#NiR Scales

[officialrailscales]

SURGing into the weekend

Left Setup:

Karve-P | Coyote IR

HTP XOS MLOK Scales | FDE | Honeycomb Texture

HTP MLOK Scale | Coyote IR | Honeycomb Texture

QDX Sling Mount | Terra Bronze

MCX CSMR Button | Carbon Black

Right Setup:

Karve-P | FDE

2-Slot G10 RailScales | TerraCore | Dragon Texture

HTP XOS-W MLOK Scales | FDE | Dragon Texture

HTP XOS-H MLOK Scale | FDE | Dragon Texture

QDX Sling Mount | Terra Bronze

CSMR Button | Apex Style | Carbon Black

- RS

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by Douglas Murray

It is the nature of the news cycle that huge things get passed over.

But what happened just over a month ago in Israel should not be passed over.

The scale and catastrophe of what happened is still becoming clear.

Yet the world seems to have moved on.

Already the international media are focused not on the atrocities Hamas committed against Israel but on the response of Israel to the terrorists of Hamas.

Every day the New York Times and other papers give their views on how Israel should bring the war to a draw.

And every day there are protests across the world made up of people who are either evil or ignorant.

That some of the anti-Israel protesters are ignorant is provable.

Two girls interviewed at one pro-Hamas protest in London were asked what their reaction was when they first learned that Hamas had attacked Israel on October 7.

“I don’t believe they did, did they,” said one.

“Honestly, I think I need to be a bit more clued up on everything that’s going on, so I feel I’m not really qualified to answer that too well,” said the other.

Well, she appeared to feel “qualified” enough to turn up at an anti-Israel demo.

Her friend, holding a banner, actually said, “I mean, I’m not sure I’ve seen anything that shows that that’s actually happened.”

These two ignoramuses should have come to Israel with me this week.

[girlactionfigure]

🔶 SAT after Shabbat - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Shavua tov, a good week, a blessed week, success and safety for our warriors, safe return for our hostages.

▪️A HERO SOLDIER HAS FALLEN.. in battle in Gaza: Yair Avitan, 20, from Ra’anana.  May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and may G-d avenge his blood!

.. Related, condition of Jeri Deri remains critical, family asks for prayers for Rabbi Raphael Yehuda ben Esther.

▪️IRAN THREATENS.. Iran threatened Israel with a "war of annihilation" if it attacked Lebanon. This is what the Iranian delegation told the UN.  "Despite the fact that Iran sees Israel's propaganda about its intention to attack Lebanon as psychological warfare, if it launches a full-scale military attack, a war of annihilation will begin. All options, including the full involvement of all resistance fronts, are on the table.”

▪️SAUDI ARABIA & SPAIN ADVISE CITIZENS TO LEAVE LEBANON.. immediately!

▪️TOURISTS SWEPT AWAY IN DEAD SEA.. 4 tourists from India blown away from shore.  Last report: 3 rescued, 1 in serious condition.

🔸DEAL again?  “US submitted a new proposal to Hamas.”  

.. A political official in the Prime Minister's Office: Israel is committed to the wording of the proposal that President Biden welcomed. (Seems to be saying a new proposal is not agreed to.)

.. Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, said there was no progress regarding a ceasefire. "We are still ready to respond positively to any proposal that ends the war." (But not that releases hostages or disarms Hamas.)

▪️AID PIER.. Pentagon: “floating pier will be dismantled due to sea conditions”, again.

▪️AID ROTTING.. The UN has not yet collected 1,100 trucks that have been waiting for several weeks at the Kerem Shalom crossing.  The same goes for 9,000 loaded pallets that have been waiting to be picked up for several weeks from the American dock shore staging area.

.. What moved?  Thursday: 53 trucks for private traders entered the strip from the Kerem Shalom crossing (guess what they are carrying - cigarettes).  72 trucks were brought into the Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing by the UN aid organizations.

▪️SKIN CANCER WEEK IN ISRAEL.. Every month in Israel, approximately 170 adults are diagnosed with skin cancer.  Get periodic checks with a dermatologist, and if it looks or feels weird see your doctor.

▪️SHURAT HADIN - PROSECUTE CLOONEY.. Shurat HaDin petitions the US Attorney General to prosecute Amal Clooney, who advised the International Criminal Court to put out warrants over the war - in violation of 2 US federal laws prohibiting assisting international organizations against US allies.

⭕ ISLAMIC RESISTANCE OF IRAQ.. claims to have attacked the "Waller" oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, which was destined to reach the port of Haifa.  No such attack known.

⭕ ANTI-TANK MISSILES (8) fired by HEZBOLLAH at Mashgav area, Mt. Dov outpost, Metulla, and Avivim.

⭕ HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS hit a horse barn in the Western Galilee, killing 2 horses.

⭕ FRIDAY NIGHT HEZBOLLAH MASSIVE BARRAGE - 15 rounds of Rockets & Drones - across a wide area of northern towns and cities.

⭕ HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS - this afternoon - at Tel Hai, Kiryat Shmona

⭕ HAMAS ROCKETS - short range - near-Gaza Nir Am Shooting Range, Sderot, Ibim, Nir Am

♦️ARTILLERY.. shelling in the center of Shujaiya, Gaza, and in the Alshakosh area, west of Rafah.

♦️RAFAH’s GOING GUERRILLA.. Commander of the 12th Brigade: Hamas is waging a guerrilla war in Rafah consisting of independent groups, which makes the combat mission difficult.​​​​

♦️IDF AIRSTRIKES LEBANON.. outskirts of Kfar Shuba, and in the villages of Kila and Zebkin.

♦️COUNTER-TERROR OPERATIONS - ANBATA.. east of Tulkarm, overnight.

♦️GAZANS CLAIM.. that IDF destroyed 500 dunams / 125 acres of greenhouses northwest of Rafah.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

David Nir for Public Notice:

Donald Trump's plan to stock his cabinet with the most appalling MAGA nihilists hinges on the obeisance of one man in particular: House Speaker Mike Johnson. And given Johnson's track record of cowardice, Trump may indeed get what he wants — and demolish a pillar of democracy along the way. The crescendo of increasingly nightmarish picks like Tulsi Gabbard, Matt Gaetz, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. almost makes Liz Dye's take here at Public Notice — that Trump is trying to install the crowd at the Star Wars cantina — seem too kind. So beyond the pale are Trump's worst choices that even some Republicans in the Senate are balking. And it's worth remembering that many Trump nominees during his first term in office withdrew from consideration in the face of GOP inaction or hostility. But whether or not Republican senators are inclined to revert to subservience and greenlight these nominations, Trump is already armed with a plan to bypass the confirmation process entirely. He wants to fill vacancies without a confirmation vote by making so-called recess appointments when the Senate is not in session — a power granted to him by the Constitution. And he has a path to do it.

A will and a way

For many years, Congress has not actually taken a formal recess, precisely to deny presidents the ability to side-step lawmakers. Trump, though, has demanded that the Senate resume the practice of adjourning itself so that he can ram his picks through without any oversight. The GOP's new majority leader, John Thune, replied submissively to Trump’s demand, saying on Fox News last week that "all options are on the table." And Johnson echoed that sentiment on Fox News Sunday yesterday, saying of recess appointments that “there may be a function for that.” It turns out that, even for a legislative body that often convenes for just three days a week, it's surprisingly difficult for the Senate to take a proper, on-the-books break. Such an adjournment requires a majority vote, which even Thune acknowledged might be "a problem" for some Republican senators. But even if Senate Republicans could muster a majority, a motion to recess can be amended, as Semafor's Burgess Everett notes. That means Democrats could hold up such a motion indefinitely, unless Republicans were to unilaterally change Senate rules regarding recesses — a move Everett calls "a smaller-scale version of the 'nuclear option'" that might also have a hard time garnering 50 votes.

[...] It's still possible none of this comes to pass. The Senate could, for instance, retain a fig-leaf version of its right to vet nominees by simply rubber-stamping Trump's picks, no matter how odious or unqualified. It looks like Thune will be able to spare three votes in the Senate, after all.

The Downballot publisher David Nir wrote in Public Notice that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) could plan to upend the advice and consent traditions of the Senate by jamming through recess appointments.

[yourlocaltreesimp]

Chapter one: The something that is

Part i : Of mortals and men

First *ੈ✩‧₊˚ Next

Saviour of Souls masterlist

tw: Blood, Violence, implied death

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

“At the beginning of every story there is nothing- at least, nothing noticeable. To have this nothing… It is something of a necessity. For with it, it gives everything meaning. You appreciate that you have so much more when you had nothing to begin with.

Much the same to our own universe, at the beginning, there was nothing of particular note. A vast sea of this nothingness —potential— with no one to observe it. Such things may not be inherently nothing themselves, existence gives meaning. But observation makes meaning. An existence of something means nothing if there is no one to appreciate it. And so was the fate of our universe, to lay dormant. That is, aside from three sisters. Their minds grew restless with the potentiality of their lives. To sit, and to wait until something changed at last. And within their vast expanse of nothingness, they combined together the best of their attributes to make something. To make a change.

Din, the eldest of the three, with her fiery persistence and rage moulded earth. She made rock and mountains, a raging volcano left as the mark of her magic. With all her power, she created land. The middle sister, Nayru, known for her wit and intellect, doused the stiff earth with water. She softened the grounds and made rivers, oceans, clay and soil. And with the water she brought upon the world, she placed her magic within the highest, coldest peak. With her knowledge, she nourished the earth so that it may persist. And the youngest sister, Farore, known for her strong will and bravery, used her magic to inhabit the land. She made trees for Din’s earth and fish for Nayru’s rivers. She populated every plane and mountain with a small piece of her magic. With all her courage, she made gifts to the world, rather than a gift to herself.

For a while this world was content, and the goddesses watched adoringly as the earth would shift, eras coming and going, tides pushing and pulling. But with their gift of creation, they brought destruction. With somethingness, there was nothingness. With light, there was dark. With life, there was death. This absence pulled at them, punishing them in some odd way for their creations. The void gave birth to the sisters, its power split between the three and equal to that of itself. But in making their world, they’d tipped the even scales of fare past what the gods could control.

Watching their beloved creation fall apart, the goddesses agreed to use their power to keep their creation whole. They scattered what was left of themselves, leaving parts of their divinity marked upon the world. And though their power was thinned and death clawed at their fading forms, they left two final gifts to us. They left the triforce, their very presence focused down into nothing more than a relic, capable of granting any wish. It’s said to hold a shard of each goddess’s heart and is bound together by their love in one another and for the world they managed to make. But such power could not coexist with the destruction seeping across the world. They created a protector, Hylia. A goddess so kind that she embodies the best attributes of each goddess. She holds Din’s burning determination, Nayru’s sense of keen judgement and Farore’s daring kindness. Through the seams of reality, that evilness that festered in the cracks of the world had not settled, and too, gave two faults. Ganondorf, a being of Demise, hungering for the power of the triforce that he’d stop at no mortal law to possess. For every kind gift the goddesses gave, Demise sought to destroy. And the grace of Hylia bore Nir. A goddess of fickle wishes and born without a heart. Where our goddess brings us light and life, Nir brings darkness and death. But so with the world, light prevails. Ganon struck down by a hero wielding a blade of divine light and Nir chained down by Hylia’s spirit. Now, Hyrule as we know it lives in content balance. And while the night still falls, we can revel knowing that the sun will soon rise.”

Link smiled down at the group of kids all crowded around his feet. Their scrawny, underfed frames contrasted by beaming wide grins with missing teeth. The sight was uncomfortable. The children of Castle town were far different. Their clothes had no holes and he couldn’t see their bones through their skin. He’d never have stopped here if it weren’t for the spirit sightings. Sure, the kids were cute, but he’d have to watch his rupee bag.

“Oh! Is that how you got your sword?!”

“What about Zelda?!”

“I wanna know more!”

Soon, each little child chirped up, hungering for another story atop the many he had already told. The children at his feet bickered with one another as he tried to pick a story out that would satisfy them. The stories of his predecessors? Perhaps. But the Heroes of Legend were well known throughout even the smallest secluded hamlet. It made no difference this one was wartorne. He hardly even made it past that thought before the door to the small hut was slammed open, the rotting wood splintering.

“Th-There’s-“ The old man at the door sputtered and held his abdomen as one of the children ran at him.

“Opa? Opa!” The old man slumped over, sinking to his knees and rasping out bloody breaths. Link moved before he could’ve thought to stop himself. Such a skill had afforded him his life when he killed ganon. Sometimes, bravery leaves no room for forethought. Such is the way of courage.

“Sir, what happened” The man hacked and hacked, his hands trembling as they clutched his ribs. Removing the cold bony joints was probably not wise to the room full of children, the skin greying and peeling from his wound in a fashion Link had come to know well.

The dusty streets weren’t bustling with idle chatter and the poor folk running their errands as he’d grown accustomed to during his stay. There was a stark silence like that of nightfall, when the world is supposed to be still. His blade was familiar in his hand, ready to cut down what opposed him. There was an ear-splitting screech and his gut sank. Skin stealers. He felt the chipped teeth gnawing at his skin, sawing past his clothes. It skittered to the ground with a fleshy smack, its hollow eye sockets flexing around nothing. It chittered its teeth, waiting for a sound to hunt down. It’s bones popped and cracked as it circled, a warbled coo coming out of its undulating throat. Link didn’t let the waste of a soul live. The grey patchwork of its skin wouldn’t likely let it anyway. Its death would bring it back to Nir. Where she’d find some way to send her wicked beasts upon him again— he’s sure. Looking at the bony corpse, Link felt curiosity above the disgust. Such vile things waited until night until they could not be watched by Hylia. They preferred the silvery glow of Nir and her cover of darkness. But this one was out among broad daylight. The cloudy sky cleared and the voice of his goddess was warm in his mind, drowning out the panic of his thoughts.

“Hero…”

“Link…”

“Hear my call upon you…”

“… Or the sun may set on Hyrule again”

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Massive stellar feedback influences star formation, finds study of W4 super-large HII region

A new study has unveiled new insights into the effects of massive stars on nearby molecular gas and star formation in the W4 super-large HII region.

The study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, was conducted by Shen Hailiang, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and his collaborators.

Massive stars, through their powerful stellar winds and radiation, play a critical role in shaping the structure and evolution of surrounding molecular clouds. In particular, their feedback can either initiate or inhibit further star formation in the vicinity, particularly within rare, super-large HII regions.

One such region, W4, is a well-known cavity structure filled with ionized material and a chimney that carries hot material to the galactic disk.

In this study, Shen and his team conducted a large-scale CO (1–0) observation of the W4 super-large HII region and the neighboring W3 giant molecular cloud. Using 12CO/13CO/C18O data collected from the 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory of CAS, they analyzed the distribution of molecular gas surrounding the W4 super-large HII region.

Their findings offer valuable insights into how feedback from massive stars influences the evolution of molecular gas and clumps in the area.

According to the researchers, the W3/4 molecular cloud is divided into three distinct regions based on its gas distribution: the high-density layer (HDL region), shaped by feedback and containing dense gas; the diffuse "bubble region," influenced by feedback but with low-density gas; and the "spontaneous star formation region," located far from the feedback area.

This unique structure allowed the researchers to examine how stellar feedback can both trigger and suppress star formation.

The results revealed that the CO gas at the boundary of the W4 HII region exhibits strong radiation, with intensity sharply increasing before gradually decreasing in the direction away from the HII region. The temperature of the gas at the boundary also shows a strong correlation with the 8μm radiation, both exhibiting higher values.

These observations provide clear evidence for the expansion sweeping and radiation heating at the boundary of the HII region, as well as ionized flow erosion.

In addition, the researchers identified 288 clump structures within the region, classifying them into three categories based on their distribution: HDL, bubble, and quiescent clumps. The analysis showed that HDL clumps tend to have higher excitation temperatures, lower virial parameters, higher thermal velocity dispersions, and lower L/M ratios when compared to clumps in the quiescent regions.

On the other hand, bubble clumps showed the opposite trends. The mass-radius relationship and mass cumulative distribution function also clearly distinguish the three types of clumps, confirming that feedback from the W4 HII region triggers star formation activity in the W3 HDL layer while suppressing it in the bubble boundary shell.

IMAGE: Optical Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) red–green–blue (RGB) image (Red: DSS2 Red (F+R); Blue: DSS2 Blue (XJ+S); Green: DSS2 NIR (XI+IS).) of the W3/4 region. Credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450914

[livealittleoc-cb]

"You ruined our world, now you suffer for it."

:･ﾟ✧:･.☽˚｡･ﾟ✧:･.: Greyson Cox/ Zhao Xiao Dan

⋆｡°✩ Warlock, with high magic pool, Specializes in Fire Breathing

⋆｡°✩ Can’t create fire but can control it, ingest it && touch it

⋆｡°✩ Is a male entertainer in two separate private clubs [one in Astria && one in the human realm]

⋆｡°✩ Collage drop out went straight to working at a bookstore [met && worked with Jooheon], does singing on the side [not fot money, just fun], works as a piercer at Joo's shop

⋆｡°✩ Is a descendent of dragon warriors [since dragons have been hidden away && put into an area for them to not go extinct it will be really hard for Grey to know what dragon breed he is descendent of]

⋆｡°✩ Has a Leopard Gecko named Sandy, a Komodo Dragon named Bradley && a Chinese Water Dragon named Evergreen

⋆｡°✩ From Ashos, the human equivalent to Brisbane, Australia [Is mixed: Ashos/Australian [Dad] Loswait/Chinese [Mom]]

⋆｡°✩ He/Him | Gay, Polyamorous | 31 years old | 6/30 [Cancer] | 6’3”

⋆｡°✩ He is:

Stern

Hot headed

Seems uptight at first

Actually super laid back && fun

Funny™️

A bit scared of closeness but will open up in due time

Extras

⋆｡°✩ growing up he has been slightly embaressed by his Chinese upbringing, so only close people can call him by his Chinese name

⋆｡°✩ natural eye color: bright red with little specs of green

⋆｡°✩ eyes might change color: bright green [happy], dark red with swirls of green [anger], very light pastel green [sadness]

⋆｡°✩ grey smoke pours out of his nose && mouth along with fire coming out of his mouth, sometimes when angry

⋆｡°✩ has tan skin, tattoos all over his body [most given by Joo], has earrings, a hand piercing, a belly piercing, nipple piercings, left eyebrow piercing, ampallang piercing && back piercings, when he smiles he has prominent dimples, also has yellow && green dragon scales on his wrists && some spots of his chest && hips, tiny sharp canines

⋆｡°✩ likes: oranges, tangerines, vape pens, shoes, music, writing, books, songwriting, piercings, tattoos, cigarettes, brandy

⋆｡°✩ dislikes: people who mess with his loved ones, doesn't dislike many things but can be angered easily from time to time

⋆｡°✩ languages: english [aussie accent], chinese [mandarin && cantonese], a bit of spanish

NSFW

⋆｡°✩ hard or soft dom, doesn't sub easily; some of his kinks are body worshipping [giving && receiving], size kink, praise [giving && receiving], degradation [giving], shibari [giving && receiving], marking [giving && receiving], breeding [giving], toys, bdsm, hair pulling [giving && receiving], pain kink, impact play [giving], orgasm control [giving && receiving], choking [giving && receiving], forced submission [only when close!!], pet play [be his puppy~], oral [receiving && giving], spit play, has an oral fixation

⋆｡°✩ hard nos: feet, watersports, wasteplay

⋆｡°✩ he is open to most kinks, hard or soft

⋆｡°✩ he is willing to sub if he 1000% trusts you

⋆｡°✩ his eyes turn a deep green when arroused

⋆｡°✩ safe word: scales

⋆｡°✩ uses 🐉 on dash

Relationship Statuses

He is dating Skyler!!!

⋆｡°✩ at the shop && very tired

⋆｡°✩ happily dating [2/3-4] @evicted-oc Nir [tiny irishman 💚] [10.13.23], @multi-joong 💀 Mafia [short and sexy~ 🖤] [03.20.24] [need to double check…]; Mayhaps interested 🫣

⋆｡°✩ happily dating Skyler [tiny angel 😇] [him && sky will be taking ONE more partner]

⋆｡°✩ friends: Jooheon [his ride or die && honeybee 💞]

⋆｡°✩ children: Jay [child he used to babysit 🙄]

⋆｡°✩ family:

Tags:

⋆｡°✩ realtionship tag(s): #🤎❤️‍🔥nirgrey [tiny baby ship tag], 🤎💛❤️‍🔥nirjoogrey [throuple ship tag], #☕️🫘espresso bean [tiny baby ship tag]

⋆｡°✩ friend tag(s):

⋆｡°✩ music tag(s): #🎶greyson music [greyson music inspo], #🎼character music [all character music inspo]

⋆｡°✩ inspo tag(s):

⋆｡°✩ other tag(s): #🐉greyson.txt [greyson text/interactions]

faceclaim: @/dprian on ig

[jcmarchi]

Digma's preemptive observability engine cuts code issues, streamlines AI - AI News

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/digmas-preemptive-observability-engine-cuts-code-issues-streamlines-ai-ai-news/

Digma's preemptive observability engine cuts code issues, streamlines AI - AI News

Digma, a company offering products designed to act on pre-production observability data, has announced the launch of its preemptive observability analysis (POA) engine. The engine is designed to check, identify, and provide ‘fix’ suggestions, helping to balance systems and reduce issues found in codebases as their complexity increases.

The application of preemptive observability in pre-production may be more important as AI code generators become more common , the company claims. For instance, a 2023 Stanford University study revealed that developers using AI coding assistants were more likely to introduce bugs to their code. Despite this, major companies like Google are increasing their reliance on AI-generated code, with over 25% of the company’s new code being AI-created.

Nir Shafrir, CEO and Co-founder of Digma, commented on the growing resources that are being dedicated to ensuring systems perform well, saying, “We’re seeing a lot of effort invested in assuring optimal system performance, but many issues are still being discovered in complex code bases late in production.”

“Beyond this, scaling has often remained a rough estimation in organisations anticipating growth, and many are hitting barriers in technology growth that arise precisely during periods of significant organisational expansion. It means that engineering teams may spend between 20-40% of their time addressing issues discovered late in production environments, with some organisations spending up to 50% of engineering resources on fixing production problems.”

Preemptive observability is expected to become a key factor helping companies gain competitive advantage. It has several potential benefits for AI-generated code, including speed increases and improvements to the reliability of human-written code. According to Digma, preemptive observability helps ensure manually written code is more trustworthy, and reduces risk in the final product.

As well as tackling bugs introduced by AI code generation, Digma’s preemptive observability analysis engine has been designed to combat common, long-established issues companies may have experienced with human-made code, which may result in service level agreement (SLA) violations and performance issues. For high transactional establishments, like retail, fintech, and e-commerce, this technology could become valuable.

Digma’s algorithm has been designed to use pattern matching and anomaly detection techniques to analyse data and find specific behaviours or issues. It is capable of predicting what an application’s response times and resource usage should be, identifying possible issues before they can cause any noticeable damage. Digma specifically detects the part of the code that is causing an issue by analysing tracing data.

Preemptive observability analysis prevents problems rather than dealing with the aftermath of the issues. Teams can monitor holistically, and address potential issues in areas that are frequently ignored once in production.

Roni Dover, CTO and Co-founder of Digma, highlighted what differentiates Digma’s preemptive observability analysis engine from others: “By understanding runtime behaviour and suggesting fixes for performance issues, scaling problems, and team conflicts, we’re helping enterprises prevent problems and reduce risks proactively rather than putting out fires in production.”

Application performance monitoring (APM) tools are used to identify service issues, monitor production statuses, and highlight SLA errors. APMs are practical for sending alerts when services fail or slow during production. But unlike preemptive observability, APMs are limited in non-production settings, and can’t provide analysis of problems’ sources.

By identifying performance and scaling issues early on in the production process, even when data volumes are low, preemptive observability helps prevent major problems and reduce cloud costs.

Digma recently completed a successful $6 million seed funding round, indicating a growing confidence in the technology.

Image source: “Till Bechtolsheimer’s – Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT No.40 – 2013 Donington Historic Festival” by Motorsport in Pictures is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

See also: Microsoft and OpenAI probe alleged data theft by DeepSeek

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[aerosmart]

DJI Mavic 3 Multi Specteral

The DJI Mavic 3 Multi-Spectral is a specialized drone designed for precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, and land management. This powerful tool integrates multi-spectral imaging capabilities to provide detailed insights into crop health, land conditions, and environmental changes. Equipped with advanced sensors and AI technology, the Mavic 3 Multi-Spectral enables users to make data-driven decisions in agriculture and ecological research.

At the heart of the Mavic 3 Multi-Spectral is its multi-spectral camera system, which includes a 4K RGB camera and six individual multi-spectral sensors. These sensors capture data across different wavelengths of light, including Red, Green, Blue, Red Edge, Near-Infrared (NIR), and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR). This multi-spectral imaging allows users to generate vegetation index maps, such as NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), which are crucial for assessing plant health, stress levels, and soil conditions.

The drone’s RTK module enables centimeter-level accuracy, making it ideal for high-precision mapping and surveying. This feature is especially useful in agriculture for creating detailed field maps that can guide irrigation, fertilization, and crop management practices. The Mavic 3 Multi-Spectral’s ability to collect accurate georeferenced data ensures that the resulting maps and analysis are reliable for decision-making.

In addition to its imaging capabilities, the Mavic 3 Multi-Spectral offers long flight times of up to 45 minutes, allowing for extensive coverage in a single mission. With its compact and foldable design, the drone is easy to transport and deploy in the field, making it a highly portable solution for agricultural professionals and researchers. Its Omnidirectional obstacle sensors also enhance flight safety, preventing collisions in complex environments.

Overall, the DJI Mavic 3 Multi Specteral is an exceptional tool for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. By providing detailed, multi-spectral data with high accuracy, it helps farmers and land managers optimize their practices, improve crop yields, and monitor environmental changes. Whether used for large-scale agricultural management or small research projects, the Mavic 3 Multi-Spectral is a powerful, reliable drone that enhances operational efficiency and sustainability.

[darkmaga-returns]

Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza launched multiple missile and rocket attacks on Israeli troops and settlements on 3 January, setting off alarms in nearby Jewish communities for the first time in nearly one year.

Hamas's military wing, the Qassam Brigades, announced the successful launch of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) at an Israeli Apache helicopter east of the Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza in cooperation with fighters of the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades – the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC).

The Palestinian attack activated air raid sirens at Kibbutz Beeri, a settlement overrun by Hamas fighters on 7 October 2023 that became the site of a large-scale Israeli massacre of their people.

“The last time there was a siren in Beeri following rocket fire from Gaza was in March, almost 10 months ago. Since then, an alarm has sounded in the evacuated kibbutz only once, during the Iranian attack in early October,” Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Friday.

A few hours later, two rockets were launched from north Gaza, targeting the Israeli city of Sderot. “One projectile fell adjacent to the community of Nir Am, and the second projectile fell in an open area,” the Israeli army announced.

[officialrailscales]

16” 6.5 MCX-SPEAR for Terra Bronze Tuesday

Karve-P | OD Green

HTP XOS-W MLOK Scale | OD Green | MiniDot Texture

HTP MLOK Scales | OD Green | MiniDot Texture

QDX Sling Mount | Terra Bronze

MCX CSMR Button | Terra Bronze

- RS

[news365timesindia]

[ad_1] Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat has called for increased connectivity and more flights between India and Israel, emphasizing that this would boost business and tourism ties between the two nations. While speaking to ANI on Tuesday, Minister Barkat expressed optimism about the potential for growth, saying, “The sky is the limit” for India-Israel business cooperation. Once we have a better trade understanding, more agreements, more collaborations between the countries, and more flights, I believe you can scale in double-digit numbers every year in the next foreseeable years,” he said. When asked about the plans for improving flight connectivity, Barkat said, “I think it’s in the best interest of everyone.” He said that discussions are underway to increase flights between the two countries. Commenting on concerns about safety following the recent conflict, Barkat said, “What we’re saying to all of the airlines is it’s 100 per cent safe to come to Israel. Because of the war, there was a bit of a pullback for security reasons.” He noted that despite the war, Israeli carrier El Al continued operations, showing that the region has remained safe. He added, “We want to encourage people, get the flights back on track, and for people to come and visit and do business. I look at the future and see the opportunity.” According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), bilateral trade and economic relations between India and Israel have progressed rapidly since 1992, when diplomatic relations were established. The MEA also observed that India is Israel’s second-largest trading partner in Asia. Although the bilateral merchandise trade is dominated mainly by diamonds, petroleum products, and chemicals, recent years have witnessed an increase in trade in areas such as electronic machinery and high-tech products, communications systems, and medical equipment. India remains a ‘focus’ country for the Israeli Government’s increased trade efforts. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat has called for increased connectivity and more flights between India and Israel, emphasizing that this would boost business and tourism ties between the two nations. While speaking to ANI on Tuesday, Minister Barkat expressed optimism about the potential for growth, saying, “The sky is the limit” for India-Israel business cooperation. Once we have a better trade understanding, more agreements, more collaborations between the countries, and more flights, I believe you can scale in double-digit numbers every year in the next foreseeable years,” he said. When asked about the plans for improving flight connectivity, Barkat said, “I think it’s in the best interest of everyone.” He said that discussions are underway to increase flights between the two countries. Commenting on concerns about safety following the recent conflict, Barkat said, “What we’re saying to all of the airlines is it’s 100 per cent safe to come to Israel. Because of the war, there was a bit of a pullback for security reasons.” He noted that despite the war, Israeli carrier El Al continued operations, showing that the region has remained safe. He added, “We want to encourage people, get the flights back on track, and for people to come and visit and do business. I look at the future and see the opportunity.” According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), bilateral trade and economic relations between India and Israel have progressed rapidly since 1992, when diplomatic relations were established. The MEA also observed that India is Israel’s second-largest trading partner in Asia. Although the bilateral merchandise trade is dominated mainly by diamonds, petroleum products, and chemicals, recent years have witnessed an increase in trade in areas such as electronic machinery and high-tech products, communications systems, and medical equipment. India remains a ‘focus’ country for the Israeli Government’s increased trade efforts. [ad_2] Source link

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The future of circular economy: Breaking barriers in PET thermoform recycling

PET is one of the most widely recycled plastics globally, with bottle-to-bottle recycling already an established circular system. However, thermoformed PET packaging, including clamshells, blister packs, and food trays, still lacks adequate recycling infrastructure. Recycling these PET thermoforms is essential for transitioning to a truly circular economy, as worldwide obligations for recycled content may cause a shortfall in the supply of bottle recycles; PET thermoform recycling can ensure a new stream of valuable PET material.

Barriers to recycling PET thermoforms

PET thermoforms are commonly used for consumer goods, electronics, and fresh produce packaging. They offer versatility, clarity, and superior machine compatibility at a low cost. The problem arises when these packages end their life; PET thermoformed trays and clamshells do not easily fit into existing PET recycling streams, as they are contaminated with food, labels, inks, and adhesives. This has led to lower collection and recycling rates, with most thermoforms ending up in landfills.

Emerging advancements in PET thermoform recycling

However, new efforts are emerging to close this loophole. Advanced sorting facilities can now separate PET thermoforms from single-stream collections. Technologies such as Near-Infrared (NIR), Density Separation, Optical Sorting, X-ray scanners, and even AI-powered industrial robot sorting allow proper identification of PET thermoforms for recycling. The next step is reintroducing this recycled PET content into manufacturing supply chains.

Opportunities for companies to embrace circularity

Brands across industries are gradually recognizing the need to incorporate recycled PET from thermoformed packaging into new packaging. Doing so minimizes plastic waste while extending the circularity of PET material beyond PET bottles. Such tray-to-tray recycling was not possible in the past.

Overcoming challenges through collective action

The biggest challenge lies in securing a consistent supply of rPET (tray-to-tray) material at scale. This requires greater adoption of deposit return schemes, partnerships with waste management firms, and consumer awareness regarding the importance of better managing PET tray waste to keep this valuable input resource in the loop. Stakeholders must understand that the long-term environmental benefits outweigh the initial investments.

Realising the circular economy potential

Sourcing rPET from thermoformed packaging distinguishes a company as an environmental steward. It will also future-proof businesses against plastic regulations and taxes more cost-effectively in the long term. By supporting thermoform recycling infrastructure, companies enable the shift towards a circular economy, where plastics retain value instead of spilling into ecosystems.

The technology for thermoform-to-thermoform recycling already exists. What is needed now is a collective effort by brands, manufacturers, and consumers to prioritize these processes. Companies now can lead this change for the health of our planet.

To learn more about closing the loop with PET thermoform recycling, contact AVI Global Plast at +91 022-68559300 or info@avigloplast.com. We supply rPET punnets to clients across industries, including fresh produce, which gets collected after delivery, recycled by our partner recyclers, and supplied back to AVI as rPET flakes for new punnets—enabling a circular economy.

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"This feature length investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year-long conflict.   The I-Unit has built up a database of thousands of videos, photos and social media posts. Where possible it has identified the posters and those who appear.   The material reveals a range of illegal activities, from wanton destruction and looting to the demolition of entire neighbourhoods and murder.   “It is a treasure trove which you very seldom come across… To have that is something which I think prosecutors will be licking their lips at”, says international law expert, Rodney Dixon KC.   In social media posts, soldiers frequently make little pretence there is military logic behind their actions. “We, Company C Commando Engineering Corps, decimated a whole village as revenge for what was done to Kibbutz Nir Oz on 7/10,” wrote Capt Chai Roe Cohen of the 8219 Commando Engineering Battalion, following the destruction of the town of Khirbet Khuza’a between December 28 and January 9.   The film also tells the story of the war through the eyes of Palestinian journalists, human rights workers and ordinary residents of the Gaza Strip. It exposes the complicity of Western governments – in particular the use of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as a base for British surveillance flights over Gaza.   Information gathered is “passed to the Israeli authorities” – supposedly to facilitate hostage rescue. The film examines a video placed online by members of Israel’s Paratroopers Battalion that shows at least three unarmed men being shot by snipers.   The I-Unit also reveals horrific new details of the treatment of prisoners at the Sde Teiman detention centre.   “The west cannot hide, they cannot claim ignorance. Nobody can say they didn’t know,” says Palestinian writer, Susan Abulhawa, who spent time inside Gaza earlier this year.   This is “the first livestream genocide in history … If people are ignorant, they are wilfully ignorant,” she says."

This shocking documentary exposes the scale of Israel's crimes in Gaza.

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13-year-old released hostage: 'Civilians hit me in Gaza'

Eitan Yahalomi, 13, kidnapped to Gaza on October 7, and released in a November 2023 deal, speaks about the kidnapping and his first days in captivity.

Eitan Yahalomi, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and held captive in Gaza, spoke about his kidnapping and the first days in captivity.

Yahalomi, 13, was released in a November 2023 prisoner swap.

"When I came into Gaza, I saw a lot of people," Yahalomi shared with the "Children of October 7" project. "Civilians hit me, I started hearing gunshots and shouts in Arabic. I was a little scared."

He added, "The terrorists showed me video clips where they killed people, they were happy. I didn't look to the side because they didn't allow me, but I also saw things in the real world. I think about it all the time."

Yahalomi, whose father is still held in Gaza, said, "I ate a pita a day, and a cucumber. Now I don't sleep a lot, it's as if I went through the worst possible, and that's it."

When asked if he was aware of what was happening in Israel, he said, "Yes, they showed me videos of them killing people. They were happy."

When asked if he tried not to watch the footage the terrorists showed him, he responded, "No, at any rate he wouldn't have allowed me. I saw worse things. I think about it all the time."

Yahalomi's father, Ohad, is still held captive in Gaza. Ohad's sister Ayala told Israel National News - Arutz Sheva, "Ohad lived in Nir Oz with his wife and three children that morning - not anything unusual. Unfortunately they woke up to the sound of sirens and missiles falling - but they quickly understood that something else was happening."

"Slowly, slowly, they began to hear voices in Arabic outside, 'Itbah al Yahud' (kill the Jew -ed.), and 'Allahu akhbar,' (G-d is great; a phrase commonly said prior to carrying out terror attacks - ed.), and they quickly understood that there were terrorists around their home. Afterwards the scale of it was understood, and that hundreds of terrorists were inside Nir Oz."

"Ohad at some point - because the door of the bomb shelter did not close - he chose to protect his family from outside the bomb shelter. He closed the door on them with the intention of protecting them. At some point, the terrorists just broke into Ohad's home, fired at him, injured his limbs, his hand and thigh, and the moment they had him down and he sat on the floor they opened the door of the bomb shelter, where his wife Batsheva and three children were."