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Procedure 1: (Use for paraffin-embedded sections. Not for frozen sections.) Prepare peroxidase blocking solution by adding one part 30% hydrogen peroxide to nine parts methanol. Submerge slides in this solution for 10 minutes. Wash three times with PBS.
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Tissue digestion recommendations for all predilute and 50x concentrated IHC antibodies are given in our Anatomical Pathology Catalog. Tissues should be mounted on slides using HistoGrip™, Para-Pen , Fro-Pen, silane, or poly-l-lysine.
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15-17 - Yang and King team up to lead Rangers to 3-1 win over Twins
King can sling and Yang can hang
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The Texas Rangers scored three runs and the Minnesota Twins scored one run.
I hereby call it a successful first career big league start for Korean rookie Hyeon-Jong Yang as the 33-year-old KBO veteran allowed one run in 3 1⁄3 innings. Yang was going to be on a short leash after taking the rotation spot for injured Kohei Arihara regardless but he was able to garner eight (six swinging!) strikeouts in his 66 pitches.
Yang allowed four hits and one walk before giving way at exactly the right moment for reliever John King as Texas seemed to finally figure out how a tandem is supposed to work with King getting the Rangers through the next 2 2⁄3 innings before a late-innings bullpen trio of Brett Martin, Joely Rodriguez, and Ian Kennedy tossed the final three frames without a hiccup.
As for the bats, they didn't need to a wacky ninth-inning rally tonight so there wasn't an explosion of late-inning runs but they were able to scrape together what they needed after Minnesota took an early 1-0 lead. And I do mean scrape.
The first run came via a Joey Gallo force out with a runner scoring from third. The second run came via Nick Solak scampering home on a wild pitch. And, the final run came via an Andy Ibanez sacrifice fly.
The Rangers had seven hits tonight with none going for extra bases and Nate Lowe being the only guy to enjoy a multi-hit game. However, with the pitching coming together to get the job done, it was enough and the Rangers have secured at least a tie in this series before tomorrow's finale.
Player of the Game: I'm a sucker for successful middle relief and King has been kind of flying under the radar so far this season. The left-hander came into tonight with a pristine 1.35 ERA in 13 1⁄3 innings and those numbers only got more sparkling as he tossed those 2 2⁄3 scoreless innings for the Rangers tonight with three strikeouts.
The 2⁄3 part proved most important as King entered in a bases loaded, one-out situation but stranded the runners in support of starter Yang and was eventually named the winner for his effort on the evening.
Up Next: The Rangers and Twins will conclude this series win a matinee affair tomorrow afternoon. RHP Jordan Lyles will make the start for Texas against RHP Michael Pineda for Minnesota. Thursday's finale first pitch is scheduled for 12:10 pm CT.

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Q: Google Datastore Transactions Optimistic Concurrency Control or not? The questions is fairly simple.
Does Google Datastore Transactions Optimistic Concurrency Control or not?
One part of the documentations says that it does:

When a transaction starts, App Engine uses optimistic concurrency control by checking the last update time for the entity groups used in the transaction. Upon commiting a transaction for the entity groups, App Engine again checks the last update time for the entity groups used in the transaction. If it has changed since our initial check, an exception is thrown. Source

Another part of the documentation indicates that it doesn't:

When a transaction is started, the datastore rejects any other attempts to write to that entity group before the transaction is complete. To illustrate this, say you have an entity group consisting of two entities, one at the root of the hierarchy and the other directly below it. If these entities belonged to separate entity groups, they could be updated in parallel. But because they are part of the same entity group, any request attempting to update one of the entities will necessarily prevent a simultaneous request from updating any other entity in the same group until the original request is finished. Source

As I understand it, the first quote tells me that it is fine to start a transaction, read an entity and ignore closing the transaction, if I saw no reason for updating the entity.
The second quote tells me that, if I start a transaction and read an entity, then I should always remember to close it again, otherwise I cannot start a new on the same entity.
Which part of the documentation is correct?
BTW. In case the correct quote is the second one, I am using Objectify to handle all my transactions. Will this remember to close all started transactions, even though no changes was made?

A: The commenter (Greg) is correct. Whether or not you explicitly close a transaction, all transactions are closed by the container at the end of a request. You can't "leak" transactions (although you could screw up transactions within a single request).
Furthermore, with Objectify's transaction API, transactions are automatically opened and closed for you when you execute a unit of Work. You don't manage transactions yourself.
To answer your root question: Yes, all transactions in the GAE datastore are optimistic. There is no pessimistic locking in the datastore; you can start as many transactions as you want on a single entity group but only the first commit will succeed. All subsequent attempts to commit will rollback with ConcurrentModificationException.

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Q: Generating function of $X+\sum\limits_{i=1}^{X}D_i$ with $X$ and every $D_i$ Poisson
The following model can be used to describe the number of women (mothers and daughters) in a given area. The number of mothers is a random variable $X \in Po (\lambda)$. Independently of the others, every mother gives birth to a $Po(\mu)$- distributed number of daughters. Let $Y$ be the total number of daughters and hence $Z=X+Y$ be the total number of women in the area.
Find the generating function of $Z$.

The answer, according to the book (An intermediate course in probability, Allan Gut) is : $$g_{Z}(t)=\exp(\lambda (t\cdot e^{\mu (t-1)}-1))$$
But this is not what i get, so i would like to know if its me or the book who made a mistake.
My approach was the following:
$Z=X+Y= X +\sum_{i=1}^{X}D_i $, where $D_i \sim Po (\mu)$.
$\begin{align}g_{Z}(t) & =g_{X+Y}(t) \\ & =g_{X}(t)\cdot g_{X}(g_{D_1}(t))\\ & =\exp(\lambda (t-1))\cdot \exp(\lambda (e^{\mu (t-1)}-1))\\ &=\exp(\lambda (e^{\mu (t-1)} + t -2))\end{align}$

I fail to see where I would have done any mistakes, so I would like to believe that the book has done a mistake. Any ideas? Thanks!!

A: Let $Y_k$ be the count of daughters for mother $k$ so $Y=\sum_{k=1}^X Y_k$ and $(Y_k)\overset{\text{iid}}\sim\mathcal{Po}(\mu)$
The generating function of a sum of random variables is equal to the product of their generating functions only when the random variables are independent.
$Y=\sum_{k=1}^X Y_k$ means that $Y$ is rather dependent on $X$, so the step $\mathsf G_{X+Y}(t)=\mathsf G_X(t)\,\mathsf G_Y(t)$ is invalid.
Instead, return to the definition of probability generation, and use the identical distribution of all $Y_k$, and the total independence of all $Y_k$ and $X$.
$\begin{align}\mathsf G_Z(t) &= \mathsf E(t^Z) \\ &=\mathsf E(\mathsf E(t^{X+\sum_{k=1}^X Y_k}\mid X)) \\ & =\mathsf E(\phantom{t^{X(1+Y_1)}}) \\ & =\mathsf G_X(\phantom{\mathsf G_{1+Y_1}(t)}) \\ & =\mathsf G_X(t\,\mathsf G_{Y_1}(t)) \\ & = \exp\Big(\lambda \big(t\exp(\mu (t-1))-1\big)\Big)\end{align}$

A: Let $D_j$ be the number of daughters for the $j$th mother. Note that $G_{D_j}(x)$ is independent of $j$ since the $D_j$ all have the same distribution. We'll write this as $G_D(x)$.
Define:
$$h(x,y)=\sum_{i,j=0}^{\infty} a_{ij}x^iy^j$$
where $a_{ij}=P(X=i,D_1+D_2+\cdots+D_i=j)$ is the probability that there are $i$ mothers and the $i$ mothers have a total of $j$ daughters.
For fixed $i$, you have:
$$\begin{align}\sum_{j=0}^{\infty}a_{ij}y^j&=P(X=i)\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}P(D_1+D_2+\cdots+ D_i=j)y^j\\
&=P(X=i)G_{D_1+\cdots+D_i}(y)
\\&=P(X=i)(G_{D}(y))^i\end{align}$$
because the $D_i$ are independent.
Then we get:
$$h(x,y)=\sum_{i=0}^{\infty} P(X=i)x^i(G_{D}(y))^i = G_{X}(xG_{D}(y))$$
Now just show that the value you are seeking is:
$$G_{X+Y}(x)=h(x,x)=\sum_{i,j} a_{ij}x^ix^j = G_{X}(xG_{D}(x))$$
In your case, $G_X(x)=e^{\lambda(x-1)}$ and $G_D(x)=e^{\mu(x-1)}$, and thus your PGF is:
$$G_{X+Y}=\exp\left(\lambda\left(xe^{\mu(x-1)}-1\right)\right)$$
Note that:
$$G_Y(x)=h(1,x)=G_X(G_D(x))=\exp\left(\lambda\left(G_D(x)-1\right)\right)$$
If $X$ is Poisson.
So we get: $$\begin{align}\frac{G_{X+Y}(x)}{G_Y(x)}&=\frac{\exp\left(\lambda \left(xG_D(x)-1\right)\right)}{\exp\left(\lambda\left(G_D(x)-1\right)\right)}\\
&=\exp\left(\lambda\left((x-1)G_D(x)\right)\right)\\
&=G_{X}(x)^{G_D(x)}
\end{align}$$
This holds whenever $X$ is Poisson, whatever $D$ is.


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'Disgusting' video shows man kicking wreaths off Bristol cenotaph
He shouted 'this is for the children' during the attack
Esme Ashcroft
This is the shocking moment a man was caught on video kicking poppy wreaths off Bristol cenotaph.
Dressed in jeans and a dark top the vandal is seen lurching around the memorial to fallen soldiers while clutching on to a mobile phone.
The man is seen kicking the tokens of gratitude and remembrance from the base of the city centre memorial near the Bristol Hippodrome, until they almost reach the road.
Part way through the incident – which took place at 6.30am on Sunday, February 25 – the vandal declares "this is for the children" before continuing to make incoherent noises.
Police update on man filmed in 'disgusting' late-night attack on Bristol cenotaph
The disturbing footage was captured by William Bates, who was walking through the city centre during the attack and tried to implore the man to stop.
"I was walking through central Bristol at 6:30 this morning when I saw a man kicking wreaths at the cenotaph," he said.
"I started filming him and he was ranting about his 'anti-war' political views as he vandalised the war memorial.
"He then started to move towards me so I stopped recording, and he then chased me while shouting about 'Tory scum'."
Bristol UWE chief's £43,000 expenses claim including chauffeur-driven rides to London
Mr Bates called the police and officers quickly arrived and took the man away.
The witness said he has been left feeling "disgusted" by the incident.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police said: "At 6.30am this morning we received a report a man was kicking wreaths laid at the Cenotaph on Colston Avenue.
"A 49-year-old man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place, criminal damage and possession of a Class B drug, cannabis.
"The man remains in police custody and enquiries are ongoing."
The cenotaph was inaccessible to those wishing to pay their respects for more than a year due to MetroBus works in the city centre.
The Cenotaph in Bristol (Image: Miranda Teixeira)
The memorial was finally reopened in time for Remembrance Day 2017.
The new layout of the former 'scissor junction' drew criticism from some quarters as the large space around the cenotaph was initially used by skateboarders.
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Bristol City Council installed small metal 'skate stops' on the steps and lips in the area to deter skaters.


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The cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is one of the most widespread of flea species found across Europe.
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In November we won a local award.
Best Small Business up to 5 employees.
Not bad for people that are hidden away from the main street.
If I look surprised ......I really was.
Since then we've working on bamboo and chests of drawers.
But also been getting out and about for new stock.
First I'll be typically English and discuss the weather.
comparison to many parts of the UK.
Elsa and I walk every day.
You don't get to see too many people.
I count myself as a reasonably sociable person.
I like meeting people and chatting.
But sometimes, it really is wonderful to get away from everything, isn't it?
You can do this walk from Arundel, but we drive to Warningcamp then across to Burpham.
The castle is always somewhere in the background.
We get to see the most dramatic skies.
not that Elsa takes much notice of that.
Sets me up for the day.
The plants and fences all had icicles on them. It was so beautiful.
We are so very lucky to live in beautiful Arundel.
While I was at Burpham I noticed they have the date for their summer fete.
It's a wonderful afternoon out.
I usually walk across the fields.
forgetting I have to walk 5 km back.
Here's a look inside the warehouse/showroom at the moment.
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this poor French chair looks like it's been through it!
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I should follow my own advice and clear my own house.
I found this so sad.
The largest department store in Chichester closing down.
Some of our favourite Arundel places have also recently closed.
We are all really sad to see them go.
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The winning design will be launched in-store May 2019.
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Woman Raises Funds for Elderly Veteran Who Took Delivery Job to Fix Roof
A Utah woman used social media to raise money for an elderly veteran who took a delivery job to help pay for repairs to his home.
Jen Cantwell Weiss from Ogden shared footage on November 15 showing a delivery driver struggling to get up the steps of her home as he dropped off groceries. "I didn't watch this video til after he was already gone, or else I would have gone out to help him," she wrote on Facebook. A relative of the man saw the footage and put him in touch with Weiss.
Weiss discovered the man, named Larry, is a veteran who suffered a stroke earlier in 2020 and had to relearn how to walk. Weiss shared his story on Facebook, saying he took the delivery job to pay for repairs to his roof, and appealed for people to help him with the costs.
Weiss posted his Venmo information and the donations started to roll in, she said. "I have been in touch with him and he is overwhelmed with gratitude," she wrote on Facebook. "He did NOT ask for any help, but I love that people are touched by his story and want to help lighten his load a bit."
Larry told local media that the donations covered his roof repairs and he no longer had to do deliveries.
Weiss shared an update on Facebook, saying Larry and his wife "requested that rather than continuing to donate to him, you donate to Toys for Tots or your local food bank. He says he has received more than enough and feels there are so many others out there who need the help more than he does."
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Q: How can I group and get MS Access query to show only rows with a maximum value in a specified field for a consecutive number of times? I have a large access table that I need to pull specific data from with a query.
I need to get a list of all the IDs that meet a specific criteria, i.e. 3 months in a row with a cage number less than 50.
The SQL code I'm currently working with is below, but it only gives me which months of the past 3 had a cage number below 50.
SELECT [AbBehWeeklyMonitor Database].AnimalID, [AbBehWeeklyMonitor Database].Date, [AbBehWeeklyMonitor Database].Cage
FROM [AbBehWeeklyMonitor Database]
WHERE ((([AbBehWeeklyMonitor Database].Date)>=DateAdd("m",-3,Date())) AND (([AbBehWeeklyMonitor Database].Cage)<50))
ORDER BY [AbBehWeeklyMonitor Database].AnimalID DESC;

I would need it to look at the past 3 months for each ID, and only output if all 3 met the specific criteria, but I'm not sure where to go from here.
Any help would be appreciated.
Data Sample:

Date
AnimalID
Cage

6/28/2022
12345
50

5/19/2021
12345
32

3/20/2008
12345
75

5/20/2022
23569
4

8/20/2022
23569
4

5/20/2022
44444
71

8/1/2012
44444
4

4/1/2022
78986
30

1/20/2022
78986
1

9/14/2022
65659
59

8/10/2022
65659
48

7/14/2022
65659
30

6/14/2022
95659
12

8/14/2022
91111
51

7/14/2022
91111
5

6/14/2022
91111
90

8/14/2022
88888
4

7/14/2022
88888
5

6/14/2022
88888
15

A: Consider:
Query1:
SELECT AnimalID, Count(*) AS Cnt
FROM Table1
WHERE (((Cage)<50) AND (([Date]) Between #6/1/2022# And #8/31/2022#))
GROUP BY AnimalID
HAVING (((Count(*))=3));

Query2
SELECT Table1.*
FROM Query1 INNER JOIN Table1 ON Query1.AnimalID = Table1.AnimalID
WHERE ((([Date]) Between #6/1/2022# And #8/31/2022#));

Output:
Date      AnimalID  Cage
6/14/2022   65659   12
7/14/2022   65659   30
8/10/2022   65659   48
6/14/2022   88888   15
7/14/2022   88888   5
8/14/2022   88888   4

Date is a reserved word and really should not use reserved words as names.


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BCHS theatre performs 37 Shakespearean plays in under two hours
G. Cates, Reporter
Audience members can catch Macbeth, Othello, The Tempest and more, if they don't blink, in BCHS theatre's fall production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).
"The show has to be fast pace if you want to get through all of Shakespeare's plays in a reasonable amount of time," said senior Henry Gramling, who plays one of the show's three narrators and Hamlet.
He, along with seniors Jillian Hurley and Mary Horlander, attempt to quickly guide the audience through all of "the Bard's" plays, which is no easy task. With many different stories, the fall play requires many different characters.
Cast members get their head shots taken and film a promotional video for social media.
"It's a really fun ensemble cast show. It feels like everyone plays an important part," described senior Grace Timpe. She portrays Bottom from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Brutus from Julius Caesar and Laertes from Hamlet. Most actors double or triple up on roles in order to cover every character, which proves to be an extra challenge for those working backstage.
Sophomore and sound crew co-head Sara Borland explains, "Looking at all the different plays that are happening, we have to do more complex and faster microphone switches between characters." Since there are more cast members than microphones, actors must oftentimes yield their mics to other characters once they exit the stage.
Sound and light crews practice operating the boards and equipment during a technical rehearsal.
At times, the show may be a challenge for the cast, crew and directors, but not for the audience.
For those who may be less acquainted with Shakespeare, Gramling said that "the scriptwriters did a good job of prioritizing the plays people are most familiar with."
"You can tell what's going on and not be confused by the Shakespearean language," said freshman Anna Erdosy, who plays Richard II and Friar Lawrence from Romeo and Juliet.
Over 80 students are involved in this production. Most would agree that the highlight of this show is the humor. "The narrators make it seem like they are coming up with things on the spot," said Borland, "so it's more entertaining and fun for both the crew and the audience."
Gramling agreed saying, "My favorite aspect of the show is how spontaneous and random it can be at points. Sometimes it feels like no one in the play knows what they are doing."
Crews get to work preparing the house – transforming the main gym into a theatre.
The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare (Abridged) will be performed Thursday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday the 26th at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10, but BCHS students can be admitted for free at the door with their student IDs.
Timpe believes all should attend one of the performances because "everyone who sees this show will love it. The end."


Alexander Vreeland, creator of the Diana Vreeland Collection.
Meet Alexander Vreeland, the creator of the Diana Vreeland Collection and also her grandson. We were lucky enough to have a quick chat with him about the amazing Diana Vreeland, as well as his fragrance line which is available exclusively at Neiman Marcus.
But first, who is Diana Vreeland? She's a noted columnist and fashion legend who worked at Harper's Bazaar and later took over as editor-in-chief of Vogue in the 60s. She advised Jackie Kennedy in matters of style and discovered Edie Sedgwick in the 60s. By the 70s she was a consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was truly a one of a kind woman.
What was it like to grow up with such a legend?
My father was an American diplomat so we lived all over Europe growing up . So what was fun was that she would come and join us for a week every year or every other year. We had a lot of time together so we did fun things together. I always knew there was something special about her, she was grandma, but she wasn't like everybody else's grandma. It just all seemed very natural and she was very inclusive. Me and my brother were naturally integrated into her life, and in the mid 60s after my grandfather died, she would have me or my brother be there to go out with her at night.
What was the biggest thing you learned from her?
I think there's a lot of people in fashion who are very critical and judgmental of things. My grandmother was extremely positive, she was really out of the school if you don't have anything good to say don't say anything. So she was tremendously encouraging. She also really knew how to communicate with creative people. She knew how to inspire them and have great ideas for them. Richard Avedon was going to Egypt and before he left all she said to him was think of a young Cleopatra, hot and beautiful. And that was all he needed to go do his pictures. She would find these ideas and they would be the inception of a concept. It was inspiration through creation as opposed through fear. She was very creative and her ideas changed things, she went to Vogue and she changed the magazine, not holding the status quo but really blowing it up.
Because fragrances need a story. They need a dream, they need something where you can feel part of it. Where you can feel transcendent by it and you can be inspired by it. And you can stay up at night and dream about something. My grandmother had those kinds of stories, and I think people can be transcended by something.
Besides your Grandmother what inspired the scents?
First of all I think there's a movement happening where people are more sophisticated and knowledgeable about their scents and they are spending more money intelligently on what's going on in fragrances. And I think that is upgrading this zone very significantly. So we've been able to work with master perfumers with an unlimited budget at finding the best ingredients that are the most beautiful, long-lasting the most wonderful combinations and creates very beautiful color.
What is the type of woman who wears Diana Vreeland parfum?
We have two customers pretty much. A fashion customer who is inspired by my grandmothers legacy in fashion, are more courageous about trying new things and are looking into what's happening in fashion. And we also have a very sophisticated fragrance customer who might be a little older both male and female who want beautiful ingredients, high quality, and have an unlimited budget.
Which of the fragrances is your favorite?
The Smashingly Brilliant, which launched in February. It is a lemon bergamot scent. Citrus scents are tricky since they tend to not last. This one has 80% oil so it'll stay in your skin for a long period of time. It's also a unisex fragrance.
Perfectly Marvelous – Jasmine scent – inspired by Diana Vreeland's vacations to Tunisia, and was created by a female perfumer.
Extravagance Russe – Created as an ode to Mrs. Vreeland's two exhibits she did at the MET on Russia. One on a dance movement and the other on the clothes of the people of Russia. It's an amber, oriental scent. There's also a candle in the same scent.
Absolutely Vital – It's a sandalwood. My grandmother used to have a small bottle of sandalwood oil that she would dab behind her ears before going out.
Outrageously Vibrant – Created by master perfumer Carlos Benaim from IFF. It's a gourmand fruity fragrance, including black current, and patchouli.
Simply Divine – It's our tuberose scent, and has continuously been the fan favorite.
I know there will be more! You need to get up to 12 to 15. We're in no hurry, but you need to be able to cover all areas in your own way. In May we'll launch our latest – Daringly Different. This is a woodsy scent that is both masculine and feminine.
To find out more about Diana Vreeland, check out the book Memos by Alexander Vreeland , and the documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel.


A wide-ranging international program will inaugurate Rice University's Moody Center for the Arts when this new transdisciplinary lab for creativity opens to the public Feb. 24, 2017.
Thomas Struth's "GREAT, Armstrong Hangar 703, Palmdale" is among the photographs of his solo show "Nature & Politics," one of the inaugural exhibitions at the Moody Center for the Arts.
From the opening day through mid-May 2017, the Moody will be filled with projects, works and events by artists including Olafur Eliasson, Thomas Struth, Diana Thater, inaugural artist-in-residence Mona Hatoum, the Tokyo-based digital "ultra-technologists" of teamLab, and New York City's Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre.
"We're honored that so many world-renowned artists will be joining us during our inaugural season, both to present their work and to use the Moody as we've envisioned it, as a platform for creation and interaction," said Alison Weaver, the Suzanne Deal Booth Executive Director of the Moody.
She noted that the striking architectural design for the 50,000-square-foot, $30 million Moody is by Michael Maltzan Architecture.
Among the first noncollecting art institutions built specifically for interdisciplinary collaboration, the Moody is conceived as an experimental platform for creating and presenting works of all kinds — a place where new modes of making can flourish in flexible teaching spaces, and visitors can engage with artists from around the country and the world, Weaver said.
New York City's Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre (seen here in "Logbook") will perform a site-specific work at James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace for the opening of the Moody.
The Central Gallery of the Moody will be the site for the first installation in the United States of Eliasson's "Green Light — An Artistic Workshop." Initiated by the Danish-Icelandic artist in March 2016 in collaboration with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) in Vienna, "Green Light" addresses the international refugee crisis and the ongoing phenomenon of economic migration both metaphorically and practically. "Green light" testifies to Eliasson's belief in the agency of contemporary art and its potential to initiate processes of civic transformation.
On a metaphoric level, the project gives the green go-ahead light to asylum seekers, refugees and economic migrants by inviting them to participate in an extensive multi-faceted program of shared learning. This includes a workshop for the construction of stackable, modular green lamps, designed by Eliasson and made from recycled and sustainable materials, as well as language courses, seminars, artist's interventions, screenings and other initiatives that respond to the needs of the participants. The proceeds of the sale of "Green Light" lamps will be donated to partnering nongovernmental organizations that assist refugees and migrants.
An integral component of the project is that university students and members of the public are invited to join the refugees and migrants in this collaborative process of artistic fabrication and learning, creating a space for exchange and encounter between people from different geographic, social, economic, linguistic and educational backgrounds. As an educational and creative center located in Houston, now one of the most diverse cities in the United States, the Moody is especially suited to host "Green Light" and the public discussions that the project aims to generate. The Moody's partner organization will be the nondenominational Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston.
The premier art exhibition space of the Moody, the Skylight Gallery, will present "Nature & Politics," featuring recent photographs by Struth. Based on an exhibition that was co-organized by the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin and the High Museum in Atlanta, the Moody's presentation will concentrate on Struth's images of sites of scientific research and manufactured landscapes. The photographs bear witness to very specialized imaginations: Whether it is the technological developments that made space travel possible, experiments in plasma physics or industrial facilities such as offshore oil rigs or blast furnaces, all owe their existence to the ideas and designs of experts. The artist will be present for a panel discussion during the opening weekend, when the Moody will inaugurate interdisciplinary conversations about technology and research — important and timely topics of global significance — and how our experience of them shapes our perceptions of the world.
The Reception Gallery at the Moody, which welcomes visitors into the building, will pay tribute to Houston's renown as the site of NASA's mission control with an installation of "The Starry Messenger" (2014), a nine-monitor video wall by artist Thater. This spectacular and encompassing work presents a changing vista of the Milky Way filmed in the Griffith Observatory Planetarium in Los Angeles, shot from below the massive Zeiss star projector. In partnership with the Rice Space Institute, the work will be at the center of a series of cross-disciplinary conversations about the technology of space exploration and the impact it has on life on Earth.
In the Moody's two Media Arts galleries, visitors will encounter interactive digital works by the Tokyo art collective teamLab, including "Flowers and People, Cannot Be Controlled but Live Together — A Whole Year per Hour" (2015). Immersive and hypnotic, their large-scale installations consist of computer-generated visuals that change at the visitor's touch, releasing constantly evolving images of natural forms in an interplay of art, digital technology and the human presence.
In the Moody's Studio Theater, the innovative Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre will conduct a weeklong residency during the Moody's opening. The residency will result in two to three site-specific dance performances, presented between Feb. 24 and 26, in response to the James Turrell "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace nearby on the Rice campus with live choral music performed by an ensemble from Rice's Shepherd School of Music. A talk with artistic director-choreographer Dušan Týnek about his creative process and interest in Turrell's work will take place at the Moody during the opening weekend. Other presentations that will follow in the Performance Space include a production of "Proof" by David Auburn, in collaboration with Rice's departments of Visual and Dramatic Arts and Mathematics, and a performance of Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's "An Iliad," with original music composed and performed by students from the Shepherd School.
Weaver said the Moody is proud that its first artist-in-residence will be Hatoum, the internationally acclaimed Beirut-born Palestinian artist whose work in sculpture, performance, video and installation was recently the subject of a major survey exhibition at London's Tate Modern. Underscoring the Moody's collaborative goals within Houston's rich cultural scene, Hatoum will devote her residency in part to developing works for a major exhibition, her first in the United States in 20 years, at the Menil Collection Oct. 6, 2017-Feb. 25, 2018. Hatoum will appear, together with scholars from diverse fields, in a panel discussion about her work and will participate in a sculpture class at Rice's Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts.
The Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson will stage his "Green Light – An Artistic Workshop" in the Moody's Central Gallery. The interactive project, a partnership with Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston, addresses the international refugee crisis and economic migration.
Rounding out the schedule of activities housed in the Moody will be five new interdisciplinary courses developed for Rice undergraduates. Information on these evolving courses, developed under the rubric of "art plus," is available at https://moody.rice.edu.
Maltzan's contemporary design, with its bold geometric shapes and inviting transparency, will make the Moody a beacon on Rice's campus while affirming the mission to foster connections across disciplines, Weaver said.
Development of the Moody is made possible by a $20 million grant from the Texas-based Moody Foundation, a charitable organization with an emphasis on education, social services, children's needs and community development, with additional generous support from the Brown Foundation and other donors.


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Former WCW Wrestler Found Dead of Apparent Drug Overdose
ATLANTA – A former wrestler was found dead in his home after suffering an apparent accidental drug overdose, his father said.
Chase Tatum, 34, was found dead Sunday in his home in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood, his father, Roy Tatum, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Chase Tatum used to wrestle for the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling organization. More recently, he appeared in the comedy "Who's Your Caddy?" alongside rapper Big Boi of Outkast.
Chase Tatum had been recovering from back surgery to repair a degenerative disc. His father said the former wrestler had been fighting a dependence to painkillers for years but had been planning to enter a rehabilitation center.
"He was in the process of getting his life back together," Roy Tatum said Monday. "He was confident he was going to turn things around, to live a normal life again without those painkillers."
A toxicology report has been ordered by the Fulton County Medical Examiner, which will take about six to eight weeks, said Laura Salm, an investigator with the coroner's office.
Chase Tatum was 19 when he won the Mr. Georgia bodybuilding competition. He began a career as a personal trainer, which he continued until his death.
Chase Tatum's wrestling career was unplanned and short-lived.
One of his clients was a WCW personality who encouraged him to audition. Chase Tatum was accepted on his first try and debuted in 1999.
But his father advised his son against becoming a pro wrestler.
"How long can you last in that field?" Roy Tatum said. "They go in with their eyes closed, think they'll make some quick money and then get out."
Chase Tatum retired from wrestling after about two-and-a-half years. However, his brief wrestling career left him with severe back problems but without health insurance to pay for the surgery. Painkillers kept him going, his father said.
In addition to acting and wrestling, Chase Tatum also worked as a road manager and personal assistant for Outkast.


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A LOANED RANGER: NYCFC's Sands to play for Scottish club through June 2023
Jan 5, 2022 | New York City FC, Uncategorized |
James Sands battles for the ball in the Concacaf Gold Cup final last summer. (USA TODAY Sports)
New York City FC Wednesday announced that midfielder James Sands has been loaned to Scottish Premiership team Rangers FC through June 30, 2023.
Rangers will have an option to permanently transfer James at the end of the loan.
The Rye, N.Y. native ended 2021 on a high after playing a key role in helping NYCFC win its first championship. Sands appeared in 30 games last season, playing 2,644 minutes.
The midfielder started in all four playoff games on the way to his first major club trophy, was named the team's young player of the year and was selected to the 2021 MLS All-Star team.
Sands said that "2021 has been the best year of my professional career, to be able to bring the club its first championship is something that I will remember forever. It has been an amazing year and I couldn't be prouder to have been a part of it – for a Club that I have been with for so long. I hope in some way I've been able to set an example and inspire other young soccer players and other players in our Academy.
"I want to thank NYCFC for everything they've done for me. They have always provided me with an environment to perform. This club is a family and it has been my home since I signed, I've grown up here. I want to thank the best fans in the world for always supporting me and having my back throughout this incredible journey. New York City has a special place in my heart and I will always be a fan and will watch the games while in Scotland."
''While this has been a difficult decision for me to leave a club that I love, I feel it is time in my career to test myself in another league and face a new challenge in Europe. Rangers is an incredible club in a very competitive league with high expectations and a passionate fanbase. It will be a fantastic learning curve for me, and one that I feel ready for.''
Representing affiliate team New York Soccer Club since he was 10, Sands was selected by NYCFC at the inception of the Uder-16 Academy side and scored the winning penalty kick in the club's first U-19 U.S. Soccer Development Academy national championship.
The 21-year-old Sands became NYCFC's first Homegrown player in 2017. He made his first team debut three months later against the Colorado Rapids, replacing Italian international Andrea Pirlo.
Sands has played 69 matches for City, registering two assists.
He made his U.S. men's national team debut against Haiti in the group stage of the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup and played every minute since as the Americans recorded a 1-0 victory over Mexico in the final.
"I want to thank James for everything he has done for the club," NYCFC sporting director David Lee said in a statement. "We've seen him grow up in front of our eyes since making history by becoming our first homegrown signing in 2017. He has become an integral part of our team and his quality and maturity is special for a player of his age. James' work ethic and versatility to play several positions has been key to the team's ability to be flexible and provide depth when needed. James is a true professional on-and-off the field, playing consistently at a high level and setting an example for all our Academy players that want to follow in his footsteps.
"We think this is a fantastic opportunity for James to develop even further while taking the next step in his career. We've always had fantastic dialog with James about his future and care about his progression, as we do with many of our young players. We're proud to have been part of his development and he's a testament to the talent we have here in New York and in our Academy. Everyone at the club wishes him the best at Rangers and we look forward to seeing him continue to develop during this loan and reach his full potential."
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Little Victories – Big Bucks from Small Engines
By Dave Sutton
Finding Performance Potential in 4 and 6 Cylinder Engines
Let's get something on the table right now – I'm a V8 guy. As you've read elsewhere in this issue, I tend to also chant the mantra, "There's no replacement for displacement." Bigger just seems better and badder. Perhaps you're like me.
But let's take a few minutes to put our prejudices aside, overcome our ignorance and look at whether the small engines out there offer profit potential to engine builders, machine shops and parts salespeople.
Small engines are nothing new. Four and 6-cylinder engines have been (and continue to be) popular in many cars and, indeed, racing series. There was a time when adding horsepower to your in-line 6 was natural, but that seems almost forgotten today. Many a 235 Chevy "Stovebolt" got its exhaust manifolds split, a Fenton manifold and multiple carburetion.
I remember when the old Chrysler performance catalog had factory performance parts for the slant-6 225. Chrysler even made a long tube ram 4-barrel intake manifold for the old 6s. If we were in Australia, we'd know and appreciate the 245 cid inline Hemi version of the slant-6.
Back to the land-down-under, you can also find performance straight six Ford engines. A much nicer cylinder head was available for the 200 cid motor that does not have an intregal manifold. Manifolds are available for multiple carburetion making these 7-main inline 6s something more akin to a European performance sedan engine. And much to my surprise, during my research I learned there is a company in the U.S. that copied that Aussie head and is making them and manifolds to match.
Anyone remember the Tijuana Taxi from the '70s? A four-door Ford Maverick drag car that ran a full tilt 300 with a custom welded Cleveland head. If memory serves, it was made from three 2-cylinder chunks of 351 Cleveland heads furnace brazed together. Now that's hotrodding!
Now, we've all had the customer who wants to get more power from his or her domestic 4 or 6-cylinder engine, from here on to be labeled "non-V8," but was not planning a turbo or supercharger installation. So the search starts for non-V8 performance parts. Unless it's a popular application like a 4.3L Chevy or 3.8L Buick, this is going to be a long search for a short list of parts. There are some performance listings for the old 2.3L SOHC Ford 4-banger, which are used for some class racing and maybe a short list of camshafts and manifolds for the Ford and Chevy 6s. From here on the majority of what you'll find is for late-model turbo and supercharged engines and some bolt-on and dress-up parts for Fords and Chevys. There is one other domestic application that gets a lot of special parts attention as well, however.
The AMC-Chrysler-Jeep in-line 6 in the 242 and 258 cid, or 4.0L and 4.2L, versions have a good supply of parts available. And if you combine the two, in the form of a stroker, we can make a 4.6L super 6. Some time ago, some savvy parts guy figured out that you could assemble the big bore 4.0L block with a 4.2L long stroke crank and short rod attached to a 4.0L piston and the combo netted a big 4.6 liters. Camshafts, manifolds, cranks, rods and even aluminum cylinder heads are available for the old Rambler. With the huge popularity of the Jeep market today, it is no wonder suppliers are producing parts for this in-liner.
So what's a builder to do if he gets a request to build one of the other 6s? Start hotrodding! Working on a 300 Ford? The pistons from a 390 Ford can be used to raise the compression ratio. Valve train won't be so bad once you've taken some dimensions. Don't forget to plan for some valve lift though. Many of these 6-cylinders have a long rocker arm with a big ratio.
For most engines you'll be hand porting and installing larger valves to improve cylinder heads. There may be some factory race heads available for a few V6 applications, and even that's going to take a lot of internet shopping and some good old fashioned networking to find. Same with those Aussie heads, but there is the aforementioned aluminum 200 Fords. While you've got the head off, it's probably time to mill a bunch off to get that compression up.
Now that your head is flowing a little better, you'll need a camshaft to hold those valves open higher and longer. If your cam is not available from a traditional grinder, the stock one can always be sent out and reground. This will affect the base circle and depending how much the head and block are decked, it'll be anyone's guess what pushrod length might be needed. It's a good thing custom pushrods make this easy.
An idea I've been playing with involves solid lifters in one of these 7-main engines and some high rpm shifting. And who's going to expect the sound coming from those noisy solids is attached to 6-cylinders and only 12-tappets? To push it further, maybe it's time to fit some roller lifters – I was just speaking with an intrepid builder who was planning that very modification.
If we're going to spin it, let's not forget durability factors. Upgraded bearings may be available and some are shared with the V8s, or maybe you can find something by dimension to at least improve the rod bearings. Bolts can usually be found, but again it may take some measurements and a call or two to your supplier or a manufacturer. Connecting rods are listed in parts catalogs for many domestic V6 and some 4-cylinder applications, and seem to be very plentiful for the import applications. You'll only find a couple of listings for domestic in-line 6s.
If we're talking power improvements without boost, durability issues shouldn't be as big a deal and stock parts may be perfectly adequate. But if you're adding boost, they should definitely be addressed. This would also include studding the block and finding a MLS head gasket. Most of these engines only have 4-head bolts per cylinder, so good bolts or studs and the best head gasket you can find will be a must if you're raising the compression ratio a lot or boosting the engine.
It's fun to dream about a little "Dare to be Different" domestic project, but the sport compact owners have been doing it for years. Small import engines have become very much mainstream and even a part of the culture. I went over to my video library and grabbed a copy of "The Fast and Furious." It was dated 2001. That doesn't mark the official start date for import performance of course, but it's a good marker of when things got serious nonetheless.
Although the SEMA Council serving this market has changed its name and mission a few times since then (from the Sport Compact Council to the Street Performance Council to the Emerging Trends and Technologies Network) the point that creativity is still part of this industry should be apparent and welcomed.
One thing we learned about the import, or sport compact market back then, that is still true today, is that the power for those small displacement engines comes from two things: boost and nitrous!
To make big horsepower from small cubic inches there really is no other way. At 1.4 hp per cubic inch a 2.2L or 134 cid engine is only going to make 187.6 hp. This engine would not be very drivable with all the power and torque coming on at a rpm that would be too high for normal street driving. Turbocharged, these things make 400 hp or more and are street or occasional drivers. The big Japanese 6-cylinder engines are making 700-800 hp. These are expensive builds, but very big power from small engines.
The 2.5L engine in the popular Surbaru WRX will be featured in an upcoming Labor Costing Survey in Engine Builder magazine. My WD counterparts say this is one of the most popular import engines in the aftermarket, although the import parts market pales in comparison to the domestic V8 engine parts market.
If we were to push the envelope on our domestic in-line 6 build and apply the same math, 250 cid makes 350 horsepower. That's a tall order. But, add some boost on top of some good components and we might make a 2 hp per cubic inch engine. A 500 hp Chevy 6 sounds nuts. I'm also picturing a 300 Ford stuffed in a '64 Falcon or early Mustang and the shocked look on the face of the guy who's jaw just got mopped up when the hood was raised.
Besides Jeep motors, another place we still see a lot of in-line 4s and 6s is in marine applications. Every once in a while, I'll hear from someone wanting to up the power in his or her 250 GM marine inboard. If I remember correctly, the last one I was involved with started by removing the 250 and replacing it with a truck 292. I think that one got decked and the head shaved for an honest 9:1 compression, a mid-range cam and some bigger valves. It seems like it should be able to pull two skiers up with no trouble at all.
Pulling more power and reliability from an engine is nothing new, and the science can be applied to just about anything. Using modern cam grinds, maybe a flow bench, heavy-duty aftermarket parts, boost and some good old hotrodding skills, we might even build something a little different from the belly button V8s that clutter most shops 365 days a year. Maybe we'll see more like Don Groff's 5.0L V12 Toyota that started life as two DOHC in-line 6s.
I'm hoping soon to be able to share an in-line 8 built by attaching two Quad IVs end-to-end, each running a turbo and electronic fuel injection, stuffed in the engine bay of an early '50s Pontiac that started life with a straight-8. Talk about a sizeable diet and increase in power! We're talking a good 500 hp on tap when those turbos spool up.
Sure, we can always buy or build motor mounts and go straight for the V8. But sometimes it's more of a challenge to put that idea on the sideline and go with your in-line!
You know what else they say, size doesn't matter.
LD9 Oldsmobile Quad IV
Sometimes, customers just want different and their requests may seem crazy. Harold Norry, of Engines by Hal in Quelph, Ontario, Canada, says those weird requests often result in the best engines – and longstanding friendships.
The stock turbocharged LD9 in a customer's Quad IV needed some serious attention to compete in the sport compact drag racing class. Block modifications to the old inline four improved the oiling characteristics and upgraded aftermarket components were used where possible, though Norry says there's not a lot available for this engine anymore.
The camshafts are modified stock camshafts and the heads are stock cylinder heads with a five-angle valve job and custom hand porting.
The original LD9 was rated at 155 hp from GM; after Norry's work it was making 156 hp – per cylinder. "One cylinder is making more horsepower now than the complete engine did stock," Norry says. Additional upgrades have pushed the Quad IV to produce over 700 hp. That's the kind of thing a good friendship is built on.
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Nissan VR38 Twin Turbo
Mitchell Wilson of Engineered Performance in Alvarado, TX, credits social media for bringing him customers from across the city – and across the world.
A customer in Qatar who follows Wilson on Instagram was impressed enough with what he saw online to ship him the block and parts to build a 1,600 hp twin-turbo engine. Wilson says additional parts and services were needed to achieve – and exceed the goal – but the ease of communication across the world made the build relatively painless.
After boring and stroking the block to a 4.1L size, Wilson added performance aftermarket parts and employed a variety of coatings and treatment techniques. "We did all that because this car was destined to make 2,000 hp," Wilson says.
Wilson's customer participates in national racing events in Qatar. "The customer was really looking for about 1,600 hp to the tire," Wilson says. "He actually made 1,620 hp to the tire. You do the equation for drive train loss and it came out to 1,945 hp, which is what it made at the crankshaft. So he hit his target and more."
The twin-turbo Nissan put out 1,235 lb.-ft. of torque at 7,800 rpm.
Mazda Miata BP4W
Miatas are fun, peppy little cars that encourage drivers to smile. The BP4W Mazda engine built by Chris Graham of Race Engineering in Salisbury, NC, encourages more than that.
Graham upgraded the track car's tired engine with new racing parts and the largest supercharger he could get for the Miata. "We're running 14 pounds of boost with the current pulleys that are on the system now and we were able to more than double the horsepower in the drivetrain to the rear wheels than where it was at the factory. We increased by almost 55 percent when we upgraded the supercharger," Graham says.
The Miata's small air flow openings and such a huge supercharger meant underhood cooling issues required a new triple core radiator. "It's doing well," Graham says. "This car has plenty of horsepower to get some air moving through there!"
Nissan Twin-Turbo GT-R V6
Houston engine builder Mike Cogburn of CP Engines may specialize in late-model domestic builds but he has a soft spot for sport compact performance as well. This twin-turbo Nissan GT-R V6 is a fine example of how breaking out of your comfort zone can pay off in a big way.
His customer brought the damaged engine to Cogburn with the instruction to rebuild it so it would reach 2,500 hp.
With a new billet crank, aluminum rods and custom pistons as well as a dry sump and mechanical drag racing fuel pump and new, stronger top end components, the engine utilizes two modified 76mm turbos. With its 11:1 compression ratio and running on E98 fuel, Cogburn says the GT-R has exceeded his customer's expectations.
Mitsubishi EVO 4B11
According to parts experts, the Mitsubishi Evolution is one of the aftermarket's most popular cars for engine upgrades. Howard Anderson of AR Fabrication in Winchester, VA, is perfectly fine with that.
Anderson says lead times of 8-10 months don't stop customers from presenting their challenges to him and the 4B11 Evo has been a great part of his business. The OEM sleeves are prone to cracking at higher boost levels and pistons fail due to improper tuning.
As a full-service machine shop and engine assembly facility, Wilson says he builds for several installation shops who request specific components. However, he has a package of engine parts and procedures that he knows will satisfy the customer.
"We have done so many of these over the years that we have learned all the snags that could happen, and take the necessary precautions to ensure they don't," Wilson says.
Toyota 1.8L 3TC
What started out as a basic engine refresh gave Lake Station, IN engine builder James Hamilton, Jr. a chance make magic with a 1981 Toyota 1.8L engine.
Initially, the job came in for basic machine work on the block, the crank, a set of rods and cylinder head work. The customer wanted Hamilton Performance Engines to do the necessary degreasing and bore the block, but then asked if Hamilton would consider putting the engine together.
"It ended up turning into an assembly," he says. "Judging by the way the engine looked, it didn't look like it had a lot of problems, but he wanted to make upgrades."
Some mild improvements later using modern aftermarket parts and the little Toyota now offers the performance the customer wanted.
"It was a real mild increase and perfectly safe for pump gas," he says. "We tried to create a little more low-end torque with the engine, which is good for what he's doing. He isn't drag racing or going to Bonneville, he just wanted something that will run well."
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The product line designed by YE I is intended to accomplish several plastic recycling steps with one machine.
Image provided by YE I Machinery Factory Co. Ltd.
YE I Machinery offers multifunctional plastic recycling device
Taiwanese company says its machine offers "three-in-one" shredding, extruding and pelletizing capabilities.
Equipment & Products Commercial Waste Sustainability Technology
Tainan City, Taiwan-based YE I Machinery Factory Co. Ltd. says its Plastic Waste Recycling Machine line of equipment offers "three-in-one" shredding, extruding and pelletizing functions in one device.
YE I says its water-cooled Plastic Waste Recycling Machines feature a three-in-one design that combines "the crusher, extruder and pelletizer into one unit, which simplifies the process and also saves labor and space."
The firm says its machinery line can help produce a wide range of recycled-content resins, including polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polycarbonate (PC), polylactic acid (PLA), expanded polystyrene (EPS), expanded polypropylene (EPP), expanded polyethylene (EPE), nylon plastic (PA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and other resins have been processed by the equipment line.
"Thanks to the experience in the field more than 60 years, YE I has been able to develop low-energy-consumption machines and enhance the machines through custom adjustments," states the firm.
YE I says one of its customers in Japan had been generating more plastic scrap as it was growing, "so they urgently needed to have two more recycling machine production lines to solve the problem." YE I modified its machine's existing screw design to increase the output and "strengthened the safety design according to the customer's usage habits, and improved the database programming [so] the machine will automatically calculate the maintenance period of the motor and issue a reminder."
The Taiwanese company says its plastic recycling machines can be customized to meet the preferences of global customers. More information on the product line is available on this web page.
Photo courtesy Eco-Product
Eco-Products awarded GreenScreen certification
The foodservice packaging company was given the certification for its plant-based packaging that does not use PFAS.
Posted by Alex Kamczyc
Organics Association activities Sustainability
Eco-Products, a foodservice packaging company based in Boulder, Colorado, has been awarded the GreenScreen Certified Silver designation for its line of compostable plates and containers made from sugarcane. GreenScreen Certified is an independent, nonprofit certification standard that promotes products that do not use per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and instead use preferred chemicals in products and manufacturing.
Eco-Products' Vanguard line uses proprietary chemistry to make grease resistance without the use of PFAS. The company says GreenScreen Certified products do not contain other chemicals of high concern or known regrettable substitutes.
"We are very excited to earn GreenScreen Silver certification for our Vanguard line of compostable products," says Ian Jacobson, president of Eco-Products. "Finding an alternative formula to replace PFAS was our top priority. We also wanted to ensure our products did not contain other chemicals of high concern or known regrettable substitutes."
According to a news release from Eco-Products, GreenScreen Certified evaluated every chemical used in the Vanguard formulation before being approved.
Eco-Products says it is the first manufacturer to earn the GreenScreen designation for a foodservice ware product line. The certification was developed by Clean Production Action (CPA) and the Center for Environmental Health (CEH).
"CEH and CPA are excited to launch GreenScreen Certified," says Sue Chiang, food program director at CEH. "This new safety standard will empower consumers to make healthier decisions for themselves and their families."
All Vanguard products are plant-based, Building Performance Institute-certified as compostable, microwave friendly, cut-resistant and effective in hot and cold applications. The initial line includes a variety of plates, bowls and clamshells, with more products to be added soon. Eco-Products has patents pending on the new formula.
Photo courtesy ISRI
ISRI launches registration for ISRI2022 convention
An estimated 5,000 industry professionals are expected to attend the in-person event.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, has launched registration for the ISRI2022 Convention & Exposition. The convention will take place March 21-24, 2022, in Las Vegas. ISRI members can register for the event now, and registration will open to the public Nov. 8.
"We are so excited to be together in Las Vegas for ISRI2022," says Stephen Moss, ISRI2022 convention chair. "This will be a great global reunion for the industry as we gather to learn about the recycling economy and to see in-person exhibits for the first time in three years."
ISRI says more than 5,000 recycling industry professionals are expected to attend. ISRI2022 will provide attendees with the chance to get updates on key industry issues and trends, as well as opportunities to acquire the latest equipment and technology. Attendees can also connect with thousands of industry professionals through networking opportunities that have always been part of ISRI's annual convention.
ISRI2022 programming focuses on a spectrum of topics for recycling industry professionals, including issues like sustainability, untapped labor markets, fire prevention, transportation and supply chain challenges and opportunities. Some of the sessions include:
Fire Prevention – A Common-Sense Approach for Recycling;
Navigating the Turbulent Ocean of International Shipping; and
Data Destruction Trends for ITAD (information technology asset disposition).
For more details on the sessions, hotels, schedules, convention registration and exhibition hall, visit the ISRI2022 website.
Curbtender Sweepers purchases Brush Hawg business
The product line specializes in collection and disposal of bulk waste, brush, debris and tree limbs.
Posted by Adam Redling
Curbtender Sweepers LLC, Cedar Falls, Iowa, has announced its purchase of the Brush Hawg line of knuckle boom grapple loaders from Miami-based Iron Container. The product line specializes in collection and disposal of bulk waste, brush, debris and tree limbs. The Brush Hawg business now joins the growing portfolio of debris collection vehicles at Curbtender Sweepers. The Curbtender family of companies manufacture refuse trucks, leaf and debris vacuum trucks, mechanical street sweepers and regenerative air sweepers at its factories in Gothenburg, Nebraska, and Cedar Falls.
Brush Hawg limb and brush loaders have been manufactured for more than 30 years in Easley, South Carolina. More recently, Brush Hawg's patented All Weather Cab (AWC) has introduced a new level of operator safety and comfort to the marketplace, Curbtender says.
"We are very excited to offer this new product to our dealers and customers throughout the U.S. and Canada," Curbtender CEO Kevin Watje says. "By joining the Curbtender family, Brush Hawg will be able to expand its sales and service locations, as well as increase its manufacturing capabilities."
BGL announces the recapitalization of Keter Environmental Services by TPG Growth
Keter delivers technology-enabled waste, recycling and sustainability programs for multilocation customers across the U.S.
Company news Financial
Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL), Cleveland, has announced that Keter Environmental Services Inc. has received a significant investment by San Francisco-based TPG Growth, the middle-market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG. BGL's Environmental & Industrial Services investment banking team served as the exclusive financial advisor to Keter in the transaction. The specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2011, Keter is a full-service, asset-light waste and recycling management services provider based in Stamford, Connecticut, that delivers technology-enabled waste, recycling and sustainability programs for multilocation customers across the U.S.
According to BGL, "The company's technology platform and value proposition enable consistent and reliable waste management services on a national scale, as well as real-time sustainability and operational efficiency metrics for its targeted REIT [real estate investment trust], industrial and health care customers. Keter's distinct technology and service model is supported with an expansive coverage area of smart compactors and container-monitoring hardware that provide accurate, real-time data to customers and support Keter in maximizing service quality and efficiency."
BGL notes that Keter's proprietary technology includes a portal that aggregates financial and operating data that provides customers with insight into program performance to help companies achieve their sustainability goals. To date, Keter has aided customers in recycling 700 thousand tons, increasing landfill capacity by 23 million cubic yards and avoiding more than 5 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions.


My favorite part of today was doing the science experiment with the kids. We had water (I put in two drops of blue food coloring just so they could see the water clearly) in a measuring cup up to the 3 cup mark and a lot of different size containers. The question was, Why don't we measure liquid with inches or a ruler? I then let them pour the water back and forth into the different containers (narrow and tall, wide and short, etc) and they saw the answer. We also did "word games" today where I named five different words and asked them which one doesn't belong. Example, nose, corn, toe, ear eye. They thought those were fun. at eleven, we had to hurry off to a doctor's appointment and we used all the waiting time for our reading time. Luke read his Diary of a Wimpy Kid book while I read some Amelia Bedilia to Isabel. After the doctors and lunch, we got some math done and then cleaned up the schoolroom for their friends, Aidan and Morgan, to come over and play.
Tonight Joey watched the kids while I went and got my hair cut and ran some errands I needed to get done WITHOUT the kids. Very therapeutic. While I was gone Joey took a little cute movie of poor sleepy Sylvia.


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Altus Strategies Plc (AIM: ALS & TSX-V: ALTS) announces that it has published its unaudited financial results for the three and six month periods ending 30 June 2020 and its Management's Discussion & Analysis for the three month period ending 30 June 2020. These documents have been posted on the Company's website at http://altus-strategies.com/investors/financials/ and are also available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Highlights for the three months ended 30 June 2020 and to the date of this report are as follows:
Corporate highlights:
Appointment to the Altus board of Karim Nasr, CEO of La Mancha Holdings S.à r.l. as its representative
Acquisition by ASX-listed Graphex Mining Ltd of JV earn-in rights held by Glomin Services Ltd on Lakanfla and Tabakorole gold projects, Mali
Non-binding Term Sheet signed with TSX-V listed Stellar AfricaGold Inc. for sale of and royalties on Prikro and Zenoula gold projects, Côte d'Ivoire
Appointment of Alister Hume as Business Development Manager who will play an integral role for the Company in evaluating and progressing the growing number of potential royalty and project transactions under review
Operational highlights:
Gold targets defined by 25km2 ground geophysics programme at Tabakorole, southern Mali
Encouraging results from 70-hole 2,042m shallow aircore drilling at Tabakorole, defining 200m northwest extension to mineralisation of the FT Prospect
Commencement of 8 hole, 1,600m diamond drilling programme at Tabakorole targeting modelled high-grade trends defined by historical drilling and the northwest extension zone
Financial highlights:
Cash and marketable securities of £9.4m/C$15.7m (cash of £7.5m / C$12.6m and listed equity of £1.9m / C$3.1m as at 30 June 2020)
Cash outflow for operating activities of £0.5m / C$0.8m for three months ending 30 June 2020
Post period:
Mineral resource estimate published in news release entitled Significant Gold Resource at Diba Project, Western Mali and dated 06 July 2020 on Diba gold project, western Mali, comprising 4,834,000 tonnes at 1.39 g/t gold for 217,000 ounces in the Indicated category and 5,479,000 tonnes at 1.06 g/t gold for 187,000 ounces in the Inferred category
Preliminary Economic Assessment published in news release entitled Robust US$81 Million (After-Tax) PEA for Diba Gold Project, Western Mali and dated 22 July 2020 for Diba project outlines US$81 million after-tax net present value based on 10% discount rate and US$1,500/oz gold price (note that mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability)
Further high grade aircore drilling results announced extending strike length of the FT Prospect by 600m at Tabakorole gold project, southern Mali
Environmental Impact Assessment of Agdz silver and copper project, eastern Morocco, accepted by Ministry of Interior, and new targets generated on the project using predictive mapping techniques
Appointment of Sandra Bates as in-house General Counsel who will play an integral role for the Company in structuring potential royalty and project transactions as well as managing the Company's general legal affairs
Altus Strategies is a London (AIM: ALS) and Toronto (TSX-V: ALTS) listed mining royalty company generating a diversified and precious metal focused portfolio of assets. The Company's focus on Africa and differentiated approach, of generating royalties on its own discoveries as well as through financings and acquisitions with third parties, has attracted key institutional investor backing. The Company engages constructively with all stakeholders, working diligently to minimise its environmental impact and to promote positive economic and social outcomes in the communities where it operates. For further information, please visit www.altus-strategies.com.
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De Pozdnjakovocultuur (Russisch: Поздняковская культура) is een archeologische cultuur uit de bronstijd, van het midden van het 2e tot het begin van het eerste millennium voor Christus verspreid in de stroomgebieden van de rivieren Oka en Kljazma, en ten zuiden van de boven- tot midden-Wolga.

Onderzoek
De eerste nederzettingen werden in 1881 ontdekt door A.S. Oevarov bij het dorp Pozdnjakovo nabij Moerom in de oblast Vladimir. B.S. Zjoekov en B.A. Koeftin identificeerden het in 1927 als een onafhankelijke cultuur, maar bijvoorbeeld M.E. Foss en andere archeologen maakten bezwaar tegen de term "Pozdnjakovocultuur", en beschouwden het als een variant van de sroebnacultuur.

Op het grondgebied van de oblast Rjazan werd de Pozdnjakovocultuur onderzocht door de archeoloog V.P. Tsjeljapov.

Ontstaan
De cultuur werd gevormd na het binnendringen van stammen van de sroebnacultuur die afkomstig waren uit de bossteppen van de Boven-Don-regio (of zelfs meer zuidelijke culturen), die de lokale bevolking assimileerden.

Cultuur
De cultuur wordt vertegenwoordigd door kleine nederzettingen waar een clan in woonde die gelegen waren op rivierterrassen, eerst met groepen grafheuvels, en later grafvelden. De huizen variëerden in grootte van 9x6 tot 18x12 m, en hadden rieten wanden, een zadeldak en meerdere haarden die iets in de grond waren verdiept.  De begravingen waren in gehurkte positie en in de buurt van de graven werden sporen van rituele vuren gevonden.

De werktuigen waren meestal van vuursteen. Rijke graven bevatten bronzen messen, dolken en sieraden. Het vaatwerk was versierd en met een  platte bodem. Putjes en touwafdrukken zijn typerend voor de decoratie. De belangrijkste bezigheden waren veeteelt, landbouw en bronsbewerken, daarnaast jacht en visserij. De Pozdnjakovieten hadden geen eigen koperafzettingen, en het metaal werd in blokken aangevoerd vanuit de zuidelijke Oeral. Bekend zijn de unieke bronzen bijlen, messen, sikkels, dolken, speerpunten, temporaalringen, plaquettes, armbanden en ringen.

De cultuur beïnvloedde de vorming van latere lokale culturen, in het bijzonder de Gorodetscultuur, hoewel het vanwege de chronologische afstand onmogelijk is om deze laatste rechtstreeks af te leiden uit de Pozdnjakovocultuur.

Bronstijdcultuur in Rusland
Prehistorie in Rusland

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Bruckner Rezoning Rolls On After Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez Reverses Herself
If Velázquez had maintained her opposition and the committee had nonetheless voted the rezoning through, it could have been the death blow for the Council's tradition of 'member deference'
, October 06, 2022 06:30 PM
Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez (D-Bronx) speaks outside City Hall, Sept. 15, 2022.
A new affordable housing development is likely to be built in Throggs Neck after the local City Councilmember and a union that had been opposed reversed themselves just ahead of a key committee vote on Thursday.
The City Council Land Use Committee in a 10-0 vote approved the plan to upzone a strip of Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx neighborhood, setting up a full Council vote next week that's expected to easily pass.
The move— which shifts local zoning codes to allow for taller and denser buildings — would clear the way for a 349-unit housing development, with the majority of those set aside for low-income and middle-income renters and senior citizens.
After opposing the measure for months, saying that it lacked local support and didn't do enough to prioritize local hires, local Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez reversed herself ahead of the critical land use committee vote on Thursday. The flip averted what could have been an embarrassing defeat for her and for the increasingly controversial Council tradition of "member deference," in which the local member has what amounts to veto power over any proposal within their district.
"We need to build a better NYC. That does not mean that we hand our keys to developers. That does not mean that we remove the art of negotiation from our Council members. And I want to thank every single Council member that has supported me through this process. I see you and thank you. Member deference is not dead and I love you for that," Velázquez said, adding that her main priority is "building for my community locally and also giving them the opportunity to work there."
NYC's Affordable Housing Crisis Puts Deference to City Council and Local Opposition Under Scrutiny
The proposal falls within the borders of Community Board 10 in The Bronx, which voted to reject it in July in its advisory capacity.
While major construction unions like the Construction and General Building Laborers Local 79 had backed the project, the District Council of Carpenters initially opposed it, which Velázquez cited as a failure to prioritize local hiring.
Local 79 members rally with the mayor at City Hall in favor of the Bruckner proposal, Sept. 7, 2022.
But the carpenters' union, too, backed the project in the end, a shift that two community organizers involved in the plan said helped bring around Velázquez — who was also facing pressure from Mayor Eric Adams and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, who both supported it.
"Councilwoman Marjorie Velázquez courageously demanded that any development in her district must include local jobs that build up the middle class rather than tear it down — and she succeeded," Joseph Geiger, executive secretary-treasurer of the New York City District Council of Carpenters, said on Thursday. "That kind of unyielding dedication to the middle class and her district is what we need more of in our elected officials if we are going to end the housing and affordability crises."
On Thursday the Daily News reported that the "speaker's team also worked behind the scenes to broker the deal between the carpenters union and the property owners," citing Council sources.
Opposition Remains
The mayor seemed to anticipate and claim some credit for Velázquez's shift when he appeared for the first time as mayor on NY1's "Inside City Hall" Wednesday evening.
"As you know, the councilwoman, Velázquez, also went to Puerto Rico with us to look at some of the issues they were facing around the hurricane. We had an opportunity to talk, continue to speak with the councilwoman," Adams said.
He framed the Throggs Neck development fight as as "a citywide issue of affordable housing," saying, "I'm optimistic that we should be able to come to a conclusion with this project."
A day later, his attitude was confirmed.
In a statement shortly after casting her vote, Velázquez said the upzoning "provides tangible benefits for the people of our community and transforms the unfortunate reality that this office before me had been unable to provide affordable housing for our residents, with less than 60 units produced in the last 8 years. We have far surpassed that in less than a year."
She added: "I will never stop fighting for my local community and always remain committed to negotiating to the end to deliver for the people of my district."
A "no upzoning" sign on Edison Avenue in Throggs Neck, Aug. 11, 2022.
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Other opponents of the plan, however, questioned her decision.
"We'll deal with the hand we're dealt with, but we were not supportive at all," Bronx Community Board 10 Chairperson Joseph Russo said in an interview with the Bronx Times just after the vote. "I don't know what community the councilwoman is speaking of, because the community was very adamant about their lack of support for this project — not only for the project, for the applicants. So I'm pleased that she is saying yes to a community, but I'm not sure what community that is she is saying yes to. But good for her."
Christian Amato, a board member in neighboring Community Board 11 who recently lost a bid for state legislature in the 34th Senate District, which encompasses the Bruckner Boulevard strip, suggested Velázquez wasn't able to get enough political support from her fellow lawmakers to maintain her opposition.
"I'm assuming that after the councilmember spoke to her colleagues and listened to her constituents and saw the actions of her constituents, she realized that the best thing to do for her community would be to bring more affordable housing," said Amato, who began supporting the project after it was reduced in size. For example, one building's height was reduced to five stories from eight stories.
Amato added that he was "uncertain that Councilmember Velázquez was able to whip enough support amongst her colleagues to come to a no vote."
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Will IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 run on Windows 10, and if it does, can I use a joystick with the game?
According to the game's description found on the Steam marketplace, IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 only works on: Windows® XP/2000. Since it's a 32-bit application, you may have some trouble running it on Windows 10, but you can still work around that: first try to right-click the application's executable file, then go to Properties and in the Compatibility tab, check the Run this program in compatibility mode for box, then select one of the supported versions and press Apply. In case that didn't work, you can always create a virtual machine and install an older Windows version on it or use an emulator like DOSBox.
For your second question, the answer is yes, the game can be controlled through a joystick and it was actually designed to be played liked that, so it will be a lot more fun than using a keyboard.
Will Ski Region Simulator 2012 work on Mac 10.8 Mountain Lion?
Is there a Mac version on the Carp Simulator?