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How new technologies could clean up air travel
Finding new ways to power planes will cut emissions, but it could take decades to transform the aviation industry.
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review's weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here.
As a climate reporter, I sometimes hesitate to admit this, but I feel it's time that I came clean on something … I love flying. It's not even just about traveling and seeing new places: I truly enjoy the process, from sitting in an airport terminal to sliding into a window seat. I even appreciate the elegance of a smooth trip through airport security. Unhinged, I know.
My love affair with flying and my work covering climate change feel at odds because aviation makes up about 3% of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions—almost a gigaton in 2019. Airline traffic could more than double from today's levels by 2050.
And we really don't know what we're going to do about it.
Aviation is one of those notorious "hard-to-decarbonize" sectors, where the technical challenge of cutting emissions is especially steep. Fuels for planes need to be especially light and compact, so planes can make it into the sky and still have room for people or cargo.
The industry has some ideas for technologies that could cut emissions, and some are even starting to make it to test flights. Last week, a startup completed a test flight of the largest plane yet that was powered by hydrogen. So for the newsletter this week, let's take a look at the technologies that could transform aviation, how long they might take to make an impact, and where that test flight fits in.
There are a few potential technologies on the table that could help cut emissions from aviation (and help relieve my flying guilt).
Sustainable aviation fuels, or SAFs, are drop-in replacements to jet fuel made from non-fossil sources. There's a pretty wide range of SAFs out there, including those made with waste oils and fats, those derived from biomass, and fully synthetic e-fuels.
Each of these categories has its pros and cons. Waste oils are a relatively advanced technology and are even blended into commercial fuel today in small amounts, but the supply probably won't be big enough to power all of aviation. Synthetic e-fuels, on the other hand, aren't a proven technology and could be prohibitively expensive.
SAFs of one type or another are likely going to be a big piece of aviation's decarbonization strategy. They make up about 65% of the planned emissions reductions in the International Air Transport Association's 2050 decarbonization plan. But most SAFs don't cut carbon emissions to zero, and they could still lead to pollution when burned.
Batteries could power planes, at least for short distances. Some companies have been trying out test flights of electric planes powered this way, mostly small eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft that can carry just a few people. Unlike combustion-powered aircraft, electric planes wouldn't produce pollution, and they could reach zero emissions if charged with renewable energy.
Batteries have the benefit of being a technology that's widely used today in electric vehicles, and they've gotten much better over their decades of development. But batteries will have to keep improving dramatically for electric planes to carry a significant number of people any significant distance. (Check out my story from last year on electric planes for more.)
Hydrogen could be a versatile fuel for aviation in the future. Planes might use hydrogen in two different ways. It could be burned in combustion engines, similar to how jet fuel is used today. Alternatively, hydrogen could be used in fuel cells, where chemical reactions generate electricity. We love to have options.
Hydrogen's environmental impact and feasibility will depend on how it's being used. Combustion will lead to some tailpipe emissions, though these would be mostly water. Hydrogen-electric planes, like aircraft powered by batteries, could be free from climate pollution depending on how the hydrogen is produced.
In either case, hydrogen has one key thing going for it: it contains a lot of energy without being too heavy (unlike batteries). When a vehicle has to lug its power source 30,000 feet into the air, it's better for that power source to be really light—and hydrogen, as the lightest element on the periodic table, fits this bill perfectly.
The problem is, while hydrogen is light, it also takes up a lot of space. In order to get it into a small enough volume to carry onboard a plane, hydrogen will likely need to be cooled to cryogenic temperatures (below -250 °C). Designing these systems and getting them onto planes will be difficult. So will sourcing and distributing large amounts of hydrogen made with renewable energy. And there's the small fact that while there have been some experiments with flying hydrogen-powered planes over the years, the technology still needs work. It's hard to remake an industry, which is why SAFs, the drop-in solution, are probably the most likely to be adopted in the near future, while hydrogen will take decades to break through.
But there's been some exciting movement on using hydrogen for aviation over the past couple of years, with big players like Airbus getting into the game and announcing planned test flights.
And last week, startup ZeroAvia was in the news again, announcing it had completed a test flight of a 19-seat Dornier 228, the largest plane flown partly on hydrogen fuel cells. Before this test, the company had tested a smaller, nine-seat aircraft.
There are a few caveats with this announcement, chief among them that the plane was mostly powered by a combination of batteries and fossil fuels. Also, the test flight only lasted about 10 minutes. But the company says this is the first step to using its system in larger planes and breaking into commercial flight, a milestone it plans to reach by the end of the decade.
Check out my story on the announcement for all the details about the test flight and more info on what it would take for hydrogen planes to make an impact. And if you're curious to read more about aviation technology, here are a few stories from the MIT Technology Review vault from the past year.
- This $1.5 billion startup promised to deliver clean fuels as cheap as gas. Experts are deeply skeptical.
- How engineered microbes could cut aviation emissions
- This is what's keeping electric planes from taking off
- The aviation industry can hit its emissions goals, but it needs new fuels
Another Thing
It always seems there's a surplus of bad news on climate change. From weather disasters to new heights in greenhouse-gas emissions, there's plenty to be worried about.
But I'd argue there's some progress that we should appreciate, too. Emissions are dropping in many parts of the world, renewable energy is finding new footing globally, and other technologies that could cut emissions, like EVs, are hitting their stride.
In case you're looking for a little silver lining, I put together some data showing progress on climate change. One of my favorite bits was this chart, showing how some countries are starting to see economic growth that relies less on fossil fuels.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows: we're still moving too slowly to keep warming under international targets. But I think it's important to keep in mind the progress we are making, when we can.
Looking for more positive news? Or want to see how far we still need to go? Check out the full story.
Keeping Up with Climate
Mexico banned geoengineering experiments after a startup began dabbling in the technology. (MIT Technology Review)
→ My colleague James Temple broke news about the startup's work in December. (MIT Technology Review)
An alternative to batteries called thermal energy storage could help support industry and the grid. The technology may finally be ready to take off. (Canary Media)
EV batteries might actually help the grid, not harm it. If enough EV owners opt in, a distributed network of batteries could be used to smooth out supply and demand. (Wired)
Climate-change denial is making a comeback on social media. And misleading ads aren't helping. (The Verge)
Getting people to accept plant-based meat is a challenge with deep roots in human psychology. (Washington Post)
→ Bloomberg's take? Fake meat is "just another fad." (Bloomberg)
Renewables could be 25% of the US electricity mix very soon. (Inside Climate News)
Still confused about gas stoves? I loved this walkthrough from ProPublica, in which a reporter discovers that her stove is leaking and grapples with the risks posed by the appliances. (ProPublica)
Deep Dive
Climate change and energy
Super-efficient solar cells: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
Solar cells that combine traditional silicon with cutting-edge perovskites could push the efficiency of solar panels to new heights.
The race to get next-generation solar technology on the market
Companies say perovskite tandem solar cells are only a few years from bringing record efficiencies to a solar project near you.
How one mine could unlock billions in EV subsidies
The Inflation Reduction Act is starting to transform the US economy. To understand how, we tallied up the potential tax credits available as the nickel from a single mine flows through the supply chain.
Heat pumps: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
Heat pumps are a well-established technology. Now they're starting to make real progress on decarbonizing homes, buildings, and even manufacturing.
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Occupational therapy is crucial in giving patients some level of independence in their lives.
Occupational therapy is a client-centred health profession with the primary goal of enabling people to resume as best they can everyday activities despite the impact any injury or disease may have had on their lives.
Occupational therapists work with people and communities to enhance an individual's ability to engage in an occupation – taking into account the possible need to modify the environment and job to better support this.
At Daehan, Occupational Therapy is integral in recovering our patient's basic activity skills for daily living to allow them some level of independence. Our therapists are trained to treat neurocognitive impairments using advanced computer interactive technology. Besides that, we utilise other dynamic approaches to keep the patients engaged in the therapy process.

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All moms will receive free admission at the Milwaukee County Zoo on Mother's Day
Posted: May 10, 2017 4:49 PM CST
All moms will receive free admission to the Milwaukee County Zoo on May 14th for Mother's Day.
The free admission is courtesy of Lifeway Foods. They will also be offering free samples while supplies last.
The Milwaukee County Zoo will also be hosting a special event called "M.O.M." (Missing Orangutan Mothers) in the Primates of the World building. There will be activities bringing attention to the crisis facing wild orangutans, and what can be done to conserve them. The activities will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The zoo will be open on Mother's Day from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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The importance of our history has been talked about in a multitude of facets. From understanding culture, to knowing how your great-grandmother died, history plays an important role in where we are currently and where we plan to be years from now. But what happens when you don't know your history as a community or society? Where does your pride lie? How do you move forward not knowing where you have been?
"Root Shock"
Dr. Mindy Fullilove did extensive research and adapted the term "root shock." Root shock is described as the traumatic stress reaction to the loss of some or all of one's emotional ecosystem. In her book "Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It," Fullilove examines the history of bulldozing neighborhoods in Black communities between 1949 and 1973 in three different urban settings.
In total, through this federal program lead by businesses and real estate interests, 1,600 neighborhoods were destroyed in the name of urban renewal. This didn't only affect the Black community living there, making people angry about what was happening, but it also affected the white community causing them to flee from cities into the suburbs.
This is a basic definition and example of root shock. Throughout this time, historical landmarks, places full of the history of Black communities were leveled and reconstructed. This has been the cause and attempt of solid reconstruction for years, some locations have yet to reach their goal.
In more recent examples, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters could be looked at as root shock. Residents in those areas devastated had to relocate and start over. The trauma not only comes from loss but displacement.
Root Shock in Latino Communities
Although this concept of root shock hasn't been fully written about among Latino communities, the discussion of gentrification can be tied to the same issues of urban renewal. Latino communities have historically been forced out of certain neighborhood in particular cities to make way for reconstruction. Locations, like in the Black community, that have had particular emotional ties or histories have been either closed down or reconstructed, wiping away any community feel that was there before.
The removal of history and the ridding of a solid place to plant roots takes a taxing toll on those experiencing the trauma. Latinos have been part of a gentrification process for some time. In this sense, they have been moved from one location to another due to increase in rent, property taxes and affordability. What was formulated and "rooted" changes and has to begin again elsewhere.
It isn't as simple as a basic explanation of why this causes problems in community, but the foundation of understanding is similar to the metaphor of having a garden: In order to help your plants grow, you must care for and water them. How can residents plant, water and care for something that continues to be uprooted?
When you have a history that you know about, it's easy to take pride in the tremendous efforts of the community and those who have come before you to pave the way to where you presently are. It also gives you something to build upon, making yourself better as you propel yourself forward.
The movement of Latino communities is something to be aware of. If movement keeps happening, then how does someone know where they belong?
Cross-Cultural Psychology
This idea of cross cultural psychology brings an interesting twist to the table. This is a branch of psychology that studies how cultural factors influence human behavior. It can be argued that many people have a culture, such as the Latino culture, to depend on. There is a particular culture implemented by friends and family members that cannot be replaced or shaken.
Nonetheless, the Latino culture is implemented at home. Yet, a bigger question comes when you look outside to society; relationships outside the home, opportunities at school and beyond. How does the outside culture then manifest itself in an individual?
If residents of a certain community do not have a unified, safe, plentiful community to be proud of, what happens to those people in the area? This is where Dr. Fullilove expanded on the ideas of the shock in urban communities. If there is a continued displacement, where does one begin again and how is this restructuring begin if no one is there to lead it?
Esta Comunidad No Se Vende
Across a multitude of communities, you find people actively staying put, announcing that their neighborhoods are not for sale, nor do they want to be pushed out of the community. A few examples exist in Chicago with the Humboldt Park neighborhood known for its Puerto Rican heritage, and the Pilsen and Little Village communities known for their Mexican Heritage. San Francisco has the Mission District, while New York has the South Bronx and Spanish Harlem.
With more education in an information-based society, Latinos are trying to keep their communities and what they've built regardless of the fact that developers and real estate opportunists may be targeting their particular neighborhoods.
In this sense, they build and continue to build, creating traditions, educating the community about its history and builds pride within the Latino community from the inside out. If the community doesn't do it, no one else will. Standing ground and reconstructing the community from the inside out might just be the answer to many social issues. Building a community and harnessing the importance of that community will help individuals move forward, understanding their own importance as one crucial piece of a whole.


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For sale here is a vintage school teaching model of. Made in the Czech Republic in the 1950's/ 1960's. We bought this one from a dealer in Prague. This fantastic molecular model is an original 1950s teaching aid. These models were used in schools to help chemistry students visualise chemical structure.
CONDITION it is in very good condition. The molecules are made from wood and the bonds are metal. Obviously this item is not new so there is will usually be some light cosmetic wear, some chipped paint and light oxidation of the metal, I have tried to photograph examples of any obvious wear so please do check all photos carefully. These models are fixed and do not come apart. The item "Original vintage molecule model of GRAPHITE German schools and colleges 1955" is in sale since Tuesday, January 5, 2021. This item is in the category "Antiques\Science/Medicine\Scientific Instruments". The seller is "barrie5757" and is located in cambridge. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Antigua and barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Bahrain, Brazil, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and caicos islands, Aruba, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Ukraine, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and tobago, Uruguay, Viet nam.


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Atascadero man leads police on high-speed chase
February 1, 2019
After allegedly hitting another vehicle and driving off Thursday, an Atascadero man fled officers by car and then by foot, but was eventually caught inside an apartment. [Cal Coast Times]
In the early evening, a hit-and-run occurred in the 12100 block of Viejo Camino, according to the Atascadero Police Department. Witnesses told authorities the suspect's vehicle was in the area of Curbaril Avenue and El Camino Real.
A San Luis Obispo County probation unit was in the area at the time, and probation officers quickly found the vehicle. The probation officers followed the vehicle until Atascadero police cars arrived at the scene.
The driver then fled northbound on El Camion Real at a high rate of speed. Police officers pursuided the suspect, who led them to the area of El Camino Real and San Anselmo Road before he headed back south through the city.
The suspect abandoned his vehicle on Bocina Lane in the Bordeaux House apartment complex and fled by foot.
A CHP helicopter, sheriff's K-9 team and probation officers helped Atascadero police track the suspect to an apartment in the complex. Officers arrested the man without further incident.
Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Rafael Aguilar Anguiano, who had a felony warrant out for his arrest. Officers arrested Anguiano on a host of charges, including reckless evading, hit-and-run causing damage, driving with a suspended license, possession of paraphernalia and possession of a billy club style weapon.
Officers booked Anguiano into the San Luis Obispo County Jail, where he remains with his bail set at $50,000, according to the sheriff's office website.


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This is OK but every time the iDR recalls any preset, it sends a MIDI command that I do not want.
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Man dies in Inverness structure fire
Published 11:48 am Monday, July 8, 2013
INVERNESS — A 59-year-old man died in a structure fire at the Lakes at Inverness apartments July 7.
At approximately 8:50 p.m. July 7, Shelby County 911 was notified of a structure fire at the apartments. Shelby County Sheriff's deputies responded to the call, as well as the Cahaba Valley, Hoover and Birmingham fire departments, according to a Shelby County Sheriff's Office press release.
Mark Wayne Gambrell, of Birmingham, was pronounced dead at the scene. A preliminary investigation suggests a kitchen fire was the point of origin for the fire, but a final determination has not been reached, according to the press release.
An autopsy will be conducted to confirm the cause of death.


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Community Organizer and Entrepreneur
A Baltimore native, Rashad D. Staton is a 26-year-old community organizer, entrepreneur, and top graduate of his class. While earning a B.A. in Political Science at Morgan State University, he concurrently served as a US Congressional Intern, President of National Pan Hellenic Council, and VP of the Student Government Association. Rashad has served as Baltimore City Youth Commissioner's Vice Chair and co-founded two businesses: BeMore Consulting, LLC (The BeMore Group), for consulting on youth development, community engagement, and financial literacy; and It Takes One Inc., a scholarship award and mentoring program for first generational graduating Baltimore City Public School college-bound seniors.
In 2016, Rashad campaigned as one of Baltimore City Council's youngest Democratic candidates and is a graduate student at University of Baltimore, toward a graduate degree in Masters of Public Administration.
Rashad is a member of the BBCLF Fellowship for the Campaign for Black Male Achievement and Johns Hopkins Bunting Neighborhood Leadership Program Fellowship and recipient of Community Law in Action's "Inspiring Voices Award."
Rashad works for Family League of Baltimore as a youth and community engagement specialist and is constructing a youth advisory council of diverse youth leaders to promote youth's voice and insight in city agency decision-making processes.
A self-proclaimed "Catalyst of Change," Rashad's mantra is "I may not be the one who will change the world, but I will spark the minds of others who will."


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List of Inhabitants
The directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
James Alp, blacksmith
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Thomas Bailey carpenter and builder
William Bailey, carpenter
James Bell, wheelwright, etc.
Henry Benniwith, wheelwright
Daniel Bradley, victualler
Charles Bradnam, gardener, etc.
George Burgess, bricklayer
James Catmull, jun., builder
John Edmund Catmull, brick maker
Agate Clement, bailiff, Wic Farm
John Collins, coal dealer
Robert Cooper, watch maker, etc.
Samuel Cripps, horse, etc. letter
Rev. Edward Dodson, B.A., vicar
Robert Foulger, clothes dealer
John Freeman, wheelwright
George Nathan Fulcher, schoolmaster
William Fulcher, victualler White Hart
Charles Gardner, parish clerk
James Howard and John Howard, bargemen
James Kemp, victualler, Anchor
Abraham Kernot, surgeon
Charles Miller, surgeon
Alexander Norden, blacksmith
Rev. Samuel Oliver (Independent)
Joseph Pawsey, beerhouse, etc.
George Perkins, hardware, etc., dealer
Thomas Pierce, veterinary surgeon
William Rod, victualler, Lion
Mrs C. Whitaker
Mrs E. Webb
Henry Cater, St. John's Land
James Catmull, and builder
William Parsons, Winters
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I have never nominated for Congress, resigned from the possibility since 1980, now and share with the people there that immense collective frustration, impotence is an outrage against the political system cathode "Cathodic? … As well? Cathodic House (TV) instead of Legislature, but lawmakers figurative, nephews of Thomism spurious, those who are there more to that to see is to see them 6.-But the Left never had Well one thing was most is the acceptance at the polls, where there if I agree with what you say, and another is the acceptance in the minds of people, to win a seat in the polls and strong investment is needed, the seat is purchased, is not free ", the votes as well and that costs, once in your seat and charge you more than what you spent, so simple.
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Terra Environmental Technologies (TET), a leading supplier of diesel exhaust fluid, announced several major arrangements with truckstops and others to distribute the company's TerraCair Ultraure DEF. Most trucks built to comply with 2010 engine emissions regulations will require DEF as part of their selective catalytic reduction systems.
The agreements include two companies – Barjan and DAS – that distribute goods to truckstops and travel centers. Sapp Bros. Travel Centers, which operates 16 travel centers, selected TET as its exclusive DEF supplier and is stocking TerraCair Ultrapure in 2.5-gallon packages. TET also announced that the three largest independent truckstop networks – the North American Truck Stop Network, America's Best Truck Stops and Professional Transportation Partners – have endorsed TerraCair Ultrapure and will recommend that their 350 collective members carry the product.
TET also provides the DEF factory fill and is the dealership choice for Daimler Trucks North America, Volvo Group North America, Mack Trucks and Ford Motor Co.
TET's packaging for retail DEF distribution in 2.5-gallon and 1-gallon containers offers several features to improve quality and performance. The containers come with their own built-in flexible dispensing nozzles to eliminate the need for funnels. An integrated airflow valve allows for dispensing of an entire 2.5-gallon container in less than 30 seconds – far less than containers that are not vented, TET says.
TET says it is the only DEF supplier to the North American market that controls its entire supply chain from manufacturing to the pumping or pouring into the DEF tank. This gives the company a level of control over quality that is unmatched, TET says.


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We kick things off with a dry, crunchy riff that sounds well suited to hardcore – then immediately dive into a particoloured pop gem ("Doomer") that balances its underlying grit with glittering vocal melodies and a cruisy, cantering beat that gently hints you should tap your toes along.
The four cuts that follow simmer with a similar balance of coarseness and charm; they're rough around the edges in a cute and kitschy way, like a DIY punk bar with plastic butterflies blu-tacked to the walls. "Penumbra" stands out the most, its summery haze and nostalgic joviality doling it infinite replay value.
The lo-fi edge that underlines Siren would likely overstay its welcome on a full-length effort, but here it's tasteful and gels stunningly well with the buzzy, honeyed sprightliness of Sean Conran and Tamara Issa's see-sawing vocals.


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Comments on 'Area and power efficient DCT architecture for image compression' by Dhandapani and Ramachandran
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing volume 2017, Article number: 50 (2017)
In [Dhandapani and Ramachandran, "Area and power efficient DCT architecture for image compression", EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2014, 2014:180] the authors claim to have introduced an approximation for the discrete cosine transform capable of outperforming several well-known approximations in literature in terms of additive complexity. We could not verify the above results and we offer corrections for their work.
1 Introduction
In a recent paper [1], a low-complexity transformation was introduced, which is claimed to be a good approximation to the discrete cosine transform (DCT). We wish to evaluate this claim.
The introduced transformation is given by the following matrix:
We aim at analyzing the above matrix and showing that it does not consist of a meaningful approximation for the 8-point DCT. In the following, we adopted the same methodology described in [2–11] which the authors also claim to employ.
2 Criticisms
2.1 Inverse transformation
The authors of [1] claim that inverse transformation T −1 is given by
However, simple computation reveal that this is not accurate, being the actual inverse given by:
2.2 Lack of DC component
The first point to be noticed is that the matrix T lacks a row of constant entries. Therefore, it is not capable of computing the mean value or the DC component of a signal under analysis. In terms of image compression, the DC value is the single most important coefficient concentrating most of the image energy. To illustrate this fact, Fig. 1 shows the reconstructed standard Lena image by means of (i) the DC component of the standard DCT, (ii) all DCT coefficients, except the DC component, (iii) the first row of matrix T [1], and (iv) all T coefficients, except the first row, respectively. In [12], Britanak meticulously cataloged dozens of DCT approximations; all of them computed the DC component. The lack of the DC component computation suggests that compressed images resulting from the application of T are expected to be severely degraded in terms of perceived image quality. The associated PSNR values in Fig. 1 also show the poor quality of the reconstructed images using T. Considering M×N pixel images, the PSNR measure is calculated by:
where \(\text {MSE} = \frac {1}{M\cdot N} {\sum \nolimits }_{i=1}^{M}{\sum \nolimits }_{j=1}^{N} (a_{i,j} - b_{i,j})^{2}\), a i,j and b i,j are the (i,j)-th element of the original and reconstructed images, respectively; and MAX is the maximum pixel valye. For 8-bit greyscale images, MAX = 255.
2.3 Fast algorithm
In the 'Fig. 1' of [1], the authors display a signal flow graph (SFG) which does not correspond to the computation implied by their proposed matrix. Their proposed SFG consists of two addition butterfly sections and one final permutation, which correspond to the following matrices, respectively:
However, this fast algorithm induces to the following matrix:
which is different from T. Therefore, the SFG is incorrect and does not correspond to the proposed matrix. We assume that the intended method is T SFG, which is the matrix implied by the fast algorithm. Indeed, this transformation is shown again in the schematics of the hardware realization of their work. Nevertheless, hereafter, we analyze both matrices: T and T SFG. Similar to T, the matrix T SFG does not evaluate the DC value, being subject to the criticism detailed in the previous subsection.
2.4 Lack of energy concentration
Contrary to the expected behavior for a data compression transformation, the matrix T does not exhibit good decorrelation and energy concentration properties. Energy concentration can be quantified by submitting data to a considered transformation and then computing the energy distribution along transform-domain coefficients. Thus, we considered a Monte Carlo simulation with 10,000 8-point input vectors modeled after the first-order Markov process with correlation coefficient of 0.95 [12]. For comparison, we considered the following transformations: the DCT [12], the SDCT [2] the BAS-2013 [9], and the BC-2012 [3]. Obtained mean values are displayed in Fig. 2. In clear contrast with the other methods, transformations T and T SFG perform very poorly.
Moreover, the lack of energy concentration in the first transform coefficients indicates that the standard zigzag pattern employed in the quantization step is not adequate for this transformation. Nevertheless, the authors claim to employ the zigzag pattern with success. We could not verify this claim.
To further assess the claim of good coding capabilities, we considered the unified coding gain and the transform efficiency as measures to quantify the coding performance [12] of T in comparison with bona fide transforms, such as: DCT, SDCT [2], BAS-2008 [4], BAS-2009 [6], BAS-2010 [8], BAS-2011 [9], CB-2011 [13], and CB-2012 [3]. In addition, we also considered the transformation in [14] and transformation in [15]. Results are shown in Table 1. We emphasize in bold the unfavorable measurements associated to the transformations proposed by the authors. Such transformations are not expected to be suitable for image compression, since both coding measures resulted in very low values.
2.5 Irreproducibility of results
The results shown by Dhandapani and Ramachandran could not be repeated. The authors state that they employ simultaneously a quantization step, which corresponds to variable bitrate encoding, and a fixed number of retained transform-domain coefficients, which suggests constant bitrate. This seems contradictory. However, to examine the transformation suggested by the authors, we adopted a constant bitrate encoding based on the retention of r transform-domain coefficients, as suggested originally by Haweel and others [2–11].
Although the authors do not explicitly inform the number of retained coefficients (r) in their computations. Only for high values of r we could obtain similar values. We calculated the PSNR values considering r=60. Notice that for such a high value of r data is practically not compressed. This is because only 4 coefficients are discarded, implying a compression rate of only 6.25%. Table 2 shows the results. Additionally, at low compression, most orthogonal transforms tend to behave similarly. However, even under this scenario, the transformation proposed by the authors performed poorly—roughly 10 dB lower PSNR measurements. Indeed, the pivotal character of a good transform is its behavior in a wide range of compression rates, specially at high compression. For instance, considering the more realistic case of r=10, as suggested in [2], we obtain the PSNR values shown in Table 3. Notice that the transformation proposed by the authors exhibits extremely high errors, which are emphasized in bold. We also report that the results linked to the transformations described in [14] and [15] display also acutely poor results as shown in Table 3.
In 'Fig. 3' of their work, the authors show reconstructed compressed images according to the following transformations: T SFG, CB-2012, and BAS-2011. All images showed high PSNR values with T SFG offering PSNR values greater than 41 dB. We could no reproduce these results. The authors does not detail the employed parameters, in particular the value of r. However, for r=45, we could obtain comparable PSNR measurements in terms of the traditional DCT approximations. Considering T or T SFG the image degradation is very high, as shown in Fig. 3. For r=15, a more realistic value, we obtain the images shown in Fig. 4. Images associated to T or T SFG are severely degraded—roughly 25–30 dB lower than the typical values offered by traditional approximations. These results are evidence that the transformation proposed by the authors is not suitable for image compression.
Authors also show in 'Fig. 4' of their paper a curve relating PSNR measurements of compressed images to the parameter r. We could not reproduce their results. Figure 5 shows the curves that we obtained considering the same images as the authors. Our results are compatible to the computations independently found in [2, 4–11]. The curves associated to T and T SFG indicate a significantly lower performance. For r<25—a more realistic scenario—the PSNR loss compared to the traditional transformations is roughly 20 dB. Such evidence points towards the ineffectiveness of T and T SFG for image compression.
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Giving a voice: Purdue technology assisting nonverbal children with autism wins Autism Hero and GAIN 18 Awards
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Two Purdue-licensed technologies assisting speech and language development in children with nonverbal autism have won awards from the German Academic International Network (GAIN) and the Anna Kennedy Online Charity.
SPEAKall! and SPEAKmore! mobile applications won GAIN's best startup idea and Anna Kennedy Online Charity's Autism Hero Entrepreneurial Award. The Autism Society reports nearly 3.5 million Americans live with autism spectrum disorder, and rates of diagnosis have risen to one in 59 children.
"Nearly 66 percent of children on the autism spectrum experience some level of difficulty acquiring spoken language," said Oliver Wendt, the German technology inventor. "The technology we provide can be life-changing for children and adults as well as their parents and caregivers."
Wendt, a University of Central Florida faculty member, developed the mobile platforms SPEAKall! and SPEAKmore!, and both platforms have received international recognition moving speech-language pathology's traditional communication boards onto mobile devices.
SPEAKall! functions as a smart device communication board, which teaches students to associate words and images. In the application, students choose digital cards and move them to the speech bar, then the application reads the sequence aloud word by word. Users, caregivers and clinicians also can upload their own photos or word cards into the application to personalize the program for each learner's individual needs.
"SPEAKall! is really a very versatile speech and language learning platform," Wendt said. "What makes it so successful is its flexibility to target a variety of learning goals from early communication to emerging language and social interaction. Essentially, SPEAKall! can grow with the learner as needs and capabilities grow."
SPEAKmore! enables children who have advanced beyond the capabilities of SPEAKall! to expand their vocabulary and message complexity. The SPEAKmore! application enhances early language learning by bring a matrix training approach to mobile devices.
GAIN hosted a Boston conference in order to showcase research and commercialization efforts. Competing against five other start-up teams, Wendt explained how his mobile technologies make a critical impact for children and adults affected by severe autism.
As part of the award program, Wendt will travel to Germany for individualized, entrepreneurial mentoring from business experts.
Wendt also received the 2018 Autism Hero Entrepreneurial Award from the Anna Kennedy Online Charity, after reaching nearly a thousand users in England. The charity's mission is to raise autism awareness across the world by creating networks and supporting autism communities. Read more here.
Wendt developed both mobile applications while serving as a Purdue University faculty member, and the development was supported by a National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders grant.
"Our initial support for the technology's clinical validation came from the Purdue Center for Families led by director Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth," Wendt said. "They were one of the first research sponsors to help these technologies get off the ground and develop intervention protocols for easy implementation in family homes. I'm honored to have the Purdue Center for Families as a partner and to serve on their advisory board."
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Four live rounds were fired during a training along the border in Gangwon province on Saturday evening, Yonhap news agency reported, citing South Korean military officials.
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Understanding How And When To Use Fold-Equity In Tournament Poker, Made Simple!
In its most simple form 'Fold-Equity' in poker describes your ability to get an opponent to fold their hand, and the monetary value this has based on the size of the pot in play. The usual reason for folding is a big bet, however correctly assessing when you do and (importantly) do not have the possibility of making an opponent fold their hand is a skill that many beginning players overlook. This article will look into the subject by taking various common situations and asking – Do we have fold-equity here??
We will start the discussion by looking at short-staked poker tournament play, and the vitally important role of pot-odds in fold-equity. Next we bring the tendencies of specific opponents into the discussion before looking at flop 'texture' and your own hand.
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Imagine this common scenario, you have reached the mid to late stages of a poker tournament. After losing a couple of pots you find yourself short-stacked, with only 6 big blinds. You are on the button with a medium strength hand, and a reasonably tight player with a reasonable stack opens the pot ahead of you by betting 3 times the big blind.
The question is whether you have the ability to make this player fold with an all-in bet? In other words – do you have fold-equity here?
To keep the numbers simple we will assign you 6,000 chips, the raiser 20,000 and put the blinds at 1,000 / 500. So the raise is 3,000 chips making the total pot 4,500, assuming the blinds will fold your all-in raise makes the pot 10,500 in total – and it will cost the initial raiser another 3000 to call.
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From the raisers perspective he is getting odds of more than 3/1 – this means for his call to show a profit over time he needs to win around 25% of the time. The fact is that compared to the range of hands a short-stack might re-raise with he will usually win far more than this – the call is easy with any hand that legitimately raised in the first place. You have no fold-equity in this situation, the only reason for making this move is because you consider your hand a favorite to win a showdown.
Now we increase your stack to 10 times the big blind and look at the situation again. Now your all in bet makes the pot (including the blinds) 14,500, for the big stack to call he would need to put in another 7,000 chips. Here his odds are > 2/1. Again an easy call with the majority of legitimate raising hands (though he might throw away some of the very weakest).
In order to cut the pot-odds that the raiser sees to a point where he will fold more hands than he will call with we need to increase our own bet to 12 times the blind.
Of course, you may well have a hand you would like to show down – in which case your options are far wider. However, the rule is – If you would ideally like your opponent to fold then look at the price (in terms of pot-odds) that you are offering them to call your re-raise.
Poker Fold Equity - Taking The Individual Player Into Account
Some opponents are more likely to fold than others. A timid, tight player offers you far better opportunities in terms of fold equity than a wild and loose one. Make a note throughout the tournament of those players you see open a pot with a raise and then fold when someone re-raises. The knowledge that a player is 'capable of folding' is a valuable asset as the tournament gets into the later stages.
Fold-equity can also work later in the hand. In the same example as above we can imagine that, instead of re-raising before the flop, you call and see a flop. Now the 'texture' of the flop – combined with the chips you have left – make a difference to your fold equity. Flops with high-cards are far more likely to have hit an opponent, those with draws to straights or flushes may also give someone enough reason to stick around in the hand.
Finally, your own image at the table affects your ability to get opponents to fold. If you have been active lately, playing many pots, then opponents may be more willing to call your bets. If you have been super-tight your ability to get opponents to fold is maximized.
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To summarize, next time an opponent calls your all-in bet with a medium strength hand review the betting from their perspective. You will often find that the pot-odds on offer to them made the call an easy one with any legitimate raising hand. Learning to spot these situations in advance – and adapting your own play accordingly will win more chips over time. Further adapting to the tendencies of specific opponents and your own table image will ensure that you get the maximum benefit from the concept of fold equity.
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A judge hopes she will not be let down by a 33-year-old binge drinker who admitted committing a "smorgasbord" of crimes and "doesn't stop offending".
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One man needed surgery to his jaw.
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Chad Allan, a Canadian musician who founded The Guess Who and had a pivotal role in the forming of Bachman-Turner Overdrive in the early 1970s, died on Nov. 21. He was 80.
Jamie Anstey, the vice president of Regenerator Records, said the announcement of Allan's death was delayed at the request of the musician's family, who wanted to grieve privately first, the Winnipeg Sun reported.
Allan, a Winnipeg native who was the first singer of The Guess Who before giving way to Burton Cummings, was a singer-songwriter who was inducted into the Order of Manitoba in 2015 for his contributions to Canadian music, CBC reported.
Cummings posted a tribute to Allan on Facebook, saying his friend, who left The Guess Who in 1966, "was an inspiration to all of us in bands in Winnipeg."
"I learned a lot from watching and listening to Chad," Cummings wrote. "He was very talented and one of a kind. He will always be remembered."
Bachman-Turner Overdrive started out as Brave Belt -- a band Allan co-founded with fellow Guess Who bandmate Randy Bachman, according to the news outlet. Allan had left the group by the time it morphed into Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
"I'm grateful to have known & worked with him," Bachman wrote on Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter.
Born Allan Kowbel on March 29, 1943, he adopted the stage name Chad Allan as a tribute to singer Chad Mitchell, according to his obituary. He also changed his name because he was tired of friends calling him "cowbell," the Sun reported. He formed his first band while attending high school in Winnipeg.
The band went through several names including Chad Allan and the Reflections and Chad Allan and the Expressions, before adopting the name of The Guess Who, according to his obituary.
In addition to Allan's work on CBC-TV's "Let's Go" in 1967, he also made appearances on "Music Hop" and "Where It's At," according to CBC.
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Reviewed by GREG KING
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Stars: Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau.
The visually stunning sci-fi drama Oblivion is the sophomore film from director Joseph Kosinski, who previously gave us the equally dazzling Tron: Legacy. Although hailing from a background as a visual artist and an architectural professor, Kosinski is a natural filmmaker who has a bold imagination and a distinctive eye for visuals and compositions which serves him well here. He is more than comfortable with the demands of special effects driven, high concept sci-fi action.
Oblivion is set in the year 2077. The Earth has been laid waste by an alien attack that destroyed the moon and led to the human population retaliating with nuclear weapons, making the planet uninhabitable. The survivors abandoned the planet and resettled on Saturn's moon Titan. However, the earth is still rich in resources which need to be mined and sent to the Tet, a giant spaceship hovering above the planet. Former marine Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is the last man on Earth, a technician whose job it is to maintain the fleet of military drones when they break down.
Harper's narration takes us into this eerie world that has been destroyed by war with an alien race, but he proves to be an unreliable narrator. There is also the present danger presented by a pocket of alien resistance known as "Scavs", who inhabit some of the dark and dingy ruins and attempt to sabotage these mining operations. And there is the forbidden zone which is highly radioactive territory.
Harper lives and operates from a spectacular glass tower located on a mountain top overlooking the wastelands. He works with Vika (Andrea Riseborough, from Madonna's misguided W/E, etc), his cooly efficient controller. They are in the final weeks of their five year rotation, and are looking forward to completing their mission and returning to Titan. Every morning they are greeted by the disembodied voice of their mission controller Sally (played by Melissa Leo, from The Fighter, etc), who delivers their mission parameters and insincerely asks them: "Are you an effective team?"
But Harper's curiosity about the true nature of his mission leads him to make some bold adventurous choices that place the pair and their mission in jeopardy, and they become a far from effective team. Then a mysterious spaceship crashes nearby, and Harper discovers a human survivor in Julia (played by former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko) amongst the wreckage. She stirs vague memories within Harper that further complicate the mission.
Harper also talks about mandatory "mind wipes", which made me think that the film was headed into Total Recall territory (the Arnold Schwarzenegger one, not the dire Colin Farrell remake). There is a great central premise behind Oblivion that harks back to some of the other classic dystopian futuristic tales like Enemy Mine, Moon, Silent Running, 2001, and Ridley Scott's oblique Prometheus, and even Pixar's animated Wall.E, etc.
Initially Oblivion seems like a two-hander, and its claustrophobic nature recalls such other sci-fi films as The Omega Man. Kosinski originally created Oblivion as a graphic novel in 2005, although its publication was delayed to coincide with the release of the film. The script itself has been written by Kosinski, with input from Karl Gadjusek, Michael DeBryn, William Monahan and Michael Arndt. He brings a palpable sense of intrigue to the material as he suggests that this uneasy new world has its own secrets.
Its themes of dreams and haunting memories lend a more human dimension to the myriad of special effects and action scenes. The first half hour, which introduces us to this eerie world and its two central characters is languidly paced, which may frustrate audiences looking for more bang and action. However, the film is let down slightly by the second half which becomes more cliched and offers some cliched developments that seem borrowed from a number of other sci-fi films.
Kosinski introduces a couple of twists that send the film in a different direction and raises a number of questions that are not necessarily answered and will cause much discussion afterwards. And there are a couple of surprises that audiences won't see coming, although the movie poster and the trailer will ruin some of these key surprises for many.
Oblivion marks Cruise's third foray into sci-fi action, following Spielberg's War Of The Worlds and the intriguing Minority Report, and he seems comfortable with the demands made on him here. It takes an actor of his stature and reputation to get an ambitious, big budget, effects driven film like this made. He brings a convincing physicality to the role of Harper, and he even did most of his own stunts during some of the action sequences.
Riseborough is also good as the more cautious Vicky, while Kurylenko makes the most of her underdeveloped role. And there is the late presence of the formidable Morgan Freeman (looking like a refugee from The Matrix), sadly underused as rebel leader Beech, and Game Of Thrones's Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, that adds a new but somehow familiar narrative arc to proceedings.
Oblivion was shot on location in Iceland, and the spectacular, poetically beautiful images and otherworldly landscapes add to the film. The film has been beautifully shot by Claudio Miranda, who recently won on Oscar for his gorgeous work on Life Of Pi. His camera captures the open spaces of this bleak and devastated post-apocalyptic world, and there are glimpses of former cities and landmarks lying in ruins. Oblivion also looks spectacular on the giant IMAX screen.
Much of its rumoured $100 million budget can be seen on the screen, with its set design and visuals. Darren Gilford's production design is suitably futuristic, and he creates a wonderful contrast between Harper's clean base and the dingy, untidy clutter of the surface ruins. There are also a couple of stunningly conceived action scenes, including a Star Wars like dogfight, that resemble a video game. There is also a bold, propulsive and evocative electronic music score from French musicians M83 that is not quite as evocative as the score provided for Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk.
With Oblivion Kosinski has created an ambitious, intriguing and intelligent sci-fi poser, although ultimately it never quite engages emotionally. Oblivion is a case of style over substance, and feels vaguely disappointing.


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Occasionally we see this little herd of feral horses munching the weeds and grass on the "canal." I can only assume that the "canal" once was a canal because it's called canal, but now it is just a grassy strip that cuts through Maadi. I can also only assume that the horses were feral because no one seems to own them, but here they are living in the middle of a giant metropolis. They are as skinny as a rail, which doesn't bode well for the horses—you can see every bone in their bodies and they certainly don't live up to the phrase "as healthy as a horse." They are also never tethered to anything, never have any equestrian nearby, and they are free to charge around the city at will.
Yesterday we were walking back from Road 9—we had to pick up another power strip because yesterday we had both computers and a fan plugged into a three-way splitter and just about started a fire; when Andrew unplugged the fan sparks flew out of the socket for several minutes, scaring us both half to death—we saw the horses again.
I think it was Rachel who noticed them first. She gets really excited when she sees animals, puts out her radar arm, and yells at them, so we're pretty good at noticing animals right away. There are usually four of them grazing together, some white ones and some brown ones. We walked by slowly, talking about the horses and what they were doing. I kept my eye on them as we walked by, not because I was afraid of the horses, per se, but because I was afraid of the dog that was nipping at them. I didn't want him to come nip at me, too, so as I walked by I craned my neck farther and farther around in order to keep the dog in sight. Pretty soon I was walking sideways, all the time watching that blasted dog.
The horses, I think, weren't very impressed with the dog, either. They vaulted over the bushes and began galloping down the street at full speed, whinnying and whining as they went. Seriously, they would have trampled us if we had been walking a few paces slower. We were standing so close to them that I could feel their speed and probably could have touched them if I took just one little step closer.
I froze and watched in shock as they disappeared down Road 10, the sound of their feet echoing long after they had disappeared from sight. I don't know where they thought they were going since there isn't really anywhere to graze on Road 10, let alone anywhere big enough for a horse to stand.
What is that, like near-death experience #72 in Cairo? I think that sounds about right. We've only been here two months…
Sunday, October 05, 2008
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- AnonymousOctober 8, 2008 at 8:16 PM
lol. Welcome to the Middle East! oh, wait. I've been back in Provo 4 weeks now, and I've had a few NDEs myself. Guess it's just any place with crazy roads, eh... horses... drivers... same old same old.
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Press Releases - Investors - BFF Banking Group
Press releases
Milano, 14th april 2022 – Following the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of BFF Bank S.p.A. ("BFF" or the "Bank") - referred to the press release issued on 31th March - BFF informs that the final amount of the gross dividend per share corresponds to Euro 0.6795, taking into account the number of BFF outstanding ordinary shares (185,315,280), and the treasury shares (970,366) held by the Bank as of today.
It is recalled that the dividend includes the portion attributable to the treasury shares held by the Bank on the record date. The payment will take place from Thursday 21st April 2022, with ex-dividend date of coupon no. 5 on Tuesday 19th April 2022, and record date (i.e., date of entitlement to the dividend payment itself) on Wednesday 20th April 2022.
The dividend will be credited to the intermediary used by each shareholder.


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A' Design Award & Competition has just announced the call for entries to the prestigious A' International Packaging Design Awards. Open to packaging designers, advertising houses, creative agencies, and in-house design teams worldwide, this competition is a unique opportunity to showcase the best packaging designs from around the world and receive recognition for their excellence.
The A' International Packaging Design Awards is a two-phase competition, with the first phase being completely free for participants to register and submit their works for preliminary evaluation. Those who pass the preliminary evaluation will be eligible to proceed with the nomination, with a nominal fee for the entry. The deadline for entries is on February 28, 2023, and the results will be announced on April 15, 2023.
The A' Design Prize for the A' Packaging Design Awards is highly coveted and includes a series of PR, marketing, and publicity tools to celebrate the status of being a winner. The laureates will receive a Design Excellence Certificate, a lifetime license to use the A' Packaging Design Awards Winner Logo, a Yearbook of Best Designs, exhibitions of their awarded works in Italy, an exclusive design award trophy, a two-person invitation to take part in the A' Design Awards Gala-Night – La Notte Premio A', and translations of their works into foreign languages.
Winners will also receive an exclusive interview which will be published at Designer Interviews, as well as inclusion in the Press Kits. A comprehensive press kit will be prepared for the winners, containing the exclusive interview, the press release announcing their victory, design images, photographs of the designer, logo of the designer and the client, dozens of high-resolution photos, and images for added exposure, including a portfolio of the designer's other design projects.
The Press Kits for the winners of the A' International Packaging Design Awards will be distributed to thousands of press members who have gained press accreditation from A' Design Awards, with dozens of press partners having already confirmed in advance to publish a selection of the best projects among award winners. The Press Kit preparation and distribution service, as well as the A' Design Prize, are given free of charge to the Packaging Awards laureates as a way of celebrating their success.
Press members and design enthusiasts are invited to see past winners of the A' International Packaging Design Awards to get an idea of the level of excellence they are competing against. The categories for submission include Food Packages, Boxes and Casings, Packs, Cans, Bottles, Bags and more, with sub-categories and descriptions available on the competition's website at https://competition.adesignaward.com/
About the A' Design Awards
The A' Design Award & Competition has been established to promote and recognize the best design works from all countries and in all creative disciplines. The primary aim of the competition is to create a global awareness and understanding for good design practices and principles by promoting the best designs in all countries and all design disciplines. The ultimate aim of the A' Design Awards is to push designers, companies, and brands worldwide to create superior products and projects that benefit society.
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File extension QXD is commonly associated to the files created with QuarkXPress version 5 and its predecessors. The application can be used to create complex layouts for printing and is similar to Adobe's products. It can be installed on multi operating systems platforms such as Mac and Windows. However, there are certain system requirements before the application can be installed in a system.
QuarkXPress is created by Quark, Inc. that owns the product until today. It all started in 1987 when the first version, the QuarkXPress 1 was developed solely for Mac support. Later in 1992, the first Windows compatible QuarkXPress 3.1 application was shipped. QXD was used as the default file extension for files created with QuarkXPress version 5 and lower, but was changed to QXP after the release of version 6.
There are several associated file extensions linking to the application. QXD files are referred to as QuarkXPress documents, File extension QXT is document template, File extension QPT is project template, File extension QDT is dictionary, File extension QXB is for books, File extension XTG is for XPress tags, and File extension QXL is for library. Even with the newer releases, most users continue to adhere to the older applications bearing the standard QXD extension.
Markzware is a very popular application used by thousands of QuarkXPress users to resolve damaged or broken QXD and other files related to QuarkXPress. The version of the required Markzware product is dependent on the version of QuarkXPress used when creating the document. Microsoft Word can also be used to open broken QXD file, specifically those that were created with version 4.1, but some images and formatting might not be available.
Similar to other applications, QuarkXPress is not able to open and save some files created using older versions. There are also versions that automatically saved files with their corresponding supported extensions. As an alternative for applications that need to open older files, it is recommended to look for compatible software instead of trying to open it with the newer application. Renaming a file may damage it and is not recommended.
If you downloaded a QXD file on Android device you can open it by following steps below:
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Uwell Aeglos Replacement Pod
Uwell Aeglos Replacement Pod
UWELL AEGLOS REPLACEMENT POD (1pc/pack)
The Aeglos Replacement Pod can be used with the Uwell Aeglos Pod Mod Kit. EachUwell Aeglos Replacement Pod has a 3.5ml e-juice capacity which can be used with freebase or nic salt e-liquid. The Pods are able to accept the Uwell Aeglos Replacement Coils. These coils come in a 0.8 ohm round wire variant which is designed to be vaped around 20 to 23W. As well as a 0.23 ohm mesh coil which can be vaped at 40 to 45W. Each Aeglos re-fillable pod features a press fit connection and fits tightly into the housing. The housing that holds the pod in place has a 360 degree side view window which allows users to casually check their juice level without removing the pod itself. Re-filling the pod can be done with ease by simply removing the top mouth piece and filling via a "press and fill" port. As an added feature each pod has a switchable airflow control and can be in either a DTL or MTL airflow draw.
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Mark Askwith comic
The Prisoner
The authorized sequel to the cult TV series, THE PRISONER: SHATTERED VISAGE continues the saga of number six, the British secret agent who was condemned to life in the clandestine prison known as the Village. Years after the Village was destroyed, the infamous agent still resides in its former location, attempting to deal with the emotional scars of his past. But when a luckless female agent is washed ashore on his island, the Prisoner realizes that it is not only his mind that is still imprisoned. Featuring an overview of the entire television series, this book of intrigue and conspiracy offers the final chapter in the life of the most famous prisoner of all time.
Genre: Graphic Novels, Religious
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As communications professionals, it's imperative that we stay ahead of emerging trends in the digital sphere and leverage all available tools in order to keep our fingers on the news pulse at all times. For a majority of journalists and PR pros, Twitter remains the go-to source for following along with breaking news/ major events in the world in real time. If there's a major story, there's a good shot it was first reported on the Twitter waves before ever appearing in an online article. Well, Facebook recently unveiled a new tool that could make major waves in the media sphere as well. That tool is called Signal and it aims to give Facebook and Instagram more of a presence in news articles that readers consume daily.
So, what is it?
Facebook describes it as "a free discovery and curation tool for journalists who want to source, gather and embed newsworthy content from Facebook and Instagram, across news, culture, entertainment, sports and more—all in one place." If you haven't yet heard of it, I'm willing to bet you soon will. At a recent conference I attended in Orlando—hosted by the Professional of Society Journalists— one session was paused so that all attendees could download the tool before the speaker continued. It's that important.
According to a description on the Signal launch page, the program aims to give journalists a look at what is trending on the social network, enabling them to embed that content in stories they are writing. Facebook Signal starts by showing what's trending across the platform, and allows users to dig into public posts. There's a search functionality built into the platform and Signal welds existing curation tools with brand new ones from Facebook in a clean and easy-to-read dashboard.
So, what does it look like?
Newswire, a scrolling feed of vetted stories trending on Facebook occupies one of three prominent columns on the dashboard's landing page. Users familiar with CrowdTangle might recognize the column in the middle, Trending Posts, which contains a stream of posts that are gathering momentum on Facebook. This feature is offered in partnership with CrowdTangle, which has worked closely with BuzzFeed, Vox and others to identify posts that are growing in popularity across these platforms.
The column on the left of the page is operated by Trending Now, a version of the trending stories sidebar every Facebook user has seen day after day for years. This column also underscores popular news, but with a caveat: rather than listing trending stories that are personalized to each other (like Trending Post), it scours Facebook for the most popular topics across the entire social network and displays them in a list. Also new to Trending Now is a tab for Emerging Trends, which identifies burgeoning stories as they surface on the network.
Signal includes a plethora of entirely brand new tools as well. A Leaderboards tab dissects figures that are being discussed the most at any given moment—whether it be actors, politicians, authors, musicians, sports stars, etc., enabling journalists to craft articles around prominent figures. The dashboard also allows users to save images and posts collected from Facebook and Instagram, providing an easy-to-use embedding function.
So, why is it important?
Successful PR campaigns not only align with emerging trends, but they push the boundaries. Staying on top of current affairs and news is imperative, and that means using any and all of the tools that can help facilitate the newsgathering process. Signal appears to be the latest and greatest.
For Facebook, the biggest advantage is, of course, its enormous user base of nearly 1.5 billion users. With Facebook Signal, the aim is to help journalists keep tabs on all the important conversations happening in real time. In doing so, it will help media organizations cover stories that people are interested in reading.
So, what's next for us, as PR pros?
Right now, the platform is only available for journalists. Journalists may request access to Signal for free, but they need to provide a full name, personal Facebook URL and work email. This will help the company ensure the service remains exclusively available to only media for the moment.
But that doesn't mean—as PR professionals—that we don't need to get smart about the tool. Read up on it. Learn its functionality inside and out, because the better we know the media industry and the tools its professionals are using, the better we can tailor our pitches and communications and the better we can do our job.
Like I said, if you haven't heard about it yet, I'm willing to bet you soon will.