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Superficial Federal Budget fails to deliver for Western Australians in need
The Western Australian Council of Social Service has welcomed the increased focus on women, childcare, and aged care in the Federal Budget, but says it has widely missed the mark in addressing the growing divide in our community.
"The wide-ranging impacts of COVID-19 has had a profound effect on the livelihoods, mental health and wellbeing of all Australians, particularly people most vulnerable and marginalised in our communities, and this has galvanised community calls for government action to better support people in need," said Louise Giolitto, Chief Executive Officer.
"While it is positive that the Morrison Government is responding to community concerns by taking steps towards addressing major funding gaps in areas like family violence, aged care, child care and mental health, they have also missed the opportunity to provide meaningful change for those in poverty.
"The boost to childcare is welcome, but will mostly benefit middle class families, and not those on the lowest incomes, with the impact on less formal arrangements, such as grandparent carers, unclear.
"The funding to cover equal pay commitments for homelessness services is an incredibly welcome inclusion in this year's budget, and absolutely necessary for jobs in the sector. We look forward to the State Government rolling this out to state-based providers quickly and efficiently.
"There is nothing in this Budget, however, to provide the long term sustainable funding needed to create better paid, more secure jobs for workers in the community services sector. Youth unemployment continues to be overlooked, despite being almost double the national unemployment average.
"The Morrison Government continues to draw a cruel and discriminatory distinction between migrants and the Australian public. Cutting costs by blocking new migrants from accessing government supports for four years while simultaneously spending to extend and harden the immigrant detention network is a reflection of this Government's disintegrating moral standards towards migrants.
"Without support, people will be forced to turn to community services for emergency relief for food packages and emergency housing, which are already reporting increased demand.
"The Morrison Government continues to delay any meaningful action to address climate change, despite witnessing the devastating impacts of unprecedented bushfires, cyclones, and floods. Regional communities, those most vulnerable to climate impacts and future generations will bear the burden of this backward-looking stance of pouring money into polluting industries while shunning investment in renewable energy.
"It is absolutely shameful that the Morrison Government has failed to increase income support, despite the coronavirus supplement to JobSeeker lifting more than 400,000 Australians out of poverty, while backing in $20 billion worth of personal tax cuts. It's back to "business as usual" for the Government in this post-COVID recovery period, which will widen the gap between the well-off and those facing disadvantage in our communities," Louise Giolitto concluded.
Download a PDF of this media release.
Media contact: Laurene Coller, Communications Officer, [email protected], 0419 316 557.


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Introduction to Google ARCore Development
Lars Klint Gooroo
In the past couple of years, if not more, the technology of virtual, augmented and, lately, mixed realities have taken a huge leap forward both for consumers as well as enterprise. Initially augmented reality (AR) almost entirely consisted of overlaying data on the real world, triggered by a shape, a logo, a QR code, or something else that could be easily recognised. Most of all it was very similar to a heads up display. Not really interacting with the real world, not really being part of your reality.
Using the HoloToolkit for HoloLens
Developing applications and experiences for HoloLens is not hard to get started with, but after you have started a number of projects and worked through the same setup and plumbing a few times, you wish there was an easier way to do it. Well, there is! Created by the team that produced Fragments and Young Conker, the HoloToolkit is a collection of scripts and components intended to accelerate the development of holographic applications targeting Windows Holographic. The toolkit is all free...
Making HoloLens Accessible to Developers
Interest in HoloLens, the mixed reality device from Microsoft, and digital reality in general, is growing rapidly. A large part of that interest comes from developers wanting to know how to build software for the device. And guess what: It isn't that difficult at all. With some basic C# knowledge and a free copy of Unity 3D you can get started in very little time. The first step is to get comfortable with the five main pillars of mixed reality development. First of all there are the three key...
Enabling Nested Virtualization Feature in Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10
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Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, are bringing a new Hyper-V feature which is very welcome for those who love and need, do clustering tests, like me, and does not have access to a physical infrastructure (servers, storages, etc.) that makes it possible. Why nested virtualization, which is the new Hyper-V feature, can help a lot!Being straight forward, nested virtualization is run a VM with Hyper-V host, inside a VM with Hyper-V host. You got confused? Come on, I'm going to show you!First, you can...
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ISAAW: Unbelievable Robots!
Where are we at in the development of robots like the ones some of us remember from our youth? You won't believe your eyes!
(Think The Jetsons, Star Wars' Battle Droids, WALL•E and Eve on the immediate horizon!)
Source: Commons Wikimedia
Today, we take a peek into a world that we found absolutely fascinating, and frankly, a bit daunting once we began our research for this article.
There are countless emerging fields in robotics: "soft robotics", "mega robotics", "nano-robotics", "agricultural robotics", "defense robotics", "swarm robotics", "surgical robotics" and the list goes on.
After diving into the subject for a couple hours, it is clear that robotics are our future and we will need a very intentional futuristic approach to staying on the "up-side" of the possibilities.
There's a lot to consider, just as with any major innovation. Will robots take away jobs and displace human connections? Are the conspiracy theories true about Google producing massive armies of robots poised to take over the world?
We'll consider all of this and more in both this article, and those to come in the future, but we'll begin our journey by meeting Spot, Atlas and a few of their friends in an astounding TED Talk by Marc Raibert. Enjoy!
Via: TED 1
Fascinating, huh?
We really don't seem that far away from what used to be pure science fiction! Does our boundless curiosity and ingenuity have us racing into this future like a child running with scissors? Maybe. But in our future articles about robotics, we might quell concerns about some disquieting aspects of the rise of robots.
Take the issue of robots replacing humans in our workforce for example. My research today led me to a fresh perspective on that. Sure, "agricultural robots" may end up eliminating the back-breaking jobs of field laborers, but someone will have to build and maintain those robots. We'll need to embrace this future with forward-thinking job training. We could shift the work of humans to safer and more humane conditions! The same is true in fields like mining, disaster response, and hazardous manufacturing.
Here's another video from an EWC favorite – SciShow – with the brilliant Hank Green. He's got a really good take on the "robot revolution" we are already in, and some fascinating history to help us understand how we got to where we are with dogs like Spot!
Via: SciShow 2
This all started 50 years ago!
To put that in a bit of perspective, the well-loved TV cartoon called The Jetsons was created by Hanna-Barbera in 1961, the same year that Unimate – a robotic arm – was installed at a General Motors plant to do repetitive welding. The writers of The Jetsons were amazingly visionary when we consider the TED Talk we opened with today!
So now we all have a solid foundation when it comes to considering our future in the robotic revolution. Perhaps it's a bit of a comfort that we've already been on this ride for decades, and the last 50 years demonstrates that the possibilities and benefits may far outweigh the pitfalls if we're smart.
To be sure, we'll need a strategy that is proactive rather than reactive. Much like Atlas is programmed! In fact, let's take one more look at Atlas, and consider this video clip a metaphor for our future with robotics. Take a look:
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Well, that was just a taste of the journey we will take you on in some of our EWC articles in the months to come. Most importantly, you can count on us to curate some of the best information on the internet! (It'll be a sort of Robot Roulette!)
And then you may have noticed an unusual acronym at the beginning of today's article title: ISAAW. That's short for It's Still An Amazing World, our tagline and a sentiment we are aiming to spread. If you are curious about our mission or our story, have a look and join us in changing the world a little bit for the better.
You can also use the hashtag #isaaw on Instagram to show us why you think it's still an amazing world!
Stay open, curious and hopeful!
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"Meet Spot, the Robot Dog That Can Run, Hop and Open Doors | Marc Raibert." YouTube. TED, 14 Aug. 2017. Web. 08 Dec. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO4In7d6X-c&pbjreload=10>. ↩
"A Brief History of Robotics." YouTube. SciShow, 05 Mar. 2015. Web. 11 Dec. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoC2ZGRI8a8>. ↩
"What's New, Atlas?" YouTube. BostonDynamics, 16 Nov. 2017. Web. 08 Dec. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=fRj34o4hN4I>. ↩
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Flying Machines of the Future
How will drones shape, or reshape, possibility in the future? In this beautiful and fascinating TED Talk, innovator Raffaello D'Andrea, along with some of his drones, lays out what the future may have in store for us!
Turning Apples into Ears: Creativity in the Lab
What if we let creativity and play mix with science? Here's a lab that is doing just that, and in doing so coming up with incredible discoveries, like the ability to turn apples into ears…
The Playful History of Innovation
How is the flute the great-grandfather of the computer? Here's a look at the playful history of innovation to give you a little perspective for the future!
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TED Talks About Innovation
By Samantha Burns
Here are our favorite TED Talks about Innovation. From turning apples into ears to the curious history of the computer, these are the stories to know!


Less than 24 hours after turning on a feature that lets users receive and reply to text messages by e-mail, Google added an option in Gmail Labs that lets Google Voice users access their messages directly from Gmail instead of in a separate browser tab.
Currently, Google Voice users get alerts about voice mails via e-mail, which shows who called and includes an automated transcript of the voice mail with a link to play back the message.
When users click the link, it opens a new browser tab for users to listen to their messages. But with the new Gmail Labs feature, users can check their voice mails right within Gmail.
Google Voice Product Manager Vincent Paquet also said voice mail messages will be synchronized, so when they are played from Gmail they will appear as read in your Google Voice in-box.
This is key because it means they won't be played again when you check new messages via your phone, meaning you won't confuse new messages with old ones you've already heard.
This Gmail Labs tool might not be much in the grand scheme of things, but it is proof that Google is doing an excellent job of integrating its core Web services with Gmail.
Gmail is already the cornerstone of collaboration for millions of users. Through integration with Google Voice, Gmail is becoming even more empowering. Gmail is now integrated with Docs, Calendar and Voice; one wonders how long before Google Voice integrates with Gmail video chat.
And if Google does that, why can't it integrate Google Voice with Google Talk? As I detailed earlier today on eWEEK.com, such a play could make Google Voice a challenger to Skype.
Eventually, one envisions Google Voice as part of Google Wave, fusing voice communication with real-time collaboration. Now that could be exciting (if not a little confusing).


The Oct 31 deadline for Australian tax returns is fast approaching, so I took a day off work on Friday and spent this weekend working on our tax returns. I'm still struggling through my stock capital gains calculations (I hate it when a stock gets taken over, as it means dredging through the past 15 years of paper records to work out the cost basis), but at least I got around to lodging tax returns for DS1 and DS2 using eTax. DS1 did busking to earn some income, so he might be entitled to a government co-contribution based on the money he put into his superannuation account last year. In previous years only PAYG employees were entitled to the co-contribution, but I think that this year self-employed people are also eligible. There wasn't really much point lodging a tax return for DS2, but he did have a couple of dollars of franking credits due on his stock dividends so I decided to go ahead and spend ten minutes lodging a return for him.
Hopefully I'll finish sorting out my capital gains figures today and be able to lodge tax returns for DW and myself today - we should each be due for a refund as our rental property was negatively geared last year (due to having to cut the rent while the property was being repaired after a tree fell on the roof!) and my stock portfolios are negatively geared using margin loans.
I'm thinking of selling off most of my individual stock holdings this financial year and reinvesting the proceeds in Commonwealth Diversified Share Fund (CDF) shares. At current market prices my capital gains tax liability should be negligible, and after calculating all the capital gains figures for next year's tax return future returns will be a lot simpler with only a couple of dividends from CDF each year and no capital gains events due to individual stocks being taken over. A couple of decades of investing in individual stocks has proven that I don't have any great talent for picking outperforming stocks (to be honest I only spend a trivial amount of time researching stocks before I decide to buy or sell them), so I may as well just invest in a diversified portfolio of stocks via index funds (in my superannuation account) or CDF shares in my stock portfolio.
I understand your frustration. As a buy and hold investor like you I have found this bear market has taken all the profits built up over years of investing and it looks like it will take more besides. We are 45% down from the top.
It looks like 3430 (half of the peak 6870) could be it and then we should see 40-50% increase from there over the next year. If this is not the case make room for me in the mental hospital. So I don't think it is best to sell now and go into the funds you mentioned. Wait until your shares have reached a more realistic value and price and then it could be a time to swap over.
Just some thoughts. The problem with investing is at times like this there is no one to remind us to not sell at the bottom.


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Totally turbulence
Elisabeth Eitel | Dec 01, 2009
Fluid dynamics comprise one wild frontier in physics that has not yet been fully tamed. Where Newton's laws neatly describe macroscopic behavior of discrete physical bodies, few such laws have yet been defined for the behavior of that special phase of matter called liquid.
One situation that arises in fluids — that of turbulence, the chaotic roiling of a fluid — is least understood of all. For this reason, physicists and engineers alike rely heavily on emperical equations and "fudge factors" to approximate turbulent situations in their models.
Andrey Kolmogorov: Universal turbulence properties
In 1941, 38-year-old Russian mathemetician Andrey Kolmogorov published a paper in which he proved that no matter the system size and initial specifics, all turbulent situations exhibit certain common characteristics. For example, turbulent fluid dissipates a finite average energy per unit mass.
Wheels of whirls
Much like a gear train, the circulating currents in turbulent fluid spur smaller wheels of rolling fluid. This tendency was first defined by Englishman Lewis Fry Richardson in his 1922 book, Weather Prediction by Numerical Process and put to rhyme:
Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity, and little whirls have lesser whirls and so on to viscosity.
Continuing his exploration of graduating series in nature, Richardson later pioneered studies in fractals.
The opposite of turbulence is steady, predictable fluid motion called laminar flow.
Here, steady layers or streams of fluid follow largely parallel paths that stay smooth.
As fluid in real situations is always bounded by or interacting with solid structures, much of what defines laminar flow has to do with how fluid behaves near these objects. Fluid atoms (or molecules) closest to structures move with the latter: For example, the particles nearest to the inner wall of a fixed pipe do not move at all, while subsequent layers of fluid flow increasingly faster, with those at the pipe center going fasest. Here, the fluid's momentum is proportional to flow speed.
Stoichiometric definition
Turbulent flow is characterized by three features.
Pressure and velocity both waver. In any given volume of turbulent fluid, these fluctuate rapidly.
The fluid's momentum is readily convected.
The even spread of momentum between atoms or molecules (what's called momentum diffusion) is low. In other words, the neat and steady increase in momentum spread from a laminar situation's boundary isn't so clean in a turbulent situation.
Da Vinci's take: In 1510, Leonardo Da Vinci studied flows in fluid and compared it to that of hair: "Observe the motion of water surfaces and how it resembles that of hair, which has two motions: One depends on hair's weight, and the other on curl direction. So too does water form whirling eddies, with one part following the chief current, and the other following incidental motion and return flow."
Remember the Moody diagram?
The Moody diagram is the gold standard for emperical determination of whether a fluid will go turbulent. It uses the relatively common and controlled example environment of a pipe.
Werner Heisenberg (of uncertainty-principle fame) once said, "When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity? Why turbulence? I believe he will have an answer for the first." Join a discussion we'll have about recent fluid-dynamics discoveries at facebook.com/motionsystemdesign.
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On July 1, 2016, Governor Terry McCauliffe signed a bill into law that made nelsonite the first official state rock of Virginia. The initiative for this project was led by students from Piedmont Virginia Community College. Michelle Stanislaus and her classmates from their Historical Geology class and Government class ran the petition for this law starting in the fall of 2015. Why pick Nelsonite? Nelsonite has a unique historic role for Virginia, as it served as a key economic resource in the early 1900s after it was first discovered near Roseland in central Virginia. Nelsonite's type locality is Nelson County, Virginia and is one of the few rocks that is named after a state county. Nelsonite is a distinctive igneous rock composed primarily of the minerals ilmenite and apatite, and as such it's rich in both titanium and calcium phosphate. Titanium is used in paint pigments and steel alloys, whereas the calcium phosphate was used as agricultural fertilizer and even as a filler for artificial teeth. Although Nelsonite is no longer mined in Virginia, mining is still active in parts of China for its rare and highly useful minerals.
Nelsonite occurs as both dikes and segregation layers in the 1.0 to 1.2 billion year old granitic gneisses of the Blue Ridge province. The rock is medium-grained and comprised of ilmenite (FeTiO3) which is a black metallic and slightly magnetic material, and apatite (Ca3(F,Cl)(PO4)3) a light-colored, non-metallic mineral with small amounts of rutile scattered throughout. Nelsonites are magmatic in origin. The iron-titanium-phosphorous-oxide magmas from which they crystallize result from liquid immiscibility within a granitic or anorthositic magma, this is followed by intense fractionation of the parent magma to produce the nelsonite.
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At the Pluton's Edge
When large quantities of magma intrude and solidify in the Earth's crust they form bodies of intrusive igneous rock known as plutons. The featured image nicely illustrates the edge (geologic contact) of a granitic pluton in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia. The granite is part of the 706 ± 4 million year old […]


A wilderness-lover's paradise, northern British Columbia consists of medium-to-small-sized municipalities, towns and villages, with populations anywhere from a couple of hundred to several thousand—a diverse area rich in Aboriginal culture. The area offers plenty of outdoor recreational opportunities, has an abundance of natural resources, including, oil, gas, minerals, trees and water, and is home to a wide variety of wildlife, such as, grizzly and black bear, deer, moose, caribou and mountain goat. In most of the smaller communities, forestry has traditionally been the predominant source of employment.
In March 2008, women gathered at the University of Northern British Columbia to explore the social, economic and health-related impacts of the mountain pine beetle (MPB) infestation, and to identify issues and concerns as described by women in beetle-affected communities. The forum "Boom, Bust and Beyond: Women's Perspectives on the Mountain Pine Beetle" demonstrated why and how the beetle epidemic requires a gendered lens to fully understand its impacts.
North America's largest known insect infestation, the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosa, is a native bark beetle no bigger than a grain of rice, a voracious pest that has chewed its way through most pine species in British Columbia. The beetles construct egg galleries and emit pheromones which attract many beetles to create a mass attack on a single tree, eventually overwhelming the tree's natural defenses and killing it. As of March 2008, 710 million cubic meters of timber have been destroyed—a forested area four times the size of Vancouver Island. The hardest hit communities are those that have been heavily dependent on the forest industry, such as Quesnel, Mackenzie, Vanderhoof and Prince George.
Climate change has allowed the beetle to proliferate and the only effective measure known to stop the infestation is sustained cold temperatures of minus 35˚ to 40˚ C or colder for several consecutive days. With the progression of global warming, this is unlikely. The fate of northern British Columbia's forests is of great concern to a wide variety of people, many of whom attended the forum, including land use planners, academics, Aboriginal people, government workers, foresters with industry, and women and men from timber-dependent communities.
The beetle epidemic has left vast numbers of dead and dying trees standing in and around cities and towns in northern BC, creating a significant fire hazard. The pine beetle epidemic has also resulted in serious consequences for agriculture, conservation, wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Aggressive silviculture, including planting more resistent species, will be needed to shorten the recovery period and restore the forests. Fortunately, forests are a renewable resource.
"There is a need to engage Aboriginal people and protect cultural values," said Zandra Ross of the First Nations Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (FNMPBI), a group that represents a number of Aboriginal organizations in British Columbia including the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Assembly of First Nations (BC Region) and First Nations Summit. Representatives from Aboriginal organizations have an expressed need to minimize cultural disruption by ensuring that the rich, vibrant, spiritual and environmental connection they have with the land remains intact. The importance of viewing the mountain pine beetle epidemic with a "cultural" or "diversity lens" is key to the ongoing success of the work being done by the First Nations MPB Initiative. "Cultural values were the first and foremost lens that we had to look through for all of our work," said Ross.
The work of exploiting timber, oil, gas and minerals has been, and still is, predominantly men's work. Generally, when the economy slumps in northern resource-dependant communities, there tends to be a deepening of disparities between men and women. At the "Boom, Bust and Beyond" forum, participants pointed to a number of gendered impacts, such as an increase in unpaid caregiving (women are more often the primary caregivers in our communities), loss of jobs for women who work in the forestry industry as well as loss of jobs for women who work predominantly in the service sector and social services.
Creating a unified picture reveals the connections and dynamics of the various social, economic and health-related impacts of the mountain pine beetle infestation. At the community level, if families are forced to relocate, there are profound impacts. "There is a real ripple effect when people have to leave their communities," said Dawn Hemingway, Chair of the UNBC School of Social Work. A decreased tax base can lead to diminished social service infrastructure, devaluing of rural communities, and a loss of sense of community. When people lose jobs (economic impact), stress increases (health impact) and these can result in various social problems (e.g., increased violence against women, family break-up, and mental health issues).
"What we have learned through the current epidemic is that there is a need for better planning and innovative approaches to salvage harvesting in the MPB-killed forests, not clear cutting everything," said Kate Hrinkevich, a doctoral student in dendroecology (the study of ecology through the examination of tree rings) at UNBC.
One of the first ideas discussed at the forum was the creation of a network of researchers, community members, government, industry, and activists to stay connected and move forward on issues relating to women and the effects of the mountain pine beetle. The women who participated in the forum will continue to organize meetings, conferences and community rallies. Participants identified possible funding opportunities to help communities respond to the aftermath of this natural disaster. At the forum, participants used several tools to develop five project proposals: the Women's Health Research Network "Grammar of the Research Question" poster is used as a tool for individuals "to answer the what, why, who, where, when and how" in framing a research question and conducting research. The FNMPBI strategy map is a tool used to help map out a process for communities to move forward from the impacts of the beetle (see the resource list at the end of the article for a link to the policy report). Several projects are in the works, including a forum on women's employment in northern economic development, research exploring the gendered impacts of climate change, as well as further policy articles on women, the mountain pine beetle and its various social impacts.
The forum "Boom, Bust and Beyond: Women's Perspective on the Mountain Pine Beetle" made real the connection between gender, health and the mountain pine beetle, and examined the "situated knowledge" (experiential knowledge) of women living in the communities affected by the epidemic. The forum confirmed that to address the complexities of the multitude of social, health-related and economic repercussions of the pine beetle epidemic, it is crucial to take gender perspectives and gender roles into account. Participants left the forum with a greater awareness of the extent and implications of the epidemic on their own health and well-being as well as the future sustainability of their communities.
It is clear that all British Columbians, and indeed all people in Canada, need to be better stewards of land and develop integrated land use policies that protect and maintain clean land, air and water. There is a need to find innovative and creative ways to engage communities in the decision-making process around socio-economic, cultural and environmental planning, one that legitimizes and hears the voices of women and other vulnerable groups in beetle-affected communities.
Debora Munoz is a city councillor, a health care professional, and a long-time activist in support of community health and well-being. Sarah Boyd-Noël is the coordinator of Northern Women's Centre at UNBC and organizer of the "Women's Perspective on the Mountain Pine Beetle" forum in March 2008.
Funding and sponsorship for the Women and MPB forum was provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Women's Health Research Network, BC Rural and Remote Health Research Network, Confederation of Canadian Unions, Northern Women's Forum, Northern Women's Centre, UNBC School of Social Work, Women North Network and Stand Up for the North.


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Porsche 911 GT3 Pikes Peak record on video - carporn
Piloting the Luminox 911 GT3 Cup, Jeff Zwart set a new record of 11:31.1 in the 2WD Time Attack class. See the video inside.
Jul 28, 2010 at 10:22am ET
By: Michael Gauthier
Porsche has released a video of Jeff Zwart's record breaking run at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Piloting the Luminox 911 GT3 Cup, Zwart set a new record of 11:31.1 in the 2WD Time Attack class. This beat the previous record, set by Rhys Millen, by 38 seconds and allowed Zwart to place sixth overall.
According to Zwart, "In my previous six victories - all in Porsche street-based turbo cars - I spent most of my practice time trying to tame the car to fit this difficult course; With this Porsche 911 Cup car, it was clear to me from the beginning that the car was challenging me to drive my best, and I went faster every time I stepped behind the wheel. Each time I thought I was asking too much from the car, especially when I carried maximum speed into one of those hairpins, the Porsche responded and challenged me to push even harder."
As you may recall, the 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is powered by a horizontally-opposed 3.8-liter six-cylinder engine with 450 PS (331 kW / 444 hp). It boasts numerous aerodynamic styling tweaks (a wider rear body, a lower front spoiler, and a larger rear wing), a fully controlled catalytic converter, a racing exhaust system, and adjustable anti-roll bars.
Gallery: Porsche 911 GT3 Pikes Peak record on video - carporn
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Sharing: And now I draw in colour.
I'm a little sporadic with my blog posts at the moment. Things have been busy.
We're approaching Christmas, it's the end of a long and very difficult term at work, the kids are full-on, I'm tired, and whatnot. And the truth is, the past few months have been somewhat dark. That happens sometimes.
But something else has happened.
I've been drawing. More, and more, and more.
I love to write. But my occasional brain-body disconnect means that no matter how adept I am with words, I can't always summon them to the fore. Images flow from my mind to my hand to the paper far more readily.
You can click on contact on my blog, you might enjoy what i have written? I would love to hear from you. I am keeping fit, I have just run 11km and have come home for 2nd breakfast and a shower. I might go for a walk later.
Off to check it out now, thanks for the share!
Thank you. Do you do your own art work? Take care now.
Awesome drawing. I have to check that blog out. Thanks for letting me know about that blog. Sorry for not being around lately to read your excellent blog. I haven't had much time to read blogs.
Thank you very much. Lately I haven't had much time for writing as much as I want, but I hope I find some more time soon. Blogging is so much fun and so much to learn.
I consider art a special interest of mine too! Especially outsider art, abstract expressionism, and naive/primitive art.


Jorge de la Torriente is an American photographer dedicated to the creation of minimalist and modern images. He has garnered numerous international awards, including the Hasselblad Masters Prize in 2018 for his remarkable aerial photography. Born in Miami in 1971, he began his artistic career as an architect after studying at the prestigious Cornell University in New York state. His artistic style is strongly influenced by his initial professional experience as a designer, which he practised for over fifteen years. Its slow process of construction and limited creativity led to Jorge de la Torriente turning his attention to another medium – photography – to further explore his interest in art and assuage his love of travel. Captured on the American continent and in the wide Atlantic Ocean, his landscape photography enables the spectator to appreciate the simplicity of nature while experiencing its immensity.


Quote Reply Topic: Unusual Chiffchaff song?
I was walking the dog this evening and my attention was taken by a Chiffchaff calling. Each series of "Chiffchaff chicfchaff chaffchiff etc." calls was followed by a series of five or six quiet chirrups a bit like a Whitethroat's crooning call. I could see the bird clearly, but have never heard this aspect of a chiffy's repertoire before. Any suggestions?


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The Cat Island of Tashirojima - Unique Places Around the World
Although the island of Tashirojima is small, it is known for one particular thing: cats!
Cat lovers from all over the world flock to the Cat Island to watch the cats here in action.
Tashirojima, also known as "Cat Island" is a small island off the coast of Japan where the cats outnumber human inhabitants.. The cats are well fed, and people believe that they represent luck and good fortune.
5. Description
Tashirojima is an island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. The island is also known as Manga and houses two villages and a human population of around 100. A very unique character of the island is its large population of cats. Cats were originally introduced to the island by the residents to eat the rats that fed on the silk-worms. The Japanese cultural belief that a cat is a symbol of a good luck, and there is a high probability of getting money or fortune after coming upon a cat. Thanks to a steady growth over time, feline residents are now said to outnumber human ones 6:1.
The island's economic activities are fishing and hospitality. Over time, the fishermen became fond of the cats because they could help them predict weather and the patterns of the fish.
4. Uniqueness
Tashirojima's uniqueness is related to a number of facts, besides the disproportionate ratio of humans and cats. Despite their booming population, cats are usually well taken care of by the people living here, instead of being persecuted as pests. The human population of the island is also constituted mainly by people aged 60 and above since many of the young people leave the island in search of better work opportunities.
In the middle of the island, around the two villages, there is a small cat shrine. It came to be after a rock accidentally hit a cat, and a fisherman felt sorry and buried and enshrined it. This fact also clearly exhibits the love of the people for the cats living here. No dogs are allowed on the island. Therefore, visitors are advised not to come with their dogs. Some people believe that it was the feline population that prevented the majority of the island from extreme destruction during the tsunami and earthquake in 2011. The island is also home to a cat photo competition.
3. Tourism
The island has become a major tourist attraction for cat lovers, with people traveling from all over the world to see it. A return ferry runs three times a day from the city of Ishinomaki, giving eager visitors easy access. It is also possible to spend an overnight visit on the island, with the option of spending the night in cat shaped cottages.
2. Habitat
Tashirojima is susceptible to natural disasters as it is a small island and a large tsunami could wipe out the entire population. Global warming induced sea-level rise might also threaten the population of people and cats living here.
There is a threat to the human population on the island because the majority are over 65 years. In the coming years, the people may become extinct since the old cannot reproduce more offsprings. The island has been named the "terminal village."
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Q: Bias of MLE scales with $1/N$? I was reading this paper (link) and it gave me some confusion.
$P(r|\theta)$ is a distribution that generates sample $r$ based on some Poisson distribution, whose mean and variance are defined as some function $f(\theta)$, e.g. $\cos(\theta)$. Given some samples of $r$, we want to find MLE of $\theta$.
In "ML Estimation" section (page 2) of the paper, it says

... This is in contrast to the bias of the ML estimate,
which is of the order of 1/N.

I am not sure why this is the case. The mean estimate using MLE is unbiased, and I know the variance has a bias and it scales with $1/N$. But I am not sure why in this context, the bias of $\theta$ scales with $1/N$.

A: First, statements like this about order are typically one-sided. So they're saying the bias of the MLE is no more than a multiple of $1/N$. It's sometimes zero.
The statement is also a bit imprecise in other ways.  It's quite possible for the MLE not to have a mean and so not to have a finite bias. On example is the MLE of the odds ratio in a 2x2 table, which is infinite if one of the diagonal cells is zero. There's a non-zero probability of having a zero on the diagonal (very small, usually, but non-zero) so the MLE is infinite with non-zero probability and so has no finite mean.  It would be more precise to define an asymptotic bias and say that was of order $1/N$

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Home › Scenic Guidebook "BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA: Scenes along the Florida East Coast Railway Through the Land of Ponce de Leon" Circa 1916
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Scenic Guidebook "BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA: Scenes along the Florida East Coast Railway Through the Land of Ponce de Leon" Circa 1916
Exceptional find for railroad or hotel memorabilia collectors and historical archivists!
Wonderful and very rare scenic antique guidebook, "BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA: Scenes Along the Florida East Coast Railway Through the Land of Ponce de Leon".
The book is filled with a collection of twenty-four (24) photomechanical plates illustrating picturesque points and hotels along the Florida East Coast Railway between Jacksonville and Key West, Florida built by the companies of Henry Flagler. Published exclusively for the Interstate Company and sold to travelers enroute on trains of the Florida Coast Railway, the pictorial book was compiled and printed by the Albertype Company of Brooklyn, New York.
Although there is no copyright date printed on the book, Columbia University Libraries dates the book to 1914. The back is stamped with the publisher name.
The 12 ¾" x 9 ¾" book is bound with a cord on the left. Photomechanical plate illustrations are in great condition and are approximately 8 ⅛" x 6 ¼", other than the smaller print of Henry Flagler. Each plate remains adhered to its page. The paper front and back cover panels do show wear, some paper loss and edge, edge-wear and staining. Please review photos carefully.
About the Florida East Coast Railway and Florida East Coast Hotels
Spanning 500-miles of coastline, and called the "American Riviera," the area was developed in the most part by Henry M. Flagler, John D. Rockefeller's closest adviser in the 1870s. Flagler was an aggressive entrepreneur who built his fortune helping assemble the Standard Oil empire.
In 1885, at the age of fifty-five, following a successful career at Standard Oil, Flagler invested himself in the development of Florida, initially with the construction of the Ponce de León luxury hotel in St. Augustine, the city where he had honeymooned with his second wife. Realizing he could never fill its rooms unless better transportation with the North was available, he embarked on the second railroad venture of his lifetime, creation of the Florida East Coast Railway.
Flagler went on to purchase the Hotel Ormand in Daytona, build the Hotel Royal Poinciana and Palm Beach Inn, later named The Breaker, both in Palm Beach, and the Hotel Royal Palm in Miami.
Prior to Henry Flagler investing in Florida, it was perhaps the poorest state in the Union. Thanks to Flagler and his vision for the region, Florida is now the third largest state in the Union with an economy larger than 90% of the world's nations.


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YouTube launches 'Creator Music' licensing hub, and a new revenue sharing model for Shorts
Lyor Cohen, YouTube Global Head of Music, onstage at Made on YouTube Event in Los Angeles
YouTube launched what it calls its new 'Creator Music' hub at its inaugural Made On YouTube event in Los Angeles on Tuesday (September 20).
Creators can buy music licenses via the hub, which is currently in beta in the US and will expand to more countries in 2023.
Creator Music is described by YouTube as "a new destination that gives creators easy access to an ever-growing catalog of music for use in their videos, while providing artists and music rights holders with a new revenue stream for their music on YouTube".
YouTube also says creators who choose to license music through the hub "will keep the same revenue share they'd usually make on videos without any music".
Creators who don't want to buy a license up front will be able to use songs and share revenue with the track's artist and associated rights holders.
Also at the event, YouTube launched what it calls "a first-of-its-kind revenue sharing model" for its TikTok rival short-form video platform Shorts.
Beginning early 2023, YouTube says that it will be moving away from a fixed fund and "doubling down" on what it says is a "unique revenue sharing model" for the Shorts platform for both current and future YouTube Partner Program (YPP) creators.
YouTube says that every month, revenue from ads that run between videos in the Shorts Feed, will be added together and used to "reward Shorts creators and help cover costs of music licensing".
According to YouTube, from the overall amount allocated to creators, they will keep 45% of the revenue, distributed based on their share of total Shorts views. YouTube says that the revenue share remains the same, no matter if they use music or not.
The platform also revealed at the event that it's expanding its monetization system, the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), to allow more creators to join the program.
Starting in early 2023, Shorts-focused creators can apply to YPP by meeting a threshold of 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views over 90 days.
YouTube will also introduce a new level of YPP with lower requirements that will offer earlier access to Fan Funding features like Super Thanks, Super Chat, Super Stickers and Channel Memberships.
"When we introduced the YouTube Partner Program, we made a big bet: we succeed only when our creators succeed."
Susan Wojcicki, YouTube
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, said: "The YouTube Partner Program was revolutionary when we launched it back in 2007, and it's still revolutionary today. Over the last three years, YouTube has paid creators, artists, and media companies more than $50 billion dollars.
"That $50 billion dollars has changed the lives of creators around the world and enabled new voices and stories to be told. But we're not done yet. When we introduced the YouTube Partner Program, we made a big bet: we succeed only when our creators succeed.
"And today, we're doubling down. We're introducing the next chapter in how we reward creativity on our platform by expanding access to our YouTube Partner program."
"This is a pivotal moment for both YouTube and the creative ecosystem."
Pedro Pina, YouTube
Pedro Pina, YouTube's VP of Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: "This is a pivotal moment for both YouTube and the creative ecosystem. In times of uncertainty, we're bringing even more revenue opportunities to more creators and artists across more formats than ever – all of this helping turbocharge an already healthy video ecosystem in the UK".
"This is the first time revenue sharing is being offered for short-form video on any platform at scale."
Neal Mohan, YouTube
Neal Mohan, YouTube's Chief Product Officer, said: "YouTube's first-of-its-kind, industry-leading Partner Program changed the game for long-form video. And now we're changing the game again, this time by opening it up to Short-form creators and introducing revenue sharing to Shorts.
"This is the first time revenue sharing is being offered for short-form video on any platform at scale, adding to the 10 ways creators can already earn revenue on YouTube. It'll be available to all of those in YPP — including the new, mobile-first creators, who will be joining the program for the first time."
"We're building the bridge between artists and creators on YouTube to elevate the soundtrack of the creator economy."
Lyor Cohen, YouTube
Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Global Head of Music, said: "Creator Music is the future. We're building the bridge between artists and creators on YouTube to elevate the soundtrack of the creator economy; it's a win-win-win for artists, songwriters, creators and fans. With Creator Music, artists have a new way to get their music out into the world; fans can now discover music they love on their favorite creator's channels, and both creators and artists will have new revenue opportunities."
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package com.cloudera.sqoop.mapreduce.db;

import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;

import com.cloudera.sqoop.shims.HadoopShim;

/**
 * Implement DBSplitter over integer values.
 */
public class IntegerSplitter implements DBSplitter {
  public List<InputSplit> split(Configuration conf, ResultSet results,
      String colName) throws SQLException {

    long minVal = results.getLong(1);
    long maxVal = results.getLong(2);

    String lowClausePrefix = colName + " >= ";
    String highClausePrefix = colName + " < ";

    int numSplits = HadoopShim.get().getConfNumMaps(conf);
    if (numSplits < 1) {
      numSplits = 1;
    }

    if (results.getString(1) == null && results.getString(2) == null) {
      // Range is null to null. Return a null split accordingly.
      List<InputSplit> splits = new ArrayList<InputSplit>();
      splits.add(new DataDrivenDBInputFormat.DataDrivenDBInputSplit(
          colName + " IS NULL", colName + " IS NULL"));
      return splits;
    }

    // Get all the split points together.
    List<Long> splitPoints = split(numSplits, minVal, maxVal);
    List<InputSplit> splits = new ArrayList<InputSplit>();

    // Turn the split points into a set of intervals.
    long start = splitPoints.get(0);
    for (int i = 1; i < splitPoints.size(); i++) {
      long end = splitPoints.get(i);

      if (i == splitPoints.size() - 1) {
        // This is the last one; use a closed interval.
        splits.add(new DataDrivenDBInputFormat.DataDrivenDBInputSplit(
            lowClausePrefix + Long.toString(start),
            colName + " <= " + Long.toString(end)));
      } else {
        // Normal open-interval case.
        splits.add(new DataDrivenDBInputFormat.DataDrivenDBInputSplit(
            lowClausePrefix + Long.toString(start),
            highClausePrefix + Long.toString(end)));
      }

      start = end;
    }

    if (results.getString(1) == null || results.getString(2) == null) {
      // At least one extrema is null; add a null split.
      splits.add(new DataDrivenDBInputFormat.DataDrivenDBInputSplit(
          colName + " IS NULL", colName + " IS NULL"));
    }

    return splits;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list of longs one element longer than the list of input splits.
   * This represents the boundaries between input splits.
   * All splits are open on the top end, except the last one.
   *
   * So the list [0, 5, 8, 12, 18] would represent splits capturing the
   * intervals:
   *
   * [0, 5)
   * [5, 8)
   * [8, 12)
   * [12, 18] note the closed interval for the last split.
   */
  List<Long> split(long numSplits, long minVal, long maxVal)
      throws SQLException {

    List<Long> splits = new ArrayList<Long>();

    // Use numSplits as a hint. May need an extra task if the size doesn't
    // divide cleanly.

    long splitSize = (maxVal - minVal) / numSplits;
    if (splitSize < 1) {
      splitSize = 1;
    }

    long curVal = minVal;

    while (curVal <= maxVal) {
      splits.add(curVal);
      curVal += splitSize;
    }

    if (splits.get(splits.size() - 1) != maxVal || splits.size() == 1) {
      // We didn't end on the maxVal. Add that to the end of the list.
      splits.add(maxVal);
    }

    return splits;
  }
}


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Cochylis faustana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang) and Russia.

The wingspan is 8-9.5 mm.

References

Moths described in 1919
Cochylis

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Filing Date: 2016-07-14
Form Type: 10-K
Description: Annual report
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS??? DEFICIT
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
1. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
3. SHORT-TERM DEBTS AND LINES OF CREDIT
4. STOCKHOLDERS??? DEFICIT
5. OPTIONS AND WARRANTS
6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
7. FEDERAL INCOME TAX
8. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
9. REVERSE ACQUISITION
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)
1. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS (Details Narrative)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details Narrative)
3. LINES OF CREDIT (Details Narrative)
6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details Narrative)
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12 Months Ended
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
On November 26, 2014, Multiplayer Online Dragon, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("MYDR"), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") with NaturalShrimp Holdings, Inc. a Delaware corporation ("NSH" or the "Company"), pursuant to which MYDR was to acquire substantially all of the assets of NSH which assets consist primarily of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of NaturalShrimp Corporation ("NSC"), a Delaware corporation, and NaturalShrimp Global, Inc. ("NS Global"), a Delaware corporation, and certain real property located outside of San Antonio, Texas (the "Assets").
On January 30, 2015, MYDR consummated the acquisition of the Assets pursuant to the Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, MYDR effected a 1 for 10 reverse stock split, decreasing the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock from 97,000,000 to 9,700,000 and MYDR issued 75,520,240 shares of its common stock to NSH as consideration for the Assets. As a result of the transaction, NSH acquired 88.62% of MYDR's issued and outstanding shares of common stock, NSC and NS Global became MYDR's wholly-owned subsidiaries, and MYDR changed its principal business to a global shrimp farming company. All per share amounts reflected hereafter give effect to the 1-for-10 reverse split.
As a result of the controlling financial interest of the former stockholders of NSH, for financial statement reporting purposes, the asset acquisition has been treated as a reverse acquisition with NSH deemed the accounting acquirer and the Company deemed the accounting acquiree under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805-10-55 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC). The reverse acquisition is deemed a capital transaction and the net assets of NSH (the accounting acquirer) are carried forward to the Company (the legal acquirer and the reporting entity) at their carrying value before the acquisition. The acquisition process utilizes the capital structure of the Company and the assets and liabilities of NSH which are recorded at their historical cost. The equity of the Company is the historical equity of NSH.
In connection with MYDR's receipt of approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), effective March 3, 2015, MYDR amended its Articles of Incorporation to change its name to "NaturalShrimp Incorporated" (the "Company").
The Company relied on accounting guidance ASC 805-40 "Business Combinations – Reverse Acquisitions" to determine that, for the periods April 1, 2013 through March 31, 2015, NaturalShrimp Holding, Inc. is the accounting acquirer.
The Company has two wholly owned subsidiaries including NaturalShrimp Corporation and NaturalShrimp Global, Inc.
NaturalShrimp Corporation (NSC) was incorporated on August 12, 2005 under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. NSC merged with NaturalShrimp Corporation (a Texas corporation) on September 6, 2005 pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (NSC Agreement). Under the NSC Agreement, common stock changed from no par value to $0.01 par value and the number of shares authorized for issuance decreased to 1,000 shares. On March 24, 2008, NSC merged with NaturalShrimp San Antonio, L.P (NSSA) (a Texas limited partnership) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (NSSA Agreement). NSC continued to exist as the surviving corporation. NSC is an agro-tech company that grows and sells shrimp in an indoor controlled production facility.
NaturalShrimp Global (NSG), formerly NaturalShrimp International Inc., was incorporated on August 12, 2005, under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. NSG merged with NaturalShrimp International, Inc. (a Texas Corporation incorporated November 12, 1999, as Quantum Access Corporation) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (NSG Agreement) dated September 6, 2005. Under the NSG Agreement, common stock changed from no par value to $0.01 par value and the number of shares authorized for issuance decreased to 1,000 shares. NSG continued to exist as the surviving corporation. NSG was created for the purpose of establishing and maintaining all of the Company's international joint ventures.
Nature of the Business
NaturalShrimp Incorporated is a global shrimp farming company that has developed a technology to produce fresh, gourmet-grade shrimp reliably and economically in an indoor, re-circulating, saltwater facility. Our eco-friendly, bio-secure design does not rely on ocean water; it recreates the natural ocean environment allowing for high-density production which can be replicated anywhere in the world.
Our self-contained shrimp aquiculture system allows for the production of Pacific White (Litopenaeus vannamei, formerly Penaeus vannamei) shrimp in an ecologically controlled fully contained and independent production system without the use of antibiotics or toxic chemicals.
The Company has developed several proprietary technology assets, including a knowledge base that allows the production of commercial quantities of shrimp in a closed system with a computer monitoring system that automates, monitors and maintains proper levels of oxygen, salinity and temperature for optimal shrimp production.
Our research and development facilities are located outside of San Antonio, Texas, and we hold a minority interest in a Norwegian company that owns and operates a similar shrimp production facility in Medina del Campo, Spain.
Vibrio Suppression Technology
Historically, efforts to raise shrimp in a high-density, closed system at the commercial level have been met with either modest success or outright failure through "BioFloc Technology". Infectious agents such as parasites, bacteria and viruses are the most damaging and most difficult to control. Bacterial infection can in some cases be combated through the use of antibiotics (although not always), and in general the use of antibiotics is considered undesirable and counter to "green" cultivation practices. Viruses can be even worse in that they are immune to antibiotics. Once introduced to a shrimp population, viruses can wipe out entire farms and shrimp populations, even with intense probiotic applications.
Our primary solution against infectious agents is our "Vibrio Suppression Technology". We believe this system creates higher sustainable densities, consistent production, improved growth and survival rates and improved food conversion without the use of antibiotics, probiotics or unhealthy anti-microbial chemicals. Vibrio Suppression Technology helps to exclude and suppress harmful organisms that usually destroy "BioFloc" and other enclosed technologies.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. For the year ended March 31, 2016, the Company incurred losses from operations of $2,151,546. At March 31, 2016, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $28,842,092 and a working capital deficit of $4,836,356. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on its ability to raise the required additional capital or debt financing to meet short and long-term operating requirements. During the 2016 fiscal year, the Company received net cash proceeds of $836,850 from the additional sales of common stock and $134,750 from a borrowing on notes payable - related party. Management believes that private placements of equity capital and/or additional debt financing will be needed to fund our long-term operating requirements. The Company may also encounter business endeavors that require significant cash commitments or unanticipated problems or expenses that could result in a requirement for additional cash. If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our current shareholders could be reduced, and such securities might have rights, preferences or privileges senior to our common stock. Additional financing may not be available upon acceptable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, the Company may not be able to take advantage of prospective business endeavors or opportunities, which could significantly and materially restrict our operations. The Company continues to pursue external financing alternatives to improve our working capital position. If the Company is unable to obtain the necessary capital, the Company may have to cease operations.
The Company plans to improve the growth rate of the shrimp and the environmental conditions of its production facilities. Management also plans to acquire a hatchery in which the Company can better control the environment in which to develop the post larvaes. If management is unsuccessful in these efforts, discontinuance of operations is possible. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
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Reading material for 10/01/12:
Posted on October 1, 2012 by Sam S.
Why the wet dog shake gets mammals dry in no time.
Is Alzheimer's Type 3 Diabetes?
11 things Wal-Mart has banned.
Five realizations that will help you write regularly.
How hiring really happens.
The rise of the "friendly" logo.
Why can't we spell English words phonetically?
The 10 most amazing library laboratories.
An adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's The Tomb, as done in the style of Dr. Seuss.
75 biographies to read before you die.
Agatha Christie: "Why I Got fed up with Poirot."
50 books to build your character.
The compact disc is 30 years old today.
They're planning on remaking The Rocketeer and Videodrome.
Rian Johnson talks Looper and Breaking Bad.
David Byrne explains How Music Works in his new book.
Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy?
Marc Webb and Andrew Garfield will return for the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man.
Could there be a Downton Abbey prequel?
via Steve McCurry.
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Six mysteries that could be solved with time travel.
The man who owns the most land in America.
How to spot hidden problems in older homes.
Can you fire a pistol underwater?
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Posted on February 6, 2012 by Sam S.
A brief history of the Super Bowl coin toss.
The history of Fritos.
The science of football.
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NASA releases some new and incredibly beautiful pictures of the Earth.
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Second teacher at L.A. school accused of "lewd acts" against pupils.
Many singles are looking for love, not marriage.
Where did dragons come from?
via The Art of Google Books.
Some Super Bowl ads were ending up online before the game to create a buzz.
How Apple's "1984" television ad was almost canceled.
The iphone 5 may be coming out this summer.
You should only pay so much attention to your community.
Tumblr makes itself the news.
Your YouTube activity and your online searches will now be linked, thanks to Google's new privacy policy.
South Korean man arrested for retweeting North Korea.
Hacker collective Anonymous eavesdropped on an anti-Anonymous strategy phone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard.
Why the clean tech boom went bust.
Are high tech classrooms better classrooms?
Mark Zuckerberg's manifesto: Why Facebook exists.
Michelle Obama and Nelson Mandela reading together, from here.
Van Gogh found himself at home in nature.
The saddest movie in the world?
Adam Lambert is the new lead singer for Queen.
Jane Levy replaces Lily Collins in the Evil Dead reboot.
DC Comics is going forward with their long threatened prequels of Alan Moore's Watchmen.
R.I.P. Ben Gazzara.
Loving/hating Philip Glass.
And below, Brian Cox teaches Hamlet to a small child:
Michelangelo writes a letter to his father.
Béla Tarr: Cinema's ultra dark unknown genius.
An interview with David Cronenberg.
GZA the Genius and David Kaiser.
A new commercial directed by Sophia Coppola.
Soul Train creator/host Don Cornelius found dead of apparent suicide.
Second Mona Lisa may have been painted at the same time as the original.
They're still trying to make a third Bridget Jones movie.
The stars of Downton Abbey, both on screen and off.
via Awesome People Reading and Retrogasm.
"How I learned to stop worrying and write The Marriage Plot," by Jeffrey Eugenides.
The top 10 books lost to time.
A nice guide to literary tumblrs.
Science fiction futures ruled by the popular kids.
Five essential books on football history.
The seven types of book lovers.
Why are so many literary writers shifting into genre?
Judging books by their covers: The US vs. the UK.
Viggo Mortensen reading Tolkien, from here.
Houston millionaire adopts his girlfriend.
Path is found for the spread of Alzheimer's.
UNC-Charlotte gets its own SWAT team.
Iran's giant cardboard cut out of the Ayatollah.
10 famous people who turned down a Knighthood.
Obesity epidemic strikes U.S. pets (too)
How to be the bearer of bad news.
Chicken wing cupcakes.
Isolated Peruvian tribe makes uncomfortable contact.
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Reading material.
Posted on December 19, 2011 by Sam S.
Here's some reading material from around the internet…
The world's first mug shots.
6 ridiculous history myths (that you probably think are true).
15 bizarre green inventions.
Did they really discover the Higgs Boson?
Also: 3 things the Higgs Boson can teach you about physics.
TIME magazine's person of the year: The protestor.
The 100 most popular baby names of 2011.
Are art and architecture converging?
The New York Times on text messaging.
Should copyright be allowed to override free speech rights?
Some complaints about the Kindle Fire.
Penguin halts e-book sales to libraries.
Speaking of which, check out this blog which reviews one Penguin book a week.
Gift ideas for the book lover who's read everything.
Anew short story by the author of 1Q84, Haruki Murakami: "Town Of Cats."
Stereotyping you by your favorite books of 2011.
The most beautiful literary mystery in Edinburgh.
The overlooked sci-fi of 2011.
Some of the year's best reading for both Adults and Young Adults.
The best e-book and audiobooks of 2011?
A brief guide to fictional languages in literature.
by Daniel Clowes, from here.
Recent passings:
Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist.
George Whitman, owner of Shakespeare & Co.
Steve Jobs, inventor and businessman and pioneer.
Joe Simon, cook book legend and co-creator of Captain America.
Jerry Robinson, comic book legend and creator of Batman villain The Joker.
Joseph M. Chamberlain, pioneer of planetarium shows.
Kim Jong Il, North Korean leader.
Anne McCaffrey, science fiction author.
Betty Ford, former First Lady.
Joe Frazier, boxer and heavyweight champion.
John Barry, conductor and film composer.
Andy Rooney, journalist and commentator.
Peter Falk, actor and TV's Columbo!
Russell Hoban, author of Riddley Walker.
Rest in peace all.
The Guardian reviews the David Fincher version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
The best TV shows of the year and some of the best TV episodes of 2011.
Roger Ebert gives Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 3 1/2 stars. I've seen the movie myself and would agree, it's definitely worth a viewing. It's a very fun movie, but if you're going to see it in the theater then do yourself a favor and see it right: in IMAX. Trust me, it'll be worth it.
First look at some official images from the new version of The Great Gatsby.
The top 15 "unseen" characters on TV.
The teaser for the upcoming second season of Game Of Thrones. Winter is coming!
The Spielberg Face.
Good news for Agatha Christie fans: The final Hercule Poirot movies starring David Suchet have finally been commissioned.
Speaking of Agatha Christie and mysteries: Did she have Alzheimer's?
The 26 best movies of 2011?
Watch 1978's infamous Star Wars Holiday Special in its entirety.
A nice tribute to the movies of this year:
When looking at some of the links listed here, please don't forget that: We have several of the Hercule Poirot movies on DVD, including the ones starring David Suchet, as well as Murder On The Orient Express which stars Albert Finney and Death On The Nile which stars Peter Ustinov. Also, we have books on knitting and selecting baby names and we have books talking about awesome people. We have Mission: Impossible movies on DVD and we have graphic novels and comic books featuring Batman and his nemesis, the Joker. And of course we have The Dark Knight on DVD, featuring Heath Ledger's iconic reinvention of the role. We can offer you e-books and audiobooks, we have Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, and we have several of the James Bond movies on DVD, for which John Barry arranged and composed the memorable theme for.
by Mathieu Belanger, one of the pictures of the year, from here.
More amazing pictures from this year.
Beautiful pictures of Saturn.
4,000 pages of Isaac Newton's personal notebooks are now available to view online.
An x-ray of a two-headed snake.
Clint Eastwood's family will star in a reality show.
The 25 most beautiful college libraries in the world.
How knitting behind bars transformed Maryland convicts.
Awesome people hanging out together.
Don't forget that NORAD will help you track Santa!
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I'm In The Powder Room today sharing the background story on how and why I chose to let my kids smell like farts.
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SSTO (angleška kratica za Single Stage To Orbit) je koncept vesoljskega plovila (rakete), ki bi se izstrelilo v orbito v samo eni stopnji, brez odmetavanja drugih stopenj (motorjev) med letom. Konvencionalne rakete uporabljajo več stopenj (po navadi 2-3, lahko tudi štiri), ki se med letom ločijo od rakete in raketa postane lažja. Predlagana SSTO plovila so v veliko primerih uporabljiva večkrat, ni pa nujno.

Zagovorniki tehmologije SSTO menijo, da bi njena uporaba izredno pocenila vesoljske polete (po nekaterih ocenah celo do 90 %), obenem pa bi bila vesoljska vozila varnejša ter bolj zanesljiva.

Do danes še niso izstrelili SSTO rakete iz površja Zemlje. So pa izstrelili plovilo v eni stopnji iz Lune v programu Apollo. Tudi Sovjeti so izstrelili plovilo brez posadke iz Lune v eni stopnji. Raketoplan Space-Shuttle je uporabljal glavno stopnjo motorja SSME od izstrelitve do dosega orbite, med letom je sicer odvrgel SRB potisnike na trdo gorivo.

Zasnova enostopenjskih plovil

V preteklosti so se pojavili različni načrti za taka vozila; pogosto so se pojavljale naslednje zasnove:

 Navpičen vzlet, navpičen pristanek: Vozilo bi tako, kot današnje rakete vzletelo navpično, ob povratku na Zemljo pa bi pristalo v navpičnem položaju. Za tak pristanek bi bila uporabljena padala ali lastni raketni motorji, za kar bi vozilo moralo nositi dodatno zalogo goriva.

 Navpičen vzlet, vodoraven pristanek: Ta zasnova je podobna ameriškemu raketoplanu Space Shuttle, ki ima enak profil leta.

 Vodoraven vzlet, vodoraven pristanek: Za vzlet bi bila tu uporabljena običajna vzletna steza, vzlet pa bi se izvršil z uporabo lastnih motorjev ali z dvigom vozila na ustrezno višino s pomočjo drugega letala.

Razumljivo je, da morajo vozila za horizontalni vzlet in pristanek imeti krila, ki predstavljajo dodatno maso.

Za pogon teh vozil bi se uporabljali raketni motorji ali kombinacija raketnih motorjev z motorji za letenje v atmosferi (reaktivni motor, ramjet,...).

Ker bi bila uporabljena samo ena stopnja, bi bilo potrebno vse tanke za gorivo namestiti v samo vozilo. Tu se pojavi problem razmerja med maso polnega in maso vozila brez goriva, ki ga večstopenjske rakete rešujejo z odmetavanjem uporabljenih stopenj. Za dosego tega bi morala biti masa praznega vozila zelo majhna, kar zahteva uporabo posebnih materialov. Obenem bi morali tudi pogonski motorji imeti zelo visok izkoristek na vseh višinah ter majhno maso. Strokovnjaki menijo, da je te zahteve z današnjo tehnologijo že možno doseči, vendar bi to pomenilo obratovanje na meji zmogljivosti materialov, kar bi zahtevalo ogromno testiranja in vzdrževanja.

Glavni del stroškov izstrelitve raket iz Zemlje, sicer ni gorivo, ki se ga porabi relativno veliko ampak zelo dragi raketni motorji, ki se največkrat uporabijo samo enkrat. Večstopenjske rakete imajo motorje v prvi stopnji in potem še dodatne motorjev v drugih stopnjah. SSTO bi imel motorje ki bi delovali do dosega orbite in bi lahko zelo zmanjšal stroške izstrelitve.

Problem SSTO je delovanje raketnih motorjev pri različnih režimih, npr. izstrelitev težko naložene rakete pri relativno gostem zraku. V zgornjem dela leta pa je skoraj popolen vakuum in je masa raketa zaradi porabljenega goriva dosti manjša. Večstopenjske rakete uporabljajo prilagojene motorje in različno močne motorje za posamezne režime leta. Pri vzletu je potreben velik potisk, ker je raketa težko naložena in je tudi zračni upor velik. Ko se prva stopnja (motorji in rezervoarji) nekaj minutah leta loči, postane raketa dosti lažja in na veliki višini je tudi manjši zračni upor. Zato imajo motorji v drugi in nadalnjih stopnjah precej manjši potisk. SSTO motorji bi morali proizvajati zelo velik potisk ob vzletu in tudi optimalno delovati na velikih višinah z manjšim potiskom.

Prihodnost enostopenjskih plovil

Kljub različnim načrtom in velikih količinah vloženih sredstev ni mogoče pričakovati, da se bodo plovila na osnovi principa SSTO pojavila v bližnji prihodnosti. NASA je v programu upokojitve raketoplanov kot nadomestilo preučevala tudi taka plovila (npr. Lockheed Martin X-33), vendar so bili projekti ustavljeni pred izdelavo letečih prototipov.

Obstaja več predlogov SSTO plovil:
Skylon
McDonnell Douglas DC-X
X-33
X-33
Rotary Rocket Roton

Glej tudi

 Dve stopnji do orbite
 Tri stopnje do orbite
Raketni motor
Raketa
Pegasus
Trdogorivni potisnik
 Frakcija goriva
 Aerospike šoba
 Scramjet
 HOTOL
 VentureStar
 Rockwell X-30
 X-33
 Vesoljska fontana
 Vesoljsko dvigalo

Sklici in reference

Vesoljska plovila
Rakete
Raketni motorji


I interview author, recruiter, and educational consultant,Tracy Brisson, We talk about her latest book: Confessions of a Teacher Recruiter: How to Create an Extraordinary Resume and Hook Your Dream Job.
Tracy Brisson is the Founder and CEO of The Opportunities Project, a national talent development, career coaching, and recruitment consulting agency. Since opening its doors in 2010, The Opportunities Project has helped over 1,000 individuals reach career success through speaking engagements, workshops, and one-on-one and group coaching, and helped organizations hire nearly 500 new team members through its consulting services.
You two discussed having a knish I believe is what you called it. I agree with that because it would help you stand out much like using a different colored paper if you was handing it in to the person. But, wouldn't it really depend on your explanation of it on the resume, or is that something you would have explain in person? What about maybe doing an audio resume if that makes since? How would that look to a recruiter or a principal? I mean I like doing things different and by putting my own spin on things would that help me stand out. I think it would be interesting if when you opened up the email instead of seeing a cover page and then have to read everything you get a song that makes sense and you can understand the words. I think it would definitely be more energetic than the rest.
Wow, I really enjoyed watching this video. As a college student majoring in Education this video really helps to know what to do when it comes time for applying for jobs. Thank you!
This video was awesome! This time next year I will be hunting for a teaching job and I will certainly need to spruce up my old resume. As an Alternative Masters student (my degree is in Biology with a Related Sciences minor) I found the tip to list my education before my experience teaching very helpful. I actually just purchased this book about five minutes ago from Amazon. Thank you again for sharing such helpful information!


Silver Wheaton investors had better watch these three things closely.
In this video, Taylor Muckerman lists three issues he believes investors need to watch with Sliver Wheaton. First, while Silver Wheaton has done well in the past, it can't afford to sit back. Watch for continued aggressive business activity. Second, Silver Wheaton has begun paying a dividend. In a capital intensive business such as silver streaming, this may be a liability, but it could also be a successful company sharing its success with investors. Lastly, world monetary policy has driven investors to silver as a safe haven. If interest rates rise, will investors leave silver for other assets?


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Monday Night Movies!
$8 per ticket at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm.
Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre (on Campbell Street, across from the Village Green)
Director: Geremy Jasper
(Mus/Dr, 2017, US, 109 min, 14A)
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"Too big-hearted and genuine not to love." – Globe and Mail
Monday Night Movies in Tofino is a weekly film series run by The Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre Association. One film each month is a social issue documentary, often with discussion afterwards. Doors open at 7:30 and shows begin at 8 pm every Monday. All proceeds from the door go to the CSCTA and are used to support the maintenance of, and programming in, the theatre. We hold two public performance licenses from Criterion Pictures in Vaughan, ON and Audio-Cine Films, Inc.in Montreal. There is also an All Organic Concession, serving Popcorn, Movie Bars & Tea.
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