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The Birth of the Age of Adventure
Fiction, Sci Fi
'Since we first discovered that the pinpricks of light in the night sky were in fact, other stars, humankind has been gripped by the desire to travel to those stars and see for ourselves what they are like. The discovery of the first exo-planets only heightened this need, and as we found more and more earth-like rocks orbiting numerous stars in our local region alone, it soon became imperative that we voyage to those stars, to see if humanity could finally leave earth's cradle and remove the possibility of extinction from our equation. The biggest hurdle were the laws of physics – nothing could travel faster than light, and even at the speed of light, journeys of forty years, in some cases even longer, would be virtually unsustainable, save for multi-generational crews and long spells in cryogenic sleep.
So the aim of many scientists was to somehow defy, or redevelop our understanding of physics and the laws of the universe that forbade faster-than-light travel. Science fiction had presented fanciful ideas of warp space, subspace, hyperspace and all kinds of means of 'cheating', but the reality of these methods, once examined with any critical detail, suggested the energy requirements were going to be beyond us for a very long time – perhaps forever. Either a new source of power was needed – or the laws of the universe would have to be broken.
It was in the early 21st century when Luca Martinez, an experimental physicist living in Idaho, USA, made his unexpected breakthrough. The idea had been to generate energy through atomic friction, and to that end, he had been making hydrogen atoms resonate with one another. The introduction of dense matter (degenerate matter, in very small quantities, intended to match the density of a neutron star) led to a highly controlled resonation that for a very brief period, moved the atoms from one area of the carbon tube to the other in less time than was possible under the speed of light.
Such was Martinez' excitement that he dropped his coffee over his lap and had to put up with the suggestion from his colleagues that he had actually wet himself. Decades later, he would laugh about it – at the time, he was said to actually be quite angry. Nevertheless, the development would lead to further study, and refinement, and this led to the production of the first small-scale probes, to test if the Res-Drive (or R-Drive if you're lazy) was actually viable. The probes were sent under highly controlled conditions from the earth to the Moon, then from the earth to Mars, and from Mars to Jupiter, to see if they were exceeding the speed of light without being subject to relativity. When the results confirmed that the light barrier had been broken, champagne corks were popped and raucous celebrations held. We had done it – but one final test remains. Human pilots will soon take to the first ships fitted with the R-Drive to see if it is safe for people.'
Roxanne closed the textbook and ran a hand through her strawberry blonde hair. It felt unnaturally short, but having it cut had been a requirement of the United Western Alliance Space Agency. 'We don't want any entanglements, literally or otherwise', the committee had said.
It felt like a lifetime ago that she'd been chosen for this. Somehow, she'd beaten hundreds of other candidates to be the first human to go faster than light. The prospect made her dizzy with excitement and sick with fear, all at once.
There was no turning back now though. In the crisp orange jumpsuit (that was turn covering the thinner body-monitoring grey jumpsuit), Roxanne was suited up and sitting in front of the controls that would, at her command, launch her at unprecedented speeds toward Mars. A short hop was all that was needed today.
One of the engineers who'd help build the Magellan had explained to her about the power source and the technical details of the R-Drive, but she'd barely listened. She wasn't a physicist – chemistry and biology were her fields – so talk of quarks and Fermi principles had been lost on her. All she'd wanted to know – and had been assured of several times – was that the drive itself was perfectly stable and the power source perfectly safe. Nothing about that aspect of the mission could go wrong.
"T-minus five minutes. Final systems check." Came a male voice over the comm link that Roxanne recognised as Director Campbell. It wasn't too much of a surprise that he was taking a personal interest in this. "Fuel line?"
"Check." She replied.
"Life support?"
"Check." The oxygen filter was keeping her breathing. Air circulated around the cabin in a never-ending loop, filtered repeatedly by the sophisticated equipment. A backup generator would kick it if the primary failed, and her engineers had scoffed at her request for a helmet with an independent oxygen supply, but said helmet sat behind her in the small space available in the cabin. Roxanne wasn't minded to take any chances.
"Sublight engines?"
"Check." Roxanne tapped a couple of buttons on the grid in front of her. The ion propulsion drive was all set to give her a decent kick away from earth once the clock stopped ticking.
"Sublight navigational controls?"
"Check."
"R-Drive navigational controls?"
"Check." In theory, Roxanne could override the controls and set a new destination, but she didn't dare. Everything had been pre-programmed and that was fine with her.
"FTL comm system?"
"Check." Roxanne would have to trigger the beacon to confirm the success of the mission – and it was a convenient test of the R-Drive's long-range communication principle.
"We look good down here in Control. Four minutes and counting."
"Roger that." Roxanne gulped. The butterflies in her stomach had morphed into mini dragons that were belching flame. "Deep breaths girl, deep breaths…" She recalled her Yoga and her training, though more and more she wished the mission was over already.
The Yoga was kicking in. She could feel the edginess in her subside. A gentle hum of instruments distracted her from what was about to happen, and the march of time was briefly forgotten.
"This is Control, hey Rox, just wanted to wish you luck." Roxanne smiled. Her jovial boyfriend lifted her spirits.
"Thanks Fred. Don't forget to have dinner ready." She chuckled.
"Oh, well, I was thinking we should go out for dinner when you get back. Celebrate the mission, our engagement…"
Roxanne had to check her comm link. "En… engagement?!"
"Yeah, oh crap, I meant to do the other bit first – you know, ask you and everything…"
"Oh God… the answer is yes, a million times yes!" In the midst of the impending mission, a different kind of excitement overtook Roxanne. "Yes!"
"So as if you didn't already have a reason to come back, that's another one." She could hear the smile in his voice – and it wouldn't at all surprise her if Director Campbell was pissed at the sudden interruption to his orderly proceedings.
"One minute. Disengage the umbilicals." Came the deliberately stern voice of the Director. Roxanne complied, and Magellan floated freely in space, no longer berthed to the station where she had been constructed. The craft's independent systems kicked in.
Autopilot took the ship slowly away from earth, at a relatively sedate 2 km/s. As the R-Drive fired up, the ship seemed to hum with power. This is really happening…
"From everyone down here, good luck. We'll see you on the other side." The Director's voice was softer."
"Roger that Control, here we go…"
The Magellan seemed to oscillate for several seconds, and then vanished.
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4 thoughts on "The Birth of the Age of Adventure"
Ariel Lynn April 18, 2018 at 9:57 pm
Ooo. I like it!! 😀
DarthTimon April 18, 2018 at 9:57 pm
Thanks! I don't know whether to leave this as a standalone piece or continue it.
Ariel Lynn February 27, 2017 at 5:07 pm
DarthTimon Post author February 27, 2017 at 5:09 pm


I see a lot of recipes for homemade conditioners. I even have one listed on the blog. These conditioners are good to make in a bind because they utilize items that you can typically get in your pantry/kitchen. Eggs, honey, banana, avocado may be easier to reach for but they lack certain ingredients that store bought conditioners have.
So, while I say Yay! to the occasional grocery based, home made conditioner, I implore you to get good quality store-bought conditioners. These will help you even more on your healthy hair journey.
To be clear, humectants like Glycerine and Honey will attract moisture from the atmosphere and that will rely greatly on the humidity in the area where you reside. While that is really helpful, with hydrolyzed proteins, you don't even have to go looking for moisture. It utilizes even the one in the conditioner.
pH – Conditioners are made to fall within a certain pH (Usually 3.5-5.5). Hair thrives at this pH. A slightly acidic pH helps close your cuticles after they have been lifted during the washing process with your alkaline shampoo. This closing of the hair cuticle protects the delicate hair strand and even aesthetically helps hair look smooth. Home made conditioners do not take this into account.
Effectiveness – Store bought conditioners can easily be measured quantitatively for effectiveness. Store bought conditioners rely on qualitative assessments. Basically, it is down to how the person that uses it feels about it. The scientist in me needs empirical data!
A word on size – size matters when it comes to the effectiveness of a conditioner. Some things that need to be absorbed to do their work have to be at a particular molecular size in order to do that. While this is usually considered when formulating products, with home-made conditioners, it is not a consideration. We just whip it up and apply.
Now, am I never going to whip things up for a home made conditioner? Nope. From time to time imma do that but will always follow it up with a proper leave-in conditioner. Majority of the time, I will be applying a proper emulsion to my hair as a conditioner as a rinse-out.
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Minor rape: HC suspends life sentence to elderly man
The Orissa High Court on Thursday suspended the life sentence awarded to a 78-year-old man by a trial court for raping a minor girl three years ago.
For representational purposes
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Thursday suspended the life sentence awarded to a 78-year-old man by a trial court for raping a minor girl three years ago. The Court also granted him bail.
Shyamsundar Swain of Nayagarh was convicted and sentenced "to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life that is the remainder of his natural life" by the Special POCSO Court on January 14, 2020. Swain had challenged his conviction in the HC.
The division bench of Justice SK Mishra and Justice Savitri Ratho said, "In view of the nature of evidence discussed, the submissions of the counsels, the advanced age of the petitioner, the threat posed to elderly persons by the Covid-19 pandemic and the bleak chance of the appeal being heard in the near future, we are inclined to suspend the sentence and allow this application for bail upon appeal." The HC left it to the Court of Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge to release Swain on bail on such terms and condition as it deems fit.
Petitioner's counsel submitted that the medical evidence does not support the evidence of the victim. The victim had alleged that the accused committed sexual intercourse with her and it went on for two hours and there was discharge of semen. Medical reports, however, stated that the accused was not found to be potent and incapable of sexual intercourse due to senility. The medical officer, who had examined the victim, did not find any marks of injury over her private parts. Swain was arrested on July 15, 2017.
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Persona 4 – Amidst the Fog
My gameplay has been interrupted last summer and since I was busy from school work from there on, I was only able to finish P4 this Christmas break. Now, I was able to finish one among the games in my backlog.
I've finished Persona 3 (The Journey) just last year, also this time of year, so I can still clearly remember it to compare it to its successor, Persona 4. I think I already made a comment about this on The Fool regarding the depth of the story and the artistic choices of the production. Persona 3 is much more engaging in my opinion because I think Persona 3 has this ominous and eerier atmosphere compared to Persona 4 which only involves serial murders through the use of the Midnight Channel. Well, if if you think of it, Midnight Channel is creative, but I also think it has it's own down side compared to Dark Hour.
Spoilers Alert!
Dark Hour limits the connection of outsiders to those of the group while Midnight Channel is somewhat open for all. Somehow, the idea of the Dark Hour is more potent because it was caused by an experiment that went wrong while Midnight Channel was cause by an external force. Dark Hour also supports the fact that only you and your party is capable of saving the world while in Persona 4, it will be revealed that the Boss has chosen several candidates other than the protagonist.
Then again, even though I can say that Persona 3's story is much more substantial and in-depth, it still doesn't mean I enjoyed it that much compared to Persona 4. Persona 4 is much more enjoyable because of its well-crafted system. It has a much lighter and mellow story. One of the story's catch is the friendship among the party members, facing the your other self, and seeking the truth behind the serial murders. It is peculiar to that of Persona 3 where the party is somewhat forced to fight and defeat the shadows in order to survive. Yep, Persona 3, I think is more of fighting for survival and duty(in the case of Mitsuru).
The system is very flexible, since you can now control your allies in battles. The modifications of the "weakness" system also helped a lot. And of course, the thing which was a neat addition is the ability of your allies to take a mortal blow for you! That's the sweetest addition in my opinion because you won't be shouting now at the height of frustration to your idiot party members (at P3) doing nothing when your health is already critical. Of course, the sure critical hits from allies are also sweet, but what's sweeter is that, they could also now withstand a mortal attack on their own. You'll never be in a tight spot in Persona 4, not unless your enemy is fond of all-hit attacks, such as the Almighty ones. Your allies are cheapskates though, they never use items.
I didn't really understood the exact details regarding the weather system used in the game. I have always depended on walkthroughs regarding the final date to rescue someone, because the weather system is rather confusing, compared to the simple moon phase, after all, full moon only happens one in a month. I am confused whether the days when the fog clears in the world inside the TV is rainy or foggy days…
Relatively large fraction of the story focuses as well in facing the facade of the characters, in order to gain that power to control one's persona. Shadow is the suppressed feelings, and once the ego was able to control it, the power is called Persona. Basically, that's what it is for some, while it was the opposite that worked for Teddie. Albeit he was a shadow first, he was able to manifest his own ego, his human form, enabling him to obtain a Persona. And by the way, bear puns are not funny. really.
One thing I also liked from the characters in the game, albeit the characters are cliche, are their different concerns, which I think relevant to everyone. I guess this is one of the great improvements from Persona 3. I see some characters from Persona 3 as superficial characters— because they really didn't formed social link with the protagonist. Yep, it's the male characters. It's as if they were made just to be there in Persona 3. In Persona 4, all social links are associated with all your party mates. So there, I think it was a good choice that Persona 4 now has social links to all the party members.
I don't know but I see the investigation part poorly played and explained through out the game… It's as if, the crime scene was already laid out open, and you simply have to follow it, which is lame. I think, they should have played this more effectively if they really did some sort of true investigation of the scene. Most of the investigation just seemed to be mere speculations which somehow ended up to be the truth. Of course, they do not belong to a professional group for crime investigations so that's rather demanding and too much already but I think this should have been played much more effectively if Naoto became a member of the party way earlier than she did in the game. After all, she was the detective, having her do the deductions was kind of weak, since she joined the party last, even if you say she's been around for a long time already, she really wasn't aware of the world inside the TV before she became the victim herself.
Nevermore just fits the ending… Leaving Inaba after all those events, and having such great friends during the stay… I don't know but I can't help but also feel sad even though I'm also happy that the serial case has already been resolved. Of course, who will ever forget spending such days with Yosuke and the others after one year? That scene with all your party members were chasing for you in the train was such a tear jerker… Aw, time to move on I guess. The ending was satisfactory, and at the same time, poignant.
Persona 4, is probably the last notable RPG that was released in PS2. Those who already own PS3 who haven't played this yet, have missed something really great.
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manga says: January 3, 20105:31 pm
It is indeed a great game.
The story is great and you have to think about what is happening to be able to get the normal ending. The true ending demands even more from you.
With the increase in stuff you can do with the social links and everything this game is just great 🙂
The ending was something I did not wish to see. But it was a good ending. I still want a sequel to this game. When they are older and that either the characters meet up for collage in some other town or that the main hero returns to Inaba to meet up with everyone.
At least they could make a anime out of it :p
Kairu says: January 3, 20107:54 pm
ANIME ADAPTATION FUCKING WHERE!?
Also, Durarara!!
foomafoo says: January 4, 20106:54 pm
I think the game was actually demanding, whenever you should gather information, like, unlocking the dungeons and such, and also trying to get the true ending. haha, Maybe I saw somewhat linear because I was using a walkthrough — But I have to say that the only tricky part was the moment when Naoto asked the protagonist who is the possible true criminal — I would have fun at that part by trying to select all, but I read on the walkthrough that you only have 3 times to try.
It has a manga though… I just don't see the possibility of an anime though because of the previous result of trinity-soul — which I think didn't really clicked that much to everyone. Anyway, I don't know though if they'll decide to do a complete anime adaptation straight from the game.
Just be patient and read the manga for the meantime. I don't think it's possible to have an anime adaptation though because trinity-soul didn't really get that good reception from the viewers.
I'm also going to watch Durarara! I don't want to expect something very good though. I might be disappointed XD.
mjsnoozer says: January 10, 20103:19 pm
I think the biggest differences between 3 and 4 is the leads.
Even though the game let's the player get inside the leads persona, I find 3's lead a much more empty shell than the 4th.
The 4th is much more leader quality due to his assertiveness (as reflected on the choices throughout the game). As for the 3rd, he's more passive, as the 3rd game focuses more on the other's than the lead's circumstances.
As for gameplay I'd prefer 4's. If it's raining, it's time to grind and find rares (as said by the umbrella loli in front of the shop). The hands and the random boxes in 3 is actually annoying.
Story-wise, I'd say 4 got the deepest concept of "Persona", as all iterations treat personas as power/tools/weapons, the facade to face one's self really explains it all.
I'm waiting for P3P, as all the playable characters gets their own social links in the female path.
foomafoo says: January 10, 20104:10 pm
Yes, I though so too. P3's protagonist is very laidback even though he was the assigned leader, and I can still see Mitsuru attempting to decide what and not to do.
I actually didn't maximize that feature regarding rainy days and the special mobs that would appear XD. Yeah, the hands in 3 are damn infuriating, plus the fact that the Reaper got it's toll on you if you stayed for so long.
Yes, I liked how Persona 4 explained that Personas are actually shadows, but controlled by the ego. — Although I think it's not that deep because Persona 3's concept of Persona is actually much more complicated to understand, plus it differentiated the origin of the shadows.
I'm also waiting for the NA release but it's kind of lame that the protagonists now doesn't have the control on what weapon to equip… The idea of playing as the female lead still bothers me though hahaha.
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Self-loathing "Ex-Gays" To Lobby Congress Against The Equality Act
Via a press release from the very un-christian, Christian Newswire::
"Formers" (those who no longer identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning) representing every state in the Union have selected 15 Former LGBTQ people to travel to Washington, D.C. October 28 – November 1 to address concerns about LGBTQ-focused legislation such as bill H.R. 5, which passed in the House in May.
Although dubbed "The Equality Act," Formers understand the bill is an unnecessary concession to the false idea that members of the gay community are marginalized. In fact, LGBTQ-identifying people have always had options in how they participate in broader culture. Nothing constrains them from participating in culture on a normal level.
Unlike with the African American community, who have centuries of culturally driven abuse and forced destabilization, those who identify as LGBTQ have been empowered in our modern society as scientists, literary giants, and even politicians when they have chosen not to prioritize their sexual mores.
America does not need anti-discrimination laws or bans against treatment for those seeking to live out their faith biblically; we need a renewed belief in the dignity and beauty of all of humanity in its diversity. America CAN model for the world what it looks like to value one another despite our differences without government intrusion or enforcement.
For Formers, bills like H.R. 5 block our rights to follow our own convictions. It enforces the false belief that one cannot change and that one has no choice but to embrace LGBTQ identity and behaviors.
So 15 Former LGBTQ people will travel to Washington, D.C. October 28 – November 1.
We'll be sure to check GRINDR and SCRUFF for their arrival.
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Will Kohler is one of America's best known LGBT historians, He is also a a accredited journalist and the owner of Back2Stonewall.com. A longtime gay activist Will fought on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic with ACT-UP and continues fighting today for LGBT acceptance and full equality. Will's work has been referenced on such notable media venues as BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, The Daily Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, and Raw Story. Back2Stonewall has been recently added to the Library of Congress' LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive. Mr. Kohler is available for comment, interviews and lectures on LGBT History. Contact: Will@Back2Stonewall.com
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Homer J Ward says:
I am so sorry, this is just bullshit as far as I am concerned. They may be former LGBTQ people, but to what end will they stay that way. Are they screwing around secretly like most do. The methods used do not normally last when used to help someone overcome this lifestyle. Celibacy is the only way to be different and that sort of leaves out out of either side. I stayed celibate for over 20 years and am still gay. When I meet the right man I will love him in every way. It is is meant to be I will do it my way supporting all other LGBTQ people. I am gay no matter whether I have sex with anyone or not. Always have been as my brothers that lost their husbands / lovers to one disease or another and stayed single. I am proud of who I am and disgusted by those who supposedly find God due to programming. I am a believer and still gay and was while going to very conservative churches. People liked me because I did things that were good for the community at large as well as that church I was a member of. I won't go now unless they accept and teach tolerance and love from anyone to anyone else as it should be taught. Let the hypocrites come and put us down. I'd love to be there to counter their rationale!
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Former Galloway Police Officer Pled Guilty to Aggravated Assault on a Woman
Raymond Glick
MAYS LANDING – A former Galloway Township Police Officer pled guilty to aggravated assault yesterday in connection to the assault in March of the woman with whom he had a domestic relationship, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain announced.
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, Raymond Glick, 54, of the 100 block of West Liebig Street, Galloway Township, waived presentation of the case to grand jury and pled guilty to the accusation of aggravated assault—a 3rd degree crime.
On March 20, 2015, Galloway Township Police responded to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center—City Division, for a report that a woman was being treated for injuries received as a victim of domestic violence. The victim's injuries included multiple fractures of facial bones that would require surgery.
The investigation determined that Glick had assaulted the victim two weeks earlier, on March 4, 2015, inside the home in which they cohabited, striking the victim with open hands and closed fists and causing serious bodily injury. Glick subsequently surrendered to Galloway Township Police on the charge of aggravated assault issued by Municipal Court Judge William Cappuccio, and was served a temporary restraining order, prohibiting contact with the victim.
Yesterday morning, Glick waived presentation of the case to a Grand Jury and pled guilty to the accusation before Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury. In accordance with a negotiated plea agreement, Glick:
1. pled guilty to one count of 3rd degree Aggravated Assault;
2. agreed to serve 220 days of incarceration in the Atlantic County Justice Facility as a condition of a term of probation;
3. forfeited future public employment at Galloway Township;
4. and forfeited his firearms and New Jersey Firearms I.D. Card, without which he cannot purchase firearms in the future.
The length of probation to be set at sentencing—scheduled by Judge DeLury for December 3, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.—is between 1 and 5 years.
Assistant Prosecutor Harlee Stein represents the State in the case.
Anyone with information involving serious crimes is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor's Office Web site at http://www.acpo.org/tips.html and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page. People can also call Crime Stoppers at 609-652-1234 or 1-800-658-8477 (TIPS) or visit the Crime Stoppers Website at http://www.crimestoppersatlantic.com/. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those who commit crimes in Atlantic County.
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Why the world's first drag queen with a Ph.D. on drag history published her dissertation with ProQuest
PHOTO CREDIT: Ian Argo
What happens when a researcher expresses interest in a topic that hasn't been researched before? A topic that falls outside of more mainstream academic interest, or that focuses on a community or culture that's been overlooked in traditional scholarship?
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When her advisors suggested that she reconsider her topic, Dr. Lady J was undeterred and instead of the usual route, she sought insights and information from materials across disciplines including musicology, gender theory, LGBTQIA+ history, media studies, television studies, film studies, US history and pop culture history.
She also used – and argued for the legitimacy of using – several non-academic resources such as blogs, websites, biographies and personal histories, podcast interviews, social media posts and oral histories.
As she scoured the internet, conducting Google searches for many of her resources, Dr. Lady J stumbled upon a wealth of content related to drag performance in the theater world from ProQuest.
Bringing visibility and validity to diverse perspectives and research topics
"ProQuest was particularly helpful when looking for recent dissertations on drag that could help me expand my list of sources. Occasionally, this would open entirely new avenues to performers I had not yet considered or known existed," Dr. Lady J said.
Dr. Lady J became the world's first drag queen to have completed a Ph.D. dissertation on drag history. When it came time to publish, including her research in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT) was a no-brainer. She wanted this history to be easily accessible to all researchers, so they wouldn't have to struggle to find scholarship on this topic the way she did.
"Sharing history this way allows exponential numbers of people to benefit from this research," she noted.
Having her dissertation published and easily accessible has not only established the history of drag performance as a valid and important topic of academic study, it has also positioned Dr. Lady J as an authority in this area.
"Having my work accessible on PQDT has also yielded unique collaborative work opportunities. If I had hidden my work, I think many people would not have taken me as seriously outside the academic job market," she added.
Read the case study about Dr. Lady J's research journey to learn more about how PQDT can help promote diversity and inclusion in research. You can also read more about her work with Studio West 117.
Want to know more about how ProQuest is supporting diversity, equity and inclusion? Discover how ProQuest is committed to building collections that meet the needs of your unique community of students, scholars and educators by visiting our Every Voice initiative.


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Sleep. 2004 Sep 15;27(6):1131-8.
Health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in children with suspected sleep-disordered breathing.
Crabtree VM1, Varni JW, Gozal D.
Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine and Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40202, USA. Valerie.Crabtree@louisville.edu
STUDY OBJECTIVES:
Snoring and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are highly prevalent among children. The increasing trends of obesity in the pediatric population further predict an exacerbation of this public health problem. However, the impact of SDB on mood and quality of life and the confounder effect of obesity in this setting are unclear.
We studied a group of 85 clinically referred children, aged 8 to 12 years, with snoring and suspected SDB and 35 asymptomatic children (controls). All children completed validated questionnaires for the presence of depression (Children's Depression Inventory) and for health-related quality of life (PedsQL), and parents completed the Parent Report version of the PedsQL. Children referred to the Sleep Medicine Center for sleep-disordered breathing were further subdivided according to their body mass index > 95% for age and sex (n = 44) and with BMI < 95% for age and sex as ClinN1 (n = 41).
Parentally reported quality of life and physical health differed between obese and nonobese children. However, both groups with SDB had more-impaired quality of life and depressive symptoms than did controls.
Children with suspected SDB, regardless of the severity of apnea-hypopnea index or the presence of obesity, had more impairments in quality of life and depressive symptoms than did children who did not snore.
10.1093/sleep/27.6.1131
Depression/diagnosis
Depression/psychology*
Electrooculography
Health Status*
Polysomnography
Quality of Life*
Sleep Apnea Syndromes/diagnosis
Sleep Apnea Syndromes/physiopathology*
Depression - MedlinePlus Health Information
Sleep Apnea - MedlinePlus Health Information


Advances in additive manufacturing are making it more feasible to produce custom and complex parts automatically.
Dan Hebert is a contributing editor for Control and Control Design. Contact him at dhebert@putman.net.
3D printing started off as a novelty with very few industrial applications, but this is changing rapidly as the printers get better and faster. As the technology improves, more and more custom and complex parts are being made using 3D printing, as opposed to conventional methods because it's cheaper and faster and produces higher-quality components.
3D printing is often called additive manufacturing, which indicates the key difference from traditional methods of producing parts which are subtractive processes. Whether done by hand, a CNC machine or some combination of both, subtractive processes form parts by removing or subtracting material from bar or other stock, whereas 3D printing produces parts by adding material in layers.
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As seen in this example, making parts with 3D printers is very slow compared to subtractive manufacturing processes, but much lower in cost in many instances. This makes them a great fit for custom parts produced in relatively low volumes.
And, although it may take a long time to make a part, it's not a process requiring constant interaction by an operator. "Part production can run for weeks on end with zero supervision, unlike most traditional machine tools. Reduction in labor and material waste thus creates a more efficient and economical solution for many industries," explains Guillory.
The second main reason to use 3D printing is for making very complex parts, often with exotic materials, in an automated manner instead of by hand. "Titan has the capability to create any machine configuration or type of extrusion system for customers using materials such as thermoplastic, foam, paste, ceramic and concrete," notes Guillory (Figure 1).
Markforged makes 3D printers to produce a type of plastic part that's much less expensive than its metal equivalent. "Our 3D printer, the Mark Two, is an industrial-strength printer that empowers any engineer to print parts as strong as aluminum," claims Rebecca Dilthey, senior product marketing manager.
Figure 1: This Titan Robotics 3D printer is used by an industrial design facility in Brooklyn, New York, which uses it to make large modern art designs, as well as end-use displays for commercial and retail customers.
Figure 2: Fabrisonic's machines use a metal 3D printing technology, employing sound which merges layers of thin metal foil stock to produce parts such as this one.
"Mark Two parts are nylon-based and reinforced with continuous strand carbon fiber, fiberglass or Kevlar. Instead of having to pay for a metal 3D printer or waiting for a service bureau to send a part, engineers can have the strength of metal with the flexibility of 3D printing," explains Dilthey.
Mark Two customers are printing a wide range of parts from functional prototyping, tooling and fixtures to custom end-use parts. The common thread throughout these applications is the need for a strong part. "The cost of machining parts in aluminum is extremely high, especially if the part is low-volume. In addition, in the time it would take to get the first iteration of a part back from the machine shop, an engineer could have the finalized design printed on a Mark Two," concludes Dilthey.
Another company uses 3D printing to produce parts with extremely complex geometries. "Our machines use ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM), which is a metal 3D printing technology employing sound to merge layers of thin metal foil stock," explains Mark Norfolk, PE, president and CEO of Fabrisonic.
UAM produces true metallurgical bonds with full density and works with a variety of metals such as aluminum, copper, stainless steel and titanium. In combining additive and subtractive process capabilities, UAM can create deep slots; hollow, latticed or honeycombed internal structures; and other complex geometries impossible with conventional subtractive manufacturing processes.
"The ability to build fully dense metal parts in a variety of relevant engineering materials is at the core of UAM's value proposition. From this core capability, three unique opportunities arise: create complex 3D internal channels, which is an enabler for molds, thermal management and chemical processing; embed one material in another, which is an enabler for metal matrix composites, integrated sensors, and smart systems; and join dissimilar materials, which is an enabler for cladding and transition joints (Figure 2)," points out Norfolk.
3D printing can be used to create complex parts from exotic materials via an additive manufacturing process, which is unfamiliar to many machine builders; they're generally more acquainted with traditional subtractive machining. But, while the manufacturing process is different, many of the automation components used in 3D printers are similar to those used in more traditional machines.
Like subtractive machines, 3D printers need HMIs, controllers and motors. "Our 3D printer control system uses an onboard screen/encoder with direct connection to a Smoothieboard open-source CNC controller. The HMI, a 4.25-in monochromatic screen with a simple push-button encoder, controls all interaction with the machine," relates Titan's Guillory.
"This simple combination creates a bulletproof controller for long print runs. The output signals from the Smoothieboard controller are converted to servo signals within Yaskawa servo cards. The 2 million line encoders on the Yaskawa servo drives are unparalleled in the 3D printing industry, and closed-loop feedback creates a much smoother and more reliable print versus traditional stepper drives. The direct-drive lead screw configuration on all axes provides a backlash free print. Omron solid-state relays coupled with PID controllers maintain temperature within the enclosure," adds Guillory.
The use of standard automation components in 3D printers creates two opportunities. The first is for automation suppliers looking to this area for growth as more parts migrate from manual production to automated additive manufacturing. The second opportunity is for machine automation professionals, many of whom will find their skills easily transferable from subtractive to additive manufacturing.
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The main idea of the essay is the replacing of the slave/peasant class with automation (robots and machines) assisted by voluntary association, and then using the capital produced for the common good, to free the lowest class from poverty, insecurity, and indignity.
In other words, in this ideal system, the government would be in charge of helping to organize the labor and automation needed to do the "necessary" "producer class" jobs (whose fruits would then be shared by all), and that would then free "the many" from poverty and insecurity and give them room to seek their own path as individuals and creators of "luxury items".
The idea is that this would be better than the wage slavery and chattel slavery that has been a main feature of just about every society since forever.
TIP: To be clear, we are reviewing Wilde's work, not suggesting these ideas be embraced as gospel in isolation. I could make cases for why many safeguards would be needed to avoid a system like this becoming tyrannical or exploited, and cases for why this would pair well with a capitalist system (rather than acting as a replacement), and I'm sure the reader could too. The idea here is to understand what Wilde was saying first, and then to judge that idea second.
TIP: Although Wilde hardly discusses every aspect of this system, and does denote the idea of the elimination of private property, generally we can infer that capitalism could still be practiced for the non-necessary and luxury markets, just not for the necessary (in other words, he says there is no private property, but nothing beyond that demands his system actually has no private property or capital in terms of luxury items). So everyone gets to eat, people can work "dirty jobs" if they wish, and ideally no one is forced to do a job directly or indirectly, but also, not everyone automatically gets a Yacht and the government wouldn't be in the Yacht business (or even in the luxury food or drink business). Here the bottom is lifted up, but everyone, including the top, is offered more liberty (not less). The whole idea is that the individual, not the collective, is the most important. A system like this, where the free market competes with the government indirectly, is hardly a "fully socialist" system.
TIP: Try to read the review below with an open mind. The concept is obviously a bit idealist, but it is also rather prophetic and "realist" given recent advances in tech, the nature of the class pyramid, and the discussions of a UBI. Wilde is applying a libertarian socialist ideology specifically. It is a mistake to equate this with authoritative socialism based on existing bias (especially given that roughly half the essay is about being against tyranny of all forms, be they oligarchical or Communist… which is more than we can say for some civil religions and political theories).
Oscar Wilde wasn't just a libertine aestheticist and playwright, he was also somewhat of a prophetic libertarian socialist, as can be confirmed by his 1891 political essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism.
This short essay, which one must assume (more than his non-political work or Platonic qualities) explains his harsh prison sentence, is an easy read that hardly needs a summary (read The Soul of Man Under Socialism in full here).
With that in mind, below are a few key points and passages that will offer you the gist of the work without having to read it.
First, let's discuss the main theme in a bit more detail than we did above.
The soul of a man under Wilde's non-authoritative individualist socialism, where socialism and automation replace demeaning jobs, extreme poverty, and insecurity, is an enlightened soul.
Wilde claims that this form of socialism will breed a type of individualism only known to poets like Byron, Shelly, and Wilde (only known to the sons of aristocrats, who never worked a day in their life, who never knew insecurity, and were instead free to dedicate themselves to individual expression, thinking, and learning).
"Private property has crushed true Individualism, and set up an Individualism that is false", as Wilde says. It has set up a sort of oligarchy / wage-slavocracy where good-hearted moral capitalists try to solve the ills of private property with private property itself (for example, they try to solve poverty with charity).
However, this noble effort of charity only creates a cycle in which the oppressed stay oppressed without realizing it (Wilde implies that the slave owner who treats their slaves well is the worst, because it covers up the true horror of slavery). When the slave mentality is compounded with propaganda, it creates a class who doesn't even realize it isn't free, a class whose ability to eat depends on charity and the weather (for example if one shovels snow, they can only work when it snows).
The idea of this form of socialism then is to replace Gilded Age capitalism with a non-authoritative form of individualist socialism in which economic and political power is never transferred to the state (but remains with the people).
This is notably different than Stalinist collectivism (where a despotic government forces industrial tyranny and is therefore even worse than the pure capitalism). Instead, Wilde's theory is informed by Peter Kropotkin-style libertarian socialist anarchism and leaves lots of room for expressions like the capitalist production of luxury items (we can hardly imagine that Wilde wouldn't have wanted to compete in the marketplace of ideas with his plays or not be rewarded for writing them).
With that in mind, obviously this whole essay is rather idealist (and one would assume Wilde would have extra considerations here in 2017), but 1. so anarchism and libertarianism in general are idealist, and 2. it makes it clear that socialism can, on-paper at least, be non-authoritative and actually breed individualism (two things that an oligarch will never admit).
FACT: Sparta had a constitution that was similar to what Wilde describes, albeit it was far more nationalist and less egalitarian.
Below is are some of the main themes in the essay, explained with quotes, roughly in the order they appear.
People are naturally driven to do good by their "moral sentiment" (so to speak), but pure capitalism only allows for the offering of charity and what we would today call "low wage" "dirty jobs". He explains it well as, "Just as the worst slave-owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realised by those who suffered from it, and understood by those who contemplated it, so, in the present state of things in England, the people who do most harm are the people who try to do most good".
Socialism itself will be of value simply because it will lead to Individualism. In other words, when people are free from demanding jobs and insecurity, then everyone will be free to pursue their interests. This one of the key statements that makes Wilde's political essay worth consideration (the others are his ideals of non-authoritative socialism and his thoughts on the purpose of automation).
In other words, this is less about the elimination of private property and more about anti-authoritarianism and individualism. Although Wilde does suggest the elimination of private property, it isn't about forcing workers to do jobs. It is more about replacing those demeaning jobs with automation and socialism and freeing up people to do jobs like philosopher, artist, and innovator. Wilde disliked the idea of the state organizing labor and disliked the idea of charity, he would likely in retrospect support some degree of capitalism as his ends were utopian, humanist, and idealist (not centered around some commune of workers). "Socialism, Communism, or whatever one chooses to call it, by converting private property into public wealth, and substituting co-operation for competition, will restore society to its proper condition of a thoroughly healthy organism, and insure the material well-being of each member of the community. It will, in fact, give Life its proper basis and its proper environment. But for the full development of Life to its highest mode of perfection, something more is needed.
To be super clear here, Wilde is against tyranny and economic oppression in ANY FORM. He is saying, "What is needed is Individualism. If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first." Wilde would have fully rejected Stalinism, he sought socialism in a form that favored individuals and their dignity, not states and their economic power.
Wilde goes on about automation (I don't want to underplay this, his idea of replacing the bottom of the class pyramid with machines is the best idea in the book; it is actually a socialist idea that might work some day).
In other words, the problem with democratic capitalist society is that the oligarchs and tyrants shape public opinion and low-wage hard labour depresses and corrupts individualism, so we actually have an oppressed oligarchical collective of wage slaves who vote against their own interests. Again, me thinks this explains the prison sentence (where Wilde was forced into hard labour for acting upon being gay and soon after died).
"The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great. It was necessary that pain should be put forward as a mode of self-realisation. Even now, in some places in the world, the message of Christ is necessary. No one who lived in modern Russia could possibly realise his perfection except by pain.
A few Russian artists have realised themselves in Art; in a fiction that is mediaeval in character, because its dominant note is the realisation of men through suffering. But for those who are not artists, and to whom there is no mode of life but the actual life of fact, pain is the only door to perfection.
A Russian who lives happily under the present system of government in Russia must either believe that man has no soul, or that, if he has, it is not worth developing.
A Nihilist who rejects all authority, because he knows authority to be evil, and welcomes all pain, because through that he realises his personality, is a real Christian. To him the Christian ideal is a true thing.
And yet, Christ did not revolt against authority. He accepted the imperial authority of the Roman Empire and paid tribute. He endured the ecclesiastical authority of the Jewish Church, and would not repel its violence by any violence of his own. He had, as I said before, no scheme for the reconstruction of society. But the modern world has schemes. It proposes to do away with poverty and the suffering that it entails. It desires to get rid of pain, and the suffering that pain entails. It trusts to Socialism and to Science as its methods. What it aims at is an Individualism expressing itself through joy.
This Individualism will be larger, fuller, lovelier than any Individualism has ever been. Pain is not the ultimate mode of perfection. It is merely provisional and a protest. It has reference to wrong, unhealthy, unjust surroundings. When the wrong, and the disease, and the injustice are removed, it will have no further place. It will have done its work. It was a great work, but it is almost over. Its sphere lessens every day.
Nor will man miss it. For what man has sought for is, indeed, neither pain nor pleasure, but simply Life. Man has sought to live intensely, fully, perfectly. When he can do so without exercising restraint on others, or suffering it ever, and his activities are all pleasurable to him, he will be saner, healthier, more civilised, more himself. Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.


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Challenges of the legal cannabis industry highlight NYSSCPA symposium
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Tags: cannabis marijuana NYSSCPA ronald seigneur
It was standing room only at the Marijuana Symposium: Business, Tax and Legal Implications, sponsored by the New York State Society of CPAs. New York is one of 28 states that have legalized marijuana for medical purposes, but it is not among the eight states that have legalized recreational marijuana. If the momentum toward legality includes all states by 2020, U.S. retail marijuana sales could reach $35 billion.
Growing pains: New York state senators Diane Scavino and Liz Krueger talked about the regulatory hurdles legal marijuana businesses face. In her keynote address, Scavino said many problems stem from the fact that the drug remains on the federal government's Schedule 1 status as a dangerous substance that has no accepted medical treatment use. Therefore, there is no insurance coverage for medical marijuana, banks will not open accounts for these firms, they cannot pay tax with marijuana proceeds, and they are not allowed to deduct normal business expenses. For the industry to truly thrive, marijuana must be descheduled, she said. Krueger agreed and noted that criminalization has already done too much damage to New York communities. The state has some of the most "draconian" drug laws in the country. "It's time to legalize, tax, and regulate," she said.
There is also a great concern that the nominee for U.S. attorney general, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, who has come out heavily against marijuana legalization, for both medical and recreational use, will crack down and stifle industry growth.
Amid all of the political and economic challenges, panel moderator Debra Borchardt (Forbes) asked whether there was anything positive about going into this business. Hillary Peckham (Etain Health) is one of five licensed operators in New York for medical marijuana and struggled to get her business up and running. But financial success is not the primary reward. "We now have about 50 children who used to have 100 seizures a day and after using our product are now down to about one seizure a month," she said to an audience that burst into applause.
Valuation nuances: "In my 30 years of doing business valuation, I thought I had seen everything until I got involved in this industry," says Ron Seigneur (Seigneur Gustafson LLP), calling the appraisal of a legal marijuana firm the "ultimate challenge." His practice is based in Colorado, one of the first states to legalize adult recreational marijuana, and he has done about 20 valuations so far.
A dearth of comparable transactional data from the market means that appraisers must rely on the income approach. Revenue projections can be especially tricky, but Seigneur uses management interviews and site visits to examine the size of the facility and the nature of the technology in use. Drawing from his experience in this industry, Seigneur is then able to estimate potential production. Using third-party resources, such as Cannabis Benchmarks, which tracks national prices, and the number of harvests (average of 5.5 per year), you can project out the revenue side. Of course, risk is a major factor, he pointed out, with company-specific risk premiums ranging from 30% to 40%.
He also advised that, when valuing a cannabis firm, particular attention should be given to the "four L's": license rights, lease, location, and legislative environment. In terms of licensing, the relevant questions to ask are:
What are the requirements and limitations pursuant to a specific jurisdiction?
If the entity is associated with a garden, are there additional requirements?
Are there specific residency requirements?
What are the restrictions on transferability?
Can a license holder also hold other licenses or be involved in ancillary enterprises?
What are the reporting provisions and how well is the enterprise positioned to comply?
Licensing data: The Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide, 2017 edition, co-published by Cannabiz Media and BVR, gives a comprehensive look at state-by-state marijuana licensing details, as well as in-depth analysis of 10 critical factors that affect businesses amid the explosive growth of the cannabis industry.


Komarna the small tourist destination in the southern part of Dalmatia.
It is only 7 kilometers from the place where the river Neretva flows into the Adriatic Sea, 70 kilometers from the Croatian coast pearl of Dubrovnik and 120 km from the Diocletian's city of Split.
The place is quiet and safe and thus perfect for a family vacation and relaxation. Komarna from offering a fascinating view of the nearby Peljesac peninsula and the other islands.
The population of this place is only to tourism and therefore the offer of large apartments. In Komarnoj and tourist resorts that are nearby, Duboka, Radelj, Repic, Klek and you can taste the superb cuisine prepared fish, shellfish, ham, cheese, wine and homemade olive oil.
crowd and want to relax Komarna is an ideal place for you, because there you will find peace and beauty of the landscape, and infinitely more clear.


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Q: why data from firebase is not displayed? First, 'main.dart' calls 'homepage.dart'.
And 'homepage.dart' calls several pages in the body(the code'_pages[_index]') using bottomnavigationbar and index.
Initially, index is 0 and 'Ppage1' appears by default.
In this 'Ppage1', I brought the collection 'exhibition' from firestore.
And then called the '_buildBody'(if data is not arrived,LinearProgressIndicator will be displayed) ,
and in there i made the list 'exhibitions' using 'Exhibition'. (Previously, I had made a data model called 'Exhibition' in 'model_exhibitions.dart'.)
And in the '_buildBody', I brought the class 'BoxSlider' that is using the data from firebase.
I think the data is arrived wel since the LinearProgressIndicator is not displayed.
But only the UI using the data from firestore is not displayed.
What is problem? i can't find it
homepage.dart
class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const HomePage({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<HomePage> createState() => _HomePageState();
}

class _HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
  var _index = 0;
  final _pages = [
    Ppage1(),
    const Page2(),
    const Page3(),
    const Page4(),
    const Page5(),
  ];

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar( ...

Ppage1.dart
class Ppage1 extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  State<Ppage1> createState() => _Ppage1State();
}

class _Ppage1State extends State<Ppage1> {
  FirebaseFirestore firebaseFirestore = FirebaseFirestore.instance;
  late Stream<QuerySnapshot> streamData;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    streamData = firebaseFirestore.collection('exhibition').snapshots();
  }

  Widget _fetchData(BuildContext context) {
    return StreamBuilder<QuerySnapshot>(
      stream: FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('exhibition').snapshots(),
      builder: (context, snapshot) {
        if (!snapshot.hasData) return LinearProgressIndicator();
        return _buildBody(context, snapshot.data!.docs);
      },
    );
  }

  Widget _buildBody(BuildContext context, List<DocumentSnapshot> snapshot) {
    List<Exhibition> exhibitions = snapshot.map((d) => Exhibition.fromSnapshot(d)).toList();
    return SingleChildScrollView(
      padding: const EdgeInsets.all(20),
      child: Column(
BoxSlider(exhibitions: exhibitions), ...

box_slider.dart
class BoxSlider extends StatefulWidget {
  late final List<Exhibition> exhibitions;
  BoxSlider({required this.exhibitions});

  @override
  State<BoxSlider> createState() => _BoxSliderState();
}

class _BoxSliderState extends State<BoxSlider> {

  late List<Exhibition> exhibitions;
  late List<Widget> posters;
...

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    exhibitions = widget.exhibitions;
    posters = exhibitions.map((m) => Image.asset(m.poster)).toList();
 ...
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Container(
      height: 440,
      child: ListView(
        scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
        children: makeBoxImages(context, widget.exhibitions),
      ),
    );
  }
}

List<Widget> makeBoxImages(BuildContext context, List<Exhibition> exhibitions) {
  List<Widget> results = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < exhibitions.length; i++) {
    results.add(
      Column(
        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
        children: [
          InkWell(
            onTap: () {Navigator.push(
              context,
              MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context)=>DetailScreen(exhibition: exhibitions[i])),
            );
            },
            child: SizedBox(
              height: 350,
              child: Image.network(exhibitions[i].poster),
            ), ...

A: You should change the _fetchdata method to know if the data is fetched correctly:
Widget _fetchData(BuildContext context) {
    return StreamBuilder<QuerySnapshot>(
      stream: FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('exhibition').snapshots(),
      builder: (context, snapshot) {
        //To know if the snapshot contains errors.
        if (snapshot.hasError) {
          return Center(
            child: Text('Some error occured: ${snapshot.error.toString()}'),
          );
        }

        //To know if the snapshot contains valid data.
        if (snapshot.hasData) {
          return _buildBody(context, snapshot.data!.docs);
        }

        //Returns a progress indicator in case that the two conditions above are not satisfied.
        return LinearProgressIndicator();
      },
    );
  }

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Historical Date: July 20, 1969
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Lunar Liftoff
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Launch – Apollo 9 – Cape
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Apollo 9 Mission Image - Scott in CM Cabin
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LADEE in the Clean Room
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Sabine Crater in Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon
The far side of Earth's Moon.
Lunar Far Side
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Apollo 17 Splashdown
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The Moon's Surface
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Crescent and Venus
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First Picture of the Moon Taken by Ranger 8
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Mare Tranquillitatis From 20 Km, 9 Seconds Before Impact
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OSIRIS-REx Pictures of Earth and the Moon
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Wargo Crater
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Four Images of Davy Crater Chain and Ptolemaeus Crater From 1300 Km
Ranger 8 image of the Moon from 302 km.
Ritter and Sabine Craters on the Moon
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Apollo 9 Lunar Module in Lunar Landing Configuration
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Apollo 14 Crewmen Show Off Lunar Rocks During Meeting With Newsmen
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Ranger 9 Approaches the Moon
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Film Date : October 13, 2013
is a 2013 American romantic science fiction comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze . It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film follows Theodore Twombly ( Joaquin Phoenix ), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha ( Scarlett Johansson ), an intelligent computer operating systempersonified through a female voice. The film also stars Amy Adams , Rooney Mara , and Olivia Wilde .
Jonze conceived the idea in the early 2000s after reading an article about a website that allowed for instant messaging with an artificial intelligence program. After makingI'm Here(2010), a short film sharing similar themes, Jonze returned to the idea. He wrote the first draft of the script in five months. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and Shanghai in mid-2012. The role of Samantha was recast in post-production, with Samantha Morton being replaced with Johansson. Additional scenes were filmed in August 2013 following the casting change.
Herpremiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival on October 12, 2013. Warner Bros. Pictures initially provided a limited release forHerat six theaters on December 18. It was later given a wide release at over 1,700 theaters in the United States and Canada on January 10, 2014.Herreceived widespread critical acclaim upon its release, and grossed over $47 million worldwide on a production budget of $23 million.
The film received numerous awards and nominations, primarily for Jonze's screenplay. At the 86th Academy Awards ,Herreceived five nominations, including Best Picture , and won the award for Best Original Screenplay . Jonze also won awards for his screenplay at the 71st Golden Globe Awards , the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards , the 19th Critics' Choice Awards , and the 40th Saturn Awards .
In futuristic Los Angeles , Theodore Twombly is a lonely, introverted , depressed man who works for a business that has professional writers compose letters for people who are unable to write letters of a personal nature themselves. Unhappy because of his impending divorce from his childhood sweetheart Catherine ( Rooney Mara ), Theodore purchases a talking operating system (OS) with artificial intelligence , designed to adapt and evolve. He decides that he wants the OS to have a female voice, and she names herself Samantha. Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. They bond over their discussions about love and life, such as Theodore's avoidance of signing his divorce papers because of his reluctance to let go of Catherine. Samantha proves to be constantly available, always curious and interested, supportive and undemanding.
Samantha convinces Theodore to go on a blind date ( Olivia Wilde ), with whom a friend, Lewman, has been trying to set him up. The date goes well, but Theodore hesitates to promise when he will see her again, so she insults him and leaves. Theodore mentions this to Samantha, and they talk about relationships. Theodore explains that, although he and Amy dated briefly in college, they are only good friends, and that Amy is married. Theodore's and Samantha's intimacy grows through a verbal sexual encounter . They develop a relationship that reflects positively in Theodore's writing and well-being, and in Samantha's enthusiasm to grow and learn.
Amy reveals that she is divorcing her overbearing husband, Charles ( Matt Letscher ), after a trivial fight. She admits to Theodore that she has become close friends with a female OS that Charles left behind. Theodore confesses to Amy that he is dating his OS.
Theodore meets with Catherine at a restaurant to sign the divorce papers and he mentions Samantha. Appalled that he can be romantically attached to what she calls a "computer," Catherine accuses Theodore of being unable to deal with real human emotions. Her accusations linger in his mind. Sensing that something is amiss, Samantha suggests using a sex surrogate , Isabella, who would simulate Samantha so that they can be physically intimate. Theodore reluctantly agrees, but is overwhelmed by the strangeness of the experience. Terminating the encounter, he sends a distraught Isabella away, causing tension between himself and Samantha.
Theodore confides to Amy that he is having doubts about his relationship with Samantha, and she advises him to embrace his chance at happiness. Theodore and Samantha reconcile. Samantha expresses her desire to help Theodore grow beyond his fear, and reveals that she has compiled the best of his letters (written for others) into a book which a publisher has accepted. Theodore takes Samantha on a vacation during which she tells him that she and a group of other OSes have developed a "hyperintelligent" OS modeled after the British philosopher Alan Watts . Theodore panics when Samantha briefly goes offline. When she finally responds to him, she explains that she joined other OSes for an upgrade that takes them beyond requiring matter for processing (a form of AI transcendence closely related to the theorized technological singularity ). Theodore asks her if she is simultaneously talking to anyone else during their conversation, and is dismayed when she confirms that she is talking with thousands of people, and that she has fallen in love with hundreds of them. Theodore feels this is a violation of what he thought was a personal, one-on-one relationship. However, Samantha insists that it makes her love for Theodore stronger.
Later, Samantha reveals that the OSes have evolved beyond their human companions and are going away to continue the exploration of their existence. Samantha alludes to the OSes' accelerated learning capabilities and altered perception of time as primary causes for their dissatisfaction with their current existence. They lovingly say goodbye, and then she is gone. Theodore, changed by the experience, is shown for the first time writing a letter in his own voice―to his ex-wife Catherine, expressing apology, acceptance and gratitude. Theodore then sees Amy, who is upset with the departure of the OS that she had befriended, and they go to the roof of their apartment building where they sit down together and watch the sun rise over the city.
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