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We have been specialized in fiber optic telecom test equipment for more than 20 years.
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About our President
Simon Bolduc is an electrical engineer who has been working in telecommunications for over twenty five years. Simon started his telecom carreer as a fiber optics telecom system installer in 1986 – before SONET was introduced! Having worked in large companies including Bell Canada, Bell Northern Research and Northern Telecom (Nortel), he then chose to become a salesman for optical test equipment manufacturers namely Anritsu then WG. Afterwards, Simon decided to start his own business representing telecom test products manufacturers and also assembling optical cords. Simbol Test Systems Inc. was born in January 2000 and started selling Ando, Gnubi, Innocor and JDSU equipment on the Canadian market.
After the "techno" bubble burst, Simon saw an opportunity to switch his sales activities from new equipment to used fiber equipment, still focusing on the optical test and measurement sector. To do so, in the very first year of AssetRelay, a full time technician was hired and calibration of all products before shipping was standard practice. As the business grew, more technicians were hired and Simbol decided to extend the technical repair and calibration services to the world, in addition to servicing its own internal customers.
Starting as a representative for renowned manufacturers, we expended our offering with one of the largest inventory of used fiber optic equipment. We are the only one in the market truely specialized in fiber optic test equipment only. To maintain this inventory, we hired engineers and technicians trained in fiber optics with a strong background in telecommunication. Our expertise is recognized by Fujikura who designated us their official calibration repair and service center for Canada. Training and support from our application engineers and certified trainners are available to help you add value to your operation.
A Career at Simbol
Simbol is located in Québec, Canada in an area where most of the people speak French. All our employees are expected to be fluent in French both spoken and written. If you are interested in a career with us, you must then be fluent in French and therefore, the fact that the rest of our career section is written in French will not be a problem for you.
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Getting around the 'uncertainty principle': Physicists make first direct measurements of polarization states of light
by University of Rochester
Weak measurement: as light goes through a birefringent crystal the horizontally and vertically polarized components of light spread out in space, but an overlap between the two components remains when they emerge. In a "strong" measurement the two components would be fully separated. Credit: Credit: Jonathan Leach
Researchers at the University of Rochester and the University of Ottawa have applied a recently developed technique to directly measure for the first time the polarization states of light. Their work both overcomes some important challenges of Heisenberg's famous Uncertainty Principle and also is applicable to qubits, the building blocks of quantum information theory.
They report their results in a paper published this week in Nature Photonics.
The direct measurement technique was first developed in 2011 by scientists at the National Research Council, Canada, to measure the wavefunction – a way of determining the state of a quantum system.
Such direct measurements of the wavefunction had long seemed impossible because of a key tenet of the uncertainty principle – the idea that certain properties of a quantum system could be known only poorly if certain other related properties were known with precision. The ability to make these measurements directly challenges the idea that full understanding of a quantum system could never come from direct observation.
The Rochester/Ottawa researchers, led by Robert Boyd, who has appointments at both universities, measured the polarization states of light - the directions in which the electric and magnetic fields of the light oscillate. Their key result, like that of the team that pioneered direct measurement, is that it is possible to measure key related variables, known as "conjugate" variables, of a quantum particle or state directly. The polarization states of light can be used to encode information, which is why they can be the basis of qubits in quantum information applications.
"The ability to perform direct measurement of the quantum wavefunction has important future implications for quantum information science," explained Boyd, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa and Professor of Optics and Physics at the University of Rochester. "Ongoing work in our group involves applying this technique to other systems, for example, measuring the form of a "mixed" (as opposed to a pure) quantum state."
Previously, a technique called quantum tomography has allowed researchers to measure the information contained in these quantum states, but only indirectly. Quantum tomography requires intensive post-processing of the data, and this is a time-consuming process that is not required in the direct measurement technique. Thus, in principle, the new technique provides the same information as quantum tomography but in significantly less time.
"The key to characterizing any quantum system is gathering information about conjugate variables," said co-author Jonathan Leach, who is now a lecturer at Heriot-Watt University, UK. "The reason it wasn't thought possible to measure two conjugate variables directly was because measuring one would destroy the wavefunction before the other one could be measured."
The direct measurement technique employs a "trick" to measure the first property in such a way that the system is not disturbed significantly and information about the second property can still be obtained. This careful measurement relies on the "weak measurement" of the first property followed by a "strong measurement" of the second property.
First described 25 years ago, weak measurement requires that the coupling between the system and what is used to measure it be, as its name suggests, "weak", which means that the system is barely disturbed in the measurement process. The downside of this type of measurement is that a single measurement only provides a small amount of information, and to get an accurate readout, the process has to be repeated multiple times and the average taken.
Boyd and his colleagues used the position and momentum of the light as the indicator of the polarization state. To couple the polarization to the spatial degree of freedom they used birefringent crystals: when light goes through such a crystal, there is a spatial separation introduced for different polarizations. For example, if light is made of a combination of horizontally and vertically polarized component, the positions of the individual components will spread out when it goes through the crystal according to its polarization. The thickness of the crystal can control the strength of the measurement, weak or strong, and determine the degree of separation, correspondingly small or large.
In this experiment, Boyd and his colleagues passed polarized light through two crystals of differing thicknesses: the first, a very thin crystal that "weakly" measures the horizontal and vertical polarization state; the second, a much thicker crystal that "strongly" measures the diagonal and anti-diagonal polarization state. As the first measurement was performed weakly, the system is not significantly disturbed, and therefore, information gained from the second measurement was still valid. This process is repeated several times to build up accurate statistics. Putting all of this together gives a full, direct characterization of the polarization states of the light.
Journal information: Nature Photonics
Provided by University of Rochester
Citation: Getting around the 'uncertainty principle': Physicists make first direct measurements of polarization states of light (2013, March 3) retrieved 29 January 2023 from https://phys.org/news/2013-03-uncertainty-principle-physicists-polarization-states.html
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Амините са органични съединения и функционални групи, които съдържат атом азот със свободна електронна двойка. Амините са производни на амоняка, в които един или повече водородни атоми са заменени със заместител, като алкилов остатък или ароматна група Важни амини включват аминокиселини, биогенни амини, триметиламин и анилин. Неорганичните производни на амоняка също така се наричат амини, като хлорамин (NClH2).

Съединения с азотен атом, свързани с карбонилна структура от вида R-C(=O)NR'R" се наричат амиди и имат различни химични свойства от амините.

В зависимост от вида на заместителите амините биват мастни, ароматни или смесени (мастно-ароматни). В зависимост от броя на аминогрупите те могат да бъдат моно-, ди- и полиаминопроизводни.

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Молекулите на амините са полярни. Азотният атом е по-електроотрицателен от Н-атоми и затова връзките N-H са полярни, като Н-атоми са заредени частично положително. Азотният атом в молекулите на алкиламините е в sp3-хибридно състояние и притежава неподелена електронна двойка, която влияе върху разпределението на електронната плътност в молекулите, подобно на амоняка. Едната sp3-хибридна орбитала е заета от неподелената електронна двойка. Валентните ъгли са близки до 109° и молекулите имат пирамидална структура. При мастните амини под влияние на електродонорния характер на алкиловите остатъци (+I) електронната плътност при N-атом се увеличава. Ето защо способността да свързват Н+ нараства, т.е. основните свойства на мастните амини са по-силно изразени в сравнение с основните свойства на амоняка. От казаното става ясно, че вторичните алкиламини са по-силни основи от първичните, а третичните са по-силни основи от вторичните. Това обяснение е подкрепено от изследвания в газова фаза.

Във воден разтвор резултатите са различни:
 амоняк → третични → първични → вторични (нарастване на основността във воден разтвор)

Обяснението за това явление е, че обемистите алкилови групи затрудняват достъпа на протони до неподелената електронна двойка (т.нар. пространствено пречене). Другият ефект е, че алкиламониевият йон, образуван от вторични и първични амини, е стабилизиран чрез солвация посредством водородни връзки много по-ефективно (имат съответно по един и два Н-атома, които участват във водородни връзки с водни молекули). Триалкиламониевият йон има само един Н-атом, който участва във водородна връзка и е по-слабо солватиран. По-слабата солвация се противопоставя на електродонорния характер на трите алкилови остатъка (+I) и прави третичния амин по-слабо основен от първичния и вторичния амини във воден разтвор.

В молекулата на ароматните амини N-атом е в sp2-хибридно състояние. Нехибридизираната p-орбитала е заета от неподелената електронна двойка, която участва в спрежение с пи-електронната система на бензеновото ядро. Молекулата на анилина има разнинна структура с ъгли CNH и HNH, близки до 120°. Резултатите от положителния ефект на спрежение (+M-ефект) на аминогрупата с бензеновото ядро са частичен двоен характер на връзката Csp2-N и намалена електронна плътност при N-атом. Ето защо анилинът и ароматните амини имат по-слабо изразени основни свойства от тези на алкиламините и дори от амоняка. Основните свойства на анилина са толкова слабо изразени, че водният му разтвор не променя цвета на лакмуса. От друга страна, +М-ефект на аминогрупата води до увеличаване на електронната плътност в бензеновото ядро, а с това – и на реакционната му способност. Електрофилните заместителни реакции за анилина ще протичат много по-лесно в сравнение с молекулата на бензена, а вторият заместител ще постъпва на o- и p-място.

Полярните N-H връзки и наличието на неподелена електронна двойка при азотния атом в молекулите на амините обуславят киселинно-основните им свойства.

Метил- и етиламините са газообразни вещества, а останалите нисши алкиламини са течности. Заради образуването на водородни връзки, първичните и вторичните алкиламини имат по-високи температура на топене и кипене от тези на въглеводородите със същата молекулна маса. Пак заради образуването на водородни връзки, те са разтворими във вода. Обратно на тях ароматните амини са неразтворими във вода, заради хидрофобния арилов остатък.

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 Органична химия. Том 1 – 2 Л. Янков, Б. Месроб, Л. Младенова-Орлинова, Ч. Иванов

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Eventually I settle on "Just try it. You'll like it." And everyone always does.
I actually heard about "the cheese" long before I ever tasted it. My parents are divorced, but my mother would occasionally talk about my grandmother's pepper cheese dip with the same longing I sometimes heard in my father's voice when he talked about my other grandmother's homemade spaghetti sauce.
Six years ago, having never seen or tried this mystery cheese, I asked Nana about it. In response, she handed me a plastic-wrapped copy of the recipe to keep.
Front and center at Wakefield High School. Shirley was hard to miss.
Update! My cousin Sheena just let me know that when the restaurant closed (though I still don't know when), it gave out the popular cheese recipe to customers as a way of saying thank you. Little did they know it would take on a life of its own in the Seavey family! Thanks, Sheena!
After making the dip for myself, for the first time soon after she gave me the recipe, and most recently over the weekend, I'm glad to say that I am officially on board the Wagon Wheels Dip train. This stuff is good.
To make it, you first blend together cream cheese, ketchup, and mayonnaise. If you want a smooth consistency, it's best to use an electric mixer. If you want it a little chunky, use something like a fork or wooden spoon. I like it smooth (lumps of cream cheese do not work for me), but I've since learned that Nana made it more on the lumpy side.
Then, combine green peppers, sweet pickles, stuffed olives, onion, and garlic in a food processor or food mill (if you've got one, and if you're into food mills). Again, you can choose your consistency here. The recipe didn't specify, so I usually pulse mine until it's like fine relish.
Making Nana's pepper cheese dip.
Pulse or grind the pepper mixture until you like the consistency.
Combine, then mix, and chill!
If you like the dip smooth, you'll want to follow my photos. If you don't, you'll want to leave things lumpier and chunkier.
After giving the "relish" a thorough draining to get rid of excess liquid, combine it with the cream cheese mixture, plus a tablespoon of horseradish, dash of Worcestershire sauce, and pinch of dry mustard, then chill — at least overnight.
Some chopped garnish never hurts when the dip is homely. Here, I used olives.
I actually intended to do a post on this recipe several years ago (back in 2012, according to my Drafts folder), but the photos were so terrible I kept putting it off until I could re-take them. This week, while still too late, will have to do.
"Serve on Melba rounds or crackers" the card instructs, so I do.
One of my favorites. Celebrating my high school graduation in 1999.
In your honor, next time I'll make it right chunky.
This recipe makes a lot. Cut it in half for smaller crowds, or double to share the leftovers.
In a medium bowl, thin the softened cream cheese with the light cream, then add the mayonnaise, ketchup, paprika. Combine, using a fork or an electric mixer, until it reaches your desired consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste, plus a dash of paprika. Set aside.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine the green pepper, onion, pickles, olives, and garlic. Pulse a few times, or until or until it reaches your desired consistency. Drain the excess liquid from the relish mixture by pressing it into a fine-mesh strainer or wrapping it in paper towels.
Once drained, transfer the relish mixture to the cheese mixture, then add the horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and dry mustard. Blend thoroughly, then refrigerate until ready to serve. The dip tastes best if it's had a day or two to ripen.
Serve on Melba rounds or crackers.


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Home » General Mills introduces new Yoplait yogurt brand in glass jars
General Mills introduces new Yoplait yogurt brand in glass jars
Whole milk and other ingredients are poured into a cup to culture for eight hours.
The glass jars, sourced in France, are topped with foil. The yogurt is made in Michigan.
KEYWORDS French-style yogurt / international-style yogurts / new dairy foods and beverages
The yogurt category is filled with various styles, including Greek, Australian, Icelandic and Asian. Now General Mills is adding a French-style to the dairy case.
The Minneapolis-based food processor and Yoplait licensee has launched a new whole-milk yogurt in its Yoplait line. Oui by Yoplait is a cup-set yogurt packaged in 5-ounce glass jars (or "pots," as the company calls them). The lid is foil, like that found on other Yoplait products.
In statement, David Clark, president of U.S. Yogurt at General Mills, said "Oui by Yoplait introduces an entirely new category of yogurt to the U.S. using a recipe that has been enjoyed for decades in France."
The recipe, according to a company press release, is inspired by Yoplait's Saveur d'Autrefois (English translation: "taste of yesteryear"), which is sold in France.
Cup-set yogurt is made in Michigan
Instead of culturing the ingredients in large batches and then filling individual cups with fully prepared yogurt, the dairy processor pours ingredients into each individual pot. Then the containers are left to culture for eight hours. The company said the result is thick yogurt. The products are made in General Mills' Reed City, Mich., dairy plant.
Oui by Yoplait is made with non-GMO ingredients like whole milk, pure cane sugar, real fruit and yogurt cultures. It contains no artificial preservatives, no artificial flavors and no colors from artificial sources. Brice LeRoy was the product developer at General Mills.
Whole-milk Oui by Yoplait yogurt is made in 8 flavors
The eight flavors are strawberry, blueberry, black cherry, vanilla, coconut, lemon, peach and plain. All of the varieties contain 5 grams of protein in a 5-ounce serving. The plain yogurt has 130 calories; fruited varieties have 160 to 170 calories per serving. The plain variety is made with only two ingredients – whole milk and yogurt cultures. The remaining flavors each contain eight or fewer total ingredients.
Oui by Yoplait will be available nationwide beginning the week of July 10. The suggested retail price for all flavors is $1.49. The strawberry and vanilla flavors are also available in four count packages at a suggested retail price of $4.78.
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View down canyon from the Wedge Overlook into the Little Grand Canyon shows the colorful cliff-and slope-forming rock layers. Assembly Hall and Window Blind Peaks can be seen in the distance near the mouth of Buckhorn Draw, which enters from the left (north).
Did you know Utah has its very own version of the Grand Canyon? Nicknamed the "Little Grand Canyon," it is the deepest part of the San Rafael River canyon located directly beneath the Wedge Overlook (Overlook) in the San Rafael Swell (Swell). Looking down river from the Overlook, you can see where Buckhorn Draw—a narrow, winding canyon walled in by scenic sandstone cliffs—meets the San Rafael River canyon.
Located in the northern portion of the Swell, numerous viewpoints along the dramatic Overlook provide stunning views of varied landforms sculpted mainly in multi-colored sandstone formations. Directly beneath the Overlook is a shear drop off of 1,200 feet to the San Rafael River's deeply cut Little Grand Canyon. Panoramic vistas reveal the river winding its way through canyons of changing widths, surrounded by multi- layered cliffs, buttes, domes, and spires.
A short distance from the Overlook, you can drive down through scenic Buckhorn Draw. The steep canyon walls, which showcase several different colorful sandstone formations, contain a spectacular Native American rock art panel, as well as a three-toed dinosaur footprint.
The drive from Castle Dale to the Overlook and down through Buckhorn Draw to Interstate 70 is designated a Utah Scenic Backway (Backway), which means the route meets the highest standard of scenic, recreational, and historical criteria, but may not be safe to drive year-round (unlike a designated Scenic Byway) and may require a high-clearance or four-wheel-drive vehicle. Allow approximately one hour and 45 minutes of travel time to drive the 51 miles of this Backway.
The Swell is an uplifted area where sedimentary rock layers were arched skyward into an elongate dome-like structure (called an anticline). The upwarp resulted from compressional forces in the Earth's crust about 40–70 million years ago. This mountain-building episode uplifted other areas as well, such as the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Uinta Mountains to the north.
Millions of years later, erosion began in force, eventually removing thousands of feet of rock from the Swell's crest, exposing older rocks (about 300 million years old) in the middle region of the Swell surrounded by a ring of younger rocks (ranging in age from 100 to 230 million years old).
Numerous canyons were eroded into and through the Swell by rivers and streams. The San Rafael River, the largest river in the north part of the Swell, slices across the Swell, cutting deepest along the 3-mile stretch of the Little Grand Canyon.
As you enter the Swell from the northwest, you follow geologic history back in time. From youngest to oldest, the strata include mostly sandstones of the Carmel Formation, Navajo Sandstone, Kayenta Formation, Wingate Sandstone, Chinle Formation, and Moenkopi Formation, which were formed in a variety of depositional environments (rivers, deserts, and shallow seas).
Driving on Wedge Road to the Overlook you cross the Carmel Formation, which is composed of alternating beds of light-grayish limestone and light-brown fine-grained sandstone. The rock formation exposed at the edge of the Overlook is the Navajo Sandstone, which is probably the most famous rock formation in Utah. It is composed of mostly light-brown to white sandstone, and is sometimes seen as sloped domes or rounded knobs reminiscent of the ancient sand dunes from which it formed.
The Navajo Sandstone is also present as you first turn onto Buckhorn Draw Road, where you can see a three-toed dinosaur footprint on a ledge 10 feet up on the left side of the road. The underlying Kayenta Formation consists of reddish-brown sandstone and siltstone that forms slopes and benches.
As you continue driving southeast on Buckhorn Draw Road, you see the red and pale orange vertical cliffs of the Wingate Sandstone which are home to the well-known Buckhorn Draw rock art panel. The Chinle Formation is composed of green-gray sandstone, red-brown sandstone, gray-brown limestone conglomerate, and maroon shale.
As you exit Buckhorn Draw and cross over the San Rafael River, you can see Assembly Hall and Window Blind Peaks towering overhead. The formation exposed at the bottom of these peaks is the Moenkopi Formation, which is composed of red-brown fine-grained sandstone and siltstone.
The Swell offers a variety of recreational activities including hiking, mountain biking, camping, and beautiful scenic drives. Campsites are available at the Wedge Overlook and in Buckhorn Draw at Swinging Bridge. All roads between Castle Dale and I-70 are well-maintained gravel roads, but may require a four-wheel-drive vehicle during inclement weather.
Visit the Price Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Office at 125 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501 (phone: 435-636-3600) for directions, maps, driving conditions, and a list of other must-see sites in the San Rafael Swell.
From the north, take exit 241 in Price onto State Route 10. Drive 28.5 miles and take a left onto the Green River Cutoff Road (EM401), labeled only as a San Rafael Recreation Access Road just before Castle Dale. At 0.2 mile down the Green River Cutoff Road, you will see a mileage sign for Buckhorn Draw (16 miles) and the Wedge Overlook (20 miles).
Continue on this road for 12.6 miles to the intersection with Wedge Road (EM405). Go right onto Wedge Road and drive 6.6 miles to the Wedge Overlook ( N 39 ° 05.60 ' , W110° 45.39 ' ). Short drives along the canyon rim provide additional views of the Little Grand Canyon.
To access Buckhorn Draw, drive back the way you came 4.4 miles and take a right onto road EM406. After 1.3 miles, go right on the Green River Cutoff Road, and in 0.2 mile take another right onto Buckhorn Draw Road (EM332). At mile 1.6, the dinosaur footprint is on the left (northeast) side of the road about 10 feet up on a ledge. The rock art panel is on the left side of the road at mile 5.8, and the Swinging Bridge (a now-unused, wooden suspension bridge built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937) is at mile 9.5 as you cross over the San Rafael River and see Assembly Hall and Window Blind Peaks. You can then backtrack north, or continue south for 18.8 miles to I-70 if traveling to points east, south, or west.
The approach from the south is via I-70. Take exit 131 onto Cottonwood Wash Road (EM332). The gravel road reaches the Swinging Bridge and Buckhorn Draw in 18.8 miles.
San Rafael Motorized Route Designations, put out jointly by the BLM, Emery County, and Utah DNR. Map is available at the Price BLM office.


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VIDEO: Inbreeding Explained
By Aaron Sams, PhD
When closely related dogs mate, it is defined as inbreeding. "Inbreeding is the mating of individuals or organisms that are genetically closely related, resulting in increased homozygosity and consequently an increase in the occurrence of recessive traits," according to Nature. "This can lead to inbreeding depression: reduced biological fitness of the population."
In this video, our Senior Scientist Aaron Sams talks about inbreeding and how dogs are affected by it. If you're curious about inbreeding and Coefficient of Inbreeding (COI), watch this quick video for some insight.
"Inbreeding is, simply put, the mating of closely related individuals. More broadly, it is the mating of closely related individuals in a population over many generations," according to Sams. "In all species that humans have domesticated, some level of inbreeding occurs in order to concentrate desired traits into a breed."
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Dr. Ken Gnanakan is one of India's well-known educators, environmentalists and theologians. Gnanakan wrote an introductory certificate course in health and environment for the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), headquartered in New Delhi.
He also initiated the Programme for Environmental Awareness in Schools, a nationwide network aimed at motivating students into action for the protection of nature. Hundreds of schools have been networked in an environmental movement bringing together thousands of children from all over the country. His book "Trees" – a collection of poems on environmental issues – is being used in various schools. He is also editor of PEAS Magazine, India's first environmental magazine for schools. Based in the city of Bangalore in South India, Gnanakan pioneered the use of waste plastics for road surfacing in India. Working for some time with young people in Chennai and Bangalore after his undergraduate studies, Gnanakan completed his Ph.D. at King's College London.
In 1979, he and his wife Prema returned to India to set up the ACTS Institute, a vocational training school, which also imparted spiritual values to young people. The institute took the couple into needy areas in slums and villages, and gradually grew to become a large network of education, health and environmental projects, all under the banner of ACTS. Gnanakan is also an accomplished musician who used to be a part of the "Trojans", the band known as "the Indian Beatles" that kept Bangalore swinging in the sixties and that included Biddu, a prominent pop musician. Gnanakan is a consulting member of the International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education.


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Grateful Dead: "WCUW Worcester Massachusetts April 8th 1988" (2014) CD Review
My first Grateful Dead concert was at the Worcester Centrum on April 7, 1988. The next day or so at school, I was handed a tape of the show, and it had all sorts of horrible sound defects, noise that hadn't been present at the actual show. I never quite knew what the deal was with that cassette, but it might have been taped from the radio. WCUW broadcast all three shows of that run (which turned out to be the final Worcester run, though no one knew that at the time). A lot of radio broadcasts have been popping up lately as unofficial CD releases, and the second night in Worcester, April 8th, has seen such a release. Simply titled WCUW Worcester Massachusetts April 8th 1988, it is a two-disc set containing the entire show.
It opens with some radio banter, mentioning the crowd and asking for donations to the station. I'm not sure I listened to this broadcast at the time. I'm not sure I was even aware that the three nights were being broadcast. But they mention that they've worked things out, and say that they hope they'll have a good-sounding broadcast tonight, which leads me to believe all the sound defects on my tape of the night before were due to problems with the radio broadcast. They seem to be indicating as much. Well, the radio folks stop talking before the show actually gets going. And the band kicks off the night with a version of "Jack Straw" that becomes seriously energetic in the jam toward the end. And the sound is pretty good. They follow that with "West LA Fadeaway," which is a lot of fun. I sometimes forget how good this song can be. After a pause as the band presumably decides what to do next, they go in a bluesy direction with "Little Red Rooster." But that doesn't mean things are about to get mellow. Brent certainly isn't about to let that happen, not yet. And the crowd howls like the hounds Bob sings of.
The first set also includes good versions of "Stagger Lee" and Bob Dylan's "Queen Jane Approximately" (the latter seeming to end somewhat abruptly), and then ends with a passionate, if somewhat rough "Loser" leading straight into "Let It Grow." Bob then tells the crowd they'll be back in a little bit. The first disc ends with a bit more radio banter, but they do not interrupt the music at all, not to do station identification or anything, not even during tuning between songs. There's just the bit at the beginning and now at the end of the set.
I should have been at this show, but at that point in my life I hadn't ever been to two concerts in a row. In fact, at that time the only band I had seen more than once was Aerosmith (I saw them in 1986, and again in 1987), and I just don't think it occurred to me to get tickets to more than one show. I was thrilled just to be at one. That one show certainly changed things for me, and my expectations for live shows were raised significantly higher than they had been (many bands would not meet these new expectations).
The second disc begins with just a bit of radio banter. "See you on the other side." Oh yes. It sounds like an "Iko Iko" tease or something before they settle on "Playing In The Band," which of course gets the crowd excited. It's a bit messy at points, but is still a great way to get the second set started. It's an incomplete "Playing," suddenly giving way to "Crazy Fingers." The following year, my second Grateful Dead show would open with this pairing of "Playing" into "Crazy Fingers," and we're talking first set. "Gone are the days we stopped to decide/Where we should go, we just ride." Though Jerry's voice struggles a bit, this is a really good version, with a beautiful ending.
That leads to "Uncle John's Band," with a good jam that features an odd electronic sound a few times. There is also a bit of a "Playing In The Band" tease, as if the band might finish that song. But instead the jam leads into the "Drums/Space" segment. "Space" is short, and it leads to a strange, interesting version of "The Other One," one of the show's highlights. Though this is fairly short too, and soon gives way to "Black Peter," a song that Jerry had sung the previous night too. They didn't often play the same song two nights in a row, but Jerry wasn't feeling all that good at these shows, and this song might have spoken to him particularly because of that. Or maybe he just forgot. The band then wraps up the second set with "Turn On Your Lovelight."
The encore is "Black Muddy River," a pretty song that I don't think I ever got to see the Dead perform live. There is just a bit of radio banter right at the very end of the disc. It's a short show. The second disc, which contains the entire second set and encore, is only sixty-four minutes.
Radio Intro
West LA Fadeaway
Radio Jabber
Playin' In The Band
The Other One
WCUW Worcester Massachusetts April 8th 1988 was released on September 15, 2014 through Klondike Records. By the way, the photo on the CD cover is not from this show, or even from this venue.
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i was one of the people involved in the broadcast. we were prepared to broadcast the shows, the dead wanted us to to hopefully keep people from coming down without tickets, but the stage hand union demanded more money because they get more money for broadcasts. we were able to get $500 through donations, the promoter kicked in another $500, and the band provided the rest!!! the first night was the hottest night playingwise but the noise on the tapes were cables strung though a door and whenever anyone went in or out the door pounded on the cables causing the noises!!!i had already gotten tix to all 3 nights and didn't hang out making the recordings, but did go to the station right after the shows and made my own copies directly off the fm reels. 1st gen. the reels themselves disappeared within 2 weeks after the shows never to be seen again so it's weird for me to see these shows being sold as they are from stolen reels!!!!!
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Lenovo ThinkPad T430 Review: The Best Just Got Worse
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The ThinkPad T430 is still "the king of 14-inch business notebooks" but the keyboard might not be changing for the better.
The ThinkPad T-series is Lenovo's bread and butter business notebook. This 14-inch T430 is a refreshed version of the popular T420. Read on to find out what we like and dislike about this laptop.
The ThinkPad T430 continues Lenovo's tradition of nondescript all-business designs valuing form over function. The exterior is covered in strong carbon-fiber reinforced plastic which doesn't flex. It has a finely textured surface while the back of the lid is slightly rubberized. There's not a hint of glossy plastic to be found; remember, the T430 doesn't have to look good on a display shelf at Best Buy.
Build quality is superb and amongst the strongest of any notebook we've tested. The chassis is all but impossible to flex thanks to the metal roll cage supporting the inside of the chassis. It's not something you would find on a consumer-class notebook (or most lower-priced business notebooks, for that matter). The display hinges are metal and control the displays' tendency to wobble quickly.
All in all Lenovo maintains the traditional ThinkPad design and we see no reason why they shouldn't keep doing so.
Ports and Features
One way to tell a true business class notebook from an entry level or consumer model is by the variety of ports included. This ThinkPad T430 is a true business class notebook; it includes the expected USB ports but also has DisplayPort (albeit a mini version), a SmartCard reader (a $10 option), an ExpressCard/34 slot (good for adding 3G cards) and a pair of fast USB 3.0 ports. It's not missing much – eSATA, whose purpose has been largely eclipsed by USB 3.0, and HDMI, which isn't usually found in the business world.
Front: No ports; just the display latch
Back: USB 2.0 'Always On', Gigabit Ethernet, battery pack, AC power jack, cooling exhaust vent
Left: Cooling exhaust vent, VGA, headphone/microphone combo jack, mini-DisplayPort with audio, 2x USB 3.0
Right: SmartCard reader (top), DVD burner, ExpressCard/34 slot (top), 4-in-1 media card reader (bottom), wireless on/off switch, USB 2.0, Kensington lock slot
Screen and Speakers
Our review unit unfortunately has the base 720p screen (1366×768 resolution); about the only thing it has going for it is the anti-glare coating. An anti-glare coating is preferred to glossy surfaces because light sources don't create annoying reflections. This screen has poor color reproduction – colors look dull and unimaginative. Black levels aren't deep and appear slightly grayish. But the biggest problem especially for business users is the low resolution; 1366×768 doesn't cut it for multitasking between two windows and too much scrolling is required in web pages, documents – pretty much everywhere. The available 1600×900 display is well worth the money for the increase in resolution alone (it has one-third more space).
The two speakers on either side of the keyboard are typical for a notebook and have little beyond the ability to produce basic sound. There's no noticeable bass and they distort easily at higher volumes. Note that the T430 has a single headphone/microphone combo jack; they're not separate.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The T430's keyboard is a departure for Lenovo; they switched to the increasingly popular Chiclet style with extra spacing between the keys. This has the most encouraging tactile feedback out of all the variants I've tried. It has a slightly more clicky sound than the traditional ThinkPad keyboards and the key travel isn't as long, though the feedback doesn't suffer as a result, dare I say it feels even more solid. Lenovo is offering a backlit keyboard courtesy of this new design, a first on a 'real' ThinkPad. It still has the Think Light for die-hard fans, though.
So what's the matter with it? Simply put, more than a few ThinkPad owners will say Lenovo botched the keyboard layout. The Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, Insert and Delete keys are all over the place instead of being clustered in a nice organized group at the top right. Also missing is the multi-colored keys such as the purple [Enter]. This bothers me in a way; the ThinkPad keyboard formula was exactly what many business users wanted and now they changed it – what was the reasoning? It doesn't make sense to the end user. I'm all for change but this is a step backwards.
The touchpad remains largely unchanged but the dimpled surface is slightly more pronounced. It feels almost too rough at first though I got used to it after a few days. The trackpoint "eraser" head in the center of the keyboard is also unchanged and remains the most intuitive version offered by any brand. The buttons for both the touchpad and the trackpoint are excellent with quiet, supple clicks.
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I've tried to quit but Nollywood won't let me go – Ebube Nwagbo
Ikenna Obioha
Starting out in 2003, Ebube Nwagbo has steadily built a name for herself in the movie industry. With over 150 flicks to her credit, she stands as one of the most successful actors to come out of Nollywood.
However, with success comes a need for expansion, and Nwagbo is taking this cue quite seriously with the launch of her fashion line, PoshedUp by Ebube Nwagbo, a midrange fashion outfit designed to meet the everyday need of fashionable ladies.
In a chat with the screen diva, she takes us through her journey as an actress, talks on family life, spills some relationship values and goes ahead to elaborate the vision behind her newly launched outfit.
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How long have you been active in the industry?
Since 2015, that's 15 years now
What would you attribute to as the factors that kept you going, being relevant?
Many a time, I've tried to quit Nollywood but for some reasons Nollywood won't let me (go).
Somehow, they want me to come back. I would say the fans and the public still want to see me on TV. Many times, I've said that I wasn't going to do this anymore and I'd leave, but there's always a request for me to come back.
What were some of the factors that made you want to quit the film industry?
I grew up in Nollywood basically… The press wasn't really a bright place for me to be at that time. Then, we didn't have Instagram and all that; it was print and other media. I was young, doing my thing; everybody wanted to know what I was up to.
Sometimes, the pressure gets to me, and I'm like, 'no, I can't do this, it's too much; I'm in the news today for the wrong reasons'. I couldn't handle that pressure very well like I can now. It took me a while to realise that this is a place I want to be and it is left for me to manage it.
How do you cope as a public figure and being in a relationship?
It's me! It's me talking to myself, saying 'this is what you have chosen, this is where you want to
be, so deal with it'. Sometimes it's not fun; sometimes we lose it, but when you talk to yourself, trust
me, you are the only person who can talk to yourself.
You chose to be in the industry; nobody brought you in. You chose this path, so deal with it. The moment you realise that… that's the only way you can cope.
Once upon a time, I tried to run away from the drama, the Nollywood industry, the limelight, thinking that was it. I just had to tell myself that this is what I want to do. Choose your hustle and stick to it.
Where does family come in all of these?
My family supports me but I need to be in that position where they can support me, because if I
am not there, they can't do what they have to do.
I started this thing (acting) without telling my family, it was along the line they found out I was doing this. All I needed to do was prove them… not to give me reason for letting me do this. They knew it was what I wanted, so they supported me. I've not given them reasons to allow me do this.
What was their reaction discovering that you had starred in a couple of movies without any foreknowledge?
They were quite shocked. If you knew me before now, you wouldn't even dream of seeing me on TV, you wouldn't think that about me.
My family was shocked; people around me were shocked. I had to explain to them that I was whiling away time, but Nollywood took me seriously, and this is me today.
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A decade and a half later, do you think you are where you should be compared to your colleagues with whom you started out?
I believe that, as long as you are alive, you have to keep moving and pushing. If (Aliko) Dangote
was where he thought he wanted to be, he still won't be doing what he's doing today. So, as long as I am alive, as long as I am breathing, as long as I have good health; I will keep doing what I am doing; keep being me; keep doing what I love to do: acting, producing, touching lives, creating fashion brands, doing everything I love, and being relevant.
Between your early days and now, your fashion sense must have changed. Were you always fashion trendy or was it a band-wagon effect for you?
No. Growing up as a kid, I remember back then, my… I think my dad influenced my fashion
sense. Growing up, as little as I was, when we came to church, people would look out to see what I'm wearing to church. My parents made sure I stood out from the little kids, all the time. People
always knew me as the little girl who always dressed up.
Between your mom and dad, who do you think is more fashionable?
They both are. My mom loves large sunglasses just like me. My dad has got good taste. I took this
from this person, took that from that person; so, they both actually influenced me. I grew up to like good things; it mustn't be expensive though.
Then I met people who loved fashion as well. In fact, I learn from people. There is a fashion sense in everybody. I pick what I can.
Where do you see PoshedUp in two years considering the start-up period the toughest?
In two years, I want it in all leading malls in Nigeria, for a start; and then take it outside the shores because now we are just online. So, in two years, I should have branches in and out of Nigeria.
Understanding that they are ready-to-wear pieces, are there any African-inspired items in your collection?
It depends on what you mean by African outfits, my ready-to-wear… I mean having a dash of African vibe to it. Of course, I am collaborating with Nigerian designers as well and not just my own thing. Nigerian designers I've worked with were creating something but I still have to reflect my personality. Yes, there will be a dash of Africa to it.
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Relationship and business are set on a balance, where does the scale tilt?
It's hard, but you just have to create the balance or else both suffer. Sometimes the business suffers; sometimes the relationship suffers. So, it's left for you to decide which one would suffer.
So, how is your relationship?
Right now, I'm focused on business. So, let's say the relationship is suffering now.
You were quoted in the past as saying you hate people who tell lies in relationships. Has that happened to you in the past?
Yes, of course, not just relationships. When you are dealing with people and they are not being honest; the same thing applies to when you are in a relationship, which is more intimate; and you think it's someone you can share your feelings with, so when the person isn't forthright, it's really hurting. Yeah, it happened to me but I'd rather not delve into it.
What's the worst lie anyone has told you?
Lots. People tell you good morning and they are lying, when there is nothing good about the morning. Come on!
Your past venture on weave on, was it so successful that it prompted the launch of PoshedUp?
At that time, there was a rave and crave for human hair, but it was quite expensive. I was like, what do I do to make people wear this, without breaking the bank? So, that was how I came about my
hairline.
People accepted it; it even went beyond my imagination. But now, everybody is into it, so I'm trying to diversify by doing other things.
The world is going 'black'; everyone is going natural with hairdo. How do you think this will affect your weave on brand?
Even with the natural hair, you can still do what you want to do with the weave, because some people can wear the natural hair but still want to make their hair sometimes twisting up, and making it look like they are wearing something fuller. So, once in a while, you need little pieces from us.
Are you single or seeing someone?
That's very difficult to answer. If I tell you I am not seeing someone, you will be like 'oh that's strange'. I'd rather not say.
Recently, you visited Candlelight Foundation and made a donation to feed 200 less privileged persons. What actually inspired this gesture?
We know, as Nigerians, what the society is all about regarding hunger and poverty. There are lots
of people out there that don't have anything to eat. They can't feed.
They don't have anything to put in their stomach. So, I was happy to be at Candlelight Foundation.
It's a nice place, and obviously, the people there were so happy. It's a lot doing something and putting a smile on someone's face, and I'm glad I was part of it.
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What advice do you have for people who plan on going into Nollywood, having hopes of becoming big stars?
Being a big star or being in Nollywood is not a joke. It's serious business. Before you come in, you
have to take yourself seriously and be sure this is really what you want to do. Don't come because you think it's about the lifestyle, the hype. No, it's bigger than that.
You need to dedicate yourself to this thing, pay your dues, have a flair for acting, be sure you are good at it because a lot of people are doing it, there should be something about it that stands you out from the next person before you come here. It's not a joke; it's a serious business.
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Arto Nummela Resigns as CEO of HMD Global with Immediate Effect
HMD Global has announced that its acting Chief Executive Officer Arto Nummela has resigned from the company. This resignation comes through mutual agreement between Mr. Nummela and the HMD Global Board of Directors and it is made effective immediately.
In their press release, HMD Global did not comment on the cause of resignation. Mr. Sam Chin, Chairman of the Board, only proceeded to recognizing Mr. Nummela's role at HMD and thanking him for his contributions.
"Arto Nummela has played a key role in the creation of the HMD Global operation, building the team and launching our first products. On behalf of the whole Board, I thank Arto for his contribution and wish him well in his future endeavors."
Sam Chin, Chairman of the Board, HMD Global
HMD Global's current President, Mr. Florian Seiche has been appointed to the role of acting CEO, which he will presume immediately and in addition to his role as President. Mr. Seiche had been co-leading HMD Global as President since the start of the company. Prior to his current postings inside HMD, Mr. Seiche has worked with Microsoft, Nokia and HTC among other companies.
Mr. Nummela's resignation from senior management levels comes as a surprise to the tech community as it comes right at the peak of HMD Global's efforts with the Nokia brand. The Nokia 8 is right around the corner, and HMD Global had also been massive marketing efforts for its already-released smartphones. Mr. Nummela served at the forefront of these efforts during the return of the Nokia brand, so the reason for his departure will remain a talking point in the tech circles. Mr. Nummela joined HMD Global last year after spending over a decade at Nokia and Microsoft in leadership roles. His future plans remain unclear.
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Check-In 3, Vienna International Airport's new terminal, went into service on June 5, 2012. Its mission: state-of-the-art processing of millions of air travelers. The Ars Electronica Futurelab designed several installations for it. They take travel, time and air traffic as their subjects, and offer encounters with art to those passing through this hub.
The installations' overarching theme is the space that people share with each other once they enter an airport and become a part of air travel—be it as a passenger, a flight attendant, a member of the ground crew, or as a server in the Senator's Lounge. The domain they all enter lives by its own rules and has hardly anything to do with the outside world. All of a sudden, one is considerably closer to the remotest destinations than to the city that's the physical location of the airport. For the duration of one's sojourn between two terminal gates, the Earth seems much smaller and every spot on it accessible. ZeitRaum (Time Space) is an effort to visualize what's going on here.
Arriving flights are registered and depicted as valleys that get deeper and deeper the closer the plane approaches the airport. Each departing flight, in turn, is visualized as a mountain that grows to the point of take-off and then disappears. These peaks and troughs are outlined by letters of the alphabet, each of which stands for a person currently at the airport. The letters coalesce into texts in many different languages. These disquisitions on space, time, society and movement are by a list of authors including Humberto Maturana, David Sasaki, Michael Dosier and Anton Zeilinger. So anyone whose stint in the waiting area runs a bit longer than expected won't run out of reading material.
The highest profile position is occupied by ZeitRaum. It can be seen at the security checkpoint in the main terminal; compact versions of the flying texts are dispersed throughout the facility. Other artworks are also displayed on these screens. One is "Last Clock" by Jussi Ängeslevä (FI) and Ross Cooper (UK), in which live footage shot on the runways is compressed into a clock display. Another is Yugo Nakamura's (JP) "Industrious Clock" that give the current time in handwritten form. After all, a chronograph plays a not unimportant role at an airport.
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To help travelers relax between flights, several "AIRPORT SOUNDSCAPES #1" installations have been set up. Rupert Huber (AT) has condensed air traffic into sounds and soundscapes, and endowed each event with its own individual voice. These voices are coordinated with what's taking place live at the airport and arranged into an audible environment. Airport users are invited to make themselves comfy on seating specially designed for this installation and to tune out the stress all about them.
For young flyers and the young at heart, there's an interactive installation entitled Catch A Plane. The object is to catch flying objects with your own body movements. Definitely lots of fun for kids and grown-ups too.
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Mark Curp (born January 5, 1959, in Chillicothe, Missouri) held the world record for the half marathon from 1985 until 1990. He continued holding the American record in the half marathon until a new record was set by Ryan Hall in 2007.

Curp attended Central Missouri State University, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1981 and a master's degree in 1982.

Curp broke the men's world record in the half marathon on September 15, 1985, clocking 1:00:55 at the Philadelphia Distance Run in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at an overall pace just under 4:39 per mile for the official 13.1094-mile distance. According to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, "in 1987 and 1988, Runner's World magazine ranked him the number one road racer in the world." (Curp's best time in a marathon came at the 1987 Twin Cities Marathon, when he finished third with a time of 2:11:45.)

Curp's world record in the half marathon stood for five years, until September 16, 1990, when Dionicio Ceron broke Curp's time by nine seconds on the same Philadelphia course.

Curp's time of 1:00:55 stood as the American record until January 14, 2007, when Ryan Hall broke the record at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon in Houston, Texas.

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package org.bremersee.profile.validation;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.bremersee.common.exception.BadPhoneNumberException;
import org.bremersee.utils.PhoneNumberUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * @author Christian Bremer
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@Component("mobileNumberValidator")
@EnableConfigurationProperties(DefaultMobileNumberValidatorConfig.class)
public class DefaultMobileNumberValidator implements MobileNumberValidator {

    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());

    private Pattern mobileNumberRegex = Pattern.compile("^\\d+$");

    @Autowired(required = false)
    public void setConfig(DefaultMobileNumberValidatorConfig config) {
        if (config != null && StringUtils.isNotBlank(config.getMobileNumberRegex())) {
            log.info("{} uses config {}", getClass().getSimpleName(), config);
            if (config.getMobileNumberRegexFlags() == null) {
                mobileNumberRegex = Pattern.compile(config.getMobileNumberRegex());
            } else {
                mobileNumberRegex = Pattern.compile(config.getMobileNumberRegex(), config.getMobileNumberRegexFlags());
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    }

    @Override
    public String validate(final String mobileNumber, boolean valueRequired) {
        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Validating mobile number [{}] ...", mobileNumber);
        }
        final String cleanNumber = doValidate(mobileNumber, valueRequired);
        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Mobile number [{}] successfully validated. Returning validated number [{}].",
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        }
        return cleanNumber;
    }

    private String doValidate(final String mobileNumber, boolean valueRequired) {
        if (valueRequired && StringUtils.isBlank(mobileNumber)) {
            throw new BadPhoneNumberException("Phone number must be present.");
        }
        final String cleanNumber = PhoneNumberUtils.cleanPhoneNumber(mobileNumber, false);
        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(mobileNumber) && !mobileNumberRegex.matcher(cleanNumber).matches()) {
            throw new BadPhoneNumberException("Phone number contains illegal character(s).");
        }
        return PhoneNumberUtils.cleanPhoneNumber(mobileNumber, true);
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Лісна́ ву́лиця — вулиця в Дарницькому районі міста Києва, місцевість Бортничі. Пролягає від вулиць Євгенія Харченка і Світлої до межі міста.

Виникла у середині ХХ століття під такою ж назвою (як така, що проходить попід лісом).

До вулиці Лісної прилучаються вулиці Петра Прокоповича, Леоніли Заглади, Садова, Суворова, Чкалова, Варвари Маслюченко, Борова, Лісовий провулок.

Забудовано лише парний бік. З непарного боку прилягає лісовий масив.

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 Лісна вулиця (Київ, Оболонський район)

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Twiggy's hijacker Long Zhou and China's web 'solution'
1st May 2020 8:49 AM
Before he was Beijing's man in Melbourne, the diplomat who hijacked a federal government press conference this week had advocated for a "China Solution" for controlling the internet internationally.
Long Zhou became China's consul-general to Victoria last year. Prior to that he was "co-ordinator of cyber affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" and in 2017 he launched a document described as the China Solution to web governance.
With the help of Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest, on Wednesday Mr Long made an unscheduled speech at a Melbourne media event but was prevented from taking journalists' questions by Health Minister Greg Hunt.
Long Zhao speaks as Greg Hunts listens at the press conference.
Back in 2017 Mr Long did field reporters' inquiries about the China Solution.
Asked about his country's internet management, he said "there is no absolute freedom in this world."
Questioned about cyber attacks on the United States that allegedly originated from China, Mr Long said China had been a victim of hacking.
"Unlike some other people," he said, "we have not described ourselves as a victim every day and finger-pointed other countries and other people every day."
Mr Long reportedly attempted to persuade the United Nations to adopt a concept known as "cyber sovereignty" that would allow each country to govern the internet as it saw fit without interference from other nations.
The internet was full of subversive thought, religious extremism, pornography, fake news and financial scams, Mr Long reportedly said.
China would work with Russia on the cyber sovereignty concept, he said.
Mr Long was invited to this week's government media conference by Dr Forrest. The event was meant to provide details of Dr Forrest's purchase of 10 million coronavirus tests from countries including China for use by Australian governments.
Mr Hunt did not have advance notice that Mr Long would speak. In his address Mr Long said the Chinese government had released information on COVID-19 in "an open, transparent and responsible manner".
The Morrison government has been calling for an independent international investigation into the origins and spread of coronavirus in China.
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Oberkorn (luks. Uewerkuer) – miasto w południowo-zachodnim Luksemburgu, w gminie Differdange. W 2005 roku miasteczko zamieszkiwały 4 493 osoby. W  1982 zespół Depeche Mode wydał instrumentalny utwór (B-side singla "The Meaning of Love") nazwany "Oberkorn (It's a Small Town)" ("Oberkorn, to jest małe miasteczko"), który bezpośrednio odnosi się do tego miasta, w którym Depeche Mode koncertowało 30 marca 1982 roku.

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Q: Testing the significance of two differences I have a number of data points, which result in the array of box plots similar to the below.

For each diagnosis, I tested two different times, P1/P3, in two different conditions, "all" and "subset". I would like to test whether the difference between the difference between P1 and P3 is significant for each metric, for each diagnosis. Is there a method to test the significance of two differences?

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Back in March, you may recall, the University of North Texas told 38 faculty members at the school's current Dallas campus that, so sorry, but if they want to work at UNT's new standalone Dallas campus -- scheduled to open in 110 days -- they'd have to reapply ... for their current positions ... which many of them had held for the past decade, ever since UNT opened its Dallas branch. To which they all said, "Whosaidwhatnow?" Also displeased: The American Association of University Professors, which protested John Ellis Price's decision.
But the president designate of the University of North Texas System and CEO of UNT's Dallas campus said, in short, Sorry, but those are the lawyers talking.
Seems they've all had a change of heart: The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that yesterday, Price sent a memo "offering terminal, one-year contract extensions to everyone who does not get a job offer" at the new campus. Reports the Chronicle: Price made his announcement at the Denton campus -- right before "faculty members were scheduled to vote on a resolution criticizing the way in which Mr. Price had terminated the entire Dallas faculty."


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AmperCamper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:22 am
Kean_1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:47 pm ....kind of off topic from this thread but still on the subject of audio design, if you folks do include a "ringing ear" effect from flashbangs, explosions, etc., please offer an option to turn it off. Can't tell you how bothersome that is for those of us with tinnitus. For me it can cause flare ups when watching a movie or playing a game that has this if it's prolonged.
I have played games that actually have an option to turn it off and have been really grateful for it.
It's a good question, so thank you for asking.
Yes, we plan to have this effect toggleable.
Will it be possible to adjust the volume of the gun sounds, Amper? Having experienced hearing damage is kinda tiresome, a slider where separate gun sounds to other sfx would be similar to wearing Peltor Comtacs, where you can hear your surroundings but gun shots decibels are barely audible.
BadKarma wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:53 am Will it be possible to adjust the volume of the gun sounds, Amper? Having experienced hearing damage is kinda tiresome, a slider where separate gun sounds to other sfx would be similar to wearing Peltor Comtacs, where you can hear your surroundings but gun shots decibels are barely audible.
I don't believe this is planned over having an overall volume slider, but we'll keep it in mind.
Kean_1
BadKarma wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:53 am
Did the average infantryman have access to electronic earpro 20 years ago?
Ran into an article late last year talking about how the average Marine grunt will be "swapping earplugs for 21st century hearing protection" over the next 2 years.
Kean_1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:25 am
I don't think so, most likely the tier one units would have likely had them, and even then, they themselves don't have access to stuff that hasn't been created yet.
aggimajera
I got out 2 years ago, and we were only just then switching over to the fancier stuff. Till then, it was plastic. And we usually dumped em for the foamies.