( Editors Note: After this article was published, the IIHS changed its rating system for 2015. Unfortunately, to get the forward collision warning system, you must step up to the $36,000 EX-L trim that received a Top Safety Pick+ rating, but only a “Basic” frontal crash prevention rating. It’s 4-star rollover rating was the same as the MDX, but Odyssey has a relatively low rollover risk of 12.7%. It also received a 5-star overall rating from the NHTSA and also earned 5-stars in each of the five crash tests. It’s tough to beat a minivan! Starting at $29,000, it offers a Top Safety Pick rating from the IIHS and a “Good” rating in each test starting in 2014. For those not willing to spend over $50K on a vehicle, there’s actually one that is just as outstanding in terms of safety, but is also roomier for passengers, has more cargo space, better fuel economy and costs under $30,000. Premium fuel is required, but thankfully fuel economy increased considerably, from 16 city, 21 highway in 2013 up to 18 city, 27 highway for AWD trim in 2014-2015.Ģ014-2015 Honda Odyssey. Perhaps the main drawback is the price tag near $55,000 with the Advance Package. Despite the weight, it is among the better handling midsize SUVs on the market and has received high praise from many automobile and consumer publications. Also very impressive! At 4,300 lbs., the MDX is going to have an advantage over many vehicles in a frontal crash. In the NHTSA testing, it not only received a 5-star overall rating, but also received 5-stars in each of the five individual crash tests at. In every trim are four full LATCH seating positions for carseats, plus a 5th top tether anchor, an area where many SUVs and minivans skimp. Its frontal crash mitigation system earned an “Advanced” frontal crash protection rating from the IIHS as well, but you must opt for the pricey MDX Advance Package to get a full set of advanced safety features. Extremely impressive, and the only 3-row vehicle to do so. What’s not to like? It not only received an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ with the optional Advance Package, but it also received a “Good” result in every single IIHS test AND sub-category of each test. (Models marked with an asterisk (*) meet the 2015 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ requirements.)Ģ014-2015 Acura MDX. The qualifiers? At the time of this writing, It’s a pretty exclusive list.
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![]() ![]() ![]() In the Quito Cuanvale municipality of Angola for example, of the 330,000 mines that were sown, the location of only 80,000 is known. In recent decades the problems caused by landmines have been exacerbated by modem technology, such as the design of undetectable plastic blast mines which render their sighting and their removal extremely difficult. Furthermore, their small size and type of design have tended to attract children to play with them. Models such as " scatterbabies " and " butterfly mines " are cruel examples of the deceptive design.ĭanger to civilians is further increased by the development of remote-delivery methods capable of deploying enormous numbers of mines over vast tracts of land from a distance, for example by aircraft, rocket or artillery. These methods facilitate the random, undetectable an d unmapped use of landmines. The most common types of antipersonnel landmines are blast mines, usually designed to explode when the victim steps directly on the mine. Other types, such as directional fragmentation and bounding mines, will kill or maim not only the victim activating the mine but also anyone within its effective range. In Angola, for example, at least thirty-seven known types of landmines were used over the past twenty years. Their prices vary between US $ 3 and US $ 75 per unit whilst the cost of clearance estimated by the United Nations, including support and logistic costs, is between US $ 300 and US $ 1,000 per mine. Two categories of landmines are commonly in use: large antitank mines designed to be triggered by vehicles, and the small inexpensive antipersonnel mines designed specifically to kill or incapacitate a human being.Īccording to Human Rights Watch, more than 340 antipersonnel landmine models have been produced in at least 48 nations around the world. They cause excessive suffering to the injured and their families and have devastating effects upon communi ties and their environment for decades after conflicts have ceased. The majority of landmine victims are civilians who step on a mine after armed conflicts has ceased. In some countries, over one-third of all casualties due to landmines are women and children. Landmines are indiscriminate weapons that lie dormant until triggered, be it by a soldier, or a civilian, a friend or a foe, an adult or a child. The most critical situations are found in Angola with more than 9 million mines, in Mozambique with up to 2 million and in Somalia with I million. Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan also have to face severe situations, and countries like Rwanda, Liberia and Libya have landmine problems on a smaller scale. ![]() With an estimated 30 million mines strewn in at least 18 countries, Africa is the continent most severely affected by the large scale sowing of landmines. Mine-laying has become common practice in virtually every conflict situation where the ICRC is present, and the institution is confronted daily with the harrowing consequences of the widespread and indiscriminate use of this deadly weapon. Mines are now proliferating so fast that there are perhaps as many as I 10 million of them spread in 64 countries worldwide, and it is estimated that 2 to 5 million more mines are being laid each year. Scattered like deadly seeds, they kill and maim between 1.000 and 2.000 people per month, most of them innocent civilians. ![]() As an added twist, the show will tap into the power of social media. Project Runway spoilers show Siriano offers critiques and fresh perspective for the designers. Then, Christian Siriano made headlines recently again for a custom Tuxedo gown worn by actor Billy Porter on the red carpet. Christian dressed celebrities from Lady Gaga to Rihanna - and famously designed Michelle Obama’s royal blue 2016 DNC dress. ![]() His post- PR win success has been phenomenal, especially for such a young designer. While fans will miss Gunn’s dapper style and thoughtful critiques, Christian Siriano comes with a unique sensibility and inside knowledge of the industry. Christian Siriano Brings Fashion Sense to Project Runway And, the prize money is the largest ever with the winning designer taking a prize of $250,000 and a feature in Elle magazine. Plus, this will be the first season to feature a transgender model. Karlie Kloss will host as a diverse group of models take the runway – of all sizes and races. Christian Siriano will work with aspiring designers hail from many backgrounds and countries including a Syrian refugee. New Project Runway spoilers say it features a cast focused on diversity. Guest judges including Cardi B and Dapper Dan round out the season. Joining her are designer Brandon Maxwell and Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth. Along with Karlie and Christian, veteran judge Nina Garcia returns. Klum was known for her bright personality, “auf wiedershen” exit line, and kisses to eliminated designers. His mantra of “make it work” became a popular catch phrase. Gunn was a Project Runway fan-favorite as mentor. When they left to launch an Amazon show, fans pinned their hopes on Karlie Kloss and Christian Siriano to breathe life into the reboot. Both Klum and Gunn were the faces of the show. The reality hit swapped networks to Lifetime from 2008-2017 and spawned spin offs like Project Runway All Stars which is wraps its final season soon. Karlie Kloss takes over as the host of the design show that debuted on Bravo in 2004. Project Runway Revamped – Karlie Kloss Takes Over As Host And Karlie Kloss promises a fashion evolution. Plus, PR Season 4 winner and designer-to-the-stars Christian Siriano takes over Tim Gunn’s role as mentor to a fresh cast of designers. In what the network is calling its fiercest season yet, big changes are in store. ![]() Karlie shares her experiences hosting, filming, modeling, coding, and traveling through her YouTube channel, Klossy.Project Runway spoilers promise a Bravo return on Thursday, March 14 with Karlie Kloss filling Heidi Klum’s shoes as the new host. An Oath board member and TIME 100 honoree, Karlie is the newest host of Bravo Media's Emmy award winning series, Project Runway. ![]() In 2018, Kode With Klossy hosted 50 free coding camps in 25 cities across the country, providing scholarships to 1,000 young women. Now in its fourth year, the organization hosts free, two-week summer coding camps where girls aged 13 to 18 explore concepts in front-end and back-end software engineering. Outside of modeling, Karlie is the founder of Kode With Klossy, a nonprofit that empowers girls to learn code and become leaders in tech. She is also the face of numerous international campaigns for brands that include Estee Lauder, adidas, Carolina Herrera, and Express. Louis, Karlie has shot campaigns and walked for top designers including Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Alexander McQueen, Brandon Maxwell and Versace. Karlie Kloss is an American supermodel and entrepreneur. ![]() The Honda Civic has been Canada's best-selling car for more than 20 years. These days, many of the Hondas sold in Canada are also built in Canada, with the Alliston plant celebrating the production of its nine-millionth vehicle in 2020. The Honda Accord followed in 1976, and then in 1986, Honda established its Alliston, Ontario manufacturing facility, the first Japanese car factory to be built in Canada. The Honda Civic hatchback launched in Canada in 1973, becoming a major success for the company. After expanding into automobile production in 1963, Honda set its sights on the North American market. Today, the company is the largest motorcycle producer in the world, having passed the 400 million unit mark in 2019. Honda history and evolutionįounded in Japan in 1948, the Honda Motor Co. Shopping for your next vehicle? You can find a wide selection of new, used and dealer-certified Honda cars for sale on Kijiji Autos. Drivers considering a Honda might also be interested in Toyota, Mazda or Hyundai vehicles. From the best-selling Honda Civic to the family-sized Honda Pilot, there is an affordable yet attractive option to suit nearly every lifestyle. The Japanese automaker has a reputation for high-quality, fuel-efficient cars that are also fun to drive. Known for building reliable and well-engineered vehicles, Honda produces some of the best-selling cars in Canada. ![]() This ludicrously over-the-top, affectedly style-conscious direction kills off what might have been a credible and decent film in somebody else’s hands. There is a very silly sequence that conducts a flashback to a narrated tale about a shoot-up on the set of a porn movie – the narrator says “… and then they shot the cameraman” whereupon the gunman turns and shoots the camera lens out. When the safe in the bank is being cracked, the camera takes the place of its dial and rotates around to various odd angles as it is being turned. Spiegel fills the film with self-consciously arty and entirely distracting, not to mention sometimes downright silly shots – a desert road wide angle with an animal skull in closeup in the foreground that has a snake or tarantula crawling through it every time we see it shots up from out of trash cans, tequila bottles, glasses, pools of blood, from inside the curl of a phone cord, inside the eyes of skulls, the mouths of vampires, even from inside a sliced-open neck. Bank robbers (l to r) Duane Whitaker, Muse Watson and Raymond Cruz Spiegel is a longtime associate of Sam Raimi, having made acting appearances in all of Raimi’s films as well as co-writing The Evil Dead II (1987), before making his directorial debut with the supermarket slasher film Intruder (1989). What entirely wrecks the film is Scott Spiegel’s direction. ![]() Texas Blood Money imaginatively reworks the fundamentals – with the outlaws now having to conduct a bank robbery while at siege from the police outside the building and from their own vampire-infected numbers on the inside. Certainly, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money develops the premise better as a horror film than From Dusk Till Dawn did, which, after a fine lead-in, ended up being nothing more than an extended barroom brawl. That did not stop Tarantino and Rodriguez overseeing two sequels, of which this was the first and would be followed by the prequel From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter (2000), which is the best of the three films, and the tv series From Dusk Till Dawn (2014-6).īoth the sequels use the same basic plot set-up of the first film where a group of outlaws encounter the Titty Twister bar and then have to fend off vampires. The Quentin Tarantino-Robert Rodriguez collaboration From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) was a considerable success, even if it met with a mixed reception from public and critics alike. ![]() The definition of STP - Standard Temperature and Pressure and NTP - Normal Temperature and Pressure. STP - Standard Temperature and Pressure and NTP - Normal Temperature and Pressure Temperature - Imperial Unitsĭensity and specific volume of dry air and water vapor at temperatures ranging 225 to 900 degF (107 to 482 degC). Dry Air and Water Vapor - Density and Specific Volume vs. Thermodynamic properties of dry air - specific heat, ratio of specific heats, dynamic viscosity, thermal conductivity, Prandtl number, density and kinematic viscosity at temperatures ranging 175 - 1900 K. Dry Air - Thermodynamic and Physical Properties Barometer - Altitude CompensationĮlevation compensating manometer. Elevation above Sea LevelĮlevation above sea level - in feet and meter - with barometric and atmospheric pressure - inches mercury, psia, kg/cm 2 and kPa. ![]() AltitudeĮlevation above sea level and air temperature, pressure and density. Air Temperature, Pressure and Density vs. temperature correction factor compared to Normal Air Conditions. Thermal properties of air at different temperatures - density, viscosity, critical temperature and pressure, triple point, enthalpi and entropi, thermal conductivity and diffusivity and more. Online calculator, figures and tables showing density, specific weight and thermal expansion coefficients of air at temperatures ranging -100 to 1600 ☌ (-140 to 2900 ☏) at atmospheric and higher pressure - Imperial and SI Units. Air - Density, Specific Weight and Thermal Expansion Coefficient vs. Pressure and TemperaturesĪir density at pressure ranging 1 to 10 000 bara (14.5 - 145000 psi) and constant selected temperatures. Systems for ventilation and air handling - air change rates, ducts and pressure drops, charts and diagrams and more. Material properties of gases, fluids and solids - densities, specific heats, viscosities and more. Īir, LNG, LPG and other common gas properties, pipeline capacities, sizing of relief valves. Involving velocity, pressure, density and temperature as functions of space and time. Moist and humid air - psychrometric charts, Mollier diagrams, air-condition temperatures and absolute and relative humidity and moisture content. Ρ ref = density reference at elevation 0 ft and temperature 70 oF - (0.075 lb m/ft 3)į = correction factor from the chart above Example - Density at Elevation 4000 ft and Temperature 300 oFįrom the chart above - at elevation 4000 ft and temperature 300 oF the correction factor is approximate 1.7. Ρ = density at the given temperature and elevation (lb m/ft 3) The density at a given temperature and elevation can then be calculated as The chart above can be used to estimate " temperature vs. The specific volume of standard air at a certain altitude can be calculated by multiplying with the volume correction factor below Note! - other definitions of STP and NTP are widely used. NTP - Normal Temperature and Pressure (commonly used for testing and documentation of fan capacities) is 293.15 K (20 ☌, 68 ☏) and absolute pressure 1 atm (101.325 Pa, 14.696 psi) according NIST - National Institiute of Standards and Technology. ![]() STP - Standard Temperature and Pressure is 273.15 K (0 ☌, 32 ☏) and absolute pressure exactly 10 5 Pa (100 kPa, 1 bar) - according IUPAC - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - since 1982.Air density and specific volume as functions of altitude above sea level can be indicated as in the diagrams below: ![]() There is even a mobile version available for the iPad / iPhone (but sadly not Android). For example if you are writing for a BBC TV screenplay, the required style is right there as a template. The fact (according to the Final Draft folk) that 95% of the entertainment industry uses Final Draft is testament to its popularity, caused by its flexibility – not the least being access to over 300 templates designed specifically not just for generalised scriptwriting but also for screenplays, teleplays, comics,, graphic novels and stage plays based on actual models. Whilst you can use a tool such as Microsoft Word to create a formatted script for a movie, TV show, documentary, play, radio show or whatever, and certainly it is more than capable to do that, to create all the style sheets, macros and so-on to realise the exact formatting you need depending on the project would take days if not weeks (been there done that!)Īdditionally, all the extra niceties Final Draft allows such as brainstorming, visualising, tagging, outlining, script notes, “beat boards” and more are not really viable or even available in Word. If you are new to this biz and have no idea what Final Draft is, or is about, the next few paragraphs will fill you in. There is absolutely no question it is the pre-eminent tool for screenwriting and now, it has just reached its 12 th iteration with Final Draft 12 released for both Mac and Windows. As long as I have been writing about video, film making and all the bits and pieces that go along with that, there has been Final Draft. ![]() The best VR gaming comes from headsets that you tether to a PC.
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