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Finding the good in goodbye is a superpower, and Monica Brown is the hero we didn't know we needed. The 39-year-old entertainer recently finalized her divorce with ex-husband, former NBA player, Shannon Brown, and commemorated the occasion in the best way. In a series of tasteful yet slightly provocative photos on Instagram, the singer stripped down to her birthday suit and proved that a breakup could be essential to your level-up.
Monica and Shannon, who met on-set of her music video for "Love All Over Me" and their connection was instant. The couple married in a secret ceremony only months later at their home in Los Angeles and have been married since 2011. Rumors of martial troubles surfaced after Monica filed for divorce earlier this year, and while the star has been previously known to keep much of her personal life private, Monica made it clear in her recent photos that she has nothing left to hide.
Since filing for divorce earlier this year, Monica says that she's been on a journey of personal freedom that included leveling up her self-care game. Along with getting her very first massage and maximizing her vacation time, Monica says she's been taking time to learn more about herself and, according to her latest Instagram pics, there's not much that "gets under her skin" these days.
Although Monica has been transparent about the fact that this has been a trying time for both her and her children, she says that her divorce has been as amicable as divorces go because she left her ego at the door. She told the hosts of The Morning Culture:
"Our relationship didn't start based upon money. He was coming off two championships, I'm coming off two number one records after 30 million records, this was not about money. This was strictly about love and life and wanting to experience a different level of love, that is the one thing we always had and have in common. Our relationship was never about stuff."
While Monica and the father of her 6-year-old daughter, Laiyah, have decided to part ways, this couple is proof that not all breakups have to be bitter (in public, anyway) and lived together even after filing for divorce. The singer said that although she and Shannon may not have worked out romantically, their first priority will always be their children.
"You gotta take a back seat to what your children need. School is starting. Things are happening, so who's more important here? Is it you or them? And typically, when you see people that constantly have problems, they're thinking about themselves and their own issues. I'm not saying that it's easy but I can tell you this, when it's not easy, it's not anybody's business either."
Living what should be a very private experience in front of millions of people can bring the petty out of just about anyone, but according to the "Dozen Roses" singer, you'll never catch her saying a bad word about her ex. On ESSENCE'S Yes! Girl Podcast, Monica explained:
"I'm not ashamed of what's happening in my life. I just think because I still have such a love and respect, even for Shannon, that there's certain things that are just not up for discussion. We don't have to be together to respect one another. We don't have to be together to uplift one another and make sure that my kids always see that mom is looking forward to you having a relationship [with dad] forever and ever. Anything I can do to really assist in making sure it continues to be everything that it's always been, that's what I'm going to do."
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The City of North Bend is situated within the Three Forks area of the Upper Snoqualmie River Valley. Due to this location, the city experiences some flooding and runoff challenges. Increased development in the city generates increased stormwater runoff which at times can not be handled by some undersized drainage systems. Short of enlarging the system when opportunity exists, the city maximizes the use of its current system capacity through continuous maintenance.
Implementation of a Stormwater Utility In 2001, the city completed a comprehensive plan of its stormwater system and subsequently created a stormwater utility to help finance the needed operation, maintenance, and improvement costs associated with the system.


EXCLUSIVE: June Pictures and B Story are saddling up for a May start on Thoroughbred, a psychological thriller that marks the directorial debut of playwright-screenwriter Cory Finley. Olivia Cooke, who stars later this year in Ready Player One, stars with Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) and Green Room‘s Anton Yelchin. Financed by June Pictures, the film focuses on a volatile friendship between two suburban teenage girls who discover that a murder might solve both of their problems.
June’s Alex Saks and Andrew Duncan are producing with B Story’s Kevin J. Walsh, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. B Story’s Ryan Stowell will executive produce. The picture will shoot on the East Coast.
June Pictures, which Duncan and Saks launched as a portfolio company of IGX LLC, previously set a summer start date for The Florida Project, which marks Tangerine helmer Sean Baker’s next film; the company’s first film is Operator, which premiered at SXSW. The recently completed Dude is in postproduction.
B Story’s Faxon and Rash, who most recently wrote and directed The Way Way Back, won the Adapted Screenplay Oscar with Alexander Payne for The Descendants. Walsh’s latest, the Kenneth Lonergan-directed Manchester By The Sea, was acquired in a splashy Sundance deal by Amazon and Roadside Attractions and releases November 18.
Cooke is repped by Grandview, Gersh, Shepherd Management and attorney Gretchen Rush; Taylor-Joy by CAA, Troika and Felker Toczek; Yelchin is CAA and attorney David Weber and Finley is repped by ICM Partners. ICM Partners will rep domestic rights to the film.
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Lockheed F-35 Proposal Shows Cost Creeping Up
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By Andrea Shalal-Esa/Reuters
May 2, 2011
Lockheed Martin’s proposal for the latest batch of F-35 fighter jets shows the price per plane creeping up on the Pentagon’s costliest weapons program, sources familiar with the program said.
The company racked up cost overruns totaling about $500 million on the first three production contracts, said the sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly.
The Pentagon has restructured the $382 billion program twice in two years to get a grip on nagging technical issues and repeated cost overruns.
The cost of building new warplanes usually goes down over time as manufacturing quantities increase, but Lockheed’s bid for a fifth batch of 35 planes was $5 million to $7 million higher per plane than in the fourth contract, the sources said.
The rising price reflects higher actual costs on the first three sets of production planes, and a switch from “cost-plus” contracts to “fixed-price, incentive-fee” terms, which make the company more accountable for cost overruns, the sources said.
Navy Vice Admiral David Venlet, who runs the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, last month said that defense acquisition and audit officials would carefully review Lockheed’s proposal for a fifth batch of 35 production planes, which will be the second on fixed-price, incentive fee terms.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter has repeatedly underscored his continuing cost concerns about the program.
Last month, he told lawmakers that costs were growing too fast on both the overall F-35 program, and the F135 engine being developed by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies. He said cost overruns on the airframe were proportionately higher than on the engine.
Carter included the program as one of 14 weapons programs that will be subject to tougher oversight.
Lockheed, the Pentagon’s No. 1 supplier by sales, said it submitted a bid for the next lot of 35 planes on April 25.
It is developing three variants of the new warplanes as a replacement for over a dozen warplane models now flown by the U.S. military and eight partner countries.
Joe DellaVedova, spokesman for the Pentagon’s F-35 program office, declined comment on the terms of Lockheed’s LRIP 5 proposal, but said the contract would be finalized in coming months after detailed negotiations with the company.
Lockheed spokesman Joe LaMarca confirmed that Lockheed had submitted a proposal on April 25, but gave no further details.


For the first time since we began to track the greenhouse gas in our planet’s atmosphere, carbon dioxide surpassed 400 parts per million in March — a concentration that scientists consider a significant milestone for Earth’s climate and our ability to reverse the trend.
Why does a concentration of 400 ppm matter? “It’s the level that climate scientists have identified as the beginning of the danger zone,” Princeton University Prof. Michael Oppenheimer told The Washington Post in 2014. “It means we’re probably getting to the point where we’re looking at the ‘safe zone’ in the rearview mirror, even as we’re stepping on the gas.”
Global carbon dioxide concentration is higher than it has been in more than 800,000 years. That distressing fact is mainly courtesy of our current energy source of choice — the burning of fossil fuels, a process by which Earth’s carbon stores are essentially excavated from their natural position in the global carbon cycle and released into the atmosphere as greenhouse gas.
The rate of that excavation and emission has been particularly staggering in recent years. “Humans burning fossil fuels have caused global carbon dioxide concentrations to rise more than 120 parts per million since pre-industrial times,” said Tans. “Half of that rise has occurred since 1980.”
NOAA, which released a statement marking the CO2 milestone Wednesday morning, notes that the emission rate in 2014 seemed to have stalled at 2013 levels. But that was the only bright note in an otherwise somber global climate status update. “Stabilizing the rate of emissions is not enough to avert climate change,” it wrote. “NOAA data show that the average growth rate of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere from 2012 to 2014 was 2.25 ppm per year, the highest ever recorded over three consecutive years.”
James Butler, director of NOAA’s Global Monitoring Division, pointed out how far we would need to go in order to see appreciable change in global carbon dioxide levels. “Elimination of about 80 percent of fossil fuel emissions would essentially stop the rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Butler, “but concentrations of carbon dioxide would not start decreasing until even further reductions are made and then it would only do so slowly.”
NOAA says that global average CO2 levels are monitored at 40 different sites around the world. NOAA and their partner scientists “collect air samples in flasks while standing on cargo ship decks, on the shores of remote islands and at other locations around the world.”


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New Yorkers are now able to place bets online on sports events starting January 8 2022. Four major operators have been granted licenses for mobile betting which will allow them to provide their services in many ways. The operators include Bally's, DraftKings NY, FanDuel NY, and the Major League Soccer team, NYCFC. The YES Network will be able offer betting services on games in addition to the four major operators.
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Another benefit of betting online is its convenience. You can place your bets wherever you want. It's also convenient, since you can use your mobile device to connect to these sites and compare payout options. You can also place bets from the comfort of your sofa, without leaving the comfort of your home. Betting on sports is illegal in some areas of the United States. Therefore, sports it is essential to be aware of what local laws are prior to placing bets online.
Online sports betting sites provide better odds and more convenience than local bookmakers. A slight tilt in the odds can make a losing wager profitable. Online betting allows you to save money on gas and travel and also allows you to gain access to more betting options and bonus opportunities. You can even place bets online from the comfort of your home. You don't even have to leave your house or office.
You'll also have access to numerous bookmakers online, and the range of betting options are almost endless. By comparing payout rates and odds, you'll have more opportunities to make money than going to a local sportsbook. Bonuses can be claimed for huge wins. You can also make bets from any country around the world. Your data will be secure and safe since you don't have to leave your computer.
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- on professional teams in the city. The Red Wings, Pistons, and Detroit Lions are all popular NFL teams. While the Red Wings and Tigers both hail from Detroit, they are both local hockey teams. There's something for everyone in the Detroit sports community, which is why it's certain to be a winning bet. If you're a lover of sports in Detroit, you'll be able take betting on the games from your computer or tablet or mobile.
Online betting allows you to gain access to numerous bookies. This is a benefit for gamblers as they can compare payout terms and earn more money online than they would when betting in person. Online sports betting comes with numerous bonuses, as well as the possibility of comparing terms and odds. When you're looking for the most lucrative odds, make sure to check out several online sportsbooks. This way, you'll be able to profit from the different promotions and bonuses offered by each website.
In addition to the professional teams that play in Detroit The city is also home to two NHL teams. The Detroit Lions are an NFL franchise, while the Pistons are set to return to the court following a pandemic. After a long absence in the league, the Tigers are back in NHL. Online sportsbooks will be available for the team's debut game. In addition to basketball and hockey you'll also find a broad variety of sports in Michigan.
In addition to the NHL and the NHL, bet the Lions and Pistons are among the most well-known teams in the city. There is an excellent local baseball team and an NFL team. The Red Wings are part of the NBA. Many gamblers will be attracted to these games once they are available online. No matter what sport you prefer, be it football, baseball or hockey there's always something to bet on in Detroit. Sportsbooks online will also be popular once the Tigers begin playing.

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More than 45 million from Dallas to Milwaukee face severe weather threat of damaging winds and possible tornadoes
A powerful storm system threatens to batter states that are still reeling from deadly tornadoes.
As another storm system strikes, more than 45 million people in Dallas and Milwaukee face severe weather Tuesday. The threat of severe weather could be devastating for states still recovering from tornadoes.
Severe weather is coming to southern Missouri, northwestern Arkansas, and southeastern Oklahoma. The Weather Prediction Center warns that 'confidence in the potential of rare and dangerous overnight tornadoes or damaging winds is increasing'
Already, tornado-spawning tornadoes left 32 people dead and many others injured in the Midwest, South, and several other states. At least 50 tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down across multiple states, tearing apart homes as they plowed through.
The Weather Prediction Center warned that 'Many areas that were hit by severe weather forecasts in the past could be at risk again. It's important that everyone in the region closely monitors the latest forecasts and be ready to cover if warnings are given.
Next major tornado storm is expected Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning. Nighttime tornadoes can be dangerous.
On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, there is a moderate chance of severe storms affecting more than 3 million people in Springfield, Missouri and Cedar Rapids (Iowa). St. Louis, Des Moines, and Little Rock, Arkansas could also be affected by storms. Arkansas was also ravaged Friday by a severe tornado.
According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms could cause strong tornadoes, large hail, and dangerous wind gusts Tuesday in the lower Missouri Valley, Upper Midwest, and parts of the southeastern Great Plains, into the Mid-South.
Missouri State Emergency Management officials advised that they were aware of the weather and had multiple options to get warnings. They also recommended that people stay on top of the forecast for any updates.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a slight chance of severe thunderstorms in the Southeast from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning. A few tornadoes may also be possible.
Fire danger in the plains is extremely critical
Some states are at risk of hail and tornadoes, but others, from Kansas to South Texas, will face increased fire danger due to dry brush, low humidity and gusty winds that combine to create ideal conditions for wildfires.
Over a million people are at risk from fire weather in parts of eastern New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, and western Kansas on Tuesday.
2:35pm CDT #SPC Day2 #FireWX Extremely Critical: east-central new mexico across the tx/ok panhandles and northwest oklahoma and into southwest and south-central kansas URL pic.twitter.com/hsQOJFavYZ
-- NWS Storm Prediction Center (URL), April 3, 2023
Another 5 million are at 'critical' risk of fire from southern New Mexico to Southern Nebraska.
High wind alerts are in effect for more than 50 million people, from the West Coast to central Missouri. Wind gusts up to 60 mph can be expected. Red flag warnings have been issued for over 15 million people.


I've installed LMS3.0 Decemberupdate and I configured snmpv3 authpriv at all devices and LMS and it works fine. But after that I configure trap via authpriv then snmp-get does not works any longer. ( snmp-server host 10.0.0.0 trap version 3 priv V3User ), when I delete the entry and configure the snmpv3-user new, then LMS can get snmp info's again.
thanks. Sorry I have typing error in group config, but that it is not the problem. When I configure the "snmp-server host 10.x.x.x traps version 3 priv authuser" command then LMS3.0 can not get snmp information (Cisco View). Is it correct that LMS3.0 DecemberUpdate 2007 not supported snmpv3 traps? Is there a update for support snmpv3 traps in DFM?
No, SNMPv3 trap support is not available in LMS. Without more details about the device and software version, I cannot offer anymore advice. The config I posted works fine for me in that I am able to manage the device with SNMPv3 authPriv.
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Author(s): Golam Saleh Ahmed Salem; So Kazama; Daisuke Komori; Shamsuddin Shahid; Nepal C. Dey
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Keywords: Global climate models; Sustainable water use; Northwest Bangladesh
Abstract: Climate change alters hydrological processes, groundwater recharge and groundwater level which in turn, increase irrigation cost. Identification of necessary adaptation measures is very important for sustainable management of groundwater resources and ensuring farmer’s profit. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of climate change on groundwater level and it’s consequence on irrigation cost in order to propose necessary mitigation measures in Northwest Bangladesh. An ensemble of four global circulation model (GCM) simulations of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) namely, BCCCSM1-1, Can ESM2, MIROC5 and MIROC-ESM under Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) scenario (RCP) 4.5 are used to project future changes in climate in the study area. A support vector machine (SVM) was used to model the temporal variation of groundwater level from rainfall, evapotranspiration, groundwater abstraction and irrigation return flow. A multiple linear regression (MLR) model was also developed to estimate irrigation cost from groundwater level, crop schedule and irrigated area. The study reveals that average groundwater level will go down by 1.3 m during irrigation period, which in turn will increase irrigation cost by 0.38 thousand Bangladesh currency per hector. It is expected that the study will help to build resilience in groundwater based irrigation system in the context of climate change.


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It’s no secret that America and similarly developed nations are dominated by large corporate farms. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that 91% of U.S. farms are “small farms,” meaning they have a gross cash farm income of $250,000 or less. Don’t let that number fool you; the remaining nine percent is responsible for the vast majority of production. A few months ago we wrote an article about cropland consolidation in the U.S. Midpoint acreage is the point at which half of the farms are above the stated acreage and half are below. It’s a more effective way of measuring farm growth in this country. The USDA estimates that between 1987 and 2007, the midpoint acreage nearly doubled, jumping from 589 to 1105. Given that the mean acreage is roughly unchanged, this means that the middle is diminishing and farms are generally very big or very small. Only a few hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson stood contemplating the expanse of Albemarle County and envisioning the future. In it, he pictured a sustainable agrarian society with yeomen farmers working the central Virginia land with their families and interacting directly with their communities. In our present day, the property in Albemarle County and other places in the Piedmont region is still well-suited to small farming. Unlike the Midwest or the Mississippi Delta, land in central Virginia lacks the contiguous, seemingly endless stretches of open land that make it ideal for mass farming. But small farms have a few advantages that are worth considering.
Technically speaking, small farming is more efficient than the larger, conglomerate alternative. “Efficiency” takes on different meanings depending on context. Certainly we must consider the economies of scale at work. Mechanization replaced animal husbandry in the last two centuries, and bigger farms were certainly on the winning end of this paradigm shift. The bigger the farm, the more access its owners have to capital technologies. If you own a farm with autonomous vehicles and GPS tracking for precision agriculture, you can save money on labor and overtime and use these savings/profits to expand. You also save on processing of harvest, transportation, etc. This is efficiency in a sense, definitely. From a monetary perspective, the bigger your farm, the better. It helps cut down on costs if you specialize in one or a few products too. From that perspective, it is efficient.
But small farms are more efficient in the sense that they do more with the land provided. Consider this a diseconomy of scale. There exists an inverse relationship between farm size and production per unit that is a testament to the supervision and utilization of labor present on small farms. Or perhaps it’s a testament to the amount of money big farms save on capital technology and input production costs; it’s worth it for them to have less efficient labor systems. When labor costs are an important consideration (as in the farming of specialty crops), small farms have an advantage. Things like quality of labor and local knowledge become important factors. We’re in central Virginia here, but it’s worth mentioning that in developing nations, farm size is actually decreasing. Population growth causes a subdivision of farm property…it’s actually less profitable to run a big farm in most places, because there are no (or fewer) economies of scale.
Agricultural practices tend to be more environmentally sustainable on small farms. Monocropping refers to the farming of only one crop. It is often conflated with the idea of specialization, even though they are not exactly the same thing. Focusing on one or two products makes sense from an an economical standpoint, because you consolidate resources by using the same inputs (fertilizer, machinery, herbicides, etc.) This even extends to the more intangible resources like knowledge and expertise, and soil quality. People will argue that monocropping exists because soil in certain areas is well-suited to certain crops and ill-suited to others. For example, the rolling uplands make land in central Virginia very good for cultivating orchards and vineyards, and there definitely are a lot of those on properties in Albemarle County and other places. This is certainly true, but excessive monocropping is not good for the soil. It leaves it fallow during the months when it’s not in use, and depletes it of the same nutrients time and time again. This makes the farmer reliant on fertilizer to replenish the soil, and pesticides to keep at bay the numerous pests who have a preference for certain crops. By contrast, a great many small farms practice crop rotation. This is sustainable agriculture at its finest. By rotating crops, you avoid the unwanted consequences of depleting the same soil over and over. Pests become less accustomed to getting their favorite snacks consistently. Mixing crops also makes weather less of a factor when considering adverse conditions for a farmer, since chances are you’ll be using different parts of the soil at different times. Depending on where you’re at, crop rotation also leaves a farmer less susceptible to financial risk. With monocropping, you’re essentially (and sometimes literally, if you own a chicken farm) “putting all your eggs into one basket.”
The history of agriculture is dominated by small farms. At risk of presenting an overly idealized vision, we would hazard to say that farmers interacting with their immediate natural surroundings in a positive way is a “good thing.” Permaculture is the concept of the farm as part of the surrounding ecosystem, and farmers who practice it strive to either directly use or simulate pre existing ecological conditions without seeking to significantly alter the landscape in the name of productivity. In a previous article, we mentioned Timbercreek, a farm in Albemarle County that utilizes natural systems in its agricultural practices, particularly its grazing. The grazing of animals (especially cows) is often very detrimental to the environment. Managed intensive rotational grazing is a system in which grazing animals are systematically moved to different regions of pasture. Timbercreek’s model is similar to other small organic farms in that its aim is to utilize as much land as possible. This system begins with cows (sheep, goats and other ruminants could take their place) grazing an area of the farm, clearing the tall, leafy stalks as they continue in a pre-planned progression. Chickens and other poultry follow the path, grazing on the insects, worms, and underbrush left behind by the cows. As the chickens move forward, the pasture is given time to grow replenish its nutrients while animals are eating other regions. This system isn’t utilized on bigger farms because it’s fairly labor-intensive. By and large, labor is something large farms try to avoid as much as possible, preferring mechanization and automated systems to take the place of the human. Such is the natural progression; agriculture may have spurred industrialization, but it is hardly the only area where its effects are felt. When you have the resources of a big farm, it’s less cost-efficient to hire labor because it’s harder to adequately supervise a workforce that big, and you’ve often got the resources to use machines. Another benefit of small farming is that it promotes the local economy, both the farming and non-farming economy, and we see shares of incremental income go into the economy. Big conglomerate farms don’t really do much for the surrounding rural poor, but the majority of the population in the developing world makes its living on what would be considered small farms.
One of the most important things that small farms give us is biodiversity. The idea of biodiversity in agriculture is practically married to the history of the domesticated crops. The early farmers weren’t cultivating crops for entire national or even city populations. As such, this modern idea of homogenized agriculture would have been completely alien to them, and is probably pretty foreign to modern small farmers in the developing world. Genetic diversity tends to be concentrated in certain areas, and these are likely some of the oldest crop centers in human history. In the mid-90s, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center reported that Mexcio had 4,220 of the new maize accessions. Guatemala had 590. The U.S. (which contains three times the combined acreage of both countries) only added 43 new strains (Boyce). Mexican farmers grow over 5000 varieties of maize, whereas in the U.S. (with its 70 million acres), more than 70% of the land is used to crow no more than half-a-dozen different genetic lines (Boyce). High-diversity farming requires more intensive labor…you have to account for differences in soil requirements, harvest times, etc. It needs more time and effort on behalf of the farmers, who must have an intricate knowledge of different crop varieties and their relationships to microhabitat variation, the specific attributes of each variation, etc. Large farms simply aren’t equipped to do this.
But there are problems with low-diversity agriculture, as you’d guess. Insects and plant pathogens are constantly evolving, and they are very adaptable, especially when you plant a few species of corn across several thousand acres. The average commercial lifespan of corn in the U.S. is only seven years, after which the strain is rendered obsolete and becomes highly susceptible to newly-evolved pests. Consider the southern corn leaf blight epidemic of the 1970s. Prior to the epidemic, American seed companies aimed to cut down on labor costs by using sterile male cytoplasm, eliminating the need for laborers to de-tassle corn by hand. It’s estimated that the seed was bred into 90% of the maize in Texas…this strain was also highly susceptible to the pathogen bipolaris maydis which causes the fungal Southern leaf corn blight. In 1970, it spread rapidly from the South to the Northeast and Midwest. It’s estimated that the U.S. lost over a billion dollars in corn sales that year. Biodiversity is what fuels agriculture. It’s foolish to assume that we’re at the end of the agricultural timeline, that we’ve discovered all the foods we’re ever going to need to eat. Small farms preserve and cultivate several different genetic varieties of a crop, and this is vital for human survival, whether it is extremely profitable or not. If you’ve got any interest in owning rural property in central Virginia, you have a chance to be part of something greater than the sum of its parts. And in a city like Charlottesville, with its culinary accolades and thriving farm-to-table aesthetic, owning a small farm could be more profitable than you think. Give us a call today and let’s get started finding your ideal farm in Virginia!
Boyce, James K. “A Future for Small Farms? Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture.” Political Economy and Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst. http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/Boyce_paper_griffin_conference.pdf

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Wednesday February 8th at 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST
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Thursday February 9th at 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST
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Statistics from the Maldives Police Service has shown fewer crimes in the first 15 days of this Ramadan compared to the previous one.
Police statistics show that 596 crimes reported compared to 556 crimes reported last year in the same period.
Maldives Police Service has said that there have been fewer reports of people eating during the daytime. Police said that 18 people were arrested in that crime last year but only seven people have been arrested this Ramadan so far.
In the first 15 days of this Ramadan, most reported crime has been that of theft with 127 crimes while 109 thefts were reported last Ramadan. Police said that although there have been more reports this year, they weren’t any major thefts.
Statistics released by the Police show that crimes of theft increase in Ramadan and aside from the increased efforts against them, police have advised the public to be vigilant.
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Dolly Parton Has ‘Healing Powers,’ According to Those Near to Her: ‘She’s a Purifier’
Dolly Parton’s constant refrain is that despite her wigs, makeup, and cosmetic procedures, she’s as real as it gets on the inside. Many people who meet the musician comment on just how true this is. Her free-flowing kindness and generosity have made her one of the most beloved celebrities. Some of those who have had conversations with Parton also comment on her rejuvenating nature, going so far as to say that she has “healing powers.”
Dolly Parton has an effervescent personality
Parton is known for her music and film career, but also her warmth. She’s quick with a self-deprecating joke, began a foundation to give millions of children free books, and donated $1 million to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine research. Parton is also known for giving away expensive jewelry to anyone who admires it, at least when she was still wearing real diamonds.
“She used to wear real stuff,” her creative director Steve Summers told W Magazine. “But if someone told Dolly they liked her earrings, she’d take them off and hand them to that person! I’d say, ‘Those were real diamonds!’ And Dolly would shrug. So now we always go for fakes.”
Some people around her say she has ‘healing powers’
In a 1977 Rolling Stone article, per the book Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton, writer Chet Flippo spoke with someone who said Parton’s music “purified the audience. She’s a purifier.”
Parton has this effect in person, too. According to a 1980 interview with Roger Ebert ahead of the release of 9 to 5, Parton broke typical celebrity protocol by showing up to a premiere 14 hours early, taking photographs, and signing autographs for hotel staff. According to Ebert, most people had the same reaction after speaking to her: “Gee, she’s really nice.”
Later, after a long day of interviews, Parton arrived at Ebert’s press table “with such energy and freshness that, a little amazed, we asked her the secret of her energy.”
“I just depend on a lot of prayer and meditation,” she said, per Ebert’s official website. “I believe that without God I am nobody, but that with God, I can do anything.”
In a 2008 update to the story from 1980, Ebert added an anecdote he felt was essential to understanding Parton.
“I had a one-on-one interview with Parton in a hotel suite,” he wrote. “As we spoke, I found myself enveloped by her presence. This had nothing to do with sex appeal. Far from it. It was as if I were being mesmerized by a benevolent power. I left the room in a cloud of good feeling. Next day, [Gene] Siskel and I were sitting next to each other on an airplane. ‘This will sound crazy,’ he said, ‘but when I was interviewing Dolly Parton, I almost felt like she had healing powers.’”
Dolly Parton’s spiritual practice is very important to her
As Parton told Ebert and other journalists, her spirituality is very important to her. Though she does not consider herself a particularly religious person, she practices spirituality daily. This impacts not just her songwriting but the way she views the world in general.
“I really, truly love people,” she told Marie Claire, adding, “I try to find the good in everybody. I try to find the God light in everybody. I’m so happy that I’m touched and moved by so much that goes on in this world that I can actually write about it. It gives me great subject matter as a songwriter. Everything is a song to me. Everybody is a song to me.”

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Athena Bass‘s source of wealth comes from being a drummer. How much money is Athena Bass worth at the age of 56 and what’s her real net worth now?
As of 2021, Athena Bass’s net worth is $500 thousand.
Athena Bass (born December 8, 1964) is famous for being drummer. She currently resides in California, United States. Drummer and sister of Tommy Lee who has been in an variety of bands, including Hardly Dangerous, Butt Trumpet, and Ron Keel’s Fair Game. She’s also played for the band Femme Fatale.
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She is the former sister-in-law of Pamela Anderson. Athena is a Sagittarius. Represented by the archer, Sagittarians are always on a quest for knowledge. The last fire sign of the zodiac, Sagittarius launches its many pursuits like blazing arrows, chasing after adventures. It's no surprise that Jupiter, the planet of abundance, spirituality, and growth, governs Sagittarius. Sagittarians are excellent storytellers and can light up any room with their exhilarating tales and infectious laughter. Sagittarius is a mutable sign, meaning it is associated with adaptability and flexibility.
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Numerical experiments using an electrostatic, relativistic plasma simulation code Parachoniak, Ronald D.
A 1-1/2 dimensional electrostatic, relativistic, plasma simulation model was constructed, implemented on the UBC FPS array processor, and tested by solving three problems in plasma physics. The model will handle a variety of different initial conditions including cold plasmas, cold beams, and drifting maxwellians. Relativistic particle velocities are properly modelled and up to two species of particles may be specified. The numerical experiments run with the model included cold plasma oscillations, cold and warm two-stream instabilities, and Landau damping. Results of the simulations were compared to theory and excellent agreement was obtained in all the cases studied. The model may now be used with confidence to research various (relativistic) electrostatic problems. It could also be modified to make it fully electromagnetic, in which case it would be useful for simulating many additional phenomena, including laser-plasma interactions.
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To achieve high performance, contemporary computer systems rely on two forms of parallelism: instruction-level parallelism (ILP) and thread-level parallelism (TLP). Wide-issue superscalar processors exploit ILP by executing multiple instructions from a single program in a single cycle. Multiprocessors (MP) exploit TLP by executing different threads in parallel on different processors. Unfortunately, both parallel processing styles statically partition processor resources, thus preventing themdoi:10.1145/263326.263382 fatcat:urempgsyi5fmffbfxkr7s6zcju


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Aeroflot increases frequency of flights to Istanbul, Antalya from May 27 — airline
Aeroflot Airlines will increase the number of flights to Istanbul and Antalya from May 27, the company said, News,az reports citing TASS.
Aeroflot will increase the number of flights to Istanbul and Antalya from May 27 to three daily flights. Flights will be operated on Airbus A330 wide-body airliners.
Earlier, Aeroflot announced plans to resume flights to the Maldives from May 13, flights will also be carried out on A330 aircraft.

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Waving Bear Studio, a Falmouth-based games company, has released their first game with assistance from Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad.
Stuffed is a procedurally generated first-person shooter that takes place in the dreams of a little girl. Play as a teddy bear and fight waves of nightmares as you defend your owner. Join your friends in 2 player split-screen co-op and 4 player online co-op.
The early access version of the game will be available on Steam from December.
Waving Bear director Ashley Wharfe said:
“We’re committed to taking a ‘player-first’ approach to development, and have put a lot of focus on public betas, gaming conventions and conversations with audience via social channels to shape the development of Stuffed.
“We’ve chosen the early access route to allow us to work more closely with our community to refine the gameplay experience and shape the future direction of the game.”
The University’s Launchpad scheme looks to connect technical excellence with creative flair – providing support to give new start ups in Cornwall the best possible start. They offer a fully funded year, a Masters in Entrepreneurship, a network of industry-leading experts and a comprehensive financial support package.
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Brody Jenner 'to spend Christmas with Avril Lavigne's family'Posted on: December 20, 2010 11:42:33
After months of celebrity dating, Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner are set to spend Christmas together, it has been claimed.
Radar Online reports the pair are planning to visit the singer's family in her home city of Toronto in Canada.
Jenner and his girlfriend of eight months were spotted at Pearson International Airport, where they were met by Lavigne's brother and new wife.
It is believed they will celebrate the festive season in the city before heading back to the US so she can perform her forthcoming single on Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve show.
Lavigne was previously married to Sum 41 singer Deryck Wibley; the pair tied the knot in 2006 but filed for divorce last year.
Meanwhile, Jenner has appeared on the reality TV show The Hills, which followed the lives of a group of wealthy young adults living in Los Angeles.
He has been linked to a number of women, including co-stars Kristin Cavallari and Lauren Conrad.
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Dr. AbuSalah is a Research Assistant Professor and Core Faculty at the Institute for Health Informatics at the University of Minnesota (UMN). He serves as the Director of Clinical Informatics at the Best Practices Integrative Informatics Consulting and Collaborative Science Core (BPIC) of CTSI’s Biomedical Informatics Program. At his role, Dr. AbuSalah leads the informatics consultation services which provide a full suite of informatics consultations to researchers and PIs. Dr. AbuSalah is also the lead informaticist at the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. Dr. AbuSalah has a rich industry and research background in healthcare data management and analytics with focus on large scale healthcare data integration, Informatics Infrastructure Models, Business Intelligence (BI) and value-based models for the support of patient safety, quality of care and cost reduction.
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Nuclear astrophysicists successfully created the first low-energy particle accelerator beam deep underground in the United States, bringing them one step closer to understanding how the elements of our universe are built.
Through the project, called CASPAR (Compact Accelerator System for Performing Astrophysical Research), researchers will recreate the nuclear fusion processes responsible for energy generation and elemental production in stars, to understand more about how stars burn and what elements they create while doing so.
CASPAR is one of only two underground accelerators in the world, located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), in Lead, South Dakota.
The other, the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA) is located in Italy, near Gran Sasso mountain.
“Installing and operating accelerators underground is a considerable challenge,” said Michael Wiescher, Freimann Professor of Nuclear Physics at the University of Notre Dame. “CASPAR is unique since it covers a broader energy range than the LUNA accelerator. It allows us, for the first time, to explore reactions of stellar helium burning, which take place in stars like Betelgeuse, at laboratory conditions. Through these studies, we will learn about the origin of oxygen and carbon as the most important ingredients of biological life in the universe, and we will learn about the mechanisms stars have developed to produce gradually heavier elements through neutron fusion processes.”
Wiescher and Research Assistant Professor Dan Robertson are leading the team from Notre Dame, working in collaboration with researchers from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the Colorado School of Mines.


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In 2006, there were 17,268 persons usually resident in Tomago: 50.0% were males and 50.0% were females. Of the total population in Tomago 2.9% were Indigenous persons, compared with 2.3% Indigenous persons in Australia. more
87.5% of persons usually resident in Tomago stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses within Tomago were: England 2.2%, New Zealand 0.7%, Germany 0.5%, Scotland 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.
92.5% of persons usually resident in Tomago were Australian citizens, 7.0% were born overseas and 0.1% were overseas visitors.
The most common industries of employment for persons aged 15 years and over usually resident in Tomago were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, School Education 3.1%, Hospitals 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.
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FORMATION EVALUATION RETURNS TO THE SURFACE
Realtime formation evaluation at the wellsite used to be carried out by geologists or mud loggers examining the drilled cuttings and formation gas collected from the mud stream and “lagged” to bit depth. This was mud logging or surface logging or data logging. Over the years, technological advances and economics allowed more complex downhole measurement tools to be created and run. These MWD and LWD tools determine several formation properties indirectly but became uniquely associated with formation evaluation to the point that 'real' rock analysis in realtime was deemed insufficiently precise.
In today’s business climate, upstream oil and gas companies are increasingly focused on capital efficiency and return on investment (ROI). Delivery of an acceptable ROI to private and public investors is currently challenging in unconventional plays. However, these challenges also apply offshore with its high cost operations, the focus on trimming budgets, reduction of nonproductive time (NPT) and risk, and getting the best data at the best price. Modern services - Surface Measurement While Drilling - from Diversified Well Logging combine quality and economy that are fit for today's oilfield. It is Evolution and Revolution that will be the future of Surface Logging.
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The reinvention of mud logging was necessary to increase the geological data available to drive operational and capital efficiency, which in turn helped to create the hybrid mud logging (HML) system. Using drill cuttings, a free byproduct of the drilling operation the system provides near real time rock composition measurements. When combined with drilling data, A.I. methods provide an important window into the subsurface.
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FIFA 21 will be released on October 9 in three editions, all three with the image of Kylian Mbappé, the PSG star.
Kylian Mbappé is this year’s signing for the cover of FIFA 21. EA Sports has just shown the covers of its next edition of the soccer simulator, occupied by the young Frenchman.
At just 21 years old he has already won leagues with his team, Paris Saint-Germain; He was named Golden Boy in 2017 and scored one of the goals that gave the French team victory in the 2018 World Cup final.
Mbappé is the protagonist of the three editions of the game: Standard, Champions, and Ultimate, which can be booked on the EA website for the PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Steam platforms. It will be released on October 9, but the Champions and Ultimate editions will have early access for 3 days.
“Being on the cover of FIFA is a dream come true. From my Bondy epic to the World Cup to Clairfontaine, this marks another great milestone. I have played this game since I was a child and it is an honor for me to represent to a whole new generation of footballers and being in the same group as many other amazing players with whom I now share this honor, ” narrates Mbappé.
What do you think of the covers? Of course, the chosen design is surprising, in mosaic format, different from the usual in EA games. However, it seems to be the norm: This year’s UFC 4 also has very similar cover art.
It is also surprising that Mbappé is the star in all three editions. Last year, FIFA 20 featured Eden Hazard, Virgil van Dijk, and Zinedine Zidane for all three editions.
We have not yet seen a trailer for the game (beyond the teaser, in which Mbappé was one of those presents). But that will change on, July 23rd, as the first trailer for FIFA 21 will be released at 17:00.
“facts press” will provide further updates when more information is available.

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Blunt spoke only briefly about his platform in the gubernatorial race and spent most of his time answering questions from his young supporters. His address was heavily laced with promises of delivering tangible results.
“If they don’t see improvement, they need to hold me accountable,” said Blunt about the people of Missouri, specifically citing his plan to improve the state’s roads and highways.
Blunt described his campaign’s “very clear pledges” towards the improvement of public education in the state.
Both candidates are making education a priority in their platforms. Increasing the efficiency and amount of school funding is a policy both candidates are pushing for the November elections.
Claire McCaskill, the Democratic candidate for governor and current state auditor, promises that school districts will be audited once every three years and that the formula used to allocate school funding will be reworked.
“Once dollars have been approved, that’s dollars they are going to receive,” Blunt said about funding the state’s school districts.
The constitutionality of the equity and adequacy of the funding Missouri’s schools receive through the foundation formula is being challenged in the Cole County Circuit Court.
In his Wednesday evening speech Blunt, who is currently serving as Secretary of State, promised he will fulfill his promises — something he said his opponent did not do once she assumed the office of the auditor.
Blunt’s promises include plans to control the taxation of Missouri citizens, reforming medical malpractice laws that make the state one of 18 crisis states in the nation and seeking revenue in what he called spurt economic growth. He described revenue for Missouri in the form of jobs and the overall strengthening of the economy.
He also addressed a need to implement litigation reform and reaffirmed his position supporting rights guaranteed in the second amendment.

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While change takes effort to bring about and needs constant maintenance to be sustained, transformation means the complete dissolution of your old ways of being.
In other words, while change is temporary, transformation is lasting.
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South Sudanese have expressed concerns after it emerged that the government has granted legislators a loan worth 16 million U. S. dollars for purchase of new cars even when the country is battling hunger amid an economic crisis.
According to sources in the South Sudan Parliament, each lawmaker in the 400-seater assembly will receive about 40,000 dollars to buy a new car.
“Yes we have received the money for buying cars. You know we were supposed to get new cars every two years and this money has been overdue,” said a lawmaker who asked to remain anonymous as he is not in the position to talk about the issue.
“The money we received is not enough because the average amount we are supposed to get to buy a car is supposed to be 65,000 dollars,” he said.
Reports of the car loans have been making rounds on social media in recent days, with many South Sudanese criticizing their representatives of not being considerate of their electorates who continue to suffer the brunt of the country’s four-year-old conflict.
Civil society activist James Kolok said the country is surprised to learn that the government has got money to be loaned to lawmakers when it struggled to pay civil servants and deliver services since the nation descended into civil war in late 2013.
“It is not appropriate for the government to give this money at a time when a country is actually crying because of a number of challenges that everyone including the children can see,” Jame said.
Women’s rights activist Susan Wasuk questioned how the government acquired the funds when they have been complaining of lack of money to run government affairs.
“I don’t know where this budget is coming from when people are going to the neighboring countries and civil servants have not got their salaries and MPs are already talking of money to buy cars,” Wasuk said.
According to the World Bank, South Sudan is the most oil-dependent nation in the world, with oil accounting for almost the totality of exports and around 60 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP).
But after the young nation descended into civil war in late 2013, oil production declined from 350,000 in 2011 to fewer than 130,000 barrels per day in 2014 amid soaring inflation.
The conflict has killed tens of thousands and created one of the fastest growing refugee crises in the world.
Senior economist, Marial Yol said the loan would be costly for the world’s youngest nation as it will trigger series of demands for salary increase from other government employees, which the country cannot afford at this time.
He added that the lawmakers may not be able to repay the loans because of their low salaries.
“One would wonder as to how they would pay this money back to the government because the salary of an MP is around 9,000 South Sudan Pounds (about 40 dollars).
“How can somebody who gets a salary of 40 to 50 dollars per month pay a car loan of 40,000?” he asked.
There was no immediate comment from the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Information, Paul Bonju.

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The organic sector wants to abolish the 9% VAT on organic products, in order to make these products cheaper and therefore more attractive to consumers. They also want the government to launch a major advertising campaign to explain the values and importance of organic farming to consumers, the sector said in a 10-point plan it intends to submit to the minister of Agriculture Carola Schouten next month, reports NOS.
The industry came up with the plan after IRI market research showed that organics only accounted for 3.21% of the more than 40 billion euros spent in supermarkets last year. This is barely more than the 3.19% market share held by organic products in 2018.
“In this way, we will not reach the European target. By 2030, we must have an average market share of 25 percent. Further efforts are desperately needed,” Michael Wilde, director of the professional association Bionext. “For a healthy, equitable and sustainable agricultural system, we need a strong policy, focusing on both consumption and production. We therefore call on politicians to set up a sort of working group with us.
Part of that policy has to be an information campaign, Wilde said. In other countries such as Germany, Switzerland and Austria, major government campaigns are explaining the importance of organic food. Consumers there have much more knowledge about organic foods. It is high time that this happened here too, ”he said.


The Air Force F-22 Raptor, an air superiority aircraft with an air-to-ground attack capability is set for completion in September 2003. However, contracts to begin 10 low-rate initial production aircraft for fiscal year 2001 have been delayed until after completion of the President's review of Department of Defense (DOD) programs. The Air Force plans to procure 333 production aircraft through 2013. The cost of F-22 production is limited by law, but the total number of aircraft to be procured is unspecified. This report (1) identifies the cost reduction plans by F-22 contractors, (2) compares the military's latest F-22 production cost estimates with the congressional cost limitation and determines the extent to which cost reduction plans were considered in establishing these estimates, and (3) provides the status of DOD's actions to implement GAO's earlier recommendations on production cost estimates and cost reduction plans for the F-22 program. GAO found that enhancing production technology, improving manufacturing techniques, and improving acquisition practices have contributed to cost reductions. Both the Air Force and the Office of the Secretary cost estimators projected that F-22 production costs would exceed the congressional cost limitation if the Air Force were to procure 333 F-22s. DOD and the Air Force have partially responded to the recommendations in GAO's August 2000 report on the F-22.
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Summer might be reaching its end, but there’s still time to experiment with flowers and decorate your outdoor area for the autumn/winter period. Hanging baskets can liven up the facade of your house or balcony, and are an easy way of maintaining and presenting your favourite florals.
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AMD Hires John Gustafson as Chief Graphics Product Architect
35-year Industry Veteran with Extensive Background in Parallel Computing Will Focus on Defining Future of AMD Graphics Solutions
"Our industry-leading graphics technology predicates that we consistently deliver the most differentiated and superior graphics processor unit (GPU) architectures and products - without compromise," said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, AMD Graphics. "With the growing importance of parallel compute in defining the computing experience, John brings the full package of industry experience and knowledge needed to help us expand and execute our AMD Radeon and AMD FirePro graphics technology programs, and will help forge an aggressive long-term roadmap that allows AMD to continue to lead and win with our gaming and virtualization technologies."
Gustafson is a 35-year veteran of the computing industry. He joins AMD from Intel, where he headed the company's eXtreme Technologies Lab, conducting cutting-edge research on energy-efficient computing and memory, as well as optical, energy and storage technologies. Prior to that, he served as CEO at Massively Parallel Technologies and CTO at ClearSpeed Technology, a high-performance computing company. Gustafson has also held key management and research positions at numerous companies including Sun Microsystems, Ames Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.
In 1988, Gustafson wrote Reevaluating Amdahl's Law to address limitations of Amdahl's Law, which models the maximum potential performance improvement from parallel processing. Gustafson proved that processors working in parallel can solve larger problems, marking a change in how the industry viewed parallel processing. Today, Gustafson's Law is widely accepted among academia as the standard for parallel processing education.
"I look forward to working with my teams to expand the AMD graphics technology roadmap," said Gustafson. "The next decade will serve as a watershed era for GPUs in graphics rendering power and compute capabilities, creating the opportunity for multi-teraFLOPS APUs. In terms of raw performance, the evolution of discrete graphics has far exceeded that of the CPU, and the programmable characteristics of today's GPUs have thrown open a door that could very well see it rival the CPU as the most critical element of computer performance in the near future."
Gustafson holds both a master's and a doctorate degree in applied mathematics from Iowa State University, and a bachelor's degree in the same from the California Institute of Technology. He also holds numerous patents and has authored an extensive array of technical publications.
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Throughout his career, Quentin Tarantino's films weren't usually box office blockbusters, but his last two films have performed quite well. 2009's Inglourious Basterds took in $120.5 million domestic and $321.4 million worldwide, from a $70 million budget, while 2012's Django Unchained earned $162.8 million domestic and $425.3 million worldwide from a $100 million budget. Do you have any theories about what the police union may have in store for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight? You can see the latest trailer here if you missed it earlier today.
The Hateful Eight comes to theaters December 25th, 2015.Read More
After a 10 day silence, Quentin Tarantino has finally responded to the police boycott against him and his movies, including his upcoming Christmas Day release The Hateful Eight. His recent comments at a rally protesting police brutality drew the ire of the NYPD, who initially called the boycott. It was soon joined by various other law enforcement agencies all across the country. The director and cult icon certainly angered cops on both coasts. But he doesn't care. And he refuses to apologize or retract his comments.
So far, law enforcement groups in New York, Los Angeles, Orange County, New Jersey, Chicago and Philadelphia have joined the boycott against Tarantino. Supporters are asked to both ban his films and to refuse to provide security or technical advice for his future projects. Los Angeles Police Dept. Lt. Craig Lally, who is also president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, blames Quentin Tarantino for being insensitive. The filmmaker called specific police officers 'murderers' just four days after a New York police officer was killed in the line of duty in East Harlem. The Dept. Lt. believes that Tarantino's comments are what will be most damaging to The Hateful Eight when it arrives in theaters. The officer explains."There's an underground of people who are very pro-police, and you don't hear about them until they get pissed off. And it's going to be this underground that shuts down the movie, not the cops."Read More
How serious is the police boycott of Quentin Tarantino and his upcoming Western The Hateful Eight? Serious enough that producer and longtime Quentin Tarantino collaborator Harvey Weinstein wants the director to issue some sort of apology. According to Page Six, Weinstein is furious with Tarantino, and believes his outspoken personality has ruined The Hateful Eight's chances at Oscar glory along with its potential at the box office.
Tarantino first drew the ire of the NYPD after he appeared at an NYC rally on October 24 to protest police brutality, calling the cops 'murderers'. Soon after, the NYPD called a boycott of Quentin Tarantino and all his movies, including The Hateful Eight, which opens in limited release this Christmas before going wider in January. Soon, the LAPD joined the boycott, and was followed by the National Association of Police Organizations and the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association. Supporters are asked to both boycott his films and to refuse to provide security or technical advice for his future projects.Read More
The cops hate Quentin Tarantino! Police forces on both sides of the United States have decided to call a boycott against the director, his films, and the upcoming Christmas day release of The Hateful Eight. The NYPD were the first to speak out against the filmmaker after he made some disparaging remarks towards police in general this weekend. Now, the LAPD have joined their brothers in blue in shaming the man who has made such classics as Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained. Will it hurt The Hateful Eight box office?
Quentin Tarantino's next movie, The Hateful Eight, is having a limited http://movieweb.com/hateful-eight-posters-cow-puncher-confederate-little-man/70mm Road Show rollout on December 25 before opening wide in January. That's still nearly two months away, and this could all be forgotten by the time the movie makes it's debut. At this time, it's not possibility to predict how the LAPD and NYPD boycott of the filmmaker and his films will affect the holiday box office. Which side do you stand on? The police? Or the director? Or is this just a blatant attack on free speech? Or did Quentin Tarantino make his move knowing this would give his Western free publicity?Read More
With The Hateful Eight's release just two months away, it remains to be seen if this boycott will have any impact on its box office take. The film will debut in limited release, with a unique "roadshow" release in approximately 50 theaters equipped with 70MM, before expanding into a nationwide release sometime in January. New York will certainly be one of the cities that The Hateful Eight opens in first, so it's possible that if New Yorkers support this boycott, it could adversely affect the box office results.
Quentin Tarantino has never shied away from speaking his mind before, and this is certainly not the first time he's made controversial statements. Do you think the NYPD is correct to "boycott" the director's films, simply for appearing at a peaceful protest? We'll keep you posted with any updates regarding The Hateful Eight boycott as we get closer and closer to the December 25 release.Read More
It Follows isn't a box office blockbuster by any means, earning $14.6 million throughout its theatrical run, but it opened rather large for an indie, earning $160,089 from just four theaters, for a whopping $40,022 per-screen average. The thriller, which also stars Keir Gilchrist, Lili Sepe, Loren Bass and Jake Weary, expanded to 1,218 theaters in its third weekend, cracking the top 10 for three straight weeks throughout late March and April. Do you think Quentin Tarantino crossed the line with his comments about It Follows? Or do you think he makes some valid points?
Hey QT, why don't we get together over a beer and talk about these notes. I have a few of my own for you.— DavidRobertMitchell (@DRobMitchell) August 26, 2015
It Follows was released March 13th, 2015.Read More


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On the same day that the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) imposed a P50,000 penalty on listed firm Filinvest Development Corporation, it withdrew the same fine against another listed firm, San Miguel Corporation.
Both were faced with the same issue: failure to abide by the bourse’ disclosure rules after they entered into agreements with other parties.
In February 11, the PSE published on its website Memorandum No. 2009-0082, entitled, “Decisions rendered on cases re: Compliance with the Revised Disclosure Rules."
In one document, the PSE informed the investing public contradicting decisions it enforced on FilInvest and San Miguel.
Filinvest, a real estate and financial conglomerate, was fined for failing to disclose the terms and conditions of the agreement that its non-listed subsidiary, East West Banking Corporation, entered into with financial giant, American International Group (AIG).
In January 23, East West Bank acquired AIG’s banking and leasing units by buying all the shares of AIG in PhilAm Savings Bank, PhilAm Auto Finance & Leasing, and PFL Holdings.
The exchange required FilInvest to disclose details of the transaction between East West and AIG, including the terms and conditions of the sale. FilInvest cited the confidential nature of the deal, and asserted in a February 4 letter to the exchange that Filinvest is not a party to the deal, while East West is not subject to disclosure rules since it is not listed.
On February 11, however, the PSE decided that FilInvest has the “obligation to properly inform its stockholders and the investing public” about its subsidiary’s deal.
PSE cited Sections 1, 2, and 4.3 of its Revised Disclosure Rules, which state that the exchange “may require listed companies to submit a disclosure regarding the transactions of its subsidiaries, whether listed or not.”
The PSE regularly disciplines locally listed firms through penalties when they neglect—advertently or inadvertently—to provide information about transactions made by the company or its officials that may affect, among others, the economic or financial performance of, or equity situation in the company.
Since listed companies raise funds through investors that put in money into the companies’ initially offered or already traded stocks (units of ownership), it is the duty of the exchange to ensure that all investors have equal access to material information about the company. Ideally, equal access and prompt disclosures on the part of the listed firms level the playing field so investors could then decide to either buy, sell, or hold their stocks.
According to PSE’s disclosure rules, the listed company even have to report to the PSE within 10 minutes upon the occurrence of a financial or commercial transaction. The PSE would then post the disclosure on its website, which all investors could access.
But while the PSE was strict in implementing the disclosure rules to FilInvest that day, it was more lenient with San Miguel.
San Miguel’s case
The diversified conglomerate has been on a buying spree lately. After divesting a significant stake in its drinks and food businesses here and abroad, it has clinched two deals that involved the country’s biggest firms.
• In October 2008, San Miguel bought a 27 percent direct stake in electricity giant Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).
• In January 2009, it entered into an option agreement with a major stakeholder of Petron Corporation for an indirect 50.1 percent stake in the giant oil refiner and retailer.
On February 3, the PSE wrote San Miguel to ask why it should not be penalized for its failure to promptly disclose details pertaining to dates of these transactions.
In the case of San Miguel's purchase of the Meralco stake, the PSE noted from a January 29, 2009 disclosure of San Miguel that the share purchase agreement signed by San Miguel way back in October 27, 2008.
And for the stake in Petron, PSE said San Miguel disclosed the option agreement only on January 5, 2009, when agreement was signed in December 24, 2008.
On February 4, the day after receiving PSE’s memo, San Miguel's reply focused on the Meralco deal only.
It asserted that it did disclose that its board has authorized the deal, and even provided details about the acquisition price and terms of payment. It added that on November 5, 2008, it provided the exchange additional information, and even confirmed the execution of the share purchase agreement.
On February 9, PSE wrote San Miguel that it violated disclosure rules in its Meralco transaction and that the bourse is imposing the mandatory P50,000 penalty.
PSE insisted that despite disclosing some aspects of the deal, “the investing public…do not have any information if an Agreement has already been signed.”
It added that the closing date of the signing is important information since “It will apprise the investing public of the actual date for the delivery of the down payment which can ensure that the planned acquisition of shares will materialize.”
The following day, on February 10, San Miguel appealed PSE’s move to penalize it since, it said, the PSE had not expressly requested for the signing date.
It wrote, "The tenor of the request of PSE assumed execution (of the transaction) when it asked that SMC submit copies of all 'agreements executed' on the transaction. The text of the request enumerated seven matters for clarification, none of which was a request to declare the date of execution."
"There were seven items enumerated in the 'additional information' requested, but none stated that we should identify the date of the signing of the (agreement). Had the request for clarification simply asked for the date of signing, we would have promptly given the information," noted San Miguel.
The company said it could not provide the PSE a full copy of the said agreement because it was bound by confidentiality.
On February 11, PSE granted San Miguel’s appeal on the Meralco deal.
It wrote the diversified conglomerate that it “accepts the Corporation’s explanation on the matter and hereby grants its request for reconsideration.
On the same day, PSE wrote San Miguel over the second issue—the Petron stake, which was not discussed or were there exchange of correspondence as was the case in the Meralco stake.
PSE said, “The Exchange resolved not to impose a penalty on the Corporation for its violation of Section 4.1 of the Revised Disclosure Rules.”
It also reminded San Miguel to make prompt disclosures in the future, and added, “The Online Disclosure System is capable of receiving disclosures 24 hours a day 7 days a week to ensure that listed companies are able to make prompt disclosures.”
The PSE then warned San Miguel that “subsequent violation of the same nature would result in the imposition by the Exchange of the appropriate penalty.”

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