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5. Registration Process. To access certain on-line tools and/or to order products (if applicable) through the Web Site or other third party web sites to which you may link from the Web Site, you must complete a registration process. When completing the applicable registration process, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current, and complete information as required in the registration process and (b) update this information in the future if the information changes. Each user that submits a product order using the Web Site or other third party web sites to which you may link from the Web Site represents that it is at least eighteen (18) years old and that such user has the legal authority to bind any entity the user purports to represent.
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1. TERM. The term of this agreement (the "Agreement") shall commence on the date that the written agreement, proposal or quote is executed by both Customer and Pinnacle Cranes, a division of Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company ("PC"), and shall terminate on the date the Equipment is returned to the PC branch from which the Equipment was rented ("PC Branch") and all amounts owing under the Agreement to PC are paid in full, unless earlier terminated by PC as provided in this Agreement.
2. RENTAL CHARGES. Customer will pay PC on demand for all rental, time, mileage, service, transportation, refueling service charge, and other charges and sums provided in this Agreement, all sales and use taxes or tax reimbursement imposed with respect to the Equipment and this Agreement, and all expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and collection fees. The period for which rent is due shall begin when the Equipment leaves PC premises and shall terminate when return of the equipment is acknowledged by PC. Acceptance of any Equipment by PC shall not relieve Customer of any of its obligations under this Agreement. All rental of Equipment for more than 3 days but not more than one week shall incur the full weekly rental charge. All rentals of Equipment for more than three weeks but not more than four weeks shall incur the full four week rental charge. The basic daily, weekly, and the 4-week rental will entitle Customer to a maximum of one-shift use (i.e. a maximum of 8 hours per day; 40 hours per week; 160 hours per 4-weeks). Use in excess of one shift will be payable at the hourly rate of 1/8th of the daily charge (for daily rental), 1/40th the weekly charge (for a weekly rental) and 1/160th of the 4 week charge (for a 4-week rental); plus applicable taxes. All charges are subject to final audit by PC. PC shall have a lien as allowed by law for charges incurred hereunder upon the premises and improvements upon which the Equipment is employed. Rentals are F.O.B. the PC Branch unless otherwise agreed. Shipping charges from such branch to the Customer's destination and return and all loading, unloading, assembling and dismantling will be paid by Customer. All rates for rentals in excess of 4 weeks are subject to change on 30 days' notice in writing to the Customer with respect to any portion of the rental period then remaining. Customer and any person to whom, with PC's consent, Customer expressly directs the charges incurred under this Agreement to be billed, are jointly and severally responsible for payment of all such charges.
3. CREDIT TERMS. PC may in its sole discretion extend credit terms to the Customer, pursuant to which Customer shall, upon the earlier of (i) return of the equipment (whether by Customer or PC by repossession as provided in this Agreement) or when the Equipment is due to be returned or (ii) receipt of an invoice therefore, pay PC all charges provided in Paragraph 2 upon such return or in accordance with such invoice, as applicable. PC may at any time, or for any reason or no reason, revoke any credit terms extended to Customer, in which event Customer shall pay PC as provided in Paragraph 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, PC MAY AT ANYTIME DEMAND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF ALL CHARGES THEN ACCRUED AND CUSTOMER SHALL PAY SUCH CHARGES ON DEMAND.
4. REFUELING SERVICE CHARGE. PC agrees to provide the Equipment to Customer with full fuel tank(s). Customer agrees to return the Equipment with full fuel tank(s). If Customer returns Equipment with fuel tank(s) less than full, Customer will pay to PC an amount based on the per gallon fuel charge on the front of this Agreement in order to fill the fuel tank(s) to full.
5. OTHER CHARGES; INTEREST; COLLECTION. Customer may be charged a reasonable fee for any check used for payment hereunder that is returned unpaid, any cleaning required to restore any returned Equipment to its condition when it left PC's premises and each unreturned key to the Equipment. Interest shall accrue daily at an amount equal to 1-1/2% per month on any overdue unpaid balance and be added to the unpaid balance. All payments to PC on Customer's account shall be applied first to all accrued interest, second to all past due amounts in order of their maturity, and finally to all other amounts due to PC. Customer hereby agrees to pay PC its reasonable attorneys' fees plus all other costs and expenses incurred by PC in exercising its rights under this Agreement.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. Customer hereby acknowledges that it has inspected the Equipment, found it in good working order and accepted delivery of it as is. PC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER FOR, AND CUSTOMER HEREBY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT, ANY CLAIMS FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS, DEMANDS, OR LIABILITIES FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO PC'S NEGLIGENCE. If for any reason at any time PC is unable to provide the Equipment to Customer, PC, at its option, may terminate this Agreement entirely or as to the Equipment which PC is unable to supply and PC shall have no further obligation to Customer with respect thereto. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PC MAKES NO, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY, WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED: (A) AS TO THE DESIGN, QUALITY OR CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT; (B) AS TO THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP IN THE EQUIPMENT: OR (C) AS TO MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
7. INDEMNIFICATION. Customer shall indemnify and hold PC and its affiliated companies and its and their officers, agents, and employees, harmless from and against all claims, demands, costs, attorneys' fees, liabilities, and obligations arising out of or relating to Customer's use, operation, custody, or control (or lack thereof) of the Equipment, including, but not limited to all personal injury and property damage and loss claims of any employee or agent of Customer or any other person or entity. Customer shall give PC written notice of all damage to or loss or destruction of Equipment and all personal injury and property damage claims arising out of or relating to use, possession, or control of the Equipment during the term of this Agreement promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) after Customer has notice of the same.
8. RISK OF LOSS. All loss of or damage to the Equipment from any cause whatsoever during the terms of this Agreement, whether or not in Customer's care, custody, or control, and whether or not due to the fault of Customer, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, theft, collision and rollover, vandalism, and Acts of God, will be the sole responsibility of Customer and will be paid to PC promptly upon Customer's receipt of an invoice therefore. Such responsibility is limited to the full value of the Equipment at the time it was lost or damaged, less its salvage value, plus an administrative fee and PC related expenses, such as loss of use, appraisal fees or recovery costs. THE COST OF LABOR FOR SUCH REPAIRS WILL BE EITHER THE THEN PREVAILING PC HOURLY RATE FOR LABOR OR THE REPAIRER'S HOURLY RATE FOR LABOR CHARGED TO PC FOR SUCH REPAIRS AS THE CASE MAY BE. PARTS WILL BE CHARGED AT PC COST. PC reserves all rights to seek all remedies available, including, but not limited to, filing suit for any damage or loss to the Equipment.
9. CUSTOMER INSURANCE OBLIGATIONS. (a) Public Liability and Property Damage Liability Insurance (Third Party). Customer will, at its own expense and at all times during the term of this Agreement maintain in force Commercial General Liability Insurance and Auto Liability coverage with combined, single limit for bodily injury, including death, and property damages of $4,000,000, on a primary and not excess of contributory basis, for Customer's liability for damages or injuries sustained by any person, including, but not limited to, agents or employees of Customer, as a result of maintenance, use, operation, possession, storage, erection, dismantling, servicing, or transportation of equipment, and including boom collapse and rigging liability. Customer's Commercial General Liability and Auto Liability coverage Customer will name PC as an additional insured. Customer will, at all times during the term of this Agreement, carry Workers' Compensation with a Waiver of Subrogation in favor of PC. Customer will, on demand, furnish PC a Certificate of Insurance evidencing such insurance, endorsed to provide that such insurance may not be canceled or materially modified except on 30 days of prior written notice to PC and the PC Branch. Customer agrees to abide by all terms and condition of said insurance. Customer, its agents and employees will cooperate fully with PC and Customer's insurer in any investigation, prosecution, or defense of any claim or suit arising there from and will do nothing to impair or invalidate the applicable Insurance coverage. PC's acceptance of Customer's Certificate of Insurance will not be deemed a waiver, limitation or modification of Customer's Insurance will not be deemed a waiver, limitation or modification of Customer's insurance, indemnity or other obligations under this Agreement or Customer's liability hereunder. (b) Property Insurance for PC Equipment. Customer will, at its own expense and at all times during the term of this Agreement, maintain in force Property or Auto Physical Damage Insurance in an amount adequate to cover any damages to, or loss of, the Equipment. Customer's policy must expressly cover non-owned equipment while in Customer's care, custody or control, including coverage for boom collapse and rigging liability. Customer will, on demand, furnish PC a Certificate of Insurance evidencing such insurance and endorsed to provide that such insurance may not be canceled or materially modified except on 30 days prior written notice to PC and PC Branch. The amount, terms, and condition of the insurance required by this sub-paragraph must be acceptable to PC. Customer agrees to abide by all of the terms and conditions of such insurance. Customer's Property and Auto Physical Damage Insurance will name PC as loss payee on rented equipment.
10. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY. Customer must return the Equipment to PC in the same good and clean condition it was in when Customer received it, ordinary wear excepted. The Equipment must be returned to PC at the PC Branch from which it was rented during normal business hours by the Due Date specified on the front of this Agreement, or sooner if demanded by PC for any reason or no reason. Customer acknowledges that it must confirm return receipt of the Equipment by PC at the expiration or earlier termination of Agreement. Until such time as PC receives actual possession of the Equipment Customer agrees to hold said Equipment in a safe and secure manner. The Equipment will be used solely in the ordinary course of customer's business. No alterations, substitutions, or additions of attachments, boom inserts, jibs, or buckets shall be made to the equipment by the Customer without written consent of PC. The Equipment will be used only in compliance with (i) manufacturer's instructions within its rated capacity and (ii) all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Customer will furnish at its own expense, all assembly, operating and maintenance personnel employed for leased equipment, and shall employ none who are incompetent to perform their duties in a careful and diligent manner. Customer will perform or cause to be performed and pay for all normal periodic and other maintenance service, adjustments and lubrication of the Equipment, including, but not limited to: providing all fuel, oil and other consumables as needed; checking of the Equipment before each shift; checking and maintaining crankcase, transmission, cooling and fluid systems daily; and checking tire pressures and battery fluid and charge levels weekly. Customer shall be solely responsible for maintenance or replacement of any tires on the Equipment. If the Equipment (including any engine hour meter or similar device on the Equipment) fails to operate properly or becomes in need of repair or reattachment, Customer will immediately cease using the same and will immediately notify PC. Customer will record and supply to PC at expiration or earlier termination of the Agreement, fuel receipts and driver trip records containing mileage breakdown by state. Failure to comply with the foregoing fuel and mileage requirements will entitle PC to $.05 per unrecorded mile as additional rent hereunder, which Customer agrees to pay at expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement. IF THE EQUIPMENT IS USED IN ANY MANNER THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A BREACH OF THIS PARAGRAPH, OR IN VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR IT IS OBTAINED FROM PC BY FRAUD OR MISREPRESENTATION, OR IS USED IN FURTHERANCE OF ANY ILLEGAL PURPOSE, ALL SUCH USE OF THE EQUIPMENT IS WITHOUT PC'S PERMISSION. CUSTOMER WILL BE LIABLE FOR ALL LOSSES OR DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT AND EXPENSE OF PC RESULTING FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF CUSTOMER, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE USE OR OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT IN A RECKLESS OR ABUSIVE MANNER OR INTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT BY CUSTOMER OR WITH THE CUSTOMER'S PERMISSION; OR UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES; (A) striking overhead objects with Equipment (B) all loss and damage associated with vandalism or conversion; (C) a loss or damage to equipment resulting from any exposure to radioactive, contaminated or other hazardous materials, (D) boom damage from overloading of a boom or from a collision when a boom is in motion; (E) all loss or damage associated with the Equipment's rollover; (F) use of or operation of the Equipment by a person other than an employee of Customer possessing all necessary permits and not otherwise prohibited by law from such operation; (G) use or operation of the Equipment in violation of law or ordinance; (H) the failure of Customer to perform, or the improper performance of, the maintenance required under this Agreement; (I) any failure of Customer to comply with any notice requirements of this Agreement; (J) Customer's failure to secure the Equipment by leaving the keys readily available to any unauthorized operator or by not reasonably restricting access to the Equipment. In the event any loss or damage to the Equipment PC will subrogate with respect to any rights of Customer to recover against any person or entity Customer will deliver whatever instruments are required and to do whatever else is necessary to secure such rights. Customer will cooperate fully with PC and its insurers in prosecution of those rights and will neither take nor permit nor suffer any action to prejudice PC' rights with respect thereto.
11. LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT: RIGHT TO INSPECT. Unless otherwise agreed to by PC, Customer shall keep the Equipment only at the location(s) identified on the front of this agreement or the Release/Receiving Form, and in no event shall the Equipment be moved to another location without prior written consent from PC. Customer shall allow PC to inspect the Equipment at all reasonable times wherever the Equipment may be located.
12. TITLE. Title to the Equipment shall at all times remain in PC. The Equipment shall at all times remain personal property of PC, notwithstanding that the Equipment or any part thereof may become in any manner attached to, embedded in or permanently resting on any real property or building. Customer shall not cause or allow the Equipment to become attached to, embedded in, or permanently resting on any real property or building. PC shall have the right at any time to affix such labels, as it desires on the Equipment to identify it as the owner or lessor. Concurrent with the execution of this Agreement and at any time thereafter at the request of PC, Customer shall execute and deliver to PC all financing statements, assignments and all other agreements, instruments and documents that PC may request, in forms satisfactory to PC, and shall take any and all other steps requested by PC, in order to maintain PC's right, title, and interest in the Equipment.
13. ASSIGNMENT; ENCUMBRANCES. Customer shall not transfer, pledge or assign this Agreement, the Equipment or any interest in either. Customer shall keep the Equipment and the Agreement free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances. PC shall have the right to assign or encumber the Agreement, the Equipment or any interest in either without the consent of and without notice to Customer.
14. TAXES. Customer shall promptly pay when due all license fees, registration fees, excise taxes, use taxes, sales taxes, property taxes and other government assessments, charges, and taxes relating to its use, possession or control of the Equipment, EXCEPT any taxes on or measured by PC income.
(A) terminate the Agreement immediately without notice to or demand on Customer; (B) require Customer to disassemble the Equipment and deliver it to the PC Branch at Customer's expense; (C) retake possession of the Equipment without notice to or demand on Customer wherever the Equipment shall be located without any court order or other process of law (Customer hereby waives all claims, demands, and liabilities that may arise from any such repossession); (D) collect from Customer all sums due for the full term of this Agreement without prejudice to its right to terminate this Agreement; and (E) pursue any other right or remedy at law.
16. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; NONWAIVER. No remedy under this Agreement or otherwise conferred upon or reserved to PC shall be considered exclusive of any other remedy, but the same shall be distinct, separate and cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy or right given under this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Every power and remedy given by this Agreement to PC may be exercised severally, concurrently or in any combination from time to time as often as occasion may arise or as PC may deem expedient. No delay or omission of PC to exercise any right or power arising from any default on part of the Customer shall impair any such right of power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default.
17. NOTICES. Any notice permitted or required under this Agreement shall be deemed given if in writing and delivered personally or deposited in the United States mail, certified, return receipt, first class postage prepaid to the respective addresses of PC and Customer specified in this Agreement or such other addresses as the receiving party gives the other party written notice.
18. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement, including the Release/Receiving Form, contain the entire agreement of parties relating to subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to that same subject matter. This Agreement may be modified only by an agreement in writing, signed by both parties. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement and any controversy relating hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina. At the sole option of PC, any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or its enforcement shall be commenced and heard in (or transferred to if necessary) the appropriate state and federal courts for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Customer hereby consents and submits to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts.
19. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. The Agreement between the parties hereto includes the Rental Agreement, proposal or quote submitted by PC and accepted by the Customer, these Terms and Conditions, the Equipment Movement Record, and the delivery & release forms prepared by PC and delivered to the Customer (the "Contract Documents"). Any terms and conditions set forth in Customer documents which are inconsistent with the Contract Documents are not accepted by PC unless specifically acknowledged and accepted in writing. PC's Terms & Conditions are published on its website (www.pinnaclecranes.com) and may be updated or amended from time to time. The Terms & Conditions in effect at the time of each delivery shall be those on the website at the time of such delivery.
20. SIGNATURES AND ELECTRONIC DELIVERY. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. The counterparts of this Agreement and all Contract Documents may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic signature by any of the parties to any other party and the receiving party may rely on the receipt of such document executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic means as if the original had been received. Signature pages may be executed via "wet" signature or electronic mark and executed signature pages may be delivered using pdf or similar file type transmitted via electronic mail, cloud based server, e-signature technology or other similar electronic means.
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Leigh Suggs
Here's what I'm seeing, but tell me how you see it?
It's the kind of conversation commonly overheard at galleries showing artist Leigh Suggs' work — intricately crafted cut paper works that often double as optical illusions, 2D art that looks 3D depending on where you're standing. Though her work encourages us to question what we're really seeing in our everyday lives, the artist also acknowledges that it's a tricky thing to try to communicate. While working toward her MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University, Suggs became fascinated about how much language can fall short when we try to explain what we see, how the visual experience and the verbal representation of that vision rarely match up.
So perhaps it's not terribly surprising that the personal experience the North Carolina native cites as pivotally foundational to her own art is drawn from memories of a time when she was very young, and likely not yet fully verbal. Back then she didn't need words to describe what she now calls one of her earliest pleasant visual memories: closing her eyes and seeing an infinity of bright blue circles and dots forming patterns against the darkness.
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"We are constantly bearing witness to the inexpressible, and this fleeting moment of pure seeing is something we should all revel in."
Those visions made a deep and lasting impression. But she couldn't have known that the doodles of circles and bubbles she habitually scribbled on scraps of paper throughout childhood would one day evolve into what is now a prolific and meticulous art practice — using folded paper, ink, paint, thread and puncturing tools to create dynamic, pattern-rich compositions that hang in galleries, museums and corporate collections. Yes, her mother is an artist and art history professor, but becoming an artist herself was hardly a foregone conclusion. Full of teenage angst and eye rolls when college applications came out, Suggs says the last thing she wanted to do was follow in her mother's footsteps.
Nevertheless, just two years into her liberal arts "rebellion" at UNC, she'd taken so many art courses that she declared art as her major, almost by default. Today — several fellowships, residencies, grants, awards and solo shows into a successful career as an artist — Suggs credits her mom with being her greatest teacher and supporter. She also emphasizes the importance of community and points to the deep friendships she's developed with other artists as playing an integral role in helping her sustain both her creativity and her sanity over the years. "On the days when I can't show up or be consistent, I have a number of close artist friends who I can call on," explains Suggs. "I can share my worries and concerns, brainstorm, cry and celebrate with them. My community is the foundation that I exist on.
How does your art explore the subtleties of sight and vision?
"I'm interested in an in-between space during the act of seeing, a space that lies on the spectrum of the reality in front of us and what our brain tells us. It is within this 'pure' space that an individual can experience an unaltered, unaffected and unchanged vision. While this purity can only exist for a fleeting moment, that moment defines the highest peak of personal experience."
How would you describe or classify your work?
"I like to think I ride the borders of several different genres of art. I draw, I paint, I sculpt and I am very interested in materials — which typically lends itself to craft. I've spent the last several years questioning what 'genre' I fit into, and I still don't have an answer — and I'm ok with that. I'm influenced by all types of art – from Inca quipus to contemporary video art."
Tell us about something you've had to overcome in your art career.
"One of my biggest hurdles was acknowledging to myself that I was an artist. I never felt like I knew what that meant, or how to be that. I was 30 when I finally realized that's what 'I wanted to be when I grew up.' It took me time to get there, but now I have no question about my direction."
Any advice for new or aspiring artists who may be hesitant to show their work?
"Keep showing up — to work in your studio and to art events in your community. The combo of the two will provide you with an opportunity in one way or another. Stay in touch with teachers, mentors and other art friends. Always send a thank-you note when someone goes out of their way for you."
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Hartford Courant names new executive editor
Peter Yankowski
Dec. 14, 2021 Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 9 p.m.
Helen Bennett
NEW HAVEN — Helen Bennett, editor of the New Haven Register, has been hired as executive editor of the Hartford Courant.
Bennett, who has also overseen other Hearst Connecticut Media Group publications, including Torrington's Register-Citizen and The Middletown Press, began working at the New Haven Register in 1996.
"I am very excited about taking on a new challenge and very proud of all that Hearst Connecticut Media Group has accomplished as a news team," Bennett said Tuesday.
The Courant's previous executive editor, Andrew Julien, announced last month he was leaving the role to serve as executive editor of the New York Daily News, a publication also owned by the Courant's parent company, Tribune Publishing.
Representatives from the Courant did not respond Tuesday for requests for comment on Bennett's hiring.
Staff members at the Courant, the nation's oldest continuously published newspaper, were informed in an email Tuesday of the hiring.
Wendy Metcalfe, editor-in-chief at HCMG, said: "We are grateful for the contribution Helen made to journalism in this important community, and the team, during her time with us."
The search for the next managing editor of the New Haven Register has started.
In 2016, Bennett was named executive editor of then-Digital First Media's Connecticut Group of newspapers, which included the New Haven Register, the Register-Citizen, The Middletown Press, Connecticut Magazine and several weekly publications.
Hearst Connecticut Media Group acquired the group of publications in 2017.
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Peter Yankowski is a breaking news reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media. He previously reported for the Danbury News-Times and, before that, the Ridgefield Press.


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As you know, we at Writer's Relief often write about genre. However, sometimes a writer simply doesn't know what genre his or her book fits into. And while it certainly can help your cause if your book fits neatly into a single genre, we don't necessarily think it's a deal-breaker if you don't know your book genre.
The number of book genres and subgenres out there is dizzying (especially for novels!). There are so many genres, we wager that even literary agents and editors have a hard time keeping them straight. For certain books, pigeonholing a project into a genre that's too narrow or obscure might suggest to literary agents that there isn't a big market for it (if they haven't heard of the genre, they might figure nobody else has either).
If you write in your query letter: Please consider my 100,000-word adventure, sci-fi romance with a touch of steampunk that may be suitable for young adults and adults because it appeals to everyone, then an agent or editor might think, How on earth can I market this book successfully? There's no niche.
Rather than boasting, Everyone will love this book, think, Who is the best reader for my particular kind of novel? If I were in a bookstore, which shelf would this sit on?
Sometimes, the line between book genres can be thin. For example: A women's fiction novel may have as its centerpiece a strong romantic story. Is it romance? Is it women's fiction?
If you think your book genre is romance and a potential agent thinks it is women's fiction, there may be some unwanted friction or misunderstandings (especially if the agent thinks the book genre label you picked doesn't fit your actual book!).
When you're pitching a book and you're not totally certain of the genre, it may be best to simply leave your specific genre off of your letter and leave it to the agent to decide (or mention that the book could be positioned, carefully and deliberately, within more than one genre).
What matters is that they like the book—regardless of genre. If they like it, they'll help you figure out the best place to position it. Just be sure that the blurb or minisynopsis in your query letter is strong in order to give them an idea of the direction of your book.
To some extent, the genre of your book can depend less on what's between the pages and more on what a publisher decides to do for marketing and positioning. That said, knowing that your book genre is ultimately up to your publisher is no excuse to be uneducated about genre if you're trying to make a career as a writer. You should be familiar with the nuances of your favorite genres through reading. Don't write off genre entirely. But don't stress too much about it either. Read books that will help you write good books. That's what matters.
QUESTION: Some people say writers should perfectly adhere to book genre forms. What do you think? Take a risk by breaking out of genre? Or play it safe in hopes of an easier path to publication?
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Is it possible to understand a novel without knowing its genre?
Twilight was not new, that plot (what little there was of it) was not original either. Sparkling vampires is not original.
I totally understand what's being said about playing it safe, especially to get published the first time. However, I think it's worth noting that every book that made it big in the market in the last decade has broken out of its genre. Maybe 'break out' is the wrong phrase. Rather, the author took a well known genre and it made it their own, often breaking all the rules. Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight. All of these books took a genre and did something totally new and different with it. The results are so compelling that people just can't get enough.
What about the readers? I understand that authors want to write what's in their hearts and not worry about the marketing end of things, but that's an undeniable part of it. When I buy a new book, my mood determines what genre I'm looking for. Is it so bad that I want to know that I'm using my money on something I want to read, and that the author isn't going to switch from sci-fi to romance in the middle of the book? I don't think authors should necessarily have to write FOR the genre, but, the better you "label" your book's genre, the more success you'll have finding and keeping readers.
Writers have to do both: adhere to genre and break out of it just enough to keep things interesting. I guess if you just know your genre really well and then trust yourself and apply your own creative spin to it, you're probabaly in the right territory.
But I like what Mary Ann says about getting the basics down first. You can't break the rules until you've mastered them!
It's a fine line between paying attention to genre rules and just following your muse to write a good book. But nothing's more important that being true to yourself, even if that means breaking genre rules (and never getting published).
I'm a fairly new author and since I've yet to publish a book, I'm all about playing it safe! If a publisher is going to take a chance on me I'd better first know the basics before venturing off on my own. I think once I've proven myself, then I can stray off the safe path!


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Council Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 of 2 February 1988 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas (Resider programme)
Official Journal L 033 , 05/02/1988 P. 0001 - 0004
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 328/88
of 2 February 1988
instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas
(RESIDER programme)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 of 19 June 1984 on the European Regional Development Fund (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 (2), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84, hereinafter referred to as the 'Fund Regulation', provides for participation by the Fund in Community programmes, the purpose of which is to help in solving serious problems affecting the socio-economic situation in one or more regions and which are designed to provide a better link between the Community's objectives for the structural development or conversion of regions and the objectives of other Community policies;
Whereas the Commission has determined, pursuant to Article 46 of the Treaty establishing the ECSC, the general objectives for steel in the Community for 1990; whereas, despite the considerable effort that has been made in recent years and that has led to sizeable reductions in production capacity, the steel industry in the Community is still faced with problems of overcapacity;
Whereas a number of areas in the Community which are highly dependent on steelmaking and which have already suffered major job losses as a result of the decline in the steel industry are likely to see a worsening of these adverse consequences;
Whereas the Community should support the effort which must be made to replace jobs lost as a result of restructuring through, the development of new sources of appropriate employment in other sectors in the regions affected;
Whereas, on 7 October 1980, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 216/84 (7), which instituted a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring of the steel industry; whereas the areas in the new Member States adversely affected by steel restructuring should be allowed to benefit, in the form of a Community programme, from measures analogous to those introduced by the said Regulation;
Whereas, on account of the worsening difficulties in the steel industry, it will also be necessary to introduce in other areas of the Community, in the form of a Community programme, measures analogous to those already taken in certain areas of the Community under Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 and, where appropriate, to reinforce as part of the same programme the existing measures in those areas, in view of the considerable job losses which have occurred in the steel industry since 31 December 1985, the date of expiry of Decision No 2320/81/ECSC (8), as amended by Decision No 1018/85/ECSC (9);
Whereas the Member States concerned have provided the Commission with the necessary information and whereas, pursuant to Decision No 1566/86/ECSC (1), steel undertakings must supply the Commission with iron and steel statistics at regular intervais;
Whereas, by assisting with the conversion of the declining industrial regions affected by restructuring of the steel industry, the Community programme contributes to the furtherance of both regional development objectives and the Community's objectives with regard to steel; whereas the level of Community particpation must therefore be the maximum permissible under the Fund Regulation and whereas, at the same time, the programme is given priority in the management of Fund resources;
Whereas it is necessary to avoid combining aid granted under the specific Community measures instituted pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 724/75 (2) or (EEC) No 3634/85 (3) with aid granted under this Community programme;
Whereas Community assistance must be provided in the form of multiannual programmes drawn up by the competent authorities in the Member States concerned; whereas, to ensure sound financial management of the Fund, Member States must transmit those aid programmes to the Commission within a certain period after the areas to be covered by the Community programme have been determined; whereas it is for the Commission, in adopting those programmes, to ensure that the operations proposed therein are in keeping with this Regulation;
Whereas, in view of the coming reform of the Structural Funds under Article 130D of the Treaty, the choice of regions in the present Community programme and the criteria on which this choice is based should be consistent with the approach to be followed in the abovementioned reform,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
A community programme within the meaning of Article 7 of the Fund Regulation that makes a major contribution to the conversion of certain declining industrial regions in the Community adversely affected by restructuring of the steel industry is hereby established.
The purpose of the Community programme shall be to contribute, in the areas concerned, to the removal of obstacles to the development of new, job creating economic activities. To this end, the programme shall provide for the implementation of a series of consistent, multiannual measures aimed at improving the infrastructure and the physical and social environment in the areas concerned, as well as the establishment of new activities, the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises and the development of innovation. The Community programme shall thereby seek to provide a better link between the Community's objectives for the conversion of regions and the objectives of the Community's policy for the steel industry.
1. The Community programme shall apply to areas satisfying the following criteria:
(a) minimum number of jobs in the steel industry;
(b) industrial employment dependent in large measure on the steel industry;
(c) major job lesses in the steel industry;
(d) socio-economic situation in the region in which the area concerned is located characterized by particularly employment difficulties.
2. The Community programmes shall apply, subject to a decision by the Commission, to areas in all Mamber States which satisfy the criteria specified in paragraph 1 and in which restructuring of the steel industry carried out within the framework of the Community's general objectives for steel entail major job losses in the industry between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 1989.
The Commission shall take its decision within three months of the date on which the Member State concerned submits an application in respect of the areas eligible for the Community programme. Applications shall be sent to the Commission by 30 April 1990 and shall be supported by the requisite information, notably concerning job losses in the steel industry such information shall be consistent with that provided under Decision No 1566/86/ECSC.
3. As soon as this Regulation has entered into force, the Community programme shall also apply to the areas in Spain and Portugal having satisfied the criteria specified in paragraph 1, namely the 'Principado de Asturias' and the areas covered by a national regional aid scheme in the province of Alava and Vizcaya.
1. For the decisions referred to in Article 3 (2), the criteria given in Article 3 (1) shall be applied on the basis of the following thresholds:
(a) the minimum number of jobs referred to in Article 3 (1) (a) shall be of the order of 3 500 on 1 January 1986;
(b) the rate of dependence referred to in Article 3 (1) (b) shall in principle be 10 % or more;
(c) the job losses referred to in Article 3 (1) (c) shall be of the order of 1 500 or more as from 1 January 1986;
(d) to assess the situation referred to in Article 3 (1) (d); the 'joint indicator' shall be applied with the threshold of 120. Indicators reflecting an unfavourable employment situation (in particular a high level of unemployment) shall also be applied.
The geographical level for applying the Community criteria as provided for in Article 3 will usually be administrative level 3 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units. However, where steel problems are located in employment areas or basins which differ form, or overlap with, this administrative level and where these areas or basins fulfil the criteria in Article 3, the Community programme may apply to these geographical levels too.
Furthermore, the Community programme will apply principally to areas covered by a national regional aid scheme. However, in accordance with Article 9 (3) of the Fund Regulation, the programme may also, where appropriate, apply to areas to qhich the public authorities of Member States are willing to provide assistance for the solution of problems forming the subject of Community action, provided that this assistance is in conformity with the application of Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty.
2. The Community programme may, exceptionally, also supply to:
- the steel area of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, provided it meets the criteria and thresholds given in paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c);
- the steel areas in Greece and Ireland, should the partial or total closure of steelworks lead to major job losses.
3. The use of the criteria laid down in this Regulation shall not set a precedent for further regulations.
The Fund may participate, under the Community programme, in operations such as those defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80, with the exception of points 2 and 9.
In the context of this Regulation, the Fund may also take part in the financing of infrastructure contributing to the creation, the development and the adaptation of job-creating productive activities.
In addition, the aids referred to in Article 4 point 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 may, for the purposes of this Regulation, concern investment in tourism activities,
1. The Community programme shall be financed jointly by the Member State concerned and the Community. Assitance from the Fund, which may not exceed 55 % of the total public expenditure taken into account in the programme, shall be provided from the appropriations entered for this purpose in the general budget of the European Communities. The Community contribution, by type of operation, may not exceed the rates fixed in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80, with the exception of points (b) and (k).
With regard to the infrastructure referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 5 of this Regulation, Community participation may be up to 50 % of public expenditure.
2. Where the Community programme concerns areas in Portugal, the level of the Fund participation provided for in paragraph 1, with the exception of the last subparagraph, shall be increased until 31 December 1990 by 20 percentage points, subject to a ceiling of 70 %.
1. All or part of the investment aid may be in the form of a capital grant or an interest subsidy.
2. The following shall be eligible for Fund assistance in respect of operations referred to in Article 5: public authorities, local and regional authorities, regional development corporations, other businesses, co-operatives or self-employed persons carrying on a productive activity.
3. Aid granted under the Community programme shall not be combined with aid granted for the same project under specific Community measures introduced pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 or to Regulation (EEC) No 3634/85.
In addition, the aid referred to in Article 5 (1) (c) and (e) of Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 and, where it benefits businesses directly, the aid referred to in Article 5 (1) (g) of the said Regulation may not have the effect of reducing the share of expenditure met by recipient businesses to less than 20 % of total expenditure. Article 8
1. The programme of assistance drawn up by the competent authorities in the Member State concerned shall be sent to the Commission:
(a) in respect of the areas referred to in Article 3 (3), within six months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation;
(b) in respect of the areas referred to in Article 3 (2), from the date on which the Member State submits the application to the areas which may qualify under the Community programme until the end of a period of six months from the date of the Commission Decision to be adopted pursuant to the said paragraph 2.
Where the Comission's decision relates to an area referred to in Article 3 (3) or covered by a Commission decision within the meaning of Article 3 (2), the programme of assistance shall be adapted accordingly.
The amount of Fund assistance may not exceed the amount laid down by the Commission when adopting the programme agreement referred to in Article 13 (1) of the Fund Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 February 1988.
For the Council
M. BANGEMANN
(1) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1984, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 350, 27. 12. 1985, p. 40.
(3) OJ No C 9, 14. 1. 1988, p. 14.
(4) OJ No C 272, 10. 12. 1987, p. 16. and OJ No C 9, 14. 1. 1988, p. 14.
(5) OJ No C 356, 31. 12. 1987, p. 56.
(6) OJ No L 271, 15. 10. 1980, p. 9.
(7) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 9.
(8) OJ No L 228, 13. 8. 1981, p. 14.
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Desert golf is generally low-scoring golf. The fairways are hard and fast, the winds aren't too bad, and the heat makes the ball fly. (Plus, if you've got tight muscles, it can loosen those up as well.) But on Saturday some players just went crazy low.
Over in Dubai, after struggling for a couple of days, Phil Mickelson teed off quite a while before the leaders... and calmly shot a 9-under 63 to take the tournament lead at -10. You heard me right -- not to catch up, but to TAKE the lead. And for a long time it looked as if no one was going to catch him. Gaganjeet Bhullar (66) finally caught up to him and Craig Lee (69) got it to -12. The three of them will be in the final group on Sunday.
A quick note on Phil's round: He only had 22 putts! He was making the short game look ridiculously easy. He finished with 9 birdies, an eagle, and 2 bogeys.
I don't know if Phil will get it done today, but you've got to like his chances if his putter stays hot.
Back in the American desert, Patrick Reed shot his third straight 63. He obliterated the 54-hole scoring record with his -27 total and now has a 7-shot lead on Charley Hoffman and Brendon Todd.
Nobody's ever lost with that kind of lead when they went that low. (In case you didn't know, there are 3 players who have shot -25 for 54 holes and 3 more who have shot -24.) Nick Faldo noted that Patrick deserves some credit for going so low when he wasn't surrounded by the crowds to keep him "hyped up." But I don't think that's so surprising -- remember, Patrick Monday-qualified for 6 tournaments in 2012 before he got his Tour card. In fact, he said he would approach the final round as if it was a Monday qualifier, as if everybody was starting even and having to shoot as low as possible.
I really like his chances to win Sunday, even though he'll have to do it with the crowds watching. After all, he got his first win last season in a playoff against Jordan Spieth. Between that and the Monday qualifying, he clearly knows how to deal with pressure.
I should also note that Bernhard Langer went low in Hawaii to tie the lead there with Fred Couples. It was only a 64 but, given his thumb injury, that's not too shabby either.
Don't you wish YOU could have a 63 kind of day?


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Women's rights campaign group The Fawcett Society has called for a change to the way working life is organised following revelations that the IT trade has the largest gender pay disparity of any industry.
A recent report from the CMI has revealed that while the average upper tier wage for men is £50,487, the figure sinks to £32,751 for women. In lower levels, men can expect to receive £20,187 on average, while women can expect just £19,068.
"The CMI's new findings suggest the IT industry to be the worst performing in terms of gender pay disparities, and supports Fawcett's analysis that discrimination still exists and is experienced routinely by women in the workplace," the Fawcett Society's policy and campaigns officer, Preethi Sundaram told PCR.
The findings from the CMI has also prompted the Government to take action; from October this year, businesses will no longer legally be able to stop employees comparing their salaries with their colleagues.
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Rock City, Ruby Falls, Lookout Mountain, great Mexican Food, firefly sightings, and a sweet treat with friends! Our 24 hours in Chattanooga didn't disappoint!
I'm saving all my Rock City photos for another post because it was so gorgeous there that we took approximately 10,000 photos. Kidding. Not really.
If you want some extra fun while you're driving into Chattanooga, listen to the chapter in American Gods when the gods are converging on Lookout Mountain. It's a little bit surreal to hear the exact area you are driving through so incredibly described by the author!
Ruby Falls with a kid was a lot of fun, and not too dark that is was frightening. Although I will say for a 4 year old the hour long tour was a bit of a stretch and the mile-ish long walk to and from the waterfall through the caves was pretty boring for someone too short to see over most the rocks. Also... muddy. Enough said? HA!
Overall though we loved our quick stop in Chattanooga! The food was incredible! As was our company since we got to catch up with an old friend and our son had a playmate for a bit! Also if you go to Milk and Honey get the sweet cream ice cream and strawberry mixed together. Mercy! Ice cream is my love language.
The walk to the falls is full of interesting rock formations and a corny tour guide. See the turtle?!
Our friend Trisha recommended this area for dinner and what a perfect little corner of town!
Nate took this photo of me and it cracks me up because could there ever be a photo of me showing love more than feeding someone a bite of my ice cream? Look at how happy I am! I told you ice cream was my love language!
Spotting fireflies at dusk. He definitely used this as a bedtime stalling strategy and we totally fell for it.


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El bolero moruno es un subgénero del Bolero.

Como adjetivo, moruno hace alusión al elemento "moro" , u originario de la antigua  Mauritania.  Su ejecución viene caracterizada por una especie de "vuelta a los orígenes", fundamentada en el uso de melodías similares a las usadas en la música andaluza.

Este "retorno" no implica una vuelta  a la forma de compás ternario propia del bolero español. El bolero moruno mantiene su compás binario pero mostrando un cierto color "aflamencado", por el aporte de melodías relacionadas con la música árabe.

El bolero moruno llegó a alcanzar cierta popularidad y se mantuvo siempre apegado a la fusión de los elementos hispanos y  afrocubanos que condicionaron su aparición a finales del siglo XIX

Referencias

Géneros de música latina
Géneros y formas musicales

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Our aim at East Coast Beauty Training Academy is to treat each and every customer as an individual, providing you with the very best of servises, the finest products possible, at the most competitive prices.
We are fully commited to providing excellent customer service, innovation and excellence.
As we listen to our customers and students we know the importance of giving a professional service and product that people want and need.
When choosing your course there are a few important bits of information you need to ask your provider.
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How to apply basic nail art.
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You will receive your pre course manual prior to the course date. This will enable you to study the therory before the course day and answer the questions supplied. You will need to bring these with you on the day of the course. This enables us to concentrate on practical. The course will run from 10am prompt till approx 4pm. A model may be required for the afternoon to practice.
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Formed in 1921, the Legion is a charity that needs little introduction. By its very act of remembrance, the charity encapsulates what re-enactment aims to achieve; remembering and respecting those who fought in the past (as well as paying respects to current serving personnel).
The group is proud to be involved with the Poppy Appeal Collection, specifically in the Kenilworth area where we volunteer as collectors on the streets in our uniforms.


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Josh Elliott, Western Art Collector, March 2020
Josh Elliott: Nature's Truth
Click to view available paintings by Josh Elliott
Courtesy Western Art Collector, March 2020
When Josh Elliott is preparing for an exhibition, he comes up with a theme and then keeps works in progress around him in the studio to judge how they fit in. His March exhibition at Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona, has the theme Desert Array, a kind of anti-theme encompassing things that have attracted him "from Taos to Death Valley, from Tucson to Utah."
Accompany the exhibition is a photograph of the artist in the midst of his array. "I was thinking I wanted to include an array of the things I would be painting for the show and then I thought of 'rays' of the sun which became many arms radiating from my body holding the tools I use when I'm out painting. There's Taos Pueblo and scenes from other parts of the southwest as well as a coyote and a quail because I'm going to be doing some wildlife, too."
Vermilion Life, oil, 18 x 46"
Elliott has said, "A good painting, to me, is Nature's truth filtered through the artist." The untruth of the photograph attests to a fine sense of humor.
"I want to paint the truth of what's in front of me," he says, "I'm not a total slave to that, though. There's enough truth in there but I also know that I can improve on that truth. I'll think 'What if the sky were darker and I pick it up in something in the foreground?' I exaggerate and I simplify. I'll be standing in front of a mountain but concentrate on the patterns of the rocks that have fallen off the mountain. I think, 'What would make a statement?'"
Desert Rhythms, oil, 18 x 24"
He began mostly as a plein air painter but now makes color and value notes in the field. "I can work out the composition in the studio.I also use my memory of a scene—that a shadow was almost green, for instance, not blue. I'm for interesting more than pretty—something that feels artistic to me. I want to include something of myself. The more you go on as an artist and look at other artists' work you think about how brilliant it is and wonder how did they think of that. When I design a composition I work to get the viewer's eye to move around the picture in a way that doesn't make them think, 'That's clever!'"
Pueblo Shadows, oil, 20 x 30"
His painting Taos Shadows is a complex composition in which he has carefully controlled our perception of the shape of the shadow. "I've put variety in the shadow but not so much that it loses its shape," he explains. Its shape is formed by the shape of the buildings as well as the horno and a pole that is outside the picture frame. It undulates over the uneven ground. In the background a young girl returns from school wearing a backpack. He adds,
"I like to mix in contemporary life—things that are happening today. I want to be sure I'm appreciating things as they are now."


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BOINC (akronim za Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, Otvorena infrastruktura za mrežno računarstvo na Berkeleyju) je nekomercijalna računalna aplikacijska platforma za mrežno (grid) računarstvo, nastala 10. travnja 2002. godine, na Sveučilištu Kalifornije u Berkeleyju, gdje se i dalje razvija.
BOINC platforma omogućava oslobađanje procesorsko-računarske snage više milijuna osobnih računala spojenih preko interneta ili intraneta. To se odvija u obliku projekata koji su najčešće općekorisni i pod nadzorom sveučilišta i drugih institucija diljem svijeta.
Trenutno su računarski najintenzivniji oni projekti koji obrađuju matematički proračun trodimenzionalnog modela Mliječne staze, potragu za vanzemaljskom inteligencijom, izradu klimatskih modela te predviđanje meteoroloških stanja, modeliranje i simulaciju savijanja proteina, računsku obradu gravitacijskih valova te istraživanje novih lijekova.

Pojedinosti

Same ideje se dosjetilo društvo okupljeno oko Davida Andersona u Space Sciences Laboratoryju na Kalifornijskom sveučilištu u Berkeleyju. Pri razvoju BOINC-a upotrijebljeno je iskustvo proizašlo iz rada sa SETI@home projektom koji se oslanjao na distribuirano računarstvo. Realizacija BOINC-a pokrenuta je u veljači 2002. godine, a prva inačica je bila gotova 10. travnja 2002. godine. Prvi projekt nosio je naziv Predictor@home.

Glavni zadatak platforme jest odvojiti znanstveni sadržaj od upravljačkog.
Korisnici BOINC platforme instaliraju na računalo jednu aplikaciju pod nazivom BOINC klijent i mogu vlastitu slobodnu procesorsku snagu dodijeliti raznim projektima. To je velika prednost u odnosu na klijente koji su vezani isključivo za jedan određeni projekt, jer jedan projekt, koji se oslanja na distribuirano računarstvo, često nema dovoljno posla kako bi opskrba korisnika raznim djelićima projekata (zadatci, eng. tasks) bila osigurana.
U projektima sudjeluju uglavnom entuzijasti amateri te znanstvenici i raduju se svakom malom napretku projekta u kojem sudjeluju.

SETI@home classic projekt je bio specifičan po načinu izdavanja radnih računalnih zadataka pa ih nikada nije manjkalo. Određeni su radni zadatci bili otvoreni BOINC klijentima čak i do dvanaest puta, iako su za osiguravanje točnosti i preciznosti, u znanstvenim proračunima, potrebna tri neovisna računarska ciklusa. Razvojem kasnijih i novijih generacija BOINC klijenata, koji su bili u stanju istovremeno sudjelovati u više projekata, iskorištavanje procesorske računarske snage postalo je efikasnije.
Od 18. studenog 2003. godine BOINC podliježe GNU GP licenci. Cilj otvaranja izvornog programskog kôda jest upravo brži daljnji razvoj BOINC-a, podržavanje novih operacijskih sustava te povećanje sigurnosti. Veliku ulogu u razvoju BOINC-a imaju programeri okupljeni oko slobodno-softverske zajednice.

Inačicom 6.4.5 podržana je i CUDA tehnologija nastala u tvrtci Nvidia. Time je omogućeno iskorištavanje računarske snage Nvidijinih grafičkih kartica pomoću CUDA tehnologije. Inačicom 6.10.x podržana je i ATI Stream-tehnika, koja, na sličnom principu rada kao i CUDA tehnologija, omogućava iskorištavanje računarske snage ATI-jevih grafičkih kartica.

Zadnji podaci iz ožujka 2010. godine ukazuju na snagu BOINC platforme: pri 600.000 računala (eng. host) računarska snaga iznosi oko 3,5–6,8 PetaFLOPSa, što uglavnom varira svaki dan.

Sastavni dijelovi

Klijent
 Jezgreni klijent
 Jezgreni klijent je računalni program koji se na računalu odvija u pozadini. Nadzire znanstvenu uporabu računarske snage prema postavkama svakog sudionika. Upravlja radnim zadatcima i komunicira s projektima na poslužiteljskoj strani.
 BOINC manager
 BOINC manager je grafičko sučelje za određivanje postavki i nadzor jezgrenog klijenta. Baziran je na wxWidgets C++ biblioteci pa se može pokrenuti na svim operacijskim sustavim koji podržavaju wxWidgets. BOINC manageru se može pristupiti i udaljeno (eng. remote). BOINC manager podržava hrvatski jezik.
 BOINC sučelje s naredbenim recima
 Program boinc_cmd omogućava upravljanje jezgrenim klijentom preko naredbenih redaka. Vrlo je koristan kada nema grafičkog sučelja, kao primjerice kod poslužitelja.
 Projektni zadatci
 Svaki projekt priprema određenu količinu radnih zadataka, koje jezgreni klijent zatim skida preko mreže na računalo, gdje se započinju računske operacije. Jezgreni klijent nadzire iskorištavanje procesorske snage za vrijeme izvršavanja računskih operacija.

Kod starijih inačica je jezgreni klijent integriran, kako u BOINC sučelje s naredbenim recima, tako i u grafički BOINC manager. Kod najnovije inačice odvojeni jezgreni klijent komunicira s upravljačkim programima preko shared memorije.

Poslužitelj
Pozadinski sustav svakog projekta temelji se na web poslužitelju, PHP skriptnom jeziku i jednoj MySQL bazi podataka. Kod složenih projekata pozadinski sustav može biti raspodijeljen na više web poslužitelja. Ponekad projekti umjesto PHP-a kao pozadinski sustav rabe Perl ili ASP. Na taj način razna sveučilišta i institucije sebi individualno prilagođavaju komunikacijski model definiran na sveučilištu u Berkeleyju.
 Raspoređivač
 Raspoređivač, tj. "BOINC Scheduler" je CGI program koji se odvija na web poslužitelju pojedinog projekta. On dodjeljuje klijentima sudionika radne zadatke i nakon (ne)uspješno obavljenog procesorskog računanja upozorava o napretku pojedinog radnog zadatka (eng. work-unit), odnosno o greškama koje se eventualno mogu pojaviti. Sve događaje i napretke zapisuje u bazu podataka.
 Podatkovni poslužitelj
 Jednostavni HTTP poslužitelj, s kojeg sudionici preko svojih klijenata u određenim vremenskim intervalima mogu na svoja računala pohraniti radne zadatke. Sudionici gotove radne zadatke također šalju podatkovnom poslužitelju.
 Validator
 Validator (za svaki projekt različit program) provjerava točnost gotovih radnih zadataka pristiglih na podatkovni poslužitelj. Najčešće jedan radni zadatak dobije veći broj, međusobno neovisnih, sudionika pa će validator usporediti pristigle rezultate. U idealnom slučaju svi pristigli rezultati će biti identični.
 Asimilator
 Asimilator jest projektno-specifični program. Preuzima, od strane validatora, provjerene rezultate i priprema ih za daljnju znanstvenu obradu i analizu. Pri tome se određeni pristigli rezultati pohranjuju u raznim bazama podataka.
 Brisač datoteka
 Nakon što su rezultati "asimilirani", ulazno-izlazni podaci koji se s vremenom gomilaju, na poslužitelju postaju nepotreban teret. S brisačem datoteka se uklanjaju suvišne i nepotrebne datoteke.
 Konvertor
 Konvertor, tj. "BOINC Transitioner" nadzire napredak radnih zadataka, od trenutka tvorbe do izdavanja te ponovnog slanja na podatkovni poslužitelj u gotovom obliku. Pri tome provjerava da li su pristigli rezultati s više različitih računala dovoljni za uspješnu znanstvenu obradu.

Tehničke osobine
BOINC platforma lako se prilagođava potrebama pojedinih projekata. Neke od tehničkih osobina koje koriste projekti:
 Homogena redundancija
 Pojedini su znanstveni projekti osjetljivi na numeričke razlike, koje mogu nastati na različitim računalima. Razlog tome mogu biti operacijski sustav na računalu, procesori ili korišten kompilator. Male razlike u načinu zaokruživanja brojeva ili razlike u implementaciji pomičnog zareza mogu dati potpuno različite rezultate.
U slučaju Predictor@home projekta ustanovljeno je, da Intel i AMD procesori često daju različita savijanja proteina. Ni Intel ni AMD nisu računali pogrešno, jer se proteinske strukture ionako mogu predočiti samo statistički, no signifikantna razlika među njima je bila tolika da je poremetila rad validatora. LHC@home projekt je sličan problem riješio korištenjem vrlo opsežne matematičke biblioteke neovisne o operacijskom sustavu i drugim ograničavajućim faktorima. Važno je naglasiti da BOINC posjeduje mogućnost slanja radnih zadataka samo sudionicima s jednakim računalnim platformama. Na taj način radne zadatke obrađuju samo procesori kojima je taj zadatak i namijenjen.
 Raspoređivanje lokacije
 Kod nekih projekata su ulazne datoteke radnih zadataka vrlo velike. To opterećuje mrežnu infrastrukturu projekata. Neki projekti imaju prednost što mnoštvo radnih zadataka ima identičan skup ulaznih podataka. Na taj se način BOINC klijentu povlašteno dodjeljuju radni zadatci, ako su na računalu pohranjeni ulazni podatci koji se podudaraju s podatcima drugih projekata. Ova tehnika se poglavito koristi u projektu Einstein@home.
 Kapi
 Kapi (eng. trickles) su malene XML datoteke koje raspoređivaču dojavljuju stanje o napretku vrlo zahtjevnih i vremensko intenzivnih računskih operacija pojedinih projekata. ClimatePrediction.net projekt koristi radne zadatke, čije uspješno završavanje obrade može potrajati tjednima ili čak mjesecima. No, sudionici ipak ne žele čekati toliko na svoje kreditne bodove. Korištenjem kapi jezgreni klijent raspoređivaču javlja o napretku u rješavanju radnih zadataka, tako da se mogu podijeliti kreditni bodovi, iako se s radnim paketima još uvijek manipulira na poslužitelju projekta.
 Arhiviranje podataka
 Sudionici mogu odrediti granicu do koje BOINC može arhivirati relevantne ulazno-izlazne podatke na tvrdom disku. Projekti podacima pristupaju u interakciji sa sudionikom, nakon potvrde i odobrenja. ClimatePrediction.net projekt koristi upravo taj princip i pristupa podacima veličine u rangu 100 MB. Trenutno su u pripremi projekti kojima će biti glavna zadaća distribuirano arhiviranje relevantnih BOINCovih podataka.

Sudjelovanje u projektima
Sudjelovanje u projektima je dobrovoljno i neobvezujuće. Prethodno je potrebna besplatna registracija. Na računalu mora biti instaliran BOINC softver. Svaki puta kada se BOINC manager pokrene, BOINCovi upravljački programi će se prijaviti na željene projekte te će započeti pohranjivanje svih potrebnih datoteka kako bi procesorsko računanje moglo započeti. Ponuda otvorenih projekata je šarolika i obuhvaća velik broj znanstvenih disciplina (matematika, medicina, molekularna biologija, klimatologija, astrofizika itd.)

Ocjenjivanje doprinosa
Svako sudjelovanje u BOINC projektima, u obliku iskorištavanje procesorske snage, se nagrađuje kreditnim bodovima (eng. credit points. Ipak pošteno ocjenjivanje doprinosa se pokazalo kao netrivijalno. Jedinica kreditnih bodova jest cobblestone (hrv. kocka kaldrme), nazvana po Jeff Cobbu iz SETI@home projekta. 100 cobblestoneova odgovara dvadesetčetverosatnom procesorskom računanju hipotetske VAX ekstenzije s po 1000 Whetstone- ili Dhrystone-MIPSa.
Jezgreni klijent individualno periodički provjerava procesorsku snagu svakog računala pomoću benchmarkova i ustanovljava koliko je procesorskog vremena utrošena za obavljanje radnog zadatka te dodjeljuje zaslužene kreditne bonove (eng. claimed credit). No, kako jezgreni klijent može raditi na više računarskih arhitektura i, kako nema jedinstvenog kompilatora, optimizacija klijenata pomoću benchmarkova neće na svim računalima biti jednaka. Zato ni dodjeljivanje kreditnih bodova neće uvijek pratiti isti algoritam ocjenjivanja.
Pored toga je moguće manipulirati benchmark procedure na razini programskog kôda tako da BOINC manager zahtjeva veću količinu kreditnih bodova. BOINC softver to rješava na način da se, ako pristigne više rezultata istog radnog zadataka, svim sudionicama dodjeljuje srednja vrijednost njihovih pojedinih rezultata. Neki projekti zbog toga ovisno o radnim zadatcima dodjeljuju fiksni broj kreditnih bodova, definiran pomoću testnog računala pa se neki projekti, sa stajališta pribavljanja kreditnih bodova, za jednako utrošeno procesorsko vrijeme, više isplate od drugih. U bilo kojem trenutku sudionici mogu elektronskim putem zatražiti digitalni certifikat, koji potvrđuje sudjelovanje u jednom ili više projekata.

Izvori

Vidi još

 Cluster
 Paralelna obrada

Vanjske poveznice

 službene web stranice BOINC-a (na engleskom jeziku)
 izbor BOINC projekata (na engleskom jeziku)
 pomoć oko instalacije i podešavanja BOINC-a (na engleskom jeziku)
 posebni zahtjevi instalacije BOINC-a (na engleskom jeziku)
 statistički prikaz za Hrvatsku
 poredak zemalja
 poredak sudionika
 poredak ekipa
 dr.sc. David Anderson opisuje SETI@home, BOINC i distribuirano računarstvo

Slobodna programska podrška


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Roberta Knox A.I.S.T.D.
Roberta studied dance at Marianne Jepsons School of Dance. She gained the Associates teaching qualification in tap, ballet, modern & national dance before going on to perform in West End & national theatres. She has performed in 42nd Street, was the understudy for Cinderella in E & B productions & performed with the Jim Henson Company, to name but a few!
Roberta established the dance school in its original form in 1996. Roberta's love of dance is evident in her teaching & the examination results. Roberta currently teaches the part- time classes at Redroofs Theatre School.
Amy Mathews
Amy started dancing with Step in Time at the age of 4 years. She studied at Redroofs Theatre School & Jackie Palmer Theatre School. Amy has performed in several national theatres, including Oxford New Theatre, The Theatre Royal Windsor, Saddlers Wells & The Royal Albert Hall and performed in Swan Lake with the English Youth Ballet. She has been a TV extra in Midsomer Murders & Criminal Justice. Amy passed the Diploma in Dance Instruction (DDI) in modern and Level 4 Diploma in Dance & Performing Arts (Trinity College) at Linda Virgoe Academy. She has a BA(Hons) in Performing Arts is currently finalising her teaching qualifications (ISTD DDE) in Modern dance and Tap.
Grace Clarke
Grace covers classes when our regular teaches are unable to do so. She is currently studying Dance & Performing Arts at Urdang Dance Academy.
Tricia Mathews
Tricia has been involved in the school for a very long time and is responsible for the day to day running & organisation of the school. Her background in business, education and being a "stage mum" has given her the tools & insight for running Step in Time.
Maya Jones – Teacher's assistant
Maya has been a student at Step in Time for many years and is continuing her dance/performing arts training at The Big Act in Bristol.


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BEST PICTURE OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2014
Congratulations go to Chris McAleese (with thanks to Sam Irwin) for winning our Best Picture of the Month Competition for August 2014 with this great photo entitled 'Laundry Day'. Chris wins an additional three Last Exit to Nowhere T-shirts of his choice to add to his already impressive collection. If you'd like to have a go at entering our competition this month, send your image to: info@lastexittonowhere.com – all images must contain a reference to Last Exit to Nowhere in some way.
WHEN THERE'S NO MORE ROOM IN HELL, THE DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTH
A new addition to our range of horror film inspired T-shirts. A three colour design, hand screen printed on a regular fit 100% cotton navy T-shirt. Inspired by the fictional TV company featured in the 1978 George A. Romero film, Dawn of the Dead.
We've reintroduced our Neighbourhood Watch Alliance design to our range film inspired T-shirts. A two colour design, hand screen printed on a regular fit 100% cotton dark heather T-shirt, inspired by the second film in the Cornetto Trilogy, Hot Fuzz (2007).
An homage to Blade Runner
The classic Spinner logo from Blade Runner. A single colour design, hand screen printed on a regular fit 100% cotton ice T-shirt.
The past is just a story we tell ourselves.
A single colour design, hand screen printed on a regular fit 100% cotton red T-shirt. Inspired by the fictional artificially intelligent operating system that featured in Spike Jonze's 2013 film, Her.
Ah, dessert! Chilled monkey brains at the Pankot Palace
Inspired by the fictitious palace featured in the film Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom. A luxurious gold coloured ink, hand screen printed on a regular fit, 100% ultra cotton maroon t-shirt.