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Guaranteed Income for All? Switzerland's Voters Say No Thanks
A referendum on a guaranteed income was rejected by 77 percent of Swiss voters on Sunday. Supporters of the initiative, including Kim-Fabian von Dall'Armi, gathered in Basel to celebrate the fact that 23 percent voted yes.Credit...Alexandra Wey/European Pressphoto Agency
By Raphael Minder
GENEVA — Swiss voters on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to guarantee an income to Switzerland's residents, whether or not they are employed, an idea that has also been raised in other countries amid an intensifying debate over wealth disparities and dwindling employment opportunities.
About 77 percent of voters rejected a plan to give a basic monthly income of 2,500 Swiss francs, or about $2,560, to each adult, and 625 francs for each child under 18, regardless of employment status, to fight poverty and social inequality and guarantee a "dignified" life to everyone.
Switzerland was the first country to vote on such a universal basic income plan, but other countries and cities either have been considering the idea or have started trial programs.
Finland is set to introduce a pilot program for a random sample of about 10,000 adults who will each receive a monthly handout of 550 euros, about $625. The intent is to turn the two-year trial into a national plan if it proves successful.
In the Netherlands, Utrecht is leading a group of municipalities that are experimenting with similar pilot projects.
In the United States, the idea of a guaranteed income has gained some traction in the run-up to the presidential election in November. It has been promoted by some Democrats who are demanding more social justice, but it also has some right-wing advocates who see it as a better alternative to government welfare programs.
In Switzerland, opponents warned that the proposal would derail an economic model that, far from showing signs of near-collapse, has allowed the country to remain among those with the highest living standards in the world, even with a growing and aging population. Switzerland has an unemployment rate of around 3.5 percent, less than half the average in the European Union.
The backers of the plan did not detail how it would be financed. But the Swiss government and almost all the main political parties had urged voters to turn down the guaranteed income plan, warning that it would require raising an additional 25 billion Swiss francs a year through deep spending cuts or tax increases.
Some opponents of a Swiss guaranteed income also attacked it as a return to Marxist economics, even if the idea has far older roots, dating to the 16th-century writings of Thomas More and the 18th-century works of Thomas Paine.
After World War II, the concept of a guaranteed income was promoted as a way of redistributing income by some free-market economists led by Milton Friedman, who in part argued that it would be more efficient than the bureaucracy of running dozens of separate programs to help the poor.
Still, the current discussion, in Switzerland and elsewhere, has been not only about wealth redistribution but also about how modern societies can continue to create jobs while pushing technological advances such as factory robots and driverless trucks.
Campaigners in favor of a guaranteed income used robots as street stunts to warn what the jobless society of the future would entail. Some people gave out 10-franc notes at the Zurich's main train station while supporters in Geneva set up, on a public esplanade, a giant banner that asked, "What would you do if your income were taken care of?"
"I understand that a new generation is worried about how and where young people will next find work, but this proposal was pure nonsense," said Curdin Pirovino, a Swiss industrial designer. "You cannot give a society the idea that money is available for doing nothing."
But at a Sunday market in Geneva, several people defended the proposal in the context of returning to a more equitable society.
Some also presented their vote as another challenge to industrialization, similar to their motivation for buying organic food from the stalls of local farmers rather than cheaper supermarkets. A third of voters in Geneva backed the idea of a guaranteed income.
"We're losing all our values, creating countries that no longer need workers but still need consumers, but how can we expect people to buy anything if they can't earn a salary tomorrow?" asked Olivier Duchene, a musician and street entertainer.
Despite the clear defeat, campaigners said the vote was a first step toward a fairer economic model.
"One out of five people voted for the unconditional basic income, so that is a success in itself," Sergio Rossi, an economics professor who backed the initiative, told STA, the Swiss news agency.
Switzerland's model of direct democracy, in which citizens can collect signatures to force a national referendum on a proposal, has helped turn the country into a laboratory for pioneering social and economic changes.
In early 2013, the Swiss voted to impose some of the world's most severe restrictions on executive compensation, following a proposal by a small entrepreneur in defiance of the country's big business lobby.
Later that year, however, the Swiss rejected another economic proposal, the "1:12" initiative, which would have limited the salary of top executives to 12 times the wages of their lowest-paid employees. And in 2014, the Swiss rejected a proposal to introduce what would have been the world's highest minimum wage, equivalent to nearly $25 an hour.
Referendums are gaining ground in other European countries that normally rely on a system of parliamentary democracy.
Last year, Greece held a referendum on a bailout plan, and the Netherlands introduced a referendum law under which voters rejected a European Union agreement with Ukraine in April. Britain is set to vote in a referendum this month on whether to leave the European Union a year after Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom.
But in Switzerland, the proliferation of such votes has provoked a debate over the ease with which complicated or radical issues can be brought to a referendum. Low voter turnout has also become an issue. About 46 percent of eligible Swiss voters went to the polls on Sunday, when four other national issues and several regional issues were voted on.
Philippe Leuba, a regional politician, said on Swiss national radio on Sunday that it was positive that voters had followed the advice of their federal government. But he still deplored the fact that the proposal for guaranteed income had gotten so far, calling it a "hyper-populist and demagogic" plan to give away money for nothing.


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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Darin Ruf hit a different kind of walkoff home run.
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Q: Same SOCKET id when accept on linux? I wrote LD_PRELOAD which intercepts accept() function. I have a problem because sometimes accept function gives me the same file descriptor. I load this preload only for one process
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file descriptor: 213 <-- why?
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close decriptor: 213

Why accept function returns the same file descriptor?
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A: I'd bet that this is an error due to the buffering of stdout. Maybe there are some other threads using it...  That added to the fact that you did not include an ending \n can result in duplicated lines in the output.
If you want to be sure, add the \n at the end of the string and an fflush(stdout) after every call to printf().

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Q: Keypress to display string array jquery I have an array of string that I want to display one at a time on a keypress. I have an empty div  with the class of lyrics. Using
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A: Put the messeges in a queue to display one string at a time.
The shift function lets you iterate over the messages array.
In the below example, after every time the user hits the enter key, a new line is appended to the div with class lyrics
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The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Be A Full Single-Player Experience, Confirms Bethesda
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celebrity politics May 30, 2018
Mrs. Kardashian West Goes to Washington
By Madeleine Aggeler@mmaggeler
Kim Kardashian West. Photo: Raymond Hall/GC Images
On Wednesday afternoon, two reality-TV stars will meet in the White House to talk about prison reform. According to Vanity Fair, Donald Trump, the president of the United States, and Kim Kardashian West, the Khaleesi of Calabasas, are scheduled to discuss the case of Alice Johnson, a 62-year-old great-grandmother who is currently serving a life sentence without parole for a first-time drug offense.
A few years ago, that entire paragraph would have sounded like an especially inventive MadLibs. But this is our reality now, here in the Upside Down, so here's what you need to know about this summit.
Who set up this meeting?
None other than First Son-in-Law Jared Kushner, who has been in talks with Kardashian West for weeks. After she first heard about Alice Johnson's story, Kardashian West reached out to First Daughter Ivanka Trump, who put the reality star in touch with her husband. Kushner has been passionate about the issue of prison reform since his father, real-estate developer Charles Kushner, went to federal prison for over a year in 2005–2006 after being charged with tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions, and witness tampering, and has made it a cornerstone of his agenda as White House senior adviser.
Who will (and will not) be there?
Per Vanity Fair, after she arrives in the West Wing, Kardashian West and the attorney she brought on to help with Johnson's case, Shawn Chapman Holley, will first speak to Kushner. Then they will be escorted to meet with President Trump, most likely in the Oval Office.
Kardashian West will reportedly not be bringing any camera crews along, or any members of her family. Not even her husband, rapper and vocal Trump supporter Kanye West will be there, though a meeting between him and President Trump is reportedly in the works.
Who is Alice Johnson, and how did Kim Kardashian West get involved in her case?
Alice Johnson was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a first time, nonviolent drug offense on October 31, 1996. The mother of five and former FedEx manager told CNN she got involved with people selling drugs after she was fired from her job, got divorced from her high-school sweetheart, and lost her youngest son in a motorcycle accident, all in a matter of years.
"I made some very poor decisions out of desperation," she wrote.
In prison, Johnson became an ordained minister, and began mentoring other women. When the White House announced in 2016 that President Obama would be granting clemency to hundreds of nonviolent drug offenders, Johnson was hopeful she would be one of them. But she was not one of 231 people named.
In October 2017, 21 years after she was sentenced, Mic.com posted a video of Alice's story. Kardashian West told Mic that when she saw the video circulating on Twitter, she was inspired to take action.
Alice Marie Johnson has been in prison for 21 years for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense. Does this grandmother really deserve a life sentence without parole?
Posted by Mic on Monday, October 23, 2017
"If you think about a decision that you've made in your life and you get life without the possibility of parole for your first-time nonviolent offense, there's just something so wrong with that," Kardashian West said.
In order to be released, Johnson needs to be granted clemency by the president. So far, over 260,000 have a signed a Change.org petition calling on President Trump to pardon Johnson, and Kardashian West will most likely urge him to do so during Wednesday's meeting.
How are people reacting?
People are, uh, skeptical, to say the least.
I would bet everything I own that Kim Kardashian has never even finished a long form article on prison reform, never mind an actual book.
— KB (@KaraRBrown) May 30, 2018
IS KIM KARDASHIAN RELATED TO KIM JONG-UN? pic.twitter.com/47D8v4d6tw
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 30, 2018
Kim Kardashian going to the White House to meet Mango Mussolini to discuss prison reform. pic.twitter.com/FAd1j6usN5
— Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) May 30, 2018
Today in criminal justice reform: Kim Kardashian is en route to the White House, expected to discuss with Trump his power to pardon incarcerated people. pic.twitter.com/mB08GHVBB1
— Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) May 30, 2018
Will anything come of this meeting?
Who knows. Under President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Justice has restored strict drug policies that would lead to more mandatory minimum sentencing, the kind that sent Johnson to prison for life. But as Vanity Fair points out, just last week, President Trump pardoned legendary boxer Jack Johnson at the urging Sylvester Stallone, Lennox Lewis, and Deontay Wilder. So while it seems unlikely that this meeting will lead to broader prison reform, there is a decent chance that Johnson may get pardoned.
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It was a happy day for a small village called Fatehpur on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur highway, near Adampur Air Force Station.
A 'son of their soil', Vice Admiral Karambir Singh Nijjer, has been appointed the next Indian Chief of Naval Staff.
Some of the officer's relatives still live in Fatehpur.
Harjit Singh Nijjer, the paternal uncle of Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, said it is a proud moment for the village.
"My phone was not stopping ringing ever since the news came out," he said, adding that several people had called to convey congratulations.
He further said that the next naval chief has never visited the village because his father, (retd.) Wing Commander Gurmaijit Singh, had settled in Delhi and Karambir was born and brought up in the national capital. His father too was an icon of this village, said Harjit, adding that he had passed away a few years ago.
Harjit said that Karambir's younger brother Col Premjit Singh (retd) has been visiting Fatehpur as the family has ancestral land in the village.
Karambir will be the first helicopter pilot to make it to the post of Chief of Naval Staff, he added.
Karambir Singh's grandfather Kartar Singh had moved to Delhi six decades ago. There, he used to own a shop in Paharganj area. Some of their relatives are settled in the village as well as abroad in Canada.
Baldev Singh, a villager, said, "This family is a huge inspiration for the village youths. We hope he will visit the village soon so we can felicitate him for his achievements."


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Cannes Buyers Will Have to Scramble for Market's Few Big Projects
Indie sector is caught in a big squeeze as stars seek comic-book movies and big TV projects
Jeff Sneider | May 12, 2015 @ 12:13 PM	Last Updated: May 12, 2015 @ 12:22 PM
This story originally appeared in TheWrap Magazine: Cannes.
This year's Cannes market finds stars in small supply as sales agents scramble to secure material that will play to global audiences. With more A-list stars holding out for comic-book movies that will enhance their brand or heading to the small screen to participate in the new Golden Age of Television, it's the indie sector that has suffered the most, though certain projects still have enough sexy elements to command top prices on the open market.
"There's not a lot of big projects out there right now and everyone is fighting over the few projects, so it'll be an interesting market," predicted 13 Films president Tannaz Anisi, who chalked up the thin market to two factors. "A lot of film producers are very interested in getting into the TV space, and many of the agents want to, as always, save their talent for the last minute for the bigger studio projects."
"It's difficult to access big movies to compete with the studios," said Patrick Wachsberger, co-chairman of Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group. "You can find an 'Imitation Game,' but big, expensive movies are difficult for any independent to put together. You need to be original and have the right elements. A star helps, though it depends on the role."
Also Read: Cannes Film Festival Lineup Includes Woody Allen, Matthew McConaughey, Natalie Portman
Lotus Entertainment's Bill Johnson will be shopping star-driven vehicles such as Keanu Reeves' upcoming "Replicas" and "November Criminals," the latter of which pairs young stars Ansel Elgort and Chloe Moretz. "People are just looking for movies that feel theatrical, with a clear audience they can market to," he said. "Those come in all shapes and sizes, but if it doesn't look and feel theatrical, the ancillary markets internationally are weak."
"I don't look at the market as 'doom and gloom' as many people may," said Anisi. "It's just a matter of having the right material to take to market. Generally, it's harder and harder to sell the smaller titles that sort of fall in no man's land. Having domestic [distribution] on board is even more important now. Smaller genre titles are harder to move along these days and, while directors are important, cast is paramount to everything."
Though it's an issue Wachsberger needn't worry about, he echoed the importance of having domestic distribution in place before taking a project to foreign buyers. "The market has changed to the extent that the video market has disappeared," he said. "And not only are broadcasters buying fewer movies but they're paying less, so you're relying more on theatrical."
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Wachsberger is coming to Cannes armed with more high-profile projects than most, including a new Power Rangers movie; "Allegiant: Part 1," the latest entry in the Divergent franchise; Harmony Korine's revenge movie "The Trap" starring Idris Elba, Benicio Del Toro and Robert Pattinson; Whiplash director Damien Chazelle's musical "La La Land," which has Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone circling; an adaptation of the bestselling book "The Shack" starring Octavia Spencer; and the YA thriller "Nerve" starring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco.
In addition, Lionsgate's upcoming tentpole "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2" will have a significant presence at the Hotel Majestic.
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Wachsberger is also going to be selling a sequel to "John Wick" with star Keanu Reeves and co-directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch returning. It will further explore the world of the Continental Hotel, which caters to assassins who have the gold coins necessary to reserve a room. "We just got a first draft and it's in really great shape," said Wachsberger. The original grossed nearly $80 million worldwide on a reported production budget of $20 million–a bargain in today's competitive climate for action movies.
Anisi's 13 Films also boasts a project with a red-hot star, Emilia Clarke's supernatural thriller "Voice From the Stone." Clarke has built a passionate fan base thanks to "Game of Thrones"; between that HBO series and her upcoming turn as Sarah Connor in "Terminator: Genisys," her films are expected to begin generating stronger sales, and Anisi will be showcasing footage from "Voice From the Stone."
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' Star Emilia Clarke to Lead Thriller 'Voice From the Stone'
Of course, those sales depend on who's doing the buying — and to that end, Anisi, Wachsberger and Johnson discussed the strength of several top foreign markets.
"The U.K. is very dependent on the material you have," said Anisi, who will also be shopping the Adrien Brody thriller "Manhattan Nocturne" and the comedy "Chronically Metropolitan" starring Shiloh Fernandez, Chris Noth and Mary-Louise Parker. "Latin America is healthy right now and China is doing very well, but Western Europe is always challenging because those territories have bigger price tags. Business has picked up in Spain and Italy, but you have to have the right material for those territories."
Johnson agreed that Italy has rebounded along with Spain to a lesser degree, but he's most curious to see how things are going to play out in Russia and elsewhere. "The Pan-Asian territories are getting stronger and adding up to more and more," he said. "Moviegoing is really growing there and there are lots of theaters being added, so those markets are on the upswing."
Also Read: 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' Teaser: The Bird on Fire Finally Spreads Its Wings (Video)
Lionsgate has done well in Latin American thanks to its deal with IDC, which has been distributing Summit Entertainment titles since 2005. "We've seen remarkable numbers coming out of Latin America, including north of $30 million on Insurgent," Wachsberger said.
Another hot topic of discussion on the Croisette will likely be currency rates, as there have been many fluctuations in the global financial market. "There's going to be a lot of talk about the strength of the dollar, and buyers will point to that as to why the numbers need to come down," said Johnson.
Added Wachsberger, "There's an issue in Russia where currency is taking a huge decrease, and it's affecting independent distributors."
Johnson added that while he'll also be shopping Shekhar Kapur's "Tiger's Curse" and "The Crucifixion," which hails from the producers of "The Conjuring," he's had to put Stephen Gaghan's crime thriller "Candy Store" on the back burner for now. Gaghan is currently focused on prepping the Matthew McConaughey drama "Gold," so "Candy Store" — which was slated to star Robert De Niro, among others — has been delayed. That said, Johnson expects to bring four new projects into the market, with details to be announced soon.
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'S e eileamaid cheimigeach a tha ann am darmstadtium le samhla Ds agus àireamh atamach 110.
Rinneadh caractarachd ri 7 iosatòpaichean de dharmstadtium.
Ann an 1994 rinn Peter Armbruster agus Gottfried Münzenberg, anns an sgioba aig Sigurd Hofmann aig an Comann airson Rannsachadh nan Aidheon Trom ann an Darmstadt ataman roentgenium. Bhuail iad niùclasan luaidhe-208 le niùclasan niceal-62 agus rinn iad 269Ds, agus niùclasan luaidhe-208 le niùclasan niceal-64 agus rinneadh 271Ds.
Dh'ainmich iad e air Darmstadt, far a bheil an obair-lann.
Tha darmstadtium glè thearc agus chan eil cleachdaidhean ann.
Air a tharraing à "https://gd.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darmstadtium&oldid=505283"
Chaidh an duilleag seo a dheasachadh 22 dhen t-Sultain 2015 aig 07:01 turas mu dheireadh.


Nor Autonom is a menswear label run and designed by Nicolas Olivier Richard. His collections of clothing and accessories are characterized by the use of high-quality leathers, yarns and fabrics, combining raw elegance with esoteric features.
The jacket is a garment with fetish characteristics, made completely in black. Its alterable appearance enables a transformation into the cloaked identity of a faceless persona. This piece is of a dual nature, with ritual connotations that allow the wearer to transcend the conventional.


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Design Raid | News | Paris Exhibition Agir opens to the public
Paris Exhibition Agir opens to the public
Design Raid | June 13, 2022 June 13, 2022 | News
"Architecture and urbanism are calls to action" – that is the principle behind MVRDV and The Why Factory's newest exhibition, Agir, that opened last week in the connected spaces of the ArchiLib Gallery and MVRDV's Paris office.
The exhibition takes its name from the French verb meaning "act", examining the work of MVRDV and The Why Factory through the lens of activism and revealing its capacity to address a wide variety of environmental and social challenges.
Over 50 projects are presented in chronological order on a 78-metre-long fabric curtain that is tightly folded into the gallery's small floorplan | Photograph © Juan Jerez
In a compact space, over fifty projects are presented, positioning the firm's French work within their broader oeuvre of international projects and research. Each project is accompanied by a punchy slogan – inspired by the language of activism and protest – that captures the essence of the project, highlighting how each design paves the way for a better future.
At the back of the gallery, the exhibition continues into the ground floor of MVRDV's own Paris office, which will open to the public for the duration of the exhibition | Photograph © Juan Jerez
The exhibition thus shows each project as a manifesto with the ambition to improve people's lives, to improve its surroundings, to improve the city, to improve the country – to improve the planet. The ideological underpinning for this framing comes from a "bucket list" developed by MVRDV and The Why Factory, comprising 44 goals for the future of our world, including descriptions such as "biodiverse", "self-sufficient", "green", "collaborative", "democratic", and "beautiful".
The exhibition takes its name from the French verb meaning "act", examining the work of MVRDV and The Why Factory through the lens of activism | Photograph © Juan Jerez
The work of The Why Factory, the think-tank established at TU Delft by MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas in 2007, forms a symbiotic relationship with the designs of MVRDV, and is therefore presented alongside that of the architecture firm. The timeline culminates in (w)Ego, a new publication by The Why Factory that researches how individual desires can collaborate and thrive together in dense urban environments, which was launched at the exhibition's opening ceremony on Thursday June 9th.
Each project is accompanied by a punchy slogan – inspired by the language of activism and protest – that captures the essence of the project | Photograph © Juan Jerez
"When we founded MVRDV in 1993, we were strongly motivated by a desire to do things differently, to make the changes in the world that we thought were necessary. I am proud to say that almost 30 years later, that spirit is still fundamental to our office – even while the challenges that we face as a species only grow more urgent. This was part of the reason for the foundation of The Why Factory: I wanted something that was independent, so we could research without thinking about the immediate needs of an architecture firm, but which nonetheless could help inform the future. With this exhibition we want to challenge visitors in a way: what kind of future do you want to see?"
says Winy Maas
In the ground floor of MVRDV's Paris office, the exhibition presents models of projects currently in progress in the style of Parisian ateliers d'artistes | Photograph © Juan Jerez
The projects are printed in chronological order on a 78-metre-long fabric curtain that is tightly folded into the gallery's small floorplan. This density of information highlights the intensity of action required to tackle the challenges afflicting society, the environment, and the world at large. To magnify this sense of urgency, the exhibited works are accompanied by graphics on the floor that show the condition of the polar ice caps at various moments in the project timeline. At the back of the gallery, the exhibition continues into the ground floor of MVRDV's own Paris office, which will open to the public for the duration of the exhibition. Here, Agirpresents models of projects currently in progress in the style of Parisian ateliers d'artistes.
The density of information highlights the intensity of action required to tackle the challenges afflicting society, the environment, and the world at large | Image © Juan Jerez
The exhibition acknowledges its own place in this timeline, taking steps wherever possible to limit its environmental impact through a circular economy approach. Among other steps, this approach includes reusing a large part of the fabric curtain in the meeting rooms of MVRDV's Paris office, and a special curtain railing that can be reshaped and reused after the exhibition. The result is an exhibition that produces almost no waste.
Agir shows how architects can fight against global injustices in their work, presenting idealistic architecture not as mere utopian speculation, but as a pragmatic possibility | Photograph © Juan Jerez
Despite the seriousness of its framing, the tone of Agir is, at its heart, optimistic. In its timeline of architectural designs and research, it shows how architects can fight against global injustices in their work. In doing so, it presents idealistic architecture not as mere utopian speculation, but as a pragmatic possibility.
Agir is on show at the ArchiLib Gallery in Paris (located at 49, Boulevard de la Villette) until July 26. The gallery is open Mondays-Fridays from 09:30 to 18:00, and Saturdays (except July 16) from 14:00 to 18:00.
Photograph © Juan Jerez
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It's 100 years since the Bolsheviks took power in Russia. Neil and Catherine teach you how to use language in the news in your everyday English.
The Bolsheviks took power 100 years ago and held onto power until 1991.
If you use the informal expression 'to teach someone a lesson', what does it mean?
Low-key events are being held in Russia to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Members of the communist party, now in opposition, are celebrating the armed uprising by Lenin's Bolsheviks with a march and rally in Moscow.
But President Putin and his government are playing down the significance of the revolution. There are no special events at the Kremlin on what is an ordinary working day.
'He wasn't happy about turning 30, so Carlos's birthday party was very low-key'. What does this mean?
'Keiko never learns the lessons of love'. What does this mean?
In the 19th century, ______ a better life led many people to leave Europe for the USA.


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Two giants of the Irish trad scene
John Doyle, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin, Mike McGoldrick, Dónal Lunny
Ushers Island (2017)
Planxty
A Retrospective (2016)
Padraig Rynne, Donal Lunny & Sylvain Barou
Triad (2013)
Andy Irvine
70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St. (2012)
Listen to the artist's discography on :
These two icons of Irish music in the 70's reunite today as a duo for a great moment of sharing and music, a mix of traditional songs and original compositions.
Dónal Lunny and Andy Irvine have fronted legendary bands such as Sweeney's Men, Planxty, The Bothy Band, Mozaik, LAPD and recently Usher's Island. The unique style they have both developed has been a great influence in the Irish music world. Between them, their careers can be found in the who's who of popular music.
Dónal Lunny has produced albums for Elvis Costello, Paul Brady, Clannad, and The Indigo Girls and written songs for Eat the Each and Teardrops. As a musician, Lunny has been featured on more than a dozen Christy Moore albums, and has been an integral part of such well-known bands as Planxty, the Bothy Band, Mozaik and Moving Hearts. She has also been seen on BBC TV programs, and across the Atlantic with James Taylor, Eddi Reader, Diana Krall and others.
Dónal was the managing director of the show "Céiliúradh" at the Royal Albert Hall in London, during the state visit to the United Kingdom of Irish President Michael D. Higgins. Andy Irvine also participated in this prestigious event.
Andy Irvine is an accomplished instrumentalist, singer and songwriter with several solo albums to his credit. Formerly of Planxty & Sweeney's Men, Andy is a member of Mozaik and Usher's Island with Donal. He has performed and recorded with Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Bill Whelan and Davy Spillane, and shared the bill in Dublin with Billy Bragg, celebrating the Centenary of the birth of Woody Guthrie, the famous American folk singer and guitarist. He has also recently performed in the "Imagine" concerts at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Andy Irvine : vocals, mandolin, harmonica
Dónal Lunny : vocals, bouzouki, bodhran
The Black Box, Belfast (Irl) – Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Canada) – Epstein Theatre, Liverpool (Uk) – National Stadium, Dublin (Irl) – Glastonbury Festival (Uk) – Ulster Hall, Belfast (Irl) – Cork Opera House (Irl) – Olympia Theatre, Dublin (Irl) – Michigan Irish Music Festival (USA) – FolkEast Festival, Woodbridge (Uk) – Festival Interceltique de Lorient (Fr)


Rachel does her first gunge bath. She is wearing a long sleeve black top with NO bra, red jeans and some funky socks. Rachel dips her feet with socks into the buckets of gunge Yellow and Silver.
She shows them off then puts her shoes back on, walks over to the bath and dips her feet in. She slowly gets in dipping her legs in then showing them off then goes down further into the gunge more and more.
Rachel goes down to her neck before i step in to help and pour gunge on her head! Rachel plays abou. stands up showing off gunge, then back in rolling around, standing up and scraping off.
We move over the tray where she takes off her shoes. She takes a position and poses where i pour yellow and black gunge all over her. She rolls around and plays before standing up scraping it all off then gets washed off.


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Peter Franz Heinrich Nöcker (geboren 4. Juli 1894 in Köln; gestorben 29. Juni 1984 ebenda) war ein deutscher Architekt. Er führte seit 1923 ein eigenes Büro in Köln und gehörte nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zu den am Wiederaufbau der Stadt Köln in besonderem Maß beteiligten Architekten.

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Werdegang
Als Sohn des Architekten Franz Nöcker (1859–1939) und Neffe von Adolf Nöcker (1856–1917) wuchs Peter F. Nöcker in der Kölner Altstadt auf. Dort besuchte er das Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, das er zu Ostern 1914 mit Ablegung der Reifeprüfung verließ. Im Anschluss zunächst im Atelier von Franz Brantzky tätig, wurde er bei Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs zunächst eingezogen, wegen Untauglichkeit aber bald darauf wieder entlassen. Er setzt seine Tätigkeit bei Brantzky fort und besuchte von Oktober 1915 bis Juni 1917 die Kölner Baugewerkschule. 1917 wurde er erneut zum Kriegsdienst eingezogen. Nach Kriegsende setzte er sein Studium fort und beendete es im März 1920 mit "Auszeichnung". Von April bis Oktober 1920 im Büro "Moritz & Betten" beschäftigt, belegte Nöcker in der Folge zwei Semester an der Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart, mit abschließenden Prüfungen in Statik und Städtebau. Nach zweijähriger Mitarbeit – von Dezember 1921 bis Oktober 1923 – im Büro von Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot trat er im Oktober 1923 als selbständiger Architekt in eine Bürogemeinschaft mit seinem Vater ein. Im Jahr nach seiner Heirat zog er 1925 nach Braunsfeld – inmitten des Villenviertels südlich der Aachener Straße – wo auch seine Klientel beheimatet war. Aufgrund der jüdischen Abstammung seiner Ehefrau Anna Nöcker geb. Apfel war Peter F. Nöcker seit dem 24. Juni 1940 mit einem Berufsverbot belegt. Nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs nahm er entscheidenden Einfluss auf den Wiederaufbau Kölns. An der Bildung der Städtebaukonferenz im Jahr 1946 war er maßgeblich beteiligt.

Darüber hinaus gehört er bis 1933 dem Vorstand der Kölner Ortsgruppe des Bundes Deutscher Architekten (BDA) an, nach der Wiedergründung des BDA übte er dieses Amt von 1949 bis 1955 erneut aus. Weiter war er Verwaltungsratsmitglied des Klosters zum Guten Hirten in Köln-Lindenthal und betreute das unweit seines Privathauses gelegene Krieler Dömchen.

Familie
Der Katholik Peter F. Nöcker heiratete am 22. Juli 1924 in erster Ehe die zum Katholizismus konvertierte Tochter jüdischer Eltern, Anna Margarethe – gen. Aenne – Apfel (geboren 18. Oktober 1898 in Köln; gestorben zwischen dem 21. und dem 23. Februar 1944 in Köln-Lindenthal). Ihre Eltern waren Dr. jur. Adolf Apfel (gestorben in Bad Münstereifel) und dessen Frau Else Apfel geb. Rosenberger (gestorben in Rio de Janeiro). Anna Nöcker wählte im Februar 1944 den Freitod durch eine Überdosis Schlafmittel, nachdem sie den Deportationsbescheid in ein Konzentrationslager erhalten hatte. Mit ihrem Selbstmord wurde Nöckers Berufsverbot wieder aufgehoben.

Werk in Köln (Auswahl)
 1925–1926: Altstadt-Nord, Brückenkopf-Wettbewerb
 1925–1926: Braunsfeld, Am Morsdorfer Hof 35, Villa Dr. Alfred Alsberg
 1927–1928: Dellbrück, Bensberger Marktweg u. a., Reichsheimstätten-Siedlung (erhalten)
 1928–1929: Sülz, Hermeskeiler Straße u. a., Reichsheimstätten-Siedlung
 1928–1929: Neuehrenfeld, Tieckstraße/Baadenberger Straße, Reichsheimstätten-Siedlung
 1929: Riehl, Amsterdamer Straße/Friedrich-Karl-Straße, Siedlungsbauten der Oberpostdirektion
 1933–1934: Braunsfeld, Am Morsdorfer Hof 7, Wohnhaus Johann Desch (abgebrochen in den 1970er Jahren)
 1945 ff: Altstadt-Nord, Bahnhofstraße 5–7 (heute Dompropst-Ketzer-Straße), Wiederaufbau des Hotels Kölner Hof (1973 abgerissen)
 1950: Sülz, Hollerather Straße/Hellenthaler Straße, Wohnbauten der Allianz  (erhalten)
 1950: Altstadt-Nord, Apostelnstraße 4, Geschäfts-/Wohnhaus (erhalten)
 1950–1952: Altstadt-Nord, Gereonstraße 18–32, Gereonshaus  (erhalten)
 1950–1952: Altstadt-Nord, Gereonstraße 17–23, Bankhaus Delbrück & von der Heydt
 1953–1960: Altstadt-Nord, Schildergasse 46–48, Geschäftshaus Firma Feldhaus
 1954–1955: Altstadt-Nord, Burgmauer 53, Bürogebäude für die Rheinische Notarkammer (erhalten)
 1955–1965: Neustadt-Nord, Worringer Straße 11–17, Agrippina-Versicherung  (erhalten)
 1960: Altstadt-Nord, Breite Straße 42–46/Mörsergasse 2–4, Firma Max Franzky
 1961–1963: Altstadt-Nord, Ursulaplatz 1, Verwaltungsgebäude des Bachem-Verlags (verändert erhalten)
 1964–1966: Altstadt-Nord, Auf dem Hunnenrücken/Enggasse, Börsen-Parkhaus (erhalten)
 1965–1967: Sülz, Berrenrather Straße 488, Elsa-Brandström-Schule
 1967: Altstadt-Nord, Brückenstraße 5–11, Verwaltung Firma Kämpgen
 1967–1969: Altstadt-Nord, Schildergasse 70, Geschäftshaus Kämpgen

Literatur
 Martin Richard Möbius (Einl.): Architekten Nöcker. (= Neue Werkkunst.) Friedrich Ernst Hübsch, Berlin / Leipzig 1932.
 Wolfram Hagspiel: Köln. Marienburg. Bauten und Architekten eines Villenvororts. (= Stadtspuren, Denkmäler in Köln, Band 8.) 2 Bände, J.P. Bachem Verlag, Köln 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1147-1, S. 903 f.
 Wolfram Hagspiel: Bauten und Architekten in Braunsfeld von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart. In: Max-Leo Schwering: Köln. Braunsfeld-Melaten. (= Publikationen des Kölnischen Stadtmuseums, Band 6.) Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-927396-93-1.
 Robert Steimel: Kölner Köpfe. Steimel-Verlag, Köln-Zollstock 1958, Sp. 29 f. (mit Porträt nach Zeichnung von Curtius Schulten)

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Pictures Of Hanging Ferns On Porches – If you're thinking about building a porch for your home, know that size isn't the most important element. Many people are very happy owning little porches. Do not believe that you must build a enormous porch how big your own bedroom to have an enjoyable outdoor space. You can make the most of a little porch that is made nicely by decorating it nicely with high quality furniture and installing a porch awning.
You always need to try and build your porch in ratio with your home. If you have a little home, a porch the size of your home would seem out of place, as would a very small porch onto a mansion. Use your very best judgment to size your porch accordingly. You may either put in a little awning or build a permanent roof that matches your house's roof.
You might also install quality porch columns or a ceiling to make your porch look much more professional. It could be carried out so well nowadays that it would seem as if it was always a part of your home! A backyard is just another great design idea that can help add privacy to a little porch. You can build a low wall that extends as large as you would like. A fantastic height for it to achieve is around the height of your windowsills. These walls help give your porch a solid framework that can make it look amazing while giving you privacy if you're laying down reading a book, or doing anything else.
To make the most of a little porch, it is beneficial to decorate it to match the season as well as equip it with some high quality furniture. This will make your porch seem as a room with a feeling of design, even though it is outdoors. In the autumn, you may give your porch a Halloween or Thanksgiving theme to make it appear warm and warm.
From the summer and spring, you can leave flower pots in the corners to bring colour to distance. There are so many ways to make a cozy and inviting little porch without needing to splurge for a bigger porch that lacks personality. You will end up spending a lot of quality time out there since it'll be a place that you want to spend your time.


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Home Comics & Toys David Ayer and Harley Quinn are coming back in a Gotham City Sirens spin-off
David Ayer and Harley Quinn are coming back in a Gotham City Sirens spin-off
True story: I watched Suicide Squad last week, and I didn't think it was that bad. Now to be fair, it wasn't that fantastic either, but that's because the hints of dark humour and better character development were most likely swept under the cutting room floor by overzealous Warner Bros executives who meddled in the final release of that flick.
Thing is, despite its flaws, I actually liked Suicide Squad. Because that's a movie with a ton of character. From Will Smith's scene-stealing Deadshot to a role that actually made Jai Courtney likable for once, Suicide Squad did a fine job. Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn was of course the standout star, a deadly dame and the number one squeeze of the clown prince of crime himself, the Joker. Who purred a lot in that movie. Weird.
Still, while the critical reception to Suicide Squad may have been mixed, the actual box office numbers weren't as the film pulled in over $745 million in tickets this year. Not too shabby. So I've got no qualms whatsoever about Robbie reuniting with director David Ayer to work on their next project: Gotham City Sirens.
There's been a rumbling for months now that Robbie would return as her signature character, with THR confirming that the film will indeed team Harley up with Catwoman and Poison Ivy. It's another bad guy movie for Ayer, this time with an all-female cast. In case you've never picked up a Gotham City Sirens comic before in your life, imagine Harley Quinn teaming up with burglar extraordinaire Catwoman and plant-themed supervillain Poison Ivy to get up to all manner of shenanigans.
But here's where things get even more interesting. THR says that DC and Warner Bros. are working on a Suicide Squad sequel and a Deadshot spin-off starring Will Smith, because that's not a bad idea at all when you want to leverage some star power in your extended universe. When those films will be out is anyone's guess, as we still have Justice League, The Flash, Aquaman and a solo Batman movie to contend with. Oh, and that other small indie film called Wonder Woman from DC.
Whatever the future of the DC Extended Universe is, it's a busy one at this rate.
Ottokie
Fan service incoming xD
Alien Emperor Trevor
So the fans can "service" themselves? 😛
Indeed. This will be a movie compiled of 50% ass shots and sexy poses.
Original Heretic
I watched Suicide Squad without any expectations, fully aware of the bad reviews, but also aware that someone people thoroughly enjoyed it.
It had moments, but I could see why it got the reviews it did.
Yeah, it's not good, but it's not bad either.
Captain JJ
A suicide sequel?
That's either milking or trying to correct for the first, neither of which is a good idea.
This entire new DC live-action universe has too many bad spots already. They might be exciting, but I don't think many of them are going to become classics.
Aquaman and WonderWoman are the two I'd looking forward to a lot. And of course the Batman solo film.
Milesh Bhana
also didn't hate Suicide Squad.
Keen to see who they're going to cast as Ivy and Catwoman.
And who they'll get as the real Joker. 😛
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Down with the old and up with the new – Justice Centre and former Inverness College reach different milestones
by Susy Macaulay
The new Inverness Justice Centre is nearing completion having been declared wind and watertight – just as its neighbour, the old Inverness College, is entering the final phase of demolition.
Work will now start on the internal finishes of the new court, tribunals and procurator fiscal building at the Longman, which will transform the purpose-built complex into Scotland's first Justice Centre.
Representatives from the organisations to be based in the Inverness Justice Centre are collaborating on how to best join up and share services as they work through the planning involved in making the physical move to the centre next spring.
Eric McQueen, chief executive of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, said: "This is another key milestone that keeps us firmly on course to open the new centre in the spring of 2020 and means we can focus on designing the best quality services from the justice centre."
The justice centre has six courtrooms and a tribunals hearing room with digital technology installed.
Separate areas will be available for jurors, witnesses and legal teams.
The criminal courts are located on the first floor, with the civil courts and tribunals on the ground floor.
Organisations and services to be based in the Justice Centre include Citizens Advice Bureau, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Families Outside, Highland Council (Criminal Justice Social Work), Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service, NHS Highland, Police Scotland, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, Scottish Women's Aid and Witness Service/Victim Support Scotland.
The Justice Centre will replace the Inverness Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Court currently in Inverness castle.
At that point the ownership of the castle will transfer to Highland Council to support their plans to boost tourism.
Meanwhile Inverness College has been under demolition since January. The building closed in 2015, with the college moving to its £50m ultramodern site at Beechwood.
The original building is around 60 years old, and has seen generations of Invernessians and Highlanders through its portals as students or staff.
A spokeswoman for Inverness College UHI said: "Our former Longman campus holds lots of fond memories for people in Inverness and it's been wonderful to read stories on social media from former students who studied there."
Inverness College UHI is working closely with the Scottish Futures Trust on sale of the remainder of the Longman site, the proceeds of which will be returned to the Scottish Funding Council.
Sheriff courts restart trials using remote jury centres
Inverness Castle project: Revamp into tourism gateway to the Highlands reaches new milestone
Courts to focus on most serious trials amid new Covid variant concerns
Top judge urges court users to follow coronavirus rules so justice can continue
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It is well known that packing dining is normally easier, due to lack of complicated items and number of large furniture pieces. Still, there are some hidden tricks and obstacles around it. For example, most fragile items are situated here, such as fine china or stemware. You will probably need dishpack box with some kind of soft dividers to avoid chips. Any items that are of high value should be placed in "High – Value" section on inventory list, so that they will be accordingly dealt with. High value is something that is valued at 100 dollars per pound or above.
Go check every corner for every piece of cutlery and anything you can find. Sort it, decide on what stays, goes, and evaluate if you will need any special help with dismantling furniture.
Pack your glasses and fine china. One at a time – several sheets of wrapping paper and a soft filler are your best friends here.
Use plenty of wrapping paper and bubble wrap – more is better here!
Shred and use spare paper as a filler for gaps and inside of glasses. It saves money a bit.
Always use bubble wrap, as it is the best protection versus rattles and chips.
Label you boxes with large clear signs. Include "Fragile! This side up".
Plates will have less chance to break or chip, if you pack it vertically.
Use layers logic when packing boxes. Bubblewrap or paper makes perfect cushioning to keep next layer of glass from damaging the previous one.
Small plates, saucers and bowl will be safer when you place it on top of the previous layer.
Make sure to pack each dish into newsprint on all sides. Otherwise, there is big chance of tarnishing. It is much better to pack dishes of that category as a group. If you are using box, make sure to close it and pack each dish separately using some kind of soft fabric – dishtowels or tea towels, for example.
4. Rugs, Lamps, Fragile Vases, etc.
It is always good idea to ask professionals and clean your rugs before the move. Get some ties handy, roll rugs and make it compact with fixings. Get some large bags yourself or ask if mover company can provide it. If you need to pack chandeliers, then you probably need to ask company to do it for you, as it can be broken or damaged with ease.
Drawers and doors can give you a headache, if you do not take some time to pack it properly. Use scotch-wrap, shrinking wrap or other way of fixing it in place. Otherwise, there are high chances for it to open. Doing this is even more important if you move anything with high number of glass elements. Remove shelves and get out all parts you can, take table legs separately, if possible. Make sure to pack it all properly and get another box or other type of storage for all screws, bolts and any other fixings or decorative elements that your furniture may have.
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Meek Mill is tangled in an ongoing case for probation violation, and pleaded to Judge Brinkley that he's changed his ways. During the hour-long testimony, he got emotional as he referenced his girlfriend Nicki Minaj, who had previously taken the stand in his defense.
Onika also took the stand in her man's defense, however the judge wasn't on their side. She found him in "technical violation" of his probation, setting a Feb. 5 date for his sentencing and ruling that he cannot leave a five-county area around Philadelphia or perform at any event in or outside Philly.
Meek's probation stemmed from when he was convicted of gun possession and drug dealing back in 2008, sentenced to 11 to 23 months in prison. He was found in violation of his probation upon release after he continuously scheduled concert performances. The judge revoked his travel permit in 2012, and the following year, he was reprimanded for failing to accurately report his travels. His probation was officially revoked last year, and he served a six-month sentence in prison from July to December.


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Why (I think) 8K Televisions are Doomed
I've been reading a lot of articles online regarding the upcoming 8K quality pictures becoming available on TV sets, many of them forwarded to me from people who disagree with me when I say that it won't work or that it's impractical to have.
Now I acknowledge that many of my reasons for its potential failure is in large part due to undeveloped technology that could easily become available in the future, but please allow me to present my argument in full before you tell me that I'm wrong. It all comes down to 8K quality TV sets are obviously impractical for consumer use.
Note the key words here are impractical and consumer…
I have no doubts that 8K will have some major commercial appeal.
I don't think that the majority of the public can tell the difference between 4K and 8K quality. I realize that many journalists disagree with me, but I would like to point out the obvious. Professionals are much more discerning than the general public at large is. Your average car buying public isn't going to notice the additional 2 inches of trunk space that the Toyota Corolla has over the Honda Accord or the additional 10 lbs of torque that the Ford F150 has over the Chevy Silverado. There will be a segment of the population who will find it important, but your average car buyer is looking at other issues. So while these numbers may be valuable, on the whole they are not a large enough difference to sway the general public into picking one vehicle over the other.
In the context of picture quality on your TV screen, going from your older analog TV's from the 80's and 90's to the HDTVs of today was a significant improvement in picture quality. It was nearly twice the quality of the analog TV of the previous 50 years. The majority of the viewing public can distinguish between VHS or DVD quality and Bluray quality without much prompting, but going from HD to UHD (4K) quality created a much different debate than the analog to HD flat screen.
While many viewers could tell the difference between 480p and 1080p, most tech journalists noted that the biggest difference in picture quality between HD and 4k was in large part due to HDR, or High Dynamic Range.
Not to say that 4k TVs don't sell. But today for average consumers the biggest attraction isn't that you're getting a 4K TV with improved picture quality over the regular HD TV of the past 10 or so years. It's that you are getting a 4K TV for under $1000, and in many cases under $500. And those TV's have HDR. We're still not seeing a huge rush to get the latest Marvel movie in 4K to 'see it in all of its glorious 4K quality'.
We are quickly falling into a category where a significant portion of the public cannot see a difference between HD Bluray quality and 4K quality, so its likely an even larger portion of the public will not notice a difference between 4K and 8K.
Limited Embracing of 4K
At first glance, 4K isn't all that in-demand. Mainly because you need to have the ability to actually view content in 4K in order to see where it's available at. Get a 4K TV set with a device that will support 4K quality and Netflix will tell you what movies are in 4K. Not having either of those two items and Netflix won't waste your time showing you what it has in 4K.
Not readily anyway.
Dare I say that the only way that you're going to have access to 4K quality, for some time I believe, is through online streaming or buying a 4K disc. Broadcast television isn't going to be quick to adapt to 4K quality because of the technical considerations that they must face. Embracing 4K quality could mean that they would need to rid themselves of the digital sub channels and still be required to compress the video enough to be broadcast. Combine that with absolutely no guarantee that the local cable company would carry the 4K broadcast and or that they would most likely compress it even more, it would mean that would not get anything a whole lot better than the quality of a modern Bluray.
Not an attractive predicament to put yourself in. Especially considering that those few people who would notice the difference between HD and 4K would be upset that its not giving what they know to be the full capabilities of the format.
Why would a broadcast network put themselves in that predicament when they are loosing money from cord cutting and the name of the game is getting viewers? Digital sub-channels permit the local networks to expand on its potential audience. Upgrading to 4K, at this point in time, only limits it. The only way that the local networks can adapt to 4K quality is if the FCC gives them larger frequency ranges to operate in. This is a very unlikely proposition when you consider that the FCC has recently allotted a large portion of the public broadcast frequencies (OTA TV and Radio broadcast ranges) to be used for corporate uses like the upcoming G5 cellular network infrastructure. The FCC needs to space these radio and TV broadcasters out enough so that they are not getting overlapping coverage which causes interference. Or look at it this way. Montana, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska and Utah are more likely to get 4K broadcast television than New York, California, Ohio and such because of the limited number of broadcasters in these regions.
4K is and will continue to be widely embraced on streaming platforms. It is already being featured on FuboTV. But in order to do that you're going to need to have about 15 Mbps download speed in order to get to 4K streaming quality. While most ISP's do provide you with the speeds needed to meet that requirement, the current cable companies embracement of the data caps model means that you'll only be permitted to watch a very limited number of movies each month before hitting that cap. Few individuals are going to do that for 4K quality.
Keep in mind that I'm currently talking about 4K… We've not even gotten to the problems in this area that 8K would create.
I believe that this is going to be the final nail in the coffin for the refusal for the typical consumer to embrace 8K TV's. Each time I've looked into this topic I see it over and over again, that the minimum size TV set required to appreciate 8K quality picture is 80 inches.
Think about that for a moment… the minimum size TV set that you'll need in order to fully appreciate what 8K has to offer is an 80 inch TV.
That means you'll need a TV set that is 39.1 inches high… or 3' 3.1" high. Kenny Baker, the actor who played R2D2 stood only 3' 9" tall. In order to appreciate the full quality that 8K picture has to offer, you are going to need a TV set that is only three inches shorter than the actor who played R2D2 in the Star Wars saga. But I'm not finished here… this 80" TV set is going to be 69.6 inches long… 69.6 inches long!I stand 5'7", to convert that to inches means that I stand 67 inches. You'll need a TV screen that is wider than I am tall.
In order to appreciate what 8K has to offer, you'll need to have a TV that is almost as large as a single mattress… at minimum!!!!
While I'll admit that I would love to have a TV that size, I find myself asking a simple question…
Where the hell would I put it?
In my apartment I have only one wall that would meet the requirements needed in order to mount it and its a freaking hallway!!! Unless of course I'm willing to cover up my living room window. Which I am. But I'm single. I dare a husband to say to his wife "Honey… I really want this large screen TV set in the living room and I'm going to mount it over the living room window… n'kay?" If you do, please record her reaction because I really wanna see it, and if she is okay with it, introduce me to her sister.
While I'll admit that there are several homes where you would be able to mount a TV of this… minimum size… they are far and few between and will often result in the average person's living room being organized in a specific way to accommodate it.
I can see it now. Samsung introduces the new 8K TV set to the general public via Best Buy and within days more than half of the TV's sold are returned due to customers being unable to find a place to put it or threats of divorce.
That's not to say that I don't see commercial applications for this. Yes, I think that the average school would look at purchasing a 130" TV set in various locations that supports 8K quality, hanging a 130" TV set behind the glee club showing various winter scenes while they are singing Christmas songs has the type of appeal that creates a market for 8K quality. Major hotels that rent out spaces for conferences could also have a market for 8K quality TV's.
I think that the most prohibitive thing about 8K quality isn't due to the picture. But due to the storage needed to provide it. A raw 90 minute video in 8K quality is roughly 18 thousand GB in size. A 4K movie on disc is roughly 50 GB in size, 8K could easily top out at 150, possibly 200 GB. So in order to watch an 8K video you'll need a disc capable of storing 200 GB of data.
That's almost the same size as the hard drive in my laptop I purchased in 2010!
But if we could get a disc or flash drive that is able to store 200 GB of data, what do you think would contain more appeal to the general public? 1 movie that is 8K in quality, or one disc that has the three Planet of the Apes reboot in 4K quality? Or… and here me out here… a single disc that has all of the Planet of the Apes movies in Bluray quality?
As I stated, I do believe that the 8K TV's will have appeal limited to the commercial market but a very limited appeal in the consumer market.
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Over several years of writing this column, I have become aware of various universal themes that are often a major part of a given design problem, but not included in my written response for reasons of space and practicality. Lessons Learned, a new feature of the column, will help address this issue.
The universal theme we want to keep in mind is that any home, no matter how humble, can be made remarkable if you just give it a chance. So let's look at this early 1960s ranch house from a 'lessons learned' point of view. As you can see from the 'before' photo, our house doesn't look much different from thousands of 1960s entry-level homes seen in the suburbs of U.S. cities. Many people wouldn't give this house a second glance, but they should, because it is brimming with possibilities for substantial improvement … even transformation.
Often, 50-year-old homes like this occupy more generous lots that are closer to the action than new starter homes built farther from urban areas. That can make these older houses logical candidates for substantial remodeling. Additionally, their aging roofs, windows and siding may lower their price tags and open up avenues for real aesthetic improvement.
In this case, I have changed just about everything down to lighting, accessories and even the mailbox. The landscaping gets a complete refresh as well. Picture a young homeowner who could, with a step-by-step plan over time, turn something that is livable but not lovable into a home that is modestly magnificent. By thinking of the original house as a blank canvas, you even can reimagine the roofline as you replace shingles and windows. In the 1920s and '30s, architects and builders gave considerable attention to designing more modest homes; after World War II, however, that mindset somehow was lost. This design response shows what can happen if we reapply that prewar thinking and learn to appreciate the substantial potential of a smaller home.


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China's foreign minister makes rare visit to Tibet, border areas amid tension with India
Amid border tension with India, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a rare visit to Tibet and the border areas last week.
During his visit on Friday, Wang, who is also a State Councillor of the ruling Communist Party of China, stressed that the security and stability of the region is important to the overall development of the country, the official media reported.
The security and stability of the region is important to the overall development of China, the Global Times quoted Wang as saying by the local Tibet Daily.
Besides Tibet, Wang also visited the border areas to review the situation of poverty alleviation, infrastructure building and the construction of villages, the report said.
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Bachelor Of Education, ELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Completed High School In Kannada Medium.
Have Taught English And Kannada In Citizen English School For 10-years and Have worked as a Voice and Accent and Soft-skill trainer for a company called "16 Million Colours" for a period of 6-years.
My method of teaching, specially for the students who want to improve their conversation, I select the topic and materials in advance. I use newspapers and/or magazines to find appropriate articles to begin the conversation. (I usually assign the articles a week ahead and give them my conversation worksheets.) My favorite book. Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics. The combination of poignant questions, vocabulary lists, proverbs, and witty quotations makes learning much easier.
If I have a weaker student looking to improve his/her speaking skills, then I use a picture dictionary. There are several fine ones. I use the Oxford Picture Dictionary to open conversations, and I am tempted to ask the client to bring in photographs and ads each week. I am very patient and prepared to repeat words. Many students want to work on their pronunciation. I also ask / assign them listening activities on the web. I like Voice of America's Special English programs for intermediate and advanced students. I direct lower levels to websites to practice their listening and speaking skills with drills. They will love the work.