Since Google announced earlier this week that it would be shutting down its Reader service this summer, we've seen no shortage of other companies step in to try and fill the void. Seriously, we made a list of them.
"We at Zite were sad to hear about Google Reader's impending demise. Google Reader and Zite have always been complementary products: GR providing news from sources you've subscribed to manually and Zite giving you news algorithmically-targeted from the whole web.
The team says that it built their Reader replacement in just six hours, and it's ready for Zite users to start taking advantage of today. To do this, open the Zite app and link your Google Reader account in the Explore tab.
Not every RSS feed is currently indexed by us, which is something we'll be working on.
Zite was chosen by Apple as the number one iPad news app of 2011, and it launched on iPhone later that year. It's a solid app for reading through your RSS news feeds, and may be a good alternative for you to Google Reader.
Unfortunately, there's no web app. But it is available for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.


Batteries do no good if left IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
A few weeks ago I went on an epic photo journey through Manning Park, Princeton, Penticton, Kelowna, Kamloops and the Fraser Canyon. Before I embarked on the PhotoJourney™ I thought it wise to purchase a spare battery. Having haggled a local drugstore down from $160 to $80, which I was quite happy with, I was set. I recently purchased a new Canon lens with Image Stabilization which is rumored to decrease battery life. While I took 650 pictures (many using the IS lens) I did not require the use of my new battery. The question was then – how long can I go before I need to swap out batteries?
The following weekend I went on a quick trip across the US border to Whatcom Falls Park. I saw that the battery indicator was showing about 1/2 of its strength, which means it is almost dead. I still wanted to see how far I could go before swapping out with my spare battery. On the bridge I took about 15 quick pictures before the battery finally died. Nice – about 700 shots per battery!
I reach into my bag to take out the spare. I couldn't immediately find it. It must be in this flap… or this pocket or…. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I actually told my bag NO in dramatic enough terms to elicit attention from passersby.
Somehow the drive back to the border and home seemed longer than it should have.
At least I got a good shot of the waterfall. Handheld for 1.6 seconds! Image Stabilization works pretty darn good I'd say, though I think I'm pretty lucky to have this shot turn out.


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Review: One Direction prepares to disappear with 'Made in the A.M.'
The new album by One Direction is "Made in the A.M."
(Syco via AP)
By Mikael WoodPop Music Critic
Like clockwork, they arrive each November.
We're talking, of course, about One Direction albums. The British boy band, which formed on the U.K. version of "The X Factor" and quickly escalated to filling stadiums, has given us a new record every year since 2011.
Now, right on time, comes the fifth — and perhaps final — installment: "Made in the A.M.," which follows the group's recent announcement that it will take a break next year. In March, Zayn Malik quit One Direction, saying he wanted "some private time out of the spotlight," then later revealed that he'd signed a solo record deal. It's virtually impossible to imagine his former bandmates not doing the same.
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So "Made in the A.M." arrives loaded with heavy-hearted farewell songs. Even if One Direction gets back together, an emotional opportunity like this isn't to be wasted.
The most memorable of those is "Love You Goodbye," a throbbing ballad about keeping a doomed romance alive for just one more night. (Like much of the group's stuff, it's designed so that fans might reasonably interpret the lyrics as being about them.)
Los Angeles Times photographers document 2015 in music. Read the accompanying reviews by clicking links in captions.
Madonna performs at the Forum in Inglewood on Oct. 27, 2015. Read the review.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Don Henley performs at the Forum in Inglewood on Oct. 9, 2015. Read the review.
(Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Los Lobos perform at El Gallo Plaza in East Los Angeles on Sept. 29, 2015. Read the review.
Silversun Pickups perform at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Masonic Lodge on Sept. 28, 2015. Read the review.
(Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
R. Kelly, cigar and mike in hand, performs at the Forum in Inglewood on Oct. 10. Read the Times review.
(Axel Koester / For the Los Angeles Times)
Grace Jones in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Sep. 27.
Lauryn Hill performs at the Greek Theatre on Sept. 14, 2015. Read the review.
Little Big Town band member Phillip Sweet performs at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 10.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Miguel performs at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Sept. 4, 2015. Read the review.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard performs at FYF Fest at Exposition Park on Aug. 23, 2015. Read the review.
(Christina House / For The Times)
Morrissey takes the stage at FYF Fest on Aug. 23, 2015. Read the review.
Solange onstage at FYF Fest on Aug. 23, 2015.
FKA Twigs performs at FYF Fest at Exposition Park on Aug. 23, 2015.
Kanye West performs during FYF Fest on Aug. 22.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Jehnny Beth performs with Savages at FYF Fest on Aug. 22, 2015.
Taylor Swift performs at Staples Center in August.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Shania Twain at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Aug. 20.
Aretha Franklin at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 2.
The Weeknd performs during Hard Summer at the Fairplex in Pomona on Aug. 1, 2015. Read the review.
Mötley Crüe celebrates the end of another concert, at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore., on July 22.
John Famiglietti, left, front man Jake Duzsik, and Jupiter Keyes of the L.A. experimental band Health performing at the Echo in Los Angeles on July 22, 2015.
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie performing at the Hollywood Bowl on July 12.
Kendrick Lamar performing at the BET Experience at Staples Center on June 27.
Underworld performs at the Hollywood Bowl on June 21. Read the review.
Brian Wilson at the Greek Theater on Saturday, June 20. It was also his 73rd birthday.
(Michael Robinson Chávez / Los Angeles Times)
D'Angelo performs at Club Nokia on June 8, 2015. Read the review.
Brad Paisley performs June 5 at the Hollywood Bowl.
(Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Sufjan Stevens and his band on the first night of a two-night run in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
Ciara performs at Club Nokia on May 30, 2015.
U2 guitarist The Edge, left, and lead singer Bono perform at the Forum on Tuesday, May 26. It was the first night of five at the venue.
Guitarist Ron Wood, singer Mick Jagger, drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones play Petco Park in San Diego on May 24, on the opening night of their 2015 American tour.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Neil Diamond performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, May 23, 2015.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Steve Aoki, EDM DJ, producer and recording artist, performs on Broadway between 4th and 6th streets in downtown Los Angeles, May 16, 2015.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Rapper Big Sean performs at Rock in Rio in Las Vegas on May 16.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift performs at Rock in Rio in Las Vegas on May 15.
Sia performs during the Wango Tango concert at the StubHub Center on May 9, 2105, in Carson.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Justin Bieber performs during the Wango Tango concert at the StubHub Center on May 9, 2105, in Carson.
Kanye West performs in shadowy lights during the Wango Tango concert at the StubHub Center on May 9, 2105, in Carson.
Ne-Yo performs in front of a full house during the Wango Tango concert at the StubHub Center on May 9, 2105, in Carson.
Nick Jonas performs during the Wango Tango concert at the StubHub Center on May 9, 2105 in Carson.
James Hatfield fronts Metallica at the Rock in Rio Festival in Las Vegas on May 9.
Chester Bennington and Linkin Park play the Rock in Rio fest in Las Vegas on May 9.
Tim McIlrath, lead singer for the Chicago-based, melodic hardcore band Rise Against, wades into the crowd at Rock in Rio on May 9.
Gwen Stefani fronts No Doubt at Rock in Rio in Las Vegas on May 8.
Janet Weiss, left, and Corin Tucker perform during the Sleater-Kinney concert at the Palladium in Hollywood on April 30. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Carrie Brownstein performs during the Sleater-Kinney concert at the Palladium in Hollywood on April 30. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Swedish-born soft-indie-rock artist Jose Gonzalez performs at the Regent on April 30. (Adam Della / For The Times)
Miranda Lambert performs on the Mane Stage at Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 25. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Bassist Dusty Hill, left, and guitarist Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform on the Palomino Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on April 25. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Kacey Musgraves performs at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on April 24. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Rumer performs at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetary in Hollywood on April 23. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Kanye West makes a surprise appearance during the Weeknd's performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 18. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Marina and the Diamonds perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 18. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
FKA Twigs performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 18. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Barry Manilow performs at the Staples Center on April 14. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Florence + The Machine perform during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
St. Vincent performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
El-P, left, and Killer Mike of Run The Jewels perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 11. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 10. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Ariana Grande performs at the Forum in Inglewood, April 8, 2015.
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs with his band at Burgerama on March 28. Weezer was one of the headliners for the two-day festival at Santa Ana's Observatory.
Lead singer Zac Carper of FIDLAR performs with his band at Burgerama, the two-day Santa Ana festival thrown by OC DIY impresarios Burger Records.
Experimental artist Lustmord makes his Los Angeles debut on March 21 at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever.
R&B singer Chris Brown performs at the Forum in Inglewood. The March 8 show was a stop on his tour with Trey Songz and Tyga.
Trey Songz performs at the Forum on March 8.
Alan Jackson performs at the Nokia Theatre on Feb. 27 as part of his Keepin' It Country tour. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Brandy Clark performs as part of Alan Jackson's Keepin' It Country tour at the Nokia Theatre on Feb. 27. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Caribou performs at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood on Feb. 26. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Roots rocker Bob Seger performs at the Viejas Arena at San Diego State University on Feb. 25. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Tegan and Sara perform with the Lonely Island during the 87th Academy Awards on Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Sarah Barthel of Phantogram performs at the Air + Style concert and snowboarding event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Feb. 21. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Kendrick Lamar performs at the Air + Style concert and snowboarding event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Feb. 21.
John Legend performs during a rehearsal for "Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Tribute" on Feb. 9 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Read the review (Christina House / For The Times)
Beyonce performs during the 57th Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 8. See Grammys 2015 show highlights (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Madonna interacts with a dancer during the 57th Grammy Awards on Feb. 8. Read the review (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Rihanna perform "FourFiveSeconds" during the 57th Grammy Awards. See best and worst moments from the 2015 Grammys (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Patti Smith at the Roxy on Feb. 2. Read the review (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
R&B singer Tinashe sings to a packed crowd at the El Rey Theatre on Jan. 22. Read the review (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Eric Church rocks the house while performing at Staples Center on Jan. 23. Read the review (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performs at the Grand Plaza during the 2015 NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Center on Jan. 22. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Sam France of Foxygen performs at the Roxy on Jan. 2. Read the review (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Foxygen at the Roxy on Jan. 2. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
"It's inevitable that everything good comes to an end," sings Liam Payne to start the tune, before Harry Styles, One Direction's resident rapscallion, comes in wondering "why you're wearing that to walk out of my life." The dumper presenting himself as the dumped? Classic move.
"Long Way Down" is quieter and more introspective, with strummed acoustic guitar and words about falling from a great height: "We had a mountain but took it for granted / We had a spaceship but we couldn't land it." The same goes for the delicate "I Want to Write You a Song," in which Niall Horan promises to leave you with a melody "so any time I'm gone, you can listen to my voice and sing along."
Yet One Direction has always been best at its most lighthearted; the band's offhand vibe is what sets it apart from its more deliberate boy-band predecessors. And on "Made in the A.M." the group takes advantage of its nothing-to-lose position with a handful of cuts that feel even loosey-goosier than usual.
The '80s-style white-soul ditty "Never Enough" layers tart horns and funny voices over a swinging 6/8 beat. "Olivia" is a breezy pastiche of mid-period Beatles gestures laced with studio chatter that calls to mind the Beach Boys' take on "Barbara Ann." In "End of the Day," Styles recounts a romantic confession on a rooftop but winningly undercuts the drama by adding that it was "pretty windy," so he's not sure she heard.
You can hear a bit of abandon too in the swaggering "Perfect," where Styles doesn't even bother trying to disguise the fact that he's addressing his ex, Taylor Swift. "If you're looking for someone to write your breakup songs about," he sneers, "Baby, I'm perfect." And the gorgeous "What a Feeling" mines a soft-rock groove that probably doesn't mean a thing to pre-teen One Direction fans born a quarter-century after Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" came out.
The standard edition of "Made in the A.M." ends with "History," in which the singers hint that the perceived perks of pop stardom — "the good champagne and private planes" — have begun to wear after five years of nonstop action. In typical form, though, the song might be the album's most laidback, a rootsy campfire jam with hollered vocals and live-sounding hand claps.
"This is not the end," they insist, even as they seem buoyed by the idea that it totally is. Come next November, the only ones not crying are likely to be them.
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Mikael Wood
Mikael Wood is pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times.
Demi Lovato will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Is that really a good idea?
Singing the national anthem is fraught with peril. But Demi Lovato will tackle it at the Super Bowl as she bounces back from a 2018 overdose. Is that wise?
Music to get lost in: 'Thoughtforms' by Nalepa is electronic spelunking
California Sounds: The stealthily influential electronic producer Steve Nalepa's new album "Thoughtforms" is a deep, dynamic instrumental excursion.
11 best things to do in L.A. on the MLK Day 2020 holiday weekend
Consider four events remembering Martin Luther King Jr. Also: "What the Constitution Means to Me" and Cirque du Soleil's "Volta."
For new Grammys boss Deborah Dugan, change is (mostly) good: 'Everything's being examined'
Taking over for longtime Chief Executive Neil Portnow, all eyes are on new Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan as she approaches her first Grammy Awards.
Bold L.A. indie label Innovative Leisure turns 10, with a party in the desert
Innovative Leisure co-founder (and artist) Hanni El Khatib celebrates the label's 10th anniversary by throwing a weekend blowout at Pappy & Harriet's.

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A celebration of Asian culture in the UK, where dancers, singers, models, fashion designers, make-up artists and many other creative people come together to showcase Asian culture in the UK. You're also welcome to apply if you work within the Asian catering industry, as we'll also be showcasing Asian food and drink with an amazing Bar-B-Q.
This is a unique event, which will be the first in a series of events to celebrate this vibrant culture. It all takes place at the ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this summer and the event will be filmed for future broadcast.
Let us know why we should pick you?


The Whole Brain Architecture Initiative (WBAI) is an NPO supporting the realization of artificial general intelligence for human society over the long term.
WBAI has various activities to promote AGI research by learning from the brain.
In this September, WBAI will hold a hands-on with the theme "dyslexia and the brain," in which the participants will deal with a model that explains the function of the brains of both healthy subjects and patients with brain lesions by reproducing various symptoms of dyslexia. The activity will be a milestone for the whole brain architecture by focusing on the linguistic function that only human beings possess.
Neuropsychology regards reading as the combination and interaction of (1) input signal processing system, (2) motion output system, and (3) semantic processing system (see figures).
Hands-on teams shall aim to simulate dyslexia symptoms by damaging a computational model for reading tasks. A trained reading model consisting of neural networks will be presented as the brain of a healthy subject, and the symptoms of three types of dyslexia ( surface dyslexia, phonological dyslexia, and deep dyslexia) are expected to be reproduced by partially destroying the model.
In the simulation, character strings are presented to the 'visual cortex' and converted to speech output (phoneme series). Simulation will be evaluated by the difference in performance in the following distinctions: (1) consistent and non-consistent word (Note 1), (2) real and non-real word, (3 ) high and low-frequency words, and (4) whether task performance differs by the category specificity of words.
Application: please use this form.
Cost: No fee for attendancef, while participation may incur travel expenses.
We will evaluate teams with the following criteria.
Two cognitive functions A and B are doubly dissociated iff there are cases in which A is kept normal and B is selectively damaged and other cases in which A is selectively damaged but B is kept normal.
W.r.t deep dyslexia, the double dissociation between disorders in recognizing words in the animal category and the non-animal category is the issue.


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The nice thing about Brompton though is that it is reasonably linear, so finding things isn't all that impossible, however the legibility of the headstones is problematic. There are quite a few mausoleums and impressive statues too, so they are always first in my mind. In spite of two visits to this cem I was not able to find the reported statue of two children in their Sunday best. A myth? or me not looking properly?
The Chapel is an impressive structure, one that would not look out of place in London's business district. Leading off of the chapel are the two pillared structures that don't really seem to serve any function, except for being the roof of the crypt. They are really magnificent structures, and in a remarkably good condition, unlike the similar structure that I saw in Kensall Green.
Military monumentwise, apart from the 12 VC graves, there is also a Chelsea Pensioners plot and Memorial.
The catacombs are to be found underneath the colonades and they have wonderful steel gates on them that can show a glimpse of what lies within.


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Turkey's military build-up: more than 600 military vehicles arrive in Syria since the new ceasefire came into effect and 250 military vehicles enter Putin-Erdogan area in one hour
On Mar 9, 2020
SOHR sources reported that more Turkish military columns entered Syria yesterday. More than 250 vehicles arrived in one hour carrying tanks, armoured vehicles and military equipment.
Yesterday, Observatory sources reported that a Turkish military column consisting of more than 60 military vehicles, including tanks and heavy weapons, headed towards the area of "Putin-Erdogan."
The number of military vehicles entered Syrian territory since the start of the new ceasefire has reached 600, in addition to hundreds of Turkish soldiers.
From February 2 to date, the number of Trucks and military vehicles that arrived in "de-escalation" zone rose to more than 4,000 Turkish trucks and military vehicles arrived in Syrian territory, carrying tanks, personnel carriers, armored vehicles and mobile bulletproof guard booths and military radars. While some 9,100 Turkish soldiers deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during this period.
Gun attack in a marketplace in Aleppo city, and many injured in Deir ez-Zor by celebratory gunshots fired by pro-regime forces
Body of a young man found under the rubble of his home in Idlib countryside and tense calm continues in "Putin-Erdogan" area
Amid attempts to regain control of Ghuwayran prison | US helicopter attacks ISIS…
ISIS resurgence | Large-scale attack targets regime positions in Al-Raqqa desert,…
Amid attempts to regain control of Ghuwayran prison | US…
ISIS resurgence | Large-scale attack targets regime…


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Q: Chrome Devtools, HTMLDivElement style property set BEFORE function called I have a script with the function addBorder() which sets the first div's a border style property to "2px solid red". But when I console.log() the div, the border is already added before the function call for addBorder().

let div = document.querySelector("div");

function log(){
    console.log("before addBorder() called: ", div);
}

function addBorder(){
    console.log("addBorder() called");
    console.log("before css property set:   ", div);
    div.style.border = "2px solid red";
    console.log("after:                     ", div);
}

log();
addBorder();

one

Here's what the console shows in Chrome Devtools:

As you can see, the border is already added before the function call for addBorder() and before the .style property is set. What I would expect is for the first two logs to be
one
, and the last to be
one
, since that is the only log called after the property is set.
Maybe this is a bug in Chrome devtools, because it actually works as expected in the stackoverflow console for the code snippet on this post.
Another strange behavior- if I slowly step through the code in the debugger the logs look completely different:

But the result here isn't what I'd expect either, since the last log shows the original state of with the div,
one
 without the border style applied- style="border: 2px solid red;".
Is this strange behavior due to some flaw in my code? Or is it a Chrome devtools bug?

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Dr Voss obtained his doctorate in Molecular Biology in 1991 from the University of Kaiserslautern. During his academic career at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) from 1986 to 1996 he was developing automated DNA sequencing technologies and participated in numerous EU genome projects. Hartmut co‐founded Lion Bioscience AG, a company for genome analyses, interpretation and data integration for the biotech and pharma industry in the upcoming genomic age, and Molecular Health GmbH, a company focusing on integration and interpretation of molecular and clinical data as basis for individualized decision support in oncology. Since 2004, as a member of the Dievini Hopp BioTech GmbH & Co KG team, Hartmut manages the content and scientific due diligence responsibilities associated with investment opportunities. He works with existing portfolio companies on various levels, including holding board or part‐time management positions with select companies and serving as a consultant on a per‐project basis. At Novaliq, he is currently supporting the strategic growth of the company and the commercial development of the EyeSol® drug delivery platform technology.


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RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista.
Delle Navigationi et Viaggi...
Venice, Appresso i Giunti, 1606
A handsome set in a contemporary Italian binding. 'One of the earliest and most important collections of Voyages and Travels of the sixteenth century…' (Church). Undoubtedly a foundation work for any collection of Voyages and Travels.
The 'most perfect work of that nature in any language whatsoever' (John Locke). Ramusio (1485-1557) served as Secretary to the Venetian Senate, and on retiring to Padua compiled this collection of narratives, including some manuscripts which had never been seen before, towards the end of his life. A planned fourth volume was never published as the manuscript was sadly destroyed shortly after his death by a fire at his publishers. As Harisse points out Ramusio was the first author to edit his work with care, avoiding errors and anachronisms perpetuated in previous copies of the travel narratives he included in his work.
Each volume was reprinted several times, with later issues, as here, having new material from the first editions. The narratives include those of Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Cortez, Coronado, Cartier, Cadamosto, and many others. In the first volume, Ramusio aimed to correct the errors in Ptolemy's maps, and devoted his attention to Africa and the East, especially the annals of early Portuguese exploration, including Da Gama, Alvarez, and Barros, as well as an account of Pigafetta. In addition, this edition of vol. I includes the five letters on Japan, written in 1549 and 1550 that represent 'the first time that Japan makes a significant appearance in travel literature' (Lach). The first volume also includes a new Italian version of Varthema's Itinerario which, when it was first published in 1510, contained the first printed material on Southeast Asia.
The second volume concentrates on voyages to the North and West, including to Russia, only recently released from Mongol domination. The contributors include Paulus Jovius (1483-1552), a correspondent of Barros and a former ambassador to Russia, regarded as an authority on Muscovite matters in general. The second volume also contains Ramusio's version of Marco Polo, which, whilst probably translated from the Portuguese edition of Valentin Fernandes (Lisbon, 1502), remains one of the basic extant versions of Marco Polo's book.
The third volume is entirely devoted to America, including the accounts of Peter Martyr, Oviedo, Cortes, Cabeça de Vaca, Guzman, Ulloa, Coronado, Fray Marcos di Niza, Xerez, Verrazano, and Cartier, whose account of New France (the Gulf of Saint Lawrence) is published here for the first time. Alongside some important maps the text includes illustrations of botanical subjects, including maize and cacti, as well as woodcuts of native Americans and their abodes. The maps in the third volume are particularly fine, including one of the Western Hemisphere by Ramusio and Oviedo. It depicts the known world from Japan in the West to the West coast of Africa in the East, and includes the coast of California roughly as far North as San Francisco.
In addition, there are fine maps of Mexico City and Brazil, as well as Gastaldi's map of New France which is the earliest printed map of the region. Based on the reports of Verrazzano and Cartier, this map shows the coast of modern-day New England and Canada from New York Bay (marked as Angoulesme) up to the coast of Labrador.
Despite the fact that the fourth volume was unable to be published, Ramusio's work opened up a new era in the literary history of voyages and navigation (Harrisse) and is widely acknowledged as the definitive geography of the sixteenth century.
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Sixth edition of vol. I, fourth edition of vol. II, third edition of vol. III. 3 vols, small folio (312 by 218mm approx.) Woodcut devices to title-pages, 10 double-page maps and plans, 8 full-page woodcut plates, with further illustrations in the text. Contemporary Italian (Venetianý) morocco, boards & spines ruled & stamped in gilt; paper repairs to title-page of vol. I, and outer margin of following two leaves, occasional dampstaining to vol. I, minor worming to first and last leaves and pastedowns of vols. II and III.
Church I, 99; European Americana II, 613/108 & 606/87-88; Sabin, 67735, 67739 & 67742; cf. Borba II, 698-699.


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Ineos completes North Sea gas deal
Fields provide up to 10% of UK supply.
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Chemicals giant INEOS has completed the purchase of North Sea gas fields which provide up to 8% of the UK's gas.
The fields were owned by DEA Deutsche Erdoel, a German-based subsidiary of L1 Energy.
The fields, in the southern North Sea, are close to assets owned by INEOS in Scotland and the North East. The annual production from the fields provides enough gas to heat one in 10 British homes, said INEOS.
The platforms, infrastructure and employees running them will form part of a new business to be called INEOS Breagh
Chief executive Geir Tuft said: "We are pleased to have completed the deal to acquire this strong portfolio of natural gas assets and bring on board a highly successful and experienced North Sea industry team."


The Radio Independents Group today published its response to Ofcom's consultation on the BBC's draft Operating Licence, calling for Ofcom to reinstate genre quotas for important production such as drama and comedy on Radio 4 and drama on Radio 3.
"Drama and Comedy are at the very centre of these services' distinctiveness, bringing delight, imagination and wit to so many listeners. So much talent, on air and behind the microphone, has flourished from these types of production, feeding television, film and live performance throughout the UK with new creativity.
While Ofcom has increased drama quotas for other services such as CBBC, which we applaud, it has been less than entirely consistent in protecting these genres on radio. We will ask Ofcom to think again and reinstate these requirement to the new Operating Licence".


There's something about Vietnam that keeps calling me back. Over a span of 6 years, I've made 5 trips to Vietnam for vacations that often last more than a week. This is not very common based on Singapore's travel trend and friends constantly wondered why I always return to the same destination. Yet, there's always something new for me to discover.
Shaped like an elongated S, Vietnam stretches the length of the Indochinese Peninsula and covers approximately 128,000 square miles, which is pretty similar to the size of Italy. China lies on its North while Laos and Cambodia are positioned on its West. The South China Sea is located on the East, where beautiful beaches with fine sand and crystal clear water lie!
Nature is a good friend of Vietnam, providing her with magnificent mountain ranges, fertile delta, mysterious caves, unique rock formations and heavenly waterfalls. Beyond that, I am constantly awed by Vietnam's rich history, culture and delectable local cuisine! Without further ado, the following are 05 things that I appreciate most about Vietnam.
Being overly-dependent on technology in today's modern world, wifi and internet services are essential mediums that make travelling safe and convenient! With free wifi everywhere (literally! even on streets), it is very easy to stay connected in Vietnam! Have you lost your way? Turn on your wifi and do a Google search! Looking for a good dining place? How about logging on to Tripadvisor? If you are a sole traveller and need to keep your family/friends updated on your safety status, the free network comes in handy when you need to Whatsapp or Viber. Ain't that cool? PS: Free network tend to be more common in the South than North.
One morning, I chanced upon a charming coffee place along a back alley in Sapa. In the most unlikely place ever, this colorful cafe with its makeshift stools and small tables along the road gave me one of my best coffee experiences. Vietnamese enjoy their coffee and relaxing time. In this aspect, we should all learn from them. Slow down, take a break… have a cuppa and watch the world goes by. The people lead simple life here, making do with what they have. A simple lifestyle prevails in the small towns and villages of Vietnam, calling to my heart's desire.
3. Who doesn't like "Value-for-Money"?
Call me a cheapskate but seriously, one reason why I love Vietnam so… is because everything is priced reasonably! Everything! As compared to the high standard of living in Singapore, the costs of transport, accommodation, food and leisure activities are so-much more affordable! A nice looking office bag costing S$40 in Bugis Village, Singapore, will probably cost less than S$10 in Ben Thanh Market, Ho Chi Minh! Diving under the supervision of a licensed instructor costs less than S$50 in Nha Trang and did i mentioned the local mud bath experience costs less than S$10 including hotel transfers? Gosh! I can rant on and on about the "value" for money, but i think you kinda' get the idea. 🙂 Experience a different orient without bursting your purse.
Are you a luxury seeker, budget-conscious backpacker or the mid-range discerning traveller? Regardless of the category that you fall into, there's always something to suit everyone. In case you worry that there are only "value-for-money" places and activities (due to the above point #3), hold your horses because there are many nice ATAS places as well as luxury leisure to indulge in. As much as i like blending into the locals, there are times where I seek to enjoy the finer things in life. (heh heh!) With the variety that Vietnam provides, it is no wonder why my fickle nature can stay sated.
Home means a tropical island and metropolitan city, otherwise known as Singapore. Due to our location and size (Singapore is very, very small), we do not have awe-inspiring natural landscapes in spite of our man-made wonders. Vietnam, on the other hand, takes on many form of natural beauty that are relatively well-preserved to date. A blanket of quiet joy settled upon me as I watched the beautiful sunrise at the Red Sand Dunes in Muine last May. Walking along the beautiful coastal line of South China Sea with the warm sand beneath my feet felt as heavenly, while overlooking miles and miles of Vietnam at a hilltop temple taught me to be more appreciative of life. Nature often teaches us invaluable lessons that one cannot learn elsewhere. Vietnam is blessed with these great nature and I feel blessed to have appreciated it.
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It sounds like the set-up to a joke. A Catholic priest, a Greek Orthodox priest, a Protestant minister, a Rabbi, and a Hollywood producer convene at a conference table. And it is funny, this particular moment in The Coen Brothers' "Hail, Caesar!" when Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), the producer, summons these religious bigwigs to ensure his movie studio's portrayal of Christ in their forthcoming prestige picture that gives the film its title is accurate. Each clergyman has his own opinion, of course, because each has a different relationship to the creator, but the fact remains that they are all here for the same reason and that is in service to the movies. And it is the movies – or perhaps I should say, the pictures, to use the parlance of the film's time – to which "Hail, Caesar!" so extraordinarily and warmly pays homage above all else.
"Warmly?" you might be wondering. Joel and Ethan Coen, writers, directors and producers, those cold, clinical satirists so often determined to unmask the system as rotted within, who just went on record as denouncing the importance of the Academy Awards, are treating the movies – excuse me, the pictures – warmly? Are they not the same Coen Brothers who presented Hollywood in the form of Jack Lipnick, boss of Capitol Pictures in "Barton Fink", a browbeating philistine who pretended to be on the writer's side until he wasn't? Indeed they are and yet "Hail, Caesar!" would suggest the Coens have softened a bit in their stance toward La La Land – or, perhaps to put it more accurately, the Coens have always had a soft spot for the movies, not so much for the business.
"Hail, Caesar!" is set in the early 1950's when the studio system ruled Hollywood, and those studios were rife with issues that had to be kept under wraps, which is where Mannix comes in, Head of Physical Production, though he's really a "fixer", as if Michael Clayton had been cultivated in the world of Philip Marlowe. He moves about Capitol's back lot with gruff ease, untangling his stars from their various imbroglios, keeping the moviemaking wheels in perpetual motion. There is the unplanned pregnancy of DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson), a young western star Hobie Doyle trying with some difficulty to transition to a drawing room romance and then there is Baird Whitlock (George Clooney), star of mighty "Hail, Caesar!" itself, who has just been kidnapped by some mysterious sect calling itself The Future. And all this is under threat of being reported to the masses by Thora and Thessaly Thacker (Tilda Swinton, having a ball), twin news/gossip columnists.
All these various to-dos provide Mannix the perfect excuse to act as our tour guide through production designer Jess Gonchor's Classical Hollywood wonderland, providing all manner of Golden Age treats, from an Esther Williams-ish aquatic song and dance to a Lubitsch-like ball gown epic delightfully titled "Merrily We Dance." If there was one made-up picture from "Hail, Caesar!" I wish I could most see it's the latter, directed by Laurence Lorenz who is played by Ralph Fiennes with a comic fastidiousness so at odds with his star's aw-shucksness that it leaves you in stitches. ("A mirthless chuckle" is in the clubhouse as the leader for 2016's Out-of-Context Line of the Year.)
You might say these are really only tangentially connected to the story; I'd say these are the story, these silver screen spoils. The Coens have always sought to give life to peripheral moments as much as the pivotal, which is why their concoction of a movie ballad called "Lazy Old Moon" feels like it was stripped straight from a late night showing on Turner Classic Movies and the opening credits of "Merrily We Dance" are enough to make you swoon. And even if these moments, like repeated takes of Baird Whitlock coming face-to-face with Christ, are humorous, they are not insincere, crafted with true affection.
Still, Baird's kidnapping becomes vital in its own way, as eventually The Future is revealed to be a group of screenwriting communist sympathizers, a la The Hollywood Ten. Baird, played by Clooney like a handsome cipher, sees their point, only to quickly be cowed by the studio once Mannix rescues him. Movie studios, after all, were not in tune with the communist ideal of common ownership; there was a clear chain of command from the godlike studio head on down. Which is why the recurring idea of religion throughout "Hail, Caesar!" is not tangential but entirely crucial, essentially arguing that in the Golden Age the studio heads were the gods who assigned mortals to do their bidding and allowed other mortals to become gods, their names illuminated by the marquee.
Communists, in broad terms, dismiss god as opium of the masses, which might be how the Coens themselves view these motion pictures, mere opium for all us slack-jawed idiots in the audience, nothing more than product put out by self-mythologizing studio toughs to take our money. But even if that's true, boy oh boy, does that opium still taste good.
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Cai Dafeng (; born 1960) is a Chinese politician and architect currently serving as chairperson of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (2017–present) and Vice Chairperson of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee (2018–present).

Cai was born in Shanghai in 1960. From 1978 to 1985 he was educated at Tongji University, majoring in architecture, where he graduated in 1985 and obtained a master's degree. In the same year he became a cadre in Shanghai Museum. In February 1987, he studied for a doctorate degree in architecture at Tongji University. In October 1990, he served as a lecturer in the Department of Architecture of Tongji University. In September 1993, he served successively as associate professor, professor, associate dean and dean of the Department of Culture and Museology of Fudan University. He joined the China Association for Promoting Democracy in February 1995. In July 1999, he served as Director of the Academic Affairs Office of Fudan University. Since March 2003, he has served as Vice President of Fudan University. In January 2008, he served as deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress. In April 2016, he served as the Vice President of Tongji University. In December 2016, he served as executive vice chairman of the Central Committee of China Association for Promoting Democracy.

On December 6, 2017, Cai was elected as the chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. On March 17, 2018, he was elected as a Vice Chairman of the 13th National People's Congress.

On 7 December 2020, pursuant to Executive Order 13936, the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on all 14 Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress, including Cai, for "undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly."

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Today "demonstration of mediumship" is part of the church service at all churches affiliated with the National Spiritualist Association of Churches (NSAC) and the Spiritualists' National Union (SNU). Demonstration links to NSAC's Declaration of Principal #9. "We affirm that the precepts of Prophecy and Healing are Divine attributes proven through Mediumship."
Most people turn to a clairvoyant medium, spiritual life coach, tarot reader or astrologer when they feel they have exhausted every possibility they can think of themselves. It is often when we are needing to make important choices regarding our love life, career direction, buying a home, trying to have children, going through a breakup , a divorce, a job loss, or a spiritual crisis - a crisis of meaning.
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Some scientists of the period who investigated spiritualism also became converts. They included chemist Robert Hare, physicist William Crookes (1832–1919) and evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913).[13][14] Nobel laureate Pierre Curie took a very serious scientific interest in the work of medium Eusapia Palladino.[15] Other prominent adherents included journalist and pacifist William T. Stead (1849–1912)[16] and physician and author Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930).[17]
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In the late 1920s and early 1930s there were around one quarter of a million practising Spiritualists and some two thousand Spiritualist societies in the UK in addition to flourishing microcultures of platform mediumship and 'home circles'.[18] Spiritualism continues to be practiced, primarily through various denominational spiritualist churches in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, over 340 spiritualist churches and centres open their doors to the public and free demonstrations of mediumship are regularly performed.[19]
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From its earliest beginnings to contemporary times, mediumship practices have had many instances of fraud and trickery.[52] Séances take place in darkness so the poor lighting conditions can become an easy opportunity for fraud. Physical mediumship that has been investigated by scientists has been discovered to be the result of deception and trickery.[53] Ectoplasm, a supposed paranormal substance, was revealed to have been made from cheesecloth, butter, muslin, and cloth. Mediums would also stick cut-out faces from magazines and newspapers onto cloth or on other props and use plastic dolls in their séances to pretend to their audiences spirits were contacting them.[54] Lewis Spence in his book An Encyclopaedia of Occultism (1960) wrote:
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1/Sit quietly and think about what you really want from a psychic reading over the phone. Psychic readers can't tell you winning lottery numbers or what to do with your life. Ethical psychic readers won't promise to make exes come back, cast money magnet or love spells or tell you that you've been cursed and they can shift it for a fee. Good psychic readers can offer insight into what's going on in your life so that you can make your own decisions. I personally think that's really important because whilst some of what happens to us might be karma and some things are fated to happen, we are all better off putting our energy into stepping into our power and embracing our destiny.
The fraudulent medium Ronald Edwin confessed he had duped his séance sitters and revealed the fraudulent methods he had used in his book Clock Without Hands (1955).[164] The psychical researcher Tony Cornell investigated the mediumship of Alec Harris in 1955. During the séance "spirit" materializations emerged from a cabinet and walked around the room. Cornell wrote that a stomach rumble, nicotine smelling breath and a pulse gave it away that all the spirit figures were in fact Harris and that he had dressed up as each one behind the cabinet.[165]
My stance on psychics hasn't really changed since then, but I also consider myself a fairly open-minded person and love having my views changed when enough solid evidence is presented to me. What if there really was something to psychics, but my mom had just chosen a bad one? What if she had just been asking the wrong questions? What if Malaysian psychics were just sketchy? So many people have turned to psychics for so long that there must be something to it all, right?
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By being able to see things from different angles, and indeed, realms, clairvoyant mediums can provide insight that you might not be able to perceive yourself. What makes clairvoyant readings extraordinary is that the clairvoyant psychic is able to connect you to memories, events, emotions, and predictions that would remain inaccessible to you otherwise. In other words, clairvoyant mediums provide a bridge between you and the spiritual realm – whether it's your own subconscious knowledge, the greater collective unconscious, angels, spirit guides, or the powerful energies all around you.
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In 1960, psychic investigator Andrija Puharich and Tom O'Neill, publisher of the Spiritualist magazine Psychic Observer, arranged to film two seances at Camp Chesterfield, Indiana using infrared film, intending to procure scientific proof of spirit materializations. The medium was shown the camera beforehand, and was aware that she was being filmed. However, the film revealed obvious fraud on the part of the medium and her cabinet assistant. The exposé was published in the 10 July 1960 issue of the Psychic Observer.[168]:96–97
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A very large part is played by fraud in spiritualistic practices, both in the physical and psychical, or automatic, phenomena, but especially in the former. The frequency with which mediums have been convicted of fraud has, indeed, induced many people to abandon the study of psychical research, judging the whole bulk of the phenomena to be fraudulently produced.[55]
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My first reading was via phone call—the ad said the psychic was offering free mini-readings. She asked for my full name and birthday and Emily's. I gave her the details and almost instantly, she told me Emily wanted me to know that she's in a good place and that she's watching over the family. She also wanted me to be happy too, but my happiness only seems to last temporarily (note: aren't all emotions temporary though?).
^ God's World: A Treatise on Spiritualism Founded on Transcripts of Shorthand Notes Taken Down, Over a Period of Five Years, in the Seance-Room of the William T. Stead Memorial Center (a Religious Body Incorporated Under the Statutes of the State of Illinois), Mrs. Cecil M. Cook, Medium and Pastor. Compiled and Written by Lloyd Kenyon Jones. Chicago, Ill.: The William T. Stead Memorial Center, 1919.
When she mentioned that there had been abuse, I decided I didn't care if every love card in the deck turned up—the answer was going to be that the relationship was over. Fortunately, the reading was stink-o except for the last card, the ace of disks. That card meant the beginning of good fortune, usually related to finance or work. I told her that Tom was going to bring her nothing but misery, that she had to completely free herself from this relationship because there was a happier future for her if she did. After 10 minutes, we got the signal that her time was almost up, so Claudia re-upped for another 10. After I finished putting a stake into Tom, she asked about someone at work, "Phil," who seemed smitten with her. That could explain the ace of disks, I realized! But I was worried that Claudia would hop into the sack with Phil if I told her things looked promising. I just said I couldn't tell if Phil was the one, but that freeing herself from Tom would allow her to slowly find someone better.
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A series of mediumistic séances known as the Scole Experiment took place between 1993 and 1998 in the presence of the researchers David Fontana, Arthur Ellison and Montague Keen. This has produced photographs, audio recordings and physical objects which appeared in the dark séance room (known as apports).[185] A criticism of the experiment was that it was flawed because it did not rule out the possibility of fraud. The skeptical investigator Brian Dunning wrote the Scole experiments fail in many ways. The séances were held in the basement of two of the mediums, only total darkness was allowed with no night vision apparatus as it might "frighten the spirits away". The box containing the film was not examined and could easily have been accessible to fraud. And finally, even though many years have passed, there has been no follow-up, no further research by any credible agency or published accounts.[185]
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{
    using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
    using Data.Models;

    public class StudentSystemContext : DbContext
    {

        public StudentSystemContext()
        {

        }
        public StudentSystemContext(DbContextOptions options)
            : base(options)
        {

        }

        public DbSet<Student> Students { get; set; }

        public DbSet<Course> Courses { get; set; }

        public DbSet<Resource> Resources { get; set; }

        public DbSet<StudentCourse> StudentCourses { get; set; }

        public DbSet<Homework> HomeworkSubmissions { get; set; }
        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.Entity<Student>(
                entity =>
                {
                    entity.Property(s => s.Name)
                          .IsUnicode()
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                    entity.HasMany(s => s.CourseEnrollments)
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                });

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              entity =>
              {
                  entity.Property(s => s.Name)
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                  entity.Property(s => s.Description)
                        .IsUnicode();

                  entity.HasMany(c => c.Resources)
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                        .HasForeignKey(r => r.CourseId);

                  entity.HasMany(c => c.HomeworkSubmissions)
                        .WithOne(r => r.Course)
                        .HasForeignKey(r => r.CourseId);

                  entity.HasMany(c => c.StudentsEnrolled)
                        .WithOne(s => s.Course)
                        .HasForeignKey(r => r.CourseId);
              });

            modelBuilder.Entity<Resource>(
              entity =>
              {
                  entity.Property(s => s.Name)
                        .IsUnicode()
                        .HasMaxLength(50);

                  entity.Property(s => s.Url)
                       .IsUnicode(false);
              });

            modelBuilder.Entity<Homework>(
             entity =>
             {
                 entity.Property(s => s.Content)
                       .IsUnicode(false);
             });

            modelBuilder.Entity<StudentCourse>(
                entity =>
                {
                    entity.HasKey(sc => new { sc.CourseId, sc.StudentId });

                });
        }
        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            if (!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured)
            {
                optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(Configuration.ConnectionString);
            }
        }
    }
}

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Cefic LRI launches new chemical safety prediction software
CEFIC - The European Chemical Industry Council
Brussels, May 3, 2016 – Cefic is pleased to announce the launch of AMBIT, a new open software tool designed to support companies by facilitating high quality chemical safety prediction.
The Cefic-supported 'Long Range Research Initiative' (LRI) programme responsible for developing the software welcomes the contribution of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) through sharing non-confidential REACH data to industry. This data is now integrated in the software, and demonstrates the chemical industry's strong track record in collaborating with governmental chemical safety stakeholders.
Based on a 'predictive toxicity model', AMBIT applies the principles of read-across - a scientific method for predicting unknown properties of one chemical from known properties of similar chemicals - and categorisation. AMBIT thus enables companies to search for existing information on chemical safety and to securely upload their own data offline.
States Pierre Barthelemy, Cefic Executive Director, Research and Innovation, "The Cefic-LRI AMBIT tool is a major step forward in our efforts towards chemical safety prediction for R&D and regulatory purposes. It will contribute to the safer use of chemicals and a reduction in testing and innovation cost by making it easier for companies to comply with regulations governing chemicals".
Enhancing chemical data access and management, AMBIT is free to users and has been developed under the industry-led LRI project and comprises a database of more than 450,000 chemical structures and functional modules. Users can search and access a wide range of existing information about a chemical, as well as securely upload data generated by their own company. This process makes the tool both unique and powerful, particularly for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
AMBIT also boasts an enhanced search functionality offering superior substance search requests formatted for all data export formats, including the REACH IUCLID format, which is practical for users. The tool is designed to enable the secure importation of external databases from several sources in an easy way.
Contact: Dervla Gleeson, Cefic Media Relations Manager (dgl@cefic.be)
What is AMBIT?
AMBIT is a web application, offering a web browser interface to an open source chemical substance decision support system, which features:
- Chemical structures database;
- Search for structure (s) [exact, similar, substructure] and meta data;
- Support for nanomaterials;
- Prediction and data analysis tools;
- Data exchange tools: manual or automated;
- Compatible with any operating system;
- REST web services;
- User and access management.
AMBIT handles substance identity, including structures, composition of mono- and multi constituent substances, and, in special cases of UVCBs, addressing constituents, impurities and additives in the way IUCLID (http://iuclid.eu/) is structured. The experimental data is stored per substance, instead of being linked to a single structure.
Read more about AMBIT here.
For online access or to download the AMBIT tool, check here.
Online Instruction Videos (downloadable), click here.
Upcoming Workshops where AMBIT will be presented:
19-20 April 2016, Helsinki, Finland - Topical Scientific Workshop - New Approach Methodologies in Regulatory Science
13-17 June 2016, Miami, Florida, USA - 17th International Conference on QSAR in Environmental and Health Sciences
15-16 June 2016, Awaji Island, Japan - Meeting the Global Challenge of Applying New Scientific Methods to Improve Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessments
13-15 July 2016, Seoul, South Korea - 14th International Nanotech Symposium & Nano-Convergence Expo, NANO KOREA 2016
About LRI
The Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) is part of Cefic's voluntary initiatives to improve the Regulatory Framework of the chemical industry in Europe. Its mission is to identify and fill gaps in our understanding of the hazards posed by chemicals and to improve the methods available for assessing the associated risks. More information: www.cefic-lri.org
For all enquiries, please contact Dervla Gleeson, Cefic Media Relations Manager (dgl@cefic.be)
About Cefic: Cefic – the EU chemical industry council – is the voice of over 29,000 chemical companies in Europe. We represent over 1.2 million jobs in Europe. www.cefic.org


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A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Carolina : by a squadron of His Majesty's ships, on the 28th of June 1776, with the disposition of the King's land forces, and the encampments and entrenchments of the rebels from the drawings made on the spot, 06_01_008214. Special Collections at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.
A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Carolina : by a squadron of His Majesty's ships, on the 28th of June 1776, with the disposition of the King's land forces, and the encampments and entrenchments of the rebels from the drawings made on the spot, 06_01_008214. Special Collections at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington. https://archives.mountvernon.org/repositories/3/digital_objects/4117 Accessed January 30, 2023.


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Olympus Endo Technology America assigned patent
Olympus Endo Technology America, of Southborough, Massachusetts, and Olympus, of Tokyo, Japan, were assigned a patent developed by Hiroaki Miyoshi, Tokyo, Japan, for rotate-to-advance catheterization system. The abstract states: "An apparatus for accessing a bodily passageway includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion configured to inserted into the bodily passageway; a drive tube including a lumen configured to receive the endoscope; a helically-wound thread disposed on an outer wall of the drive tube and configured such that rotation of the drive tube causes the drive tube with the endoscope to move along the passageway; a flexible drive shaft configured to transfer rotary motion generated by a power supply; and a rotatable drive collar disposed on the endoscope and configured to rotate the drive tube relative to the endoscope, the rotatable drive collar including a stator, a rotor rotatable over the stator and detachably coupled to the drive tube, a rotary gear configured to transfer the rotary motion from the flexible drive shaft to the rotor to rotate the drive tube, and a watertight seal disposed between the stator and the rotor." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2014. The full text of the patent can be found at http://bit.ly/2DB5YiQ.
Kopin assigned patent
Kopin, of Westborough, was assigned a patent developed by five co-inventors for a "smart Bluetooth headset for speech command." The co-inventors are Christopher Parkinson, of Richland, Washington; Dashen Fan, of Bellevue, Washington; Frederick Herrmann, of Sharon; John Gassel, of Southborough; and Murshed Khandaker, of Sharon. The abstract states: "A method of interfacing with a serving device from a wearable device worn by a user, the method includes establishing a lossless and wireless data link between the serving device and the wearable device. The method further includes collecting, by the wearable device, audio data from one or more microphones of the wearable device. The method also includes sending, by the wearable device, the collected audio data to the serving device through the lossless and wireless data link. The method may further include providing, by the serving device, speech recognition services associated with the audio data." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2015. The full text of the patent can be found at http://bit.ly/2tTSfUn.
Federal contracts awarded to local companies
The following are the federal contracts awarded to local companies located in the state of Massachusetts for the week of March 2-8. Greenwood Industries Inc., of Worcester, won a $974,000 federal contract from the U.S. Postal Service for the repair of roof at the Processing and Distribution Center in Stamford, Connecticut. David Clark Co., of Worcester, won a $29,822 federal contract set aside for small business from the Defense Logistics Agency for electrical headsets.
Great Elm announces results for second fiscal quarter
Great Elm Capital Group, of Waltham, announced that it reported results on Feb. 9 for its second fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2017. Great Elm also announced that it has closed the first transaction in its real estate platform by partnering with a leading investor in the Credit Tenant Lease space to recapitalize the Gartner I and Gartner II office buildings and associated property in Fort Myers, Florida. Great Elm's real estate strategy is to build a diversified portfolio of high-quality, income-producing properties which are leased to tenants such as Gartner. Great Elm estimates, based on the base case assumptions set forth herein, that this investment will generate an IRR in excess of 20 percent, a cash-on-cash return of 12x and NOL utilization of approximately $50 million. In addition, Great Elm announced that Great Elm Capital Management, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment advisor and wholly owned subsidiary of Great Elm, has entered into new investment management agreements with an institutional investor to manage three separate accounts with assets totaling approximately $33 million (par value). GECM's investment approach focuses on applying the principles of value investing to the capital structures of leveraged middle-market issuers.


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CFPB's New Arbitration Rule and How It'll Likely Be Challenged
On July 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new rule that may have significant ramifications for the financial industry. The rule aims to stop a now common feature in financial services contracts: provisions directing customers to private, individual arbitration rather than the courts to settle disputes.
The sweeping rule would ban many financial service companies from using mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts with consumers. The rule does not prohibit such clauses outright, but instead will prevent companies from relying on any arbitration agreement to block a consumer from joining or initiating a class action. The result would be to open the door to class action lawsuits against the vast majority of businesses that extend credit to consumers, including banks, mortgage lenders and servicers, and credit card companies.
In addition, companies will face reporting requirements under the rule for any arbitrations that still happen, either under agreements entered into before the rule becomes effective or for non-class disputes. Parties may then lose the benefit of confidentiality that arbitration can provide. Under the rule, the CFPB would begin posting arbitration data to its public website, starting in July 2019.
Protecting Consumers or an 'Agency Gone Rogue'?
Congress created the CFPB to protect consumers in the wake of the Great Recession. In doing so, it specifically instructed the CFPB to analyze the effect of arbitration clauses on consumers. This rule is the culmination of those efforts.
In general, the argument against arbitration, and thus in support of the CFPB's rule, is that it prevents consumers from banding together when it wouldn't make sense to sue individually. As the CFPB puts the argument in its press release: "By forcing consumers to give up or go it alone – usually over small amounts – companies can sidestep the court system, avoid big refunds, and continue harmful practices."
On the other hand, arbitration can have many benefits. It often provides an effective, efficient way to resolve a dispute, allowing businesses and consumers to save on legal costs and resolve disputes more quickly. Class actions, on the other hand, often take years to resolve and are criticized as providing a bigger windfall for plaintiffs' attorneys than to the actual class members. Recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent has recognized federal policy in favor of parties' decisions to employ arbitration clauses in their contracts.
For these and other reasons, financial industry groups have harshly criticized the rule. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has gone as far as say that the rule is "a prime example" that the CFPB is "an agency gone rogue."
Challenges the Rule Will Likely Face
The rule is set to take effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, but it will not apply to contracts entered into before the 241st day after publication. It is unlikely to reach those dates without challenge.
Many – including the CFPB – expect that Congress will attempt to use the Congressional Review Act or the "CRA" to stop the rule from taking effect. In fact, the current chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) has already taken the position that, as "a matter of principle, policy, and process, this anti-consumer rule should be thoroughly rejected by Congress under the Congressional Review Act." Under the CRA, Congress can stop new regulations within 60 days if a majority in both the U.S. House and Senate vote for it and the president does not veto it. Since the CFPB is still led by an Obama appointee, Richard Cordray, it's possible that Republican majorities in Congress and President Trump will seek to undo the rule.
Another way the sweeping arbitration ban could be challenged is in federal court. Legal challenges could be based on a failure to comply with the Dodd-Frank Act, which provides the authority for CFPB rulemakings, and perhaps other arguments under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Finally, the CFPB's current director is a holdover from the previous administration. His term is set to end in July 2018, and it has been speculated that he may step down (or possibly be removed by President Trump) before then. If a new director steps in before the rule takes effect, he or she may look to delay the rule's effective date, make adjustments, or even withdraw it altogether.
Although the rule's future is uncertain, affected businesses should be thinking about what they need to be doing to prepare should the rule become effective and consult with counsel about their options.
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El Puerto de Bahía Blanca ha sido históricamente un puerto de cereales por su proximidad a las principales zonas agroexportadoras del país. Hoy es además químico y petroquímico, y exporta principalmente materias prima

En agosto de 2006, el estado nacional construyó en primer término un área destinada a la carga de cereales y subproductos, constituida por las terminales especializadas que operaban a  las firmas Platestiba S.A.C., Terminal Bahía Blanca S.A. y Cargill S.A.I.C., y hacia el oeste, el área destinada a la denominada mercadería general, dotada de amplias instalaciones de almacenaje y depósito.

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