![]() There are social problems such as gambling, alcoholism and prostitution. ![]() Told with humor the story gave me a peek of the wealth and decline of morals in the mid-1800’s. There are some characters who may or may not have benefitted from exorcisms from the local priests. The author has included several characters well written such as twelve year old Boo. Perhaps she is a demon? Or is she? Will Dexter make his fortune? Dexter has fallen for a lady Leslie Reed who doesn’t really seem like a woman. He claimed to be well educated in this work and has cast off demons, devils, spirits, spooks and so forth. He hopes to become wealthy through his work. Dexter James is a self proclaim demonologist (also known as exorcist). People went to Titusville in hopes of becoming wealthy too. Men have struck an underground river of oil becoming wealthy. In any case, this is my review and, I'm sticking to it.ĭuring the mid-1800s In Titusville, Pennsylvania (tiny village) oil has become the “new” religion. ![]() There was something perversely human in not knowing what happened to Dex. In re-reading, I might be inclined to skip ahead a bit to where things start to happen and perhaps skip the very end. There is enough going on to warrent a re-read. It does not sugar-coat views, but if you enjoy literature over entertainment, you'll find this a very good read. In the end, I had to honestly say, this might be a tough read for some. I sat on my review for a day or two, wanting to see what distilled. Afterall, most readers want that 'happy ending'. I felt, Kanicki sold out at the very end to bring about closure. We bumped up to 4 stars from 3.īut it was the deft handling of the rest of the story that had me staying up all night to read "There are no saints". That adds a layer of intrigue to the story that was pleasantly surprising. You could feel the author setting you up with all the 'cliches' & esoteric theological dialogue & references. I'm an avid reader, so I've read thousands of books in my life & this still managed to keep me engaged.Īs the plot thickens, a few short chapters in, things began to pick up. And, the character development was solid. The voice on par for the period in history Kanicki sought to capture. The only thing that kept me turning pages, was the writing. In some respects, the beginning was, well, boring. Rec'd Digital copy via #goodreadsgiveaway for an honest review.
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In the context of a hot war and against the backdrop of nuclear threats, Russia’s false accusations that Ukraine planned to use radiological dispersal devices, chemical weapons, and biological weapons take on new meaning as well. Countries dependent on Russian oil and gas have sought to diversify their supplies and suppliers, leading to expanded investment in natural gas exactly when such investment should have been shrinking. The war’s effects are not limited to an increase in nuclear danger they also undermine global efforts to combat climate change. This would eliminate mutual inspections, deepen mistrust, spur a nuclear arms race, and heighten the possibility of a nuclear exchange.Īs UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned in August, the world has entered “a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.” Unless the two parties resume negotiations and find a basis for further reductions, the treaty will expire in February 2026. (Editor's note: This picture was taken during a media trip organized by the Russian army.) Photo by Andrey Borodulin/AFP via Getty ImagesĪs Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, the last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between Russia and the United States, New START, stands in jeopardy. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Ukraine is Europe's largest and among the 10 largest in the world. Efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency to secure these plants so far have been rebuffed.Ī Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on May 1, 2022. Russia has also brought its war to the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor sites, violating international protocols and risking widespread release of radioactive materials. ![]() In 1994, Russia joined the United States and United Kingdom in Budapest, Hungary, to solemnly declare that it would "respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine" and "refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine." These assurances were made explicitly on the understanding that Ukraine would relinquish nuclear weapons on its soil and sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty-both of which Ukraine did. Russia’s recent actions contravene decades of commitments by Moscow. The possibility that the conflict could spin out of anyone’s control remains high. Also, Russia’s war on Ukraine has raised profound questions about how states interact, eroding norms of international conduct that underpin successful responses to a variety of global risks.Īnd worst of all, Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict-by accident, intention, or miscalculation-is a terrible risk. ![]() The war in Ukraine may enter a second horrifying year, with both sides convinced they can win. Ukraine’s sovereignty and broader European security arrangements that have largely held since the end of World War II are at stake. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight-the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been. This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. In addition to Momentum and Growth, A+ Investor also provides grades for Value, Estimate Revisions and Quality. has a Momentum Score of 0, which is Very Weak. The most recent quarterly price change is given a weight of 40% and each of the three previous quarters are given a weighting of 20%.Īscent Solar Technologies, Inc. The weighted four-quarter relative strength rank is the relative price change for each of the past four quarters. Typically, AAII looks at the weighted relative strength over the trailing four quarters. Momentum is based on the price change of a stock over a specified period relative to all other stocks. Momentum grades help uncover stocks experiencing anomalously high rates of return research finds that stocks with high relative levels of momentum tend to outperform, whereas those with low levels of momentum tend to continue underperforming. has a Growth Score of 45, which is Average.ĭon’t Miss Your Free Report - Sign Up Here! The companies in the bottom 20% of the stock universe receive Growth Grades of F, considered Very Weak, while those in the top 20% receive A grades, which are considered Very Strong.Īscent Solar Technologies, Inc. These three rank figures are added together, and the sum is ranked against the entire stock universe to arrive at a company’s Growth Score to create an equal distribution of grades. In order to compute the Growth Score and assign it a letter grade, the percentile ranks for each of the three individual components‐consistency of annual sales growth, five‐year sales growth rankings adjusted for extreme levels, and consistency of positive annual cash from operations‐must be determined. The foundation of growth investing is seeking out stocks of companies exhibiting strong, consistent and prolonged growth that is expected to continue into the future. Here, we’ll take a closer look at Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.’s stock grades for value, growth and quality.Ĭash from Operations Ann'l Positive Last 5 yrs These offer intuitive A–F grades for each of five key investing factors: value, growth, momentum, earnings revisions and quality. To help individual investors decide whether or not to buy ( ASTI) stock, AAII created A+ Investor, a robust data suite that condenses data research in an actionable and customizable way that is suitable for investors of all knowledge levels.ĪAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. Stock evaluation requires access to huge amounts of data and the knowledge and time to sift through it all, making sense of financial ratios, reading income statements and analyzing recent stock movement. stock, you’ll want to analyze how it has been graded. Stockīefore you choose to buy, sell or hold Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Sign Up to Receive a Free Special Report That Shows How A+ Investor Grades Can Help You Make Investment Decisions With government support, increased public demand and a growing infrastructure, renewable energy has significant long-term potential. Additionally, with solar energy becoming less expensive and more accessible to individuals, a legitimate infrastructure behind the product is starting to emerge. retuning to the Paris Climate Agreement and a promise from the new administration to invest billions into clean energy, the renewable energy equipment and services sector is expected to have a very bright future. 2020 was highlighted by states, cities and businesses pursuing decarbonization and green energy plans. The hope is sub-industry results will show more material recovery in 2021 as commercial end-markets join residential in returning to more normal demand levels. Valuations for the group are currently more in line with historical averages following share price recovery from sharp declines early in 2020 due to macroeconomic uncertainty from numerous headwinds, including the still-evolving total impact of Covid-19. There are not analysts providing consensus earnings estimates for the current fiscal year. Year-over-year quarterly sales growth most recently was %. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.’s trailing 12-month revenue is $0.5 million with a % profit margin. does not have a meaningful P/E due to negative earnings over the last 12 trailing months. had a $2.9 million market capitalization, putting it in the 7th percentile of companies in the Renewable Energy Equipment & Services industry.Īscent Solar Technologies, Inc. ![]() Stock NewsĪs of December 15, 2023, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Read on to find out how ( ASTI) grades on certain investment factors and determine whether it meets your investment needs. is a good stock to buy or sell based on recent news as well as its key financial metrics. Learn more about whether Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. The Predator Helios 500 apparently falls into the latter group. There are these nouveau thin gaming laptops, and there are old-world hulky, thick laptops. Power for the laptop is a 230-watt brick that properly plugs into the back of the Helios 500, rather than on the side, where it could interfere with your mouse. Ports:įor ports, the Predator Helios 500 features HDMI, DisplayPort, 3 USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet and two Thunderbolt 2 ports. It’s a little thing, but the blue heatsinks, like a good carpet, can really tie the room together. And, like others, the exhaust ports of anodized cooling fins accent laptops. It has that mix of aggressive lines and exhaust ports that the company has been working toward for the last few years. The exterior of the Predator Helios 500 seems to be quite a standard fare for a gaming laptop and, very well, the Acer Predator. This burly and powerful gaming laptop lets you pick what you want inside, with the unique luxury of either going with the typical duo of Intel and Nvidia or going all-AMD. This is not the case with Predator Helios 500 though. But if you want a substantive change, as in something other than Intel or Nvidia, your options are sparse. Of course, most allow you to choose a color or tuning software to set LED or wallpaper. The Acer Predator Helios 500 gives you a few gaming laptops: the likes. Although it does not feature per-key RGB backlighting on the keyboard, which is somewhat the current trend, it has hit a balance between cost, appearance, and performance in a slim form factor, which makes it a great contestant in the gaming laptop market.Īnother model by Acer Predator series is Acer Predator Helios 500. In conclusion, the Acer Predator Triton 500 is a great gaming laptop. With Killer’s E3000 Ethernet Controller, Wireless-AC 1550 and Killer Control Center 2.0, users have all the tools they need to clear out the online competition, keep their ping low and 100% optimized. Users can tap Turbo for instant overclocking or hit Predator Sense to open the utility app. The 3-zone RGB customized keyboard uses Acer’s own Predator typeface, WASD has a concave-shaped cap, and Turbo and Predator Sense have two integral keys to take note of. There are winglets along the top and bottom fan edge and a curved fin along the inner blade to further reduce turbulence. It has 59 blades, which are just 0.1 mm thick and all-metal with a stabilizing dual indent groove. Inspired by silent, powerful owl flight mechanics Acer gave their fans a serrated edge, allowing more air to pass through. The latest generation’s new design reduces noise while increasing airflow, allowing users to maximize the performance no matter the task. GeForce RTX gaming laptops are powered by the NVIDIA Turing GPU architecture and the ground-breaking NVIDIA RTX platform.Īll Predator laptops use Acer’s custom-engineered cooling technology. It delivers a great performance that craves real challenges. Residing within the metallic shell are the six-core 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8750H hexacore processor, a GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design and 8 GB GDDR6, up to 32 GB of DDR4 memory at 2,666 MHz and two 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSDs in Raid 0. ![]() A total of four displays cover it, including the laptop screen. ![]() Users can also go on and hook up a few extra displays via the ports through HDMI 2.0, Mini DisplayPort (mDP) or USB-C Thunderbolt 3. Farewell ambiguity and hello clear, crisp high-octane gameplay. Acer chose a 144 Hz panel with a 3 ms overdrive response time. The key speed of this laptop leads to the charge on the display. Weighing 2.1 kg, the Acer Predator Triton 500 is a lightweight travel companion. And when the LED-lit Predator-emblazoned cover flares into life, it will act as a reminder that this isn’t a typical gaming laptop. Influenced by a 9th generation i7 processor and a GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q design, this laptop was tricked into disrupting games, strengthening creativity and inspiring jealousy from friends and family alike.Ĭovered in abyssal black metal, Acer designed the Triton 500 with a purpose, which is to allow users to game, whenever, wherever, as users, please. The Acer Predator Triton 500 is a flagship gaming laptop. These days Acer Predator Triton 500 is the most popular choice of gamers. At present some most popular Acer Predator series are Triton 500, Triton 700, Helios 300, Helios 500 and last introduction of Acer Predator Triton 900 was massive innovation although they have the same product with different branding with more accurate SRGB version for studio purposes. But surely it begins in Sherwood Forest, where the once-rich Robin and Azeem find a home among the outlaws and exiles who have sought refuge in the wild? Not really, though the camaraderie that develops between Robin and new friends like Little John and Friar Tuck have a boisterousness that at least shifts the tone a little, and the community they build in the trees has a big-budget Swiss Family Robinson look to it that’s undeniably inviting. The first step was to kill Robin’s father at Locksley. With the King of England, Richard the Lionheart, away from the throne, the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham (Rickman) has moved to fill the power vacuum. ![]() After swearing to Peter that he’ll protect his sister Marian (Mastroantonio), Robin makes the long journey home to England, Azeem in tow, not knowing how dramatically things have changed since he left. The fun begins in the Third Crusade, with Costner’s Robin escaping the clutches of Ayyubid torturers in Jerusalem along with a Moor named Azeem (Morgan Freeman), who solemnly vows to repay Robin for saving his life, and Peter Dubois, a friend who dies from a stray arrow in the process. This was emphatically not going to be your grandpa’s Robin Hood. (Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe would try an even grimier, history-minded take on Robin Hood in 2010, to similarly desultory ends.) Costner’s battering ram of a performance is of a piece with Reynolds’s dark, gory, chaotic action-adventure, a film that more or less follows the legend by the numbers, but seems determined to make it as joyless as possible. Then again, Flynn would have been out of place in this conception of Robin Hood, which now seems like an innocent precursor to the “dark, gritty reboot” versions of classic characters that have popped up so frequently in the 21st century. His lack of an English accent, which is really more like a lack of commitment to any accent in particular, got the most attention, but it’s a much more comprehensively stilted performance. Other than the feathery resplendence of Costner’s golden locks – between him, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman, the film deserved an Oscar for Most Hairstyling – there was no lightness to him at all in the role. The fact that the film was second only to Terminator 2: Judgment Day at the box office made him right for the lead role, despite the objections of critics who, by and large, strongly believed he was woefully miscast. ![]() (It’s Bull Durham.)Īnd so when Costner teamed up with his friend Kevin Reynolds, the director who had made his career by casting the then-unknown actor in 1985’s Fandango, for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, no one was going to question whether he was right for the lead role. The director-star’s western epic had been dismissed as a vanity project, “Kevin’s Gate”, right up until the moment critics and audiences embraced it wholeheartedly, and he was in the middle of a run of late-80s hits that included The Untouchables, No Way Out, and a pair of baseball movies, Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, that still inspire arguments over which is the best ever made about the sport. Kevin Costner was the biggest star in Hollywood, still collecting money and plaudits for Dances with Wolves well into 1991, getting the best of Goodfellas in a best picture race that was, frankly, not that much of a nail-biter. ![]() The -s flag to generate_appcast and sign_update for passing the private EdDSA key as a command line argument is now deprecated. Sparkle 2.2 provides gentle update reminders which background-running (dockless) applications that schedule update checks at the least need to check out. If you have scripts that reference these services you will need to update them. If you’re upgrading from Sparkle 2.0 or 2.1 and sandbox your app, Sparkle 2.2 has renamed the XPC Services referenced in the sandboxed applications guide. Serving updates using DSA only without EdDSA is no longer supported. Please run generate_appcast -help for more details. Generate_appcast now only preserves necessary updates and moves old update files into a old_updates directory. Sparkle 2.3 now requires macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later. ![]() Please see setting the feed programmatically to migrate away from this API. The -setFeedURL: method on SPUUpdater is also now deprecated. Otherwise debug symbols can be downloaded from a Sparkle distribution in our Releases page. Please keep a copy of Sparkle’s debug symbols files (.dSYM) around if you build Sparkle from source yourself instead of using a prepackaged version. Sparkle 2.4 strips debug symbols more aggressively now. Very old versions of Sparkle also suffer some incompatibilities with the latest macOS versions. We strongly recommend upgrading Sparkle to the latest production release because there have been important security and reliability improvements. ![]() The app can work with video or image files, or you can configure camera or Syphon or NDI servers cues. Mitti is a video cue software that enables you to prepare video and audio performances ahead of the event. Prepare visual representations to be displayed on multiple screens and deliver visual content from multiple sources Make sure to navigate to the project’s Preferences if you want to adjust the SMPTE frame rate, the fade duration, the timecode input, the audio input, and so on. In addition, you get to toggle the audio, add fade in or fade out effects, replace the visual source, or put the respective cue on loop. The app also sports an extensive collection of video effects and enables you to set a custom title to each cue. Via the Mitti Cue Settings panel, you get to adjust the image opacity, brightness, or contrast, and adjust the red, green, and blue proportions. ![]() ![]() Note that each entry comes with its own control bar that enables you to customize the output further.Īdjust the image color, rely on built-in video effects, and get control over the audio output You get to import files or folder to the Mitti playlist with drag and drop, and the same rule applies if you wish to reorder the list. Mitti is able to load video or image files, but you can also connect cameras or Syphon or NDI servers. To start working on a Mitti project, you first need to import the visual content you want to include in the visual presentation. Video cue software that can deal with content coming from various sources Mitti is a video cue software that delivers extensive control over the audio and video input and output sources, can work with different cue types and gives extensive control over each resource included in your project. Having all your visual and audio content up and ready before starting your presentation or commencing a show is crucial: you cannot waste time during a performance looking for various files or resources or making configurations you could have handled before the event. When touchscreen smartphones became the norm, Google partnered with major mobile phone producers to create handsets with an Android operating system, leading to Google and Android's dominance in the market, as seen in a report that showed almost 86& of phones sold in the first quarter of 2018 had Android as the operating system. You might want to cut out some parts in your clip that dont belong and transition to b-roll footage that keeps your story engaging. Motionbox is the best online video editing tool jam packed with tons of features to help you rule the internet. ![]() In 2008, as a response to Apple's iPhone release, Google partnered with HTC to create the T-Mobile G1, the first handset with an Android operating system. Creating videos with Motionbox has been a delightful experience. for a whopping $50million and the pair launched a handset with a Linux operating system but did bring it into production. ![]() In 2005, Rubin found the investor he was looking for in Google, which was fresh from its initial public offering in 2004 and was looking to use its new capital to keep expanding its businesses. Rubin's early searches for investors in 2004 did not bring enough money and the company was in danger of being evicted from their office, but Rubin's friend, the technology expert Steven Perlman, saw potential and gave more than $10,000 as a donation to the project. in Palo Alto, California in 2003 and developed an operating system for digital cameras, but ultimately decided their product should be placed in a handset and will compete against Symbian and Windows Mobile. ![]() Speed up a video using Canva’s free, online, and easy-to-use video speed controller. Pick up the pace of your clips, montage, or process videos with fast-motion effects. Did you know that before Android became one of the world's most-used operating systems, it's creators struggled to get money from investors and were almost kicked out of their office? Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White built Android Inc. 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The nearest airport to Wiltshire is Southampton (SOU).East Midlands Airport (29.2 miles / 47.0 kilometers).Nottingham Airport (26.8 miles / 43.1 kilometers).Doncaster Sheffield Airport (23.0 miles / 37.1 kilometers).London Stansted Airport is located approximately 3.4 miles / 5.5 kilometers east of Bishops Stortford and about 9.2 miles / 14.8 kilometers northeast of Harlow. London Stansted Airport (STN)ĭistance from London Stansted Airport to Peterborough is 51.8 miles / 83.4 kilometers. ![]() East Midlands Airport (EMA)ĭistance from East Midlands Airport to Peterborough is 48.7 miles / 78.3 kilometers. ![]() Luton Airport is located approximately 2.1 miles / 3.4 kilometers east of Luton and about 4.0 miles / 6.5 kilometers north of Harpenden. Nottingham Airport (NQT) Distance from Nottingham Airport to Nuneaton is 31.9 miles / 51.3 kilometers. Luton Airport (LTN)ĭistance from Luton Airport to Peterborough is 48.6 miles / 78.2 kilometers. 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