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Women in Cannabis: How Canada's First Female Master Grower Does It
A glimpse at the career of HEXO's Agnes Kwasniewska, from her education and experience to her excitement about the future of the industry.
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In 2016, HEXO made waves as the first licensed Canadian cannabis producer to have a female master grower. But Quebec-based Agnes Kwasniewska, who started as HEXO's manager of cultivation and moved up to her position as master grower in fall 2016, never understood the hype.
"When I kept hearing about the rest of the industry making a big deal about me being a woman, I was surprised," she remembers. "It was funny because when I came to HEXO, it was full of women. We have a lot of equality."
The fact that a female master grower was big news isn't that unusual. Traditionally considered to be a bit of a boys' club, the legal cannabis industry continues to favour men—in positions of power and in consumption. In early 2019, Statistics Canada revealed that men continue to consume cannabis at a greater rate than women (22 percent versus 13 percent). There's also a staggering disparity between the number of Canadian male and female CEOs: 92 to eight as of earlier this year.
But with women like Agnes leading the charge, the cannabis space is slowly becoming more welcoming for women looking to work in the industry. Here's a peek into her path to master grower (and how you can follow in her footsteps):
Agnes didn't plan to work with cannabis specifically. "It wasn't a goal for me," she says. "My goal was to grow plants." But when a position at HEXO fell across her path, she realized it was a chance to "start something new and be a pioneer."
Before Agnes became HEXO's manager of cultivation, she studied plant-insect interaction as part of a degree in entomology. She then worked on farms researching and implementing optimal pesticide use before moving into the more stable world of greenhouse cultivation. "I started working in a large-scale operation for annual flowers—petunias, calibrachoas, all sorts of tropicals," she says. "It was beautiful. And that's where I gained the most experience that led me toward this job at HEXO."
Agnes then worked under HEXO's previous master grower for a few months before she took over the position. "He trained me in the specifics of the cannabis plant and how to manage it in a light-deprivation greenhouse," she says.
The role of master grower
The job changes from week to week, says Agnes. But in a nutshell, she's in charge of every decision that involves HEXO's cannabis plants—from irrigation, fertigation (injection of fertilizers into irrigation systems), growth timelines and treatments to organizing the schedules of the cultivation team. "A big part of my job is also monitoring the environmental systems to make sure the greenhouse is stable and that it's adequate for the survivability of the plants and the people," Agnes notes. And she does all these tasks for HEXO's enormous 1.3 million sq. ft. facility at the main campus in Masson-Angers.
Women in greenhouses
Women tend to be less well-represented in the cannabis field, and the same is true for greenhouse work. "It's physically demanding," Agnes says. "We work a lot with our hands. We move stuff around. It gets hot." But when Agnes arrived at HEXO, she found that most of her cultivation team was made up of women. "I didn't feel like I was alone as a female because of that."
So, you're a woman and you want to be a master grower
Don't worry about your gender. "I don't think gender should ever stop anybody from pursuing something they love," says Agnes. But do complete a degree in horticulture or agriculture, which can be helpful when you're starting out. Then get experience working with plants in a large-scale greenhouse. "Experience is key, and we learn a lot on the job," she says.
An exciting future ahead
Legal cannabis production is still new, which means that studies about growing techniques, plant strains, side effects and medicinal benefits are in their infancy, too. "We're getting a lot more data and there's a lot more to cannabis than we thought," says Agnes. "Now that we're able to take samples and send them to labs, we know exactly what's going on inside of the plant and that enables us to fine-tune our techniques."
It's clear that the future of the cannabis plant is bright, and it's anyone's guess what exciting secrets it will reveal. For Agnes Kwasniewska, that's all part of the charm.
For more information about HEXO, visit hexo.com.
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Types of Engines
How Quasiturbine Engines Work
by William Harris
Quasiturbine with Carriages
Even with its added complexity, the Quasiturbine engine with carriages has a relatively simple design. Each part is described below.
The housing (stator), which is a near oval known as the "Saint-Hilaire skating rink," forms the cavity in which the rotor rotates. The housing contains four ports:
A port where the spark plug normally sits (the spark plug can also be placed in the housing cover -- see below).
A port that is closed with a removable plug.
A port for the intake of air.
An exhaust port used to release the waste gases of combustion.
The housing is enclosed on each side by two covers. The covers have three ports of their own, allowing for maximum flexibility in how the engine is configured. For example, one port can serve as an intake from a conventional carburetor or be fitted with a gas or diesel injector, while another can serve as an alternate location for a spark plug. One of the three ports is a large outlet for exhaust gasses.
How the various ports are used depends on whether the automotive engineer wants a traditional internal combustion engine or one that delivers the super-high compression required of photo-detonation.
The rotor, made of four blades, replaces the pistons of a typical internal combustion engine. Each blade has a filler tip and traction slots to receive the coupling arms. A pivot forms the end of each blade. The job of the pivot is to join one blade to the next and to form a connection between the blade and the rocking carriages. There are four rocking carriages total, one for each blade. Each carriage is free to rotate around the same pivot so that it remains in contact with the inner wall of the housing at all times.
Each carriage works closely with two wheels, which means there are eight wheels altogether. The wheels enable the rotor to roll smoothly on the contoured surface of the housing wall and are made wide to reduce pressure at the point of contact.
The Quasiturbine engine doesn't need a central shaft to operate; but of course, a car requires an output shaft to transfer power from the engine to the wheels. The output shaft is connected to the rotor by two coupling arms, which fit into traction slots, and four arm braces.
When you put all of the parts together, the engine looks like this:
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Quasiturbine engine with carriages
Notice that the Quasiturbine engine has none of the intricate parts of a typical piston engine. It has no crankshaft, valves, pistons, push rods, rockers or cams. And because the rotor blades "ride" on the carriages and wheels, there is little friction, which means oil and an oil pan are unnecessary.
Now that we've looked at the major components of the Quasiturbine with carriages, let's see how everything comes together. This animation illustrates the combustion cycle:
The first thing you'll notice is how the rotor blades, as they turn, change the volume of the chambers. First the volume increases, which allows the fuel-air mixture to expand. Then the volume decreases, which compresses the mixture into a smaller space.
The second thing you'll notice is how one combustion stroke is ending right when the next combustion stroke is ready to fire. By making a small channel along the internal housing wall next to the spark plug, a small amount of hot gas is allowed to flow back to the next ready-to-fire combustion chamber when each of the carriage seals passes over the channel. The result is continuous combustion, just like in the airplane gas turbine!
What all this amounts to in the Quasiturbine engine is increased efficiency and performance. The four chambers produce two consecutive circuits. The first circuit is used to compress and expand during combustion. The second is used to expel exhaust and intake air. In one revolution of the rotor, four power strokes are created. That's eight times more than a typical piston engine! Even a Wankel engine, which produces three power strokes per rotor revolution, can't match the performance of a Quasiturbine.
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If you'd like to pay for a meal at the Spirit of Aloha Luau using Disney Dining Plan credits, you'll have to sit in category 2 or 3 seating. There is no mechanism to upgrade to category 1 by paying a price premium. If you'd like to sit in category 1 seating, then you'll have to pay out of pocket (cash, credit card, etc.) rather than with dining plan credits.
In my experience, the category two seating is not much better than the category one seating. I wouldn't be overly concerned with this. Just relax and enjoy the show.


What are the measles and how can you treat it? Is it preventable, and what are the symptoms?
What is measles and what causes it?
Measles is an infectious childhood disease that causes a skin rash. The rubeola virus causes it. It is also called red measles or seven-day measles. Although a childhood disease it can affect adults, too. Once a rite of childhood, measles has become much less common in North America. Measles is considered serious contagious childhood disease because of the complications associated with it: pneumonia, encephalitis and meningitis. Other complications are croup, ear infection, conjunctivitis and hepatitis.
Another form of measles is called rubella or German measles (three-day measles). It is also caused by a virus but is a very mild infection. Symptoms appear 2 to 3 weeks after exposure to the virus, and include mild fever and a skin rash. If a pregnant woman contracts rubella early in her pregnancy, the chances of birth defects are as high as 80 percent. These defects include deafness, blindness, heart damage and small brain.
The disease starts with a high temperature of 102 degrees F. followed by fatigue, loss of appetite and cold symptoms of runny nose, sneezing and coughs. Red eyes, sensitivity to light and tiredness will follow. After about 3 days a red blotchy rash starts on the face, then spreads to the rest of the body. The rash lasts for up to a week. The fever starts to go down on the second or third day of the rash. There may be peeling of the skin after the rash goes away.
Immunization has been available since 1963. It is difficult to prevent a disease caused by a virus but one of the best ways of preventing the disease is immunization all infants when they are 15 months old. It is recommended that the vaccine be given again before the child starts school. This vaccine is usually given in the combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR). Once you have had a case of measles or received the measles vaccine, you have lifetime immunity to the disease.
Measles is a highly contagious disease. It is most common in late winter and early spring. When a child gets the measles, its because he or she has been exposed to someone else who had them 10 to 12 days earlier. The measles virus is spread by body fluids from the nose, mouth or throat, either on infected articles or through coughing and sneezing etc. It can be caught by others three to six days before the rash appears and possibly several days after the rash starts.
Once your child actually has the measles, there's not much that can be done to shorten the illness. Your child will probably be sick for about seven days; three days before the rash starts and four while the rash is breaking out. The rash starts to fade in another 3 days. He or she will start feeling better by the fourth day of the rash unless other complications occur. Complications could include eye or ear infections, pneumonia and meningitis.
Treatment for this problem involves what you can do, and what your doctor can do. Here's what you can do: The eyes may be sensitive to light and be irritated with a discharge. Wipe the eyes with a clean, wet facecloth and avoid rubbing. Keep the lights low or the room darkened. Sunglasses should also be helpful. Humidify the air with a cool mist vaporizer or set pans of water in the room. Give the patient plenty of fluids, 12 to 16 cups a day during the fever. Stay in bed during the fever and avoid aspirin. Aspirin can cause complications that lead to Reye's Syndrome. Eat a normal diet and avoid contact with others. Children can usually return to school five to six days after the rash started. Your doctor may prescribe antipyretics such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or other non-aspirin products.
Blue or purple lips or nails, convulsions, extreme difficulty in breathing, inability to speak more than three or four words between breaths, confusion or excessive drowsiness, severe headache and stiff neck, bleeding from the nose or mouth or into the skin or dark purple splotches on the skin.
See your doctor if any of these problems are present: Sore throat, earache or tugging at the ears, yellow discharge from the eyes or nose, labored breathing, fever that comes back after temperature that has been normal for a day or more or fever that continues past the fourth day of the rash.


With a high of 86F and a low of 64F.
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Thundershowers today in East Tennessee!


Tommy Fleetwood rose to a career-high World Ranking of 35 after finishing second in the WGC Mexico Championship.
The Southport golfer finished on -12, one stroke behind American Dustin Johnson and one stroke ahead of fellow Englishman Ross Fisher and Spaniard Jon Rahm.
Fleetwood claimed a £850,000 prize for clinching second place after holeing an astonishing 40ft putt at the 18th.
The tournament was just Fleetwood's sixth appearance at a World Golf Championship event.
The 26-year-old has been impressive form in recent months and claimed his second European Tour Title win in Abu Dhabi in January.


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1. Form 16 is a certificate issued by an employer evidencing the TDS which is deducted from your salary and deposited with the authorities. It contains the information you need to prepare and file your income tax return.
2. It is issued annually, on or before 15th June of the next year, immediately following the financial year in which tax is deducted.
The company has already deducted tax from my salary. Do I still need to file tax returns?
Even if the tax is deducted at source (TDS), and you're not liable to pay any more tax to the government, it is compulsory to file returns if your income exceeds the basic exemption limit. Filing tax returns is a way to declare to the government that you have earned income only from the sources revealed by you.
What is the Last Date for filing an Income Tax Return for individuals?
The due date for filing your Income Tax Return for the financial year 2017-2018 is 31st July, 2018.
However belated return for F.Y. 2017-2018 can be filed upto 31st March 2019.
Form 26AS is a statement that shows the details of tax credit in a tax-payer's account as per the I-T Department's records. The tax credit will include all the different taxes like TDS, self-assessment tax, advance tax etc.
Can I file a revised return to correct mistakes made that I make in the original return?


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The Georgia Technology Summit reinforces the significance of innovation and acknowledges leaders in technology. I'd argue that we nonetheless understand a terrific deal about how our automotive technology works. Nevertheless, in later years, the non-public sector was the driving force in areas reminiscent of info technology. Hello, Denise, thanks for studying, I watch the news and infrequently suppose to myself that man simply can not get rid of that caveman aspect, why I simply don't know, I think that perhaps at some point we could have a utopian society, but we are removed from that stage just but, sadly. It's nice that simple duties could be made simpler by great advancements in technology. A clear look on the usefulness of machines is witnessed within the discipline of schooling.


Our fabulous accommodation at Anaconda Lodge in Puerto Maldonado.
Fun at the Butterfly Farm.
The best of the rest - a boat ride up the river, sitting by the pool, hanging out in the plaza and dining on delicious Thai food courtesy of Wadee at the Anaconda Lodge.
All in all - a great family-friendly destination point.
Despite your best efforts, sometimes things just don't go according to plan. That's life, right? It happens if you are travelling or just going about your business at home - you can't control everything, all of the time.
As much as we know this, this week really emphasised this point for us. Our van, despite all of our efforts, and a number of mechanics and quick fixes on the road, did not start.
So we got her towed back to Cusco where she is safely in the hands of someone who seems to know what they are doing. Hopefully! So we have been sitting in Cusco for the last few days, catching up with old friends and making new ones and preparing to say goodbye to Cusco, all being well, tomorrow.
Where we head next, we are not sure. Our budget was blown through the window thanks to the work needed to be done but we learnt a long time ago to just work with it. So we are planning our next destination where we can sit down for a few months and catch up on the bills which we seem to have acquired recently.
It's all good though - we are still smiling and grateful for our own health and happiness and above all freedom, which allows us to do what we do.


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Anna Bejaoui takes over...
Anna Bejaoui takes over management of EVO Payments Germany
Anna Bejaoui is the new General Manager of EVO Payments and starts with a clear vison of the company's future: Her goal is to further establish EVO Payments on the market as a full-service provider for cashless payment solutions.
With more than 20 years of experience in the payment industry, the lawyer focuses on the strategic development of the company.
As a general representative of the global payment provider First Data, Bejaoui was a member of the management team and had co-determined significantly the company's strategic direction in the DACH area.
As part of her management position at First Data, to which TeleCash also belonged to, Anna Bejaoui was a Managing Attorney with responsibility for the legal affairs of the company group in Continental Europe. Furthermore she was Managing Director of the subsidiary ayCash. Now she will bring her expertise in strategy, negotiation and business development to EVO Payments and is having a positive outlook on the future:
"Together with my team and our partners, I am looking forward to supporting EVO Payments in strengthening its position as a service-strong and innovative provider for cashless payments."
About EVO Payments:
EVO Payments International GmbH is a European subsidiary of EVO Payments, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOP) and a payment institution licensed in Germany. As a payment institution and a principal member of Visa and Mastercard, EVO Payments International GmbH is the exclusive provider of card acceptance solutions for Global Transaction Banking (GTB) for Deutsche Bank in Europe or Postbank - a branch of DB Privat- und Firmenkundenbank AG, and have repeatedly been honored as the best provider for internationally active retailers.
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EVO Payments, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOP) is a leading payment technology and services provider. EVO offers an array of innovative, reliable, and secure payment solutions to merchants ranging from small and mid-size enterprises to multinational companies and organizations across North America and Europe. As a fully integrated merchant acquirer and payment processor in over 50 markets and 150 currencies worldwide, EVO provides competitive solutions that promote business growth, increase customer loyalty, and enhance data security in the markets it serves.
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What are some of your favorite shapes for holiday cookies? I personally love snowmen and most often will make just snowmen cookies for our Christmas open house. If the kids help then we will end up with bells, trees, candy canes, baby Jesus, stars, gingerbread people and more. If you need a fun, family baking day make these cookies! They are aways a hit.
This cookie dough and frosting recipe has been around since ancient times in my hubby's family. I never got the chance to ask his grandmother questions about her recipes because back in the day I was just a young bride learning how to cook.
Click here to get the recipe for the White Cut Out Cookies and Frosting recipe Christmas Goodies here on my blog.


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Pablo Laso, Real: 'I always think about the future'
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A new era started for Real Madrid on June 29, 2011, when Pablo Laso met the press for the first time as the coach of the winningest team in the history of the EuroLeague. After a very successful playing career – Laso still leads the all-time Spanish League standings in total assists and steals – had already coached for eight seasons, including five with first-division clubs Valencia Basket and Gipuzkoa. In his first press conference for Real, however, Laso heard questions like: "Were you surprised when you got the first call from Real Madrid?"; "Are you aware of the criticism out there due to your lack of experience?"; and "Are you aware that there is a certain disappointment in the club?"
Almost 10 years later, Laso has led Real to a new golden age. During the last nine seasons, Real has won two EuroLeague titles in six Final Four appearances to go with five Spanish League and six Spanish King's Cup trophies. If someone had predicted such success a decade ago, Laso said, his response would have been clear:
"It is very difficult to change the past, so usually I focus more on what's coming."
"I would laugh, for sure. It is very difficult that a coach stays for 10 years on the same team, and in a big team like Real Madrid, with a lot of, let's say, noise around. But probably one of my personal-best victories is that. Being in the same spot, in the same position for 10 years means a lot, and I am very happy to stay here after that long of a time."
One of Laso's secrets is that he is always focused on looking forward to the next practice or game, an outlook that has allowed him to be successful in one of the most demanding coaching jobs in the world.
"The way I am as a person, I don't think too much about the past. It is very difficult to change the past, so usually I focus more on what's coming," he says. "I always think about the future, so I am more worried about what's going to happen next season. But it's true that probably one day I will take a look back and think about the previous years, and think about the years that I had in Real Madrid where I was doing work that, for me, has been difficult but very successful."
Upon joining Real Madrid, Laso considered it important not just to win but also to honor the club's past. Real had been successful in the 1960s and 1970s, when coached by Pedro Ferrandiz and Lolo Sainz, thanks to a trademark style that given its fans fun-to-watch, past-faced basketball. Laso brought back that playing style from day one, his players bought into it, and the rest is history.
"Of course, Real Madrid wants to win, but Real Madrid has to have a style and recover what Real Madrid has been for basketball, or has given basketball during so many years," Laso explains. "You talk about [Pedro] Ferrandiz, you talk about Lolo Sainz, you talk about Clifford Luyk, [Juan Antonio] Corbalan, great players that played for this team in winning times, in losing times, whatever, but always had a style that is recognized around the world. And that was, for me, the first thing that I had in my mind. I think I had the players to do it, and from the first day I tried to come back to the style that would be recognized by the fans. And I am very proud that all around Europe, people stop me and say, 'Hey, Real Madrid is very fun to watch. We love your team, we like the way they play, you have great players.' This is something that makes me very proud because behind that there is a lot of work and I am very happy to be recognized in that way."
"All around Europe, people stop me and say, 'Hey, Real Madrid is very fun to watch.'"
Laso's first EuroLeague game, a 76-100 road victory against Belgacom Spirou Charleroi of Belgium on October 20, 2011, started the new fun-to-watch era for Real. Remarkably, four players from that game – Rudy Fernandez, Felipe Reyes, Sergio Llull and Jaycee Carroll – are still playing for Laso and Real almost 10 years later.
"I had little butterflies in my stomach for my debut," Laso remembers, "But I was at the same time very confident because I felt like the team was ready to compete in that situation, and I think we played a good game. We got a solid victory away from home."
Keeping and developing core players has also been central to Laso's philosophy. Three of his charges – Llull, Sergio Rodriguez, and Luka Doncic – were voted EuroLeague MVPs under his guidance, but what makes Laso happier is how each of them understood that when someone wins an individual award, everybody wins.
"All three played great for this team," he says. "They made the players better and helped them, and I am very happy that the EuroLeague recognized them as MVPs because, probably, it was more of a team thing. And what makes me very happy about them getting the MVP is that the rest of the team was very happy that they got the MVP, and this is something that really makes me proud. Even when you win an MVP award, all my players talk about the team and say they wouldn't be MVPs without the rest of the team. And I think the rest of the team is very happy to have MVPs on their roster."
Developing youth talent is also at the heart of Laso's tenure in Madrid. Doncic is one of 14 homegrown players who made their EuroLeague debuts with Real under Laso. Tristan Vukcevic, who just turned 18 and regularly plays for Real in the Spanish League, may soon become the 15th. Laso's friend and former teammate Alberto Angulo is the club's youth teams director, and the two of them talk about young players daily.
"Since the first day that I came to Madrid, I thought that it was very important for our youth program to have a lot of importance in what we want to be as a club," Laso says. "The work that Alberto Angulo and all of his staff do to help these players to become future basketball players at the professional level is great."
Fun-to-watch basketball filled the team's home court, WiZink Center, but also drew big crowds on the road. And between its core players and youth program graduates, it wasn't long before Laso's teams started a new golden era for Real. He reached the first of four EuroLeague Championship Games at the 2013 Final Four in London, at the end of his second season on the club's bench. Real played for the title again in 2014 in Milan, only to lose in overtime. It all clicked in 2015 when, for the first time in 20 years, Real lifted the EuroLeague trophy on its home court in the Spanish capital.
"The task we accomplished during the previous years to become a very important contender in the EuroLeague was very important," Laso recalls. The 2015 championship game "was at home, in Madrid. We had lost the final in London. We lost the final in Milan. We were getting closer and closer, and I think it would have been very disappointing not being able to contest that trophy. I am very proud of not only that game, for sure, but for the season and the seasons before. You don't think become a champion just by clicking your fingers. It takes time, it takes a lot of work and all those things came together that day in Madrid."
Real won its 10th EuroLeague title in 2018 in Belgrade, downing defending champion Fenerbahce Istanbul 85-80 after a season full of tribulations. Llull was out for eight months with injury, only returning shortly before the Final Four. Several big men had also been injured early in the season. Point guard Facundo Campazzo missed the playoffs and played little in Belgrade. It took a team effort that was sealed by Trey Thompkins's put-back basket off a teammate's missed free throws in the final seconds, but for Laso the journey was just as important.
"You don't think become a champion just by clicking your fingers."
"I think it was a very special year," Laso recalls. "Everybody was talking about how difficult it was going to be for us to make the playoffs. I remember those playoffs against Panathinaikos, losing the first game by, I don't know, 40 points, getting killed, but then being able to win three in a row. So sure, the moment of Trey hitting that put-back on the free throw is important, but for me, all the previous work during the year is just as important."
Real had won the EuroLeague once in 30 years between 1981 and when Laso was hired, compared to twice since then. It took Real two decades to lift its previous five Spanish League trophies; Laso's team did the same in less than a decade. Real won six Spanish King's Cups from 1975 to 2011; under Laso, the next six fell in just nine years. Almost 10 years from the day he signed with Real, Laso is now considered one of the best coaches in European basketball history. The questions he gets in press conference rooms around the continent are very different now, but Laso stays humble and strives to always move forward.
"Ten years ago, I was in San Sebastian coaching, and I didn't know at that time that we would have this conversation," he says. "Now, I am only thinking about today's practice, becoming a better team, making my players get better, see how they grow up, a lot of situations, even personal, that I live with my players… and I am very happy about it. But as a coach, you never know what it's going to be like in the future. Right now, I feel, for sure, very happy, very comfortable, proud that Real Madrid let me coach this team for 10 years. But I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow! The only thing that I am pretty sure of tomorrow is that we are going to practice and we are going to try to give our best for this club."
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Evan Penny - Reviews & Essays
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What It Takes to Get a Head
By Kathryn Shattuck
Evan Penny's sculptures are a little like that first look into a magnifying mirror: the instinctive response is to recoil in horror. And then the fascination sets in. Those pores! Those blemishes, bags and droops! What wonders a bit of concealer could work.
Recently, Mr. Penny explained how he went about creating the heads and torsos in No One - In Particular , his one-man show at the Sperone Westwater Gallery, on view through Saturday.
He got his start, he said, working in special effects for films. For the company FX Smith, he had the macabre task of constructing a post-mortem model of President Kennedy's head, which was used in Oliver Stone's movie JFK . For these less forensic but in some ways equally discomforting images, he begins with what he calls a very conventional rendering technique - sculpturing in gray modeling clay heads, backs or torsos, and carving in all the requisite lines and wrinkles. Skin texture? That would be from an orange peel.
He then creates a rubber impression that will become his mold for thin layers of silicone. The first is the outer layer, into which Mr. Penny paints freckles, surfaces blemishes, redness and the like. Seven more layers follow, including the neutral skin tone and a blue layer for under-eye bags, while in another he uses a rayon-based material called flocking to give the fake skin depth. Finally, Mr. Penny paints in a fatty layer, then hardens his sculpture with a coat of liquid resin and fiberglass before the mold is removed.
Next come the eyes, for which he layers colored plastic urethanes while positioning the gaze. "You can't give the eye any place to land that the viewer doesn't believe," he said.
Finally, he punches in each whisker, eyebrow, eyelash and head hair with maniacal precision. "The sculpting process alone can take 25 hours," he said, "but a good head of hair, that's 200."
Whether they're facing forward or looking back, they give the impression of a photograph at once three dimensional and yet flattened against a wall, or along the lines of perspective. "They're kind of a give and take between the sculptural and the photographic," he said, "the space between how we read ourselves in real time and how we come to imagine ourselves in the image." For his models, the real-time element may always be the most dominant factor; one friend sat 400 hours for her portrait. "People assume that my work takes a long time," Mr. Penny said. "Well, it takes a lot longer than that."
Kathryn Shattuck, 2005
This review appeared in the New York Times on Sunday October 23, 2005, page 24.
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Hear "Lady B. Goode," Chuck Berry's New Sequel to "Johnny B. Goode"
By Damian Fanelli published 25 May 17
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"Lady B. Goode," a rocking new song by the late Chuck Berry, was posted to the guitar legend's official Vevo page yesterday.
It's the third song to be issued from Berry's new album, Chuck, which will be released June 9. You can hear the first two songs, "Big Boys" and "Wonderful Woman," under RELATED ARTICLES.
As its title suggests, "Lady B. Goode" is the sequel to "Johnny B. Goode," one of Berry's most influential songs. It also sounds a lot like its 1958 predecessor, capturing the essence of an electrifying rock-and-roll sound Berry helped create.
"In 'Johnny B. Goode,' Berry created the ultimate rock-and-roll folk hero in just a few snappy verses," wrote Brad Tolinski and Alan Di Perna in their latest book, Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound & Revolution of the Electric Guitar.
"As we all know, Goode wasn't pounding a piano, singing into a microphone or blowing a sax. In his choice of the electric guitar, something sleek and of the moment, the fictional character of Goode would forge an image of the archetypal rocker, doing as much to shape the history of the instrument as any real-life figure ever has. The song's opening riff is a clarion call—perhaps the greatest intro in rock-and-roll history. It was played by Berry on an electric Gibson ES-350T, and it indeed sounded "just like a-ringin' a bell."
Comprised of 10 new recordings, eight of which were written by Berry, Chuck is the late guitarist's first new album since 1979's Rock It. It was recorded and produced by Berry in various studios around St. Louis and features his longtime hometown backing group—including his children Charles Berry Jr. (guitar) and Ingrid Berry (vocals, harmonica), plus Jimmy Marsala (Berry's bassist for 40 years), Robert Lohr (piano) and Keith Robinson (drums)—which supported him for nearly two decades on over 200 residency shows at the famed Blueberry Hill club.
The album also includes guest performances by Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr., plus Chuck's grandson Charles Berry III. Acclaimed author and historian Douglas Brinkley wrote the liner notes.
Be sure to check out "Lady B. Goode" below. We've also included the new music video for "Big Boys," which was posted May 17. It happens to be Berry's first-ever music video.
Berry died March 18, 2017, at age 90.
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Sandy Hook film-makers join Cinemark boycott over Aurora shooting
Directors of Newtown withdraw film from chain after it emerged it was seeking legal fees from victims' families for failed lawsuit
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A Cinemark theatre awas the location of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, in 2012. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
The makers of the Sandy Hook shooting documentary Newtown have joined a boycott of the cinema chain Cinemark over the latter's treatment of the victims of the 2012 Aurora shootings.
According to Deadline, Newtown was due to screen in over 100 Cinemark theatres – including sites in Los Angeles, Detroit and Ann Arbor – as part of a one-night multi-cinema event on 2 November. (About 400 other cinemas were also booked.) However, Newtown's directors, Kim Snyder and Maria Cuomo Cole, have withdrawn the film from Cinemark, saying in a statement: "Out of respect for the families of the Aurora victims and with solidarity for the community as a whole, our decision to remove the film from playing in all Cinemark theaters is unequivocal."
Newtown review: film places focus on town stories over gun violence
Cinemark, whose cinema in Aurora, Colorado, was the location of the mass shooting by James Holmes during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises that resulted in the death of 12 people, has suffered a backlash after it emerged that it was demanding legal fees of more than $700,000 (£575,000) from plaintiffs who had sued the company for not keeping its customers safe. Calls for a boycott arose, with the hashtag #BoycottCinemark, after the legal action failed and the company was permitted by Colorado law to recover fees from the plaintiffs.
Sandy Phillips, whose daughter Jessica Ghawi was killed in Aurora, said she appreciated the Newton film-makers' actions. "Cinemark really doesn't get what they are up against. Gun violence victims stand united from coast to coast. We are a force, and we do not waiver. We thank the Newtown filmmakers and love our Sandy Hook family."
Newtown, which was described by the Guardian's Lanre Bakare as "a shocking and compelling piece of work", is a documentary about the mass shooting in 2012 at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut in which 20 children aged between 6 and 7 were shot dead as well as six staff members.
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Locations and components
ESP-1
External stowage platform
ESP-3 framework
External stowage platforms (ESPs) are key components of the International Space Station (ISS). Each platform is made from steel[citation needed] and serves as an external pallet that can hold spare parts, also known as orbital replacement units (ORUs), for the space station. As a platform it is not pressurized, but does require electricity to power the heaters of some of the stored equipment. ORUs are attached to the ESP via Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanisms (FRAMs), matching witness plates that mate the ORU to the platform.
While ESP-1 is unique in shape, ESP-2 and ESP-3 were based on the deployable version of the Integrated Cargo Carriers (ICC), which were designed to transport unpressurized cargo inside the Space Shuttle's cargo bay. ESP-1 was transported to the International Space Station on STS-102, ESP-2 flew on mission STS-114 'Return to Flight' and ESP-3 on mission STS-118.
FRAM breakdown
Location of ESPs on the International Space Station
STS-102 ICC carrying ESP-1 on its underside
Multi-plane view of ESP-1
The first of the external stowage platforms, called ESP-1, was installed on the port side trunnion pin on the outer hull of the Destiny Laboratory Module on March 13, 2001 during the second EVA of the STS-102 Space Shuttle mission.[1] It is powered by the Unity Module and has two attach points to store ORUs.
ESP-1 was carried into orbit on the underside of an Integrated Cargo Carrier. It is smaller than the other ESPs and ELCs, with dimensions approximately 0.46 m wide by 2.4 m long, and is differently shaped.
ESP-1 holds the following ORUs:[2]
FRAM-1 Pump Flow Control System (PFCS) nicknamed 'Leaky' from ITS-P6 was swapped out during an EVA on Exp. 55 May 18, 2018 with the PFCS nicknamed 'Frosty' originally added here by the STS-102 crew[3]
FRAM-2 Direct-Current Switching Unit (DCSU) added by STS-100 crew[4]
ESP-1 and hardware installation locations on the Destiny during STS-102
ESP-1 attached to the Destiny portside trunnion pin, PFCS on the left
Another view of ESP-1
ESP-1 attached to the Destiny portside trunnion pin on the right
PFCS attach points
ESP-2 in launch configuration with yoke
ESP-2 updated FRAM ORUs
ESP-2 was detached from its Keel Yoke Assembly (which remained in the Orbiter) and installed with the assistance of Space Shuttle Discovery's robotic arm and two spacewalkers during the STS-114 mission.[5] It is much larger than ESP-1 with eight FRAM sites creating room for up to eight spare parts (ORUs). Like ESP-1, it is powered by the Unity Module. However, unlike ESP-1, ESP-2 is attached to the Quest Joint Airlock using a specialized ESP Attachment Device (ESPAD). ESP-2 and ESP-3 are deployable versions of the integrated cargo carrier and have the same dimensions, approximately 8.5 feet (2.6 m) long and 14 feet (4.3 m) wide. The ORUs on ESP-2 are:
FRAM-1 (top side) Pump Module SN0005. Moved here robotically from ELC-2[6] on 6 March 2015 in a swap with failed Pump Module SN0004, which had been relocated here by the ISS-41 US EVA-27 crew in Oct. 2014
FRAM-2 (top side) Direct Current Switching Unit (DCSU) (added by STS-123 crew)[7] FRAM formerly held the VSSA
FRAM-3 (top side) CTC-3 container moved here via SPDM. DCSU added by STS-123 crew)[7] had been relocated via SPDM Jan. 30, 2013 to ELC-2.
FRAM-4 (top side) Latching End Effector Support Equipment moved here via SPDM from ELC1.)Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) launched on ESP-2[8] moved to truss to replace a degraded unit which was brought inside and returned to earth on SpaceX CRS-12.
FRAM-5 (keel side) Pitch/Roll Joint (P/R-J) added by STS-123 crew[7] FRAM formerly held a CMG
FRAM-6 (keel side) Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) added by STS-120 crew[9] This unit was swapped with a failed unit MBSU #1 from the SO truss, by the Exp 32 crew in late 2012.
FRAM-7 (keel side) Flex Hose Rotary Coupler (FHRC SN1003) launched on ESP-2[8]
FRAM-8 (keel side) Utility Transfer Assembly (UTA) launched on ESP-2[8]
Video Stanchion Support Assembly (VSSA) launched on ESP-2 at FRAM-2[8] was jettisoned overboard on July 23, 2007 (the video stanchions were placed on the truss during EVAs).
Pump Module (PM) (SN0004), initially installed on FRAM-1 during STS-121,[10] was removed on August 17, 2010 by the Exp 24 crew and installed on S1 Truss, replacing the original (failed) PM SN0002. The failed unit had been temporarily stored on an ORU site on the MBS, then moved to ESP-2 by the STS-133 crew,[11] then returned to earth by the STS-135 crew July 13, 2011.
A failed Control Moment Gyroscope was installed on FRAM-5 from August 13, 2007 during STS-118[12] until February 13, 2008 when it was returned by STS-122.[13]
MBSU was moved to the truss during Expedition 52 and the Latching End Effector was moved to ESP2 to prepare for the spacewalk on January 23, 2018. The failed MBSU was returned to earth on Space X CRS12.
ESPAD mount used to secure ESP-2 to Quest
ESP-2 in the payload bay of STS-114
ESP-2 can be seen highlighted and under the Quest Joint Airlock
ESP-2 viewed during STS-118 EVA to remove a failed CMG for return to earth
ESP-2 viewed by the departing STS-133 crew
ESP-3 launch configuration (with yoke)
ESP-3 ORU locations ISS Exp 38
ESP-3 was detached from its Keel Yoke Assembly (which remained in the Orbiter) and installed on the P3 Truss at UCCAS-1 on August 14, 2007 during the Space Shuttle STS-118 mission. It has seven attachment sites for ISS spare parts and assemblies, called Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs). The platform also has handrails and attachment points for tethers and foot restraints that astronauts can use while working with the ORUs on the ESP-3. ESP-3, as with ESP-2 are deployable versions of the Integrated Cargo Carrier and have the same dimensions, approximately 8.5 feet long and 14 feet wide. ESP-3 has two grapple fixtures to aid deployment.
ESP-3 was the first major station element to be installed completely by robotics, using only the shuttle and station's robotic arms, an external berthing camera system (BCS) and a Photovoltaic Radiator Grapple Fixture (PVRGF). Astronauts robotically installed the platform onto the station's P3 truss segment during the STS-118 mission's seventh day.[14]
On January 12, 2010, the station's robotic arm was used again to move ESP-3 from the P3 truss segment UCCAS-1 site. It was grappled by the arm and then transferred down the station's backbone on the mobile transporter. ESP-3 was then attached to its new location on the lower part of S3 truss segment at the PAS-3 site. Moving the storage platform cleared the way for ExPRESS Logistics Carrier-3 to be installed during STS-134.
The ORUs (currently) installed on ESP-3 are:
FRAM-1 (top side) Pitch/roll joint (P/R‐J) launched on ESP-3[12]
FRAM-2 (top side) Flex Hose Rotary Coupler (FHRC SN1004) added by STS-126 crew[15]
FRAM-3 (top side) empty
FRAM-4 (top side) Linear Drive Unit (LDU) added by STS-127 crew[16]
FRAM-5 (keel side) Space-to-Ground Antenna (SGANT) added by STS-127 crew[16]
FRAM-6 (keel side) Battery Charge/Discharge Unit (BCDU) launched on ESP-3[12]
FRAM-7 (keel side) ATA Flight Support Equipment (FSE) added by STS-118 crew.
FRAM-2 originally hosted NTA tank (SN0005) that was launched on ESP-3,[12] it was swapped for the depleted NTA (SN0002) from the S1 truss during STS-124.[17] That failed unit was later returned on STS-126 when the FHRC was placed here.[15]
FRAM-3 hosted Pump Module (PM) SN0006 that was added by the STS-127 crew.[16] The ISS Exp 38 crew swapped PM SN0006 with the failed PM SN0004 from the S1 Truss during 2 EVAs Dec. 21 and 24, 2013, leaving PM SN0004 on the MBS ORU POA for later storage. It was eventually (in Oct. 2014) stored on ESP-2 FRAM-1, rather than ESP-3 FRAM-3.
FRAM-4 hosted a CMG & frame and both were removed Aug. 13, 2007 during STS-118. Support frame was placed on ESP-2, CMG was installed in the Z1.[12] The failed CMG was placed on the CMG frame on ESP-2 FRAM-5 and later returned to earth by STS-124.
Nitrogen tank assembly (NTA) preflight
ESP-3 in the payload bay
ESP-3 being installed by Canadarm2.
ESP-3 view from the departing STS-133 crew. ESP-3 has the SGANT antenna, note ELC-4 on the left and ELC-2 above
ISS truss components and ORUs in situ
Integrated cargo carrier
Scientific research on the ISS
Orbital replacement unit
^ "STS-102, Mission Control Center Status Report # 11 Tuesday, March 13, 2001 7:30 a.m. CST". Spaceflight.nasa.gov. 2001-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
^ "Minutes for May 29, 2001 EVA AIT" (Press release). NASA. May 29, 2001. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
^ http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-102/
^ http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-100/[dead link]
^ "NASA ISS Assembly Mission LF 1". Nasa.gov. 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
^ "ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/06/15". ISS On-Orbit Status Report. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ a b c "EVA Checklist: STS-123 Flight Supplement" (PDF).
^ a b c d "EVA Checklist: STS-114 Flight Supplement" (PDF).
^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/193894main_EVA_120_F_A_1.pdf
^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/119110main_sts121_eva_checklist_specific_eva_ref.pdf
^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/492875main_EVA_133_F.pdf
^ a b c d e "STS-118 Presskit" (PDF).
^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/203840main_EVA_122_F_A.pdf
^ "NASA's ISS assembly artwork : Diagram after flight STS-118/13A.1". Spaceflight.nasa.gov. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
^ a b "EVA Checklist: STS-126 Flight Supplement" (PDF).
^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/229503main_EVA_124_F_1.pdf
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Components of the International Space Station
Orbiting
Zarya (Functional Cargo Block)
Zvezda (Service Module)
Destiny (laboratory)
Columbus (laboratory)
Kibō (PM, ELM-PS, EF)
Unity (Node 1)
Harmony (Node 2)
Tranquility (Node 3)
Quest Joint Airlock
Pirs (docking module, airlock)
Rassvet (MRM 1)
Poisk (MRM 2)
Leonardo (PMM)
Integrated Truss Structure (ITS)
Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)
Mobile Servicing System (MSS)
Canadarm2
Dextre (SPDM)
Boom Assembly
Strela cranes
Kibō Remote Manipulator System
External Stowage Platforms (ESPs)
ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1-4
Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs)
International Docking Adapters (IDAs)
Life Support System
Bishop (airlock module)
Window Observational Research Facility (WORF)
AMS-02
CALET
HDEV
PK-3 Plus
SAGE III
Axiom Orbital Segment
European Robotic Arm (ERA)
Nauka (Multipurpose Laboratory Module)
Prichal (Uzlovoy Module)
Science Power Module (NEM-1)
Node 4
Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules (MPLMs)
Kibō (ELM-ES)
ExPRESS Logistics Carrier (ELC) 5
Interim Control Module (ICM)
Propulsion Module
Centrifuge Accommodations Module (CAM)
Habitation Module
Crew Return Vehicle (CRV/ACRV)
Science Power Platform (SPP)
Universal Docking Module (UDM)
Russian Research Module (RM)


The sheer pressure of the hard-to-escape evidence — more record-breaking temperatures, more disastrous weather events, big supply chain disruptions, ever-rising insurance payments — will drive more businesses to take global warming seriously as a business risk, even as The Economist and others blast the journalistic malpractice that leaves "climate" out of the weather disaster stories, and President Obama takes cover in an "all of the above" energy strategy.
China, Germany, Brazil — and California — continue to invest policy and capital in the new economy, while Washington remains lost in ideological shock and awe (as House republicans tell the Pentagon "you have to waste taxpayers money and make the troops less safe so we can continue to ignore both the science and the economics of climate change"). But there are surprises too: "red state" Iowa has decided that exporting $6b/year to buy fossil fuel from unfriendly nations might not be the most "conservative" plan, and is investing government money to reduce that balance of payments deficit!
The right's war on the EPA (and on regulation in general) will continue, and in fact heat up as campaign fodder. Little noticed: 191 house votes attacking the EPA in 2011. Expect this battle to continue into 2013 (depending on how the elections turn out).
These big ideas are taking deeper root, bring sustainability where it most matters — into the design process, which determines environmental impacts for years or decades to come. Just a few examples: University of California Berkeley has established a major, interdisciplinary green chemistry program, the Biomimcry Institute, re-branded as Biomimicry 3.8, is building its business leverage, and companies from Steelcase to Method are bringing this next generation of design science to market.
For as long as I've been in the sustainability game (40 years this summer, long before anyone coined the term), the challenge of "getting the prices right" — of eliminating the market-distorting impacts of "externalities" and subsidized environmental damage — has seemed a pivotal element of sustainability strategy. Succeed and we have a chance; fail, and we're consigned to the fate of Sisyphus, endlessly pushing the boulder uphill, only to have it roll back down, again and again.
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UT Selected for Launch of One-of-a-Kind Solar Secure Structure
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What provides Wi-Fi connectivity, security, shelter, lighting, seating, and uses net-zero energy? A new Solar Secure station now installed on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus.
UT is the first university in the country to house a Solar Secure SunStation. The structure was unveiled on July 12 outside Perkins Hall on the Hill.
Solar Secure's SunStation is a solar powered, wireless structure that provides a self-sufficient power and communications source for Emergency Assistance Stations, video surveillance, LED lighting, and Wi-Fi.
"Solar Secure demonstrates what good engineering principles can accomplish," said College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis. "It also fits very well into the culture of our college where we are conducting research on solar panels, renewable energy, smart grids, electric power transmission, and transportation technologies."
Solar Secure generates all of the energy it needs from solar panels. It also incorporates back-up batteries for energy storage, ensuring uninterruptible power and communications capabilities in the event of an outage or other emergency. Fittingly, the structure sits in the middle of the College of Engineering complex—along a bus line.
The SunStation also features a power outlet, allowing students the convenience to stay connected by using their laptops, cell phones and other technology outdoors.
UT was selected as Solar Secure's first higher education installation due to its progressive energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives.
"Solar Secure aligns perfectly with UT's mission of being a sustainable campus," said Dave Irvin, associate vice chancellor for facilities services. "In all that we do, from our cutting of consumption, to using green cleaning products, to constructing LEED-certified buildings, we are committed to being responsible global citizens."
Solar Secure was developed by Cochran in Seattle, Washington, to overcome barriers of environmental impact and the high cost of trenching to install surveillance cameras and other security infrastructure on campuses.
"We developed Solar Secure to provide customers with the ability to extend security coverage beyond traditional limits with a solar powered solution that is not only better for the environment, but is easier and more cost-effective to install than conventional systems," said Collette Duck, Solar Secure product manager.
While developed on the West Coast, the station was manufactured by Cherokee Millwright and Mechanical in East Tennessee.
"The college has another link to this project as it allowed us to work with several local companies such as Cherokee Millwright and Mechanical, which employ our alumni," said Davis.
Solar Secure was developed by Cochran, a Seattle‐based company with more than five decades of experience designing and installing a broad range of electrical, security, and technical infrastructure. For more information, visit www.solarsecure.net.
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In Antarctica: National rivalries and claims
…islands and in 1954 built Mawson Station on the mainland coast of Mac. Robertson Land as a basis for its vast territorial claim. South Africans raised their flag over Prince Edward and Marion islands. France established permanent bases by 1953 in the Kerguelen and Crozet islands and surveyed much of…
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In Antarctica: Climate
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SQL Server has different types of Locks which are being used at different situations. Let's see the definition of each lock.
1) SHARED Lock - This lock is used during READ operation where the data is not updated. Example is SELECT statement.
2) UPDATE Lock – It is locked on those resources that can be updated. This lock prevents the common form of dead lock that occurs when multiple sessions are locking the data so that they can update it later.
3) EXCLUSIVE Lock – It is used for data-modification operations, such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. It also ensures that multiple updates cannot be made to the same resource at the same time.
6) BULK UPDATE Lock – This lock is applied when there is a bulk copying of data and the TABLOCK is applied.
7) KEY RANGE Lock – It protects the range of rows read by a query when using the serializable transaction isolation level. It ensures that other transactions cannot insert rows on range of values that KEY RANGE locks evaluate, till the end of transaction.


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A.I. Artificial Intelligence shows us a future where we neglect to dream
A sci-fi fairy tale shows us a deeply sad future that's already here
By Joshua Rivera
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The Verge is a place where you can consider the future. So are movies. In Yesterday's Future, we revisit a movie about the future and consider the things it tells us about today, tomorrow, and yesterday.
The movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The future: A.I. begins with a brief summary of the sorry state of the world: climate change has melted the polar ice caps, wiping out coastal cities and severely reducing the human population. With regulations in place for reproduction on a resource-starved planet, corporations developed Mecha — androids that appear human but lack emotions. They're seen as objects — useful for labor or sex work, just human enough to not be strange but machine enough to not mistake them for people.
The story kicks into gear when Professor Allen Hobby (William Hurt) pitches taking Mecha to the next level: a machine that can love. That Mecha becomes David (Haley Joel Osment), an experimental Mecha designed to imprint on his owners and love them unconditionally, forever. And it works — David is given to a grieving couple whose son is in suspended animation due to a rare disease. After some hijinks, he's accepted, until Martin, the boy he's filling in for, comes back.
Unfortunately Martin is cruel, and thanks to his manipulation, David is forced from home into a Pinocchio-esque journey to find a "Blue Fairy" and become a real boy. Through his eyes, we see a nihilistic theme-park vision of the future, where little is done to solve the still-looming climate apocalypse but neon cities and their pleasures boom.
The past: A.I. was released in 2001, but was originally going to come out long before that. Based on Brian Aldiss' 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," the film began as a Stanley Kubrick project in the '70s, languishing in development hell until the famed director's death in 1999. Steven Spielberg then took over, reportedly hewing closely to the plans Kubrick had for the film.
This meant that, at the time, the critical reception of A.I. largely revolved around its status as a strange hybrid of Kubrick and Spielberg's sensibilities, the last work of an idiosyncratic master carried out by one of his most prominent — and stylistically different — admirers. Most, like Roger Ebert, felt that the result was a frustrating film, attempting to parse where one man's vision ended and the other's began.
But A.I. was an extremely fitting film for 2001, a year characterized by cinematic restlessness. Unsettling arthouse classics Donnie Darko and Mulholland Drive premiered. Shrek, which skewered Disney-style fairy tales with pop culture cynicism, also arrived, unwittingly laying the groundwork for surreal internet memes a decade later. Films that would spawn, extend, or hope to begin franchises floundered in every direction, with understated hits like Ocean's Eleven arriving alongside strange blockbusters like Jurassic Park III and showstoppers like The Fellowship of the Ring.
No one knew what the 21st century would mean for movies, and a sad sci-fi fairytale about a robot boy created to stand in the void between a bleak future and an idyllic past could not have been a better match for the times.
The present: At first glance, the hedonistic carnival of A.I.'s cities do not seem to hew terribly close to our current moment. Like a lot of cinematic futures, this one seems too loud, too garish, to ever be real. Jude Law as Gigolo Joe? The horrific robot bloodsport of the Flesh Fair, where obsolete robots battle to the "death?" We don't really have anything like that yet, right?
Only we do. The seeds of this future have already bloomed in our present. Its subtext is our subtext, a world formed by people with all the power afforded them by technology but none of the will to dream or love. The former would demand a clear-eyed response to shared crises looming ahead both at home and abroad; the latter would lead us to wield our innovations compassionately. Instead we have a world where algorithms reinforce biases and outrage is commodified, where every innovation is part and parcel with a new indignity. A lack of humanity that at every turn denies the option of a better future for all in favor of a more extravagant present for a few.
In A.I.'s final 20 minutes, it's revealed that this is the end of the world. In 2,000 more years, climate change will claim the last habitable portion of the Earth, and David will be the only one left who remembers humanity. Still a child, all David wants to remember is the human mother he imprinted on, but the viewer remembers everything else — that the world was doomed by rage at the pending self-imposed disaster that humanity refused to face and instead directed toward the Mecha they created, the Mecha that would outlast them.
"They made us too smart, too quick, and too many," Gigolo Joe, the Mecha sexbot that becomes David's unlikely companion, says in one of his final scenes. "In the end, all that will be left is us. That's why they hate us"
A.I. is refreshing because it is not interested in the question of whether or not we should create self-aware synthetic life, but instead asks what our responsibility toward it would be. If you can create a robot to love a human, one character asks early in the film, how do you get a human to love them back?
In the end it doesn't matter. Humanity doesn't even love itself enough to ensure its own survival.


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Orectogyrus – rodzaj wodnych chrząszczy z rodziny krętakowatych i podrodziny Gyrininae.

Taksonomia
Rodzaj opisany został w 1884 roku przez Maurice'a Auguste'a Régimbarta. Gatunkiem typowym został Orectogyrus cuprifer.

Opis
Spośród przedstawicieli plemienia gatunki z tego rodzaju wyróżniają się kombinacją cech: czułki o sześcioczłonowym biczyku, tarczka widoczna przy zamkniętych pokrywach, biodra odnóży środkowych nieodseparowane przez metawentryt, umiarkowanie rozróżnialne żeberko pseudofrontalne, omszenie grzbietowej części ciała zlokalizowane bocznie z dużymi lub średnimi łysymi obszarami pośrodku.

Rozprzestrzenienie
Rodzaj głównie afrotropikalny. Większość gatunków występuje w Afryce subsaharyjskiej i na Madagaskarze, a tylko kilka w Egipcie.

Systematyka
Rodzaj ten obejmuje około 165 gatunków. Zgrupowane są w kilku podrodzajach, a część pozostaje nieprzypisane do żadnego z nich:
 Orectogyrus (Allogyrus) Brinck, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Amaurogyrus) Guignot, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Capogyrus) Brinck, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Chipogyrus) Brinck, 1956
 Orectogyrus (Clypeogyrus) Guignot, 1952
 Orectogyrus (Gonogyrellus) Guignot, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Isogyrus) Brinck, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Lobogyrus) Brinck, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Mandrogyrus) Brinck, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Meiogyrus) Brinck, 1956
 Orectogyrus (Miragyrus) Brinck, 1956
 Orectogyrus (Monogyrus) Guignot, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Nesogyrus) Brinck, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Ochsogyrus) Brinck, 1956
 Orectogyrus sensu stricto Régimbart, 1884
 Orectogyrus (Oreogyrus) Brinck, 1955
 Orectogyrus (Rapogyrus) Brinck, 1956
 Orectogyrus (Stenogyrus) Brinck, 1956
 Orectogyrus (Trichogyrus) Guignot, 1952
 Orectogyrus (Vipogyrus) Brinck, 1956
 incertae sedis:
 Orectogyrus assimilis Ahlwarth
 Orectogyrus coerulescens (Dejean, 1836)
 Orectogyrus coptogynus Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus costatus (Aubé, 1838)
 Orectogyrus demeryi Régimbart, 1892
 Orectogyrus endroedyi Ochs, 1967
 Orectogyrus erosus Régimbart, 1906
 Orectogyrus feminalis Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus fusciventris Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus kaszabi Ochs, 1967
 Orectogyrus kutteri Ochs, 1967
 Orectogyrus laticostis Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus longilabris Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus madagascariensis (Dejean, 1836)
 Orectogyrus mocquerysi Régimbart, 1892
 Orectogyrus nairobiensis Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus oscaris Régimbart, 1884
 Orectogyrus peridines Guignot, 1955
 Orectogyrus petrinus Brinck, 1960
 Orectogyrus rugulifer Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus rugulosus Régimbart, 1907
 Orectogyrus schoenherri (Dejean, 1833)
 Orectogyrus semivillosus (Dejean, 1821)
 Orectogyrus specularis (Dejean, 1833)
 Orectogyrus specularis (Aubé, 1838)
 Orectogyrus spinifer Franciscolo, 1986
 Orectogyrus virescens Guignot, 1953
 Orectogyrus walterrossii Franciscolo et Sanfilippo, 1986

Przypisy

Krętakowate
Rodzaje i podrodzaje zwierząt nazwane w 1884 roku


RPP Architects were appointed by the Belfast health and Social Care Trust to design a new £20 million, 80-bed acute mental hospital in Belfast. Together with Richard Murphy Architects, Devereux Architects and AECOM, our team ethos has been to create a positive space for healing, where patients experience inclusion and normalisation.
Recognised as being core to the healing process, gardens feature in every aspect of hospital life. From first arrival, patients, staff and visitors experience hospital life as a journey between gardens rather than dull corridors. The unique layout created us the opportunity to design a series of garden courtyards, highly visible from inside thanks to the fully glazed walls. The contemporary gardens feature open lawns, intimate seating areas surrounded by planting, outdoor therapy spaces and the repeated use of water to bring sound and movement to each garden space. The bedroom within the facility overlook a private garden, designed not to be accessible to patients and visitors, but to be a haven for wildlife, with window seats specifically designed for quiet moments of rest and relaxation.
Construction is underway and we are excited to see these unique gardens take shape during 2016.


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Q: Short-hand command for creating matrices Is it possible to use \newcommand to create commands for matrices?
For instance, I want to have a new command called \threedimmat that takes 9 arguments and produces a corresponding 3x3  matrix so that I don't need to create an array and write so many & and \\ every time.

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Former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush addresses the crowd at a campaign rally on Feb. 19, 2016 in Greenville, South Carolina.
In the tweet, Trump posted a picture of himself eating a taco bowl and wrote, "I love Hispanics!" His rhetoric about illegal immigration throughout his campaign has made him unpopular among Hispanic voters.
Bush, whose wife is from Mexico, is the former governor of Florida, which has a large Hispanic population. In the interview this weekend with Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, the complete transcript of which was provided to the Huffington Post, Bush called Trump's tweet "insensitive" and said he is "uncertain" if the Republican party will survive now that Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee.
Bush, who ended his presidential bid in February and endorsed Ted Cruz in March, has been vocal about his disapproval of Trump. His father and brother, both former presidents, have also said they won't endorse the businessman.


"I suppose in the end it's almost too easy to look back and say what you should have done, how you might have changed things.
We go back over ground we have tread before again and again. We retrace our steps as if we could not only have actually chosen a different path or stopped and smelled the roses or hurried past something a little faster but also if we had … well … things would have been different in the here & now.
Because it is easy <in a hard way>.
While it is hard, as in … ruefully painful at times, to think about the 'shoulds' … it is easy to see the 'shoulds.' And we convince ourselves in that going back and revisiting these things we will be better in the future.
In many ways this revisiting of decisions is a version of not really accepting what we did.
Here is a truth. An unfortunate truth but a real one nonetheless.
99% of these things you should have done were done with best intentions, best viewing of the situation at hand and, most likely, in the range of best decisions available.
99% of these things you should have done are most likely viewed through a lens which incorporates the contextual ripples that surrounded it at that time <which are almost impossible to see within any moment> as well as the ripples of time since that moment <which are difficult to envision within any moment>.
99% of these things you should have done only appear to be 'should have dones' because you assume the path from that choice & decision would have remained the same as current history.
And that last 99% is 100% wrong.
Each pebble you drop in a pond is slightly different sized, dropped ever so slightly differently and hits the pond ever so slightly in a different way … all of which sends out a different ripple effect than the original.
Suffice it to say that Time & Life is neither linear nor impervious to other actions.
The other thing to remember is that 99% of the time you do not really have to retrace your steps to know what you should have done … whether you realize it or not … in our heads our memory does a pretty fantastic job of taking a picture of moments like that and stores them in your mental photo library.
99% of us see crossroad moments exactly as cross road moments and recognize they have the potential for should haves and store them away. We need not revisit or retrace … we know them subconsciously and reassess them should we cross another similar crossroad moment. You need not examine and tear apart and have angst over the moment viewing it thread by thread in the tapestry of the moment.
Suffice it to say … 99% of everything you will need is already stored away in your pea like brain and will naturally arise 99% of the time it should.
It is hard to accept all of which I have written.
And maybe 99% of us will chafe at it … maybe ridicule it … possibly oppose it … and, yet, will eventually, finally, find it self evident.
Truth, in Life and in decision and choices, is … well … truth. And just as truth is sometimes not self-evident in the moment, as with most things in Life, truth always resides as simply 'so' with the things you have done.
You accept what you did as neither stupid nor smart … but rather the best in that time and place.
And because of what I just said … 99% of the time you should just accept what you actually did and not invest time going back over 'should haves' and instead invest that 99% of your time moving forward or making some progress.
That last thought is hard. It is difficult.
Accepting what you have done, the bad and the good, is … well … difficult.
Accepting that you have learned that lesson in the moment and do not have to retrace steps to 'learn' is difficult.
Acceptance is a light load and makes you nimbler for the future. And if that isn't the ultimate argument for acceptance I don't know what is … because in today's world having some agility to adapt may be the single most survival skill anyone can have.
I did not research this so the 99% is made up.
But I have 90% confidence that it is within the realm of factual truth — in business as well as in Life.
Remember. I am a cynical optimist.


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With a fire rating of 30 minutes without the need of additional material the Hebel PowerPanel50 system provides boundary wall capability and is rated against bushfires making it an ideal building in fire prone areas.


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/**
 * @author Macik
 *
 *         Methods used to pick the right strategy depending form the connected
 *         service.
 *
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public class StrategyFetcher {

	private static final String SALESFORCE = "salesforce";
	private static final String SLACK = "slack";

	public HandlingStrategy fetchStrategy(String providerName) {

		HandlingStrategy strategy;
		String[] uriParts = providerName.split("\\."); // e.g.
		// https://eu6.salesforce.com/services/scim/v1

		if (providerName.contains(".")) {

			if (uriParts.length >= 2) {

				if (SALESFORCE.equals(uriParts[1])) {
					strategy = new SalesforceHandlingStrategy();

				} else if (SLACK.equals(uriParts[1])) {

					strategy = new SlackHandlingStrategy();

				} else {

					strategy = new StandardScimHandlingStrategy();
				}
			} else {

				strategy = new StandardScimHandlingStrategy();
			}

		} else {

			if (SALESFORCE.equals(providerName)) {
				strategy = new SalesforceHandlingStrategy();

			} else if (SLACK.equals(providerName)) {

				strategy = new SlackHandlingStrategy();

			} else {

				strategy = new StandardScimHandlingStrategy();
			}

		}

		return strategy;
	}

}

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Above is a look at NEXRAD level 3 velocity or radar. As you look at it you will be able to see the winds getting stronger and stronger on the radar. You can tell this by the colors getting brighter. The brighter the colors, the stronger the winds. Also, note the green and blue is toward the radar and red and yellow is away. I also believe clouds today played a part in the reason why we saw velocity look this way.


"My favorite of their fabrics is the standard weave polycotton Tropical Breeze."
"The main thing to remember about fabrics is that you need to pick something that you are comfortable with and ones that fit your lifestyle."
"One thing to note about the color change in fabrics for the older women: Widows wore different colors than married women until just recently."


Every few months, like clockwork, the Chocolate Festival rolls into town. Not that that's a complaint from us, mind.
This time round, the Festival brings over 50 exhibitors to Islington Business Design Centre, offering everything from unusual flavours to chocolate macaroons and organic, gluten and dairy free versions of the good stuff. There's even wine to wash it all down.
As well as a chance to do some Christmas shopping (although if it stays firmly in your own stocking, we won't tell anyone), the Cocoa Spa featuring Lush offers relaxing treatments such as body scrubs and massages, all using cocoa-based products. You'll need to book when you arrive on the day.
The health zone offers an insight into the health benefits of chocolate, whilst the Christmas Zone has a tree decorated entirely with chocolate. And, the piece de resistance, the Tasting Lounge offers games, experiments and themed sessions, with tastings and talks from some of the UKs leading master chocolatiers. The full programme is here; note that these events need booking in advance for an extra cost.
The Chocolate Festival takes place at The Business Design Centre in Islington, 12-14 December.Tickets are £7 in advance/£8 on the door (children £4/£5, under 5s go free). Book tickets here.


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The scholarship available on the Roman city of Ostia.
DeLaine, J., 'Ostia' in A companion to Roman Italy, Chichester, 2016, 417-38.
Hermansen, G., Ostia: aspects of Roman city life, Edmonton, 1982.
Meiggs, R., Roman Ostia, Oxford, 1973.
D'Arms, J.H., 'Notes on Municipal Notables of Imperial Ostia' in The American Journal of Philology 97, 1976, 387-411.
DeLaine, J., 'The Insula of the paintings at Ostia i.4.2-4: Paradigm for a city in flux' in Urban society in Roman Italy, London, 1995, 79-106.
DeLaine, J., 'Bricks and mortar: exploring the economics of building techniques at Rome and Ostia' in Economies Beyond Agriculture in the Classical World, London, 2000, 230-68
DeLaine, J., 'Designing for a market: 'medianum' apartments at Ostia' in Journal of Roman Archaeology 17, 2004, 146-176.
DeLaine, J., 'Housing Roman Ostia' in Contested spaces: houses and temples in Roman antiquity and the New Testament, Tubingen, 2012, 327-354.
Keay, S.L., Rome, Portus and the Mediterranean, London, 2012.
Laird, M.L., 'Reconsidering the So-Called "Sede degli Augustali" at Ostia' in Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 45, 2000, 41-84.
Packer, J.E., 'Housing and Population in Imperial Ostia and Rome' in The Journal of Roman Studies 57, 1967, 80-95.
Pavolini, C., 'A Survey of Excavations and Studies on Ostia (2004–2014)' in Journal of Roman Studies 106, 2016, 199-236.
Storey, G.R., 'Regionaries-Type Insulae 1: Architectural/Residential Units at Ostia' in American Journal of Archaeology 105, 2001, 389-401.
Terpstra, T.T., 'The « Piazzale delle Corporazioni » reconsidered' in Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Antiquité 126, 2014.
Ward-Perkins, J.B., 'Ostia' in Roman imperial architecture, London, 1994, 141-56.


A glomus tumor, a type of vascular tumor, that grows inside the middle ear can also cause patients to hear a pulse. Enlargement of the jugular bulb is another potential cause of a heartbeat sound in the ear, notes the American Hearing Research Foundation.
It is very common to sense your heart beat while lying in bed - rarely is it anything serious, but certainly this sensation will be aggravated if your blood pressure is high. If your blood pressure is normal, it most likely is not a cause of concern.
Often people will be aware of their heartbeat in their ear, similar to what you describe. Sometimes, another person can hear the noise by getting very close to your ear and listening carefully. Or your doctor can hear it with a stethoscope. Usually pulsatile tinnitus is not a cause for concern, especially if it lasts just a short time.
Heartbeat. Blood vessel problems, such as high blood pressure, an aneurysm or a tumor, and blockage of the ear canal or eustachian tube can amplify the sound of your heartbeat in your ears (pulsatile tinnitus). Low-pitched ringing. Conditions that can cause low-pitched ringing in one ear include Meniere's disease.


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Suture Bench () is a bench-like elevation at the southeast end of Gair Mesa that overlooks the head of Campbell Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, because of a dog fight here in which one dog was so badly torn that its wounds required sutures.

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Terraces of Antarctica
Landforms of Victoria Land
Scott Coast


1. the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision.
2. to make an impression.
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As the meetings and events profession has grown, meetings professionals have become more strategic in their approach to creating an experience, answering to executives and delivering results to stakeholders. Today, meetings professionals and suppliers wear a strategic hat. Suppliers wear it when selling a specific city, hotel, or venue, while meetings professionals wear it when convincing a client to go with a specific venue or hotel that they know will be the best location for attendees. These strategic conversations ensure the best experience to increase overall sales for the company and provide a great return for stakeholders. Read more in a recent blog post from Carlin Putman, Meeting and Event Specialist at Global Atlantic Financial Group.
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J. MARTIN MILLER, M.D.; JOEL I. HAMBURGER, M.D.; SUDHA R. KINI, M.D.
To the editor: Gharib and associates (1) report that 333 of 1970 patients with thyroid nodules who were treated at the Mayo Clinic had "suspicious" findings on fine-needle aspiration biopsy. They advised surgical excision of all such lesions because 24% of 253 excised lesions were malignant. Comparison with the published experience with fine-needle aspiration biopsy or large-needle aspiration biopsy on our first 2000 patients shows important differences (2). Gharib and associates placed their nodules in three diagnostic categories: malignant, 5%; suspicious, 17%; and benign, 78%. We also had three categories: probably malignant, 15%; possibly malignant, 17%; and probably benign, 67%.
Published: Ann Intern Med. 1984;101(5):718.


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Some people have had difficulty opening Cortana with Windows Speech Recognition. Here's how to fix that. Those with mobility issues may need assistance using a keyboard and/or a mouse for some of these steps.
Turn off Windows Speech Recognition by saying "stop listening."
Start Cortana by selecting the search box on the task bar.
Select "I agree" to opt in to Cortana.