VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 18, 2017) - International Cobalt Corp. (CSE:CO)(CSE:CO.CN)(FRANKFURT:42L) (the "Company" or "International Cobalt") is pleased to provide the following Corporate Update in relation to its Blackbird Creek Cobalt Project ("Blackbird Creek" or the "Project").
Dahrouge Geological Retained Ahead of Upcoming Exploration Program
The Company is pleased to announce that it has retained Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. ("Dahrouge") to manage the upcoming exploration program at Blackbird Creek. Dahrouge is a mineral exploration, consulting, and project management group based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with considerable experience in numerous jurisdictions and over a wide array of commodities (including cobalt, lithium and other specialty metals/minerals). Dahrouge is credited with the discovery of several notable mineral deposits in specialty metals including Upper Fir (Ta-Nb), Ashram (REE) and J-Zone (U).
International Cobalt President, Timothy Johnson, stated: "We value the wealth of knowledge and experience that Dahrouge brings to the table and feel very fortunate to have them working alongside us as we develop the Blackbird Creek Cobalt Project. Working with a strong, established geological team with a proven track record of discovery is one of the hallmarks to success in the exploration business and we believe that we have one of the best in Dahrouge."
Among the significant historic results at Blackbird Creek, a Noranda exploration program in 1979 at the Ludwig Prospect (Conicu prospect), which consisted of sampling surface exposures as well as surface sampling of a historic short exploration adit, and an eight-hole exploration drilling campaign, yielded results include drill hole CA-79-2A with 7.9 m of 0.4% cobalt and chip sampling of the exploration adit with 7.0 m of 0.71% cobalt. This historic exploration led Mr. Gregory A. Hahn, P. Geo, of Noranda (1980) to conclude that two exploration models suggest the presence of a stratabound deposit within the Blackbird Breccia Stratigraphy.
This program along with others has never been properly followed-up in a coordinated manner and with modern exploration technologies and techniques. Given the known information at the Project, the Company believes an aggressive, multi staged exploration program can rapidly develop Blackbird Creek to an advanced stage of exploration. Further information on the upcoming exploration program(s) will be made in future announcements.
Further Acquisitions Under Review
The Company is actively reviewing several potential property acquisitions within the Idaho Cobalt Belt. The Company intends to aggressively add to its land tenures to ensure it holds a dominant position within the region. The district is host to numerous historic Co, Cu, Au showings and / or workings, which attest to the mineral potential of the area.
ABOUT THE BLACKBIRD CREEK COBALT PROJECT
The 1,720-acre Blackbird Creek Cobalt Project is located adjacent to and along strike from eCobalt Solution's advanced stage Idaho Cobalt Project (ICP) as well as the former producing Blackbird Co-Cu-Au Mine. Despite cobalt mineralization having been recognized at Blackbird Creek as early as the 1940's, the area only witnessed intermittent exploration in the late 1970's. International Cobalt will be the first company to bring modern exploration techniques to the Project. The Blackbird Creek Cobalt Project contains several historical cobalt showings including the Ludwig Prospect, where surface sampling of an exploration adit returned 0.71% cobalt over 7.0 meters and a historic drill hole returned 0.4% cobalt over 7.9 meters. In addition to the historic showing several un-tested geochemical anomalies require immediate follow-up.
The technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Neil McCalum,. P.Geol., Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL COBALT CORP.
International Cobalt Corp. (CSE:CO) is a Canadian based mineral exploration and development business focusing on the burgeoning cobalt sector. The rapidly growing large battery industry, a major consumer of cobalt, makes cobalt an appealing sector of focus. The Company seeks to add shareholder value by sourcing and developing projects in safe, progressive jurisdictions adhering to strict environmental and social standards.
On behalf of:
INTERNATIONAL COBALT CORP.
Timothy Johnson, President
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve potential, exploration and development activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Although management believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploration and development successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Please see our public filings at www.sedar.com for further information.
International Cobalt Corp.


A river’s waters in central Oregon are higher than they have been in about 10 years because of melting snow.
The Bend Bulletin reports that sections of a hiking trail in Smith Rock State Park are blocked by the Crooked River’s water and four holes at a Prineville golf course are underwater.
Oregon Department of Water Resources Regional Manager Kyle Gorman says the Bowman Dam is releasing roughly 3,000 cubic feet of water per second into the river. Gorman says the amount of water currently discharged is three times its typical amount for this time of year.
The Bureau of Reclamation says the Prineville Reservoir created by the dam is at 89 percent of capacity.


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Twenty-eight rail cars filled with debris from demolition of part of the Department of Energy’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site have been delivered to Energy Solutions in Clive, Utah. 1,920 tons of steel beams, plates, piping and equipment removed from a metals reduction plant in February were sent to the radioactive waste disposal facility 80 miles west of Salt Lake City. The first five cars left Paducah July 15th and the last shipment arrived in Utah August 8th.
At least two companies are preparing to respond to Department of Energy requests for offers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
General Electric-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment and International Isotopes Incorporated are among a list of ten companies that showed initial interest, and have until Aug. 14 to complete a formal offer for the DOE.
After meeting Monday with new U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Len Peters said he is hopeful for a good start on deactivation of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant this year, with decontamination beginning in fiscal year 2015.
The United States Enrichment Corporation is in the shutdown process at the DOE-owned plant after failing to negotiate a new federal contract.
The United State Enrichment Corporation is at work shutting down its operations at Paducah’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The shutdown comes after losing a federal contract to continue uranium enrichment operations at the Department of Energy owned site.


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Tennessee Representative Joe Carr (R-Lascassas) is pushing a resolution (HJR839) that criticizes the federal courts for granting a preliminary injunction to recognize the same-sex marriages of three Tennessee couples who were wed in states with marriage equality.
The resolution urges the state attorney general to defend the Tennessee marriage amendment, which says that marriage is between a man and a woman, in court. But the attorney general is already doing just that.
In mid-March, a federal judge issued the injunction that forced the state to honor the legal (in other states) same-sex marriages of Memphians Ijpe DeKoe and Thom Kostura and two other Tennessee couples who last year filed a federal lawsuit against the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The state has appealed to the Sixth Circuit.
A Facebook status from the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP) says Carr's resolution "has no effect other than to express a desire to see discrimination continue."
"While Rep. Carr releases a last gasp of hate and discrimination before the 108th General Assembly goes home, the Tennessee Equality Project is preparing for marriage equality," reads TEP's Facebook post. "'Tennessee Ready for Marriage on DAY ONE' is our new initiative to make sure we are prepared for the inevitable march of real liberty in our state."
Through its "Tennessee Ready for Marriage on DAY ONE" campaign, TEP hopes to gather unwed Tennessee same-sex couples who would be willing to tie the knot on the first day that it's legal. Those interested can fill out this survey.
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How to get to Bangkok?
Bangkok is one of the most visited cities in the world. It is located in Thailand in Southeast Asia. It is in this city that planes fly most often with tourists and right from there they get to Thailand. The city is famous for a variety of attractions, resorts and various entertainment venues.
Today, Bangkok can be reached from Moscow by various means of transport. In Thailand itself there are many ways to get to Bangkok. Let us consider in more detail all possible routes and modes of transport below.
How to get to Bangkok from Russia
From Russia you can reach Bangkok in several ways.
- From any city in Russia where there is an airport with regular flights, you can take a plane and fly to Bangkok. Many airlines fly to the city regularly, and it’s easy to book a ticket. You can also get on the various promotions, through which the ticket will be very cheap. You can fly to Bangkok either on direct flights or with transfers. At the same time with transfers often ticket is cheaper.A good service for finding tickets is the site. Arriving at Bangkok airport, you will still need to get to the city by local transport - buses, taxis or trains;
- By train. This method will take much more time than the flight and will cost more. Will have to go through China and neighboring Asian countries with Thailand. This method is rarely used due to the high cost and long travel time;
- On water transport. You can sail to Bangkok by ship, but such cruises are very rare and you will have to make many transfers. This method will also be very expensive and time consuming, therefore it is practically not used;
- To hitchhike. In Thailand, many travelers hitchhike, using the train and water transport from time to time. To reach in this way is possible only through China and neighboring countries with Thailand - Laos and Cambodia. This method will take a lot of time, as well as a visa to China, but the costs will be minimal.
If you are already in Thailand, you can get to Bangkok by local transport.
How to get to Bangkok in Thailand
If you are already in Thailand or neighboring countries, then you can reach Bangkok in several ways:
- On tourist buses.In this case, you can choose different types of buses. Accordingly, prices will vary depending on the type of bus and travel company fares. Buses can bring you from Vietnam and Cambodia;
- Intercity buses in Thailand. They are inferior in comfort, however, they are very cheap, often go between cities and move faster. This is a great way to get to Bangkok;
- On the trains. From different regions of Thailand, regular trains run to Bangkok, thanks to which you can get to the city quickly and without problems. This is the best way to travel around the country. Trains may also vary in class, facilities and price;
- By taxi. This method will be very fast, but very expensive.

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Positive steps ‘urgently’ needed to close gender gap at senior counsel level
Posted on 6th October 2021 at 21:55
Five women among 23 barristers ‘taking silk’ at ceremony in Supreme Court
A century after women were first admitted to the Bar of Ireland, five women were among 23 barristers conferred with senior counsel status by the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Bar Council chairwoman Maura McNally noted that while about 40 per cent of barristers in the State are female, this fell to around 17 per cent at senior counsel level.
“The reasons for this discrepancy are myriad and we are continuing to put in place initiatives to address and close this gender gap. More positive steps are, in my opinion, not only required, but required urgently,”she said.
The ceremony was one of the last official engagements of Chief Justice Frank Clarke, who retires on Friday.
It was also the first in-person event of the Bar since 2019, with the barristers appearing before the Chief Justice in groups ranging from two to four throughout the day to receive their patents.
The call to the Inner Bar, known as “taking silk”, marks the transition from junior to senior counsel.
Congratulating her colleagues, Ms McNally said the call to the Inner Bar is “a recognition of the advancement and achievement by my 23 colleagues of professional skills across a wide range of legal specialism”.
“Their achievement today reinforces the role and contribution of barristers to the social and economic fabric of the State,” she said.
She said it was “an additional historic occasion” for her five female colleagues taking silk, “especially in this centenary year of the Call to the Bar of the first female barristers in 1921”.
The Bar “continues to support and promote the Inner Bar as a viable career route and progression for female colleagues” and “the focus on female participation in law and the professions continues,” she said.
Those called to the Inner Bar are Ruth A. Fitzgerald SC; Elizabeth Maguire SC; Brian McInerney SC; Andrew Walker SC; James McGowan SC; Tom Flynn SC; Ray Boland SC; Philipp Rahn SC; Cathy Smith SC; Dermot Cahill SC; Ted Harding SC; Conor Bourke SC; Oisin Collins SC; Aillil O’Reilly SC; John Byrne SC; William Abrahamson SC; Tom O’Malley SC; Suzanne Murray SC; Fintan Valentine SC; Robert Fitzpatrick SC; Yvonne McNamara SC; Ronan Lupton SC; and Carsten Zatschler SC.
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Designed to support both conventional and emerging battery chemistries for automotive and industrial applications, the MM9Z1J638 battery sensor measures key battery parameters for monitoring state of health (SOH), state of charge (SOC) and state of function (SOF) for early failure prediction. A flexible four-cell front end architecture supports conventional 12V lead acid batteries as well as emerging battery applications, such as 14V stacked cell Li-Ion, high voltage junction boxes, and 24V truck batteries.
Integrating a 16/32 bit S12Z microcontroller with 128K Flash, 8K RAM and 4K EEPROM together with a CAN protocol module, LIN interface and a three-channel analogue measurement front end, the MM9Z1J638 battery sensor combines analogue, processor and communication functions in a single package to help lower total bill of materials and accommodate advanced battery monitoring algorithms. The analogue front end includes a two-channel, 16-bit sigma delta (ΣΔ) analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) for simultaneous measurement of battery voltage and current, as well as a third 16-bit ΣΔ ADC for temperature monitoring using the integrated sensor and redundant measurement plausibility checks to support functional safety.
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The new Freescale product’s input battery voltage measurement capability supports a wide range up to 52V directly to the device as well as much higher voltage battery configurations when used with external voltage dividers. Its low operating duty cycle enables operation in low-power mode for a majority of the time to help lower average system power consumption. The MM9Z1J638 is fully AEC-Q100 automotive qualified and designed to meet stringent automotive standards for ESD, EMC and zero defect quality levels.
Battery failure is one of the leading causes of vehicle breakdowns due to electrical system errors. Rising levels of electrical load in vehicles are placing increased strain on batteries as new, mission-critical requirements such as engine start-stop functionality become increasingly common. Start-stop requirements, together with others such as regenerative braking and intelligent alternator control, are driving demand for more precise sensing of the battery’s state to provide early failure warnings.
“Our introduction of the industry’s first single-package, automotive-qualified intelligent battery sensor with MCU and CAN components will help automakers cope with increasing algorithm complexity and data communication demands as cars become more connected and intelligent,” said James Bates, senior vice president and general manager for Freescale’s Analogue & Sensors Group. “Also featuring integrated functional safety support, the new MM9Z1J638 battery sensor helps to support vehicle reliability even as automotive electrical system complexities increase.”
Reference designs with integrated hardware and software support for the MM9Z1J638 battery sensor enable development of new applications, including energy storage systems, uninterruptible power supplies, hospital equipment and alarm systems. Low-level drivers and BMS utility libraries are available to support custom battery modelling and shorten development cycles. The KIT9Z1J638EVM evaluation board is priced at $188.80 and demonstrates key features of the MM9Z1J638. Reference design RD9Z1-638-4Li is priced at$220.80 and demonstrates product capabilities for 4-cell Li-Ion battery applications.
The MM9Z1J638 battery sensor costs $3.61(10,000)


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I want to stress at the outset that I didn’t come up with this title about the latest federal move regarding the Common Core State Standards. This comes from a blog written by the well-known liberal education historian Dr. Diane Ravitch.
She is no conservative!
However, Ravitch is actually picking up on – and agreeing with – comments from the conservative CATO Institute about how the Obama administration wants to make CCSS a permanent part of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
The blog says the Obama folks want to change the operation of the ESEA to a focus on “College- and Career-Ready Students.”
Ravitch says the original ESEA:
“…was intended to distribute federal aid to schools that enroll poor kids, no conditions attached. The funding is based on a formula tied to need, not a competition. Using it to cement CCSS into every school would be a travesty and a misuse of federal power.”
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Whether you’ve just been told you have coronary artery disease, or you have had a heart attack or surgery on your heart, it is normal to have feelings like shock, denial, guilt, anger and sadness. You need time, courage and support to get used to your “new normal.”
Coronary artery disease is a chronic illness. This means you need to take care of it for the rest of your life. But you can be healthy with coronary artery disease. You do this by following your doctor’s advice, changing your lifestyle and caring for your emotional health.
Shock and fear
You may feel shocked when you learn you have coronary artery disease. It can be hard to take in what is happening to you. You may feel frightened and worried. You may not be able to explain how you feel, or you may not feel any emotions at all. It might be hard to think about how your life is going to change. You may have come close to dying and are now afraid of death.
Useful tips if you feel shock and fear:
- Take it one step at a time.
- Your job right now is to deal with your health and your feelings.
- Remember you can get better and live a full life.
- Accept your fears. Talk to your family, friends and healthcare team. Ask questions. You will probably need to hear things a few times before you remember them!
- Wait before making big life decisions! Give yourself a few months to get used to your new heart condition, its treatment and your lifestyle changes.
Denial is not always easy to see. You may find it hard to believe you really have heart disease. You survived your heart attack. You made it through surgery. You feel better than before – almost as if nothing had happened. Your treatment is working. You may feel like stopping your medication or hiding your condition because you are afraid your family and friends will see you differently.
Denial is common when you are adjusting to an upsetting situation. When you are in denial, you may not accept that your heart disease is real and you might not want to think about how it will affect your life. You may also avoid anything that makes you think about your illness (such as your medical appointments, medication and lifestyle changes).
If it lasts for a while, denial can be harmful, because it can keep you from taking care of yourself. That can make your heart disease worse. It is important to understand that denial will not change the real fact of your heart disease.
Denial means acting like your heart disease didn’t happen or doesn’t matter.
What should I do about denial?
- Figure out what frightens you. Are you afraid of experiencing another heart attack?
- That loved ones may leave you? Of feeling weak? Of dying?
- Talk about your fears and emotions with someone you trust.
- Make a list of what can happen (good and bad) if you don’t follow your doctor’s advice.
- Take your medication properly, even if you have side effects. Talk about them with your healthcare team.
- Learn everything you can about your condition and the changes you need to make.
Understand that you are in charge of your health. This will help you cope with fear and feel more in control.
Guilt can make you blame yourself for not looking after your health.
You may wonder, “If I had eaten better, stopped smoking earlier, gone to the gym and lost some weight, I might never have developed coronary artery disease.” Blaming yourself can stop you from taking control of your health and increase your risk of another heart attack or medical complications.
How can I deal with my feelings of guilt?
- Be kind and forgive yourself. Blaming yourself can make you feel powerless, hopeless and depressed. Have realistic expectations about adapting to your heart disease and lifestyle changes.
- Keep in mind that coronary artery disease is a complicated illness caused by different conditions and behaviours, some of which are beyond your control, such as your family history.
- Focus on what you can do now to take care of your health and get control over your life.
It is common to be angry after losing something as important as your heart health. You may think it is unfair and ask why it is happening to you. You may feel that you are losing control and want to fight back. You may think that life has punished you or that it is your doctor’s fault. You may feel no one understands how you feel. You may be angry at your family and friends.
How can I manage the anger that I feel?
- See that you are angry and talk about it. Do not blame yourself or others.
- Let people know how you feel. Cry if you feel like crying.
- Don’t hold these feelings in. Talk about them when they happen. If you let them build up, you may explode later.
- Don’t attack or criticize your family or friends and hurt their feelings. Talk about how YOU feel instead.
- Learn how to deal with anger without harming your health or relationships.
You may feel sadness, grief and pain for the loss of your health.
You may feel sad about all the changes you need to make to take care of your heart. You may be afraid you will not be able to make them. You might be worried you will disappoint your healthcare team and your family if you cannot make these changes. You may be spending too much time alone, cry easily and not take any pleasure in doing what you used to enjoy. You may feel your heart disease has stolen a part of you and nothing will ever be the same.
And you are right! Your heart disease has changed you forever. The sadness you are feeling is different from clinical depression. It is part of getting used to coronary artery disease and usually goes away as you learn to live with your new reality. Clinical depression lasts longer, takes over your life and needs treatment.
How can I deal with sadness?
- Accept your feelings. Talk about them with someone you trust.
- Remember that you are still a person of value with dignity, strengths, knowledge and interests.
- Let yourself cry if you feel like it.
- Keep to your normal daily routine as much as you can.
- Stay in touch with people close to you and plan to do things you enjoy.
- Get some exercise.
- Ask your healthcare provider about seeing a mental health specialist if your sadness lasts a long time or worries you.
Acceptance of your heart disease means you feel less frightened, angry, sad or guilty. You are OK with your situation. Fighting it and running from it hasn’t helped. Now you can get back to your life and do the things you care about, while you take care of your health. That will be your new way of living. And you will learn that taking good care of yourself will become easier and easier. It will become your habit. You will be able to look forward to your future with hope.
Yes, you need to take care of your heart disease for the rest of your life. But you can lead a normal life while you take good care of yourself!
How can I learn to accept my coronary artery disease?
- Learn everything you can about your heart disease and your treatments.
- Ask your healthcare team questions.
- Follow your doctor’s advice.
- Take your medication.
- Change your lifestyle.
- Find a meaning to your heart disease. Let it be the reason that you take charge of your life and make changes that are good for you and your family. You may need to work on important relationships or create new ones. You may decide to reduce stress, enjoy life more or try new activities.
Facing the challenge of lifestyle changes
Your healthcare team may suggest you quit smoking, exercise more, eat healthier, drink less alcohol, or take new medications. Changing behaviour can be hard — almost everyone who has ever tried to diet or quit smoking knows this! This is true even when you know your health depends on change

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Merits Of Commercial Epoxy Flooring
Today, you will find epoxy flooring in many businesses as more and more people come to the realization that is the best choice when looking into commercial flooring. Epoxy flooring does not only look good in commercial centers but also in bathrooms, kitchens and living spaces and hence the reason why so many homeowners today are choosing it for their flooring needs. Epoxy flooring is the closest thing to perfection when it comes to flooring. This article seeks to educate the reader on a number of reasons why they should consider epoxy flooring for their commercial needs.
One advantage of epoxy flooring is that it leaves surfaces smooth and very easy to clean. Dust can be easily wiped off on these surfaces and hence the reason why it is the most ideal choice when it comes to businesses. This is the most sanitary flooring in the market today. This is the reason why it is used by companies that deal with pharmaceuticals and beverages, where high levels of cleanliness have to be maintained. Epoxy flooring is the ideal flooring for your business because it does not support microbial growth and is germ and bacteria resistant. In business today, your hygiene standards will determine whether or not you get a lot of clients, which is why you should look into getting this flooring because of its ease of keeping it clean.
The second advantage of commercial epoxy flooring is that it is very professional looking and chic. Human beings are visual creatures, which is why you have to give your clients a good reason to keep on visiting you and not your competition and you can do so by investing in epoxy flooring, which is aesthetically pleasing. There are very many epoxy flooring designs to choose from, which pretty much guarantees you that you will find a design that matches your taste and preference. You can also choose to have your logo or company name engraved on your floors if you choose to go for epoxy flooring.
Another advantage of epoxy flooring is that it is cheaper than other flooring in the long run. When you conduct a research on epoxy flooring, you will find that its installation costs tend to be higher than those of conventional flooring but you will also find that businesses that have this type of flooring save a lot because they do not have to worry about floor repairs or replacement due to its durability.When you get the right contractors to install your flooring, you will be able to resume with your business operations faster than when dealing with other flooring types.
Improvement of safety is another reason why you should look into getting epoxy floors for your business. It is nearly impossible for one to slip and fall on epoxy flooring because it is formulated in such a way as to oppose slips. Accidents at the workplace are very costly in financial terms and in terms of a companys image, which is why you need to look for ways to make them as minimal as possible and one way of doing so is by investing in epoxy flooring. To enjoy all these benefits, you have to look for a good contractor to install the flooring for you.

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What's news: Black Panther premiered last night, and the buzz so far has been very positive. Plus: Chris Christie joins ABC News, Pink feuds with the Grammys president and Diane Keaton defends Woody Allen. — Ray Rahman
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Marvel's Black Panther held its premiere last night, and early reaction has been overwhelmingly positive, writes Abid Rahman:
Black reviewers and geek sites, in particular, were effusive for the Ryan Coogler film's positive representations of black women. Natasha Alford, an editor at The Grio, made the point that there will be a generation of kids growing up seeing superheroes that look like them. The Los Angeles Times' Tre'vell Anderson called Black Panther a "love letter about blackness."
ReBecca Theodore-Vachon, who has written for Forbes and RogerEbert.com, was one among many who felt the film contained important and necessary portraits of black women not seen in superhero movies before. Many black reviewers also praised Coogler's deft handling of issues of identity and imperialism. Read more.
+ The buzz: "BLACK PANTHER is incredible, kinetic, purposeful ... The 1st MCU movie about something real," Jen Yamato of the L.A. Times tweeted. "This is the first MCU film that has an actual sense of identity & history & musicality. Wakanda is alive," wrote David Ehrlich of IndieWire.
Celebrities got into it too: "black panther was beautiful," Donald Glover wrote in what looks to be his first tweet ever. "we should keep celebrating." He added: "who's out here?"
+ The looks: Lupita Nyong'o wore a "warrior-inspired" gown to the premiere. "There’s definitely a nod to her warrior character Nakia here, without being costumey,” her longtime longtime fashion stylist Micaela Erlanger says. “It’s a really glamorous take on our vision and it’s very fierce, certainly.” Read more.
+ First Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer: Double the fun? The first preview shows off what Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) can do now that she has a size-changing suit of her own. Watch the trailer here.
+ Remember that Wesley Snipes Black Panther movie that never happened? He does: "We went through three different scripts and a couple of different director options — very interesting director options at the time," Snipes says. Read more.
Elsewhere in film...
? Diane Keaton defends Woody Allen: “Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him,” the actress tweeted yesterday, joining Alec Baldwin in Allen's defense. Her message included a video clip with the message: “It might be of interest to take a look at the 60 Minute interview from 1992 and see what you think.”
+ Judd Apatow fires back: "I see a man who wanted what he wanted and didn’t care that he was having an affair with a 19-year-old when he was 54 who was also his daughter’s sister," Apatow wrote in response to Keaton. "He also took nude photos of this child who he had known since she was nine and left them out for his family to see. Narcissism."
+ Could the Allen-Amazon relationship be ending? According to a New York Times report, "Amazon is having serious conversations about ending its relationship with Mr. Allen, which could leave [Allen's upcoming A Rainy Day in New York] without distribution."
? Blake Lively movie suspends production: The Reed Morano-directed feature The Rhythm Section is being shut down, with crews being told to find other work, while Lively recuperates from a hand injury. The actress' injury occurred while doing a stunt on the Dublin set in December.
? Richard Roeper suspended by Chicago Sun-Times for buying Twitter followers: The paper announced that the movie critic's reviews and columns will not be published while an investigation is conducted into his Twitter following. The general reaction so far? "This is dumb," film journalist Mark Harris tweeted. "Buying Twitter followers is silly and embarrassing. It's not more than that."
? Nina Tassler, Denise Di Novi launch studio for the Time's Up era: The pair has formed PatMa Productions — named after Di Novi and Tassler’s mothers, Pat and Norma, respectively — which is being touted as an independent studio intended to amplify diverse voices.
^Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers: It's happening. The Oscar winner is set to play late TV personality Fred Rogers in the biopic You Are My Friend, which Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) will direct for Sony's TriStar Pictures. Production begins in September. Read more.
? Unsane trailer: The trailer for Steven Soderbergh's Claire Foy-starring iPhone-shot thriller is here.
? Sam Raimi will helm Lin-Manuel Miranda's The Kingkiller Chronicle: The filmmaker is in talks to direct a feature film for Lionsgate based on Pat Rothfuss' Kingkiller books, The novels' adaptations (for both film and TV) are being overseen by Miranda.
? Elisabeth Moss goes punk: The actress will play a punk rocker named Becky Something in Alex Ross Perry's upcoming film Her Smell. Moss and Perry are no strangers: They've previously worked together on Queen of Earth and Listen Up Philip.
? Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci team up for spy thriller: The duo have signed on to star in Spider in the Web, a contemporary thriller from Israeli director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree).
? Despicable Me + Walking Dead = Birthright? Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the writers behind the Despicable Me movies, are teaming up with Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and his Skybound Entertainment to adapt fantasy epic comic book Birthright for Universal.
? Mark Gordon will lead creative at Entertainment One: eOne on Monday named the veteran Hollywood producer as president and chief content officer for film, television and digital, leading all creative units. The move follows eOne agreeing to acquire the remaining 49 percent of The Mark Gordon Company that it didn't already own for $209 million.
Charles in Charge star and Scott Baio accuser Nicole Eggert went to Megyn Kelly Today to tell her story:
During her interview with Kelly, Eggert reiterated her allegation that Baio regularly molested and touched her when she was 14 and on, saying: “He was playing not only on my emotions but my hormones.”
At one point, Kelly also asked whether the producers or supervisors on set knew about Baio's alleged actions. "I don't think they knew about the actual physical, sexual abuse," Eggert responded. "But everybody knew of the attention he gave me." Watch the interview here.
Elsewhere in TV...
? HGTV star arrested: Christopher Dionne, who has appeared on HGTV's pilot of the show Family Flip and a yet-to-be-aired A&E show called House Rescue, turned himself in to police Monday to face charges of sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor.
? The Four judge accused: Charlie Walk, president of Republic Records and a judge on Fox's reality competition The Four, has been accused of making lewd comments and unwanted sexual advances toward Tristan Coopersmith, the founder of Life Lab and a former employee of Walk's.
? Grammy ratings update: The show reached an all-time demo low, averaging 19.8 million viewers and a 5.9 rating among adults 18-49.
+ But the Grammy bump still works: 328 percent — that's how much the songs performed at the ceremony collectively grew in download sales on the day of the show. The raw numbers: 74,000 downloads on Sunday, versus 17,000 the previous day. The biggest gainers included Kesha's "Praying" (720 percent) and Little Big Town's "Better Man" (2,166 percent).
+ Pink strikes back: The musician fired back at Recording Academy president Neil Portnow for saying women should "step up" for more Grammy recognition: “Women in music don’t need to “step up” – women have been stepping since the beginning of time. Stepping up, and also stepping aside. Women OWNED music this year. They’ve been KILLING IT. And every year before this.”
+ Portnow's response: "I was asked a question about the lack of female artist representation in certain categories of this year’s Grammy Awards. Regrettably, I used two words, ‘step up,’ that, when taken out of context, do not convey my beliefs and the point I was trying to make. Our industry must recognize that women who dream of careers in music face barriers that men have never faced."
? BBC pay report: "no evidence of gender bias." The BBC published a report on its pay system for on-air talent in its news and current affairs department following criticism of its gender pay gap. The BBC emphasized that the report found "no evidence of gender bias" but promised to address "unfairness" and "create a fairer and more equal" system. Read more.
? Chris Christie joins ABC News: The former New Jersey governor is joining the network as a contributor, with his debut happening today as part of ABC's State of the Union coverage.
? Michelle Obama heads to Ellen: The former First Lady will sit down with Ellen DeGeneres this Thursday for her first TV interview since leaving the White House.
^Morgan Freeman talks about rapping in a Super Bowl ad: "Rapping doesn't come naturally to me," the Oscar-winning actor says about performing a rendition of Missy Elliot's "Get Ur Freak On," which he did for a Super Bowl ad co-starring Peter Dinklage and Busta Rhymes. But he added: "It was a painless experience." Read more.
? New Fox pilots: The network will produce two more scripts, an untitled FBI drama from Ilene Chaiken (Empire) and a comedic Erin Foster vehicle called Daddy Issues, with Elizabeth Meriwether (New Girl) attached as showrunner.
? Michael Haneke's first TV project: The award-winning director of Amour and Funny Games is teaming up with Germany's UFA Fiction to create his first-ever television series. Titled Kelvin's Book, the 10-part series is described as a high-concept dystopian drama set in a near future.
? A Norm Macdonald talk show on Netflix? He says it may happen. During a Reddit AMA, Macdonald wrote: “I did my podcast in order to see if I could host a talk show. And I think I succeeded and have now been offered a talk show by Netflix. All the podcasts were rehearsals.” He added: “To be clear, I’m only in negotiations. There’s no show yet.”
The NBC News chairman talked Trump, media hostility and the "golden age" of journalism at an event last night. Jeremy Barr writes:
Lack said it's "disconcerting" for his network to operate in a climate of intense hostility toward journalists, but he also said it's par for the course. "We're not in a popularity contest, so we're used to being in conflict," Lack said. "People get pissed off at us. We should expect to have the lowest approval ratings on some level."
But Lack said that Donald Trump's administration is particularly hostile toward the press. "It's an out-of-body experience at times, when you're being tweeted about or attacked in the way the president is wont to do," Lack said. Read more.
? The Three-Question Interview: A series of short Q&As with interesting executives and personalities. First up: Jon Steinberg, founder and CEO of Cheddar, an online-only financial news network.
What do millennials want from a financial news network that other demographics don’t? "I don’t think we’re a financial news network. I don’t mind being called that, but we are a technology-media-entrepeneurship-innovation network. That may sound ridiculous, but everyday talking speakers, rockets landing on their tails, new iPhones, self-driving cars, AirBNB, streaming services — it’s an enormous part of their culture, broadly appealing to an enormous group of people in their 20s and 30s."
CNBC still reports on those things. "Where we get the thread where CNBC misses it, is that an old oil-and-power executive is just not interesting to that audience. I’m not saying that’s not important, but that’s much less interesting than the founder of Allbirds."
Vice has also done well competing with cable news networks while appealing to millennials. How are you guys competing against them? "I admire Vice, because they made it about the content and the brand. That said, Viceland is a misuse of a channel. You don’t need a linear network to show on-demand mini-docs, original series, and other kinds of scripted programming. In the future, people are going to get all their dramas and comedies on-demand from streaming services. Then they’re going to have a skinny bundle for their ambient, window-on-the-world, what’s-happening-now live news. Netflix doesn’t solve that, Amazon doesn’t solve that. That’s when you need a network like Cheddar, to see what’s happening right now."?
What else we're reading...
— "Quincy Jones has a story about that." Chris Heath's Q&A with the music legend is chock full of enticing celebrity anecdotes involving everyone from Elon Musk to Truman Capote. [GQ]
— "The resistance has come to celebrity award shows." Amy Chozick writes: "Hillary Clinton’s surprise turn at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night set off a roiling political debate about how far glitzy awards shows should go in needling Democrats’ favorite target." [New York Times]
— "Film festivals are forever changed in the era of #MeToo." Angela Wirecutter writes: "Shifting an industry as entrenched as Hollywood was never going to be easy, and if/when it happens, it’ll take years, maybe decades." [Wired]
— "Is MoviePass here to stay?" David Sims writes: "As its user base grows, the subscription-based film-ticket service is playing hardball with AMC, the biggest theater chain in the country." [The Atlantic]
— "Proud Mary and the pressure on black audiences to support black movies." Hanif Abdurraqib "analyzes the persistent pressure on black audiences to root for products that aren't always very good." [Pacific Standard]
What else we're seeing...
+ "Stephen interviews Piers Morgan's interview of Donald Trump." [Late Show]
+ "Chadwick Boseman on Black Panther premiere." [Jimmy Kimmel Live!]
+ "Darren Criss talks The Assassination of Gianni Versace." [Late Night]
What else we're hearing...
+ "Awards shows in the crosshairs." A look at the criticism directed at the Grammys. [The Frame / KPCC]
+ "The scholarly Kareem Abdul-Jabbar." Mike Pesca sits down with the NBA great. [The Gist / Slate]
Today's Birthdays: Christian Bale, 44, Olivia Colman, 44, Brett Butler, 60, Ann Dowd, 62, Steve Zaillian, 65, Phil Collins, 67, Marc Turtletaub, 72, Vanessa Redgrave, 81, Gene Hackman, 88.

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Great White Shark Cage Diving: “Shark Alley” (S. Africa, 12/16/10)
12/16/10: Great White Shark diving 2 hours south of Capetown, South Africa at "Shark Alley" with White Shark Projects. Goto 1:20 if you want to skip all the boat loading stuff and see our first site at the first Great White that came to the boat. Note I've never been in such cold water my whole life, and we were in a full wetsuit with hoodie. At 10:55 one shark goes into a feeding frenzy and its tail whacked the cage right in front of me. Apologies for the retarded-gay music, no control over that...and the dumb camera person should have had more shots underwater; that is where the sharks are after-all.


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Supply contraction and trading protocol: an examination of recent changes in the U.S. Treasury market
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Mrs Clinton gave the graduation address at a ceremony to mark the 600th anniversary of the founding of St Andrews University.
It was the politician's first foreign visit since her term as secretary of state ended in February.
Mrs Clinton told an audience of education leaders, university staff and students: "We need more voices speaking up for universal human rights.
"We have honoured some of the great advocates here today who have spoken out courageously for women's rights, gay rights and religious understanding, showing us that our communities and institutions are strongest when equality and opportunity are open to all people and freedom of conscience is respected.
"Here in the home of the Scottish Enlightenment and the great contributions from Scottish universities, we need to be reminded that it paved the way for much of the progress we now take for granted, not only in the West but around the world.
"And it is important that as we chart our way forward in this new century, we bring with it the enlightened view that every individual around the world regardless of gender, religion, race, ethnicity or orientation, should be able to contribute to their societies and to have the chance to live up to his or her God given potential.
"We are confronting deep cultural and political differences. Change can be very wrenching and it is difficult to bridge the gaps between and within societies.
"We will never agree on everything....but spirited and principled debate is the lifeblood of democracies and today our democracies are under stress.
"It is more important than ever that we rally behind what started here and elsewhere, where the individual was endowed by his creator with those rights that enabled first men and slowly women and others to be full participants in their society.
"Now we need in this new age participation on a much grander scale to make the case for the importance of those fundamental values."
Mrs Clinton, who arrived in the Fife coastal town yesterday, was conferred with a doctor of laws degree in recognition of her achievements as a politician and diplomat.
She received the doctorate from the veteran Liberal Democrat politician and chancellor of St Andrews, Sir Menzies Campbell.
The award marked her efforts to champion the causes of education, human rights, democracy, civil society and promoting opportunities for women around the world, the university said.
In her address, Mrs Clinton congratulated St Andrews on its 600th anniversary and paid tribute to the 18 other prominent figures honoured during the ceremony.
"St Andrews has never been a place for calm seas, and that's a good thing," she said. "Because out of the churn and chop arise creativity and excellence.
"Today this is where things begin: teaching that opens the world, research that improves the world, even a love affair that enchants the world."
Honorary degrees were also bestowed on the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, classicist Professor Mary Beard, inventor of the world wide web Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, primatologist Dame Jane Goodall, anthropologist Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern and philosopher Professor Nancy Cartwright.
Mrs Clinton said: "This is not only a retrospective about their great accomplishments individually. This is a call to action as well.
"Their work tells us much about the challenges we face in the 21st century as well as the opportunities that we can and should seize together."
She praised St Andrews for "breaking a barrier" when it became the first of Scotland's oldest universities to be led by a woman.
"It is an important milestone, it is a great symbol, because the equality for women everywhere remains one of the unfinished missions of our time," she said.
The politician concluded her speech by issuing an appeal to the assembled students.
"We look for you to be part of a great movement of young people across our world, who will not settle for the lowest common denominator, who will not give up your right to be heard, who will not take the easy path of conventional agreement with ideas and policies that are neither founded on evidence nor common sense," she said.
"We need you to be in a new vanguard for the kind of changes that we are seeking that will make a difference in this world.
"We cannot succeed without great institutions like St Andrews continuing to speak out, to break barriers, and we cannot succeed without young people who are willing to walk through those openings and help chart a new path for us all."
The former US first lady, who lost to Barack Obama in the contest to be Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, was not accompanied by husband Bill or daughter Chelsea on the trip.
Earlier the Duke of Cambridge congratulated the university on its anniversary in a letter which was read out by Sir Menzies at the beginning of the ceremony.
Prince William, who met his wife Catherine while studying at St Andrews, wrote: "As a proud new father, I have come to think more than ever about the world our children will inherit; and the role of education, research and intellectual courage in our society has never seemed so important.
"For Catherine and me, the University of St Andrews is an emblem of these virtues.
"As proud patron of the Anniversary Appeal, I am delighted to offer my congratulations to all the university's honorary graduates today and my warmest congratulations to an institution that may be 600-years-old but which has never been as vital. Happy birthday, St Andrews."
Sir Menzies also read out a letter from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone which passed on the congratulations of Pope Francis.
"His Holiness Pope Francis was pleased to be informed of the celebrations marking the 600th anniversary of foundation of the University of St Andrews and he sends cordial greetings to all taking part," the cardinal wrote.
"His Holiness is confident that the noble work of education and research in a wide range of academic fields will continue to flourish in the city that bears the same name of Scotland's patron saint."
St Andrews principal and vice-president, Professor Louise Richardson, said: "We were founded before the printing press, before the battle of Agincourt, before the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing, before the construction of Machu Picchu in Peru, before Columbus arrived in the Americas and before Joan of Arc waged battle.
"We have lasted this long because of the enduring value of what we do, because we serve as foundations of our democracy as guardians of our culture and engines of our economy and always as generators of new ideas."
Lord Williams was awarded a doctor of divinity degree in recognition of his contribution to the Church and society as a whole.
He joked that the real reason for the award is his "limited but rather public experience in taking the weddings of St Andrews graduates", in reference to the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
"At a time when tribalism at every level threatens our world, the vocation of the university to promote and sustain that human conversation is greater than ever," he said.
"A universal conversation is difficult by definition. It is difficult because of the way in which it forces us constantly to re-examine where we began. And yet that corporate project of speaking to one another, learning from one another as human beings, is something precious beyond measure.
"I hope and pray that in the 600 years ahead, and for all I know the 1,200 years ahead, this university may continue to promote just that conversation, just the spirit of energy and imagination that have been shown in the last few centuries."
The institution, said to be the third oldest in the English-speaking world, will continue to mark its anniversary when leading thinkers gather to debate the future of universities on Saturday.

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The Role of Petroleum Production Engineering
Petroleum production involves two distinct but intimately connected general systems: the reservoir, which is a porous medium with unique storage and flow characteristics; and the artificial structures, which include the well, bottomhole, and wellhead assemblies, as well as the surface gathering, separation, and storage facilities.
Production engineering is that part of petroleum engineering that attempts to maximize production (or injection) in a cost-effective manner. In the 15 years that separated the first and second editions of this textbook worldwide production enhancement, headed by hydraulic fracturing, has increased tenfold in constant dollars, becoming the second largest budget item of the industry, right behind drilling. Complex well architecture, far more elaborate than vertical or single horizontal wells, has also evolved considerably since the first edition and has emerged as a critical tool in reservoir exploitation.
In practice one or more wells may be involved, but in distinguishing production engineering from, for example, reservoir engineering, the focus is often on specific wells and with a short-time intention, emphasizing production or injection optimization. In contrast, reservoir engineering takes a much longer view and is concerned primarily with recovery. As such, there may be occasional conflict in the industry, especially when international petroleum companies, whose focus is accelerating and maximizing production, have to work with national oil companies, whose main concerns are to manage reserves and long-term exploitation strategies.
Production engineering technologies and methods of application are related directly and interdependently with other major areas of petroleum engineering, such as formation evaluation, drilling, and reservoir engineering. Some of the most important connections are summarized below.
Modern formation evaluation provides a composite reservoir description through three-dimensional (3-D) seismic, interwell log correlation and well testing. Such description leads to the identification of geological flow units, each with specific characteristics. Connected flow units form a reservoir.
Drilling creates the all-important well, and with the advent of directional drilling technology it is possible to envision many controllable well configurations, including very long horizontal sections and multilateral, multilevel, and multibranched wells, targeting individual flow units. The drilling of these wells is never left to chance but, instead, is guided by very sophisticated measurements while drilling (MWD) and logging while drilling (LWD). Control of drilling-induced, near-wellbore damage is critical, especially in long horizontal wells.
Reservoir engineering in its widest sense overlaps production engineering to a degree. The distinction is frequently blurred both in the context of study (single well versus multiple well) and in the time duration of interest (long term versus short term). Single-well performance, undeniably the object of production engineering, may serve as a boundary condition in a fieldwide, long-term reservoir engineering study. Conversely, findings from the material balance calculations or reservoir simulation further define and refine the forecasts of well performance and allow for more appropriate production engineering decisions.
In developing a petroleum production engineering thinking process, it is first necessary to understand important parameters that control the performance and the character of the system. Below, several definitions are presented.


The process of fabrication of high quality factor photonic crystal microcavities in slabs of InP with light emission at 1.5 μm is reported. The process includes e-beam lithography, reactive ion beam etching with a CHF3/N2 gas mixture, and reactive ion etching with a CH4/H2 gas mixture and O2 cycling. An InGaAs sacrificial layer is removed by chemical wet etching in order to obtain the photonic crystal membrane. Microphotoluminescense measurements have been performed to assess the quality of the fabricated structures. Quality factors up to ≃30 000 and laser emission with thresholds of excitation pump power around 34 μW have been obtained.


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Here are some pictures from our trip back home to Chicago!! Upon arrival, we were greeted to BELOW ZERO weather and SNOW STORM! How's that for a Welcome Home?! My dad hurt his arm so guess who had the pleasure of cleaning up after the snow storm?! hahahahaha!!
But it was all worth it to be able to spend Christmas with my family! Here are some pictures we took on Christmas day!
All my nieces and nephews! This was not an easy picture to get! lol!
In addition, we celebrated the twins 2nd birthday while we were back home! Here are some pics from that day!
Jeremy was more interested in the candy bags sitting on the table than anything else! haha! That's my Jeremy!
And here they are in their party hats!
And then we all got pretty dazzled up for a big New Year's Eve party!
And then it was time to say our "good-byes"! There were no tears until Daniel had to say bye to his grandpa! These two adore each other! It always breaks my heart!
Oh yeah, and this guy...a year later...he still doesn't like me too much with my big ol' camera! I think I traumatized the poor kid! Oopsie!
Of course, I have tons more pictures, over 200 to be exact (LOL!), but this was the jist of it! Can't wait to go back next Christmas!!

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“SINCE 1979, NOAA satellites have been carrying instruments which measure the natural microwave thermal emissions from oxygen in the atmosphere. The signals that these microwave radiometers measure at different microwave frequencies are directly proportional to the temperature of different, deep layers of the atmosphere.
“Every month, John Christy and I update global temperature datasets that represent the piecing together of the temperature data from a total of eleven instruments flying on eleven different satellites over the years. As of 2008, our most stable instrument for this monitoring is the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A) flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite.
“The graph above represents the latest update; updates are usually made within the first week of every month.”
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