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Many species of orchids are found in our Foreshore Reserve, although most are quite small and so can be difficult to locate. Some of these species are described below, so why don't you try to find them during their flowering season?
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I have had this unfathomable clutch problem with my '66 BJ8 for over six months. It's become increasingly unsafe to the point it can be difficult to change gears quickly as needed. It began with the replacement of the clutch master and slave cylinders and slave cylinder flex line. It is important to note this problem didn't exist prior to these recent replacements. And I have owned the car since 1967 and have never had this problem before.
On the road, I feel the clutch depression become increasingly heavy while shifting, until the petal will no longer depress. As I continue with more force, with my foot, to work the clutch petal to shift, suddenly I feel what ever is restricting the petal give way as if overcoming a resistance. Then I hear and "feel" a "clunk " in the petal, with my foot, as the clutch petal returns to normal. The feeling, and sound comes from the direction of the clutch and brake petal box bracket.
My first thought was the replacement Lucas master cylinder was defective. A second replacement cylinder was installed. The problem remained.
The slave cylinder flex line was again replaced with a Classic Gold braided flex line. The problem continued.
I have been on the Online Austin Healey Blogtrotter for suggestions. While I received many ideas, none of them helped.
I have checked the clutch and brake petal shaft and bushings in the petal bracket. No problems there. Everything is free.
My next thought is the problem is inside the bell housing and clutch itself. Perhaps the release bearing is worn or the clutch fork to the throw-out bearing is binding? Or the pilot bushing is sticking? However, the "clunk" sound doesn't come from that direction. And I have never heard of anything in the bell housing working intermittently, or fixing itself.
I have been able to go for long periods of driving time with the clutch as normal. Then, when least expected, the problem returns.
As an aside, I have already talked to Randy Zoller, Terry Cowan, and Erick Grunden. They are as mystified as I am. If you have any ideas or thoughts, let me know...
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Vomiting artist (yes, "vomiting artist"), Millie Brown's latest effort "Nexus Vomitus" plays with performance art, opera and bulimia in a way never seen before. Last July, Brown was filmed for Live Studios creating her painting "Nexus Vomitus." Brown sits in a white room, next to a white canvas, joined by two opera singers dressed in white. She gingerly sips on colored milk smoothies and then vomits up the liquid onto the canvas in a very calm and controlled process (watch the video here). After reading a few Q&A's with Brown, we are still unsure if this is a comment on bulimia or just a new way to paint without your hands, but one thing is for sure is that Brown always paints this way.
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Yesterday, I did my weekly grocery shopping. I usually avoid the Sunday shopping gauntlet because of the lines & lengthened time it takes to accomplish this task. I was of course not surprised to find the check out lines totally overflowing, so I shiftedinto
patient mode & decided to chill out for the wait. Being impatient only makes the line longer & the wait more unpleasant. If you're like me, you probably do lots of stuff to avoid lines, but here could be some helpful thoughts on this topic:
- A line is a place of demarcation & can represent a change of mind & behavior – the proverbial "line in the sand"
- Waiting in a line is a good discipline for developing patience, something we all need
- A line helps me appreciate incremental progress rather than monstrous leaps
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Pushing around +300.000 3D particles, realtime, on screen, using Flash ? No problem, if you are using Adobe Alchemy & PixelBender to compile and run your code!
During my session "professionally pushing pixels" at FITC Amsterdam this year, amongst other things, I talked about how to best utilize parts of the Flash Player to get top performance. This is one of the examples I showed. What you are seeing in this example, is +300.000 particles being 3D transformed, projected and draw to 2D. And it does so at quite a good framerate (well, it'll depend on your machine too).
So, how do we achieve this ? The answer is a combination of PixelBender and Alchemy.
First, let's look at the 3D transformation and projection.
Flash 10 has a number of native features to allow for 3D transformation and projection. You'll find that this is a combination of using the Vector, Vector3D, Matrix3D, PerspectiveProjection, etc. Although these features are great, we can't use them in combination with Alchemy easily. I'll explain why later, for now, let's look at an alternative method to do the projection.
Where oh where in the Flash Player do we have a method of doing very fast math ? The answer is; pixelbender! Although Pixelbender is normally used for image based manipulation, you can make it do any type of number-crunching which is able to be executed in parallel and without loops.
To calculate rotations and projecting our 3D data, we use Pixelbender in "ShaderJob" mode. When using pixelbender in image based mode, it operates in 8 bits per channel. Thankfully, when using it with a ShaderJob, it allows 32 bits precision per channel for the data processing. Since 8 bit precision wouldn't be enough for this example, we use a shaderjob.
The VertexProjector pixelbender kernel, included with the source is a simple way of transforming and projecting vertices (representing particles, in this case) in 3D space. We feed this kernel a bytearray of x,y,z paired data, and execute the shaderjob. It then returns the data as a bytearray, in px, py, pz format.
Drawing things to screen.
Now we have all the 2D projected 3D data, we need to draw things to screen, and we have to do so as quickly as possible. This step is traditionally called rasterization. In AS3, you're most likely to use getPixel when drawing on a per pixel basis. Doing so in a loop for 300.000 pixels turns out to be very slow. The solution for this would be to optimize that loop as much as possible. Either by writing your own bytecode, or maybe writing your own post-processor for you code, before you compile. But we don't have too, since Adobe Alchemy exists.
As you can read in my earlier post about Adobe Alchemy, I openly questioned why it was so speedy, as compared to regularly compiled ActionScript 3 code. Although the answer is rather complex, the combination of C Based code, the LLVM compiler and "Alchemy Virtual Memory" are the base of this. The large difference between Alchemy compiled actionscript and regular compiled Actionscript can be further explained by the regular AS3 compiler not doing any optimisation. This example shows off those performance increases.
One thing to worry about when using Alchemy in your ActionScript projects is marshalling. You can read Branden Hall's post on Alchemy for more info on that. Since we wouldn't be able to marshal 300.000 vertices from a Vector.<Number> in AS3 to our alchemy code, we need to find a better solution. This is exactly why we are using Pixelbender and more-over, the bytearray data.
It is possible to manipulate the memory Alchemy uses in the runtime. This memory is represented as an AS3 ByteArray object. If we directly write and get our data from this memory block, no marshalling is needed. Although this means not all things can be done this way, for some things, this can be very useful. For instance, getting large blocks of data, like images and bytearrays of coordinates.
Getting all these 3D particles to screen is simply 1 inner loop. While we would normally call setPixel for that, in Alchemy code, we don't have that luxury. Instead of that, we write directly to our screenbuffer memory, which is represented as a set of int's. Here, one more problem comes into play. Endianess, defines the byte ordering for a set of data. Alchemy uses little-endianess for it's internal memory representation. Specificall, it uses a small class called LEByteArray. This class extends ByteArray and ensures no changes are made to the endianess of the memory. Makes sense, since otherwise your code would blow up.
Writing to the screen is then a piece of cake. We take the alchemy processed data from it's memory, and write it to a bitmapdata using the formerly much less usable setPixels() command. It's amazing to see how fast this is.
Look at the example here, and download the full sourcecode here. As you can see from the example, the difference between doing this with regular ActionScript versus Alchemy nears a 5 fold speed increase.
Thanks to Keith Peters, for providing me with the 3D Strange Attractor code! And additional thanks to Mr.Doob for the stats object.
In future I'll be posting more demos of the technology. Amongst which there will be one appliance for the future version of Papervision3D, PapervisionX.


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KBS revs up promotions as Hwarang's premiere date draws nearer. Below are teasers for the three main characters. Their character descriptions can be found here.
Hwarang 3rd Teaser – pre-release character "Ah-Ro" #화랑 #고아라 pic.twitter.com/ZDvGZwC2zQ
— Hwarang (@Hwarang_KBS) December 2, 2016
Hwarang 4th Teaser – pre-release character "Sun Woo" #화랑 #박서준 pic.twitter.com/CRuHJLh3ap
— Hwarang (@Hwarang_KBS) December 3, 2016
Hwarang 5th Teaser – pre-release character "Sam Maek Jong" #화랑 #박형식 pic.twitter.com/zfoTjmk9Sl
— Hwarang (@Hwarang_KBS) December 4, 2016
I don't know what I was expecting but why do all of Go Ara's scenes seem to be from a comedy? 😀
Here's the poster:
Hwarang premieres on December 19th on KBS.
Credit: KBS, Hwarang_KBS @ Twitter


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Friday Sitecore Best Practice: Restricting the Datasource Field in Renderings and Sublayouts
In this episode we look at improving Sitecore usability with configuring the top location for the Datasource tree selection and the type of items that are allowed to be selected. Make sure to follow these practice to also eliminate the human error factor.
Friday Sitecore Best Practice: How to Use Sitecore HTML Caches
In this episode we take a look at the HTML caching in Sitecore. There are three levels at which HTML caching can be assigned to renderings and sublayouts, we look at their differences and advantages.


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Oakland Associates was formed in 1993. The many years of experience has allowed us to offer our new and existing clients access to a far wider spectrum of skills and services, which we continue to build upon and improve. At the heart of our company is a dedicated, customer-focused and industry-accredited team who have been working in IT for over 20 years and have the experience to match their own individual skills. Our technicians are not 'robots' at the end of a phone, they work hard at building strong and trusting relationships with each client, which is the foundation of our success.
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'Inventor Of Email' Praises Trump's Withdrawal From Paris Accord
Livingston Patch | June 9, 2017
Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, the Inventor of Email, was featured in an article on LivingstonPatch.com on June 9, 2017. The article was entitled "'Inventor Of Email' Praises Trump's Withdrawal From Paris Accord".
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When my oldest son was born, we noticed that he was very sensitive to store bought wipes. We tried a few different brands but without success. He would constantly get rashes and diaper rash cream was our savior! However, it didn't sit well with us that we always had to put diaper rash cream on… Continue reading DIY Wipes for your Family & Home
Parenting is Strange
Raising two children, especially two boys, has been the biggest challenge and gift in my life so far. I have aged 100 years, but they keep me young at heart. Their scrapes and booboos make me sad, but they have grown my knowledge on how to handle it. Their bickering and fights drive me crazy,… Continue reading Parenting is Strange
Should Your Kids Share a Room?
We lived in our 2-bedroom apartment well before we were ready to have kids. When I became pregnant with our first son in 2014, we knew that we would turn our second bedroom – which was currently our office – into the nursery. With a lot of decluttering and rearranging, we had successfully turned that… Continue reading Should Your Kids Share a Room?
The Generosity of Strangers
This past weekend my family and I went up to the cottage in beautiful Southampton, Ontario. We packed up our things and drove 2.5 hours north from Toronto to enjoy some time away from our city life. It was Canada Day weekend and we celebrate up there with the kids if our summer plans allow… Continue reading The Generosity of Strangers
Decluttering Our Home
After a few years of living through the "haze" that comes with raising young children, I have taken a look around and realized our house could use some lightening! This means decluttering and using less. We live in a generously sized 2-bedroom apartment that my husband and I moved into well before we were married.… Continue reading Decluttering Our Home
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The rams of the new design provide approximately six feet (two meters) of vertical travel, roughly double the range of most conditioners employing scissor lifts to raise the bag, while the fixed-height turntable reduces loading deck height by about half.
The system controller can be mounted remotely or on the exterior of the safety cage, which incorporates full-height, safety-interlocked doors.
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Zea posted a topic in General DiscussionsWhich actors and actresses would you consider the most scenery chewing? There's been one specific actor already mentioned in some recent posts, so I'll go for some others. Interestingly, more hammy males came to mind than females. Also, I think quite a few actors & actresses tended to over play it the older they got. But that may be a whole different topic. AL PACINO and RICHARD BURTON KATHERINE HEPBURN and MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE BTW: Due to the fact that I stand on my rights not to self-incriminate myself or my avatar, I cannot in all good conscience nominate Bette Davis, even though she's probably a very strong contender in some people's eyes.


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1 Kings 17:19-24 New International Version (NIV)
19 "Give me your son," Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20 Then he cried out to the Lord, "Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?" 21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, "Lord my God, let this boy's life return to him!"
22 The Lord heard Elijah's cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, "Look, your son is alive!"
24 Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth."
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO will soon be forced to take a decision on a total pullout from Afghanistan unless a deadlock over the country's election ends and a new president signs an agreement allowing foreign forces to stay, the head of the alliance said on Monday.
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Reuters the Sept. 4-5 NATO summit in Wales would be very close to a deadline for taking that decision.
"Soon we will have to take tough decisions because if there isn't a legal basis for our continued presence in Afghanistan, we will have to withdraw everything by the end of this year and to do that we will have to start planning ... very soon," he said, without giving a firm date.
NATO will end its combat mission in Afghanistan by the end of this year but plans to leave behind a smaller force to train and advise Afghan security forces in their fight against Taliban insurgents.
To stay beyond 2014, NATO says it needs the Afghan government to sign agreements with the United States and NATO providing a legal basis for foreign troops to stay.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign the agreement with the United States. The candidates to succeed him - Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah - say they would sign the agreements but they dispute the result of a run-off vote held in June and it could be weeks before a new president is installed.
The delays in signing the accords have sharply reduced the time available for detailed planning of the post-2014 mission, causing anxiety at NATO headquarters, and Rasmussen indicated that the situation was now becoming critical.
"Time is now of the essence and that is why we urge the Afghans to find a rapid conclusion of the presidential election process and we urge the new president to sign the legal arrangements as soon as possible after inauguration," he said.
With Afghanistan recounting some 8 million ballots cast in the June run-off vote, and amid allegations by Abdullah of widespread fraud, there have been fears that the formation of a proposed unity government could drag on for months.
However, both candidates have now signed an agreement stating that they will agree to a timeline for the electoral process and an inauguration date for the next president by the end of August.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan currently numbers around 44,000 troops, including more than 30,000 Americans, according to the ISAF website.
U.S. President Barack Obama outlined a plan in May to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016, ending more than a decade of military engagement triggered by the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States in 2001.
About 4,000 troops from other NATO nations were expected to stay on beyond 2014 to participate in the training mission.
The Afghan presidential election limbo has created uncertainty over who, if anyone, will represent Afghanistan at the NATO summit, which will symbolically lower the curtain on NATO's years of combat in Afghanistan.
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By Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi and Dato Lakhbir Singh ChahlThe challenges of food security in Asia
It is estimated that by the year 2030, nearly five billion people (61 percent) of the worlds 8.1 billion people will be living in cities. Also, 16 of the worlds 25 largest urban areas will be in Asia. This growth has left a large proportion of the worlds urban population in poverty with threats to their food security. In the developing world, 790 million people do not have enough food to eat, according to the 1995 to 1997 estimates, and this number is growing.
Threats to food security result when people cannot afford an adequate food intake because of high food prices or prices that are not compatible with their purchasing power. Many low-income households often have to incur additional expenses in obtaining food, mainly because they tend to live away from established urban markets, where food prices tend to be lower. As clearly discussed in the previous technical sections of this seminar, food prices tend to be higher than necessary because of numerous constraints and inefficiencies affecting FSD systems to cities. Specific problems outlined include:
As cities grow, the demand for land for housing, industry and infrastructure compete with the demand for land for agricultural production. Thus food supplies are likely to originate from greater distances.
By improving their food production and distribution systems, city and local authorities can greatly improve the health of their citizens, generate additional employment and income opportunities and in the end, contribute to alleviating poverty not only among urban consumers, but also among food producers.
Many Asian city managers do not sufficiently realize how much the daily activities of their institutions can influence the food security of their constituencies. Local governments in the Asia Pacific region rarely take FSD aspects into account in their planning. Those who do often lack the necessary understanding and skills for effectively developing efficient FSD activities, almost all of which are carried out by the private sector. City and local authorities are increasingly recognised as important local development actors and need to be regarded as direct partners in food security and development activities. It is necessary to address ways to increase their skills and understanding.
The growing importance of cities and urban areas
The world we are living in is changing rapidly. People work and live differently. As technology progresses quickly, improved communication and transportation, and the removal of economic and physical borders, have provided boundless opportunities for development.
With national borders becoming less important and there is increasing cross border cooperation, globalization is reshaping the regions where urban areas are located. Globalization, praised as a giant wave that can either capsize nations or carry them forward, has apparently offered many opportunities to developing nations, regions and localities (World Bank, 1999). In turn, governments that are responsible for creating and promoting national wealth have responded differently to the globalization trend. Experience shows that where development trends were well understood and managed, there has been a greater level of achievement of societal goals.
Many countries are facing the demand for self-determination and are experiencing the decentralization processes. As a consequence, national governments are transferring a number of their economic and administrative powers to local governments. Power transfer to local authorities has offered both immense opportunities and challenges. With the emergence of mobile capital investments, world-wide economic opportunities and international institutions, city governments have found it increasingly difficult to integrate these opportunities into their urban development processes. At the same time, these global economic forces have transcended national boundaries and frameworks.
The fact is that cities are becoming important components of the global network. For achieving a sustainable level of growth, cities should have a specific strategy for development. In this regard, the World Bank agenda for city development strategies advocates that cities be liveable, competitive, well governed and managed and bankable (World Bank, 2000).
With this background, city leaders have the complex task of finding innovative ways of generating a good quality of life in their cities by profiting from the opportunities that are offered. Kearns and Paddison (2000) identify four distinct changes related to city development:
1. Cities are trying hard to sell themselves for investments not only from developmental budgets, but also from private and international sources.With this set of changes, new relationships among agencies, institutions and organizations are being created. These relationships are important factors in forging links among cities of different countries and have helped to generate inter-city exchange in different fields. International and UN organizations have contributed significantly to achieving cooperation among local bodies, highlighting networking and information and technology transfer as effective tools to cope with changing situations.
2. As a part of inter-city competition, cites are attempting to develop their local, distinctive cultures to attract business investment.
3. Cities have viewed national governments as less able to help them and less relevant to their fortunes.
4. Cities have oriented themselves toward the international arena through cross border cooperation and trans-frontier networking.
In addition to such efforts, local governments themselves have gathered together and worked more closely by creating their own networks. Some of them include CityNet, International Union of Local Authorities (IULA), International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), Metropolis, United Towns Organization (UTO) and so on. These efforts in networking among cities and their local stakeholders have resulted in a high degree of cooperation and transfer of knowledge and information on a wide variety of good urban practices.
These networking initiatives have to be looked at from the perspective of a technological evolution, which has radically changed the way that people work and communicate. More than ever before, information can be accessed as well as shared quickly and cheaply. Virtual libraries, laboratories, and organizations have provided inexpensive and easy access to dissemination of knowledge. Virtual networking is increasingly recognised as a tool in peer-to-peer learning and in the upgrading of knowledge and information. The importance of technology and networking is being increasingly recognised by cities for sharing ideas, documenting good practices, communicating with local stakeholders, encouraging better local participation and governance and influencing a change in behaviour, especially toward sustainability and sound local environmental practice.
Importance of North-South and South-South[16] cooperation
North-South and South-South cooperation among local governments has to be looked at from the perspective of decentralization and local autonomy. The twin processes of decentralization and local autonomy have brought local governments to the fore, placing high expectations on them in terms of leadership and creativity in solving local problems of development. Cities in Asia and the Pacific region are facing increasing pressure in their efforts to internationalize. This pressure is most manifest in the need to attract foreign investment, entice the human resources and skilled persons to absorb the investment and create the quality of life and living environment desired by residents. Some cities are circumventing national and regional governments to go global on their own, much like a multinational company, by identifying and fostering financial and human resources.
In order for cities to be competitive and attractive, they will have to foster and partner with a range of stakeholders working at different levels of governance (local, regional, national and international) in order to raise the resources and meet the challenges of globalization (and simultaneously of decentralization).
The key problem faced by cities is a lack of capacity within the local governments to handle the pressures and needs of decentralization and local autonomy. This weak internal capacity forces cities to look outside themselves to fill the gaps in capacity and resources for effective urban development and management. Partnering with other local and global stakeholders in managing the city has become a necessity for cities in this age of globalization. Cities have sought to privatize their urban infrastructure functions, to seek private sector participation in developing and managing urban services and to seek opinions and suggestions from the broader civil society (including NGOs and citizens groups) for better urban governance. Concepts of participation and partnership have moved beyond being just buzzwords to become a key component that underlies all urban policies and programmes.
But challenges remain due to the sheer diversity of problems being faced by urban local governments and the magnitude of these problems. Local governments (who form the bulk of CityNets membership) have begun to strengthen processes and programmes that use more local resources to solve local problems. Partnering with stakeholders within the city, and also with others outside the city and country, has become a critical element that has seen currency in urban management programmes.
South-South and North-South cooperation needs to be seen through the perspective of cities facing a myriad of problems and challenges, and of the need for support, partnership and participation from a number of stakeholders who can assist local governments in better managing cities. Thus, terms such as partnership, cooperation and knowledge sharing have come to be part of the vocabularies of local governments.
Research carried out by UNDP has found that some of the improvements to poor communities in the South have come about through their links with the North (UNDP, 2000). It is also noted that municipalities in the South have gained through cooperation with their partners, by sharing knowledge and experience to address needs in management and administration. The areas include financial management, tax collection, environmental management and urban planning. Many links have also proved effective in addressing local concerns for greater civil awareness and good governance.
Some examples of successful North-South cooperation initiated among CityNet member cities are:
(a) Lille, France and Hue, Vietnam on heritage conservation;North-South cooperation not only benefits Southern partners. Northern partners are also able to learn from Southern partners. For example, as a result of Torontos links with São Paulo, Brazil, Toronto developed a programme to provide quality food at affordable prices to low income communities (Gilbert et. al., 1996). The Toronto programme ensured that community organizations were strengthened and social interaction increased through potluck suppers. In the long run, the health of the families served improved.
(b) Lyon, France and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on town planning and management;
(c) Yokohama, Japan, and;
(d) Bangkok, Thailand on flood control measures.
South-South cooperation holds particular promise for various reasons: cooperation works well when the socio-economic conditions of partners are similar; there is great potential for transferability and adaptability of ideas and knowledge between partners and the focus is on long-term planning and implementation.
A typical example of this process is CityNets Technical Cooperation among cities in Developing Countries (TCDC) programme. The TCDC programme is a vital force for initiating, designing, organizing and promoting cooperation among developing countries so that they can create, acquire, adapt, transfer and pool knowledge and experience for their mutual benefit and for achieving the national and collective self-reliance essential for their social and economic development.
CityNet, whose secretariat is located in Yokohama, has facilitated more than 30 transfers of best and/or good practices among local governments and other organizations, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region. A transfer implies identification and awareness of the solutions, matching the demand with supply of experience and expertise and taking a series of steps to help bring about the desired change (CityNet et. al., 1998). To help various stakeholders, CityNet, UNDP and UNCHS have developed guidelines in the form of a practical manual for fostering South-South cooperation by transferring effective practices.
Examples of successful South-South cooperation include the transfer of best practices from Olongapo (Philippines) on integrated solid waste management to Tansen (Nepal) and Guntur (India). Through the network of municipalities, cities benefit not only through a one-to-one approach, but also through a one-to-many approach.
Another example of success is FAOs programme for the use of experts for technical cooperation among developing countries and countries in transition, the TCDC/TCCT Experts Programme.[17] FAO has been strenuously promoting technical cooperation among developing countries for a number of years, but this initiative provides an innovative mechanism by which to promote cooperation and ensure that technical cooperation targets those most in need in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
The FAOs TCDC/TCCT Experts Programme enables developing countries and countries in transition from Central and Eastern Europe to assist each other through the provision of experts in a spirit of shared responsibilities and shared costs. The beneficiary party provides local board and lodging, the releasing party continues to pay salary and other home-based entitlements, while FAO provides international travel, approved internal travel, medical insurance and a subsidy of US$ 50 per day towards living expenses.
A total of 125 countries have signed agreements on the programme and by the end of June 1999, some 1 500 TCDC/TCCT experts had participated in wide-ranging FAO priority programmes and projects to benefit member nations. Experts from the private sector and non-governmental organizations have also undertaken a number of assignments.
An analysis of the above examples of North-South and South-South cooperation activities brings up a number of key ingredients for success. All partners involved have to have a clear understanding of cooperation and the duties and responsibilities that it will entail. Clear expectations will have to be identified, communicated, nurtured and met by the parties involved. Having a good understanding of cooperation principles and apprehending the possible results, there is a clear need for commitment between the partnering governments or entities. Community-wide participation of all stakeholders is also critical for the success of the enterprise. This goes hand in hand with reciprocity that recognises and respects the individual strengths and experiences/expertise of the partners. The cooperating partners will have to recognise that third parties (especially NGOs, community based groups, etc.) need to be assigned a role in filling the gaps within their own set-ups. The role of external organizations such as CityNet is also considered an important aspect to help in fostering cooperation on a bilateral and multilateral basis by matching demand (for expertise, for human resources, for experiences sharing, etc.) with supply. The role for third parties and reciprocity ensure complimentarity of resources, another critical element of good cooperation efforts. Finally, as mentioned earlier, it is the similarity of socio-economic and cultural issues that will help in ensuring success.
While the ingredients mentioned above are applicable to all types of cooperation efforts between cities, and among cities and other entities, there are critical differences in the importance placed on them with respect to North-South and South-South cooperation activities. This is reflected in Table 8.1.
Table 8.1: Key points for successful North-South and South-South cooperation
Key points
North-South cooperation
South-South cooperation
Understanding for cooperation
Clear expectation
Community-wide participation
Role of third parties
Complementarity of resources
Similar level of development, geographical, cultural,
economical and technological condition
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ÖÖ Indicates higher importance
Ö Indicates lower importance
There are also, of course, several cases of unsuccessful efforts in North-South and South-South cooperation, particularly where the key issues listed in Table 8.1 were not adequately incorporated in the programme or plan. For instance, lack of understanding of the importance of partnerships in which Northern partners tend to dictate what the South should do and do not pay sufficient attention to their Southern partners ideas or suggestions on how to solve local problems. Other reasons include the high expectation and dependency of Southern partners on their Northern counterparts.
Operationalizing North-South and South-South cooperation
1. Possible areas of cooperation
There are many ways in which North-South and South-South cooperation can prove useful to both urban dwellers, who are consumers of agricultural products, and the rural populations, who are the main food producers and the consumers of urban services. The ultimate goals of such initiatives would be to establish a real symbiosis between cities and their rural hinterland. Possible decentralized cooperation initiatives can be broadly divided in several categories, which are given below as examples:
Strengthening linkages between urban and rural areas:
This could be brought about through improving the delivery of agricultural products to urban markets through the building of cold storage facilities and the provision of relevant vehicles to farmers via integrated policies including a credit component (provision of soft loans to farmers) and the establishment of cooperatives.
Improving the quality and increasing the supply of agricultural products:
Enforcing appropriate land tenure and land adjustment policies:
Increasing trade links between urban and rural areas:
Access can be achieved through the extension of feeder and main roads linking rural areas and urban markets as well as through improving rural markets, which very often serve as outlets to larger urban markets. Additional initiatives geared to strengthening related capacity building in rural areas are also needed: e.g. encouraging the building of cooperatives, providing training and soft loans, etc. Special schemes focusing on women, who are often very active in trade in an Asian context, are strongly desirable: e.g. the creation of womens corners in Bangladesh union towns markets.
Ensuring that the mix of rural and urban land-uses inside metropolitan areas remain sustainable:
With the geographical expansion of metropolises, rural and urban land-uses are becoming increasingly mixed. This is true in less developed countries of Asia, but it is also true in places like Japan where forms of urban agriculture continue to be practiced. In some cases, the pollution of water used for irrigation purposes creates environmental problems and jeopardises the continuation of agricultural activities within cities and in their peripheries. Animal husbandry is also a cause for concern in some Asian urban areas.
2. Bringing partners together
North-South and South-South cooperation could usefully take place in the fields provided above as examples. Some initiatives have been already conducted.
For example, the experience gained by some Japanese cities in land-use planning techniques addressing situations in which agricultural and urban land-uses are highly mixed could be usefully shared with other Asian cities of the South. This experience sharing would be especially useful with regard to conflict resolution in farming communities at the edge of large cities and to the supply of water for agricultural activities within metropolitan areas or at the periphery of urban centres.
With regard to land-use policies, cities in the South could also learn a lot from efficient policies and support technologies developed in the North, using geographical information systems (GIS) for instance. Some European cities, in association with local agricultural research institutions or professional schools, have already shown their interest in working in close collaboration with Southeast Asian towns in the area of urban management to address problems raised, and opportunities offered, by urban agriculture[19].
Also, many small service towns in the North catering to the urban hinterland have developed an expertise in the delivery, storage and marketing of agricultural goods, which could be usefully shared with cities and towns in the South.
Conclusions and reflections
North-South and South-South cooperation efforts have been used to fill the gaps of financial, technical and human resources that are occurring within cities. Sharing experiences and expertise among southern cities has had particular benefits for the partnering cities that go beyond mere aid or financial investment.
However, effective implementation of such cooperative efforts has not been easy. The partnering entities have faced a number of difficulties, limitations and constraints. Key among these are adequate and timely information, a thorough knowledge of the needs and priorities of the partnering entities, the process of finding and accessing required/relevant experiences, and expertise and funds to facilitate cooperative efforts.
These difficulties and barriers are not insurmountable. Cities have to recognise that there is a clear need for them to articulate their successes and their disappointments and to offer each other expertise in the cooperative effort. They will have to understand the expectations and limitations of the partnering entity and attempt to find a middle ground in overcoming difficulties. Communication and understanding are indeed at the core of a successful partnership.
Central governments, on the other hand, also have an important role to play in terms of creating an enabling environment where cities can seek, identify and foster partners for cooperation. Of particular importance are the priorities that central governments place on the cooperative efforts of city governments and the funding, legislative and administrative support that they can provide.
The role of international organizations and networks is critical in generating an inventory of resources, expertise and knowledge on cooperative processes. The organizations can not only document and disseminate information, they can also assist in providing the necessary expertise in fostering the cooperative effort itself. Highlighting the key ingredients of success of existing cooperative activities helps in avoiding pitfalls and ensures that the aims and objectives of any cooperative activity are met.
A better understanding of the need for North-South and South-South cooperation has to be generated. Such cooperative activities will have to move beyond just piece-meal projects or initiatives. They will have to be mainstreamed into urban development and management practices. Efforts will have to be made in making these cooperative activities an integral part of urban policies and programmes.
In conclusion, opportunities offered by North-South and South-South decentralized cooperation for feeding Asian cities are numerous and challenging. The crux is to identify channels to bring potential partners together on the basis of mutual interests.
The authors
Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi is the Programme Manager of the Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements (CityNet) where she implements projects for local government throughout the Asia Pacific. She worked for JICA in Indonesia and for the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPP-Technology) of Indonesia. Ms Tjandradewi has a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore and one in Atmospheric Physics and Environment from Nagoya University, Japan. She holds a B.Sc. from Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.
Dato Lakhbir Singh Chahl is the Secretary-General of the Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements (CityNet). He was first elected as the Secretary-General by the General Council of CityNet in 1991 and re-elected for second and third terms in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Dato Chahl worked for the Municipal Council of Penang Island as Municipal Secretary from 1981 to 1992. He was named Barrister-at-Law by the Middle Temple, London, United Kingdom. He is stationed in Penang, Malaysia where he is currently working as an advocate and solicitor.
CityNet, UNDP & UNCHS, 1998. Guidelines for transferring effective practices: a practical manual for South-South cooperation, Thailand.
Gilbert, R., Stevenson D., Girardet H., & Richard Stren, 1996. Making cities work: the role of the local authorities in the urban environment, Earthscan Publications Ltd., UK.
Kearns, Ade, Ronan Paddison, 2000. New Challenges for Urban Governance, Urban Studies, Vol. 37, No. 5-6, pg. 845-850
United Nations Development Programme, 2000. The Challenges of Linking, http://magnet.undp.org/Docs/urban/c2cfin.pdf.
World Bank, 2000. Cities in Transition: A Strategic View of Urban and Local Government Issues, The World Bank.
World Bank, 1999. World Development Report 1999/2000: Entering the 21st Century, http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/extme/032.htm.


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Nichole Lindstrand is not the first 18-year old knifemaker we have featured in our "5 from the Grinder" series, that honor goes to Ben Stark. She is however the first female maker we have featured.
That said, it is a testimony to Nichole's work that I knew of neither of these points when I first approached her about participating. Her knives stand on their own and speak for themselves. I first saw one cross my feed on Facebook (the Bird&Trout above), really liked it (especially the handle), and dropped a line to the Lindstrand Custom Knives page on Facebook.
As I have mentioned before, I really like how the "5ftG" questions are just as applicable to a legend as they are to someone newly turned-pro, so I yield my soapbox to the lovely and talented Nichole Lindstrand.
First, in a few sentences, please introduce yourself and let us know what led you to making/designing knives.
Hi, my name is Nichole Lindstrand and I am an 18 year old knife maker. I am a Mechanical Engineering student, hunter, and avid competitive shooter. I was born and raised in rural Northern California. My father is a wildlife biologist and my mother a hunter; I grew up always being outside where a knife is a tool that is used all the time! My love for knife making began as a combination of my love for working with my hands and a passion for the outdoors. I made my first "knife" from an old bandsaw blade and a scrap piece of cherry due to simply being intrigued by knife making. Looking back, it's a really ugly thing, but after I made it I was hooked! I started doing research and learning more and more about knife making. I soon found that custom knife making is, in a way, it's own world and that there are people who do it professionally. I still have so much to learn, but I'm really enjoying the process and getting to see my skills improve with every knife I craft. I'm someone who loves a challenge- one of the reasons I love knife making is because I know I will never be done learning or being challenged by it. There will always be different techniques or designs to try and something new to experiment with.
Being out in the woods is my passion, I strive to make a functional piece of art that any outdoorsman or woman would be proud to carry.
Question 1: What knifemaker(s) or designer(s) have had the biggest influence on you? Do you have any mentors?
Most of what I have learned has come from good ol' trial and error and long nights out in the shop making sparks fly. I am a big fan of simple elegance in knife design; makers such as John Doyle and Shane Alexander truly capture that elegance in their work and have inspired quite a few of my blades. I am primarily self taught, but have been able to learn a lot through online bladesmithing forums and talking to experienced makers who have been willing to share their knowledge. Knife maker and leather worker Dave Ferry (Horsewright Clothing and Tack) has greatly helped me with with improving my leatherworking skills by sharing his knowledge and experience. John Doyle (although he lives 2,000 miles from me) has been kind enough to help coach me through some of the times where I have bit off a bit more than I can chew with a knife project. He has received a couple frantic phone calls from me going "Whoops, how on earth do I fix this?!?".
Question 2: What is your favorite knife pattern or style from history?
Going back to the topic of simple elegance, my favorite knife design is a drop point hunter. There are so many different ways this design can be made and interpreted that allow the maker to really get creative with the design. It is simple and useful for many different tasks!
Question 3: What is the next big thing in knifemaking? / What direction do you see the industry going?
Knife making is a fast growing hobby, which is really neat, but it has also resulted in a lot of people assembling knife kits and calling them custom knives. Starting out that way is a good way to learn, but I hope to see a trend in people making everything on their own- that's really what the craft is about. For me, my next big thing is making larger knives. I've always loved different types of bowies and rifleman's knives. I am big into muzzleloading, the knives of that era are not only pieces of art, but history. Makers such as Wick Ellerbe do a phenomenal job of bringing the old designs back to life, something I hope to soon be able to do… that and a friend of mine keeps nagging me to make old styled bowies, so it will have to happen eventually!
Question 4: Is there a knife from your lineup that you feel best exhibits who you are as a knifemaker/designer in terms of design elements, aesthetic or techniques used?
The knife that best exhibits me as a maker is my Wintu model. The Wintu is 8.25 inches overall and is a sleek yet rugged hunting knife. I have had several customers use it to process wild game and are very pleased with it's performance. My favorite thing is to hear back from my customers and see my knives in action! Most of these knives are differentially heat treated, a process that yields a strong blade and (after lots of etching and polishing) shows a hammon line.
Question 5: What is your EDC and why?
My everyday carry knife is my 6.5 inch bird and trout knife. Making small knives comfortable to handle can be difficult because your hand doesn't have as much material to hold; the way the handle on this knife is shaped allows for a very comfortable grip, while also being a small, easy to carry knife! I use 15n20 steel on most of these knives, they are razor sharp and the blades are slightly flexible- making for a great fish or small game processing knife!
The best place to check out more of Nichole's work is on the Lindstrand Custom Knives Facebook page. She is still establishing herself as a professional maker, and I will update this post when she has a standalone website and Instagram. I am definitely going to keep following Nichole's work, I have a feeling that she will be making waves in the coming years.
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Full Most provides complete services that covers consultation, technical designs, fabrication and installation of Internal Floating Roofs (IFR) – Brick Style Honeycomb Type with Full Contact for aboveground storage tanks, in petrochemical industry, refineries, oil terminals and other related firms. Our patented IFR product is designed to isolate more effectively the honeycomb core and the stored liquid, and its lifetime and structural strength is more excellent than Skin&Pontoon type IFR or Sandwich type honeycomb IFR.
Our IFR complies with API 650, NFPA standards. To survive and develop in a competitive market, every company must insist on standards for its products and services. Full Most stands out due to its operational excellence, its technological expertise, its capacity to manage complex projects and responsibility for the surrounding environment.
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Welcome to the Scrumy REST API documentation!
This documentation is currently not complete, but as of writing, all of the available methods are at least mentioned.
Feel free to update or expand on the documentation wherever you see fit.
The Scrumy API is RESTful. Anything within your project is a resource, be it a task, a sprint, or the project itself. Each resource can be accessed or modified using specially formed URLs and the HTTP verbs GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. Descriptions of the actions you may perform on each resource can be found below.
All Scrumy resources can be returned in either XML or JSON formats. To specify the format you'd like to see, add either
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The API uses http basic authentication. Your login is your project name and your password is the password you use to log into your project. If you don't have a password, we recommend that you set one, but if you insist, just leave the field blank.
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Under normal circumstances, you will see the following types of responses:
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The typical design process begins with the functional specification of the device or process. Then it is possible to develop a prototype design. The design process usually includes the use of CAD tools which significantly reduce the time involved in designing parts and components. Then solid modeling and animation tools are used to further visualize the components and verify correct mechanical interaction. If there is a software component it is designed as concurrently as possible to minimize the overall duration of the design process.LTW designers are experienced in creating automation systems in the semiconductor manufacturing and food processing industries.
LTW Automation developed systems include track-mounted silicon-wafer handling robots, process control including recipe management, host communications and control using the SECS-II protocol, SMIF-Pod manipulators, pneumatic systems, data capture and display.
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Save Money through Conservation and Efficiency
It's getting rough out there economically. Times are getting harder, and a primary way to ease the crunch is to use less, and use what you need more efficiently. We have gone on a hunt to wring out the best efficiency we can out of our appliances and usage habits, and share some of these tips with you. We have put together a free guide to help you in the areas of water, electric, fuel and other areas of consumption we think will be helpful.
We have produced a DIY guide to home energy conservation and efficiency. Learn how to save hundreds per month in heating, cooling, transportation and electric bills. We live off grid, and produce our own food, fuel and energy, from heat to electricity. This is no joke. You will save money if you implement these tips. Living green does not have to cost money, it can save money. In these harsh economic times, measures need to be taken to reduce operating expenditures, and reduce resource depletion. We have done it, and we are sharing. We ask for a $10 donation, but the guide is yours regardless. You can download it from the files section of the discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/resource_conservation/.


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Information regarding Business and Strategy of Julius Baer Group
At the end of June 2019, Julius Baer's assets under management amounted to CHF 412 billion.
Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd., the renowned Swiss private bank with origins dating back to 1890, is the Group's largest company and main operating entity. It is complemented by a number of specialised companies essential to providing our international clientele with a full array of state-of-the-art wealth management services.
Julius Baer Group Ltd.'s shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. They are a member of the Swiss Leader Index (SLI), comprising the 30 largest and most liquid Swiss stocks. At 30 June 2019, the market capitalisation of the Group's shares was CHF 9,727 billion.
The international rating agency Moody's assigns a solid Aa2 long-term deposit rating and the highest possible short-term debt rating of Prime-1 to Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd.
Julius Baer employs a staff of almost 6,800, including 1,500 relationship managers, and is present in over 25 countries and more than 60 locations.
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This authentic white tea of exceptional quality comes from China's mountainous Fujian Province. Known as 'White Peony', it is made from the delicate buds and most tender leaves of the Da Bai tea bush, favoured by the 11th century Song Emperors of China. Grown amongst the misty peaks, the leaves are gathered and dried in early spring and then lightly and skilfully cured using age-old techniques. This creates an exquisitely subtle tea, beautifully mellow with a slight nutty flavour.
15 large leaf tea pyramids (22.5g).
Tea pyramids made from biodegradable material - they contain no plastic and are staple free. Store in a cool dry place away from odours.
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Biography: I was born in Rochester, New York near Palmyra. As my father's job opportunities expanded our family moved around the U.S. I have lived in Utah, Texas and California - so I guess that traveling has always been in my blood.
I traveled to Hawaii after high school and fell in love with the area. I attended BYU-Hawaii and majored in Travel & Tourism. I began my travel career in 1978 working as a Supervisor at the Polynesian Cultural Center. While living in Hawaii I had the opportunity to travel to Samoa and Tonga.
I started as a travel consultant in 1984. I have traveled to many places around the world, including Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Turkey, China, Bali, Singapore, Peru, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Easter Island, Australia, Europe and the Caribbean.?Some of my favorite travel memories include attending church at the BYU-Jerusalem Center in Israel, visiting the Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile and learning about the many vast cultures I have seen.
One of the most gratifying parts of my job is in helping people make their dreams come true. Knowing that I helped to create lifetime memories for my clients is a wonderful thing! I enjoy photography, scrap-booking, going to concerts and musical theater. I am an avid Disney fan, traveling to either Disneyland or Disneyworld every year since 1985!
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Today's recipe is a delicious smoothie. It's one of my favorite since it combines chocolate and peanut butter, a heavenly combination! It reminds me of Snickers but this is far yummier and healthier! You should try it, my friends!
Ingredients (serves 1):
200 ml chocolate soy milk
3 tsp homemade peanut butter
1 ripe banana
3 dates
1 tsp coconut oil + 2 tsp cocoa powder (optional)
peanuts for topping
1. In a blender pour milk, add banana, dates, peanut butter and pulse until smooth.
2. Transfer in a glass.
3. In a small bowl, combine coconut oil with cocoa powder and top your smoothie.
4. Garnish with peanuts!
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Feed in Tariff – What Effects Will It Have?
I am sure you all will have seen in the news recently that the government is cutting the current Feed-in-Tariff from 43.3p per kWh to 21p per kWh. It is a change that was inevitable, but it is one that has come abruptly, with the government misjudging the rate of growth in photovoltaic solar energy.
This change will take effect for any solar installations completed after 12th December 2011, meaning if you were interested in making your home more energy efficient, you need to act fast!! Anyone who has already got a photovoltaic solar installation, do not fear as these changes will not affect you. If you are already signed up to the tariff it is fixed for 25 years, so you will continue to get 43.3p per kWh.
Although this has been sprung on us, is it really as bad as it sounds? What does it mean for the solar industry and the energy efficiency of the UK?
It is going to effect different groups in different ways and not all are negative. Due to this change I can see there being fewer installations per year, especially in comparison to this year, which has rapidly increased, going from 8,000 installations in June to 16,000 in September. The reason behind this massive increase in installations is possibly due to the cost of solar panels decreasing by as much as 30 since the scheme started. However, the reason there will be less installations after the changes will be because of the reduced tariff. Rent-a-roof companies, that put solar on your property for free, giving you free electricity whilst they take the tariff, will not be making as much money (if any at all), which could result in company losses or closures.
The change has not just brought a lower tariff, but it has prevented installations across the country. 30 schools in Dorset will not be utilising a proposed £1 million installation that was due to happen next year. The local council calculated that each school would make a loss of £2,000, despite them still creating green energy, it is no longer feasible.
The government's reason behind this sudden change is because of the rapid growth in the solar market. With hundreds of thousands of installations cropping up this year, and the massive decrease in photovoltaic panel prices, means that the government's green energy budget would no longer cover the costs, especially if this growth continued. With the global economy as it is, the government had to implement a new plan to help save money. They initially wanted to give generators of solar energy 5-8 rate of return, but they ended up giving out 10 rate of return, which hit the budget hard.
The new tariff will take full hold by April 1st 2012, when your house may have to reach a specific energy efficiency rating to get the 21p tariff. It is not yet clear what that level is, but I think if you are installing solar panels, you are pretty switched on about energy efficiency and will have carried out other home improvements before hand, to save money on your bills.
However, it is not all doom and gloom for solar energy, we must all think of the positives of having photovoltaic panels. By putting them onto your home you are still generating your own electricity, resulting in cheaper bills or none at all! If you are generating more than you use, you will still earn money, but instead it is only 21p per kWh. Photovoltaic solar energy is an eco-friendly generator, so you are doing your bit to help prevent draining the world of its natural resources that are running out quickly.
As I have said before, solar panels are now about 30 cheaper, so it doesn't cost us as much to have them installed and they will generate energy past their guarantee, bringing you years of power. Free electricity and the green credentials that accompany solar energy, have got to be a winning combination for the future of energy supply, so I think it is an investment well worthwhile.


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First Look at DAVID HARBOUR as HELLBOY
The first look at actor David Harbour in costume as Hellboy in the upcoming self-titled reboot film has been released by the film's official Twitter account.
As you can see, there are several notable differences from Ron Perlman's look in the previous iteration of the film franchise, including longer hair and a somewhat different take on the Right Hand of Doom.
Hellboy is currently in production for a 2018 release.
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