text:
Opinion|Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Fascism' Claim Too Extreme?
Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Fascism' Claim Too Extreme?
ICE is not the SS or the Gestapo. But it has concerning similarities.
Mr. Stanley is a philosophy professor and author.
An undocumented immigrant being arrested by an ICE agent in California.CreditCreditJohn Moore/Getty Images
On July 2, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, after a visit to migrant detention facilities run by Customs and Border Protection in Texas, claimed that the United States is "headed toward fascism." Much of the response that followed was expected, but little or none of it examined the statement closely or detailed to what degree the United States' immigration policy justifies such comparisons. So how apt is this analogy between the current situation and early years of fascist regimes?
Liberal democracy organizes society around respect for the dignity, equality and freedom of all human beings. Fascism, by contrast, organizes society around the vilification of outsiders. In this administration's rhetoric toward undocumented immigrants from Central America and religious minorities, we have been subject to classic fascist tropes for some time. The obsessive focus on immigration and the representation of immigrants as invaders is particularly indicative of this ideology. In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley, the head of the British Union of Fascists, ran on a platform of ending immigration entirely. "Britain for the British" was its motto.
Comparisons to the Nazi regime, one of which Ms. Ocasio-Cortez made last month when she called American detention facilities "concentration camps," are also routinely met with outrage. But Hitler, too, was obsessed with immigration. In "Mein Kampf" he praised the "national State," and he saw foreign immigration as the obstacle. He wrote of America's anti-immigration policies as a model for a nationalistic Germany:
I know that this is unwelcome to hear; but anything crazier and less thought-out than our present laws of State citizenship is hardly possible to conceive. But there is at least one State in which feeble attempts to achieve a better arrangement are apparent … the United States of America, where they … refuse to allow immigration of elements which are bad from the health point of view, and absolutely forbid naturalization of certain defined races, and thus are making a modest start in the direction of something not unlike a national State.
The current American administration clearly does not share the toxic and murderous ideology of Nazism, nor its anti-Semitism, but when the president of the United States derides immigrants from "shithole countries" while pleading for more immigrants from Northern Europe, he echoes the very aspects of American history that Hitler praised.
When we consider the character of a ruling government, we should think about the ideology that motivates it, as well as the institutions and tactics it employs to transform society. It is clear that this administration draws on fascist ideology in its rhetoric. But what about its institutions and tactics?
On June 17, President Trump tweeted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would deport millions of "illegal aliens." He's not the first president to focus on undocumented immigrants for removal. Every president since the Sept. 11 attacks, including Barack Obama, has, too. But the Obama administration explicitly prioritized terrorists and serious criminal offenders. The Trump administration is the first in recent memory to target undocumented families for removal in planned mass deportation raids. Trump's announcement about mass deportations conveyed the kind of cruelty toward outsiders that he often uses to excite his base. It was only a matter of time before such rhetoric would begin to transform our institutions.
ICE is a novel American institution — it was created in 2003 by the Homeland Security Act in the wake of Sept. 11, at a time when rights and liberties took a back seat to concerns about safety. The same act created the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, tasked with policing the border and staffing migrant detention centers. In ICE, we have a special force, created in an anti-democratic moment in American history, authorized with police-like power and directed at political outsiders inside our borders. The institution itself is tied politically to the country's leader. Trump is the first president endorsed by a major union representing ICE's employees, and Trump has repeatedly represented himself as its chief defender.
ICE is an organization that is like the police but is not the police. The job of the police in a democratic society is to keep communities safe. In practice, ICE collaborates with conventional American criminal justice institutions, including local police departments, but often end up working at cross-purposes with them by creating fear in immigrant communities, whose members become less likely to report crime. As a result, some police chiefs have aligned themselves recently against ICE raids. The goal of ICE is not to make communities safer. ICE's mission is to reinforce a distinction between "us" and "them."
The Trump administration has advanced its more aggressive policies of enforcement by characterizing undocumented immigrants as a group of criminals, rather than as individuals. In 2017, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly ordered ICE to portray immigrants in general as intrinsically prone to crime to justify mass arrests by highlighting "three egregious cases" to use in the media. This tactic of identifying whole groups as criminal has a shameful history. In my grandmother's 1957 memoir of 1930s Berlin, she reports similar tactics by the Gestapo in 1937, who spoke of "criminal" Jews while arresting Jewish citizens who had committed minor traffic violations.
To be sure, no organizations precisely like the Nazi SS or the SA or Italy's fascist Blackshirts operate in the United States today. There is no organization empowered to make arrests that originated as a paramilitary force, or that has an official racist ideology, or that is used to overtly target political opponents. ICE is not the SS or the Gestapo. But it has concerning similarities, including its symbiotic relationship with an increasingly authoritarian president. And it is not the only institution with disturbing fascist elements; evidence of extreme racism and sexism has emerged among members of its sister organization, Customs and Border Protection. The special circumstances under which ICE was created and now operates also lends credence to the argument that ICE is expendable, a nonessential and arguably harmful arm of government that could be eliminated.
What about the private detention centers for undocumented immigrants, which Ms. Ocasio-Cortez described last month as concentration camps? After the comparison, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a news release denouncing comparisons to the Holocaust. In response, hundreds of historians and other academics working on the Holocaust and genocide responded with a letter defending the importance of these analogies.
As Kica Matos at the Vera Institute of Justice explained to me, journalists are barred from visiting these centers; they are open only to legal representatives and members of Congress. In early June, the Trump administration canceled educational, recreational and legal aid for migrant children in detention centers, sealing them off further from public view. Reports of the extreme conditions in these centers have flooded the news in recent weeks. These reports have been provided by legal representatives empowered to visit them. What happens now, as Ms. Matos asked, that funding is cut off for such visits?
Even as we are shut off from facts, immigrants will hear the stories from one another. The strategy here is to encourage them to self-deport. This, too, is familiar from history. In the November 1938 pogrom of German Jews, more than 30,000 of them were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, where they were subjected to brutal and inhumane conditions and soon released. In "KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps," Nikolaus Wachsmann, a professor of European history at the University of London, explains that the release of these prisoners made sense from the regime's perspective, because "the camps had served their function — forcing many Jews out of Germany." The regime's harsh anti-Semitic rhetoric, followed by exposure of its Jewish citizens to the brutality of its camps, led to a large exodus of Jews from Germany (including my grandmother and my father in July 1939). The tactic worked. Should we therefore employ it?
There is an economic reality to this situation as well. We increasingly see connections between powerful business interests and the institutions of state terror. Wall Street gives billions in loans to facilitate the profits of companies who run detention centers; large companies make profits by selling their wares to them, and former high ranking administration officials serve on their boards. On the local level, county jails enjoy newfound profits by housing those detained by ICE's massively broadened mandate.
A refusal to discuss fascism in the current political context in the United States obscures both the nature of fascism, representing it as an all-or-nothing matter, as well as our own troubling past. The extent to which a society is liberal democratic or fascist can be measured on a continuum. In the struggles with our racist history — against black Americans, Native Americans and immigration from non-Northern European countries — the United States has always had aspects of both. With the development of a police-like force directed specifically to force outsiders into hiding, detention centers sealed off from public view in which to detain them and an economy set up to profit from it all, we move in the wrong direction.
Jason Stanley is a philosophy professor and author, most recently, of "How Fascism Works."
Now in print: "Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments" and "The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments," with essays from the series, edited by Peter Catapano and Simon Critchley, published by Liveright Books.
The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We'd like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some tips. And here's our email: letters@nytimes.com.
Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram.


text:
For our honeymoon, he had taken me to Norway. He was anxious to show me the Land of the Midnight Sun. After the wedding celebrations, when the piped lace on the cake, worked with agonising patience, had disintegrated, I would have preferred to linger for a day or two in a more familiar landscape. I would have preferred the calmer shores of Suffolk to the North Sea. I could dip my toes gingerly in at the water's edge along the solitary waste between Southwold and Leiston-cum-Sizewell, barbed with the horny limbs of crustaceans out of joint with their shells and twice the size of those on many a coast. I would have liked to walk barefoot and free for a day or so, making shallow impressions that could easily be effaced by the tide. But he was eager to cross the water, said if we missed the boat we'd have to wait days and days, heaven knew how long it would be, and the honeymoon would be over before it had begun. So we spent our wedding night in my bunk, in a cabin, in a boat out at sea. I embarked in a wide-brimmed hat adorned with ribbon. "Your mother chose it," I confessed with an apologetic laugh. "She said I ought to wear one. It's the done thing." "It is now," he joked and whipped it off and tossed it over the rail, leaving me suspended between laughter and tears. I watched it billow and float, billow and float, receding towards the misted harbour of Newcastle. When I met his eyes then, I knew it was for real, not a dream effervescing into nightmare. Intensely pleased with himself, he gave me a fulsome kiss, there and then on the deck in front of everyone. Folk exchanged glances, smiled indulgently. Our new clothes and the pastel confetti fluttering out of our shoes gave us away. Middle-aged women searched my face for signs of preparedness, recalling grim nights of betrayal. In their day, nice girls definitely didn't before the ring. I could see them thinking 'poor girl, on voyage, too,' when the mere fact of being at sea could so easily overset one's calm.
We stayed out for a long while, watching the ploughed foam disperse and marble the lucent green water. It grew dark. The boat begin to dip and rise.
But later, in the confines of the bunk, it was easier to forget you were all at sea with the sun gone down and the blinds drawn over the porthole. If the context was slightly dramatic, it seemed fitting, conducive to success. Intertwined beneath a blanket embossed with seagulls in flight, we discovered that we were after all in love. In the night, in the middle of the crossing where the water was deepest and the swell exaggerated the motion of the vessel, I realised with a burning twinge of that legendary pain, that I was not alone. I began to bubble softly with laughter at the facility with which my secretive body adapted to new rhythms. Touch and go, ebb and flow. Capering, scarpering. Deepening, sweeping up to a crest; acquiescence, quiescence. Sleep, drowned in a tide of radiant blood; lulled, both, by the ceaseless vibration.
In the morning, I peeped through the porthole and reported that there was still no land to be seen.
"It'll be within sight any time now," Jude promised, pulling a sweater over his eyes. And I believed him.
"This is the life!" he enthused, out on the deck after breakfast with spume flying into our faces. "Let's walk up to the sharp end, shall we? I'd rather see where we're going than where we've been!"
The floor pressed up under the soles of our feet. Jude took long strides, it didn't bother him.
"Look!" he cried, when I joined him at the rail. "There's land!"
Faint shadows loomed through an opal mist. "Isn't it a bank of cloud?"
"No, no," he said. "Terra firma. The outlines are too clear."
Gradually a long bare headland slid into view. It looked untamed, remote, belonging to nowhere. It was hard to imagine a whole country beyond. As the boat slipped into its lee, the wind dropped and the waves subsided. Soon another limb of land reached out on the other side. The course was scarcely ruffled now. Were it not for barren rocks jutting out of the water, we would have made rapid progress. Slowly we penetrated towards a harbour we could not see, expecting it to be around the next point, then the next. It was this anticipation that kept us standing there for nearly two hours. (The boat had glided so swiftly out of the dock at Newcastle.) We shuddered and put up our collars. The wind was less fierce, but the cold had built up under our clothes. Crowds gathered on deck.
Winter Summerhouses - Ola Moen
At first there was little to see but the crude extremities hewn by a primeval hand and licked smooth as a bald pate by the sea in places. No beards of seaweed thrived in the ice-sharp air. Further on, brownish tufts of grass sprang out of the crevices; lichens mottled the rocks. I'd imagined it would be greener, but Jude said that wasn't until you were inland a bit, where the agriculture was. On the coast and up in the mountains it was pretty bleak. The time to see it was in the winter, when it was covered in snow!
Jude had been there before, not to discover the land and its inhabitants, nor even to see the Midnight Sun since it was the wrong time of year, but to ski. He had skimmed and swerved over the glistening surfaces. Everywhere looked like a Christmas cake then, the conifers feather-stitched against the sky. On the fourth day he had his leg in plaster and had to warm himself up with brandy for the rest of his stay.
We began to encroach upon the interior, picking our way through treacherous channels. We saw two or three summer dwellings made of timber, fragile as dolls' houses, perched in the nooks and crannies of the rockface. They were painted saffron, rust-red and green, all the colours flowing in the rock, so that they blended perfectly with the background. But despite the solid foundation, they looked tenuous, for all the world as if they might topple into the black lacquered water below.
Soon we caught sight of wharves, cargo boats, trawlers heaped with 'silver darlings', and then the outline of gabled roofs pinked against the dark slopes of the harbour. We smelled the saline smell of humanity torn between earth and water, and lost ourselves in the comings and goings on the borders of hope. Romantic Bergen, jewel of the Hanseatic League, overwhelmed us.
An hour later we were ashore, with the homeland of Ibsen rolling hard beneath our vehicle.
from Next Year In Jerusalem
Available on Amazon Kindle

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Home » About Us » Our Professionals
Jeffrey B. Starfield
Before joining Northeast Business Partners, Jeff Starfield was an entrepreneur and professional consultant with experience in companies both large and small. He worked as a business consultant with M.C. Geffen and Associates in Cape Town, South Africa and then in Boston, MA with C.W. Downer & Co. (now Alantra), an independent, global mid-market M&A boutique firm. Mr. Starfield has continued his consulting work with Community Action Partners, a volunteer organization of Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School alumni helping Boston-area nonprofits apply management skills to their business challenges. His CAP projects have included the USS Constitution Museum, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, The Food Project and the Peabody Essex Museum.
Mr. Starfield is founder and president of CD\Works – a digital media (CD, DVD, USB) duplication company in Marblehead, MA. Previous to that, he was founder and CEO of Alpine Restaurants Inc., operator of Ruggles pizza restaurants, in partnership with Associated Newspapers, a UK public company. He later acquired and ran Baby Watson Retail Corp, Inc, operator of sandwich and cheesecake restaurants. Mr. Starfield has B.Sc. and B.A. degrees and a post-graduate Diploma in Computer Science from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is President, US of the IDDA – the International Disc Duplicating Association.
email: jstarfield@northeastpartners.com
phone: 1-978-984-0010 / Fax 1-617-379-0044
Mark Parsekian
Mr. Parsekian has combined his almost 30 years of sales and marketing experience with his entrepreneurial spirit to create a number of successful small business ventures. For close to three decades, his sales, marketing and training skills have brought him national recognition with various natural nutritional companies he has represented in the direct selling industry. He has been featured in a number of national and local publications for his team building approach in developing successful sales organizations and relationship building training techniques. Prior to co-founding Northeast Business Partners he was senior broker and top producer of another Boston based business brokerage firm. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University and is a Massachusetts licensed real estate professional. Mark resides in Milton, MA with his wife Erin and son Liam. He is an avid runner and a member of the L Street Running Club and L Street Brownies of South Boston, MA.
email: mparsekian@northeastpartners.com
phone: Cell 617-501-8486 / Fax 617-326-3190
Michael Dexter-Smith
Mike Dexter-Smith joined Northeast Business Partners to add brokerage capability to the "bow" of capabilities he brings his clients and to extend NEBP's services in the software, biotech and computer hardware arenas, where he has considerable experience at a senior level. Mike spent nine years with Price Waterhouse in the USA, UK and New Zealand (which he says "taught me a lot about international business generally") and is now serving as President of ACAUS, the Association of Chartered Accountants in the United States. He built on his accounting expertise running Xtremesoft Inc., a software company, and is general Partner at Pine Brook Ventures. Mike has nurtured ideas and started new ventures in the social networking, retail, biotech infomercials and ads, as well as the 'cloud' computing arena. He has participated in the public offering of two computer hardware companies; the sale of a company in the Biotech market and continues to nurture more businesses in a variety of markets. He brings his strengths to bear in incubating an idea; then funding and nurturing it to later sell when the time is right.
Mr. Dexter-Smith consults with companies on positioning; on Boards; with CEOs; with families who own things jointly and with non-profits. He adds a good understanding of the use of electronic networking to focus on adding value to every business, organization, process and interaction in which he participates. After thirty years of hacking around in the business "weeds", little surprises him. As he says about small companies "its money and people, people and money". While not shy to say "I don't know", helping NEBP clients derive more value from a transaction is always his goal.
email: mds@northeastpartners.com
IN MEMORIAM: Ronald L. Hill, CBI
Co-Founder and Past President
It is with great sadness that Northeast Business Partners reports the passing of Ron Hill of coronavirus on April 19th. He retired from full time work in 2017 and was living in Belmont, Massachusetts at the time of his death. Ron was well known in the brokerage business for his professionalism and low key manner. After joining a Boston area business brokerage firm in 2000 as Senior Broker and Vice President, he co-founded Northeast Business Partners in 2003. Before that he was CEO of a provider of diversified health services where he led the merger and acquisition of over 15 separate entities. From 1990 to 2000 he built and sold a successful multi-unit business in the service sector. Ron completed post graduate studies in Healthcare Administration at Purdue University, the certificate program in Healthcare Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance and held a degree in Business Administration from Wayne State University. He was a member of the IBBA (International Business Brokers Association) where he earned his Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) designation, the M&A Source (Association of Merger & Acquisition Professionals), the Institute of Business Appraisers and a licensed real estate professional. Ron will be missed but he will be remembered as a calm, thoughtful and kind man.


At the 2018 National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) in Detroit, panelists addressed how title agents, the keepers of critical data "gold," can best use those numbers to acquire market share and business.
The title agent is at the center of the closing transaction and captures critical data elements that lenders need to meet for compliance.
Read on to learn more about this session.


The Whiteman Group had out best interest in mind throughout the whole transaction. They negotiated and got the highest price per sq.ft. in the neighborhood. They more than paid for themselves! I highly recommend them.


Corporate social responsibility is taken increasingly seriously by many brands, who include details of the good work they do in their sustainability reports. The problem is, these reports have a particularly niche audience. Unless a journalist picks up a copy and broadcasts their achievements to the wider public, they often remain unheralded.
There are a variety of ways firms can shed more light on their CSR activity – from including the information in an integrated report instead of segregating it, to bringing it to the forefront of their marketing schemes.
Microsoft now dedicates an entire section of its UK website to the environment, with browsers able to view the company's commitment to renewable energy and employee volunteering. The web copy is consistent in tone – simple and professional, even when talking about complex technology – with the company's main website.
Likewise, Nestlé's Twitter account is used by the company almost solely to highlight the work the company does in the community, and to respond to those who are talking about it. Nestlé's seen its fair share of controversies over the years, so the most important role of its social media team is to constantly improve the company's ethical standing in the eyes of consumers.
It's clear that CSR has become an important part of the digital marketing strategies of some of the world's biggest firms, and because of this it's getting more press than ever before. And aside from marketing, companies both big and small are now taking more care to ensure that their annual reports show off the responsible work they've been doing.
If you're interested in integrated reporting or sustainability reporting, the Stratton Craig team can help. We'll ensure that the work you do in the community is promoted using your own distinctive tone of voice, increasing its potential use for marketing.


So if we cooperate, we will be able to promote this on the ED website and the community as well. I would get in contact with helisimmer.com.
If the Mission is ready for release (Beta), it may be released first on your https://thefraternitysim.com/ exclusive for two month's bevor releasing at ED's site.
I'm sure it's better working together then fighting alone.
We are part of a small community, flying helicopter sims and especially in DCS.
You do a great job with your web site, and obviously, we share not only the same passion but we are also both interested in promoting DCS helicopter developments.
I want to propose cooperation regarding the promotion of our efforts to the heli-sim community.
AVP&IT is a DCS 3rd party developer since September and us; Low-Level-Heaven is the Mission designer.
Unfutiunet because of the zero information policy by ED we have no clue when ED releases our WORLDS APART Spring Campaign. So we start working on the next one.
To further promote our campaign and especially the UH.1 module, I decided to build a Single Player Mission they will be released for free until the Campaign is released. If time permits we convert this mission in a "Unit Mission" (my interpretation of multiplayer helicopter) as well.


text:
Ecological Consulting
Black-Cockatoos
Fauna Values and Impacts Assessment
Mike Bamford
Dr Mike Bamford's (B.Sc. Hons. Ph.D., Murdoch University 1986) principle area of work is in population ecology of vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) in relation to changing environments, including changes due to fire and minesite rehabilitation. His doctoral research was on the impact of fire upon small vertebrates in Banksia woodland near Perth and he has been an environmental consultant since 1987. He is a regular guest lecturer at Curtin and Edith Cowan Universities. Mike was Chairman of the WA Group of Birdlife Australia (2002-2004), and on the National Council of Birdlife Australia (2005-2011), was a regular columnist ("The Wild Side") to the West Australian's Earth 2000 section from 1997 to 2003, and is also an established biological illustrator. He received the Alex Harris Memorial Prize for Science Journalism in 1999, and was jointly awarded (with Mandy) the inaugural Biodiversity Ambassadorship Award by the Curtin Institute for Biodiversity and Climate in 2011.
Mandy Bamford
Mrs Mandy Bamford (B.Sc. Hons., Zool., University of Western Australia 1983) has extensive experience in wetland ecosystems, including rehabilitation and management, bird surveys, and has a keen interest in Science Communication and particularly community environmental education. Mandy has worked on award winning residential projects including the RGC Wetlands Centre which was awarded the National Landcare Award (Industry section) for 1991, and Mariners Cove, a residential development alongside the Creery Wetlands in Mandurah for Cedar Woods Properties Ltd which received the 2002 UDIA WA Award for Environmental Excellence (2002), UDIA National Award for Environmental Excellence (2003) and HIA WA GreenSmart Development of the Year (2003). Mandy presents community workshops, designs and writes interpretative signage, co-ordinates the production of printed and electronic education packages and has co-written a book on Mammals of the Avon Region for the W.A. Department of Environment and Conservation.
Sub-consultants
Most work carried out by the partnership is done by these partners, but we have a number of sub-consultants who are used for assistance in the field and for office duties such as data entry and report writing. These sub-consultants form a cooperative network that enables Bamford Consulting to undertake large scale and multiple projects. All sub-consultants operate their own offices, have their own ABNs and in most cases are registered for GST. All field work is carried out by experienced field zoologists. All our sub-consultants have had more than five years' experience, and some more than twenty years' experience in the field. Bamford Consulting Ecologists is a registered business and maintains Public Liability Insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance and Professional Indemnity Insurance.
Joshua Bamford
Trained as a cognitive scientist, and with years of experience in IT and marketing, Josh manages the BCE web presence and assists with administration. He also regularly helps on field work, and has been assisting with fauna surveys since he was 5 years old. Josh spends part of the year in the UK, where he is completing a Doctorate in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford.
Jake Bamford
© 2020 Joshua Bamford. All rights reserved.


Event planners can request campus entrance signage to promote and help attendees get to and from their events. Order signs 2 weeks in advance of your event.
Each sign is available for a fee for 2 days prior to the event and the event day. Additional days may be ordered.
Contact Customer Service for fee information at 716-645-2025.
1. After completing the form, click Next to review your signage content and placement. Then select Submit or Previous to make corrections.
2. After submitting this request, you will immediately receive an email confirmation. Please obtain the required signature and return the signed form to Customer Service if you are using Research Foundation (RF) or UB Foundation (UBF) funds.


These templates are great for those who are looking for free shape templates. Download for free and make awesome shape charts instantly. With Edraw, you can create clear and comprehensive shape presentation with no prior experience. As you can see by studying the templates of shape chart above.
Free download shape templates on professional diagram sharing community. With Edraw, you can edit and print the free shape diagram templates for personal and commercial use.


When you have a beloved family photo, fine art print, or treasured collection of memorabilia that needs framing, only the very best will do! Framed pictures and artwork are meant to be seen and enjoyed every day of your life. You don't want to feel even one pang of regret at the sight of an ill-fitting frame or a poorly matched mat. Instead, you want to feel satisfied and pleased every time you look at the wall to gaze at the pieces you've specially chosen to adorn your personal living or work space.
This is why you need to turn to Shoreline Framing for all your framing needs.
Unlike the department and big-box stores, we won't limit you to only a handful of mediocre, mass-produced, prepackaged framing options. At Shoreline Framing, we have every style of frame you can imagine—from the most ornate, extravagant frames to the simplest frames that set off your artwork beautifully while staying within the strictest budget. Tell us what look you want to achieve, and what price range you need to stay within, and we will find the perfect solution to delight the eye without breaking the bank!
Our wood frames come in a vast variety of materials, including maple, cherry, oak, and mahogany. Or, if you'd prefer a metal frame, we have a wide assortment of styles and colors, including the ever-popular gold and silver styles. Shoreline Framing also offers an extensive selection of top-of-the-line frames. We carry such prestigious brands as Framers Market, Larson Juhl, and Nurre Caxton, in quality wood finishes as well as in classic gold or silver leaf.
We also have a terrific selection of shadow boxes and other unique framing options for your special collections of memorabilia. Show off your precious mementos off in customized style!
With such a wide selection of options for your framing needs, it can be challenging to choose just the right matting, framing, and color scheme. We understand this, so our consultants provide friendly, patient, one-on-one design consulting. And once we've worked with you to choose the matting and frames that best compliment your photos or art, we'll work carefully and diligently to ensure that everything fits like a glove, coordinates beautifully, and comes out perfectly.
We offer complete assembly including frame, glass, fillets, and enhancers. Although our attention to detail is unsurpassed, we also provide quick turnaround times. Depending on order size and availability, we can get most projects completed within only one week! When we've finished putting it all together, your cherished piece of art will provide you with pride and pleasure for years to come.
Shoreline Framing also carries an extensive line of artwork to add just the right designer touch to your home, office, or any space you want to adorn. We carry still life, landscapes, contemporary, and nautical prints as well as people, wildlife, children's art, limited-edition maritime art, and Greenwich Workshop fine art editions—true copies of artists' originals and the highest-grade paper or canvas art reproductions on the market.
Let Shoreline Framing create the ideal framing for your treasured heirlooms and works of art, and in selecting the perfect piece to hang in your home or office. Our family-owned shop in Westbrook is here to serve you with a smile and a well-trained eye for detail and design. Call or stop by and allow us to share our expertise and passion with you. We promise to frame your photos and artwork to pleasing perfection!


Well built. Small custom changes made perfectly with a note in the purchase page . Very nice.
Absolutely love my St Michael rosary!
This is my third purchase and as expected, excellent service and excellent product.
Again, I am very pleased with the pocket rosary for a grandson's First Holy Communion. I am confident it will last him a lifetime (and may even remind him to pray for me !). My own rosary, that I wrap around my arm every night, is several years old and Is still like new !
Love my Pocket Soldier St. Michael's Rosary. Wear it on my belt wherever I go & pray it everyday. Great product. Thanks.
Carl Berg said: Well Done!
I needed a rosary that wouldn't get hung up on my gear. I purchased a decade rosary in a straight line configuration in desert colors. I appreciate the St. Michael morale patch and medal. The medal came on a sturdy cord. Well done!
Bring this accessories to everywhere for everyday full protection. Real men accessories.
Rugged Rosaries have outstanding rosaries and outstanding customer service! I am thrilled with both and will definitely be buying more rosaries in the future. I cannot wait to order another one.
Anna Rodriguez said: Love this!
I love ordering from you guys. I asked to put a different medal and was done the way I wanted it. This is just so beautiful. Got it for my fiance who travels a lot. I'm sure he's going to love it. Thanks again for accepting my request. I have never been disappointed with your products and I doubt I ever will.
I was looking for something that I could carry as a physical reminder to pray - something physical to remind and pull me out of the world and into the Spirit of God.
The Pocket Rosary is as good looking in my hand as it does on screen. I've had it for a week and each time I tug it out, my thoughts are turned towards God - if even for a brief moment. It also feels sturdy and solid in my hand. I use it to hold my keys and while driving several hours last night, I kept holding the Crucifix and thinking about Christ.
I also bought the Jujube Wood Rosary Bracelet for an even more visible reminder to pray. It is attractive and as solidly built with just a smaller profile than the Pocket Rosary.
Ordering was a breeze and the rosaries arrived quickly and on time.
Love this item. Got a couple of other things from y'all as well. Great stuff. Definitely buying more.
Not my first order and likely not my last. As usual great service and quality.
Blessed to have found this product. Great gift to offers others. Have purchased multiple times. Always run out of the Rosary ring loops and Tactical paracord pocket rosaries. Thank you!!!
This was exactly what I was looking for! Small, fits in my pocket, but is readily available when I need it.
I will differently be getting another product in the future.
I stive to always keep a rosary in my pocket regardless of the working conditions and this rosary not only constantly remembers me of how tough life is but also that we are of rugged construction to endure it! Great product! You have a new customer!
It is everything I expected. Great everyday masculine look. Great feel. Sturdy. There is just enough play between the beads to slide each one forward when advancing to the next hierarchy. Being able to meditate on Michael and the angelic hierarchies has deepened my spiritual life. Keep up the good work!
Ben Cruz said: Wonderful product!!
Very good product. Very strong and sturdy. And very, very beautifully made.
It very beautiful gift for my husband, I am sure he will love it as much as I do.
Purchased St. Michael Rosaries for the family and they come in great quality & packaging. Love the prayer card it comes with! Highly Recommend for your loved ones! Will shop again!
I'm always on the move coaching at track and cross country meets and like to pray on the bus rides to and from them. The single decade rosary is awesome for this, especially since I can clip it to my backpack when I don't have pockets!
Michael said: Another great purchase!
Just purchased several smaller single decade rosaries. Our fourth set of rosaries from Rugged Rosaries and just as pleased as ever.
Tony Michel said: Great product!
Terrific compact little rosary that I can take anywhere. I received the item faster than expected. I would totally order one again and I did!
Bought as a Christmas gift so have not really looked at it. From what I have seen it will serve the purpose very well.
Peter said: That'll do, pig.
Great little rosary. I must say the crucifix and medal feel like a cheaper material than I expected, but thats not going to impact your prayers! Its my designated car rosary and I'm happy to have St. Michael along for the ride.
Sarah Stewart said: Amazing company!
Heather Bowser said: Absolutely love them!!!
I would recommend these to anyone who has faith and love in their life. They are wonderful keepsakes and make great gifts! I absolutely love mine and have it in my truck. My sister and brother in law love theirs also! It's great to have something made with faith, hope and love.Thank you to those who make them. They are special.
Very nice! Was not expecting anything extraordinary.but when i received the item....Superb!!! For sure i will order again, especially, Christmas is coming.
I love this rosary. Fits prefect in my pockets and it helps me with my goal to pray the rosary daily!
I've bought numerous items from Rugged Rosaries and I couldn't be happier. All of the products have been good quality and are easily able to name custom adjustments. If there is an issue, they quickly take care of it and it's an easy process. Just a great company and I'll continue to purchase from here.
Beautiful. Sturdy. Perfect size to keep in a shirt or pant pocket. Well made. Expect to enjoy it for years!
I was very happy with my service with Rugged Rosaries.
I ordered the St. Michael pocket rosary.
It is exceptional in quality and appearance.
I will be carrying it with me always and will be recommending it my friends.
I will be ordering again soon.
Yvette Sampson said: I'm very happy!!
5 more for my nice and nephews to inspire them to pray daily the rosary.
Thanks for the good product guys!!
Very pretty yet tough rosary that I use when I am outside and don't want to carry a full rosary.
I just stumbled across the company's Instagram account one day and was interested in the items that they sold. After checking out the website, I had a feeling that inspired me to start praying the rosary. I ordered The Soldier St. Michael Pocket Rosary and the 8 Way Power Packed Devotional Necklace, and was surprised to get it way earlier than expected. The quality of the products are top notch, and comes packaged with a few little "extras" that made receiving the items a little more special. After receiving the pocket rosary, I have since then prayed the rosary daily, and just ordered the Salvation Black and White rosary which I am excited to get. Thank you guys for doing what you do and help bring me back to my faith. You guys are awesome! Will definitely buy more rosaries from you guys i the future!Take care and God Bless!
When my husband first saw this Rosary, I believe either on Pinterest or Facebook, He thought WOW this is too good to be true and he wanted it badly!
He said it was unlike the other rosaries that are out there, and this stood out as a rosary that he could carry in his pocket or put it on his cars steering wheel. He loves the selection and the way they are customized. So, I bought it for him and when he received it, it surpassed his expectations. He actually became very anxious about its delivery. He also likes the pouch and the cards that came with it. The keychain, he couldn't describe his excitement about that. He said that he would highly recommend it to friends and strangers along with the recommendation of 5 stars and the site. He says that he may need another one, only in black cord for when he dresses up. Thank You immensely for being there and your service in Our Lord.
William Hunt said: I was blown away!
This company is awesome. My Jujube rosary bracelet was beautiful in and of itself. But it did not come alone in standard packaging, but with a draw string bag for storage, some beautiful prayer cards and a key chain with a wooden cross. It's always nice when you get more than you expect. The folks at rugged rosaries obviously take pride in their products and care about their customers. I was so impressed I ordered a pocket rosary with the same result!
I bought 2 one for me an ome for my son whos shippin off to marine bootcamp. Theyre prefect! Grrat service fast shipping!
Keith said: Durable and rugged.
I feel lost when not carrying my small "pocket" rosary. What started as a full size rosary ended up as a single decade rosary over a dozen years of wear and use. I keep it in the small little coin pocket most jeans have above the right pocket. Unfortunately, too many time it went thru the wash and dozens of repairs to the metal links. I dreamed of a rugged and durable single decade rosary that would hold up to my heavy use. When I stumbled upon Rugged Rosary's web site, it was a dream come true. The selection was fabulous and a slight customization was no problem. I plan on purchasing another and also others to give as gifts. I'm a customer for life. Thanks R.R. Job well done!
I give these away to my friends. It's a manly man rosary. Brings them a little closer to God.
Paul Ward said: Great products/great service!
Awesome quality rosaries with awesome customer service. I've purchased four rosaries now and couldn't be happier.
Keep up the great work! God bless Rugged Rosaries.
Eleazer Louis said: Great product!!
Was very happy with quality of the items and quick shipment. Also nice to see freebe in the shipping as well. Will definitely be getting more things from you guys. Thanks!
Purchased two (2) of these Rosaries to give away as gifts; perfect size to keep in a pocket, to loop around a bag strap, or steering wheel. They're just as rugged as the full sized Rosaries and will definitely purchase more.
This is a mans rosary, from the paracord or to the heavy beads. A true weapon aginst the forces of evil a warrior will be proud to carry. I know I am.
A wonderful item that is easy to carry as a reminder to pray without ceasing.
I have used many different kinds of Rosaries to carry in my pocket this one by far is the most durable and economical Rosary that I have used.
This is the first Rugged Rosary we have bought, my husband has always wanted one and he loves it, he carries it with him everywhere. It's a very "manly", rugged Rosary. And I love all the little details that come with the Rosary (the finger decade, the prayer card, etc.) you think of everything!
Service was amazing! We live in Puerto Rico and packages seem to take a little longer to arrive but this arrived in less than 5 days. And I love how the company tracks the package for me and lets me know where it is and when will be delivered. Thank you!!! God bless!!!
The St. Michael Soldier pocket rosary is the second one I've bought so far. It was made to my exact specifications and arrived 5 days early. So yea, I'm more than happy with my purchase. I have no complaints as these rosaries are exactly what they claim to be "rugged" I can tell it's going to last.
High quality, customized as I requested. Unlike anything else out there. Perfect for young men.
This 10 decade rosary is a work of art, and function, I ordered 7 compact rosaries for family, 2 were St Micheals, had St Anthony medal added to one of them, finding this site nearly brought me to tears...thank you for all you do.
Great communication, delivery time. The Rosary was better than I thought it would be.
It is very well made item. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Gina Woods said: Excellent Gift!
My brother got me one of the pocket rosaries and I love it. When it came time to get a gift for my God Son for his confirmation, it was the first thing I thought of since I love mine so much. My nephew loved it, too. Thank you for making such an excellent product!
My goddaughter wanted a pocket rosary for her birthday. She customized everything on this rosary including the medal. There was no additional cost even with all the changes she requested. Rugged Rosaries is amazing that way. Their customer service along with the ability to customize their products make them an extraordinary company. They truly want you to have the faith item you want. My goddaughter was so happy when her rosary arrived and has attached it to her backpack. Thank you Rugged Rosaries for providing ultimate protection for so many.
My order arrived very quickly and was exactly what I wanted. Premium quality in all respects. Thanks!
Good morning. I stumbled across Rugged Rosaries due to a Friday morning men's group that I attend at St Stephen the Martyr parish in Omaha, NE. I was tired of my rosaries snagging and breaking in my pockets and didn't like the bag in my pocket. I wanted something not only durable, but good looking too. I was also in the market for a Saint Michael pendant. My RR pocket rosary checked off everything I wanted. It is durable, compact, and really cool looking. With my rugged lifestyle, this rosary is a perfect weapon to keep on me at all times. God Bless!
As the proud mother of two marines, one in active / career service, the other a veteran, I know first hand how important faith plays a part in their live and mine. Sometimes a gentle reminder of the beads we hold can transport us to a place of solace, prayer and intimate union with Jesus. I bought this for my son and I hope he will cherish it. Thank you for making these beautiful prayer beads with so much love and yet keeping it rugged for our boys/men!
Anthony Calderon said: Love this pocket rosary!
I have a few rosary products from Rugged Rosaries and absolutely love them. Thank you for making products that appel to Men of God!
I have brought several rosaries for myself and my boys. Very rugged, well made, and always what I have been looking for. The military one decade is often used in my car or on hikes.
Edward Prybylski said: Thank you!
Well made, looks good, and is very sturdy. Would definitely buy from here again.
I bought a soldier rosary (a decade one instead of full - on parachuted and can clip to a backpack) two years afforded for my first son's Confirmation and now I bought another for my second son's Confirmation. This one surprised me, it came earlier than expected and I was very happy about that. I really like the look of these and they are well-made. Highly recommended by me!
Got this as a gift for my husband for father's day. Arrived very quickly. Nicely made product. Seems durable. Completely satisfied with this.
Once I opened my package, I knew I received a quality product. It is a bit bigger than I expected but, it is made with amazing craftsmanship and quality!
Thank you so much! Very pleased!


text:
Emerie
Emerie Snyder, A voice inside your head, audio-theatrical experience for one listener, 5 minutes 42 seconds
American, b. 1983, playing from New York City, NY, USA
Emerie Snyder announced at age five that her hobby was "thinking about lots of things." It's still true. Emerie is a freelance theatre director based in New York City and Founder/Artistic Director of The Intentional Theatre Group. Productions with The IT Group include NeverCracked and Archipelago, both of which paired published plays with newly commissioned works. She also directed Walls, a short independent film on digital video. Current projects include Exhibit, an immersive theatre piece in the form of an art gallery tour, and Umbrella Houses, a two-person play with live video elements, recently presented by Dixon Place. Emerie is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has studied at Stony Brook Southampton, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. http://www.emeriesnyder.net
Thoughts on the Telephone process
This was a wonderful and challenging experience! I love that we were forced to (try to) find an indefinable essence of another artist's work, boiling it down to a core idea, in order to then translate that idea/message to a new medium.
The process was especially interesting and tricky for me as a theatre artist—what I love about theatre is that it's inherently a live medium, with the audience and performers sharing the same space and breathing the same air, but for Telephone I had to figure out how to create a theatre piece that could be sent electronically across continents. My solution was to create an audio recording that essentially guides the listener in playing the roles of both audience member and performer, (hopefully) creating a real-time, live theatrical experience.
Beukes


Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to regulate the operation of unmanned flying devices such as drones the Odisha government is drafting guidelines.
According to sources, the state is government is preparing the guidelines as per the International Civil Aviation Organisaton to restrict the use of the remote-controlled flying devices which is emerging as a major security threat.
"For flying a drone, the flier has to register himself at DGCA and get the required license. Besides, they have to get the approval of ATC for flying the drone," Mohapatra added.
Though the use of drone is immensely useful in tracing out dead animals in dense forests, construction of dams, bridges and roads, and security of high rise and historical places, its adverse use cannot be ruled out.
For the first time, the Forest department had recently used a drone to trace out a body of a pachyderm, who succumbed due to anthrax, in the dense forest of Shimilipal.


My work helps creative and cultural organisations of all scales and sizes to consider how they might matter more to more people.
Read More "Helping you matter more to more people"
I regularly facilitate team retreats and away days, working together with individuals and their teams to enable them to explore future ambition, devise a new strategy or take an existing plan to a new level.
Read More "Inspiring your future strategy"


I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.


text:
Category an accident of stars
An Accident of Stars, by Foz Meadows
Summary: When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena, a magical realm on the brink of civil war.
There, her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile; Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden; and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. But Leoden has allies, too, chief among them the Vex'Mara Kadeja, a dangerous ex-priestess who shares his dreams of conquest.
Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiin, a secretive order of storytellers and mystics, the rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. Saffron is out of her world and out of her depth, but the further she travels, the more she finds herself bound to her friends with ties of blood and magic.
Can one girl – an accidental worldwalker – really be the key to saving Kena? Or will she just die trying?
Review: Before this, most of what I'd read by Meadows consisted of insightful blog posts and amusing interactions on Twitter. But that was enough to know that we agree on many different standpoints, and that she's a good writer capable of delving into many complex themes, and so chances were good that I would enjoy reading An Accident of Stars.
The story starts off with Saffron, in school, unfortunately experiencing harassment that those in charge are unwilling to put a stop to. A strange woman, Gwen, comes to Saffron's rescue, and later, when Saffron attempts to find her and thank her for what she did, it turns out that Gwen isn't exactly from this world, and Saffron stumbles after her through an interdimensional magic portal.
Saffron now finds herself in an entirely different world, one with magic and unfamiliar cultures, and she gets herself tangled in a dangerous political plot with consequences far more far-reaching than anyone could have anticipated.
The only way I can describe Meadows's worldbuilding properly is to say it's Jemisin-esque. It's so complete, so entirely itself. The rich detail of multiple cultures, and the people shaping and shaped by those cultures, is exquisite, and a real treat to dive into. Even though we primarily see the world unfold from two different viewpoints, both of whom are outsiders to various degrees (Saffron has newly arrived, and though Gwen has been worldwalking for some time now, she still views things from a unique "between both worlds" angle), the new cultures that are presented to them — and us, as readers — are never judged by the standards of the person's original world. Or perhaps it better to say that the two worlds are never played against each other, with no subtle written bias that one way of doing things in superior to another. They are what they are, and Saffron in particular has no leisure to sit and think about her world being better or this new world being better. The worlds stand on their own.
This is also the kind of novel that ticks just about every box that certain people will rally against and decry and "needlessly PC" and "message fiction." Characters that are gay, bisexual, polyamourous, aromantic while not being asexual (which is a combo that, weirdly, a lot of stories don't touch on that often), transgender (though she gets magic to help with transitioning), a female protagonist, people of colour, people with disabilities, people who are sick and tired of dismissing sexual harassment with the old "boys will be boys" attitude. In short, this book is pretty much the epitome of everything these people say makes for bad fiction when you include it, and yet despite that, somehow, it's astoundingly great! It's rich and complex and features so many characters whose stories interest me, who contribute and observe and participate in the tale as it moves along, and at no point did I ever feel bored or preached to or like this was some terrible morality play underneath it all.
(Then again, I'm exactly the kind of person who thinks that there needs to be more SFF like this, not less, so I'm hardly a convert to the idea that diversity and representation are good things.)
And the important thing is, none of the characters felt like they were there because someone was ticking boxes on some diversity checklist. Gwen wasn't aromantic because the story "needed" a character who enjoys sex but isn't into romantic relationships. None of the characters or cultures needed to be white or not white. I don't get the impression that the author sat down and went, "Oh, right, I need a bisexual character in here or else people will accuse me of being narrow-minded; ugh, fine, I'll make this character bi, just to shut them up." There is no tokenism at work here. These things are woven into characters' personalities, giving them additional depth and different experiences in the world around them, but they add to the characters rather feeling like an addition to the characters.
I flat-out adore the world that Meadows created here, with its rich unique cultures and language and clothing styles. I want to read more things set in it, to spend more time there with characters I've grown to know and appreciate. The story is phenomenal, a brilliant fantasy with fascinating characters and an overarching plot that's full of action and intrigue and the world being on a precipice, on the knife-edge of revolution while the reader sits on the revolutionaries' shoulders. Meadows is on par with the modern fantasy greats here, and this is a spectacular novel that you can't afford to miss.
By Adrian • Posted in 2016, 5 cups, an accident of stars, fantasy, fiction, foz meadows
https://t.co/pBL2JlDCht 5 months ago
RT @marthawells1: I want to recommend @quartzen's Patreon: patreon.com/quartzen She's doing some really interesting commentary and descr… 5 months ago
NEW REVIEW! @BookwormBlues's SERAPHINA'S LAMENT is chilling, beautiful, and establishes Chorn as a rising star in t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 months ago
RT @ACLU: We're suing the NYPD for targeting our client with a bogus criminal charge simply because she is transgender. Linda Dominguez wa… 5 months ago
@quartzen @renay And let's not forget the fun glitch that can let you wear a drill as a hat! :D That never gets old! 5 months ago
Follow @Bibliotropic


The beautiful Samsung Instinct is the flagship smartphone of the electronics giant, Samsung. It has been recently launched in India. Read more about the Samsung Instinct and its features in this exclusive review. We provide an in-depth review, features and specifications of the phone here, in this article.
The Samsung Instinct has been designed beautifully. It looks absolutely gorgeous and has a huge 3.1″ LCD display which is full touch-sensitive and has a resolution of 240 x 432 pixels. It also sports a camera and various other multimedia features like an mp3 player, camera, video player, etc.
Below the huge display there are three small touch controls. These are the back button, the 'Home' key, and a calling control. However, these buttons can be a little hard to use as these need to be pressed firmly for the phone to register the command. One drawback of the phone is the vibration which is real hard to notice if the phone is in your pocket or are you not really paying attention.
However, the other design aspects of the phone are almost perfect. For example, pressing the 'Home' button will take you automatically to the 'Favorites' menu, while selecting the calling control replaces the menu icons at the bottom of the display with some shortcuts for the speed dialer,contacts, the recent calls list, and the dial pad. Battery life of the phone is pretty decent with 5.5 hours of talktime.
The moment you hold the device in your hand, you will feel good. It's loaded with lots of features and has enough applications to keep you engaged for days on end, if not more. As soon as the device is powered on, it needs to be unlocked by pressing on the hardware button. The beautiful 3.1 inch screen lights up with a plethora of options located right next to your fingertips.
The touch screen of the phone is a solid one which registers your touch quite well. You can even use your finger tip instead of the bundled stylus to navigate through the various functions of the phone, which is always a plus point. This screen can be optimized for calibration, brightness, contrast and even touch sensitivity. Another interesting feature of the phone is that it is actually a hybrid device, which essentially means that it works on both CDMA and EV-DO networks.
The Instinct is equipped with good G P S features too. It uses the G P S satellites for navigation; hence it can easily locate you even when you're indoors. The swift EV-DO network makes location and point-of-interest searches real easy, which is a big plus point.
Now, let us talk about the multimedia features of the phone which is pretty impressive, to say the least. The bundled media management software is a pleasure to work with. It not only locates tracks on your PC but also tells you whether DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection will make playing the tracks on the phone difficult or not.
One can even watch TV on the phone. The video quality is pretty good though there is some pixilation that is noticeable. The Instinct has a camera as well. The 2-megapixel camera captures decent images in good light, but performs a little low on expectation during low-light conditions. If you wish to click loads of pictures with the camera, then make sure that the light is good. Moreover, the camera on the Instinct does not have flash; so that could be another cause of concern if you love to snap pictures anytime, anywhere. However, you can capture as long a video clip as you want, which is limited only by the memory on the phone.
iPhone killer? This, only time will tell.


Team GB is just one Olympic gold medal short of a total which would entirely recapitalise Europe's debt-ridden banks and save the single currency from oblivion.
Victory this afternoon for Nicola Adams in the first Olympic women's boxing final in history, plus another gold for a horse, means that Great Britain's elephantine medal haul is now big enough to erase the contagion of fear among continental traders and return the Eurozone to its pre-crisis state of blissful ignorance.
Two more golds at London 2012 would bring peace to Syria, five more would make atmospheric greenhouse gases return to their pre-industrial level and, should Britain achieve the unthinkable and overhaul the US in the medal table, London 2012 organiser Seb Coe would become likeable.
Team GB has exceeded expectations at London 2012, first by surpassing the medal total from Beijing four years ago and then by making us forget who Gore Vidal was.
The Games began with Britain's history of slaughtering and enslaving indigenous populations erased by Danny Boyle. But after waiting four days for a first gold medal it looked as though Team GB was about to re-ignite tensions between the Roundheads and Cavaliers.
One week and 24 gold medals later, the country is in a state of orgasmic euphoria.
Asked if she thought the rampant social inequality which led to our cities being stormed by materialist gangs of unemployed youth one year ago had been solved by Britain's Olympic success, cycling fanatic Shirley James said: "Unemployed? I don't know what you mean.
Despite the glory and undeniable superiority of Great Britain, not just at these Olympic Games but in every other facet of human endeavour, pundits predict that we are still about 18 gold medals away from forgetting how much of a tool Nick Clegg is.


text:
The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles
The second book in a trilogy of novels about a man's 100-year life of peril, adventure, tragedy, transgression, and redemption..
Billy Battles is definitely not in Kansas anymore.
As Book 2 of the Finding Billy Battles trilogy opens, Billy is far from his Kansas roots and his improbable journeys are just beginning.
The year is 1894 and Billy is aboard the S S China sailing to the inscrutable Far East. Trouble is not far behind. He has met a mysterious and possibly dangerous German Baroness. He has locked horns with malevolent agents of the German government and battled ferocious Chinese and Malay pirates in the South China Sea.
Later, he is embroiled in the bloody anti-French insurgency in Indochina–which quite possibly makes him the first American combatant in a country that eventually will become Vietnam. Then, in the Philippines, he is thrust into the Spanish-American War and the brutal anti-American insurgency that follows. But Billy's troubles are just beginning.
As the 19th century ends and the 20th century begins, he finds himself entangled with political opportunists, spies, revolutionaries, and an assortment of vindictive and dubious characters of both sexes. How will Billy handle those people and the challenges they present? The answers are just ahead.
Finding Billy Battles
The first in a trilogy of novels about a man's 100 year life of peril, adventure, tragedy, transgression and redemption.
When a great-grandson inherits two aging trunks and a stack of meticulously detailed journals penned by his great-grandfather, he sets out to fulfill his great-grandfather's last request: to tell the story of an incredible life replete with adventure, violence, and tragedy. The great-grandfather's name is Billy Battles–a man often trapped and overwhelmed by circumstances beyond his control.
For much of his 100-year-long life Billy is a man missing and largely unknown to his descendants. His great-grandson is about to change that. As he works his way through the aging journals and the other possessions he finds in the battered trunks he uncovers the truth about his mysterious great-grandfather–a man whose deeds and misdeeds propelled him on an extraordinary and perilous journey from the untamed American West to the inscrutable Far East, Latin America and Europe.
As he flips through the pages of the handwritten journals he learns of Billy's surprising connections to the Spanish-American War, French Indochina, and revolutions in Mexico and other Latin American countries. But most of all he learns that in finding Billy Battles he has also found a long lost and astonishing link to the past.
The Kikkoman Chronicles
Bookshelves today are lined with intriguing, inside stories of corporate success. None, however, can rival the more than 300 years of wartime intrigue, family hardships, and unprecedented success of Japan's Kikkoman Corporation, one of the world's most formidable global competitors.
The Kikkoman Chronicles is nothing less than today's most innovative and informative guide to business in the international marketplace. From Kikkoman's simply 17th Century beginning, producing soy sauce in the Japanese village of Noda, it has become a world leader in the production, distribution and marketing of more than 2,000 related products.
Translated into more than 10 languages, The Kikkoman Chronicles has found an international audience.
International Reporting and Foreign Correspondents: The book explains how foreign correspondents work, how this fascinating job came into being, who some of the most successful and ground-breaking correspondents were and how the profession has changed in the past 200 years.
(ISBN: 1-58692-260-2)
The Reporter's Handbook: The Reporter's Handbook is a collection of ideas, techniques, examples of storytelling and a few secrets about the art and craft of doing excellent journalism. University of Illinois
Business and Financial Reporting in a Global Economy: This book helps journalists understand the linkage that exists between domestic prosperity and foreign policy. It addresses the key issues facing business journalism in the new information/social media economy:


Furious fans, a concerned owner & an incomplete squad – Is Mihajlovic's Milan unravelling already?
One can never escape the past, so it was only a matter of time before Sinisa Mihajlovic would have to face up to his. AC Milan had been reluctant to even mention the Serb's previous association with city rivals Inter – even going so far as to rather pettily refuse to acknowledge his past achievements at San Siro in the press release announcing his appointment as coach in June.
However, Mihajlovic had infamously stated in November in 2010: "I could never coach Milan. I was at Inter. I could not do it out of respect for my former supporters." Consequently, once his return to the Giuseppe Meazza was confirmed, the issue was never going to go away; it had to be addressed.
And so it was during a lovely moment at a club event in Milan on Thursday, when one of the two MCs for the evening turned to Mihajlovic and said, cheekily: "You're the coach of the city… because there's only one team in Milan…" Mihajlovic smiled. He knew what was coming. But before he could even respond, the 3,000 fans in attendance began bouncing up and down, chanting: "Chi non salta e Nerazzurro!" ('Whoever's not jumping is an Inter fan'). Mihajlovic promptly joined in, much to the joy of the Rossoneri supporters.
The truth is, though, that while everyone in attendance was all smiles, all is not quite well at Milan – both on and off the field. The fans may be fully behind Mihajlovic (for now, at least!), but they remain thoroughly dissatisfied with Adriano Galliani, as they attribute the Rossoneri's regression from champions to also-rans over the past four years to his failings in the transfer market. As one banner at Thursday's event read, "The real goal of the market? Your resignation as CEO".
Yes, Milan spent big this summer, bringing in the likes of Carlos Bacca, Luiz Adriano, Alessio Romagnoli, Andrea Bertolacci and Juraj Kucka at a combined cost of €86 million. But so grand an outlay was only required because Milan have spent the past few seasons relying on loan deals and free transfers, resulting in a squad unfit to challenge for honours in Italy, let alone Europe. So, while Milan spent big this summer, they didn't spend enough, as already evidenced by a depressingly familiar demonstration of disorganisation and ill-discipline in an opening-day 2-0 defeat at Fiorentina and a wholly undeserved 2-1 win over Empoli last time out.
The need for a top-class midfielder was obvious last season and Milan did their utmost to sign both Axel Witsel and Roberto Soriano this summer yet neither man arrived. It is for that reason that the fans are still calling for Galliani's head. Indeed, it is highly likely that Sunday's derby will be marked by further protests against the vice-president in the 'away' end.
It is also believed that the unsatisfactory conclusion to Milan's summer recruitment programme is precisely why Bee Taechaubol will be attending an event in Florence on Sunday – rather than the derby in Milan. The Thai businessman, who is in the process of acquiring a 48 per cent stake in the club, wanted a new, fully functioning Milan side. Instead, they remain very much a work in progress.
Given Mihajlovic is a renowned disciplinarian and Milan's players are being worked incredibly hard in training, it is hardly surprising, then, that there are murmurings of discontent in the dressing room now that their character is already being called into question. Indeed, Ignazio Abate, an unused sub for the first two rounds of the season, had to swiftly and publicly deny that a cryptic message posted by his wife on Twitter ("He who sows a wind, reaps a storm") was an attack on Mihajlovic.
Thus far, there have been nothing more than reports of unrest but that did not stop owner Silvio Berlusconi summoning his new coach for dinner during the international break to discuss the current situation at San Siro. In that context, Mihajlovic could have done without Milan's prodigal son, Mario Balotelli, getting caught speeding in Brescia last weekend. As has already been well-documented, the talented but troubled forward has had a number of conduct-related clauses inserted into his contract, so the suspension of his driving licence is hardly the best start to his second stint with Milan.
Still, Balotelli does, at least, seem a happier soul since returning to San Siro, even going so far as to post a collection of photos of him smiling on social media last week to prove he is a changed man. In addition, he also bagged a goal and an assist during a friendly against Mantova during the international break, hinting that maybe, just maybe, Balotelli really is back.
In truth, all the 25-year-old is looking for is a fresh start; a chance to put the past behind him. And Mihajlovic can certainly relate to that. Indeed, if he masterminds a victory over Inter on Sunday, his Nerazzurri allegiances really would be history.


On Friday, the evergreen buck drifted away from a 11-month maximum against the group of its key rivals due to the fact that market participants recorded gains after the greenback's leap. At the same time the UK currency grew from a 7-month low because the Bank of England's slope toward hawkish monetary stance shocked the financial markets.
The production index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia went down steeply to a 1.5-year low that turned out to be a reason for worries about the state of the world's number one economy. It made some market participants record gains on the growth of the greenback.
In June, the index of the business climate of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia slumped to a plus of 19.9 points, while in May it dived to plus 34.4 points. The given dive happened to be the peak since January 2014.
The USD index, gauging the evergreen buck's purchasing potential against its six main counterparts, dipped by 0.04% hitting 94,705. By the way, the day before it hit the mark of 95.533 - the highest value since last July.
As for the common currency, the day before it rallied from the 11-month minimum of $1,1508 and gained 0.23% showing $1.1627.
The evergreen buck was intact versus the Japanese yen, keeping to 109.97 yen, drifting away from the weekly maximum of 110.76, hit the day before.
The UK currency managed to ascend by 0.23% being worth $1.3277.
During the previous trading session, the UK currency rallied 0.7% after the Bank of England major economist Andy Haldane suddenly joined a minority calling for a rate lift to 0.75%, thus backing market expectations of an early tightening of monetary policy.
Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar soared by 0.17% reaching C$ 1.3294 having dived to another one-year minimum of C$1.3336 yesterday.


text:
Home / Home Security / Reviews
Reolink Go Plus review: Who needs Wi-Fi? This security cam connects to cell networks
It's a solid 2K surveillance option for those who need eyes on remote locations.
By Christopher Null
Freelance Contributor, TechHive Apr 4, 2022 3:00 am PDT
Image: Reolink
Freedom from Wi-Fi means this cam can go almost anywhere
Reasonably easy to use, once you're over the SIM card setup hump
Love the time-lapse feature
Prepaid wireless options are limited, and the cost can add up
No way to mount on a bookshelf/table
Battery drains fast, but there's an inexpensive solar panel option
The Reolink Go Plus works well for remote use, connecting via a mobile wireless card instead of Wi-Fi and capturing video with 2K resolution.
Price When Reviewed
Best Prices Today: Reolink Go Plus
Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide
Wi-Fi is convenient, but step outside your house and it tends to get erratic, fast. If you have a large property—or want to take a streaming camera into the wild—you'll need a different wireless solution.
With the Reolink Go Plus, that solution comes in the form of a 4G LTE radio that connects the camera directly to a cellular network. In fact, that's the only connectivity option on the camera. With neither Wi-Fi nor ethernet available as an option, it's cellular or bust on this unit.
This review is part of TechHive's coverage of the best home security cameras, where you'll find reviews of the competition's offerings, plus a buyer's guide to the features you should consider when shopping for this type of product.
To start, you'll need a compatible SIM card to use the camera. Support depends on the country you're in (Reolink's website list carriers in each country). You can use a prepaid T-Mobile data card in the U.S., or a card from virtual operators FreedomPop or Mint.
Buying the Reolink Go Plus bundled with its optional solar panel will cost just a few dollars more than the camera on its own. At the time of this review, the street price for the camera was $202. You c ould buy it with the solar panel for $240.
I bought a 2GB data card from T-Mobile, which costs $10 for the actual card (a one-time fee) and $10 a month for the service. If you intend to use the Go Plus for the long haul, you'll need to factor these costs into the equation—as well as the hassle: Even purchasing the T-Mobile card was a bug-ridden pain, as was activating it, but I can't hold Reolink responsible for that. The card installs in a slot inside the unit alongside one for a microSD card (cards with up to 128GB are supported, but none is included). You can also store video in the cloud (more on this later).
The camera itself offers a somewhat bulbous bullet-style design, which attaches to a base via a screw-on terminal on its backside. The base includes a 90-degree hinge, giving you reasonable flexibility in aiming. The base can be bolted directly to a surface or temporarily attached to a post or tree with an included vinyl strap. (A camouflage sleeve for the camera is also included if you really want to go feral.) Due to the rounded design of the camera, however, it can't easily be placed on a bookshelf or other flat surface, as the camera rolls around and is impossible to aim in this fashion.
The specs are solid: An IP65 weatherproofing rating should be more than adequate for most uses (our story at the following link will teach you everything you need to know about IP codes). Resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and a recording speed of 15 frames per second is fine. The field of view is fixed at 115 degrees diagonal, which is quite narrow compared to the market, so you'll need to aim the camera carefully. Infrared night vision (with a 33-foot range specified), two-way audio, and an integrated motion sensor are all in the kit. The unit also includes a siren that can be triggered on demand, though it's decidedly quiet.
Battery life via the rechargeable cell is highly dependent on usage, but it will likely be less than a month in most cases. Based on my usage, I was running down the battery at a rate that would drain it after about 3 weeks. You can stretch this time, perhaps indefinitely, by attaching the Reolink Solar Panel ($30), but that also requires access to direct sunlight (which might be tough if you're using the camera in a remote, wooded setting, for example). You can also buy the Reolink Go Plus bundled with the solar panel for $240.
The Reolink Go Plus's time lapse video capture feature records snippets of video over long periods, ranging from one hour to four months. This is a great feature for documenting everything from a sunrise to a long-term construction project.
Christopher Null/IDG
Setting up the camera follows a traditional path of scanning a QR code on the device, but it skips the usual Wi-Fi connection process. Instead, the camera registers to the mobile network automatically—presuming you have activated your SIM card. The Reolink camera experienced a few hiccups in this process, possibly because of T-Mobile's signal strength in my neighborhood, but with a little tenacity I was able to get it registered and talking to the app within a few minutes.
On-demand camera quality is fine, though colors seem a bit muted, and the narrow field of view is noticeable in contrast to other cameras I've tested. The integrated motion sensor has solid sensitivity (and this is adjustable); at the default setting I encountered no real false alarms. By default, clips are limited to just 8 seconds in length after a motion event triggers the camera. This can be changed to either 15 or 30 seconds by the user. A cooldown time isn't specified. and I occasionally had clips recorded one after another, with a delay of only a few seconds.
Recording can be set to take place only during a set schedule and can also be customized to record only people, vehicles, or "other" types of motion. Again, I found that all these features worked well. Note that you can't (and wouldn't want to) use this camera to make 24/7 always-on recordings, as you would eat up both battery and mobile bandwidth in short order. Reolink specs its night vision at 33 feet of range; that's probably a little aggressive, but objects 20 feet away or so were clearly illuminated and captured under its infrared lights.
The Reolink Go Plus carries an IP65 weatherization rating, meaning it's entirely protected from dust and can withstand being sprayed with a jet of water.
I had a lot of fun with a bonus feature on the camera that allows it to make time-lapse recordings. (These can't be scheduled to take place say, every sunset; instead, they're an on-demand feature.) Various modes allow you to capture happenings ranging from a one-hour sunrise to a four-month construction process. If you can be sure the camera isn't going to move during that time frame, it's a fun option to play with.
Everything must be sent over the 4G network, so accessing clips can be a bit slow. I waited several seconds for even short clips to download, and a minute or more for longer clips, like time-lapse recordings, to cache. Even waiting for the settings page to load can take a while. Again, this will probably depend heavily on your wireless signal strength.
While this camera is probably best used with local storage to conserve bandwidth, cloud storage is an option. Reolink's basic plan, which offers 1GB of storage and 7 days of video history for a single camera, is free. Upgraded plans run $3.49/month for 30 days, 30GB, and 5 cameras max; $6.99/month for 30 days, 80GB, and 10 cameras; and $10.49/month for 60 days, 150GB, and 20 cameras. Paying yearly gets you two months free on any plan.
For outdoorspeople like hunters or those who just want to keep tabs on what goes on near their cabin in the woods—or anyone who doesn't have access to a reliable Wi-Fi signal—the Reolink Go Plus is a solid and unique camera option on the market. Mind the extra cost of data service, though. During my testing, I was using 40 to 50MB of data each day, so while a 2GB card might be sufficient for modest needs, heavy users might need more bandwidth (at an even higher cost).
Reolink also offers a pan/tilt 4G LTE security cam
Reolink Go PT
Author: Christopher Null, Freelance Contributor
Christopher Null is a veteran technology and business journalist. He contributes regularly to TechHive, PCWorld, and Wired, and operates the websites Drinkhacker and Film Racket.
Recent stories by Christopher Null:
YI Home Camera review: Your ticket to cheap 24/7 monitoring
Eufy Garage-Control Cam review: A controller and camera in one
Wyze Cam v3 Pro review: This outdoor cam gets a quality boost


Submit your details to get latest updates and admission assistance from experts!
Aspirants are advised to make an exam calendar so that you won't miss any important event. These MICAT 2019 important dates help you to know how much time you have to prepare for the exam and when application forms will be released.
Stay Connected with StudyGrades for Latest Updates on MICAT Important Dates 2019!


This model is not a copy, it is inspired by the guitar FE27 from Antonio de Torres, 1867. Its body is small but but the scale is still 650mm. The table is made out of spruce, for the back and sides I use cypress or cherry. The neck is made out of cedar, the fingerboard of Ebony and the bridge of rosewood.
This guitar is very appreciated by musicians playing a romantic repertoir like Pavel Steidl who plays this model.


Detail:2000kg/h Laundry used Fire Tube Natural Gas Steam Boiler Price,High quality & Good Price!
The boiler equipped with internal-combustion three return fire tube structure , the adequate heating area and reasonable structure ensure the high efficiency operation of boiler.
The thermal efficiency of the boiler is between 90%-92%, low energy consumption.
The manufacturing process of boiler in accordance with national and international standards (ISO), strictly control the quality,ensure the safety and reliability of the products.
The fire observation hole,check hole, manhole and handhole is convenient for people to inspect and clean.
The large combustion chamber and imported high quality burner make the fuel burning completely.
The steam boiler mainly used in the Chemical industry ,Plastics industry , Auto industry ,Asphalt industry , Construction equipment industry , Shipbuilding industry , Clothing and garment , Washing , Medical industry , bioengineering , Food industry , The sauna and beauty , Hotels and restaurants , Institution and school , Scientific experiment.
IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUEST FOR THE WNS OIL GAS STEAM BOILER,PLS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US ANY TIME.


text:
Ministers for Health welcome the decision to host Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Dublin
Published on 26 March 2019
Last updated on 6 June 2019
Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, and the Minister of State for Health Promotion and the National Drugs Strategy, Catherine Byrne TD, today (Tuesday) welcomed the news that Ireland has been selected as the location for the next Global Alcohol Policy Conference in 2020.
The Conference is held every two years and this 6th conference has a theme of Alcohol Equity and Global Health: the benefit of alcohol control for sustainable development for all.
The Conference will take place in Dublin in March 2020 and will bring together policy makers, researchers and advocates, civil society representatives and practitioners to share knowledge on alcohol issues.
Welcoming the announcement, Minister Harris said:
"The enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill sent a message to the world that Ireland is serious about addressing the harms of alcohol in our country."
"That commitment has now been recognised by this invitation to host the next Global Alcohol Policy Conference."
"The conference will provide an excellent opportunity to reinforce the public health message about alcohol and to share best practice from across the world on addressing this important issue."
"We know that we have a relationship with alcohol in this country that is not good, damages our health, harms our communities and harms many families. While we have made significant advances in this regard, we have a lot more we can do and this conference can help us continue to make advances in this area."
Minister Byrne said:
"I am delighted that the Global Alcohol Policy Conference is coming to Dublin in 2020. There has been broad recognition of our progressive public health approach to tackling the harmful use of alcohol in Ireland. Under our new legislation, we will bring in measures this year to reduce the visibility of alcohol, particularly around children. The theme of next year's conference complements the vision of our national 'Healthy Ireland Framework'; to create a society where everyone can enjoy good physical and mental health and wellbeing."
Notes to the Editor:
The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance
The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance ('GAPA') is a network of not-for-profit organisations and people working in public health agencies that share information on alcohol issues and advocate evidence-based alcohol policies, free from commercial interests. Its mission is to "reduce alcohol-related harm worldwide by promoting science-based policies independent of commercial interests".
The Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018
The Public Health (Alcohol) Act was enacted on 17th October 2018. 23 of its 31 provisions were commenced from 12 November 2018.
These include that:
From 12 November 2019:
alcohol advertising in or on public service vehicles, at public transport stops or stations and within 200 metres of a school, a crèche or a local authority playground will be prohibited
alcohol advertising in a cinema will be prohibited except around films with an 18 classification or in a licensed premises in a cinema
children's clothing that promotes alcohol will be prohibited
In mixed retail outlets, alcohol products and advertising are confined to one of the following:
an area separated by a 1.2 metre high barrier
units in which alcohol products are not visible up to 1.5 metres height
up to three units that can be a maximum of 1 metre wide by 2.2 metres high
In addition, alcohol products can be contained but not be visible in a unit behind the counter.
a prohibition on alcohol advertising on a sports area during a sporting event, at events aimed at children or at events in which the majority of participants or competitors are children
alcohol sponsorship of events aimed at children, events which the majority of participants or competitors are children and events involving driving or racing motor vehicles is prohibited


text:
Future Technology Science Software Tech Industry Tech Information Technology update
The best space stories of 2020
The pandemic may have brought life to a screeching halt, but at least we can gaze deeply into a cool spot on a raging nuclear fireball. (NSO/AURA/NSF/)
There's no way to sugarcoat it; 2020 has been rough. But despite the stagnation and turmoil on Earth, some researchers and organizations kept their eyes on the skies. Physicists felt ripples from a collision between black holes so big they shouldn't exist, while astronomers found another black hole sitting just 1,000 light years away—the closest yet. NASA's InSight probe sensed tremors from marsquakes. The Hubble Space Telescope turned 30, and celebrated its maturity by giving us 30 spectacular new snaps.
But it wasn't all good news. The year's end brought one more tragedy with the collapse of the aging Arecibo observatory, leaving Earth a little more vulnerable to space rocks and astronomers wondering what's next.
Nevertheless, tidings from the heavens and those trying to connect us to it often proved welcome distractions from events down on the ground. Here are a few discoveries and developments that filled us with wonder and reminded us that the future has bright spots to look forward to.
SpaceX launched commercial spaceflight
After years of delays, SpaceX finally did it. The company sailed through the final stages of NASA's commercial crew qualification program, and in May it flew astronauts to the ISS for the first time. Six months later, it did it again.
These flights were historic. They were the first crewed spaceflights to take off from US soil in nearly a decade, and SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule is the fifth human-rated spacecraft in US history (after Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle). SpaceX is also the first private company to develop the capability to fly people into space, and it doesn't intend to stop with NASA astronauts. In the coming years, we may see space tourism (for the very rich) finally take off.
Astronomers found phosphine on Venus and then lost it
Alien microbe hunters have long hungered to dig into the Martian soil and see if anything's living there, but this year a new planet popped up on their radar—at least for a while.
Astronomers studying the clouds of Venus announced the discovery of trace amounts of phosphine, which on Earth is belched out by volcanoes and some organisms. The find caused quite a stir (some groups started thinking about alien hunting missions), but the excitement soon turned to confusion as other astronomers failed to verify the detection. Perhaps next year will bring a clearer picture of what chemicals are and aren't wafting through Venus's upper atmosphere.
Fast Radio Bursts demystified
A major astronomical effort of the last decade has been cataloging and identifying the origins of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)—blasts of radio waves from deep space that last for just milliseconds. Theories included neutron star collisions, the dramatic demise of balls of exotic matter, and even aliens pushing giant spacecraft around the universe with mightier laser beams. But the far-off bursts seemed to appear largely at random, making it hard to pin down any one theory.
That changed this year. Researchers detected a complicated pattern in the repetitions of one bursting source, giving valuable hints about its size and environment. Then one went off in our very own Milky Way, our cosmic backyard. Observations tied the blindingly bright burst to a known source for the first time, a super magnetic neutron star known as a magnetar. Researchers still aren't sure if all FRBs come from magnetars, but they seem to be able to explain most of the flashes.
Astrophysicists stared directly at the sun
The sun's prominence in the sky makes it easy to forget that there's a lot researchers don't know about our nearest star. In 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer to the sun than any other spacecraft has before, and this year the golden age of "heliophysics" continued. In February, the European Space Agency launched its Solar Orbiter, which won't get quite as close as Parker, but carries both cameras to study the star's surface and instruments to feel the solar wind. The world's largest solar observatory, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, also released its first data. The facility is already using its massive peeper to take a close look at sunspots, and its observations may someday lead to better forecasts of space weather.
NASA looks ahead to the next moon landing
The US space agency launched a major robotic mission to Mars over the summer, but its crewed exploration program continued to race toward its goal of getting humans (including the first woman) to the moon this decade with the Artemis program. This fall, NASA announced that water molecules ever-so-slightly moisten all parts of our natural satellite, even the sunny parts. It would be pretty tough to turn that H2O into a bottle of water, but the discovery raised hopes that additional deposits might be found so that future astronauts may not have to bring all their water from home. NASA also announced a contract with Nokia to build a modest LTE network on the lunar surface—one small step for the terrestrial internet as it accompanies humans out into the solar system. Space explorers need memes too.
Two robotic spacecraft capture pieces of asteroids
We ended the year by bringing two little bits of space closer to Earth. A Japanese probe named Hayabusa 2, which spent a year exploring the asteroid Ryugu, returned to Earth this month and dropped off a souvenir from its celestial journey—precious milligrams of pristine rocks and dust dating back to the early days of the solar system. It was the second time (after the original Hayabusa) that humans collected asteroid fragments and brought them home.
And more asteroid dust is on the way. NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission just wrapped up its two years at the asteroid Bennu, during which it found evidence of a soggy past. The visit culminated in a daring maneuver to scoop up a sample from the asteroid's surface in October. The move ended up being a bit too successful, overstuffing the spacecraft with alien dirt so much that it couldn't fully shut the sample's container. But NASA engineers managed to securely stow the cargo—at least a handful of fun-sized bags of M&M's worth of asteroid—for the long flight home. OSIRIS-REx will return its sample to Earth in 2023, which will hopefully be a better year for planetary scientists, as well as the rest of us.
Get an extra 15 percent off apps and software with this Christmas sale coupon
2020 has sucked—but there are some small silver linings
By ASNF
What you need to know about Biden's 5-point COVID-19 relief plan
Future Technology Internet Services Mobile Nano Technology Networking Tech Industry Tech Information Tech News Technology Technology update
Energy Networking Science Software Tech Industry Tech Information Tech News Technology Technology update
The coolest car screens and displays from CES
Apple's 27-inch iMac, gaming peripherals, and more are also on sale today
eat well life well canadian health
editorial mondadori business be a successful person.
gamesport die nite gamesport
entertainment goizle entertainment
Contack Us