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Episode 34 - Best Of 2016
In this episode, Zane (Soul Mates) and Thalia (Eagle Cove) take off for the holidays and leave KA and Darla on their own for this week's episode.
Thalia and Zane are looking forward to another year of amazing episodes with author guests, live lightning rounds and more of the relationship advice you've come to rely upon. But before we can begin 2017, we wanted to take a look back at 2016.
So, as a special New Year treat we count down the top 10 episodes of 2016 based on the number of listeners.
And then we asked our loyal fans to vote on your favorite episode and we'll reveal the results.
Five lucky fans have each won a $10 Amazon Gift Card for participating in the poll, and we'll announce the winners.
We're coming to you raw and unedited!
Be sure to send us your questions to [email protected]. And subscribe to and rate our show on Podbean and Stitcher. We can't do the show without you.
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When In Rome
ColiseumI’m gradually getting back into writing, I hope. The above picture of the Coliseum was today’s Flash Friday Challenge, 200 words, and we had to include a janitor…..
The Roman Gods’ Annual Dinner Dance was in full swing.
Saturn was showing off her rings. Vulcan was mingling, wishing each guest a cheery “live forever and prosper”. Mars was suggesting some sort of contest involving lions, though no-one could think of anything to pit them against.
Then Bacchus knocked back his wine, burped loudly, and said to Neptune “do you know that you smell of fish?”
There was a horrified silence. This was indeed true, but the others tended to pretend otherwise, especially since Pan had once made a joke about it and now walked with his legs on backwards.
Neptune swung his trident at Bacchus, but accidentally hit Jupiter, who promptly punched Apollo in the face. Apollo then broke a chair over Mercury’s head, because no bar-brawl is complete without someone doing that.
Oaths flew. Lightning bolts flew. The ceiling fell in. The windows fell out. Bacchus fell over.
Then Fabreze, Goddess of Janitors, put her fingers to her mouth and emitted a whistle that opened black holes in the very fabric of the galaxy. The startled Gods turned to her, and she uttered the phrase that has become the mantra of all those over whom she watches.
“You needn’t think I’m cleaning this up”.
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Toronto’s best new patios this summer
Toronto’s best new patios this summer
This year’s best new patios come in all shapes and sizes, each with their own unique amenities—including raw bars, giant Jenga sets, retractable roofs and bocce ball courts. Every one of them is a prime place to sip on something cold while catching some rays (or playing it safe in the shade).
The Slip
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W., no phone,
Good for: All-day sun, breeze off the lake and cocktail pitchers (or buckets of Corona). It’s Harbourfront Centre meets 90210.
Bar Begonia
252 Dupont St., 647-352-3337,
Good for: Cider on tap, shrimp cocktail from the spot’s new backyard raw bar and a game of bocce ball or cornhole (otherwise known as beanbag toss).
The Walton
607 College St., 647-352-5520,
Good for: Peace and quiet and Pimm’s Cups.
Barhop Brewco
137 Peter St., 647-348-1137,
Good for: Thirty-six kinds of craft beer on tap, snacks by chef Mark Cutrara (scotch olives, Ontario venison tartare, beer-braised brisket on a bun) and a bird’s-eye view of Queen West.
Maple Leaf Tavern
955 Gerrard St. E., 416-465-0955,
Good for: Kegged rye and gingers and chef Jesse Vallins’s crazy-good cheeseburger.
El Rey
2A Kensington Ave., no phone,
Photo by Gabby Frank
Good for: Mezcal, mezcal, people-watching… and more mezcal.
The Addisons
456 Wellington St., 416-260-9393,
The Addisons. Photo courtesy of Duet PR
Good for: Boozy slushies and giant lawn games (Jenga, Connect 4, Tic Tac Toe) in the Addison family’s swanky backyard.
Bandit Brewery
2125 Dundas St. W., 647-348-1002,
Good for: Beer flights in adorably branded glassware and the chicken tails (or “chicken butts,” if you will) served with a spicy white barbecue sauce.
Clocktower Bar
1210 Yonge St., no phone,
Good for: Coffee, cocktails and coffee-based cocktails, like the Straight Up (rum, Armagnac, espresso tincture, Bénédictine, Cointreau, cascara syrup, chocolate bitters).
Macho Radio Bar
92 Fort York Blvd., 416-623-2323,
Good for: Potent pitchers of tequila-laced aguas frescas. And tacos, of course.
Round the Horn
331 Roncesvalles Ave., 416-785-2123, @roundthehorn331
Photo by Gabby Frank
Good for: An all–hot dog menu (the Mac Daddy is a delicious mess of shredded lettuce, cheese, onions, pickles and secret sauce), tallboys of local beer and classic board games.
Cactus Club
77 Adelaide St. W., 647-748-2025,
Photo by Gabby Frank
Good for: Networking over signature martinis (Flirtini, anyone?) to DJ sets—under a retractable roof.
Bar Reyna
158 Cumberland St., 647-748-4464,
Bar Reyna. Photo by Caroline Aksich
Good for: Five kinds of fully loaded fries and house cocktails like Her Royal Highness, a $30 number made with vodka, rum, saffron, cardamom and rosewater that’s served in a giant, bronze, pineapple-shaped goblet.
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Being vulnerable is hard. We’d all be lying if we didn’t say that, some days, waking up in 2017 has felt like a total nightmare. For many people, but absolutely not everyone, friends and family can be great resources if you’re in pain—but sometimes it takes a professional to help you acknowledge and work through your own feelings. Jay-Z seems to understand this perfectly: that sometimes, before you can even share your feelings, you may need some help noticing them and understanding why they are coming up for you in the first place.
The 47-year-old rapper talked specifically about therapy (and a boatload of other deeply personal topics) on his latest (and now Grammy-nominated) record 4:44. But in an interview with the New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet, Jay-Z goes into even more detail about how much he’s benefited from therapy:
Jay-Z goes on to explain how being in therapy has changed his outlook on a big part of his childhood, and helped him look back on former bullies with compassion:
And once I understand that, instead of reacting to that with anger, I can provide a softer landing and maybe, “Aw, man, is you O.K.?” I was just saying there was a lot of fights in our neighborhood that started with “What you looking at? Why you looking at me? You looking at me?” And then you realize: “Oh, you think I see you. You’re in this space where you’re hurting, and you think I see you, so you don’t want me to look at you. And you don’t want me to see you.”
Everyone deserves compassion, but it can be hard to extend that compassion to others if you don’t first acknowledge your own biases. In any case, I hope that Jay-Z speaking out about the benefits of seeing mental health professionals helps debunk certain taboos about it: that therapy is silly, or only for privileged white people, or that being rich and famous will solve all your problems. None of these things are true! Trust Hov on this one.
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[Twisted-Python] svn-reorg blocking
Christopher Armstrong radeex at gmail.com
Wed Oct 26 01:32:19 EDT 2005
On 10/26/05, glyph at divmod.com <glyph at divmod.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:10:04 +1100, Jonathan Lange <jml at mumak.net> wrote:
> >I strongly and vigorously oppose merging this branch until there are
> >unit tests for James' modifications to Trial. Instead I recommend
> >moving serialport up a level (as you suggested earlier). That appears
> >to be the simplest thing that could possibly work.
> Far be it for me to argue with the Maintainer Of The Tests.
> It's official, fiat - I just moved serialport up a level in trunk, I will move it in whatever other branches are required.
> Any other blocking issues?
Nope -- I'll try to get some tests into svn-reorg soon for trial's
__path__ support, then we can figure out how the hell we're going to
merge that beast.
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Friday, July 15, 2016
Large orange/red colored UFO spheres stationary over Romford GB 2-19-16
On 19th February 2016 I left home for work as usual at 0518 hours. It was a cold morning with a clear morning sky (I could see the stars). I started to walk South along the road whereby 30 seconds later I noticed three(3) large orange/red colored UFO spheres in the South sky around 45 degrees up. I noticed the UFO spheres because they were so bright and low in the sky. At first I thought it must be some kind of planetary line up because the three spheres were in a horizontal line and that's what it looked like, but I realized this was ridiculous because I am into Amateur Astronomy and I was not aware of any such thing taking place. I also ruled out the Constellation Orion because the Constellation was below the Horizon that morning. I even opened a application called Stellarium on my mobile phone to confirm this. Initially the UFO spheres appeared to be stationary for around 8 minutes from my vantage point and I began to take photos using my mobile phone at 0524 hours. When I reached the end of the road I was now looking at the UFO spheres head on where I think I began to notice some kind of movement from one of the UFO spheres. I carried on taking photos whilst walking where I then confirmed that all three spheres were moving in my direction heading North. I crossed the road and started to film the spheres on my mobile phone moving across the sky. I saw a member of the public and pointed the spheres out to him as I wanted another witness to observe them. we both observed the UFO spheres move overhead (at this stage the spheres appeared white in color and not as large) and at that time one of the spheres began to blink, then followed by the second UFO sphere which also began to blink. All three spheres moved over rooftops in the main road where we both lost sight of them heading North. These spheres (lights) were seen by a number of people on their way to work that morning. My brother being one of them who at the time was driving South along the M11 motorway from Halstead. I reported the incident to my local paper with the hope that other persons would come forward with what they saw? MUFON CMS#
Rectangle UFO Sighting Photo over Niagara Falls 7-12-16
I just wanted to write you tonight and let you know of a UFO sighting that happened in Niagara Falls on Tuesday June 12th 2016. I am a Bellman at one of the major hotels right near the falls. During one of my many routine luggage calls yesterday (the day of the event), I happened to look out the window of the 43rd floor while waiting for the elevator. From this vantage point one can see most of the Niagara Region and even Toronto on the distant shores of Lake Ontario. This was the direction that I was looking when I noticed two large Rectangles that would almost pass for solar panels hovering in the sky. As I watched them, the alternately bobbed up and down, crossed paths and then slowly drifted apart. I watched them, trying to figure out what they were for a few more minutes before they once again began to drift back together. At this point they appeared to be over Niagara on the Lake, a town about 20 miles kilometers away, and still were very visible in the sky which means they must have been quite big. I left to go back down to work and informed another bellman to look out the window during his next call. He did so and came back astonished and unable to explain what he saw.
Later in the day, a co-worker called us from a different part of the city letting us know he just saw the same UFO and snapped a few pictures of it. I have attached one of the photos below. A few hours later another co-worker walked into the building exclaiming he saw a UFO while driving to work. When we asked him what he saw he recounted an almost identical report of the objects we had viewed earlier in the day. This morning I noticed that a report has been created with MUFON by a person living in St. Catharine's (another near by city) and once again, the report details the exact object that we all witnessed. Whether it was Aliens or a secret government UFO craft I can't be sure. All I know is that I look to the skies every day, seeing helicopters and planes flying over the falls... But I have never, ever seen anything like this before. MUFON CMS# 77694
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Monday, February 20, 2017
UFO passes very close to a plane of the Chilean air force
UFO Report Translation:Massive sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in the city of Puerto Varas, Chile, seen from three different angles. Strange unidentified flying object (UFO), it seems to pass very close to a plane "Falcones Fach" of the Chilean air force, in full flight demonstration held in the city of Puerto Varas, south of the country, last February 10 2017. Many speculate that the phenomenon was a meteor. WATCH: Chile Again! Mass UFO Sighting During Air Force Flight Demonstration, February 2017 – DISCLOSE.TV|BY GREY
Saucer Shape UFO Sighting Ellington Fl. 10/11
I was out on my front porch on the phone with my mother when I thought I saw a very low helicopter just above the tree across the street. But as I looked harder I realized there was no sound! Helicopters are extremely loud. It saw me when I saw it I walked down my drive way as the Small Dark Metal Saturn like saucer UFO met me half way down my driveway. The UFO hovered about 50.ft in front and about 100 feet above me. I waved hi ! I was not afraid at all. Me & this UFO just sat there for ten minutes looking at each other. Then I guess he got bored with me staring at him and he slowly hovers away in the opposite direction. I watched it slowly move above a man made lake it got to about a mile away maybe less and he just vanished and at that moment my friend that was living down the street was coming to visit and he was looking at the same orb as me buy didn't seethe ship as I saw minutes before. The UFO floated left to right left to right went higher and higher. Then finally gets up so high he blended in with the stars. mufon cms# 82203 Sauce Shape UFO Sighting Ellington Fl. 10/11
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1028 Cnut the great conquered Norway
Cnut the Great at a Norwegian beach
Towards the end of 1028 William the conqueror was born as a bastard son of Arlette, daughter of a local artisan and Duke Robert.
Cnut landed with 1400 ships at Lista, Norway and where ever he came people recognized his as king. Olav the holy could only gather a small army, which was a hopeless effort against Cnut`s mighty army. Olav the holy had to flee from his kingdom and Cnut installed his sister Gyda and Earl Erik`s son Haakon Ericsson as his vassal in Norway.
Skjeggen (The Beard) a ship that belonged to Olav the holy was captured by rebels.
Viking were back in Galicia, this time the vikings leader was Galizu Ulf(The Galician wolf).
In the Knytlinga saga we can read this "His fathers name was Ulf and was a count of Denmark and a great warrior and found great loot in Galicia, that gave him the nickname."
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There are two kinds of Clanmarshals in the world of Tyria:
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Abd al-Hafid of Morocco
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Abd al-Hafid of Morocco
Sultan of Morocco (more..)
Reign 1909 – 30 March 1912
Predecessor Abdelaziz of Morocco
Vacant until August 1912
Yusef (in Rabat)
Ahmed al-Hiba (in Marrakesh)
Born 1875 (1875)
Fes, Morocco
Died (aged 62)
House House of Alaoui
Abdelhafid of Morocco or Mulai Abdelhafid (24 February 1875, in Fes[1][2] – 4 April 1937, in Enghien-les-Bains)[1][3] (Arabic: عبد الحفيظ) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1908 to 1912 and a member of the Alaouite Dynasty. His younger brother, Abdelaziz of Morocco, preceded him. While Mulai Abdelhafid initially opposed his brother for giving some concessions to foreign powers, he himself became increasingly backed by the French and finally signed the protectorate treaty giving de facto control of the country to France.
After his brother, Abdelaziz appointed him as caliph of Marrakech, Abdelhafid sought to have him overthrown by fomenting distrust over Abdelaziz's European ties,[1] he was aided by Madani al-Glaoui, older brother of T'hami one of the Caids of the Atlas. He was assisted in the training of his troops by Andrew Belton (Kaid), a British officer and veteran of the Second Boer War,[4] for a brief period Abdelaziz reigned from Rabat while Abdelhafid reigned in Marrakech and Fes was disputed. In 1908 Abdelaziz was defeated in battle; in 1909, he became the recognized leader of Morocco.[1]
Abdelhafid abdicated after signing the Treaty of Fez on 30 March 1912,[5] which made Morocco a French protectorate.[6] He signed his abdication only when on the quay in Rabat, with the ship that would take him to France already waiting, after an extended visit to France, where he received a great deal of attention from the press,[5] he returned to Morocco and was exiled to the Dar el Makhzen (Sultanate Palace) in Tangier.
His brother Yusef was proclaimed Sultan by the French administration several months later (13 August 1912).[7] Yusef was chosen by some dignitaries of Rabat[7] which wasn't the capital of Morocco at the time.
See also[edit]
1. ^ a b c d "Abd al-Hafid". Encyclopædia Britannica. I: A-Ak – Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
2. ^ There is uncertainty about his exact birthdate. Some sources list either 1875 or 1880 without any month or day listed
3. ^ Biography of Mulai Abd al Hafiz
4. ^ New York Times, November 4, 1908
5. ^ a b W. Harris, "Morocco That Was", ISBN 0-907871-13-5
6. ^ Long, David E.; Bernard Reich (2002). The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. p. 393.
7. ^ a b "Journal Officiel" (PDF). 1 November 1912. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
8. ^ http://www.royalark.net/Morocco/morocco10.htm
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Sultan of Morocco
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The Emperor's New Groove
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The Emperor's New Groove
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed by Mark Dindal
Produced by Randy Fullmer
Screenplay by David Reynolds
Story by
Music by John Debney
Edited by
• Tom Finan
• Pam Ziegenhagen
Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Release date
• December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15)
Running time
77 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $100 million
Box office $169.3 million
The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated buddy comedy film created by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 40th animated Disney feature film, it was directed by Mark Dindal, produced by Randy Fullmer, written by David Reynolds, and stars David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton and Wendie Malick. The film follows an arrogant young Incan emperor named Kuzco who is transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor, Yzma; in order for the emperor to change back into a human, he trusts a village leader named Pacha who escorts him back to the palace.
Development for the film began in 1994 where it was conceived as a musical epic titled Kingdom of the Sun. Following his directorial debut with The Lion King, Roger Allers recruited English musician Sting to compose songs for the film. Because of the underwhelming box office performances of Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mark Dindal was brought in as co-director in order to add a comedic mood. Due to poor test screenings, creative differences with Dindal, and production falling behind schedule, Allers departed the project in which the film shifted from its dramatic musical approach into a more light-hearted comedy film. A documentary about the making of the film, titled The Sweatbox, details the production troubles that the film endured during its six years of development.
The Emperor's New Groove was released in theaters on December 15, 2000. The film performed disappointingly compared to the string of successful Disney movies released in the 1990s, grossing $169 million on a $100 million budget, but later found considerably larger success in home media where it became the top-selling release of 2001, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "My Funny Friend and Me" performed by Sting, but lost to "Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan from Wonder Boys. A direct-to-video sequel to the film, titled Kronk's New Groove, was released in 2005, and an animated television series titled The Emperor's New School aired on Disney Channel from 2006 to 2008.
Kuzco is the selfish egotistical emperor of the Inca kingdom, who routinely punishes those that "throw off his groove". When he fires his conniving adviser Yzma, she, along with her dim-witted henchman, Kronk, plots to take the throne. Kuzco meets with Pacha, a kind peasant and village leader, and tells him that he plans to demolish Pacha's hilltop family home to build himself a lavish summer home called "Kuzcotopia". Yzma and Kronk plot to kill Kuzco by poisoning him at dinner, but they accidentally give him a potion that transforms him into a llama, after knocking Kuzco unconscious and stuffing him in a sack, Yzma orders Kronk to dispose of him. Kronk has a stroke of conscience and saves him, but unfortunately misplaces the sack on a cart belonging to Pacha.
Pacha returns home, but does not tell his family about Kuzco's decision. When he wakes, Kuzco blames Pacha for his transformation and orders Pacha to return him to the capital. Pacha offers to do so only if Kuzco changes his mind about Kuzcotopia. Kuzco at first refuses the offer and sets off on his own, but quickly runs afoul of the local wildlife and accepts, secretly planning to go back on his word once he is safe, the two survive many ordeals in the jungle, and Pacha finds Kuzco has a good side to him underneath his ego. Meanwhile, Yzma has taken the throne, but learns that Kronk failed to kill Kuzco, the two set out to hunt him down.
Both pairs arrive at a jungle diner at the same time. Pacha overhears Yzma's plan, and attempts to warn Kuzco when he returns, but he does not believe Pacha, knowing he is loved by his kingdom. However, Kuzco soon overhears more of Yzma's and Kronk's scheming. Thinking no one in his kingdom misses him, he leaves the diner on his own, planning on living out his days as a llama. Pacha catches up, still willing to help Kuzco return to normal. Kuzco apologizes for his selfishness and they set off for Pacha's house to resupply.
When they arrive, Yzma is already there. Pacha has his family stall Yzma, giving him and Kuzco a head start back to the capital, they find Yzma's secret lab and numerous transformation potions, including the antidote, but Yzma and Kronk arrive shortly thereafter. Yzma orders Kronk to kill the pair, but he refuses, so she orders her guards to capture them. Pacha grabs a handful of vials and he and Kuzco flee, trying the various vials during their flight to find the one, as they are cornered on the ledges of a giant wall structure, they find they are down to two vials. During a scuffle, Yzma falls onto one of the vials and is transformed into a helpless kitten. Kuzco recovers the other vial and drinks it, restoring him to human form.
Later, Pacha is preparing to return to his village, but Kuzco takes Pacha's suggestion of moving Kuzcotopia over to a neighbouring, unoccupied hill, some time later, Kuzco joins Pacha and his family at his modest resort. Elsewhere, Kronk has become a scout leader, and trains a new batch of scouts, including the reluctant Yzma, who remains a kitten.
Cast and characters[edit]
• David Spade as Emperor Kuzco, the selfish 18-year-old[1] emperor of the Inca Empire. He initially is narcissistic, arrogant and cruel, and pays no heed to the needs of others. However, after being transformed into a llama and bonding with Pacha, he becomes a kinder person.
• John Goodman as Pacha, a kind, caring village leader who apparently foils Kuzco. Despite his ego, Pacha befriends and trusts Kuzco, and believes that Kuzco is capable of being a kinder person.
• Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Kuzco's ex-advisor who claims that she "practically raised [Kuzco]". Her appearance is described as "scary beyond all reason" and "living proof that dinosaurs once roamed the earth." She is also incredibly vain, arrogant, manipulative, diabolical, and self-serving.
• Patrick Warburton as Kronk, Yzma's dimwitted and muscular henchman. Despite working for her, he is very kind and good-natured. Kronk is a talented chef and has the ability to communicate with squirrels, his moral dilemmas manifest themselves in the form of an angel and devil that appear on his shoulders.
• Wendie Malick as Chicha, Pacha's caring pregnant wife. She gives birth to her third child at the film's ending.
• Kellyann Kelso and Eli Russell Linnetz as Chaca and Tipo, Pacha and Chicha's two young, rambunctious children.
• Bob Bergen as Bucky the Squirrel, Kronk's companion who has an unpleasant encounter with Kuzco and is sickened by Yzma for her coldness.
• Tom Jones as the Theme Song Guy, Kuzco's personal theme song conductor.
• Patti Deutsch as Matta, a waitress at Mudka's Meat Hut.
• John Fiedler as Rudy, a kindly old man who meets and befriends Kuzco.
• Joe Whyte as the Royal Recordkeeper, a worrying official in charge of affairs on Kuzco's palace.
Kingdom of the Sun[edit]
"Kingdom of the Sun was such a heart-breaking experience for me. I put four years of my heart and energy into that one... I was creating an "epic" picture mixing elements of adventure, comedy, romance and mysticism, the head of Disney Features at the time was afraid that we were doing, in his opinion, too many films in the same vein. He was also uncomfortable with the spiritual and cultural (Inca) aspects of it. Hence, he decided to make it a simple slapstick comedy... Would it have worked out if we had had more time? I would hope so, but one can never know these things."
Roger Allers, reflecting on the troubled history of Kingdom of the Sun[2]
The idea of Kingdom of the Sun was conceived by Roger Allers and Matthew Jacobs,[3] and development on the project began in 1994.[4] Upon pitching the project to then-Disney CEO and chairman Michael Eisner, Allers recalled Eisner saying "it has all of the elements of a classic Disney film,"[5] and because of his directorial success on The Lion King that same year, Eisner allowed Allers to have free rein with both the casting and the storyline.[6] By January 1995, Variety reported that Allers was working on "an Inca-themed original story".[7]
In 1996, the production crew traveled to Machu Picchu in Peru, to study Inca artifacts and architecture and the landscape this empire was created in.[8][9]
Kingdom of the Sun was to have been a tale of a greedy, selfish emperor (voiced by David Spade) who finds a peasant (voiced by Owen Wilson) who looks just like him; the emperor swaps places with the peasant to escape his boring life and have fun, much as in author Mark Twain's archetypal novel The Prince and the Pauper. However, the villainous witch Yzma has plans to summon Supay (the evil god of death), and destroy the sun so that she may become young and beautiful forever (the sun gives her wrinkles, so she surmises that living in a world of darkness would prevent her from aging). Discovering the switch between the prince and the peasant, Yzma turns the real emperor into a llama and threatens to reveal the pauper's identity unless he obeys her, during his time as the emperor and doing Yzma's orders, the pauper falls in love with the emperor's so to be fiancé Nina (voiced by Carla Gugino) who thinks he is the emperor that has change his ways. Meanwhile, the emperor-llama learns humility in his new form and even comes to love a female llama-herder named Mata (voiced by Laura Prepon).[10] Together, the girl and the llama set out to undo the witch's plans, the book Reel Views 2 says the film would have been a "romantic comedy musical in the 'traditional' Disney style".[11]
Following the underwhelming box office performances of Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, studio executives felt the project was growing too ambitious and serious for audiences following test screenings, and needed more comedy;[12] in early 1997, producer Randy Fullmer contacted Mark Dindal, who had just wrapped up work on Cats Don't Dance, and offered him to be co-director on Kingdom of the Sun.[13] Meanwhile, Allers personally called Sting, in the wake of Elton John's success with The Lion King's soundtrack, to compose several songs for the film.[5] He agreed, but on the condition that his filmmaker wife Trudie Styler could "document the process of the production",[14] this film, which was eventually entitled The Sweatbox, was made by Xingu Films (their own production company). Along with collaborator David Hartley, Sting composed eight songs inextricably linked with the original plot and characters.[4]
In summer 1997, it was announced that Roger Allers and Mark Dindal would serve as the film's directors and Randy Fullmer as producer. David Spade and Eartha Kitt had been confirmed to voice the emperor, Manco, and the villainess, while Carla Gugino was in talks for the role of Nina.[15][16] Harvey Fierstein was also cast as Hucua, Yzma's sidekick.[5]
By the summer of 1998, it was apparent that Kingdom of the Sun was not far along enough in production to be released in the summer of 2000 as planned, at this time, one of the Disney executives reportedly walked into Randy Fullmer's office and, placing his thumb and forefinger a quarter-inch (5 mm) apart, stated "your film is this close to being shut down."[17] Fullmer approached Allers, and informed him of the need to finish the film on time for its summer 2000 release as crucial promotional deals with McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and other companies were already established and depended upon meeting that release date. Allers acknowledged that the production was falling behind, but was confident that, with an extension of between six months to a year, he could complete the film. When Fullmer denied Allers's request for an extension, the director decided to leave the project,[17] on September 23, 1998,[4][18] the project was dead with production costs amounting towards $25–30 million[4][6] and twenty-five percent of the film animated.[19]
Production overhaul and script rewrite[edit]
Upset that Allers left the project, Michael Eisner reportedly gave Fullmer two weeks to salvage the film or production would be shut down.[20] Fullmer and Dindal halted production for six months to retool the project retitling it to Kingdom in the Sun,[13] making it the first Disney animated feature to have an extensive overhaul since Pinocchio.[21] Meanwhile, following Eric Goldberg's pitch for the Rhapsody in Blue segment for Fantasia 2000, the animators were reassigned to work on the segment.[22] In the interim, Chris Williams, who was a storyboard artist during Kingdom of the Sun,[23] came up with the idea of making Pacha an older character as opposed to the teenager that he was in the original story.[24] Following up on the new idea, former late-night comedy writer David Reynolds stated, "I pitched a simple comedy that's basically a buddy road picture with two guys being chased in the style of a Chuck Jones 'toon, but faster paced. Disney said, 'Give it a shot.'"[25] One of the new additions to the revised story was the scene-stealing character of Yzma's sidekick Kronk.[26] Meanwhile, the name Manco was changed to Kuzco following Fullmer's discovery of the Japanese slang term manko, which translates to vagina.[6] Due in part of the production shutdown, Sting began to develop schedule conflicts with his songwriting duties interfering with his work on his next album he was planning to record in Italy. "I write the music, and then they're supposed to animate it, but there are constantly changes being made. It's constantly in turnaround," the singer/songwriter admitted, but "I'm enjoying it."[5][27] Because of the shutdown, the computer-animated film Dinosaur assumed the summer 2000 release date originally scheduled for Kingdom.[6]
Andreas Deja declined to return to the film observing his more serious version of Yzma was incompatible with the wackier, comedic tone of the film, and moved to Orlando, Florida, to work on Lilo & Stitch. Animator Dale Baer would replace Deja as the supervising animator for Yzma.[28] Fulmer would inform Sting by telephone that his songs, related to specific scenes and characters that were now gone, had to be dropped.[5][29] Bitter about the removal of his songs, the pop musician commented that "At first, I was angry and perturbed. Then I wanted some vengeance." Disney eventually agreed to allow three of the six deleted songs as bonus tracks on the soundtrack album such as Yzma's villain song titled "Snuff Out the Light", the love song titled "One Day She'll Love Me", and a dance number called "Walk the Llama Llama".[30] The plot elements such as the romance between the llama herder Pacha and Manco's betrothed Nina, the sun-capturing villain scheme, similarities to The Prince and the Pauper stories, and Inca mythology were dropped,[31] the character of Hucua was also dropped from the story, though he would make a cameo appearance as the candle holder during the dinner scene in the finished film.[32] Kuzco – who was a supporting character in the original story – eventually became the protagonist.[33]
By summer 1999, cast members Owen Wilson, Harvey Fierstein, and Trudie Styler were dropped from the film.[34] Eartha Kitt and David Spade remained in the cast, Dindal commented, "[a]nd then John Goodman and Patrick Warburton [who played Elaine's boyfriend Puddy on the Seinfeld series] came aboard."[35] After Sting's songs for Kingdom of the Sun were dropped from the new storyline, Sting remained on the project, though he was told by the studio that "All we want is a beginning and an end song."[36] The song, "Perfect World", was approached "to open the movie with a big, fun number that established the power of Kuzco and showed how he controlled the world", according to Feature Animation president Thomas Schumacher,[37] the filmmakers had asked Sting to perform the song for the film, though Sting declined telling them that he was too old to sing it and that they should find someone younger and hipper. They instead went with Tom Jones, who is eleven years older than Sting.[38]
In February 2000, the new film was announced as The Emperor's New Groove with its new story centering on a spoiled Inca Emperor – voiced by David Spade – who through various twists and falls ends up learning the meaning of true happiness from a poor peasant, played by John Goodman, the release date was scheduled for December 2000.[39] Despite the phrasing of the title, the film bears no relation to Hans Christian Andersen's classic Danish fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" (although both stories involve an emperor being tricked).[40] However, according to Mark V. Moorhead of the Houston Press, the film's plot does bear some resemblance to that of The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, wherein a man is turned into a donkey.[41]
Eisner worried that the new story was too close in tone to Disney's 1997 film Hercules, which had performed decently yet below expectations at the American box office. Dindal and Fullmer assured him that The Emperor's New Groove, as the film was now called, would have a much smaller cast, making it easier to involve audiences. Towards the end of production, the film's ending originally had Kuzco building his Kuzcotopia amusement park on another hill by destroying a rainforest near Pacha's home, and inviting Pacha and his family to visit. Horrified at the ending, Sting commented that "I wrote them a letter and said, 'You do this, I'm resigning because this is exactly the opposite of what I stand for. I've spent 20 years trying to defend the rights of indigenous people and you're just marching over them to build a theme park. I will not be party to this."[42] The ending was rewritten so that Kuzco constructs a shack similar to Pacha's and spends his vacation among the villagers.[43]
Design and animation[edit]
During production on Kingdom of the Sun, Andreas Deja was the initial supervising animator of Yzma, and incorporated supermodeling poses published in magazines in order to capture Yzma's sultry, seductive persona.[44] Nik Ranieri was originally slated as the supervising animator for Yzma's rocky sidekick, Hucua. During the research trip to Peru in 1996, Ranieri acknowledged that "I was researching for a character that looked like a rock so I was stuck drawing rocks for the whole trip. Then when we got back they piled it into this story about ancient Incas."[45] Mark Pudleiner was to be the supervising animator of Kuzco's proposed maiden, Nina;[46] in early 1997, David Pruiksma came on board to animate the llama, Snowball.[47] According to Pruiksma, Snowball was "a silly, vain and egotistical character, rather the dumb blond of the llama set. I really enjoyed developing the character and doing some early test animation on her as well, before I left the film (and it was ultimately shelved), I created model sheets for not only Snowball, but for the rest of the herd of seven other llamas and for Kuzco as a Llama."[48] When the film was placed on production shutdown, Pruiksma transferred to work on Atlantis: The Lost Empire being developed concurrently and ultimately the llama characters were dropped from the storyline.[47]
Following the production overhaul and the studio's attempts for more cost-efficient animated features, Mark Dindal urged for "a simpler approach that emphasized the characters rather than overwhelming special effects or cinematic techniques",[49] because of the subsequent departure of Deja, animator Dale Baer inherited the character of Yzma. Using Eartha Kitt's gestures during recording sessions, Baer commented that "She has a natural voice for animation and really got into the role, she would gesture wildly and it was fun just to watch her. She would come into each session almost serious and very professional and suddenly she would go wild and break up laughing."[50] Ranieri was later asked to serve as the supervising animator of Kuzco (as a human and a llama), though he would admit being reluctant at first until he discovered that Kuzco "had a side to him, there was a lot of comedy potential and as a character he went through an arc".[45] Pudleiner was also reassigned to work as an animator of the human version of Kuzco;[51] in addition to drawing inspiration from David Spade during recording sessions, the Kuzco animation team studied llamas at the zoo, visited a llama farm, watched nature documentaries, and even observed the animals up close when they came for a visit to the studio.[49] For the rewritten version of Pacha, animator Bruce W. Smith observed that "Pacha is probably the most human of all the characters," and further added that he "has more human mannerisms and realistic traits, which serve as a contrast to the cartoony llama he hangs out with. He is the earthy guy who brings everything back into focus. Being a big fellow about six-foot-five and weighing about 250 pounds we had to work hard to give him a sense of weight and believability in his movement."[49]
Actual animation began in 1999, involving 400 artists and 300 technicians and production personnel,[45] outside of the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio building in Burbank, California, animators located at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida and Disney Animation France assisted in the production of The Emperor's New Groove.[52] During the last eighteen months of production, a 120-crew of clean-up artists would take an animation cel drawing from the animation department, and place a new piece of paper over the existing image in order to draw a cleaner, more refined image. "We're basically the final designers," said clean-up supervisor Vera Pacheco, whose crew worked on more than 200,000 drawings for Groove.[53]
After the release date had shifted to winter 2000, similarities were noted between the film and DreamWorks Animation's The Road to El Dorado.[54] Marc Lument, a visual development artist on El Dorado, claimed "It really was a race, and Katzenberg wanted ours out before theirs." Lument also added that, "We didn't know exactly what they were doing, but we had the impression it was going to be very similar. Whoever came out second would face the impression that they copied the other."[3] Fullmer and Dindal denied the similarities with the latter commenting "This version [The Emperor's New Groove] was well in the works when that movie came out," and further added "Early on, when our movie got to be very comic, all of us felt that you can't be making this farce about a specific group of people unless we are going to poke fun at ourselves. This didn't seem to be a proper choice about Incas or any group of people, it was more of a fable."[55]
The marketing campaign for The Emperor's New Groove was relatively restrained as Disney opted to heavily promote the release of 102 Dalmatians, which was released during Thanksgiving.[55][56] Nevertheless, the film was accompanied with six launcher toys of Kuzco, Kuzco as a llama, Pacha, Yzma, Yzma as a cat, and Kronk[57] accompanied with Happy Meals at McDonald's in North America. The European, Asian and Australian toys from 2001 were different from the North American set. Stuffed animals were also made and sold in places like The Disney Store.
Home media[edit]
The standard VHS and DVD was released on May 1, 2001, as well as a "2-Disc Collector's Edition" that included bonus features such as Sting's music video of "My Funny Friend and Me", a Rascal Flatts music video of "Walk the Llama Llama" from the soundtrack, audio commentary with the filmmakers, a multi-skill level Set Top Game with voice talent from the movie, and a deleted scene among other features.[58] Unlike its theatrical box office performance, the film performed better on home video, becoming the top-selling home video release of 2001;[59] in September 2001, it was reported that 6 million VHS units were sold amounting towards $89 million in revenue. On DVD, it was also reported it had sold twice as many sales, the overall revenue averaged toward $125 million according to Adams Media Research.[60]
Disney re-released a single-disc special edition called "The New Groove Edition" on October 18, 2005. Disney digitally remastered and released The Emperor's New Groove on Blu-ray on June 11, 2013 bundled in a two-movie collection combo pack with its direct-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove.[61] On its first weekend, it sold 14,000 Blu-ray units grossing $282,000.[62]
Box office[edit]
On its opening weekend, The Emperor's New Groove premiered at fourth place grossing about $10 million behind strong competitions such as What Women Want, Dude, Where's My Car?, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[63] Overall, the film grossed $89.3 million at the United States box office and an additional $80 million worldwide[64]—totals considerably lower than those for most of the Disney Feature Animation productions released in the 1990s, and which were considered disappointing for the company.[65][66]
Because of its pre-Columbian setting and Latin American flavor, Disney spent $250,000 in its marketing campaign towards the Latino market releasing dual English and Spanish-language theatrical prints in sixteen multiplexes across heavily populated Latino areas in Los Angeles, California in contrast to releasing dubbed or subtitled theatrical prints of their previous animated features in foreign markets.[67] By January 2001, following nineteen days into its theatrical general release, the Spanish-dubbed prints were pulled from multiplexes as Latino Americans opted to watch the English-language prints with its grossing averaging $571,000 in comparison to $96,000 for the former.[68]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, The Emperor's New Groove holds an 85% approval rating based on 128 reviews and an average of 7.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "The Emperor's New Groove isn't the most ambitious animated film, but its brisk pace, fresh characters, and big laughs make for a great time for the whole family."[69] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[70] Many critics and audiences generally consider the film to be one of the better films of Disney's post-Renaissance era and also one of the most comedic.[71]
Writing for Variety, Robert Koehler commented the film "may not match the groovy business of many of the studio's other kidpix, but it will be remembered as the film that established a new attitude in the halls of Disney's animation unit".[72] Roger Ebert, writing his review for Chicago Sun-Times, awarded the film 3 (out of 4) stars distinguishing the film as "a goofy slapstick cartoon, with the attention span of Donald Duck" that is separate from what's known as animated features. Ebert would later add that "it doesn't have the technical polish of a film like Tarzan, but is a reminder that the classic cartoon look is a beloved style of its own."[73] Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum graded the film a B+, describing it as a "hip, funny, mostly nonmusical, decidedly non-epic family picture, which turns out to be less of a hero's journey than a meeting of sitcom minds".[74]
Published in The Austin Chronicle, Marc Savlov gave the film 2/5 stars noting the film "suffers from a persistent case of narrative backsliding that only serves to make older members of the audience long for the days of the dwarves, beauties, and poisoned apples of Disney-yore, and younger ones squirm in their seats". Savlov continued to express his displeasure in the animation in comparison to the previous year's Tarzan writing it "is also a minor letdown, with none of the ecstatic visual tour de force."[75] Movie reviewer Bob Strauss acknowledged the film is "funny, frantic and colorful enough to keep the small fry diverted for its short but strained 78 minutes", though except for "some nice voice work, a few impressive scale gags and interesting, Inca-inspired design elements, there is very little here for the rest of the family to latch onto". Strauss would target the massive story overhaul during production as the main problem.[76]
List of Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Recipients and nominees Results
2001 Golden Satellite Award Best Animated or Mixed Media The Emperor's New Groove Nominated
Best Original Song "My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley Nominated
58th Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song "My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley Nominated
28th Annie Awards Best Animated Feature The Emperor's New Groove Nominated
Individual Achievement in Directing Mark Dindal Nominated
Individual Achievement in Writing Mark Dindal (Story), Chris Williams (Story) and David Reynolds (Screenplay) Nominated
Individual Achievement in Storyboarding Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall Nominated
Individual Achievement in Production Design Colin Stimpson Nominated
Individual Achievement in Character Animation Dale Baer Won
Individual Achievement in Voice Acting Eartha Kitt Won
Patrick Warburton Nominated
Individual Achievement in Music Sting and David Hartley Won
Individual Achievement in Music Score John Debney Nominated
73rd Academy Awards Best Original Song "My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Mark Dindal Nominated
Best Original Song "My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley Won
Phoenix Films Critics Society Awards Best Song "My Funny Friend and Me" Won
Best Animated Film The Emperor's New Groove Nominated
Best Family Film The Emperor's New Groove Nominated
Las Vegas Critics Society Awards Best Family Film The Emperor's New Groove Nominated
Best Song "My Funny Friend and Me" Nominated
2002 44th Annual Grammy Awards Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media "My Funny Friend and Me" Nominated
The Sweatbox[edit]
The Sweatbox is a documentary that chronicled the tumultuous collaboration of Sting and David Hartley with the Disney studios to compose six songs for Kingdom of the Sun (the film's working title).[77] The documentary featured interviews from directors Roger Allers and Mark Dindal, producer Randy Fullmer, Sting (whose wife created the documentary), Disney story artists, and the voice cast being dismayed by the new direction. Disney was not believed to be opposing Trudie Styler's documentary with Disney animation executive Thomas Schumacher, who had seen footage, commenting that "I think it's going to be great!"[78]
The film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, but has gone virtually unseen by the public ever since. Disney owns the rights, but has never officially released it;[79] in March 2012, a workprint of the documentary was leaked online and was uploaded onto YouTube, by a United Kingdom cartoonist, before it was ultimately pulled.[80] As of April 2015, some scenes from the documentary could be seen from the home media release, including the behind the scenes and the making of My Funny Friend and Me.
Adaptations and sequel[edit]
In April 2005, it was announced that DisneyToon Studios was producing a direct-to-video sequel entitled Kronk's New Groove, which was released on December 13, 2005, timed with the premiere of the Disney Channel cartoon series the film is based on called The Emperor's New School.[81] Patrick Warburton, Eartha Kitt and Wendie Malick reprised their roles for the sequel and series, while J.P. Manoux replaced David Spade for the series and Fred Tatasciore voiced Pacha in season 1. John Goodman subsequently reprised his role for the second and final season for the series.
Kuzco appears as a guest in the animated television series, Disney's House of Mouse, and its direct-to-video spin-off film, Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.
Two video games were developed and released concurrent with the film. The first, for the Sony PlayStation, was developed by Argonaut Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment of America. The second, for the Nintendo Game Boy Color, was developed by Sandbox and published by Ubisoft. Both titles were released in PAL territories the following year, the PlayStation version was re-released for the North American PlayStation Network on July 27, 2010.
The Tokyo DisneySea rollercoaster attraction Raging Spirits took visual inspiration for its Inca ruins theme from the buildings in the film, with a structure based on Kuzco's palace similarly crowning the ruins site.[82]
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Debris prompts space station crew to seek shelter
Irene Klotz, Reuters
March 25, 2012, 5:03 am
Nighttime view from the International Space Station shows the Atlantic coast of the United States in this NASA handout image dated February 6, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A passing piece of potentially dangerous space debris forced astronauts at the International Space Station to temporarily seek refuge in escape ships early on Saturday, U.S. officials said.
The debris, a fragment from an old Russian satellite named Cosmos 2251 that smashed into an Iridium Communications spacecraft in 2009, passed harmlessly by the $100 billion orbital outpost at 2:38 a.m. EDT (0638 GMT), NASA said.
With enough advance notice, NASA will maneuver the space station, which orbits about 240 miles above the planet, to put more space between it and passing debris. The other option is for the station’s six crew members to shelter inside the two Soyuz capsules berthed at the station in case the outpost is struck and depressurizes.
“This was a very erratic piece of Cosmos 2251 debris and tracking it was very difficult,” NASA spokesman Michael Curie wrote in an email to Reuters.
“Its size and exact distance are unknown, and the crew sheltered in place as a highly-conservative, cautionary measure. The predicted miss distance prior to its passing was 11 to 14 kilometers (6.8 to 8.7 miles) in overall miss distance. But again, we do not know its exact distance at 2:38 am EDT, the time of closest approach,” he said.
It was the third time a crew has had to shelter in Soyuz spacecraft when debris was predicted to pass close to the space station, NASA said.
More than 20,000 pieces of man-made debris larger than a softball currently orbit Earth. Space junk travels at speeds of up to 17,500 mph, so even small pieces have enough energy to cause significant damage upon impact.
NASA says the greatest risk from debris comes from untrackable objects. The February 10, 2009, collision of the Russian and Iridium satellites added more than 2,000 pieces of trackable debris to the growing list of space junk. Two years earlier, China intentionally destroyed one of its defunct weather satellites to test a missile, generating more than 3,000 pieces of debris.
The U.S. military’s Space Surveillance Network tracks objects as small as two inches in diameter in orbits close to Earth, such as where the space station flies, and about one yard (.9 meter) in orbit in higher orbits.
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Debris prompts space station crew to seek shelter – Yahoo! New Zealand News.
Moon to have no-fly zones by month end
September 7, 2011
THE PURPOSE: NASA’s “recommendations” of no-fly zones are for preserving and protecting Apollo missions’ historical sites and artefacts.
No-fly zones will come into effect on the moon for the very first time by the end of this month! Why, even buffer zones that spacecraft may have to avoid will come into existence. The reason: avoiding any spraying of rocket exhaust or dust onto certain historical sites and artefacts on the moon.
The historical sites are of course the Apollo landing sites and artefacts present on the moon. And the “recommendations” are for preserving and protecting these historical sites. There are currently more than three dozen historical sites that preserve the more than four-decade-old remains.
“Apollo 11 and 17 sites [will] remain off-limits, with ground-travel buffers of 75 metres and 225 metres from each respective lunar lander,” states the July 20 guidelines of NASA. Science journal had obtained the guidelines.
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Study of bacteria
Though these restrictions may appear preposterous, there are clear scientific compulsions to collect and study them. For example, studying the discarded food will reveal the viability of bacteria on the moon and, if present, how they have mutated and survived after years of exposure to solar radiation.
It is worthwhile to remember that all scientific experiments conducted on board during space travel are of a few days duration and pale in comparison with decades of constant exposure to several stressful lunar conditions/environment.
Similarly, there are other scientific compulsions to study the artefacts left behind on the moon. For instance, any metallic objects would reveal how these materials have degraded after prolonged exposure to solar radiation and other peculiar conditions prevailing on the moon.
What prompted the space agency to act was the Google Lunar X prize for those landing a robot that moves 500 metres and sends images from the moon. Precise landing near the Apollo sites would get them more money.
Very recently, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. The paths made when the astronauts explored the lunar surface have been very clearly captured by the images.
According to NASA, at the Apollo 17 site, the tracks laid down by the lunar rover are clearly visible, along with the last foot trails left on the Moon. The images also show where the astronauts placed some of the scientific instruments that provided the first insights into the Moon’s environment and interior.
via The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : Moon to have no-fly zones by month end.
How Would NASA & Russia Evacuate the International Space Station?
By Clara Moskowitz
updated 8/29/2011 4:19:18 PM ET
In the wake of a Russian rocket failure, NASA is considering evacuating the crew of the International Space Station later this year. The unprecedented move would mark the first time in more than 10 years that the orbiting outpost has gone unmanned.
The space station evacuation is one possibility following the failure of the unmanned Russian supply spacecraft just after its Aug. 24 launch — a surprise given the reliable track record of its workhorse Soyuz rocket. The vehicle’s Progress 44 cargo craft, and its 2.9 tons of supplies bound for the International Space Station, crashed in Siberia.
An investigation into the cause of the failure is under way, but until the issue is resolved NASA and its Russian partners are delaying upcoming launches to crews and cargo to the space station. The Soyuz rockets used to launch Progress vehicles are similar to ones used to launch crews into orbit, station managers said. [ Photos: Russia’s Lost Cargo Ship Progress 44 ]
So if a root cause isn’t found quickly, they may have to ground manned Soyuz rockets for the time being, forcing the space agencies to leave the $100 billion orbiting laboratory unmanned for the first time since 2001….
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Tuna Eye
Japanese pubs serve the delicacy sautéed, braised, or in a cocktail known as “tuna’s tears.”
When in a sushi restaurant in Japan, you’re likely to see cuts of tuna belly in maki rolls or on their own as sashimi. However, walk through a fish market or grocery store, and you’ll see a very different part of the tuna gazing at you: its eyeballs.
Japanese chefs cook the fleshy, tennis ball–sized eyeballs as appetizers or bar snacks. The eye consists of a hard exterior, known as the sclera, which holds the lens, the iris, and gelatinous fluid. When cooked, the sclera is usually too chewy to eat, but the inner contents of the eye become soft, and can be easily sucked out like bone marrow. Chefs often lightly braise eyeballs in a mixture of soy sauce and mirin or sautée them with sesame oil and ginger. The eyeballs themselves are rather bland—most tasters liken them to squid, mussels, or or hard-boiled egg.
Today, tuna eyeballs can usually be found in Japan’s izakayas, casual, after-work pubs that dispense hors d’oeuvres and drinks. The cooked eyeballs are served one or two at a time, alongside other dishes. If you’re lucky, you may even be able to pair them with a shot of “tuna’s tears,” a rare drink made with soju and raw tuna lens.
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You are more likely to find tuna eyeballs at restaurants or izakayas that specialize in tuna dishes. Although some sources claim that tuna eyeballs can be eaten raw, it’s best to stick to cooked versions, since the raw eyeballs can quickly accumulate bacteria.
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Postural Syndrome
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What is postural syndrome?
Postural syndrome refers to the postural fatigue of muscles in the spine either in the neck, mid back or lower back regions. This may cause symptoms such as neck pain, mid back pain, lower back pain, and headaches
What are the symptoms of Postural Syndrome?
You usually experience:
• Gradual onset of dull, achy pain and stiffness in shoulder girdle, upper back and neck
• Pain may refer to the base of the head, shoulders or chest
• Pain is better with activity and worse with prolonged sitting at a desk or computer
• Pins and needles in the hands or fingers
• Notable poor posture
What causes Postural Syndrome?
It is usually caused by:
1. Poor posture
• Slouching with forward head carriage
• Rounding of the shoulder girdle
• A straight neck curve
2. Other mechanisms
• Chronic overload of the muscles in the neck, mid back and/or lower back
• Compressed Subclavian artery
• Compressed brachial plexus which innervates the upper limb
• Pressure on the nerve at the base of the skull which can cause headaches
• Chronic traction on muscles which can lead to muscle spasm, local pain and trigger points
If I do have poor posture and/or experience neck, mid back, lower back pain and headaches, what can I do?
• Correct your posture – tummy in, and shoulders and chin back (make sure you’re still able to breath and talk)
• Check your work station setup ergonomics
• Check your car seat setup
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How to calculate taxable income
To calculate taxable income, subtract all deductions and allowance for exemptions from the adjusted gross income
Taxable income = adjusted income − (deductions + allowance for exemptions)
With deductions, you can itemize deductions or use the standard deduction
In 2009, the standard deduction is
11,400 USD for married couple filling a joint return
8350 for heads of household
5700 for singles and married individuals filling separately
If you itemize deductions, you can deduct taxes paid, mortgage interest, educational expenses, medical expenses, contributions, and other expenses that exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income.
A 3650 USD exemption was allowed for each dependent in 2009. This can always change. Hopefully, when it changes, it goes higher because it will reduce your taxable income even more
We now illustrate with real life examples
Example #1:
In 2009, Mike's adjusted gross income is 37,000 USD. Mike is married and has three kids. What is Mike's taxable income if he is filling a joint return and chooses to take the standard deduction?
Taxable income = 37,000 − (11,400 + 3650 × 3)
Taxable income = 37,000 − (11,400 + 10950)
Taxable income = 37,000 − 22350
Taxable income = 14650
Example #2:
In 2009, Sylvia's adjusted gross income is 50,000 USD. If Sylvia has 4 kids and decides to itemize the following items, calculate taxable income?
Taxes paid: 5000
Mortgage interest: 7000
Educational expenses: 4000
Medical expenses: 2000
Charitable contributions: 500
Expenses that exceed 2% of her adjusted gross income: 6000
Total deductions = 5000 + 7000 + 4000 + 2000 + 500 + 6000 = 24,500
Since Sylvia has 4 kids, her exemption is 3650 × 4 = 14,600
Taxable income = 50,000 − (24,500 + 14,600)
Taxable income = 50,000 − 39,100
Taxable income = 10,900
Notice that Sylvia's taxable income could have been a lot higher if she has taken the standard deduction of 11,400
It would be 50,000 − (11,400 + 14,600) = 50,000 − 26000 = 24,000
She will end up paying more taxes
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'Most distant' Solar System object spied
Artist's impression of Sedna Image copyright NASA/JPL-CALTECH/R.HURT
Image caption Artist's impression: Dwarf planet Sedna's orbit will take it 140 billion km from the Sun
Astronomers have identified the most distant object yet in the Solar System.
Observations with Japan's Subaru telescope reveal the likely icy body to be some 15.5 billion km from the Sun - about three times further away than even far-flung Pluto.
Scientists say their initial studies suggest that the object - catalogued as V774104 - is some 500-1,000km across.
It will need to be tracked over time to learn the shape and extent of its orbit through the Solar System.
The discovery was announced at the 47th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences, taking place in National Harbor near Washington DC.
The team behind the find is led by Scott Sheppard, from the Carnegie Institution for Science, and Chad Trujillo, from the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii.
They specialise in detecting Solar System outliers.
In or out?
The previously recognised most distant object is the dwarf planet Eris.
This body, which has a moon, Dysnomia, moves between 5.7 billion km and 14.6 billion km from the Sun.
To put some of these numbers in context: Earth is 149 million km from the Sun, and even the most distant major planet - Neptune - seems close at 4.5 billion km, by these standards.
That said, the Voyager 1 probe is further away - just. The epic robotic explorer has now ventured 20 billion km from home.
The big question is whether V774104 sweeps inwards from its present location, like Eris, or outwards, like the objects known as 2012 VP113 and Sedna.
Unexplained history
These bodies are currently slightly closer in than Eris, but investigations of their orbits show they will reach far deeper into space, out to 66 billion km and 140 billion km, respectively.
Models for Solar System formation suggest that such objects were probably not created in these weird, eccentric orbits.
One explanation is that they have been perturbed gravitationally and pulled on to their strange trajectories by a passing planet - perhaps one that was expelled from our Solar System early in its history.
Some scientists even speculate that such objects could have been stolen from a star that formed from the same "nursery" of gas and dust as our Sun 4.6 billion years ago. and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos
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Danes stain
(Science: technique) a stain for prekeratin, keratin, and mucin which employs haemalum, phloxine, alcian blue, and orange G; nuclei appear orange to brown, acid mucopolysaccharides pale blue, and keratins orange to red-orange.
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Candybooru image #4123, tagged with Lucy LucyxSandy Sandy Tsukaiz_(Artist) genderbended
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Genderbended, even if they look...not genderbended. <3 LukexSal <3
Tsukaiz 8 years ago.
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Who the heck is Luke?
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Luke is the genderbended version of Lucy.
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Hey, maybe checking the tags would help you. You know, tags, the things that tell you what's in the picture. >.>
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One might argue that if it is necessary to check the tags, the artist has failed. On the other hand, though, this idea is considerably weaker when drawing genderbent, human, or otherwise significantly altered versions of the characters.
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The funny thing is that people have drawn Luke several times on Candybooru. Yet it was harder to tell that Luke was Lucy genderbent than that Sal was Sandy genderbent? :U
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PAM modes
G.SHDSL devices use two parameters for line configuration: PAM and BASE RATE. While G.SHDSL Economy and Etherlink II modems only know two PAM modes (16 and 32), Etherlink IV works with PAM modes from 4 to 128. Although the PAM mode does not directly affect the transmission speed, it is, however, crucial to it. The speed is directly calculated from the base rate number and depending on the PAM mode, only certain base rates are possible.
PAM Modus G.SHDSL.Economy Etherlink II Etherlink IV
4 - - 2-39
8 - - 3-79
16 3-60 3-60 4-119
32 12-89 12-89 4-159
64 - - 2-199
128 - - 4-238
The transmission speed is calculated by multiplying the base rate number with 64. The result is in kbit/s. At PAM 128 and base rate 238, Etherlink IV thus achieves 15,232 kbit/s; at PAM 32 and base rate 89, Etherlink II still achieves 5,696 kbit/s. You get the nominal values by adding 8Kb overhead for the transmission.
Depending on the device, the highest speed is only achieved under ideal line conditions (length, thickness, insulation, interferences, connections). Lower speeds, however, are possible. Typically, the base rate is reduced. For lines with poor line conditions, a different PAM mode may improve the line performance.
Mentally, you can compare the relationship between PAM and base rate to a train going from A to B. You want to transport as many persons as possible in the shortest possible time. The PAM mode determines the type, the base rate the number of coaches. Depending on the coach type, only a certain number of coaches can be attached. The line conditions reduce the choice of coach types further.
The beauty of Etherlink IV is that you can choose from a wide range of coach types. The small PAM modes represent coaches suitable for poor line conditions. They occupy different band widths and are highly immune to malfunctions and interferences.
Imagine, for example, a DSL line with several connections, plenty of crosstalk and interferences over a distance of 10 kilometers. For Etherlink II, you would have to choose a small base rate of 20-25 at PAM 16 for a speed of 1.5 Mbit/s. For Etherlink IV you could select smaller PAM modes for a good and stable transmission that is 20 to 25% faster. PAM 4 at a base rate of 25-30 already amounts to almost 2Mbit/s. Depending on the lines used, the values in the field differ from those in the examples.
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Nursery and Reception children receive a wide ranging and balanced curriculum. We follow the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage but extend the curriculum with a strong focus on Reading, Writing and Numeracy. These are incorporated throughout the seven areas of learning. Discovery, interaction, enjoyment and fun form the basis of the teaching and learning and cross-curricular links are embraced. The children are introduced to relevant technology to support their learning. French, Music, Dance, P.E, Drama and Forest School are taught by specialist teachers.
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As outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage guidance, the curriculum is divided into two main areas of learning and development which are interconnected. The Prime Areas are fundamental and work together to support development in all other areas and the Specific Areas provide essential knowledge for children to participate successfully in society.
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Six tips for keeping your brain fit
Cognitive training To work optimally, our brains need to be challenged, though it’s not as simple as doing crosswords or reading the newspaper. Really challenging your brain might mean taking up a new instrument or learning a second language. (Learning more than one language in childhood helps keep your brain strong decades later, but once you learn two, a third language provides fewer added benefits, research suggests.)
Exercise Decades of scientific research support the idea that physical exercise — including aerobic and strength training — is essential to brain health at any age. Benefits are particularly strong for older people. It appears that just 15-20 minutes of daily aerobic exercise is enough to keep the brain healthy.
Healthy diet Research shows that a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables, and olive oil, and low in processed foods, is best for brain and body. Some data also suggest that eating fewer calories — just enough to maintain weight — is healthier than eating more.
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Sleep People who don’t sleep enough dip into their cognitive reserves. As their brains become stressed with age or disease, they have fewer reserves and are more likely to suffer from lack of sleep. Older people with sleep problems should address them to avoid cognitive decline. On average, adults should sleep 7-8 hours per night, most research suggests.
Social interaction It’s crucial for both the head and the heart to get enough social interaction with family and friends to feel supported, research has shown, although it’s not yet clear how much is enough. Socializing via the Internet probably has some effect, but it’s possibly less essential than face-to-face interactions.
Stress control Some stress is essential — it challenges your brain. But too much stress can be distracting, reducing memory and overtaxing the body and brain. Meditation, deep breathing, visualization, biofeedback, and exercise have all been shown to reduce unhealthy stress.
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Andrew Pepper: House of Pepper
For two hot pink nights, Andrew Pepper - balladeer, cabaret clown and all round farce of nature - is back!
This is the caped* cabaret crusader's third time at Crazy Coqs after his sell-out debut in 2015. (*the cape is optional)
Pepper has been sashaying around the London cabaret scene for over a decade now, performing in such high(and low)-brow venues as The Pheasantry, Café Royal (Black Cat Cabaret), Wilton's Music Hall and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
As an actor, he's graced the West End stage in Mary Poppins; played Lord Scarecrow in the world premiere of Philip Pullman's The Scarecrow and his Servant; and created havoc on Emmerdale as Casper, the angry vegan.
For his Live At Zédel return, expect impossibly tight trousers, highbrow nonsense, limby lunacy, sophisticated song styling, less sophisticated song styling, show tunes, Jacques Brel (though probably not in person), foot stomping and the splits. Welcome to House of Pepper.
Pianistic wizardry provided by Master James Church.
"Pepper is a winner whatever he's doing" - Evening Standard
"Pepper provides riotous comic relief." - The Times
"Pepper, he of the magnificent voice" - The Stage
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Illustrated Dictionary of British Churches - Gargoyle Definition
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A gargoyle is a carved figure used to oranament a drainpipe or spout carrying water away from a church roof or tower. The term is sometimes used to refer to any carved mythical beast on a church, but technically a gargoyle was a specific kind of carved figure used on drainspouts. To be pedantic, a figure used for purely ornamental purposes is a grotesque rather than a gargoyle. Gargoyles often depict mythological beasts, frequently with terrifying or humourous expressions.
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Posted 7 Jul 2005
Multilingual TextBox
, 7 Jul 2005
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This textbox enables us to write text in diffrent languages. It supports Unicode text.
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This is a kind of textbox with multilingual support and it is Unicode compliant. In order to display text in different languages, we must have language.xml files in the bin\language directory for each language, which is kind of the key mapping and it is very easy to prepare the XML files.
In my project, I was in the need of a textbox in which we can have text of different languages with out setting the font each time?
Using the code
In the languageTextBox class file, there is a method ProcessDialogKey(Keys keyData), I am overriding that method in order to trap the keyboard interrupt and to modify the display of the interrupt.
protected override bool ProcessDialogKey(Keys keyData)
_reader=new XmlTextReader("..\\language\\"+lan_name+".xml");
if(_reader.Name ==keyData.ToString().Replace(",","").Replace(" ",""))
In order to map the keys, I am reading configuration data from an XML file. If it does not find the particular language.xml in its bin\language directory, it works for English as default. <_reader> is the variable to read from the XML file: _reader = new XmlTextReader("..\\language\\"+lan_name+".xml").
Points of Interest
During the coding of this function I realized that we could trap any interrupt generated by the keyboard. An interesting feature of this is it just needs to compile once. That is for different languages, we just need to provide the XML of that language and it works for that language. All the glyphs related matter is taken care of by the Unicode font. In this control, I have used Arial Unicode MS true type.
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i am mahesh mishra working with IIT Kanpur as a project associate.
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Three Tier App for vRealize Automation
One question I’m asked quite a lot is what I use for a 3-tier application when I’m testing things like NSX micro-segmentation with vRealize Automation. The simple answer is that I used to make something up as I went along, deploying components by hand and generally repeating myself a lot. I had some cut/paste commands in my note application that sped things up a little, but nothing that developed. I’ve been meaning to rectify this for a while, and this is the result!
A lot of this is based on the excellent blog posts published on the VMware HOL blog by Doug Baer. Doug wrote five parts on creating his application on Photon OS and they’re well worth a read (start at part 1, here). I have changed a few things for my vRA Three Tier App, and some things are the same:
• I’m using CentOS7, as that’s what I see out in the wild with customers (RHEL7) and I am most familiar with
• The app itself is the PHP MySQL CRUD Application from Tutorial Republic
• The DB tier uses MariaDB (MySQL) not SQLite
• The App tier is an Apache/PHP server
• The Web tier is still NGINX as a reverse proxy
• I am including NSX on-demand load balancers in my blueprint, but you don’t actually need them for single-VM tiers
• Finally, I want to be able to deploy my 3-tier application using vRA Software Components (though you can also use startup scripts in the customisation spec)
Based on this, my final application will look something like the image below, with clients connecting to the NSX load balancer on HTTPS/443, multiple NGINX reverse proxy servers communicating with the NSX load balancer on HTTP/8080, which is in front of multiple Apache web servers running the PHP application which all talk to the MySQL databased back end over MySQL/3306.
Three Tier App
When in use, the application looks like this:
Installing and Configuring OTRS 3.0.9 on Windows Server 2008 R2
acquia_marina_logoOTRS is an exceptionally flexible ITIL compliant ticketing/helpdesk solution, which runs beautifully on almost any LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl (yes, I know it’s PHP really;-)) server, but what happens when you work in a Windows-only environment? OTRS does have a Windows installer, but it is somewhat clunky and requires almost as much work to configure as manually installing. Installing as components allows you to upgrade portions of the system and have more granular control over the setup.
I’ve recently installed OTRS on a Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) server, including experimenting with various combinations of IIS/Apache, MSSQL2008/MySQL, ActiveState Perl 32-bit/64-bit, different configurations and setups – these are my findings:
• IIS7, MSSQL (64), ActiveState Perl (64) – to make use of the native IIS7 webserver and 64-bit Perl. The server does run but performs abysmally, and you have to force IIS to run a 32-bit application pool to get Perl to work.
• Apache2.2 (32), MSSQL (64) and ActiveState Perl (32) – again OTRS will run but performance is grim
• Apache2.2 (64 unofficial binaries), MySQL (64) and ActiveState Perl (64) – this seemed the most promising approach but without a 64-bit version of mod_perl the performance was worse than the final combo
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None of these combinations came close to the performance of OTRS running on a native Linux server, my 64-bit Ubuntu server absolutely flew, with less processor and RAM than the Windows box. In short, if you have the skills, use the Linux option. Yes, yes I do feel a little dirty now, sorry Mr Gates.
So, the final setup I have opted for is:
• A Virtual Machine running Windows Server 2008, 2GB RAM and 2 vCPUs at 3.2Ghz
• MySQL Server 5.5, 64-bit
• Apache 2.2, 32-bit
• ActiveState Perl, 32-bit
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Create curly hair products, just for her.
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Public Release:
Early Earth less hellish than previously thought
Vanderbilt University
IMAGE: Calvin Miller is shown at the Kerlingarfjoll volcano in central Iceland. Some geologists have proposed that the early Earth may have resembled regions like this. view more
Credit: Tamara Carley
The study was conducted by a team of geologists directed by Calvin Miller, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt University, and published online this weekend by the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters in a paper titled, "Iceland is not a magmatic analog for the Hadean: Evidence from the zircon record."
From the early 20th century up through the 1980's, geologists generally agreed that conditions during the Hadean period were utterly hostile to life. Inability to find rock formations from the period led them to conclude that early Earth was hellishly hot, either entirely molten or subject to such intense asteroid bombardment that any rocks that formed were rapidly remelted. As a result, they pictured the surface of the Earth as covered by a giant "magma ocean."
This perception began to change about 30 years ago when geologists discovered zircon crystals (a mineral typically associated with granite) with ages exceeding 4 billion years old preserved in younger sandstones. These ancient zircons opened the door for exploration of the Earth's earliest crust. In addition to the radiometric dating techniques that revealed the ages of these ancient zircons, geologists used other analytical techniques to extract information about the environment in which the crystals formed, including the temperature and whether water was present.
Since then zircon studies have revealed that the Hadean Earth was not the uniformly hellish place previously imagined, but during some periods possessed an established crust cool enough so that surface water could form - possibly on the scale of oceans.
Accepting that the early Earth had a solid crust and liquid water (at least at times), scientists have continued to debate the nature of that crust and the processes that were active at that time: How similar was the Hadean Earth to what we see today?
"We reasoned that the only concrete evidence for what the Hadean was like came from the only known survivors: zircon crystals - and yet no one had investigated Icelandic zircon to compare their telltale compositions to those that are more than 4 billion years old, or with zircon from other modern environments," said Miller.
In 2009, Vanderbilt doctoral student Tamara Carley, who has just accepted the position of assistant professor at Layfayette College, began collecting samples from volcanoes and sands derived from erosion of Icelandic volcanoes. She separated thousands of zircon crystals from the samples, which cover the island's regional diversity and represent its 18 million year history.
Working with Miller and doctoral student Abraham Padilla at Vanderbilt, Joe Wooden at Stanford University, Axel Schmitt and Rita Economos from UCLA, Ilya Bindeman at the University of Oregon and Brennan Jordan at the University of South Dakota, Carley analyzed about 1,000 zircon crystals for their age and elemental and isotopic compositions. She then searched the literature for all comparable analyses of Hadean zircon and for representative analyses of zircon from other modern environments.
"We discovered that Icelandic zircons are quite distinctive from crystals formed in other locations on modern Earth. We also found that they formed in magmas that are remarkably different from those in which the Hadean zircons grew," said Carley.
Most importantly, their analysis found that Icelandic zircons grew from much hotter magmas than Hadean zircons. Although surface water played an important role in the generation of both Icelandic and Hadean crystals, in the Icelandic case the water was extremely hot when it interacted with the source rocks while the Hadean water-rock interactions were at significantly lower temperatures.
"Our conclusion is counterintuitive," said Miller. "Hadean zircons grew from magmas rather similar to those formed in modern subduction zones, but apparently even 'cooler' and 'wetter' than those being produced today."
The study was supported by National Science Foundation grants EAR-1220523, EAR- CAREER-0844772 and DGE-0909667, and research grants from the National Geographic Society and the Keck Geology Consortium.
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Public Release:
Thawing permafrost feeds climate change
Florida State University
IMAGE: Assistant Professor Rob Spencer spent more than three months in Siberia between 2012 and 2014 to study thawing permafrost. view more
Credit: Robert Spencer/FSU
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Carbon, held in frozen permafrost soils for tens of thousands of years, is being released as Arctic regions of the Earth warm and is further fueling global climate change, according to a Florida State University researcher.
Assistant Professor of Oceanography Robert Spencer writes in Geophysical Research Letters that single-cell organisms called microbes are rapidly devouring the ancient carbon being released from thawing permafrost soil and ultimately releasing it back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Increased carbon dioxide levels, of course, cause the Earth to warm and accelerate thawing.
"When you have a huge frozen store of carbon and it's thawing, we have some big questions," said Robert Spencer, assistant professor of oceanography. "The primary question is when it thaws, what happens to it? Our research shows this ancient carbon is rapidly utilized by microbes and transferred to the atmosphere, leading to further warming in the region and therefore more thawing. So we get into a runaway effect."
Spencer and a team of researchers first began looking at this issue of what happened to the carbon as permafrost thawed several years ago. There was a gap in the scientific literature because terrestrial scientists had found that permafrost was thawing and thus releasing long-stored carbon. But, aquatic scientists found no evidence of that ancient carbon at the mouths of major rivers leading to the Arctic Ocean.
So, where did the carbon go?
The simple answer is that it became food.
The more complex answer provides an interesting glimpse into how some of the smallest living organisms can have a major effect on the planet. Microbes, single-cell organisms that are too small for the human eye to see, are the oldest form of life on Earth and carbon is a rich food source for them.
Scientists weren't finding carbon at the mouth of major Arctic rivers because it was already consumed and released into the atmosphere.
"This material is very attractive to these microbes as a food source," Spencer said. "As permafrost thaws, microbes are going to use this carbon with clear ramifications for climate change."
To conduct this study, Spencer led a team of researchers who spent more than three months between 2012 and 2014 studying thawing permafrost in Siberia. Permafrost in the region is extremely deep -- more than 100 feet in some places -- and has remained frozen for tens of thousands of years.
At 19 different sites in the Siberia region, Spencer and his colleagues collected hundreds of water samples and conducted experiments to determine what portion of the carbon pool microbes were using as a food source -- the ancient carbon coming from the thawed permafrost or new sources.
Spencer acknowledged it is exceptionally difficult for scientists to capture that process in real time, but future research will take his team to small streams dominated by permafrost thaw to see if they could quantify permafrost carbon inputs before microbes gobble it up.
"We have to capture this material as soon as it thaws because that's where we see its unique compositional features which make it so attractive to microbes," he said.
Spencer's research is funded by the National Science Foundation. Other institutions contributing to the research are Northumbria University in the United Kingdom, University of Oldenburg in Germany, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts, the Russian Academy of Science and the University of Georgia.
Geophysical Research Letters is published by the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Kathleen Haughney, University Communications
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2016 Count of Certified Organic Operations Shows Continued Growth in U.S. Market
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WASHINGTON, - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced new data indicating the organic industry continues to grow domestically and globally, with 24,650 certified organic operations in the United States, and 37,032 around the world.
The 2016 count of U.S. certified organic farms and businesses reflects a 13 percent increase between the end of 2015 and 2016, continuing the trend of double digit growth in the organic sector. The number of certified operations has increased since the count began in 2002 and this is the highest growth rate since 2008.
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Organic certification is an “opt-in” voluntary standard that is managed through a public-private partnership. The USDA accredits and oversees approximately 80 businesses and State governments that directly certify organic farms and businesses. USDA provides a number ofeducational resourcesto help organic producers access this growing market. These include interactive videos that help candidate farmers understand how to get and maintain organic certification, and fact sheets that explain the value proposition of organic certification and outline the standards in clear ways.
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Fenwick & West Represents Gaming Giants Sega of America and Electronic Arts in Copyright Infringement
November 15, 2013
Fenwick represented Sega of America and Electronic Arts in a copyright infringement case filed in the Central District of California by Kenneth Penders, an artist who contributed content to certain “Sonic the Hedgehog” comic books and claimed to own copyrights in that content. Fenwick convinced the district court that Penders’ case should be dismissed because of another similar case pending in the Southern District of New York. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Penders’ claim based on the first-to-file rule, which had the effect of wiping out Penders’ claim for damages.
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The Power Of An Enemy (Or Threat)
September 4, 2014Comments Off on The Power Of An Enemy (Or Threat)
One after another, SEO professionals took to the stage and attacked Google.
Google is working in mysterious ways.
'It broke authorships!'
'It's changing our rankings!'
'It's punishing and attacking us!'
You might think this breeds an atmosphere of enmity. SEO is, to some extent, a zero-sum game. If I rank first for "online communities" then you can't.
This should build a deep well of distrust and suspicion.
Yet the opposite happens. It's the common enemy that brings the crowd closer together. Of the events I've attended, few (if any) had the sense of community felt by those at MozCon. They're all in this together. They're all the little guys being picked on by a bigger enemy (an enemy they need to survive, no less).
When you have a common enemy that is perceived to be constantly attacking you, when you can genuinely perceive yourself as the weaker guy in the fight, you will find you feel a strong connection to others in that same position. You feel a greater sense of unity with them.
It stands to reason then, that if we can create a plausible enemy to our group – someone whose beliefs or actions conflict or threaten our own efforts – if we can make the group feel we are being constantly attacked by a bigger threat, the sense of community should significantly increase.
That's not easy to do (it's risky too). Yet we see this is what Apple did to IBM and then Microsoft. This is what fresh, healthy, foods do to McDonalds.
It works best when it's something large, in your field, and is a threat to your audience.
You can gradually drop in negative references to the enemy in content, discussions, and other material. It's less difficult than you might imagine.
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Five College Consortium
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The dramatic increase in transnational migrations has prompted new debates over globalization, diversity, and human rights. In these debates, the fate of migrants is defined by competing visions of them as pawns or pioneers, as passive victims or driven agents. This course explores the key role played by film in such representations, comparing and contrasting film to ethnography as a way to relate migrant experiences and understand migration. We look at how documentaries, feature films in local and world cinema, and ethnographies represent decisions to go abroad and the effects of migration on home and host communities. We ask what can be gleaned from these sources, such as: What it is like to be an undocumented migrant or a member of a "second generation"? What we can learn about the conditions of trafficked women or refugees? How do the politics and policies of bordering work. We also explore how geography, citizenship, class, gender, age, ethnicity, race and religion feature in these representations. Students will critically analyze how migrants are represented in film through active class discussions and several written essays.
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8 Must-read Spanish Blogs for Spanish Learners
What’s the best and worst part about learning Spanish online?
The best part: all of the great free resources that you have available at your fingertips.
The worst part: too many resources at your fingertips.
This includes blogs on learning Spanish.
There are just too many! Where to start?
Of course, we’re big fans of learning Spanish with blogs.
So we’ve gone ahead and scoured the internet, separated the wheat from the chaff, and emerged with the best of the best. These Spanish blogs are wonderful tools that take away some of the strain by providing short, snappy lessons, shared experiences and cultural insights. They allow you to learn at your own pace and make the process a whole lot easier. You’ll see what I mean when you take a look at these eight awesome blogs that deliver a lot of excellent information and guidance. And along the way, they have some fun too!
Learn a foreign language with videos
8 Awesome Spanish Blogs for Spanish Learners
1. PeppyBurro
So, you’re passionate about the Spanish language and want to spread your enthusiasm to the rest of the non-Spanish speaking world. What do you do?
Well, if you’re Amit Schandillia, whose love for the language has no limits, you set up a blog to inspire other learners. Amit has turned his enthusiasm for Spanish into a valuable learning resource that’s as infectious as it is educative.
Although Amit is not a native Spanish speaker, he is a deep well of information with a blog that includes tips and tricks on fluency, cultural information and examples of regional variations. Amit’s posts are categorized into eight helpful sections: vocabulary, immersion, music, tips and tricks, street Spanish, deconstruction, movies and shows, and finally, resources. There is a lot of excellent information here that is of use to all levels of Spanish language learners.
2. My Spanish Adventure
“My Spanish Adventure” is a wonderful idea for a blog. Will Peach did something that many people dream of, and that’s to leave the 9-5 and go traveling. He followed his heart to Spain to become fluent in Spanish and learn more about the country. His blog posts read like a close friend sending you notes from abroad, but each one has something valuable about the country and the language. He shares stories about his experiences and some of the joys and challenges of learning a foreign tongue, some of which will be familiar to readers.
Blog posts are categorized into four sections: immersion in Spain, what to see in Spain, save money in Spain and is Spanish hard to learn? As you can imagine with someone who’s traveling through the country, the range of topics is immense, everything from tourist information such as great places to surf to essential how-to guides. Will is an engaging and entertaining writer and some of the posts are in Spanish.
3. Spanish Obsessed
For the Spanish learner who wants to push themselves ever further, this series of posts will give the language center of the brain a thorough workout. “Spanish Obsessed” is a comprehensive Spanish learning website run by English native and fluent Spanish speaker Rob and his Colombian partner Liz.
One of the really neat aspects about their blog posts is that they are written in both languages. Rob writes in English and Liz in Spanish. Their posts explore many aspects of the language from basic, intermediate and advanced vocabulary and phrases to insightful articles about its structure and how best to go about learning the language. Rob’s posts cover topics such as getting to grips with the subjunctive, memory tricks to help you learn, and a guide to ser and estar (Spanish language learners will know how tricky it is to master the two forms of the verb “to be”). Liz’s posts are on anything and everything, such as vacations and following the peace process in Colombia. They provide the Spanish language learner with a lot of good reading practice.
4. Speaking Latino
You’ve probably heard it a million times before, but it’s always worth repeating. The Spanish you learn in the classroom, while being supremely useful of course, is not the language of the street. To sound even more Spanish you must familiarize yourself with everyday words and phrases, and that is the intent behind “Speaking Latino”.
The blog is all about Spanish slang and speaking Spanish in the real world. And whether you will be traveling to or working in Argentina, Chile, Spain or another Spanish-speaking country, there’s a series of blog posts for you. The articles are categorized according to countries, so there’s Ecuadorian Spanish, Peruvian Spanish, Mexican Spanish and so on. In all, the Spanish of 12 countries is featured, as well as a section on general Spanish. The posts are short, sharp, to the point and are stuffed with everyday Spanish used in the country of your choice. They cover a multitude of topics such as politics, slang expressions from different regions of a country, and even expressions used to insult someone!
5. Notes in Spanish
In addition to all the great videos and audios, “Notes in Spanish” also runs a blog for the Spanish learner of all levels. This comprehensive website is run by a Madrid-based couple: Ben who’s an Englishman and Marina Diez a native Spanish speaker. The posts are typically based on a single topic and include the key words and phrases you are likely to hear in conjunction with the post’s theme. Each post is well constructed, informative and nicely presented. The blog also promotes the couple’s excellent podcast and video series.
6. Let’s Go Spanish
“Let’s Go Spanish” is a mixed bag of language learning goodies, a series of blog post/lessons that get under the skin of the Spanish tongue to provide an all-embracing immersion into its construction and how it is spoken. A lot of time and effort goes into providing thoughtful articles that highlight plenty of useful phrases and key vocabulary. The large photographs are a nice and occasionally whimsical touch that makes reading these blogs an even more pleasurable and valuable experience.
7. How to Learn Spanish
Learn Spanish without breaking the bank. That’s the basic premise of “How to Learn Spanish”, which is designed to point the reader to a huge pile of internet-based learning resources that cost little or no money. The blog is run by Andrew Tracey who taught himself Spanish via the internet. Now he’s acting like your personal language learning detective who scours the far reaches of the web to find good and inexpensive means of learning Spanish. His posts talk about and point to videos, books, music, audio, TV shows and so on that are useful for all levels of Spanish language learner. “How to learn Spanish” is a good starting point that will save the student hours of their own time. Within just a few minutes of reading Andrew’s posts you’ll have a handful of links to great resources to continue your immersive journey into the language.
This site is run by native Spanish teacher Maria Fernandez, who provides a regularly updated series of lessons that explore the language in some detail. She previously ran a site called “Spanish Bites,” but now focuses more on audio and video listening lessons. Learners can use the free parts of the site or pay a small fee for a complete Spanish course.
And One More Thing…
If you like learning Spanish, then you’ll love FluentU. FluentU takes real-world videos like music videos, commercials, news, and inspiring talks and turns them into Spanish learning experiences. Other sites use scripted content. FluentU uses a natural approach that helps you ease into the Spanish language and culture over time. You’ll learn Spanish as it’s actually spoken by real people.
FluentU has a wide variety of videos – topics like soccer, TV shows, business, movies, and even magical realism, as you can see here:
Learn all the vocabulary in any video with FluentU’s Learn Mode. Swipe left or right to see more examples of the word you’re on.
Experience Spanish immersion online!
Experience Spanish immersion online!
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The Android Market is the weakest point of Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android strategy. It's a weak imitation of the Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) App Store, devoid of the clever search and organization finesse one would expect from an information expert like Google. Developers often have a hard time getting their apps in front of their customers; end users have trouble finding the apps they actually want.
If Google doesn't fix this big problem, maybe somebody else will. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is reportedly working on a third-party Android app store. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is supposedly working up its own version. If one of these alternatives turns out to be easier to use than the original Google-backed marketplace, it stands to reason that users would quickly jump ship to the better solution. Google won't stop us, because that would be against the open-source philosophy behind the whole Android platform.
That's also the reason why Google isn't telling Verizon (NYSE: VZ) to stop using Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Bing instead of Google Search on some of its Android phones, and why the company isn't dictating what software goes into a proper Android handset in general. The one exception is that you need a certain set of Google-branded features in order to get a "with Google" logo on the phone.
I fully expect both Amazon and Best Buy to come through -- not only with new market solutions but with better ones. These are consumer-oriented companies with tons of design and usability experience, while Google is running Android more like an engineer than a marketer or a designer. The appearance of other alternatives will eventually force Google to get its own offering up to par, and so the virtuous cycle keeps spiraling until the app-installing experience stops being the saddest part of owning an Android phone -- or developing programs for them.
In fact, Google seems to have caught that fever already. Older Android phones have recently received an upgraded Market application ripped from the Froyo version of the platform. Phones as old as last year's HTC myTouch 3G now enjoy refinements like one-click updating of all installed applications and a nicer presentation of what each program is good for. But the sub-par search experience remains, and Google really should do better.
Is the lousy app market keeping you from buying an Android -- and would a better one change your mind? Discuss in the comments below.
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Legendary fund manager Peter Lynch said that you shouldn't invest in any idea you couldn't illustrate with a crayon.
I'm not much for crayons, but I do love the pithiness of that line. It's something we regularly preach at the Fool: Don't buy what you don't understand. And if you can't simply sketch out a company's business model -- how it, you know, actually makes money -- then maybe you shouldn't be investing in it.
Today I'd like to share a very simple visual of one of my own portfolio holdings, the surgical robot pioneer Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG). Here's my attempt to encapsulate the company's business model:
Disagree with me? Think I missed something? General thoughts on this exercise? I'll be reading the comments below, so please share. And if you haven't already, be sure to follow Intuitive Surgical using the Fool's free new My Watchlist tool.
The da Vinci patient cart image is (c)2006 Intuitive Surgical Inc.
Fool.com executive editor Brian Richards owns shares of Intuitive Surgical. Intuitive Surgical is a Motley Fool Rule Breakers pick. True to its name, The Motley Fool is made up of a motley assortment of writers and analysts, each with a unique perspective; sometimes we agree, sometimes we disagree, but we all believe in the power of learning from each other through our Foolish community. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Austrian Economist Robert Murphy on his Experience with IBC
Dr. Robert Murphy is Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Assistant Research Professor of Economics at the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, co-founder of the Nelson Nash Institute, and co-creator of the Authorized IBC Practitioner course, and much more!
He recounts his personal experience with the IBC in this article. An excerpt follows:
Thus this article serves several purposes. First, I hope it clarifies for Austrian / libertarian readers why I became so interested in the economics of life insurance. Yet I also hope it further explains to people already in the IBC community why I think the IBC Practitioner’s Program is such an important component in bringing this message to a wider audience. Finally, it will hopefully prove useful as a general introduction to IBC for any reader, told in the style of “one guy’s journey.”
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Selecting the best suppliers for your business
A wise man once said "You can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends." What is less well known is that he went on to say "…and you can also choose your suppliers" and should do so based upon the rigorous criteria laid out in this article. The 'approval criteria' New suppliers should be able to prove that they are: technically sound managerially competent adequately resourced financially stable reliable. To assess the above, the following checks may need to be made… Technical competence A technical expert should be taken on visits to assess the following areas: technical background,
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Summary of Are Payments Fast Enough Already?
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The use of digital payments is widespread in the United States, where transfers amounting to some $1 trillion daily pay for quotidian items like food, clothing, utilities and mortgages. According to financial journalist Charles Davidson, leaps in computing power and the continued development of digital payment technologies would seem to argue for adopting an infrastructure that can deliver faster – even instantaneous – transactions. But some critics want to set speed limits on the transition. getAbstract recommends this overview, written for policy makers and regulators but also of interest to the general reader, for its succinct discussion of a highly relevant and dynamic topic.
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Charles Davidson is a staff writer for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Digital payments are a big business in the United States. FedACH, the Federal Reserve’s payment mechanism, and the Clearinghouse, a bank consortium-owned payment network, process millions of remittances with minimal disruption every business day. Yet consumer and commercial expectations for faster transactions, and the competitive services that can provide them, continue to increase, as both computing capabilities and digital technologies develop.
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Taylor Swift Returns To Spotify Because She's Rich Enough Now
What do you do when you finally have everything? If you're Taylor Swift, you give a little something back. And take a swing at Katy Perry, of course.
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To celebrate her album 1989 selling over 10 million copies, the 27-year-old pop singer announced yesterday that she would let fans stream her old albums on apps like Spotify. Sure, Swift won't make as much money doing this as she'd like to make, but when your estimated net worth is over $US280 million ($372 million), you can make some sacrifices.
Along with the 10 million album sales worldwide, Swift also won the RIAA's 100 million song certifications. This vague and seemingly made up honour puts her right behind Rihanna, who has 118 million song certifications, but ahead of Katy Perry and her measly 88 million song certifications. It's worth pointing out that Perry, with whom Taylor has a famous feud, released her new album on Friday, so clearly this is about more than money. Whatever, Swift seems honoured enough that she's finally going to let more people listen to her music.
Swift's entire back catalogue returned to "all streaming services" yesterday, ending a very public feud with the streaming industry. Three years ago, when 1989 released, the musician pulled her songs from Spotify. "I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music," Swift said at the time. Spotify rightly pointed out that the record industry is actually the one responsible for compensating artists poorly, as it has been for decades. But Taylor Swift did not yield.
When Apple Music launched in 2015, offering customers a free three-month trial without compensating the artists on the service, Swift cried foul again and refused to allow her back library to be included in the service. Apple eventually decided to pay the artists during the trial period, and Swift graced its customers with her albums, even that hot new 1989 one. It was probably around that time that Swift started to realise that streaming music services weren't just an "experiment" any more.
The bitter irony here, of course, is that Taylor Swift is one of the wealthiest musicians in the world. In fact, having pulled in $US170 million ($226 million) last year alone, Swift is actually the highest paid entertainer at the moment, which means that her net worth number is going to keep climbing at a steady clip. What will she do with all this money? Swift already has a seaside mansion in Rhode Island, just across the Long Island Sound from the Hamptons. (She paid $US17 million [$22.6 million] in cash for it.) She also bought the historic Goldwyn mansion in Beverly Hills a couple years ago. (That was $US25 million [$33.2 million].) She even owns two private jets — Dassault Falcons, to be precise. (The newest ones cost $US45 million [$59.8 million] each.) TayTay can't even spend all the money there's so much of it!
And so, Swift is giving back. She's doing it for the fans. She's doing it for you. And she's also doing it to boost concert ticket sales as well as merchandising as well as all those other ways an artist can make money when they let streaming music services make them more popular.
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5 Coat and Scarf Combos That Will Keep You Warm (and Make You Look Great)
You've got your range of fall coats, and your arsenal of scarves, but which ones go with which? The mixing and matching can get tricky, so here, we've presented five easy-to-wear options that'll have you wrapped with warmth, and strutting in style.
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John Oliver Already Knows How Trump’s Military Parade Will Go Down
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Trump’s desperate quest for happiness may kill us all.
When John Oliver gives interviews, Donald Trump is basically an unavoidable topic. And Oliver has expressed before that he has very, let's say, uncharitable feelings toward people who think that Trump is some kind of a boon for people who work in comedy.
So it's easy to see how after a while that frustration starts to bubble up with more and more intensity. The tone stays funny and Oliver remains insightful, but the material, well, that gets dark. Like when Stephen Colbert asks Oliver what he thinks about Trump's demands for a military parade:
I will say this—it won't make him happy. And I think it's important that he knows that. Whatever this presidency is about—the search for a lost father's love, trying to fill a void with something tangible—that parade is going to go past him and he's going to realize this isn't it either. It's not gonna happen. Those phallic missiles, he'll think, "No, okay, it must be something else then." And that—that—is when we're really fucked.
That's straight up nihilistic as text, though Oliver's delivery makes it hilarious. And for good measure, he sums up the whole bit in the closing line: "'Surely, I can fill this hole with something.' Which he can't, he's an emotional vacuum and he'll die that way."
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Thinking Globally
Recently, my family unearthed a home video on an old Beta tape from when I was three years old. In the video, I was sitting on my dad's lap with a globe in front of me, and he was asking me to point out different countries. "Where's Vanuatu?" or "Which one is Fiji?" he would ask me. Sure enough, there I was, pointing to the little island nations. Undoubtedly I promptly forgot their locations after learning them, because I certainly don't remember them now. But looking at that tape reminded of some of the unusual aspects of my childhood.
My father made sure that we learned about the most obscure societies, and vociferously denounced mainstream American culture. His theory was, if it's what everyone else thinks, it must be wrong. I can't remember a time when he was not constantly telling us how much better the Chinese do this, how much better the Russians do that, or how much more polite the Japanese are.
My sisters and I did not immediately appreciate my dad's cosmopolitan view of the world. Like most little kids we just wanted to fit in; we enjoyed eating at McDonald's and listening to pop music, not eating somewhere "interesting" (which invariably meant trying...
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Word of the Day / Dakhka: When the proto-Semitics Laughed
The people predating all the Semitic groups seem to have had quite the sense of humor.
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Thousands of years ago a group of people we know nearly nothing about appeared in the Middle East. We only know they spoke a language linguists call Proto-Semitic, the language from which all Semitic languages...
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Cabinet Holds Three-hour Meeting on Gaza Economy, but Makes No New Decisions
Despite defense officials' warnings of an economic collapse in Gaza, ministers make no moves on humanitarian aid
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The security cabinet held a three-hour discussion on Sunday about the economic situation in the Gaza Strip. No new decisions were taken regarding humanitarian relief, with participants discussing previously...
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13, Verse 14
सर्वत: पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् |
सर्वत: श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति || 14||
sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣhi-śhiro-mukham
sarvataḥ śhrutimal loke sarvam āvṛitya tiṣhṭhati
sarvataḥeverywhere; pāṇihands; pādamfeet; tatthat; sarvataḥeverywhere; akṣhieyes; śhiraḥheads; mukhamfaces; sarvataḥeverywhere; śhruti-mathaving ears; lokein the universe; sarvameverything; āvṛityapervades; tiṣhṭhatiexists
BG 13.14: Everywhere are his hands and feet, eyes, heads, and faces. His ears too are in all places, for he pervades everything in the universe.
Often people argue that God cannot have hands, feet, eyes, ears, etc. But Shree Krishna says that God has all these, and to an innumerable extent. We should never fall into the trap of circumscribing God within our limited understanding. He is kartumakartuṁ anyathā karatuṁ samarthaḥ “He can do the possible, the impossible, and the reverse of the possible.” For that all-powerful God, to say that he cannot have hands and feet, is placing a constraint upon him.
However, God’s limbs and senses are divine, while ours are material. The difference between the material and the transcendental is that while we are limited to one set of senses, God possesses unlimited hands and legs, eyes, and ears. While our senses exist in one place, God’s senses are everywhere. Hence, God sees everything that happens in the world, and hears everything that is ever said. This is possible because, just as he is all-pervading in creation, his eyes and ears are also ubiquitous. The Chhāndogya Upaniṣhad states: sarvaṁ khalvidaṁ brahma (3.14.1)[v9] “Everywhere is Brahman.” Hence, he accepts food offerings made to him anywhere in the universe; he hears the prayers of his devotees, wherever they may be; and he is the witness of all that occurs in the three worlds. If millions of devotees venerate him at the same time, he has no problem in accepting the prayers of all of them.
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Repair guides and support for Panasonic's Viera line of televisions.
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8 blink error code on my panasonic plasma
I have a tv that we are trying so hard to fix. We refuse to let it go unless we really have to. We have a panasonic tc-p65st30 and from one day to another the tv has a 8blink error. We have replaced the SS board and the Main board.( I think thats what they are called). Even replacing both boards we still keep getting the 8 blink error code. Can anyone help us please? We would really greatly appreciate it.
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So we ordered the part that you recommended and checked all the ribbons everything seems to be checked out ok. After replacing the board we are still getting the 8blink error code.
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@samantha789 your TV has a SS board as well as an SS2 board. Either one of those can be faulty and generate the 8 blink code. You also want to check the connector on the ribbon cables. Since you already changed the SS and P (power) board, I'd go with the SS2 board and cables next. Panasonic part number for that is TXNSS21NYUU (TNPA5348)
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In the context of the World Wide Web , deep linking is the use of a hyperlink That links to a specific, searchable indexed Generally gold, piece of web content we website (eg, “ “), rather than the website’s home page (eg,” “).
A link to the address an example of a deep link. The URL contains all the information needed to Point to a Particular item, in this case the “Example” section of the English Wikipedia Article Entitled “Deep linking” as Opposed to only the information needed to spot to the highest-level home page of Wikipedia at
Deep linking and HTTP
The technology behind the World Wide Web, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), does not actually make any distinction between “deep” links and any other links-all links are functionally equal. This is intentional; one of the design purposes of the web site. The possibility of so-called “deep” linking is thus built into the Web technology of HTTP and URLs by default-while. According to the World Wide Web ConsortiumTechnical Architecture Group, “the author of the authoritative approach to the world of misuse of technology, and threatens to undermine the functioning of the Web as a whole”. [1]
Some shopping websites object to other sites making deep links into Their happy Either Because it bypasses advertising on Their hand pages, passes off Their happy As That of the linker gold, like The Wall Street Journal , They charged users for Permanently valid links. Sometimes, deep linking HAS led to legal actions Such As in the 1997 case of Ticketmaster versus Microsoft , Where Microsoft deep-linked to Ticketmaster’s website from ict Sidewalk service. This case was settled when Microsoft and Ticketmaster arranged a licensing agreement. Ticketmaster later filed a similar case against, and the judge in this case ruled that such linking was legal as long as it was clear to which the linked pages belonged. [2] The same terms are also available, writing: “A URL is simply an address, open to the public, like the street address of a building, which, if known, can enable the user to reach the building. . There is nothing to be made of the URL to a copyrightable item, especially the way it is used.
Deep linking and web technologies
Websites built on technologies like Adobe Flash and AJAX often do not support deep linking. This can cause us problems for these sites. For example, they may not be able to save a bookmark to individual pages or states of the site, use the web browser and click on the original page.
However, this is not a fundamental limitation of these technologies. Well-known techniques, and such libraries as SWFAddress [3] and aFocus History Keeper , [4] can be used to provide Flash or AJAX services. [5] [6] [7]
Court rulings
Probably the earliest legal case arising out of deep-linking was the 1996 Scottish case of The Shetland Times . The Shetland News , in which the Times accused the news of appropriating stories on the Times ‘ website as its own. [8] [9]
At the Beginning of 2006, in a search engine box entre les and job website, the Delhi High Court in India prohibited from deeplinking to [10]
The most important and widely cited US opinions on the Ninth Circuit’s rulings in Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp. [11] and Perfect 10, Inc. v., Inc. . [12] In both cases, the court exonerated the use of deep linking. In the second of these cases, the short explained (speaking of defendant Google, whom Perfect 10 had also sued) why linking is not a copyright infringement under US law:
Google does not … display a copy of a full-size photographic images for the purposes of the Copyright Act when Google frames in-line linked images that appear on a user’s computer screen. Because Google’s computers do not store the photographic images, Google does not have a copy of the Copyright Act. In other words, Google does not have any “material objects … in which a work is fixed … and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated” and thus can not communicate a copy. Google of HTML, HTML, HTML, HTML, HTML, HTML Providing these HTML instructions is not equivalent to showing a copy. First, the HTML instructions are lines of text, not a photographic image. Second, HTML instructions do not cause them infringing images to appear on the user’s computer screen. The HTML of the user’s browser. The browser then interacts with the computer that stores the infringing image. It is this interaction that causes an infringing image to appear on the user’s computer screen. Google may facilitate the user’s access to infringing images. However, such assistance is only of a general nature and does not constitute direct infringement of the copyright owner’s display rights. … While inline-linking and framing may cause some computer users to believe they are viewing a single Google webpage, the Copyright Act, unlike the Trademark Act,
In December 2006, a Texas court Ruled That by linking a motocross website to videos was Texas-based motocross video output website Did not Constitute fair use. The court subsequently issued an injunction. [13] This case, SFX Motor Sports Inc., c. Davis, was not published in official reports, but is available at 2006 WL 3616983.
In a February 2006 ruling, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court ( Copenhagen ) found systematic crawling , indexing and deep-linking by portal site of real estate site not to conflict with Danish law or the database directive of the European Union . The Court is pleased that the search engines are desirable for the functioning of the Internet of today; and that, when publishing information on the Internet, one must assume-and-accept search engines that link to individual pages of one’s website. [14]
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Website owners Who do not want search engines to deep link, or only want ’em to index specific pages can request so using the Robots Exclusion Standard ( robots.txt file). People who favor deep linking often feel that they do not provide a robots.txt file by default. citation needed ] Uncommitted Robots Exclusion Standard can not be used robots or other robots. quote needed ]Sites other than search engines can also be found on the web site, so the question of the relevance of the Robots Exclusion Standard to controversies about Deep Linking. The Robots Exclusion Standard does not programmatically enforce its directives so it does not prevent search engines and others who do not follow polite conventions from deep linking.
See also
• Copyright aspects of hyperlinking and framing
• Fragment identify
• Framing (World Wide Web)
• Inline linking
• Intellectual Reserve v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry
• Mobile deep linking
1. Jump up^ Bray, Tim (Sep 11, 2003). “Deep Linking in the World Wide Web” . . Retrieved May 30, 2007 .
2. Jump up^ Finley, Michelle (Mar 30, 2000). “Attention Editors: Deep Link Away”. Wired News.
3. Jump up^ “a swfaddress example: how to deep link your flash tutorial” SQUIBL Blog ” . 2010-10-14. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25 . Retrieved 2014-06-25 .
4. Jump up^ “History Keeper – Deep Linking in Flash & JavaScript” .
5. Jump up^ “Deep linking to frames in Flash websites” .
6. Jump up^ “Deep Linking for Flash and Ajax” .
7. Jump up^ “Deep Linking for AJAX” .
8. Jump up^ “Shetland Internet squabble settled out of court” . BBC . 11 November 1997.
9. Jump up^ For a more extended discussion, see the Wikipedia articleCopyright aspects of hyperlinking and framing.
10. Jump up^ “High Court Critical On Deeplinking” . Dec 29, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27 . Retrieved May 30, 2007 .
11. Jump up^ 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir 2003).
12. Jump up^ 487 F.3d 701 (9th Cir 2007).
13. Jump up^ Declan McCullagh. “Judge: Can not link to the Webcast if copyright owner objects” . . Retrieved May 30, 2007 .
14. Jump up^ “Udskrift af SØ- & Handelsrettens Dombog” (PDF) (in Danish). February 24, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2007 . Retrieved May 30, 2007 .
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Generator means any person, by site, whose act or process produces hazardous waste identified or listed in part 261 of this chapter or whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to regulation.
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(1) In general. Taxpayer identification number means the identifying number assigned to a person under section 6109 (relating to identifying numbers, generally a nine-digit social security number for an individual and a nine-digit employer identification number for a nonindividual, e.g., a corporation, partnership, trust, or estate). An obviously incorrect number is not considered a taxpayer identification number. See § 31.6011(b)-2 and § 301.6109-1 of this chapter for provisions relating to obtaining a taxpayer identification number.
(2) Obviously incorrect number. Obviously incorrect number means a number that does not contain nine digits or a number that includes an alpha character as one of the nine digits.
(c) Broker. Broker is defined in section 6045(c)(1) and § 1.6045-1(a)(1) of this chapter. If there could be more than one broker with respect to any acquisition, only the broker having the closest contact (as determined under 1.6045-1(c)(3)(iii) and (iv) of this chapter) with the payee is treated as a broker. In the case of any instrument, the term broker does not include any person who is the payor with respect to the instrument as described in § 31.3406(a)-2.
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(1) Any instrument that is part of an issue any portion of which is traded on an established securities market (within the meaning of section 453(f)(5)); or
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(2)The term “antimicrobial pesticide” does not include— (A)a wood preservative or antifouling paint product for which a claim of pesticidal activity other than or in addition to an activity described in paragraph (1) is made; (B)an agricultural fungicide product; or (C)an aquatic herbicide product.
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Several times since I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve received requests to delete or amend posts. Until now, I never have. These requests never said my post was inaccurate or even unfair. Rather, the typical request was one in which the circumstances had changed but my post continued to show up in search engines. For example, one came from a company that had been sued. Later, well after the lawsuit was settled, searches for the company name continued to bring up my post. Given that the post was accurate when I wrote it, I saw no reason to delete it later on. Lawsuits are settled every day, after all, but that’s no reason to pretend they were never filed in the first place.
Today I received a phone call asking me to alter a post I wrote yesterday. The post pointed back to an earlier post I’d written about Sept. 11. Yesterday’s post included a parenthetical that I labeled an “odd footnote” describing an e-mail I’d received about that earlier post asking me to change a reference it contained to a corporate name. My post yesterday described this e-mail as “either callous or clueless.”
Today’s call was from the author of that e-mail. He apologized for sending it, conceded it appeared callous, and explained that he had not, in fact, read the substance of my earlier post. He did not work for the corporation in question but for an outside agency helping with its marketing and branding efforts. Given that he recognizes his e-mail was a mistake, and given the feedback he was receiving due to my post, would I consider taking it down, he asked.
I think it is my background as a newspaper editor that makes me bristle at such requests. The record is the record, after all. As much as we all sometimes wish we could undue the past, we all know we can’t. In the days when news was published only on paper, there was no thought of deleting the historical record, only of correcting or updating it. When news went digital, newspapers wrestled with how to maintain consistency between their print and electronic reports and, for the most part, decided to handle both the same way. News Web sites generally do not delete stories even when they may have been incorrect, but instead append the correction to the story.
After I hung up from today’s phone call, I tried to research whether other bloggers have considered this issue. As it turns out, just yesterday at The Volokh Conspiracy, law professor Eugene Volokh wrestled with much the same question, asking readers for their thoughts on how he should handle the situation. The comments are thoughtful and enlightening. After reading through them, I found myself thinking that my old-school newspaperman’s distaste for changing what’s been written is, perhaps, irrationally rigid.
In my situation, the “odd footnote” was gratuitous. It had nothing to do with the reason for my post or the solemnity of the day. At the same time, it had the effect of embarrassing or possibly even undermining someone within his company — someone who probably first sent me the e-mail with the best of intentions and in furtherance of his job responsibilities. Why would I care enough about a gratuitous comment to ruin someone’s day or endanger someone’s job? I asked myself. The answer: I don’t. So I deleted it.
• It is exactly this kind of situation that has borne “reputation management” which sounds like what the agency person was doing.
There are services, such as Google Alerts that will notify you when you or your company are mentioned online.
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Selenium is a trace mineral naturally found in seafood, nuts, meat, dairy and grains, as well as in supplements. Selenium is essential for DNA, thyroid hormones, reproduction and oxidation protection. It may also protect against cancer and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The recommended dietary allowance of selenium for adults ages 19 to 50 years old is 55 micrograms per day.
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The selenium content in plant-based foods can vary depending on the soil in the location where the crop is grown. In general, one slice of whole-wheat bread, 1 cup of oatmeal and 1 cup of baked beans each contains 13 micrograms of selenium. A cup of enriched pasta contains 37 micrograms, and a cup of cooked brown rice contains 19 micrograms. Vegetables tend to be relatively poor sources of selenium. One cup of frozen spinach contains 11 micrograms, compared to a cup of iceberg lettuce, which doesn't contain any. Carrots also do not contain any selenium. A potato contains only 1 microgram.
Meat and Poultry
Two pieces of grilled chicken.
Two pieces of grilled chicken.
Meat is a good source of selenium that Americans rely on for the mineral. Three ounces of turkey contains 31 micrograms of selenium, while 3 ounces of chicken contains 22 micrograms. Three ounces of beef steak and ham contain 33 micrograms and 42 micrograms, respectively. Three ounces of 25-percent-fat ground beef contains only 18 micrograms of selenium. Organ meats contain a higher amount of selenium than muscle meats.
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A bowl off trail mix.
Brazil nuts are one of the best sources of selenium, depending on the soil content. Brazil nuts can contain up to 544 micrograms of selenium for only 1 ounce. An ounce of sunflower kernels has 23 micrograms, compared to an ounce of almonds, which has less than 1 microgram. An ounce of cashews, pistachios and walnuts has 6, 3 and 2 micrograms, respectively.
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A close up of a tuna steak.
Seafood and dairy are other good sources of selenium. Three ounces of tuna has 92 micrograms of selenium, halibut has 47 micrograms, sardines have 45 micrograms and shrimp contains 40 micrograms of selenium. One cup of 1 percent cottage cheese has 20 micrograms of selenium. A cup of 1 percent milk and a cup of low-fat yogurt each contains only 8 micrograms of selenium.
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Entertaining angels
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Entertaining angels
I remember whilst travelling in Israel/Palestine many years back arriving in a town at night.
We were travelling by car, two of us, looking for somewhere to stay.
We asked a local for directions and ended up being invited to his home, where we were welcomed and given food and somewhere to sleep.
We also got to meet his family the next morning over breakfast.
This incident had a profound effect on me, as I was on the receiving end of what has been called the ‘kindness of strangers’.
This is something I, like many others, have experienced frequently as I travel.
This is also the chosen title of journalist Kate Adie's autobiography.
Maybe you can also think of incidents where you have been on the receiving end of hospitality...
In ‘Cool Britannia’ we can be somewhat slower in offering hospitality.
And it seems that, post-Brexit, incidents of Hate Crime are increasing, as reported in the Independent recently.
Xenophobia is on the rise in Britain (literally the fear of the stranger/foreigner).
The Bible encourages us to ‘practice hospitality’ thereby ‘entertaining angels unawares’ (Hebrews 13:2 ESV). An intriguing phrase…
— Hebrews 13:2 ESV
The answer to xenophobia is to respond in the opposite spirit – ‘philoxenia’ which is the Biblical (Greek) term for generosity or hospitality.
It literally means love of strangers and foreigners.
Go on try it. Practice generosity or hospitality with a stranger. And maybe just maybe you will encounter an ‘angel’...
Phil - an Anglican minister, who is also a Street Angel, and a part of Mahabba
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USCIS to Reinstitute Adjustment of Status Interviews
Effective October 1, 2017, USCIS will reinstitute interviews for certain adjustment of status applicants, ending the interview waiver which has been in place for over a decade.
Under the guise of preventing terrorists from entering the US, pursuant to Executive Order 13780, USCIS will eliminate interview waivers for the following applicants:
1. Employment based adjustment of status applicants (Form I-485);
2. Refugee/Asylee relative petitions (Form I-730).
It should be noted that the general rule has always been to interview adjustment of status applicants. However, especially in the employment based application process, because the applications were routine, legacy INS waived the interview requirement.
The effect of the elimination of interview waivers will be, at the least, a drastic increase in the amount of time it will take to obtain Permanent Residence. At the present time, the adjudication of an adjustment of status application takes approximately 16 - 18 months with an interview waiver. When you add the time for USCIS to schedule an interview, it is not unreasonable to expect processing times to increase to two years (or more) from the time that an applicant is eligible to file the adjustment of status application. Requiring an interview in these routine cases will only increase the cost to the applicant in terms of time and legal expenses, as well as increase costs to the tax payers, as we will have to pay for the increased labor costs entailed in interviewing routine applicants. It should also be noted that while Executive Order 13780 charges the Department of Homeland Security with "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States," adjustment of status applicants are already in the United States, having entered with, in most cases, valid visas.
An alternative to waiting for an adjustment of status interview could be to schedule an Immigrant Visa interview at the US Consulate in the applicant's country of origin. In many cases, especially in "low fraud" countries, the Immigrant Visa interview may be faster than adjustment of status. However, as the requirements for an Immigrant Visa interview differ in certain aspects from adjustment of status, and because this would require leaving the United States, legal advice should be obtained prior to utilizing this alternative.
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My parents support my brother who has mental health problems. If it makes a difference my brother is schizophrenic although he doesn't believe there is anything wrong with him.
I know they struggle a bit and worry a lot and I want to help support them. My Mum is ok in so far as she has friends she can talk to but my Dad isn't the sort to talk to his friends. He can't talk to my Mum because they can never agree on anything with regards to my brother so any talk just ends up as an argument.
I want to suggest some online forums for my Dad. While I rate mumsnet it's not going to be suitable for him. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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A mod that overhauls lights, fog and clouds with a cartoonish, fantasy touch.
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A mod that overhauls lights, fog and clouds with a cartoonish, fantasy touch. All colors were reviewed and textures were "handly" painted over in photoshop, starting from clouds pics. To applying lights and fog I've added two .mit files, one for Wrye Mash users and one for MiNi.exe users.
Weather features:
+ Clear is limpid and colorful
+ Cloudy is misty and bright
+ Rainy is cold and gray
+ Thunder is plunged in blue
+ Overcast is misty and dark
+ Foggy is green and marshy
Screenshots: 1024*768, mge xe, no shaders, distant land 4, above water fog: start 1 - end 4, no high quality fog/atmosphere. With different MGE versions/options results may vary. High quality fog nullify my work on lights.
Prerequisite: a sky mesh, that is a courtesy of starwarsgal9875: you will need the file called sky_clouds_01.nif placed in your meshes folder, and you can find it in the Skies .IV Resource Pack, if you don't have it already.
1|| with Wrye Mash is always the better way.
And to apply a mit file...
- Go to mods tab, right click on main column header and select "INI Tweaks...". This will bring up a file selection dialog.
- Select one of the mit files from Morrowind\Data Files\Mits and click Open. This will apply the changes in the mit file to Morrowind.ini.
2|| if you really must do it manually:
- drag the Data Files folder in your Morrowind folder and overwrite when asked (backup your installed sky textures if you mind)
- since MiNi.exe seems missing around the web (I found it here, but in a strange form), if you don't have it open the mit file in notepad and manually override your morrowind.ini file.
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TEDxChCh - Linh Do - Defying Social Norms for Social Change
In this talk, Linh Do asks some important questions: What is normal? And how abnormal do we have to be to effect social change? 19-year-old Linh Do is the founder of Change and Switch in Australia. Four years ago, Linh initiated the Change a Million Light Bulbs project in Melbourne to get people to switch from incandescent to LED or compact fluorescent light bulbs. The project later went Australia-wide under the name Change and Switch and, as of November 2009, incandescent light bulbs are no longer for sale in Australia.Just three years ago, Linh was trained by Al Gore to be a Climate Project presenter and deliver the slideshow behind An Inconvenient Truth, and earlier this year, Linh was one of 250 international passengers to spend two months on the Ship of World Youth, an initiative by the Government of Japan to facilitate intercultural exchange.Linh is currently studying for her Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Environmental Studies, as well as the University of Melbourne's Universitas 21 Diploma in Global Issues.About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
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IF you let a bunch of unskilled carpenters loose in Sherwood Forest, don't be surprised if you wind up with a load of kindling.
That's about the only coherent response to Kevin Reynolds's "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," starring Kevin Costner as that once merry man Robin of Locksley, a k a Robin Hood.
The new movie is a mess, a big, long, joyless reconstruction of the Robin Hood legend that comes out firmly for civil rights, feminism, religious freedom and economic opportunity for all.
The screenplay was written by Pen Densham and John Watson, who also are two of the film's producers, but it sounds as if it had come from the enlightened quill of the character played by Mr. Costner in "Dances With Wolves."
It's a measure of how muddled the movie is that the only two entertaining characters are subsidiary: Robin's beloved Marian, a beautiful, intelligent strong-willed woman, played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and the screenwriters' own invention, Azeem, a Moor, played by Morgan Freeman with a wit and humor that are otherwise not to be found in the film.
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Mr. Costner and his associates seem to have approached their subject without a clear idea about the kind of movie they wanted to make. In the production notes, there are jokey references to the classic 1938 version and to the fact that Mr. Costner refused to wear the sort of green tights sported by Errol Flynn's Robin Hood.
It takes chutzpah to look down upon your betters.
Though the new "Robin Hood" observes all of the classic confrontations that keep the tale alive, the film winds up as a mixture of listless adventure, wispy comedy and what is meant to pass for social realism.
It begins in 12th-century Jerusalem where Robin, a Crusader, is a prisoner in some grungy infidel dungeon. From the looks of the fright wig Robin is wearing, he's been there 50 years, though, when he escapes, it turns out he's still a comparatively young man.
Having helped Azeem to escape, too, Robin cannot get rid of the faithful fellow, who follows him back to England where, as the Monty Python people might say, the serfs are revolting. King Richard is away and disorder reigns.
Robin's free-thinking dad (he called the Crusades "a foolish quest") is dead, killed by the evil Guy of Gisborne (Michael Wincott). The family castle has been looted and burned, the lands appropriated by the even more evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman).
Robin seeks sanctuary in Sherwood Forest, where he soon takes command of the band that has gathered around Little John (Nick Brimble) and Will Scarlett (Christian Slater). It is just one of the film's oddities that when Robin and Little John have their initial encounter on the bridge, Mr. Costner's Robin seems a good 20 pounds heavier than he does that same evening.
With or without the extra weight, Mr. Costner is the film's big problem. He plays Robin as if the character were a movie star being gracious to his fans. He is polite, but he doesn't exert himself. There's nothing wrong with his accent, which sounds plain American most of the time, only with his attitude.
This Robin Hood gives the impression of being lethargic and dull. Sometimes he may be under-acting. At other times, he seems to be doing nothing at all.
In one of the times Robin attempts to be swashbuckling, by swinging on a Sherwood Forest vine, there is no sense of thrill or dash, only the vague fear that he might fall and hurt himself. Because Mr. Costner appears to be having so little fun, the audience is allowed to grow impatient, too.
Also getting in the way of the entertainment are the movie's attempts to be relevant, as in Robin's little speech on behalf of Azeem's right to be treated like other men, or his defense of Marian's maid Fanny (Soo Druet), who asks to bear arms against the Sheriff of Nottingham. There's nothing wrong with the sentiments but, in Sherwood Forest, they look as anachronistic as Coke cans.
Even the film's politics are inconsistent. Robin's final triumph over the Sheriff of Nottingham, when the outlaws sneak into town to disrupt a hanging and stop the sheriff's marriage to Marian, is made possible only by the use of gunpowder, whose mysteries have been revealed by Azeem.
Though gunpowder, which suddenly renders the bow and arrow obsolete, is celebrated as a great step forward, it seems unlikely that the same movie makers would be equally upbeat about the introduction of a nuclear bomb. If "Robin Hood" were better, such a thought would never arise, but this film prompts such speculation.
The movie's dour production design is also a downer. The dominant colors are brown, black, olive, mouse-gray, which may serve realism but not the spirit of the fable. This "Robin Hood" has a dreary and haunted look.
As much as Mr. Costner underplays Robin, Mr. Rickman overplays the Sheriff of Nottingham, with results that are similarly unfortunate. He isn't funny, just an actor who is desperate to create a little screen life. Instead, he seems to be acting in another movie entirely.
The screenplay features two surprises. One is a Freudian reading of the character of Will Scarlett, and the other the appearance at the end of an unbilled star, whose well-known manner simply underscores everything that the film has been unable to achieve until that moment. It's a terrible mistake.
Note to those who care: The 1938 "Robin Hood," shot in gorgeous Technicolor, opens June 24 at the Biograph on a double bill with Richard Lester's "Robin and Marian" (1976), in which Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn play the spirited lovers in their twilight years.
"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," which has been rated PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13), features some violence and partial nudity. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Directed by Kevin Reynolds; screenplay by Pen Densham and John Watson, story by Mr. Pensham; director of photography, Douglas Milsome; edited by Peter Boyle; music by Michael Kamen; production designer, John Graysmark; produced by Mr. Watson, Mr. Densham and Richard B. Lewis; released by Warner Brothers. Running time: 120 minutes. This film is rated PG-13. Robin Hood . . . Kevin Costner Azeem . . . Morgan Freeman Will Scarlett . . . Christian Slater Sheriff of Nottingham . . . Alan Rickman Maid Marian . . . Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Little John . . . Nick Brimble Friar Tuck . . . Micheal McShane Guy of Gisborne . . . Michael Wincott Mortianna . . . Geraldine McEwan
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U.S. objectives of any war with Iraq, outlined Sunday by Vice President Dick Cheney on NBC's "Meet the Press."
_Defeat whatever forces oppose U.S. and allied troops.
_Dismantle the government of Saddam Hussein.
_Eliminate all of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
_Preserve the territorial integrity of nations in the region.
_Establish a broadly representative government of the Iraqi people.
"Now, what happens to Saddam Hussein obviously is of great interest. My guess is, under those circumstances, he's likely to be captured if he's not first killed perhaps by his own people," Cheney said. "… the objective isn't necessarily him per se, but it clearly is to get rid of his government and to put a new one in its place."
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Using Toread is a snap. After registering for the service (it's free), you get a custom "bookmarklet" you can add to any browser. When you land on a site you want to send to yourself, you just click the Toread bookmark.
Presto: In a minute or two, the link arrives in your inbox. And not just the link, but also the full page you were viewing. (The service is called Toread, after all.)
If you like that, you should also check out Tomobi, which converts any Web page into text-only content that's suitable for reading on your phone.
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Homework Help: Relativity problem
1. Mar 9, 2012 #1
Formulate an expression linking the change in time (dT) and the particle's velocity (v) with it's length (l) occurring at relativistic speeds
2. Relevant equations
γ = 1/√1-(v^2/c^2)
T = γT
l = γl
3. The attempt at a solution
Not really sure what it's after...
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3. Mar 9, 2012 #2
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You have "dT" but no other "d". You must have either "dl" or "dv". Which is it?
4. Mar 10, 2012 #3
I think it implies dL
5. Mar 10, 2012 #4
Just been looking at this question again and knowing that provided that v is a constant in the Lorentz Length Contraction:
Then shouldn't we be able to rearrange this for [itex]\sqrt{1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}[/itex] to make
and then feed this into the equation for Δt perhaps? So that
[itex]\delta T=\frac{\delta T_{0}}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}}[/itex]
[itex]\delta T=\frac{\delta T_{0}L}{L_{0}}[/itex]
It's just an idea...
6. Mar 11, 2012 #5
Does anyone have any pointers? Perhaps try this under a different sub-forum maybe?
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Google is in Mountain View showing off its latest developments at Google I/O, and it has revealed a major update to Android Wear is on the way.
Called Android Wear 2.0, the new software for Android wearables will bring a Material Design-themed overhaul, standalone apps, and improvements to watch faces, messaging, and fitness. Keep in mind Google has released three major updates to Android Wear since it launched two years ago, but this version brings a number jump that can only mean big changes are coming.
Here's what's new: Android 2.0 will enable some watches to do more without a phone attached, thanks to standalone apps. With this new capability, apps can communicate directly over the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or cellular, meaning some watches will be able to do more without having to be tethered to a phone. Google said this will result in a "faster, richer on-watch experience."
Watches with cellular support, for instance, can let you make calls and get help from Google - no matter where your phone is located. The ability to take advantage of this feature depends on your watch and the features it supports. Early Android Wear watches don't have Wi-Fi or cellular connectivity, but recent watches and new watches can now be less dependent on phones.
So, with AndroidWear 2.0, apps on your watch can be standalone and have direct network access to the cloud. As for those watch face improvements, there are several third-party faces available, but a new Complications API will now let developers include data from other apps on their watch faces. You'll be able to tweak these watch faces, too, and choose which data you want to show.
Google said any watch face will be able to show data from any app. They can show, for instance, your calories burned, steps taken, incoming messages, or whatever. Also, tapping on individual complications will launch the full watch app for more information. Speaking of incoming messages, Wear 2.0 adds two new input methods: a swipe-style keyboard, and handwriting recognition.
The handwriting mode will let you draw out letters on your watch’s screen in order to write messages. You'll also have access to new Smart Replies. And finally, Google has improved fitness in Android Wear 2.0. It is getting automatic activity recognition and a Google Fit API so data can sync with like a running app. Google's also expanding the ways you can listen to music.
Not only will apps will be able to now detect when you begin walking, running, or biking, but because apps can now be installed right on the phone, Android Wear watches with built-in LTE support like LG’s latest Watch Urbane can start Spotify and stream music from the cloud right to your Bluetooth headset without you having to be tethered to a phone.
Google said the Android Wear 2.0 preview is now out for developers, and that these new experiences will launch for consumers this autumn.
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NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($3.61)
BB ($6.72)
UTG ($7.45)
Hero ($5.56)
CO ($5.57)
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Dealt to Hero T:club: T:spade:
UTG raises to $0.10, Hero raises to $0.40, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.30
FLOP ($0.87) 5:diamond: 8:diamond: 4:club:
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.60, UTG calls $0.60
TURN ($2.07) 5:diamond: 8:diamond: 4:club: 8:club:
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.40, UTG folds
Hero shows T:club: T:spade:
Hero wins $1.98
Is this line ok??
I didnt make a bigger turn bet because my plan was to b/f to a c/r.
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Winter is one of the worst times of year for me, and it has nothing to do with the weather. Every year around Autumn, like clockwork, I begin retreating into a shell of myself. While everyone around me is pumped because the gym is quieter and they can finally layer their favourite clothes, I, in contrast, can barely muster enough energy to get out of bed, or leave the house — basically I hibernate.
For many Winters, I've chalked my symptoms down to some form of Seasonal Affective Disorder and have attempted to "treat" how terrible I feel by doing things like regulating my sleeping pattern so I feel more rested and drinking matcha instead of coffee for the energy boost. It wasn't until I was forced to use a vitamin D oral spray I accidentally bought that I saw the error of my ways.
Although we get a natural vitamin D top-up when we're exposed to direct sunlight, darker skinned people who have more melanin have a harder time absorbing it during the Winter when sunlight is less prevalent, meaning they tend to be most deficient in the vital supplement. I'm not exaggerating when I say that after eight weeks of use, it's changed two major aspects of my Winter wellness.
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When you suffer from a common diagnosed mental disorder, you know that identifying your triggers is one of the best ways to maintain your mental health. While the approach of Winter usually signalled the beginning of a mentally and emotionally draining period for me, the past two months have been the first time in a long time that dejection hasn't felt like my default mood.
Although it's unclear what role vitamin D plays in lessening depression and anxiety, endless studies and research have shown that people deficient in the vitamin show a significant reduction in the symptoms of their mental disorders when prescribed a healthy dose of vitamin D.
Increased energy
My energy levels were the first thing to change after making the spray a daily staple. Although I do sometimes feel fatigued at the end of a long day like everyone else, I no longer wake up feeling like it everyday — and that's a big game changer for me!
Where in the past I would shut myself off from Friday to Sunday evening and spend all weekend catching up on sleep to recover from the fatigue caused by a gruelling week of working leisurely at my desk and a few lunchtime spin classes, I now spend my weekends being more socially active.
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My mother is suffering from thrombocytopenia (ITP). Her platelet count is under 20000,she is taking the tablets but not improved the plate count,please tell me the perminant solution for that...
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The goal of treating ITP is to ensure a safe platelet count and prevent bleeding complications while minimizing treatment side effects. Adults with mild cases of ITP may require nothing more than regular monitoring and platelet checks. But if your symptoms are troublesome and your platelet count remains low, you and your doctor may opt for treatment. Treatment usually consists of medications and sometimes surgery (splenectomy). Your doctor may also have you discontinue certain drugs that can further inhibit platelet function, such as aspirin, ibuprofen and the blood-thinning medication warfarin in a regular fallow up with your doctors they will do the needful
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Back pain is very common nowadays, So here are some dos and don'ts to avoid back problem:
1. Bend your knee instead of the back while you lift anything from ground/floor. Make your legs do the hard work not your back
2. Sit with your back supported, use rolled up towel or some other support behind your lower back.
3. Use firm mattress or firm bed to sleep
4. Sleep on your back with a pillow under your knees or sleep on your side with your knees bent and the pillow between them.
5. Wear flat comfortable footwear.
1. Don't lift objects that are too heavy for you.
2. Don't lift objects away from your body with your arms outstretched.
3. Don't slouch/droop in the chair.
4. Don't stand for long period of time without changing your position.
5. Don't sleep on your stomach.
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Barchart OnDemand getTechnical API - Followers
Barchart is a provider of futures, equity and foreign exchange market data. The getTechnicals API provides technical data and statistics for equities, indices, futures, forex and funds based on symbol. Fields include moving averages, percent changes over different time periods and stochastics. All Barchart OnDemand APIs allow for queries in JSON, XML, and CSV formats. Developers can visit BarChart's site to request permission for API usage.
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BookingShow is an events ticketing platform based in Italy. The BookingShow API allows to search events and buy tickets on the BookingShow Platform, permitting the emission of the fiscal seal which is an Italian legislative obligation. Protocols include HTTP, JSON, REST and XML, while authentication is available via API Key and token.
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The Plumb5 API aims to be a fully integrated marketing platform designed for acquisition and user retention, allowing marketing managers to track visitors, gain insights, collect leads, and engage with customers. The API enables developers to retrieve and manipulate data stored on Plumb5, allowing for the building of third party apps or integrate with existing CRM systems.
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For Your Morgan Aeromax
The hydraulic systems in many cars are still a prominent method of controlling braking and steering. It is worth noting however that your Morgan Aeromax may not use hydraulics in this way and may be using a wire based system.
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What Part of the Pig Do Pickled Pig Lips Come From?
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Pickled pig lips are made from the tissue around the pig's mouth that most closely correlates to the lips. Pickled pig lips are not widely available and are generally considered a Cajun delicacy. They can be purchased in parts of Louisiana and through various online stores.
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Pickled pig lips are preserved in the same manner as other pickled products, with the lips placed and canned in a vinegar solution. This lends the pickled pig lips their briny taste. One popular way to prepare them is to roll them in crushed potato chips before eating. They are generally classified as a snack food.
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PME 8.x: Changing Database server name in PME product uninstaller
While attempting to run the PME product uninstaller, the user is unable to change the 'Database Server' name as the field is greyed out within the window.
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In a standalone/distributed system environment, the database instance server name may have been changed inadvertently without following the correct procedure for server name changes.
1. Navigate to the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Schneider Electric\Power Monitoring Expert\Uninst_PowerMonitoringExpert
2. Open the 'InstallInfo.xml' document in Notepad for editing.
3. Change the following parameters and point them to the current database server name.
- globalMachineName
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globalMachineName="WTCALVSE010WYMD" globalMachineFQDN="" globalEEMDBName="WTCALVSE010WYMD" globalEEMDbServer="WTCALVSE010WYMD"
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Everything We Know About How the NSA Tracks People's Physical Location
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Glenn Greenwald is back reporting about the NSA, now with Pierre Omidyar's news organization FirstLook and its introductory publication, The Intercept. Writing with national security reporter Jeremy Scahill, his first article covers how the NSA helps target individuals for assassination by drone.
Leaving aside the extensive political implications of the story, the article and the NSA source documents reveal additional information about how the agency's programs work. From this and other articles, we can now piece together how the NSA tracks individuals in the real world through their actions in cyberspace.
Its techniques to locate someone based on their electronic activities are straightforward, although they require an enormous capability to monitor data networks. One set of techniques involves the cell phone network, and the other the Internet.
Tracking Locations With Cell Towers
Every cell-phone network knows the approximate location of all phones capable of receiving calls. This is necessary to make the system work; if the system doesn't know what cell you're in, it isn't able to route calls to your phone. We already know that the NSA conducts physical surveillance on a massive scale using this technique.
By triangulating location information from different cell phone towers, cell phone providers can geolocate phones more accurately. This is often done to direct emergency services to a particular person, such as someone who has made a 911 call. The NSA can get this data either by network eavesdropping with the cooperation of the carrier, or by intercepting communications between the cell phones and the towers. A previously released Top Secret NSA document says this: "GSM Cell Towers can be used as a physical-geolocation point in relation to a GSM handset of interest."
This technique becomes even more powerful if you can employ a drone. Greenwald and Scahill write:
The agency also equips drones and other aircraft with devices known as "virtual base-tower transceivers"—creating, in effect, a fake cell phone tower that can force a targeted person's device to lock onto the NSA's receiver without their knowledge.
The drone can do this multiple times as it flies around the area, measuring the signal strength—and inferring distance—each time. Again from the Intercept article:
The NSA geolocation system used by JSOC is known by the code name GILGAMESH. Under the program, a specially constructed device is attached to the drone. As the drone circles, the device locates the SIM card or handset that the military believes is used by the target.
The Top Secret source document associated with the Intercept story says:
As part of the GILGAMESH (PREDATOR-based active geolocation) effort, this team used some advanced mathematics to develop a new geolocation algorithm intended for operational use on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights.
This is at least part of that advanced mathematics.
None of this works if the target turns his phone off or exchanges SMS cards often with his colleagues, which Greenwald and Scahill write is routine. It won't work in much of Yemen, which isn't on any cell phone network. Because of this, the NSA also tracks people based on their actions on the Internet.
Finding You From Your Web Connection
A surprisingly large number of Internet applications leak location data. Applications on your smart phone can transmit location data from your GPS receiver over the Internet. We already know that the NSA collects this data to determine location. Also, many applications transmit the IP address of the network the computer is connected to. If the NSA has a database of IP addresses and locations, it can use that to locate users.
According to a previously released Top Secret NSA document, that program is code named HAPPYFOOT: "The HAPPYFOOT analytic aggregated leaked location-based service / location-aware application data to infer IP geo-locations."
Another way to get this data is to collect it from the geographical area you're interested in. Greenwald and Scahill talk about exactly this:
In addition to the GILGAMESH system used by JSOC, the CIA uses a similar NSA platform known as SHENANIGANS. The operation—previously undisclosed—utilizes a pod on aircraft that vacuums up massive amounts of data from any wireless routers, computers, smart phones or other electronic devices that are within range.
And again from an NSA document associated with the FirstLook story: "Our mission (VICTORYDANCE) mapped the Wi-Fi fingerprint of nearly every major town in Yemen." In the hacker world, this is known as war-driving, and has even been demonstrated from drones.
Another story from the Snowden documents describes a research effort to locate individuals based on the location of wifi networks they log into.
This is how the NSA can find someone, even when their cell phone is turned off and their SIM card is removed. If they're at an Internet café, and they log into an account that identifies them, the NSA can locate them—because the NSA already knows where that wifi network is.
This also explains the drone assassination of Hassan Guhl, also reported in the Washington Post last October. In the story, Guhl was at an Internet cafe when he read an email from his wife. Although the article doesn't describe how that email was intercepted by the NSA, the NSA was able to use it to determine his location.
There's almost certainly more. NSA surveillance is robust, and they almost certainly have several different ways of identifying individuals on cell phone and Internet connections.
As fascinating as the technology is, the critical policy question—and the one discussed extensively in the FirstLook article—is how reliable all this information is. While much of the NSA's capabilities to locate someone in the real world by their network activity piggy-backs on corporate surveillance capabilities, there's a critical difference: False positives are much more expensive. If Google or Facebook get a physical location wrong, they show someone an ad for a restaurant they're nowhere near. If the NSA gets a physical location wrong, they call a drone strike on innocent people.
As we move to a world where all of us are tracked 24/7, these are the sorts of trade-offs we need to keep in mind.
Categories: National Security Policy, Privacy and Surveillance
Photo of Bruce Schneier by Per Ervland.
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Butchered rhino bones place hominids in the Philippines 700,000 years ago
The earliest known evidence had been a 66,700-year-old human toe bone
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MEAT AND GREET An excavation in the Philippines unearthed the oldest evidence of hominids on these islands. Key finds consisted of rhino bones with butchery marks (shown) and stone tools.
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Stone Age Homo species who crossed the ocean from mainland Asia to the Philippines — possibly aboard uprooted trees or some kind of watercraft — may also have moved to islands farther south, the team proposes. Evidence of ancient hominids has been found on some Indonesian islands, including individuals’ fossil remains on Flores (SN: 7/9/16, p. 6) and ancient stone tools on Sulawesi (SN: 2/6/16, p. 7).
But researchers hadn’t found old enough evidence of hominids in the Philippines to suggest such a journey — until now. At an excavation site in the landlocked northern region of Kalinga in the Philippines, more than 400 animal bones have been discovered, including much of a rhino skeleton, and 57 stone artifacts. Cuts and pounding marks on 13 of the rhino bones resulted from meat and marrow removal, say bioarchaeologist Thomas Ingicco of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and colleagues. Other fossils came from brown deer, monitor lizards, freshwater turtles and extinct, elephant-like creatures called stegodons.
Measures of the decay and accumulation of radioactive elements in Kalinga sediment and an excavated rhino tooth suggest the fossils are roughly 709,000 years old, give or take about 68,000 years.
Previously, the earliest evidence of hominids in the Philippines came from a roughly 66,700-year-old human toe bone. It’s not known if the ancient individual who unwittingly donated the toe bone to science descended from Kalinga’s roughly 700,000-year-old rhino butchers or from a population that reached the Philippines later.
T. Ingicco et al. Earliest known hominin activity in the Philippines by 709 thousand years ago. Nature. Published online May 2, 2018. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0072-8.
Further Reading
B. Bower. Hobbit history gets new preface. Science News. Vol. 190, July 9, 2016, p. 6.
B. Bower. Ancient stone tools raise tantalizing questions over who colonized Sulawesi. Science News. Vol. 189, February 6, 2016, p. 7.
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There are many different types of tigers. For example, there is the Bengal tiger, the Siberian tiger and the Malayan tiger.
Siberian Tigers
Siberian tigers are the largest cats in the world. They can grow to be about 10 ft high on their hind legs and weigh up to 660 pounds! Those these animals are big in size, they are endangered. People hunt them for trophies and their fur. They are also part of a traditional Chinese medicine.
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White tigers are a sub-species of the Bengal tiger and not albino or their own species like many people think. Many of the cubs that are born in zoos. For years breeders and have been using the excuse that white tigers are an endangered species so they need to keep breeding them. This is a false statement.
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Swimming with Tigers
At the Florida Animal Sanctuary, customers are allowed to swim with tiger cubs. These cubs were born in captivity and will stay in captivity the rest of their lives. Though there are small now, the cubs will grow to be HUGE! Because of this, once the cub is 40 pounds, it's out of the water for them.
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🌲Amazing facts about the rainfores🌲
Average temperature-93.
Average precipitation-50-200.
Are the seasons-no season.
Location-near equator.
5-10 plants-banana tree, orchid, coffe tree, Brazil nut tree, poinsettia.
5-10 animals-capuchin monkey, flying fox, hawk, lemur, Woolley monkey.
One adaptation that helps plants survive-plants have the adaption that shed water weighing out their leave so it can't break
One adaption animal that to make them survive-they survive but eating plants and camouflage and eating other animals
Threats of biome- cutting all trees
Cause-and-effect of threat-all animal homes are destroyed
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Mammoth Cave's Great Wonders
by: Mackenzie,Haley,and Seth
The facts!
Mammoth Cave Park System was established in 1941. It is located in the central part of Kentucky. It is 14,000 thousand years old. It is made up of crystal, gypsum, limestone and stone. It is 312km long or 194miles. The constant temperature is 54 degrees. All together the whole park is 52,830 acres. It is the largest cave in the world.
Mammoth Cave Prossesses
The cave is 340 miles underground. A man named Stephen Bishop was a slave guide, which made the attraction blossom. The cave is formed by dripping water. The miners dug into making the caves entance, that slowly expanded. Rain produces acid that ate away the limestone over time. Mammoth Cave has no boundaries near it.
One famous group of younge adults from(LeGrande school). The cave does NOT have a nickname. It's the only Mammoth Cave in the world. It has more than 200 different species of birds. 2 millon visitors go to the park every year. Cave City is the biggest city around it.
To us Mammoth Cave in the future will be filled with litter and trash since the future may be filled with lazy or un-healthy people. The cave will be broken down and weeds will be everywhere. The roots will slowly break down the cave and will soon collaps some day. Also people could not enter for fear of danger. Over time the water will decompose the rocks and it will break down and it will cave in. Once it caves in its no longer able to go into it.
Scary Story Facts
During the 1800's Mammoth Cave served as a tuberculosis hospital, and visitors can see remains of the Consumptive Cabins where patients stayed. Outside one of the Consumptive Cabins is a slab of stone and it's called Corpse Rock where the dead bodies laid before burial. Some people have heard a phantom coughing.
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By: Mark Turner
What is Assonance?
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences.
What is it used for?
It is used in rhyming mostly, but it can be used to make poetry rhyme and it let's the poet be more flexible.
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• When Jesus told his disciples to pray for the kingdom, this was no pie in the sky by and by when you die kind of prayer. - Tony Campolo
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"For men so old as we to keep the peace."
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How Technology is Transforming Learning
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During this presentation, you will be invited into each grade level at Forest Trail to gain an insight in to how iPads, MacBooks and Dell computers are being used to transform teaching and learning.
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How Do You Spell OPENED?
Correct spelling for the English word "opened" is [ˈəʊ_p_ə_n_d], [ˈə͡ʊpənd], [ˈəʊpənd]] (IPA phonetic alphabet).
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Definition of OPENED
1. having the seal broken so as to reveal the contents; as, the letter was already opened.
Common Misspellings for OPENED
Below is the list of 391 misspellings for the word "opened".
Usage Examples for OPENED
1. But he opened his eyes at last, and next day he was 'most as well as ever. - "Burr Junior" by G. Manville Fenn
2. Jean opened her eyes, and looked at her. - "A Question of Marriage" by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
3. Mrs. Baxter opened the door. - "Lover or Friend" by Rosa Nouchette Carey
4. " I am ready," I declared; and he opened the door, only to start back in surprise and to draw himself up stiffly as his Excellency entered. - "By Wit of Woman" by Arthur W. Marchmont
5. Potts opened the door. - "Cord and Creese" by James de Mille
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