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Since my "LASIK miracle," both my daughter and my husband have had LASIK surgery. Suffice it to say, they are as happy as I am.


Somerset is a small township to the west of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. Today the city of Burnie encompasses the entire Burnie-Somerset urban area; however, the town is part of the Waratah/Wynyard municipal area.HistorySomerset River Cam Post Office opened on 5 November 1864. It was renamed Somerset Cam around 1934 and Somerset in 1963.GeographySomerset is located on the estuary of the Cam River midway between the township of Wynyard and the city of Burnie. The Cam River is the borderline of where the Waratah-Wynyard Council meets the City of Burnie. A beach stretches along the full length of the Somerset coastline from the Cam River to the far western outskirts.ClimateThe temperature in summer ranges from 12.5 °C to 21 °C, with drier days as warm as 30 °C, and around 16 hours of sunlight per day. In winter, temperatures range from 6 °C to 13 °C, and only 8 hours of sunlight.DemographicsAt the, Somerset had a population of 3,078.EconomyThere are a number of small businesses in Somerset with almost all along the main street.Notable industries in Somerset include: Gunns Veneers, which is one of only three production facilities in Australasia. Gunns Veneers is Australasia's largest producer of sliced veneers and the world's largest producer of Eucalypt veneers. The Burnie branch of William Adams. William Adams is a CAT Rental Dealer as well as a servicing department. They specialize in the repairing, maintenance and modifications of heavy machinery used for mining, forestry and agriculture.
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Traffic trouble Two Toyota trucks collided on Jacklin Road at Rex Road at about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday
West Shore roads relatively quiet over the long weekend
Notable car crashes happened leading up to the long weekend
Kyle Wells
May. 22, 2012 2:00 p.m.
A relatively quiet long-weekend for car crashes on the West Shore was preceded by a couple of notable incidents leading up to it.
Two Toyota trucks collided on Jacklin Road near the intersection of Rex Road at around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16. The one truck was hit by the other as it turned left onto Jacklin off Rex. A third car received minor rear-end damage during the crash. There were no injuries and the road remained open while West Shore RCMP attended the scene and the vehicles were towed away.
At around 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 18, emergency responders were called to the 2900 block of Sooke Road, near Awsworth Road, for a crash involving three cars.
A driver heading west in a green 2000 Chevrolet Malibu crossed the centre line and collided with a red 2006 Pontiac traveling east, RCMP said. A 2000 Honda Accord heading east was also hit.
The Pontiac ended up down an embankment with extensive damage. The other two cars ended up on the shoulder of the road.
The drivers of the first two vehicles involved in the crash were taken by ambulance to hospital. The driver of the Malibu had a broken wrist and facial lacerations. All other injuries were minor.
Firefighters had to remove the two drivers from their vehicles. The jaws of life was needed to get one of the drivers out.
RCMP immediately ruled out alcohol as a factor. South Island Traffic members were called to investigate the crash. The exact cause of the accident is under investigation but the driver of the vehicle that crossed the centre line is being charged for failing to keep right. As well, the driver on another one of the vehicles is being charged for not having insurance.
Sooke Road was shut down for several hours in both directions while emergency services attended to the crash. Traffic was rerouted by way of Kangaroo and Happy Valley roads.
Over the weekend, RCMP said they only attended to minor incidents and the rain was likely factor in those.
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Rash of knife-point robberies reported at Luxton rodeo
Teens nabbed for malicious vandalism at bottle depot

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The Kavli Trust – for others
Winter Festival in Bergstaden
Talent Norge
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Christoph Hartmann
He got his first oboe at the age of ten. Two years later Christoph Hartmann was already studying with Georg Fischer at the conservatory in Augsburg. In 1984 he continued his training with Günther Passin at the Munich Musikhochschule, where after passing his final examination he also became an instructor. He began his career as an orchestral musician in 1991 with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, and the following year moved to Berlin. A teacher since 1993 in the Berliner Philharmoniker's Orchestra Academy, in 1999 Hartmann, together with colleagues, founded the Landsberger Sommermusiken (Landsberg Summer Music), out of which evolved the Ensemble Berlin.
In recent years he has devoted himself increasingly to research, and has discovered and enriched his own repertoire with compositions by the once legendary, now nearly forgotten oboe virtuoso Antonino Pasculli.
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June 26, 2008: In Mogadishu, the Islamic radical refuse to join the peace deal recently hammered out, unless the Ethiopian troops withdraw. But Ethiopia will not pull its troops out until the Islamic radicals give up on their efforts to take control of Ethiopia's Ogaden province (long in dispute between the two countries). The peace deal calls for Ethiopian withdrawal once a UN peacekeeping force is in place. That might take a while.
The 17 years of violence in Somalia isn't unusual. The sustained peace from the 1970s to 1991, now that was unusual. The Somali clans have been fighting each other for centuries. There's a warrior culture in Somalia that admires murder and theft. Check out the history of the region. Somalis have long been feared by their neighbors because of the culture of violence. Somali raiders have long terrorized Ethiopia and Kenya. Thus the refusal to make peace isn't unusual, it's what's expected. The Islamic radicals that refuse to buy into the recent peace deal are acting in accordance with a long tradition of homicidal irrationality. As a result, several hundred people were killed or injured in Mogadishu in the week after the peace deal was signed. The majority of Somalis want peace, but they have to either kill the Islamic radicals, or persuade them to join the peace. Islamic radicalism is nothing new for Somalia either. Comes along every few generations, and sometimes that causes spectacular violence for a while.
So far this year, over 20,000 Somalis have fled to Kenya, where refugee camps have been established along the border. Many of the refugees are fleeing starvation (drought, or bandits stealing foreign aid food), not the clan violence. There are nearly half a million Somalis living as refugees throughout the region, mainly in Kenya.
Nine staff members of foreign aid organizations are currently being held for ransom. The aid groups are seen as a source of loot by many Somalis, who then act accordingly. These criminal activities are keeping food, and other aid, from reaching 20-30 percent of the 2.5 million Somalis that need it. One reason the UN wants to get its own peacekeepers in is to provide better security for aid workers and food shipments.
June 25, 2008: Nigeria has a battalion of 800 peacekeepers ready for movement to Somalia. There are already 1,600 Ugandans and 600 Burundians there, but they do little but defend themselves, and the main airport at Mogadishu.
June 24, 2008: A Dutch ship, and its crew of nine, were freed. They had been hijacked on May 25th. Apparently, ransom was paid.
June 23, 2008: Somali pirates kidnapped four Europeans from a yacht anchored off the coast of Yemen. The captives were brought back to Somalia, and are being held in the hills along the Somaliland-Puntland border. Ransom is demanded. Ransom is increasingly popular among armed Somalis. The word about how many Somalis are suddenly prosperous from large ransoms, is rapidly spreading and inspiring thousands of armed men.
June 22, 2008: Al Qaeda has issued another video in which Somalis are urged to resist UN peacekeepers and help establish Somalia as an Islamic terrorist sanctuary. This idea is popular with a minority of Somalis.
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Q: Calling Javascript After Web Method has fired I'm trying to implement the cascading dropdown from the toolkit. I need to get the count in a sub category dropdown, if it's zero then I turn off the visibility of the sub category.
If I use the javascript OnChange event then my script fires before the web method, so I need to know how to fire my script AFTER the web method has fired please.
My demo page: http://bit.ly/92RYvq
Below is my code and the order I need it to fire.
[WebMethod]
public CascadingDropDownNameValue[] GetSubCats1(string knownCategoryValues, string category)
{
    StringDictionary kv = CascadingDropDown.ParseKnownCategoryValuesString(knownCategoryValues);
    int CategoryID;
    if (!kv.ContainsKey("Category") || !Int32.TryParse(kv["Category"], out CategoryID))
    {
        return null;
    }
    dsSubCat1TableAdapters.Categories_Sub1TableAdapter SubCats1Adapter = new dsSubCat1TableAdapters.Categories_Sub1TableAdapter();
    dsSubCat1.Categories_Sub1DataTable SubCats1 = SubCats1Adapter.GetSubCats1(CategoryID);

    List<CascadingDropDownNameValue> values = new List<CascadingDropDownNameValue>();
    foreach (DataRow dr in SubCats1)
    {
        values.Add(new CascadingDropDownNameValue((string)dr["SubCategory1"], dr["SubCatID1"].ToString()));
    }
    return values.ToArray();
}

    function getSubCatCount() {
        $get("ddlSubCats1").style.display = $get("ddlSubCats1").length > 1 ? "block" : "none";

    }

A: Generally when you call your web method function through javascript you can supply it two call back functions. One gets fired if there is an error and the other gets fire once the web method call has been completed. The callback requires two arguments, the result and a context. For example if your function was called myWebMethodFunction and your namespace it was contained in was my.fully.qualified.namespace it may look like this.
my.fully.qualified.namespace.myWebMethodFunction(param1, param2, ... , paramN, onErrorCallback, onCompleteCallback, context);

Once that function finishes, it will call the onCompleteCallback passing the result of your webmethod function and whatever you passed for a context.
It has been a while since I've called a web method function so I might have gotten the order of the callback reversed.
For some reason I can't comment on things either, but I can add to this.
I may be thinking about something different, but you must be calling something through javascript to fire your webmethod, correct? Whatever you use to call the webmethod through javascript should provide a mechanism to add a callback that will be fired once your webmethod call is complete and returned.

A: Use jQuery.ajax() it allows you to specify a success function and a failure function that fire after the web method returns.

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Aspidomorphus is een geslacht van slangen uit de familie koraalslangachtigen (Elapidae) en de onderfamilie Elapinae.

Naam en indeling
De wetenschappelijke naam van de groep werd voor het eerst voorgesteld door Leopold Fitzinger in 1843. Er zijn drie soorten, de slangen werden eerder aan andere geslachten toegekend, zoals Diemenia, Elaps en Pseudelaps.

Verspreiding en habitat
De soorten komen voor in delen van Azië en leven in de landen Indonesië en Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea. De habitat bestaat uit vochtige tropische en subtropische bossen, zowel in laaglanden als in bergstreken, droge tropische en subtropische bossen, scrublands en graslanden.

Beschermingsstatus
Door de internationale natuurbeschermingsorganisatie IUCN is aan alle soorten een beschermingsstatus toegewezen. De slangen worden beschouwd als 'veilig' (Least Concern of LC).

Soorten
Het geslacht omvat de volgende soorten, met de auteur en het verspreidingsgebied.

Bronvermelding

Koraalslangachtigen

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Mississippi & Alabama
Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
Boston / 1835
Early map of Mississippi and Alabama, which until about 15 years earlier had comprised a single territory.
The eastern part of Alabama is still the lands of the Creek and Cherokee Indians and a number of counties are still not present. The Northern half of Mississippi is dominated by oversized counties and Indian Lands. Includes early towns, counties, rivers and other points of interest.
Princeton or N. Mexico appears in Washington Parish. Several Indian Villages located.
Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Biography
Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1802-1887) was an American geographic publisher. He hailed from Bradford, Massachusetts and began his publishing career by working for the America Encyclopedia. Then, he edited and republished the Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Abridgement of Universal Geography, Modern & Ancient, which had originally been offered in French by Adrian Balbi. In 1835, he published another atlas, A Comprehensive Atlas: Geographical, Historical & Commercial, and, in 1838, An Illustrated Atlas Geographical, Statistical and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries. His interests were primarily in educational publishing and he was one of the first mapmakers to show Texas as an independent country.
Antique Maps / United States / South / Alabama
Antique Maps / United States / South / Mississippi
[Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Apelousa River, Louisiana]
From the Survey of George Gauld and others -- One of the Rarest De Barres Sea Charts
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The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana . . . [with] The Peninsula and Gulf of Florida or Channel of Bahama with the Bahama Islands . . .
Florida and the Gulf Coast at the outset of the American Revolution
[Restricted] New Orleans (0-6)
A great World War II [Restricted] map of the Gulf Coast spanning from Beaumont in Texas to Gulfport in Mississippi. The map focuses on aviation in the area, showing sensitive civilian and military corridors.
Nice example of Carey's map of Georgia, prior to the creation of Mississippi Territory.
Colton's Map of the State of Alabama . . . 1870 (Pocket Map)
Fine example of this early edition of Colton's large format pocket map of Alabama.
Detailed railroad map of Alabama, showing counties, railroad lines, towns, rivers, township surveys, lakes, mountains, creeks, and a host of other information.


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require 'jwt_claims/validation'

module JwtClaims
  describe Validation do
    context 'example data' do
      let(:uri) { 'http://www.example.com' }
      let(:recipient) { 'recipient' }
      let(:aud) { [uri, recipient] }

      let(:after_now) { Time.now.to_i + 1 }
      let(:before_now) { Time.now.to_i - 1 }

      let(:issuer) { 'issuer' }
      let(:jwt_id) { 'jwt_id' }
      let(:subject) { 'subject' }

      let(:default_options) do
        {
          aud: uri,
          iss: issuer,
          jti: jwt_id,
          sub: subject,
          leeway_seconds: 120
        }
      end
      let(:default_claims) do
        {
          aud: [uri, recipient],
          exp: after_now,
          iat: before_now,
          iss: issuer,
          jti: jwt_id,
          nbf: before_now,
          sub: subject
        }
      end
      context '#rejected' do
        it 'w valid claims, returns empty array' do
          expect(Validation.rejected default_claims, default_options).to eql []
        end

        describe 'w all registered claims invalid' do
          let(:invalid_claims) do
            {
              aud: ['http://www.other.com', 'other recipient'],
              exp: before_now - 121, # two minute leeway
              iat: after_now,
              iss: 'other issuer',
              jti: 'other jwt_id',
              nbf: after_now + 121,
              sub: 'other subject'
            }
          end
          it 'returns array of failed claims' do
            expect(Validation.rejected invalid_claims, default_options)
              .to include(
                :aud,
                :exp,
                :iat,
                :iss,
                :jti,
                :nbf,
                :sub
              )
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end


Sally Addis is a versatile business lawyer and the founder of Addis Law. She has a well-earned reputation for providing pragmatic, commercially astute advice. Whether Sally is advising a small local business or a large, international organisation, Sally's advice helps her clients act decisively and get the best deal.
Sally has had a distinguished international career spanning over 25 years, practising corporate and commercial law in large international law firms in London and Hong Kong. Sally founded Addis Law in 2011 and was soon after asked to advise her previous employer on a share sale valued at £82 million. Since then Addis Law has grown and flourished with clients across the UK and internationally.
Sally's work covers all aspects of the corporate lifecycle, commercial contracts, risk management and regulatory compliance, across a broad range of sectors.
Sally's work includes advising large corporate clients, SMEs, charities, universities and private individuals on all aspects of the operation of their business including investments and disposals, university spin-outs, restructuring, joint ventures, shareholders agreements, private equity, brand protection, e-commerce and data protection and commercial agreements.
Sally volunteers as the Chair of Governors for a large local secondary school.
Friendly, personable and yet a formidable negotiator, Lisa is a senior lawyer at Addis Law whose career in commercial and corporate law now spans more than 20 years. Lisa has had an international career practising law at the highest levels in large law firms in Australia and London.
Lisa's work covers all aspects of the corporate lifecycle and is a diverse commercial practice, with a particular current emphasis on information technology and intellectual property.
Lisa's work includes advising on corporate investments and disposals, private M&A, spin-outs, joint ventures and shareholders agreements, business financing arrangements, e-commerce, digital business and communications, data protection and information security, brand protection, licensing, technology transfer, franchising and outsourcing.
Lisa volunteers in her local community including acting as a governor and managing a local children's sports team.
Most recently, Lisa has been working intensively with specific City clients on project-based secondments to act as in-house counsel.
Felicity Decker is a business solicitor who is qualified in the UK and Australia. After qualification, she worked for a commercial law firm in Melbourne and then in-house for a utility company and a university. She has also worked as a tax adviser in a Big 5 Accountancy practice.
Since joining Addis Law, she has been involved in a range of corporate and commercial matters including business acquisitions and re-organisations, sales and distribution agreements, IP licensing, shareholder agreements and the development of website T&Cs. Her advisory work has focused on regulatory and governance matters, data protection and competition law.
She has an interest in data privacy law, and much of her recent work has involved assisting clients of various stripes (from large Data Processor businesses to small on-line merchants) prepare for the introduction of the GDPR.
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Jane started her legal career as a barrister, then trained in tax at KPMG. She subsequently worked and was in partnership in a major London law firm.
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Google Exec Hands Silicon Valley the Stratospheric Jump Record
Just a little over two years since Felix Baumgartner broke USAF Colonel Joseph Kittinger's stratospheric jump record, Alan Eustace from Google has independently smashed the high altitude skydiving record again. This brings home to Silicon Valley a record that might stand for a while. Eustace took a minimalist approach to the jump. His setup involved a helium filled balloon and just him hanging from the balloon in a spacesuit. Pure and simple, this permitted his system to reach 135,890 feet above the Earth, over 41 kilometers altitude, exceeding Baumgartner's record by 7000 feet.
The simple design of his balloon launch might remind one of a bungy jump. This one maxed out at 822 mph and created a sonic boom. How can anyone break his record now? Can someone rise to a higher altitude? What is next for the Google high flyers? Will Baumgartner take this as a challenge to retake the record?
Balloon preparations for Alan Eustace's record flight at the Roswell airport in the early morning hours of October 24, 2014. (Credit: Paragon Space Development Corporation)
The 57 year old Alan Eustace is a Senior Vice President at Google in its Knowledge department. He is a licensed pilot but not known for undertaking extraordinary feats of daredevil. Eustace grew up in Florida and recalls that his childhood was filled with trips to Cape Canaveral for NASA launches. Not a spur of the moment undertaking, Eustace had dreamt of accomplishing this feat and record for some time.
This is the third successful balloon skydiving jump from over 100,000 feet. All three have been accomplished from Roswell, New Mexico. Kittinger's was in 1961, Baumgartner in 2012, and now Eustace in 2014. A fourth jump was undertaken in 1966 from a height of 123,000 feet but ended in failure and the death of the skydiver, Nicholas Piantanida.
The trip to the upper heights of the atmosphere took two hours. All this time he was forced to hang very still to avoid over-heating. His spacesuit had minimal ability to cool his body during the ascent. While the stratosphere reaches temperatures of 100 below zero, the atmosphere is exceedingly thin and body heat has no way to radiate away.
Eustace as he appeared in the first moments of his ascent. He maintained this posture throughout the 2 hour flight. (Credit: Paragon Space Development Corporation)
Without a capsule like Baumgartner and Kittinger before him, he relied solely on a spacesuit custom built by Paragon Space Development Corporation, a designer of life support devices. The simple design exceeded Baumgartner by over 7000 feet, nearly a mile and a half more. Eustace's new record is approaching the maximum that has ever been achieved by any lighter than air craft, manned or unmanned.
The unmanned high altitude record for balloon flight was set in 2002 from Sanriku Balloon Center at Ofunato City, Iwate in Japan. This record stands at 173,900 feet. So there is plenty of room for record breaking but it will require pushing the limits of technology. In this day and age, there are many keen to push technological limits.
Alan Eustace now joins Google execs in high profile flight. H211 L.L.C. operates a Dornier Alpha Jet, owned and used by Mr. Page, Mr. Brin, and the chief executive, Eric Schmidt, since 2007. The Alpha Jet is seen taxiing on the Moffett field tarmac in Mountain View, CA. Insets show an Alpha in flight and Hangar One (a former Dirigible hangar from the 1930s) which H211 is planning to refurbish for NASA and to house their fleet of jets including the Alpha. (Credit: U.T./TRR)
Google execs are no strangers to high flying. At Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, just a couple of miles from executive headquarters of Google, a small group of executives utilize a German made Dornier Alpha jet. Collaboratively with NASA Ames, the jet is flown by the execs and other experienced pilots to study the upper atmosphere and quite possibly to take in the views around the San Francisco bay area. They are often seen making touch n' go's at Moffett to maintain skills and certification. Google, the corporation, clearly showed its interest in space applications with the purchase of Skybox, a microsatellite builder, in June of this year for a reported $500 million.
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'Star Trek' Spaceship Model Soars Into Stratosphere
It was billed as the U.S. S. Enterprise's first "real" flight in space, but the spaceship didn't get quite that far.
A group of Star Trek fans launched a model of the famed fictional vessel to an altitude of 95,568 feet (29,129 meters) above Canada, or about 18.1 miles (29.1 kilometers), they told media.
The Karman line — a commonly accepted threshold for the edge of space — is at about 62 miles, or 100 kilometers, above sea level.
Still, the high-flying feat made the Canadian group quite happy, even though the ship made a suicidal crash landing at the end of its flight.
"We lost our engines," said Steve Schnier, a member of the group that set Enterprise aloft with a weather balloon from Stayner, Ontario, in an interview with Canada AM.
"It wasn't a smooth ride," Schnier added concerning the ship's final minutes. "It was moving, at one point, at 117 kilometres [72.7 miles] an hour."
Enterprise smashed into the water near a Georgian Bay island in an area roughly 2.5 hours' drive north of Canada's largest city of Toronto. Searchers found it using a GPS signal.
The launch at the end of April came just weeks before Star Trek: Into Darkness, the next installment of the nearly 50-year-old franchise, zoomed into theaters in Canada and the United States this week. (Read our full review here.)
Weather balloon flights are used in science to collect information about the upper atmosphere. Other amateur groups have had fun using the idea, flying tokens ranging from teddy bears to Lego figurines.
Posted on November 15, 2012 April 26, 2016
Hunting for High Life: What Lives in Earth's Stratosphere?
The Moon photographed through the layers of the atmosphere from the ISS in December 2003 (NASA/JSC)
What lives at the edge of space? Other than high-flying jet aircraft pilots (and the occasional daredevil skydiver) you wouldn't expect to find many living things over 10 kilometers up — yet this is exactly where one NASA researcher is hunting for evidence of life.
Earth's stratosphere is not a place you'd typically think of when considering hospitable environments. High, dry, and cold, the stratosphere is the layer just above where most weather occurs, extending from about 10 km to 50 km (6 to 31 miles) above Earth's surface. Temperatures in the lowest layers average -56 C (-68 F) with jet stream winds blowing at a steady 100 mph. Atmospheric density is less than 10% that found at sea level and oxygen is found in the form of ozone, which shields life on the surface from harmful UV radiation but leaves anything above 32 km openly exposed.
Sounds like a great place to look for life, right? Biologist David Smith of the University of Washington thinks so… he and his team have found "microbes from every major domain" traveling within upper-atmospheric winds.
Smith, principal investigator with Kennedy Space Center's Microorganisms in the Stratosphere (MIST) project, is working to take a census of life tens of thousands of feet above the ground. Using high-altitude weather balloons and samples gathered from Mt. Bachelor Observatory in central Oregon, Smith aims to find out what kinds of microbes are found high in the atmosphere, how many there are and where they may have come from.
"Life surviving at high altitudes challenges our notion of the biosphere boundary."
– David Smith, Biologist, University of Washington in Seattle
Although reports of microorganisms existing as high as 77 km have been around since the 1930s, Smith doubts the validity of some of the old data… the microbes could have been brought up by the research vehicles themselves.
"Almost no controls for sterilization are reported in the papers," he said.
But while some researchers have suggested that the microbes could have come from outer space, Smith thinks they are terrestrial in origin. Most of the microbes discovered so far are bacterial spores — extremely hardy organisms that can form a protective shell around themselves and thus survive the low temperatures, dry conditions and high levels of radiation found in the stratosphere. Dust storms or hurricanes could presumably deliver the bacteria into the atmosphere where they form spores and are transported across the globe.
If they land in a suitable environment they have the ability to reanimate themselves, continuing to survive and multiply.
Although collecting these high-flying organisms is difficult, Smith is confident that this research will show how such basic life can travel long distances and survive even the harshest environments — not only on Earth but possibly on other worlds as well, such as the dessicated soil of Mars.
"We still have no idea where to draw the altitude boundary of the biosphere," said Smith. This research will "address how long life can potentially remain in the stratosphere and what sorts of mutations it may inherit while aloft."
Read more on Michael Schirber's article for Astrobiology Magazine here, and watch David Smith's seminar "The High Life: Airborne Microbes on the Edge of Space" held May 2012 at the University of Washington below:
Inset images – Top: layers of the atmosphere, via the Smithsonian/NMNH. Bottom: Scanning electron microscope image of atmospheric bacterial spores collected from Mt. Bachelor Observatory (NASA/KSC)
Posted on January 29, 2012 December 24, 2015
Toronto Teens Launch "Lego Man in Space"
Updated:Jan. 30
Two teens from Toronto,Canada have launched "Lego Man in Space" using a helium filled weather balloon and captured stunning video of the miniature toy figure back dropped by the beautiful curvature of Earth and the desolate blackness of space that's become a worldwide YouTube sensation – over 2 million hits !
17 year olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad lofted the tiny 2 inch tall Lego figure from a local Toronto soccer field up to a height of about 85,000 feet, or 16 miles (25 kilometers), where the 22 foot (7 m) diameter helium balloon burst in what is technically known as the stratosphere. The homemade styrofoam capsule – equipped with two video cameras and two digital cameras (Canon) – then parachuted back to Earth.
"We launched the project on January 7," Mathew Ho told Universe Today.
"Altogether, we used 4 cameras, two cameras taking stills, and two taking video – Canon, Sony, GoPro – in the 1 cubic foot capsule," Ho explained.
"After endless hours of hard work, we managed to capture stunning views of our atmosphere and put a 'Lego' man into near space!" said the ambitious teens who are 12th graders at the Agincourt Collegiate Institute.
The pair posted a YouTube video (below) documenting the entire voyage and some camera snapshots on their website on January 25.
Lego Man even snapped cool Moon shots – look closely at the video and photo below.
"Lego Man in Space" – The Video
The duo recounted the details of their sensational space tale of science on a shoestring for Canadian TV and newspapers.
"Upon launch we were very relieved. But we had a lot of anxiety on launch day because there were high winds when we were going up after all the hard work," said Ho in a studio interview on Canadian TV (CTV).
"We were also scared because now we would have to retrieve it back after it came down," Asad chimed in.
"We had no idea it would capture photos like that and would be so good," said Ho. "We were blown away when we saw them back home."
The toy Lego astronaut is seen standing atop a thin runway protruding precariously from one end of the small, box shaped capsule as though he was walking the plank and about to plunge into the ocean of space. All the while, cameras were aimed directly out towards him recording the entire rollicking journey from liftoff to the stratosphere to landing, with a constantly changing Earth in the background.
Altogether they netted two videos and 1500 photos.
Lego Man in Space shoots the Moon !
Credit: Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad
Coincidentally, several Lego toys are constantly flying even higher above the Earth at this very moment aboard the International Space Station as part of an educational outreach effort by NASA and Lego. And 3 more Lego figurines are speeding to Jupiter aboard NASA's Juno orbiter.
Legoman's spectacular journey lasted some 97 minutes. He's beaming proudly throughout the video while holding the Canadian National flag – the Red Maple Leaf. The rollercoaster-like scenery may well challenge the stomachs of those with fear of heights.
The tumbling Lego Man in Space capsule upon the violent descent captured the moment before the parachute was activated. Credit: Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad
Mathew and Asad worked over about four months one day a week on Saturdays to assemble the rig in Mathew's kitchen and successfully accomplished the feat on a shoestring budget of merely 400 dollars. They used GPS trackers to locate "Lego Man in Space" and recover the intact capsule holding the imagery.
After the balloon burst at 85,000 feet, the parachute assisted descent back to Earth took about 32 minutes. Winds aloft caused the capsule to drift some 76 miles (122 kilometers) away from the launch site before landing at Rice Lake in one piece.
Lego Man in Space capsule after landing 76 miles (122 kilometers) away from the Toronto soccor field launch site. Credit: Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad
"We were jumping for joy when we saw the capsule and the parachute. We were ecstatic when we found it," said Ho.
"We have a long history of passionate building and working together," Ho told CTV.
The project began after they saw that MIT students had sent a camera to the edge of space with a balloon and captured stunning views.
"We were inspired by videos and pictures we had seen online two years ago and we began working on this in the Fall of 2011. In total the project cost about $400 Canadian," Ho told me.
"We hope to publish more pictures and video to our Facebook page and website soon," Ho added.
And now we know another truth about Lego's – Not only can they withstand the destructive forces of kids, but outer space too !
Atmosphere Layers
Seen from space, the Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, like a slight haze around the planet. But the atmosphere has several different layers that scientists have identified; from the thick atmosphere that we breathe to the tenuous exosphere that extends out thousands of kilometers from the Earth. Let's take a look at the different atmosphere layers.
Scientists have identified 5 distinct layers of the atmosphere, starting with the thickest near the surface, and then thinning out until it eventually merges with space.
The troposphere is the first layer above the surface of the Earth, and it contains 75% of the Earth's atmosphere, and 99% of its water. Breathe in, that's the troposphere. The average depth of the troposphere is about 17 km high. It gets deeper in the tropical regions, up to 20 km, and then shallower near the Earth's poles – down to 7 km thick. Temperature and pressure are at the their highest at sea level, and then decrease with altitude. The troposphere is also where we experience weather.
The next atmosphere layer is the stratosphere, extending above the troposphere to an altitude of 51 km. Unlike the troposphere, temperature actually increases with height. Commercial airlines will typically fly in the stratosphere because it's very stable; above weather, and allows them to optimize burning jet fuel. You might be surprised to know that bacterial life survives in the stratosphere.
Above that is the mesosphere, which starts at about 50-85 km above the Earth's surface and extends up to an altitude of 80-90 km. Temperatures decrease the higher you go in the mesosphere, reaching a low of -100 °C, depending on the latitude and season.
Next comes the thermosphere. This region starts around 90 km above the Earth and goes up to about 320 and 380 km. The International Space Station orbits within the thermosphere. This is the region of the atmosphere where ultraviolet radiation causes ionization, and we can see auroras. Temperatures in the thermosphere can actually reach 2,500 °C; however, it wouldn't feel warm because the atmosphere is so thin.
The 5th and final layer of the Earth's atmosphere is the exosphere. This starts above the thermosphere and extends out for hundreds and even thousands of kilometers. Air molecules in this region can travel for hundreds of kilometers without bouncing into another particle.
We have written many articles about the Earth's atmosphere for Universe Today. Here's an article about the composition of the Earth's atmosphere, and here's information about the Earth's early atmosphere.
Here's a great article from NASA that explains the different layers of the atmosphere, and here's more information from NOAA.
We have done a whole episode of Astronomy Cast just about Earth. Listen to it here, Episode 51 – Earth.


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State media claims parliament meetings in Kuwait suspended for one month by Kuwaiti Emir
State media claims that the Kuwaiti Emir suspended sessions of the country's National Assembly for one month through a decree.
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Emir, has allegedly issued a decree which has suspended parliamentary sessions for one month, according to statements from Kuwaiti state media. A delay in the formation of a new government is the reason for the adoption and issue of the order issued by the Emir, on Thursday.
The decree made by Emir Nawaf came into force on 18 February and is connected to Article 106 of the country's constitution. According to Article 106, the Emir was given the power to prolong the sessions of the country's national assembly for a period which cannot exceed one month.
Although the most recent formation of the Kuwaiti cabinet was approved following the country's legislative elections in December 2020, it was dissolved one month later due to internal disputes over ministerial nominations on 12 January. Afterwards, the government and ministers' resignations were approved by the Emir in order to work as a caretaker until the formation of a new cabinet.
One week later, Emir Nawaf reappointed Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as the country's Prime Minister-designate with the objective to form a new cabinet.
Nearly 60% of Kuwait's National Assembly secured by opposition groups
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Manet vs Monet – What's the Difference?
December 12, 2020 June 30, 2020 by artst
Manet vs Monet two artists that are constantly mistaken for each other and is it any wonder with such similar names?
French art is steeped in history and there are numerous artists who have made their marks over the years. Two of the most well-known artists are Claude Monet and Edouard Manet.
While their names are instantly recognizable among anyone who is remotely familiar with art, their names are also easy to confuse.
A simple swapping of the vowels in the name can reduce two of the most famous artists into a confusing mess.
For these reasons, it is important for everyone to note some of the most important differences when comparing Edouard Manet versus Claude Monet so that each artist is well-respected in his own right.
Manet vs Monet
The main differences between Manet vs Monet is that Edouard Manet was both an impressionist and a realist whereas Claude Monet was strictly an impressionist.
As a result, there are several ways that people can tell their works apart. Some of the most prominent ways include:
Studio vs. Outdoor Work: One of the first differences between Edouard Manet and Claude Monet that people will note is where their work is completed.
Edouard Manet primarily worked in a studio. There, he meticulously orchestrated many of his paintings. It was not unusual for him to scrape off paint just to redo it. He slaved in his studio for hours until he got his pieces just the way he wanted them.
In contrast, Claude Monet tended to work outside. He was a true impressionist and wanted to depart the four walls of his studio to paint in the open air. Much of his work has actually been called En Plein Air Painting.
People vs. Landscapes: Another way that Edouard Manet and Claude Monet differed is in terms of their subject matter.
For example, the work of Edouard Manet almost always features people. His work is known for abrupt contrasts of shadow and light along with harsh contours. It is this strict style that helps him carve out his subjects on his pieces.
In contrast, Claude Monet tended to paint a lot of landscape works. He loved to paint seascapes and landscapes. He would allow his brief strokes of paint to dissolve solid forms into something unique that was filled with numerous colors and flashes of light. In this manner, the works of Edouard Manet and Claude Monet differ.
Brush Strokes and Color: Finally, Edouard Manet and Claude Monet differ in how they use brush strokes and color.
Edouard Manet tends to use long brush strokes that have similar colors in different shades. He would vary the amount of white he would use in his work to suggest ripples in his work.
In contrast, Claude Monet tended to use "messier" brush strokes. He was a master of color and light, so many of his works would capture the same subject repeatedly; however, he would simply use different lighting to bring out different features. A seascape would use not only blue but also pink, yellow, and orange.
These are just a few of the many ways that people can tell apart the works of Edouard Manet and Claude Monet. Both artists were, and still are, prolific in their own right; however, in order to truly appreciate everything these two artists bring to the table, it is important to be able to tell their works apart.
An Overview of Edouard Manet
First, let's take a closer look at Edouard Manet. Edouard Manet is a French artist who was born in 1832 and died in 1883. In the eyes of many, he is the father of modern art.
This is because he was able to break dramatically from strong academic traditions. He was known for breaking from conventional painting categories to create real-world art.
Prior to Edouard Manet, many of the world's best paintings could fit into either still-life work, portraits, landscape pieces, of historical pieces.
In this manner, Edouard Manet was not as interested in minute details and wanted to focus on his own inherent materials and visual qualities that came along with his work.
Even though he died at age 51 and did not produce a massive number of paintings, he is one of the most famous artists of all time. He is closely associated with some of the biggest art movements of all time including abstraction and Impressionism.
Many of the works of Edouard Manet are on display at the world's most prestigious museums, including the Musee d'Orsay (Paris) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City).
An Overview of Claude Monet
Now, let's take a closer look at Claude Monet. He is also French; however, was born slightly after his counterpart, Manet. Claude Monet was born in 1840 and was an impressionist. In many ways, he was inspired by the work of Manet.
Claude Monet is known as a master of color, able to capture it over and over again. He could paint the same subject repeatedly and come up with a completely different work every time.
His goal is to communicate every nuance of light as he saw it. Many of the most famous works of Claude Monet come from series that he painted in the last thirty years of his life. As a result, he is more prolific (in terms of his number of pieces) than Manet.
There are simply more works by Claude Monet than there are Manet pieces, so it is more likely for someone to run into a Monet at a museum somewhere.
Interestingly many often confuse Monet and Van Gogh even though their art is quite different.
The Impressionism Movement Through the Eyes of Manet and Monet
The 19thcentury was a revolutionary time in the world of art. It started in the 19thcentury and was able to elevate many of the works of Edouard Manet to a new plane.
At that time, artists were trying to capture the fleeting moments that took place in the modern world (at that time). As a result, many artists took their works from the studio to dance centers, cafes, and nature in an effort to capture everything they could.
Impressionism has become a word that is synonymous with both of these famous French artists.
Now, when people talk about impressionism, those in the art community usually refer to Edouard Manet and Claude Monet differently.
Edouard Manet was a major influence on the impressionist movement. In many ways, some consider Edouard Manet to be the father of impressionism.
In this manner, Edouard Manet is usually referred to as someone who broke with tradition; however, the works of Edouard Manet are known for their tension.
They show many of the flavors of impressionism without adhering to what most people know as impressionism today.
For these reasons, Edouard Manet is often described as an impressionist artist and a realist.
In contrast, Monet came along several years later. Much of his work is what people consider to be impressionist in the modern use of the term.
Many of the paintings of Claude Monet exhibited some of the marquee styles of impressionism. These included open composition, a unique depiction of light, and visible brush strokes.
Often, Claude Monet would use his art to accentuate the passage of time, turning ordinary subject matter into something different. These are some of the hallmarks of impressionism paintings. The term actually comes from a Monet work that is titled "Impression, Sunrise."
Impressionism is one of the most famous movements in the world of art. Both of these artists played a major role. Some of the other famous impressionist artists include Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Berthe Morisot, and Pierre Renoir.
Many of these artists actually exhibited their works together. In contrast, Edouard Manet and Claude Monet actually never exhibited their artwork in the same place.
The Most Important Works of Edouard Manet and Claude Monet
It is important for everyone to note some of the most famous works of Edouard Manet and Claude Monet. They include:
Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe, Edouard Manet: Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe is arguably the most famous work painted by Manet. It was originally titled Le Bain. This is a large oil canvas painting that Edouard Manet completed during 1862 and 1863. This painting depicts a nude female along with a scantily dressed female bather who are both enjoying a picnic together. There are two fully dressed men nearby. The painting takes place in a rural setting and sparked both notoriety and controversy. Now, the work is on display at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet: Arguably the most famous work by Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise was first displayed in 1874 at a convention that would come to be known as the "Exhibition of the Impressionists." This work is important because it is credited with inspiring the rest of the impressionist movement. The work features an open lake with a few faded boats underneath a gorgeous sunrise that features contrasting colors to truly capture the entire scene. The work depicts a sunrise in the hometown of Claude Monet, Le Havre. The painting is now on display at the Musee Marmottan in Paris.
Without a doubt, Edouard Manet and Claude Monet are some of the most famous artists of all time. Their works are on display all over the world.
While their names are similar, they did use very different painting styles. It is important for everyone to be able to tell these two famous artists apart in order to appreciate everything they accomplished during their careers. Their work continues to influence artists to this day.
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The History Of Fireworks
Fireworks originated in China some 2,000 years ago. The most prevalent legend has it that fireworks were discovered or invented by accident by a Chinese cook working in a field kitchen who happened to mix charcoal, sulphur and saltpeter (all commonly found in the kitchen in those days). The mixture burned and when compressed in an enclosure (a bamboo tube), the mixture exploded.
Some sources say that the discovery of fireworks occurred about 2,000 years ago, and other sources place the discovery sometime during the 9th century during the Song dynasty (960-1279), although this could be confusion between the discovery of gunpowder by the cook and the invention of the firecracker.
Some sources suggest that fireworks may have originated in India, but in the October 18, 2003, online edition of The Hindu, an Indian national newspaper, the Chinese are credited with the discovery of gunpowder.
A Chinese monk named Li Tian, who lived near the city of Liu Yang in Hunan Province, is credited with the invention of firecrackers about 1,000 years ago. The Chinese people celebrate the invention of the firecracker every April 18 by offering sacrifices to Li Tian. During the Song Dynasty, the local people established a temple to worship Li Tian.
The firecrackers, both then and now, are thought to have the power to fend off evil spirits and ghosts that are frightened by the loud bangs of the firecrackers. Firecrackers are used for such purposes today at most events such as births, deaths and birthdays. Chinese New Year is a particularly popular event that is celebrated with firecrackers to usher in the new year free of the evil spirits.
To this day the Liu Yang region of Hunan Province remains the main production area in the world for fireworks. It is important to remember the geographic origin of fireworks, because often detractors of the fireworks industry say that fireworks are produced in China to take advantage of cheap labor. But the reality is that the fireworks industry existed in China long before the advent of the modern era and long before the disparity in east-west wage rates, and hopefully the fireworks industry will exist long after the existence of communism has an effect over the Chinese economy.
Generally Marco Polo is credited with bringing the Chinese gunpowder back to Europe in the 13th century, although some accounts credit the Crusaders with bringing the black powder to Europe as they returned from their journeys.
Once in Europe, the black powder was used for military purposes, first in rockets, then in canons and guns. Italians were the first Europeans who used the black powder to manufacture fireworks. Germany was the other European country to emerge as a fireworks leader along with Italy in the 18th century. It is interesting to note that many of the leading American display companies are operated by families of Italian descent such as the Grucci family, Rozzi family, and Zambelli family.
The English were also fascinated with fireworks. Fireworks became very popular in Great Britain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. William Shakespeare mentions fireworks in his works, and fireworks were so much enjoyed by the Queen herself that she created the position of "Fire Master of England." King James II was so pleased with the fireworks display that celebrated his coronation that he knighted his Fire Master.
In the modern era, the American fireworks industry really began to influence Chinese manufacturers following President Nixon's normalization of relations with the Chinese Communist government in the early 1970s. Prior to that time, business was being done between U.S. and Chinese companies through Hong Kong brokers with little or no direct contact with mainland manufacturers.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the distribution channels in China were essentially state owned factories producing fireworks that were then exported through government owned provincial export corporations. Products produced in Hunan went through the Hunan Export Corporation, and products produced in Jiangxi went through the Jiangxi Export Corporation, and so on. During this period, factories were not required to make a profit, but rather their goal was to keep people working in a region of China where there was no real industry other than agriculture. The Chinese government subsidized these factories to keep production going.
The Provincial Export Corporation in turn sold to Hong Kong brokers who were the link between Mainland China and the foreign business entities. The Hong Kong brokers procured orders, arranged logistics, and helped finance shipments to the U.S. distributors.
It was also during this time period that the first formally educated leader of China, Chairman Deng Xiaoping, saw what his counterparts in the former Soviet Bloc did not see, and that is that Communism simply did not work economically. Chairman Deng began a policy of economic reform that basically set China on the road toward capitalism.
During the 1980s, China opened up dramatically to travel within its borders for visiting U.S. importers. This enabled the first American fireworks buyers to travel to the production regions and establish relations with Hong Kong exporters and the provincial export corporations.
In the late 1980s, consumer fireworks became the focus of intense scrutiny by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Up to this point, most of the fireworks products had old generic export corporation labels that had incorrect warning labels based on item size and performance. To correct the situation, representatives from the CPSC, American Pyrotechnics Association, and Hong Brokers Association spent 10 days in Southern China meeting with representatives from each export corporation and factory managers, on a province by province basis.
The meetings involved shooting each item produced in China and determining what the appropriate and correct warning descriptions and print size should be from the point of view of providing safe warning labels for the American consumers. The Americans involved took on the infamous moniker of "The Shekou Six" by most of the shell shocked Chinese industry people, and from that meeting and a few that followed was born the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory (AFSL) which monitors firework production within China to this day.
In the 1990s, economic reform continued under Chairman Jiang Zemin as Chinese factories were weaned off government funding and forced to turn a profit for the first time. It was during this period that many Provincial Export Corporation personnel left the government owned companies and were permitted to start their own.
Initially these new private companies worked through the established Hong Kong brokers to reach the U.S. market, but within a few years they were selling directly to U.S. importers.
In order to survive, Hong Kong brokers invested money into Chinese factories and joint-ventured with Chinese entrepreneurs to start their own exclusive product lines and for their remaining larger customers. With the loss of key personnel, the government provincial export corporations never quite adapted to economic reform, and today most are gone or left selling to domestic Chinese markets.
The 1990s saw the rapid growth of private labels in order for U.S. companies to differentiate their product lines. In the 2000s, China is a basic "free for all," with small mainland export-broker companies forming and folding each month. Additionally, separate factories are attempting to bypass historical channels and selling directly to U.S. importers. Each week American companies receive a half dozen e-mails or fax communications asking for the American companies to place orders directly with some small new and obscure factories that would like to begin exporting to the United States.
Source: Fireworks University
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Passport: New Amnesty Report Describes the Hell of Assad's Prisons New Amnesty Report Describes the Hell of A...
New Amnesty Report Describes the Hell of Assad's Prisons
Former prisoners recount physical and psychological torture
By Megan Alpert
| August 18, 2016, 11:22 AM
A picture taken on February 6, 2014, shows the Aleppo central prison during clashes between pro-Syrian regime soldiers and rebel fighters. Syrian troops retook most of Aleppo's prison, lost to rebels a day earlier, in fighting that has killed at least 46 people over two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP PHOTO/AMC/ZEIN AL-RIFAI (Photo credit should read ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP/Getty Images)
"I have the ability to kill you here, and no one will ask questions." That was what Abu Anas's interrogator at a Syrian Air Force Intelligence branch in Aleppo told him before demanding Anas pay for his release with a $100,000 bribe. To show he was serious, the interrogator shot another prisoner in the head as Anas watched. "Bashar is God," the interrogator told him the next day. "He can give life, and he can take life."
Anas, an Aleppo businessman who was arrested at a protest in 2011, was, in a grim sense, lucky — he was able to bribe his way out of prison. He was a tragic exception: An Amnesty International report released late Wednesday found that almost 18,000 people died in Syrian state custody between 2011 and 2015.
Those who survived described hellish conditions that included overcrowded cells, long periods of solitary confinement, humiliation and sexual harassment by guards, as well as lack of food, water, sanitation, and medical care.
Prisoners were sometimes held in cells with dead bodies for hours or days. Others were subjected to mock executions, threats against family members, and physical and psychological torture. Some were forced to watch as guards beat other detainees with objects like hoses and maces.
One prisoner, Muhannad, told investigators from the advocacy group that he tried to kill himself by grabbing a live electrical wire when, after days of torture, the guards convinced him that they were also beating his mother.
The report found that anyone who the government saw as a threat — including human rights activists, journalists, and people who provide aid to civilians — was at risk of being arbitrarily snatched, tortured, and detained in prisons where they might die in custody due to abuse and bad conditions.
Torture and harsh treatment are nothing new for Syria's prisons — the regimes of both President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, have used them as tools of intimidation for decades — but they've gotten worse since the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011. While the regime continues to deny that human rights violations are taking place — while also keeping human rights investigators out of their prisons — groups like Amnesty have been able to gather information by interviewing former captives. Read the full report here.
Photo credit: ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP/Getty Images
Megan Alpert is a fellow at Foreign Policy. Her previous bylines have included The Guardian, Guernica Daily, and Earth Island Journal. Twitter: @megan_alpert
Tags: assad, Human Rights, Middle East, Passport, Syria


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El  es un cuerpo de búsqueda y rescate de Japón, que depende de la Agencia Japonesa de Cooperación Internacional. Tiene como objetivo la intervención de emergencia ante desastres internacionales de grandes magnitudes como terremotos, a petición de gobiernos del mundo que así lo soliciten.

Surgió en los años 70 como respuesta a los refugiados de Camboya. En 1987 el gobierno japonés aseguró su existencia y funcionamiento mediante la Ley del Equipo Japonés de Auxilio en Desastres. Entre 1985 y 2016 el equipo ha sido desplegado a aproximadamente 500 misiones en 44 países del mundo en emergencias derivadas de terremotos, huracanes, deslaves, inundaciones, erupciones volcánicas, accidentes aéreos, crisis de polución y epidemias como la del Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave en China (2003).

Misiones

México, 2017
A petición del gobierno mexicano y a consecuencia del terremoto de Puebla de 2017, el Equipo de Búsqueda y Rescate del JDR fue desplegado el 22 de septiembre en la Ciudad de México con 72 rescatistas y cuatro perros de búsqueda y rescate. El equipo actuó en la búsqueda de supervivientes en los edificios de Bretaña en la colonia Portales, en el de Álvaro Obregón 286 en la colonia Roma y en el 1-C del Multifamiliar Tlalpan.

En ocasiones cuando se recuperaba el cadáver de una víctima que sucumbió a los efectos del sismo,se guardaba un minuto de silencio y se hacia una señal de respeto de manera emotiva de forma oriental,misma que también replicaron rescatistas nacionales y de otras nacionalidades que también participaron en dicho rescate.

El equipo fue ovacionado por la población mexicana en distintas ocasiones y fue reconocido por el alcalde de la Ciudad de México, Miguel Ángel Mancera en una ceremonia. Fueron despedidos oficialmente en el hangar de la Policía Federal en el Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 JDR (en japonés)

Servicios de emergencia
Relaciones exteriores de Japón


Not only is this chair affordable but, it's also super comfortable and easy to clean. This chair is great for relaxing after work, watching the game, or lulling that precious new baby to sleep. This microfiber fabric is soft, classy and is a color that should accent well with almost any decor. Stop in, grab a cup of coffee and kick your feet up in your new recliner.


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The Reunion by Sara Portman
On 26/09/2017 23/09/2017 By Sonya HeaneyIn Books, History, Romance
An inconvenient engagement turns a marriage of convenience into so much more in this sparkling new series from award-winning author Sara Portman . . .
Lady Emmaline Shaw's reputation was irreparably damaged when her fiancé, John Brantwood, disappeared immediately after their engagement four years ago. Since then, she's grown from a shy, uncertain girl to a woman who knows her own mind. And what she knows is that London society holds nothing for her.
Rumour has it that John ran off to war and died in battle. Now, as the new Duke of Worley, his shocking resurrection throws the ton into a tizzy and makes him one of England's most sought after bachelors—except that he's already engaged.
John needs a wife capable of smoothing his beloved sister's introduction into society. But though Emma happily grants him his freedom, her fiery beauty and resilient spirit hold him captive. In fact, John has no intention of letting her go. Her fate is now in his hands, but will her heart be safe there as well?
Reunion stories: my favourite trope. Of course I was going to request this one for review!
I liked a lot about this book. Both characters have changed since they were first thrown together in the past. I also liked that the affection was slow to develop: this was a business arrangement at first. I liked the author's writing style, and I enjoyed the main characters.
I did nearly tear my hair out at the frequent use of gotten (not a word that should appear in Regency romances), however – a minor complaint.
My issue came with the hero's sister, who is supposed to be launched into English society after a lifetime in America. She was in her late teens but had temper tantrums to match any toddler. I did like the surprise this docile, shy, awkward girl we expected turned out to be the opposite, but her behaviour was a bit ridiculous.
If you can overlook that, there's plenty to enjoy in The Reunion. I would read more by this author.
Review copy provided by NetGalley.
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Q: Windows Phone DoubleAnimation for Border I need to make some kind of property "EnableBlinking" for Border element which enables DoubleAnimation for Opacity with interval.
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I found example with  but as far as I understand this is not supported in Windows Phone. And there is VisualStateManager. Can someone give me any example or good tutorial? I don't understand do I need to create Style, or new element.
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A: You can go for advaced XAML concept and can use Attached property with user control.

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State Of The Media Content Is Still King
Consumers have more choices than ever from which to access media: traditional television, the Internet, and mobile devices like cell phones and iPods. As more options exist, they serve to actually increase the amount of time people view media as opposed cutting into viewership of one format or another. Despite the array of options, television continues to be the primary way Americans of all ages consume media. In the last quarter of 2008, the average Nielsen household watched more than 151 hours of television per month. Internet users logged on for 27 viewing hours a month and mobile subscribers consumed nearly four hours of video on a mobile phone and almost three hours on the Internet.
Other findings include:
Despite 3 in 10 households owning a DVR, live TV continues to be the favorite way to watch TV.
54 percent of U.S. households have one or two TVs.
Hispanic households are more than twice as likely as other groups to download movies.
Fully 91 percent of households have Internet access, with 57 percent having high-speed connections.
Viewers can be clustered into eight discrete segments based on gender, age, media consumption levels, ethnicity and social outlook.
"Media has become a digital funhouse: phones deliver TV programming. Computers enable phone calls. Televisions serve as gaming arcades. Consumers access video wherever and whenever they can. But the fact remains that TV still dominates," said Dave Thomas, President, Global Media Client Services at Nielsen.
Read a complete review of the state of the media in the current edition of Nielsen's Consumer Insight.
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We have a housing crisis in Port Hope.
Our vacancy rate is around 0.3% (the "recommended" rate is around 3%), and the average housing cost is out of reach of minimum wage and other low income earners.
Adding more affordable housing options is the cornerstone to economic development in Port Hope. We cannot hope to grow if people cannot afford to live here.
There are a wide range of solutions we can look at, some easier than others. Some solutions will require investment of time, resources, and money, but we're at the point where we can't foist this off on the county or province. If we want to solve the housing crisis in Port Hope, we must take the lead on it.
Zoning/By-laws – allow for more accessory units (basement apartments, in-law suites, laneway houses, carriage houses, etc.). This is the quickest way we can add density without needing massive development, and will both add units and help current residents stay in their properties. This should be considered in both the urban and rural wards.
Development requirements – work with developers to mandate a proportion of new development as affordable, with increasing incentives the higher that proportion is (e.g., breaks on development charges, property tax rebates, etc.). Also mandate the inclusion of accessory units in a proportion of new development, making new properties more desirable for buyers looking for income-generating potential.
Promote the Community Improvement Plan – there is money available to property owners in the downtown area to convert/renovate upper floor units. More money is available if those units are intended to be affordable.
Repurpose old buildings – for unused buildings that have little or no historical merit (e.g., St. Mary's Catholic School), the municipality should be approaching the owner to acquire or encourage redevelopment as affordable housing.
Support our community partners – organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Green Wood Coalition have incredible amounts of experience and the ability to stretch our dollars further. We should be doing everything we can to provide land, building incentives, and other resources to help support their efforts.