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Acoustic Auteurs and Transnational Cinema
Jay Beck
Music, Music Media, Sound Studies
This article appears in the Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media edited by Carol Vernallis, Amy Herzog, and John Richardson. This essay examines a growing number of ... More
This article appears in the Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media edited by Carol Vernallis, Amy Herzog, and John Richardson. This essay examines a growing number of filmmakers who construct personal sound aesthetics that rework the rules of sound and image relations. This trend has emerged over the past decade, and it finds global filmmakers engaged in a revitalization of the affective powers of film sound in a digitally converged world. Under consideration are issues of sound authorship, acoustic markers of cultural identity, how sound tropes circulate transnationally, and whether the rules governing sound and image are culturally determined.
Acoustic Slits and Vocal Incongruences in Los Angeles Union Station
Music, Sound Studies
Over the last decades, much has been said and written about urban renewal and gentrification in Los Angeles. However, the issues addressed have been associated with the types of sounds ... More
Over the last decades, much has been said and written about urban renewal and gentrification in Los Angeles. However, the issues addressed have been associated with the types of sounds present or created and musics played. This chapter examines the process of opera in relation to downtown Los Angeles' gentrification. More specifically, drawing on Tim Choy's and Ben Anderson's notion of the "atmospheric" and "air politics," this chapter addresses the ways in which considering the very acoustic part of the soundscape can offer entry into understanding of the process of gentrification. The listening into the acoustic realization of sound and the reverberation of distinct space can give evidence into broader and deeper shifts in the space's value, otherwise often difficult to discern. The author does so by considering director Yuval Sharon's and sound designer Martin Gimenez's setting of Invisible Cities (composed by Christopher Cerrone) within Union Station's waiting hall and courtyard. While each singer sang within the everyday soundscape and acoustics of the station, their voices were treated with a thorough sound design and offered up to audiences via wireless headphones. This partial interaction and selectively available product marks a project of "upgrading" the Los Angeles downtown acoustic soundscape—a process, the author proposes, that can be understood as an indicator of the late stage of gentrification.
Acoustical Properties: Practicing Contested Spaces in the Films of Philippe Grandrieux
One of the defining thematic preoccupations in the fiction filmmaking of Philippe Grandrieux, one of the leading figures in French Art Cinema, is that of the politics of property. In ... More
One of the defining thematic preoccupations in the fiction filmmaking of Philippe Grandrieux, one of the leading figures in French Art Cinema, is that of the politics of property. In Sombre, La Vie Nouvelle, and Un Lac, the relationship dynamics between a woman and a variety of agents competing to claim her are mapped out in the overlap between different registers of space. This overlap opens up complex dynamics between differing spatial practices that are evident within Grandrieux's narratives and the stylistics with which he shapes them, breaking down conventional understanding of the distance between screen and audience. This chapter argues that one cannot account for the richness of spatial practice in these films without attention to the representation of acoustic space. Drawing on recent concepts in sound studies and critical geography, and expanding upon the literature on Grandrieux's work, the author focuses on instances of spatial delineation that defines elements of owned property in each of these films.
The Amateur in the Age of Mechanical Music
Mark Katz
This article explores the role of amateur music in the age of sound recording and reproduction technologies. It begins by evaluating concerns about the fate of the amateur in the early ... More
This article explores the role of amateur music in the age of sound recording and reproduction technologies. It begins by evaluating concerns about the fate of the amateur in the early twentieth century. Most of the examples cited are from the United States, and the claims hold most strongly for American musical life. However, it also draws evidence from Europe and Asia to suggest the global scope of technologically mediated amateur music making. A strong user-perspective is reflected throughout this article. It then presents four case studies to examine the complex relationship between amateurism and music technologies. The case studies reveal a constant process of co-construction between users and the music. It also takes into account the social construction of technology (SCOT), as well as on the fields of cultural studies and media studies, to explore how users perform and construct identity through technology.
Analog Turns Digital: Hip-Hop, Technology, and the Maintenance of Racial Authenticity
Rayvon Fouché
Music, Sound Studies, Ethnomusicology
The history of the black diaspora is full with examples of the ways music has enabled various black cultural communities to cope with racial oppression. This article explains how ... More
The history of the black diaspora is full with examples of the ways music has enabled various black cultural communities to cope with racial oppression. This article explains how sound-producing technology, in the form of vinyl records and turntables, functions within communities that endow these devices with cultural value. Hip-hop is used to center the discussion on ways in which turntables and vinyl records are attributed a racial authenticity not seen in other music communities where DJs exist. It begins with the premise that the hip-hop culture, similar to other music cultures, is a deeply technological way of life. Furthermore, it explores hip-hop and the emergence of digital vinyl systems and discusses hip-hop and race in the digital age. Finally, it suggests that the intersections of hip-hop, technology, and sound could help understand the ways the materiality of sound is embedded and circulated within society.
Aural Armor: Charting the Militarization of the iPod in Operation Iraqi Freedom
This chapter examines the history of the militarization of the iPod portable media player during the first six years of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Drawing on interviews and correspondence ... More
This chapter examines the history of the militarization of the iPod portable media player during the first six years of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with American military service members and Iraq war veterans, the chapter documents how iPods and the music they contained were used to smooth and hasten the passage of time, tether service members to their civilian lives back home, memorialize the deaths of fallen comrades, "pump up" troops for combat, maintain their focus on missions, and calm them down at the end of the day. The chapter also illuminates the degree to which the iPod has become a thoroughly militarized prosthetic technology—one deployed in the service of media consumption, one-way translation, interrogation, crowd dispersal, intelligence gathering, "winning hearts and minds," and even precision shooting in the field.
The Avant-Garde in the Family Room: American Advertising and the Domestication of Electronic Music in the 1960s and 1970s
Timothy D. Taylor
Music, Sound Studies, Musicology and Music History
Today, the world is surrounded by electronic sounds of all kinds, which were not always so omnipresent or accepted. This article offers a history of the domestication of sounds that were ... More
Today, the world is surrounded by electronic sounds of all kinds, which were not always so omnipresent or accepted. This article offers a history of the domestication of sounds that were initially associated with science fiction but fairly quickly found their way into television commercials. It uses the domestication concept in three ways. The first deals with the adoption of sounds associated with science fiction to use in selling products in everyday life. The second explores the complex set of processes behind the scenes by which electronic sounds were harnessed for use in selling. Under this, the article addresses the question of how electronic musicians convinced potential clients in and out of the advertising industry that such sounds could be used in advertising. Finally, the article refers the concept of domestication to the ways in which commodities were thought to become friendly products for consumers and were brought to life by electronic sounds.
Body Soundscape: Perception, Movement, and Audiovisual Developments in Contemporary Dance
Enrico Pitozzi
Starting from an interdisciplinary perspective of methodological integration of the concepts of body and sound in the contemporary dance scene, this chapter addresses the general aesthetic ... More
Starting from an interdisciplinary perspective of methodological integration of the concepts of body and sound in the contemporary dance scene, this chapter addresses the general aesthetic notion of sonorous body. Through a survey of some key practices and pieces by Wayne McGregor, Ginette Laurin, Angelin Preljocaj, Cindy Van Acker and others, the author analyzes the audiovisual dimension of these works, developed with digital technologies and in a collaboration of choreographers with electronic musician and sound artists such as Scanner, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Granular Synthesis, and Mika Vainio. This audiovisual tension, defined as the sonorous body, can be read through two interpretations. In the first, the sound is a body, which means the electronic sound of the scene is an acoustic material. In the second, the body is a sound, which means the body of the dancers produces the soundscape of a scene.
Building the Broadway Voice
This chapter investigates how differing pressures on the Broadway musical theater industry can contribute to certain vocal stylistic choices. The author considers the ways in which ... More
This chapter investigates how differing pressures on the Broadway musical theater industry can contribute to certain vocal stylistic choices. The author considers the ways in which collegiate and professional training programs have responded to these needs through their musical theater curricula. The chapter brings into relief how vocal training in such programs ensures a sonic conformity, which presumably improves the marketability of the performer in an industry demanding predictable sounds. Specifically, it considers the pedagogical philosophies prevalent in Midwestern musical theater training programs where the author has worked as a vocal coach and where many Broadway performers cut their teeth. The chapter takes no position for or against the vocal ideas taught in these or other musical theater training programs, but makes some observations for the unique demands attached to such training and what demands those pressures make on singers today. Furthermore, the chapter suggests that the growth of the Broadway musical as a tourist attraction, the rise of the megamusical, and the formation of this Broadway sound are all interrelated phenomena enabled by a new corporatizing ideology in musical theater that has disciplined the body of the Broadway performer for decades and continues to shape the industry's sound today.
Calling My Name: Sound, Orality, and the Cell Phone Contact List
Heather A. Horst
This chapter analyses the digital inscription of names and identities in mobile phones contact list. Drawing upon research on mobile phones in Jamaica, it examines how the construction of ... More
This chapter analyses the digital inscription of names and identities in mobile phones contact list. Drawing upon research on mobile phones in Jamaica, it examines how the construction of mobile phone contact lists is informed by Jamaican's historical relationship names and naming as part of auditory practice and imagination. Moving beyond an assumption of instrumental relationships between contacts and social networks, it highlights how the combination of the predesigned structure and the increasing capabilities of cellular phones to incorporate digital images, videos, and music intersects with culturally specific relationships to sound, orality, and performance.
Can You Hear Us Now? Ringtones and Politics in the Contemporary Philippines
Jan Maghinay Padios
This chapter examines the emergence of the political ringtone in the Philippines in the neoliberal era. It argues that the popularity of the "Hello Garci" and "Sorry Po" ringtones in the ... More
This chapter examines the emergence of the political ringtone in the Philippines in the neoliberal era. It argues that the popularity of the "Hello Garci" and "Sorry Po" ringtones in the midst of the Arroyo election scandal signaled the convergence of significant transformations in technology, culture, and politics in the Philippines that began in the mid-1990s. By focusing on the work of TXTPower, a Manila-based consumer and citizen advocacy group for mobile phone users and political opposition to the Arroyo administration, it also contends that these transformations indicate that neoliberalism does not constitute a refashioning of liberal democratic institutions, but a threat to them.
"Cars with the Boom": Music, Automobility, and Hip-hop "Sub" Cultures
Justin A. Williams
This chapter examines the relations or intersections between the automobile and popular music. It discusses the history of car audio and describes contemporary car audiophile ... More
This chapter examines the relations or intersections between the automobile and popular music. It discusses the history of car audio and describes contemporary car audiophile subcultures. It also investigates the influence of the automobile in the production of popular music, particularly with the hip-hop music production style of Dr. Dre. It explains that Dr. Dre's G-funk of the 1990s was specifically created for listening in car stereo systems and suggests that his work illustrates how musical materials can be reused and customized for the automotive listening experience.
Challenging Voices: Relistening to Marshallese Histories of the Present
Jessica A. Schwartz and April L. Brown
The Marshallese Educational Initiative has focused on intercultural pedagogy and outreach with projects such as the Marshallese Oral History Project and Digital Music Archive (MOHP), ... More
The Marshallese Educational Initiative has focused on intercultural pedagogy and outreach with projects such as the Marshallese Oral History Project and Digital Music Archive (MOHP), Nuclear Remembrance Day, and collaborative work with Marshallese college student members of the Ṃanit Club (Culture Club) that emphasize creative "pathways of connection" within their complex diaspora. The throat, in Marshallese sensorial approach, is the metaphorical seat of the emotions that prompts a feelingful care for others, human and nonhuman. Western acculturated individuals might say that they are "of the same heart or mind" if they feel a certain kindred spirit to someone or our community, but Marshallese have an ideal of being of "one throat" (burō wōt juon). Marshallese prize the throat and its resonance in voice as both timbre and a sonorous mediator of their language that vivifies relations of land and lineage, which are connected to their shared cosmological heritage. Contributing to collaborative studies that focus on music in participatory research, the authors work with students to assess the ways in which listening practices can be oriented to Marshallese voices as they sound the challenges of everyday life in a diaspora compelled and sanctioned by centuries of colonial and imperial interventions. Taking aspects of Marshallese intergenerational knowledge transmission into consideration, the chapter shares how the students, as well as nuclear survivors, participate in the voice challenge by stressing their voices as impacted by historical and cultural conditions that necessitate and afford particular vocal emergences.
Changing Cultural Coordinates: The Transistor Radio and Space, Time, and Identity
Tim Wall and Nick Webber
This chapter examines the role of the transistor radio in the development of mobile music. It suggests that understanding of the introduction of the transistor radio as a transformative ... More
This chapter examines the role of the transistor radio in the development of mobile music. It suggests that understanding of the introduction of the transistor radio as a transformative technology may provide insights into the way that radio created a mobile music and explains that the transistor radio was a key item of technology for cultural agents to exploit and not an agent of change in itself. It also discusses how cultural mobility and the interaction of technological, cultural, and economic factors remade "radio" and created new senses of radio space, radio time and the radio listener.
The Chiptuning of the World: Game Boys, Imagined Travel, and Musical Meaning
Chris Tonelli
This chapter examines the role of re-presentation in the musical genre of chiptune and the relation it may have to the real and imagined mobility afforded by portable video gaming devices. ... More
This chapter examines the role of re-presentation in the musical genre of chiptune and the relation it may have to the real and imagined mobility afforded by portable video gaming devices. It employs Gaston Bachelard's observations on imagined mobility to analyze the ways the experiential affordances of video gaming have come to be articulated with the sounds of early video game systems and how this articulation, in conjunction with the portability of gaming devices, helped mark the sounds of early video game systems as tools for the transformation of both public space and the collective musical unconscious. Focusing specifically on the Nintendo Game Boy as a central symbol of the international chip music scene, the chapter considers the implications its portability has had for music inspired by, but distinct from, early video game music.
Cochlear Implants after Fifty Years: A History and an Interview with Charles Graser
Mara Mills
This chapter analyzes the cochlear implant as a new acoustic medium. An introductory essay places cochlear implants in a longer tradition of experimentation with the electrical stimulation ... More
This chapter analyzes the cochlear implant as a new acoustic medium. An introductory essay places cochlear implants in a longer tradition of experimentation with the electrical stimulation of hearing. This historical survey is paired with an interview Mills conducted with Charles Graser, an early research subject who field-tested several implant models beginning in the 1970s. Excerpts from Graser's journals and field notes are included, which detail his novel acoustic experiences and his attempts to domesticate the technology.
Conversions: Sound and Sight, Military and Civilian
Cyrus C. M. Mody
Scholars in science and technology studies (STS) have long noted scientists' tendency of converting data into visual representations. This article provides an overview of the use of ... More
Scholars in science and technology studies (STS) have long noted scientists' tendency of converting data into visual representations. This article provides an overview of the use of visualization and sonification in different fields of STS. Conversion to the visual provided a hook to mutually implicate vision and science as hallmarks of modernity. Visual representations became raw materials for art historical analyses of science and histories of objectivity. Sonification has found favor even among scientists whose work is primarily visual. In microelectronics, acoustic microscopy has been successfully applied to nondestructive inspection of integrated circuits. The final phase of acoustic microscopy took place in a postreconversion environment where engineers no longer faced such criticisms for doing basic research. Although successfully employed in some fields of physical sciences, such applications have not yet fully found their use in the field of life sciences.
Creative Applications of Interactive Mobile Music
Atau Tanaka
This chapter examines the foundational research concerning the applications of interactive mobile music conducted at Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris and at Culture Lab Newcastle. It ... More
This chapter examines the foundational research concerning the applications of interactive mobile music conducted at Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris and at Culture Lab Newcastle. It analyzes the forms and formats that music can take on when deployed on mobile devices and wireless infrastructures and looks at the development of conceptual thinking of mobile music creation outside the sphere of consumer markets and commercial applications. The chapter also discusses efforts to leverage the possibilities of contextual sensing coupled with dynamic media delivery systems to create new musical experiences that can be shared by groups of performers and listeners.
Creative Sonification of Mobility and Sonic Interaction with Urban Space: An Ethnographic Case Study of a GPS Sound Walk
Frauke Behrendt
This chapter examines how mobile media and sound are experienced and in particular how locative technologies such as GPS can be used for the creative sonification of mobility. The detailed ... More
This chapter examines how mobile media and sound are experienced and in particular how locative technologies such as GPS can be used for the creative sonification of mobility. The detailed analysis of a piece of mobile sound art combines sound studies and media studies perspectives to frame the ethnographic fieldwork. The headphones worn in the piece act as a form of acoustic picture frame that enables participants to reflect upon their experience of the piece, and also upon their everyday mobile media use such as listening to MP3s or using mobile phones. The chapter argues that participation in the piece creates a new hybrid sonic architecture, one that is temporal, embedded and embodied. Some of the key mobile sound themes articulated in interviews with participants and the artist include the friction experienced between different media and sound spaces, as well as the role of walking and sound for experiencing or controlling interactions with urban space. These themes are discussed in light of Michel de Certeau's analysis of spatial practices in urban space.
Dancing Silhouettes: The Mobile Freedom of iPod Commercials
Justin D. Burton
This chapter examines the concept of mobile freedom as it is displayed in the iconic dancing silhouette advertisements for Apple's iPod. By comparing the original 2001 iPod commercial with ... More
This chapter examines the concept of mobile freedom as it is displayed in the iconic dancing silhouette advertisements for Apple's iPod. By comparing the original 2001 iPod commercial with the initial run of silhouette ads in 2003 and 2004, the chapter demonstrates the evolution of Apple's marketing plan for the iPod and situates the commercials within the company's general brand identity, as primarily defined through a series of advertising campaigns deployed by Chiat/Day and TBWA/Chiat/Day since 1984. The silhouette ads are shown to enact a shift in Apple's target audience as the company markets the iPod to potential consumers who are not assumed to already be Apple product users.


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Government sets up task-force to monitor paperless system
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
The government has established a task-force to monitor the implementation of the paperless system at the ports on a daily basis.
According to the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the team will also provide reports on daily activities at the ports.
Explaining the move to Citi News, Economic Adviser to the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako said the task-force would give government first-hand information in addressing issues at the ports.
"We think that there ought to be a body that watches over the watchman, and this will be the task-force that will feed the seat of government with real-time information and data on daily basis or weekly basis or bi-weekly basis so the government can be on top of the issues or happenings at the ports."
Port inspecting agencies reduced to 3
The Vice President also announced that government would reduce the number of inspecting agencies at the port from 16 to 3.
This, he said, will take effect from July 1, 2018.
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who made this known at the MOBEX Tech Expo, is optimistic this decision will enhance efficiency at the country's ports.
The only three agencies to undertake the inspection will now be the Ghana Standards Authority, the Food and Drugs and Authority and the Customs Division.
The National Security and the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), are only expected to join as and when it becomes necessary.
Dr Boako said the move is expected to also reduce clearing time at the ports.
This move, combined with the implementation of the paperless system may come in handy for importers who in some cases spend so much time clearing goods at the ports.
Paperless system
The paperless clearing system was started on September 1, 2017, following a directive by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, that the port authorities automate all processes to reduce human interaction.
The move aims at reducing turnaround time for businesses and eliminating corruption.
According to the Vice President revenue increased from GHc130 million in the first week of September 2016, to GHc213 million in the same period for 2017.
source:citinewsroom.com

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On the morning of June 12, 2014, a teenage driver who had been up all night celebrating his high school graduation fell asleep at the wheel in the northbound lane of Ocean Boulevard in Hampton. His vehicle swerved across the road, striking two women walking along the shoulder of the southbound lane of Route 1A. Both women sued.
Lisa Beaudry settled out of court, but retired schoolteacher Karen Weinhold and her husband, Charles, went to court and, after a trial lasting about two weeks, won a $9 million verdict against the motorist, the state of New Hampshire and R.S. Audley Inc., whose construction work on the seawall on the east side of the highway was the reason pedestrians had to walk on the west side, on a section of the road where there is no sidewalk and only a white line separating pedestrians from passing vehicles.
In its verdict, reached on Jan. 19 of this year, the jury at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood awarded $8.5 million to Mrs. Weinhold for her severe injuries and $500,000 to Mr. Weinhold for loss of consortium, or the benefits of family relationship. The jury also assigned the state the greatest share of the liability, 40 percent, with 30 percent each assigned to the motorist and the construction company.
The detour that forced pedestrians onto the unprotected part of the highway was part of the Traffic Control Plan proposed by Audley and approved by the state. Nonetheless, the state, in a post-trial motion for a Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, argued that the incident of "a driver falling asleep, veering across the double yellow line, driving completely across the southbound lane and striking two pedestrians on the other side of the street is not foreseeable and should have precluded any finding of causation" related to the Traffic Control Plan.
On May 29, Judge David A. Anderson denied the motion, finding that the jury could reasonably have concluded the state was aware of a "general probability of danger" and had a duty to anticipate it by, for example, requiring jersey barriers along the shoulder of the road.
Most lawyers will tell you multimillion-dollar verdicts are rare in New Hampshire and most often reflect a severe degree of harm to the victim(s).
For decades, lawsuits claiming millions in damages have generated headlines and heated debate throughout the nation. Even in accidents where severe injuries occur, there are examples of people seeking massive awards for relatively minor damages.
In the famous Staten Island Ferry crash that killed 10 passengers and injured dozens of others in 2003, The New York Times reported one suit filed by a passenger seeking $200 million for loss of sleep and another calling for $10 million for emotional trauma.
More ink than coffee has been spilled over the McDonald's hot coffee case in 1994, when a jury awarded nearly $3 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a woman who suffered serious burn injuries when she spilled a cup of McDonald's coffee on her lap.
The verdict sparked an outcry against extravagant juries and "runaway verdicts." Eventually, some of the facts brought up at the trial made their way into news reports, including the fact that the woman suffered third-degree burns over 6 percent of her body, was hospitalized for several days and required skin grafts. McDonald's kept the coffee at 180 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to cause third-degree burns on contact in as little as three to 10 seconds, according to expert testimony. More than 700 other claims had previously been brought against the company over burns from its coffee, some of which McDonald's had settled. The jury awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages (later reduced to $160,000) and $2.7 million in punitive damages, reduced by the trial judge to $480,000.
New Hampshire law does not allow punitive damage awards, limiting liability to medical costs, lost wages and compensation for pain, suffering and diminished capacity to enjoy life.
Though the verdict in the Weinhold case did not specify how much of Mrs. Weinhold's $8.5 million award was for economic and non-economic loss, the state, after calculating her past and estimated future medical costs, together with lost wages from her part-time job, argued that $7,254,879.93 had been awarded for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life.
The massive injuries included a broken tibia and a fractured cervical spine, described as a "hangman's fracture" that required a reattachment of her head and neck. During nearly 100 days in a Boston hospital, Mrs. Weinhold underwent several painful surgeries, including a tracheotomy when she was unable to sustain her own breathing. Following her hospitalization, she underwent several months of painful physical therapy. She struggles to swallow and is in constant fear of choking, he noted, and her previous activities, which included biking, jet skiing and swimming with her grandchildren, are no longer possible. Despite the surgeries and other medical attention she has received, the "hangman's fracture" has left the connection between her head and neck vulnerable to "internal decapitation," the judge wrote.
"She gets through every day, but it's a struggle," said Manchester attorney Scott Harris, another of the lawyers who represented the Weinholds. Harris, who is also current president of the NH Bar Association, said the perception that juries typically grant overly generous awards is due to the small number of cases that gain media attention.
What makes a case "appropriate" is, of course, open to debate and subject to the complexities of the law and the facts peculiar to each litigation. Portsmouth psychiatrist Leonard Korn once took on as a patient a man in a psychiatric unit who later ran down a hall and into a wall, severing his spine. The injury left him a quadriplegic and left Korn facing a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice suit.
"I had met with him once on a weekend," said Korn who was not at the facility when the incident occurred. But because a physician may be found legally responsible for the condition of a patient in his care, the doctor found himself in court some 4 1/2 years after the event.
By the very nature of his condition, the injured patient seemed likely to elicit sympathy from the jury.
"He didn't have any movement in his arms or legs. He even had respiratory assistance because his chest muscles didn't work very well. He came in to testify at my trial in a wheelchair and on oxygen," Korn recalled. If he had lost the case or had agreed to a settlement, the outcome would have been reported to the National Data Bank for Physicians, rendering a blow to his reputation along with a significant increase in future premiums for malpractice insurance.
"A jury exonerated me after five days of testimony and one day of deliberation," he said.
Even as serious injuries are litigated, a popular image remains of personal injury lawyers as "ambulance chasers," in pursuit of large awards and subsequent fees for minor injuries, or as fortune-seekers hoping to turn a dented fender into a pot of gold. But Manchester attorney Hector Zumbado contends a sympathetic defendant can sometimes turn a significant injury into a dead end for the plaintiff.
The defendant was a very attractive, pleasant young woman who, Zumbado believes, charmed the jury by her appearance and demeanor. "I felt the jury just fell in love with this young girl. She said, 'I did hit him, but not very hard.' So the jury deliberated and they came back with zero compensation." Zumbado said he had turned down a chance to settle with the defendant's insurer, but thought the facts of the case indicated his client would fare better in a trial.
"I thought it was entirely decided by the fact that my client never really connected with the jury" the way the "engaging young woman" had, he said.
The majority of lawyers bringing personal injury claims "are qualified and competent counsel who represent clients with potentially good claims," said Ron Lajoie, a medical malpractice defense lawyer in Manchester.
"There are claims," he added, "that are brought that have little merit, sometimes brought by an attorney with little or no experience, or by a pro se plaintiff with an axe to grind." Lajoie recalled an incident from early in his career when he was defending the city of Nashua in a motor vehicle case brought by a man who had collided with a police officer responding to a call.
While court cases will sometimes grab the spotlight, estimates of the claims that are resolved out-of-court in confidential settlements run as high as 90 to 95 percent. Plaintiffs' lawyers often counsel their clients against settling for too little too soon. Keene attorney Charles Donahue recalled a client with a neck injury who was not disabled, but suffered chronic pain.
As for "ambulance chasers," while the term is often heard, the practice is not allowed.


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The Fast and the Furious meets Mr. Robot in USA Today bestselling author Megan Erickson's thrilling new romantic suspense series.
Hacker extraordinaire Roarke Brennan lives each hour - each breath - to avenge his brother's murder. His first move: put together a team of the best coders he knows. They're all brilliant, specialized, and every one an epic pain in his ass. Only now Wren Lee wants in too, threatening to upset their delicate balance. The girl Roarke never allowed himself to want is all grown up with sexy confidence and a dark past ... and she's the wild card he can't control.
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"If you want action, dangerous heroes, brave heroines, sweet and steamy romance, and a very good ending, then get your hands on ZERO HOUR by Megan Erickson."--FreshFiction.com
Fast and the Furious meets Mr. Robot in Megan Erickson's sexy romantic suspense series in which one man forms a ragtag group of elite techies to exact revenge. Perfect for fans of Julie Ann Walker and Laura Kaye.
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Print Length: 320 pages
Publisher: Piatkus (30 January 2018)
ASIN: B077H2S737
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Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars 2 customer reviews
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5.0 out of 5 starsComputer hacking, fast paced action and a fabulous romance to boot
Megan Erickson has been on my radar for a while now but I just hadn't found the time to read any of her books - except for her fabulous newsletter story, Boots, which is now available to purchase under the title Hidden Truths. So Zero Hour was my proper introduction to the fabulousness that is Megan's writing and she did not disappoint. A group of hackers is brought together to avenge the death of hero - Roarke's - brother and this group includes Roarke's best friends sister, Wren - who manages to weasel her way into the group despite Roarke's protests. Having been out of each other's lives for over 10 years - when they both had unrequited crushes on the other - the chemistry between the two is palpable and the need for Roarke to protect Wren is capable of destroying everything he's planned so hard to achieve.
"Standing there in a ball cap, torn jeans, bloody shirt, and a scowl, Roarke Brennan was a dream. Well, if a girl's dream was a tattooed tech-head who was now glaring at her like he wanted her to disappear."
I've become a recent fan of romantic suspense - after avoiding it for a while - and this storyline does not disappoint. There was plenty of computer based action - this is about a group of hackers after all - but even some real life stuff as well that had me turning pages so fast wanting to know what was going to happen. But the romance, it was there in spades as well. I'm a big fan of friends to lovers (especially ones with childhood crushes involved) and the relationship that begins to develop between Roarke and Wren has the right mix of sexual tension, shared history and a mutual understanding of one another that just makes the romance all the more exciting. For me it was just the right amount of romance to action and suspense, and I was with Roarke and Wren every step of the way!
Finally, this is the first book in Megan's new Wired and Dangerous series and I'm so glad we're going to revisit this crew. I'm keen to read Jock's book (coming next) as he definitely has a few secrets that I want to know. But Marisol, Dade and Erick all intrigue me as well so I'm hoping they all get a happy ending?!?! Either way, I'm excited for where Megan will take us next - because she's got me hacked...sorry, hooked 😉
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5.0 out of 5 starsZero Hour
Zero Hour is a thrilling read full of suspense, thrills and romance. The characters draw readers in with their strong, compelling presence and the fast paced story keeps the anticipation building throughout.
The story is a bit misleading because you expect it to be more sedate than it is because of the stereo typing belief that hackers are all about their computers. That is definitely not the case here as readers find out almost right off the bat. The hero and heroine, Roarke and Wren are two characters that demand attention and captivate readers with their charismatic personalities that are somewhat expected but are so much more than expected that I just had to get to know them better. Which leads me to their romance, it is full of emotional turmoil which adds lots of depth and tugs at heartstrings.
Now, we get to the thrilling suspense of the story, it is not only fast paced, I have to agree with the "Fast & Furious" feel of the story. It has lots of twists and unexpected surprises that really keeps readers on the edge of their seats as the anticipation builds throughout. Along with the question of whether these characters will let revenge rule their lives, will revenge be enough, will it come between the growing relationship and even the question of whether they will survive?
Zero Hour is the first book that I have read by Megan Erickson and what a great one to start out with. I was glued to the pages from beginning to end and found the world exciting and daring and the author brought it vivid life, so I am looking forward to not only reading the next book in the Wired & Dangerous series but more books by Megan Erickson.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA fast-paced, character driven romantic suspense book to die for
8 February 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
This book, y'all.
It immediately starts off with a bang, throwing you right into the fire as Roarke begins recruiting a team of elite hackers in order to exact revenge for his brother's murder. I was invested from the very beginning because Roarke's feelings are so potently relatable and one can't help but wanted to join him on this quest for vengeance. The action continues in the same vein for the rest of the novel–rarely taking a moment to rest and lulling you in a false sense of security when it does. This novel is a wild ride and delivers all the suspense that the blurb and author promise. The ending will make you flip your shit, because while it's basically expected after the events that come before, you're stuck on a cliffhanger with nothing to do until the next book comes out in the summer. SO UNFAIR.
While the action is superb, the best part about this series is the diverse cast of characters. There's six people in the crew and they're all incredible in their own ways. There's Wren, the heroine of ZERO HOUR, who is South Korean and an assault survivor. She takes no crap and gives as good as she gets, and she cares so deeply for the people she loves. Roarke, the hero, is the tattooed bad boy with a heart of gold. In the novel, he's full of desperate rage over the loss of his brother, and he's loyal to a fault. Next is Erick, Wren's older brother and Roarke's best friend, who is also South Korean and gay. He's a huge dork struggling through a difficult time in his life, and for practically the whole novel, I just wanted to hold onto and take care of him. Then there's Marisol, a beautiful pansexual Puerto Rican woman, who is open and friendly with the whole crew, immediately adopting them all as one of her own. She's intelligent and strong and has a multitude of skills, which, combined with her beauty, make her perfect. Next is Jock, who's ex-military and doesn't talk unless it becomes absolutely necessary. He's one of those people who can say A LOT with just a look or a silence, and I cannot wait to learn more about him in the second book, of which he is the hero. And finally, there's Dade, who is maybe a Russian orphan but also maybe not, because what do we actually know about him besides that he's a hacking mastermind and likes to get in fights? I need more about him ASAP.
The romance in this novel is also just as amazing as the suspense aspect. Roarke and Wren work so well together, and I love that she doesn't let him get away with nonsense. The slow burn was epically painful to read because I just wanted them to KISS ALREADY, but it was so worth it by the time they did. And even don't speak to me about the clementine scene because that was so erotic and sexy and I'm just. OVERWHELMED. They're also so tender and loving and understanding towards each other that I just can't handle it. Roarke and Wren are both sweethearts with jagged edges, and somehow their edges fit together instead of mercilessly slicing the other.
All in all, this book is really amazing and absolutely worth the read. I hope everyone picks up a copy of this and the rest of the series!
T. Jones
3.0 out of 5 starsGood romance, interesting start to a series.
I have zero complaints about the romance in this novel. Roarke and Wren's relationship was never going to be easy. The ways it wasn't easy were believable and frustrating - as you'd expect in an action novel. I enjoyed all the characters on the team and look forward to the series.
That said, there were aspects to "team" that Roarke ignored and then got mad at Wren for ignoring, too - that kind of two-faced behavior rankles, and it's not resolved so much as buried under everything else. So I hope it gets used later, at least. *pokes author*
Surprisingly, for this author, the prose is at times a bit ...not rough, but not compelling. I don't usually take this long to read a novel. I'm hoping subsequent books get more loving care.
I know zip about hacking, but I've seen a lot of really clever and smart thinking-ahead stories that make some of what this team does look careless, so the conclusion didn't surprise me. That isn't a writing failure so much as a factor in the story, since they are hardly done. It's a series.
SandyC
3.0 out of 5 starsThere's a reason I stopped reading romantic suspense...
I liked it, but in some ways the plot was predictable. From the moment the crew was talking about their grand plan, I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "This is going to fail. Give me a break." Of course, it had to go that way, because most suspense plots follow this pattern (which is probably why I've gotten away from romantic suspense in general). Still, these characters are supposed to be brilliant hackers; why couldn't they come up with a better plan?! Also, someone needs to tell the author that "pour" and "pore" are two different words! Maybe the next book will be better; one can only hope.
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Kisaranyos (szlovákul Zlatno) község Szlovákiában, a Nyitrai kerület Aranyosmaróti járásában.

Fekvése
Aranyosmaróttól 13 km-re északnyugatra fekszik.

Története
A régészeti leletek tanúsága szerint területén már a kőkorszakban éltek emberek. A korai paleolitikum időszakában a gravetti kultúra népe lakott itt. A radiokarbonos vizsgálatok az i. e. 22800 körüli időre utalnak. A terület a bronzkorban, majd a vaskorban is lakott volt, amikor a hallstatti kultúra népe élt itt. Az i. e. 3. században a kelták népe jelent meg ezen a vidéken, majd őket a kvádok és szarmaták követték.

A falu keletkezése a környék patakjaiban történt aranymosással hozható összefüggésbe. Első említése még birtokként a zobori apátság 1038-as oklevelében történik. Ezután 1156-ban bukkan fel újra oklevélben, amikor Martinius esztergomi érsek a falu tizedét az újonnan épített esztergomi egyháznak adja. A falu Gímes várának uradalmához tartozott. 1397-ben "Zalathna", 1424-ben "Zalakna" néven említik. 1424-ben Forgách Miklós a birtokosa. Az aranykészletek kimerülése miatt az aranymosás azonban nem tartott hosszú ideig, hiszen 1564-ben már a ghymesi uradalom lakatlan településeként említik. 1601-ben 28 ház állt a településen. Forgách Simon részt vett a Rákóczi-szabadságharcban, ezért 1709-ben a Forgách-birtokok a kamara igazgatása alá kerültek. Nem sokkal később a birtokot a nagyugróci Lőrincz család kapta meg. A falu ezután a nagytapolcsányi uradalomé, majd a felsőelefánti pálosok birtoka. A falu ekkor majdnem ismét elnéptelenedett. 1720-ban kocsmája és 10 adózó portája volt.

Fejlődésében jelentős változást hozott a Jeszenszky család birtokba lépése. 1820-ban Jeszenszky József itt alapította meg Európa egyik első szőlő és gesztenyetermelő nagygazdaságát. Az itt termelt bort szerte az egész Monarchiába szállították. 1828-ban 34 házában 233 lakos élt. A falu északi részén malom működött, mely 1907-ig működött, amikor is leégett.

Vályi András szerint "ZLATNO. Tót falu Bars Várm. földes Ura a' Religy. Kintstár, fekszik Velsitzhez nem meszsze, és annak filiája; határja termékeny, erdeje, legelője elég van, réttye jó, szőleje nints."

Fényes Elek szerint "Zlatnó, Bars m. tót falu, Nyitra vmegye szélén: 250 kathol. lak. Fő gazdagsága roppant erdejében áll. F. u. többen. Ut. p. Nyitra."

A trianoni békeszerződésig Bars vármegye Aranyosmaróti járásához tartozott. A második világháború alatt a harcokban 8 háza pusztult el, másik 50 pedig súlyos károkat szenvedett.

Népessége
1880-ban 315 lakosából 291 szlovák és 9 magyar anyanyelvű volt.

1890-ben 283 lakosából 262 szlovák és 19 magyar anyanyelvű volt.

1900-ban 300 lakosából 286 szlovák és 3 magyar anyanyelvű volt.

1910-ben 338 lakosából 329 szlovák és 2 magyar anyanyelvű volt.

1921-ben 363 lakosa mind csehszlovák volt.

1930-ban 414 lakosából 413 csehszlovák volt.

1991-ben 306 lakosából 303 szlovák volt.

2001-ben 257 lakosából 255 szlovák volt.

2011-ben 223 lakosából 205 szlovák és 6 magyar.

Nevezetességei
 A falutól északnyugatra emelkedő 573 m magas hegyen találhatók Feketevár romjai. A várat a 13. században építették és a 15. században pusztult el.

Jegyzetek
Štefan Rakovský a kol. 1969: Zlaté Moravce a okolie. Bratislava, 159.
 Lajoš a kol. 1964: Nitra slovom i obrazom. Bratislava, 42.

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This project is aimed to RackTables link with Zabbix. Data synchronization Tools are also included.

## Description
1. The data relationship between RackTables and Zabbix is as following:

  RackTables  | Zabbix
  ------------- | -------------
  rack  | hostgroup
  object  | host
  item  | item

  Racktables's item table is added in this project.

2. When change is occurred in RackTables or Zabbix, using the API it automatically changes the other database.
  For example when you update rack in RackTables, the hostgroup that has the same name with the RackTables rack is also updated.
3. The 3D display page (RackTables only)
  In the TOP page It display the rack in RackTables on top of 3D scene. The following is what you can actually do:
    * Add rack in RackTables.
    * Change the datacenter size.
    * Change the rack position by drag-and-drop.
    * Export the 3D scene as fdp file or gbxml file (fdp is project file of [FlowDesigner](http://www.akl.co.jp/en/) which is a Simulation software).
    * Add object in a rack by double click a rack.
    * Add item (The item information is the same with Zabbix's item).
4. The item information page
  Adding item information page in RackTables to correspond with Zabbix. In this page you can add, update or delete item. Of course it also change the item in Zabbix.
5. Data synchronization Tools
  The tools can mass inserting the data that is already existed in the Racktables DB or Zabbix DB into the other software.

## Requirement
* [RackTables 0.20.10](http://racktables.org/)
* [Zabbix 2.2](http://www.zabbix.com/)
* [three.js](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js)
* [FileSaver.js](https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/)
* [jszip.js](https://github.com/Stuk/jszip)
* [dat-gui.js](https://code.google.com/p/dat-gui/)

## How to use
#### RackTables & Zabbix
1. Install RackTables
  Reference site:
  `https://wiki.racktables.org/index.php/RackTablesInstallHowto`

2. Install Zabbix
  Reference site:
  `https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.4/manual/installation`

3. Create tables in RackTables database
  Connect to the RackTables's database, and then execute the sql in `racktables/racktables_create_tables.sql`.

4. Overwrite Racktables source file
  Create foloder in RackTables:
  `racktables/three/js/`
  `racktables/three/css/`
  `racktables/img/`

  Overwrite the following file:
  * PHP file
    * racktables/index.php
    * racktables/api.php
    * racktables/inc/interface.php
    * racktables/inc/interface-lib.php
    * racktables/inc/navigation.php
    * racktables/inc/ophanlders.php
    * racktables/inc/zabbixapi.php
  * JS file
    * racktables/three/js/top.js
    * racktables/three/js/item.js
    * racktables/three/js/jquery-1.11.3.min.js
    * racktables/three/js/three.min.js
    * racktables/three/js/OrbitControls.js
    * racktables/three/js/CSS3DRenderer.js
    * racktables/three/js/dat.gui.min.js
    * racktables/three/js/FileSaver.min.js
    * racktables/three/js/jszip.min.js
    * racktables/three/js/FlowDesignerProjectExport.js
    * racktables/three/js/gbxmlExport.js
  * CSS file
    * racktables/three/css/top.css
    * racktables/three/css/item.css
  * Image file
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    * racktables/img/square-outline-air.png

  Change the username, password and URL in `racktables/inc/zabbixapi.php` to your Zabbix server's username, password and URL.

  Change the defaultRowId in file `racktables/api.php`(There is no Row in Zabbix, so when adding hostgroup in Zabbix, it is necessary to specify the rack should be added in which row).

5. Overwrite Zabbix source file
  Overwrite the following file:
  * PHP file
    * zabbix/hostgroups.php
    * zabbix/hosts.php
    * zabbix/items.php
    * zabbix/racktablesapi.php

  Change the username, password and URL in `zabbix/racktablesapi.php` to your RackTables server's username, password and URL.

  Create hostgroup which name is `Default` in Zabbix (When added Object in RackTables, the Object is not mounted into Rack. So we put the host into the 'Default' group).

6. If the 3D scene in TOP page of RackTables dosen't display properly, you should make sure that the WebGL is enabled of your browser.

#### Data synchronization Tools
1. Create folder in RackTables:
  `racktables/init_data/`

2. Put the following file into the folder `racktables/init_data/`.
  * init_data/init_data.css
  * init_data/init_data.html
  * init_data/init_data.php
  * init_data/init_racktables.php
  * init_data/init_zabbix.php

3. Change the row_id in file `racktables/init_data/init_racktables.php`(There is no Row in Zabbix, so when adding hostgroup in Zabbix, it is necessary to specify the rack should be added in which row).

4. Access to ` http://address.to.your.server/racktables` and login to RackTables.

5. Access to ` http://address.to.your.server/racktables/init_data/init_data.html`.
  * To import the data of Zabbix into RackTables, firstly delete the exists data of RackTables (the exists data may cause problems), and secondly import the Zabbix's data into RackTables.
  * The same as importing Zabbix's data into RackTables, to import RackTables's data into Zabbix, you should delete the exists data of Zabbix firstly. But there is no item in RackTables originally, thus after importing the item of Zabbix is empty.
  * If you are using both of RackTables and Zabbix, you can choose either one of the above.

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Ok, I bought myself a early Christmas present. The Simson's Movie – I love the Simpson's! They are great – the movie included a donut size and shape item that was a compressed t-shirt.
This is the size of a large donut.
After removing the shrink wrap and starting to un-wind it.
It is Christmas and I want to wish everyone a merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Below are some photos taken today.
Here are the presents before we opened them.
Here we are after the fun of opening – again – I hope all our friends and family reading this had a great Christmas.
Merry Christmas from us to anyone who reads this.


Disney Magical World 2 is coming out sooner than expected. During Nintendo's recent Direct, the date for Magical World 2 was moved up to October 14, so you'll be able to play it in just a few short weeks.
Also announced, players that choose to pre-order the game (both digitally and physically) will receive some bonus outfits. Olaf, Anna, and Elsa costumes will be rewarded to those that pre-order the game, and pre-orders are already being accepted. Check out the picture below to get a glimpse of the costumes.
At the end of the announcement, Nintendo mentioned that new Disney themes would be making their way to the Nintendo 3DS eShop.
It looks like there's some fun and new Disney related content on the way for Nintendo 3DS owners, which will be a nice break from all the mobile content.
The themes are available now! I have the Mickey one! It's really cute!
The themes were released earlier in the year in two waves.
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Marshall E. Rothstein, né le  à Winnipeg, est un juriste canadien. Il est juge puîné à la Cour suprême du Canada du  au .

Débuts

Né à Winnipeg (Manitoba) de parents juifs ayant immigré de l'Europe de l'Est, il reçoit un baccalauréat en commerce en 1962 et un baccalauréat en droit en 1966 de l'Université du Manitoba. Il est appelé au Barreau du Manitoba en 1966. En 1966, il épouse Sheila Dorfman, une médecin montréalaise. Ils ont quatre enfants : Ronald, Douglas, Tracey et Robert.

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Nomination à la Cour suprême

Rothstein était un de trois candidats recommandés pour être nommés à la Cour suprême du Canada sur la courte liste fournie par un comité formé par le gouvernement libéral sortant, à la suite de la retraite de John C. Major au début de 2006. Le premier ministre Stephen Harper choisit Rothstein comme candidat de son gouvernement à la Cour suprême.

Beaucoup de conservateurs canadiens avaient longtemps critiqué le processus de nomination des juges à la Cour suprême, qui était traditionnellement une décision unilatérale du Premier ministre, sans aucune aide venant d'autres politiciens, surtout de l'opposition. Le chef du Parti conservateur, Stephen Harper, avait donc fait la promesse de réformer le processus de nomination au cours de ses campagnes électorales.

Sitôt après la sélection de Rothstein, le Premier ministre Harper crée un Comité spécial chargé d'étudier la nomination d'un candidat à la Cour suprême du Canada, une création nouvelle dont le but était de permettre au nouveau nommé de faire face au questions des députés fédéraux, inspiré du procès en vigueur aux États-Unis. Le comité était présidé par le professeur de droit constitutionnel Peter Hogg.

Le comité était controversé. Plusieurs critiques conservateurs protestaient qu'il n'allait pas assez loin, tandis que les critiques libéraux affirmaient au contraire qu'il allait trop loin. Harper était clair que bien que le comité spécial aurait le pouvoir d'interroger le candidat, il n'aurait pas le pouvoir de veto sur la nomination — contrairement aux comités semblables aux États-Unis qui ont ce droit. De plus, les députés faisant partie du comité avaient été encouragés à s'abstenir de poser des questions sur les opinions personnelles de Rothstein sur des questions morales ou les sujets de décisions judiciaires futures possibles.

Bien qu'il s'était trouvé sur la courte liste des libéraux, Rothstein était considéré comme le plus conservateur des trois candidats. Durant la session, Rothstein a été interrogé sur sa philosophie judiciaire, et il déclara qu'il n'appuyait pas l'activisme judiciaire, et que les tribunaux devaient faire preuve d'extrême prudence quand ils prenaient des décisions qui renverseraient des lois votées par le Parlement.

Après la parution devant le comité, Rothstein a officiellement été confirmé comme le candidat de l'exécutif parlementaire le  ; la candidature fut confirmée par la gouverneure générale Michaëlle Jean, et Rothstein fut nommé à la Cour suprême la même journée.

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Juge puîné de la Cour suprême du Canada
Naissance en décembre 1940
Naissance à Winnipeg
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Mexican foods are prepared just like exactly how you prepare your day-to-day dishes. They could be fried, steamed, and also smoked. Mexico has actually prepared their foods in different ways in the past.
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Barbecuing on the bbq is likewise a fantastic method to taste genuine Mexican foods. Lengthy ago foods were made this means and also called Barbacoa. It tastes comparable to exactly how the food when was prepared over open fires.
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Mexican food has an abundant background behind it. Depending on exactly how the foods are prepared, you will certainly taste various tastes and also appearances.
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We wanted to give you an update on some positive changes that we've made this year to the Macánta range.
Since 2020, we have been looking at the way we run our business and are taking steps to substantially reduce our carbon footprint. This year, we've focused on making the switch to greener packaging.
After much research and careful consideration, we decided late last year to move away from our glass bottles and are instead producing our products in new Irish made recycled bottles since March of this year. These new amber bottles are made in Limerick by an Irish company and can be seen in health stores across Ireland with most of our products now switched over to the recycled plastic. Our 30s and 60s products are now being manufactured exclusively in the recycled bottles. For the moment, all of our products that are available in 90s are still in glass.
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Chinese cities are using water cannon to clean their air
By Citymetric Staff 06 Aug 2014 (Last Updated 30 Jul 2021)
In the summer months, Chinese cities don't just get hot: they get smoggy, too. Beijing has long been known as the country's pollution capital, but data released in March showed that, in 2013, nine other cities suffered more days of smog than the capital. The news prompted Chinese premier Li Keqiang to "declare war" on pollution.
And that war is being fought using cannon.
Over the last few months, pictures have emerged showing giant, hair dryer-like machines, mounted on trucks in the streets of several Chinese cities. These can blow water vapour up to 200 feet into the air: the idea is that water droplets from these "mist cannons" stick to pollution particles, and pull them to the ground. They come with a hefty price tag: most cost city governments between 700,000 and 900,000 yuan (that's $113,500-$146,000).
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The cities that have made greatest use of the cannon seem to be those of Heibei, the province south of Beijing, where many of the cities with the worst pollution are located. Here's one in Zhangjiakou:
Image: Xinhua.
Unfortunately for city governments and their war on pollution, Pan Xiaochuan, an environmental expert from Peking University, told Xinhua last month that the cannons aren't actually very effective. The machine can reduce pollutants for a short time after the water is sprayed, he said – but "its effects don't last long". And then the cannon moves on, to another location: it offers, at best, a moment of relief.
Despite this, the cannons are still being used: Chongqing started using one just last week, though city officials say it was hired to fight "summer heat", not smog.
Chongqing's new cannon. Image: People's Daily.
In other words, they've basically spent around 750,000 yuan ($121,500) on a movable sprinkler to keep the city cool. Can't argue with that.
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Mercedes AMG F1 engine achieves 50 percent thermal efficiency
Sean Szymkowski October 1, 2017 Comment Now!
The Mercedes AMG Formula 1 team's 2017 season has been a successful one thus far, and although the drivers deserve much of the credit, the team itself has done some remarkable things as well.
Notably, Mercedes' current F1 engine achieved 50 percent thermal efficiency for the first time.
In the video, Owen Jones, head of performance and controls at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, the unit responsible for Mercedes' F1 engines, discusses how significant 50 percent thermal efficiency is in racing.
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Thermal efficiency is the potential energy burned in gasoline. Engines, therefore, must extract as much useful work, or power, from fuel as possible. Mercedes' recent dyno tests showed the 1.6-liter turbocharged V-6 scored in excess of 50 percent thermal efficiency; more than half of the available energy in the fuel is now doing useful work, not simply being wasted as heat and noise. Many engines only achieve around 35 percent thermal efficiency.
Owen says Mercedes spent a lot of time on the fundamental thermal dynamic principles such as gas exchange processes and combustion. From there, the team needed to reduce waste and losses through low friction. Oils were developed to reduce waste and friction, and exhaust waste heat is converted into electric power—the complete F1 power unit is also paired with two motor-generators. One of these aids the engine in driving the rear wheels while the other is used to spool up the turbocharger.
The best part is that this same powertrain will end up in a road car! The Mercedes-AMG Project One will feature a version of the engine detailed here, so grab a closer look at its thermal dynamic properties right up above.
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Most of us do not naturally have a perfect smile. Thankfully, Big Rapid's cosmetic dentists at A Life of Smiles can transform any smile into one that instills confidence and beauty. If you want to change your smile but aren't sure where to start, then this blog is for you! Sometimes, it's knowing how to take the first step that helps get you closer to your goal.
Cosmetic dentistry focuses on the aesthetics of your smile. It uses advanced technology and materials in dentistry to change imperfections such as teeth that are misshapen, gapped, broken, missing, crooked, or dingy. There really isn't a smile that cannot be transformed. Not only will rejuvenating your smile help you feel more confident but it also improves your oral health! That's right. Straighter teeth that look nice will encourage you to take better care of your teeth and gums.
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Every patient has their specific needs and desires for an improved smile. The best way to determine which treatments are best for your case is to schedule a consultation with us at A Life of Smiles. However, we would like to provide you with some basic information about the most common cosmetic procedures we perform. This may give you a good starting point on what you might want to achieve with your own smile.
Teeth Whitening – This procedure is ideal for patients who are overall happy with their smile, but maybe just need to brighten it a few shades. If your teeth are relatively straight, undamaged, and all remaining in place, but are just a bit discolored, professional teeth whitening treatments in Grand Rapids could do wonders for your confidence! Plus, whiter teeth make you look younger, all without undergoing the knife of a plastic surgeon!
Porcelain Veneers – Looking for a dramatic change or do you have multiple smile imperfections such as crooked teeth that also are discolored, or chipped and overall far from perfect? Veneers use high-quality dental porcelain that mimics the look of dental enamel. Each veneer is custom designed to fit over each individual tooth, hiding the underlying imperfection in your teeth. The porcelain can also be chosen in a much whiter shade than your teeth. This would result in a Hollywood smile.
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Changing your smile with cosmetic dentistry is actually the easy part, we handle that for you, and it's taking the first step that can be the hardest. We hope this blog was insightful and encouraging to help you take that much needed first step you have desired! You can have the smile of your dreams.
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Sarwan, Andre Russell in Windies WC XV
Thread: Sarwan, Andre Russell in Windies WC XV
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He may have been left out of West Indies rain-hampered tour of Sri Lanka in Dec, but Ramnaresh Sarwan has broken back itno the international fold. Indeed, after last representing the West Indies in the disastrous hoe ODI series against South Africa in May-June last year, Sarwan has been included in the West Indies 15-member squad for the World Cup. He was reportedly oput of the side due to fitness problems and indifferent form in the domestic circuit.
The World Cup team will be led by Darren Sammy and also includes fast-bowling allrounder Andre Russell, who is yet to make his ODI debut.
Sammy took over the captaincy from Chris Gayle last year. Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, three players who turned down contracts with the West Indies Cricket Board, all feature in the squad following their participation in the WICB one-day tournament last year.
Nikita Miller and Sulieman Benn are the two specialist spinners, both left-arm orthodox, while Russell, Kemar Roach and Ravi Rampaul comprise the pace options. Carlton Baugh was chosen over Denesh Ramdin as wicketkeeper. Baugh has not played an ODI for West Indies since November 2008, but impressed with a fifty in the second Test in Sri Lanka.
Sarwan hasn't played Tests in over a year, and was not offered a WICB contract last year. In the WICB one-day tournament, he averaged 21.33 in three games with one-half-century for Guyana and his team was knocked out in the league stage. But he has a spectacular ODI record in India, where West Indies play five of their six group games. He has played 15 matches there with an average of 57.30 and five half-centuries.
The West Indies play three ODIs in Sri Lanka – a series rescheduled after the one-day leg of the December 2010 series was scrapped due to incessant rain.
West Indies squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, Sulieman Benn, Nikita Miller, Carlton Baugh (wk), Andre Rusell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Adrian Barath.
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The house was built for Frances Sayle in 1907. Frances was the daughter of Robert Sayle, a local entrepreneur, benefactor and philanthropist. Robert Sayle established a drapery store in Cambridge in 1840 which ultimately became the Cambridge branch of John Lewis. Robert introduced a range of innovative retailing techniques, partly based on his experience in London. Robert was also instrumental in a wide range of public-spirited initiatives and civic activities, including women's education, acting as guarantor for the new YMCA in 1870, contributing to local alms houses and much more.
Sayle House is located in a quiet cul-de-sac which was built on orchards tied to nearby Chesterton Hall, which still exists today. It can be found next to the roundabout at the junction of Chesterton Road and Elizabeth Way. Chesterton Hall was built by Thomas Hobson, renowned for the infamous "Hobson's Choice".
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Why has it been so cold out? Is there a reason for all these super cold days? Does it even have a name? Well I can answer one of your questions. It DOES have a name, the Polar Vortex. Now why is it so cold?! That's easy. The reason it has been so cold is because we have a jet stream going right over us. The jet stream brings precipitation. With that Jet stream comes either a cold front or a warm front. Can you guess what we have had? A cold front is right. The jet stream also brings wind. Wind is what makes it feel so cold. So mix it all together and you get a Polar Vortex.
Do we have any warm days coming in the near future? Well the Weather Channel predicts some warm days coming. But I guess we will have to see about their prediction. What are your thoughts? Post in the comments below! I guess it's a good thing that we don't have cold days like this every day! Hopefully no more snow days!