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Marin, CA
Dear Editor:
I applaud your Dec. 1 story about an AIDS patient battling to stay healthy and alive in Marin and current HIV and AIDS statistics.
Of particular interest to me were the following statements from a San Francisco health official, Randy Allgaier.
He said, "The number of people being diagnosed with HIV and AIDS in San Francisco and Marin has decreased over recent years . . . [b]ut increases in sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis, cast an ominous shadow over the future . . . [t]hat is because such increases usually coincide with increases in HIV infection."
The 2003 HIV epidemiology report from San Francisco not only clearly backs up Allgaier on the decreases, it spells out a stable rate: "New data suggest HIV incidence has leveled off in the past few years. Application of the Serological Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS) to specimens collected at the anonymous and the STD clinic testing sites finds that recent infection peaked in 1999. From 1999 to 2003, HIV incidence has stabilized." (Source: DPH HIV report, Page 11.)
However, Allgaier's contention that rising syphilis rates equals surging HIV infections is not borne out by a large-scale study on this supposed connection between the infections.
A study published in August 2004 in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that in two epicenters of the AIDS crisis in the United States, San Francisco and Los Angeles, there was no increase in HIV incidence at several testing sites, over a four-year period.
"Despite the high HIV incidence in men with P&S [primary and secondary] syphilis, HIV incidence rates among MSM [men who have sex with men] tested at large public sites in San Francisco and Los Angeles did not increase during 1999-2002." (Source: JAMA HIV Syphilis Study.)
Let's hope the stable HIV transmission rate in San Francisco and Marin remains steady and soon decreases, while doing everything to promote safer sex practices to bring about declines.
Michael Petrelis
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The fight goes on for survivors
Improved drugs help San Rafael woman outlive prognosis
By Richard Halstead, IJ reporter
Three times a day, Julie Dowling swallows about a dozen pills that keep her alive.
The San Rafael resident is one of 603 Marin residents living with AIDS or an HIV diagnosis. Many of them will march in a candlelight vigil through San Rafael's Canal Area tonight to commemorate World AIDS Day.
They're the lucky ones - of the 1,018 Marin residents who have contracted AIDS over the years, 649 are dead, county health officials say.
Improved medicines have allowed Dowling and thousands like her to cheat death so far. Dowling worries that the general public may assume the war has been won and forget how tenuous the lifeline is for AIDS survivors. Federal and state funding for AIDS programs in Marin decreased this year.
Dowling, 41, subsists on government disability payments. She doesn't feel well enough to work. She has learned to live with the constant pain in her feet, caused by her medicine, the protease inhibitors.
"It's better than the alternative," Dowling said.
She stopped taking the drugs recently to give her body a rest. She lost weight immediately. She often has flu-like symptoms, feeling nauseous and tired. Due to a condition brought on by AIDS she will never bear children.
Nonetheless, Dowling smiles as she tells her story. She wants people to know that AIDS is no one's fault. Anyone can catch it. That includes middle-class people, who aren't gay and don't use intravenous drugs - people like her.
Dowling was working as a public health nurse in San Diego when she was diagnosed in 1991. She was tested after she accidentally stuck herself with a needle while drawing blood from a patient. The test revealed that she already had advanced AIDS. She would later learn that a former lover slept with men without telling her. He has since died of AIDS.
"I was 28 years old," Dowling said. "Most people were starting their lives. I was ending mine."
Treatments for AIDS then were far less effective. Her doctors told Dowling she could expect to live another four years.
The first few years, Dowling was plagued by opportunistic viruses and bacteria to which her depressed immune system left her vulnerable. She contracted cytomegalovirus, which usually causes blindness and death. It disappeared without treatment.
"That's the grace of God," Dowling said. "I believe I was healed by a miracle."
The AIDS remained, however. She returned to San Rafael, where her parents live, in 1994. Soon after, she moved into a residential home in Santa Rosa, which she shared with five gay men.
"They told me I was Snow White and they were the dwarfs," Dowling said.
During the more than two years she lived there, dozens of men died and were replaced by other AIDS sufferers. Dowling nursed them the best she could, even though she herself was wasting away.
"It was like a dress rehearsal for me," Dowling said. "I'm watching these people die - when is it going to be my turn?"
Then in 1997, Dowling began taking protease inhibitors.
"Within days -it was like this cloud had lifted," Dowling said.
Dowling has been taking the protease inhibitors for eight years now. She lives with the knowledge that her body could develop a tolerance to the drug at any time.
"When is it going to stop working?" she asks herself. "How much longer do I have?"
For Dowling and others like her, nonprofits, such as the Marin AIDS Project and Community Action Marin, are nearly as essential as her medicine.
The Marin AIDS Project advises Dowling on how to apply for government assistance and serves as her advocate. It has also matched her with a volunteer, who gives her emotional support. Community Action Marin operates the HIV Pantry, which supplies food to people living with HIV and AIDS.
Government funding for such services in Marin declined this year. The amount of federal money was cut 15 percent to about $1 million, said Sparkie Spaeth, a manager in the county's Health and Human Services Department. State funding for AIDS prevention was reduced by about 33,000 to $131,645.
The legislation that authorized federal outlays to care for AIDS sufferers is up for renewal next year, said Randy Allgaier, a San Francisco official in charge of allocating Marin its share of the funds. There is concern that Congress will alter the Ryan White CARE Act so that federal money can no longer be spent on ancillary services such as case management, mental health and transportation, Allgaier said.
The number of people being diagnosed with HIV and AIDS in San Francisco and Marin has decreased over recent years, Allgaier said. But increases in sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis, cast a ominous shadow over the future, Allgaier said. That is because such increases usually coincide with increases in HIV infection, he said.
And the while the numbers are encouraging in Marin, the disease continues to rage throughout the rest of the world.
According to the United Nations, there were 35.7 million adults and 2.1 million children living with HIV at the end of 2003. During 2003, 4.8 million new people became infected with the virus. By the end of October, AIDS had killed 78,000 Californians.
Contact Richard Halstead via e-mail at RHalstead@MarinIJ .com
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Herbert E. Colla (* 18. Januar 1941 in Koblenz; † 24. August 2017) war ein seit 2009 emeritierter Professor für Sozialpädagogik der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

Leben und Wirken
Colla studierte Pädagogik, Psychologie und Psychiatrie in Göttingen. Während seiner Studienzeit, in die auch die von Heinrich Roth ausgerufene "realistische Wendung" der Erziehungswissenschaften fällt, arbeitete Colla unter anderen mit Martin Bonhoeffer als Betreuer der Jugendschutzstätte "Haus auf der Hufe", einer Einrichtung die sich seit 1961 als Alternative zur herkömmlichen Heimerziehung etablierte. Nach Abschluss des Studiums wechselte Colla als Assistent von Andreas Flitner nach Tübingen. 1973 promovierte er mit einer theoretischen Abhandlung über sozialpädagogische Beziehungsarbeit bei Flitner und Hans Thiersch. Aus der Promotion ging auch die Veröffentlichung "Der Fall Frank" hervor, in der Colla eine intensive pädagogische Beziehung zu einem Besucher der Jugendschutzstätte in Göttingen analysiert. Im Anschluss wechselte Colla 1974 nach Lüneburg, wo er den universitären Studiengang Sozialpädagogik etablierte und zeitweise als Dekan leitete.

Forschungsinhalte
Collas Forschungsinteressen umfassten die stationäre Unterbringung Jugendlicher, aber auch die Alternativen zu dieser, das Pflegekinderwesen in Deutschland und international, jugendliches Risikoverhalten, insbesondere Suizidalität. In jüngerer Zeit, insbesondere in Folge seiner Mitarbeit als Sachverständiger in der Enquete-Kommission des Bundestages zum Demografischen Wandel 2002, auch die Auseinandersetzung der Sozialpädagogik mit Sterben und Tod im Kontext der Hospizbewegung. Seine Lehrschwerpunkte sind die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte der Sozialpädagogik, ihre Kasuistik, sowie die Praxisfelder Heimerziehung und (Kinder- und Jugend-)Psychiatrie.

Seine theoretischen Überlegungen verarbeiten einen breiten theoretischen Einflussbereich umgrenzt von klassischen Pädagogen wie Johann-Heinrich Pestalozzi oder Herman Nohl, der u. a. mit Collas Überlegungen eine kritische Wiederentdeckung in der Sozialpädagogik erfährt. Er verarbeitet allerdings auch, im Sinne der Interdisziplinarität der Sozialpädagogik, Überlegungen aus angrenzenden Disziplinen wie die Überlegungen Erving Goffmans zu "totalen Institutionen", Siegfried Bernfelds und Bruno Bettelheims zum "therapeutischen Milieu", aber auch lerntheoretische Überlegungen wie sie in den Glen Mills Schools umgesetzt werden. Grundsätzlich sind Collas Arbeiten innerhalb einer subjektorientierten Sozialpädagogik einzuordnen.

Aktuelles Schaffen
Seit seiner Emeritierung im März 2009 nahm Colla Lehraufträge der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, der BA Breitenbrunn und der HAW Hamburg wahr.

Er war Mitglied zahlreicher Gremien und Kommissionen, so zum Beispiel der Enquete-Kommission zum Demografischen Wandel der Bundesregierung.

Schriften (Auswahl)

 Der Fall Frank, München, 1973
 Heimerziehung. Stationäre Modelle und Alternativen, München, 1981
 (mit Wolfgang Ramb): Menschliche Würde in der Lebensphase natürlicher Abhängigkeit - jugendpsychiatrische und sozialpädagogische Aspekte. In: Borsi, H.G. (Hrsg.): Die Würde des Menschen im psychiatrischen Alltag, 1989
 Personale Dimension des (sozial-)pädagogischen Könnens - Der Pädagogische Bezug. In: Colla, H.E. et al. Handbuch Heimerziehung und Pflegekinderwesen in Europa, 1999
 Glen Mills Schools - A private out-of-state residential facility. In: Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V.: Die Glen Mills Schools, Pennsylvania, USA. Ein Modell zwischen Schule, Kinder- und Jugendhilfe und Justiz? Eine Expertise, 2002
 Suizid. In: Thiersch, H./Otto, H.U. Handbuch Soziale Arbeit, 3. Auflage, 2005
 Tod und Hospizarbeit. In: Thiersch, H./Otto, H.U. Handbuch Soziale Arbeit, 4. Auflage, 2011

als Herausgeber
 (mit Thomas Gabriel, Spencer Milham, Stefan Müller-Teusler und Michael Winkler): Handbuch Heimerziehung und Pflegekinderwesen in Europa/Handbook Residential and Foster Care in Europe, 1999
 (mit Gerald Knapp und Josef Scheipl): Jugendwohlfahrt in Bewegung. Reformansätze in Österreich, 2001
 (mit Christian Scholz und Jens Weidner): Konfrontative Pädagogik. Das Glen-Mills Experiment, 2001
 (mit Werner Faulstich): Panta Rhei. Beiträge zum Begriff und zur Theorie der Geschichte, 2008
 (mit Kathrin Blaha, Christine Meyer, Stefan Müller-Teusler): Die Person als Organon in der Sozialen Arbeit, 2013

Einzelnachweise

Sozialpädagoge
Sozialarbeitswissenschaftler
Sachbuchautor (Pädagogik und Psychologie)
Deutscher
Geboren 1941
Gestorben 2017
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It seems to be a matter of common sense to say that good people will go to heaven and evil people will go to hell. Something would be terribly wrong if God could send an innocent, sincere, charitable, helpful person to hell. Yet sometimes people suggest that a person's salvation depends upon his faith alone, and not upon the good things he does, or how he lives, or whether he obeys the Ten Commandments. The Bible never mentions "faith alone" (except in one passage which says faith alone is dead--James 2:24) The concept first came into existence during the Reformation, when Luther and other Protestants split away from the Roman Catholic Church. Luther's concept of how a person gets to heaven was different from what had been taught by the Catholic Church. Luther's phrase "faith alone" emphasized this difference.
In the early Christian Church there was no controversy about whether a person could be saved by faith alone without obeying the Lord and living well. Early Christians knew that loving the Lord meant obeying His commandments, (Matthew 19:17; John 14:21; 15:10) and that salvation depended on bearing fruit (that is, doing good works). (Matthew 7:19; 16:27; 21:43; Luke 3:9; John 5:29; 15:1-16; Revelation 20:13; 22:12) In fact there are so many passages which say that a good life is necessary, that it would be quite a contradiction if the Bible did say that faith alone is enough.
Probably the closest the Bible comes to mentioning "faith alone" is Paul's phrase, "man is justified by faith without the works of the law." (Romans 3:28) Sometimes this phrase has been used to defend or promote the idea that man is saved by faith alone. But if we look at Paul's statement in context we can see that Paul was simply saying that you can be saved without being a Jew. (Read Romans 3:28-31) Some early Christians felt that to be a good Christian, one should obey all the ritual laws of the Jewish Church. "Certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, `Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.'" (Acts 15:1) Now Paul knew that it made no difference to the Lord whether a person was circumcised or not, so he made it clear that it is not necessary to keep the laws about washing, sacrifices, offerings, holy days, diet, and circumcision. (Colossians 2:16; Galatians 2; Romans 3; 2:25-28; Hebrews 8-10) "Does this blessedness then come only on the circumcised, and not on the uncircumcised also?" (Romans 4:9) "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what counts." (1 Corinthians 7:19) "In Jesus Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working by love." (Galatians 5:6) Paul says here not "faith alone," but "faith which works by love". Faith, works and love are all necessary.


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Jazz N Palms talks us through the tracks on his latest Milano EP.
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Jazz N Palms is getting ready to release a new project, "Milano," following the success of his recent album, "Ses Rodes." The new album will be available as a 7″ vinyl and digital package, and will include a disco version. We asked the elusive Jazz N Palms to share more about this fascinating rework and obscure gem which will be released on Hell Yeah Records.
Tell us everything you know about the original track Exotica? Where did you find it? Why did you latch on to it?
The track is Exotica by Piera Martell, written by Salvo Ingrassia.
Phil Mison in person revealed to me the name of the track included in a Know-Wave mix he did and that I was in love with during my first years living in Ibiza. It corresponded exactly to what I wanted to listen to in that period. And it inspired a story.
Please can you break down the changes that you have made on the rework.
The original version (that is going to be released on 7 inch on November 25th) is 78 bpm. I stretched down the voice then I doubled the bpm to have a Disco version. I did a draft with bass, beat and a few more samples out of tune and 291outer space helped me with instruments and musical arrangements adapting them to my rough version. Later I cooked everything in different ways, with many missteps! It's going to come out also a Disco Dj Mix version I finished few weeks ago.
Tell us about the musicians on your new version?
'Milano' has been recorded at Massive Art Studio in Milan with 291out, and what came out from that studio session is now on 7 inch. For the remix I was helped by 291outer space, the electronic side of 291out. It had a long post-production and I worked on different versions
Please tell us what you know about the vocalist on your version?
She is Giovanna Lubjan. I heard her voice in the beautiful song 'Che Male C'é' by 291out. And since I produced a couple of records for them, I asked if she could be involved in this project, which finally saw the light.
Tell us about the lyrics and the story?
It's the story of a teenager from the suburbs that goes to school in the city center. She receives an invitation from a classmate for Saturday night and doesn't know whether or not to go to the big city, Milan.
She is in doubt. The ending is unclear, but there is hope.
There is an animated video (coming out with the single on 7inch) made by the talented Parisian Studio Nokko that helps to get into the mood of the song for people that don't understand Italian lyrics.
Walk us briefly through the different versions.
There is a 7 inch with the original version and instrumental version, vocal and instrumental.
The remixes are Disco version + upcoming Disco version Dj Mix, both vocal and instrumental. This is only on digital at the moment.
Tell us why we should invest in this record?
There are no marketing studies in my CV! Follow your heart. 😊
Some final words.
Jazz N Palms has created a disco version of the original track, Exotica. He found the song while he was living in Ibiza and fell in love with it. The new album will be available as a 7″ vinyl and digital package, and will include a disco version. Thanks to Jazz N Palms for guiding us through his new project, we are looking forward to hearing more great music like this in the near future.
Tagged as: Q&A, new music, Jazz N Palms, Milano.
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A Christian fellowship for Mandarin and Cantonese speaking students at Western. We work closely with the Outreach Department of the Youth Fellowship at the London Chinese Alliance Church. Our mission is to encourage witness to our Lord Jesus Christ.


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RATT's new album Infestation has landed at #5 in the Japanese album charts.
This comes on the heels of their North American chart entries: #55 in Canada and #30 in The United States.
Infestation is Ratt's first studio album in 11 years. The current lineup of Ratt features singer Stephen Pearcy, guitarist Warren DeMartini, drummer Bobby Blotzer, bassist Robbie Crane and new guitarist Carlos Cavazo (ex-QUIET RIOT).
To view Ratt's tour schedule, visit the band's official MySpace page.


Students of different schools staged demonstrations blocking various roads in Panchhari upazila on Sunday protesting the violation of a schoolgirl.
Witnesses said nearly 800 students of Panchhari Bazar High School formed a human chain in the morning demanding exemplary punishment of the culprit who violated the Class-VI girl of the school.
Besides, students of different schools formed human chains and blocked several roads in the upazila by placing logs.
The road communications of Panchhari with other parts of the district were disrupted due to the blockade.
Later, the traffic retuned to normalcy in the afternoon after the demonstrationists withdrew the blockade.
An unknown youth violated the Marma girl at Jouthokhamar village in Panchhari upazila on Friday morning when the girl along with her younger sister went to a bamboo cluster in the village to collect bamboo saplings.
Later, the victim's father filed a case against an unknown man with Panchhari Police Station.
Meanwhile, a team of Matiranga Police Station arrested a youth, Ibrahim Khalil alias Iqbal, son of Abdul Khaleque of Domdom area of Panchhari upazila, from Battali area of Matiranga upazila around 1:15pm on Sunday in connection with the incident.


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Home News Politics Anambra Central: PDP, APGA differ on Senator Obiora Okonkwo's court victory
Anambra Central: PDP, APGA differ on Senator Obiora Okonkwo's court victory
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra has welcomed the Federal High Court judgment which declared Dr Obiora Okonkwo winner of the Anambra Central Senatorial District seat.
A Federal High Court in Abuja had on Dec. 13 ordered that Okonkwo be sworn in as senator to replace for Mrs Uche Ekwunife, formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was sacked in 2016.
Ekwunife was said not to have been validly nominated for the March 2015 election.
But Justice John Tsoho ruled on Wednesday that Okonkwo was validly nominated having scored the highest votes in the Dec. 14, 2014 primary of the PDP.
The court ordered that Okonkwo should be sworn into the senate immediately.
Reacting to the judgment, Chief Ndubisi Nwobu, Chairman of PDP in Anambra on Friday in Awka congratulated Okonkwo for the victory, saying it was a collective victory for the PDP and Anambra Central District which had been without a representative in the senate for over a year.
The PDP chairman said it was a sign of good things that would come to party in Anambra after the failure in the last governorship election.
He urged him to be magnanimous in victory and expressed confidence that he would be able to give quality representation after his swearing in.
"The State Working Committee of the PDP and the entire members of the party in Anambra rejoice with our great son, Sen Obiora Okonkwo on the court's verdict proclaiming him the rightful winner of the Senate for Anambra Central Senatorial Zone,'' he said in a statement.
In a swift reaction, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) dismissed the court's judgment as `inconsequential''.
Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, National Publicity Secretary of APGA, said in Awka on that the party was unfazed with the development, noting that the judgment of a High Court could not upturn that of Court of Appeal.
He said APGA was continuing its preparation for the Jan. 13, 2018 re-run as directed by the Court of Appeal, adding that the judgment of a High Court declaring PDP winner was null and void.
"You recall that prior to now, the court of Appeal had ordered INEC to conduct a repeat election within 90 days, whereupon INEC fixed for Jan. 13, 2018.
"In that judgment, the Court of Appeal disqualified PDP from participating in the re-run election, the reason being that as at the time of the initial election, the PDP did not nominate a valid candidate.
"It is surprising that the High Court gave a judgment in favour of Mr Obiora Okonkwo of the PDP.
"The questions are: can the High Court substitute Obiora Okonkwo for Uche Ekwunife in the face of the decision of the Court of Appeal and can the decision of the High Court upturn and overrule the subsisting judgment of Court of Appeal.
"The only decision that can upturn that decision of the Court of Appeal is the decision of the Supreme Court.
"To that extent, the judgment is non sequitor, Obiora Okonkwo cannot be sworn in as a Senator of Anambra Central in the face of the judgment of the Court of Appeal which is still subsisting,'' he said.
The APGA spokesman said that the same High Court had last week confirmed that the PDP had no valid candidate in that election.
"The case of Mr Chike Madueke against PDP is still fresh, just last week, the High Court asked the PDP to return N4.5 million he paid for nomination form on the ground that there was no primary,'' he said.
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Christophe Pinna (Niza, Francia; 18 de marzo de 1968) es un karateca francés, considerado uno de los mejores de Europa.

A los 5 años de edad comenzó la práctica de las artes marciales con el taekwondo. Sin embargo migró al karate, desde muy joven y en 1986 se destacó como campeón de la France Junior, en la modalidad de combate (kumite).

En 1993 obtuvo el gran premio a nivel mundial y, en una gira internacional en Malasia en 1994, obtuvo el de título de campiones de mode par équipe.

El 4 de mayo de 1997, en Tenerife (España), se destacó como el mejor campeón europeo de Toutes Categories.

Enlaces externos

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MARTIAL ARTS SUPPLIES

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Nacidos en Niza


I'm not sure about the costs involved, who can I talk to?
You can read costs and fee information on this site. You'll need to talk to your Registered Training Organisation (RTO) to find out the specific costs for a course and if your child is eligible for a government-subsidised place.
Are there different ways young people can get into training courses? What are they?
There are lots of ways young people can get into training courses. Some start directly from school, after Year 10, 11 or 12. Others might take a year or two off, working or travelling or doing other study, and then decide to pursue training.
Still others might do a training course so that they can get into a university program they weren't eligible for straight from school. There are no hard and fast rules and lots of different pathways young people can pursue. You'll find more information about pathways in the Students section of this site.
Can my child visit the RTO to help them make up their mind?
Of course. Most RTOs have open days which are a great time to visit and talk to teachers and other students. Your child's careers adviser will have information about RTO open days or you can contact the RTO to find out what date their open day is.


Editor's note: These brief extracts are paraphrased from the live webcast and may not be fully correct.
Nestlé, known for coffee and chocolate bars is using ISS research to… improve their products. Foams can be found on coffee, in chocolate mousse and in pet foods for example. Gravity on Earth causes foams to degrade. Understanding foam stability through research on ISS will improve the shelf life of your chocolate mousse.
NASA's Mark Uhran shows how material research is evolving. The past 25 years was spent surveying new materials. 15 years ago research was done on the Space Station on how metal alloys are formed. Two years ago this research resulted in a new alloy that is twice as strong. By the end of this year a new iPhone will use this technology on the mass market.
Metal foams, though not as tasty as chocolate foams, offer many benefits. Metal foams are much harder and lighter. Typical uses are in lightweight cranes or absorbing energy in car crashes. All foams are unstable so making metal foams is not an easy process. Gravity and temperature differences cause foam bubbles to burst. Research on the ISS has already allowed foams to be created on Earth using pressure instead of chemical agents leading to more pure final materials.
The 'Satnav problem' is presented: as soon as space-based technologies become available to users, we forget that they came from space, how do we overcome this?
Mark Uhran: We can work far more quickly to test new technologies on the ISS. We should use these opportunities to develop new products.
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While government crop insurance programs are a valuable resource for every farm, depending on crop insurance programs alone don't provide enough risk protection for your farm.
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I want to augment my home with technology.
I can go out and buy commodity kit, except that mostly seems to consist of WiFi-connected lightbulbs that will DDoS the neighbours, and other tech that displays a woeful lack of security and/or interoperability.
I can plug in timer sockets before going on holiday then remove them on return, but that's not especially convenient. I can buy plenty of "remote control power sockets" but they're often controlled by unsecured broadcast radio that anyone could emit.
Fortunately in 2017 there's plenty of available kit for me to DIY something better.
On that basis, here are some of my user stories for augmenting my home. They're not necessarily novel or hard, but represent achievable things that will provide concrete improvements.
Suggestions of your own? Let me know!
…a centralised abstracted event hub for connecting sensor/actor devices together, so I can separate "automation logic" from "interfacing code" - even better if the interfacing code is done for me!


Whether it's plaid, floral, toile or paisley, you can't go wrong with big splashes of pattern in a cottage styled home. Use large wool rugs and patterned upholstered furniture to create texture and depth that will make you want to sink into a comfy chair and visit with your friends and family. You can even incorporate colorful textiles with fabric lamp shades and curtains. It's completely up to you to decide how much pattern to use because as long as you stay in the same color family everything should coordinate perfectly.
Speaking of colors, it is tradition for a rustic style to incorporate softer, darker colors and avoid bright and overwhelming hues. Moss greens, deep blues, warm grays, rich browns and brick reds are all great candidates that will work well together or independently. These colors will help your home feel at one with nature whether you have a log cabin or apartment in the city.
A true cottage home would be incomplete without a few essential staples: a guest bedroom, fresh flowers, and lots of books! Imagine that you are visiting a home straight out of a Jane Austen or Louisa May Alcott novel; you would find many small but thoughtful touches, plenty of good books to read, and a guest room (or sleeper sofa) that is always available to friends and family. It's cozy details like these that has made cottage an enduring style after so many years!
Do you think cottage style might be right for you? Or do you have other ideas for giving your home a design update? The talented staff at George's Furniture & Mattress is always available to help you find the perfect furniture and accessories to create the home of your dreams. Call or stop by the store today to get started or find the perfect finishing touches!


They fit under the grips.
You can buy on the net from a Co called.
As Gray said. Symtec are top kit.
Don't be tempted to the cheapo stuff on ebay.
I have come up with a cheaper and way more comfortable solution.
As a sad old git, I decided that, from this winter, I'm not going to ride when it's under +3c and getting warmer or if it's absolutely chucking it down.
Been there and done that for the last 45 of my 62 years so it's time to stay comfortable and actually enjoy rather than endure.
Joel is right though, heated grips don't keep the back of your hands warm and brush guards are no real help.
Cutting out the wind chill is ideal but you might get ridiculed......until they realise you are probably right.
Still not keen myself though even though I gave up on credibility years ago.
I collected my new FJR1300 yesterday. It has heated grips. I did 150 miles. Weather peaked at 5degC. Heated grips amazing.
I've always used cheap ski gloves. Less than a fiver on eBay.


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Boris Bozic, Merix Financial (Canada)
Market: CA
Company: Merix Financial
Job title: President; CEO
Boris Bozic, recipient of the CMA 2019 The TransUnion Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Mortgage Industry and Mortgage Hall of Fame inductee, 2015, began his career more than 25 years ago. He started as a mortgage broker, but soon craved a different sort of challenge. So he moved to Vancouver where he joined Mortgage Centre Canada to become its area franchise manager, Western Canada. Bozic went on to lead the largest independent brokerage firm in B.C. for eight years before returning to Toronto where he was recruited by TD Bank to lead their broker channel. In just 36 months, Bozic grew TD's market share from seventh place to second overall. His next challenge came in 2005 when he launched Merix Financial. Merix funded $1.4 billion in its very first year in operation — something that had never been done before by a new entrant in the broker channel. His contributions to the industry continued through his work with industry associations. While based in Vancouver, he was elected VP of the MBABC, and for six years he was a member of CAAMP's leadership, serving as a board member, secretary, vice-chair and ultimately chair. He continues to share his point of view on industry matters through the always entertaining and straight-shooting blog, To the Point with Bozic.


Last week the Senate confirmed Marvin Quattlebaum and Jay Richardson to the Fourth Circuit, marking the 25th and 26th judges, respectively, confirmed to the federal courts of appeal to date during the Trump presidency. And with more than four months still to go before the end of the 115th Congress, it is likely that President Trump will best the previous record set by President George H.W. Bush (22 circuit court judges in the first two years of a presidency) by a healthy margin.
These 26 (and counting) circuit court judges have been some of the best we have ever seen ascend to the federal bench. They include in their ranks Supreme Court clerks, influential law professors, private practitioners, top federal prosecutors, lawyers from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (considered the "brain trust" of any administration), state attorneys and solicitors general, and numerous accomplished state court judges. Republicans of all stripes (and even Democrats) agree that the President has nominated and confirmed the very best of the best. Oh yeah, he's also nominated Neil Gorsuch and now Brett Kavanaugh the Supreme Court in those same two years. Together with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, the president is reshaping the federal judiciary, and given that these are life-tenured positions, the impact will endure for decades.
Yet, conservatives are growing concerned over the possibility of the remaining vacancy on the Firth Circuit being filled by Halil Suleyman ("Sul") Ozerden, a current federal district judge in the Southern District of Mississippi. President George W. Bush nominated Ozerden to the seat in 2007.
Ozerden has written 1,100 orders and opinions over the past decade, but they do not demonstrate any focus on advancing the original meaning of the Constitution, stringently adhering to the text of federal law, or taking the time to develop the law with full-length, persuasive opinions that advance the rule of law.
Some of the misgivings about Ozerden are not grounded in ideology or judicial philosophy, but mere judicial competence. Ozerden has an unusually high reversal rate: of his 59 decisions that have been reviewed by the Fifth Circuit, 25% have been overturned. While a reversal rate on its own isn't necessarily conclusive evidence of poor judicial decision-making or a lack of competence, remember that we are talking about the Fifth Circuit here, not the Ninth Circuit. Ozerden has been reversed by some of the most conservative judges in the country, including Edith Jones and Jerry Smith. And a number of those reversals from three-judge panels have been unanimous.
[Ozerden's] critics note that his legal analysis is typically very short, and fails to cite key Fifth Circuit precedents which he is required to follow as a trial judge.
For example, in A.K.W. ex rel. Stewart v. Easton Bell Sports, Inc., the Fifth Circuit reversed Ozerden's grant of summary judgment, finding that he gave short shrift to expert testimony in his opinion, and did not examine all of the legal elements for a design-defect claim required under Mississippi law.
In Saucier v. Aviva Life & Annuity Co, a three-judge panel for the Fifth Circuit reversed Ozerden in his finding that federal abstention was appropriate. Abstention analyses call for consideration of the facts in light of a multi-factored test. Yet the analysis in Ozerden's opinion was unduly curt and lacked consideration of governing Fifth Circuit precedents.
Klukowski details a further example of a premature disposition in a case, Time Insurance Company v. White, where Ozerden dismissed the case in the preliminary stages of litigation. Writing for a unanimous panel vacating Ozerden's ruling, Judge Edith Jones wrote,"With all due respect to the district court, its efforts to streamline this case resulted in a premature disposition." The three-judge panel determined that Fifth Circuit precedent allowed the plaintiff claimant to amend his original answer at that beginning stage of litigation, contrary to Ozerden's ruling.
Also concerning is the fact that in the decade that Ozerden has been on the federal bench, he has not demonstrated a commitment to textualist methods of statutory interpretation. In a 2016 case, Glaskox v. George County Hospital, Ozerden invoked analogical reasoning from persuasive authority to resolve a statutory question rather than looking first to the text itself. Likewise Ozerden's 2012 opinion In re S. White Transportation Inc. analyzed a question of statutory interpretation primarily by looking to relevant precedents with little regard for dictionary-based textualist reasoning. Relatedly, Ozerden has not shied away from relying on precedents grounded in legislative history, as he did in both In re S. White Transportation Inc. and Glaskox.
I believe that the judges that President Trump has nominated to the Supreme Court and the federal circuit courts of appeal will be the crown jewel of the President's legacy. The Fifth Circuit is no exception. The appellate judges that President Trump has nominated to the court thus far, such as Jim Ho, Kyle Duncan, Don Willett, and Andy Oldham, are committed to following the Constitution and upholding the rule of law. Furthermore, this is an issue that unites and bolsters Republicans heading into the midterm elections.
Mississippi is as red a state as they come. It sure seems like we could do better than Judge Ozerden there.


The whole world is disgusted from Israel.
In this regard, social media, especially Twitter, has witnessed a tremendous storm by Quds defenders around the world. They are trending hashtags in support of Palestine and anti-Israel.
Worldwide social media users made trending hashtags out of #DeleteIsrael which became top trends in different countries.
Under these hashtags, thousands of messages, photos and posters containing Israeli crimes against Muslims and Palestinians and the wars and humanitarian catastrophes that they committed are listed.
The sorrow and anger of Muslims and freedom fighters of the world was evident. They are active on Twitter to support Palestine. They called for the end to the crimes of the Zionist regime by removing Israel from the map of the world.
Since last night, most thread on Twitter has been discussed under these hashtags. Since last night, the awakened nations shouted the destruction of Israel all at once and the campaign still continues.
#DeleteIsrael became top trends in different countries.
The campaign was launched spontaneously on Twitter. Its wave has spread in Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt, India, Afghanistan, the US and some European countries, since last night.
Over the past decades, Muslim people of Palestine have been the victims of violence by usurper Zionist regime.
In the past seven decades, Israeli crimes have killed and injured millions of Palestinians.
A large number of Palestinians have been forced to migrate to other countries. Muslims and freedom fighters in the world concur and launched spontaneous and massive campaigns on social networks. Now is the time that the awakened nations' uprising become a nightmare for dormant rulers.


Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief of Knopf and chairman of Knopf Doubleday, has steered the vaunted literary publisher through myriad changes since taking over nearly three decades ago. Mehta has seen to it that Knopf hasn't simply rested on its reputation—he's cemented its place as one of the most successful literary imprints in the business.
Sonny Mehta is not a fan of talking about himself. This may be why he dismisses this honor as being a result, primarily, of surviving. While Mehta could indeed be called a survivor—he's been at Random House, as editor-in-chief of Knopf, for almost 30 years—you won't hear many people in the business referring to him as someone who's merely stuck around. The editorial face of one of the most respected imprints in the business, he has been instrumental in turning Knopf, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, into something of an anomaly: a place that is known as much for publishing works of high literary merit as for bestsellers.
Talking to colleagues and industry members about Mehta, who joined Knopf in 1987, recurring themes appear. He has impeccable taste and instincts, for good material as well as salable material. He cares deeply about producing beautiful books. He has an unending sense of curiosity that manifests itself in his voracious—and wide—approach to reading. He's deeply committed to finding the largest possible audience for his authors.
Although Mehta has cemented his stature in the business, he was not the obvious choice to run Knopf back in the 1980s. Born in India and partly educated in England—he attended college at Cambridge—Mehta earned his early reputation as a paperback publisher in the U.K. After starting his career at the small publisher Rupert Hart-Davis and working his way up the ladder through a series of acquisitions, he was given the opportunity to oversee a new paperback imprint, called Paladin. It was there, during the early 1970s, that Mehta published a string of authors—many of them Americans associated with the burgeoning counterculture—who weren't reaching a wide readership in England, such as Tim Leary and Hunter S. Thompson. In the process, he turned Paladin into something of a rarity at the time: a paperback house that didn't focus on reprints. By the time Mehta was offered the job at Knopf, he had moved to the U.K. publisher Pan and had burnished his reputation by launching the paperback imprint Picador, known for releasing high-quality books—both in content and design.
The job at Knopf, as Mehta recounts, basically fell in his lap. A call from Si Newhouse—the billionaire at the helm of the company that owned Random House at the time—led to an impromptu dinner. Weeks later a job offer came, from then-CEO Robert Bernstein. The transition, though, was not a seamless one.
Despite the fact that Mehta has maintained a practice of avoiding the press throughout his career—refer back to his disdain for talking about himself—there were hints that his early days at Knopf were not so easy. In a 1990 New York Times article, "New Publishing Star, Sonny Mehta, Talks Profits as Well as Art," reporter Roger Cohen referred to early rumors that Mehta's days were "numbered." Although Mehta denies he was ever concerned about losing his job, he admits it was a difficult situation. For starters, Mehta was inheriting a staff that idolized its departing leader, Robert Gottlieb, who had decamped to become editor of the New Yorker. Then there was the simple matter of Mehta's background: some questioned putting a London paperback publisher in charge of one of New York's most prized hardcover imprints.
Looking at Mehta's own list of authors, which runs the gamut from Florida satirist Carl Hiaasen to Pulitzer-winning novelist Toni Morrison, offers a revealing glimpse into the commercial and critical success of Knopf.
Although Mehta says he tries to run Knopf like it's a small press, it's undeniably part of a much bigger business; revenue at PRH in 2014 was roughly $3.5 billion, and the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group now publishes about 550 titles per year. And as the industry at large has become more corporate, Mehta's perch in the business, remains unique. That he's a high-ranking publishing executive who cares about things other than product and P&L's really hits home when you talk to his authors.


She sighs at that, wondering if he's trying to make her feel guilty for being here - if he is, it's working. I'm sure you do fine.
He wasn't trying to make her feel guilty at all and doesn't know what to make of her sigh. Sure. She's clean and her hair's not a tangled mess...but I'm not you.
I know you're not. She sounds frustrated now, though she keeps her voice down. I wish I was there, too, you know.


Hans Heinrich Müller in Charlottenburg. The Umspannwerk Leibniz.
In this mini-series, I gather photos of the architecture made by Hans Heinrich Müller (1879-1951). The work of this man is too forgotten, although he was the mastermind behind dozens of Electricity Stations which were constructed in the 1920s and early 1930s. Today: the famous Ummspannwerk Leibniz!
Hans Heinrich Müller's buildings in Prenzlauer Berg.
In this mini-series, I gather photos of the architecture made by Hans Heinrich Müller (1879-1951). The work of this man is too forgotten, although he was the mastermind behind dozens of electricity stations which were constructed in the 1920s and early 1930s. Müller's usage of red bricks in odd shapes and eccentric ornaments are somewhat mesmerising and have something magic. To remember his work, I wandered around the dynamic district of Prenzlauer Berg with a camera. The result is exhibited here!


Tide of Stone, Kaaron Warren (Omnium Gatherum 9780615827995 $14.99, 374pp, tp) May 2018.
glass slipper dreams, shattered, Doungjai Gam (Apokrupha 9781721770724 $7.99 74pp, tp) September 2018.
All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma (Undertow 9781988964027, $17.99, 288pp, tp) May 2018.
The Immaculate Void, Brian Hodge (ChiZine 9781771484374 $17.99, 232pp, tp) May 2018.
Apart in the Dark: Novellas, Ania Ahlborn (Gallery 9781501187537 $16.00, 384pp, tp) January 2018.
The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay (Morrow 978-0062679109, $26.99, 288pp, hc) June 2018.
Strange Weather, Joe Hill (William Morrow 978-0-06-266311-5, $27.99, 448pp, hc) October 2017.
The Murders of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson (Tor.com 9780765397133 $11.99, 128pp, tp) October 2017.
Naming the Bones, Laura Mauro (Self-published 9781544177748, $9.00, 224pp, tp) June 2017.
The Changeling, Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau 9780812995947, $28.00, 448pp, hc) June 2017.
Mapping the Interior, Stephen Graham Jones (Tor.com Publishing 9780765395108, $10.99, 112pp, tp) June 2017.
Pretty Marys All in a Row, Gwendolyn Kiste (Broken Eye Books 9781940372310, $9.99, 90pp, tp) November 2017.
Hieroglyphs of Blood & Bone, Michael Griffin (JournalStone 9781945373527, $13.95, 176pp, tp) February 2017.
Ill Will, Dan Chaon (Ballantine 9780345476043 $28.00, 480pp, hc) March 2017.
They Say a Girl Died Here Once, Sarah Pinborough (Earthling Publications 9780996211833, $35.00, 207pp, hc) October 2016.
Within the Wind, Beneath the Snow, Ray Cluley (Spectral 978-0957392793, $20.00, 82pp) May 2015. (Snowbooks 9781911390879, £4.99, 84pp, pb) September 2016.
Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul Tremblay (William Morrow 978-0-0623-6326-8, $25.99, 336pp, hc) June 2016.
The first anniversary of the Galactic Philadelphia reading series was held October 9, 2018 at the Irish Pub in Philadelphia PA, with readers Laura Anne Gilman and Lawrence M. Schoen. Sally Wiener Grotta curated the evening, and SFWA sponsors the series.


Folding chair with padded backpack straps. Features extra-comfort ribbed padding in 19.5" wide seat and backrest, fabric loops to secure an umbrella or sports banner, fold-out table with cup holder and expandable shelves, cell phone pocket, and detachable 24-can capacity cooler bag with water-resistant liner and multiple utility pockets. Weight capacity, 350 lbs. Made of aluminum with polyester canvas. Chair: 24" x 15" x 33" Cooler: 15" x 4" x 16.5" Table: 11" x 14.5".
The Fusion Chair is a Picnic Time original, one-of-a-kind design. Like no other portable outdoor chair, the Fusion chair has so many added features and creature comforts, you'll never want to use a regular chair. It features padded backpack straps (for easy, balanced carrying), extra-comfort ribbed padding in (19.5" wide) seat and backrest, a fold-out table with expandable shelves, two sturdy fabric loops on back of chair to secure an umbrella or sports banner, and a detachable cooler bag with multiple utility pockets. Made of aluminum with polyester canvas, this chair is made to last and has a 350 lb. maximum weight capacity. Go ahead...try it out. You'll be blown away by this chair!.
Includes: 1 Portable folding chair1 Detachable insulated cooler and detachable armrest with folding backpack strap system and electronics pocket1 Use instructions sheet.
Features: 350 lb. Maximum weight capacityDurably constructed aluminum frame with a powder coated finish and low side bars to prevent chair sinking in the sand Ribbed padding in seat and back rest for extra comfort 19.5" wide seat that sits 16.5" above ground Molded cup holder in table tray with stability groove for cups with handles Padded backpack strap system for secure and easy hands-free carrying Pocket specially designed and located to hold a cell phone or portable music device Folding tray table on side with two-tiered accordion-style, expandable fabric shelves that fold into underside of table when not in use Molded cup holder in tray table Fully-detachable, side-mounted 24-can insulated cooler with a multitude of storage pockets and adjustable shoulder strap so cooler can be used independent of the chair Folds flat for easy transportation and storage.
Material: Polyester; PU; neoprene; aluminum frame.
Colors/Design: Dark Grey with Red.


Following the release of last year's I Am Satan, Posture & The Grizzly's Jordan Chmielowski delivers a set of demos which hearken back to this Connecticut outfit's basement beginnings – the upbeat "Jail" trades in blink-182 brashness and muted pop-punk swings – and the project's more adventurous side, as on "One Idiot Box," thrumming with static and somber tones. As a prelude to a third LP, There's Something About Kairi nudges songs out of their sketches just long enough for listeners to hear the skeletons rattle around and come alive. It's in that moment where Posture stands most upright, with a smirk instead of smugness.


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'Miss Sloane' Starring Jessica Chastain Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Release Date and Details
By Dan Bradley on January 29, 2017, 1:19 pm
Fox Home Entertainment has announced a March 14th Digital HD release date for the political drama Miss Sloane starring Jessica Chastain, marking the film's home video debut.
Miss Sloane will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD a week later on March 21st.
Chastain earned a 2017 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her work in Miss Sloane. She didn't win but her performance has been praised by critics and moviegoers alike.
For home video Miss Sloane will have a lone bonus features, Lobbying: Winning By Any Means. It's a suitable extra considering Chastain's character is the most sought after lobbyist in Washington D.C.
Pre-order Miss Sloane on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital combo for a discounted price at Amazon.
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The infamous coup speeches of Rawlings that can never be forgotten
Late former President Jerry John Rawlings
One year on: How Ghana bid JJ Rawlings farewell
Why GBC was a barrack in heady days of Rawlings' 1981 coup – Prof Karikari
How the long-standing Rawlings-Kufour feud started
Though he has been widely praised for his undying exuberance and charisma during his lifetime, his history of coups have always somehow defined his persona on some other fronts.
He served as first President under the Fourth Republic, but before that, he had overseen two coup d'etats under his military regime; one on June 4, 1979, and another on December 31, 1981, which he called the revolution.
What were the two things he said on those occasions? Here's a flashback:
This is Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. The ranks have just taken over the destiny of this country.
"I'm here to tell you just one of two things. If any further bloodshed had to be avoided in this country, everybody might have as well realize that the ranks have bored the blot of the sufferings of this country for too long. They want bloodshed, they want bloodshed, so for heaven's sake, do not stand in their way.
"They are not fools. If you have any reason to fear them, you may run. If you have no reason to feel guilty, do not move. As I said, they are not fools. The judgment will come. This is what will take place in every unit outside Accra. All units are to elect their own representative to the new Revolutionary Council that has come to replace the Supreme Military Council which is no more.
The Ghana Armed Forces will be handing over to the civilians in due time. Elections will take place. But before the elections go on, justice which has been denied to the Ghanaian worker will have to take place. You are either a part of the problem or a part of the solution. There is no middle way."
"Fellow Ghanaians, as you will notice, we are not playing the national anthem. In other words, this is not a coup. I ask for nothing less than a REVOLUTION – something that will transform the social and economic order of this country.
"The military is not to take over. We simply want to be part of the decision-making process in the country.
"Fellow citizens, it is now left to you to decide how this country is going to go from today. I am not here to impose myself on this country, far from it. We are asking for nothing more than the power to organize this country in such a way that nothing will be done from the Castle without the consent and authority of the people.
"In other words, the people, the farmers, the police, the soldiers, the workers you – the guardians- rich or poor, should be part of the decision-making process of this country. I'm prepared to, at this moment, face a firing squad, if what I've tried to do for the second time in my life does not meet the approval of Ghanaians.
"There is no justice in this society and so long as there is no justice, I would dare say let there be no peace. Today, we initiated a 'Holy war'. To this end, the following measures I hereby take;
1. The 1979 third republican constitution of Ghana is suspended.
2. For the avoidance of any doubt, the following are emphasized;
a. The President, the vice President, all ministers and their deputies are dismissed from office
b. Parliament is dissolved
c. The council of state is abolished
d. All political parties are prescribed; it is, therefore, illegal for any person or persons to belong to or operate under any party.
After each of the coups though, Rawlings made other speeches, in effect, to explain what the entire revolution was about and to enlighten people about the way forward. In 1979, the post-coup speech was read by JJ.
Rawlings, nearly a month after was to, among other things, explain why they took such harsh decisions, to assure them protection if they abided by the set rules and to explain their quest to address social injustice in the country.
In January 1982, after the 1981 Revolution, he again made a public announcement at the Ghana Broadcasting Cooperation to announce the creation and assumption of power by the PNDC, to explain the kind of real democracy that his group envisioned for Ghana, and to establish a new political system, based on a model of revolutionary socialism which would ensure active participation of the people in the decision-making process.
Below are the speeches as read post the 1979 and 1981 coups:
Post June 4, 1979 coup:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v01EjLrTg8lb396gFWICamQI0v8XOnuU/preview
Post December 31, 1981 Revolution:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I5IQg4DScQtxh7lgwLA3aoefR9wloNxL/preview
EU shows confidence in energy sector reforms


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DeepTechU Venture Conference – Day 1
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DeepTechU is a first-of-its-kind virtual conference showcasing deep tech innovations from Big Ten Schools, Research Universities, and National Labs located in the greater Midwest.
Taking place April 20-22, 2021, the three-day, all-virtual conference will feature multiple panels and keynotes, and showcase 48 innovative companies in the following industry tracks: energy, hardware/software, industrial, and life sciences.
DeepTechU is organized by the University of Chicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which has a 25-year successful track record applying world-class business expertise from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to bring new ideas and groundbreaking innovations to market.
The all-virtual conference is presented in collaboration with Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Indiana University, Innovation Crossroads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University, Penn State University, Purdue University, NuTech Ventures at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Northwestern University, Rutgers University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska, Washington University in St. Louis, and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
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Manafort Was Colluding... With Airbnb?
Paul Manafort Was Colluding… With Airbnb?
Next week, Apple will be announcing a brand-new streaming app (because what the world needs now is more streaming apps).
The new service will play host to Apple's original content and feature some third-party streaming services, such as HBO and Showtime. But it emerged yesterday that stream queen Netflix ain't invited to the party.
We've got company: The streaming space is getting crowded as Apple joins Netflix, HBO, Disney Plus, Showtime, Starz, Amazon Prime, Hulu, WarnerMedia, CBS All Access, ESPN Plus, Dropout and tons of other ultra-specific streaming services.
Every competitor that enters the field is going to eat into Netflix's bottom line. And Apple is one of the few folks with the funding to seriously compete with Netflix's roster of original content.
All this comes at a time when Netflix is trying to contend with a new streaming alternative that came out of nowhere in the last year or two.
Most folks aren't even aware it exists. But its staggering growth has Netflix on the back foot.
It's taken Netflix years to build its viewer base of 139 million users. But in less than a year, this streaming alternative has exploded to more than 200 million users.
A whole new generation of millionaires will be minted from the vast opportunities and growth in this industry.
Already, we're seeing celebrity personalities with marketing deals, content deals, merchandise and more. And there's additional money to be made by event organizers, bookmakers, talent agents and all the supporting legal, marketing and accounting service providers.
Most importantly, since this market is still in its infancy, the opportunities to get in at the bottom are countless.
But maybe not for long. James anticipates an announcement for a major corporation any day now, powering massive gains for a smaller business partner.
"This little-known company could deliver fast movers a shot at a $1.9 million payday," says James.
Click here now and James will show you exactly how to play this potentially life-changing opportunity.
Former Trump campaign chairman and living Sopranos extra Paul Manafort was indicted on 16 charges by New York State prosecutors last week.
Some folks out there are already salivating at the promise of some juicy Russian collusion. But Manafort's (alleged) crimes are of the usual white-collar jerkwad variety.
One Last Thing Chef's Corner: If your collusion ain't ripe, pressure the special counsel to release their report with a unanimous Congress vote.
According to the indictment, Manafort faces 16 counts related to a year-long mortgage fraud scheme in which the defendant made millions of dollars.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office did not reveal the specifics of Manafort's crime. But it's most likely Manafort is on the hook for buying a property intended to be used as a rental, but claiming it will be owner-occupied.
A previous indictment against Manafort alleged that he created a shell company to purchase a $2.85 million condo to launder money.
He then attempted to take out a mortgage on the apartment, saying his adult daughter would be living there. When in actual fact, he was renting out that bad boy on Airbnb for $14,200 per month.
With New York rental prices, that trunk alone could rent for $3,000 a month.
The specifics of this particular indictment have yet to come out. But under U.S. federal and state laws, mortgage fraud can result in up to 30 years in federal prison and up to $1 million in fines.
Let's just hope Manafort wasn't renting out his Airbnb to any Russian diplomats.
What do you think? Does Manafort deserve to go away for 30 years? Or is this just the Dem's revenge for Judge Ellis' going easy on Manafort? Click here to email me and join the conversation.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Michael Sanchez — the brother of Jeff Bezos' mistress, Lauren Sanchez — leaked the couple's racy texts to the National Enquirer.
I mean, the infamously dry Wall Street Journal is calling them "racy" texts. The Amazon CEO's texts read like they were written by a sexless robot writing in their second language.
Usually, the National Enquirer's contracts are pay on publication. But Sanchez somehow secured the $200,000 payment up front.
If the National Enquirer didn't publish the story, the rights would revert to Sanchez. He could resell the story and keep the money.
Boy, it takes a certain kind of person to pull that crap with their own sister. Christmas at the Sanchezes' is going to be awkward this year.
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock was undisturbed by the news, rising more than 2% in the midday shuffle.
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A few weeks ago, we were talking about the development of two distinct internets.
And a secondary internet: where censorship runs rampant and online activity is heavily policed.
We have a model of what that second type of internet might look like in China's highly restrictive and isolated internet.
Weibo, Google's Chinese analog, has banned the mention of any word seen as a criticism of president-for-life Xi Jinping.
When users started speaking in code to get around the ban, Weibo retaliated by banning those words — resulting in a growing list of bizarre and seemingly unrelated banned terms.
What constitutes as fake news in the eyes of Putin?
Any information that "disrespects" the state. Any material considered insulting to government officials. And anything the state deems as "unreliable information" (anything Putin or his cronies don't like).
Anyone who breaks the new law will carry a fine of up to 1.5 million rubles ($23,000), and repeat offenders will face jail time of up to 15 days.
Two distinct internets are developing. That's going to hurt some of the biggest names in tech's bottom line. But someone always makes a dime.
In the years to come, cybersecurity will become integral to preventing the passage of information and cyber-attacks between the two internets. Any company that could build a wall and sure up our digital defenses would make out like bandits.
Our researchers are keeping a close eye on this developing situation. If there's a way to make you money from this, my team will find it and pass on that info directly to you.
Staff at Kickstarter are planning to unionize. If recognized, this would be the first major tech company with union representation in the U.S.
Youtube terminates account operating as a secondary channel for Alex Jones after his original channel was banned.
One of the things that appears to motivate mass killers is the fame they receive, and the potential immortality because their pictures and names will be spread.
What if radio, TV, and print media were to agree that the image of an accused should never appear to the public, and their name would remain in the files of police forces but never be made public?
Young boys would have no mass killing role models. Perhaps the mass slaughters would diminish.
Unfortunately, many media outlets do not pay any attention to these guidelines. In fact, some particularly trashy news stations were running the actual bodycam footage filmed by the killer in the New Zealand attack.
Did you know that there were 323 mass shootings in the U.S. last year? That's almost an average of a shooting every day of the year.


Identification of General Motors V8 small block engines.
When I was working in the Middle East I bought 2 Corvettes and as I had contacts with a car breakers Yard and they could not pay me for work I did, several times they took old Chevrolet small block engines out of abandoned or rear damaged cars for me and as I had free shipping too. I sent several of these back to UK. I had to sell the 1970 350 Corvette to pay my bills as well as a lot of other stuff that I hoped would make my retirement a bit more bearable. I now have 5 or 6 small block engines some literally as taken out of cars to others dismantled complete in packing cases. I would like to turn these into money but I do not know how to identify them. Is the full identity of an engine available from the serial number and if so where is it? I also have two Cadillac engines one is from a 1979 Diesel. Yes that is correct a 5.7 litre diesel V8 together with the automatic transmission. I do not think it was very successful, with no turbo or super-charger!
A friend of mine had a Cadillac that had petrol injection and that caught fire and so he bought a diesel car to prevent that happening again, but he gave the car to me and I used the back axle to make a heavy duty trailer, in which I sent a big stationary engine back to UK, and which I am still using. The other is,- I think from a big Oldsmobile which had a big block engine which looked exactly like the 8.2 litre I had in my Cadillac 1972(?) Limo, so I saved this too, but again I need to find the exact parameters of this engine to find the right customer. I did think of making a sort of Hot Rod for it but it used to get about 10 MPG so it probably would be a bit expensive to run in UK! I live in Norfolk and some of the roads are a bit narrow too.
Does anyone know the answer to the above question about identifying these engines.
> When I was working in the Middle East I bought 2 Corvettes and as I had contacts with a car breakers Yard and they could not pay me for work I did, several times they took old Chevrolet small block engines out of abandoned or rear damaged cars for me and as I had free shipping too. I sent several of these back to UK. I had to sell the 1970 350 Corvette to pay my bills as well as a lot of other stuff that I hoped would make my retirement a bit more bearable. I now have 5 or 6 small block engines some literally as taken out of cars to others dismantled complete in packing cases. I would like to turn these into money but I do not know how to identify them. Is the full identity of an engine available from the serial number and if so where is it? I also have two Cadillac engines one is from a 1979 Diesel. Yes that is correct a 5.7 litre diesel V8 together with the automatic transmission. I do not think it was very successful, with no turbo or super-charger!
> A friend of mine had a Cadillac that had petrol injection and that caught fire and so he bought a diesel car to prevent that happening again, but he gave the car to me and I used the back axle to make a heavy duty trailer, in which I sent a big stationary engine back to UK, and which I am still using. The other is,- I think from a big Oldsmobile which had a big block engine which looked exactly like the 8.2 litre I had in my Cadillac 1972(?) Limo, so I saved this too, but again I need to find the exact parameters of this engine to find the right customer. I did think of making a sort of Hot Rod for it but it used to get about 10 MPG so it probably would be a bit expensive to run in UK! I live in Norfolk and some of the roads are a bit narrow too.
> Does anyone know the answer to the above question about identifying these engines.
> Thanks and regards George.
garbage. Injection pump likely has failed. Very common.


Discussion in 'iPhone' started by DVNIEL, Sep 24, 2015.
Did anyone receive a flood of iPhone reservation reminders today? I have three reserved and got 2 each, so total of 6.
Apple trolling the day before.
I got three for my one reservation. Still no way to cancel. I only created it in response to a question here. Hopefully me not showing up lets somebody else get the model they want.
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Three is a "flood"? Pretty sure you can get a job doing the weather on Fox. LOL!
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Math isn't your strong suit is it?
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Did anyone receive a flood of iPhone reservation reminders today? I have two reserved and got 2 each, so total of 6.
Are you really intelligent enough to use an iPhone?
But his picture only shows 5.
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I got 6 redundant emails for my two iPhone reservations this morning also.
I got 7 emails for 3 reserved phones.
2 emails for one reservation. Tomorrow is going to be a nightmare at the Apple Store.
I went on Apple chat re same thing this morning and they had no idea or knowledge that this had happened (or where keeping stoom).
They suggested I call the store to check (even though I said others had had same for different store) but I didn't see the point since it's tomorrow anyway!
Two or five of what?
I only got one email of confirmation yesterday from Apple.
Hahaha wow when you have a typo people just jump on it. I meant to say I have 3 reservations with 2 e-mails each, totaling 6. Sheesh tough crowd.
The first one I reserved on one Apple ID for 7pm and it seemed like it glitched out. On my other Apple ID (I have one for App Store and one for iCloud because Apple would never let me merge my old ones together) I reserved one for 6pm just in case that time slot had gotten full or something else screwy. So far I've only got confirmations on the 6pm time, and last night got two emails in a row for that same time slot and Apple ID. Weird.
Just having some fun while I pass the time 'til iDay.
1 for you. 1 for me. 2 for you. 1,2 for me.
Yup, I got two identical emails for my one reservation.
Got three confirmations for one phone unless I ordered more than one that hazy night!


Here's something Steve Mnuchin apparently didn't want you to know.
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported that the Treasury Department had taken a paper off its website that said "82% of the corporate income tax burden is distributed to capital income and 18% is distributed to labor income."
In other words, American workers pay for a small chunk of corporate taxes - about 20%. That's a problem for Mnuchin, who would prefer that you think that number is about 70%.
You can see why this would suit President Donald Trump and his administration. They're trying to sell the American people a massive corporate tax cut that would lower the statutory rate to 20% from 35%. If the bulk of corporate taxes fell on workers instead of capital - the rich - the administration would be able to spin a narrative that allows Trump to remain an advocate of the working class, his base.
But that's nonsense. The paper Mnuchin removed was from 2012. Before this paper, many economists modeled that none, or at most a very small portion, of the corporate tax burden fell on workers. Instead, it fell mainly on owners and shareholders of corporations. What little of the corporate tax burden that workers did carry came from globalization, or as the Tax Policy Center calls it, "international capital mobility shifts."
But again, workers' share of that burden is not as much as Mnuchin would have you think.
Mnuchin is trying to pretend that, to the American corporation, American workers are more than just COGS. I literally mean the cost of goods sold, which means everything from the cost of materials to labor that goes into selling anything. He wants to pretend workers have more ownership of the country than they actually do.
If he and his cronies can pull this off, it will be a magnificent trip, taking from the working class while making it feel empowered all at once. It's the trick Trump has been trying to pull off with every one of his tax speeches - claiming that he and his family won't benefit more than the median-income American family.
Trump's plan contains almost nothing for individual income taxes for middle- and working-class families. That's why Mnuchin has to pretend that cutting corporate taxes would be a big deal for them. Aside from "simplifying the code" to three brackets, it's unclear how they benefit.
The tax plan released this week doesn't include the income cutoffs for the three brackets, but if they end up as suggested in Trump's tax plan from the campaign, they'd look like 12% for the bottom, then 25% starting at $75,000, and finally 35% starting at $225,000, for married couples.
As Business Insider's Josh Barro calculated, under this plan a family of four with two working parents making $120,000 would see its taxes go up by about $600, thanks to the elimination of a bunch of personal deductions.
That fact alone should require enough obfuscation to keep a man of Steve Mnuchin's rare talent for perpetuating drivel busy, but there's more. What they call a tax cut for "small businesses" is actually a massive tax cut for those in the top income bracket. What this plan classifies as a small business has nothing to do with size but rather with its legal organization - any business incorporated as a partnership, sole proprietorship, or S corporation. The maximum tax rate they can pay under the plan is 25%.
Under existing law, these entities don't pay business taxes but instead are taxed according to the individual income of their owner - up to a maximum rate of about 40%. That means that, say, the Dallas Cowboys, which Bloomberg notes are a partnership - today are taxed at the higher personal income-tax rate of their owner, Jerry Jones, who Bloomberg says is worth $3.8 billion.
But under Trump's proposal, Jones wouldn't pay any more than 25%. As the advocacy group The Small Business Majority notes, only about 4% of "small businesses" in this country pay a tax rate of 28% or higher for their so-called pass-through businesses. So they get a tax cut, while everyone else gets nothing. No change.
If the administration wanted to do something for what most Americans consider a small business - a diner, a mom-and-pop shop, a deli - then the officials should cut from the bottom, not the top. They could maybe make the first $25,000 of income from the business tax-free. If they wanted to encourage hiring, they could double the deduction for employee costs.
But the administration isn't doing any of that because this isn't for small businesses or working-class people. This isn't for anyone but corporations. It doesn't matter how many weekend culture wars Trump fights for his base; he can't change that he's selling them out with his policies.


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High Quality, good 3 in 1 longevity, excellent seat.
Heavy carrycot, wheels need careful positioning when folding, fold is bulky, a little expensive.
With Foppapedretti now available in the UK we take a close look at another of their models in our Foppapedretti Tuo Review.


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Fortune leaves Manchester United for Reading
Quinton Fortune has left his role with the Manchester United Under-23 team to take up a first team role with Reading.
The 43-year-old joins up with former Atletico Madrid teammate Veljko Paunović, who was unveiled as the Royals' head coach last month.
United paid tribute to Fortune, who served them for seven years as a player as well.
"Manchester United can confirm that assistant Under-23s coach Quinton Fortune has left the club to take up the position of first-team coach at Reading," a statement on their official website read.
"Everyone at the Academy wishes Quinton the best of luck in his new role. All of our coaches, as well as the players, receive a huge amount of development and this is another example of the type of progress that an individual can make within the Academy system.
"The Under-23s' promotion was a great achievement for Neil Wood and his staff so we'd like to thank Quinton for his role in that."
Reading finished 14th in the Championship last season, and will open their 2020/21 campaign on Saturday against Wayne Rooney's Derby County.


We've added something new to our lineup of customizable products: jigsaw puzzles! You can now make a plywood puzzle with your art in any size and shape you want. Just like our other puzzles, each one has a one-of-a-kind cut in the unique style created by our software that simulates the growth of crystals. Additionally, you can pick whimsies from our expanded set of figural pieces with themes like: space, undersea animals, microscopic life, and more.
Whimsies are special pieces shaped like recognizable figures. When you order your puzzle, you can select whichever ones you want and we will intersperse them throughout your puzzle.
we laser cut your puzzle and ship it to you!
Puzzles take 1 week to make and are fabricated completely at our studio in Somerville, MA. Puzzles can measure from 5×5″ to 12×18″. Prices range from $24 to $250.
To test out the system, we've made a few custom puzzles with different themes.
4) mushroom puzzle – A forest themed puzzle complete with squirrel, mushroom, and snail whimsies. I chose a circular shape for this puzzle for obvious reasons.


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Mary Heine Lanwi (born February 22, 1921) is an educator, activist, and promotor of traditional handicrafts in the Marshall Islands. A female pioneer on the islands, she has been described as "perhaps the first Marshallese woman to begin employment outside the home." In 1974, she was the only woman elected to serve as a delegate to the Micronesian Constitutional Convention.

Early life and education
Mary Heine was born in 1921 on Jaluit Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. She had two sisters and two brothers, including the politician Dwight Heine.

After beginning her education at her parents' day school, she was sent to the Jabwor Training School, a missionary-run all-girls school on her atoll. Then, in 1937, she moved with her family to Kosrae, an island in what is now the Federated States of Micronesia, where she studied at Mwot Christian School until 1940. On her graduation day that year, she married her childhood friend and classmate Isaac Lanwi. He would go on to become a doctor and prominent resident of the islands, later elected as a senator in the Congress of Micronesia, and the couple had nine children.

Career
After finishing her education, Mary Lanwi started teaching in mission schools, beginning with her alma mater on Kosrae, becoming "perhaps the first Marshallese woman to begin employment outside the home," although this work was unpaid due to the missions' rules against compensating female staff. In 1943, when World War II reached the then Japanese-controlled islands, she left Kosrae and moved to Laura on the Marshall Islands' Majuro Atoll, where she taught at the mission school there. She subsequently taught at the Rongrong Christian School from 1945 to 1948.

From 1948 to 1957, Lanwi took a break from teaching to raise her family. When she returned to teaching in 1957, at the Marshall Islands Intermediate School, it would be the first time she was paid for her work.

Lanwi is also known for her work in support of women's interests, which began during her time as a teacher at the Marshall Islands Intermediate School in the late 1950s; she has been described as "one of the early role models for Marshallese women," inspiring them to work outside the home. Starting in 1958, she served for nearly two decades as the islands' women's interest officer. In this role, she organized some 50 women's clubs, as well as Girl Scout troops, and oversaw extensive training programs for women and girls.

In tandem with her women's empowerment work, she promoted the islands' handicraft industry, seeing its potential to allow Marshallese women to financially support their families. In 1967, she organized the 50 women's clubs together into the Handicraft Co-op, a Majuro-based organization that purchased and sold traditional Marshallese handicrafts. With the co-op's success, Lanwi stepped down as women's interest officer in 1976 and began overseeing the co-op full-time, which she continued until her retirement around 1995.

In 1974, Lanwi was elected as the only female delegate to the Micronesian Constitutional Convention, representing Ebon Atoll. Ahead of the Alele Museum's opening in the early 1980s, she served on its founding board, described an "instrumental" in its creation. Other prominent roles in this period included on the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands' Planning Council and Private Industry Council.

Later years
Details on Lanwi's later life are scant, with last recorded mention of her in 2004.

References

1921 births
Possibly living people
Marshallese educators
Marshallese women in politics
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Generates a 'paint-brushed' version of the source clip. Use the Frequency and Stroke Length parameters to adjust the density and shape of the brush strokes. You can set Jitter Frames to 1 if you want to re-randomize the brush stroke pattern for each frame.
Simulates the look of drawing and painting by layering brush strokes of different sizes and directions. The style of the effect can be Oil or Chalk with the option to use one of the following brushes: felt tip, splat, water color, stipple, pencil, pastel, sponge, splodge, round, or cubes. In addition to the master controls for adjusting shape, size, orientation, density, etc., there are also three unique controls to each effect style that control the lighting and shading of the brushes.
Generates a version of the source clip with a cartoon look. Finds the edges in the image and draws new outlines for those edges. Smooths the colors of the areas between the edges, and optionally posterizes the colors into fewer color values.
Simulates bad digital TV transmission with many options, including freeze-frames, shifting and flowing blocks, various kinds of blocky noise, and pixelization. Can give looks similar to MPEG stream errors, digital dropouts, and satellite feed data corruption.
Generates a dual color-channel version of the input image, as might be perceived by the limited color vision system of dogs. Humans have three color receptors (for red, green, and blue) while dogs have only two receptors (for yellow and blue).
Embosses and warps the Source clip using the Bumps input as a relief map and also distorts the result using the Bumps as a 'lens' image. Increase the Bumps Smooth parameter for bolder bumps, and adjust the Light Dir to illuminate the bumps from different angles.
The Source is embossed and warped using the Bumps input as a relief map and lens image. A chrominance distortion is also performed, separating the spectrum for a 'prismatic' look. Increase the Bumps Smooth parameter for bolder bumps, and adjust the Light Dir to illuminate the bumps from different angles.
Embosses the Source clip using the Bumps input as a relief map. A lighting model is used which includes highlights from specular reflections. Increase the Bumps Smooth parameter for bolder bumps, and adjust the Light Dir to illuminate the bumps from different angles.
Generates a version of the source clip using two sets of black and white lines of varying thickness to give an 'etching' or 'lithograph' look. Use the Smooth Source parameter to remove some details and make the lines more evenly shaped. Use the Lines Frequency parameter to adjust the density of all lines.
Simulates damaged film with many options, including dust, hairs, stains, scratches, defocusing, flicker, and shake. Each option has a master control and a set of detailed controls for adjusting the look of that type of damage.
Breaks the image into circle shaped tiles and transforms the image within each shape, to create a fly's eye view effect. The Overlap options allow the circles to be combined in different ways where they overlap. The 'Inside' parameters transform the Source image before it is tiled into the pattern, and the 'Tile' parameters transform the entire fly's eye pattern.
Breaks the image into hexagon shaped tiles and transforms the image within each shape, to create a fly's eye view effect. Increase Edge Softness for a smoother overlap between the tiles. The 'Inside' parameters transform the Source image before it is tiled into the pattern, and the 'Tile' parameters transform the entire fly's eye pattern.
Breaks the image into rectangle shaped tiles and transforms the image within each shape, to create a fly's eye view effect. The 'Inside' parameters transform the Source image before it is tiled into the pattern, and the 'Tile' parameters transform the entire fly's eye pattern.
Reflects the source clip into a kaleidoscopic pattern of triangles, squares, diamonds, or octagonal shapes. Use the Pattern menu to select different reflection patterns. The 'Inside' parameters transform the Source image before it is reflected into the pattern. The Center and Z Dist transform the entire result including the reflection pattern, and the Rotate affects only the reflecting 'mirrors'.
Simulates a traditional 2 or 3-mirror kaleidoscope. You see a pie-slice shaped piece of the source through the angle between the mirrors, and mirror-reflected copies of it in the rest of the image. Use the Slices parameter to control the how many copies of the source pie slice you see around the central point.
Generates a pixelated version of the source clip. Adjust the size and shape of the blocks using the Pixel Frequency and Pixel Rel Height parameters. Increase the Smooth Colors parameter to cause the colors of nearby pixel blocks to be more consistent, and less flickery over time.
Stylize S_Posterize Generates a posterized version of the input by limiting the number of colors in the source, and replacing detailed texture and noise with solid colors.
Combines the source clip with a field of 'blob' shapes and then passes them through a colorization process. The Phase Speed parameter causes the colors to automatically rotate over time.
Combines the source clip with a stripe pattern and then passes them through a colorization process. The Phase Speed parameter causes the colors to automatically rotate over time.
Generates a mosaic pattern based on the Source clip. Adjust the Edge Attract parameter to get the tile corners to bias towards the edges in the source. Increase Vary Shape to get a less regular tile pattern.
A monochrome version of ScanLines. Creates a version of the source clip with a scan lines pattern resembling a black and white TV monitor. Increase the Add Noise parameter to also add a grainy effect to the result.
Inverts the colors of the input clip that are brighter than the Threshold value, to create a 'solarization' effect.
Breaks a clip into strips and slides them off the screen one at a time to reveal the Background.
Simulates a TV with transmission and reception problems, VCR issues, and TV hardware difficulties. Simulates static, interference, ghosting, horizontal and vertical hold, hum bars, color stripes, visible scanlines, VCR fast-forward, dropouts, vignetting, orthicon, fisheye, and turn-off.
Darkens the border areas of the source clip to create a vignette effect. Use the Squareness, Radius, and Edge Softness parameters to affect the shape of the vignette. Use the Opacity and Color parameters to adjust its strength and color.
Simulates the old color 2-strip film process from the 1920s. The scene is exposed twice, through red and green filters, onto alternating frames of a monochrome film strip. Then the red print is dyed with a red dye, and the green print is dyed cyan. Those two strips are cemented together back-to-back to form the final print. The result contains mostly red and green colors, with some synthetic blue from the blue components of the dyes.
This effect simulates the two filter colors and the two dye colors, and also allows adding grain and color correction.
Simulates the color 3-strip film process from 1935 through 1955. Three-strip color was a subtractive process which exposed three separate film strips through color filters, then applied complementary color dyes to the print according to the density of the original records. This process was used for many films such as The Wizard Of Oz, Fantasia, and Gone With The Wind.
Modern color film has much broader color filtering in the emulsion layers, so this effect simulates the narrower filters and sharper colored dyes of the era which gave it its characteristic vibrancy. This effect also allows adding grain and color correction.
Mixes a fog color into the source clip using depth values from a ZBuffer input. The fog starts at Z Near and increases exponentially to Z Far at a rate depending on the Fog Density. The ZBuffer input will be solid black if not provided, so you should specify this input for this effect to do anything useful.
Mixes a fog color into the source clip using depth values from a ZBuffer input. The fog amount varies linearly between Fog Near and Fog Far as the depth varies between Z Near and Z Far. The ZBuffer input will be solid black if not provided, so you should specify this input for this effect to do anything useful.
Alex at GenArts shows you how to create a chilling Modern Horror look using Sapphire's Effect Builder. Very creepy indeed!
Don't miss these great tutorials from John Dickinson on Sapphire for After Effects, covering the top 15 effects in the package.