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A woman named Marijuana plays it straight - and wins
From: http://www.jsonline.com/
Jeffrey Phelps
Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer overcame a difficult youth, exacerbated by her name, and now is an educator.
Police years ago pulled over a young woman who rushed through an amber traffic light. "I'm about to arrest this person right now," the irritated officer radioed to a dispatcher. "She's telling me her name is Marijuana Pepsi Jackson."
It's the truth. Marijuana and Pepsi are her legal first and middle names, and the Beloit woman embraces them as a symbol of her struggle to succeed and to help other children overcome obstacles.
No Mary or Mary Jane or Mary Wanda for her. It's Marijuana, thank you, she's told bosses, co-workers and friends over the years, and even wore it on nametags at work.
This tall, striking, self-assured, motorcycle-riding woman is a schoolteacher with a master's degree in higher education administration. Soon, she'll start work on her doctorate.
All of her achievement came despite that smoky, carbonated name. And partly because of it. No one named Marijuana Pepsi gets lost in the crowd.
"Everybody I meet says this: You're nothing like I thought you'd be," she told me when we sat down for an interview in Beloit last week.
These days she goes by Marijuana Sawyer, the surname of her ex-husband from Georgia, where she spent 10 years before returning to Beloit in 2008 to fulfill a promise to make a difference in her hometown. She has a 6-year-old son named, mercifully, Isaac.
Sawyer's mother, Maggie Johnson, picked her name. Her father objected but lost the argument. To this day, a lot of family members and best buds call her Pepsi.
"She said that she knew when I was born that you could take this name and go around the world with it. At the time as a child, I'm thinking yeah, right. You named my older sister Kimberly. You named my younger sister Robin," Sawyer said.
I've tried several times over the years to find Marijuana - the person, that is. When I was a cub reporter at the Beloit Daily News in the early 1980s, there was a rumor around town about an elementary school girl named Marijuana Pepsi Jackson or maybe Jones.
Some people swore that pot and Pepsi were her mother's two favorite things. Others claimed a mix of both coursed through her bloodstream when the child was conceived or born or both. You'll find chatter about this on the Internet.
Sawyer's aunt, Mayetta Jackson of Chicago, clearly remembers when the name was picked in 1972. The newborn's mother and father were products of the post-Woodstock era when reefer was rampant.
"And they would cool off with a Pepsi," she said, which makes you think it's lucky for Sawyer that it wasn't Coke instead. "I thought it was crazy," her aunt said about the name, "but they were such fun-loving people that it suited them."
A couple years later, Sawyer's father, Aaron Jackson, put all that aside and became a Jehovah's Witness. The marriage ended. Young Marijuana lived with her father in Chicago until she was 9 and then moved to Beloit to a much less stable home situation with her mother.
The girl in her torn clothes and wild hair failed in school and was teased about her name, especially in junior high.
"Every single class, the teacher is taking attendance out loud, and as they slowly get down through the J's, I'm just like here it comes. 'Marianna? Marijuana?' And all the students turn to see who it is," she said.
Later in life, it wouldn't get any easier when she tried to order tickets over the telephone or fill out paperwork. People thought she was joking, or they wanted to hit her with 20 questions about why she was called that.
Sawyer left home at 15 with a few belongings in a pillowcase and began staying with relatives and friends. She cut out the truancy and started working on her subjects, and her grades shot up.
She gives a surprising amount of credit to her mother for making her resilient and resourceful. "She instilled in me that fighting attitude - never take no, you can do anything," Sawyer said.
By high school, her name was cool to many. "They were like, 'Oh yeah. Man, I wish I had your name. I love that. I'm going to name my kid after you.' I hear that so much and I go, Lord, please don't do that to that child."
Sawyer was the most improved student at graduation in 1990, and she received a $12,000 scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she studied to be a teacher. She was invited to a White House conference in 1995 and met President Bill Clinton, who swears he never inhaled.
In 1998, she got a job teaching elementary school children in Atlanta. She also sold real estate there. It was the one time in her life that she went by MP Sawyer professionally because the name Marijuana was freaking out the customers and causing her for-sale signs to be stolen as souvenirs.
Over two semesters and a summer, she earned her master's degree from Georgia Southern University and moved back to Beloit with her son in May. She plans to fund a scholarship bearing her unique name.
At the moment she is a substitute teacher at a variety of city schools ("I heard of you!" the students will say), but she's looking for a job in academic advising and admissions at a college or university, preferably near Beloit. She has no doubt that her difficult childhood and the way she tenaciously rose above her name have helped her to reach kids with problems.
Carlton Jenkins was a teacher at Beloit Memorial High School when Sawyer attended there, and he's the principal now.
"They could make a movie about her," he said. "I could almost write a book on Marijuana myself in terms of a young student who's been so resilient and taken even her name and made it into a positive. We're so very proud of her. She's exactly what any kid in America needs to know about someone who can truly make it if they put their mind to it."
Sad to say, Sawyer is not close with her mom these days, but she's thankful for the many teachers and role models who helped her blossom, even with a name like Marijuana Pepsi.
In case you're wondering, she said she never once smoked the stuff and prefers orange soda.
Call Jim Stingl at (414) 224-2017 or e-mail at jstingl@journalsentinel.com
Proof here: http://www.uww.edu/advising/aaec/welcome/staff/sawyer.html
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Labels: Birth Certificate, marijuana, Name Change, Strange News
Glee receives 8-bit YouTube 'game' treatment
by Alexander Sliwinski
from http://www.joystiq.com/
Some of the fine folks who brought you 8-bit versions of Twilight and Dr. Horrible now deliver their most terrifying concept yet: 8-bit Glee. Just in time for tonight's second season premiere, the 8-bit "choose your own adventure" (utilizing the power of YouTube annotations) covers events of the musical (karaoke?) television series' first season.
Although losing before the finale may not be canon to the series, the "game" features Sue and Schuester's verbal sparring, (non-participatory) rhythm game cliches and all that sugary, inspirational stuff that got the show picked up for two more seasons.
Via: Go Nintendo, GameSetWatch
Labels: 8-Bit, Nintendo, Television, youtube
Surfer's Massive Fight
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Two surfers having a really massive fight on the shorebreak in Hawaii...
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Marijuana ice cream has finally hit the shelves
From: http://guyism.com/
Like ice cream? Ever wanted to try ice cream flavors like Banannabis Foster, Straw-Mari Cheesecake and TRIPle Chocolate Brownie? Are you a stoner that always dreamed that one day eating ice cream would get you high? Today is your lucky day…
Pot ice cream has finally made it to shelves in Santa Cruz, California. That's right, a marijuana dispensary there has developed half-pints of weed infused ice cream that will get you baked without all the bongs and whistles. Take that Ben and Jerry!
The current flavors owner Jonathan Kolodinski offers at Creme De Canna, which opened last week, are Banannabis Foster, Straw-Mari Cheesecake and TRIPle Chocolate Brownie. Kolodinski said more flavors are in the works.
OK, those flavors sound pretty good, but honestly, will people really want pot in their ice cream?
"Everybody who's tried it has said they absolutely love it. A lot of people come back for seconds, thirds and fourths," Kolodinksi said.
That's a dangerous precedent you're setting for people. It's like the best of both worlds for hungry stoners. They've been trying hard for years to come up with adequate sustenance that would let them get rid of the munchies while also getting them even more high. Could this be the start of a vicious cycle? Weed smokers that eat ice cream, then when they are hungry they eat ice cream and then they get even higher, meaning that they'll need to eat even more ice cream when those munchies kick in, until… well, until they come back for thirds and fourths.
Klodinski said there are about two to four doses of cannabis for each half-pint, which means finishing one would be similar to smoking an eighth of high-grade marijuana, the equivalent of eight joints.
Yikes. So gaining a few while eating a half a pint now isn't your biggest concern when eating ice cream. Now you have to worry that you'll be higher than you ever have been in your life. Things like taking your pants off and going for a walk or watching a marathon of Designing Women at 5am seem like moderately good ideas after downing a pint.
At $15 a piece, the half-pints of ice cream are potent.
And it's actually quite affordable. Well, all I can say is look out Baskin Robbins, if they legalize pot in California in November you may be getting a 32nd flavor.
New Dispensary Offers Patients Pot-Laced Ice Cream [NBC 8]
Labels: ice cream, Marijuana Adults, Marijuana Advocates, Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Paralyzed Dog Scales Mount Washington in Wheelchair
posted by: Cris Popenoe
from: http://www.care2.com/
Lucy is a dog who was rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico after being paralyzed in a car accident. She received a Walkin' Wheels dog wheelchair and has learned to get around very well.
Her new owners decided to test out her determination and endurance by attempting a walk up New Hampshire's Mount Washington -- the tallest peak in the northeastern United States.
In the video, you'll see scenes from the walk made by Lucy and her canine and human friends.
Labels: animal oddities, Dog, Dogs, mountains, Wheelchair, Wheelchairs
25 Examples of Breathtaking Nature Photography
smashinghub.com — This collection included the scenes on this earth, sunset, places etc. Photographer has given the examples of beauty of this earth and they purely focus on the nature beauty. —
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5 Tablet Offerings Explored, An Infographic
by Dave Altavilla
Ever since the iPad's release, various manufacturers have been in a race to develop something as good as, or better than Apple's current industry leading tablet. Frankly at the time of its launch, the iPad simply didn't have any real competitors with the same design elegance, polish and the total solution that Apple' s App Store brings to the table. That said, a mere six months later and manufacturers are starting to line up to give the iPad a run for its money. Here's a look at a few of the major tablet offerings we know of thus far, courtesy of our friends at Managed VPS. You can compare and contrast high-level features and functionality for yourself here. Do devices from Samsung and ViewSonic have what it takes to compete? Word is Dell has something larger on the horizon too. So many tablets, so little time. It's a good problem to have.
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Labels: Apple Tablet, Tablet, touchscreen, touchscreen pc, Touchscreens
Motive Industries Reveals Design For Hemp-Bodied Kestrel
Antony Ingram
From: http://www.allcarselectric.com/
September 16th, 2010 Sit back, relax, and take in the official design and specifications for the Kestrel, the hemp-bodied EV engineered by Canadian firm Motive Industries. We looked at the benefits of the environmentally friendly hemp construction last month, an avenue Lotus have also explored with their 2008 Eco Elise concept. Now we can see what the lightweight EV will look like. The swooping arches and modern features hide a 16 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack offering a range of 100 miles and a top speed around 84 miles per hour. Both these figures better the 2011 Smart Electric Drive we tested a few weeks back (on paper, at least) though Motive will only have running production prototypes in 2011. The light weight of 850 kilograms (1874 lb) no doubt helps the range and performance though, one of the benefits of the lightweight hemp bio-fiber body panels. The car should seat four passengers, though the interior design is yet to be revealed. Also yet to be revealed are Motive Industries' technology and manufacturing partners, though the consortium of 11 companies, coming under the banner of 'Project Eve', aims to 'bring together Canadian skills for the purpose of producing and supporting Canadian electric vehicles and components'. The project aims to take a holistic approach, designing technology that gives information back to the grid when the cars are recharged. As well as the Kestrel, the consortium is already testing a two-passenger EV, and intend to release a one-passenger three wheel vehicle, a small SUV and a delivery van. There's no word on whether the Kestrel has a future in the United States as of yet - the first sales will be to corporate or government fleets in Canada for beta testing, and public sales will depend on the success of these tests. If all goes to plan, production should begin in 2012. The company plans to seek foreign partners with whom they can licence the technology, so the Kestrel could become an international EV. [Motive Industries via Green Car Reports]
Motive Industries Kestrel EVGallery
Sit back, relax, and take in the official design and specifications for the Kestrel, the hemp-bodied EV engineered by Canadian firm Motive Industries.
We looked at the benefits of the environmentally friendly hemp construction last month, an avenue Lotus have also explored with their 2008 Eco Elise concept. Now we can see what the lightweight EV will look like.
The swooping arches and modern features hide a 16 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack offering a range of 100 miles and a top speed around 84 miles per hour. Both these figures better the 2011 Smart Electric Drive we tested a few weeks back (on paper, at least) though Motive will only have running production prototypes in 2011.
The light weight of 850 kilograms (1874 lb) no doubt helps the range and performance though, one of the benefits of the lightweight hemp bio-fiber body panels. The car should seat four passengers, though the interior design is yet to be revealed.
Also yet to be revealed are Motive Industries' technology and manufacturing partners, though the consortium of 11 companies, coming under the banner of 'Project Eve', aims to 'bring together Canadian skills for the purpose of producing and supporting Canadian electric vehicles and components'.
The project aims to take a holistic approach, designing technology that gives information back to the grid when the cars
are recharged. As well as the Kestrel, the consortium is already testing a two-passenger EV, and intend to release a one-passenger three wheel vehicle, a small SUV and a delivery van.
There's no word on whether the Kestrel has a future in the United States as of yet - the first sales will be to corporate or government fleets in Canada for beta testing, and public sales will depend on the success of these tests.
If all goes to plan, production should begin in 2012. The company plans to seek foreign partners with whom they can licence the technology, so the Kestrel could become an international EV.
[Motive Industries via Green Car Reports]
Labels: Bioethics, biofuel, Canada, Concept Cars, Concept Designs, Design and Architecture, Hemp, SUVs
Shaun White Wins Dew Tour In Salt Lake City
Is there anything this guy can't WIN?
This post was written by: doglife - on Skateboarding Magazine.
Shaun White claimed his second Dew Tour victor on Sunday. White out scored X Games 16 vert gold medalist Pierre-Luc Gagnon during the final jam with runs that had all sorts of hard tricks in them. White earned a total score of 94.75, a full 4.25 points higher than second place finisher Gagnon. "To be honest, I put the same amount of pressure on myself no matter what," said White after claiming his second-consecutive win on the Dew Tour in Sunday's skate vert competition at Energy Solutions Arena. "I always want to win."
And even though he'd already laid down the toughest tricks, including back-to-back fakie fives, a heelflip 720 and his own creation, the Armadillo, he attempted a backside 900 on his final run. "Just narrowly missed it," he said grinning. "I didn't plan to do that until Vegas, but I got all excited." Despite two consecutive wins, White is fifth in the Dew Tour standings, which means he has a lot of ground to make up if he wants to earn the overall prize of the Dew Cup.
Labels: skateboard, Skateboarding, Skateboarding Photography
Best 'Glee' Songs
Posted by Ashley Iasimone
From: http://www.aolradioblog.com/
The songs in the hit TV show 'Glee' mirror the lives of the students and teachers at McKinley High. Focused on the school's glee club, New Directions, the Golden Globe Award-winning series features show-stopping renditions of chart-topping hits as well as classic show tunes. Below, we count down the 15 Best 'Glee' Songs from Season One. To hear even more music from 'Glee,' tune in to 'Glee' Radio!
'Smile'
McKinley High's musically-talented social outcasts all seem to find themselves drawn to New Directions. Chaplin's classic tune -- originally sung by Nat King Cole in 1954 but performed as a lovely, harmonic cast number in the episode 'Mattress' -- can even cheer up the unpopular folks whose photos are bound to be doodled in the high school yearbook.
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'Papa Don't Preach'
Before 'Glee' tackled an all-Madonna episode, Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) and Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling) perform an acoustic 'Papa Don't Preach' in the episode 'Hairography.' The energy of the 1986 dance-pop track is replaced by a low-key sincerity that follows the pregnant cheerleader-turned-glee club member's storyline.
'Gives You Hell'
All-American Rejects
Winning show choir competitions may be the primary focus for the kids of 'Glee,' but that doesn't mean they can't work some teen angst into their routines. In the episode 'Hell-O,' Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) delivers a bitter, emotionally-charged farewell to longtime crush Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) singing AAR's punchy 2008 kiss-off hit.
'Like a Prayer'
The group's interpretation of Madge's 1989 hit may not have the scandal of the original (no burning crosses here), but it does have the pizzazz. Backed by a gospel choir, the finale of the episode 'The Power of Madonna' features multi-cast solos, including contributions from new member Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff), formerly the male lead from competing team Vocal Adrenaline.
'A House Is Not a Home'
Growing up is tough, especially when only one parent is around. When cast member Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer)'s dad hits it off with Finn's mom, a new idea of family arises. In the episode 'Home,' Kurt performs a sweet solo of the 1964 Warwick ballad to represent love and loss, while trying to convince Finn to accept their parents' relationship.
'Any Way You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin''
During a seamless mash-up of Journey hits, New Directions bring Season One to a close with sparkle and spunk. The songs, released in 1980 ('Any Way You Want It') and 1979 ('Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'), celebrate the group's commitment to competing at Regionals, even though the odds are stacked against them -- Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is judging, the then-pregnant Quinn's water breaks and celebrity judges Josh Groban and Olivia Newton-John are swayed by Aural Intensity conveniently performing Groban and Newton-John tunes.
'Bad Romance'
When Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) has a bit of an identity crisis in the episode 'Theatricality,' she -- along with the glee club's other female members and Kurt (Chris Colfer) -- naturally turn to the genius of Lady Gaga. While the performance of the 2009 hit is certainly memorable, the cast's costumes are also noteworthy, particularly Tina's bubble-adorned outfit and Rachel's Kermit the Frog-inspired dress.
'Don't Stop Believin''
As part of the previously mentioned Journey mash-up at Regionals, the 1982 classic is considered both Journey's signature song and the heart of the glee club, who first tackled it on the show's pilot. In fact, the 'Glee' take on the tune was released as a single and certified gold, achieving over 500,000 digital sales. Although they don't take the prize during the season finale, the group is rightfully euphoric after their performance.
'Dream On'
While plenty is going on with the New Directions in the episode 'Dream On,' the stand-out performance of the same name focuses entirely on Coach Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) and Bryan Ryan (Neil Patrick Harris), a former McKinley High glee club member. The pair sing a powerful duet of the Aerosmith rock ballad when they decide to pursue their dreams of auditioning for a local theatrical production.
'Over the Rainbow'
Will and Puck put an acoustic, Jason Mraz-like spin on the feel-good song in 'Journey,' the season finale. The rest of the glee club members are very touched by the duo's performance, as the 1939 Judy Garland/'Wizard of Oz' classic sets a sense of optimism around the rehearsal room. Fittingly, it's at this time that the group finds out that their club will live on during the following school year.
'Total Eclipse of the Heart'
After putting herself into an unlikely love triangle, Rachel finds herself leading an emotionally-charged rendition of the 1982 Bonnie Tyler song. The scene, which takes place during the episode 'Bad Reputation,' features the worthy vocal performance, lots of feeling and an angry -- if a bit awkward -- ballet number.
'Defying Gravity'
'Wicked' Cast
Both Rachel and Kurt wow their fellow glee club friends in a diva-off on the episode 'Wheels,' while auditioning to sing this song -- which initially gained popularity in 2003 as the main number from the musical 'Wicked.' Interestingly, Broadway's version of the track was recorded by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, both recurring characters on 'Glee.'
'Sweet Caroline'
Much of the 'Glee' spotlight often centers on Rachel, Finn and Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison), but in the episode 'Mash-Up,' Puck -- fleetingly trying to impress Rachel -- gets a shot at his first solo with the 1969 pop hit. Story has it that Diamond was hesitant to license the song to the TV show, but loved the end result.
'Somebody to Love'
The complex 1976 Freddie Mercury-penned tune gets the choral treatment in the episode 'The Rhodes Not Taken' -- and the 'Glee' kids nail it. The ensemble performance, which brings Rachel back into the club to share lead vocals with Finn after a hiatus, proves that the show must always go on -- and that the group really knows how to rock.
'Faithfully'
While three Journey tracks have already made the countdown, the glee club seals its tribute to the band most successfully with the 1983 song. The tune opens their Regionals selection, which goes on to include 'Any Way You Want It,' 'Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'' and 'Don't Stop Believing.' Before Cory begins to sing, he and Rachel share a look in a private backstage moment that assures that everything will be all right for them and the club.
Labels: American SitComs, Fall TV, Music News, Television
Unbelievable Sunlight Nature Photos that Make you Say WOW
by admin in Photography
from: http://smashinghub.com/
Everyone loves stunning nature effects. Especially Yellow Natural Sun Light Effects. You have seen amazing photography of sun light. Here is something different showcase of Sunlight Photos
Tyndall Beam
Spot(F)light
Light In A Curve
Everybody needs a little sunshine to brighten up the day
Sunset Wine3 ice cream float:
Golden days!!!
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Labels: Digital Photography, HDR Photography, Sun, Sunset Pic
Surfing: Not just a man's sport anymore
Belmar Pro surfing contest draws top women's competitors to N.J.
Bob Considine/The Star-Ledger
Enlarge Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger Twins Alexis and Ariel Engstrom of Montauk paddle out into the lineup during a early-morning session with some of the top professional female surfers and New Jersey locals who will be competing in the women's division at the Belmar Pro this weekend. Big waves are expected this weekend from Hurricane Igor, far offshore.
Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger
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LONG BRANCH — Last summer, Maya Gabeira was photographed riding a 45-foot wave in South Africa — the largest ever ridden by a female surfer.
So the Brazilian was the perfect choice Friday to speak about overcoming intimidation in uncharted waters to a some top women surfers from New Jersey and New York who joined her in Long Branch.
"Her best advice was to just get out and go," said one of them, Ryan McGrath, 21, of Manasquan.
Friday's event, the first Carissa and Maya Project — featuring Gabeira, a big-wave specialist, and Carissa Moore, the No. 8 woman surfer in the world — was part of a week-long mentoring program intended to get the local women to excel in a male-dominated sport, while also pushing the participants to become the first from the metropolitan area to gain national recognition.
"You have to remember you're there for yourself," said Gabeira, 23, who received an ESPY Award last year for Action Sports Female of the Year. "And you have to battle with so many guys just to get the same kind of waves and the same quality of waves to actually perform and improve. That can be intimidating."
The popularity of women's surfing has maintained a steady growth after a big boom in 2002 — attributed by some to the popularity of the movie "Blue Crush." That year, women made up 25 percent of the 1.6 million surfers in the United States, according to Board-Trac, a market research firm that follows action sports. Today, 30 percent of 2.9 million surfers in the U.S. are women, according to Board-Trac.
The national trend seems to have followed suit at the Jersey Shore, where women surfers have become commonplace.
"When I first started about 10 years ago, I only saw a couple of girls when I went out," McGrath said. "Now they're all over the water, which is really cool."
But some of the women participating in the Carissa and Maya Project, which began Monday in Montauk, N.Y., and culminates this weekend at the annual Belmar Pro surf contest, say it's still a struggle for them to feel at ease in a male-dominated sport.
"A lot of the guys are nice, but sometimes they paddle around you or look at you (because they don't know you) and it can be really annoying," said Ariel Engstrom, a surfer from Long Island. "Sometimes it depends on whether they're a local or not."
"I still feel that intimidation today," Gabeira said. "Not because anyone is being rude. But it's just super hard to paddle out at Pipeline (in Hawaii) and be surrounded by all of these guys in such a small space. You're surfing with guys who are out there searching for the wave of their life."
The conditions were perfect for the half-dozen women who participated in Friday's event. A storm swell brought clean and consistent, four- to five-foot waves at a spot in Long Branch renowned for its territorial, "locals-only" vibe.
In fact, one local male surfer groaned at the site of so many female surfers.
Sara Beveridge, of Long Branch, who regularly surfs the spot, said these waters are a proving ground.
"I'm not sure if it was because I'm a girl and they are guys as much as they had been here longer than me," said Beveridge, 20. "I think the more I started paddling out and catching some waves, the more I was respected. It's all about earning your respect."
Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerMontauk, N.Y. native Quincy Davis wins her semifinal heat at the Belmar Pro professional surfing contest Friday. Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger
The project started with Moore hooking up with McGrath, Beveridge, Cassidy McClain of Ventnor and three of Long Island's finest — Quincy Davis and twins Ariel and Alexis Engstrom — in Montauk before Gabeira met with the surfers in Belmar.
Moore and Gabeira said they were looking to see if a New Jersey or New York surfer can make a name for herself nationally, the way Somers Point's Dean Randazzo and Lavallette's Sam Hammer have for the men.
Davis, a 15-year-old from Montauk who qualified for the U.S. women's junior surfing team last year, is an odds-on favorite to become the first.
McClain, 15, said she would enjoy the recognition somewhere down the line. But for now, she's content to have spent a week with the best of the area and two surfing heroes — which she equated to having a local All-Star team shagging flies with Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.
"I'll always remember hanging out with a bunch of cool girls and surfing good waves," McClain said.
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You are here: Home Jack Sarfatti's Blog Blog (Full Text Display) More evidence that we are retroactive hologram computations?
More evidence that we are retroactive hologram computations?
The single most interesting feature of attempts to replace dark matter with a modification of gravity is Milgrom's discovery that in a wide variety of galaxies, there's a unique place where ordinary gravity plus ordinary matter stops working: when the acceleration due to gravity (as Newton would have calculated it) drops below a fixed value a0 ≈ 10−10 m/s2. This is the basis of MOND, but the pattern itself is arguably more interesting than any current attempt to account for it. Very possibly it can be explained by the complicated dynamics of baryons and dark matter in galaxies — but in any event it should be explained somehow.
The existence of this feature gives a strong motivation for testing gravity in the regime of very tiny accelerations. Note that this isn't even a statement that makes sense in general relativity; particles move on geodesics, and the "acceleration due to gravity" is always exactly zero. So implicitly we're imagining some global inertial frame with respect to which such acceleration can be measured. That's a job for a future theory to make sense of; for the moment we're forgetting that we know GR and thinking like Newton would have.
So now Hernandez, Jimenez, and Allen have tried to test gravity in this weak-acceleration regime — and they claim it fails!
"This is trivially explained in my paper in the Penrose-Hameroff issue of the Journal of Cosmology
http://journalofcosmology.com/SarfattiConsciousness.pdf
a0 ≈ 10−10 m/s2 ~ c^2(Cosmological Constant)^1/2
This is the smallest acceleration possible if we are hologram images projected from a 2D hologram screen which in this case is our future de Sitter event horizon. It is a kind of round-off error in the hologram cosmic computer.
"The existence of this feature gives a strong motivation for testing gravity in the regime of very tiny accelerations. Note that this isn't even a statement that makes sense in general relativity; particles move on geodesics, and the "acceleration due to gravity" is always exactly zero. So implicitly we're imagining some global inertial frame with respect to which such acceleration can be measured. That's a job for a future theory to make sense of; for the moment we're forgetting that we know GR and thinking like Newton would have."
The de Sitter metric in the observer-dependent static LNIF representation has
g00 = 1 - /\r^2
where we are at r = 0 and /\^-1/2 is the scale of our future event horizon.
a static LNIF has acceleration
g(r) = c^2/\^1/2(1 - /\r^2)^-1/2
the Unruh temperature is proportional to g(r).
g(0) = c^2/\^1/2
- Jack Sarfatti
Physics: Nagging Little Discrepancies
An interesting paper was posted yesterday on arXiv, "Is the physics within the Solar system really understood?" which summarises the following apparent anomalies for which there are varying degrees of experimental evidence:
The Pioneer anomaly
Excess velocity increase of spacecraft which fly-by Earth
Apparent secular increase in the astronomical unit (about 10 metres/century)
Quadrupole and octupole power in the cosmic background radiation correlated and aligned with the ecliptic
I was unaware of 4, and 5 and hadn't heard much about 6 recently although it was rumoured something interesting might be in the three year WMAP data. This paper does not cite that data release.
Wouldn't be interesting if all of these effects could be explained by the choice of too large a numerical integration step in a simulated universe? Note that items 3 and 4 both involve small apparent discrepancies in the motion of man-made objects which move more rapidly than most natural bodies on such geodesics—the creator (or, perhaps I should write, more reverently, "Creator") of a simulation who chose a time step suitable for planetary motion (for example, the 1/100th day integration step I used in the Quarter Million Year Canon computation) might just find themselves caught out by pesky in-simulation sentients who made precision measurements of high-speed gravitational assist maneuvers or objects on hyperbolic trajectories.
Here are a few questions for physicists and numerical integration experts. Is the choice of an insufficiently fine integration step likely to produce discrepancies of the sign and magnitude observed in the Pioneer, fly-by, and astronomical unit anomalies? How large an integration step would be required to produce the deviations from general relativity in each case? Are they all the same, or related in a simple way? Are there observations of solar system bodies (for example, sun-grazing comets on hyperbolic escape trajectories or close asteroidal encounters with planets) which could exclude (or provide evidence for) this hypothesis?
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These are about 14-15 inches tall. Mouths and hands are movable. They do not come with an arm rod. Hand enters through the bottom of the puppet. Your pinky and thumb can be inserted into the slots on the inside of the body to operate the hands. It can be tricky at first to get everything moving at once, but the main thing is moving the mouth- which is very simple. These aren't recommended for large stage shows, but make very nice toy and budget puppets. Recommended for ages 3 and up (those with jewlery and small parts ages 5 and up).
The puppets in this category are quite simply the best, most affordable professional style puppets available for the price. They were designed from a very well known designer with years of experience in the industry. Mouths are hinged and are very easy to manipulate. All come with removable legs allowing you to use them as either a full body ventriloquist doll or behind a stage as a half body. With legs attached they are 30 inches in height. Detach the legs (using sturdy button type snaps) and they are about 20-22 inches tall. The inside of the mouths are specially designed to allow your hand to fit snugly into place without the need of straps, grips, balls, etc. Their heads and bodies are constructed from special foam and are lined with fancy nylon lycra for added comfort. One arm rod is included (additional rods available in the Accessories category) These puppets are highly recommended for church ministry and other types of performances where a great looking, high quality puppet is needed! Recommended for ages 9 and up.
Because of their high quality but low cost, some of our best sellers can be found in this section. Sizes range from 25 - 29 inches. These are great for people just starting out with puppetry but don't want to invest just yet in the Full/Half Body puppets. They also make great gifts for anyone wanting to get into ventriloquism. Each comes with 1 arm rod (additional rods available in the Accessories category). For those who have no idea what that means (dont worry, alot of people ask!) the rod is simply clipped to either hand for movement. This is how Muppet and Sesame Street type puppets are operated. Bodies are poly-fill stuffed and are soft making them light-weight. These puppets are very durable and are made to last a lifetime. Recommended for ages 7 and up.
These are string operated. They have a plastic airplane-like control which, when rocked side-to-side like an airplane dipping it's wings, causes the puppet to walk, skip, hop or dance. In the past, the fun turned into a big headache when their strings got all tangled- but all of our marionettes now come with detachable strings for easy untangling! Simply pop out the peg in the control bar to remove and untangle the string and you're back in the fun!
The name says it all- all of the items in this category are very realistic looking animal puppets. Each has been meticulously designed to capture the qualities of the particular animal. Mostly all have movable mouths with hand entry through the bottom of the puppet. Please check the individual product descriptions for more detailed information regarding a particular item.
This section contains some of the specialty products we have available. Blacklight, sculpted face, finger, signing, and even swallowing are some of the types of puppets available in this section. If you're not too sure what all that means, please refer to the individual categories for pictures and more detailed descriptions.
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Remixed gray Kenneth Cole dress, under vintage dress from Goodwill by-the-pound, with the remixed faux-bi, tights, boots, and scarf watch (with a different scarf, for once). Whee!
such a great look! yummy dress.
The faux-bi goes perfectly with the dress, especially as the pattern reminds me of a kimono, sort of a cherry blossom motif. Nicely done!
Woo! You are just a sassy cherry bomb in this. Adorable.
Absolutely fantastic!!! The dress is amazing!!
that caught my eye from the thumbnail! excellent outfit.
Great print on the dress - the faux-bi is a perfect match!
Hoowhee, thanks y'all! I tell you, Goodwill by-the-pound is a digger's paradise. It makes it hard to go thrifting anywhere else. Some of my other finds are on ebay and I'll be putting more up tomorrow, probably.
Now, every chick needs a swirly, cheerful dress like that in her wardrobe. Awesome! And I like your scarf watch too.
at first I thought the leaves on your dress were butterflies - what a unique double-take print!


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Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin puts the pedal to the metal in her Friday story, "More Frequent Heat Waves Linked to Global Warming." We're told "scientists who have studied decades of weather records and computer models" are connecting the heat to Al Gore's favorite bogeyman.
Eilperin lines up all the studies promoted by global-warming salesmen, and the skeptics aren't granted an appearance until the end, in paragraph 18: "Some climate experts and industry lobbyists, however, question the correlation between global warming and heat waves."
But here's one place where I just start to choke on the panicked claims.
Since July, 179 Americans, most of them Californians, have died in the current heat wave; more than 52,000 died during the 2003 episode in Europe, where air conditioning is less common.
Excuse me? A heat wave with the death toll of an Indonesian tsunami? Where does this number come from? Eilperin has no footnote. The data comes from the Earth Policy Institute, a group of hard-core greenies run by Lester Brown. Janet Larsen crunches her questionable numbers this way:
Of the new information that has trickled out over the last few years, the biggest surprise has come from Italy. According to the Italian National Institute of Statistics, the summer of 2003 yielded more than 18,000 excess deaths when compared with 2002. In August alone, 9,700 fatalities were likely connected to the high temperatures, which in parts of Italy averaged 16 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in the preceding year. These elevated numbers far exceed the Italian Health Ministry's early assessment that some 4,000 people died from heat country-wide during the hottest days.
The Italian site is here, although I can't find this data easily. But notice how much guesswork seems involved in this, that 10,000 fatalities were "likely" connected to the heat? And how can an Italian health ministry underestimate the number of heat-wave deaths by 14,000 people?
Reporters like Eilperin ought to note to readers that groups like the Earth Policy Institute are putting out their data with the intention of scaring people into liberal political action. As their own website explained their mission:
The Earth's capacity to support the economy continues to deteriorate. The gap between what we need to do to arrest the deterioration of the Earth and what we are doing continues to widen. Somehow we have to turn the tide. There is a need for a new initiative, a new organization, and a new organizational model, one engaged in a research program and research products that are designed for use by the media and that are directed at policymakers. The goal of the Earth Policy Institute is to raise public awareness to the point where it will support an effective public response to the threats posed by continuing population growth, rising CO2 emissions, the loss of plant and animal species, and the many other trends that are adversely affecting the Earth. The dissemination of information from the Institute is designed to help set the public agenda.
There is certainly nothing wrong with trying to set the public agenda. But it ought to make reporters more skeptical when they're dealing with scientific claims, especially big heat-wave death counts that suddenly spurt upward dramatically two or three years after the fact.
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"There is a natural bridge between hunger and food waste, and if we could divert that food to those who are hungry, surely that is something we'd want to do."
Caroline McCann, Slow Food's southern Africa councillor, said this in her opening remarks during a webinar co-hosted by City Press, Chefs with Compassion and the EU delegation to South Africa this week.
The discussion brought together people from across the food chain spectrum. From small-scale farmer Siphiwe Sithole, the owner of African Marmalade to Arnold Tanzer, the co-founder of Chefs with Compassion and the producer of TV shows such as MasterChef SA.
There is a lot of wasted food, not food waste
Arnold Tanzer, the co-founder of Chefs with Compassion
Also involved were Karin Carstensen, the scientific and regulatory affairs manager at Woolworths; Anna Trapido, an anthropologist, chef and author of Hunger for Freedom and Eat Ting; and Anne-Laure Gassin, team leader of the EU's farm to fork strategy and the body's director-general for health and food safety.
About 80% of all the food in the world is produced by small-scale farmers and, by harvesting on demand, these producers can reduce food waste, Sithole explained.
Sithole, who is passionate about indigenous African ingredients, said: "Small-scale farmers reduce food waste. By their proximity to the farmers … consumers can come and buy on demand. So you don't have to rely on a cold-chain system where the food is stuck in cold rooms for weeks on end before it gets to the consumer."
She explained that many indigenous crops that people grow on the continent can be preserved using traditional methods that also ensure the food remains nutrient dense.
From the retailer's point of view, consumer safety and convenience are most important, but so is being a responsible corporate citizen.
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"The best-before date is about eating quality," she explained. "You find it on products such as chocolates and biscuits and – the most important thing for consumers to understand – is that best-before dates indicate the quality of the products. Beyond the best-before dates products may still be donated or sold to charities etc.
"The other date is the use-by date. It is important because it is used on products that may potentially become unsafe, like ready meals and sushi."
She explained how Woolworths was working towards cutting down on waste, not only as part of a voluntary agreement that was signed on September 29, but also by donating surplus food and supporting initiatives to address hunger.
This year, Woolworths donated R643 million worth of food. The voluntary agreement put forward by the Consumer Goods Council of SA and co-funded by the EU sets out the ambition of food industry players and consumers to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030, as set out in the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 12.3.
The hospitality sector, as one of the biggest consumers of fresh food, has a big role to play in mitigating food waste.
In essence, we rescue food, we cook food and we feed people
During the initial Covid-19 national lockdown early this year, Tanzer co-founded Chefs with Compassion. The organisation took the excess food that the restrictions created and, through its broad network, cooked it to ensure those who had become food insecure were fed.
"Chefs by their nature are people who like to give. The hospitality industry is about, in simple words, showing love. That is the core of our business," she said, adding that, when the hard lockdown was implemented, he and fellow chefs realised it was going to be a long-term challenge.
They also realised that, due to the country's socioeconomic problems, it was going to become necessary to feed more people.
"In essence, we rescue food, we cook food and we feed people," said Tanzer.
He reiterated that what they were doing was the beginning of a long process to feed people and reduce food waste – a process we all needed to play a part in: "There is a lot of wasted food, not food waste."
From a more global perspective, Gassin presented the EU's farm to fork strategy, part of its broader commitment to the circular economy.
To eliminate food waste and loss, the strategy is working in a number of areas, including changing policy where needed, monitoring where food waste is occurring in the food chain and fostering collaborations to reduce it – all to reach the 2030 goal.
"If we can design food waste out of our food systems, we can be well on the road to establishing a fairer, healthier and environmentally friendly food system, which is the aim of the farm to fork strategy that the EU adopted this year," said Gassin.
The webinar There's No Such Thing as Waste: A Compassionate Approach to the Food Chain gave a broad overview of what is being done and what more can be done, as Sithole put it, "to push back the frontiers of hunger in South Africa, and beyond".
All of us have a role to play because we are all part of the food chain, and we can make decisions that result in less waste every day.
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Inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids are first-line maintenance therapy for asthma in pregnant women. Budesonide is the preferred inhaled corticosteroid. Based on available data, inhaled budesonide does not appear to increase the risk of congenital malformations in humans. Theophylline is no longer recommended routinely during pregnancy.
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Saturn—the planet with the biggest and brightest rings. These rings were spotted through a telescope almost 400 years ago by Galileo, and ever since scientists have been eager to learn more about these rings.
One thing we are confident in is that Saturn's rings are made of ice and rock. The size and mass of these pieces vary, where some are as small as a grain of sand and others are as large as a house! To this day, however, the formation of Saturn's rings remains a mystery. Many scientists believe it has something to do with the 60+ moons orbiting the planet. From far away, it appears as if Saturn has 7 large rings. Each ring was named a letter of the alphabet in the order that it was discovered. The rings circle around Saturn at very high speeds.
Cassini is the latest NASA spacecraft to explore Saturn. Cassini left our world in 1997 and arrived at Saturn seven years later in 2004. The spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn since and is a constant source of magnificent pictures and information. This February a new image was taken—it displays the rings in front of Saturn, where the shadow of the rings is cast. This photo is fascinating, as it appears as if the rings are intersecting in an impossible way. The gas giant's rings do not crisscross at a 90-degree angle. However, the do cast shadows, which this image beautifully displays. Because various rings are not totally opaque, the disk of Saturn and the ring shadows can be directly seen through the rings themselves.
The origin and natures of gaps and ringlets are still poorly understood. Sadly, Cassini will crash into Saturn's atmosphere next year and we will no longer regularly receive lovely space portraits such as these. NASA's approaching mission to Jupiter has big shoes to fill.


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Q: Not able to type in Edittext with Asynctask I'm working on an Android app that gets certain parameters trough a Bluetooth module.
I set up a service for this: I have a timer calling an AsyncTask to read these values and update my Listview UI if any values change. Everything seems to be working smoothly.
Some values are boolean and some are integers. I have Edittext boxes for the integers. If the user touches the Edittext I want to be able for the user to type a new value and when he presses the action button call a certain method to write this new value to my BT device.
So right now, when I touch the Edittext, the numeric keyboard pops up. No problem, but after a second it looses focus as the Asynctask is constantly updating all the Edittexts.
My question is, should I just stop my timed asynctask to be able to type and write the new value to my device and then start my timer again?
Or what would be the most efficient approach to be able to type in the Edittext and then call my method with this value as argument?
I'd appreciate any help. This is my first app, so I'm learning as I go...
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Q: Does $f(x)=(x-2)^{\frac{2}{3}}(2x+1)$ have Point of Inflection Does $$f(x)=(x-2)^{\frac{2}{3}}(2x+1)$$ have Point of Inflection
I differentiated it twice, getting
$$f''(x)=\frac{10(2x-5)}{9 (x-2)^{\frac{4}{3}}}=0$$
which implies $$x=2.5$$ is Point of Inflection.
But it is unnoticeable in Graphing calculator?

A: As mentioned in the comments, it is difficult to notice just by looking at the graph of the second derivative, but $2.5$ really is a point of reflection, as your correctly differentiated function shows.
If you instead plot the derivative of the function, you will perhaps get more convinced even graphically (since it is clear that the first derivative is decreasing upto (approximately) $2.5$, and increasing after):


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Men used to explain their interest in Playboy magazine by citing the great literary content––not the images of scantily clad women. A legally blindman, Donald Nixon, recently took that argument to the next level by filing a lawsuit against the iconic publication alleging that neither Playboy.com nor Playboyshop.com were compatible with his screenreader. It turns out Mr. Nixon actually does want to read it for the articles, and according to the ADA, he argues, he should have every right to.
Seeing Eye has been training guide dogs for almost 100 years. (Fun trivia: they patented the term "seeing-eye dog.") The four months of intense training they employ with the dogs concludes with an trip to New York City as the penultimate test to prove the dog can safely guide a blind person. A trainer and the dog's new master accompany the dog through busy streets and public transportation as the trainer assesses how well the dog navigates the various challenges. "There's no more intense place than New York City to train the dogs — it's the craziest environment they've ever been in," said Brian O'Neal, a Seeing Eye trainer.
Seeing Eye is not the only guide dog training school that uses New York City as the ultimate obstacle course; Guiding Eyes For the Blind and the Guide Dog Foundation also use the frenetic city as a training ground. Marion Gwizdala, president of the National Association of Guide Dog Users, applauds these efforts, noting that even if the dogs aren't going to be living in a city urban training prepares them for crowded public areas like malls and carnivals.
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Mark chats with Sassy Outwater-Wright, director of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. They discuss such topics as the need to support people with multiple disabilities and the right way to approach a conversation focusing on the concerns of people with disabilities. Sassy talks about the mission of MABVI and how it impacts the lives of the visually impaired people it supports.
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Unless their eyes are closed and covered with soap, most sighted people rarely mistake the shampoo bottle for the conditioner or vice versa. Unfortunately, this is an everyday annoyance for visually impaired people, as shampoo and conditioner bottles generally lack differentiating physical characteristics.
Recently, however, P&G's obsession with their customers led them into inclusive design territory: they decided to add vertical lines on the bottom of Herbal Essences' shampoo bottles and circles to the bottom of the conditioner bottles to eliminate confusion for their visually impaired customers.
While medicinal product packaging must have Braille in Europe, no such regulation exists in the United States. Advocates and people with disabilities hope P&G's initiative will spark a chang in mindset among other consumer packaged goods companies.
Ahmet Ustunel inspired the world when he made the solo trip from Asia to Europe without being able to see a thing. Aided by a GPS that beeps to warn him if he steers off course and a Victor Stream Reader, he dodged shipping vessels and navigated choppy waves to successfully cross the 3-mile strait. His courageous expedition was funded by his winnings from the Holman Prize, a Lighthouse initiative intended to support exceptional endeavors of "blind ambition."
While many hands have wrung over the allegedly eminent "death of the printed book" due to e-readers, that's actually not the case reported reading both e- and regular books. Not exactly a death spiral.
Braille books, however, being much more unwieldy and expensive than traditional printed books, have felt the e-reader presence more so. In 1963, over 60% of blind students used Braille books for reading; by 2011 that number had dropped to just 11%. Experts believe the rapidly improving speech-to-text technology is the primary reason for the drop, but availability and accessibility of e-books has also contributed.
But for those who appreciate the tactile experience of a good read through Braille, along with the cognitive benefits that accompany the act of reading, Harvard is coming to the rescue with reprogrammable Braille books. The method: a stylus imprints dots on a flexible elastic shell (which retains the imprints of the stylus), but readers have the ability to "erase" the imprints, allowing different configurations to replace the originals. This process would make Braille books infinitely easier to produce, as well as minimize their bulk– the Braille version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(already quite a sizeable tome) contains a whopping 30% more pages than its regular printed version.
While there is still much work to be done to refine the process, researchers are excited by the prospect. Stay tuned for the next evolution of Braille books.
The May updates deliver a broad range of enhancements for using ZoomText 2018 and Fusion 2018 with popular applications, including Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Microsoft Office (2013 and 2016), web browsers (Chrome, Firefox and IE11), iTunes, and more. Stability, performance and ZoomText/Fusion features have also been enhanced for greater usability and productivity.
These free updates can be downloaded and installed over top of previous ZoomText 2018 and Fusion 2018 installations. You can also use the auto update feature which will alert you to the update on the next restart of ZoomText or Fusion.
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Q: Oracle Webcenter Content : what is the difference between URLs "/wcc" and "/cs"? My company decided to migrate to the Oracle Fusion Middleware, and we are starting to use the Oracle Webcenter components, especially the WCC (v11.1).
We can access our documents via 2 different entry points :

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*http://server:port_1/wcc

*http://server:port_2/cs (and this URL is also accessed via RIDC)
The GUI are very different from one app to the other, but the main functionalities seem to be the same on both of them : I can browse, view, download stored documents, I have access to the metadata, I can do an advanced search or upload a file...
Why does Oracle provide 2 webapps to manage the content ? Why are these URLs on 2 different Weblogic servers (or domains) ? Should we use one address rather than the other ?
Thank you.

A: They are simply two different GUIs. Some functionality is available in one that may not be available in the other.
Use whatever interface best fits your needs (including what user's may prefer).
/cs/ is for the native (original) UI.
/wcc/ is for the new(ish) ADF WebUI. Also see this blog post.


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