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Germany should aim to be a leader in hydrogen technology: minister
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany should aim to be a leader in technologies needed to make and utilize hydrogen, which offers a green alternative to fossil fuels in the shift toward a low carbon economy, the economy minister said on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier attends a joint news conference after a meeting in Paris, France, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
The government has been pushing renewables and other technologies to help cut Germany's carbon emissions by 55% of their 1990 level by 2030 and by 80% to 95% by 2050. But it is already set to miss a target of a 40% cut in emissions by 2020.
"We have to set the course so that Germany becomes the No. 1 in the world in hydrogen technologies," Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in a statement.
"Now is the time for hydrogen and the technologies that are necessary for it," he said after a meeting in Berlin to discuss Germany's 2030 targets and its strategy for hydrogen usage.
Hydrogen gas has long been viewed as a potential alternative to fossil fuels because it emits water when it burns in oxygen rather than CO2, the greenhouse gas that coal, oil and natural gas emit.
But there are challenges to using hydrogen. Although the gas can be produced from water by electrolysis, this requires large amounts of electricity which Germany mostly generates from fossil fuels, although Berlin is expanding sources.
Germany aims to use more natural gas, which produces less greenhouse gas emissions than coal or oil, as a transition fuel in the shift towards a low carbon economy.
Existing infrastructure for natural gas, such as pipelines and storage tanks, could also be used for hydrogen, if the fuel became available in commercial quantities, analysts say.
Pipeline operators have said the German network could be slowly adjusted so that it carries 10% hydrogen and 90% natural gas by 2030, rising to 20% to 30% hydrogen in the longer term, helping reduce emissions from gas combustion.
Germany has pilot projects to test ways to produce hydrogen from water using electrolysis but these are not yet commercially viable. Major industries have also been working on projects that could use hydrogen as fuel in manufacturing.
To encourage hydrogen usage, the Economy Ministry has proposed creating European and international certification for hydrogen technologies, exploring ways to market those technologies and seeking partner countries.
Reporting by Vera Eckert; Editing by Edmund Blair


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BitFlow was founded in 1993 by a group of people that had been in the imaging industry for years. The founders, having spent years developing custom hardware and specialized sub-systems, saw the emergence of the Personal Computer and thought that it could be a real machine vision tool. Moore's law, dropping memory prices, and ever increasing bus speeds opened up (and still are opening up) new opportunities to apply the PC to imaging applications. All that was needed was a fast and flexible camera interface. BitFlow's first product was based on the VESA local bus. It was the first frame grabber that didn't need an on-board display circuit. For the first time, a bus in the PC was fast enough to capture and display video in real time. For a chronological list of BitFlow firsts, click here.
BitFlow's success has largely been because of its focus on the camera interface slice of the imaging industry. We are an engineering based company. We mostly sell our own engineering; thus, the support you will get will come from the office next to the person who designed the hardware/software you're using. You may even end up talking directly to the designer. We work hard on solving the difficult interfacing applications, and we work hard to make sure our solutions are flexible enough to solve your problems, no matter how complicated. Yet we strive to make our products easy to use and painless to learn. Finally, if you're having trouble or are on a tight deadline we will support you better than anyone in the industry.
BitFlow designs all of its hardware and software with the OEM in mind. Everything is designed and built to the highest possible quality standards. Most of our customers are running their equipment 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. These are in rugged environments, with constant high speed data requirements. Should something go wrong, we will be there to help get your equipment back on line as quickly as possible. Should you be looking to upgrade your systems, we'll make the transition to newer and faster equipment as simple as possible.
Another reason customers choose BitFlow is our experience. We have been designing systems that move camera data into computers since the 80's, always working on the toughest interfacing problems. We understand cameras almost as well as the people who make them. But our experience doesn't stop there – we understand that our products are only one component in a big system. Our boards have to interact with a variety of signals coming from other equipment and integrate seamlessly into an wide range of applications. We know what it takes to get a machine vision application running on the factory floor, not just in the lab.
Though the VESA local bus is long gone and we are now moving data at gigabytes per second, our founding principles remain. Because of the economies of scale, the PC is, and probably always will be, the most cost effective platform for machine vision applications. All that is needed is to get the data into the machine. BitFlow combines this strategy with high quality standards, deep knowledge of the machine vision industry, a comprehensive understanding of camera interfacing, and the best support in the industry. Give us a call or shoot us an e-mail, we'll solve your imaging problems so you can go home early.


Do you have a smartphone or tablet you would like to use more effectively in your business? Here is a collection of 8 mobile apps that can help you whether you are in the office or on the go.
Want to turn your smartphone or tablet into a mobile cash register? Square lets users take credit card payments for a flat fee of 2.75% per swipe. It supplies customers with a free card reader and free point of sale tools.
Looking for a mobile customized invoicing solution that works from the road as well as your office? Invoice2go allows synced invoicing from all your devices and once created you can track your invoices.
This app is a must-have information capture app loaded with features and flexibility. It allows you to store notes, photos, clip web pages, and take voice reminders. Everything you add to Evernote is fully searchable – it will find text in pictures let alone documents.
Turn your smartphone into a document scanner. This app will scan all kinds of paper documents and receipts so you can minimize the paper chasing. Once scanned you can add notes, search and share your documents as you need.
Despite our progress to a digital world the paper business card is still alive and hanging in there. This app, owned by LinkedIn, converts those business cards you collect at networking events to contacts with a click of your built-in camera.
Otherwise known as 'Fortune Is In The Follow Up'! Fiitfu is a Customer Relations Management app at a competitive price.
Need to store your documents in the cloud? Dropbox is still one of the more popular document storage and sharing services on the web.If you want ultra file security you might want to encrypt sensitive files.
Working across iOS, Android and Blackberry, the WebEx app lets you hold meetings wherever you are. The free version supports 3 people per meeting and allows files to be shared real time while you meet.
Throughout her professional career, Elaine Weiss has been drawn by high-tech innovations and the entrepreneurs who bring it to the consumer. After pursuing a career in technology transfer at UBC, she was inspired to launch her business Weiss Consulting in 2008 in Vancouver to help entrepreneurs protect and commercialize inventions.


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Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of Britain's Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (Image © National Maritime Museum, London)
'WWI's Greatest Sea Battle' - Jutland Centenary exhibition at UK National Maritime Museum
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As commemorations get underway to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, a new exhibition examining the battle has just opened at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich in London. CN's Patrick Gregory took a tour.
'Jutland 1916: WWI's Greatest Sea Battle' is the first exhibition to focus on the encounter at the museum in a full 30 years, one which is to be accompanied by a number of talks over the next few weeks looking both at the battle and the overall role played by the Royal Navy during the First World War.
The talks – and the exhibition itself – seek to position the battle in as broad a context as possible and it begins with an explanation of the pre-war naval arms race. That 20-year period, straddling the turn of the century, was a time of gradually heightening tensions: Britain and Germany engaged in an expensive construction programme, upping the ante in the years leading up to the outbreak of hostilities.
There is space, too, for a human dimension to the exhibition as it seeks to tell the stories of some of those who fought in the North Sea, personal testimonies from widows or former comrades.
Some died in the waters, others survived, including those like William Vicarage who suffered terrible injuries or the boy bugler William Robert Walker, severely wounded on board HMS Calliope and who was later visited as he recovered by King George V and presented with a silver bugle – part of the display at Greenwich – by the Commander of the Grand Fleet, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.
The silver-plated bugle presented to William Walker. It's inscribed "Presented by the Commander in Chief to W.R. Walker, 'HMS Calliope', 31st May 1916" (Image © National Maritime Museum, London)
But it is of course the battle itself which occupies the central role, laid out in detail in a series of wall charts, maps and displays at the exhibition; and there is a 10-minute film narrated by the fleet admiral's grandson Nick Jellicoe, explaining how the two countries' navies and their detachments of battlecruiser squadrons first skirmished and then fiercely clashed over the two days of battle.
The confusion and ferocity of the conflict is amply demonstrated, the life-or-death decision-making taken by Jellicoe and his opposite numbers, working out which way to turn and the calculations of the dangers lurking in the seas ahead.
There are the early losses on the British side of HMS Indefatigable and HMS Queen Mary, losses followed two hours later by those of HMS Defence and HMS Invincible. There are the sudden emergency turns executed by the German High Seas Fleet as it tries to evade the full might of the numerically superior Grand Fleet; and also the Grand Fleet's manoeuvrings to avoid German torpedo attacks; and finally the last desperate skirmishing in the chaos of night-fighting, as foes attempt to identify one another in the disorientation of a dark night at sea.
8,500 lost
As history recounts, of course, 'Der Tag' famously achieved little by way of concrete gain for either side. One of the most heavily anticipated engagements of the war was also one of its biggest disappointments. Over 8,500 lives lost with neither participant able to chart a particular course ahead. Except perhaps this: that the early and rather over-optimistic claims made in the immediate aftermath of battle by German naval commanders, claims as to the damage inflicted on Jellicoe's armada, soon gave way to the realisation that little had changed.
The British naval blockade was still slowly starving Germany's wartime economy. The result? A decision taken little more than six months after Jutland by the German High Command: the resumption of a campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in the north Atlantic and the coastal waters around the British Isles.
In all, the Maritime Museum seeks to use this Jutland exhibition to tell a wider story of naval conflict in the First World War and does so both with the help of British – and some original German – source material, and with a keen eye on how it affected real people.
Using a wide variety of objects and displays – paintings, photographs, plans, medals, maps and models, many on show for the first time – it captures some of the public sentiment alive at the time. A mighty naval engagement and its aftermath, a battle so long in the making but one ultimately which neither country could walk away from with any sense of achievement.
'Jutland 1916: WWI's Greatest Sea Battle' runs at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from May 2016 – November 2018. More details here.
Images © National Maritime Museum, London
Posted by: Patrick Gregory, Centenary News
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A day of solemn ceremony - as global events close the WW1 Centenary with pledges 'Not to Forget'
Belgium & Canada honour last Commonwealth soldier killed in WW1
Warning that America is "way behind" in commemorating Centennial
Canada outlines Centenary plans at international meeting in Paris
UK Broadcasters Prepare for Centenary
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O site EW já revelou a capa e o trecho da nova duologia da escritora da série Divergente! O livro será publicado em janeiro de 2017 nos EUA, mas o trecho já nos dá um gostinho do que a estória será! Já a sinopse foi traduzida por mim e retirada do Goodreads.
"Em um planeta onde a violência e vingança dominam, em uma galáxia onde alguns são favorecidos pelo destino, todos desenvolvem um dom especial, um poder único capaz de moldar o futuro. Enquanto a maioria se beneficia de seus dons, Akos e Cyra não — seus dons os tornam vulneráveis ao controle de outros. Eles serão capazes de reclamar seus dons, seus destinos, suas vidas e restaurar o equilíbrio de poder neste mundo?"
The first time I saw the Kereseth brothers, it was from the servants' passageway that ran alongside the Weapons Hall. I was several seasons older, fast approaching adulthood.
My father had joined my mother in the afterlife just a few seasons prior, killed in an attack during our last sojourn. My brother, Ryzek, was now walking the path our father had set for him, the path toward Shotet legitimacy. Maybe even Shotet dominance.
My former tutor, Otega, had been the first to tell me about the Kereseths, because the servants in our house were whispering the story over the pots and pans in the kitchen, and she always told me of the servants' whispers.
"Which one?" I asked. I knew the men Vas traveled with. Knew how one liked candy, another had a weak left shoulder, and yet another had trained a pet bird to eat treats from his mouth. It was good to know such things about people. Just in case.
I raised my eyebrows. Kalmev Radix, one of my brother's trusted elite, had been killed by a Thuvhesit boy? That was not an honorable death.
"Why were the brothers taken?" I asked her.
I didn't know the fates of the Kereseth boys, or any but mine and Ryzek's, though they had been broadcast a few days ago on the Assembly news feed. Ryzek had cut the news feed within moments of the Assembly Leader coming on screen. The Assembly Leader had given the announcement in Othyrian, and though the speaking and learning of all languages but Shotet had been banned in our country for over ten seasons, it was still better to be safe.
My father had told me my own fate after my currentgift manifested, with little ceremony: The second child of the family Noavek will cross the Divide. A strange fate for a favored daughter, but only because it was so dull.
I didn't wander the servants' passages that often anymore—there were things happening in this house I didn't want to see—but to catch a glimpse of the kidnapped Kereseths … well. I had to make an exception.
All I knew about the Thuvhesit people—apart from the fact that they were our enemies—was they had thin skin, easy to pierce with a blade, and they overindulged in iceflowers, the lifeblood of their economy. I had learned their language at my mother's insistence—the Shotet elite were exempt from my father's prohibitions against language learning, of course—and it was hard on my tongue, which was used to harsh, strong Shotet sounds instead of the hushed, quick Thuvhesit ones.
I knew Ryzek would have the Kereseths taken to the Weapons Hall, so I crouched in the shadows and slid the wall panel back, leaving myself just a crack to see through, when I heard footsteps.
The room was like all the others in Noavek manor, the walls and floor made of dark wood so polished it looked like it was coated in a film of ice. Dangling from the distant ceiling was an elaborate chandelier made of glass globes and twisted metal. Tiny fenzu insects fluttered inside it, casting an eerie, shifting light over the room. The space was almost empty, all the floor cushions—balanced on low wooden stands, for comfort—gathering dust, so their cream color turned gray. My parents had hosted parties in here, but Ryzek used it only for people he meant to intimidate.
I saw Vas, my brother's steward, before anyone else. The long side of his hair was greasy and limp, the shaved side red with razor burn. Beside him shuffled a boy, much smaller than I was, his skin a patchwork of bruises. He was narrow through the shoulders, spare and short. He had fair skin, and a kind of wary tension in his body, like he was bracing himself.
Muffled sobs came from behind him, where a second boy, with dense, curly hair, stumbled along. He was taller and broader than the first Kereseth, but cowering, so he almost appeared smaller.
These were the Kereseth brothers, the fate-favored children of their generation. Not an impressive sight.
My brother waited for them across the room, his long body draped over the steps that led to a raised platform. His chest was covered with armor, but his arms were bare, displaying a line of kill marks that went all the way up the back of his forearm. They had been deaths ordered by my father, to counteract any rumors about my brother's weakness that might have spread among the lower classes. He held a small currentblade in his right hand, and every few seconds he spun it in his palm, always catching it by the handle. In the bluish light, his skin was so pale he looked almost like a corpse.
He smiled when he saw his Thuvhesit captives, his teeth showing. He could be handsome when he smiled, my brother, even if it meant he was about to kill you.
He leaned back, balancing on his elbows, and cocked his head.
"My, my," he said. His voice was deep and scratchy, like he had just spent the night screaming at the top of his lungs.
"This is the one I've heard so many stories about?" Ryzek nodded to the bruised Kereseth boy. He spoke Thuvhesit crisply. "The Thuvhesit boy who earned a mark before we even got him on a ship?" He laughed.
I squinted at the bruised one's arm. There was a deep cut on the outside of his arm next to the elbow, and a streak of blood that had run between his knuckles and dried there. A kill mark, unfinished. A very new one, belonging, if the rumors were true, to Kalmev Radix. This was Akos, then, and the snuffling one was Eijeh.
"Akos Kereseth, the third child of the family Kereseth." Ryzek stood, spinning his knife on his palm, and walked down the steps. He dwarfed even Vas. He was like a regular-size man stretched taller and thinner than he was supposed to be, his shoulders and hips too narrow to bear his own height.
I was tall, too, but that was where my physical similarities with my brother ended. It wasn't uncommon for Shotet siblings to look dissimilar, given how blended our blood was, but we were more distinct than most.
The boy—Akos—lifted his eyes to Ryzek's. I had first seen the name "Akos" in a Shotet history book. It had belonged to a religious leader, a cleric who had taken his life rather than dishonor the current by holding a currentblade. So this Thuvhesit boy had a Shotet name. Had his parents simply forgotten its origins? Or did they want to honor some long-forgotten Shotet blood?
"Why are we here?" Akos said hoarsely, in Shotet.
Ryzek flinched a little as he spoke. Only someone who had known him as long as I had could have seen it, I was certain. Ryzek hated to watch pain, not out of empathy for the person suffering it, but because he didn't like to be reminded that pain existed, that he was as vulnerable to it as anyone else.
Akos had been tense since I laid eyes on him. As I watched, it was as if all the hardness in him melted away, leaving him looking as vulnerable as a small child. His fingers were curled, but not into fists. Passively, like he was sleeping.
I guess he hadn't known his fate.
"That isn't true," Akos said, like he was waiting for Ryzek to soothe away the fear. I pressed a sharp pain from my stomach with a palm.
"Oh, I assure you that it is. Would you like me to read from the transcript of the announcement?" Ryzek took a square of paper from his back pocket—he had come to this meeting prepared to wreak emotional havoc, apparently—and unfolded it. Akos was trembling.
Ryzek let the paper drop to the floor. Akos grabbed it so roughly it almost tore. He stayed crouched as he read the words—again and again—as if rereading them would change them. As if his death, and his service to our family, were not preordained.
Ryzek turned and climbed to the top of the platform. The wall above it was covered with weapons of all shapes and sizes, most of them currentblades as long as my arm. He selected a large, thick knife with a sturdy handle, like a meat cleaver.
Ryzek grinned the way he always did when he knew something other people didn't.
I sat back from the crack in the wall, closing my eyes against the line of light so I could think.
For my brother and my father, every sojourn since Ryzek was young had been a search for an oracle, and every search had turned up empty. Likely because it was nearly impossible to catch someone who knew you were coming. But finally, it seemed Ryzek had found a solution: he had located an oracle who didn't know what he was, one soft and pliable enough to be shaped by Noavek cruelty.
I sat forward again to hear Eijeh speak, his curly head tipped forward.
"Akos, what is he saying?" Eijeh asked in slippery Thuvhesit, wiping his nose with the back of his hand.
A shadow darted across the back of my hand like an insect, my currentgift making my knuckles ache like they were breaking. I stifled a groan. I knew what future Ryzek wanted: to rule Thuvhe, as well as Shotet, to conquer our enemies, to be recognized as a legitimate world leader by the Assembly. But his fate hung over him as heavily as Akos's likely now hung over him, saying that Ryzek would fall to our enemies instead of reign over them. He needed an oracle if he wanted to avoid that failure. And now he had one.
I wanted Shotet to be recognized as a nation instead of a collection of rebellious upstarts just as much as my brother did. So why was the pain of my currentgift—ever-present—mounting by the second?
I pressed against my stomach again.
Ryzek balanced the knife on his palm and flicked it to turn it. It wobbled, moving in a slow circle. No, no, no, I found myself thinking, unsure why.
Akos shifted into the path between Ryzek and Eijeh, as if he could stop my brother with the meat of his body alone.
Ryzek watched his knife turn as he moved toward Eijeh.
He nodded to Vas, who forced Eijeh to his knees. Ryzek caught the blade by its handle and touched the edge of it to Eijeh's head, right under his ear. Eijeh whimpered.
And then Akos barreled into my brother from the side. He wasn't big enough to topple Ryzek, but he had caught him off guard, and Ryzek stumbled. Akos pulled his elbow back to punch— stupid, I thought to myself—but Ryzek was too fast. He kicked up from the ground, hitting Akos in the stomach, then stood. He grabbed Akos by the hair, wrenching his head up, and sliced along Akos's jawline, ear to chin. Akos screamed.
It was one of Ryzek's preferred places for cutting people. When he decided to give a person a scar, he wanted it to be visible. Unavoidable.
Ryzek stared down at Akos, who was clutching his face, his neck streaked with blood.
"I do not know this Thuvhesit word, 'please,'" Ryzek said.
Later that night I heard a scream echoing in the quiet hallways of Noavek manor. I knew it didn't belong to Akos—he had been sent to our cousin Vakrez, "to grow thicker skin," as Ryzek put it. Instead I recognized the scream as Eijeh's voice raised in acknowledgment of pain, as my brother tried to pry the future from his head.
I dreamt of it for a long time thereafter.
que capa maravilhosa é essa?! Fiquei bem curiosa para ler o livro!
Eu amei a trilogia Divergente e a escrita da autora, e também espero gostar deste livro.


The IES and IAQM are examining the role of local authorities in air quality and planning situations and is asking professionals working for local authorities in an air quality capacity to answer a short survey about air quality responsibilities with respect to planning.
he outcome from the survey will form part of a wider investigation by the IES that will examine where potential points of conflict may exist with other duties such as planning or energy efficiency (for example). The wider project will also seek to illustrate these points of conflict with reference to case study examples from local authorities. The intention is to arrive at sensible workable conclusions and/or recommendations that will be of use to Local Authority practitioners.


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Podcast: The Link Between Academic Fraud and Cybersecurity Risk
Honeywell Survey Shows Security Convergence Popular but Elusive
By James E. Powell
A survey by Honeywell released in March reveals that although some organizations are integrating physical security measures such as video surveillance and access control with traditional IT security system, significant barriers to convergence still exist.
Furthermore, Enterprise Threat Management and Security Convergence: A Benchmarking Study reports that many of these organizations remain unsure about how best to get the best results.
More than 50 chief information officers, chief security officers, and chief information and security officers of U.S.-based global companies participated in the study. Their companies had revenues of $1 billion to over $100 billion. Most indicated increased interaction between their security and IT functions: nearly two-thirds (63 percent) said their security and IT organizations "had a formal coordination mechanism," with 10 percent reporting that the two functions are run as a single entity.
Nearly three in four respondents (almost 73 percent) believe vulnerabilities in either physical or IT security can lead to a breach in the other system, which could explain why 91 percent of companies reported an increase in their organization's security investment (three-fourths of which exceeded 8 percent over the previous year).
Who is responsible for organizing responses to a coordinated physical-IT security attack? One-third (34 percent) said there isn't a single internal contact, 27 percent said it was the director of security, 14 percent identified a single chief security officer, and 14 percent said it was their crisis management group.
Even the definition of convergence wasn't uniform among respondents; answers varied from using IT backbones for security systems to automating manual processes through an IT system. One third (33 percent) said they believe convergence will occur within the next two to five years, but another 33 percent said convergence will never happen. Respondents cited several barriers, including turf control, complexity and skills needed to handle multiple disciplines, budget conflicts, compatibility across groups, lack of technical platforms, and expanding privacy laws
Honeywell said its study has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percent.
More information about the report is available at http://www.honeywellintegrated.com.
This article is courtesy of Enterprise Systems. James E. Powell is editorial director of ESJ.com.


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Alfa Laval, MAN Energy Solutions Join Forces
In partnership with MAN Energy Solutions, the Alfa Laval Fuel Conditioning Module (FCM) LPG has undergone successful tests with the first two-stroke, high-pressure marine engine to use LPG as fuel – and has been evaluated for use with ammonia."As the marine industry embraces a growing range of alternative fuels, including LPG and ammonia, Alfa Laval is committed to providing the advanced fuel systems needed for engine protection and efficiency," said a press release.The competitiveness of LPG as a fuel is increasing.
Engine Service Work Complete for Britannia Aggregates
Power specialist Royston has completed an extensive overhaul of diesel engines on a Britannia Aggregates' owned and operated dredger, which extracts sand and gravel from the seabed.Engineers undertook the service work onboard the 100m, 3,610 gross tonnage Britannia Beaver, as part of a comprehensive refurbishment and maintenance program of essential power systems.The 1991 built A class dredger, which operates around the south-east coast of the UK, delivers aggregates to Brett-owned wharves around the South East of England…
Sovcomflot's Lomonosov Prospect Transists Northern Sea Route on LNG
PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group)'s large-capacity LNG-fueled Aframax tanker Lomonosov Prospect has successfully completed its first commercial voyage along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to deliver a cargo of petroleum products from the Republic of Korea to Northern Europe.The high-latitude voyage from Cape Dezhnev at Chukotka to Cape Zhelaniya of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago took the Arc4 vessel 7.8 days to complete, during which the tanker covered a distance of 2194 nautical miles.During the voyage…
Rolls-Royce Power for Havyard Ro-Pax Vessels
The Norwegian ship owning company Havila Kystruten AS, has ordered four new build Ro-Pax vessels of Havyard 923 design. Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine will provide power and propulsion for all four ships.From January 2021, Havila Kystruten will operate four ships on the coastal route between the cities of Bergen in south western, and Kirkenes in northern, Norway. The company has contracted Spain's Astillero Hijos de J. Barreras shipyard to build two of the cruise ferries and Turkey's…
Wärtsilä to Power Ponant's New Cruise Ship
Wärtsilä's 31DF dual-fuel engine, which emphasizes outstanding efficiency, extremely economical fuel consumption and minimal emissions, has been selected to power a new polar ice-class luxury cruise vessel is being built for the France-based operator Ponant at Vard Søviknes, a part of VARD shipbuilding group in Norway.Because the 150-meter-long ship will operate in environmentally sensitive Arctic and Antarctic waters, it will operate primarily on LNG. Wärtsilä's advanced technologies…
Wärtsilä Wins First 'LPG as Fuel' Order for New Gas Carriers
Wärtsilä will provide an integrated cargo handling and fuel gas system for two new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers for Belgium-based owner Exmar. The 80,000m³ very large gas carriers are being built at HHIC-Philippines (Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Philippines) in Subic Bay, and will be the first vessels capable of running on LPG, according to Wärtsilä, who secured the order in July 2018.Wärtsilä, which offers 'LPG as fuel' as a fully integrated part of the cargo handling system…
Royston Completes FPSO Engine Overhaul
An engineering team from power specialist Royston has completed the overhaul of engines on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operated by Bluewater Services.Engineers undertook the 16,000-hour service on the Wartsila W6L46 diesel engines onboard the 252m, 103,000 DWT Samsung built Haewene Brim, as part of a comprehensive refurbishment and refit of critical fuel and power systems.The FPSO has been operating in the Shell's Pierce field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea for the past five years.
ABS Classes Next Generation LNG Carrier
ABS has confirmed that the ABS-classed Diamond Gas Orchid, the world's first "Sayaringo STaGE" next generation LNG carrier, has been delivered to Diamond LNG Shipping, a joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). Ordered by Diamond LNG Shipping through MI LNG Company, Ltd., constructed by Nagasaki-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Structure Co., Ltd. and delivered by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., the innovative carrier introduces…
Fuels, Lubricants & Green Marine
International Maritime Organization (IMO) fuel rules entering force in 2020 mandate a drastic sulfur reduction. By 2050 the mandate is to cut greenhouse gas emissions of shipping by at least 50 percent.Marine fuels, lubricants and additives manufacturers play their part in establishing maritime's green credentials by introducing new environmentally acceptable technologies and products.The shipping industry is more than ever portrayed in a bad light due to increasing awareness of its contribution to global climate change, according to Dirk Kronmeijer, CEO of GoodFuels Marine.
BC Ferries' Spirit of British Columbia Converted to LNG
Spirit of British Columbia, one of two BC Ferries vessels that will use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel, has finished conversion at the Remontowa Ship Repair Yard S.A. in Gdansk, Poland and has returned to service for the Canadian operator.The 1993-built ro-pax ferry Spirit of British Columbia was the first to undergo conversion while its sister vessel, the Spirit of Vancouver Island, is expected to complete conversion during the spring of 2019. The 550-foot ABS-classed vessels are the largest ships in the BC Ferries fleet with a capacity to carry 2…
Marine Fuels: Unmasking Gas
A primer on the way forward for alternative fuels for marine propulsion. By now, many of us have been passed by a garbage truck, taken a ride on an airport bus or hailed a taxi cab that is clearly labeled by their respective marketing departments that these vehicles are powered by clean burning natural gas. Even now in our own maritime industry, some trendy operators are looking to make the case for liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion systems, others are opting for hybrid-electric solutions, and some are even aiming for full electric configurations.
Wärtsilä Donates Engine to MSU-Northern
Corporate officials from Wärtsilä North America were on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in October to look over their recent engine donation and to tour the new Diesel Technology Center, which is currently under construction. The donated 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 200 high-speed diesel engine and related tools from Wärtsilä are valued at $1.1 million and will be used in Northern's "Big Bore Lab" in the university's future Diesel Technology Center. The donation will help to expand the already existing partnership between the two organizations.
LNG as Fuel: Challenges & Opportunities
Environmental regulations are the main driver in reducing these emissions worldwide. Although until recently ECA zones were limited to a few areas, the IMO has now decided to limit SOx emissions worldwide and by 2020 all newbuilds will have to comply with its new regulations. The challenge for the shipping industry, however, is not only to comply with the IMO 2020 sulfur cap but also to catch up with the planning of the regulation by identifying and implementing the solutions…
Navigating the ABCs of SCR
On the way to Tier IV compliance, it turns out that experience counts. In late February, the nation's first Tier IV, Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) tugboat was christened. That's probably not earthshaking news all by itself – after all, SCR isn't all that new – but the event likely ushers in a new era of powerful domestic workboats that also come with a greener environmental footprint. How all of that comes together is a bigger story, and one which will play out again and again in the coming year or two.
How to Reduce the Risk of Engine Room Fires
Tony Watson, Risk Assessor at UK P&I Club in conjunction with Burgoynes, highlights the risk and impact of engine room fires onboard ships, and recommends steps to prevent and supress fires. Research coordinated by IMO has indicated that between 30 and 50 percent of all fires in merchant ships originate in the engine room and 70 percent of those fires are caused by oil leaks from pressurised systems. Following a major engine room fire it is rare that a ship is able to proceed under her own power.
LNG: Lagging, Not Gone
Low energy prices, depressed day rates and slow growth of bunkering infrastructure has dampened progress for the marine industry's 'white knight' of environmentally friendly fuels. LNG, nevertheless, is here to stay. Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is a clean fuel in abundant supply. The green advantages of LNG are well known: Class Society DNV-GL, a pioneer in the commercialization of LNG fueling for maritime applications, offers that use of LNG fuel provides "the complete removal of SOX and particle PM emissions and a reduction of NOX emission of up to 85 percent ...
Wärtsilä Repowers Italian Ferry
The Italian ferry company Moby S.p.A has chosen Wärtsilä to carry out the repowering of its passenger ferry MV Moby Zaza, the final vessel in a series of repowering projects that started with MV Moby Corse and continued with MV Moby Kiss. The scope of the agreement covers equipment as well as commissioning and systems integration. The Wärtsilä equipment provided include four new auxiliary generating sets with digital automatic voltage regulators, seawater systems with complete cooling circuit that allows operating in high sea water temperatures, exhaust gas system silencers and fuel systems.
Op/Ed: Shiphandlers Beware
Was the closing of the Houston Ship Channel for over three days in March 2015 due to the use of Ultra Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (ULSFO)? After reviewing the testimony, and evidentiary material presented by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the 2015 Conti Peridot's collision with the Carla Maersk, it is the authors' opinion the report fails to address significant contributing factors. The NTSB has overlooked a serious threat to vessel operations throughout the world.
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Infantry Tools & Tactics
The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.
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big bullit
h&k still sucks
qbz is dominate
By Khand-e,
October 27, 2014 in Infantry Tools & Tactics
AK fashion week
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Let's all take a trip back to the late 1970s and early 1980s. This was the time of punk. This was the time of despair. Punk was all about minimalism; strip everything down to a few chords, wear
LostCosmonaut
So what, my 5.56 rounds are groundbreaking too if I shoot the dirt.
Stechkin's Abakan (TKB-0146). https://www.kalashnikov.ru/abakan-stechkina-avtomat-stechkina-tkb-0146/ Bullpup, system of "recoil impulse shifted in time", 2-stage
PSS-2. New more powerfull catridge was developed to hit protected targets, for it new gun was made. Level 2 (IDK by which standarts) bodyarmor at 25 meterx max range, noiseless.
Based on SR-1 Gurza, 2 safeties (grip and on the trigger), single stack mag with automatic chambering of round when new magazine is inserted. Accepted for service.
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Czech army will replace the older infantry machineguns entirely with Minimi (which is in limited use already). The new order is for 950 MGs (of that a dozen in 5,56 and the rest in 7,62). https://www.czdefence.cz/clanek/armada-nakupuje-proverene-kulomety-minimi
Zastava M93 Black Arrow in use by Armenian/NKR troops
Kalashnikov Media finally managed to put Eng subs for Onokoy's Worst AK series. This video is about number 5 - China
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The programmatics speak is so bad the presenters have a hard time reading it out loud.
FSB unit members brought those guns for competition
On 11/4/2020 at 2:41 AM, Vicious_CB said:
It feels like a speach developed to make so other countries special services couldn't understand it, lol.
Helical mag SMG in Venezuelastan.
RPK-16 drum mag, according to Razvedos it is not good. Not only it have usual problems for high-capacity drum mags (this one is 95 rounds, BTW) such as weight and size, but it is also unreliable if not frequently services and so fragile (Razvedos opens it at 4:20 and shows 4 out of 16 "leafs" being welded back after they broke) that normal use breaks that thing.
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Tough Old Hombre
3 hours ago, LoooSeR said:
This squares with what my little birds had been telling me. The 95 round drum was a disaster and led to the demise of the entire RPK-16, basically.
Manufacturing enterprise LLC "Promtechnology", which produces weapons under the ORSIS brand, in the Moscow region.
Photo: Evgeny Odinokov
Some of production capabilities of company that makes ORSIS sniper rifles. Obviously, no Russian made equipment or software.
Stimpy75
AK-12 with 1P87 mid shit-tier holosight
At the Raevsky training ground of the Novorossiysk airborne assault mountain formation of the Airborne Forces, fire training classes were held using the latest AK-12 assault rifle, which entered service with the Airborne Forces.
AK-12s with bayonets
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15 minutes ago, LoooSeR said:
AK-12 with 1P87 mid shit-tier holosights
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What's the problem with it? Zen over on Russian optics.net had pretty good things to say: https://russianoptics.net/1P87.html
1 hour ago, ADC411 said:
Too lazy to search for my post from 2018, translated short look at 1P87 by Kalashism. Very low battery life, bad glass because of heavy blue color and it also gives strong glare from light sources across whole glass. Generally he disliked this sight.
1 hour ago, LoooSeR said:
I do remember that the battery life is garbage (manufacturer says 2000 hr on "average setting", but only 100 on max), but the bad glass I hadn't heard about, although I guess that's nothing rare for Russian red dots.
They should have just adapted the Obzor for picattiny mounting. At least with Tritium you don't have to worry about battery life, and I have a hunch that the metal casing would make it more "grunt proof" than the plastic 1p87.
*laughs in american optics*
2 hours ago, Sturgeon said:
*cries in overdrawn spetsnaz credit cards*
Btw, speaking of Russian optics, Azerbaijan's finest apparently didn't get the memo:
Azeri SF in Karabakh with 1P76 collimator on his AK
On 10/22/2020 at 1:35 AM, LoooSeR said:
Kord, AK-103 and Zastava M93 Black Arrow on Armenian Army/NKR position. The photo was probably taken during Karabakh war.
Sofa experts VK group did several quick posts about Alexander Shevchenko - creator of unusual guns and Kalashoids variants.
1. "Gepard" SMG
Let's start with the most famous brainchild of Alexander Shevchenko and military unit 33491 - "Cheetah".
The development took place on an initiative basis together with the arms company "Rex" and was completed in 1995. At the exit, a very strange beast turned out, representing a Kalashoid in a pistol form. Moreover, the Cheetah had the ability to fire a variety of 9mm rounds, from the classic 9x18 and 9x19 to the 9x21 with the monstrous 9x30 ("Grom" catridge).
To change the cartridge, it was necessary to replace the bolt group, the return mechanism and the chamber, which is replaceable on the SMG. It is also interesting that with different caliber kits the "Cheetah" has different principles of automatic operation:
When using bolt groups for 9x18 and 9x19, the automatics wree based on a free bolt, an additional impulse to which was given due to gases from the barrel pushing piston.
Automatic operation under 9x21 was with a semi-free breech, an additional impulse was also given due to the gas venting into piston.
In 9x30, in turn, was based on same action like almost any other AK (long piston driven bolt locking on 2 lugs).
In addition, the "Gepard" had an additional automatic safety and on top of this it was capable to fire underwater. Nevertheless, despite the interesting design and a bunch of original features for the Kalashoid, the Cheetah was never purchased by anyone more than in piece quantities — the security forces needed a simple 9x18 / 9x19 SMG, not a modular wunderwaffe.
There was also a civilian version of the "Cheetah", which for some reason could only feed 9x30 cartridges — for obvious reasons, it also did not take off.
In general, it turned out to be an extremely interesting design, the features of which, alas, were of little use in practice, although for the initiative development of a small group of people it turned out very worthy.
2. "Rys' " SMG
This monster was born in the late nineties by the forces of light heads of military unit 33491 and the weapons company "Derzhava".
At first glance, the PP is an ordinary Kalashoid, which is very close to the truth - the only difference from the progenitor is the 9x19 cartridge, the free breechblock and the significantly shortened barrel, gas tube and forend, but in fact there is another interesting feature - it is like and Cheetah, two-medium. Yes, the designers have once again attended to the problem of shooting from a puddle and have developed a special underwater cartridge PSP for this purpose.
Despite its unsightly appearance, "Lynx" showed itself very well in trials, outperforming other domestic SMGs in single and burst fire accuracy, SMGs such as AEK-918G, PP-90M1, one of the variants of Bizon and Kashtan. "Lynx" repeated the fate of its relative "Cheetah" and was not adopted by anyone - now only a note on the forum serves as a reminder of it, from where most of the information was taken - https://gunsforum.com/topic/1631-rysili-bolshe-pp-horoshih-i-raznyh/
3. "Sea Lion". The other one.
Continuing the baton "Sea Lion" - two-middle (again) avtomat by Alexander Shevchenko, this time able to shoot cartridges with needle-like bullets. Unfortunately, the ASM-DT assault rifle with the same name, about which several articles have been written, took away all his glory, while there is practically no information on the topic of Shevchenko's brainchild and only a few photos can be found.
In appearance, "Sea Lion" is an AK with an extended receiver for underwater ammunition. The ability to shoot the usual 5.45 is most likely preserved.
4. ADSh "Bars"
The classic layout was used already, the pistol was also, now it's time for two-middle bullpups.
ADS is the least chthonic bullpup from Shevchenko. In fact, this is the usual conversion of the AKM, modified for the possibility of shooting under water. It is interesting that the PBS-1 was also modified for the same purpose.
As for the rest, AK "Bars" does not stand out among other bullpads - all the same offset balancing and all the same arrangement of controls somewhere in the ass, promising terrible ergonomics. In general, there is nothing unusual here, unlike Shevchenko's ULTRABULLPUPs, which we will talk about in the final posts.
5. "Smerch" bullpup assault rifle
So we got to Shevchenko's first creation - a small-sized Smerch submachine gun, made according to the layout, which is pathetically called on the Internet ULTRA BULL-PUP.
This sample was planned to be put up for the "Modern" competition - the very one thanks to which the AKS-74U appeared in service. So, as we can see, the "Smerch" magazine was very close to the rear of the receiver, which required a specific bolt-action device. There are no photos of the BCG, but there is information about the bolt itself: it had an L-shape and two lugs. The small rollback space undoubtedly led to an increase in the rate of fire in bursts, but there is no accurate information about the rate of fire due to the fact that there was no working sample.
The operation system itself was based on the long stroke of the gas piston. Trigger mechanism allowed firing single, bursts and fully automatic.
It is interesting that Shevchenko immediately thought about the problematic nature of bullpup shooting for left-handers, so he provided for the possibility of changing the side of the cartridge case ejection.
At the time of the creation of "Smerch" Shevchenko was a cadet of the Tula Higher Artillery Engineering School, and their division was not taken seriously, which is why the development did not go beyond the drawings and the layout mock up. This did not stop our hero, and in the 1990s he showed the world another "ultra bullpup".
6. "Shkval" assault rifle
And at the end of our parade of Shevchenko's creations, another ultra bullpup, according to the good old tradition, is also two-medium.
"Shkval" is a conversion of the AK-74 with a number of features inherent in Shevchenko's weapons.
Firstly, it can shoot under water, for which a reinforced return spring was used and the barrel was blown with powder gases.
Secondly, the magazine, as on the Smerch, is located very close to the rear of the receiver, which is why the bolt group was significantly shortened, which shortened the firing cycle and led to an increase in the rate of fire to 800 rounds per minute.
The Shkvala buttstock is retractable, and the fire mode selector is moved forward and is located above the pistol grip. Shkval has three fire modes: single, burst and fully automatic. In burst mode, this brainchild of Shevchenko produces as much as 1800 rounds per minute.
This miracle did not go into the series, like other weapons of our two-medium lover. On this, the thematic day on Shevchenko's creativity comes to an end. An extremely interesting constructor that showed how to properly mock AK.
He has a bunch of strange and original solutions, and some samples, like "Lynx" and "Cheetah", turned out to be very, very worthy for inventive developments. We will conclude this marathon of strangeness and duality with the most appropriate phrase for this topic: Bye, fucking Ihthianders!
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Interesting thing - a version of AK for a time of big war.
AKM of the apocalypse.
One of the existing modifications of the AKM and AK74 assault rifles in the USSR is their so-called version of the "wartime assault rifle", i.e. such a modification that could be produced at non-specialized factories and only on domestic equipment.
An example of a 6P1V assault rifle (GRAU index of a wartime assault rifle) arr. 1973 pictured below:
Miroslav, Stimpy75 and Beer
How much SCHV is too much SCHV?
There are many who feel that the 5.56 NATO is a superlative rifle round. Much has been said about larger alternatives to 5.56, such as various 6.5mm and 6.8mm rounds among others. Less has been said about smaller rounds. Off the top of my head, I can recall that there was a German 4.6x36mm round, used in the HK36, and the British 4.85x49mm round. Neither of these rounds managed to gain widespread acceptance. My knowledge of the voodoo that is ballistics is somewhat limited, so I'm uncertain as to whether these failures were caused by flaws with the rounds themselves, or because they were below some lower limit of effective bullet size, beyond which performance decreases rapidly. Could we see a resurgence of these concepts in the future, or do they represent an evolutionary dead-end?


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Pollux, ital. Polluce, ist ein Gipfel in den Walliser Alpen im Kanton Wallis an der Grenze zur italienischen Provinz Aosta. Mit einer Höhe von  ist er der niedrigere der beiden Zwillinge und liegt nordwestlich des Castors. Die Zwillinge Castor und Pollux liegen zwischen dem Breithorn-Massiv und dem Liskamm. Sie werden durch das Zwillingsjoch (ital. Passo di Verra, ) getrennt.

Der Name erinnert an einen der Dioskuren der griechischen Mythologie, Pollux.

Die Erstersteigung des Pollux erfolgte am 1. August 1864, dem Nationalfeiertag der Schweiz, durch Jules Jacot mit den Bergführern Josef-Marie Perren und Peter Taugwalder (Vater).

Der Aufstieg zum Pollux-Gipfel ist nicht besonders lang (1–1,5 Stunden) aus dem Zwillingsjoch, aber durchaus anspruchsvoll (mehrere Kletterstellen II).

Literatur
 Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Viertausender der Alpen. 12., aktualisierte Auflage. Bergverlag Rother, München 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2.

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Berg in Europa
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Rev. Redfish Retreats: 2017 - Big News - Wilderness Pro Staff - Finally!
2017 - Big News - Wilderness Pro Staff - Finally!
Wilderness Systems Kayaks and I have a long-running partnership. I bought the first edition of the new Ride 135 and have never turned back. After owning 5 other brands I've only owned Wilderness since then. I spent a year as an "Ambassador" in partnership with The Backpacker but then the program was discontinued and I formalized my going on 4th year with The Backpacker. But this year Wilderness made me an offer I can't resist. I look forward to getting in one of these amazing new boats!
Pedal Drive coming in April!
Already have the 140 - get another?
Something faster the Tarpon 130X?


Political science research comes to different conclusions about which policy dimension primarily drives voting behavior in the United States. Some emphasize economic preferences as central in explaining voting decisions , others stress socio-cultural attitudes. In this paper, we propose a new perspective on the ideological structure of US voter preferences that reconciles these diverging finding. We make the case that the two dimensions are ideologically connected and are, at least partially, functional equivalents. Although voters may have well defined economic and cultural preferences, the two do not work additive in the vote choice mechanism: Voter preferences on the two dimensions are non-separable. We formally derive how non-separability of preferences can originate from one underlying ideological dimension that drives voting behavior. Analyzing survey data on US presidential elections from 1996 to 2012, we estimate to which extent economic and socio-cultural preferences are non-separable. Evidence from an original experiment underlines that non-separability is due to one-dimensional ideological considerations of voters. These findings inform us how voters and candidate campaigns use non-separability as an effective heuristic device to reduce the dimensional complexity of political choice and communication.
Cultural War or the Economy? A new perspective on ideology in the American electorate. was published on June 19, 2015 .


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The Nintendo Switch Has All Five Games You Need To Play This Week
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Every week, it feels like there are more games for more platforms than ever, except not so much this week. This week, there's pretty much nothing after the rush to get games on shelves before Black Friday. But there are a ton of ports coming to the Nintendo Switch this week, so, for this week's five games, let's dig into the Switch!
Pick Of The Week: Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Friday ($60, Switch)
The action RPG series returns with a bunch of adorable heroes searching for "Elysium," the ultimate paradise for humanity. Although they live on the backs of giant animals, so, really, what's the big deal? Anyway, the series is a deep, rich game that will absorb you for hours, and is perfect for any long nights at home, or long days in the terminal, you might be dealing with. But that's not your only option…
Resident Evil: Revelations and Resident Evil: Revelations 2, Tuesday ($40, Switch)
Gamers of a certain age fondly remember the early Resident Evil games, because, at the time, they were groundbreaking and also we were children. In the cold light of adulthood, though, boy howdy do they suck, so Revelations went back to the franchise's roots to do it right this time, with the result of a genuinely impressive set of survival horror games that wound up inspiring the superbly creepy Resident Evil 7. If you want some Christmas chills that don't involve your credit cards, this will be the place to go.
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth, Thursday ($10, Switch)
In this eShop title, you play Emeth, a robot who controls a space telescope and is trying to find Earth. It's a fun adventure game with a lot to say, so we won't spoil anything here, but you may want to have a few tissues handy, as the game explores some fairly serious questions for something that has an adorable robot for its hero.
Serial Cleaner, Thursday ($10, Switch)
Finally, there's this gleefully dark stealth game, where you play a slick criminal charged with cleaning up the bloody aftermath of crimes right under the nose of various police officers, security cameras, and other foes out to find you. It's a gory good time, to say the least, and hilariously leans into the '70s aesthetic.
Any games we missed this week? Let us know in the comments!
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Jacksonville National Cemetery holds Memorial Day ceremony
Jacksonville National Cemetery held a Memorial Day observance ceremony Saturday morning. It honored fallen military members and their families.
Author: Kailey Tracy
Published: 3:29 PM EDT May 28, 2022
Updated: 6:32 PM EDT May 28, 2022
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville National Cemetery held a Memorial Day observance ceremony Saturday morning.
It was the first time the event has been open to the public in two years because of COVID. The ceremony honored and commemorated fallen military members and their families, including Gold Star families, like Melina Buncome's.
Buncome's daughter, a sergeant in the Marine Corps, died from breast cancer in 2019. She's buried at Jacksonville National Cemetery.
"It's very emotional just thinking about their service," she said.
"I mean, when you think about every day that a soldier, they get up and they know that they're serving their country and at any given point they might not return and knowing that love that they have for their country and for family that is, it takes it to a whole new level."
A Memorial Day observance ceremony at Jacksonville National Ceremony will start at 9:30 am. The ceremony will honor and commemorate fallen military members and their families, including Gold Star Families. It'll take place at the main flagpole area (pictured). pic.twitter.com/gaEfBM2S29
— Kailey Tracy (@KaileyTracy) May 28, 2022
"Thank you for the service for each and every person who has ever served, every veteran knowing that you loved this country enough to do whatever it takes and continue to do that. When we see that there are so many different veteran organizations that are reaching out to the community, it makes my heart glide," she said.
Colonel David Abramowitz was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. He served in the Army for 31 years. Currently, he's the senior mentor coordinator for the Veterans Treatment Court.
"I actually believe military-wise this is the most important ceremony we come to, and I believe sometimes society forgets that on Memorial Day, we're here to serve and protect our country," he said. "We train for this and we go overseas. For me, I was in the Army for 31 years and 13 years out of my 31 years I was gone from my family," Abramowitz said.
"This day, Memorial Day, when you lose your fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, it takes a piece of you, almost like losing a part of your family when you lose somebody," he said.
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The next trip to realise is my pending adventure by BMWA from Spain to Japan in mid April 2015. Japan is a very special place to me as it was my home for five years during my bonsai apprenticeship. It is also a place of great memories that I am excited to return to. On this special journey that I have planned, I intend to (virtually) take with me many people, and show them beauty, reality, adventure and unknown biking.
I will travel through 15 countries, two continents (Europe and Asia) and the second highest mountain range in the world, The Pamirs.
I will also visit many important UNESCO sites across this trip and places of interest.
My journey will end in Japan, where I lived from 2003-2008, studying bonsai at Taishoen nursery under Nobuichi Urushibata. I hope this trip will bring me back to reunite with Japan, which will be my first time back in 7 years.
I hope to give inspiration to the all people and share the spirit of my travel, so that maybe they could repeat the same road one day.


THIRTY students are to set to make their debut on the runway alongside the Celia Holman Lee Agency models as the Laurel Hill Annual Gala Fashion show returns this March 7.
The annual fashion show, a joint venture run by the Parents Council of Laurel Hill Secondary School and Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, will showcase the best of Limerick's fashion houses at the Strand Hotel on the Ennis Road.
Running now for more than 40 years, the Laurel Hill Annual Fashion show is the largest such event in Munster attracting more than 450 people to view the style.
Funds raised on the night will be used to the benefit of Laurel Hill and Coláiste students.
With a door prize sponsored this year by Keane's Jewellers, Niall Colgan Hairdressing will be styling the hair for the event, and make-up will be by Brown Thomas and Catherine Hickey.
Sunglasses to be showcased at the event have been provided by Hartman's Opticians on O'Connell Street.
Students taking part in this year's show will model fashion from Brown Thomas and Pamela Scotts.
Teachers will also take to the runway on the night in fashions from Connolly Man, an annual favourite with all the students of both schools.
Fashion on the night will be provided by Sinead's Boutique Annacotty, Aimee's, Mint, Dani's Closet, Virginia's, Lady Penelope Adare, Zipyard, Catherine McCormack, Stitch and Pamela Scott.
The clothes for the launch of the event were supplied by Mint and Dani's Closet.
According to the Parents Council, the show is generously supported by local businesses and fashion houses.
Tickets are priced at €15 and are available from both schools which can be contacted on (061) 323636/319383 or from members of the Parents Council. For further details contact Bridgeen McCarthy 086 8251196 or Elaine Herdman 086 0668108.


You enter an art museum… you come around a corner… and there it is: a painting that immediately draws you in. Somehow through mere paint on a canvas it speaks, stirring your soul, even though the painting was painted long ago. Amazing isn't it? This happened to me. I came around the corner to see Lady Agnew by John Singer Sargent at the Edinburgh Museum in Scotland. I couldn't stop looking at her while admiring Sargent's mastery.
As representational artists, we aspire to grow in the mastery of our own work. In this article, I will discuss how Craftsmanship will advance our Artistry.
A masterfully painted artwork speaks with eloquence without a single word. This quality of art has the ability to communicate the human experience across language barriers. Master artists like Sargent have developed a sensitivity and ability to observe what they see and faithfully express even the emotion of the person they are painting.
How do accomplished painters achieve their artistry? Is it just exceptional talent? Certainly, each accomplished artist has a unique talent, an innate gifting. For that gifting to be realized other qualities come into play. When an innate gifting is paired with a desire and dedication to excel in the necessary skills, true artistry pours from the work. Before artistry emerges, craftsmanship paves the way.
Craftsmanship is foundational skills aspiring artists need to produce strong, convincing works of art. As a visual artist you need skills that train your eye to see and with practice to reproduce what you see.
Drawing/Shapes: accurate placement and proportion.
Color: warm and cool, as well as hue, value, and saturation.
By mastering foundational skills until they become second nature, we gain freedom of expression, for our aspirations to soar.
Practice with sensitivity as you are learning and perfecting your craft, the artistry needs to be there each step of the way.
Look around, as you go about your daily life. See beauty in common things, the color of distant mountains or the smile in the eyes of a child.
Observe light through the day, whether it is a rising sun casting long shadows or a light shining on a loved one.
Be inspired through the other arts. Go to concerts. Listen to music that moves your soul as you paint.
"At the studio that I paint at, we all show up, set up our easels and supplies. The model is set up in his/her pose. A flood of activity is taking place. Then suddenly the light goes on, the timer is set, and all is silent as we take in what we see and formulate our next steps. I feel blessed to have the privilege of standing before a living human being to paint him/ her. The beauty of the colors of light on the skin, warm and cool tones cascading over their form is something that doesn't show up with such nuance and subtlety in a mere photo. Beyond the imagery is the personhood of the model that seems to emanate into the room. How do I capture it all with mere paint on a blank canvas? There is our challenge – to communicate life and beauty to our viewers.
Each of the two paintings pictured below were informed by a life painting experience. Even though they were both started on fresh canvas at home, using a photo; the memory of each experience was strong in my mind, especially the temperatures of the light. In both works, I hoped to capture the expression of the model, especially Moon Dance. Read more below.
Aspiring to be an artist is a lifelong passion where you never fully arrive at perfection. There is always something new right around the corner to move you closer to your vision. We are each on our own path growing as fellow companions in our quest. We are never quite finished.
Painting is an expression of life.


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Thailand Press Release News
Thailand Boosts Online Mega-Events Reaching Global Fan Base amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Event Calendar Press Releases Tuesday June 2, 2020 13:38
Bangkok--2 Jun--Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand has boosted its mega-events industry, with the completion of online events derived from successful festivals.
"The Harmony World Puppet Channel" and "Bangkok Music City" demonstrated that resilience and innovation are well and truly present in the Thai events industry with an in-depth understanding of global audience behavior of Thailand's festival organisers, when they both took place in April and May.
In taking their event business online, adopting temporary digital measures to overcome the obstacles brought about by these circumstances, the organisers of both events have shown the world that the show must go on.
The "Harmony World Puppet Channel" (aka Harmony of World Puppet Festival) engages its audience by addressing social issues through the art of storytelling. It attracted 6,164 members of its audience from Thailand, Japan, India, Bangladesh and Lao PDR to stay engaged remotely, clocking up 201.5 total watching hours for four days in April and three in May.
According to Mr. Nimit Pipithkul, Director of Harmony World Puppet Festival, the channel launched with an impressive music video collaboration created by artists in 15 countries across Asia and Europe.
Fungjai and Nylon Thailand, the co-founders of The Bangkok Music City, also invited its audience to stay entertained while at home, providing artist content online. Renamed the At Home Festival, the event reached a domestic audience of 120,757, as well as 1,828 people from 45 countries across the globe. By using live streaming services including Facebook and YouTube, the event was able to reach an audience currently deprived of the primary revenues and contact channels between the creators and their audience – namely concerts, pubs and theatres.
Another event, Thailand Toy Expo 2020, offered a new type of online experience through Virtual Tour 360 and Live Stream with strong support of TCEB during May 28-31. More than 50 international and local artists used the online platform to present their latest collections, enabling the fans to get in touch with their favorite toy brands and designers.
Moreover, mass participation mobility event Move Asia is planned to transform into a virtual experience called the Home Marathon 10KM. Event CEO Mr. Boonperm Intanapasat said: "The whole intention is to encourage active living wherever one lives. The participants can access home-based professional training programmes".
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has played a supporting role in more online mega-events. It has been working closely with event organisers in the country since the early signs of the outbreak, providing tools such as the TCEB MICE Intelligence Centre's 'Virtual Meeting Space'; a platform that accommodates up to 10,000 online participants in a single session.
TCEB's Senior Vice President in charge of business, Mrs. Nichapa Yoswee, said: "TCEB is on hand to provide continuous support as events make the temporary transition from physical to online. The support includes a virtual platform for webinars as well as one-to-one engagement for exhibitions, so that attendees and audience can stay engaged, stay active, and also stay entertained with business events and world festivals".
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by David Winzelberg, Long Island Business News
Facing tight construction budgets and 30 percent unemployment in the building trades, New York is finally turning to design-build bidding to reduce costs, speed up projects and put hard hats back to work.
More than 40 U.S. states widely permit the use of design-build contracts for public construction work, but New York's municipal law prohibits the practice, forcing the state Legislature to approve individual projects, including, recently, a half-dozen bridge repairs in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Also being bid by design-build: the $5.2 billion construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge.
The Design Build Institute of America describes design-build as "the time-honored approach of the master builder, in which a single source has accountability for both design and construction." Proponents point out that design-build has been in use for thousands of years, from the pyramids of Egypt to the cathedrals of Europe's Gothic era.
But it fell out of favor in America for some reason - opinions vary - at the beginning of the last century. The American Institute of Architects, for example, prohibited its members from participating in the building phase of projects beginning in 1909, a ban that would last almost 80 years.
Nationally, projects built through the design-build method now account for more than 40 percent of all construction work, both public and private, up from 30 percent five years ago, according to a report from RSMeans. The report found design-build is now utilized on more than half of all projects valued at more than $10 million nationwide.
Work on Long Island's design-build projects begins this month with repairs to the Hempstead Turnpike overpass that spans an access road to Belmont Park in Elmont. Farmingdale-based contractor Posillico Civil and engineering firm Greenman-Pederson in Babylon were awarded the $24.2 million contract for the bridge work that is estimated to create 330 jobs by the time the work is finished at the end of 2013.
Engineers and architects have traditionally opposed the design-build method because it presents a potential conflict of interest: They have a responsibility to the project owner to come up with a quality design that protects public health and safety, but they also are beholden to the contractor to control costs for a competitive bid.
In the case of road and bridge work, however, the state transportation agency uses its own engineers to monitor the process, which is something some engineers insist the design-build process should always have, according to Andrew Haimes, of Haimes Engineering in East Islip, adding that many public agencies hire outside engineers to oversee the contractor's project designers and ensure more control in design-build scenarios.
Haimes, a professional engineer for more than 30 years, acknowledged that New York is one of the last holdouts when it comes to allowing design-build for public projects, but that the tide is finally turning.
"The train is coming down the track," he said. "We're going in that direction."
John Cameron, of Woodbury-based Cameron Engineering, agrees the design-build method is gaining steam and that engineers will have to adapt. While he said most engineers would rather work directly for the project owner, construction jobs shouldn't have to be bogged down with separate bidding for design and construction.
Cameron is a member of the New York Works Taskforce, which recommended using the design-build method for rebuilding the state's infrastructure.
"We need to jumpstart this," he said. "Engineers need to be able to change with the times."
Since using design-build can shave months off the bidding process, it's no surprise the road construction unions are fully behind it.
Bill Duffy Jr., who heads the 1,500-member Operating Engineers Local 138, said he supports "anything we can do to speed up the process and get union members back to work."
Marc Herbst, executive director of the Long Island Contractors Association, is also a fan, although the design-build method will cost contractors more money at the outset and shift the risk of design flaws to the bidders instead of the state.
But, he told LIBN, "We think it will allow us to do things quicker and more efficiently."
The state's use of design-build isn't limited to road and bridges. State universities gained design-build authority with passage of last year's budget bill, allowing state-funded schools to use design-build on up to 15 percent of its construction and renovation projects.
There are bills pending that would extend design-build authority to all state agencies, although passage is far from guaranteed, according to Albany insiders.
Though work on roads and bridges has to comply with Department of Transportation design standards, constructing a building is highly variable in terms of design and materials, and needs to have a preliminary blueprint if it's going to be successful in using the design-build method. Cameron said the owner has to start with engineering plans and specifications with a "30 percent level of detail" so the contractors and their engineers can have a better starting point for bidding.
Eventually, Cameron said, design-build will become the preferred method for constructing public projects here, as it's been in much of the rest of the country.
"It will happen," he said.


Flying cars, hotels on Mars, instant and microwaveable gourmet food… maybe not by 2020. But experts do have predictions about job market trends for the next ten years.
There is already a substantial wage gap between college and master's degree recipients and their peers, and experts expect these gaps will widen. The Bureau of Labor statistics estimates that jobs requiring at least a master's degree will grow by 21.7% by the decade's end, and McKinsey & Company predicts a shortage of 1.5 million college graduates to fill jobs requiring such a degree.
With the aging of baby boomers and demand for clean energy, experts predict a strong demand for STEM degree recipients. Fields like healthcare, counseling and health management are predicted to grow as are scientific research, computer engineering, environmental and conservation science.
Especially in information technology and health services, there is a strong trend of young professionals working with Angel investors and venture capital firms to develop their own products, be it new applications and software or new health care delivery mechanisms. Experts suggest a basic background in coding and computer science will be increasingly helpful to laborers entering the work force over the next ten years.
The Brookings Institute, a non-partisan think tank, predicts that urban areas will continue to have the strongest job markets in future years. The demand for laborers is not, however, limited to just New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Seattle, and Atlanta. The group also predicts strong job markets in California (San Jose and San Francisco) and Connecticut (Bridgeport and Hartford).
Men and women are increasingly breaking down barriers in fields traditionally dominated by workers of a single gender. Men, for example, are increasing entering jobs like health support and dental assistance – fields with strong predicted growth in coming years. Experts expect continued integration in fields traditionally dominated by workers of a single gender.
Adapted from Jada Graves's "What Will the Job Market Look Like in 2020?" published online by U.S. News.


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NEW COMIC BOOK DAY: Notable Releases 11/29/17
By Hank Rea November 29, 2017
Check out this week's recommended new comic book titles hitting stores and digital platforms today.
NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 11/29 by Slidely Slideshow
(W) Tom King (A) Michael Lark (A/CA) Lee Weeks
Travel back in time with us to see the early days of the Bat and the Cat. What was Bruce and Selina's first date? How did this rivalry blossom into romance, and then go right back to being a rivalry again? Tom King reteams with his BATMAN/ELMER FUDD collaborator Lee Weeks to show us a little young love with capes and cowls. And a little crimefighting, too.
(W) Alisa Kwitney (A) Mike Norton (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
Leave the world of the mundane behind and step through the magical doors of Mystik U! After a tragic accident, a young Zatanna Zatara, under the guidance of Rose Psychic, enrolls in a mysterious university that teaches its students how to master their unique brands of magic. Will Zatanna fit in with her new classmates (Enchantress, Sargon the Sorcerer, Faust and more!) and unlock her true potential? Find out in this exciting bimonthly miniseries from novelist Alisa Kwitney (DESTINY) and Mike Norton (Revival, Runaways)!
(W) Kurt Busiek (A/CA) John Paul Leon
Young Bruce Wainwright lost his parents in a violent crime...and in the real world, no superheroes exist to save the day. But as grief and rage builds inside Bruce until he feels he can't keep it inside anymore, something strange starts taking wing in the Gotham night! Perhaps Bruce's grief isn't inside him after all? Modern masters Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon unite for the spiritual companion to the beloved SUPERMAN: SECRET IDENTITY, putting a new spin you've never seen before on the legend of Batman-and the dark emotions that drive him!
(W) Greg Rucka (A/CA) Nicola Scott
"AWAKENINGS II," Part Three
The Hammer is in Portsmouth. Alex learns the name of one enemy and the face of another. And Rowan's troubles only grow as both Samhain and the baby come due.
(W) Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr (A) Cameron Stewart (CA) Babs Tarr
Calax leads Team Swift to a potential new source of Crush as Domino's past races back to haunt her.
(W) Chad Bowers, Chris Sims (A) Kev Walker (CA) David Nakayama
The RETURN Part 1 (OF 1)
Years ago, Chris Powell discovered a mysterious amulet that allowed him to transform into the spacefaring gladiator known as DARKHAWK. With his newfound edge against crime, he stood against some of the most extreme threats the Marvel Universe has to offer! Now, when two members of the Fraternity of Raptors descend on New York with designs on stealing the amulet and returning it to the stars, it's not Darkhawk who has to rise to the challenge...it's Chris Powell!
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(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Michael Gaydos (CA) David Mack
Jessica Jones is back where she belongs: taking on cases as Alias Investigations! But as she digs even deeper into the mysteries of the Marvel Universe, Jessica uncovers a startling truth. Is this case too hot for even her? Will it shatter everything she's built for herself? Can she put the pieces of her shattered life back together - or is it already too late? With the situation spinning out of control, Jessica struggles to get to the bottom of what she's uncovered - but some dangerous people would prefer it to remain buried! Speaking of dangerous, Maria Hill has been ousted by S.H.I.E.L.D. - and is left with no choice but to turn to Jessica! But will Hill's secrets open a door that can never be closed? How will they affect the MU - and Jessica's fellow Defenders? Collecting JESSICA JONES #7-12.
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(W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Jefte Palo
Major Alistair Meath of Britain's Royal Air Force sacrificed his life to save Earth from an approaching asteroid on the night of "The Event". Seven months later, Meath has resurfaced as the colorful, kinetic energy-powered superhero KINO, but something is very wrong with the world. Britain's MI6 is on the hunt for Meath, and the terrible secret behind his return is revealed in this mindbending thriller within the Catalyst Prime Universe.
(W) Matt Kindt (A) Trevor Hairsine (CA) Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic
Divine intervention!
Beyond the barriers of our reality... Outside the boundaries of human understanding... A universe of immensely powerful beings and advanced civilizations has evolved parallel to our own... But what links this strange plane of existence to ours, and what do its majestic inhabitants want with the child of Abram Adams - the denizen of Earth now called Divinity? To find out, Abram and his comrade, Myshka, must enter Eternity's infinite realm...and encounter the Unknown itself!
New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR) and blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine (DIVINITY) push the year's most visionary series light years ahead...and open up a new frontier in Valiant's acclaimed sci-fi meta-epic!
(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Dylan Burnett
There's Weep, your average machine-gun-wielding teenager raised on an Earth overrun with vampires. There's Poli, who landed on Earth with the mission to kill every damn vampire there. And then there's King Luc's heavily fortified blood farm. You do the math. From Donny Cates (God Country, Redneck) and Dylan Burnett (Weavers) comes Reactor, a whole new entry into the world of vampire warfare, overpowered mechsuits, and 10-year-old presidents that Interceptor kicked-off.
(W) Jeremy Whitley (A) Andy Belanger (CA) Philip Tan
The perfect jumping on point for anyone who has been curious to try Vampirella! Join brand new creative team Jeremy Whitley (The Unstoppable Wasp, Avengers, Princeless) and Andy Belanger (Southern Cross, Swamp Thing, Black Church) as Vampi and Vicki emerge into a ruined wasteland that hates Vampirella for the unintended consequences of saving them. This Vampirella story has everything: a new adventure, new romance, and the return of a very old evil.
(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Stephen Segovia (CA) David Mack
Atomic assault!
As the monstrosities of 41st century Earth besiege her new homeland, War Mother must lock and load for a no-holds-barred fight to the death against the Cleansed! With the clock ticking toward zero, the fate of Ana's people - and humanity's last best shot at restoring order to a world gone awry - now hangs in the balance...
Out of the pages of BOOK OF DEATH and 4001 A.D., New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and explosive artist Stephen Segovia (NINJAK) blast ahead for the thrilling climax of War Mother's first-ever, much-demanded solo series... and herald the coming of a new legend for the Valiant Universe's apocalyptic future!
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