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Q: Split file according to patterns in two consecutive lines I have files with the following format:
ATOM   3736  CB  THR A 486      -6.552 153.891  -7.922  1.00115.15           C
ATOM   3737  OG1 THR A 486      -6.756 154.842  -6.866  1.00114.94           O
ATOM   3738  CG2 THR A 486      -7.867 153.727  -8.636  1.00115.11           C
ATOM   3739  OXT THR A 486      -4.978 151.257  -9.140  1.00115.13           O
HETATM10351  C1  NAG A 203      33.671  87.279  39.456  0.50 90.22           C
HETATM10483  C1  NAG A 702      28.025 104.269 -27.569  0.50 92.75           C
ATOM   3736  CB  THR B 486      -6.552  86.240   7.922  1.00115.15           C
ATOM   3737  OG1 THR B 486      -6.756  85.289   6.866  1.00114.94           O
ATOM   3738  CG2 THR B 486      -7.867  86.404   8.636  1.00115.11           C
ATOM   3739  OXT THR B 486      -4.978  88.874   9.140  1.00115.13           O
HETATM10351  C1  NAG B 203      33.671 152.852 -39.456  0.50 90.22           C
HETATM10639  C2  FUC B 402     -48.168 162.221 -22.404  0.50103.03           C

I would like to split the file after each line starting with HETATM* but only if the next line starts with ATOM. I would like the new files to be called $basename_$column, where $basename is the base name of the input file and $column is the character at position 22-23 (either A or B, in the example). I am not able to figure out how to check both consecutive lines to determine the splitting point.

A: Here's an awk version
awk 'NR==1{n=$5}/HETATM/{f=1}f && /^ATOM/{n=$5;f=0}{print > "file"n".txt"}' file

Use FILENAME instead of file to create the same file name.

A: Here's a simple Python solution with no error checking. Should work in Python 2 or 3; change the first line to match your environment. Don't take this as an example of good coding style.
Edited for unique file names.
#!/usr/bin/env python2.4

import os.path
import sys

fname = sys.argv[1]
bname = os.path.basename(fname)

fin = open(fname)

fout = None
ct = 0

for line in fin:
    if line[:6] == 'HETATM':
        flag = True
    if (not fout) or (flag and line[:4] == 'ATOM'):
        if fout:
            fout.close()
        ct += 1
        fout = open(bname + '_' + line[21:22] + str(ct), 'w')
        flag = False
    fout.write(line)

fout.close()


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McDonald's Is Bringing Back Fried Chicken Strips
This is not a drill.
By Temi Adebowale
McDonald's fans everywhere were totally outraged over the loss of Chicken Selects. Mostly because they were so obviously superior to plain old chicken nuggets. Nationwide mourning ensued when the fried chicken strips were discontinued, but today there's hope. Something very similar is coming back to Mickey D's menus.
They're not quite "selects," but new Buttermilk Crispy Tenders are being tested at 138 locations in the Charlotte, NC area. Brand Eating reports that these chicken strips are made with no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, which is in line with the fast-food chain's new initiative to serve healthier chicken.
Brand Eating
The tenders are dipped in buttermilk and given a shower of "authentic seasonings" before getting deep-fried. And order also come with a new "signature" sauce, which McDonald's said is "slightly tangy and sweet."
No details on when or if the Buttermilk Crispy Tenders will be available nationwide, so keep your fingers crossed. I'm still a little bit upset over the loss of the Chicken Selects, but at least these tenders look like a delish replacement.
Temi Adebowale Temi Adebowale is the Editorial Assistant at Men's Health.
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McDonald's Brings Back Buttermilk Crispy Tenders
McDonald's Is FINALLY Bringing Back The McRib
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Safaricom has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot to manage customers' queries. Known as Zuri, the chatbot is currently available on Telegram and Facebook Messenger and will enable over 17 million Safaricom mobile data users to perform a wide range of tasks like manage subscription services including viewing subscriptions and unsubscribing from chargeable SMS services.
"We are continually working to provide the best experience to our customers by investing in technology and products that are designed to give them more choice and control. Zuri will add to the already existing self-care options we have including USSD and mySafaricom app. Using AI, Zuri will be able to constantly evolve and learn from the interactions it has with customers in order to provide accurate responses", said Sylvia Mulinge, Chief Customer Officer, Safaricom.
The Chatbot also contains a how to section where customers can find more information about retrieving their PUK number, unlocking their M-PESA account, and how to get a loan.
Last year the telco launched Safaricom Jitambulishe which is a Voice Biometrics identification system. Jitambulishe allows customers to use their voices for authentication before accessing assisted services such as resetting their M-PESA PIN and PUK requests.
In an effort to reduce the number of calls to their call centres, Safaricom has in the recent past increased awareness of their available self-care solutions. This according to the company has resulted in 24 million daily uses of the USSD solution and over 700,000 smartphone customers using the mySafaricomapp daily.


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THE PRUSSIAN ARMY - TO 1815
Digby Smith
This book is a comprehensive study of the Prussian army from its inception in the first standing troops, raised as his personal guards by the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg in 1571, to the dramatic defeat of the Emperor Napoleon I at Waterloo in 1815. It was an army whose character and capabilities were formed by the Prussian kings Frederick William I and, crucially, by Frederick the Great. The history of each regiment is presented with details of the uniforms worn, down to the regimental lace decorations and the many grenadier cap plates, the various colonels in chief who owned the regiment and the battles and clashes in which each took part. Not only uniform and saddlery details are to be found here; there is also comprehensive information on the colours and standards carried by each regiment, and their fate if lost in battle. The book is copiously illustrated with over a hundred colour and black and white plates, the majority now published for the first time since they were first executed over two hundred years ago. Photographs of contemporary items have been included, many of them from the Military Museum in Rastatt, Germany. Only the best and most reliable German language sources have been used in putting this work together.
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U.N. rebukes nations over rape, torture
By - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 1, 2009
UNITED NATIONS | Alarmed by the sharp spike in sexual violence against women, the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday urged governments and the United Nations itself to crack down on the soldiers and civilians who rape and torture with impunity.
"As I have said many times over many years, the role and rights of women in todays world is a critical core concern of foreign policy," said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who convened the council after meeting victims of sexual torture on her recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Protecting vulnerable women and girls, she told the council, "is national security. Of course, it has a moral and human and social and economic dimension. … The women who do not start conflicts are often the victims."
According to the U.N. Development Fund for Women, an average of 36 women and girls a day are raped or sexually tortured in Congo.
Mrs. Clinton, a longtime advocate for the protection and education of women and girls around the globe, has become even more impassioned about their security since her brief Congo visit in August.
It included stops at a teeming refugee camp and a HEAL Africa hospital that offers spiritual, financial and surgical repair to women recovering from internal injuries.
"Sexual violence and rape in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the most serious crimes humanity had seen in the 21st century," Congo Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba told the General Assembly earlier.
He assured diplomats that Congo would do its utmost to stop the perpetrators of sexual violence, both military and civilian ones.
Wednesday's meeting was held on the last day Washington presided over the 15-member Security Council, in which the chairmanship rotates monthly.
The representatives of Vietnam and Austria, who will preside over the council in October and November, respectively, announced that they, too, would hold open discussions on sexual violence and the protection of women in armed conflict.
Vietnamese Ambassador Le Luong Minh said he would chair a meeting on "responding to the needs of women and girls in post-conflict situations for sustainable peace and security."
Austrian Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting said it is "absolutely unforgivable" that civilians should live under threat of violence where there is a U.N. peacekeeping mission deployed.
Congo hosts MONUC, the U.N. acronym for the largest and most expensive peacekeeping operation in U.N. history. Despite a force of 18,000 soldiers and an annual budget of more than $1.2 billion, the peacekeepers have been largely unable to protect eastern villages and towns from rebel groups and government soldiers.
A half-dozen militias have criss-crossed eastern Congo for nearly a decade, cutting swaths of human destruction as they have siphoned off minerals, timber and other goods.
Millions more Congolese have been driven from their homes. Most alarmingly, locals say, the ill-trained and unpaid Congolese national army is the most dangerous group of rapists and robbers of all.
At least 5.4 million Congolese have died in the decade-long civil war, according to U.N. statistics, some from bullets and machetes, many others from poverty-related diseases and conditions that could have been treated by drugs that are readily available in most of the world.


In order to change the way people think, you must understand the way people think.
Framing problems at the individual human level is something people understand.
Framing solutions at the individual human level in ways that are concrete have much more potential to persuade than solutions that are communicated as systemic or abstract. Such is the trap that befalls the WWF in Change the Way You Think.
Opening question around how much water does it take to make a latte?
Most of this video performs below benchmark. The style of text on screen and stock piano music does not have enough stamina to engage and persuade.
The problem of water usage was framed at the individual level (how much water goes into making a latte, and how many people drink lattes each morning), but the solutions were either systemic (better farming practices) or abstract (change the way you think about everything).


Have you heard the one about the year that personal incomes shot up into the sky like a Fourth of July firework? That's every year if you work in IT, but 2015 was especially notable. Welcome to the most lucrative IT compensation numbers we've ever seen — salaries are big this year.
It's partly because of a shift in how we calculated them. You'll see a lot of six-figure tallies when you turn the page to our bigger-and-better list of the top 75 salaries in this year's survey. The overwhelmingly largest single group of Salary Survey respondents are American IT professionals. So we calculated U.S. salaries and non-U.S. salaries both separately and together to offer a more balanced overall salary picture.
The three-year trend in overall salaries, however, as shown in the graphic on this page, is that IT compensation everywhere is picking up steam. Overall employment is also even better than it was last year. When we checked at the end of 2014, almost 92 percent of those surveyed were employed full time. At the end of 2015, that number rose by almost five percent.
If you have IT-certified skills, then there's very little reason to find yourself plowing through job search sites, unless maybe you're looking for a job that's even better than what you have now. The boom in the Internet of Things, the urgent and ever-present need to secure and protect sensitive data, and exploding demand for IT infrastructure are just some of the pressing reasons why the world needs more certified professionals.
Opportunity knocks, but employers are practically banging down the door of those who have certain IT skills. And while salary growth may not be as certain as death and taxes, it's close. An impressive 62 percent of those we surveyed got a raise in 2015, compared to just 6 percent who took a pay cut.
The pay increase was small for some. Among those reporting a raise, 23 percent saw their pay climb only incrementally. A robust 40 percent of respondents, on the other hand, got an increase of between 3 and 6 percent, while 17 percent had their pay go up by between 7 and 10 percent. That leaves nearly 20 percent of those surveyed who really rang the bell, getting a larger-than-10-percent salary boost.
And while there are many different factors that determine salary, IT certification is certainly playing a role. Roughly 35 percent of those surveyed received a raise in the first year after getting their most recent certification. Out of that group, almost 70 say that certification was a key factor in getting a raise, while 8 percent attribute the raise directly to adding a cert to their list of job qualifications.
There's much more to tell than we have room for in print, and we're not stopping here. Keep your eyes glued to CertMag.com in the months ahead, and we'll check in there with new survey data every week.


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How Jewelry Brand Kendra Scott Is Pivoting During the Pandemic
May 5, 2020 by Amy Elliott
Did you get a chance to listen to the JCK Events webinar "10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Prepare Your Business for the Post-COVID-19 Recovery" with JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky? It's definitely worth a watch/listen. The topic of getting your digital platform up to snuff and ways to modernize your business were key topics.
Adding chat functionality to your site features, exploring the possibilities of livestream events, and adding augmented reality (AR) tools to your digital storefront were just a few of the enhancements discussed.
One brand that's completely on it? Kendra Scott, the wildly successful jewelry powerhouse that JCK has covered on several occasions, including the opening of its New York store and flagship in Austin, Texas, where Scott is based. We've called Scott a jewelry tycoon: She's also made philanthropy a key component of her business since founding her line in 2002.
A few of the retail tactics she's put into play with alarming speed since COVID-19 temporary closed most of her stores include working with supply chain solutions company Manhattan Associates to build a curbside pickup program in order to meet Mother's Day demand while following all health and prevention habits as guided by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control.
The company is also localizing distribution efforts to meet customer demand during temporary store closures with a new ship-from-store program to supplement the Austin distribution center. "While it typically takes three to six months to execute this system, it took only nine days for Manhattan Associates to have fulfillment running out of eight of our stores," according to a brand statement.
The Kendra Scott boutique on King Street in Charleston, S.C., is part of the new ship-from-store program that allows two to three retail employees to be working in the store at a time, following strict social distancing guidelines and cleaning measures as outlined by the CDC/WHO.
One of the most innovative pivots in terms of modernizing the brand's e-comm customer experience is the roll-out of a virtual try-on feature. It launched just a couple of weeks ago in a rather astonishing example of coincidental yet perfect timing.
The mobile-based feature had been in development for months, but with so many abiding by stay-at-home guidelines right now, the company is anticipating an increased appetite for try-before-you-buy services and virtual experiences and hopes to see considerable engagement.
Dallas blogger @hkcung test-drives the Kendra Scott virtual try-on feature. The brand is launching first with earrings, as the category allows for the most dynamic movement, with the intent to roll out necklaces, bracelets, rings, and more later on (image courtesy of Kendra Scott).
The virtual try-on allows customers to compare multiple looks at once (in the Earrings section only for now), sampling several products simultaneously and in live motion, and to seamlessly short-list and add items to cart.
It's powered by AR firm Mirelz, which chose Kendra Scott as a partner to pilot the program, but the technology is available to other retailers.
"We are thrilled to offer this new experience to our customers during a time when she is unable to shop with us in our stores," Scott told JCK. "This technology helps solve the problem of wear-testing by allowing our shoppers to preview how a new style will look on them, without leaving the comfort of their home."
Top: Some new releases from designer Kendra Scott, who is pivoting with aplomb and alacrity in the face of the pandemic. Philanthropy is key to her brand's DNA, and since mid-March it's been donating 50% of proceeds from the sale of the Everlyne bracelet to Feeding America. Kendra Scott has also been donating its yellow branded bandannas to local female volunteer groups that are sewing masks for hospitals in Texas, Louisiana, New York, and California. Finally, it's temporarily transitioned its customer-hosted Kendra Gives Back charity events to a virtual platform so that communities can continue to give back to local causes during this uncertain time.
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Amy Elliott
JCK Contributing Editor


09/30/2015-3:01pm Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/30/2015-2:12pm DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 448.
09/30/2015 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 61.
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09/30/2015 The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 114-272, by Mr. Cole.
09/30/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/30/2015 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 448.
09/30/2015 Rule provides for 20 minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 79. Section 2 provides for one hour of debate on a motion for the House to agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 719.


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Guess who was featured in a beautiful life and style blog called Kellina's Thoughts. Kellina's Thoughts holds some truly amazing style posts that are both wearable and fashion forward. Last Sunday she choose cut off cuffed shorts from our Etsy store to include in her Day Outfit post.
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Team leader, Céline Vallot, hopes to grasp the dynamics of epigenetic deregulations during in vitro and in vivo tumor progression using an innovative cell model to capture epigenetic alterations in real time. The project will focus on breast cancer.
Her project is at the crossroads of several disciplines: questions of fundamental as well as translational biology are asked based on integrated bioinformatics and biostatistical analyses.
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// Load modules.
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
var util = require('util');
var passport = require('passport-strategy');
var CognitoSDK = require('amazon-cognito-identity-js');

AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider.AuthenticationDetails = CognitoSDK.AuthenticationDetails;
AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider.CognitoUserPool = CognitoSDK.CognitoUserPool;
AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider.CognitoUser = CognitoSDK.CognitoUser;

/**
 * `Strategy` constructor.
 *
 * The Cognito User Pools authentication strategy.
 *
 * Applications must supply a `verify` callback which accepts an `accessToken`, `idToken`
 * `refreshToken` and service-specific `profile`, and then calls the `cb`
 * callback supplying a `user`, which should be set to `false` if the
 * credentials are not valid.  If an exception occured, `err` should be set.
 *
 * Options:
 *   - `userPoolId`     Cognito User Pool Id        // required
 *   - `clientId`       Cognito app client Id       // required
 *   - `region`         AWS region                  // required
 *
 * Examples:
 *
 *     passport.use(new CognitoStrategy({
 *         userPoolId: 'ap-northeast-1_eSjqLfqKc',
 *         clientId: 'vtvg02tr21zmxvspyvawtv09b',
 *         region: 'ap-northeast-1'
 *       },
 *       function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, cb) {
 *         User.findOrCreate(..., function (err, user) {
 *           cb(err, user);
 *         });
 *       }
 *     ));
 *
 * @constructor
 * @param {object} options
 * @param {function} verify
 * @access public
 */
function CognitoStrategy(options, verify) {

  if (!options) throw new Error('Cognito strategy requires options');
  if (!verify) throw new Error('Cognito strategy requires a verify callback');

  AWS.config.region = options.region;

  passport.Strategy.call(this);
  this.name = 'cognito';
  this._userPoolId = options.userPoolId;
  this._clientId = options.clientId;
  this._verify = verify;
}

// Inherit from `passport-strategy`.
util.inherits(CognitoStrategy, passport.Strategy);

/**
 * Authenticate request
 *
 * @param {http.IncomingMessage} req
 * @param {object} options
 * @access protected
 */
CognitoStrategy.prototype.authenticate = function(req, options) {

  var user = {};
  var username = req.body.username;
  var password = req.body.password;

  if (!username || !password) {
    return this.fail({ message: 'Missing credentials' }, 400);
  }

  var authenticationDetails = this._createAuthenticationDetails(username, password);
  var cognitoUser = this._createCognitoUser(username);

  var self = this;

  function verified(err, user, info) {
    if (err) { return self.error(err); }
    if (!user) { return self.fail(info); }
    self.success(user, info);
  }

  cognitoUser.authenticateUser(authenticationDetails, {
    onSuccess: function (session) {

      var accessToken = session.getAccessToken().getJwtToken();
      var idToken = session.getIdToken().getJwtToken();
      var refreshToken = session.getRefreshToken().getToken();

      if (!accessToken || !idToken) {
        return self.fail({ message: options.badRequestMessage || 'Missing token' }, 400);
      }

      self._getUserAttributes(cognitoUser, function(profile) {
        profile.username = username;
        try {
          if (self._verify.length == 6) {
            self._verify(accessToken, idToken, refreshToken, profile, session, verified)
          } else { // length = 5
            self._verify(accessToken, idToken, refreshToken, profile, verified);
          }
        } catch (ex) {
          return self.error(ex);
        }
      })
    },
    onFailure: function(err) {
      // console.log(err);
      return self.fail(err);
    },
    mfaRequired: function(codeDeliveryDetails) {
      // MFA is required to complete user authentication.
      // Get the code from user and call
      // cognitoUser.sendMFACode(mfaCode, this)
      return self.fail({ message: options.badRequestMessage || 'Multi factor authentication Required' }, 424);
    },
    newPasswordRequired: function(userAttributes, requiredAttributes) {
      // User was signed up by an admin and must provide new
      // password and required attributes, if any, to complete
      // authentication.

      // userAttributes: object, which is the user's current profile. It will list all attributes that are associated with the user.
      // Required attributes according to schema, which don't have any values yet, will have blank values.
      // requiredAttributes: list of attributes that must be set by the user along with new password to complete the sign-in.

      var newPassword = req.body.newpassword;
      if (newPassword) {
        var attributesData = [];
        requiredAttributes.map(function(att) {
          attributesData[att] = req.body[att];
        });

        console.log("newPasswordRequired2 ", attributesData, requiredAttributes);
        //Try to validate user
        return cognitoUser.completeNewPasswordChallenge(newPassword, attributesData, this);
      } else {
        return self.fail({ message: options.badRequestMessage || 'New Password Required' }, 412);
      }
    }
  });

};

/**
 * Create authentication detail object
 *
 * @param {string} username
 * @param {string} password
 * @return {AuthenticationDetails}
 * @access protected
 */
CognitoStrategy.prototype._createAuthenticationDetails = function(username, password) {
  var authenticationData = {
    Username: username,
    Password: password
  };

  return new AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider.AuthenticationDetails(authenticationData);
};

/**
 * Create cognito user object
 *
 * @param {string} username
 * @return {CognitoUser}
 * @access protected
 */
CognitoStrategy.prototype._createCognitoUser = function(username) {

  var poolData = {
    UserPoolId : this._userPoolId,
    ClientId : this._clientId
  };
  var userPool = new AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider.CognitoUserPool(poolData);
  var userData = {
    Username : username,
    Pool : userPool
  };

  return new AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider.CognitoUser(userData);
};

/**
 * Get user attributes as a object
 *
 * @param {CognitoUser} cognitoUser
 * @param {function} callback
 * @return {object}
 * @access protected
 */
CognitoStrategy.prototype._getUserAttributes = function(cognitoUser, callback) {

  var self = this;
  cognitoUser.getUserAttributes(function(err, result) {
    if (err) return self.fail(err);

    var user = {}
    result.forEach(function(attr) {
      var obj = attr.getName();
      if(typeof(obj.Name) == "string"){
        user[obj.Name] = obj.Value;
      } else {
        // when using passport-cognito with 'amazon-cognito-identity-js'
        // an error occurs, this is a quick fix for this
        user[attr.getName()] = attr.getValue();
      }
    })
    callback(user);
  });
};

// Expose constructor.
module.exports = CognitoStrategy;

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The Public Health Fora, the premier academic forum of our academic calendar, welcomes speakers whose work engages and challenges the school community around our guiding principles and research directions.
Jon Kingsdale, Wakely Consulting and Boston University School of Public Health; Sara Rosenbaum, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University; Gail Wilensky, Project HOPE; and Jonathan Woodson, Boston University Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy, and Boston University School of Public Health. Cohosted with Boston University Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy.
Gary H. Gibbons, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Cohosted with Boston University School of Medicine.
Hilary Godwin, Dean and Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health. Cohosted with Boston University School of Theology.
Ellis Rubinstein, The New York Academy of Sciences. Cohosted with Boston University College of Engineering.
Eldar Shafir, William Stuart Tod Professor of Psychology & Public Affairs, Princeton University. This event is cosponsored with the Public Health Post.
The mission of Boston University School of Public Health is to improve the health of local, national, and international populations, particularly the disadvantaged, underserved, and vulnerable, through excellence and innovation in education, research, and service. The School's Strategic Thinking Initiative, led by a steering committee of faculty, staff, students, and alumni during 2015, articulated four principles that underlie the future direction of the school, and four directions for our scholarship. Our 2016-2017 Public Health Fora, the premier academic forum of our academic calendar, welcomes speakers whose work engages and challenges the school community around these principles and research directions.
These guide the choices we pursue in all our activities, including scholarship, education and translation, to work towards a better, healthier, and more equitable world.
To make the world a healthier and more equitable place, we pay particular attention to issues that are especially likely to influence population health and to opportunities to improve population health and well-being.
We aim to be a school that is inclusive and genuinely embraces diversity along many dimensions of difference, to institutionalize fora in which diverse identities and perspectives become routine; create enriched environments for education, scholarship and translation.
We seek to address both the causes and implications of inequities in health and within the School, engaging in systematic reflection on both external and internal structures, policies and practices that may create inequities.
We aim to engage the growing breadth and complexity of public health through embracing and encouraging collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and social and economic sectors.
Four broad areas of research focus represent significant opportunities for our school to contribute to improved population health and well-being. We aim to nurture and catalyze work in each of these areas over the coming decade.
By 2050, 66 percent of the world's population is expected to be urban. The city's social and physical structures influence how we think, feel, and behave. Scholarship on urban living encompasses research on critical issues affecting the health of populations, including employment opportunities, housing structures, food access, racial and socioeconomic discrimination and segregation, environmental pollution, social structures that encourage/discourage healthy living, substance use disorders and addiction, homelessness, crime, and the effects of climate change.
Changing demographics indicate that all major areas of the world except Africa will have about a quarter of their population aged 60 or over by 2050. The broader effects of aging-associated disability and disease on well-being in late life pose new challenges and offer opportunity for scholarship to improve population health and the capacity of aging populations to adapt and flourish.
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Just one busker today. A guy playing Soprano Saxophone. He was sitting under a bridge near the Melbourne Arts Centre. The location added a nice reverb to everything. I am recording about 3 minutes of each busker I come across. As I mentioned last time I am not trying to capture complete songs, just to get a sample of ambience that includes a busker in the city environment.
I decided this week to add another aspect to the ambiance section of the library. I realised Melbourne has a huge selection of buskers who regularly play around the Melbourne city area. This is a great source of interesting and unusual music examples, and work nicely with the general ambiance of the city mixed in. It's a far more real sound that the perfectly clean mixed music from a studio. Its not designed to be a piece of music, but more an ambiance of city life.
Of course when I went out on Thursday lunchtime for the first time to look for buskers it was pouring with rain and there wasn't a busker to be found, fairly typical of Melbourne, and one of the reasons I am really growing to dislike the place. (I hate this weather) By Friday the weather had improved and I managed to find three buskers in my lunchtime. I recorded a Scottish guy in a kilt playing a semi acoustic Guitar and singing, a guy in a cowboy hat playing blues music on a harmonica, and a guy dressed up like a dishevelled clown playing sea shanties on a very old and slightly broken accordion. I think I might end up creating a completely separate section for busker music in the library. There seems to be a very broad range of amazingly weird music out there, so I think it's worth sampling some of it.
What was supposed to be a simple short session at work to record some material for one of our current projects has turned out to be far more interesting.
Today at lunchtime I purchased a small bag of old Australian pennies. These have dates on them ranging from 1900, up to when we converted to metric money in the 1960's. The bag of about 30 coins cost me about $7 so I guess they have increased in value pretty well.
I have recorded some regular coins in the past, but I really wanted something with a different sound. I was looking for something suitable to represent pirate treasure and giant gold coins. The pennies are made of a different metal to modern coins and are much larger; this allows them to produce a stronger ringing tone. I set up the H4N using both its internal microphones as well as the Beta 58A. I wanted the mics to be nice and close to the coins as I dropped them and bounced them on various surfaces. I made sure I monitored the levels carefully to make sure there was no chance of peaking the signal. I spent about 30 minutes playing with the coins on different surfaces, from modern laminate table top, to concrete and an old wooden table. In general I was quite happy with the types of sounds I could produce by dropping, bouncing, sliding and otherwise manipulating the coins singly and in a pile to produce various sounds.
When transferred the sounds to my laptop I discovered that pretty much all the material was completely unusable. Even though I had been very careful to make sure non of the sounds had peaked, the extremely close proximity to the microphones had been an issue. The coins produced a very high frequency ping each time they impacted on any surface, and it seemed that this extremely high frequency sounds were a big issue for the mics to deal with at such a close range. All the material was effectively distorted even though the readout levels never came close to peaking. I have had a similar thing happen in the past when I tried to record some gongs and bells with my shotgun mic, and I placed the mic to close to the source. This is a behaviour I will need to look into and investigate its cause, and how best to deal with it. The obvious thing is to place the microphone further away from the source, but I still want to understand exactly what is going on so I can deal with it effectively rather than just guessing. Keep an eye out for a later post on this issue as I try to find out what's going on and redo the material I need.


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ScreenShots: Conclusion We have reached the end of this article and now there is a lot of information about the Kissian application, application download link, installation steps, etc. Why to choose WeTv for all your Asia movies? When I first started watching dramas, I struggled a lot to see some dramas because viki and drama fever were not available in my country. A: The ads in kissasian are causing this to happen. Find new experience in watching movies, just install and run this apps. For those looking for a good Korean drama application to watch the latest and completed Korean drama in an Android phone, this is one of my favorite App for watching famous Korean drama even while on the go. Also, the even more interesting news from the team is that the release is always refreshed, flexible to deliver quality streams consistent with the streams of the web. This phenomenon is more known as the Korean Wave commonly known as Hallyu in Chinese form. 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Conclusion KissAsian video add-on for Kodi app is one the best video plugin available for movies and Tv series. © 2021 Please note that this site uses cookies to personalise content and adverts, to provide social media features, and to analyse web traffic. They redirect users to other sites. I am sure that you are also going to get inspired by the app. You can easily install it on your Kodi app and watch anime with ease. Related: Download KissAsian - Asian Drama APK for Android and install I would love to guide you on how to download and install KissAsian - Asian Drama APK for Android in just five simple steps. Update your favorite dramas, movies and write some reviews. Soft power is a term coined by a political scientist named Joseph Nye. While being downloaded 318 times since its initial release, it has constant updates. If you are also a drama lover and looking for a spam free Asian drama app in this category then scroll down to view the list. The shows are popular for portraying love stories with such intensified emotions it leads to teary-eyed viewers. Netflix is no stranger to people who love to spend long hours watching Korean dramas online or offline. Therefore, the application store you go to for the Korean streaming app will differ. Whether you wanna re-watch the classics or catch up on the latest Korean dramas today, Dramania is going to be your best friend. There has been a phenomenal growth in Korean popular culture. As there is a way around it which includes: However, using a laptop to watch an anticipated Korean drama needs the perfect 4K resolution or movie-optimized hardware for an enjoyable viewing experience. Soft power refers to the ability of a certain country to penetrate other countries by perpetuating its image and culture. Features of Kiss Asian Kodi Add-on Kiss Asian plugin for Kodi is one of the most used plugins to watch anime and other movies for free. Now you can play mySafaricom on PC. It is a safe and working way to avoid restrictions made by developers for distributing apps in some geographical regions. It would really really be great if you add all the dramas there. Please see my initial review below Hope you can add a search bar in your next update, so it will be easier for us viewers to just go straight to what we want to watch. How does it looks on a real device A proper screenshot of is worth a thousand words. After the introduction of the Android platform, a decent app comes to existence that provides dramas, movies and sows in all Asian languages. Access your PUK and save it for a rainy day. Like many other sites before it so far KissAsian seems to have been subjected to a swift kick in the profits when it comes to their attempts to do something that people should have learned their lesson about by now. Step 2: Choose the download method Have in mind that some apps and games may not be available in Google Play for your country of residence. Q: How do you chromecast on the kissasian. There you can have more options I am going to sharing with you in the features list right in this article. Android Freeware lets you download APK files safe and secure. Q:Are there serious issues with the rapidvideo link? Watch drama video trailer, scenes clips, and more. Step 4: Find and install the downloaded APK file I suggest using a file manager app to locate KissAsian - Asian Drama apk file. Isn't this just one of the best Korean drama apps out there? Viki Rakuten allow you to watch online Korean dramas both of On-Air and Completed. This phenomenon is more known as the Korean Wave commonly known as Hallyu in Chinese form. Just type it on the search bar above. If you are willing to subscribe, you can be sure to get a lot of bang for your buck as this KDrama app is in partnership with Korea's leading broadcasting networks like KBS and SBS. The link we provide gives you access to an updated version of the game, allowing the user to unlock all levels and modes. Well, as a top-performing app with an overall rating of 3. Developer Response , Hello, we have added the search bar and open link in-app. KissAsian Kodi Add-on has a very large database of movies and updated very frequently. For international viewers, this app provides English subtitles because the Korean language is not popular in beyond the boundaries. Step 5: Launch the app and enjoy Start the installed KissAsian - Asian Drama app and enjoy it! It's one of my favourite korean drama downloader apk on Android. Save drama for offline viewing Search your favourite drama through any method and play it like a normal video in full or half window. It is most commonly located in the Downloads folder. Just type it on the search bar above. KissAsian video add-on plugin is available and ready to be used. It has some benefits that you cannot find in any other online streaming application. According to the latest online voting data, Kissasian is the best and most loved free movie website. You can also get updates for each and every episode, series, and drama. Drama TV has a clean user interface with tiles illustrating different drama titles. The online streaming sites and mobile applications are currently in trend for watching dramas, movies and live events. Kissasian APK can be downloaded and installed on and higher Android devices. Q: Is the KissAsian site safe to watch kdrama? Open Android Emulator for PC, Laptop, Tablet import the Kissasian Apps file from your PC Into Android Emulator to install it. Get showtimes, read critic and user reviews. Maybe the plugin is not working, you can follow the following steps. Q: How do you get K points for ad free browsing on KissAsian? So for the newbies and the older fans, I present to you, BEST WEBSITES TO WATCH DRAMA! OnDemandKorea This app allow you to watch and download Korean Drama and Variety, the Fastest, in HD, and for Free anytime and anywhere. Step 5: Launch the app and enjoy Start the installed KissAsian - Asian Drama app and enjoy it! Try it for yourself, I am pretty sure that you will like it too. Confirmation window will pop up depending on your browser preferences. Note that the APK file can run on every popular android emulator. The only difference might be in the operating system. However, overall app experience is still not friendly and cohesive. MyDramaList The official mobile app for MyDramaList. The database is updated regularly and English-subbed episodes are available for non-Korean speakers. And then come the wee hours, you now tell yourself "Okay, this is going to be the last episode I am watching tonight. In an article published on February 3, 2017, in The Korea Herald, it shows a significant increase in the popularity of Korean dramas in the United States. Not only creating the best TV drama website branding, but now adding Kissasian app and Dramacool app to help users get closer to the web as well as get the most interest of the app. This has to be done only the first time you are installing an unknown APK file. There are many online Korean Drama websites which allow access to their massive library of Korean TV shows. Here you will get short clips of every drama to make sure that the content you are going to watch is relevant to a search. For international viewers, this app provides English subtitles because the Korean language is not popular in beyond the boundaries. The database is updated regularly and English-subbed episodes are available for non-Korean speakers. Run Android Emulator on PC, Laptop or Tablet. After the introduction of the Android platform, a decent app comes to existence that provides dramas, movies and sows in all Asian languages. It is even sharing the premium content without charging you a single penny. 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Il sedicesimo Zecchino d'Oro si è svolto a Bologna dal 17 al 19 marzo 1974.

È stato presentato da Cino Tortorella.

Maria Federica Gabucci, Sabrina Mantovani e Claudia Pignatti sono state ospiti in una puntata del programma I migliori anni, condotto da Carlo Conti e sono state ospiti al programma Attenti a quei due - La sfida condotto da Fabrizio Frizzi e Max Giusti. Sabrina Mantovani nel 1976 ha inciso svariati dischi per bambini, ed ora scrive testi.
Fabrizio Forte nel 1993 ha partecipato anche alla trasmissione 44 gatti condotta da Rita dalla Chiesa. Con Francesco Gabbani nel 2017 ha cantato Pachidermi e pappagalli.

Brani in gara
Cocco e Drilli (Testo: Walter Valdi/Musica: Walter Valdi) - Maria Federica Gabucci, Sabrina Mantovani, Claudia Pignatti e Alessandro Strano
Concerto della città (Testo: Laura Zanin/Musica: Giordano Bruno Martelli) - Gelmina Alessi e Giuseppe Giorgio
Il buio (Testo: Tony Martucci, Paolo Limiti/Musica: Alberto Anelli) - Daniela Delfino e Maria Laura Pirisi
Il gioco della rima (Testo: Alberto Testa/Musica: Gualtiero Malgoni) - Rossella Colombin e Assunta Paravani
Il mago matto (Testo: Maurizio D'Adda, Franco Spadavecchia/Musica: Positano, Barberia) - Morena Cecere e Patrizia Orsi
La Ciribiricoccola (Testo: Virginio Capitini/Musica: Gualtiero Malgoni) - Stefania Cornazzani e Fabrizio Forte
La cometa ha perso la coda (Testo: Vittorio Sessa Vitali/Musica: Claudio Valle) - Claudia Graziani e Mihoko Shimoura (しもうら みほこ)
L'orso Giovanni (Testo: Umberto Napolitano/Musica: Mario Barbaja) - Massimo Ferluga, Alessia Franchini e Tiziana Taveri
Nonna-ni-nonnina (Testo: Franca Evangelisti/Musica: Mario Pagano) - Maria Paola Martinelli e Michela Rudello
Tutto questo per un chiodo (Testo: Giuliano Taddei/Musica: Lorenzo Pilat) - Giovanni Marcianò, Maurizio Romano e Enrico Sani
Umpa-pà (Testo: Fiorenzo Fiorentini/Musica: Mario Pagano) - Marco Giovanetti e Roberta Girotti
Un gigante (Testo: Corrado Comolli/Musica: Claudio Valle) - Isabella Faggin e Alessandra Rosciano

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Festival musicali del 1974
Edizioni dello Zecchino d'Oro

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You are here: Home Crystals Crystals & Gems Crystals In-Depth Moldavite: Stone of Transformation
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Jade is an ancient stone that has historically been used to attract love. Carved into a butterfly, in China it is a powerful symbol used to draw love. It is believed that Jade can protect one from evil and bring good luck. People have been said to escape accidents because they had a piece of Jade on them. In some of these cases, the Jade piece broke, leaving the person unharmed.
Jade is frequently used in Chinese alchemy and medicine. The Chinese believe Jade has the ability to confer immortality, eradicate shortness of breath and thirst, as well as improve the health of the heart, kidneys, lungs and throat. Some people believe that scars on the face and body can be removed if constantly rubbed with a piece of white Jade.
Jade articles have been used by both the living and the dead. "The living wear Jade as a symbol of their mortal integrity, and Jade accompanies the deceased to comfort their souls". Sacrificial utensils made of Jade were used for offerings to ancestors and in ceremonial respect to the gods of heaven and earth.
Jade Healing Properties
The soothing green color of jade makes it a wonderful healing stone. It helps the body in self-healing while working through underlying, non-physical reasons for a precipitation for disease.
Jade is a name applied to gem quality forms of two minerals; Jadeite and Nephrite. The Nephrite Jade is actually derived from the Greek word for kidneys and is still a remedy among healers for Nephritic Colic. It can stimulate white blood cell and adrenaline production, which could account for its long association with sports. Eastern athletes believe it can darken in times of superior fitness and lighten when illness comes.
It is particularly helpful for:
Jade aids the body's filtration and elimination organs.It is excellent for treating kidney problems and adrenal glands. Jade removes toxins, rebinds skeletal and cellular systems, and heals stitches. It assists fertility and childbirth. Jade balances body fluids.
Stability Tranquility Balance Peace
Harmony Moderation Perspective Longevity
Fertility Serenity Wisdom Practicality
Jade encourages practicality, wisdom, mental peace and tolerance of others. It can rejuvenate during periods of stress, reduce fears, banish negative thoughts and increase a person's capacity for giving and receiving love. Jade makes a good worry stone and is often used in rosaries.
In addition to the generic healing properties of Jade, specific forms and colours have additional attributes:
Jade Associations:
Chakras - Heart Chakra
Zodiac - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Libra
Planet - Mercury
Typical colour - Green
Green Jade is for the management of passion and heart feelings.
Chakras - Solar Plexus Chakra
Typical colour - Yellow
Yellow Jade is energetic and stimulating, yet mellow. It brings joy and happiness. Teaches the interconnectedness of all beings. Yellow Jade aids the digestive and elimination systems of the body.
Other Colours:
Blue Jade: Meditation
Brown Jade: New phase in life
Lavender/Mauve Jade: Repair a broken heart
Red/Pink Jade: Generate emotional energy
White/Cream Jade: Problem-solving
Zodiac - Aries
Nephrite Jade
Zodiac - Libra
Jade is a 12th Anniversary gemstone.
Jade is a symbol of serenity and purity. It signifies wisdom gathered in tranquility. It increases love and nurturing. A protective stone, Jade keeps the wearer from harm and brings harmony. Jade attracts good luck and friendship. It stabilises the personality and promotes self-sufficiency. Soothes the mind, releasing negative thoughts. Stimulates ideas. A "dream stone", Jade brings insightful dreams. It aids emotional release, especially of irritability. Jade encourages you to become who you really are.
Jade can be used to bring money into your life. Create a positive attitude towards money and visualize yourself using money creatively and productively while holding the stone in your power hand. When making an important business decision, use the prosperous energies of jade by holding it while contemplating your course of action. Jade strengthens your mental faculties and assists in clear reasoning.
Jade is also a protective stone, guarding against accidents and misfortune. Place a piece of jade between two purple candles and let the candles burn for a short while. Then carry the jade with you as a protection amulet.
Symbol of successful love
A butterfly carved from jade holds a special romantic significance. Ancient Chinese legend tells of a youth who wandered into the garden of a wealthy mandarin in pursuit of a multi-colored butterfly. Instead of being punished for trespassing, his visit led to marriage with the mandarin's daughter. In China, Jade is an ancient stone that has historically been used to attract love. Carved into a butterfly it is a powerful symbol used to draw love.
Today, a jade butterfly symbolizes successful love.
CHEMISTRY: Jadeite, NaAlSi2O6. Nephrite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: Monoclinic, though usually microscopic.
REFRACTIVE INDEX: Jadeite 1.64 - 1.667. Nephrite, 1.600 - 1.641
HARDNESS: Jadeite 6.5 - 7. Nephrite, 6 - 6.5
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Jadeite 3.25 - 3.36. Nephrite, 2.90 - 3.02
CLEAVAGE: None
HEAT SENSITIVE: No
WEARABILITY:* Excellent
SPECIAL CARE INSTRUCTIONS: None
ENHANCEMENTS: Dying, occasional. Wax impregnation, occasional.
*Wearability is graded as Excellent, Very Good, Good, Poor, and Forget It!
The definition "jade" is used to define two minerals of similar appearance but different chemical composition: nephrite, a calcium- magnesium silicate, and jadeite, a silicate of sodium and aluminum.
Both minerals are found in a wide range of shades of green, brown, yellow, grey and pink and may be either translucent or opaque. They may be milky or cloudy in appearance and sometimes speckled with tiny black spots.
The most prized of the jades, the so-called "Chinese jade" (jadeite) is emerald green and so beautiful and rare that it has become exorbitantly expensive. In fact, jade is a good investment only if purchased at a reasonable price. A sound policy is never pay more for Chinese jade than you would for an emerald.
Jade is a name that was applied to ornamental stones that were being brought to Europe from China and Central America. It wasn't until 1863 that it was realized that Jade was being applied to two different minerals. The two minerals are both exquisite for the purposes that jade is put to task and are hard to distinguish from each other. So what to do? Leave it alone and call them both Jade!
Jadeite is almost never found in individual crystals and is composed of microscopic interlocking crystals that produce a very tough material. Nephrite is actually not a mineral, but a variety of the mineral actinolite. The nephrite variety is composed of fibrous crystals inter-twinned in a tough compact mass. Other actinolite varieties are quite different from nephrite.
The toughness of jade is remarkable. It has a strength greater than steel and was put to work by many early civilizations for axes, knives and weapons. It was later that jade became a symbolic stone used in ornaments and other religious artifacts during the eons.
Today jade is still valued for its beauty. Its many colors are appreciated, but its the emerald green color that jadeite produces so well, that is highly sought after by artwork collectors. This emerald green jade called "Imperial Jade" is colored by chromium. Other colors are influenced by iron (green and brown) and manganese is thought to produce the violet colors. Nephrite is usually only green and creamy white, while jadeite can have the full range of jade's colors.
History of Jade
Jade has been known for more than 7000 years. The name Jade goes back to the time of the Spanish conquest of Central and South America and derives from "piedra de ijada," hip stone, as it was seen as a protection against and cure for kidney diseases. Because of its beneficial effect on the kidneys, the stone was also known as "Lapis Nephriticus". It wasn't until 1863 that mineralogists in France discovered that Jade consists of two separate, distinct minerals, Jadeite and Nephrite. Jadeite is very tough and resistant because of its tight growth of tiny interlocking grains. Nephrite, a variety of the mineral Actinolite, is even tougher, due to its composition of fibrous crystals inter-twinned in a tough compact mass.
Today Jade is highly valued for its beauty. Its many colors are appreciated, but it is the emerald green color of Jadeite that is highly sought after by collectors. As jewelry stone Jade is used for pendants, necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings.
Jade is the term applied to gem quality forms of the minerals Jadeite and Nephrite. Jadeite is the harder of the two; it is usually used in jewelry production. Nephrite is slightly softer and is often veined; it is used in carvings, for making beautiful bowls and vases. These minerals are similar in appearance and a distinction between the two often was not made. But, because of its more intense color and translucency, Jadeite now brings higher prices and is thought to be the true Jade.
In order for the Jadeite and Nephrite to be gem quality, they must be composed of tough, interlocking fibers; this creates a material suitable for carving. The most common color of Jade is light green, but it occurs in dozens of other colors. The most valuable form of Jade, known as "Imperial Jade", is emerald-green in color. Mottled green and white Jade is another popular color habit of Jade. The Jade colors of yellow, pink, purple and black are rarer.
The toughness of Jade is remarkable. It has strength greater than steel and was put to work by many early civilizations for axes, knives and weapons. It was later that Jade became a symbolic stone used in ornaments and other religious artifacts during the eons.
Today Jade is still valued for its beauty. Its many colors are appreciated, but it's the emerald green color that Jadeite produces so well, that is highly sought after by artwork collectors. This emerald green Jade called "Imperial Jade" is colored by chromium. Other colors are influenced by Iron (green and brown) and Manganese is thought to produce the violet colors. Nephrite is usually only green and creamy white, while Jadeite can have the full range of Jade's colors.
Jadeite is rarer than Nephrite and is therefore regarded as more precious. At Myanmar the annual "Gems, Jade and Pearls Emporium", blocks of Jade in all sizes are auctioned. When purchasing the raw materials, the dealers need to be fairly lucky, since the nodules, blocks and fragments are sold either whole or after having been cut into slices, and there is only a very small window, the result of some initial grinding. So the buyer cannot see exactly what is hidden on the inside whether a valuable green Jade, or an almost worthless, speckled or streaky material. It is not until the cutting process begins that the real quality is revealed.
In the Jade-cutting centers of Canton, Beijing and Hong Kong, the raw material is processed with carborundum and diamond powder. Since Jade is, as a rule, not transparent, but has a fine luster, the cabochon is the form best suited to it. Thin slivers, which can be worn as pendants, and Jade bracelets are also popular. Round, cylindrical and flat shapes can be combined to make attractive necklaces. Traditionally, Jade is processed into slender figures, filigree images or thin-walled vessels. This is sometimes erroneously referred to as Jade carving. Unwanted material is in fact removed during the cutting process, and the stone is subsequently polished. Here once again we see the subtle difference between Nephrite and Jadeite: while polished Nephrite has a surface with a resinous luster, the glassy luster of Jadeite after polishing seems to shine almost like that of a mirror.
What Distinguishes Good Jade?
For collectors as well as jewelry lovers, Jade is a fascinating gemstone. In Asia, above all, it is collected as an antique. Besides the quality of the gem and its processing, religion and faith also play an important role. In the West, many people prefer to collect Jade in the form of snuff-boxes, cigarette holders, small bowls or rings.Since each collector has his or her own taste and his or her own likings with regard to color, style and shape, it is no easy matter giving definite advice on the purchase of Jade objects.
However, Jade is, at the same time, a wonderful gem, not only in its traditional guise, but also in more modern designs. Especially in recent years, creative jewelry and gemstone producers have come up with some wonderful, up-to-date jewelry design, thus sprucing up the image of Jade, which had had rather a traditional character for quite some time.
In general, the value of Jade is determined according to its color and the intensity of that color, the vivacity and texture, and its clarity and transparency. Likings for particular colors vary very considerably from region to region and culture to culture. In green Jade alone, the connoisseurs differentiate between seven main qualities, from the intense, even green of imperial Jade, via apple green and spinach green, all the way to the lighter and to more heavily speckled shades of green. These special nuances often overlap and can hardly be recognized by the untrained eye. In the USA and Europe, emerald green, spinach green and apple green are regarded as particularly valuable. In the Far East, on the other hand, pure white or a fine yellow with a delicate pink undertone is highly esteemed. In the world of jewelry, the fine violet nuances of lavender Jade are very popular. It is however the rare, emerald green of imperial Jade, which shines through at the edges, a color of incredible depth, which fetches the highest prices. Unfortunately, since not only good and natural Jade is offered for sale, but often fake or poor-quality products or stones which have been colored or otherwise treated, it is advisable to buy good Jade only from reputable dealers and jewelers, whether the purchase is being made for a collection or as an individual piece of jewelry.
Jade has been known and treasured for more than 7,000 years. In prehistoric times, jade was used in many parts of the world for arms and tools because of its exceptional toughness. For over 2,000 years, jade was part of the religious cult in China and mystic figures and other symbols were carved from it. In pre-Columbian Central America, jade was more highly valued than gold.
But only in 1863 was it discovered that jade is actually not a single mineral. What was traditionally called jade is in fact two separate and distinct minerals: jadeite and nephrite.
Nephrite is the more common form of jade. Nephrite ranges in color from mid to dark green or grey-green, but it can also be white, yellowish or reddish. Nephrite is slightly softer than jadeite; nephrite is 6-6.5 on the Mohs scale, while jadeite is 6.5-7. They have quite different chemical compositions as well: nephrite is a calcium magnesium iron silicate while jadeite is a sodium aluminum silicate. The two minerals also have different densities. Jadeite has a density of 3.30-3.38 while nephrite is less dense at 2.90-3.03.
The two varieties of jade even have different crystal structures. While jadeite's structure is an arrangement of grainy crystals, nephrite is made up of fibrous crystals that interlock in a matted texture. These densely packed and interwoven fibers are extremely resistant to fracturing. So while jadeite is the denser and harder jade, nephrite is actually the tougher of the two.
All of the traditional Chinese jade is nephrite, since there are large deposits of nephrite in China, but no jadeite. Jadeite first came to China from Burma in the 18th century. Before the introduction of jadeite, the Chinese tended to value translucent white nephrite. But the jadeite from Burma came in a wider range of colors, including green, lavender, yellow, black and white. The rarest and most valuable jadeite is the imperial jade, colored by traces of chromium. It has color and transparency rivaling fine emerald, though imperial jade is slightly more yellow in tone. In fact the revered Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Keow in Bangkok is believed to be composed of fine jadeite, not emerald.
The most prized of the jades, the so-called "Chinese jade" jadeite) is emerald green and so beautiful and rare that it has become exorbitantly expensive. In fact, jade is a good investment only if purchased at a reasonable price. A sound policy is never pay more for Chinese jade than you would for an emerald.
Jadeite deposits are principally found in upper Burma. Other deposits are found in Japan, Canada, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Russia and California. Nephrite deposits are found in China, Burma, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Zimbabwe, Russia, Taiwan and Alaska.


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Antonio Conte was left unimpressed during the summer when Chelsea failed to sign a number of his major transfer targets.
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The former Italy and Juventus boss has already made it clear he will not take any prisoners and previous reports have suggested he could quit the Blues due to their transfer dealings.
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A move for Virgil van Dijk was ended after Liverpool agreed a £75 million fee with Southampton for the Dutch defender, while a move for AS Monaco's Thomas Lemar could materialise.
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