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Outrage and concerns from inside greyhound racing are a farce
So some greyhound racing insiders in Australia continue to issue statements that feature everything from concern to disdain over the live-baiting scandal. Much of it screams of artificial outrage
In reality, you don't get to be involved in an industry that regularly kills and injures dogs and then come out with fake outrage when yet another scandal breaks out.
The Courier Mail out of Australia hit the right tone with today's headline: "It took activists, not the greyhound industry, to uncover its sins." In the editorial, Terry Sweetman states:
"The greyhound game is obviously incapable of regulating its own affairs and, if it is to survive, demands more government oversight and intervention."
And then the writer rightfully calls out a proponent of dog racing:
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce says he will meet state ministers to ensure the industry "remains" viable, strong and ethical.
It might be viable and it might be strong, but "remains" is patently not the appropriate word when it comes to the ethics of some in this industry.
Of course, dog racing isn't viable either. But then the Agriculture Minister goes on to slam the animal-welfare groups that exposed the horrors at the live-baiting facilities. It seems he doesn't like the fact that they trespassed to gather the video.
I get it that trespassing in general is sticky. But if you are engaged in criminal activity – particularly to this extreme degree, you shouldn't get to hide behind property rights. The rights of the victims far exceed the property-rights of the criminal.
What if it was a child being horribly abused and someone spotted it from the street, entered the yard, called 911 and shot video on his phone as the police cars approached? That citizen would be praised as a hero.
It appears more people could be charged as the investigation unfolds. The West Australian reports another five trainers have been suspended by Greyhound Racing Victoria.
And get this. The Courier Mail notes Victoria has a "Racing Integrity Commissioner," – Sal Perna. Now that's an individual with a tough job. He has to convince people there's integrity in dog racing. But I guess when we think about it, it has become relatively easy to use propaganda to convince really gullible people that down is up or they can fly to the moon on a crock pot. (Or is that a crack pot?)
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The fuming has already begun. There was some fuming on Morning Ireland earlier and I reckon we're in for a whole week of fuming.
Everyone drives '06 and '07 cars.
Doctors who were offered salaries of €200,000 a year had described the salary as "Mickey Mouse money".
20 per cent of the population were public servants.
A house had sold in Clontarf for over €20 million and one could buy a skyscraper for that in Frankfurt.
Those of us who call this little island home will surely nod our heads sagely at this lengthy list and go "mos def".
But while the ambassador thought he was just speaking to members of the German Federation of Buying and Marketing Groups visiting Dublin, Fine Gael MEP Gay Mitchell was also at the event. And he was "shocked" at what he was hearing. I repeat "shocked". It was as if Gay was hearing all this for the very first time.
Like I said, it's going to be one of those weeks.


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Classic Launches and Game Fishing Boats New Zealand
Game Boats
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Oliver & Gilpin
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Southern Maid is a vintage motor launch built in Picton in the Queen Charlotte Sound of New Zealand in 1929. She is a classic example of the many sturdy working boats and motor launches built by Ernest Richard Lane and his men at the boatyard on The Spit between 1908 and 1946. A precious few, in various iterations and states of repair, still ply their home waters and beyond. They are relics, monuments to the halcyon days of boat building in New Zealand in the first decades of the 20th century. Little of the life and times of the industry in Picton was documented, and much anecdotal history died with the men who created it. The likes of the Southern Maid and their stories are all that remain of the craft of Ernie Lane and the early boatbuilders who shaped a significant but almost forgotten age. Now in her 85th year, the Maid is slowly being restored in the modest and practical image of her beginnings.
For her full story check out Southern Maid.
Southern Maid
Built By Eenest Richard Lane 1929

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The Hill: More commonly referred to as "Bag End", The Hill was a smial where the Baggins family and later the Gardner family resided. A smial is described as the Hobbit's style of dwelling, holes in the hillside, during the late Third Age while most other Hobbit-holes had been replaced by buildings made of wood or brick. In the beginning of the novel, the reader is entered into Bag End with descriptions surrounding them such as "a perfectly round door like a porthole...with a shiny yellow brass knob" (Tolkien, 3) and "panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted" (Tolkien, 3).
Lone-Lands: The Lone-Lands was a name used by the Hobbits to describe an area of wilderness east of the land of Bree. The Lands held the Weather Hills and Weathertop, once seen as a vision of vigilance and now seen as a realm of desolation and defeat. By the end the of Third Age, the Lands were bare of all inhabitants.
Rivendell: Rivendell holds the "Last Homely House" protected by the great lord Elrond. Rivendell is a secluded valley heavily occupied with elves filled with song and laughter. Though, Rivendell is good-natured, it is still obscured by the Misty Mountains.
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Hall of Sermon je hudební vydavatelství založené roku 1991 Tilo Wolffem.

Hall of Sermon bylo založeno Tilo Wolffem jako nezávislé vydavatelství.Hlavním důvodem ke vzniku tohoto vydavatelství bylo naprosto umělecky volné a ničím neomezované vedení vlastní skupiny Lacrimosa. Toto vydavatelství vydalo všechny dosavadní alba skupiny Lacrimosa.

Brzy tato mladá společnost nabídla možnost neomezeného hudebního vývoje i ostatním skupinám. Vydavatelství klade velký důraz na kvalitu a to hlavně co se textů týče.

Do roku 2001 Tilo Wolff, Anne Nurmi a jejich tým zaštitovali několik umělců, kteří jsou uvedeni níže.

Skupiny, jimž Hall of Sermon vydávalo či vydává alba
 Lacrimosa
 Artrosis
 Dreams of Sanity
 The Gallery
 Snakeskin
 The Breath of Life
 Evergrey
 Girls Under Glass
 Love Like Blood

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 Oficiální stránky Hall of Sermon

Švýcarská hudební vydavatelství

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by Carl Jennings August 17, 20218:00 am August 17, 2021
The Western With a Participation Trophy: 'THE QUICK AND THE DEAD'
When I volunteered to write an article about the 1995 western movie The Quick and the Dead, I fully intended to write something entirely positive. After all, I've watched this movie several times and liked the experience each time. Then I sat down and thought about it objectively.
That's where the trouble started. When subjected to concentrated thought I was forced to come to the conclusion that The Quick and the Dead isn't a good movie. It isn't a bad movie either. What this movie is, is the Wednesday of the week of Westerns, where a made-for-Netflix cowboy movie is Monday and the Dollars trilogy makes up the weekend.
This would be the point where I would recount the events of The Quick and the Dead but there would be no point, and that's the major problem. Follow along with me:
Town under the thumb of a cruel, criminal despot.
Good people are victimized, bad people thrive.
Mysterious stranger comes to town.
Cast of quirky, more fleshed out side characters.
Cynical good guy with a dark past, unwilling to act.
Money-centric plot, bringing all characters into conflict.
The past, revealed!But it's actually personal for the mysterious stranger: despot "dun did kilt their paw."
Shootouts!
Mysterious stranger gets revenge, cynical good guy finds hope, and the town is saved.
Mysterious stranger rides off into the sunset.
If you thought this sounded like the Find-and-Replace template for a Western movie/book, then you'd be right. And this is exactly what The Quick and the Dead follows to a T (including the cliché "riding off into the sunset".)
Formulas are fine if effort is put into doing them in an interesting way, but this movie didn't. The biggest deviation to the formula is that the mysterious stranger is a gunslinging woman, but strangers are mysterious regardless of how their bits are configured.
What's most egregious about this box-ticking is that there was no need for it. Look up this movie's IMDb and you'll find that the director is Sam Raimi. Yes, Sam The Evil Dead trilogy, Darkman, and Drag Me to Hell Raimi. Didn't realize that? That's okay, there's no reason you would have. Save for the filming style of the showdowns, there's nothing that really marks this as a Raimi movie: none of the style, none of the humor, not the plot, and not the characters.
Why would such an iconic director not do anything that they were known for? A viewer can point to it and say "Oh yeah, that's, like, Western stuff."
My theory for this being such a safe movie? Obligation. This movie reeks of something Raimi was forced to do. The most likely culprit is that it was contractual; he could have directed this movie to open up the funding and support for a project he wanted to do. Reason aside, this movie plays like his heart wasn't really there.
That isn't to say that it's not competently done. There's no serious folly that this movie performs. It may walk down a well-trodden path, but at least it's able to put one foot in front of the other without falling over. Raimi is an experienced filmmaker and he knows his way around a production.
The lion's share of saving The Quick and the Dead from fatal mediocrity is done by the performances. They're why I've watched this more than once (apart from being a general fan of the genre.)
By 1995, Gene Hackman was an old hand at Westerns, and slips into his antagonist character like a pair of well-worn, manure-caked cowboy boots. Sharon Stone as the lead makes the transition from femme fatale to cheroot-smoking, hard-drinking, six gun-toting mysterious stranger fairly well. Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio do their characters justice as well. No one really half-asses it in any aspect, but everyone from the Best Boy to the writers to Alan Silvestri (Of Back to the Future and Marvel's Avengers fame) with his score only show up to do a job.
Does The Quick and the Dead push the boat out far enough so it can't see the shore? No. Does it trip over its own drooping stupid? No. Does that mean it doesn't deserve to exist? Of course not. Kick back in your favorite chair and give it a watch; maybe on a lone, lazy Sunday when you're one-third of the way down a pint of ice cream because your life is spiraling out of control. At least there's something that's comfortable and reliable.
Thanks for joining us for WESTERN WEEK! Take a look at yesterday's entry BATTLE GOTH AND THE TROJAN WHORES: 'DJANGO' AND 'THE CROW'
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Yuri Kochiyama's sweet face and gentle presence belies the powerhouse that resides within her.
Kochiyama, 84, is a pioneer who has been committed to social justice for over forty years. She has worked to build alliances between diverse cultural groups and has championed civil rights, protesting racial inequality and supporting political prisoners in the United States and throughout the world. Kochiyama's efforts inspired many students who learned about her in Professor Damita Brown's Women of Color in Social Movements class this semester. Senior Bonniebrooke Bullock was one of them.
"I had never heard of [Kochiyama] before and I read all this stuff on her and did more research. I was amazed at just how dedicated of a person she's been her entire life to the cause and the love of people," Bullock said. "So, when we talked about her in class and I found out she lived in Oakland, I asked if we could bring her here." Bullock says Professor Brown told her to "go for it."
Consequently, it was Bullock's letter that brought Kochiyama to the Student Union last Tuesday. In her letter, Bullock writes, "Thank you for your action. Your actions that speak loudly, advising my thoughts, advising my spirit…Yuri, your actions move me into action. Move me, a white girl, privileged by the safety of my whiteness. Me, a white girl, horrified by all the violence, angered by all of the things they never told me in high school."
Bullock, senior Lori Chinn and junior Jamilah Bradshaw were on the student panel that honored Kochiyama-each giving their perspective on how she impacted their lives.
Chinn gave a detailed history of Kochiyama's early years and her imprisonment in the Japanese American internment camps. At 20 years old, Kochiyama, along with her mother, brothers and 10,000 other Japanese Americans, were unconstitutionally imprisoned following the signing of Executive Order 9066 by Franklin D. Roosevelt in Feb. 1942. Prior to this experience, Kochiyama admits to being "very provincial, religious and apolitical."
In her recent biography, Heartbeat of Struggle: the Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama, author Diane C. Fujino suggests that Kochiyama's experiences transformed her from "apolitical to aware to activist." Kochiyama says she agrees.
"I'll never forget what my teacher taught me [about teaching children], 'It's more important to teach kids what to love than what to know,'" Kochiyama said.
Bradshaw spoke about Kochiyama's commitment to the Black Power Movement of the '60s and early '70s. In 1960, Kochiyama and her husband Bill, moved with their six children to the Manhattanville Housing Projects in Harlem to become active members in the movement.
"It was very exciting living in Harlem in the '60s," said Kochiyama. "There was a lot of political energy and activity that changed my life.
Kochiyama says one of the most impactful moments in her life was meeting Malcolm X at Audobon Hall in Harlem. The two became fast friends and X would later send postcards to Kochiyama as he traveled the world. It was Kochiyama, in fact, who cradled his head in her lap after X was shot on February 21, 1965 while speaking at the Audobon Ballroom. As he lay there, she says she begged him, "Please, Malcolm, please Malcolm, stay alive," according to a recent interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now.
"I feel honored to have been in the presence of a person who has spent her life engaging in the struggle and giving herself to social change and social justice," Bradshaw said. "I think it is important for her name to be known and as familiar as Angela Davis, Malcom X, and Che Guevara."
At the close of the event, the student panel presented Kochiyama with a Mills teddy bear to add to her collection. Kochiyama hugged the bear close to her, thanked the group profusely and told the bear. "Wait until you get home and meet the others."
Kochiyama encouraged students to continue fighting for social justice and change and said, "oppression is occurring globally and we need to work toward a better world, not just our own communities."


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Jörg Hammer (* 27. Februar 1958 in Angermünde; † 28. Februar 2019 in Hannover) war ein deutscher Geologe an der Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe in Hannover und Hochschullehrer an der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover.

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Hammer wurde 1958 in Angermünde in der Uckermark als Sohn von Brigitte und Reinhard Hammer geboren und wuchs zusammen mit einer Schwester und einem Bruder in Schwedt/Oder auf. Nach dem Abitur begann er ein Studium der Geologie am Bergbauinstitut in Leningrad in der Sowjetunion (heute Staatliche Bergbau-Universität Sankt Petersburg in Sankt Petersburg, Russland), welches er 1982 als Montangeologe "mit Auszeichnung" abschloss. Anschließend trat er eine Stelle als Assistent am Mineralogischen Institut der Bergakademie Freiberg (heute Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg) an und wurde 1986 bei Hans Jürgen Rösler mit einer Arbeit über die "Geochemie ausgewählter Elemente und deren Bindungsverhältnissen im Kupferschiefer der Sangerhäuser Mulde" mit "summa cum laude" promoviert. Im Anschluss an die Promotion wechselte er an das Institut für Geowissenschaften der Universität Greifswald und habilitierte sich 1995 wiederum an der TU Bergakademie Freiberg mit einer Arbeit über "Geochemie und Petrogenese der cadomischen und spätvariszischen Granitoide der Lausitz".

Von 1996 bis 2002 leitete er ein Forschungsvorhaben zum Schadstoffrückhaltevermögen in der Deponie Schönberg/Ihlenberg. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchungen wurden im Band 9 des "Handbuchs zur Erkundung des Untergrundes von Deponien und Altlasten" publiziert.

Seit 2002 war Jörg Hammer als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) tätig und folgte hier im Jahre 2008 Otto Bornemann als Referats- und später als Arbeitsbereichsleiter.

Jörg Hammer starb nach kurzer Krankheit am 28. Februar 2019 in Hannover.

Forschungsarbeiten
Das Hauptarbeitsgebiet von Jörg Hammer war die Erkundung salinarer Strukturen, die strukturgeologische und stoffliche – d. h. mineralogisch-geochemische – Untersuchung, Charakterisierung und Bewertung von möglichen Standorten zur Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle in den Wirtsgesteinen sowie die Analyse und Bewertung der Barriereeigenschaften dieser Gesteinskomplexe. Damit war er einer der ganz wenigen in der Endlagerforschung tätigen Geologen, die umfassende Kenntnisse und praktische Erfahrungen mit allen drei Wirtsgesteinstypen
Steinsalz, Tonstein und Kristallin haben.

Hammer war maßgeblich an allen wichtigen geologischen Arbeiten der BGR für Endlagervorhaben der Bundesrepublik Deutschland beteiligt und prägte mit seiner Expertise die Methodik der geologischen Charakterisierung und Bewertung von Endlagergesteinsformationen. Für das in Deutschland laufende Standortauswahlverfahren sind seine Arbeiten auch weiterhin unverzichtbar.
Auch im internationalen Maßstab erfuhr Jörg Hammer Anerkennung und Wertschätzung, insbesondere für seine wissenschaftlichen Beiträge und für sein stetes Bemühen um die internationale Einbindung der russischen Kollegen. Er engagierte sich vor allem bei der Entwicklung der deutsch-russischen Zusammenarbeit zur Endlagersicherheitsforschung, zuletzt als deren Fachkoordinator im Auftrag des Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie.

Forschungsergebnisse so schnell wie möglich zu veröffentlichen gehörte zu den Selbstverständlichkeiten im wissenschaftlichen Leben von Jörg Hammer. Mehr als 100 Publikationen, zahlreiche Forschungsberichte und Fachvorträge sind Beleg für sowohl seine Forschungstätigkeit als auch für seinen unermüdlichen Publikationseifer, der bis in den populärwissenschaftlichen Bereich hineinreichte.

Ein wichtiges Anliegen für Jörg Hammer war die Nachwuchsförderung. Seine Projektarbeiten fanden häufig in enger Kooperation mit Universitäten und Hochschulen statt, wobei er großen Wert auf die Beteiligung von jungen Absolventen legte, die er so an die wichtige Thematik der Endlagerforschung heranführte. Dazu nutzte er auch den direkten Kontakt bei der universitären Lehre und Forschung. Noch Ende 2018 hatte Hammer einen Lehrauftrag für Ingenieurgeologie am Institut für Geologie der Leibniz Universität Hannover angenommen. Auf diese Weise entstand eine Schule junger Geowissenschaftler, welche ihre Arbeiten in seinem Sinne weiterführen.

Hammer war Mitveranstalter einer Reihe von internationalen Tagungen. Dazu gehörte z. B. die "GeoHannover 2012", die vom 1. bis 3. Oktober 2012 in der Leibniz Universität Hannover stattfand, und in deren Ergebnis er als Gasteditor zusammen mit Gernold Zulauf den Band "Salt rocks : composition, structure and deformation behaviour" der Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften veröffentlichte. Eine weitere solche internationale Tagung war die "9th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt" (SaltMech IX), die vom 12. bis 14. September 2018 in der BGR Hannover durchgeführt wurde und für deren 2018 publizierte Proceedings er ebenfalls Mitherausgeber war.
Seit 2018 war er außerdem Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften.

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Geologe (20. Jahrhundert)
Geologe (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover)
Deutscher
Geboren 1958
Gestorben 2019
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Kendal Jackson is small scale; it's just Kendal, her parents, and her sister. While few in number, they take pride in their ability to simultaneously handle large wholesale orders and devote the necessary time to detailed custom work.
Their designs are aesthetically classic, practical, and made to maximize durability.
KJ Bag's fabrics come from a variety of sources. They are dedicated to practicing environmental and social responsibility. KJ predominantly use re-purposed fabrics. They get their hands on high-quality and expensive fabrics by purchasing them as scrap cuts from upholsterers, seamstresses, and sailing shops. Buying one of our bags keeps quality fabrics from entering the waste stream, and supports local economies here in the USA!


Today I passed by the public television building in the 15th arrondissement (this photo) and I realized I never really dealt with the French TV scene (although you probably remember the launch of France 24). There is a mix of private (TF1, M6, Canal Plus...) and public channels (France 2, 3, 4, 5 and ô) all ruled by pretty strong regulations : not more than one commercials break per hour, no films on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays, etc. What is interesting for you is that more and more programs are now available on VOD on the Internet (most of them for free)... One of my favorite shows is this one, where they show footage from the 60's or 70's.
That station would also be my favourite. We have stores that now specialize in old movies.
"not more than one commercials break per hour"
Thanks, Eric, that's great info!
I realize that private enterprises in France may not feel the same way (because it limits their advertising time) but I think it's fantastic to not be interrupted constantly by silly commercials when you're watching TV like we are here in the US, on the "non-paying" channels.
No movies on Wednesdays, though? Why is that?
I like this shot, it reminds me of the inner workings of a television. Very appropriate!
I'm curious as to why there's no films on Wednesdays also, though I would LOVE to not have more than one advertisement an hour!
Sorry for the shameless plug here, but I've been having a lot of fun with my new camera, and if anyone cares a bit about the results and wouldn't mind seeing an adorable 3 year old, pop by my blog!
Steph, vous etre vrais, it does look like the guts of a tv, with microchips, circuits, and bits and bytes of energy flashing around. And somewhere in the midst of the apparent elemental chaos, a picture. Nice photo, Eric.
> Tomate, Soosha : new movies are ususally released wednesdays in theaters. So by forbidding films this day on the main TV channels, the government intends to help theaters.
Why do I get the feeling you are so often looking towards the past ? And there is nothing more you enjoy that the "good old" blablabla.
I am 24 only, and it feels depressing to always see or read in France that it was nice in the 60's, the good old traditions, this olf-fashioned this, nice old tradition shop in Paris, that.
Please, we are not dying !
Thanks for the VOD hook up. My roommate has taken the tv into her room and that makes me want to watch it. So now I can watch these instead.
Fay: that one commercial break is waaay longer that the commercial breaks in the USA.
Here we get TVMonde from the cable. My favourite show is 'La carte au tresor'. It's fun and it show lot's of nice places in France. I don't know if this is a popular showm over there, but we like it!
oops! sorry for the typos!
But private channels are not limited by these rules.
And both private and public channels are using a "nice" way to bypass this regulation : programs are "sponsored" by a advertiser : such as "tonigh, yout TV program is offered by XYZ", or "and now, enjoy your evening movie with XYZ peanuts !"
That's not advertising, that's sponsoring !! Quite different, huh !?
the most weapons the biggest threat to the rest of the world? When one country is the biggest threat to the rest of the world, isn't that likely to be the most hated country?
it's an interesting building. I posted today a journalist reporting for TV that I catched some days ago in downtown Madrid.. television is so in our lives uh?
I would love to have my TV interrupted only once per hour. It seems that here in the US, one hour of public television consists of 15 minutes of commercials and 45 minutes of show.
Don't even get me started about programs being broadcast on the internet for free. I work in that industry, and here in Canada, the Actors are on strike over that very issue. Not so easy to find a solution if you think about it.
This is so interesting, and I love the lines, rhythms, colors and reflections in this shot.
Not more than one commercial break an hour .... that's it! (Tears up passport) How do I apply for French citizenship? I never did like being a subject anyway.
gg: C'est vrai, j'avais completement oublié! Merci.
I knew my american visitors would envy this "only one commercial break per hour" rule... And (Thib) it's for public AND private channels. Public channels don't have the right to interrupt films though.
Spica, you're right. How could I make such a mistake???
Mayfair. Why do you say that? I did not say it was better, I said they use footage from the 60's and 70's - actually to show that things haven't changed that much with now... Have a look you'll see, it's pretty well made.
Toronto team. Why do actors go on strike for that? It's an additionnal opportunity to be exposed and to make more money, isn't?
I tried to use the website you mentioned, Eric. It tells me that outside France and DOM-TOM regions internet viewing is not possible. Is there a trick anyone knows to get around this?


The borders of the 35th congressional district are racist against Latinos, according to the ruling.
"Republicans in Texas have ensured that the dark days of discrimination in Texas continue to loom."
Texas lawmakers drew up three U.S. congressional districts to undermine the influence of Latino voters, a divided panel of three federal judges ruled, in the latest development in a years-long battle over gerrymandering.
In the decision announced late on Friday, U.S. District Judges Xavier Rodriguez and Orlando Garcia in San Antonio found that the districts' shapes diluted minority voters' power, either by splitting communities into different districts or concentrating minorities in a single area to limit their sway.
"When done to minimize Hispanic electoral opportunity, it bears the mark of intentional discrimination," wrote Rodriguez and Garcia, who were appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush and former Democratic President Bill Clinton, respectively.


This multidisciplinary exhibit explores the temporality, influence and illusions surrounding our emotions. Some illusions we build ourselves, while others are imposed. Either way, there is an eventuality to any emotion we cling to in comfort. That eventuality is waiting for us around the corner to flip our world on it's head.


After getting my new mac book pro I had an extra laptop sitting around… so why not turn it into a little low power development box My goal is to get LigHTTPD, Ruby on Rails, PHP, MySQL, and Python to work together with lighty.
Here is a list of errors / fixes encountered while doing this from a bare-bones net install. Run ./configure after each one to see what else is broken / needs to be installed.
Everything went okay, and all the software is installed. Now it's time to configure them.
First lets get PHP working with Lighty.
Un-comment the fastcgi, rewrite, and redirect lines.
lighttpd -f /home/lighttpd.conf 2009-01-27 15:02:20: (log.c.84) opening errorlog '/var/log/lighttpd/error.log' failed: No such file or directory 2009-01-27 15:02:20: (server.c.888) Opening errorlog failed. Going down.
Start lighty again and you're all set!
Now lets see if PHP worked…. browse to your dev server's ip and you should see the php info page, and all is well.
Now lets try ruby again!
That should install Gem for you.
When initially doing this I ran into an issue of Rails complaining (specifically when running the ruby script/server command) about not being able to find the specific database information.
That creates your first demo project.
ruby script/server => Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick) => Rails 2.2.2 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000 => Call with -d to detach => Ctrl-C to shutdown server ** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000 ** Starting Rails with development environment... ** Rails loaded. ** Loading any Rails specific GemPlugins ** Signals ready. TERM => stop. USR2 => restart. INT => stop (no restart). ** Rails signals registered. HUP => reload (without restart). It might not work well. ** Mongrel 1.1.5 available at 0.0.0.0:3000 ** Use CTRL-C to stop.
You're now all set up with one server that can serve PHP, Python, and Ruby pages.
This is by no means a programming tutorial, I was simply showing how to get the basics set up for people to start quickly learning PHP, Python (web programming), and Ruby on Rails.
Please leave a comment if you spot a bug / error somewhere!


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Top Ten Doubles in Film
Two heads are better than one – these movies sure seem to think so. Twins have been an object of fascination and amusement since the beginning of humanity. There's always been an air of intrigue around how twins function as two parts of one split zygote. Some say they even possess psychic abilities and can sense when the other is in danger. Only a twin knows the truth in this for sure, but what we do know is that twins usually mean double the pleasure, double the fun ("double the flavor with Double Mint gum") at least where chewing gum and beer commercials depict. At any rate, no set of twins are alike; nor are they alike amongst themselves in spite of appearance or birthdays. Here are ten of the best doppelgängers to show up in film, and then show up again.
Not a movie about twins, but a boy played by a pair of twins who can now be seen in a bigger, teenager form on the Disney Channel as Zach and Cody. It begs the question why it takes two twins to play one character, considering the cost of one child actor, let alone the chance that a misplaced freckle might move around freely between scenes. The same question applies to why two Olsen twins needed to play one Michelle from Full House. Maybe the answer is sibling rivalry. Or so each has an equal opportunity to grow up completely screwed-up.
In this movie about unlikely twins, one being a gentler, smarter version of Mr. Universe. The other, Danny Devito, a border-line midget with an attitude. Therein lies the comedy of "twins" separated at birth who find each other and prove that not all twins have to be identical. Or share any ostensible DNA.
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Seeing two girls, who were supposedly hacked up by their demented father, wearing the same blue dress speaking in an inseparable, flat-toned harmony is a perfect reason to high-tail it in a big wheel. This movie creates a chicken-and-egg scenario where it becomes uncertain whether twins make this movie so creepy, or does this movie make twins look creepy. Never again will a meiosis cycle instill so much fear.
Albino with trench-coats and dread-locks to match, the twins from the first Matrix sequel make an interesting addition to the villain line-up. While Agent Smith can replicate himself, dodge bullets, and even enter the real world, the twins can turn translucent and float through objects like true ghosts. An unfortunate situation when dealing with a high speed car chase, obligatory or otherwise. They are played by real-life twins Neil and Adrian Rayment.
These devious red-headed Brits make for the Potter franchise's best source of comic relief – then again the whole Weasley family seem to exist for that job. Played by James and Oliver Phelps, these doppel-gingers offer the slyness and elusive trouble-maker status which their cravenly brother lacks, spine notwithstanding. They specialize in pranks, even make their own magical joke paraphernalia, and often take the lead when a storyline calls for rebellion and/or tomfoolery.
Siamese counts. Matt Damon and Greg Kinear play the literally inseparable brothers who act more like twins then they look. They are completely dynamic grill cooks at their Martha's Vineyard burger joint, like acrobats with spatulas and ketchup dispensers. They also share a liver which punishes Damon's character, who posses the smaller half, when Walt (Kinnear) feels like celebrating. Whatever body parts they do share, they split when it comes to personal interests: Walt is a gosh-golly sort of actor, Bob hyperventilates (as he is prone to panic attacks). Two halves of yin-yang are what this conjoined pair really are.
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A remake of an older classic, this film casts heartthrob-era Leonardo DiCaprio as twins in polar opposite circumstance. One is a decadent, heartless king, while the other is locked cruelly in a dungeon within the eponymous iron mask, until he is freed by the Three Musketeers and replaced by the formerly fortunate former. This movie was a high point for DiCaprio who, in spite of his part in the wishy-washy romance-drenched Titanic, would go on to work with such greats as Martin Scorcese, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes and Christopher Nolan in the most substantial and enviable of lead roles.
What's better than one snobbish Harvard jock? A twin to mirror his cry-babying when Mark Zuckerberg runs away with his idea for a Social Network. The twins, actually played by one actor, Armie Hammer, play off each other fantastically as one cools down the other's blowout. It's fun to watch the two eat it in the movie, but more so in real life as they continually fail to win a suit against Zuckerberg for his Facebook.
Michael J. Fox pulls an Eddie Murphy in the second Back to the Future as he plays the time-traveling teenager Marty McFly, Marty's older, wrinkly future-self, and his future-son Marty Jr. The doppelgänger moment happens when he switches places with this cowardly, identical son to face future-Biff to whom he reassures "no one calls me chicken." A lot of paradoxes happen, but comedy lies in how he tip-toes, or hover boards, around them without erasing his own existence.
Number one doppelgänger award goes to Nic Cage in the last movie he ever made as an ACTOR. And as a quasi-brilliant one. He plays twins as genius screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (who actually wrote the movie's screenplay) and his daft, yet confident brother Donald. What ensues is hilarious interplay between the two, a spectacle as one actor carries on a scene with himself. And he does this throughout the whole movie. Seeing as he really had his work cut out for him, you'd imagine that Cage got paid for double-time. Which is no rare feat for a man who cranks out a new movie seemingly every week.
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Vintage makes our life much more interesting. Some like it because when you own something old you feel a connection with the past. Some like to get superbly made pieces for a relatively low cost. And some are simply not satisfied with today's fashion and trends, so they go hunting in some other forests.
Vintage textile is particularly hard to find, so every place where you can buy quality vintage clothing is worth noticing. And "Real Monkey" is a place that you should definitely visit if you like vintage, or simply are in search of unique and stylish items.
"Real Monkey" has offered the people of Sendai great vintage pieces from the USA since 1996. From vintage clothing and accessories, furniture and miscellaneous goods to small cowboy dolls and mannequins, everything is strictly selected by the owner, who frequently visits the US, where he browses through flea markets, antique and secondhand shops and makes new contacts with reliable dealers. As a result, we have a shop that has a great variety of different thing that can make your life more colorful and… a little bit nostalgic. The majority of things are from 50's and 60's, but you can find pieces from the 19th century as well. All is in perfect or nearly perfect condition. Some pieces you can actually wear, some, like small leather children shoes, should be great for display.
The atmosphere of the shop is remarkable, too. It's like a mix of a museum and some eccentric friend's house. It makes you want to relax, to read some 19th century catalogue, sit on the floor and go back in time to old America.
And even if you are not planning to purchase something, you find yourself holding a "Deep Purple" badge, or a hair gum with an old button, or suddenly realizing that you just can't part with this 50's military jacket or that Ralph Lauren sweater. Maybe sometimes it is worth spending a little bit more on a thing that has gone through so many years to get to you.
By the way, the owner's English is perfect, so don't worry about communication.


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Q: source files with space in name Sometimes I want to use a minimal vim configuration, so with pathogen I have the following alias:
alias v='vim -u "$HOME/.vim/simple.vim" --noplugins'

and in the simple.vim file I have the following lines:
let g:p0 = split(&runtimepath, ',')[0]
exec "source" . g:p0 . "/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim"

this fails when g:p0 contains spaces. I tried
exec "source" . "'" . g:p0 . "/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim" . "'"

and also
exec "source" . '"' . g:p0 . "/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim" . '"'

but they both fail. Any ideas on how to solve this?

A: You should use the fnameescape() function
exec 'source ' . fnameescape(g:p0 . '/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim')

Of course, even better would be using the runtime command
runtime plugin/NERD_commenter.vim

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Many times when building SharePoint development environment; we need to do testing for emails for workflows, alerts, logging & other stuff. Windows Server 2003 was supporting configuring pop3 email which was amazing; but for some reason; it was removed in Windows Server 2008, in this article I will give you a simple way to configure SharePoint development environment testing emails.
Users who reads this should be familiar with Windows Server, SharePoint and SQL Server basic administration tasks.
Create new mail boxes & make sure that outlook is working.
– Go to mail enable (http://www.mailenable.com/) and download the Standard Free Edition.
– Double Click on the EXE file you will see this form, Keep this as it is.
– Keep this as it is.
– Put what ever domain you like to have (this way my email will be jamil@dev.net).
– Keep it as it is (The application is smart enough to get your default DNS).
– I cleared this for simplicity (I like to use outlook more than web access).
2. Create new mail boxes & make sure that outlook is working.
– Expand the nodes… You may need to Wait for 5 minutes until you see this menu.
– Be careful to use the same parameter here.
– Assuming that users are already created in active directory; Go to site collection that you want to work on and add those users to it (i.e. into contributor group).
– Then go to SharePoint site collection content database that you want to work on (in my case WSS_Content), find a table called UserInfo.
– Edit the column (tp_Email) for the users that you want to set emails for.
– Go to Central Administration || System Settings || Configure Outgoing Email and type (<Machine Name>) in Outbound SMTP: (Ignoring this step will make alert button missing on document library).
– Login with Jamil and register your self on a List Alerts to test.
– Keep it as default (any changes).
– You will receive an email telling you that you have registered in this library on outlook.
This is very important to give the facility to a developer to Test Email Communications (templates, parameters, timing…) and I find this way the most convenient and fast way of doing this job.
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The longest river in Iceland ends at this amazing delta on the south coast of the country. From the air the shapes and patterns created offer up so many creative possibilities. From a trip a few years ago, we hired a cessna and had an hour flying over this region from the glaciers to the ocean.
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Politics and Justice without borders
Global Movement to Help
Theme for this month
Global Community 30th Anniversary (1985-2015) and achievements
Global Community 30th Anniversary (1985-2015)
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Moratorium on world population
Despite humanity's success in feeding a growing world population, the natural resources on which life depends, such as fresh water, cropland, fisheries and forests, are increasingly depleted or strained. In this millennium, population growth continues, meaning that more people will be sharing such finite resources as fresh water and cropland. UN population projections for the year 2050 range from 7.9 billion to 10.9 billion, suggesting the extent to which we can influence our future. More people worldwide are multiplying humanity 's impact on the environment and on natural resources essential to life.
Because of the high per capita consumption of resources in industrialized nations, we have the world's worst population problem! People think of the population problem as being a problem only of "those people" in the undeveloped countries, but this serves only to draw attention away from the difficulties of dealing with our own problems. It is easier to tell a neighbor not to cut forests or create global warming than it is for us not to cut forests and create global warming. With regard to other countries, we can offer family planning assistance on request, but in those countries we have no jurisdiction or direct responsibility. Within our own country we have complete jurisdiction and responsibility, yet we fail to act to help solve our own problem. What the industrialized world can do to help other countries stop their population growth is to set an example and stop our own population growth.
It clear that there will always be large opposition to programs of making population growth pay for itself. Those who profit from growth will use their considerable resources to convince the community that the community should pay the costs of growth. In our communities, making growth pay for itself could be a major tool to use in stopping the population growth.
Because of world overpopulation and our never satisfied consumer societies natural resources are being depleted at an alarming rate.
Agriculture faces an increasing challenge in feeding the growing world population.
The number of people living in countries where cultivated land is critically scarce is projected to increase to between 600 million and 986 million in 2025. Despite the Green Revolution and other technological advances, agriculture experts continue to debate how long crop yields will keep up with population growth. The food that feeds the future will be raised mostly on today's cropland. The soil on this land must remain fertile to keep food production secure. Easing world hunger could become unimaginably difficult if population growth resembles demographers' higher projections. Soils represent an important component of the terrestrial resources. In fact, more carbon is stored in soils (including peat) than in all of the vegetation of the world!
Global warming and agriculture
Weather conditions such as temperature, radiation and water, determine the carrying capacity of the biosphere to produce enough food for the human population and domesticated animals. Any short-term fluctuations of the climate can have dramatic effects on the agricultural productivity. Thus, the climate has a direct incidence on food supply. In the coming years, unless population size is stabilized, agriculture will have to face an increasing challenge in feeding the growing population of the world.
Moratorium on world population and the fertility rate, and ending population warfare.
Any symbiotical relationship is for the good of all, for the good of the 'other'. It is based on a genuine group concern and unconditional support for the individual's well-being ~ a giant leap in human behaviour. The question is how can we improve the political symbiotical relationship to fulfill its goals? The Charter of the Earth Community promotes the values to achieve its goals. These goals require the promoting and establishment of: global community ethics, mutual respect, respect for life, basic liberties, justice and equity, caring for the 'other', integrity, responsibility and accountability.
Other symbiotical relationships may be based on common concerns and issues such as: the environment, peace, justice, women's rights, human and Earth rights, and many more. There is a whole spectrum of possible symbiotical relationships.
Symbiotical relationships are needed today for the long term future of humanity and for the protection of life on Earth. Humanity needs to slow down significantly world population.
World population estimates from 1800 to 2100, based on "high", "medium" and "low" United Nations projections in 2010 (colored red, orange and green) and US Census Bureau historical estimates (in black). Actual recorded population figures are colored in blue. According to the highest estimate, the world population may rise to 16 billion by 2100; according to the lowest estimate, it may decline to 6 billion.
(inhabitants/km2)
(billions, 2013 estimates)
Most populous country
Most populous city
Asia 96.4 4.298 China (1,361,000,000) Greater Tokyo Area (35,676,000)
Africa 36.7 1.111 Nigeria (173,120,000) Cairo (19,439,541)
Europe 72.9 0.742 Russia (143,700,000;
approx. 110 million in Europe) Moscow (14,837,510)
North America 22.9 0.565 United States (317,996,000) Mexico City/Metro Area (8,851,080 / 21,163,226)
South America 22.8 0.407 Brazil (201,032,714) São Paulo City, Metro Area(11,316,149 / 27,640,577)
Oceania 4.5 0.038 Australia (23,475,992) Sydney(4,575,532)
Antarctica 0.0003
(varies) 0.000 004
(non-permanent, varies) N/A McMurdo Station (1,200) (non-permanent, varies)
Population warfare: use of a very high fertility rate to conquer a nation, and that could mean as many as or more than 2.11 children per family. It is a form of cultural and/or religious aggression and invasion by having a much too high number of new born babies. For instance, there has been a rapid increase in population among Muslims to the extent that in fifty years all of Europe and North America are expected to be mostly Islamic. The influx of Latino immigration into the western states of the USA will also have the effect of a population warfare.
Clearly the environmental challenges facing humanity in the 21st century and beyond would be less difficult in a world with slower population growth or none at all. Population is a critical variable influencing the availability of each of the natural resources considered here. And access to family planning services is a critical variable influencing population. Use of family planning contributes powerfully to lower fertility, later childbearing, and slower population growth. Yet policymakers, environmentalists and the general public remain largely unaware of the growing interest of young people throughout the world in delaying pregnancies and planning their families. In greater proportions than ever, girls want to go to school and to college, and women want to find fulfilling and well-paid employment. Helping people in every country to obtain the information and services they need to put these ambitions into effect is all that can be done, and all that needs to be done, to end world population growth in the new century.
Reproductive health services can help. Voluntary family planning and other reproductive health services can help couples avert high-risk pregnancies, prevent unwanted childbearing and abortion, and avoid diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, that can lead to death, disability, and infertility.
Comprehensive reproductive health services, especially care in pregnancy and childbirth and for sexually transmitted infections, are key to preventing disability and death and improving women's health. Better access to emergency care during childbirth and safe abortion services would also contribute significantly to lower maternal death rates. Family planning diminishes risks associated with frequent childbearing and helps reduce reliance on abortion.
An important obstacle to couple negotiation of contraceptive use and protection from STDs including HIV is that most women have unequal access to resources and decision-making. Yet women are more vulnerable to the consequences of unplanned pregnancies and often HIV/STI's. For these reasons, countering the prevailing gender stereotypes that increase risky behaviors and decrease couple communication is a key strategy for promoting good reproductive health.
Individuals, too, can help bring about a world that is more secure and more supportive of life, health and happiness. They can educate themselves on population dynamics, consumption patterns and the impact of these forces on natural resources and the environment. They can be socially, politically and culturally active to elevate the issues they care about. They can become more environmentally responsible in their purchasing decisions and their use of energy and natural resources. And individuals and couples can consider the impacts of their reproductive decisions on their communities and the world as a whole.
Population dynamics are among the primary underlying causes of forest decline. Poverty, corruption, inequitable access to land and wasteful consumption practices also influence the decisions of governments, corporations and individuals to cut and clear forests. The interaction of these forces is most evident in areas such as South Asia, Central America and sub-Saharan Africa, where poverty, rapid population growth and weak institutions contribute to forest loss and severe environmental degradation.
The dominant force in forest loss is growth in the demand for farmland. Subsistence agriculture is the principal cause of forest loss in Africa, Asia and much of Latin America. Slash-and-burn farming and other traditional techniques were sustainable for centuries when population densities were lower. Today they are a major factor, along with the expansion of commercial farms and livestock grazing areas, in the permanent conversion of wooded land to agriculture. The need to increase food production is expected to accelerate the forest-to-farmland cycle, especially in countries where alternatives for meeting this demand are limited.
A typical American uses 15 times as much lumber and paper as a resident of a developing country. Reducing wood consumption in the industrialized world is unlikely to stop forest loss in developing countries however, since most of the wood consumed comes from trees in the industrialized countries themselves. Nevertheless, the consumption model offered to the rest of the world threatens accelerated forest loss as both populations and economies grow in developing countries.
Population policies based on human development and the Scale of Global Rights offer the greatest hope for the future of forests. This is not an argument for population "control" but for the social investments that allow couples to choose when to have children and how many to have. Programs linking conservation activities with family planning services show promise for achieving both the sustainable use of forests and greater acceptance of reproductive health services.
Sustainable wood consumption is essential for the future of forests. Individuals and institutions alike should promote the ecologically sound and socially responsible use of forest products. Eco-labeling, or the environmental certification of wood products, could speed the adoption of more sustainable forestry practices. Consumer demand for green-certified paper and other wood products is an important complement to recycling and other efforts to reduce wood consumption.
The total number of people worldwide could still double or even triple from today's 6.7 billion before stabilizing a century or more from now. Women in most countries are still having more than the two-child average consistent with a stable population size. Moreover, so many young people are now entering or moving through their childbearing years that even a two-child average would still boost population size for a few decades until the momentum of past growth subsides. Yet there is reason for optimism. The combination of access to family planning and other reproductive health services, education for girls and economic opportunity for women could lower birthrates enough to stabilize world population well before a doubling of today's total.
Motivation, rather than differential access to modern contraception is a major determinant of fertility. Individuals frequently respond to scarcity by having fewer children, and to perceived improved economic opportunity by having more children. Economic development does not cause family size to shrink; rather, at every point where serious economic opportunity beckons, family size preferences expand.
A) Foreign aid conveys to the recipients the perception of improving economic wellbeing, which is followed by an increase in the fertility of the recipients of the aid.
B) Migrations from regions of low economic opportunity to places of higher economic opportunity result in an increase in the fertility of the migrants that persists for a generation or two.
The need is not to control population growth. Governments cannot control childbearing and attempts to do so have sometimes led to coercive approaches to reproduction that violate human rights. The need is rather to expand the power individuals have over their own lives, especially by enabling them to choose how many children to have and when to have them.
Investing in education for girls helps them to contribute to their national economies–and to postpone childbearing until they are ready for a family. Providing credit and other economic opportunities for women creates alternatives to early and frequent childbearing. Finally, better access to quality reproductive health services directly benefits women and their families. These approaches increase human capacity, providing the greatest long-term return to societies, individuals and the environment. Moreover, they are likely to lead to an early peak in world population in the coming century.
Comprehensive population policies are an essential element in a world development strategy that combines access to reproductive health services, to education and economic opportunities, to improved energy and natural resource technologies, and to healthyer models of consumption and the "good life."
Policies to decrease world population:
delay reproduction until later in life
Delaying reproduction is important in influencing population growth rates. Over a period of 60 years, if people delay reproduction until they are 30 years old, you would have only two generations, while if you do not delay reproduction you would have three generations (one generation every 20 years).
spread your children farther apart
to have fewer children overall
government commitment to decreasing population growth
Create policies that help decreasing the number of children being born. Policies such as income tax deductions for dependent children and maternity and paternity leaves are essentially pronatalist and should be eliminated.
programs that are locally designed and that include information on family planning and access to contraceptives
educational programs that emphasize the connection between family planning and social good
The vast disparities in reproductive health worldwide and the greater vulnerability of the poor to reproductive risk point to several steps all governments can take, with the support of other sectors, to improve the health of women and their families:
Give women more life choices. The low social and economic status of women and girls sets the stage for poor reproductive health
Invest in reproductive health care
Encourage delays in the onset of sexual activity and first births
Help couples prevent and manage unwanted childbearing
Ensure universal access to maternal health care
Support new reproductive health technologies
Increase efforts to address the HIV pandemic
Involve communities in evaluating and implementing programs
Develop partnerships with the private sector, policymakers and aid donors to broaden support for reproductive health
More and more young people on every continent want to start bearing children later in life and to have smaller families than at any time in history. Likewise, in greater proportions than ever, women and girls in particular want to go to school and to college, and they want to find fulfilling and well-paid employment. Helping people in every country obtain the information and services they need to put these ambitions into effect is all that can be done, and all that needs to be done, to bring world population growth to a stable landing in the new century.
Introduction to issues of overpopulation worldwide
Authors of research papers and articles on issues of overpopulation worldwide
Authors of research papers and articles on issues of Global Peace
As a species we no longer need to procreate by the millions so quit making children Peoples, for God sake give it a rest
For our survival as a species and for God's sake one child per family is more than enough.
Let us restrain ourselves!
Let the community be the other child our child needs as a companion.
Let the Soul of all Life be our guiding hand!
Perhaps the most important step towards achieving societal sustainability this century is to control our population growth. World overpopulation is now at the turning point and requires from each and every one of us of agreeing about the statement of rights and belonging to the Global Community, the human family.
Comprehensive population policies are an essential element in a global development strategy that combines access to reproductive health services, education and economic opportunities, improved energy and natural resource technologies, and to healthyer models of consumption and the good life.
Global problems arising from an overpopulated planet, reducing consumption, control our population growth, and comprehensive population policies
What happens when the energy supply stops growing, but the population continues to grow? More importantly, what happens when the energy supply begins to decline, as population continues to grow? Peak oil is not simply an issue of learning to conserve or finding ways to do more with less. It isn't simply about the possibility of economic collapse, war, starvation or global pandemic. It isn't just about changing our behaviors or our beliefs. It is about turning ourselves inside-out, and not only surviving the transformation, but also being and living equal and in harmony with all the rest. Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children. When challenged, environmentalists have coherent arguments to defend their retreat from the population debate. They insist that the pressure on the earth's resources - its water, forests, soil fertility - and carbon emissions are all about consumption and lifestyle, not about sheer numbers of human beings. They rightly point out that the average American produces some 20 tonnes of carbon a year while some of those living in areas of the world with the fastest growing populations, such as Africa, produce a tiny fraction of that kind of carbon footprint. They insist that the earth can support the 9 billion now predicted by 2050 (the increase in the next 40 years will equate to roughly what the entire global population was in 1950) if everyone is living sustainable lifestyles. The focus of campaigning must stay on the consumption patterns of the developed world, rather than on numbers of people. We must bring a solution to our overpopulation problem. Perhaps the most important step towards achieving societal sustainability this century is to control our population growth. World overpopulation is now at the turning point and requires from each and every one of us of agreeing about the statement of rights and belonging to the Global Community, the human family. Comprehensive population policies are an essential element in a global development strategy that combines access to reproductive health services, education and economic opportunities, improved energy and natural resource technologies, and to healthyer models of consumption and the good life. The rate of world population growth is beginning to decline, but the total number of people could still double or even triple from today's 6.3 billion before stabilizing a century or more from now. Women in most countries are still having more than the two-child average consistent with a stable population size. Moreover, so many young people are now entering or moving through their childbearing years that even a two-child average would still boost population size for a few decades until the momentum of past growth subsides. Yet there is reason for optimism. The combination of access to family planning and other reproductive health services, education for girls and economic opportunity for women could lower birthrates enough to stabilize world population well before a doubling of today's total. Motivation, rather than differential access to modern contraception is a major determinant of fertility. Individuals frequently respond to scarcity by having fewer children, and to perceived improved economic opportunity by having more children. Economic development does not cause family size to shrink; rather, at every point where serious economic opportunity beckons, family size preferences expand.
The need is not to control population growth. Governments cannot control childbearing and attempts to do so have sometimes led to coercive approaches to reproduction that violate human rights. The need is rather to expand the power individuals have over their own lives, especially by enabling them to choose how many children to have and when to have them. Investing in education for girls helps them to contribute to their national economies–and to postpone childbearing until they are ready for a family. Providing credit and other economic opportunities for women creates alternatives to early and frequent childbearing. Finally, better access to quality reproductive health services directly benefits women and their families. These approaches increase human capacity, providing the greatest long-term return to societies, individuals and the environment. Comprehensive population policies are an essential element in a world development strategy that combines access to reproductive health services, to education and economic opportunities, to improved energy and natural resource technologies, and to healthyer models of consumption and the "good life."
1.0 Overview of the problem
1.1 Societal sustainability
1.2 Agriculture and population increase
1.3 Our overpopulated planet
1.4 Overpopulation and natural resources
2.0 Growth and measurement of world population
2.1 Data and terminology
2.2 Measurement of world population
2.3 Developing nations with low total fertility rate
2.4 Developing nations with high total fertility rate
2.5 Policies to decrease world population
3.0 Global Community overall picture
4.0 Overpopulation as social issue
5.0 Impacts of the overpopulation
6.0 Population control
7.0 Action at the Global Community level
7.1 Impacts of family planning and health services
7.2 Reproductive health services
7.3 Unintended pregnancies
7.4 Abortion policies
7.5 Nutritional anemia in pregnancy
7.6 Care in pregnancy and childbirth
7.7 HIV/AIDS
7.8 Risk of death in childbearing
7.9 Improving reproductive health
7.10 Biodiversity
7.11 Forests
7.13 Population and hope
8.0 Birth Control
8.1 History of birth control
8.2 Traditional birth control methods:
8.3 Modern birth control methods:
8.4 Religious and cultural attitudes to birth control
9.0 Action at the local community level
10.0 Action concerning fisheries
11.0 Action concerning forests
12.0 Action concerning agricultural land and food production
13.0 Action concerning world hunger
14.0 Action concerning natural resources
15.0 Action concerning water
16.0 Carrying capacity
17.0 Overview of results from this report
19.0 Recommendations
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Timber is a 1941 animated short film by Walt Disney Productions featuring Donald Duck and Pete.

Plot
Donald Duck is portrayed as a hobo, walking along railroad tracks singing "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain." He smells tasty things and follows the scent to a log cabin that is also the home of the lumberjack Peg-Leg Pete. While Pete is trying to enjoy lunch, Donald steals the food from Pete's table, angering Pete, who then hands Donald a stick of dynamite. Donald thinks the dynamite is food, and it explodes. Pete (in a French Canadian accent) asks Donald whether he wants food. When Donald says yes, Pete throws an axe at Donald, telling him to get to work. The axe is so heavy that it pushes Donald into the trunk of a tree. In an attempt to get out of the job, Donald breaks the axe with a stone and shows it to Pete, but Pete responds by putting the blade on a piece of wood and hitting it, creating a new handle. Donald swings the axe so hard that it breaks the blade off, sailing over Pete and cutting off part of his pants. Deciding that it is too hard to work with an old-fashioned axe, Donald finds a crosscut saw in a tree trunk and begins using it instead.

When the saw gets stuck in the thick bark of the tree and jams, Donald attempts to pull it, but the force pushes Donald backward and throws him into Pete, knocking both to the ground. Donald ends up inside of Pete's shirt along with the saw, which is partially inside Pete's belly. Donald starts pulling the saw out, tickling Pete. Later, Pete rises and angrily chases Donald, threatening to kill him. While Donald is running away, the saw suddenly vibrates back and forth. Donald bounces on the ground with the saw and flies over Pete, with the saw's ends hitting Pete and pushing his head into the ground. As Pete notices him, Donald chops off a tree branch, causing it to fall on Pete. But Pete quickly rises and kicks Donald, causing his head to become stuck between the saw's ends. As Donald tries to free himself, he accidentally chops down a huge tree, which collapses on Pete. Furious, Pete roars like a lion with anger and begins chasing Donald.

The chase leads Donald and Pete onto a railroad track, where they begin a chase on handcars. After chasing Donald through a tunnel, Pete tries to grab Donald by the tail but fails every time, forcing him to pump his flatcar fast enough to bump Donald's rear end. As Donald escapes, Pete resorts to using a peavey to stab him. However, he only removes pieces from Donald's flatcar until it is nothing but wheels. Pete then sharpens the tip of the peavey and increases its temperature by laying it on his flatcar's wheel so that it burns Donald. However, the heat only causes Donald to go faster. Donald jumps off and pulls a lever at a station, triggering a coal-storage door. The coal lands on Pete and dismantles his flatcar, leaving him cycling on one wheel. Now fleeing on foot, Donald outruns Pete and, in the nick of time, pulls a lever that turns the track the other way, causing Pete to veer off course and crash through a row of boxcars. Satisfied, Donald says farewell to Pete through the boxcar hole and walks off happily into the sunset singing "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain."

Voice cast
 Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
 Pete: Billy Bletcher

Home media
The short was released on May 18, 2004 as part of the Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941 DVD set.

References

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More Information

1940s Disney animated short films
1941 films
Donald Duck short films
1941 animated films
Films directed by Jack King
Films produced by Walt Disney
Films scored by Oliver Wallace
Films with screenplays by Carl Barks
Films about lumberjacks


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New Models, Videos
Limited Edition Pendleton Airstream Celebrates 100 Years Of The National Park Service
25 January, 2016 by Mark Morris
The Airstream Pendleton Special Edition, only 100 made.
The Pendleton features a classic interior layout with wallpaper that maps Yellowstone National Park.
Here's the master bed with Pendleton blanket and bear.
The Pendleton limited edition in the shadow of Grand Teton in Wyoming.
The Pendleton's interior incorporates native themes into its decor.
The Pendleton's dinette with the rear hatch open to let the outside in.
Almost nothing features larger in American RV culture than the National Park Service. So, it only makes sense that an RV designed to honor that park system would be built by a brand that is as much a part of the American culture as the parks themselves. Airstream, the quintessential American RV builder, was a natural choice – and who better to design the interior than Pendleton Woolen Mills, having supplied campers with gear since the Civil War?
This year marks the 100th birthday of the American National Park Service, and this commemorative trailer model does justice to the centennial.
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"Airstream founder Wally Byam was an innovator and a lover of the outdoors, who believed in an enduring promise of adventure, new experiences and faraway lands," says Airstream CEO Bob Wheeler in a press release. "That same spirit is a cornerstone of the Pendleton brand, and together we are celebrating our national parks."
For each Limited Edition Pendleton National Park Foundation Airstream Travel Trailer – or Pendleton for short – that Airstream sells, the company will donate $1,000 to the National Park Foundation.
The Pendleton is 28 feet long, sleeps six and comes with an awesome, limited edition accessory – a free, one year pass to all of the over 2000 locations the Park Service maintains, typically a value of $80. It covers entry, amenities, and day fees at all locations for a full 365 days.
The interior is filled with great little reminders of the heritage of this beautiful trailer. One of the coolest touches is a replica of the Glacier National Park blanket, originally introduced for use by guests at the park's lodges in 1916.
As a part of the "rustic charm" everything from the cabinetry to the custom embroidered upholstery honors the National Park Service, as well as the native ancestors that the parks recognize as their original caretakers. One other cool touch is the Yellowstone National Park-themed wallpaper in the trailer's fully equipped galley.
But it's more than a promotional stunt, the trailer is well equipped with luxury features like Corian countertops, state of the art climate control, a built-in entertainment system, and high quality Michelin tires as standard equipment.
With modern good looks, an open design featuring spacious views through the well placed windows, and an open air hatch near the dining table, it may not be as "chic" as the retro trailers being rehabbed by many of today's younger RVers.
But if you have the money, this wouldn't be a bad option, after all it is a "limited edtion." If you buy one, please send us pictures of your travels, we'd love to write about it! Oh yeah, starting price is $114,600!
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excellent condition and fully functioning. I actually have two of these units but one is missing the safety guard in the front of it so I am selling the one which IS complete first. It comes with the foot switch guard and 1 spool of partially used wire. Both units were pulled from a working environment but the plastic hand guard was cracked and broken on one of them during the process. This item is replaceable for less than $30 though if anyone is interested in purchasing them both. Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have.


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You are here: Home Digs Brock Cottages
One of our members, who happens to be a Wyre Ranger for the River Brock, discovered a derelict building by the side of the Brock, between Brock Mill and Brock Bottoms. This building appears on the 1846 Ordnance Survey map but all later maps failed to show it. The discovery was mentioned at a Wyre Archaeology meeting and much discussion ensued. After some consultation with the landowner it was decided to put in a dig to investigate.
On the 1848 6 inch Ordnance Survey map a building appears (to the right of BM 243) but by the 1890's 24 inch series there is no sign. This map also shows the track going behind the cottages - away from the river - with a croft in front of the cottages. Further research, using the tithe map for the area (undated but probably around 1840) also shows the building but also gives a description from the schedule. It seems that area behind the cottages was called "Bathalen Holme" and in front of them 2 houses and croft. The rental value gives the impression that they were run down.
Further research uncovered a couple of estate maps which took the buildings back to, at least, 1800. The cottages are towards the right-hand side of the map - next to the 52.
On the 9th November, 2019, Wyre Archaeology started their investigation of the site. Most of the site had been cleared and the majority of the undergrowth had already died back. The first task was to determine the extent of the cottages which was surprisingly easy to do.
Walls soon appeared. The initial indications seemed to indicate a building with two rooms; possibly with some form of mortared floor. Not surprisingly, in an area that has been popular with walkers, families and campers, a number of finds quickly appeared. Broken glass being the primary find. A completely intact beer beer bottle from Fleetwood (without contents) was discovered.
One interesting find, no doubt left by picnickers, was an easily identifiable knife. Morris' Cafe could be found at 10 Foxhall Road, Blackpool and was run by Frederick Llewellyn Morris. He was at that address in 1901, at the age of 34, but died in 1919 when the business was taken over by his son of the same name. The 1929 Barrett's directory lists it under his name but as the Central Cafe. The cafe continued to as late as 1938 with the implication being that the knife was "liberated" around this date.
More digging took place on the 16th/17th November. In spite of the midges, four enthusiastic members continued the excavation of the South-east corner of the site. Probably the most important find, in terms of dating evidence, was a 1817 George III silver sixpence.


The veteran Sonoma County reggae and Caribbean music band Midnight Sun Massive will travel to Los Angeles to audition Saturday (Feb. 8) for the NBC television series America's Got Talent.
The band, formerly named Midnight Sun. was founded 25 years ago in Cotati by Milo Karobi and Andre Russell, who are still the group's leaders.
The band mixes mixes Reggae with the Caribbean styles of dancehall, ska, soca and calypso.
Midnight Sun Massive remains the number-one Reggae band on the Reverbnation charts and has won the 2013 and 2011 North Bay Music Award in the Best World Music/Reggae category.


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Authored by Group Sep. 30, 2011
May 01	Bldg. 35 (127 Massachusetts Ave.) 12:00 a.m., Five skateboards stolen. Report taken.
Tuesday's article profiling Professor Anantha P. Chandrakasan misspelled the last name of Chandrakasan's co-author in "Low-Power CMOS Digital Design." He is Samuel Sheng, not Cheng.
Free flu shots are available today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Center. Bring your MIT ID or insurance card.
Northeastern alum arrested for terrorist plot
By Milton J. Valencia Sep. 30, 2011
ASHLAND — An Ashland man who holds a physics degree from Northeastern University was charged Wednesday with an Al Qaeda-inspired plot to send a remote-controlled aircraft carrying explosives into the Pentagon and the US Capitol "to kill as many people as possible," according to a complaint filed in federal court.
'Sigh-cology' and wasabi at Ig Nobels
By Janelle Mansfield Sep. 30, 2011
It's not everyday you get to see a Nobel laureate and a Harvard professor sing "The Elements" while one of them plays the accordion. Yet that's exactly what happened last night when Richard J. Roberts, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Medicine, and Harvard medical professor Thomas Michel performed during the opening ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. Held annually in the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, the Ig Nobels celebrate unconventional achievements in all fields of science and include performances from professors, Nobel Laureates, and professional opera singers. Chemistry was the theme of this year's ceremony, and in that spirit each winner received a model table inscribed with the elemental symbols on the surface — a literal table of the elements.
For MIT150, Idea Bank reopens
By Adisa Kruayatidee Sep. 30, 2011
The Idea Bank, an online forum for community members to give MIT comments and suggestions, is open again — this time to discuss the MIT150 festivities and collect ideas for future MIT150-inspired events. The Idea Bank is intended to foster ideas in a setting where students, faculty, staff, and alumni all have input.
Whitehead professor Rudolf Jaenisch wins National Medal of Science
Professor Rudolf Jaenisch, a founding member of the Whitehead Institute, has been named as one of seven recipients of the 2011 National Medal of Science award. The National Medal of Science is the highest honor in the fields of science and engineering in the United States. Barack Obama named Professor Jaenisch this past Tuesday for his work on the epigenetic regulation of gene expression.
World and Nation
Some common ground found for legal adversaries on health care law
By Adam Liptak Sep. 30, 2011
WASHINGTON — The 2010 health care overhaul law has provoked an unprecedented clash between the federal government and 26 states, dividing them on fundamental questions about the very structure of the federal system. But the two sides share a surprising amount of common ground, too, starting with their agreement in briefs, filed Wednesday, that the Supreme Court should resolve the clash in its current term.
Pakistani politicians reject Mullen's attack charges
By Salman Masood Sep. 30, 2011
ISLAMABAD — Even as it revealed growing skepticism toward Pakistan's powerful military, an extraordinary national security conference ended here late Thursday with a statement rejecting as "baseless" allegations from America's top military official that Pakistan was facilitating militant attacks in Afghanistan.
Shorts (right)
However grumpy when they wake up, and whether they stumble to their feet in Mumbai, Mexico City or Minnetonka, Minn., people tend to brighten by breakfast time and feel their mood taper gradually to a low in the late afternoon, before rallying again near bedtime, a large-scale study of posts on the social media site Twitter found.
Cool, rainy weather
for the weekend
By Roman Kowch Sep. 30, 2011
Today's weather will feature mostly sunny skies and a final opportunity for the thermometer to reach near 80°F (27°C). A low pressure system, which is slowly dragging its way eastward across the upper Midwest, will allow southerly winds to develop across our region. These winds will surge in a warm air mass for today. But the dry conditions will be short-lived as the aforementioned low pressure tracks just to our south, slows down, and stalls over the Northeast.
Shorts (left)
WASHINGTON — With his support among blue-collar white voters far weaker than among white-collar independents, President Barack Obama is charting an alternative course to re-election should he be unable to win Ohio and other industrial states traditionally essential to Democratic presidential victories.
Banks to make customers pay debit card fee
By Tara Siegel Bernard
and Ben Protess Sep. 30, 2011
Bank of America, the nation's biggest bank, said Thursday that it planned to start charging customers a $5 monthly fee when they used their debit cards. It was just one of several new charges expected to hit consumers as new regulations crimp banks' profits.
Madoff trustee says ruling
not as bad as first thought
By Diana B. Henriques Sep. 30, 2011
The trustee for Bernard L. Madoff's fraud victims said Thursday that he had overestimated how much his recovery efforts would be affected by a court ruling this week in his case against the owners of the New York Mets.
House of Representatives approves stopgap spending bill
By Robert Pear Sep. 30, 2011
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday gave quick approval to a stopgap spending bill that will finance the government for the first four days of October, until lawmakers can return and vote on a more ambitious seven-week spending bill.
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The electoral picture continues to look grim for Democrats. In the good news category, Obama's approval ratings have stopped the steep decline that they have been on since May of this year. In the bad news category, the approval ratings have not bounced back either; they remain at roughly 43 percent approving, 51 percent disapproving — dangerously close to a Jimmy Carter-ish netherworld of unelectability.
Old and new freedoms for Saudi Arabia
By Andy Liang Sep. 30, 2011
On Sunday, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced the enfranchisement of women to vote, run for local office, and serve on the Shura Council — the king's advisory board. Such sweeping reforms for women are groundbreaking for the ultraconservative country.
Turning to the Haqqanis, Pakistan has made its choice
By Keith Yost Sep. 30, 2011
A pitfall of writing for this newspaper as frequently as I do is that sometimes a major event comes along and I find that I've already said most of what I wish to say. Such is the case with Admiral Michael G. Mullen's recent admonishment of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence for its ties to the Haqqani insurgent network.
GUEST COLUMN A great dining program is a community effort
By Henry J. Humphreys Sep. 30, 2011
I am pleased to announce that MIT's new House Dining Program is off to a great start, and I am looking forward to seeing the program develop over the coming year. The best news may be that the students are telling us that they are very happy with the food, but there are many other things to be pleased with, including the renovated dining halls and the ability to offer breakfast and lunch.
ARTS AROUND TOWN One City One Story, more than one
Scarlet Letter?
By Angelique Nehmzow Sep. 30, 2011
This morning I rollerbladed to Harvard to get some breakfast from Darwin's. Paying the cashier, I noticed a little pamphlet entitled One City One Story: "The Whore's Child." My curiosity piqued, I picked it up and began reading it as I waited for my sandwich. I found myself drawn in instantly, and I had thoroughly devoured it by the time I had similarly finished off my sandwich.
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS
Facing its first nationally ranked opponent this season, the MIT Women's Volleyball team fell to No. 21 Springfield College, 25-18, 28-26, 25-23, in a hard-fought NEWMAC contest on Tuesday night. The loss lowered the Engineers' record to 13-4 on the year and 2-2 in league play.
Field Hockey victorious
By Greg McKeever Sep. 30, 2011
Molly K. Duffy '14's put-back early in the second half proved to be the game-winner as MIT defeated visiting Endicott College, 2-1, in non-conference field hockey action on Tuesday night. The win is the third straight for the Engineers, who improve to 9-2 on the 2011 campaign. Endicott falls to 1-7 with the loss.
Maria Ferrante serenades Nobel Laureate Peter Diamond PhD '63 (Economics 2010) with the joys of caffeine and its importance in coffee during Chemist in a Coffee Shop, this year's Ig Nobel mini-opera.
Biyeun M. Buczyk—The Tech
MacGregor residents were evacuated yesterday for an hour and a half after a steam pipe exploded nearby on Amherst Alley.
Manohar Srikanth—The Tech
MIT150 Idea Bank posters have suggested that MIT should hold open houses more often. In this April file photo, a team from the Research Laboratory of Electronics help open houses guests build a simple DC motor in the ...
Manohar srikanth—Tech file photo
FAST LIGHT lit up the Charles River last May in the culmination of a semester of art installations around campus, as seen in this file photo. Idea Bank commenters have asked for the spirit of FAST installations to con...
Marc Abrahams, the director and producer of the Ig Nobels, introduces Miss Sweetie Poo Liraz Brand. Miss Sweetie Poo is responsible for keeping the ceremonies running on time. If a guest's speech goes over time, she w...
Dan Meyer, the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, returns to Thursday's ceremonies to perform a sword swallowing encore.
Daniel Rosenberg performs a chemistry experiment during an Ig Nobel Moment of Science. The theme for this year's Ig Nobel Ceremony was chemistry.
Daniel Rosenberg executes an experiment involving oscillating metronomes on top of soda cans during an Ig Nobel Moment of Science.
A human target stands on stage as people throw paper airplanes across Sanders Theatre, a long time tradition of the Ig Nobels.
Maria Ferrante serenades Nobel Laureate Dudley Herschbach (Chemistry 1986) with the joys of caffeine and its importance in coffee during Chemist in a Coffee Shop, this year's Ig Nobel mini-opera.
Julia C. Hsu '14 volleys the ball back to Tufts in the No. 2 doubles on Tuesday. The Engineers lost the match 7-2.
Elizabeth A. Dethy '15 charges through Endicott College's offense during the field hockey game on Tuesday. The Engineers won 2-1.
Professor Laurence R. Young ScD '62, from MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, learns about some of the features in the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter simulator — brought to MIT with help from the F...
Elizabeth D'Arienzo—The Tech
Koichiro Mizoguchi and Junichi Murakami of Japan demonstrate one application of their research by spraying a plate of sushi with aerosolized wasabi at this year's Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in Harvard's Sanders Theatre l...


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A makett valaminek vagy valakinek a kicsinyített, nem működő, de külsőleg igen pontos mása.
Vannak akik egyedi alapanyagokból, egyedi technikákkal építik meg az elképzelt makettet, és vannak akik előre legyártott apró elemekből építési és festési leírás alapján dolgoznak.

Versenyek
Az egész fejlett világon, így Magyarországon is rendeznek ilyen versenyeket. Hazánk legnagyobb ilyen versenye minden év áprilisában kerül megrendezésre Mosonmagyaróváron. Erre a versenyre egész Európából jönnek.

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 1:48 - főleg repülők, de mostanában egyre divatosabbak a harcjárművek, figurák is
 1:64 - kis fém játékautók, például Matchbox és Hot Wheels
 1:72 - leginkább második világháborús figurák harcjárművek de sok repülőt is .
 1:76 - harcjármű
 1:87 - a modellvasutak legismertebb, H0-s méretaránya
 1:144 - repülőgépmodellek népszerű aránya
 1:720 - hadihajó modellek népszerű aránya

Eszközök
A makettek készítéséhez az alábbi szerszámok és alapanyagok szükségesek:
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szórópisztoly
kompresszor
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balsafa
pipetta

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