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By Lori Gipson and Brooke Garcia
Terms (from Merriam Webster)
Found Object: a natural or discarded object found by chance and held to have aesthetic value (1)
Repurposing: to give a new purpose or use (2)
Upcycling: to create an object of greater value from (a discarded object of lesser value) (3)
The value of jewelry, and metal objects in general, tends to be intrinsically tied to the cost of the materials, the metal itself. However, some metalsmiths question that concept and create work with repurposed and upcycled found objects. J. Fred Woell, one of the first artists to consistently use found objects in his work, could see no reason why his pieces should be measured by the value of its materials, any more than painting or sculpture was (4). Artists such as Woell and Harriete Estel Berman use found objects to create work that work that often has a social or political commentary. Others like Andrew Hayes and Stacey Lee Webber upcycle objects that have a history to tell a new story or become unrecognizable, and some artists such as Robert Ebendorf and Mariko Kusumoto choose found objects based on their aesthetic value.
All artists repurposing and upcycling materials challenge preconceived notions. When the eye recognizes a found object, it changes the meaning and the value of that object in the work. Whereas it may have been thrown away by someone else, it is now living a new life, no longer destined for the landfill but now in a place of preservation created by the artist.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we are sharing a few artists from our Permanent Collection that feature repurposed and upcycled found objects in their work. If you feel inspired after reading this blog, join this week's #JewelryFromJunk online challenge on social media or find other projects to do on our Online Learning page.
Harriete Estel Berman (American, b. 1952) uses post-consumer, recycled materials to construct jewelry, Judaica, and sculpture with social commentary. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa and has been acquired by 16 museums around the world. Berman was also the Metal Museum's 2004 Master Metalsmith.
This wall sculpture, entitled Delicious Assortment, is from Berman's "The Deceiver and The Deceived" series, which she made from 1996 to 2004. Sculptures in this series were constructed with recycled "tin" cans from post-consumer packaging. According to the artist, "The pre-printed steel has recognizable images from our material culture. The relentless messages conveyed in media and advertising about a woman's appearance become a frame of stereotypical roles and limited expectations" (5). The fan-quilt pattern that appears in many of the pieces in this series, also refers to the use of fans in western society as "a device of flirtatious deception" (6).
Robert Ebendorf
Robert (American, b. 1938) has been a metalsmith, jeweler, and educator for nearly sixty years. He began recycling objects in his jewelry pieces long before this practice was fashionable or trendy. His dynamic, eclectic jewelry typically incorporates found materials from nature, like crab claw and sea glass, as well as industrially produced objects like keys, buttons, and beer bottle caps. His use of alternative materials challenges our preconceptions about the preciousness of jewelry. This brooch, Keeping It in the Circle, includes found materials such as a crushed aluminum can, a metal coil, and pieces of yellow scrap aluminum.
Ebendorf was a founding member and the second president of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). In 1995, he was awarded the American Craft Council Fellowship for his achievement in craft, and in 2004, his oral history interview was included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. His work is in many public institutions and private collections. To hear Ebendorf talk about how he recycles objects in his work, watch this YouTube video!
Bobby Hanson
Bobby Hansson (American, 1937-2015) was a photographer, sculptor, and metalsmith. He began working with found objects in 1955, producing sculpture, furniture, musical instruments, and other works. Hansson taught classes in recycling tin and photography for jewelers all over the Eastern United States. In 1996, he wrote a how-to book entitled, The Fine Art of the Tin Can, which included not only his own artwork, but the works of 90 other artists and collectors.
According to Hansson, "I see things on the street, or anyplace, and they attract me. ...I see something and I think, shoot I could add something to that, and so I do it. Just to be funny. I mean, a lot of these things here are just stupid puns, jokes, or whatever. But some of them make a beautiful noise or it's just intriguing stuff. And so I do it just because I can't help it" (7). Hansson made several lunchboxes out of recycled materials over the course of his career, including this Lunch Box made in 2001.
Andrew Hayes (American, b. 1981) grew up in Tucson, Arizona and studied sculpture at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. During his time as a Core Fellow at Penland School of Crafts, Hayes explored a variety of materials and techniques. In early 2018, he set up a studio in Asheville, NC, and continues to teach at Penland and other institutions across the country. Hayes exhibits his work nationally, and in 2019, he received the South Arts State Fellowship, a $5,000 grant that celebrates and supports artwork being created in the American South.
In his work, like this piece entitled Crossing, Hayes repurposes books and marries them with steel to create free standing and wall sculptures. According to Hayes, "The book as an object is full of fact and story. I take my sensory appreciation for the book as a material and employ the use of metal to create a new form, and hopefully a new story" (8).
Mariko Kusumoto (Japanese, b. 1967), was born in Kumamoto, Japan and now lives and maintains a studio in Massachusetts. She works in fiber, resin, and metals, and her metalwork typically incorporates found objects and is very technically involved. According to Kusumoto, "My work reflects various, observable phenomena that stimulate my mind and senses; they can be natural or man-made. I 'reorganize' them into a new presentation that can be described as surreal, amusing, graceful, or unexpected" (9). Kusumoto has been exhibiting her work nationally and internationally for over 25 years, and her work has also been collected by eight institutions around the world and by numerous private collectors.
Video: Mariko Kusumoto (Japanese, b. 1967), Made in Japan, 2011. Nickel silver, decals. Gift of the Artist, 2017.9.1. Video Courtesy of the Artist.
Made in Japan, a kinetic wall sculpture, depicts two Japanese women who bow to each other when the cords on the piece are pulled. Most of the sculpture is made from recycled printed steel and nickel silver. The piece was featured in the Metal Museum's 2017 summer exhibition Metal in Motion, and Kusumoto donated the piece to the Museum following the exhibition. Watch the video above to see the piece in motion!
Marlene True (American, b. 1964) crafted St. Elsie, a ring and stand, from re-purposed steel, steel wire, fine silver, brass, and gold leaf. True is a jeweler, metalsmith, and obsessive collector of tin cans and other ephemera that she repurposes in her work. This ring and stand are part of her Enshrined series and were included in her 2012 Tributaries exhibition at the Metal Museum.
True maintains her studio practice and is also the Executive Director of Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft in Columbia, NC. Her work in in the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, NY; the Racine Museum of Art in Racine, WI; and the Enamel Arts Foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Marlene volunteers extensively and has served on the Board of Directors for the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG).
In 2015, Stacey Lee Webber (American, b. 1982) opened her own studio in Philadelphia, PA, where she sells her artwork and jewelry. Webber was a 2011 Tributaries artist and has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally. Her work has also been collected by the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA; and numerous other public and private collections.
Webber re-purposes coins in her artwork, meticulously sawing them to create new forms. The piece here, Abe Hex Sign #9, is a wall sculpture made from hand-sawn pennies, and the design, a classic Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign, was traditionally put on barns to ward off evil. "As a contemporary metalsmith, Webber cherishes working with found materials whose history is physically evident. Her work is often described as meticulous, pushing the boundaries of everyday recognizable objects to the point of unidentifiable. Through material, she strives to make artwork that interests a broad range of viewers and challenges their preconceived notions of the objects that surround them" (10).
J. Fred Woell
J. Fred Woell (American, 1934-2015) was an icon in the contemporary American jewelry world. According to Janel Koplos and Bruce Metcalf in their book Makers: A History of American Studio Craft, Woell was the first American jeweler to consistently use found objects in his work, and "he was also amongst the first to add an undertone of social commentary" (11). His work has been collected by numerous private collectors and public institutions, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Most of Woell's jewelry is comprised of beer cans, soda tops, and any other metal object he could get his hands on. According to Eleanor Moty, fellow artist and longtime friend of Woell, "Through his jewelry and sculpture, Fred expressed his thoughts and reactions about conditions and situations that exist in contemporary society, and he used discarded materials as a statement against the waste and excess in American culture" (12). Social Security Alert, a large, round brooch, is one of Woell's pieces he crafted from found objects, including a postage stamp of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a wristwatch mechanism, and a buffalo head nickel soldered to a metal banner that reads, "BE PREPARED."
Around 1970, Woell also began using disposable materials, such as eating utensils, as well as plastic toy parts and other items many people consider as trash to create molds for cast silver jewelry and small sculptures. The other two Woell pieces we have in our collection, T-Spoon and Nile Nite Flite, are examples of this type of work. To learn more about Woell and how he repurposed found objects in his work, read this post about Woell on our blog.
Works Cited:
Janel Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, "1960-1969: Youth Culture, Cunterculture, Multiculture," Makers: A History of American Studio Craft (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010), 277.
Janel Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, "1960-1969: Youth Culture, Cunterculture, Multiculture," Makers: A History of American Studio Craft (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010), 277.


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Here's an Arcanist showgirl of Malifaux that I painted a little while ago. She's quite a nice mini, and I rather enjoyed her. She fits in well with the metal Colette and Showgirls from Wyrd- we'll have to see what changes when they're all done in plastic.
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The Danish watchmaker Skagen, apparently, adopted a six-month cycle for releasing the new Falster smartwatch. The hyper-minimalist watch brand unveiled the first Falster smartwatch at CES 2019 and six months later, the Falster was launched in August 2019. Now, six months after the Falster 2, the company is unveiling the Skagen Faster 3 smartwatch in India. It comes as a partnership with X by KYGO.
Skagen Falster 3 specifications
The Skagen Falster 3 boasts a 42mm design and packs a 1.3-inch full round AMOLED with 328 pixels per inch. The smartwatch runs WearOS by Google. Moreover, it features cardiogram app support, GPS, interchangeable straps, Waterproof up to 30m. The Smartwatch is powered by Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform paired with 1GB of RAM and 8GB internal storage. It features a speaker system built in that allows users to answer calls directly from the smartwatch. Moreover, the user can access Google Assistant, Play music via third-party apps and translate texts with Google Translate app.
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The Skagen Falster 3 boasts Tiles which provides users with a quick way to view information at a glance and also perform quick actions. The smartwatch borrows several features from its predecessor. It includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Heart Rate tracking, untethered GPS, NFC for Google Pay and Rapid Charging that will charge the device to 80% in 50 minutes.
The smartwatch will come pre-installed with a suite of apps such as Spotify, Noonlight and already mentioned Cardiogram app. The latter will give users heart rate data and it can be shared with doctors or family. Moreover, it has continuous monitoring capabilities to detect possible signs of diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation. According to the company, the battery provides up to 24 hours of continuous use with its battery-efficient dial.
Pricing and Availability
The Falster 3 will be available in 3 styles and also have a limited edition style designed in partnership with X by KYGO brand. The watch retails for Rs.21,995 (~$306) and will be available in popular Indian stores.


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An important message about your UCL Education in Terms Two and Three 2020-21
9 November 2020
Message to UCL students from Professor Anthony Smith, Vice-Provost (Education and Student Affairs), Ayman Benyati, Education Officer, Students' Union UCL and Jim Onyemenam, Postgraduate Students Officer, Students' Union UCL.
Dear Students,
We are writing to confirm the overall plan for your education over Terms Two and Three.
You will be contacted in the next few days by your faculty with more details about how this will affect your programme.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and assessment in Terms Two and Three will be similar to Term One:
- all core teaching and assessment will be online (by core teaching, we mean everything you need to learn to complete the module successfully);
- activity that must be delivered face-to-face for you to achieve your learning outcomes will continue;
- some further educational activity will be offered on campus, where feasible;
- where face-to-face sessions are no longer feasible, the content will be transferred online.
Our ambition is, of course, to move towards more face-to-face teaching when it safe to do so and when UK Government restrictions allow. We are monitoring the regulations and guidance closely and will keep you informed.
Studying remotely or on campus
In Terms Two and Three, you continue to have the option of studying wherever you are based, according to travel restrictions and your personal circumstances. You will still be able to engage fully with your modules online and receive the same teaching of core module content as students attending UCL in person. Please be assured that whether you are studying remotely or in-person, you will not be at any academic disadvantage to complete your degree. If your study intentions change please keep us updated by going to Portico – My Studies – Study Intentions 2020/21 and amending your status.
On campus, your libraries and study spaces will remain open, and your Students' Union will continue to offer a range of face-to-face activity through clubs and societies, as far as UK government guidance and social distancing requirements will allow.
To make sure UCL is as safe as possible during the pandemic, we continue to follow UK Government guidance, and draw on the expertise of our researchers, including specialists in health, education, human behaviour and infection prevention. A range of measures protect everyone on campus, including social distancing measures, compulsory face coverings, deep cleans of our buildings, a one-way system onsite, soap and hand sanitiser widely available as well as Connect to Protect, which helps us monitor and respond to coronavirus cases at UCL and our Covid-19 antigen testing facility.
What we are doing to support your learning
Your lecturers and support staff are doing all they can to provide a rich academic experience for you. Our Connected Learning approach seeks to make sure you have high-quality, collaborative and engaging online learning.
We have increased the number of people involved in teaching and supporting learning alongside your regular teaching teams, with roles including learning technologists, content developers, student success advisors, graduate teaching assistants and student interns.
We have invested more in our digital infrastructure for teaching and assessment, meaning that core platforms such as Moodle have greater resilience, and we have invested in remote-access computing labs, interactive tools like Mentimeter, and platforms where you can raise issues, meet others and interact for academic and social purposes.
We have sent out lab kits, clinical skills kits, visualisers and graphics tablets to support teaching that involves writing, drafting and drawing. Virtual exhibitions have been created to showcase student work and virtual fieldtrips have been developed. More than 13,000 UCL students have already enrolled on the Connected Learning at UCL moodle course, and we continue to develop resources to support your learning and assessment as the year progresses.
Your broader education experience
We hope that you are getting involved with the clubs and societies, careers, enterprise, volunteering and other skills development opportunities and events. The coronavirus pandemic may be affecting your education in ways that you perhaps had not anticipated and your department will be happy to talk to you about your studies and to help you work through some of these challenges. If you need further support:
- The Student Support and Wellbeing (SSW) team are on hand to help if you're experiencing any difficulties related to your mental health and wellbeing or a disability. You can also contact SSW if you are worried about another student. We know that it can be difficult to reach out if you're having problems, so if you see someone who you think is struggling please let us know.
- You can also get in touch with the Students' Union's Advice Service on a wide range of issues, academic, social, financial and personal.
Wherever you are reading this message, we hope that you, your families and friends are safe and well.
Best wishes,
Professor Anthony Smith, Vice-Provost (Education & Student Affairs)
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-------------------------------------------------------------- Permission granted by author for anyone to distribute this writing free of charge (including translation into any language)...under condition that no profit is made therefrom, and that it remain intact and complete, including title and credit to the original author. Ezekiel J. Krahlin http://surf.to/gaybible -------------------------------------------------------------- DREAM ON: ENCOUNTER WITH A NEANDERTHAL (A Parable for the 21st Century) © 1997 by Ezekiel J.Krahlin (Jehovah's Queer Witness) (This story is dedicated to "The Witt," my biker buddy.) Jeen-Cat, a young Cro-Magnon boy, found himself fleeing north to escape the plunder of an evil tribe from the east. His village, which had dwelled in peace since before Jeen-Cat was born, had become, in a few horrible hours, piles of splinter and straw, pools of blood and violated corpses. Those villagers who were diseased or elderly were instantly bludgeoned to death; the rest were eaten alive, or carried off to be preserved for larder; Jeen-Cat was the only survivor, for his father told him to run. It was still The Ice Age (though the glaciers were now receding), and Jeen-Cat would rather die in the cold waste of the north, than in the hands, or between the teeth, of brutes. Jeen-Cat's people lived in a temperate zone, and knew nothing about survival in the land of ice...so a quiet death in snow became his only (and greatest) expectation. Two seasons passed before Jeen-Cat reached the icy wall, and began his treacherous ascent up the jagged crevices. By the time he reached the frigid plateau, he collapsed, bloody, exhausted, and freezing at the wall's edge. In every other direction lay a limitless land of snow and ice. Weeping the loss of his people, he closed his eyes to welcome death in snow's embrace. But fate held a different plan, of which death played no part. Jeen-Cat opened his eyes to the stony walls of a cave, ruddy with the light of a warm fire...and the broad smile of a man gazing down at him: the first Neanderthal face he had ever seen...broader and rougher than the delicate bone structure of a Cro-Magnon's face...but the most handsome and kind face Jeen-Cat ever saw! "Are you God?" were the boy's first words as he lay there, still drowsy, tucked beneath a large, woolly blanket of mammoth hide. The Caveman, not understanding Jeen-Cat's language, could only respond with quizzical lines across his deep brow. But the Neanderthal comforted the boy with strong, rough hands; and brushed away his tears with one finger...then crawled into the comfortable pile of skins to press his body against Jeen-Cat, and embrace him with great fondness, as the boy drifted off to a pleasant and healing sleep. It took only the passing of two full moons before Jeen-Cat could fluently speak the Neanderthal tongue -- they were that happy and eager to learn everything about each other. For the Caveman bore great sorrow, too, before they met...his small family of one wife and two sons were forever separated from him by a Great Storm. In the Land of Ice, no family has ever been known to survive without The Father to lead, protect, and hunt...at least not until the First Son equalled his Father in strength and skill. And survival necessitated that Neanderthal families remain small and scattered far apart -- so it was usually impossible for a family to replace a dead or lost Father with a new one. Freezing death rapidly overcame the Fatherless family; though, gratefully, its last conscious stages blessed the sufferers with the illusion of physical well-being and mental euphoria...thus deems Mother Nature in her cold mercy. Jeen-Cat's Caveman kept a special place in the back of his cave, where he painted a picture of his family living with a New Man; and sat there for some time each evening in the meditative shadows of flickering fire...for that picture was his prayer. The Cro-Magnon boy and the Neanderthal man each had their own given names, of course, but to celebrate their friendship, they gave each other a spirit name -- which names, whenever spoken, would bring a pain of fondness to their hearts. They also called each other by many different terms of affection, but their favorite names were their spirit names, and these were: "Little Pony" (for the boy), and "Wit" (for the man). Jeen-Cat called the Caveman "Wit" because his Neanderthal buddy had the most wonderful sense of humor that made Jeen-Cat never feel sadness again, for the rest of their lives. The Caveman called his new boy "Little Pony" because Jeen-Cat was as frisky and mischievous as a colt...and also because, while Jeen-Cat's Cro-Magnon physique would always remain more delicate than a Neanderthal's, he grew into a fine specimen of a man, just like a muscular, strong little pony. How did the Caveman know about horses, when none existed on the Ice Cap? Well, in sharing their lives, Jeen-Cat taught the Neanderthal all about the world of Cro-Magnon in the temperate zone. The Caveman was astounded to hear of such abundant plant and animal life at every step, in every direction! But he was also greatly saddened to hear of such evil between tribes, that would turn paradise into hell...as happened to his Little Pony. Jeen-Cat drew numerous animals from his world, on the walls of their Neanderthal cave, including a big horse and a little horse. "The big horse is you," said Jeen-Cat, "and the little horse is me." Fire was not yet known in Little Pony's Cro-Magnon world, so he twice suffered a burned hand before learning to regard it not just in awe, but with respect. Fire was so sacred to the Neanderthal, that rituals grew around it, which were passed on from Father to Son; hence from Wit to Little Pony. It is obvious how the portable warmth of fire in the Land of Ice could be sacred to the Caveman, for without it no man could even live. In addition to preventing one from freezing to death, it allowed Neanderthal Man to: thaw and cook food that he preserved outside in ice, melt snow or ice for water to drink and bathe in, see in the dark night when no man was able to see before, scare or burn dangerous beasts away, and cauterize serious wounds. Reasons enough for Caveman to regard fire as a gift from the gods (Prometheus), worship the sun (Zoroaster), and conceive of God as a luminous being or creator of light as the first manifestation of creation ("Let there be light"). But there are also less obvious gifts that came from fire, but which literally ignited the spirit and inspiration of Ice Age Man. Fire, by illuminating his cave at night, allowed Neanderthal time to think and party, and do creative things, rather than curl up and go to sleep once it got dark. Fire allowed him to paint deep in caves where it was formerly too dark to see -- thus, those tribes or peoples without fire, could not be part of the "Secret Order Of The Keepers Of The Flame," whose members were the only ones entitled to view (and create) those sacred paintings. Fire, by virtue of its beautiful colors and flames that flicker so hypnotically, naturally inspired Man's meditative, introspective, and trance-inducing capabilities...especially before bedtime, when he was already tired from a hard day of hunting in the frigid air, and therefore most receptive to trance-like states of higher consciousness. Wit and Little Pony often made love around the fire, in a male-bonding ritual that joined the worship of fire (a provider of life to all Ice People) with worship of the male (a provider of life to the Family). Since "Father" and, more generally, "The Male," were the life force on which the Neanderthal family totally depended for its survival, it is natural that worship of the male body evolved into one of the rituals around fire...from which females were forbidden to participate in, or even witness. The ritual was usually a gathering between passing families, where the men and boys would dance at night, their fine bodies shining in the fire's gentle glow. Their own masculine beauty would draw them into incredibly erotic frenzies, when their homosexual drive would take over as the climax to their worship. Sometimes, these ceremonies would lead to a "bonding" of two or more families into a tribe...thereby increasing each family's potential for survival and comfort in a cold and hostile existence. As the Ice Age diminished, more families bonded into tribes. Peaceful coexistence between two tribes was reasonably assured by intermarriage between men and women of both tribes...but an even greater likelihood of peace between two peoples, was when both "chiefs" of each tribe found conjugal bliss in each other's arms! One day, Wit decided it was time to initiate Little Pony with the "Taking In Of The Fire"...a form of tattooing called scarification, whereby a tattoo is burned into the skin by the end of a sharp, fiery stick made from the bone of a white wolf. TAKING IN OF THE FIRE: As fire worship, the initiation denotes taking the sacred flame into one's self. As animal worship, it represents the wolf, who for time immemorial has stood by the entrance to Man's cave, eyes glowing in fiery reflection...finally taken into the cave (and Man's heart) as "Best Friend". As male worship, it symbolizes the Neanderthal's initiation into true manhood. It is excrutiatingly painful, and that is how it should be. At the arrival of the next darkest night (New Moon), The Neanderthal burned a tattoo of a dancing horse into his lover's left shoulder. "Believe me, buddy, it hurts me more than it does you!" Wit kept hollering at Little Pony who bit down on a stick to keep from screaming, while the Caveman etched the fire into flesh. But Little Pony was proud, very proud, to finally bear the mark that made him a True Neanderthal. Since the night he "took fire," he would often fall asleep with his fingers touching the raised mark on that shoulder. But for the Caveman, to touch his Little Pony, anywhere, was his greatest honor. There were some interesting anatomical differences between Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon. For one thing, while Wit was of small stature (only an inch taller than Little Pony), his bones were so dense that he weighed 206 pounds, while a Cro-Magnon of the same height would weigh only about 150. He could pick Little Pony up with one, outstretched arm. Wit also had much thicker skin, which took a deeper cut to draw blood, and healed more rapidly than Cro-Magnon's. His skin would shed periodically, in large, thick flakes. And, while Little Pony was susceptible to dental cavities, the Neanderthal's teeth were not...if he lost a tooth, another would grow right in! Little Pony sometimes got pissed off because Wit never had toothaches, and because he was constantly cleaning little piles of skin flakes from the cave floor. ("God, every time you scratch yourself, we have a snowstorm in the house!" he'd holler at his Caveman buddy.) We all still have a bit of Neanderthal genes inside us, some more so than others. How fortunate for those who can eat all the sugar they want, never brush their teeth, yet always have perfect ivories! How fortunate for those men born with Neanderthal bones, that give them such strong, butch bodies without lifting a single finger to exercise! But how unfortunate for those born with shedding skin, now considered an incurable disease (or at best, a terrible nuisance) called "eczema," the worst forms of which can disfigure one's face. At first, Little Pony was quite upset at the way Wit greeted his male friends...by slipping a hand into the guy's crotch (friend reciprocating in like manner). But the Cro-Magnon boy finally calmed down, after Wit explained, very patiently, that this was how two Neanderthal men indicated friendly, rather than evil, intentions. "Can't you just shake hands?" complained Little Pony, "That's how our people indicate friendliness." "Yeah, well you ain't gonna just let anyone stick his hand in your crotch, if you're the least bit uncomfortable or suspicious," replied Wit, "How much easier for an enemy to pass into your cave with the shake of a hand! If your people used the crotch method, I'm sure your enemy tribes would have been identified quickly enough to protect yourselves from any possible destruction." "Oh, yeah?" snapped his little buddy, "Then the Great Father would have never found an excuse to bring us together!" And so they lived out their blissful lives, Little Pony and Wit, in the Land of Snow and Ice, and Brotherly Love. And in the later part of their lives, when it seemed that Neanderthal would soon leave this mortal veil, Little Pony wanted to die with him. So they walked for miles, together, to a place where they could perish in peace, under a blanket of snow beneath the starry sky.Ilustration by The Witt ---finis


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Banned from football for the sixth time in his life, Simataa Simataa said yesterday he would be taking his case to the office of the Office of Public Protector.
Simataa said his ban from all football-related activities by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) for
alleged unethical conduct against the association amounted to intimidation and harassment.
It is the sixth ban the outspoken Simataa has coped in his nearly 30 years of involvement in football administration, becoming Zambia's most banned sports personality.
Nkana football club chairman Evaristo Kabila, charged on similar grounds, escaped with a K7,500 fine.
Joking he was probably the most banned sports person in the world, Simataa said he would be taking the matter to the Office of the Public Protector. "I think this is something I must take to the Public Protector. I am going there on Monday," he said.
FAZ communications manager Desmond Katongo confirmed in a statement released yesterday that Simataa had been banned with immediate effect under Article 13 (3) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.
The length of the ban was not immediately clear but Simataa, a former FAZ chairman and now General Manager of City of Lusaka, was given up to 10 days to appeal or the ban would be final and binding.
Simataa was summoned by the FAZ Ethics Committee last month and accused of circulating FAZ documents to unauthorised persons, material deemed to have been obtained illegally and with intent to discredit the association's executive members and officials.
This followed Simataa's move to report members of the FAZ to the Anti-Corruption Commission after leaked documents from the association revealed that executive members received huge allowances for their roles in FAZ hosting two junior tournaments; the Under 20 Africa Cup and the COSAFA Under 20 tournaments.
"Mr Simataa was found guilty of circulating illegally obtained FAZ documents on social media and to various institutions with intent to discredit the FAZ Executive members and officials of the Association and thus bring the name of the Association into disrepute," read Katongo's statement in part.
But Simataa questioned if members of the FAZ Ethics Committee understood the law for them to ban him before he could defend himself.
Simataa said in an interview when he attended the meeting that he did not go there to submit his defence but to present preliminary grounds for his argument.
"How can they make a ruling on preliminary grounds? I was clear that I was presenting six preliminary grounds not my defence and so how can they make a ruling before I defend myself. Have they ever heard of a trial within a trial? These are lawyers, don't they know the law?" Simataa said.
Asked whether he would appeal the ban, Simataa questioned asked to whom he could appeal, explaining he had not yet received the letter and only saw it on social media where he posted a picture of himself at Football House where he found that the letter was not ready.
"I have been banned before in the past. This will be my sixth ban. What did I do in the past? Who should I appeal to?" he said.
Among the submission Simataa presented to the committee was the argument that FAZ had no code of ethics in keeping with Article 60 (3) of the FIFA Code of Ethics and therefore invoking the article needed a resolution of the executive committee.
Simataa also submitted that the commissioners were conflicted because one of them was a his relative while the chairman, Cephas Katongo, was a close friend FAZ president Andrew Kamanga's.
But the committee responded that the submissions lacked merit and were misconceived because the FAZ Constitution, under Article 7, mandated bodies and officials of FAZ to observe statutes, regulations, directives, decisions and the Code of Ethics of FIFA.
Meanwhile, Kabila was guilty of issuing statements against the association in the press contrary to Article 13(3) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.
Kabila exculpated himself during the meeting but it was not enough to avoid a fine which he is supposed to pay within 14 days or risk being banned for three months.


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An evening of fine cuisine and comedy! Our first 2 shows at this elegant venue sold out! Arrival 5:30, Dinner 6, Show follows. $85PP
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Hiring a locksmith doesn't have to feel daunting. Yes, there are a number of options out there, but by asking the right questions, you can quickly and easily narrow down your choices.
It all starts with a bit of online research to find locksmiths in your immediate area. Once you have a shortlist based on reviews from past customers and how much information is available on their websites, you can go ahead with the below questions.
5 Questions to Ask a Miami Locksmith
Here is how you will determine which locksmith is right for you.
1. What are Your Credentials?
The first thing you want to find out is whether a potential locksmith is qualified to carry out a job. It's perfectly normal to ask for more information on a locksmith's experience, training, and any certifications they might have.
You could also ask if they have a license, but since this is only applicable in certain states, it might not always be relevant.
It's also highly recommended that you find out whether a locksmith is bonded and insured for additional peace of mind. In fact, any reputable locksmith will always have insurance, so this is non-negotiable.
2. Do Your Employees Have the Same or Similar Experience?
If you're considering a business that works with more than one locksmith, find out more about how they screen and hire their employees. Do they perform any background checks and what qualifications do their team members have?
3. What Services Do You Specialize In?
Next, you want to find out whether a particular locksmith can actually help you. It doesn't help to contact a residential locksmith when you need a security audit for your offices. Ask about the specific locksmith service you are interested in as well as the other services on offer. You never know when you might need the same locksmith for another type of service.
4. Do You Offer a Warranty?
A qualified locksmith has no problem offering a warranty because they are confident in the quality of their work. It's best to only hire a locksmith that offers at least a 30-day warranty, which will cover any hardware or installation issues or malfunctions. In most instances, you will never have to use it, but it helps to know it's in place.
5. What Will It Cost?
Lastly, you should ask for a quotation for the services you require. This will help you compare costs and help you plan for the job. It's important not to agree to any quotations over the phone. You should only ever sign a quotation once a locksmith has evaluated the work that needs to be done in person.
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When it comes to your home, business, or vehicle, you want to know you are working with a locksmith that knows what they are doing. Taking the time to find a locksmith before you need one is ideal. However, if you do end up needing a locksmith in a hurry, at least you know what questions to ask them.
If you need the services of a reputable locksmith at any time of the day or night in Miami, contact Quickly Locksmith on (305) 984-9922.


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Stanford Takeshi Shirota, 60, of Honolulu, self-employed, died at home. He was born on Maui. He is survived by sons Shane, Jarrett and Jayden; daughter Tamara Tanaka; brothers Dr. Teitsu Jr. and Arnold; sisters Janet Tamura and Naomi Guillermo; and three grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Services: 6:30 p.m. Online condolences: www.ballardfamilymortuaries.com.
Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased


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Statement Attributable to the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, on the Strike on an Internally Displaced Persons Camp
Ms. Najat Rochdi condemns in the strongest terms the missile attack, reportedly fired from Syrian-government controlled territory, that hit the densely populated Qah IDP camp and exploded near a maternity hospital in Idlib province. At least 12 people were killed and some 50 injured, including children—with confirmed casualties expected to rise.
The civilians in Qah have already been forced to flee their homes, some displaced multiple times, seeking safety and are living in extreme conditions. Tents and other shelters were destroyed, as temperatures are dropping.
Ms. Rochdi echoes OCHA's call for this devastating attack to be fully investigated and calls on all warring parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and abide by their obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law. The humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Syria must come to an end.
Sadly, this event happened as the world was marking the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. And yet, Syrian children's basic rights to life and protection are not met.
Geneva, 21 November 2019


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Everything You Need To Know
PlayStation Meeting 2016 in New York is coming to a close where tons & tons of questions are being answered & we finally get to see what is hidden beneath the shroud of rumours, speculation & wishful thinking. Sony officially unveiled PlayStation 4 "Slim" & the beefier sibling PlayStation 4 Pro.
PlayStation 4 "Slim"
The PlayStation 4 "Slim" come in a smaller & lighter form factor with reduced energy consumption than the current model. To put that in number, it is smaller by 30 percent, lighter by 16 percent, and reduce in power consumption by 28 percent. All of that without sacrificing the performance which is identical to the current model. This PlayStation 4 "Slim" model will effectively replacing the current model.
The PlayStation 4 "Slim" model will be available in some Asia countries starting 9
November 2016. Malaysia will be getting this model some time later with retail recommended price of RM1,349 presumably for 500GB model. It is unknown if there is 1TB version for this particular model, we will have to wait & see.
PlayStation 4 Pro
The PlayStation 4 Pro features an upgraded GPU & faster CPU which is twice as fast as the current PlayStation 4 model. With the increase in performance, this would allow players to enjoy better gaming experience in 4K. While owning a 4K display is not entirely necessary, players are able to enjoy on a normal HD display with all the benefits of increased in performance.
There are plenty of upcoming games that are previewed on the PlayStation 4 Pro, which are, Horizon Zero Dawn, Spiderman, For Honor, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Rise Of The Tomb Raider, Watch Dogs 2 , Killing Floor 2, Day's Gone, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare, & Paragon.
Interestingly, Sony also demoed games that are already out in the market which includes Uncharted 4, InFamous: First Light & Shadow of Mordor. Sony introduced "Forward Compatibility" where selected game titles will enjoy graphical upgrades for the PlayStation 4 Pro in a form of a patch. Video streaming service such as Netflix & YouTube will have 4K videos.
The PlayStation 4 Pro model will be available in some Asia countries starting 10
November 2016. Like the "Slim" model, Malaysia will be getting this model some time later with retail recommended price of RM1,799 for 1TB model. It is unknown if there is 1TB version for this particular model, we will have to wait & see.
PlayStation VR
The PlayStation VR didn't feature that much in this event. But it is important to point out that even the device support all PlayStation 4 models, with the PlayStation 4 Pro model in particular, player will able to enjoy much graphical enhancement & boost. PlayStation VR will definitely benefit from the powerful PlayStation 4 Pro.
PlayStation Camera & Controller
Sony refreshed the DualShock 4 controller with the light bar shown on the top of the touch pad allowing you to see what colour the beam of light is by glancing down. The controller doesn't need to be connected via Bluetooth exclusively. The new controller supports wired USB connection instead of for charging & pairing only. PlayStation Camera refresh comes with a new cylinder design. Both peripherals will be sold starting from 15
September 2016.
Everything Else
Sony presented HDR effect in games on PlayStation 4 Pro. Fortunately, the HDR feature will not be restricted to the flagship model. Sony announced that all PlayStation 4 models including the current model will have HDR feature with a firmware update.
Both of these consoles will be sold alongside each other as Sony promised that the console will not cannibalize each other in the market. All games will work with all PlayStation 4 console regardless.
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Samtel Centre for Display Technologies (SCDT)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Office: 405, Faculty Building
Phone: +91 512 2597600
Email: agaur[at]iitk.ac.in
Lab: WL 312, Phone - 6659
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Amorphous metal-oxide and metal-oxynitride semiconductors,
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Opportunities for dynamic and sincere UG students for exploratory research in the field of "electronic materials", and "computational material science".


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The Easiest Way To Get Health Care in Our New Virtual World
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, we have all shifted to a virtual world, and medical visits are no different. As we learn how to navigate Telehealth, also known as Telemedicine or Virtual Visits, we are finding it is easier and more convenient than we could imagine. Margie Barham, of Angelic Health, explains what symptoms can be treated and how Telehealth actually works.
Angelic Health is a leader in providing comprehensive Hospice, Palliative, and Transitional care, House Call Primary Medicine, and TeleHealth services to New Jersey patients, and professional support to their families.
Angelic Health Hospice is proud to be endorsed by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), which reflects our agency's dedication and commitment to meeting the standards that demonstrate a higher level of performance and patient care. Margie Barham is the director of public relations and giving for Angelic Health. She has been an area leader in marketing communications and fund development professionals in Southern New Jersey working in healthcare, education, and public service organizations. Additionally, she has been a television producer and writer.


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Do you believe there should be more to this life? Are you excited about your future and living up to your potential? You will leave this workshop feeling empowered with The SOLUTION to begin living the life of your dreams and realize your potential.
This past year and a half has left many of us with plenty of questions about our future. It is now time to focus on a bright future for ourselves.
This workshop will be unique and take you on a special journey. Lillian McDermott has completed a significant amount of personal growth activities over the past ten years. She is a certified life coach and has the rare ability to assist people to look beyond the problem and become the SOLUTION.
Lillian will be live via Zoom throughout this workshop including joining special small group break out sessions.
As a Certified Life Coach, Lillian has helped hundreds create their vision, identify their obstacles, and build their plans to live the life of their dreams. Thousands follow Lillian on
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This live session with Lillian McDermott in the I AM the SOLUTION workshop will be very special. You will change your mindset and the course of your life.
This workshop is for all people who want more out of life. It is for those who feel stuck and are bothered because of experiencing obstacles to their future. It is for all those excited to live up to their potential.
This workshop is not for those seeking a quick fix, a quick answer. It is not for those with closed minds and not open to learn about their lives, their past, their dreams and their fears.
The live Zoom sessions begin on Friday, February 23 at 6 PM Eastern Time/3 PM Pacific Time
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Patient Safety Research Program Gives Quintuplets Pictographs to Help Prevent Errors
While research has shown that newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are at increased risk for wrong-patient errors, the patient safety research team found that multiples are at even higher risk. Jason Adelman, MD, MS used log data to demonstrate that wrong-patient retract-and-reorder (RAR) events occurred more frequently among multiples (i.e. twins, triplets, etc.) compared to singletons. Wrong-patient RAR events are instances in which a provider places an order for one patient, quickly cancels that order, then places the same order on a different patient. Dr. Adelman, who also serves as the executive director of the Patient Safety Research Program, is pioneering the implementation of more distinctive newborn identification strategies, such as using the mother's name or the newborn's given name, in order to reduce these risks.
The New York Post took note when Dr. Adelman and his team recently implemented one of these strategies when NewYork-Presbyterian delivered its first set of quintuplets since 1992. This strategy involved the use of the pictographs, simple-to-remember images of various objects, which served as a newborn patient's visual identifier. On February 26th, mother Arlette Rivera welcomed quintuplets Sebastian, Sophia, Mathias, Montserrat, and Thiago into the world and assigned each of them a pictograph to help healthcare providers distinguish between each of the five. Sebastian had a baseball as his pictograph, Sophia was assigned the bumblebee, Mathias received the rocket ship, Montserrat was a sunflower, and Thiago was assigned the violin. The five newborns were admitted to the NICU for close monitoring and the pictographs were implemented in their medical records and isolettes, supporting quick and accurate healthcare delivery.
Dr. Adelman commented on the effectiveness of the intervention: "The team was very pleased that given our efforts to minimize confusion between the babies, which included using their given names instead of Baby A, B, C, D, and E and assigning them all pictographs, there were no wrong-patient errors."
With further research, the Patient Safety Research Program hopes to reduce the risk of wrong-patient errors for all patients, using targeted strategies for newborns and adults. For more information about Patient Safety Research Program's work, visit their Our Research page.


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'I'm making this bitch's life hell' How a Russian hacker allegedly ordered the detective investigating him killed and committed countless dark web crimes in the process
The BBC Russian Service has released an investigative report detailing the activities of Yaroslav Sumbayev, a hacker who allegedly ordered the widely publicized murder of Special Investigator Yevgenia Shishkina. The Georgian government extradited Sumbayev to Russia on October 24. He had previously fled the country to avoid prosecution in a case that Shishkina was investigating. Russian journalists have reported that the alleged murderer began his criminal career as a hacker and small-time con artist before allegedly acquiring a major dark web narcotics retailer.
Yaroslav Sumbayev was born in Russia's Arkhangelsk region 29 years ago. As a child, he was drawn to the natural sciences, and his classmates saw him as a talented student. However, according to his friends, Sumbayev changed after his parents got divorced. According to a new BBC Russian Service report, the young man began his career by selling stolen digital wallets, hacking personal information, and borrowing money on credit. Later, he started recruiting investors for a python and crocodile leather accessory business. Those investors never got their money back.
In 2012, Sumbayev was charged with credit card fraud. During the investigative phase of that case, he ran away from house arrest by cutting through his ankle bracelet and was placed on a federal wanted list. Around the same time, the alleged fraudster met Maxim Matyushev and Kirill Kulabukhov, two hackers who worked with him to organize another fraud scheme involving train and plane tickets. Using stolen client data from travel agencies, the three men ordered expensive seats and then returned the tickets through third parties, pocketing the money they received. Thirty-one companies are estimated to have lost 17.5 million rubles (now $272,825) to that enterprise.
In 2014, Special Investigator Yevgenia Shishkina of the Central Federal District police department's transport division took over the so-called "ticket case." Her team managed to track down St. Petersburg resident Roman Mikhailov, who had acted as a middleman in the ticket returns process. His testimony provided the basic evidence investigators needed to learn about the organizers of the scheme. In November 2015, two people attacked Mikhailov, beating him up and cutting him with a broken bottle neck. One of the attackers muttered "Hello from Sumbayev" as the pair walked away. The suspects in the assault were never found.
Escaping Russia and sending threats
By the time investigators found and arrested Matyushev and Kulabukhov, Yaroslav Sumbayev had fled Russia. In 2015, he was added to Interpol's databases, and an international search for the hacker began. At various points, Sumbayev lived in Montenegro, Turkey, and, beginning in 2017, in Georgia. While he was moving from place to place abroad, the hacker regularly called his investigator, Shishkina, from anonymous telephone numbers and sent her threatening messages.
Sumbayev soon purchased a fake Lithuanian passport under the name Vitaly Makarov for the price of 6,000 euros (now $6,690). He lived under that identity in both Turkey and Georgia. An attorney named Gocha Tediashvili told the BBC that Georgian native Vasily Magriev helped Sumbayev acquire the counterfeit passport.
During one conversation with Margiev, the hacker mentioned that he had ties to a drug lab in the Moscow suburbs and that he was interested in the underground arms trade and cryptocurrency mining. Margiev reportedly promised that multiple high-ranking Georgian security officers among his acquaintances would support Sumbayev. In reality, he had no such connections and ultimately recruited a taxi driver friend of his to act as a law enforcement official. When that lie came to light, the BBC reported, Sumbayev tried to extricate himself from his relationship with Margiev. In January of 2019, Margiev was hit by a car, and he subsequently argued that the crash was intentional. The following summer, the counterfeit passport producer was arrested on suspicions of kidnapping Sumbayev, who had accused his old acquaintance of holding him hostage for a ransom of $40,000.
Trading villas in Spain and drugs in Russia
While he was living in Georgia, Sumbayev sent several messages to a female friend whose name the BBC report does not reveal. Among other things, he mentioned a "serious guy" named Mikhail who would "help legalize" Sumbayev and "get him out of Interpol's database." The attorney Gocha Tedashvili later said Margiev and Sumbayev were involved in multiple projects led by a businessman named Mikhail Babarin. According to the BBC, someone with that name worked in the now-defunct St. Petersburg bank Ganzakombank and headed an investment fund called Energokapital.
Babarin, who no longer lives in Russia, met with BBC journalists in Spain. He told them he did not know Sumbayev or Margiev and called any allegations of his involvement in their doings "completely made-up nonsense." Nonetheless, reporters were able to find an indirect connection between the entrepreneur and the hacker. One of Babarin's real estate business partners was named Alexey Yeliseyev, and one of Yeliseyev's close friends, Tatiana Krivosheyeva, owned a villa in the Spanish port city of Alicante that Sumbayev tried to sell for Bitcoin in 2017. Babarin argued that he has no real estate dealings and hasn't seen Yeliseyev for more than 10 years.
Tediashvili, the attorney, said that Babarin had actually invested $250,000 in Sumbayev and Margiev's cryptocurrency project, an accusation the businessman himself denies. Nonetheless, Sumbayev had written to his unnamed friend that he was organizing an ICO for "Misha" (the Russian nickname for Mikhail) with the aim of funding a startup that would sell cryptocurrency mining equipment. One source in the cryptocurrency industry provided BBC journalists with a business plan for the company; the final point in the plan was simply marked "SCAM." Evidently, the founders of the project intended to drive the company bankrupt once it had accumulated funding.
Alongside his cryptocurrency project, Sumbayev continued to harass Investigator Shishkina. Among other things, the BBC reported, he was involved in burning the detective's Lexus in January of 2018. After that incident, the hacker sent his female friend a picture of the burning vehicle and wrote, "I'm making this bitch's life hell."
In Georgia, Sumbayev didn't stay put for long in any one apartment, moving from city to city to avoid being followed. He has said that most of his income during that period came from drug and weapons sales. Multiple sources told the BBC that Sumbayev was involved in selling narcotics through the dark web retailer Los Zetas, which started off on the illegal marketplace RAMP before transferring to another forum, Hydra. The BBC asserted that Sumbayev in fact led the entire Los Zetas enterprise under the alias Miguel Morales. In less than two years on Hydra, the online drug retailer made more than 250,000 transactions. By the end of August 2019, it occupied 11th place among all of the platform's online stores. Sumbayev himself declined to answer questions about his connections to Los Zetas.
A Darknet murder and a taxi ride to remember
In 2017, while he was still in Georgia, Sumbayev wrote to his anonymous friend that he was "organizing a contract killing." While he did not offer any further details, the two teenagers who were ultimately accused of Yevgenia Shishkina's murder told investigators in their very first interrogation session that the murder had been ordered through the dark web by Miguel Morales, the owner of Los Zetas.
The primary suspect in the killing is 19-year-old university student Abdulaziz Abdulazizov from St. Petersburg. His alleged accomplice is his 17-year-old friend, who appears in the BBC's story under the initials K.G. The report claims that K.G. was one of Los Zetas's other coordinators. According to the official case against the two teenagers, the individual who ordered Shishkina's murder contacted K.G. through the Darknet and offered him a million rubles ($15,600) for the job. The teenager then reached out to his friend Abdulazizov.
To get from St. Petersburg to the Moscow suburb of Arkhangelskoye, where the special investigator lived, Abdulazizov used the rideshare service BlaBlaCar. He reserved a hotel room in the neighboring suburb of Opalikha and retrieved a pistol and ammunition from a secret storage container whose location was sent to him online. On the morning of October 9, 2018, the young man ordered a Yandex Taxi ride to Shishkina's house. That service, which is run by a Russian tech giant similar to Google, is itself analogous to Uber or Lyft. In his subsequent testimony, Abdulazizov said the detective noticed his weapon and began to defend herself, knocking her murderer off his feet. The 19-year-old was forced to shoot from the ground, but he hit his target nonetheless. After walking two blocks away from the crime scene, Abdulazizov ordered another Yandex Taxi. According to the BBC, it was the record of those two taxi rides that ultimately led to the young man's capture.
A roundabout path home
In November of 2018, Georgian police officers arrested Yaroslav Sumbayev near a home in Gori where he was living with his wife and a young daughter. The officers found a pistol in Sumbayev's possession as well as the counterfeit passport made out to "Vitaly Makarov." The Russian was charged with illegally acquiring a weapon and using a fake passport. He was soon jailed to await trial. Sumbayev applied to the Georgian government for asylum, arguing that he was a political refugee, but his application was denied. The hacker's attorney, Ivan Norakidze, said his client had run away to Georgia because he feared "persecution from Russian intelligence agencies."
Sumbayev himself wrote to journalists that he had played no role in Yevgenia Shishkina's murder. He claimed that the case against him was fabricated and that he knew the surnames of the individuals who had made up the allegations. Sumbayev also asserted that in 2012 and 2013, FSB agents had forced him to work for them "undermining the U.S. economy and the governments of European countries."
Sumbayev has not yet been indicted for organizing his investigator's murder: Russia requested his extradition from Georgia in connection with the air and rail ticket fraud case. He also arrived in his home country on October 24, only a few days before the BBC report was released.
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BodyMatters is pleased to introduce our February Recovery Talk presenter, Tully.
Tully first started noticing that something did not feel right at the age of seven years old where she had overheard her mother make a comment on the phone about her having "short stumpy legs". This was extremely triggering for Tully where she had felt the constant need for approval from her parents and from that moment on became concerned about her body and food.
Tully first began to seek treatment at the age of 14, when she was the most unwell, shortly after her Mum and Dad had sat her down to tell her that she 'had a problem'. She began seeing a psychologist twice a week and was later sent to rehab in Melbourne feeling threatened by her psychologist to go here if she failed to gain any weight. Tully describes her experience with this psychologist as 'awful', feeling afraid to see her each week, worried about what she would say if there were no signs of weight gain. It wasn't until Tully sought treatment with her second psychologist where she felt there was a true turning point in recovery, where this psychologist took a holistic, caring and nurturing approach to Tully's situation.
Within this time Tully had moved from a public to private high school where she began to notice herself over-exercising and withdrawing. Tully was aware that other people were noticing and associated this with the feeling of acceptance and approval from other people. However, shortly after commencing High School, Tully had stopped going to school in Year 10 to focus on her recovery from home where she was able to manage her OCD and eating at home where she had felt safe. Symptoms that Tully was experiencing at the time were depression, constant anxiety and signs of OCD that were very time-related. If her mum did not have dinner on the table at a specific time, then Tully refused to eat it at all.
Significant turning points during Tully's treatment that felt like she was on the right track to recovery was feeling scared when she had seen a number of other unwell teenagers in hospital. Being confronted with these extremes made Tully become aware that she had so much more to give to life than spending it in hospital. Tully also believes that it is through her second psychologist that she felt hopeful and how important it was to find someone who she felt comfortable with and related to.
It was wasn't until Tully felt relaxed around food that she truly realised that she had recovered from her eating disorder. From this day onwards, she still has thoughts but knows not to act on them and is able to change the thoughts around. Many of Tully's 'no go zones' did not feel as strong and Tully began to feel overall happier. When asked what advice she would give to anyone who may be starting or already on their recovery journey, Tully stated that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that it will be a roller coaster. Tully expressed the importance of finding out what you love to do and use this to inspire you to stay on track.
It was through Yoga and meditation that Tully learned to control the negative, bad thoughts that she would encounter on a daily basis, where she is now able to turn any thoughts back around. Throughout her journey, Tully had recognised her love for Yoga and has used this today to inspire and encourage others to feel the best about themselves where she has since launched an activewear brand in 2013 where her eating disorder recovery journey has been an inspiration to what she is doing today.


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Products: ACR9000, 9030,9040,9600,9630,9640, Aries Controller (AR-xxCE)
If ACR-View6 becomes unresponsive or freezes, you can usually recover by killing the ComACRserver.
The ComACRserver manages communications between ACR-View and the controller. If there is a problem with the connection the ComACRserver will throw a Watchdog Timeout error in ACR-View and stop polling the controller for information. When the connection is re-establish (for example, power cycle of the controller) the ComACRserver will alert ACR-View with a Watchdog Timeout Reconnect Event, allowing ACR-View to continue polling.
It is possible for a connection to get lost without a Watchdog tripping. This can result in ACR-View getting very slow trying to handle ComACRserver background error messages. When this happens it becomes difficult or impossible do anything with ACR-View. Rather than killing ACR-View thru Windows task manager and possibly losing unsaved data in your project, you can simply stop the ComACRserver which will free up ACR-View. You will need to Save the project, then Open the project again to launch the ComACRserver and enable communication with the controller.
When you open an ACR-View project you should see a ComACRserver icon in the Windows system tray. If its not visible in Windows7 you will need to change the setting as shown below.
Clicking on the ComACRserver icon will allow you to Kill the server and stop communications. The priority should not be changed.
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Visceral fat: Three best ways to get rid of visceral fat
VISCERAL FAT is difficult to identify as its stored around the internal organs in the abdominal region which includes the liver, pancreas and intestines. What are two of the best ways to lower your visceral rating?
'The string test' uses waist to height ratio to test for obesity
Visceral fat is measured using a body composition monitor which measures your entire body and gives detailed information on the body's composition. The composition monitor gives a reading between one and 59. A rating between one and 12 indicates that you have a healthy level of visceral fat. A rating between 13 and 59 however indicates that you have an excessive level of visceral fat and puts you in danger of serious health conditions.
Extra middle management is needed during middle age due to both lifestyle and bodily changes
Nutritional therapist, Henrietta Norton said: "Extra middle management is needed during middle age due to both lifestyle and bodily changes. I see this quite frequently in men and woman around their 40's.
"Typically, they may be quite lean everywhere else but with a wider trunk that they can't seem to shift despite diet or exercise."
Visceral fat is surrounded around major organs and ensures that there is some distance between each organ.
When you have too much visceral fat it can lead to inflammation and high blood pressure.
To reduce the risk of these conditions it is highly recommended to do three major changes to your lifestyle to reduce visceral fat
Monitor your total fat intake
Eliminate trans-fats completely and limit dietary fat to about 20-30 percent of your total caloric intake.
Trans-fats are a man made fat and has been shown to cause hardening of the coronary arteries which increases visceral fat.
When monitoring your fat intake aim for about 40-70 g of fat daily and reduce you saturated fat intake to less than 7 percent of the total caloric intake. It is also important to make sure you're consuming the types of dietary fat that will improve the health and support the loss of visceral fat.
Monounsaturated fat have been proven to decrease levels of visceral fat and this is found in olive oil, avocados, nuts and seeds.
Engage in cardio and strength training
Cardio exercised have been proven to be one of the most effective methods of reducing the visceral fat found around the belly.
It is recommended to include at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activities such as walking, jogging or biking. Strength training helps manage weight loss and increases the metabolism helping you burn more calories.
Weight lifting or resistance training should be done one to two days each week as the more muscle you build, the more calories you burn.
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Cortisol is a steroid hormone that helps the body control and deal with stress.
When a person is in a high-pressure situation, their body will release cortisol and this could have a big impact on the metabolism.
Comfort eating during stressful and emotional times will cause an excess of calories to remain around the belly and other areas for later use.
Meditation, being present and spending time with loved ones and family are ways to help reduce your stress levels.
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I would love to find out which is the best image manipulation library for which platforms and languages. Likely you could use a library under multiple platforms with the right API or Plugin capabilities. I'm specifically looking for web based applications, but please answer for desktop apps as well if you like.
Libraries (and the common direct language support):
Also suggested:
For Python, don't bother with PythonMagick. It's no longer maintained (afaik).
Instead, try the Python Imaging Library [1].
[1] http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/While I love imageMagick it's been usurped by a fork called GraphicsMagic [1] which is a multi threaded and signaficantly faster. It's not as popular but IIRC it's currently in use in production for livejournal or one of the other large blogging sites.
I also know ubuntu has a compatibility package that offers a drop in command line replacement of imagemagic with graphicsmagick.
[1] http://www.graphicsmagick.org/What do you want to do?
If you want low level image processing ( as in finding objects, tracking motion etc) then OpenCV, it's free and open and the algorithms are well reviewed.
If you want to be able to read lots of proprietry formats - probably python image library
Disclaimer: I work for Atalasoft
For .NET applications, Atalasoft DotImage [1] is written from the ground up for .NET (doesn't use COM Interop or non-assembly dlls), has 150+ different image processing commands, AJAX-based web viewing components, and run-time royalty-free licensing for desktop applications.
[1] http://www.atalasoft.com/products/dotimage/I have used LeadTools in the past, as well as Pegasus. We found a bug with their (Pegasus) library and they took forever to fix it and then when they did, they put it in a new version and were going to force us to upgrade to the new version. we went to find other librarys.
We are now using Atalasoft dotImage. We have run into some issues, one is bug we are waiting on fix for, the other they quickly helped me work around the issue. we are finding the AJAX thumbnail viewer and AJAX viewer are quite powerful, getting them to work in our application is tricky. I do like their library it is easy to use and quite well written and designed.
Their licensing on the other hand is quite expensive for servers, and devs. We had a PITA getting a license for a second developer so that he could dev and test the rest of the site (not the imaging part I work on). They wanted full dev seat even though he wasnt doing any image dev work. The server licensing is per core and then each addon is extra. It seems like they "nickle and dime" (VERY loose terms as we are talking hundreds to thousands not nickle and dime)
So in conclusion I would say if you are doing desktop app, definately go with Atalasoft, but anything server based, check into the pricing carefully. And Pegasus I would avoid due to their poor support and cust service, and they are harder to work with than Atalasoft. LEADTools was OK from what I remember but it was 2000-2004 when I really worked with it. And those are the only 3 I have really used and all in .Net
For IIS or ASP.NET, I have to suggest my ImageResizing.Net [1] library. It's been around for 4 years, it's open-source, and it's well-maintained. It's been integrated into several dozen content management systems. I just released V3, which already has 21 plugins. It's lightweight, with a 120kb dll.
It's ideal for resizing, cropping, rotating, flipping, or converting images. It works well with the AForge library for doing advanced effects and manipulations. It's S3 & SQL friendly.
The key strength of the library is that it can be installed as an HttpModule, so you can resize images from the url:
The managed API is likewise simple:
new ResizeSettings("?width=500&height=300&crop=auto");
I've been listening to feedback from hundreds of people, and I think you'll find it refreshingly polished if you're used to the low quality of commercial APIs and documentation.
It's free, too. It's supported by add-on plugins and donations.
It also avoids the 28 image resizing pitfalls [3] everyone seems to be making, despite the grave consequences for server stability.
[1] http://imageresizing.net/I'm a big fan of AForge.Imaging (http://code.google.com/p/aforge/)
It has a lot of low-level image processing, is relatively fast and free. Does use unsafe code, though.
Another good library with high performance is Intel's IPL [1] - Image Processing Library. I used it. I think it has only a C language interface. It provides many algorithms and data manipulations. And you can checkout the LeadTools [2] that is commonly used in medical companies for medical CT/MR images processing. This one has .NET interface as well.
[1] http://www.developers.net/intelmcshowcase/view/382My main experiences are with processing video streams.
I have used Intel Performance Primitives when writing c++ code and found it to be good. But this was back when it was free.
For writing C# .net stuff I have tried:
AForge - has a lot of functions but uses the Bitmap object for passing image data which makes it too slow for processing a video image. This is going to be changed in the future.
Emgu - is a wrapper around OpenCV. Has most of the OpenCV functions, takes a pointer to the image as an argument, as both an Image class and a CvInvoke class so you have the option of using the image object or just invoking the desired openCV function. Also easy to add OpenCV functions that are not already implemented.
ImageMagick will definitely produce really sharp images, but it's not easy to install or manage. ImageMagick itself needs to be installed on the server, and then a compatinble version of MagickWand needs to be installed.
I've also found that it has a habit of creating massive temporary files of up to a GB or more and then dumping them into your /tmp directory, which you need to be careful of. It will also eat up a massive amount of memory unpredictably.
If you're working on a platform with plenty of memory, and don't need to worry about nuking your temp directly, ImageMagick is a good choice.
I have worked with OpenCV (also a great option) and a little with PIL (Python Imaging Library), but Matlab provides a much more complete range of image processing/image manipulation functions. Also, the documentation that is provided is just great.
Also, note that it is possible to convert your Matlab code to C (by linking to libraries provided with the software) if you have to integrate it with your C application.
For old-style CGI programs that were actual shell scripts back in time, I used netpbm [1]. It's not really a library but a toolkit of programs that you can chain together through pipes (or temporary files) to do all sorts of image manipulations. It uses an ASCII based intermediary format that you can actually edit with a text editor.
[1] http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/RoboRealm compiled a huge list [1] of vision software.
[1] http://www.roborealm.com/links/vision%5Fsoftware.phpDepends on your environment. For .NET development, either ImagXpress or ImageGear, both by Accusoft Pegasus.
The acquisition of Accusoft by Pegasus Imaging Corp. made it by far the largest provider of imaging SDKs.
ImageGear is also available in DLL form for C/C++ development. Both ImageGear and ImagXpress are available for ActiveX/COM development.
ImageGear also offers a Java toolkit.
For the fastest possible native image manipulation, PICTools is the optimal choice.
The CImg Library is an open source, C++ toolkit for image processing, http://cimg.sourceforge.net/ current version is CImg 1.3.4


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"Government research created the Internet?" Wrong Again, Mr Obama
If the government didn't invent the Internet, who did? Vinton Cerf developed the TCP/IP protocol, the Internet's backbone, and Tim Berners-Lee gets credit for hyperlinks.
But full credit goes to the company where Mr. Taylor worked after leaving ARPA: Xerox. It was at the Xerox PARC labs in Silicon Valley in the 1970s that the Ethernet was developed to link different computer networks. Researchers there also developed the first personal computer (the Xerox Alto) and the graphical user interface that still drives computer usage today.
According to a book about Xerox PARC, "Dealers of Lightning" (by Michael Hiltzik), its top researchers realized they couldn't wait for the government to connect different networks, so would have to do it themselves. "We have a more immediate problem than they do," Robert Metcalfe told his colleague John Shoch in 1973. "We have more networks than they do." Mr. Shoch later recalled that ARPA staffers "were working under government funding and university contracts. They had contract administrators . . . and all that slow, lugubrious behavior to contend with."
via Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? - WSJ.com.
Maybe not a great article after all; cf. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/wsj-mangles-history-to-argue-government-didnt-launch-the-internet/ (per Ed Finkler). Even so, Mr Obama's statement "Government research created the Internet so that all companies could make money off the Internet." is still incorrect for the second half. The initial impulse was not for companies to make money; that was at best a secondary and unexpected consequence.
See this link via Alejandro Garcia Fernandez: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57479781-93/no-credit-for-uncle-sam-in-creating-net-vint-cerf-disagrees.