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In October, a GP Freedom of Information Act request found that one in four PCTs had closed or reduced dementia services in the past three years, and fewer than half had early-detection services in place (GP, 24 October).
The Daily Mail ran a front-page story on the figures, headlined 'Alzheimer's: The Betrayal' on Tuesday. The story launches a campaign in aid of the Alzheimer's Society to raise funds for those with the disease and other dementia conditions.
GP editor Emma Bower said: 'GPs want to ensure their patients have access to specialist support and advice as their condition progresses. But our figures show that in many areas, this is not possible because the services either aren't there or have been withdrawn.
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An adaptive importance sampling method with a Kriging metamodel to calculate failure probability
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A Markov chain simulation was performed to extract points in a failure region. A Kriging metamodel was constructed to approximate a limit state based on the points extracted by the Markov chain simulation. A kernel sampling density was constructed to approximate the optimal importance sampling density. The points extracted in the failure region by the Markov chain simulation were assumed as a mean of each kernel. An importance sampling method was applied to calculate the failure probability. In the importance sampling method, points are extracted from the kernel in the vicinity of a limit state. Considering the statistical distance as well as the learning function, additional experimental points were selected for the kriging metamodel. A stable numerical calculation method was applied to find the parameters of the kernel sampling density. The completeness of the Kriging metamodel was evaluated on the basis of possible changes in failure probability.


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The Summit Lake Trail heads east from an intersection with the Pacific Crest Trail ( PCT: Highway 80 to Highway 49 (near Sierra City)
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According to a recent report published by Research & Markets, global automotive telematics market is estimated to reach $55.97 billion by 2022 at a CAGR of 21% between 2016 and 2022.
A telematics system consists of both the hardware and the software that incorporates some form of cellular communication which allows the vehicle to communicate with the cars on the road, i.e. vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), roadside infrastructure, i.e. vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and Vehicle-to-device systems (V2X).
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The increased demand for connected cars has led OEM’s and telecom operators to offer a variety of services for the users and therefore the market is categorized by four main services: safety & security, information & navigation, entertainment, and remote diagnostics. Information and navigation services held the highest share in 2015 because of factors like wide application in developed countries such as the US and Japan, speed, reliability, ease, and cost-effectiveness.
Application of telematics in passenger cars accounted for a major share and OEMs were the chief distributors of telematics in 2015. This report provides the revenue of the key regions – North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Rest of the World (ROW). The analysis had identified that North America was the maximum revenue generating segment in 2015. Between 2016 and 2022, the automotive telematics market in APAC is expected to grow at a faster rate of 22.1% in comparison to other regions. Factors such as well-established automotive industry, increasing disposable income, and growing awareness of telematics are some of the factors contributing to the market growth in APAC.
Some of the prominent key players in the industry are Robert Bosch GmbH, Continental AG, AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc, TomTom NV, Mix Telematics Ltd, Octo Telematics SpA, Delphi Automotive PLC, Airbiquity Inc., and Wireless AB. These companies are aiming for business expansion through mergers & acquisitions, partnerships, and product launches to prevent the new entrants from capturing/entering the market.
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President Trump slammed California Gov. Jerry Brown after he pardoned ex-convicts who were facing deportation.
“Is this really what the great people of California want?” Trump tweeted early Saturday morning, referring to the Democrat as “Moonbeam,” a nickname bestowed on the governor during his first term in the late 1970s.
Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown pardoned 5 criminal illegal aliens whose crimes include (1) Kidnapping and Robbery (2) Badly beating wife and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize (3) Dealing drugs. Is this really what the great people of California want? @FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 31, 2018
Trump’s war of words with the California liberal continued as Brown accused the Trump administration earlier this month of “basically going to war” with California over its immigration policy.
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) March 8, 2018
In his third consecutive pardon round, Brown handed down 56 pardons and 14 commutations heading into the Easter weekend, amid a legal battle with the Trump administration over the state’s liberal immigration policies.
Two of the convicted felons who were pardoned, Sokha Chhan and Phann Pheach, were facing deportation to Cambodia, a country and the Khmer Rouge regime they fled four decades ago.
Chhan had served 364 days in jail after being convicted of two counts of misdemeanor domestic violence in 2002. Pheach served six months in jail after he was convicted of possessing drugs and obstructing a police officer in 2005, The Sacramento Bee reported.
Daniel Maher, who was also pardoned, served five years in prison after he was convicted in 1995 of kidnapping, robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Maher faced deportation to China.
Daniel Mena and Francisco Acevedo Alaniz were also pardoned as they faced deportation. In 2003, Mena was convicted of possessing illegal drugs while Alaniz served five months in prison and 13 months probation for a 1997 auto theft conviction.
While the deportation proceedings are not halted due to the pardons, the state convictions which determine federal authorities’ decisions on deportations are eliminated.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions launched a lawsuit against California after Brown signed sanctuary legislation last year seeking to prevent state cooperation with federal enforcement of immigration laws.
The father of a man killed by an illegal immigrant denounced the governor and the state last year for the sanctuary policies.
“I wish he would get on the bullet train, first stop to hell, and he should get off and stay there,” Don Rosenberg said of Brown. “His concern for criminals, be they legal or not, is outrageous and has cost the lives of many Californians.”
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The Koreans and their Enemies
- Korea Old and New: A History by Carter Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson and Edward Wagner
Harvard, 454 pp, £11.95, September 1991, ISBN 0 9627713 0 9
- The Wilder Shores of Marx: Journeys in a Vanishing World by Anthony Daniels
Hutchinson, 202 pp, £16.99, April 1991, ISBN 0 09 174153 X
Over the past year evidence has been emerging that the Japanese kidnapped more than 200,000 young women into sex slavery during their occupation of East Asia. Those so enslaved were termed ‘comfort women’, about 80 per cent of whom were Korean. Some were as young as 12, hauled out of their schools, often under a quota system, and carted off to army barracks and outposts all the way from Manchuria to the South Pacific. All suffered indescribable brutality and hardship, and untold numbers died in frontline trenches. Almost none would ever return to their homes. So far no compensation has been paid for these atrocities, on the grounds that Japanese reparations to Korea for the occupation period (1910-45) were settled once and for all in the 1965 agreement which normalised relations between Tokyo and Seoul. The kidnappings, like many other outrages, are not mentioned in Japan’s official school textbooks.
Japan transformed Korea more profoundly than any European power changed any of its colonies. It tried to crush the Korean language, and put intense pressure on Koreans to abandon their family names – an act of appalling cruelty in a culture centred on family lineage. Intensive industrialisation was introduced, particularly in Northern Korea, which became the most heavily industrialised colonial area in the world. Moreover, close to seven million Koreans were either lured or coerced into working in the worst jobs in Japan and other parts of the Japanese Empire. But the Japanese also acquired a core of collaborators – businessmen, military and, especially, police.
After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Korea was divided and the South was occupied by America. The South Korean armed forces, however, were dominated by former officers of the Japanese Army, some of whom had made their careers hunting down their fellow-Koreans in Manchuria. In this way, and others, South Korea inherited the structures of the pre-1945 Japanese state.
The Japanese period and the post-war development of South Korea take up about half of Korea Old and New. In four hundred clear and well-written pages, five eminent Korean and American historians provide a judicious survey of Korea’s history from palaeolithic times to the present, giving due emphasis to its cultural achievements, including its magnificent pottery, and, not least, the development of metal movable type in the first half of the 15th century. By outlining the extraordinary role of Confucianism in Korea, and engaging (briefly) with the theses of Max Weber on religion and economic development, the book allows a general reader a way into some of the issues relating to South Korea’s spectacular modernisation since the early Sixties. It is extremely fair on the strengths and weaknesses of the various authoritarian regimes which have prevailed in the South since 1945. But it has two weaknesses: no references or bibliography and more seriously, nothing on North Korea since 1950. This omission is not even explained. The only good reason I can think of for this is that North Korea is about to disappear. Even so, because reunification is probably close, it is important to know about the 22 million people who live there in hermetic isolation.
Anthony Daniels’s The Wilder Shores of Marx describes journeys to North Korea, Albania, Romania, Vietnam and Cuba around the time of the collapse of Communism in 1989. Daniels chose his redoubts well: two were the last European dictatorships to fall; the other three are still holding out. Although he was only in Korea for a short time (as a delegate to the World Youth Festival), Daniels saw more than many who have spent much longer in Kim II Sung’s narcissistic ‘paradise’. ‘North Korea,’ he observes, ‘was not so much a factory of flattery as a forced labour camp for it.’ It is a society dominated by fear.
Daniels encountered one of the many surrealist mini-dramas which Kim and his army of stage managers lay on for visiting foreigners: ‘Potemkin shoppers’ – locals dragooned to trudge purchase-less through one of the capital’s leading department stores. Kim’s dictatorial power, Daniels notes, is inextricably linked to the humiliation of his subjects. ‘The most sombre reflection occasioned by the Potemkin shoppers is that concerning the nature of the power that can command thousands of citizens to take part in a huge and deceitful performance not once but day after day, without any of the performers ever indicating by even the faintest sign that he is aware of its deceitfulness ... The humiliation it visits upon the people who take part in it ... is an essential benefit to the power, for slaves who must participate in their own enslavement by signalling to others the happiness of their condition are so humiliated that they are unlikely to rebel.’
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It took the court one year and a half to declare the marriage of Kris Aquino and James Yap null and void.
The decision, according to some kibitzers, came fast and was released right away because of her famous last name.
Kris’s legal counsel, Atty. Sharlyne Goboy-Lapuz, dismissed these speculations, citing "legal grounds" for the court’s decision granting her client’s petition after one year and a half.
Atty. Lapuz explained, "Our contention, at least for the lawyers, ha, and you can quote us on this, we’re very confident that the marriage is null and void, totally null and void, just because of the lack of authority of the solemnizing officer.
"Based on the records, you can already see both Roman Catholics being married by a minister of a religious sect, Holy Sacrament International Church."
SIMILAR CASES. A number of showbiz ex-couples have gone through the process of getting a marriage annulment.
On June 21, 2005, Kristine Hermosa filed her petition on the grounds of "technical irregularities," as her former spouse Diether Ocampo put it.
She argued that a marriage certificate was not given during the ceremony solemnized by Mayor Antonio Esquivel on September 21, 2004 in Jaen, Nueva Ecija.
In 2007, the Lower Court issued a resolution in favor of the actress, but a solicitor general made an appeal.
The final decision was released by the Court of Appeals in 2009.
A speedy annulment was granted to Lotlot de Leon. Her marriage to Ramon Christopher was nullified in May 2008—a year after the former filed her petition.
The reason: She got married when she was only 17 years old.
Under Philippine law, the legal age to get married is 18 and requires parental consent.
KRIS’S PETITION. The speed of the annulment process, Atty. Lapuz said, has a lot to do with the "nature of the case."
She continued, "The grounds we [presented] are so simple to prove. Look at the records, and [everything’s] there.
"The only reason why it became contentious was because we had Article 36 [Psychological Incapacity].
"But if we were to prove only Article 35, we would only need three witnesses, and that would [require] more or less three hearings.
"So, if we filed it in August, there would be an exchange of pleadings, which would run for about one or two months, that’s August, September, October.
"And then a hearing on November, three witnesses, siguro, safest na po siguro yung six hearings...it should have been shorter.
"’Tapos magpi-present lang ng witness yung kabila."
Did the President put pressure on the case?
Atty. Lapuz shook her head and explained, "Like I said in my previous statement to the media who asked, ’Ba’t ambilis, ganun...’
"Each case depends on which court it lands and the court’s case docket."
Aside from strong grounds, the court and cooperation between the couple were key because the process could be delayed should one party resort to delaying tactics.
She elaborated, "Why would you blame the parties for cooperating?
"The other people involved also worked promptly so we got the decision on time.
"It’s not fast na rin po considering that the grounds to declare the marriage null and void were too obvious.
"Siguro mas maganda po tanungin natin sa court kung ga’no kadami ang cases na hini-hear nila. At saka po yung disposal ng case nila, ga’no mabilis?
"It’s a family court. It’s a special court. More or less, they’re really an expert in deciding the cases, mabilis silang mag-dispose.
"While on our part, we had several witnesses, so it took some time for the petitioner, Ms. Kris, to present her case, pagdating sa kabilang party, almost no participation."
Why did James’s camp not participate?
The lawyer’s reply: "Only they can answer that..."
BIMBY. The resolution, as Boy Abunda mentioned in Bandila last February 3, awarded the custody of Bimby, the only son of Kris and James, to the mother.
Atty. Lapuz added, "The visitation was agreed upon by the parties.
"Custody was awarded to Kris because the child is below seven years old, and there’s no disqualification on the part of Ms. Kris."
The cager will be entitled to visitation rights, but the lawyer said, "Kris is very liberal with the arrangements."
There is a trust fund for the four-year-old [Bimby], but "the prayer of Kris is that the trust fund be left untouched," said Atty. Lapuz.
The court, however, did not touch on child support.
JOSH. How does Josh, Kris’s son with Phillip Salvador, figure in all this?
His name was mentioned during the hearings on psychological incapacity.
Atty. Lapuz explained, "Unfortunately, Josh was mentioned in relation to James’s obligations as a father not only to Bimby but also to Josh.
"But since this ground was not relied upon by the court to declare the marriage of the parties as null and void, I refuse to discuss this in detail."
FREE AT LAST? And yes, there is a gag order, which explains Kris’s silence on the topic.
"It hasn’t ended. She can be interviewed [and she can only say] the fact that there’s been a decision," said the young associate of MOST (Marcos Ochoa Serapio Tan) Law firm.
The decision, declaring the marriage of Kris Aquino and James Yap null and void, by Judge Cristina Javalera-Sulit of RTC Branch 140 of Makati City, was issued on January 9, 2011.
So, are Kris and James now legally free and single?
Atty. Lapuz answered, "At this point, to be technical about it, not yet.
"Because there’s still the process of getting a decree of finality.
"There’s registration, we expect a certificate of finality in a few months.
"Because if you get married without that...without that decree, puwedeng magkaroon ng defect ulit yung susunod na marriage."

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project #11: totally recycled photo album
kids books so I could reassemble parts of them in other books? Well that's what I did for this one! I used the cover of a Sesame Street book for the cover of this book. I liked the great old-school pictures so I centered the cover around the images, and cut off all the title words as well as the bottom, since it had a missing corner.
Here you can see the inside front cover. Don't you LOVE those graphics? (Sorry about your head, Big Bird.) The stickers in the facing page are MIA because...
phone wire I mentioned before. Granted, I didn't use any of the fun colors, just the dark gray one, but the cover on this one was just so bright that I needed something darker to ground it all. I think the curlie-cue ends make up in whimsy for what the wire lacks in color. Yes, that's right. I said whimsy.
Here you can see one of the pages with the stickers still in there. I thought about taking them all out, but what would I do with them all? I figured it would be more fun to leave them in their sleeves as a little extra gift for whoever buys the book. And, once the stickers are all gone, you can treat the empty pages as photo sleeves!
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Deepwater aftermath - exploring the parallels with Piper Alpha
On the evening of 20th April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig was near to completing work on the MC252 deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico when control of the well was lost. The oil and gas from the well ignited causing 11 deaths and the rig to sink. The oil continued to leak at the seabed for over 3 months and led to the largest offshore oil spill in US history. In July, the well operator, BP, took a charge in its financial results of $32 billion for the oil spill.
The US offshore safety regulatory regime is in the process of being overhauled, with the new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement taking over from its predecessor, the Minerals Management Service (MMS). The MMS had been accused by President Obama of having a "cozy relationship" with the companies it regulated. Time will tell what the new regime will demand, but a more comprehensive, systems-based approach to safety and environmental management, together with stronger regulatory enforcement, are inevitable. One option would be to adopt something similar to the UK's safety case regime, which also sprung from disaster, and requires proving safety ahead of time rather than afterwards through audit.
UK's Deepwater Horizon
The seminal event in safety regulation of the UK North Sea was the Piper Alpha disaster over 20 years ago on the 6th July 1988. It remains the worst accident ever in the offshore industry, with the death of 167 workers. The report of the two-year public inquiry into the disaster, chaired by Lord Cullen, included 106 recommendations which were all accepted by the industry. Furthermore, regulation of the offshore industry was transferred to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
As a result of the Cullen report, the Offshore Installations Safety Case Regulations (OSCR) came into force in 1993 and, by November 1995, every installation possessed a safety case that had been accepted by the HSE. In principle, each safety case demonstrated that the company had a safety management system in place and had identified risks and reduced them to acceptably low levels.
Early lessons learned
A number of initial difficulties were experienced in applying safety cases, including excessive complexity, too much Reliance on quantitative risk assessment (QRA) and lack of workforce involvement [see Box 1].
An independent evaluation of the offshore regime, published in 1999 by Aberdeen University, found that most stakeholders felt that the new legal framework aided effective management of risks, but there remained doubts about excessive regulatory complexity [Ref. 1].
As a result, the OSCR were revised in 2005, with the intention of relieving unnecessary burdens on operators and the HSE, and to enhance the safety case's value to the operator. The HSE was then able to redeploy a significant proportion of staff to undertake inspection and verification activities, which is expected to have greater safety benefits on balance.
The near universal opinion of the UK regulator and operators today is that safety cases have been very successful. There are of course difficulties, but they are not ones which demonstrate any fundamental flaws in the concept, rather they are issues of applying the concept in practice.
Improving asset integrity
Between 2000 and 2004 the HSE ran a specific programme aimed at reducing hydrocarbon releases - a key indicator of how well the offshore industry is managing its major accident potential. A further programme directed more widely at asset integrity management was carried out between 2004 and 2007. In 2009, the HSE reported that the industry had undertaken significant work to improve asset integrity.
The number of hydrocarbon releases in recent years has generally been falling [see Figure 1]. The number of major and significant hydrocarbon releases fell in 2008/09 to the lowest figure on record, but 2009/10 saw a jump back to the levels of 5 years ago [Ref. 2]. The UK offshore industry recognises it can never be complacent, especially for ageing installations.
Safety cases have been tried and tested in the UK offshore industry now for over 15 years as a technique to help manage major accident risks. While they are not a panacea and will not prevent all major accidents, all the evidence points to their success.
In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon accident, the US is currently evaluating the requirement for offshore safety cases, as well as other approaches. The "show and tell" basis of making a case for safety would appear well suited to the US.
1. Revision of The Offshore Installations (Safety Case)
Regulations 1992 (OSCR),
Regulatory impact Assessment (Final), UK HSE, June 2005.
2. Offshore Injury, Ill Health and Incident Statistics, UK HSE.
This article first appeared in RISKworld Issue 18


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Day 8, Elk Prairie Campground to Arcata KOA, 46 miles
Packed up, we bid farewell to Viktor, who is as enthusiastic and effusive in the early morning as the night before. I tell him I will blog about him, and he says he’ll read it to see what BS I’ve written about him. I tell him I think he’ll like it, and that I’ll see him in Denmark. Next tour?
Leaving camp, we cycle down and return to 101. It’s not too busy, an early Thursday morning. Just a few miles later we ride into Orick and stop at the Palm Cafe for breakfast. Great omelet and hotcakes, and a friendly server who tells us he’s a Native American, but also home to Tennessee. Lingering too long for Roberta, she heads off to enjoy the sun and explore Patrick’s Point and Humboldt Bay. Before we go, the host beckons Alice to see his collection of Queen Elizabeth memorabilia. Flags hanging from the ceiling include the State of Alaska, Georgia Stars & Bars, Sweden, and the British Union Jack. An international spot, many visitors, countless cyclists, here in a forgotten Northern California town.
It’s noon by the time we leave the Palm. We head down 101, divided freeway drops back to a narrow two lane highway with no shoulder at places. We pass Humboldt Lagoon, around to Big Lagoon, then climb up to Patrick’s Point. We exit and take the scenic drive, cooler and mercilessly empty of traffic. The road climbs a bit, but I think less than the 101, which is the only route I’ve taken on past tours. What I missed is the beautiful town of Trinidad. The sun is shining as Alice and I decide for a coffee break at the Beachcomber Cafe. Delicious Sumatra and a good gluten free marionberry brownie.
The poster at the door reveals the coming green storm: Humboldt Harvest Glass Gathering. It’s high times for the growers in the Emerald Triangle – Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino Counties. Notably, Oregon began selling recreational marijuana today, through over 250 existing medical dispensaries. Whatever one feels about the herb, it can be argued that prohibition has failed, and decriminalization/legalization will save millions of dollars (and ruined lives) in needless prosecution and incarceration. Perhaps it would help end the drug wars at the Mexico border.
We ride to the edge of Trinidad for a stunning view of Humboldt Bay and a lighthouse memorial to people lost at sea. Skies are clear and blue, ocean reflecting the shimmering brilliance of the sun. I’m overjoyed as we ride on, skirting the bay, past sand dunes, marshes, fields with cattle. Suddenly we are confronted with freeway ramps, and weaving around busy traffic entrances. We exit and follow the bike route into Arcata, straight to the North Country Food Coop. A plethora of provisions. I wander about, buying a much as as little as I can figure out that I need. The brain becomes fuzzy after a rigorous, ecstatic ride.
I text Roberta and we meet up at the KOA, just a few miles down the 101. Laundry day! And charging all the electronics. Dinner is delayed until it’s well past dark. But I’ve decided to follow my original schedule, rather than push on tomorrow. Instead, a day’s rest and a soak at the Finnish Tubs!
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It’s been fun reading about your bike trip Ocean! One of these days…


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Give us this day our daily bread.
I. THE GIVER, God is the only giver. He gives constantly and quietly. He gives simply. He delights in giving.
II. The GIFT. All bread comes from God. Bread has an eternal meaning.
III. The EXPANSION of the gift.
1. This little word "our" excludes every calling which is injurious to the interests of our fellow men.
2. We are to think of the poor and needy.
IV. The LIMITATION of the gift — "To-day."
1. Christ would have us free from anxious care.
2. It teaches moderation and contentment.
3. Sometimes God tries the faith of His people, and they are in difficulties about their daily bread.
Parallel VersesKJV: Give us this day our daily bread.

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Galaxy Beam In Spotlight at Mobile World Congress
It’s well known that the progression of cell phones is quickly easy. There is simply no projecting what mobile phone handset big boys have the capability of accomplishing and so supplying us. Simply when we assume that they are in no way preparing to have more converged (than what we have today) we then suddenly notice a handset with incorporated projector. Indeed, I’m chatting regarding the projector mobile, the Samsung Galaxy Beam. Yet let me state the actual fact, this is not the very first mobile handset with in-built projector. This is certainly Samsung’s second attempt in presenting all of us a projector mobile phone. The first one is also dubbed as Samsung Galaxy Beam. In the following paragraphs, we are going to talk about both the old plus all new Samsung Galaxy Beam.
Let’s discuss their display screens. The old one is sold with a 3.7” Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display with 16 Million colors. On the other hand, the newest one comes in with a bigger 4.0” TFT Capacitive touch screen display with 16 Million colors at the same time. It’s challenging to assert that the modern one is a downgrade with regards using a bigger screen display screen. Then again, the smaller sized screened Galaxy Beam offers the honored Super AMOLED screen display. On a lighter note, these two mobile phones are full of 480 x 800 pixels with their resolutions. The previous one features a 252 ppi for its pixel density, as the latest one comes into with 233 ppi pixel density only.
Let us now proceed to the Galaxy Beam features such as the processors and even OS. The old Galaxy Beam delivers with Android Éclair even though the brand new one comes with Android Gingerbread. And so involving the 2 devices, the revolutionary one offers a bit more contemporary Android Operating-system. This may not be an Ice Cream Sandwich mobile however its Gingerbread OS works absolutely. The older mobile boats with 720 MHz processor while the newer one comes into play with a dynamic 1GHz dual-core processor. Nowadays, you will observe that this newer edition is packed with a impressive and also speedier processor. This is all-around the dual-core processor of Samsung’s ongoing flagship the Galaxy S2 that clocks at 1.2GHz.
On the subject of size, you will observe that the modern Galaxy beam is larger yet thinner than the old edition. Its genuine dimensions are 124 x 64.2 x 12.5mm also it weighs at 145.3 grams only. The older one’s dimensions are 123 x 59.8 x 14.9mm and weighs in at 156 grams. Additionally, you will notice that it is lighter compared to older versions. In spite of their sizes and also variations, all of these mobile phones continue to be special for showing an incorporated projector.
These are specifics as well as main features of the old and also new-found Samsung Galaxy Beam. The wait is well over! Reaching the phone market is the, I8520 Galaxy Beam.


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Depiction of Polygamous Character Traits in Che Husna Azhari’s Mariah
Keywords:character traits, Mariah, love, marriage, polygamy
In Malaysia, literary texts produced in English remain a challenging terrain, especially among Malay writers who must cautiously negotiate between their Malay identity, religion, and cultural globalization. For instance, Che Husna Azhari’s literary works, especially her notable short story Mariah, have received tremendous scholarly attention recently. Mariah has been criticized from several viewpoints, such as the playwright’s conscious self that forms identity and gender. Thus, using a context-oriented approach, this analysis aims to explore how the Malaysian author, Che Husna Azhari, depicts polygamous character traits in Mariah from a feminist perspective. The feminist rendering employed in this analysis could interestingly reveal how a female writer portrays the issue of polygamy. The analysis revealed that through major characters, Azhari boldly depicts Muslim masculinity, polygamous tendencies, and lust toward women, particularly in the Imam’s character. Yet, the narrative tends to mirror patriarchy in Malay society for crediting the use of religion to suppress women. This analysis could advance our understanding of how female characters are represented by a female writer within the socio-cultural and religious contexts of typical Malay society. There is a need, therefore, for modern writers to reassess the narratives of women and polygamy in literary works. This step can guide the reader’s understanding of polygamy as a hotly-debated topic as well as enlighten the public about the widespread misconceptions about women's issues in society.
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800G Ethernet Transceivers will Eclipse Sales of Lower Speed Modules by 2025
This report analyzes the impact of Mega Datacenters on the market for Ethernet optical transceivers, DWDM optics, Active Optical Cables (AOCs), Embedded Optical Modules (EOMs), and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO). It leverages extensive historical data on shipments of these products, combined with market analyst research, to make projections for the market in 2021-2026. The report offers a comprehensive forecast for more than 50 product categories, including 10GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, 200GbE, 2x200GbE, 400GbE, and 2x400GbE transceivers, sorted by reach, form factors, and segmented into three main applications: telecom, enterprise, and cloud. It provides historical shipments data and projections for 2.5G, 10G, 100G, 200G, 400G, and 600/800G DWDM ports, several types of AOCs/EOMs, and CPO.
Vladimir Kozlov is the founder and CEO of LIGHTCOUNTING, an optical communications market research company.
LightCounting was established in 2004 with an objective of providing in-depth coverage of market and technologies for high speed optoelectronic interfaces employed in communications. By now, the company employs a team of industry experts and offers comprehensive coverage of optical communications supply chain.
Dr. Kozlov has more than 20 years of experience in optoelectronics, optical communications and market research. Dr. Kozlov held market analyst, product development and research staff positions at RHK Inc., Lucent Technologies and Princeton University.
Dr. Kozlov holds several US patents and has numerous publications in the area of optoelectronics. He received M. Sc. at Moscow State University in Russia and Ph. D in Physics at Brown University in the United States.


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Powerplants For US Marine Corps And US Air Force V-22 Aircraft
Rolls-Royce has won a $52.2 million contract to support AE 1107C engines for V-22 aircraft operated by the US Marine Corps and Air Force. The contract, announced Thursday, is a modification of a prior agreement. It includes repair and support services, with work carried out at Rolls-Royce facilities in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Oakland, California, as well as fleet support at customer bases. The contract for work in 2012-13 was awarded through the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD.
“This contract represents another vote of confidence in the support and services offered by Rolls-Royce to our US military customers," said Paul Craig, Rolls-Royce, President – Defence Services. "We are focused on enabling our customers to keep their aircraft flying and supporting them every day to allow their missions to go forward.”
The Rolls-Royce AE 1107C turboshaft is part of the AE product family, which has over 5,000 engines in service and more than 53 million flight hours, and exclusively powers the growing V-22 fleet for the US Marine Corps and Air Force. In addition to a dedicated team of Field Service Representatives, Rolls-Royce also supports the AE 1107C engine fleet through the new Defense Operations Center in Indianapolis, providing 24/7 real-time engineering support for V-22 operators.
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- may be diluted with water.
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|In 2003, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Ottawa created a partnership with the Centre de recherches mathématiques. In partnership with this department, CRM supports postdoctoral fellows, a series of "prestigious conferences CRM-Ottawa University" and scientific activities. Furthermore, the CRM finances visiting researchers from the University of Ottawa, thus allowing them to work at CRM in collaboration with its laboratories and to participe in its scientific activities.
The following conferences and workshops were made possible thanks to CRM support.
Prestigious CRM-University of Ottawa series of conferences
These conferences, supported by the CRM, give the opportunity to get to know the most active areas in mathematics. Speakers are well-known mathematicians whose research is at the state-of-the-art of mathematical research.
Algebraic relativism: encoding the higher structure of morphisms
Kathryn Hess (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
February 23, 2007
Coupled Systems: Theory and Examples
Marty Golubitsky (University of Houston)
April 28, 2006
Putting a Match to Square Ice
Georgia Benkart (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
March 24, 2006
Algebraic Topology as a Tool for the Analysis of High-Dimensional Data
Gunnar Carlsson (Stanford University)
February 10, 2006
Cocycles and cocycle categories
Rick Jardine (University of Western Ontario)
October 21, 2005
Why Are Multidimensional Conservation Laws So Difficult?
Barbara Lee Keyfitz (University of Houston)
September 10, 2004
Splitting of Abelian varieties -- a new local/global problem
Kumar Murty (University of Toronto)
February 13, 2004
La percolation, le modèle d'Ising et le groupe symétrique
Robert P. Langlands (Institude for Advanced Study, Princeton)
January 16, 2004
CRM conferences at the University of Ottawa
Lie Theory Workshop
March 5 - 6, 2005
54th Day in Algebra
May 1 - 2, 2004

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Comparison of modulation features for phoneme recognition
- Ganapathy S, Thomas S, Hermansky H
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2010
- Cited Count
- General Works
- Frequency modulation, Automatic speech recognition, Speech recognition, Amplitude modulation, Feature extraction, Predictive models, Frequency domain analysis, Frequency conversion, Spatial databases, Performance analysis
In this paper, we compare several approaches for the extraction of modulation frequency features from speech signal using a phoneme recognition system. The general framework in these approaches is to decompose the speech signal into a set of sub-bands. Amplitude modulations (AM) in the sub-band signal are used to derive features for automatic speech recognition (ASR). Then, we propose a feature extraction technique which uses autoregressive models (AR) of sub-band Hilbert envelopes in relatively long segments of speech signal. AR models of Hilbert envelopes are derived using frequency domain linear prediction (FDLP). Features are formed by converting the FDLP envelopes into static and dynamic modulation frequency components. In the phoneme recognition experiments using the TIMIT database, the FDLP based modulation frequency features provide significant improvements compared to other techniques (average relative improvement of 7.5 % over the base-line features). Furthermore, a detailed analysis is performed to determine the relative contribution of various processing stages in the proposed technique.
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Hambantota in Sri Lanka attracts visitors mainly because of the golden beaches and blue seas. There are also some great archaeological sites which you can visit while being in Hambantota. You can say this place is the secret hot destination in Sri Lanka. Check out Hambantota City Guide below.
This place is the home of brass workers. Brass here is transformed into several brass items like bells, lamps etc. Gone are the days when this place was known as the Ruhuna and the land here was blessed with the fertile fields. Such feature of the place, made it a great irrigation spot. In Hambantota, kingdom of Ruhana was established due to the dispute occurred between King Mahanaga and his brother of Anuradhapura. This place also played a major role in nurturing the Buddhist culture of Sri Lanka.
Hambantota is 240km away from Colombo and you can move to this place via train or bus or any private vehicle. There is no direct train to Hambantota. You can take train for Matara and then travel to Hambantota via car or bus. National parks and beautiful beaches are the highlights of this place.
Here are few places that you can visit in Hambantota city:
Yala National wild life park
This is the second largest park in Sri Lanka. It is 300km away from Colombo and the area of the park is indulged across the 979 kilometres of the land.
Popularly known as the second large national park in Sri Lanka, the Yala National Park is one of the most visited tourism spots beside Wilpattu National Park in the island. Fondly known as ‘Yala’ the park consists of 5 blocks one of which is called Ruhunu National Park and Kumana National Park.
The cultural story of this Yala national park is very interesting. Going by the history, this place was the centre of 2 ancient civilizations like Magul Vihara and Sithulpahuwa. The story of Ramayana, had character of Ravana and it is said that his kingdom was built in the Yala. Now it is said that the Ravana is buried beneath the sea. The existence of agricultural and hydraulic civilization back in 5th century can be proved because of the symbols related of destroyed tanks available at this place.
Planning your safe safari at this national park can allow you to view different spices of birds and animals. If you like to adore nature and wildlife, then it is advisable to visit this place in Hambantota.

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A chain with a choker can be worn in several ways.
1) As shown in the photo;
2) The chain under the arms can be worn on the shoulders;
3) The chain from the choker can be moved to the back and the rest of the chain can be attached to its ring.
Material - leather.
Chain - metal.

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- Popular crypto analyst Lark Davis has covered whether it is worth buying into Solana in 2022.
- Events include institutional interest, blockchain statistics, and network developments.
Would a Solana investment pay off this year? According to crypto analyst Lark Davis, the network’s transaction speed (over 50,000 TPS) makes it a “top tier” blockchain. Rivals Ethereum and Bitcoin only have speeds of 15TPS and 7TPS, respectively. SOL also boasts of “dirt cheap” network fees, an attractive feature for any blockchain user.
Importantly, Davis points out the growing relationship between the smart contract platform and big money funds. In May 2021, five new funds injected $100M to boost the network’s growth in China. In December of the same year, Sol announced a $150M blockchain gaming fund for platforms that utilize its technology. More recently, lending firm Maple Finance channeled $45M to Sol, also for expanding ecosystem growth.
Developments in Solana
SOL has also attracted the support of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of FTX crypto exchange. The young billionaire has called the blockchain a favorite of his, saying that despite multiple downtimes, the network still has great potential.
Aside from that, Solana currently has a staggering $6.5 billion in total value locked (TVL), according to DeFi Llama. Even though this amount has massively dropped from the high days when it was $15 billion, Davis says whatever has remained is still quite considerable. Moreover, the blockchain stands as the fifth largest in terms of TVL, ranking just after Avalanche, BSC, Terra, and Ethereum. SOL itself has been among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, a slight drop from the top 5 groups.
Even more, Sol had 3.72 million 7-day active addresses in the past week, according to blockchain analytics platform Nansen. At this figure, the network was above the likes of BSC, Ethereum, and Polygon.
Is SOL investment worth it?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Solana have attracted over $23 million in the past 24h, Davis notes. At this point, the network is only surpassed by Ethereum. Moreover, Solana’s NFTs are now available on OpenSea, a move likely to draw more users to Solana.
Even more, Solana is seeing an ever-increasing number of applications building atop it. One of the latest is Step’n, a web3 lifestyle app that has seen gains of about 35,000X since its token sale.
Other notable developments include the Solana ETP jointly launched by CoinShares and FTX, Grayscale’s Solana Trust fund, and CME Group’s consideration of Solana futures.
On the grim side, the network suffered a whopping $320M hack, in addition to six outages in the past year.
But even then, Solana still thrives. Coinbase recently confirmed the listing of the Solana-based project tokens ORCA and FIDA. Solana is also working on a native payments tool dubbed Solana Pay. Bank of America has itself noted that Solana could become the “visa of the digital-asset world.”
Davis concludes that the network, despite its challenges, has great potential and would be a worthwhile investment.

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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on February 28, a contract miner died when he was crushed between the rib and a single boom face drill. The victim was alongside the drill using the onboard tram lever controls when the accident occurred because the remote control was inoperable.
This is the eighth fatality reported in 2022, and the third classified as Machinery.
MSHA recommends the following best practices to avoid this type of accident:
- Mobile equipment shall be maintained in safe operating condition. Immediately remove mobile equipment in unsafe condition from service.
- Always operate mobile equipment from a safe location. Use the remote control or operate from within the operator’s compartment if available.
- Determine the proper working position to avoid pinch points and Red Zone areas.
- Train miners on the safety aspects and safe operating procedures of mobile equipment before use. Review and discuss pinch points and Red Zone locations.
Also, the agency has released its reports for the March 2 death of a miner after an overhang along the mine rib fell, striking the miner and pushing him against the canopy of a twin boom roof bolting machine. The miner freed himself from the fall, but later died.
In its best practices, MSHA stressed:
- Remove overhangs with the continuous mining machine.
- Install support of proper length with surface area coverage, on cycle, and in a consistent pattern for the best protection against falls.
- Examine the roof, face, and ribs immediately before starting work in an area where people work and travel, including sound and vibration testing where applicable.
- Scale loose roof and ribs from a safe location. Prevent access to hazardous areas until you take corrective measures.
- Take additional safety precautions when encountering new and changing roof and rib conditions.
- Train miners on how to identify hazardous roof and rib conditions.
This is the ninth fatality reported in 2022, and the first classified as Fall of Face, Rib, Side or Highwall.


When using the STMISOC, STMISOD or STMISOE stimulus isolation adapter, it is possible to generate high peak-peak voltages. These voltages are potentially damaging, especially if the high voltage outputs are connected from the stimulator across the heart of the subject–meaning that the heart is potentially in the electrical path from lead to lead. This occurs when stimulation electrodes are placed on opposite sides of the body.
When using the STM200 or STMISOL/LA stimulation units it is similarly possible to generate high voltages. With these latter two units, however, extra precautions are required when using on subjects.
NEVER PLACE STIMULATION ELECTRODES ON OPPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY
NEVER PLACE STIMULATION ELECTRODES SO STIMULATION CURRENTS ARE PERMITTED TO FLOW THROUGH THE HEART
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Latest Video: FilmCrunch 067: Hairspray, Chuck & Larry, Premonition reviewed
Benedict Cumberbatch wants to play a dumb character.
The Sherlock actor, who has just completed The Imitation Game, a biopic of British cryptographer, Alan Turing, insists he's ready for a less intellectual role. "I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers... I am so ready to play a really dumb character," the 37-year-old star told T magazine.
Benedict, who has also won awards for his role as Victor Frankenstein and his monster in the West End production, became a huge star after taking on the part of the titular detective in BBC1's Sherlock but admits he's not the nicest character to play: "I always make it clear that people who become obsessed with him or the idea of him - he'd destroy you... He is an absolute b*****d."
Conan O'Brien will host the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
The presenter announced on his TBS talk show Conan last night that he will be hosting the high-profile awards ceremony on April 13 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. "After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV's second most prestigious awards show," he joked.
The star has plenty of experience hosting televised ceremonies, having previously fronted the Primetime Emmy Awards in both 2002 and 2006.
Jimmy Fallon, Aziz Ansari, Russell Brand and Sarah Silverman have all hosted the MTV Movie Awards in the past, with Rebel Wilson taking charge of last year's ceremony. Conan, who is known for his self-deprecating humor, will be at hand to deliver the coveted golden popcorn statuettes to this year's winners.
The MTV Movie Awards will also feature sneak previews of the summer's most anticipated films with never-before seen footage. Nominations go live tomorrow on MovieAwards.MTV.com.
Jamie Dornan changed the way he walks while filming Fifty Shades of Grey.
The Northern Irish actor decided to improve his strut after a dancing instructor on the set informed he looked awkward and was "quite bouncy," and applies his new heel-to-toe technique every day.
"So basically, I've always had a complex with the way I walk. I've not always been told I've got a bad walk, but someone's always commented on my walk. It's always been a bit like, 'alright. That's how you walk?'" the 31-year-old former model said.
The actor, who welcomed his first child, a baby girl, with wife Amelia Warner in December, made the discovering while taking dancing classes before shooting a scene for the film, during which his character Christian Grey twirls Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson, around the dance floor:
Charlotte Gainsbourg is considering quitting acting because she is finding it difficult ageing on screen.
The 42-year-old singer-and-actress - who has three children with partner Yvan Attal - finds it "distressing" to see how her looks have changed and knows she needs to "make peace" with the changes if she doesn't want to give up her career.
"I don't like aging and I can see it happening. I find it very distressing. Movies are getting hard for me. I don't want to be embarrassed by my appearance when I see myself on film. So I don't have a choice really, either I make peace with the fact that I'm aging and that my face is getting harsher, or I don't and I quit acting."
The Nymphomaniac star always thought the anxiety she experienced turning 40 would have abated by now: "I find it truly horrible, this between two ages thing - neither too old but no longer young either. I thought turning 40 was the peak, the epitome of horror, but it doesn't get better. The decline doesn't stop. I used to think only attractive people suffered from this, but I can assure you plain women like me - although I don't think I'm ugly - suffer quite hard."
"I think it probably made a really interesting aspect of the film, to have that connection and to have Rayon have one of his heroes be Marc Bolan. That’s great. Marc Bolan was an awesome person. But, for me, I made it very clear early on that I saw Rayon as a man who wanted to live his life as a woman, not someone who enjoyed putting on women’s clothing. If they wanted that kind of performance - or anything glam, or anything drag queen-y - I wasn’t the person for the part."
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Tara Reid accepted the leading role in Sharknado as a joke.
The 38-year-old actress stars alongside former Beverly Hills 90210 actor Ian Ziering in the film, which sees a freak hurricane swamp Los Angeles with hundreds of deadly sharks terrorizing its residents, and admits she never expected the made-for-TV movie to be so successful.
"I'm just as stunned as everyone else. Come on, I did it as a joke! I didn't even think anyone was going to see it. And then what happened has never happened before on any movie. Even now, you thought the buzz was going to stop about 'Sharknado', but it just keeps going."
Following on from its success, Asylum Films - who also made Snakes on a Plane - are now working on a sequel which will also star Tara Reid and she says it will be even more "ridiculous" than the first installment.
Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis has died at the age of 69.
The actor and director - best known for his role as Egon Spengler in the 1984 comedy, which he also wrote, with Dan Aykroyd - passed away in the early hours of yesterday morning after suffering autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis for a number of years.
Although he is best remembered on-screen for his roles in Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel, Harold had been a leading figure in comedy since the 70s, directing Caddyshack, Groundhog Day and National Lampoon's Vacation. He also co-wrote the iconic 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House, and later 1999s Analyze This and 2002s Analyze That, starring Robert De Niro, which he also directed.
Harold continued to act in recent years, with parts in Knocked Up, Airheads and Oscar-winner As Good As it Gets and he had also directed episodes of the US version of The Office for network NBC.
Jennifer Lawrence is going to take a year's break from acting.
The 23-year-old actress has made eight films in the past 12 months, and Harvey Weinstein - who worked with her on Silver Linings Playbook - has revealed she is about to have a much earned "rest."
"She's going to have a long break for a year where she won't do anything. It's been non-stop for her and she deserves a rest," he told The Sun.
The famed producer also defended her decision to not attend the BAFTAs ceremony, despite receiving an award for her role in American Hustle. "Jennifer is too nice and will do people favors and agrees to do a movie like American Hustle when she could have had a rest. She signed on to do Hunger Games when she was young and wouldn't have realized how much it would dominate her life. But she's a professional and always will be," the famed producer explained.
Pink is set to make a special appearance at the Oscars.
The "Just Give Me a Reason" hitmaker has joined the list of performers that will take to the stage at the 86th annual ceremony in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 2. "We are very excited to welcome Pink to the Oscar stage for the very first time. She is regarded as one of the greatest voices in pop music and one of the best performers of her generation, and we are thrilled to have her join us for a highly anticipated moment on the broadcast," producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement.
The Grammy Award-winner, 34, shared her excitement about her upcoming performance on Twitter on Friday, writing, "Big news!!! I'd like to thank @TheAcademy for inviting me to perform on the #Oscars on March 2nd!! #holycow."
"Big news! @Pink is performing at the #Oscars! I don't know what she has planned, but I'm bringing my safety net just in case," the show's host, Ellen DeGeneres, said in a tweet.
Leonardo DiCaprio wants to star in a stage play.
The 39-year-old actor - who was catapulted to the spotlight in 1997's Titanic - has his sights set on performing in theaters after enjoying a film career spanning two decades, and is already looking at scripts for both classic and new productions.
"I have thought about theater on and off over they years but other things keep getting in the way. Maybe now's the time," he said.
Leonardo has been nominated for a number of awards for his work over the past year - including an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of corrupt stockbroker Jordan Belfort in The Wolf Of Wall Street - but he wants to wait until after awards season before he explores theatre work further. "I'm going to get all of this - the awards and traveling - over with and maybe, just maybe, there will be a play. I've actually been looking at a bunch plays and stuff. I would love to do it," he explained.
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