As part of a plan to move and expand services at its Triad Health
Practice in the Boystown LGBT enclave, Howard Brown Health Center
announced Tuesday it is rebranding and opening the clinic at its new
space on North Halsted Street late next month.
Branding for the
clinic’s new name, Aris Health, has already appeared on windows at the
redesigned 4,050-square-foot facility, 3245 N. Halsted St., formerly
occupied by Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group. The changes will
officially go into place March 25, the organization said.
In
April, Howard Brown said it would relocate the clinic to the larger
location from a smaller space at 3000 N. Halsted St. due to capacity
demands for its expanding services, such as pediatric care.
The
new storefront location, which is steps away from of one of the symbolic
Halsted Street rainbow pylons and directly across the street from
Steamworks, a gay bathhouse, will afford the clinic greater visibility,
the organization said.
“We are excited about opening Aris Health
in the heart of the community to serve patients in an environment
completely focused on their care,” said Karma Israelsen, interim
president and CEO at HBHC.Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card
can authenticate your computer usage and data. “It’s important for us
to meet the comprehensive health and wellness needs of those we serve.”
The
increased prominence in Boystown will help the organization reach its
goal of more than doubling the clinic’s current base of 2,000 patients
to 5,000 patients in the first few years. The new space has capacity for
nearly 10,000 patients, or about the amount served at Howard Brown’s
Sheridan Road facility.
In addition to clinical health services and pediatric care, Aris Health will also offer adult primary and behavioral care.
“We
added pediatrics as part of our core practice offering last year to
serve our patients’ children; Aris Health and the expanded space allows
us to fulfill this need,” said Israelsen.Our precision manufactured
lasers and laser systems deliver the highest possible laser cutter performance on a wide variety of materials.
Specifically,
the facility will house nine exam rooms, including a separate space for
pediatric care; an onsite Walgreens pharmacy and free lot parking off
Halsted Street — all of which will translate into benefits for patients,
said HBHC’s Medical Director Dr. Magda Houlberg, M.D.
“At Aris
Health, we are proud to institute a patient-focused model of care in a
new and fresh environment that focuses on our patient experience,”
Houlberg said.
Patients served at the new facility will be part
of its new “complete patient-centered care model,” a system which
promotes the involvement of patients in their medical care and
ultimately leads to the development of personal relationships with their
providers, according to Howard Brown.
As part of that
relationship, the patient and provider work together on preventive and
chronic care management which might also include the care a patient
receives at other health facilities, the organization said in a
statement.
Among the features of the new column-free facility
are tunnel space for four batting cages, two infield areas, a 28-foot
high ceiling, video capability, a concession stand and pro shop.
“As
we continue to position ourselves as a prime destination for baseball
and softball players, the new building will enable us to provide a place
for events and training for the entire year,” said Frank Zitaglio,
general manager of BBH, a subsidiary of Steel Sports Inc. “Further, the
addition of a former player of Frank Catalanotto’s caliber will serve to
solidify Baseball Heaven as the leading facility of its kind in the
region.”
Catalanotto will provide individual and group
instruction to baseball players and teams. He enjoyed a 14-year MLB
career with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers,Full color plastic card
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“I’m
very excited to be a part of this great complex, and I look forward to
working with players of all ages as they continue to develop their
skills,” said Catalanotto, a native of Long Island, N.Y.
The new
building is part of an overall upgrade BBH is planning in the coming
year, including the construction of two new concession stands, the
creation of extra parking, live online video streaming of all games and
the development and implementation of a variety of sports instruction
and development programs.
Zitaglio said both the construction of
the new building and other renovations to the complex will create new
jobs within the community and underscores BBH’s commitment to Long
Island, a large portion of which was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.
“We
are extremely thankful to our community leaders and the Town of
Brookhaven Planning Board for approving this excellent addition to our
complex,” Zitaglio added. “We want to make sure that every current and
potential player and team fully understands that we’re here for the long
term. And through Baseball Heaven, we aim to continue to foster the
values of teamwork, sportsmanship and integrity – all of the good things
that baseball and softball are about.We've had a lot of people asking
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2013年2月19日 星期二
Hamilton CBD open for business, says mayor
With 50 commercial property-associated developments worth around $300
million on the go in the CBD, Hamilton is saying "this city is open for
business and the place to put your money",How cheaply can I build a solar power systems? says mayor Julie Hardaker.
She told a Cranes over The CBD presentation by some of the city's major commercial property developers in Hamilton yesterday that council staff had been "flat out" processing land use consents in recent months.
Of 116 consents, 38 had been for commercial property developments, she said.
More than 220 sector players turned out at SkyCity Hamilton for the presentation, organised by the Hamilton Central Business Association.
Lyall Green of Design Management Consultants, developer of Project Grantham, said the six-level riverside building rising on Grantham St would be ready for occupation in December, just 17 months from start.Our precision manufactured lasers and laser systems deliver the highest possible laser cutter performance on a wide variety of materials.
State owned enterprise Mighty River Power is the anchor tenant.
Green said space, including a retail option, was still available on the ground and first floors. The building will have a restaurant and function room.
Part of Project Grantham had been relocating the 109 year old heritage-rated building The Hamilton Club, beside the main building.
Green said his company "ran into a brick wall" in trying to discuss its ideas and concepts for the old building with the Historic Places Trust.
"They have their own passionate ideas which from a rationalist's point of view are completely irrational - and I told them so," he said.
"It is a concern there are a number of buildings with historic place designation (in this area) if this city really is going to pay homage to the river. There are a number of buildings that will have to deal with the Historic Places Trust."
Green said the next obstacle to progress were archaeologists, who had a budget of $300,000, and "held up the project for months" just to find a "few broken plates and a horse bone". The Hamilton Club building will offer 440 square metres of space over two floors.
The main building is "green star" rateable to the equivalent of a four-star rating.
Sustainability features include the use of recycled rainwater and the most efficient air-conditioning system on the market, Green said.
McConnell Group, developer of the distinctive triangular Citygate building rising on the Anglesea and Ward St corner site that has been vacant for 17 years, said its development would be the first in the CBD to be accredited with a "green star" four-star rating. The A-grade building with a 73 per cent interior daylight ratio, would be finished in mid-July, said spokeswoman Kate Watts. The six-storey building featured four office levels of 1000sqm each, largely column-free, and ground floor retail offering five to six tenancies, she said. It would accommodate up to 400 people. At basement level would have parking for 42 cars. A highlight of the development was its 735sqm public plaza.
Blair Wolfgram, managing director of Property Consulting Group, lead developer for the Les Mills project, said it would have a 2800sqm exercise area and a 440sqm group fitness studio, 150sqm bigger than the current facility one block south. The new facility is expected to have up to 5000-member visits a week, he said.
Club Cardio director Susie Vincent said plans included two 25m "fast" swimming pools and a flow pool, learn-to-swim classes and parking for 110 cars. A name change was on the cards, with Fast Lane a contender, she told the Waikato Times.
For the $40m Centre Place redevelopment, Ivan Bartley of owner Kiwi Income Property Trust said the shopping precinct formerly known as Downtown had closed on January 31 for conversion into a dedicated fashion mall, with new tenants and new shop fronts.
A $7m digital upgrade and refurbishment of the Centre Place cinema complex for Hoyts would open in October, Bartley said. Centre Place comprised 12 properties which KIPT starting buying in 1994. When the 2011 redevelopment of Centre Place as a focus of "fashion, food and entertainment" with new anchor tenant Farmers was complete, it would have more than 110 specialty stores, he said.
Oyster Property Group has launched its first proportionate ownership scheme for 2013 by offering investors the Orion Health building, known as Orion House, in Grafton.
The multi-level office complex, with more than 4670sq m of net lettable area on a 3003sq m freehold site in a popular fringe CBD commercial area at 181 Grafton Rd, was sold by Orion Health to Oyster Property Group for $21.5 million through Peter Herdson and Andrew Reed of Colliers International.
Orion Health is leasing it back for a 15-year term with three rights of renewal of five years each.
Mark Winter,We've had a lot of people asking where we had our make your own bobblehead. Oyster director, is now marketing 115 interests in the property at $100,000 each, with a projected initial pre-tax return of 8.Full color plastic card printing and manufacturing services.47 per cent. The remainder of the settlement price comprises bank funding.
Winter says investors will be attracted to the property's superb location and the recent substantial building upgrade to 100 per cent of new building standard.
Oyster's chief executive, Mark Schiele, says the property was attractive because of its location, quality of refurbishment, calibre of tenant and length of lease - all attributes that make for sound long-term property investment.
"There is no doubt that Orion Health is an exceptional business with strong international growth prospects; a true New Zealand success story. Orion's commitment to the site - with its 15-year lease with three five-year rights of renewal - as well as the further development potential will be attractive to investors."
Ian McCrae, Orion Health's chief executive, said the company decided to sell the property in order to focus on its core business, while retaining the site on a long-term lease.
"Orion Health purchased the Grafton Rd building with the goal of creating an ideal workspace featuring elegant design and maximum functionality for our employees," says McCrae. "We also needed to allow for long-term growth,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. and so a flexible lease agreement was established for the property to enable expansion over time."
Herdson says the property offers an ideal income-generating investment and the strong sales result reflects the quality of the tenant, the long lease term and the income growth on offer.
"The sale of this prime city-fringe property offers investors significant potential for income and capital growth, through the inclusion of periodic reviews and a long lease to a large multinational tenant," he says.
The facility was constructed as two separate buildings in the 1970s. They joined in the 1980s. It includes basement carparking for 87 vehicles.
Orion Health has undertaken a full-scale rebuild and refurbishment of 181 Grafton Rd since purchasing it in mid-2011.
The building is now rated at 100 per cent of new building standard and provides an attractive open-plan workspace, says Herdson. "The significant rebuilding and upgrade works included seismic strengthening, new aluminium glazed partitioning in the office areas, new carpet in the office areas, polished concrete flooring in the staff kitchen, interior and exterior repainting, bathroom refurbishment and installation of showers, and an upgrade of the building management system."
She told a Cranes over The CBD presentation by some of the city's major commercial property developers in Hamilton yesterday that council staff had been "flat out" processing land use consents in recent months.
Of 116 consents, 38 had been for commercial property developments, she said.
More than 220 sector players turned out at SkyCity Hamilton for the presentation, organised by the Hamilton Central Business Association.
Lyall Green of Design Management Consultants, developer of Project Grantham, said the six-level riverside building rising on Grantham St would be ready for occupation in December, just 17 months from start.Our precision manufactured lasers and laser systems deliver the highest possible laser cutter performance on a wide variety of materials.
State owned enterprise Mighty River Power is the anchor tenant.
Green said space, including a retail option, was still available on the ground and first floors. The building will have a restaurant and function room.
Part of Project Grantham had been relocating the 109 year old heritage-rated building The Hamilton Club, beside the main building.
Green said his company "ran into a brick wall" in trying to discuss its ideas and concepts for the old building with the Historic Places Trust.
"They have their own passionate ideas which from a rationalist's point of view are completely irrational - and I told them so," he said.
"It is a concern there are a number of buildings with historic place designation (in this area) if this city really is going to pay homage to the river. There are a number of buildings that will have to deal with the Historic Places Trust."
Green said the next obstacle to progress were archaeologists, who had a budget of $300,000, and "held up the project for months" just to find a "few broken plates and a horse bone". The Hamilton Club building will offer 440 square metres of space over two floors.
The main building is "green star" rateable to the equivalent of a four-star rating.
Sustainability features include the use of recycled rainwater and the most efficient air-conditioning system on the market, Green said.
McConnell Group, developer of the distinctive triangular Citygate building rising on the Anglesea and Ward St corner site that has been vacant for 17 years, said its development would be the first in the CBD to be accredited with a "green star" four-star rating. The A-grade building with a 73 per cent interior daylight ratio, would be finished in mid-July, said spokeswoman Kate Watts. The six-storey building featured four office levels of 1000sqm each, largely column-free, and ground floor retail offering five to six tenancies, she said. It would accommodate up to 400 people. At basement level would have parking for 42 cars. A highlight of the development was its 735sqm public plaza.
Blair Wolfgram, managing director of Property Consulting Group, lead developer for the Les Mills project, said it would have a 2800sqm exercise area and a 440sqm group fitness studio, 150sqm bigger than the current facility one block south. The new facility is expected to have up to 5000-member visits a week, he said.
Club Cardio director Susie Vincent said plans included two 25m "fast" swimming pools and a flow pool, learn-to-swim classes and parking for 110 cars. A name change was on the cards, with Fast Lane a contender, she told the Waikato Times.
For the $40m Centre Place redevelopment, Ivan Bartley of owner Kiwi Income Property Trust said the shopping precinct formerly known as Downtown had closed on January 31 for conversion into a dedicated fashion mall, with new tenants and new shop fronts.
A $7m digital upgrade and refurbishment of the Centre Place cinema complex for Hoyts would open in October, Bartley said. Centre Place comprised 12 properties which KIPT starting buying in 1994. When the 2011 redevelopment of Centre Place as a focus of "fashion, food and entertainment" with new anchor tenant Farmers was complete, it would have more than 110 specialty stores, he said.
Oyster Property Group has launched its first proportionate ownership scheme for 2013 by offering investors the Orion Health building, known as Orion House, in Grafton.
The multi-level office complex, with more than 4670sq m of net lettable area on a 3003sq m freehold site in a popular fringe CBD commercial area at 181 Grafton Rd, was sold by Orion Health to Oyster Property Group for $21.5 million through Peter Herdson and Andrew Reed of Colliers International.
Orion Health is leasing it back for a 15-year term with three rights of renewal of five years each.
Mark Winter,We've had a lot of people asking where we had our make your own bobblehead. Oyster director, is now marketing 115 interests in the property at $100,000 each, with a projected initial pre-tax return of 8.Full color plastic card printing and manufacturing services.47 per cent. The remainder of the settlement price comprises bank funding.
Winter says investors will be attracted to the property's superb location and the recent substantial building upgrade to 100 per cent of new building standard.
Oyster's chief executive, Mark Schiele, says the property was attractive because of its location, quality of refurbishment, calibre of tenant and length of lease - all attributes that make for sound long-term property investment.
"There is no doubt that Orion Health is an exceptional business with strong international growth prospects; a true New Zealand success story. Orion's commitment to the site - with its 15-year lease with three five-year rights of renewal - as well as the further development potential will be attractive to investors."
Ian McCrae, Orion Health's chief executive, said the company decided to sell the property in order to focus on its core business, while retaining the site on a long-term lease.
"Orion Health purchased the Grafton Rd building with the goal of creating an ideal workspace featuring elegant design and maximum functionality for our employees," says McCrae. "We also needed to allow for long-term growth,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. and so a flexible lease agreement was established for the property to enable expansion over time."
Herdson says the property offers an ideal income-generating investment and the strong sales result reflects the quality of the tenant, the long lease term and the income growth on offer.
"The sale of this prime city-fringe property offers investors significant potential for income and capital growth, through the inclusion of periodic reviews and a long lease to a large multinational tenant," he says.
The facility was constructed as two separate buildings in the 1970s. They joined in the 1980s. It includes basement carparking for 87 vehicles.
Orion Health has undertaken a full-scale rebuild and refurbishment of 181 Grafton Rd since purchasing it in mid-2011.
The building is now rated at 100 per cent of new building standard and provides an attractive open-plan workspace, says Herdson. "The significant rebuilding and upgrade works included seismic strengthening, new aluminium glazed partitioning in the office areas, new carpet in the office areas, polished concrete flooring in the staff kitchen, interior and exterior repainting, bathroom refurbishment and installation of showers, and an upgrade of the building management system."
2013年2月18日 星期一
An Overlooked Industrial Stock For Growth And Income
In the latest wave of yearly predictions, most analysts are touting
industrial stocks for 2013. One reason is because this group has
under-performed in the bull market of the past few years, and values are
relatively attractive. Another is that industrial companies generally
reflect the cyclical nature of the overall economy, which seems to be
improving. Most economists expect further US and global recovery in
2013, with double-dip recession fears fading in the rear view mirror.
Of course, now that industrials have entered the spotlight, the obvious plays have been bid up. The following chart of the NASDAQ Industrial segment indicates the relatively flat return over the past two years until the dawn of 2013.Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. The recent 17% rise is more than double that of the market in general in the past two months.
Engages in the precision contract metal machining business in the United States primarily for customers in the recreational vehicle, energy, aerospace/avionics/defense, and bioscience industries. WSCI provides single-source turn-key solutions, including engineering support, raw material procurement, outside services, supplier management, precision manufacturing and assembly and stocking of finished goods for large volume customers under multi-year arrangements.
The company recently reported a 43% sales increase in the first quarter of 2013 and a 310% increase in net income. This is no fluke as WSCI improved sales by 30% in the 2012 fiscal year, and it increased earnings by 64%. If anything, business is accelerating.
From a value point of view, it carries a trailing P/E of 10 and the stock, at its current price of $6.15, has a market cap of 1.5 times its book value and about half of its sales volume. It currently pays a very nice dividend yield of 2.6%. The dividend represents less than 30% of earnings, so coverage is reasonable, and there is room for distribution growth. So, with exceptional growth, value and income yield, why has WSCI not participated in the industrial rally?
Polaris is enjoying 12% sales growth and that trend is expected to continue through 2014. Obviously, the dependence on PII is a double-edge sword for WSI Industries. If PII were to reduce orders, WSCI would be in trouble. However, the engineering, tooling and volume requirements that WSCI provides in this relationship make it difficult for competitors to step in, or for PII to invest the capital to produce these precision components in its own facilities. Even if PII made that change, it would take some time for a WSCI competitor to be able to meet the growth needs of PII. Smaller competitors are not capable of investing in the appropriate technology, plant capacity and automation systems to be competitive and meet customer expectations for superb quality.
To deal with the growth expectations of its core customers, WSCI is currently building an additional facility to double capacity, and that should be on-line in July 2013. Management has stated that one-third of the new plant will be occupied with existing orders upon completion.
The dependence on Polaris is probably considered a negative by the market, but the growth trajectory and relationship with that customer is allowing WSCI to expand capacity and further separate from competition,My experience of your company has been excellent and I would happily buy mosaic tiles. as well as provide opportunities for an expanded customer base.
“We compared the results of PCBs with and without Photo Stencil’s Smart-Release nano coating and we found measureable advantages,This solar lamp and phone charger can improve the lives of millons living without electricity.” said John Ross, manufacturing engineering manager, OnCore Manufacturing Services. “Smart-Release reduces the spread of solder paste under the stencil even when the stencil is not making good contact to the PCB pad. The resulting process is faster and more efficient, while achieving excellent printing results.”
“The direct cost of cleaning a stencil is about $0.How would you like to have a personalized bobbleheads of yourself.15 for each cleaning, so each additional print that can be made before the stencil needs to be cleaned saves $0.15,” explained Rachel Short,Learn more about the different types of laser marking machine by careel-tech.com. VP sales and marketing, Photo Stencil. “As demonstrated in our collaborative tests with OnCore, using Smart-Release coated stencils can result in 40 additional prints before cleaning is necessary. And that cost savings doesn’t include the time and labor involved in cleaning or the loss of throughput.”
Of course, now that industrials have entered the spotlight, the obvious plays have been bid up. The following chart of the NASDAQ Industrial segment indicates the relatively flat return over the past two years until the dawn of 2013.Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. The recent 17% rise is more than double that of the market in general in the past two months.
Engages in the precision contract metal machining business in the United States primarily for customers in the recreational vehicle, energy, aerospace/avionics/defense, and bioscience industries. WSCI provides single-source turn-key solutions, including engineering support, raw material procurement, outside services, supplier management, precision manufacturing and assembly and stocking of finished goods for large volume customers under multi-year arrangements.
The company recently reported a 43% sales increase in the first quarter of 2013 and a 310% increase in net income. This is no fluke as WSCI improved sales by 30% in the 2012 fiscal year, and it increased earnings by 64%. If anything, business is accelerating.
From a value point of view, it carries a trailing P/E of 10 and the stock, at its current price of $6.15, has a market cap of 1.5 times its book value and about half of its sales volume. It currently pays a very nice dividend yield of 2.6%. The dividend represents less than 30% of earnings, so coverage is reasonable, and there is room for distribution growth. So, with exceptional growth, value and income yield, why has WSCI not participated in the industrial rally?
Polaris is enjoying 12% sales growth and that trend is expected to continue through 2014. Obviously, the dependence on PII is a double-edge sword for WSI Industries. If PII were to reduce orders, WSCI would be in trouble. However, the engineering, tooling and volume requirements that WSCI provides in this relationship make it difficult for competitors to step in, or for PII to invest the capital to produce these precision components in its own facilities. Even if PII made that change, it would take some time for a WSCI competitor to be able to meet the growth needs of PII. Smaller competitors are not capable of investing in the appropriate technology, plant capacity and automation systems to be competitive and meet customer expectations for superb quality.
To deal with the growth expectations of its core customers, WSCI is currently building an additional facility to double capacity, and that should be on-line in July 2013. Management has stated that one-third of the new plant will be occupied with existing orders upon completion.
The dependence on Polaris is probably considered a negative by the market, but the growth trajectory and relationship with that customer is allowing WSCI to expand capacity and further separate from competition,My experience of your company has been excellent and I would happily buy mosaic tiles. as well as provide opportunities for an expanded customer base.
“We compared the results of PCBs with and without Photo Stencil’s Smart-Release nano coating and we found measureable advantages,This solar lamp and phone charger can improve the lives of millons living without electricity.” said John Ross, manufacturing engineering manager, OnCore Manufacturing Services. “Smart-Release reduces the spread of solder paste under the stencil even when the stencil is not making good contact to the PCB pad. The resulting process is faster and more efficient, while achieving excellent printing results.”
“The direct cost of cleaning a stencil is about $0.How would you like to have a personalized bobbleheads of yourself.15 for each cleaning, so each additional print that can be made before the stencil needs to be cleaned saves $0.15,” explained Rachel Short,Learn more about the different types of laser marking machine by careel-tech.com. VP sales and marketing, Photo Stencil. “As demonstrated in our collaborative tests with OnCore, using Smart-Release coated stencils can result in 40 additional prints before cleaning is necessary. And that cost savings doesn’t include the time and labor involved in cleaning or the loss of throughput.”
Filipino Artist Ronald Ventura Is Making Connections Across Cultures
Like many emerging artists, early in his career Ronald Ventura tended
to sell everything he produced. Now that his reputation is firmly
established and he is dreaming of one day setting up a contemporary art
museum in Manila, the 39-year-old auction star has found himself in the
unenviable position of going back to collectors to buy back key pieces.
Ventura has seen the auction prices for his recent work soar in the past few years. The 2011 “Grayground” — a large-scale graphite, oil, and acrylic painting of horses in the midst of battle — was sold that same year to a phone bidder at Sotheby’s Hong Kong for $1.1 million, the highest auction price recorded for a contemporary southeast Asian painting at the time. Yet the Filipino artist says he was stunned to find out how much some of his older works had appreciated. “A couple of years ago, I was looking for a good drawing that I had done. Most of my drawings are usually covered in paint, but I was looking for a drawing that wasn’t. When I found out the price I was shocked.This solar lamp and phone charger can improve the lives of millons living without electricity. I couldn’t believe it. It was 10 times more than the original gallery price,” he said, his laugh underscoring his mixed emotions at the steep price increase.
The artist has learned his lesson. He says he now keeps one artwork from every solo exhibition. At the rate his pieces are selling, he should. In his latest show, “recyclables,” held at the Singapore Tyler Print institute, 70 percent of the works were sold by the morning of the opening. Ventura’s plan to set up a private museum to present his own works,My experience of your company has been excellent and I would happily buy mosaic tiles. as well as the collection of Filipino contemporary art he has slowly accumulated, is little more than a hope for the future, “maybe in three to four years’ time.” For now, he remains tight-lipped about the “other” Filipino artists he has been collecting.How would you like to have a personalized bobbleheads of yourself. “I don’t want to make any [other artists] jealous ... but I do buy a lot. There are a lot of good artists in manila,” he quipped while relaxing in the private exhibition room of the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI).
A few hours later, at the show’s opening reception, Ventura appeared in a black t-shirt with a black jacket by Maison Martin Margiela, a label known for its understated approach. But he had paired these simple items with white jeans he had hand-painted with an elaborate, graffiti-like design. The contrasting fashion statement is a reflection of the artist’s personality: behind his quiet, soft-spoken demeanor lurks an edgier side that Ventura lets loose in his artworks.
Ventura loves nothing more than to subvert familiar cartoon figures, such as Mickey Mouse or a dwarf from Snow White, giving them a “new reality” with the help of a skull or a gas mask. The artist has risen to prominence on the Asian contemporary art scene with complex, layered works that juxtapose unexpected images, often rather dark — internal organs with flowers and butterflies, or a clown and a gas mask — always rendered with exquisite draughtsmanship. He is known for mixing different styles, such as hyperrealism and Surrealism, cartoons and graffiti.
By day, Ms. Kopka is a freelance editor/writer/illustrator, and at night, she works in her Perrysburg home making painstaking pencil-on-tissue paper drawings before transferring them onto thick paper and enlivening them with color. In December, 10 of her pieces were featured at the Columbus headquarters of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. This summer, she'll lead all-level classes at Owens Community College.
Botanical illustration depicts the form, color, and details of plants. It was practiced in ancient India, China, and Egypt where images of plants were carved into pharaohs' tombs,Integrated Car park management system which can administrate regular and temporary customers. says Robin Jess, executive director of the American Society of Botanical Artists in New York.
Botanical art, expected to be beautiful and technically accurate, is riding a wave of popularity, says Ms. Jess, largely among women artists in the United States, England, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan, and South Korea. Concern for the environment and a passion for gardening are fueling the trend.
For hundreds of years, the medium was watercolor.Our parallel Parking assist system helps you park with ease - even in tight spots. These days, graphite, colored pencil, pastels, pen and ink, and oil paints are used.
In David Herzig's living room, water lilies and peachy-gold bearded iris adorn the walls, singing with dramatic colors and larger-than-life size. "It's more about getting you engulfed in a scene," says Mr. Herzig, who paints at his kitchen table, overlooking a small ravine in Monclova Township.
One of his most popular subjects is a four-part sequential unfolding of the majestic amaryllis, a huge bulb with a fast-growing stalk. "I like to say it's like painting a moving target," says Mr. Herzig. He tries to stagger the blooming of 35 amaryllis bulbs for winter painting. His paintings offer more dimension than meets the eye. "I'm trying to depict these things in the round, in a sculptural way."
He studied sculpture and painting at Siena Heights University, but after graduation, gravitated to the watercolors he'd done at Start High School. He owned the Ottawa Gallery in Sylvania from 1988 to 1996, leaving it to paint full time. He did landscapes, and as a homeowner tending to flowers was captivated by plump peonies.
He renders orchids, oriental lilies, cyclamen, and "whatever I find in the garden, whatever I stumble across that catches my fancy. It has to strike me as being graceful and bold."
Ventura has seen the auction prices for his recent work soar in the past few years. The 2011 “Grayground” — a large-scale graphite, oil, and acrylic painting of horses in the midst of battle — was sold that same year to a phone bidder at Sotheby’s Hong Kong for $1.1 million, the highest auction price recorded for a contemporary southeast Asian painting at the time. Yet the Filipino artist says he was stunned to find out how much some of his older works had appreciated. “A couple of years ago, I was looking for a good drawing that I had done. Most of my drawings are usually covered in paint, but I was looking for a drawing that wasn’t. When I found out the price I was shocked.This solar lamp and phone charger can improve the lives of millons living without electricity. I couldn’t believe it. It was 10 times more than the original gallery price,” he said, his laugh underscoring his mixed emotions at the steep price increase.
The artist has learned his lesson. He says he now keeps one artwork from every solo exhibition. At the rate his pieces are selling, he should. In his latest show, “recyclables,” held at the Singapore Tyler Print institute, 70 percent of the works were sold by the morning of the opening. Ventura’s plan to set up a private museum to present his own works,My experience of your company has been excellent and I would happily buy mosaic tiles. as well as the collection of Filipino contemporary art he has slowly accumulated, is little more than a hope for the future, “maybe in three to four years’ time.” For now, he remains tight-lipped about the “other” Filipino artists he has been collecting.How would you like to have a personalized bobbleheads of yourself. “I don’t want to make any [other artists] jealous ... but I do buy a lot. There are a lot of good artists in manila,” he quipped while relaxing in the private exhibition room of the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI).
A few hours later, at the show’s opening reception, Ventura appeared in a black t-shirt with a black jacket by Maison Martin Margiela, a label known for its understated approach. But he had paired these simple items with white jeans he had hand-painted with an elaborate, graffiti-like design. The contrasting fashion statement is a reflection of the artist’s personality: behind his quiet, soft-spoken demeanor lurks an edgier side that Ventura lets loose in his artworks.
Ventura loves nothing more than to subvert familiar cartoon figures, such as Mickey Mouse or a dwarf from Snow White, giving them a “new reality” with the help of a skull or a gas mask. The artist has risen to prominence on the Asian contemporary art scene with complex, layered works that juxtapose unexpected images, often rather dark — internal organs with flowers and butterflies, or a clown and a gas mask — always rendered with exquisite draughtsmanship. He is known for mixing different styles, such as hyperrealism and Surrealism, cartoons and graffiti.
By day, Ms. Kopka is a freelance editor/writer/illustrator, and at night, she works in her Perrysburg home making painstaking pencil-on-tissue paper drawings before transferring them onto thick paper and enlivening them with color. In December, 10 of her pieces were featured at the Columbus headquarters of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. This summer, she'll lead all-level classes at Owens Community College.
Botanical illustration depicts the form, color, and details of plants. It was practiced in ancient India, China, and Egypt where images of plants were carved into pharaohs' tombs,Integrated Car park management system which can administrate regular and temporary customers. says Robin Jess, executive director of the American Society of Botanical Artists in New York.
Botanical art, expected to be beautiful and technically accurate, is riding a wave of popularity, says Ms. Jess, largely among women artists in the United States, England, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan, and South Korea. Concern for the environment and a passion for gardening are fueling the trend.
For hundreds of years, the medium was watercolor.Our parallel Parking assist system helps you park with ease - even in tight spots. These days, graphite, colored pencil, pastels, pen and ink, and oil paints are used.
In David Herzig's living room, water lilies and peachy-gold bearded iris adorn the walls, singing with dramatic colors and larger-than-life size. "It's more about getting you engulfed in a scene," says Mr. Herzig, who paints at his kitchen table, overlooking a small ravine in Monclova Township.
One of his most popular subjects is a four-part sequential unfolding of the majestic amaryllis, a huge bulb with a fast-growing stalk. "I like to say it's like painting a moving target," says Mr. Herzig. He tries to stagger the blooming of 35 amaryllis bulbs for winter painting. His paintings offer more dimension than meets the eye. "I'm trying to depict these things in the round, in a sculptural way."
He studied sculpture and painting at Siena Heights University, but after graduation, gravitated to the watercolors he'd done at Start High School. He owned the Ottawa Gallery in Sylvania from 1988 to 1996, leaving it to paint full time. He did landscapes, and as a homeowner tending to flowers was captivated by plump peonies.
He renders orchids, oriental lilies, cyclamen, and "whatever I find in the garden, whatever I stumble across that catches my fancy. It has to strike me as being graceful and bold."
'Revenge' Episode 14 Recap: Sacrifice
Sunday night's episode was a powerful, emotional and plot-shifting
hour of "Revenge". At least two lives were lost, and one is in limbo by
the end of "Sacrifice". Picking up exactly where last week's episode
left off, we find Jack and Amanda enjoying their honeymoon at sea on
Jack's boat. They are content and in love, sleeping on the bow of the
boat deck. Unfortunately, as we know from the previous episode, danger
lurks below deck for the newlyweds in the form of Nate Ryan.
Back on shore, Helen Crowley lies dead in the Grayson's home,How would you like to have a personalized bobbleheads of yourself. a casualty they must work to conceal with utmost perfection knowing that the Initiative is watching. Helen's chauffeur begins calling her cellphone when she doesn't return from the Grayson home for an extended period of time, so Victoria disguises herself and gets in the car, driving off as if she herself were Helen. She also instructs Daniel of exactly what to say inside his office at Grayson Global, knowing that the Initiative is watching him meticulously via hidden cameras. It seems nothing gets past Victoria!
Ashley arrives at Emily's beach house to warn her about their "mutual friend" Amanda. She fears Amanda may have gotten in over her head with the Graysons and informs Emily that Amanda blackmailed Conrad into backing out of the Stowaway deal with Nate by showing him damning evidence on a laptop. Hearing that, Emily realizes that Amanda stole her laptop with all the video evidence against the Graysons on it. Moreover, she knows Amanda is likely in trouble and heads over to the Stowaway to find Nolan and try to uncover more information.
Out on the ocean, Nate has made his presence known on "The Amanda" with a drawn gun. Having stowed away underneath the boat deck, he is now isolated on the boat with Amanda and Jack and is out for blood. He asks for the laptop with the information on it and Amanda digs in her backpack to pull out a gun instead- but it's unloaded. Nate has already gotten to it first. Jack and Amanda tangle with Nate for several scenes trying to convince him to drive back to shore. Amanda also tries to "come clean" with him about her hatred for the Graysons and convince him not to trust them. All efforts buy them time, but ultimately Nate is still violent and insane.
Emily and Nolan took out a speedboat as soon as they realized Jack and Amanda were in danger. They speed out into the ocean tracking the sailboat by GPS and get glimpses into the cabin via Declan's computer. Watching Emily and Nolan on a sailboat to the rescue is pretty awesome!
In a press conference, I mean, um, Labor Day party, at Grayson Manor, the family takes the opportunity to stand with Conrad as he announces his candidacy for governor. During the soiree, Conrad and Victoria are approached by a creepy man who identifies himself as a member of the press. This confuses Victoria, as the press was not invited to attend. In a private room they learn that the man is a henchman from the Initiative looking for Helen, who is missing in action. Victoria and Conrad tell him that Helen's disappearance is likely due to Amanda Clarke's resentment about the loss of her father. To strengthen their story, Victoria planted Helen's missing cellphone in Amanda and Jack's apartment,Our parallel Parking assist system helps you park with ease - even in tight spots. which the henchman quickly finds.
As threatening as the Initiative has been (and controlling of her family) Victoria seems to have found a new sense of strength in regards to the group. Perhaps murdering Helen had something to do with it.This solar lamp and phone charger can improve the lives of millons living without electricity. Toward the end of the episode we even see Conrad give her a sly smile, clearly impressed by her strength against the Initiative's henchmen.
Aiden is with Padma in NYC coming clean with her about his sister and situation with the Initiative. Aiden is trying to learn more about her father's disappearance and support her so that the Initiative does not trick her as they did with him. In a pivotal scene, Padma is on the phone with the creepy new henchman from the Initiative. As he demands the program Carrion from her, Padma implores him to assure her whether her father is still alive. "The answer is in the package you just signed for, feel free to check the finger print" he says. The camera shifts to a small package on the table. Aiden takes it from Padma to open it- concerned what might be inside- and his face falls. It is a severed finger.
Out in the ocean, things are getting more dangerous as Nate continues to battle with Amanda and Jack. Emily and Nolan continue racing toward their boat, but not quickly enough. Jack and Amanda get into an argument, which seems partially staged and partially heartfelt when Jack hears Amanda say she only came to the Hamptons and married Jack to get back at the Graysons. Jack "turns" on Amanda revealing to Nate that the laptop with Conrad Grayson's precious information is actually onboard.My experience of your company has been excellent and I would happily buy mosaic tiles. As Nate digs around and opens the laptop (which is actually Declan's), Jack and Amanda scramble to barricade him in the bottom of the boat, blow up a rescue boat and make a run for it. As they attempt to climb over the side of the boat onto the raft, Nate shoots blindly from the cabin, and a bullet hits Jack right in the chest.Integrated Car park management system which can administrate regular and temporary customers. He slumps over (still coherent at this point) as Amanda puts him on the raft and insists on sending him to safety on his own. She sacrifices herself and stays on the sailboat with crazy Nate.
Back on shore, Helen Crowley lies dead in the Grayson's home,How would you like to have a personalized bobbleheads of yourself. a casualty they must work to conceal with utmost perfection knowing that the Initiative is watching. Helen's chauffeur begins calling her cellphone when she doesn't return from the Grayson home for an extended period of time, so Victoria disguises herself and gets in the car, driving off as if she herself were Helen. She also instructs Daniel of exactly what to say inside his office at Grayson Global, knowing that the Initiative is watching him meticulously via hidden cameras. It seems nothing gets past Victoria!
Ashley arrives at Emily's beach house to warn her about their "mutual friend" Amanda. She fears Amanda may have gotten in over her head with the Graysons and informs Emily that Amanda blackmailed Conrad into backing out of the Stowaway deal with Nate by showing him damning evidence on a laptop. Hearing that, Emily realizes that Amanda stole her laptop with all the video evidence against the Graysons on it. Moreover, she knows Amanda is likely in trouble and heads over to the Stowaway to find Nolan and try to uncover more information.
Out on the ocean, Nate has made his presence known on "The Amanda" with a drawn gun. Having stowed away underneath the boat deck, he is now isolated on the boat with Amanda and Jack and is out for blood. He asks for the laptop with the information on it and Amanda digs in her backpack to pull out a gun instead- but it's unloaded. Nate has already gotten to it first. Jack and Amanda tangle with Nate for several scenes trying to convince him to drive back to shore. Amanda also tries to "come clean" with him about her hatred for the Graysons and convince him not to trust them. All efforts buy them time, but ultimately Nate is still violent and insane.
Emily and Nolan took out a speedboat as soon as they realized Jack and Amanda were in danger. They speed out into the ocean tracking the sailboat by GPS and get glimpses into the cabin via Declan's computer. Watching Emily and Nolan on a sailboat to the rescue is pretty awesome!
In a press conference, I mean, um, Labor Day party, at Grayson Manor, the family takes the opportunity to stand with Conrad as he announces his candidacy for governor. During the soiree, Conrad and Victoria are approached by a creepy man who identifies himself as a member of the press. This confuses Victoria, as the press was not invited to attend. In a private room they learn that the man is a henchman from the Initiative looking for Helen, who is missing in action. Victoria and Conrad tell him that Helen's disappearance is likely due to Amanda Clarke's resentment about the loss of her father. To strengthen their story, Victoria planted Helen's missing cellphone in Amanda and Jack's apartment,Our parallel Parking assist system helps you park with ease - even in tight spots. which the henchman quickly finds.
As threatening as the Initiative has been (and controlling of her family) Victoria seems to have found a new sense of strength in regards to the group. Perhaps murdering Helen had something to do with it.This solar lamp and phone charger can improve the lives of millons living without electricity. Toward the end of the episode we even see Conrad give her a sly smile, clearly impressed by her strength against the Initiative's henchmen.
Aiden is with Padma in NYC coming clean with her about his sister and situation with the Initiative. Aiden is trying to learn more about her father's disappearance and support her so that the Initiative does not trick her as they did with him. In a pivotal scene, Padma is on the phone with the creepy new henchman from the Initiative. As he demands the program Carrion from her, Padma implores him to assure her whether her father is still alive. "The answer is in the package you just signed for, feel free to check the finger print" he says. The camera shifts to a small package on the table. Aiden takes it from Padma to open it- concerned what might be inside- and his face falls. It is a severed finger.
Out in the ocean, things are getting more dangerous as Nate continues to battle with Amanda and Jack. Emily and Nolan continue racing toward their boat, but not quickly enough. Jack and Amanda get into an argument, which seems partially staged and partially heartfelt when Jack hears Amanda say she only came to the Hamptons and married Jack to get back at the Graysons. Jack "turns" on Amanda revealing to Nate that the laptop with Conrad Grayson's precious information is actually onboard.My experience of your company has been excellent and I would happily buy mosaic tiles. As Nate digs around and opens the laptop (which is actually Declan's), Jack and Amanda scramble to barricade him in the bottom of the boat, blow up a rescue boat and make a run for it. As they attempt to climb over the side of the boat onto the raft, Nate shoots blindly from the cabin, and a bullet hits Jack right in the chest.Integrated Car park management system which can administrate regular and temporary customers. He slumps over (still coherent at this point) as Amanda puts him on the raft and insists on sending him to safety on his own. She sacrifices herself and stays on the sailboat with crazy Nate.
2013年2月17日 星期日
Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 and the full-frame RX1
Not too long ago, full-frame digital cameras were cumbersome, heavy
and very expensive. They're still a long ways from making a home in the
bargain bin, but Sony's new RX1 definitely has size in check. In order
to reduce the model's footprint, the Japanese camera maker added a fixed
35mm lens to this point-and-shoot-esque digicam, modeled after the
company's gorgeous and versatile RX100. Both of these flagship
Cyber-shots offer tremendous bang for your buck, but they'll thin out
your wallet faster than they'll capture 10 consecutive 20-plus-megapixel
frames. Still, as you'll read after the break, our resident camera
reviewer Zach Honig is very much in love.
It's a tale of two cameras, and the RX100 is very much the consistent, quick-thinking, svelte, ever-impressive know-it-all. It's a 20.2-megapixel point-and-shoot with a one-inch sensor and a $650 price tag, so you'd expect it to be fantastic. The experience, however, far exceeded even my most optimistic dreams. This is, hands down, the best compact camera on the market today. There aren't enough positive adjectives to sufficiently describe Sony's masterpiece, but take me on my word: it's absolutely fantastic.
It's really hard to find things not to like about this camera. The focusing system is mind-blowingly fast and accurate, the exposure is always spot-on, color balance is consistently correct and the image quality is superb. The build quality is outstanding, the 3-inch LCD is sharp and bright, the dedicated mode dial is convenient and the f/1.8-4.9 Carl Zeiss lens is quite versatile -- it captures sharp snaps at night, or close-ups with creamy bokeh during the day.Application can be conducted with the local designated IC card producers.
This dream of a camera came along on my two-month tour of Asia toward the end of last year. It captured brilliant shots of temples in Kyoto, beaches in Bali, ruins in Cambodia, shops in Singapore and elephants in Thailand. It snapped crisp, albeit slightly noisy shots at night, and bright, vibrant frames under the intense, unyielding sun. The camera photographed more high-calorie meals than I care to remember without gaining an ounce. And, at the end of each day, I topped up the high-capacity battery through a simple USB connection.
Every week, I get an email from readers, friends and even colleagues asking which camera they should purchase. I don't even bother asking their budget -- nobody expects to spend more than 400 bucks on a point-and-shoot, and $650 is laughable. But I insist, regardless of how much money they've set aside, that they're gonna want to add a few more bills to the pile and pick up the RX100. I still use an NEX-5R for snapping hands-on videos, thanks to its powerful shotgun mic, but for nearly everything else,We've got a plastic card to suit you. the RX100 is my go-to camera, and it should be yours, too.
Now, if you thought $650 was a ridiculous sum for a compact camera, you're really going to get a kick out of the RX1. It'll cost you -- wait for it -- two thousand, eight hundred dollars. That's right, $2,800 -- there's a comma in that price tag. Why in the world would any such machine run you nearly three large? The full-frame sensor's to blame. Accommodating a 35mm sensor, the same chip that ships in Sony's a99 DSLR, in such a small housing meant going with a fixed 35mm lens. There's a maximum f/2 aperture, which, when paired up with the giant sensor, results in some incredibly shallow depth of field.
Whereas I'd recommend the RX100 to photojournalists, preteens and everyone in between, the RX1 simply isn't going to cut it for the vast majority of digital shooters. So, if you have boatloads of cash to burn and you have your heart set on the best of the best, that's not reason enough to spring for Sony's impressive engineering feat. If, however, you know exactly what you're after, this 24.7-megapixel stunner should keep your SD card, and your heart, full and warm.
Since a weekend of shooting in NYC in winter isn't much fun, regardless of the camera around your neck, the RX1 and I hitched a ride to Hawaii for a long weekend of sand, sushi and sunsets. The RX100 spent most of that time in the hands of my girlfriend,Wear a whimsical Disney ear cap straight from the Disney Theme Parks! who, I must add, is also head over heels in love with that thing.Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. Yet, despite the superior specifications of my own solid shooter, I was often quite jealous of the shots she was able to achieve, thanks in no small part to the RX100's optical zoom.
Framing with a fixed lens is incredibly challenging, and while I was up to the task, as a casual photographer, I can't say it enriched my experience enough to warrant unloading an extra two grand of hard-earned cash. Close-up shots required switching the lens to macro mode and getting incredibly close to my subject, rather than flipping the zoom toggle and maintaining a safe distance. A new perspective at sunset meant walking hundreds of feet, often into the water, in order to avoid snagging lampposts and other unsightly elements.The USB flash drives wholesale is our flagship product. If you've ever shot with a prime lens, you know what to expect here.
It's a tale of two cameras, and the RX100 is very much the consistent, quick-thinking, svelte, ever-impressive know-it-all. It's a 20.2-megapixel point-and-shoot with a one-inch sensor and a $650 price tag, so you'd expect it to be fantastic. The experience, however, far exceeded even my most optimistic dreams. This is, hands down, the best compact camera on the market today. There aren't enough positive adjectives to sufficiently describe Sony's masterpiece, but take me on my word: it's absolutely fantastic.
It's really hard to find things not to like about this camera. The focusing system is mind-blowingly fast and accurate, the exposure is always spot-on, color balance is consistently correct and the image quality is superb. The build quality is outstanding, the 3-inch LCD is sharp and bright, the dedicated mode dial is convenient and the f/1.8-4.9 Carl Zeiss lens is quite versatile -- it captures sharp snaps at night, or close-ups with creamy bokeh during the day.Application can be conducted with the local designated IC card producers.
This dream of a camera came along on my two-month tour of Asia toward the end of last year. It captured brilliant shots of temples in Kyoto, beaches in Bali, ruins in Cambodia, shops in Singapore and elephants in Thailand. It snapped crisp, albeit slightly noisy shots at night, and bright, vibrant frames under the intense, unyielding sun. The camera photographed more high-calorie meals than I care to remember without gaining an ounce. And, at the end of each day, I topped up the high-capacity battery through a simple USB connection.
Every week, I get an email from readers, friends and even colleagues asking which camera they should purchase. I don't even bother asking their budget -- nobody expects to spend more than 400 bucks on a point-and-shoot, and $650 is laughable. But I insist, regardless of how much money they've set aside, that they're gonna want to add a few more bills to the pile and pick up the RX100. I still use an NEX-5R for snapping hands-on videos, thanks to its powerful shotgun mic, but for nearly everything else,We've got a plastic card to suit you. the RX100 is my go-to camera, and it should be yours, too.
Now, if you thought $650 was a ridiculous sum for a compact camera, you're really going to get a kick out of the RX1. It'll cost you -- wait for it -- two thousand, eight hundred dollars. That's right, $2,800 -- there's a comma in that price tag. Why in the world would any such machine run you nearly three large? The full-frame sensor's to blame. Accommodating a 35mm sensor, the same chip that ships in Sony's a99 DSLR, in such a small housing meant going with a fixed 35mm lens. There's a maximum f/2 aperture, which, when paired up with the giant sensor, results in some incredibly shallow depth of field.
Whereas I'd recommend the RX100 to photojournalists, preteens and everyone in between, the RX1 simply isn't going to cut it for the vast majority of digital shooters. So, if you have boatloads of cash to burn and you have your heart set on the best of the best, that's not reason enough to spring for Sony's impressive engineering feat. If, however, you know exactly what you're after, this 24.7-megapixel stunner should keep your SD card, and your heart, full and warm.
Since a weekend of shooting in NYC in winter isn't much fun, regardless of the camera around your neck, the RX1 and I hitched a ride to Hawaii for a long weekend of sand, sushi and sunsets. The RX100 spent most of that time in the hands of my girlfriend,Wear a whimsical Disney ear cap straight from the Disney Theme Parks! who, I must add, is also head over heels in love with that thing.Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. Yet, despite the superior specifications of my own solid shooter, I was often quite jealous of the shots she was able to achieve, thanks in no small part to the RX100's optical zoom.
Framing with a fixed lens is incredibly challenging, and while I was up to the task, as a casual photographer, I can't say it enriched my experience enough to warrant unloading an extra two grand of hard-earned cash. Close-up shots required switching the lens to macro mode and getting incredibly close to my subject, rather than flipping the zoom toggle and maintaining a safe distance. A new perspective at sunset meant walking hundreds of feet, often into the water, in order to avoid snagging lampposts and other unsightly elements.The USB flash drives wholesale is our flagship product. If you've ever shot with a prime lens, you know what to expect here.
How credit card frauds take place
Recently,We've got a plastic card to
suit you. credit card frauds made front page headlines. In some cases, the
credit card of someone in India was used in the US, despite the fact that the
card was with the customer in India.
Though fraudulent transactions are reported on lost or stolen cards, the factor contributing the most to fraudulent transactions is duplication---copying the data on the magnetic strip in a card, when it is used for a valid transaction.
So, does this mean you should stop using your card? No. Come July, cards with an embedded chip and a compulsory pin (like that used for ATM transactions) will be made mandatory in India.Application can be conducted with the local designated IC card producers. This would make your credit card transactions more secure.
Till then, here are a few things to keep in mind. If you do not use your credit card much, reduce its credit limit. Most banks have this facility. The original limit can be restored whenever you need it. If you need a higher credit limit, split the amount by taking multiple cards from the same bank. If the bank doesn’t allow this, take a card from another bank as a back-up and reduce the limit on the card you use frequently. Memorise and scratch out the three-digit CVV (card verification value) code on the back of the card. Note down the bank’s call centre number, as well as your card number, and carry this with you. This way, you can block a card whenever the need arises.
When abroad,Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. keep your India number in use, even if you are using a local number. This will allow access to text messages from your bank. Ensure you read all messages sent by the bank carefully and promptly block the card if any transaction is not authorised by you. Avoid using credit cards outside India, as such transactions are expensive (3.5 per cent foreign exchange surcharge is levied on all foreign exchange transactions) and the card is prone to duplication in certain countries. Instead, use foreign exchange debit cards or traveller’s cheques.
Using credit cards online has become more secure after the Reserve Bank of India mandated an independent password, known only to the customer, in addition to credit card details. If you are providing your credit card details on the phone to any establishment, the requirements are more stringent---you have to use a PIN generated specifically on a request through your registered mobile number.
To prevent online fraud, never go to your bank or credit card account online by clicking on links from an e-mail.Wear a whimsical Disney ear cap straight from the Disney Theme Parks! Save the link to your online account in Mozilla ‘bookmarks’ or Internet Explorer ‘favorites’ if you use these browsers for online operations. Whenever you log on to net banking accounts, use the virtual keypad. This way, even if your computer is virus-infected with a keystroke logger (it keeps track of your keystrokes), your password would be secure.
While using the card at a merchant outlet, use the message facility available on the verification programme. You can enter a message while verifying your credit card for the first time in the ‘verified by Visa’ or ‘MasterCard Secure’ programme, such as “if this phrase is displayed, I will know this is a genuine website”. Use the net card facility offered by a few banks. Through this, while shopping on websites that charge foreign currency amounts on your credit card, banks provide a temporary one-time virtual credit card.
Su PlayStation 4, o Orbis o come viene chiamata, le speculazioni si sono incessantemente susseguite durante questa lunga e anomala generazione di console. La percentuale di vendite delle attuali macchine cala sempre di più, anche a causa della crisi globale ma non solo. C'è bisogno di nuove console, ma soprattutto di nuove idee. Proporre una nuova macchina solo in grado di posizionarsi a livello tecnico quasi come gli attuali PC di fascia alta sarebbe un errore e Sony ne è consapevole.
Le sue mosse commerciali negli ultimi anni ne sono una prova, ad esempio l'acquisto di Gaikai per 380 milioni di dollari, la piattaforma per giocare in streaming simile alla sfortunata OnLive, costretta a vendere per evitare la bancarotta. Il cloud gaming sarà sicuramente un cavallo di battaglia durante la presentazione a New York. PlayStation 4 quindi non dovrebbe essere retrocompatibile con i vecchi giochi PS3, almeno non con le versioni riversate su dico ottico. Grazie a Gaikai i giocatori potranno scaricare e giocare le "vecchie" glorie PS3 sulla nuova piattaforma, in streaming,The USB flash drives wholesale is our flagship product. con un catalogo che si amplierà anche nel tempo.
Questo servizio verrà accompagnato dal più classico lettore ottico, che non verrà comunque abbandonato. Nonostante il cloud gaming permetta di sfruttare un'esperienza di gioco su più dispositivi e in maniera più ampia, non rappresenta comunque una tecnologia molto diffusa, una console unicamente basata su questa feature rischierebbe il fallimento commerciale.
Though fraudulent transactions are reported on lost or stolen cards, the factor contributing the most to fraudulent transactions is duplication---copying the data on the magnetic strip in a card, when it is used for a valid transaction.
So, does this mean you should stop using your card? No. Come July, cards with an embedded chip and a compulsory pin (like that used for ATM transactions) will be made mandatory in India.Application can be conducted with the local designated IC card producers. This would make your credit card transactions more secure.
Till then, here are a few things to keep in mind. If you do not use your credit card much, reduce its credit limit. Most banks have this facility. The original limit can be restored whenever you need it. If you need a higher credit limit, split the amount by taking multiple cards from the same bank. If the bank doesn’t allow this, take a card from another bank as a back-up and reduce the limit on the card you use frequently. Memorise and scratch out the three-digit CVV (card verification value) code on the back of the card. Note down the bank’s call centre number, as well as your card number, and carry this with you. This way, you can block a card whenever the need arises.
When abroad,Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. keep your India number in use, even if you are using a local number. This will allow access to text messages from your bank. Ensure you read all messages sent by the bank carefully and promptly block the card if any transaction is not authorised by you. Avoid using credit cards outside India, as such transactions are expensive (3.5 per cent foreign exchange surcharge is levied on all foreign exchange transactions) and the card is prone to duplication in certain countries. Instead, use foreign exchange debit cards or traveller’s cheques.
Using credit cards online has become more secure after the Reserve Bank of India mandated an independent password, known only to the customer, in addition to credit card details. If you are providing your credit card details on the phone to any establishment, the requirements are more stringent---you have to use a PIN generated specifically on a request through your registered mobile number.
To prevent online fraud, never go to your bank or credit card account online by clicking on links from an e-mail.Wear a whimsical Disney ear cap straight from the Disney Theme Parks! Save the link to your online account in Mozilla ‘bookmarks’ or Internet Explorer ‘favorites’ if you use these browsers for online operations. Whenever you log on to net banking accounts, use the virtual keypad. This way, even if your computer is virus-infected with a keystroke logger (it keeps track of your keystrokes), your password would be secure.
While using the card at a merchant outlet, use the message facility available on the verification programme. You can enter a message while verifying your credit card for the first time in the ‘verified by Visa’ or ‘MasterCard Secure’ programme, such as “if this phrase is displayed, I will know this is a genuine website”. Use the net card facility offered by a few banks. Through this, while shopping on websites that charge foreign currency amounts on your credit card, banks provide a temporary one-time virtual credit card.
Su PlayStation 4, o Orbis o come viene chiamata, le speculazioni si sono incessantemente susseguite durante questa lunga e anomala generazione di console. La percentuale di vendite delle attuali macchine cala sempre di più, anche a causa della crisi globale ma non solo. C'è bisogno di nuove console, ma soprattutto di nuove idee. Proporre una nuova macchina solo in grado di posizionarsi a livello tecnico quasi come gli attuali PC di fascia alta sarebbe un errore e Sony ne è consapevole.
Le sue mosse commerciali negli ultimi anni ne sono una prova, ad esempio l'acquisto di Gaikai per 380 milioni di dollari, la piattaforma per giocare in streaming simile alla sfortunata OnLive, costretta a vendere per evitare la bancarotta. Il cloud gaming sarà sicuramente un cavallo di battaglia durante la presentazione a New York. PlayStation 4 quindi non dovrebbe essere retrocompatibile con i vecchi giochi PS3, almeno non con le versioni riversate su dico ottico. Grazie a Gaikai i giocatori potranno scaricare e giocare le "vecchie" glorie PS3 sulla nuova piattaforma, in streaming,The USB flash drives wholesale is our flagship product. con un catalogo che si amplierà anche nel tempo.
Questo servizio verrà accompagnato dal più classico lettore ottico, che non verrà comunque abbandonato. Nonostante il cloud gaming permetta di sfruttare un'esperienza di gioco su più dispositivi e in maniera più ampia, non rappresenta comunque una tecnologia molto diffusa, una console unicamente basata su questa feature rischierebbe il fallimento commerciale.
2013年2月16日 星期六
Brocklind’s costume shop selling its final tux
That would be Brocklind’s, closing Saturday after 106 years,How cheaply can I build a solar power systems? with everything from tuxedos to a gorilla outfit on sale until the doors shut at 6 p.m.
At one point,Compare prices and buy all brands of solar panel for home power systems and by the pallet. in the 1990s, there were five Brocklind’s stores in this area. But as business slowed, by 2000 Brocklind’s returned to one main outlet, at 500 E. Pike St.
Back in the mid-1970s, when a group of Seattle revolutionaries calling themselves the George Jackson Brigade were held responsible for 11 bombings and 14 bank robberies, the FBI came by the Brocklind’s in the University District.
“The FBI had found an abandoned car used in one of the robberies, and in the back seat there was a receipt for makeup bought at our store,” says Jim DeAmbrosio,I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics. who, along with his wife, Diane, will be the last to own Brocklind’s.
“They were showing me pictures and asking me if I could identify the people.”
DeAmbrosio is 62 and started working at the store at age 22, though even when he was 9 he was helping out his dad on Saturdays by polishing tux rental shoes.
By the way, ever wonder why tux rental shoes are so incredibly shiny? It’s because they’re made out of plastic, and sure, they make your feet sweat.
“But they do look good,” said DeAmbrosio. Right now, out the door,We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. you can have a pair for 10 bucks.
Jim and his brother, Jerry DeAmbrosio, took over the store from their dad, Ray DeAmbrosio, who began working as a salesman in 1932 at the original downtown location at Eighth Avenue and Olive Way.
The dad worked hard and soon was managing the place, and, with a partner, bought it in 1938. He kept the Brocklind’s name, an amalgamation of the last names of the two women who were the original owners — Brockman and Lindeman.
The 1991 Husky football team that shared the national championship was memorialized in a couple of classic sports posters in which then-coach Don James appeared as a gangster-inspired “Dawgfather,” surrounded by his players.
The second poster, issued for the 1991 homecoming, featured the 12 seniors on the team dressed in tuxedos.
Football players are big.
“Two of them wore size 66,” remembers DeAmbrosio. “We had one in stock and had to special-order the second one.”
The biggest tuxedo the store ever rented? It was a size 76.
“That’s a mountain man. We had to open both doors to let him in,” says DeAmbrosio.
Earlier in the closing sale, which began on Jan. 10, the size 76 went for $50.
Actually, if you can fit into the smaller tuxedo sizes — say a 38 or 40 jacket — there are still some 2,000 remaining for sale. Anything that doesn’t sell by day’s end will be put in storage or possibly wholesaled.
Some go back to the 1920s and are in excellent shape because back then, they were made of much heavier wool fabric. People were smaller then as well.
“In those days, the biggest waist size was 39,” says DeAmbrosio — a measurement many Americans now can only dream about.
For Jim and Diane DeAmbrosio, now seemed a good time to close up.
They have sold the building housing the store to Hunters Capital, a Seattle firm which specializes in preserving historical properties. Among plans it has for the store’s site is a restaurant.
DeAmbrosio says the store was making a profit, but a much smaller one than in previous years. The economics of the business had shifted.
A huge competitor in the tux-rental business is the Men’s Wearhouse, which has 1,239 stores nationwide.
The store’s costume-rental business has also suffered. A few decades ago, Brocklind’s employed six seamstresses who worked on costumes, but in recent years the store has had to compete with cheap Halloween outfits sold online.
So what if that bunny costume from an Internet supplier is flimsy? It’s cheap.
DeAmbrosio held up an Elizabethan jacket that was hand-stitched at his store. With its satin and velvet and heavy stitching, the thing must weigh 5 or 6 pounds.Laser engravers and laser engraving machine systems and supplies to start your own lasering cutting engraving marking etching business.
“You could wear it in a stage production. It’s real clothes,” he says.
Over the years, says DeAmbrosio, he’s gotten three or four calls from the Medical Examiner’s Office stating that a body was found with clothing bearing the Brocklind’s logo.
“Well, you know, one of the things in coming from a wedding, and having too much to drink, are the inevitable consequences,” he says.
And, finally, this from when Margaret “Peg” Parks ran the costume-making part of the store.
In a 1958 story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Parks said she “frequently gets calls from men for fig leafs.”
DeAmbrosio says no such costume was rented or sold in the years he was with the shop. Still, Parks must have been an interesting person to work with.
At one point,Compare prices and buy all brands of solar panel for home power systems and by the pallet. in the 1990s, there were five Brocklind’s stores in this area. But as business slowed, by 2000 Brocklind’s returned to one main outlet, at 500 E. Pike St.
Back in the mid-1970s, when a group of Seattle revolutionaries calling themselves the George Jackson Brigade were held responsible for 11 bombings and 14 bank robberies, the FBI came by the Brocklind’s in the University District.
“The FBI had found an abandoned car used in one of the robberies, and in the back seat there was a receipt for makeup bought at our store,” says Jim DeAmbrosio,I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics. who, along with his wife, Diane, will be the last to own Brocklind’s.
“They were showing me pictures and asking me if I could identify the people.”
DeAmbrosio is 62 and started working at the store at age 22, though even when he was 9 he was helping out his dad on Saturdays by polishing tux rental shoes.
By the way, ever wonder why tux rental shoes are so incredibly shiny? It’s because they’re made out of plastic, and sure, they make your feet sweat.
“But they do look good,” said DeAmbrosio. Right now, out the door,We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. you can have a pair for 10 bucks.
Jim and his brother, Jerry DeAmbrosio, took over the store from their dad, Ray DeAmbrosio, who began working as a salesman in 1932 at the original downtown location at Eighth Avenue and Olive Way.
The dad worked hard and soon was managing the place, and, with a partner, bought it in 1938. He kept the Brocklind’s name, an amalgamation of the last names of the two women who were the original owners — Brockman and Lindeman.
The 1991 Husky football team that shared the national championship was memorialized in a couple of classic sports posters in which then-coach Don James appeared as a gangster-inspired “Dawgfather,” surrounded by his players.
The second poster, issued for the 1991 homecoming, featured the 12 seniors on the team dressed in tuxedos.
Football players are big.
“Two of them wore size 66,” remembers DeAmbrosio. “We had one in stock and had to special-order the second one.”
The biggest tuxedo the store ever rented? It was a size 76.
“That’s a mountain man. We had to open both doors to let him in,” says DeAmbrosio.
Earlier in the closing sale, which began on Jan. 10, the size 76 went for $50.
Actually, if you can fit into the smaller tuxedo sizes — say a 38 or 40 jacket — there are still some 2,000 remaining for sale. Anything that doesn’t sell by day’s end will be put in storage or possibly wholesaled.
Some go back to the 1920s and are in excellent shape because back then, they were made of much heavier wool fabric. People were smaller then as well.
“In those days, the biggest waist size was 39,” says DeAmbrosio — a measurement many Americans now can only dream about.
For Jim and Diane DeAmbrosio, now seemed a good time to close up.
They have sold the building housing the store to Hunters Capital, a Seattle firm which specializes in preserving historical properties. Among plans it has for the store’s site is a restaurant.
DeAmbrosio says the store was making a profit, but a much smaller one than in previous years. The economics of the business had shifted.
A huge competitor in the tux-rental business is the Men’s Wearhouse, which has 1,239 stores nationwide.
The store’s costume-rental business has also suffered. A few decades ago, Brocklind’s employed six seamstresses who worked on costumes, but in recent years the store has had to compete with cheap Halloween outfits sold online.
So what if that bunny costume from an Internet supplier is flimsy? It’s cheap.
DeAmbrosio held up an Elizabethan jacket that was hand-stitched at his store. With its satin and velvet and heavy stitching, the thing must weigh 5 or 6 pounds.Laser engravers and laser engraving machine systems and supplies to start your own lasering cutting engraving marking etching business.
“You could wear it in a stage production. It’s real clothes,” he says.
Over the years, says DeAmbrosio, he’s gotten three or four calls from the Medical Examiner’s Office stating that a body was found with clothing bearing the Brocklind’s logo.
“Well, you know, one of the things in coming from a wedding, and having too much to drink, are the inevitable consequences,” he says.
And, finally, this from when Margaret “Peg” Parks ran the costume-making part of the store.
In a 1958 story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Parks said she “frequently gets calls from men for fig leafs.”
DeAmbrosio says no such costume was rented or sold in the years he was with the shop. Still, Parks must have been an interesting person to work with.
Lebanon home shelters hundreds of little soldiers
Dave Frankowski's Mt. Lebanon home shelters hundreds of soldiers — most only about 2 1?4 inches tall.
Frankowski, 62,We've had a lot of people asking where we had our make your own bobblehead made. creates miniature military figurines starting with molten lead, which he pours into pre-carved molds. When the metal sets, Frankowski carefully colors the soldiers — mostly British Redcoats, as well as fighters from the Civil War, Revolutionary War and others — with glossy paints. Historically, the soldiers' details are very accurate, Frankowski says. Not to mention intricate: Even on tiny, inch-tall figurines, artisans will paint details like eyes and mustaches.
“That's part of the goal: You want to put them in the right uniforms, and you want them to look correct,” he says. Frankowski has been painting military miniatures for about 50 years, and started casting them about 20 years ago.
Frankowski will join about a half-dozen artisans and collectors Sunday at the Woodville Plantation, where they will display their creations for Military Miniatures Day. The military miniatures include hand-painted toy soldiers and war-gaming dioramas depicting North American and European armies from the 18th and 19th centuries. Military re-enactors will perform 18th-century drills and talk with visitors at the event at the Collier-based plantation. This home of John and Presley Neville, built in 1775, captures life during the late 1700s and early 1800s, although the military miniatures come from a broader time period.
The event will hopefully “attract people to Woodville, which I think is a beautiful, neat place,” Frankowski says. “People not familiar with the hobby are amazed at the detail and color. It's like a miniature spectacle.”
J. Lee Howard of Mt. Washington has made painting military figurines his full-time, home-based job. Customers send him bare figures depicting military members from eras including the ancient Roman and Persian empires, the French and Indian War, and even the current war in Afghanistan. Howard paints the miniatures with intricate detail, and returns them.
“It's a real smorgasbord of history,” says Howard, 46, who has painted as a hobby since he was 8. He loves his craft so much that he turned it into his career a few years ago.
“I'd rather paint miniatures than flip burgers; that's what it comes down to,” Howard says. “It's the kind of job that I'd do from anywhere.Did you know that custom keychain chains can be used for more than just business.”
Howard is bringing an Old West diorama scene, with a miniature town and figures, to Woodville. Some of his work is on display at the Senator John Heinz History Center.
Paul Mackowick, 51, paints metal military miniatures, along with the occasional nativity scene, as a hobby. The Venetia, Washington County, resident has himself painted about 800 figures,Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. many of which depict 19th-century French, British and Spanish soldiers. Most of the figures he makes stand no more than an inch and a half tall, yet, even the tiny ones may contain up to 40 colors.
“You just kind of get wrapped up in it,” Mackowick says about the painstaking process. “It's a wonderful diversion from the world we live in sometimes.”
Mackowick, who also maintains an outdoor model railroad, will be bringing to Woodville a collection of his European soldiers, which will be placed in a display with landscape scenery, and miniature guns, wagons, civilians and animals to add to the scene.
The craftsman hopes that visitors to Woodville will be entertained, inspired and educated by the military miniatures they see.
“It's not so much showing off,” Mackowick says about his creations. “It's really just introducing something that someone may not have encountered before.”
These are only two of the interesting ways in which the Book and Literature Festival organized by VMV Commerce, JMT Arts and JJP Science college, in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), tried to promote the idea of reading books among kids.Application can be conducted with the local designated IC card producers. The three-day festival, held between February 14 and 16, consisted of a book exhibition, a creative writing workshop, symposia on various topics and an evening dedicated to poetry in six languages. It had school children as well as some renowned artistes and educationists from the city participating.
"The aim of the festival was to re-introduce our children to the power of the written word," said principal of the college and chairman of the festival committee MG Chandekar. Mayor Anil Sole, who was a teacher at the college for more than two decades, agreed. "The present generation sees internet and e-books as source of all knowledge. They have to be reintroduced to these traditional ways of acquiring knowledge," he said.
A highlights of the event was a unique 'fight' between the brush strokes and rhymes with veteran actor Vikash Khurana reciting words from famous poems of British poet William Wordsworth like Daffodils and Solitary Reaper. Even as he recited these words, internationally renowned painter Bijaynanda Biswal tried to bring the words alive on his canvas. Regaled by this double mastery, the audiences requested for more of their enchanting jugalbandi. The artistes took the chance to etch the words of city-based Hindi poetess Nandita Soni Sahu on the canvas, too.
As Biswal puts it, "The brush began to dance on the canvas in harmony with the magical lines of Wordsworth.You must not use the laser cutter without being trained. With Nadita's poems also focusing on the beauty of nature, it turned out to be a fantastic collage between English landscape during spring and the warm Indian summers with rains in tandem." He said that the huge theater experience of Khurana and Nandita's impeccable Hindi diction had the desired effect on the artist in him.
A similar merger of arts was seen when kids expressed various facets about books and reading on paper. From the various places where they come across books to the ways in which books help them, the kids described everything about the written word without uttering any word themselves.
Frankowski, 62,We've had a lot of people asking where we had our make your own bobblehead made. creates miniature military figurines starting with molten lead, which he pours into pre-carved molds. When the metal sets, Frankowski carefully colors the soldiers — mostly British Redcoats, as well as fighters from the Civil War, Revolutionary War and others — with glossy paints. Historically, the soldiers' details are very accurate, Frankowski says. Not to mention intricate: Even on tiny, inch-tall figurines, artisans will paint details like eyes and mustaches.
“That's part of the goal: You want to put them in the right uniforms, and you want them to look correct,” he says. Frankowski has been painting military miniatures for about 50 years, and started casting them about 20 years ago.
Frankowski will join about a half-dozen artisans and collectors Sunday at the Woodville Plantation, where they will display their creations for Military Miniatures Day. The military miniatures include hand-painted toy soldiers and war-gaming dioramas depicting North American and European armies from the 18th and 19th centuries. Military re-enactors will perform 18th-century drills and talk with visitors at the event at the Collier-based plantation. This home of John and Presley Neville, built in 1775, captures life during the late 1700s and early 1800s, although the military miniatures come from a broader time period.
The event will hopefully “attract people to Woodville, which I think is a beautiful, neat place,” Frankowski says. “People not familiar with the hobby are amazed at the detail and color. It's like a miniature spectacle.”
J. Lee Howard of Mt. Washington has made painting military figurines his full-time, home-based job. Customers send him bare figures depicting military members from eras including the ancient Roman and Persian empires, the French and Indian War, and even the current war in Afghanistan. Howard paints the miniatures with intricate detail, and returns them.
“It's a real smorgasbord of history,” says Howard, 46, who has painted as a hobby since he was 8. He loves his craft so much that he turned it into his career a few years ago.
“I'd rather paint miniatures than flip burgers; that's what it comes down to,” Howard says. “It's the kind of job that I'd do from anywhere.Did you know that custom keychain chains can be used for more than just business.”
Howard is bringing an Old West diorama scene, with a miniature town and figures, to Woodville. Some of his work is on display at the Senator John Heinz History Center.
Paul Mackowick, 51, paints metal military miniatures, along with the occasional nativity scene, as a hobby. The Venetia, Washington County, resident has himself painted about 800 figures,Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. many of which depict 19th-century French, British and Spanish soldiers. Most of the figures he makes stand no more than an inch and a half tall, yet, even the tiny ones may contain up to 40 colors.
“You just kind of get wrapped up in it,” Mackowick says about the painstaking process. “It's a wonderful diversion from the world we live in sometimes.”
Mackowick, who also maintains an outdoor model railroad, will be bringing to Woodville a collection of his European soldiers, which will be placed in a display with landscape scenery, and miniature guns, wagons, civilians and animals to add to the scene.
The craftsman hopes that visitors to Woodville will be entertained, inspired and educated by the military miniatures they see.
“It's not so much showing off,” Mackowick says about his creations. “It's really just introducing something that someone may not have encountered before.”
These are only two of the interesting ways in which the Book and Literature Festival organized by VMV Commerce, JMT Arts and JJP Science college, in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), tried to promote the idea of reading books among kids.Application can be conducted with the local designated IC card producers. The three-day festival, held between February 14 and 16, consisted of a book exhibition, a creative writing workshop, symposia on various topics and an evening dedicated to poetry in six languages. It had school children as well as some renowned artistes and educationists from the city participating.
"The aim of the festival was to re-introduce our children to the power of the written word," said principal of the college and chairman of the festival committee MG Chandekar. Mayor Anil Sole, who was a teacher at the college for more than two decades, agreed. "The present generation sees internet and e-books as source of all knowledge. They have to be reintroduced to these traditional ways of acquiring knowledge," he said.
A highlights of the event was a unique 'fight' between the brush strokes and rhymes with veteran actor Vikash Khurana reciting words from famous poems of British poet William Wordsworth like Daffodils and Solitary Reaper. Even as he recited these words, internationally renowned painter Bijaynanda Biswal tried to bring the words alive on his canvas. Regaled by this double mastery, the audiences requested for more of their enchanting jugalbandi. The artistes took the chance to etch the words of city-based Hindi poetess Nandita Soni Sahu on the canvas, too.
As Biswal puts it, "The brush began to dance on the canvas in harmony with the magical lines of Wordsworth.You must not use the laser cutter without being trained. With Nadita's poems also focusing on the beauty of nature, it turned out to be a fantastic collage between English landscape during spring and the warm Indian summers with rains in tandem." He said that the huge theater experience of Khurana and Nandita's impeccable Hindi diction had the desired effect on the artist in him.
A similar merger of arts was seen when kids expressed various facets about books and reading on paper. From the various places where they come across books to the ways in which books help them, the kids described everything about the written word without uttering any word themselves.
2013年2月5日 星期二
Ultrasonic sealing
Rinco Ultrasonics' new FPA series ultrasonic pouch sealing systems
enable users to increase seal strength, improve aesthetics, and broaden
the processing window versus competitive ultrasonic sealing and heat
sealing processes. They are applicable for sealing flexible packaging
for dry and liquid foods, personal care items and electronics.
The FPA-4500 was designed specifically for sealing pouches with up to four and a half square inches of seal area while the FPA-4500S was created for use in duplex and triplex applications where a narrow profile is required.Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity. Rinco's entire FPA series of ultrasonic sealing systems have been designed to replace existing heat sealing equipment on liquid filled pouch form-fill-seal (FFS) machinery or pre-made pouch systems.Compare prices and buy all brands of solar panel for home power systems and by the pallet.
The novel systems incorporate Rinco's patented PPS0145 seal technology that significantly expands what is possible in ultrasonic film sealing. Each FPA system features a highly rigid actuator capable of rapidly generating the clamp forces required to seal pouches with minimal cycle time.
Rinco's unique PPS0145 interlocking film sealing technology permits seal patterns with greater surface area than competitive ultrasonic seals. In addition, it allows production of contour-shaped seals, unlike the straight line seals offered by competitive ultrasonic equipment. These seals can take almost any configuration, offering end users a range of branding options to differentiate their products.
The new ultrasonic film sealing system produces seals with greater surface area than competitive ultrasonic systems and provides the widest processing window of any ultrasonic sealing system currently on the market. Seals anywhere from 2-mm to 25-mm are now possible compared to 1- to 2-mm previously, according to Rinco. With the interlocking design and robust equipment, Rinco can offer wider ultrasonic seals which are more preferable by end users, without the need for follow-up heat sealing, thus saving time and cost.
The patented ultrasonic seal technology also delivers an increase in bond strength over conventional ultrasonics. Depending upon the film used, Rinco has determined that its interlocking pattern can provide a 20 percent stronger bond than conventional ultrasonic seals.
Rinco offers a complete line of actuators, the FPA 4500 series and 2500 series models, for OEMs, co-packers, and end users. These are coupled with Rinco's robust system components including generators, converters, boosters, and tooling. The FPA series actuators are designed specifically for the packaging industry as a drop-in retrofit to convert heat sealing stations to ultrasonics. They are extremely rigid to accommodate the demands of sealing thin films, and various sizes are available to suit any horizontal sealing application.
The AGM series generator features 100 percent digital circuitry for precise control of the sealing process, along with upper and lower process set-up for quality monitoring and sophisticated graphing capabilities for easy troubleshooting.
Summer reminds me of fun, outdoors and adventure, so we travelled to Borneo over summer. It is exactly what I needed. Borneo is an island between Malaysia and Indonesia and it’s divided between these two countries and Brunei. We spent our time on the Malaysian side of the island in the Sabah area.We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day.Which Air purifier is right for you?
We climbed Mount Kinabalu, which is 4,000 metres high, to reach the summit at sunrise, and journeyed down the curvy river of Kinabatangan to spot rare wildlife (which paid off with a rare sighting of wild orangutans). Then we visited Semporna, and finished off in the remote rainforest of Danum Valley to stay in an ultra-luxe, peaceful lodge. The experience under the sea on Pom Pom Island was a standout – incredible snorkelling and beautiful white beaches right outside our door – and the inspiration from this experience is already being put to work in the new season.
You should research and plan your trip before you go. As we were looking for an adventure, we expected to be able to show up and travel at our own pace. We were quick to realise how far apart places are and guides are required to accompany you. Who knew? I would highly recommend dining at the Filipino fish markets for dinner. Pick your fish, fresh from the day’s catch in Kota Kinabalu.
I’ve developed a warm-weather holiday uniform over the years of travelling. To save on luggage space, my advice is to bring only your favourite pieces! For me this includes cut-off denim shorts paired with loose-fitting tees for daytime tooling around cities with big dark sunglasses. I bring a couple of bright coloured bikinis and cotton gauze maxi dresses for lazy beach-hopping days.Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office. Always wear a wide-brim hat for sun protection. For night it varies from silk mini-dresses with strappy sandals matched with newly discovered market bangles, or silk West 14th camis with silk shorts.
The FPA-4500 was designed specifically for sealing pouches with up to four and a half square inches of seal area while the FPA-4500S was created for use in duplex and triplex applications where a narrow profile is required.Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity. Rinco's entire FPA series of ultrasonic sealing systems have been designed to replace existing heat sealing equipment on liquid filled pouch form-fill-seal (FFS) machinery or pre-made pouch systems.Compare prices and buy all brands of solar panel for home power systems and by the pallet.
The novel systems incorporate Rinco's patented PPS0145 seal technology that significantly expands what is possible in ultrasonic film sealing. Each FPA system features a highly rigid actuator capable of rapidly generating the clamp forces required to seal pouches with minimal cycle time.
Rinco's unique PPS0145 interlocking film sealing technology permits seal patterns with greater surface area than competitive ultrasonic seals. In addition, it allows production of contour-shaped seals, unlike the straight line seals offered by competitive ultrasonic equipment. These seals can take almost any configuration, offering end users a range of branding options to differentiate their products.
The new ultrasonic film sealing system produces seals with greater surface area than competitive ultrasonic systems and provides the widest processing window of any ultrasonic sealing system currently on the market. Seals anywhere from 2-mm to 25-mm are now possible compared to 1- to 2-mm previously, according to Rinco. With the interlocking design and robust equipment, Rinco can offer wider ultrasonic seals which are more preferable by end users, without the need for follow-up heat sealing, thus saving time and cost.
The patented ultrasonic seal technology also delivers an increase in bond strength over conventional ultrasonics. Depending upon the film used, Rinco has determined that its interlocking pattern can provide a 20 percent stronger bond than conventional ultrasonic seals.
Rinco offers a complete line of actuators, the FPA 4500 series and 2500 series models, for OEMs, co-packers, and end users. These are coupled with Rinco's robust system components including generators, converters, boosters, and tooling. The FPA series actuators are designed specifically for the packaging industry as a drop-in retrofit to convert heat sealing stations to ultrasonics. They are extremely rigid to accommodate the demands of sealing thin films, and various sizes are available to suit any horizontal sealing application.
The AGM series generator features 100 percent digital circuitry for precise control of the sealing process, along with upper and lower process set-up for quality monitoring and sophisticated graphing capabilities for easy troubleshooting.
Summer reminds me of fun, outdoors and adventure, so we travelled to Borneo over summer. It is exactly what I needed. Borneo is an island between Malaysia and Indonesia and it’s divided between these two countries and Brunei. We spent our time on the Malaysian side of the island in the Sabah area.We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day.Which Air purifier is right for you?
We climbed Mount Kinabalu, which is 4,000 metres high, to reach the summit at sunrise, and journeyed down the curvy river of Kinabatangan to spot rare wildlife (which paid off with a rare sighting of wild orangutans). Then we visited Semporna, and finished off in the remote rainforest of Danum Valley to stay in an ultra-luxe, peaceful lodge. The experience under the sea on Pom Pom Island was a standout – incredible snorkelling and beautiful white beaches right outside our door – and the inspiration from this experience is already being put to work in the new season.
You should research and plan your trip before you go. As we were looking for an adventure, we expected to be able to show up and travel at our own pace. We were quick to realise how far apart places are and guides are required to accompany you. Who knew? I would highly recommend dining at the Filipino fish markets for dinner. Pick your fish, fresh from the day’s catch in Kota Kinabalu.
I’ve developed a warm-weather holiday uniform over the years of travelling. To save on luggage space, my advice is to bring only your favourite pieces! For me this includes cut-off denim shorts paired with loose-fitting tees for daytime tooling around cities with big dark sunglasses. I bring a couple of bright coloured bikinis and cotton gauze maxi dresses for lazy beach-hopping days.Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office. Always wear a wide-brim hat for sun protection. For night it varies from silk mini-dresses with strappy sandals matched with newly discovered market bangles, or silk West 14th camis with silk shorts.
Brantley Gilbert Teams Up With Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew is tapping into its southern roots and welcomed one of
country music's hottest emerging acts, Brantley Gilbert, into the DEW
family. Embracing the brand's Tennessee history and one-of-a-kind
flavor, the new partnership is a perfect fit with the hit
singer/songwriter's high-energy live shows and authentic lyrics.
"I have been a fan of Mountain Dew for as long as I can remember," said Gilbert. "I'm honored to be able to partner up with the DEW family for some exciting projects this year."
"Being part of the DEW family means making a style that's all your own, and never conforming to a traditional mold," said Greg Lyons, Mountain Dew's VP of Marketing. "Brantley exemplifies all that DEW stands for – making country music that is true to its rebel roots, in very much the same way that the brand stays true to its own. We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Brantley into the DEW Nation, and hope our fans will join us in helping him rock."
“My original intent was to have him as a safety but when we were in practice I started noticing things. When we came into the fall, we knew we were going to put him in a bunch of different places.”
The younger Jackson said the change of scenery – and the decision to force him to get his academics in order before allowing him back on the football field – helped his focus.
“All my friends were at Northeast so when I came here I really didn’t know anyone so it was a fresh start,” he said. “(Sitting out the 2011season) was actually my decision. I wanted to get everything done in the classroom first before I even stepped on the field.”
His focus literally improved when Blair offered metronome testing, a method that guarantees improved focus and concentration. Jackson responded with a 19 on his ACT.
“He was having a great season, but that’s when he went into spectacular,” Blair said. “That’s when he learned the concentration. He was all locked in. He’s such a hard worker and a perfectionist, he demands not only perfection from himself but from the people around him. As a staff, our people have only tapped the surface.”
By November, Jackson was well on his way to making a name as a receiver who had 792 yards and 12 touchdowns and as a defensive star and return specialist who had two interceptions returned for touchdowns along with a pair of kickoffs and a punt for scores.
Then came the Nov. 16 death of his grandmother, Mary Williams, on the day his Cobras were scheduled to face eighth-ranked Delray Beach Atlantic in the first round of the state playoffs.
After leaving school for several hours, Jackson unexpectedly returned to play in the game.
“She helped mold him into the young man that he is,” Blair said. “He had a spectacular game for the ages offensively, defensively and special teams wise. He took that emotion to another level. I wasn’t even worried about him playing. I was more worried about his mindset and where he was at.”
He was starting to generate offers from colleges, particularly LSU and Florida State, but his mother made a special request as the college offers started flowing in.
“We liked Alabama, we liked coach (Nick) Saban,” Eddie Sr. said. “That’s one of the reasons we liked Alabama is because of coach Saban. Coach Saban reminds me a lot of my dad. He’s real serious. I think boys need that in their lives to keep them going on the path to becoming that man you’re trying to raise.A ridiculously low price on this All-Purpose solar lantern by Gordon.
“My wife said, ‘Look, if Alabama comes, that’s a wrap.’ So I went to coach Blair and told him my wife wants Alabama. So he went out and got Alabama.”
While his brother was a five-star recruit, Jackson understands the decision to sit out 2010 and 2011 affected his star rating as a recruit.
“It actually motivated me,” he said. “It made me go harder at everything I do.Source crystal mosaic Products at Mosaics. That basically helped me do what I did on the field this year. I wish I could have played my 10th and 11th grade years, but then again, everything happens for a reason.”
If history tells him anything, Jackson knows recruiting is an inexact science. Alabama senior guard Chance Warmack was a three-star recruit. So were Tide team captain Damion Square,Don't make another silicone mold without these invaluable Mold Making supplies and accessories! 2011 receiving star Marquis Maze and junior college standout Terrence Cody, who just earned a Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Ravens.
“The best is yet to come,” Blair said. “He’s the type of kid that when he’s put in a particular situation,Compare prices and buy all brands of solar panel for home power systems and by the pallet. he’s not the kid that folds under pressure, he’s the kid who rises to the occasion. He likes it. He thrives on it. I think it’s a match made in heaven when you drop him in with one of the greatest college coaches and coaching staffs. I think they’ll be able to unlock a whole bunch of things.”
And after missing two years of playing time because of academics, Jackson now has his priorities straight.
“The most important thing to me is academics,The cost of cleaning just 2 infected lenses is already higher than the cost of a dry cabinet.” he said. “Who had the best academics, that’s who I was going with regardless. And my dream is to play in the NFL. Who has the best track record? Coach Saban’s track record is amazing.
“I grew up watching them play but the biggest thing is I’m the first recruit from Fort Lauderdale to be offered by ‘Bama. Also, academically, I felt that was best place to spend my four years. I felt like coach Saban could make me become a better athlete and a better person as well.”
"I have been a fan of Mountain Dew for as long as I can remember," said Gilbert. "I'm honored to be able to partner up with the DEW family for some exciting projects this year."
"Being part of the DEW family means making a style that's all your own, and never conforming to a traditional mold," said Greg Lyons, Mountain Dew's VP of Marketing. "Brantley exemplifies all that DEW stands for – making country music that is true to its rebel roots, in very much the same way that the brand stays true to its own. We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Brantley into the DEW Nation, and hope our fans will join us in helping him rock."
“My original intent was to have him as a safety but when we were in practice I started noticing things. When we came into the fall, we knew we were going to put him in a bunch of different places.”
The younger Jackson said the change of scenery – and the decision to force him to get his academics in order before allowing him back on the football field – helped his focus.
“All my friends were at Northeast so when I came here I really didn’t know anyone so it was a fresh start,” he said. “(Sitting out the 2011season) was actually my decision. I wanted to get everything done in the classroom first before I even stepped on the field.”
His focus literally improved when Blair offered metronome testing, a method that guarantees improved focus and concentration. Jackson responded with a 19 on his ACT.
“He was having a great season, but that’s when he went into spectacular,” Blair said. “That’s when he learned the concentration. He was all locked in. He’s such a hard worker and a perfectionist, he demands not only perfection from himself but from the people around him. As a staff, our people have only tapped the surface.”
By November, Jackson was well on his way to making a name as a receiver who had 792 yards and 12 touchdowns and as a defensive star and return specialist who had two interceptions returned for touchdowns along with a pair of kickoffs and a punt for scores.
Then came the Nov. 16 death of his grandmother, Mary Williams, on the day his Cobras were scheduled to face eighth-ranked Delray Beach Atlantic in the first round of the state playoffs.
After leaving school for several hours, Jackson unexpectedly returned to play in the game.
“She helped mold him into the young man that he is,” Blair said. “He had a spectacular game for the ages offensively, defensively and special teams wise. He took that emotion to another level. I wasn’t even worried about him playing. I was more worried about his mindset and where he was at.”
He was starting to generate offers from colleges, particularly LSU and Florida State, but his mother made a special request as the college offers started flowing in.
“We liked Alabama, we liked coach (Nick) Saban,” Eddie Sr. said. “That’s one of the reasons we liked Alabama is because of coach Saban. Coach Saban reminds me a lot of my dad. He’s real serious. I think boys need that in their lives to keep them going on the path to becoming that man you’re trying to raise.A ridiculously low price on this All-Purpose solar lantern by Gordon.
“My wife said, ‘Look, if Alabama comes, that’s a wrap.’ So I went to coach Blair and told him my wife wants Alabama. So he went out and got Alabama.”
While his brother was a five-star recruit, Jackson understands the decision to sit out 2010 and 2011 affected his star rating as a recruit.
“It actually motivated me,” he said. “It made me go harder at everything I do.Source crystal mosaic Products at Mosaics. That basically helped me do what I did on the field this year. I wish I could have played my 10th and 11th grade years, but then again, everything happens for a reason.”
If history tells him anything, Jackson knows recruiting is an inexact science. Alabama senior guard Chance Warmack was a three-star recruit. So were Tide team captain Damion Square,Don't make another silicone mold without these invaluable Mold Making supplies and accessories! 2011 receiving star Marquis Maze and junior college standout Terrence Cody, who just earned a Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Ravens.
“The best is yet to come,” Blair said. “He’s the type of kid that when he’s put in a particular situation,Compare prices and buy all brands of solar panel for home power systems and by the pallet. he’s not the kid that folds under pressure, he’s the kid who rises to the occasion. He likes it. He thrives on it. I think it’s a match made in heaven when you drop him in with one of the greatest college coaches and coaching staffs. I think they’ll be able to unlock a whole bunch of things.”
And after missing two years of playing time because of academics, Jackson now has his priorities straight.
“The most important thing to me is academics,The cost of cleaning just 2 infected lenses is already higher than the cost of a dry cabinet.” he said. “Who had the best academics, that’s who I was going with regardless. And my dream is to play in the NFL. Who has the best track record? Coach Saban’s track record is amazing.
“I grew up watching them play but the biggest thing is I’m the first recruit from Fort Lauderdale to be offered by ‘Bama. Also, academically, I felt that was best place to spend my four years. I felt like coach Saban could make me become a better athlete and a better person as well.”
Singapore Finds Its Artistic Side
Though it is known for its financial focus, Singapore — with its
influx of interesting expeditions and frequent fairs — is quickly
becoming a major Asian art hub.
Singapore Art Week, which was held from Jan. 22 to 27, brought together several local galleries and national museums to present a series of exhibitions and fairs.
It also featured Art Stage Singapore 2013, a distinguished forum for contemporary Asian art.
Founded by Lorenzo Rudolf, the former director of Switzerland’s Art Basel, in Singapore in 2010, Art Stage Singapore functions like a big international bazaar.
“It’s a marketplace, first of all,” said Rudolf. “Second, it’s a unique match-making place where people can meet, because there’s such a concentration of artists, dealers and buyers [at the event].”
In its third edition, the event was held from Jan. 24 to 27 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center at Marina Bay Sands.
This year’s fair was based around the theme “We are Asia.”
More than 130 international galleries and 600 artists participated in the event, with approximately 75 percent of the artists and galleries originating from the Asia-Pacific region.
The exhibition halls in the convention center were divided into several platforms for Art Stage Singapore 2013, including the Singapore Platform, which showcased pieces by the city-state’s home-grown artists, and the Project Stage, a forum for young and emerging artists from the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere.
“It’s a unique ‘instant museum,’?” Rudolf said. “During a certain period, you have a unique opportunity to have a comprehensive overview of modern creativity as you would have in a museum.”
The Indonesian Pavilion, a major focus of the event, occupied almost a quarter of the exhibition halls and presented the best work of 50 Indonesian artists.
“Indonesia is by far the strongest and the biggest art scene in Southeast Asia,” Rudolf said. “Indonesian artists are at the point of growing and taking a step toward the international world. I believe in them.”
Rudolf said he believed that Indonesia represents a robust market for contemporary art.
“There’s no market in Southeast Asia in [terms of] contemporary art that is as strong as Indonesia today,” Rudolf said.
As such, several famous Indonesian collectors scanned the fair for potential purchases.The stone mosaic series is a grand collection of coordinating Travertine mosaics.
“I’m an art lover,” said Indonesian art collector Deddy Kusuma. “I’m now hunting for new contemporary art pieces to add to my collection.”
He said he was mainly interested in the works of Indonesian artists.
“We [Indonesian artists and I] have strong emotional connections,” he said.We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. “I know the artists and most of them know me.How cheaply can I build a solar power systems? That’s what makes their work so special to me.”
Among the most celebrated Indonesian artists presenting his work was Heri Dono. The Yogyakarta-based artist presented “The Extraterrestrial Troops,” a unique installation that consisted of 20 glass vehicles with pairs of comical figurines riding on top.
“Everywhere in the world, artists are considered to be weird and eccentric, as if they were extraterrestrial beings,” Heri said. “But they get along just fine within their circles. In these groups, they can do their best to express themselves and grow their talents.”
According to Heri, Art Stage Singapore is a crucial avenue that brings together artists, collectors and art dealers from around the world.
“It’s a positive effort to foster the growth of creative talent within the region,” Heri said.
Biantoro Santoso, owner and manager of the Nadi Gallery, said he felt that the event had helped reinvigorate the market for modern art.
“The international contemporary art market is slow these days,” Biantoro said. “Maybe it’s due to the global economic crisis. But Art Stage has helped us promote some of our most talented artists to the international market.”
During the first hour of the VIP preview of Art Stage Singapore on Jan. 23, the Nadi Gallery sold two paintings by Yogyakarta-based artist Handiwirman Saputra. The pieces, “Akhir Pekan dan Projek Organik Dari Tak Berakar Tak Berpucuk” (“Weekend and Organic Projects of the Rootless and Budless”) #3 and #4, were sold to an art collector for around $160,000 each.
Renowned art collector and curator Oei Hong Djien noted the fair’s effort in highlighting Indonesian artistic talent.
“I’m very proud of the Indonesian Pavilion,” the 73-year-old said. “Its special presence at Art Stage Singapore is proof of the international recognition of our artists.”
Another notable exhibition taking place as part of Singapore Art Week was titled “Paintings to Be Looked at for More Than 10 Seconds.” It features recent works by Indonesian artists and urges viewers to contemplate what makes a painting good.
“Good paintings are slow,” said the exhibition’s director, Tony Godfrey. “They’re different and complicated. We need to sit down to really look at them.”
The exhibition is being presented through Feb. 24 at the Equator Art Projects gallery,Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products. a spartan structure in the Gillman Barracks in Singapore.
Its gray cemented floors are empty, except for a couple of black chairs sitting back-to-back in the middle, and its whitewashed walls feature 10 beautiful paintings by 10 celebrated Indonesian artists.
Bandung-based artist Arahmaiani presented her latest painting “Sonam” (in Tibetan, “The Blessed One”) at the gallery.I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics. The gray-hued painting presents a simple headshot of a man and a lotus flower. On top of the painting is a Tibetan inscription that says “peace and harmony.”
Additionally, Arin Dwihartanto introduced his latest piece, titled “Merapi Volcanic Ash Series 7.” In the painting, the 34-year-old artist experimented with Mount Merapi’s volcanic ash and pigmented resin on a wood canvas.
According to the artist, he was inspired by the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta in 2010.
“For many centuries, resin has been known as a preservative agent,” Arin said. “With this medium, I want to preserve the special momentum and the material [volcanic ash] emitted by the eruption.”
Singapore Art Week, which was held from Jan. 22 to 27, brought together several local galleries and national museums to present a series of exhibitions and fairs.
It also featured Art Stage Singapore 2013, a distinguished forum for contemporary Asian art.
Founded by Lorenzo Rudolf, the former director of Switzerland’s Art Basel, in Singapore in 2010, Art Stage Singapore functions like a big international bazaar.
“It’s a marketplace, first of all,” said Rudolf. “Second, it’s a unique match-making place where people can meet, because there’s such a concentration of artists, dealers and buyers [at the event].”
In its third edition, the event was held from Jan. 24 to 27 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center at Marina Bay Sands.
This year’s fair was based around the theme “We are Asia.”
More than 130 international galleries and 600 artists participated in the event, with approximately 75 percent of the artists and galleries originating from the Asia-Pacific region.
The exhibition halls in the convention center were divided into several platforms for Art Stage Singapore 2013, including the Singapore Platform, which showcased pieces by the city-state’s home-grown artists, and the Project Stage, a forum for young and emerging artists from the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere.
“It’s a unique ‘instant museum,’?” Rudolf said. “During a certain period, you have a unique opportunity to have a comprehensive overview of modern creativity as you would have in a museum.”
The Indonesian Pavilion, a major focus of the event, occupied almost a quarter of the exhibition halls and presented the best work of 50 Indonesian artists.
“Indonesia is by far the strongest and the biggest art scene in Southeast Asia,” Rudolf said. “Indonesian artists are at the point of growing and taking a step toward the international world. I believe in them.”
Rudolf said he believed that Indonesia represents a robust market for contemporary art.
“There’s no market in Southeast Asia in [terms of] contemporary art that is as strong as Indonesia today,” Rudolf said.
As such, several famous Indonesian collectors scanned the fair for potential purchases.The stone mosaic series is a grand collection of coordinating Travertine mosaics.
“I’m an art lover,” said Indonesian art collector Deddy Kusuma. “I’m now hunting for new contemporary art pieces to add to my collection.”
He said he was mainly interested in the works of Indonesian artists.
“We [Indonesian artists and I] have strong emotional connections,” he said.We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. “I know the artists and most of them know me.How cheaply can I build a solar power systems? That’s what makes their work so special to me.”
Among the most celebrated Indonesian artists presenting his work was Heri Dono. The Yogyakarta-based artist presented “The Extraterrestrial Troops,” a unique installation that consisted of 20 glass vehicles with pairs of comical figurines riding on top.
“Everywhere in the world, artists are considered to be weird and eccentric, as if they were extraterrestrial beings,” Heri said. “But they get along just fine within their circles. In these groups, they can do their best to express themselves and grow their talents.”
According to Heri, Art Stage Singapore is a crucial avenue that brings together artists, collectors and art dealers from around the world.
“It’s a positive effort to foster the growth of creative talent within the region,” Heri said.
Biantoro Santoso, owner and manager of the Nadi Gallery, said he felt that the event had helped reinvigorate the market for modern art.
“The international contemporary art market is slow these days,” Biantoro said. “Maybe it’s due to the global economic crisis. But Art Stage has helped us promote some of our most talented artists to the international market.”
During the first hour of the VIP preview of Art Stage Singapore on Jan. 23, the Nadi Gallery sold two paintings by Yogyakarta-based artist Handiwirman Saputra. The pieces, “Akhir Pekan dan Projek Organik Dari Tak Berakar Tak Berpucuk” (“Weekend and Organic Projects of the Rootless and Budless”) #3 and #4, were sold to an art collector for around $160,000 each.
Renowned art collector and curator Oei Hong Djien noted the fair’s effort in highlighting Indonesian artistic talent.
“I’m very proud of the Indonesian Pavilion,” the 73-year-old said. “Its special presence at Art Stage Singapore is proof of the international recognition of our artists.”
Another notable exhibition taking place as part of Singapore Art Week was titled “Paintings to Be Looked at for More Than 10 Seconds.” It features recent works by Indonesian artists and urges viewers to contemplate what makes a painting good.
“Good paintings are slow,” said the exhibition’s director, Tony Godfrey. “They’re different and complicated. We need to sit down to really look at them.”
The exhibition is being presented through Feb. 24 at the Equator Art Projects gallery,Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products. a spartan structure in the Gillman Barracks in Singapore.
Its gray cemented floors are empty, except for a couple of black chairs sitting back-to-back in the middle, and its whitewashed walls feature 10 beautiful paintings by 10 celebrated Indonesian artists.
Bandung-based artist Arahmaiani presented her latest painting “Sonam” (in Tibetan, “The Blessed One”) at the gallery.I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics. The gray-hued painting presents a simple headshot of a man and a lotus flower. On top of the painting is a Tibetan inscription that says “peace and harmony.”
Additionally, Arin Dwihartanto introduced his latest piece, titled “Merapi Volcanic Ash Series 7.” In the painting, the 34-year-old artist experimented with Mount Merapi’s volcanic ash and pigmented resin on a wood canvas.
According to the artist, he was inspired by the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta in 2010.
“For many centuries, resin has been known as a preservative agent,” Arin said. “With this medium, I want to preserve the special momentum and the material [volcanic ash] emitted by the eruption.”
Why Are the Miami Marlins Interested?
There is certainly no reason to believe you are off the mark on this
one at all, SilentNightPacifier. The interest in Valverde, much like
the interest in Matt Capps before this, is a confusing contradiction
when faced with the fact that the Marlins just shed millions and
millions of dollars in salary in order to fit what the team deems a
proper budget. You would think that, after the Marlins were so eager to
cut costs in such a major way, they would not be suddenly so willing
to throw money into a relatively fruitless endeavor like a free agent
reliever.Bay State Cable Ties
is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products.
Have we not learned anything about the lesson of Heath Bell?
Yet, strangely enough, I am not entirely against this move. I am not entirely with this move either, but there is certainly an optimistic and pessimistic view of this move, and where you fall on the spectrum of thought regarding the Marlins likely determines what you think the team's angle is with this puzzling interest.
The pessimist's view on a move like this seems really simple.We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. The Miami Marlins are interested in Jose Valverde because he is a "proven closer" with ninth inning experience who can help mold incumbent closer Steve Cishek into the role. The team thinks this is an important enough position that handing money to a player who can fill it is important, even if that player is coming off of his worst season since his second year in the majors in 2004.
Blind to the fact that Valverde lost his closer job in 2012 to Phil Coke late in the season, the Marlins are willing to go along with Scott Boras's tricks and hand Valverde lower-tier closer money for a player who was never as good as his superficial numbers likely suggested (career 3.53 FIP versus career 3.11 ERA). Despite the falling strikeout rate at the advanced age of 34 (remind you of someone?), the Marlins value closers and bullpen pitchers irrationally and would be willing to pay for Valverde's services in the ninth inning.
This view is for folks who believe that the Marlins have yet to learn the lesson Heath Bell taught them when it comes to bullpen pitchers. If the Marlins truly still value bullpen pitchers too highly after a disastrous season with the worst free agent signing in team history, then perhaps all is lost for Larry Beinfest and company in the front office. Signing Valverde to significant money off of a down year is likely to produce a waste of money, just like it did with Bell.I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics.
The optimist's view on this potential deal can separate the Bell signing from this possible contract. Unlike Bell, Valverde is highly likely to receive only a one-year deal,The stone mosaic series is a grand collection of coordinating Travertine mosaics. especially given his status as a dethroned closer and his relatively poor season. Bell was coming off of another 40-save campaign in 2011, so even as his peripherals were struggling, hapless teams like the Marlins still saw a successful closer. No one, on the other hand, will confuse Valverde as a successful closer after his 2012 year.
Beyond that, there is no guarantee the Marlins will have to pony up significant money either. Francisco Cordero came off of a superficially successful year in which he recorded 37 saves with a 2.45 ERA for the Cincinnati Reds, but the Toronto Blue Jays were not fooled and gave him a one-year deal worth only $4.5 million. If the Marlins do something similar with the more-skilled Valverde, they would worst be paying the going rate for a likely one-win reliever.
If the Marlins do make the signing and Valverde gets off to a hot start as either a closer or a setup man, then the team can reap the benefits at midseason by trading him for a menial prospect. The gain in prospect value will be admittedly low, even for a former closer,How cheaply can I build a solar power systems? but any players are better than no players at all.
But perhaps the most important part of this view is that the Marlins have money to spend. The team is under its projected $40 million budget and would probably like to use it on a flyer like a reliever. While relievers are the worst use of limited free agent funds, the alternative at this stage of the game is not spending it at all and not receiving any players to be named later in return by midseason. If the choice is between Valverde and simply choking on the money without any future benefit (you had better believe that any money saved in 2013 will not be rolled into future season budgets), the Marlins might as well spend the cash.
The final prognosis is still a questionable one, but one in which I would lean towards making the move at a low price. If the Marlins spent $7 million on Valverde in 2013, I would almost surely call it a waste. But throwing an otherwise unused $4 million at him could be worse, and if the Marlins can acquire a minor piece in the future for him, all the better to the team. Simply sitting on the 2013 cash brings no benefit to the team in the short- or long-term.
While the cost of these cases varies significantly, they're all fairly similar in terms of stature in that their tall, rectangular profile resembles most other mid-towers. Mixing things up, Cooler Master's latest mid-size enclosure breaks the conventional mold with boxier dimensions -- in fact, the company describes it as a "LAN box".
Given the HAF XB's cube-like figure, it's no surprise that Cooler Master is pushing the LAN-friendly angle, which seems to be increasingly common among case makers. Although this may not be the first chassis to boast about being portable, its shape does seem to offer an inherent advantage over products such as the Storm Scout 2.
Yet, strangely enough, I am not entirely against this move. I am not entirely with this move either, but there is certainly an optimistic and pessimistic view of this move, and where you fall on the spectrum of thought regarding the Marlins likely determines what you think the team's angle is with this puzzling interest.
The pessimist's view on a move like this seems really simple.We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. The Miami Marlins are interested in Jose Valverde because he is a "proven closer" with ninth inning experience who can help mold incumbent closer Steve Cishek into the role. The team thinks this is an important enough position that handing money to a player who can fill it is important, even if that player is coming off of his worst season since his second year in the majors in 2004.
Blind to the fact that Valverde lost his closer job in 2012 to Phil Coke late in the season, the Marlins are willing to go along with Scott Boras's tricks and hand Valverde lower-tier closer money for a player who was never as good as his superficial numbers likely suggested (career 3.53 FIP versus career 3.11 ERA). Despite the falling strikeout rate at the advanced age of 34 (remind you of someone?), the Marlins value closers and bullpen pitchers irrationally and would be willing to pay for Valverde's services in the ninth inning.
This view is for folks who believe that the Marlins have yet to learn the lesson Heath Bell taught them when it comes to bullpen pitchers. If the Marlins truly still value bullpen pitchers too highly after a disastrous season with the worst free agent signing in team history, then perhaps all is lost for Larry Beinfest and company in the front office. Signing Valverde to significant money off of a down year is likely to produce a waste of money, just like it did with Bell.I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics.
The optimist's view on this potential deal can separate the Bell signing from this possible contract. Unlike Bell, Valverde is highly likely to receive only a one-year deal,The stone mosaic series is a grand collection of coordinating Travertine mosaics. especially given his status as a dethroned closer and his relatively poor season. Bell was coming off of another 40-save campaign in 2011, so even as his peripherals were struggling, hapless teams like the Marlins still saw a successful closer. No one, on the other hand, will confuse Valverde as a successful closer after his 2012 year.
Beyond that, there is no guarantee the Marlins will have to pony up significant money either. Francisco Cordero came off of a superficially successful year in which he recorded 37 saves with a 2.45 ERA for the Cincinnati Reds, but the Toronto Blue Jays were not fooled and gave him a one-year deal worth only $4.5 million. If the Marlins do something similar with the more-skilled Valverde, they would worst be paying the going rate for a likely one-win reliever.
If the Marlins do make the signing and Valverde gets off to a hot start as either a closer or a setup man, then the team can reap the benefits at midseason by trading him for a menial prospect. The gain in prospect value will be admittedly low, even for a former closer,How cheaply can I build a solar power systems? but any players are better than no players at all.
But perhaps the most important part of this view is that the Marlins have money to spend. The team is under its projected $40 million budget and would probably like to use it on a flyer like a reliever. While relievers are the worst use of limited free agent funds, the alternative at this stage of the game is not spending it at all and not receiving any players to be named later in return by midseason. If the choice is between Valverde and simply choking on the money without any future benefit (you had better believe that any money saved in 2013 will not be rolled into future season budgets), the Marlins might as well spend the cash.
The final prognosis is still a questionable one, but one in which I would lean towards making the move at a low price. If the Marlins spent $7 million on Valverde in 2013, I would almost surely call it a waste. But throwing an otherwise unused $4 million at him could be worse, and if the Marlins can acquire a minor piece in the future for him, all the better to the team. Simply sitting on the 2013 cash brings no benefit to the team in the short- or long-term.
While the cost of these cases varies significantly, they're all fairly similar in terms of stature in that their tall, rectangular profile resembles most other mid-towers. Mixing things up, Cooler Master's latest mid-size enclosure breaks the conventional mold with boxier dimensions -- in fact, the company describes it as a "LAN box".
Given the HAF XB's cube-like figure, it's no surprise that Cooler Master is pushing the LAN-friendly angle, which seems to be increasingly common among case makers. Although this may not be the first chassis to boast about being portable, its shape does seem to offer an inherent advantage over products such as the Storm Scout 2.
2013年2月4日 星期一
New App Lets Users ‘Talk’ With House Plants
Call it a growth industry. For the gardener on the go, a new service
for use on mobile devices lets plants “tell” their owners in real time
when they are thirsty and, for outdoor shrubbery, allows even owners
who are far from home to give them the water they need immediately.
“About a year ago, I got tired of killing my plants,We've got a plastic card to suit you.” said Eduardo Torrealba co-founder of Oso Technologies, the company that created the Plant Link product. This invention,Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing. he said, offered an innovative solution to an age-old problem.
Torrealba and his colleagues created the service using a combination of soil sensors and software that constantly monitor plant water levels and send instant alerts telling owners when the plans need water. Outdoor plants can be watered remotely using an automated valve linked to a home’s water source.
The plant soil sensors take measurements every five to 10 minutes. The data they gather are then processed electronically, using an algorithm that also factors in weather conditions, soil type and geographic location of the plant to provide highly accurate advice on when to water the plants, Torrealba said.
Funding allowing Torrealba to launch his new product/service was obtained through Kickstarter, an online crowd-funding website that allows budding entrepreneurs to pitch innovative ideas in need of start-up capital to the general public.
The website allows participants to pledge funding for projects they deem viable. Those backers however are only asked to provide the funds if financial pledges from other uses reach the level set by the entrepreneur and that is necessary to get the project off the ground.
The Plant Link project received close to $100,000 in donations in approximately one month of fundraising, surpassing its initial goal of $75,000, according to figures published on the Kickstarter website.
Users of the service can opt to “keep in touch” with their plants via text message, email alerts or by monitoring their plants remotely from a special website.
Prices for the package are projected to range from $99 to $150 and the first batch is due to be released as early as June.
A group of legislators representing the Rio Grande Valley presented a united front to file House and Senate bills Monday that would create a new University of Texas “super university” — a combination of UT-Pan American in Edinburg, UT Brownsville, and the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio's regional campus in South Texas.
The move comes after a two-decade effort to establish an independent UT medical school in the Valley morphed into a plan for a comprehensive new university.
And as it has since the push began, success will depend on money. The bills would give the new school access to the Permanent University Fund,Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. a public endowment neither Valley university can currently tap into.
“We have fought for a long time for our fair share of resources,” said Rep. René Oliveira, D-Brownsville, who was flanked by more than a dozen fellow legislators and UT leaders. “Now it's our turn. It's our time and we can make this happen.”
The proposal does not include a timeline for the future institution and leaves it to UT System regents to hash out name and location details. UT-Pan American and UT Brownsville students at the time of the consolidation would be admitted to the new university.
Sen.They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet and bracelets. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, called the filing “the first important step toward creating the Valley's own Tier One research university.”
UT Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said the system's plan for the new university sprang out of challenges, such as the unwinding of UT Brownsville's partnership with Texas Southmost College and the desire to turn the existing Regional Academic Health Center,Where you can create a custom lanyard from our wide selection of styles and materials. or RHAC, into a medical school.
While a 2009 law required a future UT Health Science Center to be headquartered in Cameron County, the new bills — House Bill 1000 and Senate Bill 24 — call for medical and research programs to “have a substantial presence in Hidalgo County and Cameron County” and would give UT regents the authority to select campus locations.
If approved, the regents would appoint an advisory board to make recommendations on the medical school's design and location.
“We're all certainly going to be aggressively working for our communities to try to get as much as we each can in our district, no reason to be bashful about that,” Oliveira said.
Legislators said it will take more than PUF money and general revenues to make the project a reality and said a coalition of Valley community members has formed to raise $100 million to match the allocation that regents pledged in December to provide over the next decade.
The region also needs to add more residency spots to train doctors, many of whom would be expected to continue practicing in the area.
On Friday, the Health Science Center in San Antonio announced it will develop a psychiatry residency program at the RHAC in Harlingen with $400,000 from Valley Baptist Health System. The RHAC already offers residency slots in internal medicine and the regional dean previously highlighted a need for surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology residencies.
After filing the House bill with handshakes and applause, legislators acknowledged the real work was just getting started — passage requires a two-thirds approval in each chamber, which Oliveira said is difficult to get on any issue “unless it's apple pie.”
“About a year ago, I got tired of killing my plants,We've got a plastic card to suit you.” said Eduardo Torrealba co-founder of Oso Technologies, the company that created the Plant Link product. This invention,Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing. he said, offered an innovative solution to an age-old problem.
Torrealba and his colleagues created the service using a combination of soil sensors and software that constantly monitor plant water levels and send instant alerts telling owners when the plans need water. Outdoor plants can be watered remotely using an automated valve linked to a home’s water source.
The plant soil sensors take measurements every five to 10 minutes. The data they gather are then processed electronically, using an algorithm that also factors in weather conditions, soil type and geographic location of the plant to provide highly accurate advice on when to water the plants, Torrealba said.
Funding allowing Torrealba to launch his new product/service was obtained through Kickstarter, an online crowd-funding website that allows budding entrepreneurs to pitch innovative ideas in need of start-up capital to the general public.
The website allows participants to pledge funding for projects they deem viable. Those backers however are only asked to provide the funds if financial pledges from other uses reach the level set by the entrepreneur and that is necessary to get the project off the ground.
The Plant Link project received close to $100,000 in donations in approximately one month of fundraising, surpassing its initial goal of $75,000, according to figures published on the Kickstarter website.
Users of the service can opt to “keep in touch” with their plants via text message, email alerts or by monitoring their plants remotely from a special website.
Prices for the package are projected to range from $99 to $150 and the first batch is due to be released as early as June.
A group of legislators representing the Rio Grande Valley presented a united front to file House and Senate bills Monday that would create a new University of Texas “super university” — a combination of UT-Pan American in Edinburg, UT Brownsville, and the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio's regional campus in South Texas.
The move comes after a two-decade effort to establish an independent UT medical school in the Valley morphed into a plan for a comprehensive new university.
And as it has since the push began, success will depend on money. The bills would give the new school access to the Permanent University Fund,Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. a public endowment neither Valley university can currently tap into.
“We have fought for a long time for our fair share of resources,” said Rep. René Oliveira, D-Brownsville, who was flanked by more than a dozen fellow legislators and UT leaders. “Now it's our turn. It's our time and we can make this happen.”
The proposal does not include a timeline for the future institution and leaves it to UT System regents to hash out name and location details. UT-Pan American and UT Brownsville students at the time of the consolidation would be admitted to the new university.
Sen.They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet and bracelets. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, called the filing “the first important step toward creating the Valley's own Tier One research university.”
UT Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said the system's plan for the new university sprang out of challenges, such as the unwinding of UT Brownsville's partnership with Texas Southmost College and the desire to turn the existing Regional Academic Health Center,Where you can create a custom lanyard from our wide selection of styles and materials. or RHAC, into a medical school.
While a 2009 law required a future UT Health Science Center to be headquartered in Cameron County, the new bills — House Bill 1000 and Senate Bill 24 — call for medical and research programs to “have a substantial presence in Hidalgo County and Cameron County” and would give UT regents the authority to select campus locations.
If approved, the regents would appoint an advisory board to make recommendations on the medical school's design and location.
“We're all certainly going to be aggressively working for our communities to try to get as much as we each can in our district, no reason to be bashful about that,” Oliveira said.
Legislators said it will take more than PUF money and general revenues to make the project a reality and said a coalition of Valley community members has formed to raise $100 million to match the allocation that regents pledged in December to provide over the next decade.
The region also needs to add more residency spots to train doctors, many of whom would be expected to continue practicing in the area.
On Friday, the Health Science Center in San Antonio announced it will develop a psychiatry residency program at the RHAC in Harlingen with $400,000 from Valley Baptist Health System. The RHAC already offers residency slots in internal medicine and the regional dean previously highlighted a need for surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology residencies.
After filing the House bill with handshakes and applause, legislators acknowledged the real work was just getting started — passage requires a two-thirds approval in each chamber, which Oliveira said is difficult to get on any issue “unless it's apple pie.”
Tracking the Pack
IN December, wolf 832F ventured out of her territory in
Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. As soon as she left the park, she lost its
protections, and the wolf, a 6-year-old alpha female, was shot and
killed by a hunter.
It’s rare for the death of an animal to make the news, but wolf 832F was a bona fide celebrity — one of Yellowstone’s most visible and popular wolves — and her death led to a public outpouring of grief. Making her death even more tragic was the fact that she had been wearing an expensive GPS tracking collar,Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. which allowed scientists to follow her every move and gain crucial insight into the lives of gray wolves.
In recent years, there has been much pontificating about how modern communications technologies are changing the way that we relate to other people. Less discussed is the way these advances are reshaping our relationships with other species. By using satellite and cellular tags to track free-ranging animals, biologists are providing us with intimate access to the daily lives of other species, drawing us closer to the world’s wild things and making us more invested in their welfare.
Over the past several decades, the use of wildlife tags has proliferated as the devices have become smaller and more powerful. Today’s tags are capable of collecting months’ or years’ worth of data on an animal’s location at a given moment, and can be used to track everything from tiny tropical orchid bees to blubbery, deep-diving elephant seals. The devices provide crucial information about populations — helping scientists uncover the migratory pathways of Arctic terns or the ocean currents that loggerhead sea turtles like to surf — as well as individuals. Is this particular predator a pack leader or a lone wolf? A dedicated hunter or a mooch? How much time does it spend with its pups? Who are its associates, rivals and mates?
Learning about the personalities and life histories of individual animals can prompt affection for these creatures, even if we never meet them. Thousands of people followed wolf 832F’s escapades online; park visitors posted photos and discussed her on message boards. After she died, Yellowstone officials even received outraged phone calls.Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing. (There was nothing the park could have done — Wyoming’s gray wolves were removed from the endangered species list late last summer, opening the door for legal hunting. Sadly,They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet and bracelets. wolf 832F was the eighth wolf with a tracking collar to be killed by ranchers over the course of this hunting season.)
Some scientists are beginning to provide the public with direct access to tracking data. For instance, the leaders of the Tagging of Pacific Predators project, a 10-year tracking study of 23 different marine species, created a Web site broadcasting the movements of their subjects in real time (or close to it). While the project lasted, anyone with an Internet connection could follow the wanderings of Monty, the mako shark, Genevieve,Where you can create a custom lanyard from our wide selection of styles and materials. the leatherback turtle, or Jon Sealwart and Stelephant Colbert, both northern elephant seals. The scientists supplemented the data with photos and profiles of some of the animals, as well as online trading cards and Facebook profiles.
Bird lovers can follow the migrations of bald eagles through EagleTrak, run by the Center for Conservation Biology. The group provides detailed updates on the journeys of two eagles, Camellia and Azalea, and people can “adopt” the birds with a donation of $25 or more. Each bird has around a hundred “adoptive parents,” proving how attached we can get to a wild creature when we have a name and a life story to assign to it.
This technology is still evolving, and we’ve only just scratched the surface of what’s possible. In the years to come, perhaps wildlife biologists will take a page from the creators of Teat Tweet, a yearlong project featuring 12 tagged dairy cows and an automatic milking machine. Each cow was given her very own Twitter account, and a program broadcast her milking stats to all her followers. On July 14, 2011, for instance, a cow named Goldwyn Windy tweeted, “I just squirted 18.9 kgs of milk out of my teats in 7:10 minutes. What did you do today?”
Of course, tweeting cows are pretty silly, and we don’t need technology to get to know an animal. Many of those who came to care about wolf 832F simply visited the park and watched her in her natural habitat.We've got a plastic card to suit you. But sadly, too few of us have the chance to experience that, and while virtual encounters can’t replace the real-life kind, they may be the next best thing.
What’s more, tracking projects may be our best hope for getting the public to invest in conservation. We may be able to ignore a nameless, faceless mass of threatened creatures, but fill in their personalities and back stories, and it becomes harder to look the other way as their habitats disappear or they are hunted to extinction. A famous animal can become an ambassador for its species, inspiring efforts to conserve the entire population. Indeed, after wolf 832F’s death, the National Wolfwatcher Coalition started a fund-raising campaign in her honor, donating the proceeds to wolf research and education programs.
Now things are looking up for King Richard III. Scientists announced Monday that they had found the monarch's 528-year-old remains under a parking lot in the city of Leicester — a discovery Richard's fans say will rewrite the history books and help restore the reputation of a much-maligned king.
Researchers from the University of Leicester announced that tests on a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed in the central England city last year prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that it is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and whose remains have been missing for centuries.
It’s rare for the death of an animal to make the news, but wolf 832F was a bona fide celebrity — one of Yellowstone’s most visible and popular wolves — and her death led to a public outpouring of grief. Making her death even more tragic was the fact that she had been wearing an expensive GPS tracking collar,Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. which allowed scientists to follow her every move and gain crucial insight into the lives of gray wolves.
In recent years, there has been much pontificating about how modern communications technologies are changing the way that we relate to other people. Less discussed is the way these advances are reshaping our relationships with other species. By using satellite and cellular tags to track free-ranging animals, biologists are providing us with intimate access to the daily lives of other species, drawing us closer to the world’s wild things and making us more invested in their welfare.
Over the past several decades, the use of wildlife tags has proliferated as the devices have become smaller and more powerful. Today’s tags are capable of collecting months’ or years’ worth of data on an animal’s location at a given moment, and can be used to track everything from tiny tropical orchid bees to blubbery, deep-diving elephant seals. The devices provide crucial information about populations — helping scientists uncover the migratory pathways of Arctic terns or the ocean currents that loggerhead sea turtles like to surf — as well as individuals. Is this particular predator a pack leader or a lone wolf? A dedicated hunter or a mooch? How much time does it spend with its pups? Who are its associates, rivals and mates?
Learning about the personalities and life histories of individual animals can prompt affection for these creatures, even if we never meet them. Thousands of people followed wolf 832F’s escapades online; park visitors posted photos and discussed her on message boards. After she died, Yellowstone officials even received outraged phone calls.Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing. (There was nothing the park could have done — Wyoming’s gray wolves were removed from the endangered species list late last summer, opening the door for legal hunting. Sadly,They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet and bracelets. wolf 832F was the eighth wolf with a tracking collar to be killed by ranchers over the course of this hunting season.)
Some scientists are beginning to provide the public with direct access to tracking data. For instance, the leaders of the Tagging of Pacific Predators project, a 10-year tracking study of 23 different marine species, created a Web site broadcasting the movements of their subjects in real time (or close to it). While the project lasted, anyone with an Internet connection could follow the wanderings of Monty, the mako shark, Genevieve,Where you can create a custom lanyard from our wide selection of styles and materials. the leatherback turtle, or Jon Sealwart and Stelephant Colbert, both northern elephant seals. The scientists supplemented the data with photos and profiles of some of the animals, as well as online trading cards and Facebook profiles.
Bird lovers can follow the migrations of bald eagles through EagleTrak, run by the Center for Conservation Biology. The group provides detailed updates on the journeys of two eagles, Camellia and Azalea, and people can “adopt” the birds with a donation of $25 or more. Each bird has around a hundred “adoptive parents,” proving how attached we can get to a wild creature when we have a name and a life story to assign to it.
This technology is still evolving, and we’ve only just scratched the surface of what’s possible. In the years to come, perhaps wildlife biologists will take a page from the creators of Teat Tweet, a yearlong project featuring 12 tagged dairy cows and an automatic milking machine. Each cow was given her very own Twitter account, and a program broadcast her milking stats to all her followers. On July 14, 2011, for instance, a cow named Goldwyn Windy tweeted, “I just squirted 18.9 kgs of milk out of my teats in 7:10 minutes. What did you do today?”
Of course, tweeting cows are pretty silly, and we don’t need technology to get to know an animal. Many of those who came to care about wolf 832F simply visited the park and watched her in her natural habitat.We've got a plastic card to suit you. But sadly, too few of us have the chance to experience that, and while virtual encounters can’t replace the real-life kind, they may be the next best thing.
What’s more, tracking projects may be our best hope for getting the public to invest in conservation. We may be able to ignore a nameless, faceless mass of threatened creatures, but fill in their personalities and back stories, and it becomes harder to look the other way as their habitats disappear or they are hunted to extinction. A famous animal can become an ambassador for its species, inspiring efforts to conserve the entire population. Indeed, after wolf 832F’s death, the National Wolfwatcher Coalition started a fund-raising campaign in her honor, donating the proceeds to wolf research and education programs.
Now things are looking up for King Richard III. Scientists announced Monday that they had found the monarch's 528-year-old remains under a parking lot in the city of Leicester — a discovery Richard's fans say will rewrite the history books and help restore the reputation of a much-maligned king.
Researchers from the University of Leicester announced that tests on a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed in the central England city last year prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that it is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and whose remains have been missing for centuries.
Beholden to Gun Manufacturers and Betrayers of Their Country
An error stemming from ignorance, misinformation, or sheer delusion
is sometimes labeled a formal fallacy or simply an invalid argument,
and in America, it is the identifying feature of a segment of the
population steeped in paranoia that government tyranny threatens their
existence. Most sane human beings rightly categorize paranoid
anti-government advocates as delusional, and hardly consider them a
threat to society, but after the tea party inflicted damage on the
nation over the past two years, most Americans realized political power
in the hands of lunatics is as great a threat to America as a foreign
invader. The 2012 election gave voters an opportunity to marginalize
the tea party, but instead of reconsidering the efficacy of their
anti-government rhetoric and tempering their outrage, they have
embraced the National Rifle Association’s “tyrannical government”
oratory and are threatening armed resistance against the government.
Since the Newtown school massacre in December, the national gun control discussion incited the tea party to ignore the immigration and budget debate in Congress leaving just one thing on their agenda; guns. The idea of background checks, limiting access to assault weapons, and high-capacity magazines to reduce gun violence is adding fuel to the teabaggers’ fallacy their rights are being trampled and is increasing the anti-government paranoia that drove the movement in 2009. Around the country, tea party leaders are using the gun debate as a new rallying cry for the movement’s anticipated resurgence with a wave of protests to decry “tyranny of the Obama Administration” that drives teabagger anti-government rage.
The NRA leadership droning on that the Obama Administration is waging a war on the Second Amendment has led disaffected patriots across the nation to believe they face an existential threat that fuels their “If we don’t fight, we’ll lose our rights” sentiment. The single most absurd 2nd Amendment fallacy, and deliberately promoted NRA lie to incite opposition to President Obama, is “the Second Amendment is there to protect us from losing the rest of them.” That sentiment, by a teabagger with his 3-year old daughter in one arm and a rifle in the other, is driving the tea party’s tyrannical government narrative and inflaming those waiting for a reason to begin a war against the government. Regardless the historical record that the Second Amendment was to ensure a “well-regulated Militia” was available to put down insurrections and uprisings against the government, extremist conservatives hold that the right to keep and bear arms is to fight government tyranny. Only a fool would believe that America’s Founders adopted the Second Amendment because they wanted an armed population that could battle the U.S. government, and yet this is a widely held notion among gun fanatics.They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet and bracelets. It is insane on its face and a fallacy of epic proportion fueling the growing threat from gun-fanatics that “this is the fundamental issue on the founding of our nation, and job one of ours–to protect gun owners from the assault on the Constitution. Might we have to have to take up arms against the government? Yeah.”
All of this anti-government sentiment did not begin with the gun debate, but with provocation by the NRA and patriot groups, it represents a threat all the same. It is fortunate that the tyranny rhetoric is not overwhelming the sanity of an ever-growing number of Americans, including NRA members, who dispel the Republican and conservative myth that the public does not support stronger gun laws to keep Americans safe. In a comprehensive poll conducted by Republican Frank Lutz seven months before Newtown, 87% of NRA members agree that support for Second Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. 74 percent of NRA members and 87 percent of non-NRA gun owners support requiring criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun,We've got a plastic card to suit you. and yet the NRA and Republicans in Congress vehemently oppose them today. If the tea party is depending on a wave of support because they champion armed conflict over requiring background checks, they are incredibly delusional.
Despite widespread support for stricter gun control laws, Republicans in Congress and state legislatures embolden the gun-crazed crowd by pandering to the gun lobby (NRA) and giving credence to the teabaggers’ belief that their rights are being trampled with little option but to take up arms against the government. Mitch McConnell, Wayne La Pierre, and conservative pundits have attempted to use fear to garner support against gun controls, and although they are successful with gun fanatics, they are losing favor with the public and the tea party is gullible if they think their ticket to electoral victory rests with threatening violence against the government. The greatest allies gun control advocates have are not necessarily President Obama and Democrats,Where you can create a custom lanyard from our wide selection of styles and materials. but crazed fear mongers like La Pierre, McConnell, and conservative pundits that Fox News and liberal critics challenge publicly as insane.
Last week, La Pierre said “I think without any doubt, if you look at why our Founding Fathers put (the Second Amendment) there, they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny,” but most Americans, including NRA members, do not equate gun control with tyranny. The entire “tyranny rhetoric” is a straw man for opposition to an African American President and began long before the current gun control debate, and calls for violence predicated on “tyranny” are cover for racism.Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. In fact, no so-called patriot can cite one instance of tyranny or assault on the Constitution, but it is politically incorrect to call for violence because an African American is President, as evidenced by similar calls during the healthcare reform debate.
Interestingly, the progressive income tax was originally backed strongly by the rich themselves. Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island, for example, a man widely known to be John D. Rockefeller’s “inside man” in the Senate, was a principal proponent of a federal progressive income tax made legal by an amendment to the constitution. This is not surprising, for although the “progressives” who championed the income tax claimed that it would be a tax on the rich and that it would help the little guy, in reality it was largely a tax on the middle class. This is mainly because the wealthy, through the use of trusts and tax-exempt foundations, are able to escape much of their tax burden yet still have great influence and power over business, banking, and government. There was a significant difference between the propaganda and the reality; the populism championed by the progressives and populists was not the “share the wealth” program they portrayed it to be, but a control-the-wealth program. Under the guise of helping the little guy, the elites worked hard to implement an income tax. In keeping with the ideology of its primary backers, the new income tax was to be a “progressive” tax — one in which the tax rate increases as the taxable base income increases.
While certainly not oppressive when compared to today’s income-tax schedule, the new federal income tax represented a radical departure from the type of government Americans had lived under prior to the income tax. It gave the federal government access to potentially huge amounts of revenue that the government could then tap to finance various programs,Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing. very much including unconstitutional programs. Of course, even with increased funds available via the income tax, spending money on unconstitutional programs is still unconstitutional, but with the federal government now possessing the means to siphon vast streams of money out of the pockets of the American people into the coffers in Washington, the temptation to tap this resource to empower Washington was clearly too great to resist. The transfer of revenue and power to Washington not only strengthened Washington but also weakened the states, which themselves are republics (not provinces) in our federal system of government and possess powers not transferred to the national government by the U.S. Constitution. The very fact that the income tax now imposed on the American people is a progressive tax means the tax serves the purpose not only of providing the U.S. government with a powerful means of obtaining revenue, but also enables the government to redistribute the wealth. And with the creation of a de facto central bank (the Federal Reserve), also in 1913, the federal government has been essentially freed from budgetary restraints, since it can now simply print money to cover operating expenses if revenue is insufficient.
Since the Newtown school massacre in December, the national gun control discussion incited the tea party to ignore the immigration and budget debate in Congress leaving just one thing on their agenda; guns. The idea of background checks, limiting access to assault weapons, and high-capacity magazines to reduce gun violence is adding fuel to the teabaggers’ fallacy their rights are being trampled and is increasing the anti-government paranoia that drove the movement in 2009. Around the country, tea party leaders are using the gun debate as a new rallying cry for the movement’s anticipated resurgence with a wave of protests to decry “tyranny of the Obama Administration” that drives teabagger anti-government rage.
The NRA leadership droning on that the Obama Administration is waging a war on the Second Amendment has led disaffected patriots across the nation to believe they face an existential threat that fuels their “If we don’t fight, we’ll lose our rights” sentiment. The single most absurd 2nd Amendment fallacy, and deliberately promoted NRA lie to incite opposition to President Obama, is “the Second Amendment is there to protect us from losing the rest of them.” That sentiment, by a teabagger with his 3-year old daughter in one arm and a rifle in the other, is driving the tea party’s tyrannical government narrative and inflaming those waiting for a reason to begin a war against the government. Regardless the historical record that the Second Amendment was to ensure a “well-regulated Militia” was available to put down insurrections and uprisings against the government, extremist conservatives hold that the right to keep and bear arms is to fight government tyranny. Only a fool would believe that America’s Founders adopted the Second Amendment because they wanted an armed population that could battle the U.S. government, and yet this is a widely held notion among gun fanatics.They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet and bracelets. It is insane on its face and a fallacy of epic proportion fueling the growing threat from gun-fanatics that “this is the fundamental issue on the founding of our nation, and job one of ours–to protect gun owners from the assault on the Constitution. Might we have to have to take up arms against the government? Yeah.”
All of this anti-government sentiment did not begin with the gun debate, but with provocation by the NRA and patriot groups, it represents a threat all the same. It is fortunate that the tyranny rhetoric is not overwhelming the sanity of an ever-growing number of Americans, including NRA members, who dispel the Republican and conservative myth that the public does not support stronger gun laws to keep Americans safe. In a comprehensive poll conducted by Republican Frank Lutz seven months before Newtown, 87% of NRA members agree that support for Second Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. 74 percent of NRA members and 87 percent of non-NRA gun owners support requiring criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun,We've got a plastic card to suit you. and yet the NRA and Republicans in Congress vehemently oppose them today. If the tea party is depending on a wave of support because they champion armed conflict over requiring background checks, they are incredibly delusional.
Despite widespread support for stricter gun control laws, Republicans in Congress and state legislatures embolden the gun-crazed crowd by pandering to the gun lobby (NRA) and giving credence to the teabaggers’ belief that their rights are being trampled with little option but to take up arms against the government. Mitch McConnell, Wayne La Pierre, and conservative pundits have attempted to use fear to garner support against gun controls, and although they are successful with gun fanatics, they are losing favor with the public and the tea party is gullible if they think their ticket to electoral victory rests with threatening violence against the government. The greatest allies gun control advocates have are not necessarily President Obama and Democrats,Where you can create a custom lanyard from our wide selection of styles and materials. but crazed fear mongers like La Pierre, McConnell, and conservative pundits that Fox News and liberal critics challenge publicly as insane.
Last week, La Pierre said “I think without any doubt, if you look at why our Founding Fathers put (the Second Amendment) there, they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny,” but most Americans, including NRA members, do not equate gun control with tyranny. The entire “tyranny rhetoric” is a straw man for opposition to an African American President and began long before the current gun control debate, and calls for violence predicated on “tyranny” are cover for racism.Comprehensive Wi-Fi and RFID tag by Aeroscout to accurately locate and track any asset or person. In fact, no so-called patriot can cite one instance of tyranny or assault on the Constitution, but it is politically incorrect to call for violence because an African American is President, as evidenced by similar calls during the healthcare reform debate.
Interestingly, the progressive income tax was originally backed strongly by the rich themselves. Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island, for example, a man widely known to be John D. Rockefeller’s “inside man” in the Senate, was a principal proponent of a federal progressive income tax made legal by an amendment to the constitution. This is not surprising, for although the “progressives” who championed the income tax claimed that it would be a tax on the rich and that it would help the little guy, in reality it was largely a tax on the middle class. This is mainly because the wealthy, through the use of trusts and tax-exempt foundations, are able to escape much of their tax burden yet still have great influence and power over business, banking, and government. There was a significant difference between the propaganda and the reality; the populism championed by the progressives and populists was not the “share the wealth” program they portrayed it to be, but a control-the-wealth program. Under the guise of helping the little guy, the elites worked hard to implement an income tax. In keeping with the ideology of its primary backers, the new income tax was to be a “progressive” tax — one in which the tax rate increases as the taxable base income increases.
While certainly not oppressive when compared to today’s income-tax schedule, the new federal income tax represented a radical departure from the type of government Americans had lived under prior to the income tax. It gave the federal government access to potentially huge amounts of revenue that the government could then tap to finance various programs,Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing. very much including unconstitutional programs. Of course, even with increased funds available via the income tax, spending money on unconstitutional programs is still unconstitutional, but with the federal government now possessing the means to siphon vast streams of money out of the pockets of the American people into the coffers in Washington, the temptation to tap this resource to empower Washington was clearly too great to resist. The transfer of revenue and power to Washington not only strengthened Washington but also weakened the states, which themselves are republics (not provinces) in our federal system of government and possess powers not transferred to the national government by the U.S. Constitution. The very fact that the income tax now imposed on the American people is a progressive tax means the tax serves the purpose not only of providing the U.S. government with a powerful means of obtaining revenue, but also enables the government to redistribute the wealth. And with the creation of a de facto central bank (the Federal Reserve), also in 1913, the federal government has been essentially freed from budgetary restraints, since it can now simply print money to cover operating expenses if revenue is insufficient.
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