I Am Another You is a story of breakthroughs. Powerful, Life changing breakthroughs. You start this journey with the author, years ago trying to escape from a world that did not feel right. You travel with her in this magical journey to the Netherlands, where she learns the greatest lessons of her life by taking part in some amazing processes in the tradition of the ancien I Am Another You is a story of breakthroughs. Powerful, Life changing breakthroughs. You start this journey with the author, years ago trying to escape from a world that did not feel right. You travel with her in this magical journey to the Netherlands, where she learns the greatest lessons of her life by taking part in some amazing processes in the tradition of the ancient spiritual masters and healders who help her realize that the only place where wrong is rightened is within. There is nothing wrong with the world outside if we sort out the world inside. There are some stories that everyone relates to, because they involve you through thoughts and feelings that are universal, this is such a story. A life purpose for example is something each of us is looking for. A desire to achieve more from life and live at a higher self, is something everyone wants. A spiritual inclination to seek deeper, beyond material fulfillment each of us pursues sooner or later. There are numerous places in the book where you find yourself stopping, drawing paralles to your own life and finding answers. In an honest narrative extracted from real life experience, the book takes you through struggle, overcoming and victory over self. The book deals with breakthroughs that can be used by anyone to achieve personal success in the true sense of the word. Priya, who is a corporate trainer by profession, weaves learnings into each chapter, subtly, observing the meaning behind every experience, pointing it out to the reader without being obvious and leading you to think and find meaning and purpose in your own life situation as it is now and where you desire to take it from here. A book of many lessons, many insights and many truths, it has the power to awaken you to your best self. This book will urge you to take that path you always knew was right but never had the courage to follow. It will guide you, humour you, inspire you, touch you and above all lead you to your lifes calling.


Freelance Writers / Web Site Owners / Bloggers?
So quick question - are there any writers here in Santiago?
I have a blog that I regularly publish, it doesn't currently make money but will, and I would be interested in networking with others that write professionaly / have such aspirations.
I've spoken with a few companies that hire freelance writers, which is also something I'm evaluating.
Writing allows us to interact with many people online, but I'd be interested to sit down and have a coffee with writers off-line.


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Cambridge United FA Youth Cup second round details confirmed
The Iron Under-18 side's FA Youth Cup second round game at Cambridge United will take place on Tuesday, November 14th (7.00pm kick-off).
The game will be played at the Cambs Glass Abbey Stadium. Admission will cost £5 adults and £1 Under-18s.
Scunthorpe were 3-0 victors at Long Eaton United in the first round, with David Allasan (two) and Louis Collins netting. The U's won 2-1 at Peterborough in their game at the same stage.

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Automotive Transportation & Engineering
Triumph TR
Kevin Warrington
Beginning with the arrival of the company founder from Germany, this book tells the story of the early years, the rescue of the brand name by the Standard Motor Company following the Second World War and the inspired idea to use the Triumph name on a new sports car - the TR. The Triumph TR cars were built on a minimal budget yet would go on to achieve significant success in motor sport and encompass a range of cars that would remain in one form or another for nearly thirty years. Triumph TR - From Beginning to End gives a complete description of all models, competition success, a study of the derivative models, owners' accounts and living with a TR today.This new book will be of great interest to motoring enthusiasts, historians and particularly fans of Triumph sports cars. Fully illustrated with 220 new colour photographs and 25 archive black & white photographs.
The Crowood Press


Ann-Marie LeQuesne is a UK-based artist and former Tutor at the Royal College of Art.
LeQuesne grew up in the United States, but has lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. She has a wide range of experience in collaborative performances, including events in the Tate Modern, the Tate Britain, a performance at the Arsenal Football Grounds, and a staged event on an icebreaker in the Arctic Circle.
In 2012 LeQuesne was funded by Franklin Furnace Foundation to present Fanfare for Crossing the Road – New York. Fanfare for Crossing the Road – Cardiff was commissioned by O:4W, the 4th Wall Film Festival. In March 2014 she exhibited You Are Here – The Annual Group Photograph (1997-2014), at the Museum of the Photographic Archive in Lisbon.
"I stage performances with groups of people in public places. My invitation to participate is an open one. Ideas for a performance may start with a phrase, a response to an image, a location, a situation. What if this action happens in this place? The actions are simple, but often disrupted/altered by their location. It snows; a bus stops in front of the camera. I play out these scenarios inviting both the participation of collaborators and the attention of those passing by. The live performance is a rehearsal, a series of "takes", in which we work together to see what is possible. The action is filmed or photographed and becomes material for a subsequent restaging from the documentation."


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John Newman looks at the unusual 2006 UK film The Lives of the Saints
The period from the late 1990s until last year was a rich one for home grown cinema yielding a number of excellent (and admittedly some not so excellent) movies showcasing UK talent from in front and behind the camera. Many of these films did follow a certain pattern, by economic necessity set in urban cities- often London- and starring both unknowns and what seemed to be like a repertory of actors skilled at this sort of `gritty` drama. Slipping under the wider critical radar in 2006, The Lives of the Saints is such a film.
On first glance it appears to follow the expected template both in casting and surroundings. There's an ugly gangster vibe to the boorish Mr Karva as he intimidates and bullies his way round his patch and belittles his stepson Othello. Early signs that this is something different include an enigmatic voiceover about a character called Roadrunner whose speed is seemingly used to ferry various substances around the area- and some stylish editing. Then the aforementioned athlete stumbles over a child lying in a field- at first this angers him and in a moment his mood changes to a beatific peace of mind. For the first time since people can recall he stops running- and therefore incurs the wrath of Mr Korva - and seems almost re-born.
Othello, his girlfriend, Tina and best mate Emilio take the boy home, clean him up and try to decipher the strange language he is speaking. When they do, they come to believe he is some kind of oracle; he seems to know the results of horse races before they happen and Othello starts to use this knowledge to accumulate a fortune and lifestyle of his own. From being cowed and embarrassed by his father's behaviour he starts to act like him. It becomes apparent that the child seems to possess an ability to make character's deepest dreams happen, their own "taste of heaven" as one character puts it.
One exchanged look between the boy and cafe waitress Christella convinces her that her deceased child has returned. This does not develop as you might expect for Christella ends up believing a vagrant is the child, takes him into the café and force feeds him! Also the local priest's faith is challenged by the existence of the child while Karva becomes ostracised by Othello who becomes rich quickly, the gift for prediction seemingly now inside him without the need of the child. Othello turns on Emilio who is then recruited by Karva to take the child only to be himself consumed by his desire for revenge leading to a shock ending. What is especially fresh is the manner in which the narrative swerves around our expectations, building a momentum and providing a satisfactory ending as well. There are several key junctures where you expect one thing and something different happens.
The terrifyng Mr Karva played by James Cosmo
This is a film that demands you meet it on its own terms. It could be allegorical, it draws on religious iconography yet never once moves into what we might term `fantasy` motifs. The never named boy's power is shown by a mere blink and a change in the music and because the he never says a discernable word throughout (you have to turn the sound up to hear muttering in some odd language) there are no answers. The Shakespearian monikers of some of the characters might lead you to believe it is some modern day version of one of his plays.
The film is written by Tony Grisoni (who wrote Brothers of the Head and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) and directed by both celebrity photographer Rankin and Chris Cottam who took on the project largely due to people saying it was too complicated to be made. In fact the film came about due to a unique partnership between the film makers and trendy clothes firm Meltin' Pot. They financed the movie like "private producers", and it is their clothes that many of the characters wear. There is a conscious Greek look for the older characters whereas the younger ones have a London look.
Gillian Kearney as Christabella whose faith makes her imagine her son is back
Grisoni's said his inspiration for the story came from Renaissance paintings showing saints walking amongst the people. Modern day saints, he says, are people that everyone recognises in a particular area. The film's writer Tony Grisolni has said that essentially the dreams that each of the characters have is already inside them, the child merely the catalyst. How he works- or indeed why- remains a mystery.
Leading the cast with a bellicose performance of some ferocity is James Cosmo, his usual Scots accent replaced by a Greek growl. Karva is a horrendous character at first, but both script and Cosmo's performance later allow us to empathise a little, if not sympathise. The father/ son dynamic with Othello is never over played- because they are not blood relatives, both are more free to treat each other as business rivals. David Leon shines in the tricky role as Othello starts out as the protagonist but grows more distant and nasty before his sudden fall from grace. Emma Pierson excels too as her role develops from the usual grouchy girlfriend type we've seen many times into someone who seems to have an empathy- a maternal one perhaps?- with the child. One of the best things about the film is that Bronson Webb is given a substantial role as Emilio. Usually afforded only smaller parts, Webb is superb showing both sides of a character for who at first amuses, then is cast aside and finally returns to prove more dangerous than anyone.
Gillian Kearney and Mark Warren also appear both stretching out of their comfort zones and essaying the more religious side of the plot. When Christella believes she has found her son, she is transformed like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis but it is all shown in her face. Warren-in the only main part that feels slightly under written plays Father Daniel whose faith is tested and who harbours a little secret that will surprise.
Emilio played by Bronson Webb turns nasty when he gets his wish
Stylistically the film never strays from its urban base, playing out scenes in dingy pool halls, games arcades, cafes and an ordinary church. Rankin and Cottam's intention seems to be to keep it as real as they can which only emphasises the oddness of what is happening. Speeded up film of traffic on the high street punctuates the action and the dialogue is very natural (some of the early scenes between Othello, Emilio and Tina seem as if they might be improvised). The action was shot entirely on location in London's Green Lanes but at times it takes on different looks as the narrative unfolds.
Inevitably, some will have seen this film and been disappointed that the explanation of what has occurred is not presented on an expositional plate at the end. Indeed, the film makers seem to have anticipated such a response but informing us, in the final line that the events were never mentioned again! Surely anything that they might come up with would not be as interesting as the speculation open minded viewers will indulge in? In fact it's difficult to know what people might want- a large spaceship to land perhaps.
Understandably you can gauge the sort of reactions at the time of its release from just two comments on its IMDB page- one calls it "a terrible, terrible movie" while another's response is "one of the most original films ever made". It was nominated for an award at the Locarno International Film Festival and was an official selection at the 2007 London Film Festival.
Certainly, we can say the film is about how one thing can tear the established order apart and challenge the way we think of ourselves. The arrival of the child sets all kinds of cogs spinning in people's head. It's also about how we often don't understand that getting what we want changes us for the worst.
Directors Chris Cottam (left) and Rankin on location
So the question we really want to ask is about the nature of the child. One of the scenes that does not follow the route you expect is when Father Daniel meets the child yet decides he is not, as the others have said, an angel. I had a theory that perhaps the child does not really affect anything and it's all in people's heads. Or that the events are told from Othello's point of view so the others change to suit his perception of them. It is worth seeing to see what you think- and don't be put off by the first five minutes- because this type of film is rare. The only movie one could compare it too is Box of Moonlight, which despite totally different locale and characters possesses a similarly enigmatic fascination in its bones.
The Lives of the Saints will surprise you and whether you like that surprise is another matter but it remains a tantalisingly bold piece of UK film making.
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Q: Standalone refuses to output some pictures included in a larger document I am using standalone in my document to save some compilation time while working on pgfplots plots.
Now there is one plot, that shows a very strange behavior with includestandalone. It has worked for a long time but since last week this and only this plot out of 25 other plots stopped to work with \includestandalone when included in the main file. There is no error message coming up, the plot just does not show up. Including the tikzpicture into the main file will work without any problem and compiling the standalone file on its own will also work with no error.
The log-file says:

Package standalone Warning: Sub-preamble of file 'Image.tex' has changed. Content will be ignored. Please rerun LaTeX!

on input line 11.
After the sixth rerun nothing changed. Is this a bug or a feature? Or am I doing something wrong? I am using MikTex 2.9_6618 up to date and compiling with lualatex
I found this standalone package, with its subpreambles option, ignores content of a standalone input file if it contains accents in glossary entry but since I am not using glossaries or inputenc the solution did not help me.
Here is the picture:
\documentclass{standalone}
\onlyifstandalone{%
\usepackage{luatex85}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{standalone}}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}
\usepgfplotslibrary{units}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}[
        grid=major,
        xlabel= Spannung $U$,
        x unit=\si{\volt},
        unit markings=slash space,
        ylabel= Strom $O$,
        y unit=\si{\milli\ampere},
        minor x tick num={4},
        xmin=0,
        ymin=0,
        xmax=3.0,
        ymax=0.9,
        xtick={0,0.50,...,3.0},
        legend cell align=left,
        legend plot pos =none,
        legend pos=outer north east,
        width=0.60\textwidth
        ]
        \addplot[smooth,very thick] table[x=X, y=Y, col sep=semicolon] {Images/Vektorgrafik/StromSpannung/series_c.csv};
        \addlegendentry{a) GaAs $E_g\approx1.4$ \si{\electronvolt} }
        \node at(axis cs:1.17,0.65){$(a)$};
    \end{axis}

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

And here is a MWE of a document that will refuse to show the picture:
\RequirePackage{luatex85,shellesc} % Alias für luatex Kommandos an altes PDFlatex und Modul für altes shell escape
\documentclass[
    english,
    ngerman, %Spracheinstellung, wird an Pakete weitergegeben (Hauptsprache Dok)
    paper=a5, %Seitenformat a5
    twoside=on, %Zweiseitiges Dokument
    DIV=calc, %Seitenteilung, Ränder
    BCOR=4mm, %Bindekorrektur 12mm für Buchbindung
    fontsize=10pt, %Schriftgröße eigentlich 9
    toc=listof, %Verzeichnisse ins Inhaltsverzeichnis
    toc=bibliography, %Literaturverzeichnis ins Inhaltverzeichnis
    toc=flat, %Literaturverzeichnis wird linksbündig gesetzt und tabellarisch (flat),
    listof=flat, %Macht aus dem Abbildungsverzeichnis eine Tabelle, die automatisch den Raum für Nummern ermittelt
%   draft, %Entwurfsmodus
    numbers=auto, %kein abschnließender Punkt hinter Nummerierungen
    headings=small, %kleinere Überschriften
    titlepage=true, %mit Titelseite
    headinclude=true, %Kopfzeile in die Seitenberechnung aufnehmen
    footinclude=false, %Fußzeile nicht in die Seitenberechnung aufnehmen
    captions=tableheading, %Abstand der Tabellenüberschrift angepasst
    pagesize=auto, %Automatische Seitenkorrektur für Ausgabetreiber
    appendixprefix, %Nummerierung für den Anhang
    open=any %Kapitel auf jeder neuen Seite beginnen
]{scrbook}

\usepackage[subpreambles=true,sort=true,print=false,mode=tex]{standalone}

\usepackage{ifluatex}
\ifluatex
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{babel}
\addto\extrasenglish{\useshorthands{"}\languageshorthands{ngerman}}
%\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}
%\setsansfont{Latin Modern Sans}
%\setmonofont{Latin Modern Mono}
%\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
%\setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O}
%\setmonofont{Droid Sans Mono}
\usepackage{selnolig}
\else
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{babel}
\addto\extrasenglish{\useshorthands{"}\languageshorthands{ngerman}}
\fi

\usepackage{import}
\usepackage{standalone}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\begin{document}
                \begin{figure}[htb]
                \includestandalone[mode=tex]{Images/Vektorgrafik/StromSpannung/StromSpannung}
                \caption{Image \label{fig:Image}}
                \end{figure}
\end{document}

And here is the data for series_c.csv
X;Y
1.055046e+00  ; 0.000000e+00
1.220183e+00  ; 4.854369e-03
1.311927e+00  ; 4.368932e-02
1.330275e+00  ; 1.456311e-01
1.348624e+00  ; 3.543689e-01
1.366972e+00  ; 6.165049e-01
1.385321e+00  ; 8.300971e-01
1.394495e+00  ; 9.951456e-01

Here is the file list
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shellesc.sty    2016/06/07 v0.02a unified shell escape interface for LaTeX
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scrkbase.sty    2017/09/07 v3.24 KOMA-Script package (KOMA-Script-dependent basi
cs and keyval usage)
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sics and keyval usage)
  keyval.sty    2014/10/28 v1.15 key=value parser (DPC)
scrlfile.sty    2017/09/07 v3.24 KOMA-Script package (loading files)
tocbasic.sty    2017/09/07 v3.24 KOMA-Script package (handling toc-files)
scrsize10pt.clo    2017/09/07 v3.24 KOMA-Script font size class option (10pt)
typearea.sty    2017/09/07 v3.24 KOMA-Script package (type area)
standalone.sty    2099/01/01 develop Package to include TeX sub-files with pream
bles
ifluatex.sty    2016/05/16 v1.4 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
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currfile.sty    2015/04/23 v0.7c Provides the file path elements of the current
input file
kvoptions.sty    2016/05/16 v3.12 Key value format for package options (HO)
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kvsetkeys.sty    2016/05/16 v1.17 Key value parser (HO)
infwarerr.sty    2016/05/16 v1.4 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO)
etexcmds.sty    2016/05/16 v1.6 Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands (HO)
filehook.sty    2011/10/12 v0.5d Hooks for input files
filehook-scrlfile.sty    2011/01/03 v0.1 filehook patch for scrlfile package
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nds (calc, etex, pgfmath)
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    trig.sty    2016/01/03 v1.10 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg    2016/06/04 v1.11 sample graphics configuration
  luatex.def    2018/01/08 v1.0l Graphics/color driver for luatex
collectbox.sty    2012/05/17 v0.4b Collect macro arguments as boxes
  tc-pgf.def    2012/05/13 v1.0 trimclip fall-back clipping driver using PGF
     pgf.sty    2015/08/07 v3.0.1a (rcs-revision 1.15)
  pgfrcs.sty    2015/08/07 v3.0.1a (rcs-revision 1.31)
everyshi.sty    2001/05/15 v3.00 EveryShipout Package (MS)
  pgfrcs.code.tex
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  pgfsys.sty    2014/07/09 v3.0.1a (rcs-revision 1.48)
  pgfsys.code.tex
pgfsyssoftpath.code.tex    2013/09/09  (rcs-revision 1.9)
pgfsysprotocol.code.tex    2006/10/16  (rcs-revision 1.4)
  xcolor.sty    2016/05/11 v2.12 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
   color.cfg    2016/01/02 v1.6 sample color configuration
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pgfcomp-version-0-65.sty    2007/07/03 v3.0.1a (rcs-revision 1.7)
pgfcomp-version-1-18.sty    2007/07/23 v3.0.1a (rcs-revision 1.1)
ifoddpage.sty    2016/04/23 v1.1 Conditionals for odd/even page detection
varwidth.sty    2009/03/30 ver 0.92;  Variable-width minipages
filemod-expmin.sty    2011/09/19 v1.2 Get and compare file modification times (e
xpandable; minimal)
pdftexcmds.sty    2018/01/21 v0.26 Utility functions of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO)
fontspec.sty    2017/11/09 v2.6g Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
  xparse.sty    2017/12/16 L3 Experimental document command parser
   expl3.sty    2017/12/16 L3 programming layer (loader)
expl3-code.tex    2017/12/16 L3 programming layer
l3pdfmode.def    2017/03/18 v L3 Experimental driver: PDF mode
fontspec-luatex.sty    2017/11/09 v2.6g Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
 fontenc.sty
   tuenc.def    2017/04/05 v2.0i Standard LaTeX file
fontspec.cfg
   babel.sty    2018/01/24 3.17 The Babel package
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bel
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selnolig.sty    2015/10/26
luatexbase.sty    2015/10/04 v1.3 luatexbase interface to LuaTeX
ctablestack.sty    2015/10/01 v1.0 Catcode table stable support
selnolig-english-patterns.sty    2015/10/26
selnolig-english-hyphex.sty    2015/10/26
selnolig-german-patterns.sty    2015/10/26
selnolig-german-hyphex.sty    2015/10/26
  import.sty    2009/03/23  v 5.1
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  amsgen.sty    1999/11/30 v2.0 generic functions
   array.sty    2016/10/06 v2.4d Tabular extension package (FMi)
l3keys2e.sty    2017/12/16 LaTeX2e option processing using LaTeX3 keys
translator.sty    2018/01/04 v1.12 Easy translation of strings in LaTeX
Testfile.sta
pgfplots.sty    2017/06/05 v1.15 Data Visualization (1.15)
    tikz.sty    2015/08/07 v3.0.1a (rcs-revision 1.151)
  pgffor.sty    2013/12/13 v3.0.1a (rcs-revision 1.25)
 pgfkeys.sty
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 pgfmath.sty
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  pgffor.code.tex
    tikz.code.tex
supp-pdf.mkii
epstopdf-base.sty    2016/05/15 v2.6 Base part for package epstopdf
  grfext.sty    2016/05/16 v1.2 Manage graphics extensions (HO)
kvdefinekeys.sty    2016/05/16 v1.4 Define keys (HO)
translator-basic-dictionary-English.dict
translator-basic-dictionary-German.dict
siunitx-abbreviations.cfg    2017/11/26 v2.7k siunitx: Abbreviated units

The standalone package I got from here https://bitbucket.org/martin_scharrer/standalone
I checked it with the version on CTAN as well and it makes no difference.
standalone.sty    2015/07/15 v1.2 Package to include TeX sub-files with preambles

Here is the .sta file:
\standalonepreambles
\subpreamble{Images/Vektorgrafik/StromSpannung/StromSpannung.tex}
\onlyifstandalone {\usepackage {luatex85}\usepackage [ngerman]{babel}}\usepackage {pgfplots}\usepackage {siunitx}\usepgfplotslibrary {units}
\endsubpreamble
\endstandalonepreambles

A: The problem is that there is tab character (ASCII 0D) behind the last  \usepgfplotslibrary {units}. With luatex 1.07 (used by miktex) this leads to an additional space in the .sta  file and then the tests fails.
This is due to a change that affects all engines (miktex already, texlive in the next version): tabs are no longer stripped from ends of lines -- a stricter interpretation of Knuth's original specification (which only says spaces are removed from ends of line)

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interface Props {
  state: IState
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export function RefreshButton(props: Props) {
  const { state } = props
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William Shakespeare, Isaac 1742-1807 Reed, Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson
Creative Media Partners, LLC, Aug 28, 2016 - History - 410 pages
William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 Although there are many myths and mysteries surrounding William Shakespeare, a great deal is actually known about his life. He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, son of John Shakespeare, a prosperous merchant and local politician and Mary Arden, who had the wealth to send their oldest son to Stratford Grammar School. At 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the 27-year-old daughter of a local farmer, and they had their first daughter six months later. He probably developed an interest in theatre by watching plays performed by traveling players in Stratford while still in his youth. Some time before 1592, he left his family to take up residence in London, where he began acting and writing plays and poetry. By 1594 Shakespeare had become a member and part owner of an acting company called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, where he soon became the company's principal playwright. His plays enjoyed great popularity and high critical acclaim in the newly built Globe Theatre. It was through his popularity that the troupe gained the attention of the new king, James I, who appointed them the King's Players in 1603. Before retiring to Stratford in 1613, after the Globe burned down, he wrote more than three dozen plays (that we are sure of) and more than 150 sonnets. He was celebrated by Ben Jonson, one of the leading playwrights of the day, as a writer who would be "not for an age, but for all time," a prediction that has proved to be true. Today, Shakespeare towers over all other English writers and has few rivals in any language. His genius and creativity continue to astound scholars, and his plays continue to delight audiences. Many have served as the basis for operas, ballets, musical compositions, and films. While Jonson and other writers labored over their plays, Shakespeare seems to have had the ability to turn out work of exceptionally high caliber at an amazing speed. At the height of his career, he wrote an average of two plays a year as well as dozens of poems, songs, and possibly even verses for tombstones and heraldic shields, all while he continued to act in the plays performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men. This staggering output is even more impressive when one considers its variety. Except for the English history plays, he never wrote the same kind of play twice. He seems to have had a good deal of fun in trying his hand at every kind of play. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, all published on 1609, most of which were dedicated to his patron Henry Wriothsley, The Earl of Southhampton. He also wrote 13 comedies, 13 histories, 6 tragedies, and 4 tragecomedies. He died at Stratford-upon-Avon April 23, 1616, and was buried two days later on the grounds of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. His cause of death was unknown, but it is surmised that he knew he was dying.
Title The Plays of William Shakespeare; in Twenty-one Volumes, With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to Which Are Added Notes; Vol
Authors William Shakespeare, Isaac 1742-1807 Reed, Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson


This Fingal led initiative will see some of Fingal's largest food manufacturers share knowledge with food producers at small to medium level. This knowledge sharing will be conducted through group mentor sessions with a maximum of 7 participants in each group. The groups will be led by an expert in a particular field and participants will have the opportunity to participate in two sessions. "First come first served). Each mentor session will last 30 minutes.
This in a unique opportunity to get senior level advice from experts within the food sector.
7-10 mentors will be present and below is a selection of those attending.
This event is open to food producers, manufacturers and those in the agri food sector.


We thought we would just have a basic guide, how to or step by step if you want to call it on the general wash maintenance as we still see and hear a lot of misinformation from our customers.
Using the 2 Bucket Method (http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/product/grit_guard/grit_guard_insert_and_ccp_bucket_double_combo); Bucket 1 with your favourite pH Neutral Car Wash Shampoo, and Bucket 2 with fresh clean water (and grit guard). Use your favourite Microfibre Mitt or Lambswool Wash Mitt (http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/product/mint/deluxe_wash_mitt)to wash the car gently! In short;- Wash one panel at a time, rinse into the 'Rinse Bucket'. Follow to Wash Bucket and continue to the next panel/area & repeat. This will help stop any debris or dirt adhering on the mitt and being dragged over the paint surface which could potentially mar and scratch. Do not use a sponge as this will mar and damage your paint!
Drying the car we recommend for you to use a Microfibre Waffle Weave Drying Towel (http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/product/mint/microfibre_drying_towel_waffle_weave_x_large) as the safest choice (advisable for dark colours especially) or the next safest option of a Microfibre Chamois. Please we cannot stress enough NOT to use a traditional chamois made from pva, leather/skin or synthetics (including shamwow).
Add Ons; You could use a Quick Detailer to add a little bit of gloss. Or maybe a Spray on Wax which will also add gloss and a little protection.
The Intermediate/Obsessive; Pre-Rinse, Wash, Dry & Protect.
Pre-Rinse with a Snow Foam to loosen dirt particles and debris before you physically wash the car using your Snow Foam Lance (http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/product/autobrite/ab_snow_foam_lance) + Snow Foam solution (http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/product/autobrite/supa_snow_foam_).
2 Bucket Method + Microfibre/Lambswool Wash Mitt & pH Neutral Car Wash to wash.
Microfibre Waffle Weave to gently dry the paint. A separate Microfibre Cloth for door jambs/boot area.
Protection / Quick Detailer: (http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/products/autobrite/exterior/quick_detailing_sprays) A Quick Detailer with Protection which should offer 1-3 weeks protection until your next wash whilst adding some nice gloss and removing any water marks that you possibly may of left.
We would suggest a high pressure washer such as a Karcher System, Gerni or other brands. These are safe to use on your paint within 30-40cm distance usually and will make washing and cleaning much quicker, easier and most of all safer for the paint.


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Peter A. Wald
peter.wald@lw.com
Band 1 – Litigation: Securities
Chambers USA 2022
"Peter is an outstanding trial lawyer. He's brilliant in securities law, he's persuasive and always impressive to watch in court."
"Peter is a good strategist, he's very knowledgeable and experienced in the securities litigation space."
"Peter is outstanding, shows terrific leadership and is willing to try cases."
"He has the ability to articulate and break down hugely complicated legal and technical issues in a niche area into something understandable."
Peter Wald is one of the country's most sought after, influential, recognized, and successful trial lawyers. He has an outstanding record of winning "bet the company" cases for US and international clients in federal and state courts across the country. His cases are routinely featured in the national press. From 2004-2011, Mr. Wald served as Global Chair of Latham & Watkins' Litigation & Trial Department. In 2015, he was named a Securities MVP by Law360 for his ground-breaking work on behalf of Allergan in successfully resisting a hostile takeover attempt by Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Pershing Square Capital Management.
Mr. Wald has extensive experience representing corporations and their officers and directors, financial services, professional services, and accounting firms in financial fraud cases. Select matters include:
Won complete defense jury verdict on behalf of NextGen Healthcare in first holder's claim to go to trial in the United States in nearly 90 years, named by the Daily Journal as a Top Verdict of 2022. Hussein v. Razin (Orange Cty. Sup. Ct. July 29, 2021)
Secured a defense verdict for Ernst & Young following a three-week federal court jury trial in a securities fraud class action involving Clarent Corporation. The Daily Journal selected this matter as their 2005 Defense Verdict of the Year. (N.D. Cal.) (2005)
Secured a US$18.5 million federal court jury verdict (including US$9 million in punitive damages) plus US$6 million in attorneys' fees on behalf of Tyco Electronics against a former electronics distributor for theft of trade secrets and interference with contract, and successfully defended the distributor's US$1 billion monopolization claim. Secured affirmance by the 9th Circuit. (C.D. Cal.) (2003)
Successfully defended PriceWaterhouse against professional malpractice and breach of contract claims brought by its audit client, the City of San Jose. Following a seven-month federal court trial during which the plaintiff sought US$54 million in damages, the jury returned a verdict against PriceWaterhouse for US$517,000. On appeal to the 9th Circuit, the award was reduced to US$72,000. (N.D. Cal.) (1993)
Secured a defense verdict on all claims for Sperry Corporation following a six-week federal court jury trial related to breach of contract and theft of trade secrets claims. (N.D. Cal.) (1985)
Arbitrations
Secured a net recovery of US$65 million on behalf of claimant utilities in an ICC arbitration against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries relating to the manufacture of defective nuclear steam generators. (2016)
Successfully defended a national accounting firm against claims of professional malpractice and aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty in a US$1.6 billion lawsuit. Following a two-week arbitration but before any award was rendered, Claimant settled the case for a nominal payment. (2011)
Successfully defended a national accounting firm against claims of professional malpractice, breach of contract, and negligent misrepresentation in a US$300 million lawsuit. Following a three week hearing, the panel rendered a defense award. (2010)
Successfully defended a national accounting firm against claims of professional malpractice and breach of contract in a US$500 million lawsuit. Following an eight-day hearing, the panel rendered a defense award. (2008)
Successfully represented Chevron Technologies Ventures in an arbitration with its joint venture partner concerning the funding and future of Cobasys, the sole US manufacturer of hybrid car batteries. (2008)
Successfully defended a national accounting firm against claims of malpractice and breach of contract in a US$300 million lawsuit. Following a two-week hearing, the panel rendered a defense award. (2007)
Successfully defended a national accounting firm against claims of malpractice and breach of contract in a US$75 million lawsuit. Following a three-week arbitration, the three-arbitrator panel rendered a defense award. (2006)
Successfully defended a national professional services firm against claims of malpractice and breach of contract in a US$30 million lawsuit. Following a three-week arbitration, the three-arbitrator panel rendered a defense award. (2006)
Successfully represented a national grocery chain in a five-week arbitration with a warehouse logistics operator over claims to reimbursement for certain costs. (2002)
Successfully defended a professional services firm against claims of malpractice and breach of contract in a US$300 million lawsuit arising from the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software platform. Following a three-week hearing the panel rendered a defense award. (2001)
Successfully defended a national accounting firm against claims of fraud, malpractice, and breach of contract in a US$200 million lawsuit. Following a two-week arbitration, the three-arbitrator panel rendered a defense award. (2001)
Motions for Summary Judgment
Secured summary judgment for Quality Systems in a several hundred million dollar fraud case brought by a former director and major shareholder. (Orange County Superior Court) (2015)
Secured summary judgment for Larry Ellison and Oracle in a US$3 billion securities fraud class action, and secured affirmance by the 9th Circuit. (2010)
Secured summary judgment for John Wren and Omnicom in a US$3 billion securities fraud class action, and secured affirmance by the 2nd Circuit. (2010)
Secured summary judgment for Ernst & Young in a US$2 billion securities fraud class action relating to Williams Communications. (2007)
Motion Practice and Settlements
Secured dismissal with prejudice of US$2 billion securities fraud class action against Weatherford International and certain current and former directors and officers alleging defendants' misrepresentations concerning the Company's debt, its plan for addressing that debt, and to seek chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (2021)
Successfully represented Deloitte & Touche LLP in a putative securities class action and five separate "mass actions" in US District Court for the District of Oregon and Oregon state court, alleging that Deloitte "participated in or materially aided" certain securities sales by Oregon-based Aequitas Capital Management, in violation of the Oregon Securities Laws. (2019)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Walmart, Walmex, and certain senior officers of Walmex, and secured affirmance by the 2nd Circuit. (2018)
Obtained dismissal of action brought by Fannie Mae shareholders against Deloitte & Touche related to audit work for Fannie Mae and Fannie Mae's conservatorship. (2017)
Successfully defended Deloitte & Touche against allegations made by the Department of Justice and Department of Housing and Urban Development arising from the failure of mortgage originator Taylor, Bean, and Whitaker. (2017)
Successfully defended Deloitte & Touche against a professional negligence claim brought by Freddie Mac arising from the failure of mortgage originator Taylor, Bean and Whitaker. (2016)
Successfully represented certain officers and directors of Frontier Financial Corporation and its banking subsidiary, Frontier Bank, in a breach of fiduciary duty case brought by the FDIC following the bank's failure. (2016)
Successfully represented Allergan in litigation arising from the US$53 billion hostile takeover attempt by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Pershing Square. The transaction was named The American Lawyer's 2015 Global M&A Deal of the Year: US. (2015)
Successfully represented a Swedish refrigerator manufacturer in products liability class actions brought in California and Florida federal courts. Secured transfer of the California case to Florida, where the case was dismissed with prejudice under favorable 11th Circuit law. (N.D. Cal.)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Alphatec, and secured affirmance by the 9th Circuit. The Daily Journal named this a Top Defense Verdict of 2013. (2015)
Successfully represented OSI Systems and certain of its officers and directors in a securities fraud class action and related derivative lawsuits. (2015)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Gold Resource, and secured affirmance by the 10th Circuit. (2015)
Successfully represented Impax Laboratories and certain of its officers and directors in securities fraud class actions and related derivative lawsuits. (2015)
Successfully represented the officers and directors of Questcor in a securities fraud class action. (2015)
Successfully represented Bernard Duroc-Danner and Weatherford International in securities fraud class actions related to the Company's restatement of certain financial statements due to tax accounting errors. (2015)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Stereotaxis. (2014)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against United Western Bancorp, and secured affirmance by the 10th Circuit. (2014)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Ubiquiti Networks, and secured partial affirmance by the 9th Circuit. (2014)
Successfully represented Medicis Pharmaceutical and its board of directors in litigation seeking to enjoin a US$2.6 billion merger. (2014)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Ernst & Young stemming from the collapse of IndyMac Bank. (2014)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against JP Morgan Securities, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank Securities, and RBC Capital Markets Corporation relating to Motricity. (2013)
Successfully represented Quest Software and its board of directors in litigation seeking to enjoin a US$2.4 billion "go-private" transaction. (2013)
Secured dismissal of a "say-on-pay" derivative lawsuit against BioMed Realty's officers and directors. The Financial Times "commended" this "notable victory." (2012)
Successfully represented SLM, the world's largest student lending company, in a securities fraud class action. (2012)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Deloitte & Touche arising from the failure of First Regional Bank, and secured affirmance by the 9th Circuit. (2012)
Secured dismissal of all Section 11 and most Section 10(b) claims against Ernst & Young arising from the collapse of Lehman Brothers. (2011)
Successfully defended a securities fraud class action against Deloitte & Touche stemming from the failure of Washington Mutual, Inc., the largest bank failure in United States history. (2011)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Deloitte & Touche arising from the failure of Franklin Bank, and secured affirmance by the 5th Circuit. (2011)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against The9 (Chinese licensor of multiplayer online video game "World of Warcraft"). (2011)
Successfully defended Arthur Andersen in various civil and regulatory proceedings arising out of Enron Corporation's collapse. (2010)
Secured dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Ernst & Young stemming from the Refco fraud. (2009)
Successfully represented the officers and directors of Power Integrations in stock options backdating litigation. (2008)
Successfully defended The London Pacific Group in litigation arising from its management of a high-yield investment portfolio, securing dismissal of plaintiff's federal and state court complaints (including civil RICO claims) and recovering attorneys' fees in both proceedings. (1998)
Current Engagements
Representing Larry Ellison and Safra Catz in a shareholder derivative lawsuit pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery, alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with Oracle's 2016 acquisition of NetSuite.
Representing Daimler AG and its senior executives in a securities fraud class action pending in US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging misrepresentations regarding the Company's compliance with diesel emissions regulations.
Representing Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) and three of its current or former officers in a securities fraud class action pending in the Middle District of Tennessee, arising from highly publicized allegations that Nissan failed to disclose millions of dollars in executive compensation given to Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's former CEO and Chairman of the Board.
Representing Navient Corporation, a successor entity to Sallie Mae and the nation's largest servicer of student loans, and certain current and former officers, in two securities fraud class actions covering different class periods and pending in different federal district courts (Delaware and New Jersey).
Representing TechnipFMC plc, a UK-based global oil and gas company, and certain of its officers in a securities fraud class action filed in the Southern District of Texas, arising from the Company's restatement of its reported financials due to errors in accounting for temporary gains and losses on naturally-hedged currency positions.
Mr. Wald has three times been recognized by The Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California, with the paper stating: "Wald's client list reads like a who's who of companies affected by the financial crises in the early and late 2000s." Mr. Wald has also been recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and one of the 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation.
JD, Harvard Law School, 1977
magna cum laude. Notes Editor, Harvard Law Review
AB, Brown University, 1974
magna cum laude. Phi Beta Kappa (Junior Year)
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Securities Litigation & Professional Liability
October 10, 2022Recognition
Latham Earns Multiple Top Litigation & Trial Rankings
A range of disputes practices and practitioners are recognized for their market leadership in annual rankings.
February 17, 2022Recognition
Latham Again Earns Honors for Top Defense Verdict and Top Appellate Reversal in California
Litigation victories were chosen among the top California wins for the sixth consecutive year.
Latham Again Honored for Wide-Ranging Litigation & Trial Success
Latham trial lawyers and practices nationwide once again ranked highly in annual report.
March 4, 2022 Our Work
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs
Securities Litigation team secures Ninth Circuit affirmance of prior victory for OSI Systems.
February 17, 2022 Our Work
Top Verdicts: Hussein v. Razin et al.
The Latham team, led by defense attorneys Michele D. Johnson and Peter A. Wald, secured a winning jury verdict in July for NextGen Healthcare in what they call a "unique and groundbreaking case."
August 13, 2021 Our Work
Jury Delivers Complete Defense Verdict in Favor of Latham Client NextGen Healthcare in US$400 Million Fraud Case
August 3, 2021 Our Work
A Case Study in Navigating Shifting COVID Courtroom Protocols at Trial During the Delta Variant Surge
Latham Wins Jury Verdict for NextGen in Ex-Director's Novel US$400 Million Fraud Case


The role of the medical marketing devices is becoming increasing day by day. As these are became the necessity of the people. Medical devices like ear phone for those who are more prone to hearing problem. Mainly old people uses this type of devices, they are more prone to hearing problem with the more age. We need to do the planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. All these factors are plays important role in the success of the business. Planning is thinking in advance what to do, when to do, how to do and who is to do it. Keeping in the mind this entire thing we can start the product launching of new product.
Devicepharm is the company which gives you the best information about the medical devices. Marketing is basic step to make aware about the product available into the market. Marketing include various promotional activity to increase the sale of the product. Medical marketing change the marketing of the world. The company should choose the market plan according to the medical device products. Good marketing plan should to planned according to the keeping the factor in the mind. On the other hand organizing means how we organize the members of the organization.
Online marketing- Online market is that market in which you do the market with the help of internet and World Wide Web. This is the modern and advance ways of marketing. Mostly people do the online market because easy accessible. We can do the selling and purchasing through mobile and laptop. It is the very easy way of marketing of medical devices.
Sales marketing- It is the very common type of marketing. Company agent went to the hospital to promote the sales. We often see medical agent first meet with the physician, then to the doctor.
Broadcasting marketing- It includes the marketing of the product from television and radio. Television is very expensive method of advertising and it spread the information very quickly. On the other hand radio marketing is not as successful as the television. Numbers of people listen to the radio.
DevicePharm the company of medical devices which are advertised by banners, posters, hoardings Creative and colorful posters are the effective marketing of the product. Your medical device should be much better than competitor. It is not only the priced which matter product size, design and multiple uses also plat the important role in sale.


Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman describe three bridges - healthy lifestyle, biotechnology and nanotechnology - via which we might hope to extend our lives indefinitely. In particular they give details of the first bridge - how to improve your health and so live long enough to reach the second.
Bryan Appleyard has talked to many people, both those who are involved in this quest to live forever, and those who are against it. The result is a wide ranging book - if not particularly deep - which does bring to the surface some of the important questions which have to be asked.
Nick Lane's book looks at the nature of mitochondria, including the part they play in ageing, and what we might do to slow it down.
In twenty years at maist.
about a man who took thirty years to propose to the lady of his affections. Unfortunately, this softly-softly approach didn't work - the answer was no. Of course part of the humour is that we know that we don't have that much time to play with in making our life choices - in another twenty years he presumably would have exceeded the threescore years and ten which he might expect to live. But does this really have to be a limitation?
Every since people came to understand the nature of death, there must have been thoughts about how to avoid it. One of the earliest known stories, the 'Epic of Gilgamesh', has the quest for immortality as a central theme. Many religions offer the promise of an afterlife in a different realm, although many would rather stay in this one, as shown by the attempts to attain immortality by magical means such as the philosophers stone. More recently, medical advances has meant that people have begun to look at life extension as a real possibility. Transhumanists such as Nick Bostrom see this as something we should be striving for right now. Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman believe that if you can survive a couple more decades, then the technology will exist to extend your life. Maybe only a bit at first, but enough to live to see more technology which will mean that you can live even longer. Effectively you will be immortal.
As an example of the sort of technology which might become available is one to get rid of faulty mitochondria.
Mitochondria are the parts of the cell responsible for its energy requirements. They originated from bacteria which were incorporated into the eukaryotic cell, and as such they have their own DNA. Unfortunately this DNA is more prone to damage than that in the cell nucleus, and much of ageing is thought to be caused by the accumulation of damage to mitochondrial DNA. But supposing we could get rid of cells with damaged mitochondria. Then the body would replace them with healthy ones, and the effects of ageing might be reversed. So how would you get at the damaged cells? Well various technologies are becoming available to do this. Typically, to get at every cell in your body would be very intrusive, but it might be possible to avoid this. I could imagine something like a highly tunable microwave, which was tuned to deliver a lot of heat to the proteins created by the mutant mitochondria, effectively cooking the cells containing them. You have your mitochondria tested, then Zap!, and after a short period of recuperation you're as good as new.
Some people might feel uneasy about this - they may think that we are rushing headlong into a 'Brave New World' without any consideration of what is really for the best. In fact as a society we rarely rush headlong into anything - such consideration usually does take place. We are used to the idea that, for something like human cloning, the population at large will have some say in the matter. Procedures which seem to go against nature will be debated and if they are found to be undesirable then there will be laws passed against them. But in the case of life extension it seems unlikely that this will happen. This won't just be one new technology, rather it will be a range of new ideas, and they will be seen primarily as medical treatments. Hence denying them to patients will be seen as deliberately shortening their lives, and it is this that begins to look like the story of 'Brave New World' - where there was compulsory euthanasia.
One of the problems with eternal life is that eternity is more than just a long time - it's infinitely long.
What point would there be in doing anything today? Why should we read a particular book, when we might expect to read all books that are ever written. It's hard to see how we would spend our time. Indeed religions are moving away from the idea of eternal life as an infinite number of days one after the other towards a more abstract idea of eternity. But I'm not sure that inifinity is as much of a problem as it seems for life extenstion. They say that life begins at forty, and in a sense this is true. Up to that age people tend to be making their way in the world, and find it hard to think more than a few years ahead. When you pass that age, you begin to see that you might have another 40 years ahead of you to do what you want to do - and 40 years really is quite a long time. The trouble is that the amount of time you are likely to have left gets shorter as time goes on. Wouldn't it be good if it stayed the same. Is this just immortality in another guise? Well not necessarily. The trouble is that towards the end of our lives our life expectancy looks like the tail end of a Bell distribution e-x². Its the fact that the exponent is x-squared rather than just x which is the problem, as it means that the probability of death increases every year. If our life expectancy looked like e-x - like the decay of a radioactive atom - then the amount of time we might expect to have ahead of us wouldn't decrease as we got older. This sort of death rate has been achieved in a population of fruit flies, and there's every reason to suppose that it might be achieved with humans.
Life extension is going to happen, and with our understanding of the human genome, I could envisage Kurzweil and Grossman's 'Bridge 2' beginning to happen within a decade. As I've said above, I don't think that trying to think of ways to prevent it happening will lead anywhere. But neither do I think that everyone will want to live forever. What we do need to be discussing right now is how we will deal with treatments which have have a high probability of providing rejuvvination, but also have considerable risks. My mitochrondrial zapper is an imagined version of such a treatment, but real ones are likely to appear. Such treatments are unlikely to be get through today's licencing procedures , but I would think that plenty of people would jump at such a chance - will they be allowed to? In the longer term we need to think about a society in which people really do have a choice about how long they will live.


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Jordan parliamentary vote set for September
Jordanian lower house in Amman
AMMAN - Jordan announced Thursday it would hold parliamentary elections on September 20, but the Muslim Brotherhood-backed main opposition party said it had not yet decided whether to take part.
Previously tolerated for decades in Jordan, the Brotherhood's relations with the authorities have been rocky since the Arab Spring uprisings that shook the region in 2011.
A source in the Islamic Action Front, the Brotherhood's main political wing in Jordan, told AFP that the party "will hold a meeting on Saturday to decide its position" on participating in the poll.
The party, which boycotted elections in 2010 and 2013, demands more transparency and reform to an electoral system it says favours tribal candidates.
Although it enjoys strong grassroots support, the Brotherhood has faced increasing pressure from authorities in recent years.
Its second-in-command in Jordan, Zaki Bani Rsheid, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in February last year for criticising a decision by the United Arab Emirates to blacklist the organisation. He was released in January.
In early March last year the government licensed a breakaway group known as the Muslim Brotherhood Association, prompting accusations it was exploiting internal rifts to weaken the group.
Jordanian authorities view the Brotherhood as an illegal organisation because its licence was not renewed in accordance with a political parties law adopted in 2014.
In mid-April this year, authorities shut seven of the organisation's offices for failing to obtain permission to operate.
But an all-out crackdown would risk fanning discontent among the opposition at a time when the kingdom is battling jihadists in neighbouring Iraq and Syria.
The Jordanian branch of the Brotherhood has fared better than others in the region in recent years.
In Egypt -- where the Islamist group was formed in 1928 -- it has been blacklisted as a "terrorist group" and the authorities have cracked down hard on its members, including ousted president Mohamed Morsi who has been sentenced to death.
Hundreds of Morsi's supporters have been killed and tens of thousands jailed since he was ousted by the army in 2013.
Other governments in the region, particularly the Gulf monarchies, are also deeply suspicious of the Brotherhood, fearing that its brand of grassroots activism and political Islam could undermine their authority.
The Jordanian authorities recently amended the electoral law, increasing the number of members of parliament from 130 to 150 and reserving 15 seats for women.
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Last year, as required by the City Charter and by population shifts recorded in the 2000 census, the City Council adopted new district lines. These lines equalized population among compact and contiguous districts, kept whole the large majority of the city's neighborhoods, and created two majority-minority districts, one that has historically preferred African-American candidates by wide margins, the other with a Hispanic plurality. It is my opinion that the lines adopted in 2003 were fair and legal.
It is clear, however, that many New Rochelle citizens of good will, particularly in the African-American community, disagree. Concerns about African-American voting strength were the basis for a federal lawsuit and the subject of many heated debates during the past year.
I believe strongly that government officials have an obligation to listen with respect to critical views and strive to achieve compromise and mutual understanding when possible. For this reason, the new Council majority has worked diligently in recent months to craft a compromise plan that addresses the objections voiced by the most prominent critics of last year's map.
Yesterday, the lead plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit accepted the City's settlement offer. The new map features a reconstituted Third Council District that encompasses all of Rochelle Heights, the bulk of French Ridge, and City Park, and has a black population exceeding 51%.
The local Republican leadership remains opposed to this settlement and has been assigned a date in May to make its case in court. But with the Voting Rights concerns articulated by the local NAACP now resolved, it is highly likely that the settlement map will become law.
I am pleased that this difficult and sensitive debate has been largely resolved and that the community can move forward now in a spirit of common purpose to address other challenges.


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All DEDA Solar Water Heaters use evacuated tube collectors which are the most efficient collectors available.
fluid is surrounded by a larger glass tube. The space between them is a vacuum, so very little heat is lost from the fluid.
These collectors can even work well in overcast conditions and operate in temperatures as low as -40°F.
Individual tubes are replaced as needed.
to the storage tank as it heats up.
there isn't enough sun to heat up the water.


Slice of life graphic novels are always interesting because they can truly open up the soul of their creator. Please God, Find Me a Husband, as you might gather from its title, is about a 33-year-old Christian woman who has yet to settle down and find herself a man worthy of building a family around. Her biological clock is ticking and, being a Christian, she can't quite understand why God hasn't fulfilled her calling to motherhood. What you might not be quite so prepared for is that the main character is Lia herself.
It's hard to know what kind of an audience the book is aimed at, although I suspect it's not at a male, nearly 40-year-old, atheist father-of-three like myself. I understand the science behind the strong hormonal urges that nature (or God, if you prefer) has built into women, but I'm never going to know what it really feels like. By clouding her psychological reaction to these impulses with religion, I'm none the wiser having read this book.
What is clear is that the mix of hormones and faith is tricky to resolve. Lia's devout faith that God will provide, and the disappointment and confusion that accompanies his failure to do so, leaves the book in a knot of conflicting emotions.
Lia's character seeks solace amongst some nun friends, which doesn't seem like the best of ideas to a non-Christian. What she finds is a certain peace and acceptance of her lot. She gets reaffirmation that God has a plan for us all, which nicely dissolves all stress and panic, but does little to sort out her natural over-whelming desire to build a family.
It might have been a more interesting mixture of faith versus biology had Lia spent any time questioning her faith in God. Instead, she doesn't question his existence, but whether he's deserted her. It's a subtle difference but it makes the book less edgy, and tinged with sadness. I expect that a Christian reader might find something uplifting about Lia's overwhelming faith in the face of romantic adversity, but as a non-religious reader I find myself feeling sorry for Lia. It's not an emotion I get because she can't find a husband, but because she thinks that this is largely to do with the involvement of a God who isn't providing her with what she needs from life. I couldn't help but wonder if her belief in God isn't exasperating rather than smoothing her path through life.
Like a Christian Bridget Jones, I'm sure this will find an audience. If you are a thirty-something, unmarried Christian woman with an overwhelming desire to find the right man, this might tick all the right boxes. It's gently comedic and full of character. However, while it doesn't preach in any way, I found it just too unquestioning to satisfy my sceptical point of view.


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Schitt's Creek Wins Emmys 2020 and Our Hearts
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By Nashmia Adnan Last updated Jul 27, 2021
Emmys 2020 was possibly the one thing that made this year amazing. The comedy show Schitt's Creek swept a major win and it was such a delightful surprise for everyone! Their reactions and acceptance speeches to all their wins truly melted our hearts. Everyone is in awe of how this small Canadian show garnered such a massive audience and made history in winning all the awards it was nominated for in the Emmys. Dan Levy and Eugene Levy truly cemented their place in history.
Related: Catherine O'Hara Of Schitt's Creek Poses Like Moira Rose For Shoot
Schitt's Creek | Dan Levy should win an Emmy just for his speeches!
Dan Levy won awards for four main categories for Schitt's Creek: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series and Best Comedy Series.
In his acceptance speech for Writing for a Comedy Series, Dan Levy shared gratitude to his father Eugene Levy, and his writing team for sharing personal aspects of their life so freely:
Every single writer that sat in our writers' room and offered up traumatizing, embarrassing, deeply triggering things so that the Rose family could be who they are. Getting to write David Rose, getting to write this show, getting to tell the stories has been the greatest most cathartic experiences of my life.
He also added a personal special message congratulating Issa Rae for her work on Insecure for:
'writing the most funniest, most heartfelt television of the year'.
Dan Levy was also winning the award for the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and this speech was even more amazing:
Starting off the speech for apologizing for winning for this category as well (so Canadian of him), Dan Levy sincerely thanks Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara for being two powerhouses of comedic talent:
I wouldn't be here if it weren't for the six year master class that was led by two brilliant comedic minds that I had had the good fortune of working with for the past six seasons. My Dad Eugene Levy, and the magnficent Catherine O'Hara. Who led by example, they led without ego and they led with excitement and the trickle effect of that was felt through everybody. And as actors we were given this safety and the security to do what we wanted, to try and to experiment, and to grow because of you. So, thank you.
Dan Levy also took a special thanks for his co-star and on-screen sister Annie Murphy for being his better half:
I would not be up here if it were not for you being my better half. Thank you for your unbelievable work in the show.
Dan Levy also thanked everyone who helped him and called playing David Rose the best experience of his life.
He also shared an Emmy win with Andrew Cividino for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:
Eugene Levy's adorable speech
We were so happy to see Eugene Levy win an Emmy for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Comedy Series:
I guess it's kind of ironical that the straightest role I've ever played lands me an Emmy for a comedy performance. So, now I just have to seriously question what I've been doing for the past 50 years.
And he further thanks wife:
I want to thank my darling wife of 40 years: Deb Devine. For all the love, support, and sage counsel. Over the years. Wouldn't be here without you Deb, love you.
Eugene also thanks to his cast and crew and special thanks to Catherine O'Hara who he says 'can make anyone who works with her look good'.
He also had a proud dad moment:
As a dad getting to work on camera for six years with both my kids Dan and Sarah (hi honey). Such a joy, love you both and could not be prouder.
Eugene also credited Dan Levy for helping cruise the Schitt's Creek ship right to the Emmys!
Related: Justin Trudeau had a sweet message for Dan Levy when he hosted SNL
The unforgettable Catherine O'Hara
Moira Rose, a character that was brilliantly portrayed by Catherine O'Hara made the show exceptionally funny and added such nuance to the show. Catherine getting the Emmy was rightfully deserved and her speech was so heartwarming to see:
I will forver be grateful for Eugene and Dav Levy for giving me the opportunity for giving a woman of a certain age – my age – who gets to be – who gets to be her fully ridiculous self. They gathered the most beautiful fun loving people cast and crew in Toronto and then by example led us to be the best we could be for each other.
Catherine O'Hara also did a special thanks for the people responsible for Moira's brilliant and signature clothing style, wardrobe, and makeup looks.
Well…Moira got her Emmy.
— dan levy (@danjlevy) September 21, 2020
Yes, Moira did! Honestly, this was a long-overdue moment for such a legendary actress.
Annie Murphy! The Alexis that took our hearts
When Alexis first came across our screens, she was the beautifully spoiled girl with questionable priorities. Slowly, she became one of the best characters on the show who learned that it's okay to be vulnerable and be so selfless that it made you fall in love with her. Annie Murphy is just like the Alexis we see in the final season, warm, caring, and an amazing human being:
Annie Murphy called her time on Schitt's Creek as the best time of her life and shares that she is so happy:
I am so so proud of the cast and the crew and the writers. And I can't believe that Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara are my friends. And I'm so proud of a show that's – that stands for love, kindness, inclusivity, and acceptance because those four things are things that we need now more than in ever.
Best Comedy goes to…Schitt's Creek!!
Dan Levy and Eugene Levy have made a name in history:
My heart is jumping up and down at the speech. Did you see Annie Murphy, Catherine O'Hara, and Noah Reid hugging each other so tightly? Ah, my heart!
Dan Levy did make this speech political and shared a very important message:
Our show at its core is about the transformational effects of love and acceptance. And that is something we need more of now that we've ever needed before. I just want to say to any of you who have not registered to vote, please do so. And then go out and vote. Because that is the only way we are going to have love and acceptance out there.
And then he brings on his father Eugene Levy to say some of the 'fun stuff'. Eugene Levy thanks all the people that helped bring Schitt's Creek a reality, and the original television network PopTV as well as Netflix.
And Eugene thanks Dan:
I want to thank this young man who took our fish out of water story about the Rose family and transformed it into a celebration of inclusivity, a castigation of homophobia and a decleration of the power of love.
The whole Schitt's Creek cast and crew were over the moon for the wins as they celebrated on social media
Dan Levy reveals that the Toronto city was so proud of Schitt's Creek that the lighted the CN tower up in its honor:
Our hometown went gold for us tonight. What an honor. Thank you, Toronto! pic.twitter.com/fY4ltigWMd
Sarah Levy could not be with the cast and crew at the venue but she was celebrating like the rest of us at her home. And her reactions are completely priceless:
https://twitter.com/danjlevy/status/1308068935254904833
And Dan Levy posted this reminder that all TV shows need some time to grow:
A gentle reminder that TV shows need time and space to lay foundation, to develop, and to grow. In the wrong hands, this show would have been yanked off the air in Season 1 for "underperforming". Thank you @cbc @PopTV for letting us fly. https://t.co/Ygwrmuzjbs
Eugene Levy thanked the Emmys for the love letter to Schitt's Creek!
What a night for us! And what a night for our fans!! Thank you Emmy voters for that heartfelt love letter!! @SchittsCreek @SchittsCreekPop
— Eugene Levy (@Realeugenelevy) September 21, 2020
Emily Hampshire shared this fan-made picture that summed up the success of Schitt's Creek in a pretty amazing way:
☺🥰😂 thank u for this @mr_wa7t_ this is the best! #Repost @mr_wa7t_ ・・・ @schittscreek is simply 1 of the greatest TV shows of all time ! I could not adore theses characters and the message it sends out into the world more 💜Congratulations @instadanjlevy @sarahplevy @olreid #catherineohara @emilyhampshire #eugenelevy @frennifer 💜💜 #schittscreek
A post shared by emily hampshire (@emilyhampshire) on Sep 22, 2020 at 7:59pm PDT
These two women will forever have my heart:
¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/faoG5RHMVe
— Schitt's Creek (@SchittsCreek) September 22, 2020
Twyla predicting the future be like:
https://twitter.com/SchittsCreek/status/1308447312604278786
This was me at home:
it's Tuesday morning and I'm still thinking about @karenrobinson01's joyful #Emmys celebration dance pic.twitter.com/fKEdplCaPY
My entire heart in one picture:
This concise response by Dustin Milligan (who played Ted) is perfect:
Well schitt
— Dustin Milligan (@DustinWMilligan) September 21, 2020
The Good Place show also congratulated Schitt's Creek by this hilarious tweet that true fans would know:
I'll leave you with this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFZqdYKJMkX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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The Aerospike Engine Was Considered for the Shuttle, But Never Flew. That's About to Change
The aerospike engine is a time-honored concept. In the past, NASA tested the concept extensively on the ground and hoped to incorporate it into the Space Shuttle and their next-generation Venture Star program (a Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) vehicle). However, due to budget constraints, the Space Shuttle ended up being equipped with bell-shaped nozzles instead, and the Venture Star never saw the light of day.
But thanks to New Mexico-based aerospace company ARCA, the aerospike engine is getting a new lease on life. This coming August, they will conduct a test flight of the aerospike engine using their Demonstrator 3 rocket, which will constitute the first space flight of the engine. If all goes well, it will be a major step towards the creation of a fleet of Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) rockets.
What makes the aerospike engine appealing is the fact that it offers efficient thrust over a wide range of altitudes, and is also more fuel-efficient than current engines. With traditional bell-shaped nozzles, reliable thrust tends to occur only at sea level. Beyond that, the engine isn't capable of taking advantage of decreases in atmospheric pressure since the gases are contained by the nozzle.
The test of twin Linear Aerospike XRS-2200 engines, originally built for the X-33 program, was performed on August 6, 2001 at NASA's Sternis Space Center, Mississippi. Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
In contrast, the aerospike engine's exhaust is capable of expanding from sea level all the way up to space, which ensures both fuel-efficiency and a high degree of specific impulse (Isp) at all flight levels. Already, ARCA and NASA have scheduled ground and vacuum tests for the engine. But in the meantime, they also want to gather data on how it performs in flight. This is where the Demonstrator 3 test comes into play.
In addition to testing the engine's efficiency, it will also test the aerospike's super-cold fuel storage technology. Basically, the engine relies on a decomposing 70% concentration of hydrogen peroxide at a temperature of only 250 °C to generate thrust. The byproduct of this is oxygen and water, which makes the aerospike the most environmentally-friendly rocket concept to date. As Dumitru Popescu, the CEO of ARCA, said in a recent statement:
"By sending the Demonstrator 3 rocket in space using a super cold engine, with only 250 °C instead of 3500 °C in the reaction chamber, paired with the aerospike technology, we are going to demonstrate the impressive potential of the aerospike."
Ultimately, the goal here is to demonstrate that SSTO rockets are feasible, which ARCA is exploring with their Haas 2CA concept. The latest in the Haas rocket family, named in honor of Austrian-Romanian rocketry pioneer Conrad Haas, this launch vehicle uses hydrogen peroxide and kerosene for fuel and is capable of generating 22,900 kg (50,500 lbs) of thrust at sea level, and about 33,565 kg (74,000 lbs) in a vacuum.
Compared to multi-stage rockets, SSTOs offer both lower costs and greater flexibility when it comes to launching small payloads into orbit. According to estimates produced by Space Works and Eurostat, this small satellite market will be growing by $5.3 billion in the next decade. As such, aerospace companies that can offer competitive launch rates and flexibility will be able to take advantage of this growth.
The company unveiled the Haas 2CA back in March of 2017 at their company headquarters in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 2018, ARCA hopes to conduct their first test launch of the Haas 2CA from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. But before that can happen, the company needs to make sure the aerospike engine performs as well as expected. As Popescu explained:
"The Haas 2CA Single Stage to Orbit is just the beginning of a new generation of space vehicle, shaped by innovation that will generate lower cost. We are going to answer one of the industry's most asked questions: can an aerospike deliver in flight the pressure compensation generated by altitude variation and deliver the expected performance by saving fuel? We want to pick up where NASA left off and prove that this technology is actually the way to go for space flights."
The test flight, which will take place at Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, will consist of a suborbital space flight that will take the Demonstrator 3 up to an altitude of 100 km. If this flight is achieved, ARCA will have demonstrated that the engine technology is flight qualified, that SSTO rockets are feasible, and that super cold engines paired with aerospike technology will allow for environmentally friendly suborbital rockets.
Artist's impression of the Haas 2C rocket ascending into orbit. Credit: ARCA
The test will also be a milestone for the commercial aerospace industry, which was founded on the desires to make space more accessible and lowering the costs associated with individual launches. And as Popescu was sure to indicate, the best way to do this is not to merely improve upon existing concepts, but leverage cutting-edge and time-tested technologies to create new ones.
"We are confident that the aerospike engine combined with composite material fuel tanks and dense fuels will significantly lower the costs for orbital and suborbital launches," he said. "We truly believe that the answer for cost reduction of space flight is innovation, not trying to make old technologies a little bit more efficient. This will never generate significant price drop of space launches, but merely small improvements. With this philosophy in mind we expect to increase the registered value of our company from its current $20 million to at least $200 millions by 2019."
The development of SSTOs are just one way that the commercial aerospace industry is making space exploration more economical. Other examples include SpaceX's developments of reusable rockets, and Rocketlab's use of lightweight materials to create two-stage disposable rockets.
These measures are not only allowing for the commercialization of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), but are opening up possibilities that were previously thought to be impossible for the time being – like space-based solar power and space habitats!
Stay tuned for more on this and other upcoming tests. And be sure to check out this video on how ARCA is preparing for the upcoming aerospike test flight, courtesy of ARCA:
Further Reading: ARCA, ARCA News
ARCA Unveils the World's first Single-Stage-to-Orbit Rocket
Since the beginning of the Space Age, scientists have relied on multi-stage rockets in order to put spacecraft and payloads into orbit. The same technology has allowed for missions farther into space, sending robotic spacecraft to every planet in the Solar System, and astronauts to the Moon. But looking to the future, it is clear that new ideas will be needed in order to cut costs and expand launch services.
Hence why the ARCA Space Corporation has developed a concept for a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) rocket. It's known as the Haas 2CA, the latest in a series of rockets being developed by the New Mexico-based aerospace company. If all goes as planned, this rocket will be the first SSTO rocket in history, meaning it will be able to place payloads and crew into Earth's orbit relying on only one stage with one engine.
The rocket was unveiled on Tuesday, March 28th, at their company headquarters in Las Cruces. The rocket is currently seeking FAA approval, and ARCA is working diligently to get it ready for its test launch in 2018 – which will take place at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility located on Virginia's eastern shore. If successful, the company hopes to use this rocket to deploy small satellites to orbit in the coming decade.
Established in 1999 by a group of Romanian rocket enthusiasts (led by company CEO Dumitru Popescu), ARCA's original focus was on balloon-launched rockets. In the course of the company's history, ARCA has launched two stratospheric rockets, four large scale stratospheric balloons, and has been awarded some lucrative governmental contracts to test aerospace and space exploration technologies.
In 2003, the company joined the $10 million Ansari X Prize Competition and began work on their first demonstrator rocket. Known as the Demonstrator 2B – a single stage suborbital rocket – the rocket was successfully launched on September 9th, 2004, from Cape Midia Air Force Base. In the years that followed, they expanded their repertoire to include other concepts – like the Helen rocket, the Stabilo crewed vehicle, and the Excelsior Aerospike.
In 2013, ARCA was contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a Drop Test Vehicle (DTV) that would test the atmospheric deceleration parachutes being used by the Schiaperelli lander (as part of the ExoMars mission). Being the same weight and using the same parachute deployment systems as Schiaperelli, the DTV conducted a freefall exercise which simulated the dynamic pressure conditions of entering the Martian atmosphere
In that same year, ARCA relocated to New Mexico, where they have continued working on their rocket series and other aerospace ventures from their headquarters at the Las Cruces Airport. It was here that they introduced the Haas rocket series – named in honor of Austrian-Romanian rocketry pioneer Conrad Haas – which now consists of the Haas 2B and 2C rockets.
The Haas 2CA rocket berthed at ARCA's headqaurters at Las Cruces Air Port in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Credit: ARCA
The 2B is a proven concept, designed for suborbital flight for the sake of space tourism. But as of this week, the 2C is now part of ARCA's rocket family. Relying on single stage and single Executor engine, this rocket will small satellites into orbit. The rocket is fueled by hydrogen peroxide and kerosene (which combines to create a nontoxic fuel), and measures (53 feet) long and (5 feet) in diameter.
The 2C weights about 550 kg (1210 pounds) empty, and 16280 kg (35,887 pounds) when fully fueled. It will also be able to provide 22900 kg (50,500 lbs) of thrust at sea level, and about 33,565 kg (74,000 lbs) in a vacuum. In this configuration, the rocket is capable of delivering 100kg (220lbs) to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), at a cost of $1 million per launch (or $10,000/kg; $4,545/lb).
This several times less what SpaceX can do with its Falcon 9 rocket, which can deliver 22,800 km payloads to orbit for $62 million a launch – which works out to about $2719/kg or $1233/lb. However, one must take into account that the Falcon 9 is a heavier launch vehicle, and that there are additional issues that come into play where larger launch vehicles are concerned. As Dumitru Popescu told Universe Today via email:
"With the Haas 2C, the customer can launch on the desired orbit parameter, when he/she wants. Basically, the launch will be tailored on the customer needs. A more fair comparison will be between the Haas 2CA and Falcon 1 and Electron. Falcon 1 had a launch cost of $6.7 millions for a proposed payload of 670kg, or a demonstrated one of 180kg. In the best case scenario, this leads us to the same price of $10,000/kg. In the case of the Electron rocket, the cost per launch is $4.9 million for a 150kg payload. This leads us to a price of a $32.600/kg. Falcon 1, Electron, Haas 2CA have their market and a comparison with a big launcher isn't fair in my opinion. Overall, if we will be able to keep this price, the Haas 2CA, at $1 million/launch will become the cheapest launcher in history."
Artist's impression of the Haas 2C rocket, shown in its launch (top) and deployment configurations (bottom). Credit: ARCA
In addition, the Haas 2C rocket benefits from the fact that it is cheaper and easier to manufacture, and that it's SSTO configuration offers greater flexibility and reliability.
"In the case of staged rockets, we are literally talking about more rockets combined in one vehicle to achieve orbit," said Popsecu. "It is definitely more cost effective to operate one rocket than a vehicle made of multiple rockets, as it requires less time, less qualified manpower and less demanding transport and launch operations. The SSTO may also offer the possibility to launch from an inland spaceport, as there are no first stages that will fall on the ground after burnout."
To prepare the rocket for its 2018 launch, ARCA is currently collaborating with NASA through its Cooperative Opportunity Program and with the help of the Ames, Kennedy, Marshall, Stennis, and Johnson Space Centers. Popescu is also entering into discussions with the New Mexico Spaceport Authority to conduct launches from Spaceport America, and is looking to secure a partnership with a US defense agency.
If all goes well, this little aerospace company will be making spaceflight history. As Popescu said in a company press release:
"When the Haas 2CA rocket launches, it will be the first rocket in history to place itself entirely into orbit. This opens new frontiers for exploration of the Solar System as the rocket can be refueled in-orbit and re-utilize its aerospike engine thus eliminating the need for additional upper stages. After the full qualification, the vehicle could be operated from inland spaceports as there are no stages that fall on the ground at burnout. Staged rockets, even though they provide more payload performance for the same takeoff mass, are less reliable because of an increased number of parts due to flight events requested by staging and ignition of the upper stage engine. Also, staged rockets are deemed to be more expensive because they are literally made up of more than one rocket. Manufacturing and assembling more rockets in one launcher requires more, time, money, and personnel. The SSTO technology, once implemented, will increase the space flight responsiveness and lower the cost to values expected by the industry for decades. This rocket will also be the fastest vehicle to reach orbit, taking less than 5 minutes."
In addition, the aerospace industry will have another company looking to lower the costs of launches and expanding domestic launch capability. Be sure to check out the company's video detailing the Haas 2C and its unique characteristics:
Further Reading: ARCA


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Newfoundland, that fascinating landscape affectionately known as "The Rock," is home to both natural wonders and historic sites of international significance. If your family is looking for an adventure, take a gander at what Newfoundland has to offer!
Recreated sod house at L'Anse aux Meadows Photo By D. Gordon E. Robertson
Just Arriving is an Adventure
An island off the Eastern coast of Canada, Newfoundland is accessible by international airports or car ferry. Having travelled by both, I would take the ferry if at all possible. There is nothing like the sensation of salty spray on your face and the ocean heaving beneath your feet as you follow in the footsteps of the many famous explorers who have sailed these waters before you. Not to mention, the ferry provides everything you need to keep your family amused during your voyage.
Discovering Newfoundland History is Discovering World History
Some of the first explorers arrived over 1,000 years ago when the Vikings landed at L'Anse aux Meadows. The only known Viking settlement in North America, your family can experience life in the village and immerse themselves in ancient Norse traditions like axe throwing, pottery, and shipbuilding.
The province's capital, St. John's, is one of North America's oldest European cities. Watching over the city is Signal Hill – not only an important part of this garrison town's defences, but it's also where Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal. Hiking to the top of this storied hill is like standing on top of the world, with the city scattered in front of you like colourful Legos huddled around the horseshoe of the harbour.
The day I made this hike the sky was overcast with bruised blue-grey clouds, and there was no horizon between the sky and the sea. Turning from the cityscape, there was a restless "forever" that sucked the air out of me. It was an endless, textured blue-grey expanse abuzz with the energy of a coming storm. I never felt more connected to the history of Newfoundland than in that moment, because no matter how much things have changed there over the centuries, the unforgiving weather stays the same.
After exploring the city and experiencing this old-world vibe, your family can enjoy some of the many modern amenities it offers, including gourmet food, world-class accommodations, and modern recreational facilities.
Although a small city, St. John's doesn't roll up the streets at night; many ghost-themed walking tours head out after dark, and the famous George Street has the most bars and pubs per capita in Canada. Open to foot traffic only; you can stroll at your own pace while taking in the atmosphere, day or night.
Newfoundland is famous for its robust moose population Photo By Ryan Hagerty
From Nightlife to Wildlife
If you'd prefer to get out of the city, Newfoundland is the perfect place for outdoorsy families. Their famous moose dot the landscape and can even be spotted from the car when driving across the countryside. My family saw 17 of them while driving across the middle of the island!
Gros Morne National Park's ancient landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a breathtaking location for hiking, kayaking, and skiing. With a fjord, a gorge, mountains, forests, exposed mantle, and tundra, this park offers a smorgasbord of natural environs to discover.
Hiking, Winterhouse Brook, Tablelands Gros Morne National Park Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Parks Canada Dale Wilson
You'll want to check out Twillingate during spring. One of the prime locations for watching icebergs, it also boasts some of the best whale watching along the Eastern seaboard. For even more wildlife sightings, grab your binoculars and head to Cape St. Mary's, where you could spot moose, eagles, osprey, and puffins.
If your family finds these ideas a little bit too "on the beaten path," there are lots of opportunities to create your own adventure. You can hike into the forest outside of Burgoyne's Cove to investigate the remains of a 1953 plane crash, survey the abandoned buildings and surrounding shoreline of the defunct Aguathuna's Limestone Quarry in Port aux Port Peninsula, or enjoy a picnic in the shadow of discarded whaling ships sitting in Conception Bay.
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With its vast wilderness, historical connections, and endless chances for exploration, Newfoundland is the perfect place for your family to visit on your next vacation.
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People involved in conflict generally, and in mediation specifically, encounter many events that initiate the physiologic stress response. What is this response and what triggers it? How does the stress response impact judgment, decision-making, and memory? What can mediators do to minimize the deleterious effects of the stress response? Learning the answers to these questions can help to make a more effective mediator.
What is the physiologic stress response?
The physiologic stress response is a complex and nuanced response that affects all parts of the body and brain and is driven by various hormones. Two stress hormones triggered by conflict are adrenaline and cortisol. We are aware of the adrenaline response because we can feel the increase in our heart rate and the sweaty palms that accompany the response. Cortisol is subtler, and we are usually unaware of it and its impact on our judgment.