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The experts all agree: When it comes to the energy transition, it's time to get real. Radical action on climate change and a shift in mindsets are needed if we are to solve the energy trilemma – finding a balance between affordability, reliability and sustainability. But we cannot do it alone. The world's largest regions must join forces to drive innovation in the energy sector. Clusters of like-minded countries working together can set a course for others to follow. These were the overall conclusions of the series of Energy Weeks, Talks and Conferences hosted in different global regions during 2022 by Siemens Energy, with Roland Berger as knowledge partner.
The energy priorities for different regions differ, as do the opportunities. But what's clear is that no region can truly go it alone.
In 2022, we asked nearly 2,000 energy experts and decision-makers from across the energy sector in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Latin America to tell us what the priorities were for the energy transition in their particular region, and what progress they thought their region had made so far.
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North America – 34%
North America has made the most progress of any global region in terms of power generation. But things remain at an early stage in areas such as emission markets and sector coupling. Overall progress is slow and must be sped up, so that the region can act as a role model for the rest of the world.
Europe – 33%
Europe is doing well on renewable energy generation. However, the situation with regards to exiting from coal varies greatly from country to country. A mix of energy solutions is needed, especially given Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
Middle East and Africa – 26%
Progress is good on renewables. The region enjoys good access to low-cost renewable energy and could become a producer of sustainable green energy/hydrogen, if the required capital investment can be secured.
Asia Pacific – 25%
Perceived progress on energy priorities is relatively slow. Renewables and the phase-out of coal are doing well, but major blind spots remain in areas such as power-to-X and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Latin America – 22%
Latin America has made the least perceived progress on energy priorities. The expansion of renewable energy is seen as the most mature area, partly due to the region's abundant sources of renewable energy. The aim now should be to reduce emissions in the medium and long term, while at the same time ensuring economic growth and improvements in welfare.
The Energy Transition Readiness Index is calculated based on survey results of the participants. Participants were asked to give their expert opinion on the progress made for each of 11 energy priorities (see appendix of the report). The Index aggregates their answers by combining progress on each priority ("readiness") with an assessment of its importance ("system maturity," as measured by the average importance of all priorities, with a higher average pointing to a more systemic approach to energy transition). The Index describes the perceived readiness on a scale of 0 to 100% of the energy transition towards net zero in each of the regions.
The energy experts above all stress that there is no time to be wasted. Action is needed on climate change, and a shift in mindsets is essential. The priorities for different regions differ, as do the opportunities. Some regions have made relatively good progress, while others lag behind in key areas. But no region can truly go it alone. A more effective approach would be for like-minded countries to form clusters, working together to set a course that other regions could then follow.
However, we can not wait for COP28 - we need to act now. The Global Energy Transition Readiness Report highlights the fact that we need to work shoulder-to-shoulder to ensure progress in the following five areas:
#1 Expand renewables
Regions around the globe must rapidly expand the share of renewables in their energy mix – as much as tenfold by 2050 in some areas. This can only be done by removing regulatory hurdles and ensuring access to massive quantities of materials.
#2 Improve energy efficiency
The primary goal around the globe should be to conserve as much energy as possible. This involves stepping up the electrification of industrial processes and transportation, two areas where innovation is vital.
#3 Strengthen the electrical grid
More robust grids are needed to cope with an increased share of renewables in the energy mix and greater electrification. Developing regions, such as parts of Africa, face particular challenges here.
#4 Exploit existing infrastructure
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#5 Manage the supply chain
Supply chains require careful management, as enormous amounts of materials are necessary for decarbonization: As the share of renewables grows, so does the amount of the minerals required to increase power generation capacity, for example.
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The federal government's new service dedicated to sourcing and providing agencies with detailed climate and disaster information has officially gone live.
The Australian Climate Service is a partnership between the Bureau of Meteorology, Geoscience Australia, the CSIRO, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and was announced in May.
Environment minister Sussan Ley said the new service was ready to support Emergency Management Australia and the new National Recovery and Resilience Agency.
"It will help Australia to better anticipate, manage and adapt to climate impacts by bringing together climate, natural hazard, geospatial and socioeconomic information into one connected platform," she said on Thursday.
"This service, which will expand its capability over the next four years, will help ready us for natural disasters before they happen, enabling better planning and preparation ahead of time. It will also improve impact modelling and the information available to decision-makers to direct response, relief and recovery efforts during and in the aftermath of future disasters."
The service is among a number of measures introduced to help Australia prepare for natural disasters and adapt to the changing climate following the release of the final report from the royal commission into natural disaster arrangements last October.
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I'm having some some trouble setting up a workflow to add or copy items from one list to another. I have browsed the forums but came up with nothing.
So, I'd like to copy all those items from List C, to List B, when the user creates a certain type of project in List A.
- I've setup the workflow to start on new item creation in List A, conditional on the type of entry.
- However, I have been unsuccessful in copying or creating new items in List B using the standards in List C.
I think I need more of an overview of how to approach this.
Do I use a collection variable, a for-each loop, and create multiple items looping through each item in the collection?
Is it necessary to have all columns the same (same # of columns too) in the two lists if I use the copy function?
I'm using Nintex 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
The source and destination lists/libraries should have the same structure else the workflow will you a error message that the source and destination are incompatible. And also 'Content Types' should be same (if any).
And also in order to copy multiple items from 'List C' to 'List B' in your workflow('List A') use 'Collection Operation' and 'For each' actions (i prefer to get items ids from List C) to pull information from 'List C' with some conditions and use 'Copy item' action to copy multiple items from 'List C' to 'List B'.
Also i prefer don't use conditional start in your workflow settings it may lead to cancel/fail the workflow if so many items found to copy from 'List C' to 'List B'. Instead set workflow option to start on item creation and inside workflow use 'Run If' or 'Set a condition' action to check any field value is equal to specific value and clear the value at the end of workflow.
 has given you a pretty good overview there.
On item creation in List, query List C for items applicable to the task selected in List A.
Use a For Each loop to iterate through the collection and copy the Item from List C to List B based on the ID of the current item in the collection being operated on.
Thanks for the advice. Will include a 'Run If' or condition within the workflow rather than conditional start. I think my problem was the two lists had different columns as I hadn't paid enough attention while building them. Thanks again!
I have a very similar requirement. I need to copy child Items between two lists with each having the same columns.
Use a For Each loop Iterate through the collection and for each 'row', build up an Insert Item Action call to effectively copy the item from source child list to the destination child list.
. I want to minimise having to store each column per each selected row in shadow variables as in Separate output per column. Anybody tried this?
Quick update: I have able to populate a dictionary ' row ' with each child list item but as far as I can see this isn't a way to readily use this to insert each item in the destination list - makes a handy debug Log entry tho. Will need to use separate column variables instead and then use these in each insert.


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Inspired by some of Marvel's most iconic heroes, the Avengers Assemble collection captures the classic, dynamic looks of Earth's Mightiest Heroes as they leap into action.
The Grey Hulk Statue stands 23" tall with his fists raised high above his huge torso, ready to deliver a signature SMASH. The earth cracks on the base beneath his enormous feet, creating an action-packed scene that stands alone or pairs with the proximity bases of his fellow Avengers like Wasp, Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man.
The Grey Hulk Statue is sculpted in incredible detail, with realistic textures on his elbows and knees, and monstrous musculature in every inch of this hulking hero. His grimacing portrait features a large brow and shaggy hair, inspired by his earlier appearances in Marvel comics. The Grey Hulk also has entirely sculpted blue pants, which are intricately detailed with a fabric-like appearance, as if they are actually tearing as a result of Bruce Banner's monstrous transformation.
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If you like to kill your boredom with comedy shows then you should check a complete list of Kristen Bell movies and tv shows. She is well-known due to her performance as Eleanor Shellstrop in a popular comedy tv series The Good Place. This role received a nomination in Golden Globe Award as the Best Actress- Television Muscial or Comedy category.
Kristen Anne Bell was born in American on 18 July, 1980. She is 38 years old. Normally, she appears in comedy shows and films. House of Lies in the best comedy series of Showtime in which she performed the leading role as Jeanine van der Hooven from 2012 to 2016.
Kristen Bell got more name and fame due to voicing Princess Anna in Disney Animated fantasy Films frozen, Frozen Fever, Olaf's frozen Adventure and Ralph Breaks the internet. She would also voice over for upcoming Frozen 2 film in 2019.
In past, she performed the major role in Teen noir Drama Veronica Mars Tv series from 2004 to 2007. She won a Sturn Award for best Actress on Television due to her amazing performance in this tv drama.
In case you like to watch Kristen Bell comedy films then you should watch Couples Retreat, When in Rome, The Boss, Bad Moms , You Aain and a Bad Moms Christmas. When it comes to her incredible performance in the film then you can watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Her performance is highly praised due to this only role.
It's time to check some shows and movies which help you enjoy grab great fun.
If you don't know what to watch first from this list of 51 Kristen Bell movies and TV shows then I suggest you to go for Frozen film series and then watch the Good Place.
I love how you break things down. How helpful!


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Scott Dittman, longtime university registrar at Washington and Lee, will step down from that post effective June 30, 2020. He will continue working at W&L as special consultant to the provost during a six-month transition period before retiring in December 2020.
Dittman's retirement coincides with the university's implementation of Workday, an enterprise resource planning platform that will manage W&L's Business Office, Finance, Human Resource and Student Information functions. The student information implementation phase, which begins next September, will be led by Dittman's successor.
"While Scott will be stepping down as university registrar at the end of June, he will remain with W&L through December 2020 to provide continuity and support during this critical transition period," said Conner. "This will be particularly important given Associate Registrar Barbara Rowe's retirement this December. The six-month overlap with a new registrar will help us assure a smooth transition both in the registrar's office and with the implementation of Workday. We are enormously grateful for Scott's willingness to stay on and assist in this capacity—it displays the generosity of spirit and commitment to W&L that has defined his work for decades."
An eight-member committee will begin the search for a new university registrar in the coming weeks, with an anticipated start date of July 1.
Dittman was appointed W&L's ninth registrar in 1985, and he began his job in the same week as W&L's first undergraduate coed class. The university's longest-serving registrar, he serves as secretary of the faculty and as a member of several standing committees, including the Faculty Committee on Courses and Degrees, the International Education Committee, the Registration and Class Schedules Committee and the Automatic Rule and Reinstatement Committee. He has been a member or chair of many others. He created W&L's first office of institutional research and has served as advisor to the Generals Christian Fellowship, as well as performing with a number of musical ensembles on campus.
Within his profession, he has served on the board of directors for the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, the executive committee of the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and as president of the Virginia Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
A member of W&L's Alpha Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, Dittman and his wife, Susan, were recognized with the university's Anece McCloud Excellence in Diversity Award in 2007.
"It's hard to step away from a job that I love," said Dittman. "I continue to enjoy my work with students and colleagues every day, but I can't wait for the next round of discoveries—new interests and relationships—and the opportunity to deepen those at hand. This seems like the right time for this transition, and I'm looking forward to helping W&L move into this new era."
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Fantastic, just the news we were hoping for: the polar vortex is coming back, and it's going to be bigger, badder, and blizzardy-er than ever, baby. Yeah, the infamous polar vortex was supposed to be swept up into Canada for good. But after a few days of lurking over Hudson Bay, it appears to have changed its mind, and is returning to the United States. The vortex is set to make its second appearance next Tuesday in the Northeast and Midwest, and will wave its evil polar wand to make temperatures across the country plummet back down 20 to 30 degrees below normal (whatever that even is anymore). Oh, it get's worse: the cold freeze is also going to stick around until the end of the month, which is about six days later than any polite houseguest should stay.
The polar vortex is basically a 100-mph whirlwind of really cold, dense air that typically lives up in the stratosphere at the North Pole (the South has one, too). Because the winds are spinning so fast, all the air inside the vortex is trapped. But we got unlucky this year — the winds slowed down, which meant that all that icy air spilled out, headed to the next layer down (the troposphere, where weather happens), and headed our way.
This second visit is not only supposed to stay around longer — it will also bring snow, though anything more than four inches is a long shot. And as for snow-free West Coasters, you're not getting off easy, either: all this weather is going to bring you more drought.
(A very, very detailed explanation of the weather system for those who are meteorologically inclined is available here from the Washington Post.) Happy Friday!


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Anthony J. Sisti (1901–1983) was an American artist, art instructor and patron of the arts.  In his youth, Sisti was also a Bantam Weight boxer.  As an artist, Sisti was best known for his oil paintings, drawings, and murals.

Sisti studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.  He then taught at the Art Institute of Buffalo before opening his own gallery in Buffalo, New York.  Over the years, he painted portraits of many important political and business leaders.  In 1981, the City of Buffalo named a park in his honor.

Life

Sisti was born in Greenwich Village in 1901.  He moved to Buffalo when he was ten.  As a young man, Sisti began boxing at a local gym.  A year later, he won the New York State's 1918 Golden Gloves bantamweight championship.  At that point, he became a professional boxer.  Over the next twelve years, he boxed whenever he needed money.  When he finally retired in 1930, he had fought 100 bouts, winning all but 15.  However, his real passion was art.

From 1926 to 1931, Sisti studied visual arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, eventually earning a doctor's degree in painting.  During this period, he also traveled throughout Europe.  He also accompanied Ernest Hemingway on a trip to the Congo. When he ran out of money, Sisti arranged a boxing match in Rome, winning enough money to finance his return to Buffalo.  Later, he used the winnings from another fight to underwrite the cost a personal art show in New York City.

Sisti joined the Art Institute of Buffalo as a member of the faculty in 1932.  He taught painting and anatomy at the institute until 1938.  During the mid-1930s, he also won several Works Projects Administration art commissions including a large oil painting called Circus and a mural at Buffalo's City Hospital.  Unfortunately, the mural no longer exists.

In 1938, he opened his own art studio on Franklin Street in the Allentown area of Buffalo.  He continued to teach art as well, flying to Manhattan every week to teach drawing at the New York School of Applied Design for Women.  Over the years, Sisti became an active member of the Allentown community.  In 1958, he helped the Allentown neighborhood organize an outdoor art festival, serving as the event's first chairman.  Fifty years later, the Allentown Art Festival is still a popular annual event in Buffalo.

In 1979, Sisti made a major gift to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, including 26 paintings and drawings by Charles E. Burchfield as well as 32 of his own works.  In 1981, the City of Buffalo named a park in the Allentown area in his honor.  Tony Sisti Park is located near the intersection of Franklin Street and North Street.

Sisti died in Buffalo on 15 December 1983.  More than twenty-five years later, he is still remembered in Buffalo as a painter, art collector, and patron of the arts.  In 2009, when the Burchfield-Penney Art Center opened its new museum on the campus of Buffalo State College, one of the main floor galleries was named after Sisti.

Art work

Tony Sisti was a painter, muralist, and drawing specialist.  He was a classically trained artist, who studied at the Albright Art School in Buffalo and at Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.  He later became an art instructor at the Art Institute of Buffalo and then the New York School of Applied Design for Women in New York City.  He was active as a professional painter from the mid-1920s until his death in 1983.

Sisti was known for his bold use of color and fluid action figures.  He was an accomplished landscape painter, but he was especially noted for his paintings of boxing and other action scenes.  His portrait of heavy weight contender Phil Muscato, titled The Boxer, won the Gold Medal at the 1953 Buffalo Society of Artists exhibition.

He was also well known as a formal portrait painter.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith, and Fiat Motor Company president Giovanni Agnelli were among the notable individuals who had portraits painted by Sisti.  He also painter official portraits of at least one Buffalo mayor and a number of other Buffalo city officials.

Sisti's works have been exhibited in major museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo.  The Burchfield-Penney Art Center also displays a number of Sisti's paintings in its permanent collection.

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All I Want For Chrismakkah: An Analysis of The Two Best Holiday Songs Ever Recorded
It's a fact, universally acknowledged, that 1994 was the most important year for holiday music in the history of the world. That's because two iconic holiday anthems, Adam Sandler's "The Hanukkah Song" and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" both entered the world in '94, and the world is a better place for it…
There's no possible argument against the seasonal supremacy of these two songs. Sure, we like Ariana Grande's "Santa, Tell Me" and Daveed Diggs recently released "Puppy for Hanukkah," but neither one has captured the public's imagination the way Adam and Mariah did twenty-six years ago. Here's why their songs endure, and shall never be supplanted!
Both songs have memorable lyrics for different reasons. Let's start with Mariah Carey's classic: "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is both a title and a hook, and its simplicity is brilliant. These words convey exactly how it feels to have a Christmas crush – that person you wish your family could wrap up in a bow and place under your tree. Obviously Malcolm, the cute counselor from summer camp, would be the best gift one could ever reason! And as an added bonus, the words are super easy to memorize, which explains why lovelorn kids have sung it for – literally – generations.
"The Hanukkah Song's" lyrics aren't as easy to memorize, but they are informative! Sandler's song gave increased visibility to Jewish celebrities. Old Hollywood was notoriously anti-semitic, so actors with Jewish heritage have often downplayed their religion. However, Sandler's holiday anthem reclaims Jewish celebrities who might have otherwise been lost to history. From Captain Kirk to Henry Winkler, "The Hanukkah Song" provides an educational list of people who practice Judaism, all while being absolutely hilarious! I mean, who can forget lyrics like, "OJ Simpson – not a jew!" No wonder it's a perennial favourite!
Their Origin Stories
Adam Sandler triumphantly debuted "The Hanukkah Song" LIVE on SNL. The crowd went wild, and that moment went the 1994 version of viral. For a special treat, watch Sandler's original performance on Youtube, and you'll see how he electrifies the room with his humour.
Meanwhile, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is groundbreaking in its own way. Mariah Carey was an itty bitty baby diva in her twenties when she recorded a holiday album. At the time, holiday albums were the domain of has-beens who couldn't make it on the Billboard Hot 100, but Carey didn't care! In the two and a half decades following her boundary-pushing decision, plenty of young pop stars have followed suit. So basically, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" gave birth to Justin Bieber's holiday album. You're welcome, world!
Their Cultural Staying Power
The Hanukkah Song spawned three sequels, which is pretty impressive. And who could forget the iconic moment in Love, Actually where a band of children plays "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at a nativity play where the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom is caught kissing his new girlfriend? These songs live on for a reason. Because they are better than all other holiday songs! 'Nuff said!
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Entity Data Model XML
Thu 15 March 2018
Last time, we described how Entity Data Model(EDM) was designated to help DBA and developer to work with their own contexts. Today let's dig deeper into EDM to see what it consists of and what it looks like in reality.
The EDM uses three key concepts to describe the structure of data: entity type, association type, and property. These are the most important concepts in describing the structure of data in any implementation of the EDM.
In a conceptual model, entity types are constructed from properties and describe the structure of top-level concepts, such as a customers and orders in a business application. It is not necessarily A table in database, it is meant to face the application. Inheritance is supported with entity types.
Like an object in a programming language, entity types contain properties that define the structure and characteristics. For example, a Customer entity type may have properties such as CustomerId, Name, and Address. Normal properties can only contains primitive data(string/int/bit)
Association Type
An association represents a relationship between two entity types (such as Customer and Order). Every association has two ends that specify the entity types involved. An association end owns a multiplicity that can have a value of one (1), zero or one (0..1), or many (*). Entities at one end of an association can be accessed through navigation properties. We'll talk navigation properties in later posts
Entity Data Model XML (EDMX)
Entity Data Model is a concept. The Entity Framework has a particular implementation that is realized as the EDMX file at design time. The EDMX file is a XML document under the cover and it is made of three layers. These three layers have nothing to do with EDM but an implementation within Entity Framework.
The first one layer of the three represents the conceptual model, which is the actual EDM. The second one represents the database schema, and the third represents the mappings between the first two. Each of the layers will become a XML file at run time, ended with CSDL, SSDL and MDL respectively.
If we open an EDMX file in XML editor, you'll see these three parts in the file content.
The file composed of two main sections: the runtime information and the designer information. The three parts that we are going to talk about are all in the runtime section.
The conceptual content includes everything needed in a EDM model, including entity type/property/association. Check out the file yourself:
The entity container have EntitySets and AssociationSets. Each child represents a Entity Type or Association Type. After the container it lists all the entity type with defined properties and property's properties.
SSDL
The StorageModels section of an EDMX file is a schematic representation of its associated data store. The elements of this file are similar to those of the CSDL file.
For consistency, the tables and columns are called EntityType and Property. You will see these referred to in documentation as tables and columns, and even as such in the visual tools. The difference is: the entity type names are the actual names of the tables in the database and the property types are the data store data types.
The Mapping section is quite straight forward that it contains the field mappings between conceptual model and store model. As we talked in last post, one entity type in CSDL may relate to multiple tables from SSDL. In that case you would see multiple MappingFragment nodes under each entity set mapping.
So far we have had a general view of what entity data model consists of in real life and the inner structures in EDMX file. One practical benefit I had seen from these knowledge is that this give us a way to update the EDMX file without manually "Update Model from Database" from UI — which cost one hour to finish! (PS: A good news is in Entity Framework 6, the reload performance has been improved from 60 minutes to 30 seconds!)


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25 years of Ersa Rework
You are here: Issue 55 / Electronics Production Equipment / 25 years of Ersa Rework
Sustainability in Practice!
A journey through 25 years of Rework Technology
Ersa has been involved in the repair of electronic assemblies for 25 years. Above all, the rework of highly polarized SMT components – also called "rework" – is the focus here. In times of component shortages and interrupted supply chains, it is more important than ever to maintain the value already created.
Maintaining added value - Rework promotes sustainable electronics production
It all started in 1997 with the IR 500 A, Ersa´s first infrared rework system. It was developed in cooperation with Rewatronik to safely solder and de-solder the "Ball Grid Array" (BGA) components, which were still new at the time. A suitable unit for component placement was quickly designed in a further cooperation with the Swiss placement specialist Essemtec, since fine-pitch components and those with hidden solder joints could not be placed precisely enough manually. "When I joined Ersa in 2000, SMT/BGA repair was still in its infancy," says Jörg Nolte, Ersa Product Manager Rework. And adds: "But then things moved forward – the spread of BGAs, which were initially difficult to master, increased steadily, and with it the need for qualified rework."
Today, the BGA belongs to the family of bottom terminated components (BTC), i.e. components with solder connections on the component underside. Initially, BGAs were often the most sensitive components in an assembly: If the thermal balance in the soldering process was not completely balanced, the package would warp and often bridge or other solder defects would occur. The classic case with BGAs is and was excessive stress in the solder joints of the corner balls and the associated microcracks. The re-melting of the BGA with the addition of a little flux remains a tried and tested means of repairing such defects to this day. Today´s BGA descendants are also sensitive to relevant process parameters. For example, "micro lead frame" (MLF) components tend to float when the amount of solder is inaccurately dosed, resulting in open signal contacts.
IR-Technology
Professional repair of large-format PCBs with the HR 600/XL
Even today, you can find adventurous clips of attempts to swap processors and other components on PCBs with the help of heat guns. The soldering results: More than questionable. Ersa had to invest a lot of time and energy in convincing users from cell phone service centers to the electronics industry to use infrared technology. The medium-wave and thus largely invisible radiant heat of the ceramic heaters was convincing: Unlike quartz heaters, their radiation spectrum is excellently suited to heat metals, plastics, ceramics and epoxy resins of a stationary assembly quickly and homogeneously.
The temperature differences measured over a component (delta T) reached values of only 6 °C and better. It quickly became clear that the sensor-guided process of a medium-wave IR rework system even has advantages over established techniques – the soldering profile follows the specification very precisely due to precise temperature control, and components and assemblies are heated homogeneously and gently.
Lead-free Repair
Precise component placement of chip components up to BGAs with an edge length of approx. 100 mm
During the introduction of lead-free solders in 2006, the melting temperatures of the solder alloys (leaded 183 °C, lead-free approx. 217 °C) increased the demands on soldering equipment and rework systems. Higher temperatures produced smaller process windows and many component materials had to be reworked first; precise process control became increasingly important.
The Ersa IR/PL 550 and its bigger brother IR/PL 650 shaped the industrial component repair of this time. As a technical highlight, non-contact temperature measurement using a pyrometer was introduced for the first time. Due to the requirements for the repair of large and high-mass printed PCBs from the IT infrastructure sector, the first large-format rework system, the Ersa IR/PL 650 XL, was developed for an American EMS service provider. Rework has since been further professionalized, although some industries continue to exclude it. Studies such as the ZVEI´s "Guide to Rework of Electronic Assemblies" show that professional rework leads to reliable results if – as in the line process – all important parameters are observed.
Maintaining added value and avoiding unnecessary scrap due to a bridge on a QFP or BGA is the first level of sustainable action. The "right to repair" demanded by the EU Commission forms the basis for avoiding electronic waste and advancing electronics production towards the Circular Economy. In industry and in service centers worldwide, thousands of circuit boards are processed with Ersa rework systems every day and thus saved from partly uncontrolled scrapping. While quite a few suppliers of rework systems have appeared and disappeared over the past 25 years, Ersa has firmly established itself in this field as well. Long-standing customer relationships, exemplary worldwide service and very long spare parts availability, even for products that have already been discontinued, are testimony to this.
Ersa becomes hybrid and automatic
Clear view - process monitoring during soldering with RPC camera
Hybrid technology is making its way into Ersa rework systems with the hand-held HR 100 and the automatic HR 600 rework system. Here, the proven IR heating technology is supported by a convection component in the area of the top emitters. This makes even better use of the thermal energy released by the emitter and heats the target component more quickly. Disadvantages such as the blowing away of the smallest chip components in hot gas systems do not arise because very low air volumes are used.
The HR 600, introduced in 2012, linked the desoldering process, component placement and soldering process for the first time in such a way that the operator of the device hardly influences the subsequent result. Process reliability and repeatability are the focus. The special feature of the HR 600 is its automated component placement. With the help of two cameras, image processing and a high-precision axis system, the target component is automatically positioned precisely on the PCB and then automatically soldered in place.
The new Rework Generation
With the HR 550, Ersa sends a powerful, semi-automatic table-top rework system into the race
The Ersa Rework portfolio has meanwhile gained further members: "Starting with the HR 500, today´s product range up to the HR 600 XL covers practically all relevant customer requirements of worldwide markets and industries," Jörg Nolte summarizes Ersa´s positioning. "The user hardly has to get used to anything when switching from one system to another – everything has the same structure," says Nolte. Although Ersa had brought the technology in-house relatively late with the first complete in-house development HR 550. Jörg Nolte: "It was a big learning curve for us, but we now have all the engineering expertise and can therefore react much better to market movements." In the case of the flagship HR 600 XL, functional extensions and optimizations requested by customers were thus quickly implemented – with an extended bottom heater, the system can now process assemblies up to a size of 625 x 1,250 mm, and with large heating heads, components with edge lengths of over 100 mm!
Ersa HR 600 XL - platform for the highest demands in component repair
"The development continues. Contrary to all predictions, assemblies still need to be reworked." Currently, an automatic residual solder removal system for the HR 600 XL is being launched. In the area of sensor technology, the company is working on optimizing non-contact measurement technology. Further topics on the accuracy of the systems, the continuation of the heating technology can also be found on the roadmap, as well as additional automation and the connection of the devices to MES. This makes rework a fully-fledged part of the production process in terms of sustainable production.
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Good morning, dear readers!
After a restful summer break, your Disinfo Update, providing you with a roundup of disinformation news and studies, is back to its usual biweekly schedule!
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On this note, we wish you a good read!
Pro-Russian narratives. This New York Times article reports that, as Russia advances into occupied territories, hijacked radio and television channels are broadcasting Russian disinformation and pro-war propaganda.
Abortion surveillance. Facebook gave police in Nebraska in June – before Roe v Wade was officially overturned -, private messages between a mother and her 17-year-old daughter, discussing how to obtain abortion pills. The duo now faces abortion charges as the daughter, the report says, was more than 20 weeks pregnant. In Nebraska, abortions are banned after 20 weeks. This case shows that tech companies "contribute to criminal prosecutions of abortion cases. Experts say it also shows the importance of encryption and minimising the amount of data Facebook stores on its users."
Open letter to social platforms prior to elections in Brazil. This Open letter published and co-signed by a number of civil society organisations is a good reminder and call for action to Meta, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, all social platforms on which disinformation and threats of violence are spreading ahead of the elections in Brazil. "It's critical to the health of our democracy, our society, and our environment that you act as soon as you can," states the Open letter.
Update. In our July newsletter, we covered how 80 organisations had signed an Open letter calling on Meta to cease attempts to silence South African whistleblower Daniel Motaung. It looks like it worked as Facebook and Sama have backed down from their legal threat against the former content moderator.
Twitter violates user rights under the NetzDG: HateAid files a complaint. On 12 August HateAid filed a complaint to Bundesamt für Justiz (Germany) against Twitter for violating several provisions under the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG). Twitter failed to include information on implementation of the internal complaint mechanism in the recent bi-annual NetzDG transparency report that was published at the end of July, despite it being a requirement. From HateAid's experience, and their analysis of the latest transparency report, the organisation assumes that no redress mechanism was set up at all. Read the Euractiv article on the complaint. Why does it matter for the counter-disinformation community? Online platforms will face a similar obligation to introduce internal complaint mechanisms also under the DSA Article 17. It will include a possibility to complain when platforms choose not to act on content that is illegal or violates their terms and conditions, including disinformation. How platforms comply with the NetzDG provisions can give valuable insights and learnings for regulators in terms of the implementation of the DSA and Article 17 more specifically. We will be following the outcomes of the complaint very closely. In the meantime, read further analysis from HateAid on the latest NetzDG transparency reports here.
Digital Services Act & Digital Markets Act. While the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung published an overview of the DSA delegated acts, reports and codes of conduct, the European Commission released this study on the DSA and DMA, and their possible impact on research and research stakeholders' operations. It provides recommendations on how to make the legislative instruments and their implementation better adapted for researchers.
RT France v. Council. On July 27, a European Union court of justice dismissed an appeal by RT France to overturn a ban on content from Russian state-owned media from being distributed and broadcasted in the EU. The court found that the ban on RT France in the EU did not violate the right to freedom of expression and media freedom, under Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Social media & misinformation towards migrants. This Tech Transparency Project survey shows that migrants, like most of us, heavily rely on the internet and social media as sources of information but struggle to find accurate ones. While attempting to enter the US, they are the targets of misinformation on social media, including Facebook.
Covid-19 vaccines & pregnancy misinformation. This ProPublica article digs into the massive anti-vaccine campaign we witnessed throughout Covid-19 and its lasting effects in relation to other vaccines and health misinformation generally.
Matter of algorithms! Thanks to data collected from its dashboards, the CrossOver project shows that the media offensive led by the Chinese government to prevent the UN from presenting its long awaited report on human rights violations of Uighurs in Xinjiang by China has reached Belgium too.
ICYMI. While it dates back a bit, this Kinzen piece provides an insightful reaction to the European Code of Practice on Disinformation.
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For our US readers: The FTC is asking for input on the harms from businesses collecting, analysing, and monetising information about people. The Disinformation Defense League network is opening a call for stories to help the agency "understand the impact and harms of disinformation, misinformation, fraud, scams, and hateful content which have harmed our communities."
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HomeExclusiveEnugu to increase IGR by 50 per cent in 2021 – Commissioner
Enugu to increase IGR by 50 per cent in 2021 – Commissioner
By Celestine Ajayi
Enugu State government says it aims to increase its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by 50 per cent in 2021.
The Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr David Ugwunta, disclosed this on Thursday in Enugu during a press briefing on the 2021 Appropriation Law of the state.
Ugwunta said that such increase in IGR was one of the major objectives and targets of the 2021 budget.
The commissioner also said that the state would aim at upholding budget performance at not less than 85 per cent as well as maintain a capital expenditure to recurrent expenditure ratio of 60:40.
He said that the 2021 budget had key strategies that would tackle the current economic problems facing the state, the Nigerian economy and the world at large.
"This is considering the need to reflate the economy of the state and put Enugu on the path of economic recovery and growth.
"In order to actualise this thrust, Enugu State in 2021 has given full attention to complete all ongoing projects in 2020 financial year and initiate new projects and programmes with the 2021 budget," he said.
Ugwunta said that with the support of the general public and the understanding of residents of the state, "the objectives and targets of the 2021 budget will be realized."
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Adaona Kene-Uyawune, said that the state government had no intention to increase the taxes payable by residents.
Kene-Uyawune said that in order to increase the IGR of the state by 50 per cent in 2021, "certain automation processes have to be put in place to ensure that revenue collected go into one single account.
"We also intend to increase the tax base of the state by getting more people into the tax net," she said.
Keen-Uyawune said that the state government would also ensure that taxes collected are deployed for the purposes they were meant for.
Recall that Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi had on Dec. 9, 2020 presented a budget of N169.8billion to the state Assembly, which was subsequently passed by the legislators on Dec. 29 and signed into law on Dec. 30.
The budget has a recurrent expenditure of N68.7billion and capital expenditure of N101.1billion.


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Incel-Motivated Murder Is Now Officially Terrorism
Isaac Cabe ·
Back in February, a 17-year-old incel in Toronto fatally stabbed 24-year-old Ashley Arzaga with a machete. As you might expect, this prompted a first-degree murder charge.
Then, we got this:
While it might seem obvious just from the phrase "first-degree murder," not all murder cases are equal under the law. They take into account things like premeditation ("You had 10 notebooks detailing your plans to kill that circus clown."), and crimes that result in death, such as manslaughter ("You driving while intoxicated killed those 10 clowns in that clown car") or terrorism ("ISIS bombed that clown college."), are also treated differently. That's why it's a big deal here to link the incel movement with terrorism. It just hasn't been done before in such a high-profile way.
It's not like incels are hurting for guys who could've been tried as terrorists. Like In Canada alone, there was Alek Minassian in 2018, who ran people over with a van as "retribution" for years of rejection by women. Taking things back to the United States, Elliot Rodger shot up a sorority because he felt entitled to the attention of attractive women. Minassian is still awaiting trial, and Rodger killed himself before he could face consequences for his actions. These are stories that make international headlines -- they're jarring, they're specific, and the common thread is "involuntary celibacy."
These terrorists -- usually young, white men -- are acting out with violent, fatal rage meant to inspire terror in women around the globe. That is, at its core, terrorism. It names itself by what it is. It's astonishing (in the right way) that this teenager's actions against Arzaga are being labeled terrorism because it's about time something like this got the label it deserves.
All we can really do here is wait and see how this plays out, and maybe, just maybe, that it saves someone's life in the future.
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I've been telling you about all the new menu items from Biryani Cart/Juicy Wings – such as hot wings and cheese steaks – which they are serving at their new, 3rd cart across 46th St (by 6th Ave) from their 2 original carts that serve Indian food. Meru has expanded again, and the 2008 & 2009 People's Choice Vendy Award Winner was in the new cart today doing the cooking himself to make sure everything was up to snuff.
Today's Lunch is peppercorn cheese steak ($4) from Biryani Cart. I was curious about the wings, but they were already sold out when I got there, so the choice was fairly easy.
After grilling the meat, onions and peppers, Meru put 2 slices of cheese on it all, let it melt, then transferred it all to bread, on which he had previously put some lettuce and tomato. Peppercorn sauce was then put on the sandwich, and the container was closed up and given to me.
Since the sandwich was served open faced, it was pretty thick when I closed it up. The steak wasn't really thick, but there was plenty of it, and it was nicely grilled. The onion and peppers were nicely grilled too.
What really set the peppercorn cheese steak apart from other cheese steaks was the peppercorn sauce. Man, it was hot! Peppercorns can be pretty hot, but it looked like there were some chilies in the peppercorn sauce too. I could tell from the little bit of orange oil that came off the sandwich – and the extra level of heat. Meru really knows how to do hot and spicy!
Today's Lunch was an excellent value at $4, and if you like a lot of heat, get the peppercorn sauce. If you don't like heat, leave off the peppercorn sauce, and this would still be a pretty good cheese steak sandwich.
Now if can only get my hands on some of Meru's Juicy Wings, all will be well with the world.


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We can supply a letter for you to sign that allows us access to your report without bothering your current agent. The loss runs will then be sent directly to you for your files.
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Having your loss runs handy will put you in a good position to market your insurance.
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Owner saves dogs from burning building
Firefighters from Free Soil/Meade Fire Dept. work in the smoke, trying to put the fire out.
MEADE TWP. — Ron Krepps was working in his shop around 7 p.m. when he noticed a lot of smoke coming from another building on his property at 7979 N. Reid Road. When he went outside he saw that the building that housed his dogs' kennel was on fire. Krepps was able to get the dogs out of the building, but two of them ran off after he stumbled on the ice.
He warned his wife, Lois, of the fire and then he attempted to fight it with a hose while she called 911. The fire was too intense and singed his eyebrows.
Shortly after, the Free Soil/Meade Fire Department arrived.
"I'm really not sure what started it," Lois Krepps said. "The only thing that would have been turned on was a freezer." The building housed a wood stove — which was the Krepps' primary heat source — but the stove was on the south side of the building; the fire appeared to have started on the north side.
The kennel was quickly destroyed but flames spread onto a nearby building that housed wood and a lot of antique furniture. While Free Soil/Meade firefighters were able to contain the initial fire, they called in assistance from Grant Twp. Fire Dept. to help get the other fire under control.
"I'm thankful that the wind wasn't blowing any stronger and that the fire didn't spread to our house," Lois said.
Ron estimated the buildings were at least 70-years-old. He said he and Lois have lived there for over 40 years.
Lois is Meade Township supervisor and Ron is a Mason County Rural Fire Authority board member. They both agreed the firefighters did a great job putting out the fires and keeping their home safe.
Firefighters were still on the scene at 9 p.m.


Making Friends with Yourself (MFY) is an eight-week, 1 hour and 45 minutes a week, evidenced based training program, designed to help teens, ages 13-15 years of age, cope more effectively with the ongoing challenges of their day-to-day life. It brings together the benefits of mindfulness and self-compassion: Mindfulness teaches the young person to be present with difficult emotions. Self-compassion helps the young person respond to the challenges they face with greater kindness and self-care. Mindfulness also helps young people to cultivate skills of self-awareness and emotional resilience.
MFY incorporates developmentally appropriate activities and mindful-self compassion practices that help teens learn specific tools to navigate the emotional ups and downs of this life stage with greater ease.
A preliminary research study on the effectiveness of MFY demonstrated a 32% decrease in depression, anxiety, perceived stress and negative mood from before to after taking this program.
Prior to acceptance into the MFY 8 week program, a 30-minute interview with the parent(s) and teen is necessary to confirm if MFY is appropriate at this time. If MFY is deemed to not be appropriate at this time, the full course fee will be returned. Once registration and payment is completed, an interview time will be scheduled.
A 2 hour workshop for the parent(s) or caregiver(s) on Mindful Self-Compassionate Parenting is a requirement of MFY. This workshop is held at the Studio in Gairloch Gardens, Oakville, on Saturday February 9th starting at 10 am.
Registration on this site should be done in the parent's name. Once registration and payment has been received, we will send you an intake document requesting your child's information, to complete and bring with you to the interview. The interview will be scheduled at a mutually agreed time and held at an Oakville location.
Eileen Beltzner SCC, CMSCT, MSW, RSW and Michelle Taggart will be the MFY Facilitators.
For further background information on this program including the research overview and related publications, please go to www.mindfulselfcompassionforteens.com or www.selfcompassionsolutions.com .


H.R. 5578 (106th): To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability.
H.R. 5578 (106th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability, H.R. 5578, 106th Cong. (2000).


The Poroti Tavern is operated by Arvinder Singh(Harry).
They pride themselves on running a friendly and welcoming tavern, looking after their customers, and the tavern is a former winner of the Whangarei Alcohol Accord Host Responsibility Awards.
This historic country pub replaces the original tavern which was burnt down in 1950.
Old photos featuring the gumdigging history of the area, the Wairua Falls and the tavern can be seen on the tavern walls.


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Prostitution, Money, and Love
Cecilie Høigård, and Liv Finstad
Co-published with Polity Press
"Backstreets is a major breakthrough that takes us into the daily, lived experiences of prostitution to reveal its harsh and brutal realities. Nowhere else have we seen the violation that prostitution is to women so fully and sensitively revealed. From women's lives Backstreets exposes the lies of liberal romanticization of prostitution. The unavoidable conclusion of this work is that we must challenge every social condition that gives men license to use women in these ways." —Kathleen Barry, author of Female Sexual Slavery
Backstreets is about prostitution. It allows the individuals who participate in it—prostitutes, pimps, and those who buy sexual services—to tell their own stories in their own words. Women, for example, explain why they become prostitutes and how they experience the daily sequence of "tricks." Men discuss why they become customers of prostitutes and what they get out of the experience. Pimps describe how they see themselves and the prostitutes upon whom they depend.
The authors have studied the prostitution market of Oslo for over ten years. Their research has involved extensive interviews with participants, observation of Oslo's prostitution district, personal interaction with prostitute women, and analysis of city police records. They conclude that prostitution is embedded in the gender relations of an economically stratified society and that those who experience prostitution over an extended period of time suffer deep emotional damage.
"No single study has gone this deeply into the aftermath of steady involvement in prostitution on the self-images, self-feelings, and personal relations with the opposite sex for both prostitutes and customers. The similarities of some of these prostitutes' experiences with the reactions of survivors of incest and rape are also thought-provoking. Few studies ever present this much data on the backgrounds, strategies, and life-styles of customers and pimps. This triangulation' of the world prostitution—utilizing data about a significant number of women, clients, and pimps—provides an unusual depth to this work." —Barbara Sherman Heyl, Illinois State University
Cecilie Høigård is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo. She has written books about prostitution, social work/welfare, and unemployment.
Liv Finstad is Director and Lecturer of Criminology at the University of Oslo and president of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. She has written various books and articles about prostitution, prisons, drug abuse, treatment programs, and social work.


Across the world, natural resource exploitation continues to happen in the context of mega-projects. The multinational companies that dominate the natural resource industries prefer to pursue large, multi-billion dollar projects rather than operations with a smaller footprint. Mega-projects have proved, again and again, to be extremely risky. Human rights are being trampled in the rush to build large dams, mines, oil and gas pipelines, ports, highways, and railways, and forest-destroying agribusiness projects.
These types of projects are consistently associated with high levels of corruption and human rights abuses, making them especially dangerous for earth rights defenders. As China continues to promote its "One Belt, One Road" development model based on mega-projects, we can expect the dangers to earth rights defenders to continue to grow.
The multinational companies that dominate the natural resource industries prefer to pursue large, multi-billion dollar projects rather than operations with a smaller footprint.
Countries imprisoned people for exercising their human rights (Amnesty USA).


The Busch & Muller EYC T Senso Plus is the light that most of us need. Packing a hefty 50 LUX of power to light up the streets and keep you seen in such a tiny package this thing must be seen to be believed. It features a clip-on reflector for extra safety and a "standlight" feature that stores reserve energy, keeping you safe even when stopped at traffic lights.


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Memories of Former President George H.W. Bush with the Grahams
By BGEA • December 1, 2018
The nation mourns at news of former President George H.W. Bush's passing Friday night at his home in Houston, Texas. The 41st President of the United States was 94. In this photo, former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter join Billy Graham and Franklin Graham at the dedication service of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 31, 2007.
Billy Graham talks with then Vice President George H.W. Bush in 1986. Every U.S. president since World War II has met with Billy Graham.
When President George H.W. Bush was inaugurated on January 20, 1989, Billy Graham delivered the prayer.
Close family friends, Billy and Ruth Graham visited with President Bush and first lady Barbara Bush, with President Bush's mother, Dorothy, at Kennebunkport, Maine, in the early 1990s.
President George H.W. Bush speaks at the dedication service of the Billy Graham Library. The 41st president had a deep faith in Jesus Christ. In the book Billy Graham: God's Ambassador, Billy Graham says of the president: "He says straight out that he has received Christ as his Savior, that he is a born-again believer, and that he reads the Bible daily."
Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and President George H.W. Bush at the Metroplex Mission with Billy Graham in Dallas, Texas, on October 17, 2002.
The Bush and Graham families often vacationed together. Here, Billy Graham rides with President George H.W. Bush in his boat off the coast of Maine in 1989. The two men enjoyed fishing together.
Franklin Graham greets former President Bush in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the day of the dedication service of the Billy Graham Library on May 31, 2007.
Billy Graham and Franklin Graham visiting with Vice President George H.W. Bush at Mr. Bush's home in 1986.
Billy and Ruth Graham greeting President George H.W. Bush with Secretary of State Jim Baker in 1989.
Franklin Graham guides former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush on The Journey of Faith tour at the Billy Graham Library in 2007. Please be in prayer for the Bush family.


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Аделхайд фон Марк (; * 13 век; † 14 век) от Дом Ламарк е графиня от Марк и чрез женитба графиня на Клеве.

Тя е дъщеря на граф Енгелберт I фон Марк († 1277) и втората му съпруга Елизабет фон Хайнсберг и Фалкенбург († сл. 1277), дъщеря на Дитрих II фон Фалкенбург-Хайнсберг († 1268) и графиня Берта фон Лимбург-Моншау († 1254). Внучка е на Дитрих I фон Фалкенбург-Хайнсберг († 1227/1278). Сестра е на Герхард († сл. 1335) и полусестра на граф Еберхард I фон Марк († 1308).

Фамилия
Аделхайд фон Марк се омъжва ок. 1300 г. за граф Ото фон Клеве (1278 – 1310), най-големият син на граф Дитрих VI/VIII († 1305) и първата му съпруга Маргарета от Гелдерн († 1287). Те нямат деца.

Ото фон Клеве се жени втори път през 1308 г. за Мехтилд фон Вирнебург († сл. 1360).

Литература
 Dieter Kastner, Die Territorialpolitik der Grafen von Kleve (Veröffentlichungen des historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein, insbesondere das alte Erzbistum Köln 11). Schwann Verlag, Düsseldorf 1972, ISBN 3-508-00161-X (zugl. Dissertation, Universität Bonn 1968)
 Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. VI, Tafel 16.

Източници

Външни препратки
 Adelheid v.d.Mark, ww-person.com
 Adelheid von der Mark, Genealogics – Leo van de Pas

Графове на Клеве
Ламарки
Берги
Дом Клеве
Жени


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Brian Wilson Aldiss (Norfolk, 18 d'agost de 1925 - Oxford, 19 d'agost de 2017) fou un autor anglès de ficció general i ciència-ficció. Signava les seves obres com Brian W. Aldiss o simplement Brian Aldiss. Molt influenciat pel pioner de la ciència-ficció H. G. Wells, Aldiss fou vicepresident de la H. G. Wells Society. Va ser també (amb Harry Harrison) copresident del Birmingham Science Fiction Group. Aldiss va ser nomenat Gran Mestre pels Escriptors de ciència-ficció d'Amèrica el 2000, i va rebre dos Hugo Awards, un Premi Nebula i un John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Entre d'altres distincions, fou membre de l'Orde de l'Imperi Britànic. Podem trobar-lo en traduccions al francès i al castellà.

Biografia
Després d'acabar els estudis primaris en 1943, va prestar el servei militar a Birmània i Sumatra, on va romandre fins a la fi de la Segona Guerra Mundial. El 1948 va tornar a Oxford i va començar a treballar com a llibreter, fins que, el 1955, va guanyar el primer premi del certamen convocat pel diari anglès The Observer amb la narració  Not for an Age. Tanmateix, abans de guanyar el premi havia aconseguit publicar algunes històries, com a la revista The Bookseller i ja el 1954 va publicar una història en la revista Science Fantasy Magazine.

La seva arrencada com a escriptor professional, però, cal situar-la l'any 1958 amb la publicació de Non-Stop (en castellá La nave estelar; també publicat com Viaje al Infinito per la col·lecció Nebulae). L'èxit en  Estats Units li va arribar a 1958 amb la narració Judes Dancing, guanyant l'any següent una menció especial al Premi Hugo com a autor novell. En 1962 va guanyar el premi en la categoria de narració breu del mateix certamen amb Hivernacle.

Aldiss és un dels principals representants de l'anomenada  Nova onada de la ciència-ficció britànica. Després de convertir a Michael Moorcock en l'editor de la revista New Worlds i donar suport aquest un canvi substancial en el panorama editorial de la ciència-ficció cap a la  Nova Onada, Aldiss va començar un treball de col·laboració intens amb l'autor James Graham Ballard.

Aquesta literatura difícil va provocar un descens en les vendes i en l'acollida de les seves obres per part del públic, el que el va portar durant un temps a retirar-se del panorama literari. Al començament dels 70 es va retrobar amb el Mainstream i va escriure una trilogia sobre problemes de la joventut, de la qual només el primer exemplar va aconseguir llocs alts en les llistes de vendes.

Després d'algunes altres novel·les menors de ciència-ficció, Aldiss escriu i publica el 1981 la seva sèrie de Heliconia, que conclou el 1985. Aquesta obra descriu un món en un sistema de dues estrelles al llarg de segles. El tema principal és l'alçament i caiguda de les civilitzacions en el transcurs de les estacions. Apunta clarament al concepte  hegelià de la dialèctica històrica.

L'actualitat dels arguments estranys i allunyats de patrons convencionals es va posar de manifest en el rodatge de la pel·lícula Intel·ligència Artificial (AI, 2001) de Steven Spielberg a partir d'un guió de Stanley Kubrick, que, al seu torn, es va basar en la narració d'Aldiss Los superjuguetes duran todo el verano (Supertoys Last All Summer Long, 1969).

Obra

Novel·les
 La nave estelar (1958) Non-Stop
 Bow down to Nul (1960)
 Galaxias como granos de arena (1960). Galaxies like Grains of Sand,también traducida al español como La humanidad del futuro
 Invernáculo (1962) Hothouse
 Nataniel (1962). Space, Time and Nathaniel
 Cuando la Tierra esté muerta (1963) Starwarm, también traducida al español como Trama estelar
 Barbagrís (1964) Greybeard
 Los oscuros años luz (1964) The Dark Light Years
 Un mundo devastado (1965). Earthworks
 Ansia primaria (1966). The Primal Urge
 Criptozóico (1967) An Age o Cryptozoic
 Informe Sobre Probabilidad A (1968) Report on Probability A
 A cabeza descalza (1969) Barefoot in the Head
 Mano dura (1970). The hand-reared boy
 Frankenstein desencadenado (1973) Frankenstein Unbound
 The 80 minute Hour (1974)
 El tapiz de Malacia (1976) The Malacia Tapestry
 Bang, bang (1977). Brothers of the head, seguido de Donde las líneas convergen
 Enemigos del sistema (1978). Enemies of the System
 La otra isla del Doctor Moreau (1980) Moreau's Other Island
 Heliconia primavera (1982). Helliconia Spring
 Heliconia verano (1983). Helliconia Summer
 Heliconia Invierno (1985). Helliconia Winter
 Ruinas (1987). Ruins
 Drácula Desencadenado (1991) Dracula Unbound

Recopilaciones de relatos
 No Time like Tomorrow (1958)
 El dosel del tiempo (1959). The Canopy of Time
 El árbol de la saliva (1966) The Saliva Tree and other strange growths
 Intangibles S. A. (1969). Intangibles Inc. and Other Stories
 Los superjuguetes duran todo el verano (1969, sólo para esa historia) Supertoys Last All Summer Long
 El momento del eclipse (1970) The Moment of Eclipse
 La estrella imposible (1977). Best SF Stories
 Romance del Ecuador (1989). A romance of the Equator. Best Fantasy Stories

com a recopilador
 Imperios galácticos (1976). Galactic Empires

assaig
 A Billion Year Spree. A History of Science Fiction

Premis
 Hugo de 1962 a la millor novela per Hothouse (Invernáculo)
 Nébula de 1965 al millor conte per The Saliva Tree and other strange growths (El árbol de la saliva).
 John W. Campbell Memorial de 1982 per Helliconia Spring.
 Premio British SF Association de 1982

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Brian W. Aldiss (official site)
 Guardian newspaper profile
 Brian Aldiss's online fiction  at Free Speculative Fiction Online
 'Metropolis' limited edition fine art print by Brian Aldiss
 Supertoys Last All Summer Long story by Brian Aldiss (Jan 1997)

Escriptors anglesos
Oficials de l'Orde de l'Imperi Britànic
Companys de la Royal Society of Literature
Morts a Oxford
Persones de Norfolk
Naixements del 1925


From Middle English limpen ("to fall short"), from Old English limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną ("to hang down"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- ("to hang loosely, hang limply"). Cognate with Low German lumpen ("to limp"), Middle High German limpfen ("to hobble, limp"), dialectal German lampen ("to hang down loosely"), Icelandic limpa ("limpness, weakness").
(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
(intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
The bomber limped home on one engine.
(intransitive, figuratively) To move or proceed irregularly.
(poker slang, intransitive) To call.
A code-word among Jacobites, standing for Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales.
From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt ("limping"), from Proto-Germanic *limpaną ("to hang down"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- ("to hang loosely, hang limply"). Cognate with German lampecht ("flaccid, limp"), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur ("pliable, gentle"). See above.
Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
(intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan ("to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern"), from Proto-Germanic *limpaną ("to glide, go, suit"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- ("to hang loosely, hang limply"). Cognate with Scots limp ("to chance to be, come"), Middle Dutch limpen ("to happen"), Middle Low German gelimpen ("to moderate, treat mildly"), Middle High German limfen ("to suit, become").
(obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
(obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
^ Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition, art. "Limp"
From a derivative of Latin lampas. Compare Italian lampo.


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namespace GrafeasV1.Snippets
{
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    using Grafeas.V1;

    public sealed partial class GeneratedGrafeasClientSnippets
    {
        /// <summary>Snippet for GetOccurrenceNote</summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This snippet has been automatically generated for illustrative purposes only.
        /// It may require modifications to work in your environment.
        /// </remarks>
        public void GetOccurrenceNoteRequestObject()
        {
            string endpoint = "";
            // Create client
            GrafeasClient grafeasClient = new GrafeasClientBuilder { Endpoint = endpoint }.Build();
            // Initialize request argument(s)
            GetOccurrenceNoteRequest request = new GetOccurrenceNoteRequest
            {
                OccurrenceName = OccurrenceName.FromProjectOccurrence("[PROJECT]", "[OCCURRENCE]"),
            };
            // Make the request
            Note response = grafeasClient.GetOccurrenceNote(request);
        }
    }
    // [END containeranalysis_v1_generated_Grafeas_GetOccurrenceNote_sync]
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Posted on May 1, 2015 April 24, 2017 by Kat K
Film review: Far From The Madding Crowd (2015)
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.
Starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple and Jessica Barden.
In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
The story is (by now) borderline cliché: free-spirited Bathsheba Everdene scorns women who fall for the first pretty boy to wink at them, and vows to never be like them. Yet as fate would have it, she meets the right kind of pretty boy, and makes the wrong choice (twice) and pays for it, only to realise that the person she's always loved has been right there all along. Cue sweeping violins, magnificent outdoor shots of Dorset, and a happy ending. If Bathsheba reminds you a bit of Katniss Everdeen of Hunger Games fame, that's because Suzanne Collins was so inspired by her that she named Katniss in tribute (…pun not intended).
We might dismiss this kind of story now as painfully cliché and melodramatic, but it's vital to remember that Hardy's iconic 1874 novel was among the first to feature such a strong female character at the epicentre. Bathsheba's famous line "It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs" is lifted straight from the page and onto the screen, and it is precisely this sort of attitude that drives the lead character to define herself on her own rather than attaching herself to a husband who might only attempt to limit and control her.
When Gabriel Oak, the strong and silent shepherd from the farm next door, asks her hand in marriage, she assumes he'll resent her for being too independent, and so refuses. Before she's had time to rethink, Oak loses his farm in a freak accident involving a restless shepherd dog, a cliff, and 200 dead sheep on a beach at sunrise (yes, really, and it's a really sad scene, at that) so he moves away.
By this point Bathsheba has inherited a farm of her own, and when she moves there she finds Oak, who saved the barn from burning on his travels and then kind of… stayed. He becomes her friend and confidant, watching as she's proposed to by middle-aged bachelor William Boldwood, played with utmost sincerity by a fantastic Michael Sheen. Boldwood's feelings result from a prank, when Bathsheba sends him a Valentine's card in a half-joke, but he is decidedly (and most vulnerably) serious, obviously having been brokenhearted before.
Cue the heartthrob, Sergeant Frank Troy, who comes and sweeps Bathsheba off her feet with his red soldier's uniform and an absolutely abysmal (yet period-accurate) moustache. All other men obviously need not apply, and Bathsheba becomes what she always laughed at: a giggling girl so entranced by this handsome man that upon first mention of marriage, she says yes. The mistake will haunt her, in more ways than one, and even though somehow through all this emotional entanglement the solution becomes obvious, it takes Bathsheba (and subsequently us) a long, long time to find.
Shot entirely on film in spectacularly bright Technicolor, this period romance drama has been delicately crafted to be as relatable and new as it can be. The action has been shifted forward a couple of decades so the costumes are not the frilly and grey dresses one might picture in a typical Victorian-era-set film. The colours pop in every shot, be it a pastoral English countryside landscape or an indoor close-up under candlelight. The Victorian morals of it all are hardly mentioned, despite the fact that the film's entire conflict stems from the fact that in those days one couldn't date without tying the knot. By focusing entirely on the characters, and on the secluding atmosphere created by the vast expanse of farmland that surrounds them, the era actually becomes irrelevant and gives way to pure story.
At the core of it, it is an 18th century novel translated into picture. You can actually see Hardy's beautiful writing in the cinematography, the performances, the sets and costumes. Craig Armstrong's beautiful score carries the independent and fierce spirit of Bathsheba throughout the film.
If you like period dramas, definitely give this a go. If you don't, give it a chance–and be sure to read our upcoming interview with director Thomas Vinterberg for insight on the score, cinematography and performances that make this film worth watching.
Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★
Originally posted on Flickering Myth.
CategoriesFilm Reviews, Reviews-Read Tagscarey mulligan, far from the madding crowd, juno temple, matthias schoenarts, michael sheen, tom sturridge
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