 "Multimessenger astronomy."
Sep. 20: Physics Colloquium, "Italian delicacies served up in a neutron star crust", at Notre Dame University. See announcement here. Supported by the Bouchet Award of the American Physical Society. See pictures from Notre Dame University here.
Aug. 7: Article "XPS Study of the Oxidation State of Uranium Dioxide", J.A. López et al., J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications, Vol-5, 237–242, 2017. See article here or here.
Jul. 25: Article "Electrocatalytic hydrogen gas generation by cobalt molybdenum disulfide sythesized using alkyl-containing thiomolybdate precursors" Y. Wu et al., International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 42, 20669-20676, (2017); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.07.028. See article here.
23- Jun. – 8 Jul. 2017, Guest Claudio Dorso, Universidad de Buenos Aires. On July 7 Claudio gave the Physics Seminar "Italian Delicacies Served Up in a Neutron Star Crust".
Oct. 3: Article "Symmetry energy in the liquid-gas mixture", J.A. López and S. Terrazas Porras, Nuc. Phys. A957, 312 (2017); see article here.
Aug. 16-17: Talk "Materials Characterization at UTEP" at 4to Taller de espectrometría de Masas con Aceleradores (LEMA)" at the Instituto de Física of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. See pictures of the visit here.
Feb. 19: Interview,20 Min. in program "Cosa Pública" of Radio Universidad de la U de Guadalajara. Listen to the interview here (starts in minute 13).
Dec. 3: Book "Estudios Científicos del Fraude Electoral del 2012" by J. López and Hahnemann Ortiz, published by CreateSpace Publishing, 216 pages, Spanish, ISBN: 978-1503161948 available in print and ebook, to purchase inAmazon click here, and to see the YouTube announcement click here.
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Tecnología en la educación pre-escolar en México, Rev. Orientación Educacional (Chile), V 25 No. 48, Pp. 59-75, 2011.
Oct. 10: Article "From nuclei to nuclear pasta" by C.O. Dorso, P.
A. Gímenez Molinelli and J.A. López as a chapter in book "Neutron Star Crust", Eds. C.A. Bertulani and J. Piekarewicz, 2012 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. See preprint here
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Aug. 1: Article "Temperature Effects in the Composition of Metal Halide Perovskite thin Films", by M. Castro-Colin, L. Banuelos , C. Diaz-Moreno, D. Hodges, E. Ramirez-Homs, D. Korolkov, N. Sharmin, and J. A. Lopez, J. Nucl. Phy. Mat. Sci. Rad. A., 6, 39-49, (2018). DOI 10.15415/jnp.2018.61007. See article here.
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Sep. 9: Article "Green synthesis of a highly efficient biosorbent for organic, pharmaceutical, and heavy metal pollutants removal: Engineering surface chemistry of polymeric biomass of spent coffee waste", A. Ahsan et el.,
Volume 25, October 2018, Pages 309-319 (2018). See article here.
Latest literary effort:
June 11-15: Talk "Phase transitions and symmetry energy in nuclear pasta", delivered at the 15th Varenna Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, Varenna, Italy. See program here.
April 23: Article "Surface modification by nitrogen plasma immersion ion implantation on Austenitic AISI 304 stainless steel", with M. Castro-Colín, W. Durrer and E. Ramírez-Homs, in J.
of Iron and Steel Research International 23(4), 380-384, 2016; see article here.
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The Haselwood Family YMCA is a branch of the YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties. Nestled near the northwest shore of Dyes Inlet, with more than 18,500 active members, the Haselwood YMCA boasts a community larger than the population of its hometown of Silverdale. Entrenched in the community since 2011, the Haselwood YMCA features more than 270 weekly group exercise and water exercise classes as well as youth and adult swim lessons seven days a week.
Featuring 86,000 square feet of facility space with more than 250 cardio and strength machines and equipment, the Haselwood YMCA is an amazing place to find friends and fitness.
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UT student fulfills passion for storytelling through camp, mentorship
Christina Johnson, an international relations and history freshman, is in the process of publishing a children's book. She is a five-time participant of Camp NaNoWriMo, an online writer's workshop.
Photo Credit: Briana Vargas | Daily Texan Staff
Published on April 27, 2016 at 11:52 pm Last update on April 28, 2016 at 12:22 am
After spending hours studying for a history exam, Christina Johnson pulls out her laptop and enters back into the life of a 15-year-old nurse-turned-pirate. She has 500 words to write, a task she's been looking forward to all night.
Ever since she was young, Johnson, an international relations and history freshman, has enjoyed writing and telling stories, spending her free time developing new pieces of fiction. Now, she is a five-time participant of Camp NaNoWriMo, an online writer's workshop held in April, and is in the process of publishing a
children's book.
Camp NaNoWriMo, which has featured works such as Sara Gruen's "Water for Elephants," requires each participant come up with a story and write 20,000 words in the form of a play, short story or collection of poetry.
"It's weird in that it takes place during school and it's not an actual camp that you drive out to or physically attend," Johnson said. "Therefore, the main challenge has been juggling the stresses of college with my commitment to my story. A lot of times, the story trumps the studying."
Her high school friend and current boyfriend, Noah Hodge, who attends Texas Tech University, said her love for storytelling was apparent from the first time they met.
"We were in a creative writing class together, and the teacher asked us to come up with an idea for an original children's book," Hodge said. "It was clear she cared much more about telling the rest of the story."
Johnson wrote three children's books featuring bear puns, one of which, "Walcott the Scared Little Bear," is in the process of being published.
Johnson's current project, the story she's writing for Camp NaNoWriMo this month, focuses on a girl living during World War I, who, after the death of her husband, is forced into the world of piracy.
"[My current project] is very fun to write, but very dark too — it's maybe some of the darkest writing I've done," Johnson said. "It's been a rewarding ride telling this girl's story."
Although Johnson does not have plans to pursue a writing career, her main vocational interest is embedded in her passion for writing and literature. After college, she hopes to increase international literacy for refugees, a cause she said she is already working on by mentoring Congolese boys.
"This year, I began working a lot with refugee children, specifically three high school-aged refugees who came to Austin having trouble with their English," Johnson said.
Acting as the boys' mentor, Johnson assigns them weekly writing assignments to practice their English. She said their responses were often eccentric and full of character.
"It's fun to read their tales about dragons [and their] stories that provide many details about their individual pasts," Johnson said. "We really like to talk a lot about story ideas. I think a main reason why the mentorship has been so rewarding for both me and my students is because we each love talking about whatever is on our mind."
Johnson said the main reason she continues to participate in Camp NaNoWriMo is because of the satisfaction she feels upon completing a story.
"With Camp NaNoWriMo, you get to see yourself succeed, which can be much-needed," Johnson said. "You get to see yourself progress on paper, with something you've set your mind to and you're doing — that's exhilarating."


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Home Sports NBA Kevin Durant, Hassan Whiteside Headline 2016 NBA Free Agency Period
Kevin Durant, Hassan Whiteside Headline 2016 NBA Free Agency Period
Ah, free agency is upon us. Time for fans everywhere to hold their breath and just pray that their team doesn't do anything stupid and maybe signs a franchise player or two. Or anxiously pace as Kevin Durant gets ready to make his decision. I'll be doing the latter because I have absolutely no faith in the New Orleans Pelicans front office to land anyone. I don't think they're even trying half the time.
But I digress. The 2016 NBA free agency period should prove to be a great one. Whenever two All-Stars like Kevin Durant and Hassan Whiteside get to choosing a team, people usually take note. In fact, they've completely overshadowed the fact that Dwight Howard and Joakim Noah are also on the market this offseason.
For Whiteside, it's simple. He's a basketball-playing businessman. Whiteside is more interested in a hefty sum of cash than anything else, and he's giving the nod to states with no income tax. Only Florida and Texas-based teams would be able to offer him that luxury, so maybe re-signing with the Miami Heat isn't out of the question if Pat Riley opens up his wallet.
"I really don't think it's about loyalty—I think it's just about the best situation for myself," said Whiteside. "I didn't say [Miami] wasn't the best situation, but we're going to see what happens. It's not like I'm really counting the Heat out or counting on another team. It's just open. I find it flattering because in my past, I was trying to call those teams, and now it's the other way around. It's a flattering experience, and I'm thankful for this opportunity."
As it stands now, the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, and Heat are Whiteside's top five suitors. The former D-League player would like to make his decision by July 1, so teams still have a few days to pitch themselves.
Maybe Whiteside should look for a smaller market. A $100 million contract would go a lot farther in Milwaukee than New York or Miami. Hell, even Dallas would be a little better.
At the end of the day, Durant's decision is the biggest of the year. Durant's decision is arguably the most prominent since LeBron James' TV special "The Decision" when he announced he was joining the Miami Heat.
All 30 teams would be glad to sign Durant; however, not everyone will get the honor of meeting with the superstar. In fact, the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards have both been denied meetings despite rumors that circulated earlier this season.
Right now, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat are the only teams who have been granted a meeting. Durant is also reconsidering the New York Knicks after they acquire Derrick Rose.
I have no idea where Durant is going to end up. I don't think his mom knows. Hell, he probably doesn't even know yet, but please, for the love of God, don't go to the Warriors or Spurs. These two teams won 73 and 67 games this season, respectively. Durant is worth 40 or so wins a season by himself. That would put the Warriors at 113 wins and the Spurs at 107. There're only 82 games. Durant would destroy the league and logic in his quest for a ring.
Okay, sure, I'm exaggerating, but it wouldn't be fair, and you know it. If you want to ring chase with a new squad, try the Knicks or Heat. Pairing up with Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose or Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade would make either of those teams a championship contender overnight without making Durant look desperate by choosing the teams already at the top of the league.
Do the right thing for the sport. Make a new team compete with the Warriors and Spurs. How about the Pelicans?
Kevin Durant went over to the Golden State Warriors. You can read about the full deal here.
Hassan Whiteside has said that he'll return to the Miami Heat.
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Metric: Europe wire & cable sizes are expressed in cross sectional area in mm2. Also as the number of strands of wires of a diameter expressed in mm.
AWG: America the commonest system is the AWG numbering system, where the numbers are applied not only to individual strands but also to equivalent size bunches of smaller strands.
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What's On > Cannes is Back!
Cannes is Back!
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 06 July 2021 > What's On
Yes, that is legendary American director Spike Lee peering out of the poster for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. He is the president of the jury for the 74th festival. Two months later than usual, and with cinema releases having been largely suspended for a year, it will be an unusual edition.
Filmlovers everywhere will be happy to see the red carpet being rolled out in Cannes two years after the last festival. The selection must have been very difficult with many films delayed or still being edited. Several of the films in the competition haven't even released trailers yet.
Here's a selection of films in English to look out for. Some even have release dates and we have a strong hunch that several are likely to feature in the selection for the Deauville American film festival in September.
What does it do to your childhood memories and self image if you discover the father you loved was in fact a counterfeiter and bank robber? That's what happened to writer Jennifer Vogel and Sean Penn directs a film based on her memoirs, Flag Day.
Dylan Penn plays Jennifer Vogel in "Flag Day".
Another film based on true evens is Nitram, about the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, Australia's worst ever mass shooting, which led to tough new gun laws. The film seeks to understand why local man Martin Bryant killed 35 people.
Essie Davis plays Helen, who Nitram works for.
Red Rocket sees Simon Rex portray a failed porn star who returns to the small Texas town where he grew up.
A film we have been particularly looking forward to is the new Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom). Very much true to his personal, quirky style, The French Dispatch is the story, or rather a series of distinct stories, about an English-language magazine being published in an unidentified French town in the sort of vaguely 1950s past Anderson adores. It features many of his regular cast, such as Frances McDormand, Billy Murray, Tilda Swinton and Willem Dafoe but also includes French actors like Mathieu Amalric and Léa Seydou. It's set for release on 27 October.
Another American film with a French connection, though not in the competition, is Stillwater, in which Matt Damon plays a father from rural Oklahoma who lands in Marseille to try to get his daughter out of jail. She's accused of a murder she says she didn't commit. It has a premiere at the festival and will be released on 22 September.
British director Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey) is president of the Un Certain Regard jury, and is also premiering her latest film, a documentary called Cow, about… a milk cows.
A couple of films that caught our eye in the Un Certain Regard selection are Blue Bayou and After Yang.
It could be the year for Korean-American films after the wonderful Minari (on release now, do see it). Justin Chon wrote, directed and stars in Blue Bayou, set in Louisiana. His character faces deportation to a country he doesn't know. The wonderful Alicia Vikander plays his wife.
Justin Chon and Alicia Vikander in "Blue Bayou".
After Yang sounds really intriguing: set in the near future, it features a family at a loss when their Artificial Intelligence helper breaks down. A theme that's very much in the air at the moment with Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun and Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me.
A Life in Pictures
Amongst the premieres is an eagerly awaited documentary by and about actor Val Kilmer (The Doors, Tombstone, Top Gun). Kilmer was an early adopter of the video camera and has hundreds of hours of footage behind-the scenes on film sets, at family events, or ideas for films. As Val Kilmer says, "I spent decades finding my voice through characters, through movies." He now struggles to speak after treatment for throat cancer so the documentary, titled just Val, is voiced by his son, actor Jack Kilmer.
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> Cannes is Back!
> On the Road: Nomadland
> Spike Lee is Back
> Teaching with BlacKkKlansman
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Lors du recensement de 2002, le village comptait :
 Macédoniens : 9

Voir aussi
 Strouga

Références

Village dans la commune de Struga

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Best Android Tv Box List of 2018 - Must Read Before Buying!
Whats the best Android Tv Box out there?
The T95Z Plus is your best android tv box to have in 2018. Hands down. Its the best bang for your buck. Im sure you have probably heard a ton about Android boxes. Whether it be from a friend, family member or a person at work. But there's one thing everyone has in common, they love how much there Android Tv boxes save them every single month. Hundreds of dollars per month in savings! These little boxes pack a load of content from all over the world, that your certainly guaranteed to enjoy. Below is a list of today's 2018 Top 5 Best Android Tv Boxes, with updated specs and current reviews. Be sure to leave your comment below and let us know what you think.
1.Super Cheap! That's right, I said it. These boxes are so cheap nowadays compared to what you spend per month on cable companies. These boxes can range anywhere from as low as $39.99 to as high as $219.99 or more. And NO, that's not per month. That's a one time purchase. Then your free to watch whatever you like when you like. Big Money Saver.
2.Watch UNLIMITED shows, movies, sports, & LIVE TV with IPTV. Whatever you can think of, you will find it on an Android Tv Box. Watch movies that are recently released in Theaters from the comfort of your own home, without the extra cost of a 10 Dollar popcorn. Don't be fooled by other boxes like Roku and Chromecast. An Android box will blow these out of the water. Why? Well almost all Android boxes today use an open source OS called KODI. Being that its an open source OS, your not confined to the normal kodi addons. There are hundreds if not thousands of different apps to use, giving you many more options. Its a No brainer really. Need more? Keep reading.
3.Turns Every TV into a Smart TV! Well you might think my Tv is already Smart. . An Android Tv box will be able to out perform your Smart Tv by far, it will be easier to use and is completely free. Including all the Apps! After you hook up your box, you will come to know that your TV is now a super tablet, that can host games, apps like Facebook, Instagram, Netflix (Well For those of you who still need Netflix) and much more. Sounds to cool to be real eh? Its not!
4. No Month to Month bills just to watch TV. You read that right! Stop paying the big cable companies massive amounts of money each month. With an Android box, you get everything free. Say for example you don't feel like watching TV, well Android Boxes come with lots of games. Play all the games you normally would, but do it on your TV. Candy Crush anyone? Racing? Whatever game you can think of, it comes on your Android box or you can easily download them, and YES for FREE. Shut the front door, it cant get much better then this.
5. Your Own PVR and Cable Box that you can take anywhere. One of the best things about an Android box is that you can take them anywhere. There small, lightweight, and can be hooked up anywhere with an internet connection. So if you have to move, just throw it in your bag and off you go. Plug it back in and start watching. Travel around the world? No problem, take your Android box anywhere in the world, and it will work. As long as you have an internet connection, your good to go. With the benefits of being able to take it anywhere, you also have your own portable PVR which you can record shows and movies right to your box, for times when you don't have an internet connection you can still watch shows. Hands down, if your still in 2018 without an Android Box, its a must have and makes a Great gift!


Dibond is created by permanently bonding two sheets of aluminum onto a solid plastic core. This adds thickness and strength to the sign without adding a lot of weight.
1/8″ thick panels are strong yet lightweight with minimal flexibility.
1/4″ thick panels are highly rigid and sturdy.


Rescue Kits - essential whitewater gear for your canoe/kayak/packraft trip or rafting trip.
You should also let someone know where you are going and when you are expected back - "Let someone know before you go"
When operating canoes, kayaks, row boats, surf skis and stand up paddle boards it is mandatory to carry the minimum safety equipment. Details of what safety equipment you need to can be found on the Minimum Safety Equipment section of this website. Note that this is a minimum legal requirement for Victorian waters - other states have different requirements. We also recommend carrying some additional safety gear.
at night, carry a white light easily visible to approaching vessels. Ideally this is a light on a pole that is behind and above your head. It can be mounted on the kayak or the back of your PFD.
stay with your boat if you fall out. A kayak or paddle board is a lot easier to spot than a swimmer.
If the vessel is a decked canoe or kayak or is otherwise fitted with individual cockpits, the number of persons carried on the vessel must not exceed the number of individual cockpits in the vessel, irrespective of the age of the person. (Source: Maritime Safety Victoria).
In Victoria you are required to hold a recreational boat operator licence and register your vessel with VicRoads if the vessel is fitted with a means of propulsion (regardless of engine size). For more information see Marine Licensing. This currently includes small battery-operated motors utilised on some fishing kayaks.
Your kayak, canoe or paddle board does not need to registered, but you should identify your craft in case it is found "abandoned" (even if that's just you leaving it on the shore to get a coffee!). Write your name and mobile number somewhere prominent on your boat so you can be contacted if it is found apparently alone.


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Art trends
Art Value
Art trend: Street art still on the rise
Street art attracts young talents who want to make a name for themselves in the art industry. The big names in urban art are also making a considerable effort to promote this artistic trend. How is street art evolving in France, in Europe and on a global scale?
Street art: art in the street
Street art is an artistic movement that was born in America in the 1930s. This discipline was born from the will of American artists to promote art. The main goal of the art project called "Federal Art Project" of this time is mainly to tell the authorities that visual art can be a job in its own right. For the initiators of this project, the artists can be actors of development. Also, the visual arts that they create are saleable and can very well bring in money for the artists.
In France, street art was introduced to the general public by artists such as Yves Klein, Gérard Zlotykamien or Ernest Pignon. Since then, the street art trend has attracted budding artists. This artistic trend is experiencing a considerable boom. The field of action is no longer limited to figurative art, but also embraces other areas such as trade and advertising.
Expression tool of the youth
Among the artistic movements, the street art fashion is the one that speaks the most to the youth. For them, it is a nice way to externalize their vision of the world, their vision of the societal organization, and their artistic talents.
In the 1990s in France, urban art is related to the cultural movement that is Hip-hop. The followers of this culture promote rap music, street fashion, break dancing, human beatbox, and graffiti. And it is in graffiti that Hip Hop followers reveal their talent as painters and graphic designers. Nevertheless, young people feed on this will of freedom and emancipation and make graffiti on walls, houses and fences without taking into account the rules which govern the public space and the life in society.
Street art in the public space
As its name suggests, street art is done in public spaces. For a better promotion of the street art fashion, the followers of this artistic movement must nevertheless conform to the rules of the society. Specifically, graffiti, stencils and stickers must be drawn or placed on supports set by the city authorities.
Hence, street-art is already institutionalized. It is then possible to make graffiti or prints on canvas and to expose its works in museums and galleries. This is one of the forms of development of street-art.
Conservative restoration
Conservative restoration involves treating a work of art without damaging it and preventing any risk of deterioration. Thus, the work will retain its integrity, authenticity and historical value.
Aesthetic restoration
A work's aesthetics represent one of the criteria that make its uniqueness. By hiring a professional, you can restore the aesthetics of a work while keeping its physical appearance intact.
Collection conservation
Collection conservation is reserved for qualified and passionate people within the field. Conservation must take place in a suitable environment which is adapted to each category of work.
An art gallery is a magical place where art is exhibited to the gaze of the enthusiasts and the curious.
External appearance
Historicity
The conveyed impression
Art conservation
Showcasing the culture
Specialized museum
One-of-a-kind pieces are often put up for auction. This is an opportunity for collectors to enrich and add a specimen to their collections.
The work holds memory - Everything can be restored!


A recent wedding i was hired to photograph was for William and Charlotte at The wedding Chapel in Blackpool. Fortunately the weather was find all be it a windy day. The wedding was a small and person one with just the ceremony and some photos in Ashton Gardens in St Anne's to follow.


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Q: Getting x and y position of PygAnimation object for collision detection I am about to create a crossy road-like game with an animated PygAnimation object (frog) and need to find the x and y position of the object in order to check for collision with enemies (lose condition) and the treasure (win condition). The animation itself is working:
if moveUp or moveDown or moveLeft or moveRight:
            if direction == UP:
                animObjs['back_walk'].blit(windowSurface, (x, y))
            elif direction == DOWN:
                animObjs['front_walk'].blit(windowSurface, (x, y))
            elif direction == LEFT:
                animObjs['left_walk'].blit(windowSurface, (x, y))
            elif direction == RIGHT:
                animObjs['right_walk'].blit(windowSurface, (x, y))

The AnimObjs are loaded into a dictionary but I can't access the x and y values of each character. I feel there is a simple solution to it but I am pretty new to programming and havent't found it out so far. The enemies are part of a NonPlayerCharacter(GameObject) class and the x and y values are just accessed with image_path, self.x_pos and self.y_pos. But with the animation, I don't seem to be able to access it the same way because the animations seem to be treated differently.
The following code is within the run game loop and merely serves to upload the gifs for the standing and the moving conditions:
    front_standing = pygame.image.load('frog_front.gif')
    back_standing = pygame.image.load('frog_back.gif')
    left_standing = pygame.image.load('frog_left.gif')
    right_standing = pygame.transform.flip(left_standing, True, False)

    playerWidth, playerHeight = front_standing.get_size()

    # creating the PygAnimation objects for walking in all directions
    animTypes = 'back_walk front_walk left_walk'.split()
    animObjs = {}
    animObjs['back_walk'] = pyganim.PygAnimation('frog_back_walk.gif')
    animObjs['front_walk'] = pyganim.PygAnimation('frog_front_walk.gif')

    animObjs['left_walk'] = pyganim.PygAnimation('frog_left_walk.gif')

    # create the right-facing sprites by copying and flipping the left-facing sprites
    animObjs['right_walk'] = animObjs['left_walk'].getCopy()
    animObjs['right_walk'].flip(True, False)
    animObjs['right_walk'].makeTransformsPermanent()

    moveConductor = pyganim.PygConductor(animObjs)
    direction = DOWN # player starts with facing down (front)

The enemy class is the following:
class NonPlayerCharacter(GameObject):
SPEED = 10
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Have you ever wondered about the people that create the amazing beers that you've been sampling at the different breweries along the South Shore Brewery Trail? We have - which is why we're talking to them about their craft, their passion and their history. Read their stories here, and check back often to see who we've been talking to lately!
HUNTER'S BREWING
We recently sat down with Amy Gentry, owner/brewer at Hunter's Brewing in Chesterton, to talk about the South Shore Brewery Trail and the craft beer scene in Indiana - and sample a few of their delicious brews. Here's what Amy had to say
Q. Are you one of the few female brewers in NW Indiana or are you the only one?
A. One of the few. I was, I think, number two or three to come on in the state. The first person was down in Indianapolis and then I came online, and somebody else did right around the same time. In Northwest Indiana there are two of us that us that are owner-brewers, and that would be me and Barb, over at Ironwood. Industry-wide it's starting to pick up with more women joining. I think that Three Floyds has a woman brewer and I know that there's some places down in Indianapolis that do. It's kind of neat to see that all kind of coming on, but yes, I was one of the first in the state.
One of the things that we really put out there is that Justin and I – we call ourselves brewers, not brewmasters. We haven't been doing it that long – every day is a learning experience. We don't want to put ourselves out there as a master of something that we continually keep growing in and learning in. Maybe 20 years down the road when we've got tons of experience.
Q. When did you start brewing?
A. I started in 2008 home brewing, and Justin (he's my partner here) started in 2003. We both really engaged with the hobby and fell in love with it and kept doing more creative things and really honing our skills and styles, and then got the opportunity to move back here and do this, so here we are.
Q. Basically it's just the two of you that brew here?
A. It's the two of us that do almost everything here. We have some part-time bar staff, but otherwise, it's Justin and I that do everything, from start to finish.
Q. Neither of you have brewed at other breweries?
A. No, this is truly a start up and starting out type of thing.
Q. How large is your brewing operation?
A. We are a one barrel, so we are the smallest in Northwest Indiana and one of the smallest in the state.
Q. How many different beers do you currently have?
A. We currently run eight of our own beers; sometimes nine.
Q. How many do you generally make on a yearly basis?
A. That's a tough question. Since we've opened, we've brewed more than 100 different recipes. Our board rotates all the time, so what you see on the board today, may not be the same as you see here Saturday or Sunday or if you came here next week. That's kind of the hallmark of our business here that we are always rotating and always changing. We may bring back something we haven't brewed in a while or add something new on the board. We have some staples that stay on most of the time. We're always developing something new and keeping it fresh and rotating.
Q. Do you do that depending on what your customers ask for?
A. It's a combination. We always try to keep a dark choice, a light choice, a hoppy choice and then everything else kind of around it. We always want to have some basic categories on the board. Obviously certain things that are popular, we'll brew more, but sometimes, it's just what are we in the mood to do. We try to make sure that when you look at our full line-up of eight or nine that we have something on the board for almost everybody. We always want to make sure that our board is balanced, and actually that's a real challenge – much more difficult than it might seem. We are always planning our brew schedules around that kind of thing.
Q. What are some of the more unique ingredients that you've used in your brews?
A. We've used New Mexico chili, both red and green, in different beers. We use hops that we grow ourselves at home in one specific beer. We do an apple beer – it's not a cider – it's actually an apple beer, aged on apples. We do a Belgium IPA that has rose hips in it. We have a heather ale that actually has heather tips in it. We're definitely not afraid of using unique ingredients, but our philosophy is you always have to be able to know what the base beer is and appreciate it for the style and then see the additions around it.
Q. Do you have a personal favorite?
A. (Laughing) You know, it's really more along the line of what I'm in the mood for, so it changes all the time. If we were to go out to any other place and if I had to pick a style, I generally pick brown ales, porters, stouts, things like that. Justin is a hophead – he goes right for the IPA.
Q. What's your favorite pairing between food and beer?
A. Oh, definitely that would be cheese. Cheese and beer. The flavors in cheese can range from the mild and soft to the pretty aggressive and I think it's the same with beer. You can get some milder, softer beers and they can range on up to really robust and definitely deep bitter and all sorts of different things like that. Finding cheeses that pair with beers is always something that's a lot of fun.
Q. Now switching to the Northwest Indiana craft beer scene as a whole, what's your favorite thing about it?
A. I think my favorite thing about it is that it's really up and coming. It's turning into a destination for people because now there are enough breweries to warrant something like a weekend trip to the region to visit breweries. We do a lot of beer travel on our own when we can get out of here. We tend to center our travel around breweries and the beer scene and whatnot so it's nice to see that Northwest Indiana is turning into that type of thing.
Q. Are you going to be doing any of the regional beer festivals?
A. We do a number of them. We'll be at the Blue Chip [Brewfest] on April 11, we'll be at Crown [Beer Fest] on May 16, we'll do the Indy Microbrewers Fest on July 18, and then of course we do Porter's Perfect Pint Festival that's on October 10. As much as we'd like to attend every single one, it's just not possible.
Q. Say someone walked in here and was a newbie like me – what would you recommend for them?
A. If someone comes in here and tells me – and we hear it all the time – "I only drink light beer," we generally say that we don't have anything that's just like what you are used to drinking, but some of our lighter choices are… and then I'll start to talk about them. Take some sips of some things, let's see what works for your palate and what we can find that might interest you. I'm not going to pour you a pint of something that you're not going to like. There's no sense in doing that. It's working with the customer to find out where they are and seeing what we can help them find that they might like.
Q. Do you offer flights?
A. We do. A full flight is all of our beers in a four and a half ounce size, so we tend to sell it when people come in groups – it's a good sharing size. Or you can build your own. You can customize it any way you want.
Q. What are your thoughts on the South Shore Brewery Trail?
A. I think it's amazing. I think it's really something that is super valuable for the region, not only for people that already live here, but really for tourism. I think it really will help people coming in to the area, especially those that are looking to do a craft beer day, to structure visits the way that they want to. It gives them a really nice, succinct outline without them having to spend half a day on Google figuring out where these places are. I think it's a fantastic idea. As more people find out about it, it's really going to take off.
Q. What advice would you give to someone who is thinking of getting into home brewing?
A. I would say go for it. It's a fantastic hobby. Educate yourself, make use of the resources that are out there for home brewers, talk to people and don't be afraid to try. If the first one doesn't work out, try again. It takes time to learn how to brew – it doesn't happen overnight. Stick with it.
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Chapter Eleven: Gloucester and Gardens
Chapter Thirteen: The Cotswold Blitz
Chapter Twelve: Chavenage House & Malmesbury
Day Thirteen – Come On-A-My-House, We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badgers, Cromwell Slept Here, Helicopter Pad, Two Shakes Of A Cat's Whiskers, Town Tour, A Smoking Dog, The Lady Or The Tiger, Shopping At The Prince's Store, Step By Step, Wine Closeout and Another Good English Meal
About two months before we departed for England, I checked out which days certain attractions were open so we could utilize our time wisely. One of the places I really wanted to visit was an historic lodging located near Tetbury called Chavenage House, which was reconstructed by Edward Stephens in the 1570s.
Unfortunately, it looked as though Chavenage House would be closed when we would be staying in Tetbury, but I emailed them just in case I misread the website. I really just expected a form email that said, "Yes, sorry we're closed," but much to my surprise I received a nice, personal email from the owner's daughter, Caroline, who happened to be in Scotland. She said she'd work something out when she returned.
A few weeks later she emailed me and said, "Can you come by at 10:30 on Tuesday, October 1st? I will give you a personal tour of the house (we were charged £20 apiece…it's usually £8…but, hey, it was a private tour)." We were in!!
After another delicious breakfast courtesy of Brock at York House, we first paid a visit to St. Mary The Virgin's Church located very near the b&b.
From the church website: "There has been a Christian place of worship on the site of St Marys' since at least 681 AD. The present church was built following the demolition of the medieval church in 1777. The church today, with its elegant spire, is a focal point in the town."
Entering the church we saw a mural depicting The Annunciation. I had read that "Worshippers have a love-hate relationship with the box-pews." Their Gothic fronts are original.
It was now time to make the short drive to Chavenage, where we were greeted by Caroline's mother, Rona.
Rona was married at Chavenage and has lived there for the past 55 years. Chavenage had been gifted to Rona and her husband as a wedding gift.
Rona said the family still lives at the house, and it is rented out occasionally for weddings. They've also had lots of movies and television shows filmed on the property. She said the family used to raise cows, but the herd had to be put down from tuberculosis because of the badgers (which I guess is a big problem in England). At least the dog looked healthy.
Rona walked us through the first room, gave us some house and family history, and then we were joined by Caroline's nephew, James, who also happens to be an accomplished cyclist.
James took over the tour and brought us up to the bedroom where, supposedly, Oliver Cromwell slept.
That Cromwell sure got around.
After James showed us another room or two…
…Caroline met us and took us on a tour of the rest of the house.
First stop was the billiards room.
Caroline regaled us with some great stories, including the time that the family received a fax from Harrods that they needed to land a helicopter on the property because luminaries were attending a party for Camila at nearby Highgrove.
Caroline's father intercepted the fax, and while dressed in his tennis whites (and holding two tennis racquets) tried to guide the helicopter in by waving the tennis racquets while standing where the helicopter was supposed to land. "Of course," Caroline said, "the helicopter couldn't land because a lunatic with tennis racquets was making it impossible for them to land."
She had other great stories about finding original drawings of Windsor Castle in their attic and, during World II, having the home being taken over by the Americans as they planned a secret mission (which just happened to be making sand maps for the allies to use during D-Day).
She then led us out on the grounds and showed us the estate's private chapel.
We stepped inside for a short tour.
There's also a cool ghost story. Stop by when you're in the neighborhood.
The £20 we spent for the nearly two-hour private tour turned out to be a bargain, so the 8£ regular tour will be well worth your time.
Brock's breakfast had worn off, so we drove to nearby Malmesbury where we would tour the town, including the abbey where there was a grave of a woman who met an unusual demise. First, it was time for lunch.
When we parked, I went into the TI and asked where the Old Bell Hotel was located. The woman at the TI gave me a map, pointed and said, "It's right over there. You'll be there in two shakes of a cat's whiskers." Love those Brits! She also gave me a map that had a walking tour of Malmesbury.
Brock had recommended the Old Bell Hotel as a spot for lunch. The Old Bell really is old…it is the oldest hotel in England and dates back to 1220. It's located very near the Malmesbury Abbey.
Instead of eating in the dining room, we decided to eat at the brassiere (Loring's Brassiere), which was less formal (much like us). We ended up having two waiters, who came from (drum roll)…Italy and Portugal. Mary tried the broccoli soup with egg, along with white truffle oil. Tracy went for the prosciutto, mozzarella and rocket ciabatta sandwich, while Kim and I had a roast beef sandwich with onion, marmalade and horseradish. The bill came to £34.80.
It was now time to take our 90-minute self-guided walking tour of Malmesbury. There are 28 stops along the way including walking a little of a Cotswold trail with views of the River Avon. Autumn was in the air (and so were the Autumn colors).
Malmesbury is the oldest, continually inhabited town in England. Along the self-guided tour we hit the Malmesbury War Memorial…
…the United Reform Church. The church was initially Presbyterian, and became Congregational in 1811….
…took a walk (danger Will Robinson) along a Cotswoldian trail…
…made it over the Goose Bridge…
…saw a Smoking Dog…
…and some more interesting sights along the way.
It all made for a lovely stroll…our longest Cotswold walk up to this point.
After traversing the town and lovely scenery, it was time to head for our last venue.
We left Malmesbury's big-ticket item, Malmesbury Abbey, for the end. The ancient abbey was founded in 675 AD. The abbey's most famous resident was Eilmer, known as the Flying Monk (where's Sally Field when you need her). He is thought to be the first person on record to ever attempt to fly.
According to legend, "He was known to have read the Greek fable of Daedalus and it was his belief in the fable that influenced him to make the attempt. In 1010, after attaching wings to his hands and feet he soared airborne for more than a furlong. He had observed how Jackdaws would circle the area swooping and gliding. He calculated how to make use of the air currents after which he constructed wings, the material of which is not known. Fixing the wings to his wrists and flapping them as a bird would, he leapt from the abbey tower. He was successful in traveling a distance of 200 meters, but panic set in and he crashed to the ground breaking both legs."
We walked around the inside for a little bit…
…and were all taken with the beautiful ceiling.
Back outside, in what was now a rather significant rain, we had to find something in the graveyard outside the abbey before we left. It was the grave of Hannah Twynnoy, a 33-year old barmaid who has the unenviable distinction to be the first person to be killed by a tiger in England. She also has the hardest gravestone to find in England, and it really wasn't worth the effort, especially since we were experiencing our first real downpour.
There is a plaque in a nearby town that goes into a little more detail on her demise. In a little parish church in Hullavington, the plaque reads: "To the memory of Hannah Twynnoy. She was a servant of the White Lion Inn where there was an exhibition of wild beasts, and amongst the rest a very fierce tiger which she imprudently took pleasure in teasing, not withstanding the repeated remonstrance of its keeper. One day whilst amusing herself with this dangerous diversion the enraged animal by an extraordinary effort drew out the staple, sprang towards the unhappy girl, caught hold of her gown and tore her to pieces."
Well, that's certainly to the point.
When we got back to York House, Kim and Mary said they were going to take a nap (slackers!). I dragged Tracy kicking and screaming (dramatic license) to walk around town.
It's only about a minute from York House to Tetbury's main drag.
We stopped by the butcher shop where Brock got his breakfast sausages and purchased some cheese for our Happy Hour later that evening. We walked across the street to the Highgrove Shop on the slim chance Charles and Camila were hanging around buying some jam for tomorrow's breakfast.
The shop contains more than 700 items, including plants, garden tools, books, candles and scarves. I know the latter because we bought one for our friend who was making sure our cats didn't die on this trip (we have a fear of that after our 2008 Central Europe trip). One display even made us miss our two corgis.
After plunking down some cash on the gift to help Prince Charles' charities, we started walking toward the famed Chipping Steps, going through a little indoor shopping passage. I also saw a house I might want to purchase.
In medieval times, the Chipping, was a market and gathering space for 'Mop Fairs,' where the locals would hope to find employment as domestic staff or agricultural laborers.
At the far side of the Chipping is a row of old weavers cottages on a small cobbled lane. Thus the steps are called, The Chipping Steps.
We could have walked all the way down these steps, but, as they say, a picture (or two) is worth 1,000 words, and by now a picture was also worth 1,000 steps for Tracy and me.
Serendipity reared its Bacchus head as we passed by a wine store having a huge sale because they were moving to Cirencester.
After purchasing a few discounted bottles of wine, we walked back to York House enjoying a little more of the autumn foliage.
We met Kim and Mary at about 6:30 in the parlor and enjoyed our wine and cheese hour before our last dinner in Tetbury. We felt quite civilized.
While everyone else was getting ready for the day earlier in the morning, I had strolled over to The Ormond at Tetbury Hotel (restaurant photo below from hotel website0 and made dinner reservations. Brock had told me to reserve a table in the pub and not the restaurant, as the pub had more atmospheric charm. He was correct. It was another really good meal, and Tracy and I said we had eaten much better meals in England than we did in Rome (I still have never gotten over those minuscule lamb chops, which were all chop and no lamb).
I started with a fantastic corn, chili and carrot soup. Then I received the second "Wow" dish of the trip, a spectacular beef bourguignon with mashed potatoes. Kim also had the beef bourguignon after ordering a rocket and Parmesan salad.
Tracy had the special corn soup and a crab salad with grapefruit and avocado, while Mary opted for a lamb chop (that actually had some meat on it…take that Rome!) with a carrot mash. With some house wine the total came to £92, and it was back for one last restful night at York House.
We had seen lots of cute towns in the southern Cotswolds the past few days, however the next part of our journey would take "cuteness" to a new level. After a day of exploring the area between Tetbury and Chipping Campden, we hoped our next B&B would be close to what we had just experienced in Tetbury. Fortunately, our lodging in Chipping Campden would live up to its stellar billing, too, and we would have the best dinner we had on our entire trip. I was also to be introduced to a dessert that would steal my heart. Sorry panna cotta. Cheerio zabaione. There's a new love in my life, and I'm stuck on her!
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The wider context
How wider influences, such as governments and the media, impact the way smartphones are used as well as what people commonly say about them.
In this step, we discuss how wider influences such as government representatives or various media outlets impact not only how smartphones are used, but also what people say about them.
Examples of direct government intervention
Our studies revealed some quite direct government interventions in certain field sites. For example, in 2018, the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, imposed an OTT tax on the use of social media. OTT stands for 'Over The Top'. The tax was implemented because he claimed that social media promoted fake news, gossip and pornography. His younger political opponent claimed that this tax was the elderly president trying to prevent free speech and political criticism.
Censorship was also noted in Cameroon, where in 2017, the state shut down internet access in the English-speaking regions of the country that want to separate from the dominant French-speaking areas.
A very different kind of intervention is found in China, where the Communist Party strongly encourages people to use the latest digital technologies because it believes that being in the vanguard of such technologies will help China leapfrog other regions that had been economically more developed in the past. On the other hand, China also imposes strong censorship both on political discussion and, through The Great Firewall, on access to many websites and social media external to China. It is estimated that there are between 20,000 and 50,000 internet police and internet monitors nationwide, as well as between 250,000 and 300,000 paid propaganda posters.
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To give another example of government intervention, in al-Quds, our Palestinian site, people are very conscious of the way they might be under the surveillance of what is regarded as highly effective digital monitoring by the Israeli state.
Discourses and contradictions
The above are all interventions coming from the state or the government. There are also other types interventions, which we will talk about later. In addition, there is a contradiction found in all our fieldsites (apart from China): on the one hand, stories about the negative consequences of smartphones and social media are quite frequently published in many media outlets around the world. Stories about screen addiction or about how smartphones make young people more superficial or how they negatively impact their attention spans are also a frequent topic of conversation, as are concerns with the rise of 'fake news' and the notion of post-truth. In 2019, the Italian government proposed a bill in Parliament to try and curb some of these problems.
However, at exactly the same time, most governments, alongside most commercial services, are trying to save money and become more efficient by moving all their services online. It then becomes very difficult today to have any kind of interaction with the government other than online (although digitalisation is by no means universal). Usually, this involves a very long wait on the phone. It seems, then, that most governments and the media simultaneously condemn increased usage of smartphones while actually encouraging the expansion of usage and penalising those who do not use them (for example, by offering discounts to those who use the paperless version of bills or services).
This atmosphere of ambivalence may help to explain the way in which people talk about their smartphones. In almost all our fieldsites, we found that people constantly contradict themselves, often even in the same sentence, when it comes to the discussion of smartphones. They say that by focusing on screens, they are neglecting people, but also that they are now much more in touch with family and friends than before.
They also talk about their own concerns that they are spending too much time on the smartphone, instead of other activities. Sometimes, the way they talk about these issues reflects the narratives concerning smartphones seen in the media. They also share memes that reflect these feelings, such as in the figure below, where the 'youth of today', their heads looking down at their smartphones, is contrasted with the seemingly 'good old-fashioned' reading of newspapers. This meme was shared within WhatsApp groups in our Milan fieldsite, in Italy.
Talking about smartphones
The problem, in part, is that we are dealing here with two quite different things. Mostly, this course will be about what people do with smartphones. But there is another facet, which is the way talking about smartphones allow people to comment on much more general moral issues or anxieties, or the things they feel are wrong about modern times. As a result, this 'discourse' about smartphones may have little to do with the actual usage of smartphones. What people say about smartphones, therefore, is more like a property or consequences of smartphones that have to be considered in its own right. This is also why it is important to go beyond what people say and examine what they do.
Since our focus is conveying to you what we observed in our research, we will not, in this course, try and adjudicate between the various arguments that are found in the media around whether or not there is actually a post-truth world or a filter bubble that leads people to only see opinions they might agree with. If you want a sense of these heated academic debates, see, for example, the arguments of Bruns and Sumpter as against Burke and Price, given in the bibliography below, which you can download. More details of these points can also be found in Chapter Two of The Global Smartphone (link below).
How do you feel about the issues raised above?
Do you think there is any contradiction between what you say about smartphones and how you use your own device? Or do you observe this contradiction in other people? If so, why do you think this might be the case?
This content is taken from UCL (University College London) online course