Never try to navigate without a compass unless you are an expert or actually lost. For practice, keep a compass with you.
In the forest, moss usually grows on the north side of trees. But it's best to verify this by looking at the moss near the middle of the tree, as the bottom could be subject to moisture from the ground all day. Also, check the moss on different trees that are sitting with both heavier and lighter vegitation and leaf cover, to compare. Once you have noticed the mossy side of the trees, the next thing to do is try and verify by looking at the landscape.
When looking at a mountain, there will be more vegetation on the north facing side of a mountain than the south unless you are in a jungle or a place with a high average moisture content. In some cases where there are no trees, look for the greener/more fertile looking side of the land.
The same can be said for a valley. Look to the slopes to both sides of the valley -- if the valley runs north and south, there will be more vegetation on the north facing slope than on the south facing slope.
Another method for finding north calls for using the sun and just a stick, dirt, and two rocks.
1) First, place a straight stick approximately 3 feet in length in the ground, early in the day before noon. Note the shadow that is cast by the stick. Mark the tip of the shadow with a small rock or twig (peg) in the ground.
2) Next, draw an evenly balanced circle around the stick from that rock. When you're done the stick will be directly in the center of the circle and the rock will be on the edge of the circle.
3) When noon occurs a bit later (technically called "solar noon" -- when the sun is at it's highest point in the sky -- which is generally in the noon hour on a clock -- but varies depending on time zones and locations) the sun will now be at it's highest point. This means that the shadow from the stick (in the center) will be at it's smallest point.
4) In the minutes and hour that follow the sun will begin to drop slightly in the sky as the day continues; the shadow from the stick (in the center) will begin to point longer and longer toward the circle that you drew in the dirt.
5) Once the shadow reaches the edge of the circle, mark it with a small rock or twig. Congratulations -- you can now identify east and west by drawing a straight line in the dirt from the first rock/twig to the second rock/twig.
If you have the time, it is best to try and use more than one of these methods together in order to more accurately verify the direction you wish to travel.


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Drug bonfires point to crisis
Taylor McDonald
Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand have burned street drugs worth more than US$1 billion to mark the UN day against drugs and trafficking.
Thailand's justice minister last year admitted that the kingdom's war on drugs was failing.
In Thailand's Ayutthaya province, more than 9 tonnes of drugs with a street value of over US$590 million were burned, including methamphetamines, known in Thai as "yaba" or "crazy".
On an industrial estate, the Thai authorities said they burned 7,800kg of yaba pills and 1,185kg of more potent crystal methamphetamine.
"Currently, we are able to take down a lot of networks, including … transnational networks bringing drugs into Thailand … to be shipped to Malaysia and other countries," Sirinya Sitthichai of the Thai Narcotics Control Board told a press conference in Ayutthaya.
In Cambodia, 130kg of drugs estimated to be worth some US$4 million went up in smoke.
In Myanmar, the police said they destroyed drugs worth around US$385 million.
Myanmar is one of the world's largest producers of opium, heroin and methamphetamines, with China the main market. Demand in India and Bangladesh is also rising.
It is a legacy of decades of civil war in Myanmar's border regions where government troops and ethnic rebel forces have vied for control of the lucrative trade.
Asean's addiction rates for methamphetamines were growing, the UN said. It estimated that the Asean trade in heroin and methamphetamine was US$31 billion back in 2013.
The rising levels of drug seizures reportedly represent a tiny fraction of narcotics produced.
Myanmar held three official ceremonies, said the police in Nay Pyi Taw. The biggest was in Yangon.
"We burned a record amount of drugs today… because police have seized more in recent years," a drugs officer, Myo Kyi, told AFP.
Unlike drug bosses in Latin American, Asean's cartel leaders in the "golden triangle" between Myanmar, Laos and Thailand are rarely arrested or killed.
Myanmar's police said almost all the drugs seized were from sprawling Shan State on the northern border.
The United Wa State Army, a 25,000-strong force known as Asia's most heavily armed drug dealer, controls autonomous zones on the border with China.
The Wa authorities deny producing drugs and held a burning session on Monday in the village of Ponpakyin.
Drugs gangs have increasingly focussed on the domestic market, leading to a massive addiction problem in Myanmar.
Buddhist monks and military officers were among 13,500 people prosecuted for drugs crimes last year, up 50 per cent from the previous year, according to AFP.
Heroin cultivation in Myanmar's Shan State. Picture credit: Vimeo
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Grizzly Man is the fourth and final documentary on my top 100 films list. Werner Herzog's intimate and disturbing look at the life and death of the controversial Timothy Treadwell was one of the films that introduced me to the power of documentaries, and is an experience that I will never be able to forget. Grizzly Man is composed of videos captured by Timothy Treadwell, a nature and bear enthusiast who spent a great deal of time camping in Katmai National Park in order to capture footage of grizzly bears. Treadwell claimed that he was a "protector" of the bears, warding off poachers while forming strong relationships with the unpredictable animals. Interspersed throughout are interviews with family and friends of Treadwell, as well as those who encountered Timothy along the way on his adventures. Treadwell is painted as a deeply caring but reckless man whose trust in the grizzly bears eventually cost him his life. Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man is a masterpiece in terms of editing and story structure, combining hundreds of hours of tape into a film that clocks in at less than two hours. Herzog's attitude towards Treadwell is made clear from the onset of the project – the director is fascinated by the bear-enthusiast, but also deeply disturbed by his point of view and actions. Despite this, Herzog constructs a beautiful and often endearing portrait of Timothy Treadwell, never straying into exploitative territory like some documentarians would have done. Treadwell consistently proves to be a fascinating and complex character, making Grizzly Man a powerful and moving character study. It never shies away from Timothy's obsessive and naive character traits, but also never punishes him for these things. The footage that Treadwell managed to capture during his camping trips is stunning, with bears and other animals making regular appearances in the background and foreground – Timothy even approaches the bears confidently on multiple occasions. Herzog notes that he admires Treadwell as a filmmaker, as his talents are clear. As always, Werner Herzog adds a sense of pitch black humor to the project through the use of deadpan narration, helping the story flow along at a quick pace. Grizzly Man is a profound and moving experience the likes of which only comes around once in a lifetime. No matter what your opinion of Timothy Treadwell, I implore you to see Grizzly Man.
"Coven sounds like oven, man…and that just doesn't work" – 1999's Sundance Film Festival darling American Movie has it all, it's hilarious, touching, and weirdly inspirational for what is essentially one of the weirdest "making of" documentaries ever made. The film follows young Mark Borchardt, an aspiring film director looking to make two films, a short horror film Coven and a slice-of-life indie called Northwestern, both of which have been passion projects of his for years, and his many blunders along the way. Mark, our star, is easily one of the most lovably odd characters in documentary film history, rivalling only Grey Gardens' Big and Little Edie. Mark's desire to see his film Coven to the very end, despite having no experience in the filmmaking world and encountering plenty of roadblocks along the way, is truly inspirational for anybody passionate about creating anything artistic. Everybody can relate to the story being told in American Movie, despite how quirky and over-the-top some of its small town characters may be. The absolute highlights of American Movie include any scene with Mark and his best friend Mike Schank, who delivers some of the funniest lines in any documentary film I've ever seen. Mark and Mike have such a wonderful on-screen chemistry together, at the end of the movie's short run-time you'll be begging for much, much more. I don't want to say too much about American Movie, because I really do think that it's a film absolutely everybody should see and enjoy. If you're passionate about creating anything in your life and love hilariously quirky small-town folk, American Movie is absolutely the film for you.
On a far more real, less silly note, Steve James' remarkable and highly-acclaimed Hoop Dreams is everything that American Movie isn't. While Hoop Dreams can still be seen as inspirational and uplifting to many, Steve James' documentary is a much more bleak story about following your dreams, but not always arriving to the conclusion you'd like to see. Hoop Dreams is seen by many critics as being one of the greatest documentaries of the modern era, highlighting major social issues in a touching, interesting, and subtle way. The documentary follows young basketball hopefuls William Gates and Arthur Agee, both of whom are scouted and subsequently recruited from St. Joseph High School in Illinois. Both Gates and Agee struggle with keeping their grades up to par while also training for and playing basketball, as well as face the many struggles of being young lower-class African-Americans in a predominantly white area. We watch these two young athletes overcome injuries, find work and try to hone their skills in one of the most highly-competitive sports in America, and try to overcome adversities like race, social class, and lack of economic and educational support. Hoop Dreams is a terrific film that absolutely lives up to its tremendous reputation, but isn't always easy to watch because of the hardships these talented kids face. Despite its length (nearly 2 ½ hours), Hoop Dreams flies by and is a very smooth watch, largely in part to its editing which earned the film its sole Academy Award nomination. If you're at all interested in sports or stories of people trying to overcome social class and other hugely important issues, seek out Hoop Dreams immediately. Not only is it an incredibly well-made documentary, but it's also one of the most important films of its kind. Hoop Dreams is available on blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
"Ali Bomaye!" – When We Were Kings is almost universally considered to be one of the all-time greatest sports documentaries ever made, and in my opinion it absolutely lives up to that terrific reputation. While never as serious or eye-opening as Hoop Dreams, When We Were Kings is a tremendously entertaining film that documents one of boxing's greatest upset victories, as well as a cultural phenomenon of the time. The Oscar-winning documentary tells the incredible story of 1974's "Rumble in the Jungle", where grizzled boxing veteran Muhammad Ali took on the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, George Foreman. Despite the big game Muhammad Ali talked in the lead-up to his fight with Foreman, the world had already written the bout off as being an easy Foreman win. What followed would shock the boxing world, and go down as one of the most important and iconic fights of all-time. When We Were Kings shows how the fight in Zaire, Africa (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) became a hugely important event in the sports world and in pop culture, featuring performances by singers James Brown and B.B. King, and shows Muhammad Ali and his trash-talking of his intimidating and talented opponent George Foreman in all its glory. The film features interviews with many officials involved in the fight, and other admirers of the iconic match, including writer Norman Mailer and filmmaker Spike Lee. When We Were Kings is an incredibly entertaining and thrilling account of one hell of an underdog story, and is a documentary I quote and think of very often.
Ari Folman's incredible war documentary Waltz with Bashir is without a doubt the most unique film on my top 20 list, as it is entirely told through animation. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film after missing the boat on being entered into the documentary category, something which very rarely happens for a documentary film. Ari Folman's highly-acclaimed and tremendously important Waltz with Bashir tells the story of the director's own time in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1980's, specifically his experiences in the Lebanon War. Folman travels to meet a friend from his time serving in the military, who reveals that he has been experiencing nightmares and flashbacks connected to their experience in the war. Folman, unable to recount specifics from his time serving in the forces, seeks out former friends and colleagues who help him piece the events together through anecdotes recreated in animated segments. Many of the events recalled in Waltz with Bashir are horrific and very difficult to watch at times, but this is helped by opting to animate the events as they happen. The animation is absolutely stunning and unique in its vision, and helps to tell a story that would otherwise be impossible to recount in a live-action documentary film. Though Folman's movie can be very difficult to watch, this is exactly what makes it such an important work, as it tells horrific stories of a war that the world needed to hear about. The film touches on important themes and social issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), specifically for those involved in the special forces. Though the film's subject matter and nightmarish sequences may be difficult to swallow for some, Waltz with Bashir is a must-see film and one of the most important documentaries of our time. Ari Folman's doc is available in both its original Hebrew-language and a dubbed English-version of the film, both of which come highly recommended.
Here it is, folks. The greatest documentary ever made, and personally one of my all-time favorite films period. Werner Herzog's incredible film Grizzly Man is incomparable, and works in a way that I can hardly even describe. The film tells the tragic story of eccentric nature-enthusiast Timothy Treadwell, who spends his Summer's in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve, living with grizzly bears, getting to know them, interacting with them, documenting them with his video camera, and warding off alleged "poachers". We are treated to many stunning videos of Timothy Treadwell approaching massive man-eating bears without so much as a second thought, chasing adorable foxes, hiking, and making hilarious observations while going about his regular schedule in the Preserve. The highlight of Herzog's film comes when a young fox steals Tim's hat, and he is forced to give chase, swearing and yelling for the fox to return his hat. While many may think that Treadwell, our main character in Grizzly Man, was reckless in his comfort with the bears and that he deserved what eventually came to him, I see Timothy as a hopelessly romantic, tragic character. Timothy Treadwell spent thirteen years of his life pursuing something he adored, and never backing away no matter how terrifying or trying things got, and there's just something so absolutely romantic and admirable about that. Werner Herzog treats his subject with the utmost respect, while also questioning the logic and motive behind some of Treadwell's questionable actions and decisions. If you know anything about the titular "grizzly man", you know that this story doesn't exactly have a happy ending. Despite knowing the conclusion from the get-go, this film keeps you guessing what the fate of Tim Treadwell will be, and does everything in its power to hold the attention of its audience. This is a story of how dangerous and beautiful nature is, and the fine-line humans tread between respecting that danger and underestimating it. Grizzly Man features breathtaking scenes, an absolutely stranger than fiction story, and is guaranteed to either infuriate or bring you to tears. I think it's a crime that Herzog's Grizzly Man has not been seen by more people, and I recommend you seek it out immediately if you haven't already seen this incredible film.
Werner Herzog is one, if not the most, influential documentary filmmaker of our time after a host of incredible and successful documentaries like the incomparable Grizzly Man, Lessons of Darkness, Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, and his most recent Into the Abyss. His eye for quirky interview subjects, beautiful scenery, relatively uncovered film subjects, and his penchant for asking really, really, really (REALLY) big questions of the audience have turned Werner Herzog into something of a cultural icon in the film world. His narration is often lovingly mocked by those in the film community, and comedian Paul F. Tompkins has even made it a regular part of his act on television and podcasts. The bottom line is that Werner Herzog is incredibly influential, and has given us some of the greatest documentary and narrative films of our generation, and deserves to be discovered by an even wider audience. These three films were blind spots in my viewing of Herzog's documentary filmography, and even though I had different reactions to the lot of them, I'm incredibly happy that I finally sought them out. If you've never seen a Herzog film, do yourself a favor and see Grizzly Man as soon as humanly possible. It will change the way you view the art of documentary filmmaking.
Werner Herzog's 2010 documentary was originally released in 3D, and I'm very upset that I didn't have the opportunity to see it as it was originally intended. In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Werner Herzog takes the audience on a tour of the Chauvet Cave in France, where some of the oldest surviving human art was discovered in the 1990's. The cave paintings were created over 30,000 years ago, and are very carefully preserved by the French government. Due to the sensitive nature and rarity of the paintings, the general public is not actually admitted to exploring the cave, and even Werner Herzog himself was only able to take himself and three others to film the documentary. Special walkways were created for those permitted into the cave, anything off the path being strictly prohibited.
The cave and the ancient art inside are absolutely beautiful, and it's hard to imagine that these images were created so long ago. Alongside the paintings are many bones of the now extinct cave bear, a relic and a major find in themselves. Herzog manages to find experts in the archaeological field, interviewing them about various items found in the area surrounding the cave, including an ancient wind instrument, as well as a spear of sorts. These experts in question are ridiculous and quirky and incredibly fun to watch in their brief appearances on screen. One of the experts in question happens to be a perfume creator, and goes about finding cave openings in the woods using only the power his nose, another is openly mocked by Herzog about his spear-throwing abilities. It is these interviews coupled with the imagery that makes Cave of Forgotten Dreams an absolute delight. I would highly recommend this film to both Herzog rookies and seasoned veterans alike. High recommendation.
This is a film I knew almost nothing about before going into it, as it came out a year before one of Werner Herzog's greatest successes, Grizzly Man. For a film I knew very little about, The White Diamond absolutely took my breath away, and quickly became one of my favorite Herzog documentaries. In The White Diamond, Werner Herzog and his lovable voice take us on a journey into the dense rainforests of Guyana, a small country in South America. There we find the film's subject Graham Dorrington, an engineer who has created a terrific white airship (or blimp) in the shape of a teardrop;his mission is to fly the airship over canopies of the Guyana rainforest. The film chronicles Dorrington's past as an aeronautical engineer, covers the history of modern flight as a whole, and explores the beauty of Guyana's vast rainforests, specifically taking a look at the massive Kaieteur Falls, as well as astounding white-tipped swifts, a species of bird which roost in an unexplored cave directly behind the falls.
Despite the incredible visuals and Werner Herzog's always incredible narration and subtle humor, what makes The White Diamond a special documentary and a film to remember is the story of Graham Dorrington's cinematographer and friend Dieter Plage, who died on an ill-fated ascent in the experimental airship. Herzog films Dorrington telling the story of Dieter Plage's accident and attempted rescue with unblinking and unflinching direction, never underestimating the weight of Dorrington's words. The story is incredible, tragic, and heartbreaking, and is easily one of the great moments in documentary film, period. The White Diamond is one of Werner Herzog's most underrated treasures, and a film I plan to revisit again for the visuals and the incredible stories featured throughout. High recommendation.
Before the impressive White Diamond came Werner Herzog's 2003 documentary Wheel of Time, which I knew even less about, but unfortunately wasn't quite as taken with it as I was with that film. Wheel of Time is once again narrated by Herzog himself, taking us on a journey to through Asia to meet the fourteenth Dalai Lama, who at the time was suffering from rather poor health. Herzog covers two ill-fated Kalachakra initiations, one in India, and the next in Austria, presided over by the sick Dalai Lama, as well as the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet; considered by many religions to be a sacred place.
Wheel of Time unfortunately didn't resonate with me the same way previous Herzog documentaries have done, and I can't quite put my finger on why that is. The subject material isn't something I'm particularly interested in, but that hasn't stopped me before. I think the biggest reason for my disconnect is Werner Herzog himself, who is incredibly respectful in his chronicling of the ill Dalai Lama, Buddhist traditions, and the Buddhist people themselves. Not that this respect is a bad thing in any way, but Herzog refrains from using his trademark dark and subtle humor throughout the film's short run-time, instead opting to cover the events in a much more deadpan style. Fortunately the visuals throughout the film are more than worth the price of admission, with several breathtaking moments being caught by Herzog's sharp eye. One of my favorite scenes featured Buddhist monks on their pilgrimage, giving money to the poor who remain unseen behind a large fence – with the exception of their arms. Wheel of Time has a lot to say about Buddhism as a whole, and beautifully covers some important and notable ceremonies of the faith, but unfortunately it didn't move me the way I wanted to. I enjoyed my time with Wheel of Time, but none of it resonated with me in any way – unlike most of Werner Herzog's documentary films. Even though the film did not personally appeal to me, doesn't mean that it wasn't still a delight to watch, nor does it mean you won't get anything out of it. If you're interested in Tibetan Buddhism and the Dalai Lama, give this a shot. Recommended.


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Astron. Astrophys. 327, 1054-1069
Evolutionary models for metal-poor low-mass stars. Lower main sequence of globular clusters and halo field stars
I. Baraffe1, G. Chabrier1, F. Allard2, and P.H. Hauschildt3
1C.R.A.L. (UMR 5574 CNRS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France (ibaraffe, chabrier @ens-lyon.fr)
2Dept. of Physics, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0032, USA (allard@eureka.physics.twsu.edu)
3Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2451, USA (yeti@hal.physast.uga.edu)
Received 12 November 1996 / Accepted 11 April 1997
We have performed evolutionary calculations of very-low-mass stars from 0.08 to 0.8 for different metallicites from [M/H]= -2.0 to -1.0 and we have tabulated the mechanical, thermal and photometric characteristics of these models. The calculations include the most recent interior physics and improved non-grey atmosphere models. The models reproduce the entire main sequences of the globular clusters observed with the Hubble Space Telescope over the afore-mentioned range of metallicity. Comparisons are made in the WFPC2 Flight system including the F555, F606 and F814 filters, and in the standard Johnson-Cousins system. We examine the effects of different physical parameters, mixing-length, -enriched elements, helium fraction, as well as the accuracy of the photometric transformations of the HST data into standard systems. We derive mass-effective temperature and mass-magnitude relationships and we compare the results with the ones obtained with different grey-like approximations. These latter are shown to yield inaccurate relations, in particular near the hydrogen-burning limit. We derive new hydrogen-burning minimum masses, and the corresponding absolute magnitudes, for the different metallicities.
We predict color-magnitude diagrams in the infrared NICMOS filters, to be used for the next generation of the HST observations, providing mass-magnitudes relationships in these colors down to the brown-dwarf limit. We show that the expected signature of the stellar to substellar transition in color-magnitude diagrams is a severe blueshift in the infrared colors, due to the increasing collision-induced absorption of molecular hydrogen with increasing density and decreasing temperature.
At last, we apply these calculations to the observed halo field stars, which yields a precise determination of their metallicity, and thus of their galactic origin. We find no evidence for significant differences between the halo field stars and the globular cluster sequences.
Key words: stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs - stars: evolution - stars: globular clusters
Online publication: October 20, 1997
Last change: April 6, 1998


Resource: ANA Experience Japan Fares | What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies?
There are a variety of ways to travel domestically within Japan on special passes or discounts – two of the most well-known are the Japan Rail Pass, which allows unlimited train rides on JR trains, for a set period (e.g. a 3-day pass, or a 7-day pass), including the Shinkansen, but is only available for those on a tourist visa*; and the Seishun kippu ("Youth Ticket"), which is cheaper, available to anyone, and allows unlimited train rides for a limited period, but is only available during certain times of year, and can only be used on local trains.
But, I only recently learned of another very useful option: ANA Experience Japan Fares, which allow you to fly anywhere within Japan for less than US$100 / €100.
These 10,800 yen flights include (near as I can tell) just about any domestic ANA route. It covers more than 34 airports, including not only the major cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo), but also smaller airports such as Ishigaki, Yamaguchi-Ube, Yonago, Tokushima, even Hachijô-jima. Flights within Hokkaidô are half the price (5400 yen instead of 10,800 yen).
As I found these eligibility requirements just slightly vague, I called ANA to ask for clarification on "must reside outside of Japan." I was told that even foreigners with a zairyû 在留 card (who are thus, legally, if temporarily, "resident" in Japan), e.g. those on a student visa or a "cultural activities" visa, are eligible for this fare. However, the return ticket (leaving Japan, to return to the home country), even if it's for many months in the future, is required.
Fuller details are available on the ANA website.
*Or certain other particular cases.
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Thank you! I hadn't known this was available on JAL as well!


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Eugenie (Historia de una perversión)
One artist is the obsessed filmmaker Jesús "Jess" Franco, whose work consists of more than 170 films. Most of these films fall in the category of "exploitation". His work triggers highly controversial debates, mainly because of his addiction to the topics sex and violence. Nevertheless he received the most important Spanish film award "Goya" for his lifework in 2008 (presented in Feb. 02, 2009).
The other one is the Austrian film music composer Gerhard Heinz, who is famous for over 100 original film music scores (frequently erotic) in the Sixties, such as "Schoolgirls" or "The Naked Countess", honoured with gold and platinum records in Southeast Asia. Both started to work on the same projects in 1980/81 during three different film productions for the distribution company "Lisa Film" (Without meeting each other personally).
This is about the two softsex flicks "Linda" and "Eugenie (Historia de una perversión)" (both with pretty young actress Katja Bienert) and the slasher movie "Bloody Moon" (starring Olivia Pascal), which ranks among the most famous samples of the gory genre. By modern standards hardly imaginable this movie had its own photo story in Germany's most popular teen magazine "Bravo", but later in the Eighties it became one shining example in the "video-nasties" discussion.
This (virtual) cooperation, characterized by a lack of time and money, resulted three soundtracks which represent the zeitgeisty musical styles (disco!) and the atmosphere at the film sets, namely "beach, sun and happiness", as well as the genre-specific elements sex and horror. For the musical realization Gerhard Heinz accessed a wide range of genres and instrumentations, from typical stomping disco songs (each of them could have become a summer hit in the 80s!) over romantic (sl)easy listening tracks, partly influenced by Spanish folk music or Samba, to orchestral suspense parts, which together with the skilled use of synthesizers develop the thrill to the maximum.
As Gerhard Heinz did a great job it's been easy to compile 23 unique and distinctive tracks for this CD. They convert the listener's imagery into the weird world of Jess Franco, but at the same time – liberated from its in part unbearable synchronized dialogues and moans – can stand alone perfectly.
As always this Allscore CD is designed elaborately and contains notes by Katja Bienert and Gerhard Heinz as well as an interview with the composer, all in German and English language, also images of film posters and stills.
All titles are previously unreleased (except one which appeared on a late 70s disco soundtrack LP).
Real fans will find further tracks of the three films, which haven't been compiled for the CD, in several music download shops in the internet (February 2009).
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That's career coach Leigh Nagy Frasher's advice for rising college freshmen when they first meet the summer after high school graduation. She says they often come to their first meeting with her feeling anxious and sharing this advice helps them to relax and focus on goal-setting. To her, their college experience and career exploration is a process – complete with tactical components like perfecting a resume and career exploration through internships, informational interviews and classes.
Each Eastside graduate is matched with a college coach and a career coach upon graduating from high school. Our college coaches guide alumni through their college experiences: navigating academic requirements, meeting financial aid deadlines and budget goals, and providing moral support. Career coaches offer constructive career guidance while alumni pursue a college degree: helping them identify career possibilities, explore professions through class choices and internships, and begin to build a network of advocates and establish crucial professional connections.
The student-career coach relationship begins in high school with a series of "Career Launch" workshops for our high school seniors that introduce the process of career exploration and help students practice critical job search skills. Topics include an introduction to design thinking for career exploration, how to explore industries and communicate with professionals, informational interviews, a job shadow day, mock interviews, and resume reviews. These skills workshops and career exploration activities are incredibly valuable experiences for students who will be the first in their families to pursue professional careers, and thus lack the social capital and networking opportunities their more affluent peers enjoy.
At the initial meetings over the summer before freshman year, she helps alumni complete a self-assessment by asking them questions about themselves, encouraging them to tell her stories about their lives and looking for consistent themes that will inform later discussions. They reduce the themes to several topics and motivations, brainstorm possible career paths and formulate ways to explore these options through internships, volunteering or informational interviews.
Unsurprisingly, each case is different. Some alumni are in frequent touch about the many decisions they are making, while others reach out less frequently. While some students know what they want and stick to it, others try many new classes and consider several majors before deciding on a path.
Leigh continues to check in with alumni with increasing frequency as their college graduation nears.
Together they update and revise a job search strategy as well as work through some of the more technical aspects of the job search process including formulating a networking plan, leveraging campus resources, and updating a student's LinkedIn profile and resume. She also initiates senior action plan meetings which are designed to ensure graduation requirements are met and to identify campus events like job fairs that students should be making the most of. All these steps lead to the biggest reward of all: the job offer that proves the hard work is worth it.
And that job is the next in a series of successes that will continue to ripple throughout this community. You can click here to read success stories about some of the members of Eastside's Class of 2012 who are just the latest to take the next step in their journey.
1st Place Sports Photo: Elizabeth Perez for a front page photograph of the girls basketball team defending the ball.
1st Place Sports Story: Vanessa Ibarra for a sports page story about the girls basketball season and victory.
3rd Place Opinion Columns: Isaac Olvera for three columns about Owen the Owl, respecting our cleaning staff, and gun control.
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Římskokatolická farnost Josefův Důl (Údol sv. Josefa) je církevní správní jednotka sdružující římské katolíky na území obce Josefův Důl a v jejím okolí. Organizačně spadá do libereckého vikariátu, který je jedním z 10 vikariátů litoměřické diecéze. Centrem farnosti je kostel Proměnění Páně v Josefově Dole.

Historie farnosti
Farnost byla kanonicky zřízena 20. 8. 1865. Od roku 1866 jsou vedeny matriky.

Duchovní správci vedoucí farnost
Začátek působnosti jmenovaného v duchovní správě farnosti od:

Kromě kněží stojících v čele farnosti, působili ve farnosti v průběhu její historie i jiní kněží. Většinou pracovali jako farní vikáři, kaplani, katecheté, výpomocní duchovní aj.

Území farnosti
Do farnosti náleží území obce:
 Antonínov (Antoniewald, Antoniwald)
 Dolní Maxov (Unter Maxdorf)
 Horní Maxov (Ober Maxdorf)
 Josefův Důl (Josefsthal)

Římskokatolické sakrální stavby na území farnosti

Ve farnosti se mohou nacházet i další drobné sakrální stavby, místa římskokatolického kultu a pamětihodnosti, které neobsahuje tato tabulka.

Příslušnost k farnímu obvodu
Z důvodu efektivity duchovní správy byl vytvořen farní obvod (kolatura) farnosti Tanvald, jehož součástí je i farnost Josefův Důl, která je tak spravována excurrendo. Přehled těchto kolatur je v tabulce farních obvodů libereckého vikariátu.

Odkazy

Poznámky

Reference

Související články
 Liberecký vikariát
 Seznam obcí v litoměřické diecézi

Externí odkazy
 Profil farnosti v elektronickém katalogu litoměřické diecéze

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Josefův Důl
Josefův Důl (okres Jablonec nad Nisou)

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Q: Residual SQL Server 2000 Objects When Restoring DB to SQL Server 2008 I've performed a RESTORE DATABASE command to restore an SQL Server 2000 database on SQL Server 2008. The script ran and showed several messages showing the DB being upgraded. What I've noticed is that (seemingly) legacy database objects from SQL Server 2000 have been migrated to the SQL 2008 DB.
For example, there are stored procedures whose name starts with dbo.dt_ in both the Stored Procedure and System Stored Procedure folders when viewing the DB in Management Studio. There was also the table dbo.dtproperties listed under tables.
Is it safe to drop these objects? These objects aren't in a DB created in SQL 2008 itself, so I'm thinking yes. But I'd like to make sure :)

A: Those objects exist for database diagrams.  If you don't have any database diagrams in your database that you care about, then it is fine to delete those objects.

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Dmytro Ivanovytsj Koeleba (Oekraïens: Дмитро Іванович Кулеба) (Soemy, 19 april 1981) is een Oekraïens politicus, diplomaat en communicatieadviseur. Sinds 2020 is hij minister van Buitenlandse Zaken. Daarnaast is hij lid van de Nationale Defensie- en Veiligheidsraad van Oekraïne.

Koeleba is een van de jongste diplomaten in de geschiedenis van Oekraïne. Eerder was hij vicepremier van Oekraïne, belast met de betrekkingen met de Europese Unie en de NAVO. Tussen 2016 en 2019 was hij vertegenwoordiger van Oekraïne bij de Raad van Europa.

Biografie
Koeleba is geboren op 19 april 1981 in de oostelijke stad Soemy. In 2003 studeerde hij af aan het Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen van de Nationale Taras Sjevtsjenko-universiteit van Kiev. Koeleba was sinds 2003 werkzaam in de diplomatieke dienst van Oekraïne en het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. In 2013 verliet hij de overheidsdienst omdat hij het niet eens was met de koers van toenmalig president Viktor Janoekovytsj. Hij nam actief deel aan de Euromaidan-protesten in 2013-2014.

Op het hoogtepunt van de beginfase van de Russische agressie tegen Oekraïne in 2014, besloot Koeleba als ambassadeur terug te keren naar het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken om strategische communicatie te lanceren. Hij introduceerde de concepten van digitale diplomatie, strategische communicatie, culturele diplomatie en publieke diplomatie in het werk van het ministerie.

In 2016 werd Koeleba benoemd tot vertegenwoordiger van Oekraïne bij de Raad van Europa. Van augustus 2019 tot maart 2020 was hij vicepremier voor Europese en Euro-Atlantische Integratie. Sinds 4 maart 2020 is hij minister van Buitenlandse Zaken.

Persoonlijk leven
Koeleba schreef een bestseller "The War for Reality. How to Win in the World of Fakes, Truths and Communities" (2019) over moderne communicatie, mediageletterdheid, en het tegengaan van desinformatie. In december 2017 werd Koeleba uitgeroepen tot de beste Oekraïense ambassadeur van het jaar 2017.

Familie
Koeleba's moeder is Yevhenia Koeleba. Zijn vader Ivan Koeleba is diplomaat en was onder meer onderminister van Buitenlandse Zaken van Oekraïne (2003-2004) en ambassadeur van Oekraïne in Egypte (1997-2000), Tsjechië (2004-2009), Kazachstan (2008-2019) en Armenië (sinds 2019).

Koeleba is getrouwd en heeft twee kinderen: Jehor (geboren in 2006) en Ljoebov (geboren in 2011). Koeleba's vrouw Jevhenia stond nummer 1 op de lijst voor de gemeenteraad van Kiev van de partij Sloeha Narodu (letterlijk vertaald: dienaar van het volk) bij de lokale verkiezingen van 2020 in Kiev op 25 oktober 2020. Zij is lid van de gemeenteraad van Kiev en heeft daar de functie van secretaris van de permanente commissie voor milieubeleid.

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HomeWorldElon Musk's top concern now is SpaceX getting to Mars before he...
Elon Musk's top concern now is SpaceX getting to Mars before he dies
Speaking at a satellite conference, Musk said if Space X doesn't improve its pace of progress, he's 'definitely going to be dead' before the project reaches Mars.
Gabrielle Coppola
Dana Hull
11 March, 2020 09:45 am IST
Elon Musk | Photo: Natan Dvir | Bloomberg
Detroit/San Francisco: While others worry about economies slipping into recession and markets melting down, Elon Musk's biggest concern is that his rocket company SpaceX may fail to accomplish its foundational mission — getting to Mars — before he dies.
"If we don't improve our pace of progress, I'm definitely going to be dead before we go to Mars," Musk said Monday at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington. "If it's taken us 18 years just to get ready to do the first people to orbit, we've got to improve our rate of innovation or, based on past trends, I am definitely going to be dead before Mars."
The 48-year-old chief executive officer of both Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has been much more upbeat in past interviews about the odds that — as he puts it — humans will become a multi-planetary species. In November 2018, he told Recode that closely held SpaceX was aiming to get to Mars in 2024, and told Axios that there was a 70% chance that he personally would go.
But SpaceX, which was founded in 2002, has had a harder time than expected pulling off its first missions to send astronauts to the International Space Station for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The first such voyage is expected as soon as this spring, later than NASA and its contractor hoped. Boeing Co., which is also trying to fly astronauts for the U.S. agency, is even further behind.
"Unless we improve our rate of innovation dramatically, then there is no chance of a base on the moon or a city on Mars," Musk said. "This is my biggest concern."
Musk started speaking Monday about 40 minutes after Tesla closed down 14% to $608, the lowest in roughly six weeks, as new coronavirus fears spelled the worst day for U.S. stocks since 2008. The stock pared losses along with the broader market Tuesday, trading up 2.8% as of 11:20 a.m. in New York.
The billionaire downplayed the level of attention SpaceX is paying to publicly listing any stock of its own anytime soon. Starlink, the company's burgeoning satellite business, plans to beam broadband to consumers who don't have Internet, or struggle with slower service, starting this year.
While Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's COO, said at a private investor event last month in Miami that Starlink was likely to be spun out and taken public, without giving a time frame, Musk said the company was doing "zero" thinking about an IPO. The focus is instead on making sure the service reliant on a low Earth orbit satellite constellation will work.
"Guess how many LEO constellations didn't go bankrupt? Zero," he said, listing off companies including Iridium, Orbcomm, Globalstar and Teledesic. "We just want to be in the not-bankrupt category. That's our goal."
Morgan Stanley estimates it will cost SpaceX $10 billion to $15 billion to complete the Starlink network. This and other variables highlight the need for the company to raise capital privately or publicly, analysts led by Armintas Sinkevicius wrote in a report. CNBC reported Monday that SpaceX is raising about $500 million of new funding at a roughly $36 billion valuation.
Musk, who started his keynote about 40 minutes late, said he was tardy because he had traveled from Boca Chica, Texas, where SpaceX has been working on Starship, the next-generation launch vehicle he plans to use to eventually transport humans to Mars. He estimated the annual revenue opportunity related to the company providing broadband is about $30 billion, about 10 times greater than the potential for its launch business. –Bloomberg
Also read: Jack Ma could save us from Elon Musk's AI dystopia
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Christopher: Hi, Sundari, I hope it's okay to send you a question. I've been watching James' Practicing Vedanta series at YouTube and I'm hoping to understand the teaching that everything is awareness, i.e. self.
Sundari: This is the fundamental principle of Vedanta, as this is a non-dual reality. Have you read How to Attain Enlightenment, James' book?
Christopher: At the moment, my understanding is along the lines of recognising that formless awareness allows me to perceive all objects as they all arise in it. Also, my experience of them is conditioned by my jiva's vasanas.
Sundari: You are correct that the jiva's perception is governed by its vasanas, which are in turn governed by the gunas, or Isvara. So ask yourself, "Who is the 'me' that perceives?" Even though you seem to be objectifying the jiva, Christopher, you are also objectifying awareness.
The definition of jiva is "awareness with a subtle body." Jiva is a principle, a tattva, not a specific person. It is actually pure awareness, paramatma. When it is deluded by maya pure awareness apparently identifies with objects and takes itself to be the doer, or body-mind, believing that awareness is something gain.
1. The jiva who thinks it is a person with a name, a history and an address. This jiva is called the "doer," or the human being, the one identified with objects (including all experience).
2. There is the jiva who knows about awareness but it does not know what it means to be awareness. This jiva has indirect knowledge and is often called a "self-realised" jiva. This jiva has had an experience of being awareness but has not actualised self-knowledge, so the knowledge is not firm and ignorance is still present. This is the one who re-identifies with objects or still seeks experience, because the vasanas are still binding and doership has not been fully dissolved.
3. And finally, there is the jiva who has permanent direct knowledge, because he/she knows that their true identity IS Awareness and they know what it means to be awareness – while still apparently manifesting as a jiva, or individual. This means that self-knowledge translates fully into ALL aspects of the person's life. This is the jivanmukta, the self no longer under the spell of ignorance, or the self-actualised jiva, or person.
Christopher: So in a way awareness is aware of my jiva's waking dream, and this dream can be informative regarding the vasanas that may be operating.
Sundari: Not "in a way," Christopher. You, awareness, are always aware of all objects that appear in you and the conditioning that governs them, "their" vasanas. Awareness does not require the presence of objects to be aware, as it exists prior to all objects. There is only awareness. It would be more appropriate to say the self, seeing only itself, is that which knows the seer with reference to the seen only when maya is operating, because with the appearance of maya there is something for awareness to see (be conscious of), i.e. objects.
From the jiva's point of view the only way to dissolve its conditioning is to understand it in light of self-knowledge. This is the teaching on the gunas and the Isvara-jiva identity.
Christopher: However, I still have the idea that this is projected onto materiality and I believe the teaching says that matter is also self. Is it enough to contemplate that matter arises in awareness?
Sundari: What is the "this" that you are referring to? Duality is a projection. It is a superimposition onto non-duality brought about by the appearance of maya. When one first undertakes self-inquiry the most important qualification is the ability to negate all objects. One has to have fully understood that there is nothing to be gained through objects, because they are value-neutral. The joy is not in the object, it is "in" you, awareness. There is no real "in" or "out" of awareness, as it (you) pervade(s) every atom of existence. Existence and consciousness is the same thing. Once you know this you stop chasing objects, things, experiences. You realise that awareness is not going to be gained through experience but only regained by the removal of ignorance through self-knowledge.
This is called discriminating satya from mithya, the real from the apparently real, which is the crux of Vedanta. "Apparently real" is "that which is not always present and does not last," "real" being defined as "that which is always present and never changing." Permanently discriminating the one from the other is the essence of enlightenment. As stated, to begin with all objects have to be negated as not-self but once you make progress with self-inquiry you have to turn it around and see that all the objects are you, awareness. They arise from you, are made up of you and depend on you but you do not depend on the objects.
All objects are a reflection of you, awareness, but they are not you because they are not real, meaning objects are not conscious and do not last, just like you know that your reflection in a mirror is you and comes from you but it is not you. All objects exist in a different order or reality to awareness: mithya – apparently real. Only you, awareness, are real. This is a non-dual reality, there is only awareness here – apparently in form but the form is not conscious. Only you are.
James: There is one awareness. This is why I call it "ordinary." If you have two or more, one could be different from the other. This original awareness does not change. It is called bimba chaitanya. The problem comes because maya creates a subtle body, which reflects awareness onto objects, like sounds, forms, etc. It is called pratibimba chaitanya. The subtle body, being in maya, is subject to change. It modifies when sound and light stimuli reflect in it. The reflected awareness is the original ordinary awareness, reflecting on the subtle body. But because the subtle body changes owing to the action of the gunas, awareness seems to change. When you identify with the subtle body you say you are going through "changes." At the same time that the subtle body is changing it is known by original, ordinary awareness, which does not change. You know that Paul, the subtle body, is experiencing things. Original awareness doesn't experience. It witnesses. It always remains the same. It is unaffected by what the subtle body experiences.
Paul: And how can the subtle body, which is an object and known to me, be an experiencing entity or something that knows/experiences? It all seems totally contradictory. Maybe this is all hair-splitting but I want understand myself, and experiencing and knowing seem very close – identical in fact. The word "entity" is also confusing since at any given moment the subtle body is only one fleeting thought, one perception, one intention, etc., gone in an instant.
James: Good thinking, Paul. The subtle body does not actually "experience." It seems to experience owing to the action of maya. Experience is just original awareness experiencing itself, but it looks like the subtle body is an experiencing entity. We speak as if the subtle body is an experiencing entity at the beginning of the teaching because everybody thinks he is the subtle body. You can't tell a person that he is not experiencing. He will think you are crazy. You are right, it is not an entity, only a stream of discrete thought/events.
Yes, experiencing and knowing are one. If reality is non-dual it has to be that way. But we need to distinguish them or the apparent person will try to experience awareness. It is a joke because the apparent person is actually awareness already and always.
Christopher: Many thanks for taking time to read this. If you have time I'd really appreciate any pointers or recommendations of books that explain this part of the teachings, particularly to the Western mind.
Sundari: You are most welcome, Christopher. This teaching is the essence of Vedanta and all the teachings deal with this in one way or another. I would recommend you read James' book How to Attain Enlightenment, and if you have already, re-read it slowly. All of James' teaching is aimed at the Western mind, and you will not find a better teacher. His new book The Essence of Enlightenment is now available through the website and at Amazon.com. It is the same material as his previous book, simplified. Watch as many videos as you can, all of them are good. We recommend that everyone read the satsang section at the website. There is now a search function available where inquirers can search by topic and teacher.


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Leafs' Rielly, Gardiner "go own ways" while learning same lessons: Feschuk
By Dave FeschukSports Columnist
Sat., Sept. 19, 2015timer5 min. read
BEDFORD, N.S.—For most of the past couple of seasons in Toronto, Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner were a largely inseparable pair.
At home, they were roommates in a downtown condo. On the road, they were roommates in the finest hotels. And even when Gardiner became contractually entitled to his own road digs last year, this in a league in which only the players on entry-level deals are required to share the same room at the Ritz, they often co-mingled in one or the other's space, playing video games and watching TV and keeping each other company.
"Otherwise," Rielly said last year, "you check in and you get lonely."
As if all that time together wasn't enough, they also happened to be co-workers with dressing room stalls an arm's length apart. Rielly would sometimes interject unsolicited commentary while eavesdropping on Gardiner's media interviews. Gardiner would do the same when Rielly was scrummed.
Given all that history of togetherness, let's just say this coming season would prove to be something of an adjustment, in more ways than one.
"We're living apart this year," Rielly, 21, was saying on Saturday at Maple Leafs training camp. "It's been good so far. I've always liked my own space."
Said Gardiner, 25: "(Rielly) wanted to live alone, so I was fine with it. We decided to go our own ways."
They've gone their own ways, but only to a point. Rielly said he and Gardiner still live "close" to each other, although they decided to avoid units in the same building. And when it comes to talking about the future of the Maple Leafs defence corps, their names are still almost always spoken back to back. Rielly and Gardiner. Gardiner and Rielly. So far — and we're only two days into the on-ice portion of training camp — newly inserted coach Mike Babcock hasn't talked about one without talking simultaneously about the other.
In other words, they may have separated themselves with new addresses, but they continue to embody the same archetype — the kind of mobile, skilled defencemen that teams covet in an ever-quickening league.
They also happen to be two men with a common weakness. As much as it's a thrill to watch them drive the play with their bursts of creative and explosive offence, it can also be painful to watch them struggle to defend their own zone.
It's the hole in Gardiner's game that has seen him spend time in the minors during his four years as a Leaf. It's the blind spot in Rielly's arsenal that saw then-coach Randy Carlyle make him a healthy scratch early last season. And in both cases it will be looked upon unhappily by Babcock until it becomes a relative strength.
"They gave up some chances today," Babcock said of Rielly and Gardiner on Saturday, after the duo participated in a high-tempo scrimmage. "They've both got to get much better with their stick and defensively. They're going to, though. But they're both elite skaters. They're guys who like to try. I think we need to help them out. Just all in all, our defence, I think we can make them a lot better. So that's the process we're in."
The Maple Leafs were one of the worst defensive teams in the NHL a year ago, fourth-worst in goal differential, fifth-worst in Corsi. But with Babcock in town there is optimism that things will be different in the days to come.
Roman Polak, the veteran defenceman, said that last season the Leafs tried to install a defensive system that was theoretically sound, "but we just didn't do it as a team. We just weren't on the same page."
For a defensive system to prosper, after all, it requires all five skaters — not simply the two defencemen — to retrieve the puck and break out of the zone with speed and purpose. Polak said that, watching Babcock's teams in Detroit, he always admired how even their top forward lines, the ones featuring Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, "were working hard all over the ice." Last season Polak was publicly critical of unnamed Maple Leafs forwards who shirked their responsibility in the defensive zone. And if those criticisms seemed to fall on deaf ears in a lawless locker room in which the inmates ran amok, Polak said he's confident that this year cherry pickers will be called to account.
"I think for sure everybody's going to work their ass off . . . Everybody's going to do what they're supposed to do on the ice," Polak said. "If you're not going to do it, you're not going to be playing."
What will that mean for the likes of Gardiner and Rielly? It might mean, if all goes to plan on the defensive end, that they'll have more of a chance to show off their skills on the offensive one. Both players were, at times, bright spots in last season's grim death march. And both players said they're keen to draw from Babcock's well of knowledge.
"He's been very positive so far. That's obviously good. There's times when he's going to have to be the opposite," Gardiner said of the coach. "But so far, he's been really good, just giving us confidence."
Rielly, for his part, said he and the coach have "talked about how I can improve defensively."
"But a lot of it is just not playing in your own zone as much," Rielly said. "If you're playing offence, then you're not playing defence as much. I know I have to improve in that area. But as a team we have to improve as well."
Learning the tricks of the defensive trade is something they'll continue to do together. In the meantime, they'll be living their off-ice life at least slightly further apart.
"Jake called me two weeks before I was on my way back to Toronto and was like, 'Mo, it's your last chance. Want to live together?' So I think he wants a roomie," Rielly said. "But I'm happy on my own. I'm at the point now where I'm mature enough and old enough to have my own space."
Space, sure. But if he ever gets lonely, it sounds as though he'll always have company at the ready.
"I'm sure we'll be having sleepovers or something every once in a while," Gardiner said. "We still hang out a lot. We're good buddies."
Jake Gardiner, Morgan Rielly


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There are two awesome events coming up Friday, May 29th.

First up is Super Lunch, similar to our Super User Group Meetups come join us for a fancy extended lunch hour at Owen Brennan's Restaurant. Space is limited, you must rsvp to join us!

The second great event is we are happy to partner with Start Co again for Technical Mentoring Office Hours from 2pm to 6pm at Start Co's office at 88 Union Ave.

If you are interested in mentoring or being mentored, drop us an email at [mentoring@memphistechnology.org](mailto:mentoring@memphistechnology.org)

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The Very Best of Prince (2001)
by Prince
Even geniuses (maybe especially geniuses) are taken for granted, not seen as geniuses, or only appreciated in small doses. Which is a grandiose way of saying that, no matter how partisans may complain, there are many listeners out there that don't want to delve into the deliriously rich catalog of Prince and would rather spend time with a single disc of all the hits -- especially since the first singles compilation was botched, spread too thin over two discs and sequenced as if it were on shuffle play. That doesn't mean that 2001's The Very Best of Prince is perfect, even if it is a better hits overview than its predecessor. First of all, Prince had so many hits, and so many of them were so good, that 17 tracks couldn't possibly summarize everything great. After all, this doesn't have Top Ten hits like "Delirious," "Pop Life," "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man," or "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (or the number one "Batdance," for that matter, continuing Batman being unofficially written out of his discography), nor does it have such great second-tier hits as "Take Me With U" and "Mountains," or B-sides like "Irresistible Bitch" and "Erotic City," let alone album tracks. What is here are the big songs -- "1999," "Little Red Corvette," "When Doves Cry," "Kiss," and so on -- all presented in their single edits. And, frankly, that's enough to make this a dynamite collection, perfect for those that just want one Prince disc, and a good, solid listen of some of his best. Besides, this trumps both Hits discs by including "Money Don't Matter 2 Night," his best single never to reach the Top 10. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi Read Less
Even geniuses (maybe especially geniuses) are taken for granted, not seen as geniuses, or only appreciated in small doses. Which is a grandiose way of saying that, no matter how partisans may complain, there are many listeners out there that don't want to delve into the deliriously rich catalog of Prince and would rather spend time with a single disc of all the hits -- especially since the first singles compilation was botched, spread too thin over two discs and sequenced as if it were on shuffle play. That doesn't mean ... Read More
I Wanna Be Your Lover]
Little Red Corvette]
When Doves Cry]
Let's Go Crazy]
Purple Rain]
I Would Die 4 U]
Raspberry Beret]
Kiss]
Sign 'O' the Times]
U Got the Look]
Alphabet St.]
Thieves in the Temple]
Gett Off
Diamonds and Pearls]
Money Don't Matter 2 Night
R&B > Funk
R&B > Contemporary R&B
Pop/Rock > Dance-Rock
Pop/Rock > Contemporary Pop/Rock
Club/Dance > Dance-Pop
2001, Warner Bros.
Available Copies: 10+
Label: Warner Bros.
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SLSB Enterprises
Available Copies: 10
Originally released: 2001. Brand new. 2 day delivery.


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"Canola: A Canadian Story of Innovation" begins National Tour
March 16, 2017 / Sandi Knight
Originally published in the March 2017 issue of Canola Digest
Sandi Knight photo
What happens Canada's 150th birthday and Canola's 50th anniversary collide? The Canadian Agriculture and Food Museum (CAFM) in Ottawa celebrates with a nation-wide tour of a new travelling exhibition, "Canola: A Canadian Story of Innovation". This exhibit made its debut at Canola Council of Canada's "Good As Gold" 50th Annual Convention in Winnipeg on March 7—9. It will be on display at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport in the arrivals hall through March 23rd.
Designed to tell the story of canola to Canadians, this 500-square-foot exhibit is interactive, hands-on and designed for all ages. It is comprised of two C-shaped configurations — one to make you feel immersed in a field of canola, the other as though you are walking into a processing plant. It will highlight canola's versatility from cooking oil to canola meal, biofuels, ink, plastics and cosmetics. Visitors will learn the history — from a crop that didn't exist 50 years ago to the multi-billion industry that exists in Canada today. They will discover the on-going science, research and innovation behind canola.
Credit: Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
Over the next five years, it will travel to museums, science centres, indoor and outdoor exhibitions, hospitals, shopping malls and airports. A map and links can be found on-line at CAFM.
The main gallery of the CAFM will also house a long-term, more in-depth, 2,500-square-foot exhibit. It will connect to the museum's demonstration kitchen, providing access for hands-on learning food experiences. The museum, which hosts 200,000 visitors/year, is a working farm, so as guests tour they will see canola growing and learn how canola meal is used in food rations for livestock and poultry.
The CAFM wants to ensure the canola story is accessible to all Canadians, so those unable to visit either exhibit will be able to access information and resources on the website.
Kerry-Leigh Burchill, director general of the CAFM states it was a fortuitous meeting with Simone Demers Collins, market development & promotions coordinator of Alberta Canola, at a Grow Canada Conference in Ottawa that led to this new exhibit to celebrate Canada's 150th. Burchill said the museum was looking for a crop or a process that had "a very strong connection to innovation by Canadians in the fields of science and technology when it came to agriculture." To which Collins replied, "I think that story can be canola."
Canadian canola grower associations and industry partners then stepped up to the plate to collaborate and sponsor the exhibit.
To ensure accuracy and a balanced representation for the exhibits, a National Advisory Council provided advice and input. The 13 member panel from a wide cross-section disciplines, included Dr. Keith Downey, one of the fathers of canola. Focus groups and surveys ensured terminology used was understandable to the general public.
The goal is to showcase agriculture as an ever-evolving industry, highlight the heritage of this made-in-Canada crop along with the benefits of growing canola from health, food security, environmental, economic and sustainability perspectives. Burchill hopes the exhibit will even inspire young students to chose a career path in agriculture.
Communication and education are key to the advancement of agriculture in Canada. This initiative will be a valuable reminder of just how far the canola industry has come in 50 years.
Courtesy Canola Council of Canada
Thoughts on "Canola: A Canadian Story of Innovation"
"I think it's an opportunity to be able to allow the urban population in particular, and farmers as well, to see where canola came from – the humble beginnings, where it's going and the variety of products available from canola." — Bruce Dalgarno, Farmer, Newdale, MB
"When visitors have the opportunity to learn from our farmers, hear their stories about growing ingredients for our recipes and food for our tables, a deeper farm to food connection is made. The display will give Canadians an opportunity to #ExploreCanola." — Ellen Pruden, Education and Promotions Manager Manitoba Canola Growers/Canola Eat Well
"As the Canola Council of Canada celebrates 50 years in 2017 we couldn't be more proud to tell the story of five decades of achievement and transformation in the Canadian canola industry and the exciting opportunities ahead. The exhibition is an excellent example of the innovative and collaborative spirit that's driven canola's success and we're honoured to be able to launch the #ExploreCanola tour at our upcoming Convention." — Patti Miller, President, Canola Council of Canada
"It is undeniable that the science, research and innovation behind canola changed how a lot of agriculture is done around the world". — Kerry-Leigh Burchill Director General, Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
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very interesting and well done, Sandi . I love your photos.
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By Dwight Silverman on April 30, 2013 at 5:21 AM
• Jony Ive paints a fresh, yet familiar, look for iOS 7 – Sources tell 9to5Mac that iOS 7 will have a flatter look to its design, similar to Windows Phone 8, and is different enough that long-time users of the platform may be unsettled. Also Apple to release OS X 10.9 with new power-user features, more from iOS later this year
• Google Now comes to iPhone and iPad with new Search app update – If you turn on Google Now, be aware that location tracking runs full time. Google claims it will have minimal impact on your iOS device's battery life.
• Android widens lead in Q1 as iPhone loses market share, Windows Phone gains ground – Android scored 64 percent of smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2013, according to Kantar. And Microsoft creates an Apple vs. Samsung wedding fight for its new Windows Phone ad
• Google, Twitter, Facebook and the new global battle over the future of free speech – A long, detailed look at the group of people who enforce terms of service for the biggest online companies. It's worth your time to read.
• Twitter Is Testing Out Its Official Google Glass App In The Wild – Posts from an app that appears to be Twitter's official Google Glass client have appeared online.
• Jack Dorsey Talks Square and Wearable Devices – The co-founder of Square and Twitter is more enthused about smartwatches than Google Glass.
• Best Buy exits European market; sells stake back to Carphone Warehouse for £500M – Best Buy is getting out of Europe, selling its 50 percent stake back to its partner there.
• Why your password can't have symbols—or be longer than 16 characters – Long, strong passwords may not protect you against attacks that are based on social engineering.
• Nokia Invests in High-Resolution Cameras to Woo Apple Customers – Nokia is reportedly putting money into a company that creates software for so-called array cameras, like the Lytro.
• Skype video calling launches for Outlook.com, available in UK today and US in 'coming weeks' – You'll soon be able to make Skype video calls from the Outlook.com website in the U.S.
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Elio Motors Unveils P5 Prototype at the Los Angeles Auto Show
21 November, 2015 By Karen Blanco
LOS ANGELES. Elio Motors introduced its fifth generation prototype, the P5, at a news conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show.The company is targeting a launch date of late 2016 for its three-wheeled, enclosed vehicle that is expected to get up to 84 MPG and retail for a targeted base price of $6,800.
Elio Motors' newly unveiled P5
The P5 is the company's first prototype to feature the 0.9-liter, 3-cylinder engine designed specifically for Elio Motors by engine developer IAV.
"We are extremely proud to unveil the new Elio Motors prototype at the LA Auto Show today, among those who appreciate such a bold new approach to transportation," said Paul Elio, CEO of Elio Motors. "Adding our own specially designed engine is the heart of our vehicle prototype and is a significant step forward in our commitment to producing a low-cost, highly fuel-efficient vehicle. This puts our company one step closer to production and our ultimate goals of reducing our country's dependence on foreign oil, creating American manufacturing jobs and providing consumers with a low-cost alternative to traditional transportation choices."
As Elio Motors developed its revolutionary vehicle, the company quickly realized that no engine currently on the market had the combination of speed, power and efficiency that its customers would desire. With the new engine from IAV, the Elio is projected to go from 0-to-60 MPH in 9.6 seconds, have a top speed of more than 100 MPH and get up to 84 MPG on the highway.
Body Modifications Boost Aerodynamics, MPG
The front end of the P5 will be slightly longer and slightly more aerodynamic than its predecessor, the P4. The aerodynamic improvement will ultimately help with fuel efficiency. The longer front end looks more futuristic and stylish. The P5 also will feature side-exhaust that will replicate how the exhaust is likely to look in the final version.
During the past decade, automakers have put more emphasis on interior styling, amenities and functionality. Elio Motors has made several interior changes that will likely help differentiate the vehicle when it gets to production, including:
Raising the arm rest on the door to make it more comfortable;
Lowering the rear seat one inch to create more headroom;
Adding more foam to the rear seat for a cushier feel.
Elio Motors also upgraded the instrument panel for better aesthetics:
Color inserts were changed from orange to red to match the exterior color of the P5;
A more robust iPad holder was installed so that no vertical adjustment was necessary;
The A-pillar shape will be less intrusive; and
Brushed metal was added to the dashboard to provide a more modern look.
This Elio is generating interest from consumers, as more than 47,000 people have made a reservation for a place in line to purchase an Elio when they go to production. The company estimates upwards of 1,500 people will be directly employed at Elio Motors' Shreveport, Louisiana production facility. In addition, the Elio will use 90 percent North American content and create an additional 1,500 jobs from the supply base, Elio Motors corporate, as well as sales and service once full production is underway. Plus, approximately 18,000 indirect jobs nationwide are projected to be created or sustained.
"This project has a little something for everyone," Elio said. "Whether someone cares about the environment, the economy, our nation's manufacturing backbone, or they just want a unique and compelling vehicle to drive, Elio Motors will make a positive impact. The P5 build is another important step in our march toward production and is the culmination of several important strategic initiatives we have completed or launched in the past several months. We look forward to keeping our momentum rolling."
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Reck's Opvarmnings Comp. A/S var en dansk virksomhed i København, som fremstillede opvarmningsanlæg. Selskabets arbejdsfelt omfattede hele opvarmningsområdet, specielt fabrikation af stålkedler til centralvarmeanlæg og højtryksdampanlæg samt apparater for automatisk fyring, såsom stokere, oliefyr og helautomatiske gaskedler. Reck-stålkedler, der fremstilledes som universalkedler for al slags brændsel, havde en meget stor udbredelse både i Danmark og i udlandet.

Den var grundlagt 1. marts 1878 af kaptajn A.B. Reck (1850-1927) og i 1889 omdannet til et aktieselskab. Reck blev efter sin død efterfulgt af Michael Treschow (1864-1935) som administrerende direktør, og Treschow blev efterfulgt af civilingeniør Jørgen Jacobsen (1905-?).

Aktiekapitalen var oprindelig på kr. 400.000, men blev senere udvidet til kr. 800.000.

Selskabets kontor lå på adressen Gothersgade 155, mens fabrikken lå i Esromgade 15 på Nørrebro i København.

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