Shane Dawson and Ryland Adams have shown fans around their stunning new home in a new video.
The YouTubers, who have been dating for over two years, announced last month that they were leaving their old home and had bought a new place together which they were going to be moving into soon.
In the new empty house tour video, Shane and Ryland have just received the keys and decide to load up their car and take their two dogs Uno and Honey to their new home, which is situation in the foot of a mountain(!) somewhere in California.
The home has an outside swimming pool and what looks like a paddock area which they plan to turn into a little farm with goats and an inflatable water slide. We have no idea if they are being serious or not but we personally think this a great idea.
Inside they have a kitchen, dining room and a huge family room. Upstairs there are several bedrooms and a separate study with bathroom for Shane and his video editor Andrew Siwicki. Cute! They also have plans to turn one room into a private movie theatre, which Shane says has been a dream of his since he was a kid.
At the end of the video, Ryland teases more video footage from the new house so expect more video in the very near future.


INDIANAPOLIS — Something special is cooking on the Xavier side of town.
INDIANAPOLIS – Something special is cooking on the Xavier side of town.
The Musketeers continued their thrillride campaign Tuesday with an overtime win for the second consecutive game, this time against Butler University.
The back-and-forth 98-93 victory gave fifth-ranked Xavier a season sweep of the Bulldogs, and yet another win worthy of a bullet point on its March Madness resume.
Xavier roared ahead by 18 points in the first half, took a 10-point lead into halftime and fell behind by six points midway through the second half only to retake a seven-point lead that went up in smoke over the final minute of regulation.
Tied at 84, Xavier hit back in overtime via a Naji Marshall 3-pointer and rolled from that point on, winning the extra session, 14-9.
"For our guys to have the resilience to battle back after the gut punch we took down the stretch in regulation, I'm really proud of those guys. That's not easy to do," Xavier head coach Chris Mack said. "I thought our guys did a great job of not letting the moment in regulation spoil our hunger to win the game."
Now, at 22-3 overall and 10-2 in the Big East, Xavier's wedged its way into the conversation for top seeding in the NCAA Tournament, although it's a bit early to start plotting the Musketeers' course through the big dance as a No. 1-seed.
All the same, the more Xavier plays, the more it feels like the team is charting a path to uncharted territory in March. That was true again Tuesday night, which was a game that held numerous opportunities for Xavier to fold.
There simply was no quit in Xavier. Not when Butler quickly erased its 10-point deficit in the second half. Not when Butler went ahead with under 10 minutes to play in regular, and certainly not after all the momentum in Hinkle Fieldhouse was with the Bulldogs after they scurried to force overtime.
Against a hot-shooting Butler side and in hostile environs, Xavier never went away.
• A 25-2 run in the first half certainly helped Xavier's cause. That run resulted in a game-high 18 point lead for the Musketeers. Even though Butler climbed back into the game, they had far too much catching up to do in order to have a realistic shot at overcoming Xavier on a night when hometown star Trevon Bluiett was hitting everything from deep (and almost nothing but free-throws from inside the arc), and Xavier's offense was generally at its diverse and varied best.
• It's tough to play with the Musketeers when the offense clicks like it did Tuesday at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Kerem Kanter started the game 8 of 8 from the field and ran riot on Butler's Tyler Wideman, who was overwhelmed in attempting to contain Xavier's Turkish Terror.
By himself, Kanter (22 points, 10 of 15 shooting) was a threat from all over the floor and scored at will at times. But then came Sean O'Mara, who was 5 of 5 in the game and provided a vital boost off the bench for the visitors. And then came freshman Naji Marshall whose 15 points were an exhibition of his full range of talents – beating his man off the dribble, attacking the rim, spotting up from distance. Six of Marshall's points came in the overtime period, which he opened with a 3-pointer that set the tone for the five-minute extra session.
And lastly, there was Bluiett, who took a final, triumphant bow as a collegian playing in his hometown with 26 points and the game-clinching 3-pointer to put Xavier up five in overtime with 23 seconds to play. The shot would have been deep by NBA standards. It sent a sellout crowd of 9,100 streaming for the exits into the Indy chill.
• Time to nitpick. Where does Xavier need to get better? Defense for starters. Sometimes, the defense is stifling (example: versus Marquette). In the second half Tuesday, it more closely resembled a vegetable strainer. Certainly, some of the reason for that is that Butler's Kelan Martin and Sean McDermott (combined 11 of 18 from 3-point range) were drilling shots from all over the court. Hard to defend that kind of hot shooting.
But Butler also had too many uncontested looks around the cup. They drove to the rim and didn't seem to find a lot of Musketeers resistance in the painted areas. It was part of the reason Butler managed 63 points over the final 25 minutes. Xavier was obviously good enough to overcome that on the night, but life would be much easier if they tightened things up in the paint. Against most opponents in March, you'll be willing to roll the dice and let teams fire off 31 3-pointers like Butler did. Plenty of teams, particularly those Xavier would likely play on the opening weekend of The Tournament, won't hit from downtown at a 45 percent clip like the Bulldogs did. Inside the arc, though, it has to be better.
• The season marches on and it won't get any easier from here. Next up is Creighton in Omaha. The Bluejays will be revenge-minded after a blowout loss to Xavier at Cintas Center Jan. 13. A crowd of more than 17,000 is likely to attend, as is typical for Creighton's rabid following. But make no mistake that Xavier is the team to be feared in this game. Their depth, their ability, their experience – it all suggests they can weather the storm in Omaha.
As one commenter on Tuesday's Enquirer game recap and analysis so aptly suggested: The Musketeers continue to make "winter a little warmer" on the blue side of Cincinnati this year.


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T2: Raw damage is great on firedevil some maps make good use of Essence of the slain.
T3: Long CS on Apoc makes this necessary.
T4: Trap them in small spaces and stomp that ground.
T5: Firestorm is better overall damage Life leach can be good against fat teams. Spell Shield Vs double mage.
T6: Charge, OP, charge, you're OP.
T7: Blink behind someone and knock them out of position. LOT is really good VS beefy clustering comps.


If you are injured on someone else's property or at a business, you should know your legal rights. The basis for liability starts with the reason why you are on the property. Generally, there are three main classifications: licensees, invitees, and trespassers.
As a result of all of these elements, he or she was injured.
As a direct result of such failure, the guest sustained damage.
In Missouri, in general, trespassers can only sue if they are children or, even if not children, the owner of the property is aware of constant trespassing.
As a direct result of such negligence, the child sustained damage.
As a direct result of such failure, that person was injured.
What Does Ordinary Care Entail?
Where you are hurt and how you are classified are critical when you sustain any type of injury on another's property. If you are injured on public property, such as a city-maintained sidewalk, or as a tenant at an apartment complex, you should be aware that other laws apply and what you must prove varies. When you are hurt, always speak to an experienced personal injury attorney to determine what you must prove and how much time you have to sue.
At Ryan R. Cox & Associates, we believe that people have the right to a safe and well-maintained environment. When that doesn't happen and injuries result, our team has the qualifications and experience in Missouri premises liability law to hold negligent business owners accountable. If you are hurt, contact us or call 636-946-6886 today for a free and confidential consultation.


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Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 03/26/2010
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Here is this Friday's Green Numbers round-up:
GE Announces Major European Offshore Wind Expansion with a Planned ?340 Million Investment for Manufacturing, Engineering and Service Facilities in Four Countries
GE today announced plans to invest approximately ?340 million to develop or expand its wind turbine manufacturing, engineering and service facilities in four European countries?the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden and Germany
tags: ge, greennumbers, wind turbine manufacturing, wind turbine, wind energy
Posting information online could preempt FOIA requests
Larry Gottesman, national FOIA officer for the Environmental Protection Agency, said emerging technologies present significant opportunities for agencies trying to eliminate FOIA pileups. EPA has reduced its pending requests by about 96 percent, in part by creating databases of popular information. The agency's online reading rooms reduce the need to file a request in the first place, according to Gottesman.
tags: foia, epa, freedom of information, greennumbers
Ford Saves One Million Dollars…By Shutting Off Computers
Talk about low-hanging fruit. Ford estimates that it will save $1.2 million and reduce its carbon footprint by 16,000 to 25,000 metric tons annually–just by shutting off computers when they aren't in use
tags: ford, greennumbers, carbon footprint, shutting off computers, ie, pc power management
Los Angeles tops EPA's Energy Star buildings list
Los Angeles is once again king of the hill when it comes to the number of energy-efficient buildings, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s second ranking of cities nationwide.
The scorecard calculates how many commercial structures in 2009 earned the agency?s Energy Star rating, which is given to buildings that perform in the top 25% of similar buildings nationwide. Eligibility extends to 13 types of structures such as schools, hospitals, office buildings, retail stores and supermarkets.
Los Angeles had 293 buildings with the label in 2009, covering 76 million square feet and saving an estimated $93.9 million in costs.
tags: Los Angeles, energy-efficient buildings, Energy Star, epa, greennumbers
High capital costs of marine energy puts Crown Estate?s 1.2GW target in question, analyst says
The higher capital costs of marine projects means the latest leasing round by The Crown Estate, which awarded contracts totaling 1.2GW, is optimistic at best
tags: The Crown Estate, marine energy, greennumbers
Water Woes of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining – 2,000 miles of streams destroyed
An analysis of water tested downstream from mountaintop removal mining operations in Appalachia shows high levels of toxins, with some samples testing 50 times the U.S. safety guidelines, according to a report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The independent analysis of previously unreleased data suggests that 14 of 17 sites tested in West Virginia and Kentucky in 2007 and 2009 exceed federal standards for toxins such as arsenic, lead, mercury, and chromium.
tags: greennumbers, appalachia, mountain top removal, coal, arsenic, lead, mercury, chromium
Wind power takes wings – 41GW this year!
China WindPower Group Ltd, Iberdrola SA and Duke Energy Corp will lead development of an estimated $65 billion of wind-power plants this year that let utilities reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
The estimate from Bloomberg New Energy Finance assumes a 9 percent increase in global installations of wind turbines this year, adding as much as 41 gigawatts of generation capacity. That's the equivalent of 34 new nuclear power stations.
tags: China WindPower, greennumbers, iberdrola, duke energy, wind power
100 Best Corporate Citizens? What a CROck! | Marc Gunther
Google challenges Internet censorship in China. It invests in solar power, electric cars, geothermal energy and the smart grid, and runs an array of programs to help its employees become more ?green.? It?s consistently voted one of the best places to work. And it has an inspiring mission: to organize all of the world?s information.
Yet Google doesn?t even come close to making the 2010 list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens put together by CRO Magazine, now known as Corporate Responsibility Magazine.
who did?
Oil companies Hess Corp. (No. 10 on the list) , ExxonMobil (No. 51, which for years sought to delay action to deal with climate change, says Greenpeace), Occidental Petroleum (No. 26, accused of contaminating the Amazon) and Chevron (No. 56, targeted in a landmark class action suit for creating en environmental catastrophe in Ecuador).
The Southern Co. (No. 71), a coal-burning utility which led the fight against the administration?s climate change bill.
And the Newmont Mining Corp (No. 16)., whose gold mines in Nevada have been major sources of mercury pollution."
tags: greennumbers, 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, Corporate Responsibility Magazine, csr, google
CR Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens List | the CRO
Corporate Responsibility Magazine (the new name of CRO Magazine) today announces its 11th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, known as the world?s top corporate responsibility ranking based on publicly-available information and recognized by PR Week as one of America?s top three most-important business rankings.
tags: greennumbers, Corporate Responsibility Magazine, 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, csr
IBM Smarter Cities Technology Centre to create up to 200 Dublin jobs
Technology company IBM is to create up to 200 jobs in Dublin over the next three years at a new research centre.
The ?66 million development in its Smarter Cities Technology Centre, which will be located at IBM's Mulhuddart site, is being assisted by the IDA.
tags: greennumbers, Smarter Cities Technology Centre, ibm, smarter planet, smart city
Filed Under: GreenNumbers Tagged With: 1e, carbon footprint, coal, Corporate Responsibility Magazine, duke energy, energy star, environmental protection agency, ford, freedom of information, IBM, los angeles, offshore wind, smarter cities, water, wind power

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Certain events produce images and results that are difficult if not impossible to counteract even if those images and results tell a false story. Such is the case in the truly unfortunate developments surrounding the flotilla affair.
The images fostered by the activists behind the flotilla and now being repeated over and over through the international media are that the people of Gaza are being deprived of basic human needs; that Israel was again intent on preventing humanitarian aid from reaching the Palestinians; that Israel used indiscriminate force against unarmed civilians; and that this incident highlights not only Israeli aggressiveness but Israel's unwillingness to address the issue of Palestinian rights.
So why is there a blockade of Gaza in the first place? Because the terrorist organization Hamas has been continually seeking to bring in more sophisticated weapons in order to renew its attacks on Israeli civilians to foster its goal, stated clearly in its charter, of eliminating the Jewish state. Until the international community takes seriously the need to stop the weapons flow to Hamas (as it has also not done with regard to Hezbollah in Lebanon), Israel has no choice but to limit the flow through blockade.
Yes, it is said, it may be legitimate to block sending arms to enemies, but that does not justify creating a humanitarian crisis among the civilian population. In fact, there is no humanitarian crisis.
This flotilla was reportedly carrying 15,000 tons of goods to Gazan residents. But Israel on a weekly basis allows 18,000 tons to enter the Strip, providing the basic necessities and more to the residents. And it should be noted that throughout the flotilla affair, before it began and while it was going on, Israel offered to have the goods removed from the ships and brought to Gaza through normal channels, including with the involvement of the United Nations and the Red Cross.
Clearly, the motivation behind the flotilla and the critiques of Israel for allegedly creating a humanitarian crisis have far more to do with legitimizing Hamas and delegitimizing Israel than assisting the population.
Still, it is argued, why did Israel have to use live fire against civilians? Here, too, reality is very different – in two ways. The folks on at least one ship, the Marmara, were hardly innocents. Some of them belonged to the organization IHH, which has been accused at different times for having ties with Al Qaeda and Hamas, including by France, Israel, and the United States. It is therefore no accident that, among the six ships in the flotilla, only the one with the IHH activists acted violently when Israel forces boarded. Knives, axes, bats, and iron bars were all brutally used against the Israelis first, endangering their lives and ultimately forcing Israel's naval operatives to turn to live fire to save their comrades' lives. It was a classic case of individuals motivated by hatred of Israel having the wherewithal to jeopardize the safety of Israelis with the undoubted belief that if things went wrong, it would be Israel that would be blamed.
Perhaps Israel should have taken all this into account, but that is a very different analysis from blaming Israel for the loss of life.
It is said that this entire episode speaks volumes about Israeli intentions toward the Palestinians. It cannot be said often enough that, in fact, Israel has made repeated offers to the Palestinians that, if accepted, could have led to an independent Palestinian state and a dramatic change in the lives of the people. Using incidents like this to "prove" that Israel doesn't want to grant Palestinians their rights may sell well around the world but has nothing to do with history or reality. It is just the latest in Palestinian efforts to isolate Israel, efforts that have hurt the Jewish state but that have caused even more damage to the Palestinians themselves.
Let's not forget that the biased rush to judgment during the second intifada resulted in the false and damaging charge that Israel committed a massacre in Jenin. It turned out to be a complete distortion, an indicator that the "big lie" technique still worked. Big lies are being trotted out again.
Finally, the true context of this story is that it is part of the latest version of the 62-year assault against Israel's very existence. The first took place during the 25 initial years of Israel's existence and it was called war -1948, 1956, 1967, 1973. The second phase was terrorism, highlighted by the suicide attacks between 2002 and 2005.
Now we are in the third phase, the growing campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state, to make it a pariah among nations and ultimately end its existence. There are many ways this is happening – through the campaign of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Israel and, of course, the Goldstone Report. Now add the flotilla affair to that growing list, a tragedy that didn't have to happen but is yet another example of how human life is expendable in the cause of attacking the state of Israel.


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Tag Archives: Ex-Muslims
As'ad Abukhalil: "The Economist and Ex-Muslims"
Prof. As'ad Abukhalil takes on the latest reliance by The Economist on "lazy cliches" regarding Islam and Muslims in relation to apostasy and Atheism.
Abukhalil takes issue with its essentialization based on anecdotal stories, inaccurate relaying of the facts as well as relying on the testimony of Islamophobic bigots such as Ibn Warraq who have a clear agenda.
On Ex-Muslims
by As'ad Abukhalil (Al-Akhbar English)
There are so many obsessively redundant stories about Muslims and Islam. They are too familiar: stories about the veil, Jihad, the status of women, minorities and apostasy. Western reporters love to search and find a Muslim in the West who tells a story of persecution by Muslims. These stories are sexiest when the person elaborates on his new freedoms in the West and how he/she was not able to breathe until their arrival in the West. They tell about their past suffocation and how they could only read and enjoy "Lolita" in Western countries.
But the stories of apostasy still resonate. Westerners don't know that apostasy laws were common at the time when they were promulgated in Sharia. The Economist is sometimes reasonable, but other times indistinguishable in its resort to lazy clichés about Muslims. The new issue of the Economist has a long article about "Atheists and Islam." In the article, all the familiar clichés are squeezed in to draw a most dramatic picture that is worthy of movies about medieval Europe. It operates under the classical premise: that one story about one Muslim suffices to tell the story about all Muslims. And in singling out a story or two about Muslims in the West, the writers don't know that they often fall victim to deception.
In the last few decades, Western governments developed asylum laws which permit a person to obtain legal status if she/he can establish real concern for safety in his/her homeland. I have served as a consultant to many lawyers and law firms in the West and saw the most bizarre stories by people who are desperate to stay legally in the US. Some people talk about how their tribes (even when "the tribe" does not even apply in Damascus or Beirut) will kill them, because they once told a cousin that they are secular. Another claims that his tribe – again – kills its members if they exhibit effeminate tendencies. And many have stumbled on the legal premise of fear of apostasy. They tell a judge (with no background or knowledge of the Middle East) that governments there typically behead apostates.
The Economist's article belongs to this genre. It talks about how only in Turkey and Lebanon atheists can live safely, but only quietly. Where do they get this information from? This doesn't seem to be from someone who know people in the region. I, for one, became an atheist in my teens. My friends and comrades in Lebanon (Lebanese and Palestinians) were also vocal atheists, and none of us faced persecution or even harassment for our views. There is no evidence for any such persecution. Many of my "Facebook friends" are young Arabs who identify their religion as "atheists." And no one is persecuting them. The Saudi government is a rare exception in this case. But Saudi Arabia is often the exception, although it gets good press here in the US. TheEconomist says that eight states in the region have apostasy punishment on the books, but does not say that no one can find one case of implementation of the law in this case, even if you go back decades in time. There is a clear concoction of a dramatic alarmist sensationalism that does not conform to the facts.
The Economist in fact admits that "such punishments are rarely meted out" but does not admit that they are NEVER meted out. The Economistin this article befitting Fox News or the National Inquirer, even talks about "vigilantes inflicting beatings or beheadings," but gives no examples or specifics. And the article assumes that the rise of the Islamists is adding to the dangers ostensibly faced by atheists, but fail to notice that atheists and secularists have in fact become more assertive and more self-confident. And in referring to the past, the article refers to medieval Arab and Persian poets and writers who were atheists, but then adds that "several were famously executed." But such judgment has now been discredited by historians. We don't believe, for example, that Ibn al-Muqaffa` or Bashar Bin Burd were executed for their atheism, but for their political inclinations or for their involvement in palace politics.
The shoddy quality of the article is further revealed when it concludes with an interview with "Ibn Warraq," who is a right-wing Zionist propagandist who lives in the West under a false name because Muslims around the world – according to his tale – are chasing him because he is an ex-Muslim. But I have been an ex-Muslim since my mid-teens and I have not been chased by Muslims: not in the Middle East and not in the US, and I never hid behind a pseudonym.
The question is this: Why are some Western reporters so easily fooled, especially in cases when the lie and tale befits the paradigm of hostility to Islam and Muslims?
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In July 1870, Canada secured title to Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory (literally northwest of Rupert's Land).
It was a phenomenal real estate transaction. Canada increased seven times in size. It was the kind of empire associated with older, more powerful countries, not a dominion just three years old.
For Canada's future on the North American continent, the transfer kept the land out of American hands, especially after the United States had purchased Russian Alaska in 1867 (the same year as Canadian confederation).
The three-million-acre acquisition was also seen as the means to greatness. The North-West Territories (as the region was now called) would help create a powerful northern nation from sea to sea to sea and provide the basis for new provinces, including Saskatchewan. But the deal may have foundered if not for the intervention of the British government. And the HBC got much more in the end.
The sticking point was Canada's refusal to recognize the Hudson's Bay Company's territorial rights. In 1670, an English royal charter gave the fledgling HBC control over Rupert's Land – namely, all of the land within the Hudson Bay drainage basin (about 40 per cent of modern Canada).
The HBC steadfastly maintained its monopoly claim to this vast territory for the next two centuries and considered rival traders as interlopers.
But in the mid-19th century, Canadian political leaders argued that the young dominion was the rightful heir to Rupert's Land because of past French fur trade activities in the western interior. They also insisted that the Canadian claim had not been extinguished in 1821 when the Montreal-based North West Company joined with the HBC.
As for the company charter, Canada argued that it was completely invalid and that even if the HBC had claim to any land, it was confined to the shores of Hudson Bay. Interestingly, the validity of the HBC charter was never tested in British courts.
In the winter of 1868-69, Canadian government negotiators finally sat down with the HBC directorship in London to discuss the acquisition of the region. No Indian and Metis peoples from Rupert's Land were invited to participate, let alone even consulted.
Discussions soon reached a stalemate, largely over continued Canadian questioning of whether the company actually owned the territory in question.
At this point, British Colonial Secretary Lord Granville, acting as an intermediary, proposed a settlement that was effectively forced on the two parties.
The HBC agreed to surrender its charter rights to Rupert's Land in exchange for £300,000 in compensation from the Canadian government. The company also kept its posts and surrounding land and was entitled to a land grant of one-twentieth of the so-called fertile belt.
Canadian takeover of the North-West did not bring an end to the fur trade. The HBC not only continued its traditional operations north of the new settlement frontier, but created a Land Department to handle its new real estate interests. And these interests proved quite substantial.
In the late 1850s, the Palliser and Hind scientific expeditions had defined the fertile belt as a band of land confined to the North Saskatchewan country.
But in the 1869 British order-in-council sanctioning the land transfer, the size of the fertile belt was miraculously enlarged.
Clause six of the formal transfer order extended the southern boundary of the Fertile Belt all the way to the 49th parallel.
It is not known how or why this expansive interpretation came about.
There is no doubt, though, that the new boundaries substantially increased the HBC's land grant over the next few decades – one estimate has placed the windfall at close to five million acres.
The enlarged fertile belt also mirrored Canada's great ambitions for the region.
Once dismissed as a frozen wilderness, the North-West had been transformed into an agricultural Eden that was expected to attract millions of immigrants.
And because the region was deemed so essential to Canada's future prosperity and well-being, the land had to be settled and developed as quickly as possible – even if that process conflicted with the interests of the local aboriginal population.


Shoal Creek Saloon has long billed itself as "the best creekside outdoor patio & bar in Austin," and for good reason. It's a gorgeous facility, the beer on tap is always tasty and cold, and their Cajun food is off the charts. Unfortunately, Shoal Creek Saloon was also one of Austin's beloved businesses that was hit the hardest by the Memorial Day flood, and it turns out the devastation they suffered was worse than most folks even imagined.
In the video below, released Monday by owner Ray Canfield, you'll see exactly what Shoal Creek's rising waters did to this Austin institution. It starts with about 1-2 inches of water on the ground, and then the creek bursts through one of their walls and into their dining room, turning tables and chairs into debris spinning in a whirlpool where people would normally be eating jambalaya.
This video was republished with permission.
Amazingly, the saloon was only closed for five days after this shocking event. Employees, their friends, and even loyal patrons showed up to help Canfield restore Shoal Creek Saloon to its well-known glory, pulling together to reopen their doors in an awful hurry.
Amid all the bad weather news lately, that's certainly good to hear. If you want a nice pick-me-up, watch this video and then stop in for a drink. You will be amazed at how good the place looks after suffering recent a disaster.


Dermatitis is an infection of the skin. The skin may become itchy and progress to a bumpy red rash that may become tender. There may also be pus-filled blisters that are usually found surrounding hair follicles.
Dermatitis - What is Dermatitis?
At the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, Varian, in partnership with the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Department of Radiation Oncology and the Maryland Proton Treatment Center, presented publicly the first pre-clinical results of its research on ultra-high dose rate cancer treatments with protons.
How does the immune system respond to fungi on our skin? Researchers at the University of Zurich have demonstrated that the same immune cells that protect us against skin fungi also encourage the inflammatory symptoms of atopic dermatitis. An antibody therapy could alleviate this chronic inflammatory skin disease.
A British Journal of Dermatology study has found substantially higher rates of anxiety and depression among US adults with atopic dermatitis, compared to those without. The study also found that anxiety and depression often go undiagnosed in these individuals.
Salt apparently affects allergic immune reactions. A team working with Prof. Christina Zielinski at the Technical University of Munich has demonstrated in cell cultures that salt leads to the formation of Th2 cells.
A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified interaction between two elements of the immune system as critical for the transformation of a protective immune response into chronic, cancer-promoting inflammation.
A team of investigators from the University of Colorado College of Nursing at CU Anschutz Medical Campus and National Jewish Health has identified comprehensive guidelines for managing severe atopic dermatitis (AD), the most common form of eczema.
Incorporating pharmacists with an expanded scope into the community or hospital emergency departments (ED) could significantly reduce ED crowdedness, according to a new study.
A study published in the British Journal of Dermatology indicates that an investigational nonsteroidal topical cream may be effective for treating atopic dermatitis, one of the most common inflammatory skin diseases.
The cannabis plant and its derivatives have been used in medicinal treatments for millennia. With the recent legalization of medical marijuana in 33 states across the country, as well as Washington, D.C., several specialties are weighing the possibilities of integrating cannabinoids into patient therapies, including dermatology.
In 2013, renowned Boston Children's Hospital pain researcher Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD, and chemist Kai Johnsson, PhD, his fellow co-founder at Quartet Medicine, believed they held the key to non-narcotic pain relief.
Atopic dermatitis found to be highly prevalent among adults in the U.S.
As many as 16.5 million adults in America suffer from a skin disease known as atopic dermatitis, an inflammatory disease that results in red, itchy skin.
Janet Winston had a rash that wouldn't go away. The English professor from Eureka, Calif., always had been sensitive to ingredients in skin creams and cosmetics. This time, however, the antifungal cream she was prescribed to treat her persistent rash seemed to make things worse. Was she allergic to that, too?
AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced positive results from U-ACHIEVE, an ongoing Phase 2b/3 dose-ranging study evaluating upadacitinib, an investigational JAK1-selective inhibitor, for induction and maintenance therapy in adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Galapagos NV today announced detailed results from the Phase 3 FINCH 2 clinical trial of filgotinib, an investigational, selective JAK1 inhibitor, in adults with moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis and prior inadequate response or intolerance to biologic agents.


Pilots in India seem to be in a fix. For them, it is a flight-and-flight mode when it comes to flying an airplane with hundreds of passengers on board.
However, it has come to light that in the last 4 years, 171 pilots were caught drunk before taking off across airports in India and abroad. Furthermore, more than 40 pilots have been failing breath analyser test every year.
The alarming number of "high flying" pilots was revealed by Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of Civil Aviation Ministry in response to a Right To Information (RTI) query filed by India Today.
The figures will make you nervous about booking the next flight.
Around 57 pilots were held at Delhi airport and 43 at Mumbai airport. While two pilots were found drunk at Dubai airport in 2016 and 2017, one failed the breath analyser test at Sharjah airport in 2015.
Pre-flight breath-analyser test is conducted on crew members before the departure of flights as a measure to determine the concentration of alcohol in the blood.
Rule 24 of the Aircraft Rules states that crew members are not allowed to consume alcohol 12 hours before the commencement of a flight.
In response to India Today's RTI on the action being taken against the drunken pilots, the DGCA said, "The privileges of pilot licence held by these pilots were suspended as per the proviso of the CAR Section-5, Series-F, Part-III".
The DGCA rules state that when a cabin crew fails the breath analyser test for the first time, his or her licence gets suspended for three months. For a second violation, the licence is suspended for 3 years and is permanently cancelled in case of a third violation.
On inquiring about the names of the airlines that these pilots belonged to, the DGCA refused to divulge any names.
However, surprisingly Air India did reveal the details of the pilots, who were caught drunk, in response to another RTI filed by India today.
As per the RTI, in the last eight years, 58 pilots of Air India have been caught drunk, right before they had to fly from various airports in the country.


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import play.api.mvc.{Action, Controller}

import play.api.data.validation.Constraint

import de.zalando.play.controllers._

import PlayBodyParsing._

import PlayValidations._

import scala.util._

/**
 * This controller is re-generated after each change in the specification.
 * Please only place your hand-written code between appropriate comments in the body of the controller.
 */

package uber.api.yaml {

    class UberApiYaml extends UberApiYamlBase {
        val getme = getmeAction {  _ =>
            // ----- Start of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getme
            NotImplementedYet
            // ----- End of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getme
        }
        val getproducts = getproductsAction { input: (Double, Double) =>
            val (latitude, longitude) = input
            // ----- Start of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getproducts
            NotImplementedYet
            // ----- End of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getproducts
        }
        val getestimatesTime = getestimatesTimeAction { input: (Double, Double, EstimatesTimeGetCustomer_uuid, ProfilePicture) =>
            val (start_latitude, start_longitude, customer_uuid, product_id) = input
            // ----- Start of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getestimatesTime
            NotImplementedYet
            // ----- End of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getestimatesTime
        }
        val getestimatesPrice = getestimatesPriceAction { input: (Double, Double, Double, Double) =>
            val (start_latitude, start_longitude, end_latitude, end_longitude) = input
            // ----- Start of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getestimatesPrice
            NotImplementedYet
            // ----- End of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.getestimatesPrice
        }
        val gethistory = gethistoryAction { input: (ErrorCode, ErrorCode) =>
            val (offset, limit) = input
            // ----- Start of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.gethistory
            NotImplementedYet
            // ----- End of unmanaged code area for action  UberApiYaml.gethistory
        }

    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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New theory on origin of the asteroid belt
The asteroid belt may be have started out empty and was populated by objects from across the Solar System. Credit: Sean Raymond, planetplanet.net (Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with Université de Bordeaux has proposed a new theory to explain the origin of the asteroid belt. In their paper published in Science Advances, Sean Raymond and Andre Izidoro describe their theory and what they found when trying to model it. The asteroid belt (sometimes referred to as the main asteroid belt) orbits between Mars and Jupiter. It consists of asteroids and minor planets forming a disk around the sun. It also serves as a sort of dividing line between the inner rocky planets and outer gas giants. Current theory suggests that the asteroid belt was once much more heavily populated, but the gravitational pull of Jupiter flung approximately 99 percent of its former material to other parts of the solar system or beyond. Astronomers also assumed that Jupiter's gravity prevented the material in the belt from coalescing into larger planets. In this new effort, the researchers propose a completely different explanation of the asteroid belt's origin—suggesting that the belt started out as an empty space and was subsequently filled by material flung from the inner and outer planets.
The researchers note that asteroids closer to the rocky planets (called S-type asteroids) tend to contain silicate, similar to the inner planets. By contrast, asteroids in the belt closer to the gas giants (called C-type asteroids) tend to contain more carbon, making them more like the gas giants. This, the researchers note, suggests that the asteroids actually came from the planets as they were forming—excess material was essentially kicked away into the asteroid belt, where it remains today.
To test their theory, the researchers created a model mimicking the early solar system, during which the asteroid belt starts out as empty. Running the model forward, they report, showed that it was possible that material from the other planets could have made its way to the belt, resulting in the disk observed today. They plan to continue their research to see if they can find more evidence for their theory, or for the conventional view.
Explore further:Astronomers identify oldest known asteroid family
More information: Sean N. Raymond et al. The empty primordial asteroid belt, Science Advances (2017). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701138
The asteroid belt contains less than a thousandth of Earth's mass and is radially segregated, with S-types dominating the inner belt and C-types the outer belt. It is generally assumed that the belt formed with far more mass and was later strongly depleted. We show that the present-day asteroid belt is consistent with having formed empty, without any planetesimals between Mars and Jupiter's present-day orbits. This is consistent with models in which drifting dust is concentrated into an isolated annulus of terrestrial planetesimals. Gravitational scattering during terrestrial planet formation causes radial spreading, transporting planetesimals from inside 1 to 1.5 astronomical units out to the belt. Several times the total current mass in S-types is implanted, with a preference for the inner main belt. C-types are implanted from the outside, as the giant planets' gas accretion destabilizes nearby planetesimals and injects a fraction into the asteroid belt, preferentially in the outer main belt. These implantation mechanisms are simple by-products of terrestrial and giant planet formation. The asteroid belt may thus represent a repository for planetary leftovers that accreted across the solar system but not in the belt itself.
Journal reference:Science Advances
© 2017 Phys.org
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One of the many things I really wasn't prepared for when becoming a parent, was the gaping, black-hole of loneliness which sucked me in. After the initial terror/euphoria of birth, getting our new daughter home and settling into the 4 hourly marathon of existence (feed, sleep, change, repeat), I was completely left to my own devices with minutes, hours, days and whole weeks to fill.
Yes, we did NCT classes (National Childbirth Trust antenatal classes largely focused around birth) so I had a group of other local mums to meet up with. And nice as they were, they weren't really my friends. We barely knew each other and aside from having given birth and living in roughly the same part of London, we didn't have much in common. Our weekly meet-ups in a local cafe were seriously marred by the fact that my baby went completely nuts for the 15 minutes or so in which I managed to inhale a coffee and scoff a cake before retreating (of course she calmed down as soon as I left). The baby-massage course I embarked on, more for something to do than anything else, was yet another trauma as, of course, mine was the only baby who detested having her clothes off and screamed blue-murder for the duration of the class, whilst I sweatily, tried to feed her, calm her - anything so that the poor teacher could be heard and the rest of the class could get some benefit or enjoyment!
The supermarket became my go-to, as there would be some minimal but low-pressure human interaction and even... (drum-roll!!)...the possibility of a chat with someone I bumped into, knowing I could quickly skidaddle if bubba decided to exercise her lungs. I also took to travelling to meet my partner after his working day to kill another couple of hours and bring the time when my solo-parenting was over. Braving rush-hour with a small baby wasn't a patch on that ever-threatening black-hole - actually it was quite an effective antidote being crammed into a confined space with a load of people with a "purpose".
But what really saved me was two things: an exercise class where I could take my baby. It was outside on Tooting Common, and wasn't just new mums, but a bunch of down-to-earth people with children of varying ages and stages. So the perspective they had on a screaming newborn, was one I was seriously lacking, and helped me so much. They didn't mind that my baby cried a lot, they didn't think that meant I was a bad mother or doing something terribly wrong - they knew that lots of young babies are unsettled and "colic-y" (don't get me started on that nonsense-term!!) and it being outside also meant that by baby's cries didn't have the stressful impact on me or anyone around me. Tess, the teacher was so helpful too, rocking the buggy so I could finish whatever exercise we were doing, without worrying that my baby crying for 20 seconds was going to scar her for life. Obviously the exercise itself also helped.
And that in turn was the inspiration for Pram Chorus, my second saviour - so that I could combine my previous professional life as a choir-director, with my newfound existence as a parent. A choir for parents: not just mums but dads too (a subject for another blog-post, but poor Dad-carers are implicitly and explicitly excluded from so many baby-activities) - ANYONE looking after a pre-school child, to come and take part themselves in a stimulating and fun activity. You don't have to talk to anyone, or be able to sing or even especially like singing. But you and your baby/toddler, screaming or not, are welcome to come and take part in something. I won't promise you friends (although there's a strong chance you'll make some) but I will promise you an hour of pure, healthy escapism; where you and your voice are valued and appreciated. You will come away with some new songs to sing, having exercised your grey-matter, having had a laugh and with a spring in your step, to keep you going for the week between classes.
So if you are struggling and doing your best to dodge that black-hole, please take that first step and come along.


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Volcano ash airport gridlock may help travelers rediscover creative genius, says psychologist
by Washington University in St. Louis
(PhysOrg.com) -- The dark clouds of volcanic ash that have closed airports and stranded travelers for days on end may have a silver lining, suggests an expert on human creativity from Washington University in St. Louis.
Like it or note, stranded travelers around the globe are suddenly finding themselves with a lot of unscheduled time on their hands, and idle time is a key ingredient to becoming more creative in your personal and professional lives, says R. Keith Sawyer, PhD, an associate professor of education and of psychology, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.
"Idle time allows people to think of their problems in new ways," says Sawyer, author of Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, a seminal overview of the history of creativity and of research into traits that highly creative people all share. "People talk about the 'aha' moment emerging when you are doing something else."
The bottom line, says Sawyer, is that being creative in your work and personal life takes time, and more often than not, busy people simply do not find the time to examine their lives with fresh eyes, to really contemplate the big picture realities of challenges they face.
"Creative people work hard but they also work smart," Sawyer adds. "There is a certain way they structure their work habits. They structure their day so they alternate between hard work and time off. Researchers call it idle time.
Sawyer thinks much of the difference between highly creative people and the rest of us is hard work and work habits.
"No one is born highly creative," Sawyer explains. "Psychologists studying creativity have discovered that it is based on cognitive processes we all share. Creativity is not the result of some magic brain region that some people have and others don't. You have to work hard to be a more creative person. You have to be diligent."
Creative people also tend to have multiple related long-term projects going on at the same time. "When they are working on one thing and they get stuck, they shift to another project. That creates potential for unexpected connections between the projects."
Creative people also take breaks to do something radically different from their current project. "They might read a book, play a board game or take a walk. These are times where distant analogies can happen — meaning something on the board game might provide an idea regarding the current project. Something in a book might connect two ideas together. A walk might allow for viewing of new concepts."
When Sawyer talks to corporations about creativity, he always emphasizes the importance of making employees take all of their vacation time.
"Many people don't take their vacation and they end up rolling over all of their off time. If I were a senior manager, I would make everyone take all of their vacation time," Sawyer says. "Time away from work is essential for recharging the batteries, so to speak, and to help people think more creatively on the job. People need freedom in their schedule for idle time."
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Except as otherwise prescribed by law or by the Secretary of Defense, the Army shall be divided into such commands, forces, and organizations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.
For Army purposes, the United States, the Commonwealths and possessions, and other places in which the Army is stationed or is operating may be divided into such areas as may be directed by the Secretary. Officers of the Army may be assigned to command Army activities, installations, and personnel in those areas. In the discharge of the Army's functions or other functions authorized by law, officers so assigned have the duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary.
Such part of the Corps of Engineers as the President directs shall be formed into tactical units organized as he prescribes.
10:181 (less 1st 39 words).
June 28, 1950, ch. 383, §§ 303, 304, 64 Stat. 268.
June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 11 (less 1st 41 words); restated June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, § 11 (less 1st 41 words), 41 Stat. 768.
In subsection (b), the words "have the duties and powers" are substituted for the words "shall perform such duties and exercise such powers". The words "of America", "other provisions", and "so assigned" are omitted as surplusage. The word "Commonwealths" is inserted to reflect the present status of Puerto Rico.
2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted "Commonwealths and possessions" for "Territories, Commonwealths, and possessions".
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433 inserted reference to Secretary of Defense.
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title IX, § 903, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1620, as amended by Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 704(a)(7), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 118; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 941, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1736, related to establishment of United States Army Reserve Command and assignment of forces to Army Reserve Command, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XII, § 1211(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2691. See section 10171 of this title.


RESIDENTS: Residents of Kleberg County who are at least 5 years old are eligible to apply for an initial library card free of charge. Before a library card can be issued, the applicant must complete a registration card. A local 'reference' with a different address and telephone number must be provided. Applicants between the ages of 5 and 17 must have the signature of a parent or legal guardian on the registration card when applying.
LIBRARY CARDS EXPIRY DATE: Library cards expire after 1 year and must be renewed at the Circulation Desk.
CHANGE OF INFORMATION: Please notify the Library of any change in name, address or phone number.
LOST OR STOLEN CARDS : Please notify the Library if your card is lost or stolen. The replacement fee for a lost or stolen card is $3.00.
NON-RESIDENTS: Any non-residents who is at least 5 years old can purchase a library card for an annual fee of $7.00. Before a library card can be issued, the applicant must complete a registration card. A 'reference' with a different address and telephone number must be provided. Applicants between the ages of 5 and 17 must have the signature of a parent or legal guardian on the registration card when applying. Non-residents library cards expire after 1 year and must be renewed at the Circulation Desk for an annual fee of $7.00.


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Police, local leaders react to death of Shawntray Grant
by: Darius Johnson
Posted: Mar 14, 2019 / 10:38 PM EDT / Updated: Mar 14, 2019 / 11:40 PM EDT
The Savannah Police Department met Thursday to address an indictment that connects seven people to multiple homicides and other crimes.
Osha Dunham and Nelaunte Grant are behind bars in connection to the death of a local community activist, Shawntray "Puff" Grant.
Dunham is facing 78 different charges including 4 counts of murder. Police say Dunham tried to rob 'Puff" before killing him on June 15, 2018.
Nelaunte Grant also facing murder charges for being a "party to the commission of a crime." She is not related to the Grant family.
Savannah Police say the 108-page indictment wouldn't have been possible without help from the community.
"This was personal for me. As Shawntray Grant was one of our foot soldiers in our community," District 1, Alderman Van Johnson said.
Many say he was a warrior for a just cause.
"Mr. Grant was a beloved member of our community and someone who fought against gun violence in our community and tragically lost his life to gun violence in our community. As our detectives began investigating this case this investigation took several twists and turns," Savannah Police Chief, Roy Minter said.
But family, friends and the community, remained hopeful.
"As a community, we were fed up and disgusted and for quite some time we said that we're going to get justice for Puff. And certainly, today is the day and the beginning of that process," Johnson said.
It was a process that involved long hours, search warrants, and interviews that required dedication. Chief Minter says he assured the Grant family that the investigation would remain a priority.
"I can tell you that since I've been here, there has not been one day where there has not been an investigator working on this case," Minter said. "I sincerely hope that this sends a clear message throughout our community that we will not tolerate illegal gangs, guns and drug activity in our community."
Savannah Police say they still need help from the public so they can continue to investigate similar crimes.
The Grant Family Attorney sent the following statement:
The family of Shawntray Grant wishes to thank members of law enforcement for their hard work on this case and the community for their support following his death.
Shawntray worked diligently to make Savannah a better place. He rallied for causes and wanted to ensure peace and harmony for our community.
While nothing can bring him back, Shawntray's family is thankful that those who took his life will be held accountable.
Local News / 1 min ago


LASIK stands for 'Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis.' It is the most common type of refractive surgery (surgery to eliminate the need for glasses/contact lenses). It is used to treat near-sightedness, far-sightedness, and astigmatism.
LASIK is a type of laser vision correction that changes the shape of the cornea. The cornea, the clear front window of the eye, is the primary determinant of an eye's prescription. By changing the shape of the cornea, LASIK can eliminate the eye's need for a prescription.
LASIK works by using a sophisticated femtosecond laser to create a thin flap in the outer layer of the cornea. This hinged flap is folded backward, and then a second laser (the excimer laser) is used to precisely reshape the now-exposed deeper layers of the cornea. The flap is then put back into position, and the procedure is done. No sharp instruments, bandages, or stitches are required. In the majority of cases, LASIK is a painless procedure that takes only 10 minutes to perform. Usually, you achieve clear uncorrected vision in as little as 24 hours.
To determine if you are a LASIK candidate, the first step is to schedule a free screening. At this screening, multiple measurements are taken of your eyes to determine if your eyes qualify for LASIK surgery. If your eyes are suitable, the next step is to have a thorough eye exam with Dr. Larson or Dr. Saipe. They will further evaluate you to ensure that your eyes are healthy enough for the LASIK procedure.
On the day of surgery, you will be given medicine to help you to relax. You will then be brought into our state-of-the-art laser suite and reclined flat on your back. Numbing drops are placed in your eyes, and your eyelashes and eyelids are cleaned with a medical soap. Your eyelids are gently separated, and a soft rubber ring is placed on the surface of your eye. Once it is properly aligned, this soft ring applies a moderately-intense pressure, and the vision temporarily goes dark. This all lasts only a few seconds. During this time, you are carefully positioned under the femtosecond laser, and the LASIK flap is created. This is the most delicate part of the procedure, and after this is done, the hard part is over. To complete the LASIK surgery, you will be positioned under the excimer laser and asked to focus on the blinking orange light. The laser will confirm your eye, and then you will hear the clicks of the laser pulses working to reshape your cornea. Dr. Larson or Dr. Saipe do one final check to make sure that everything looks good, and then the procedure is complete!
Immediately following your LASIK surgery, it is normal for the vision to be blurry or to feel like you have something in your eye. The best thing to do for your eyes after LASIK is to take a nap, and then to start using your eye drops when you wake up. You will return to see Dr. Larson or Dr. Saipe the next day. Often the vision is already nearly perfect at this visit; however, sometimes it can take several weeks for the vision to stabilize. Either way, it is important to follow the directions you were given regarding the use of eye drops, to abide by your activity restrictions, and to avoid rubbing your eyes.
LASIK is a life-changing procedure, and the surgeons at Vermont Eye Laser are committed to helping you achieve your best vision possible! Schedule a LASIK consultation today.
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While others may be into a summer fling, you're about the real thing.
And there's a good chance you're already serious with someone already.
For you, the summer is about getting closer and more committed.
Just don't get tempted by any of that hot weather eye candy!
Doom. doomy doom doom doom.
Oh wait...you said "GRRRRRRRRR!!!!" not Gir.


Fixed a CrossARK inventory transfer crash. Requires Server Update.
Made Flyers dismount in Scorched Earth caves properly. Requires Server Update.
Unversioned Hotfix: Client-side changed Dino Tamed-On/Uploaded-From HUD info to only be visible on Unconscious Dinos, even if they're your own team. Also hid that info when "Hide Server Info" option is enabled.
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Rökkvi Vésteinsson (born March 22, 1978) is an Icelandic comedian. He was born in the capital city of Iceland, Reykjavík. He has performed standup comedy in Iceland and Montreal and Ottawa, Canada, as well as in Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands. He studied improv with Terence Bowman in Montreal, who is a founding member of an improv troupe called On the Spot (Improv).

Tours
September 2006 – October 2006: "Documentary Tour" in Canada, England, and Ireland
28 February 2008 – 9 March 2008: "Damaged Goods Tour" ("Skemmd Vara") in the Netherlands and Belgium

References

External links
Official international website of Rökkvi
Official Icelandic website of Rökkvi

1978 births
Rokkvi Vesteinsson
Living people

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Henry Rollins is hosting a new branded podcast called Tough Conversations.
Warrior-poet Henry Rollins has long been known for both his tough, muscular facade and the emotionally complex creative soul within. Discovering fame as punk band Black Flag's frontman, Rollins has since become a master of spoken word and storytelling.
Created for the Australian market, where Mercedes is debuting its X-Class of trucks, the Mercedes campaign looks at the relationship between pickups (locally known as "utes") and toughness, with Rollins probing beyond physical strength to get at the emotional and social aspects of resilience.
For the series, Rollins travels across Australia, interviewing everyone from surfer and shark attack survivor Mick Fanning to a farmer whose hard-scrabble rural upbringing was made all the more challenging by his realization that he was gay.
You can subscribe to "Tough Conversations" on Apple Podcasts. A one-hour documentary from the campaign will air on Australia's One network on April 18 and be available for streaming.


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Peter Brandes: Circular eathenware dish, decorated in polychrome colours with abstract motif. Signed. Tommerup Teglværk. Diam. 52.5 cm.
Kgl. P.: A round stoneware lid jar decorated with oxblood glaze. Cover with patinated and partly gilded bronze. H. 13.5 cm.
Torsten Johansson: Circular serving tray of veneered Brazilian rosewood. Sides with two circular, carved handles. H. 5.5 cm. Diam. 32 cm.
Melike Abasiyanik: A stoneware vase with relief patterns. Decorated with solfatara glaze. Signed monogram, 22127. Royal Copenhagen.
Murano, Italy: A large circular bowl of clear iridescent glass. Foot and upper rim of dark blue glass. H. 13.7 cm. Diam. 37.5 cm.
Hugo Liisberg: A stoneware figure modelled in the shape of a lamb. Decorated with grey and brown glaze. H. 21.2 cm.
Thorvald Bindesbøll: Copper ornament sign in the shape of an owl with green glass eyes. Unsigned. H. 24.4 cm. W. 16 cm.
Just Andersen: Patinated "disko" metal table lamp in angular drop shape. H. 27.5 - 48 cm.
Carl Cunningham-Cole: Circular earthenware dish/wall relief modelled with fragments and "bottles". Diam. 50 cm.
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Kay Bojesen: A lacquered beech rocking horse. Stamped "Kay Bojesen copyright Denmark". H. 46. L. 73 cm.


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Fatal error: Class 'BP_Groups_Group' not found in /home/referral/public_html/parson/wp-content/plugins/bp-group-calendar/bp-group-calendar.php on line 129. Can no longer access site.
Which plugin version are you using? Just released a new version that should fix that error.
If not what BP theme and version are you using?
Great! I cannot access my admin panel because of the error. How can I install the update?
Same as always, overwrite the old file with the new ones in your wp-content/plugins/ folder via FTP.
Looks like we are back in business...thanks, Aaron!!!
I'm running WP 3.01, BP 1.5.2, and BP Social Theme.
The error is fixed when BP Group Calendar is deleted. On re-install, all works correctly.
Also, I get a similar white-screen fatal error with non-WPMU Dev plugin: BuddyPress Wiki.
Would there be a way for me to recover from these without deleting the plugins if I inadvertently disable the BP option again?
Is this problem a BuddyPress shortcoming that I should notify BuddyPress about?
I'm seeing this error as well and have made a report to the developers. We'll take a look at this and see what can be done and report back shortly.
Those plugins require groups to be enabled. Any group buddypress plugin will give similar errors if you disable BP groups.
I will look into trying to handle that rare situation more gracefully in the next version though.
If this, or maybe something similar, happens again, is there a way for me to recover from this white-screen fatality without deleting the plugin files like I did before? Since I didn't have any data in the Calendar, I don't know if it would have left the data in MySQL and re-read it when I re-installed the Calendar plugin. Any knowledge on this?
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\section{Introduction}
 Gravitation is the only one of the four fundamental forces in physics
 which cannot be shielded by particles of opposite charge and whose
 force at long range interactions does not have any (e.g. exponential)
 cutoff; the gravitational force is described by Newton's inverse square
 force law to the largest possible ranges in which classical mechanics
 applies. So it does not have a preferred scale and as a consequence
 gravitational forces play an important role for the dynamical
 evolution of astrophysical systems on practically all scales.
 Among the most challenging problems which have
 been treated by purely gravitational
 $N$-body simulations are structure formation in the universe, evolution
 of galactic nuclei and globular star clusters. Even if
 non-gravitative effects become important, like hydrodynamics or
 magnetohydrodynamic forces (e.g. for star formation or dissipative
 galaxy formation) some of the methods to solve the relevant dynamical
 equations represent the gas by particles interacting by a combination
 of gravitational and non-gravitative forces (smoothed particle
 hydrodynamics, {\cc SPH}, Lucy 1977, Gingold \& Monaghan 1977).
 Thus, simulations using particles to follow the dynamical evolution
 of astrophysical systems are one of the most important tools in
 computational astrophysics and have become a third independent
 experimental field of astrophysical
 research besides theory and observations.

 This paper is organized as follows. First we present some key questions
 which are being addressed by present or
 future direct $N$-body simulations in the
 fields of globular star clusters, galactic nuclei, and cosmological models
 of structure formation (Sect. 2). Second, the main algorithms for
 astrophysical $N$-body simulations are briefly introduced and discussed
 in comparison with each other (Sect. 3).
 In Sect. 4 their implementation
 on special purpose hardware is discussed and
 a new concept for faster and more flexible hardware
 tailored to various kinds of direct $N$-body simulations
 including gas dynamics is presented.

 \section{Some Astrophysical Key Questions}
 \subsection{Globular Star Clusters}

 There is an excellent review of the internal dynamics of globular star
 clusters (Meylan \& Heggie 1997). Here we only want to stress some selected
 topics which are relevant to the subject of $N$-body simulations. Globular
 star clusters are nicely spherical (sometimes slightly flattened) star
 clusters consisting of $10^5$ -- $10^6$ stars.
 Since their escape velocity
 is small compared to the typical velocities of stellar winds and explosions
 they are practically gas-free. They are ideal stellar dynamical laboratories
 because their relevant thermal (two--body relaxation) and dynamical
 timescales are smaller than their lifetime. Globular cluster systems
 exist around many other galaxies as well (see e.g. Forbes, Brodie \&
 Grillmair 1997).

 Due to their relative isolation, lack of observable interstellar gas and
 due to their symmetry globular clusters are well approximated by simplified
 theoretical models.
 Since the relaxation
 timescale is long compared to the dynamical time they develop
 through a sequence of dynamical (virial) equilibria.
 The fundamental
 kinetic equation in such case is
 the Fokker-Planck equation. Inspired by plasma physical work the use of
 this equation for stellar dynamics goes back to Cohn (1980). Recent
 models of that type include the effects of anisotropy (differences
 between radial and tangential velocity dispersion, which can be
 present even in spherical systems, Takahashi 1996, 1997).
 Another improvement includes for the first time the effect of
 rotation for those of the globular clusters which are slightly
 flattened (Einsel \& Spurzem 1997).  Also anisotropic gaseous models
 based on a moment evaluation of the Fokker--Planck equation were
 successfully used (Louis \& Spurzem 1991, Spurzem 1994).

 In the
 presence of self-gravitation many concepts of thermodynamics,
 however, have to be used with care.
 So, for example, there is
 no global thermodynamic equilibrium, because a system of gravitating
 point masses can always achieve infinite amounts of binding energy just
 by moving two or more or all of the particles closer and closer together.
 At some limiting central velocity dispersion
 general relativity takes
 over and the cluster collapses by a dynamical instability
 towards a black hole
 (Shapiro \& Teukolsky 1985). Before reaching
 that limit most realistic astrophysical systems, however, will reach
 the limit of physical collisions and merging of their stars. Another
 alternative is that
 strong two--body correlations (close binaries) form which subsequently stop
 the global gravitational collapse by
 superelastic scatterings with field stars (Bettwieser \& Sugimoto 1984).
 If there are too many binaries, however,
 the fundamental assumption of
 using the one-particle distribution function and the Fokker-Planck equation
 breaks down.

 The second obstacle of thermodynamic methods to treat astrophysical
 ensembles of particles is simply that particle numbers are not large
 enough. Therefore stochastic fluctuations, deviations
 from thermodynamic expectation values in individual representations of
 e.g. star clusters are much more
 significant than in any laboratory gas;
 the amplitude of such fluctuations
 can be of a size comparable to that of the observed
 quantity. Hence it is by no means guaranteed, that a given
 individual globular
 cluster consisting of some one million or less particles strictly
 evolves according to models derived from statistical mechanics.
 As a consequence
 Giersz \& Heggie (1994a,b, 1996, 1997) in their seminal series of
 papers compared the results of statistical models based on the Fokker-Planck
 approximation with ensemble averages of a number of statistically independent
 direct $N$-body simulations. From this and similar
 work (Spurzem \& Aarseth 1996, Makino 1996)
 one can conclude that in spherical isolated clusters statistical
 models in spherical symmetry with standard two--body relaxation
 work fairly well, but already in the case of a galactic tidal field
 with an enhanced mass loss by stellar escapers, severe
 problems occur in understanding the results of the direct $N$-body models
 and their relation to the results of the Fokker-Planck results (Heggie 1997,
 this volume). Note that such problems occur for one of the still most
 simplified globular cluster models; no rotation and no mass loss by
 stellar evolution was included, stars were considered as
 point masses and no effects of binary stellar evolution taken into account,
 no primordial binaries present, no time-dependent three-dimensional
 tidal field, and so on. Consequences from that are two--fold: first
 great care should be taken advancing Fokker-Planck and gaseous models
 to more complicated situations, second direct $N$-body models should be
 seen either as a theoretical tool to check and gauge the statistical
 models (eventually after a process of ensemble averaging) or they
 should employ a realistic particle number to directly model an
 individual, real star cluster. Besides the questions of gravothermal
 oscillations in very large $N$-body systems and the scalability of
 cluster models in a galactic tidal field, which are treated elsewhere,
 we would like to stress here the importance to acquire information
 on the pre- and post-collapse evolution of
 $N$-body models of rotating globular clusters,
 for which very little is known yet.

 From the previous paragraphs it should be clear, that only an
 exact, direct $N$-body integrator should be used
 for problems of globular cluster dynamics, which treats the two-body relaxation
 by small angle gravitative encounters of all impact parameters with
 a maximal accuracy and simultaneously, accurately
 and efficiently follows the formation and evolution
 of very close binaries, whose timescales differ by many orders
 of magnitude from the dynamical timescale of the whole cluster.
 Such requirements are fulfilled by {\cc Nbody5}
 (Aarseth 1985) and its successors (see Sect. 3).
 As a final remark for
 this subsection, we stress that in very young stellar clusters,
 like newly forming globular clusters seen around merging galaxies
 (Schweizer et al. 1996), the timescales to deplete the cluster from
 remaining protostellar gas by stellar winds, for star formation
 and evolution of massive stars, are comparable to the dynamical
 time of the cluster. Since mass segregation by two--body relaxation
 can be faster than the standard relaxation by a factor of $M/m$, where
 $M$ are the most massive species, and $m$ is the average particle mass
 in the cluster, even two-body effects are not completely negligible
 at cluster formation. Modelling such situation in a context of
 cooling and fragmentation of a gas cloud (Murray \& Lin 1996) including
 stellar dynamical effects would require an highly accurate $N$-body
 integrator in dynamical coupling with a gaseous component.

 \subsection{Galactic Nuclei}

 Another long--standing problem of collisional stellar dynamics is
 the question of the equilibrium system and dynamical evolution of
 a cusp of stars surrounding a massive central black hole. Such
 massive black holes are very likely to reside in the centres
 of galaxies as a fossile of earlier acticity (Kormendy \& Richstone
 1995). Their formation as a result of collisionless dynamical
 general relativistic collapse and dissipative processes during
 galaxy formation is very likely but not yet fully understood
 (Quinlan \& Shapiro 1990). Frank \& Rees
 (1976) examined the interplay between mass and energy transport
 by two--body relaxation and loss--cone accretion of stars on orbits
 with low angular momentum by the black hole; their results were
 confirmed by Monte-Carlo numerical models of Marchant \& Shapiro (1980),
 later followed by multi--mass direct numerical solutions of the
 1D Fokker--Planck equation for isotropic stellar cusps of Murphy,
 Cohn \& Durisen (1991). Only recently the first self-consistent
 $N$-body models of massive black holes including a sufficient number
 of stars in their surrounding cusps were done by use of hybrid $N$-body
 algorithms (Quinlan 1996, Quinlan \& Hernquist 1997) or a high-speed
 special purpose computer for a direct summation algorithm (Makino \&
 Ebisuzaki 1996, Makino 1997). However, the latter work was occupied
 mainly with the question of dynamical friction of black hole binaries
 in a galactic nucleus after a merger event. Still the standard picture
 of Frank \& Rees (1976) has not yet carefully been checked by using a
 direct full $N$-body simulation. It is not certain, whether the assumption
 that two--body relaxation dominates the evolution is correct; it has
 been suggested that large angle close encounters of stars with each other and
 with the black hole compete with it, and that there may be non--standard
 relaxation processes at work (Rauch \& Tremaine 1996). These are
 interesting open question to tackle with high accuracy pure particle
 $N$-body simulations. Even more important as in the case of globular clusters,
 however, are the possible effects of gas produced by stellar collisions,
 which can accumulate in the centre due to the much deeper central potential,
 and form new stars
 (Quinlan \& Shapiro 1990, Rees 1997)
 We would like to conclude this subsection with the
 final remark that this is again a physical situation where highly
 accurate direct $N$-body models, eventually dynamically coupled with
 the dynamics of a gas component are very important for future understanding
 of such objects.

\subsection{Cosmology and Structure Formation}

 In the standard paradigm of cosmological structure formation
 primordial quantum
 fluctuations grow
 gravitationally in a universe dominated by non-dissipative dark matter. In
 the non-linear regime the distribution of masses can be estimated by
 simple theory (Press \& Schechter 1974), later extended to
 $N$-body models (e.g. White et al. 1987, Navarro, Frenk \&
 White 1997).
 On small scales gas
 physics, which (e.g. in the case of star formation) is only known approximately
 has to be included into the models
 (Steinmetz 1996).
 Recently it has been shown, that softening
 of the gravitational potential, which was adopted in most of the models,
 causes spurious two--body relaxation effects (Steinmetz \& White 1997).
 Consistently Moore et al. (1997) find that
 the structure of cold-dark-matter (CDM) haloes significantly changes
 if models with much higher resolution in particle number are used.
 Again, we want to conclude here that high
 resolution, high-accuracy $N$-body simulations, gravitationally coupled
 with a gas component are useful to study such questions.

 \section{Numerical Methods of $N$-body integration}

 \begin{table}[htb]

\caption{Algorithms for $N$-body Simulations}
\begin{tabular}{llll}
\hline
Number & Name & Scaling \\
\hline
\noalign{\leftline{\underbar{\cc No particle-particle relaxation:}}}
\noalign{\medskip}
1 &  PM -- particle mesh  & ${\cal O}(N)+{\cal O}(n^3)$ \\
2.&  Fast Multipole &  ${\cal O}(N)+{\cal O}(nlm)$ \\
3.&  Self Consistent Field & ${\cal O}(N)+{\cal O}(nlm)$\\
\noalign{\medskip}
\noalign{\leftline{\underbar{\cc ``Exact'':}}}
\noalign{\medskip}
4.& {\cc Nbody1 - 4} & ${\cal O}(N^2)$ \\
5.& {\cc Nbody5 - 6} & ${\cal O}(NN_n)+{\cal O}(N^2)$ \\
6.& {\cc Kira}       &  \\
\noalign{\medskip}
\noalign{\leftline{\underbar{\cc ``Mixed'':}}}
\noalign{\medskip}
7.& {\cc Tree} & ${\cal O}(N\log N)$ \\
8.& {\cc P${}^3$M} &
    ${\cal O}(N_n^2)+{\cal O}(N){\cal O}(nlm)$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
 In Table 1 an overview over the most commonly used present algorithms
 for direct $N$-body simulations is given. The symbols used in the
 ``Scaling'' column denote the particle number $N$, a neighbour number
 $N_n$ (compare Sect. 4), a grid resolution $n$ or the
 number of terms $nlm$ in a series evaluation of the gravitational
 potential. We want to comment only very briefly
 on each of the methods to give an overview for the reader. The
 first group has been labelled ``no particle--particle relaxation''
 because it does not use direct gravitational forces between particles.
 The gravitational potential is computed from the particle configuration
 via an intermediate step, either through a mesh in coordinate space or an
 orthogonal function series. Reviews on classical
 particle mesh (PM) techniques
 can be found in Sellwood (1987).
 ``{\cc Superbox}'' is a multi--grid method in
 a classical PM scheme suitable for high resolution problems and
 relaxing the inflexibility of conventional PM methods somehow
 (Madejsky \& Bien 1993).
 Fast multipole methods used e.g. by Greengard (1990) and Greengard \&
 Rokhlin (1987) can only efficiently be used for codes using the same
 timestep for particles, which makes them unfeasible for astrophysical
 problems with gravitating particles developing into highly structured and/or
 inhomogeneous states. Codes using an orthogonal series expansion
 (so-called ``self consistent field'' or SCF codes) have been introduced
 to the astrophysical community mainly by Hernquist \& Ostriker (1992),
 although there are earlier similar approaches (e.g. Clutton-Brock 1972).

  In all cases where a highly accurate computation of the gravitational
 potential with all its graininess due to individual particles, responsible
 for various relaxation effects, is necessary, there is no way to avoid
 a direct brute--force summation algorithm, where individual
 pairwise forces are computed. Such approach goes back to Aarseth (1963)
 and von Hoerner (1960). Close encounters and the formation of binaries,
 whose binding energies are large compared to the thermal energy
 of the system have led to the inclusion of regularization in such codes
 (named {\cc Nbody1 - 4}, Aarseth 1996). In addition to an individual
 time step scheme and a high order
 time integrator some versions (named {\cc Nbody5, 6}, Aarseth 1985,
 Makino \& Aarseth 1992) also use an Ahmad-Cohen neighbour scheme
 to reduce the number of total force computations required.
 The algorithm is well
 parallelizable and has been implemented on general purpose
 parallel computers (Spurzem 1997). The {\cc Kira} code is
 a new development by Hut, McMillan \& Makino
 (cf. www.sns.ias.edu/starlab/starlab.html).

 At the end of Table 1 there are the ``mixed'' codes; one
 is the {\cc Tree}-Code (Barnes \& Hut 1986),
 using particle--particle forces in principle;
 it groups, however, subsets of particles in some distance from a test particle
 together, taking only their centres of masses into account (and if
 required also some multipole moments of the mass distribution). It is
 highly efficient for lumpy particle configurations, where the configuration
 has a small overall filling factor, and has been used very successfully
 for large-scale cosmological simulations
 and models of merging galaxies, partly even including a gas component
 treated by {\cc SPH} (just as examples of most recent work look at e.g.
 Dav\'e, Dubinski \& Hernquist 1997, Mihos, Dubinski \& Hernquist 1997).
 Most {\cc Tree}-Code implementations do not require very high accuracies,
 for example an energy error of up to a few percent is generally tolerated.
 Enforcing in a {\cc Tree}--code very high accuracy as it is required
 for globular cluster models ($10^{-3}$ \%, a typical value achieved
 for direct Aarseth {\cc Nbody}-integrators) leads to a very significant
 reduction of its efficiency (McMillan \& Aarseth 1993). Finally, another
 ``mixed'' code also used especially for cosmological simulations with
 an {\cc SPH} gas component is the ${\rm P}^3{\rm M}$--code,
 for which we refer to a
 recent paper of Pearce \& Couchman (1997).

 \section{Hardware}

 The construction of special-purpose hardware to compute gravitational
 forces in direct $N$-body simulations was inspired by the fact that
 the total CPU time required for one time step\
 of all particles scales as $T = \alpha N + \beta N^2 $, with
 some numerical time constants $\alpha$ and $\beta$. For large particle
 number $N$ the second part (the pairwise force calculation)
 consumes most of the time (see Sugimoto et al. 1990). So our Japanese
 colleagues built the GRAPE hardware, whose development
 culminated in the presentation of the GRAPE-4 Teraflop computer
 (Makino et al. 1997, see also the papers of Makino and Taiji in this
 volume). The latter could be so fast, that according to
 Amdahl's law the other parts of the code (e.g. to advance the particles)
 become the bottleneck of the simulation, especially if not just the
 simplest possible $N$-body integrator is used, but a neighbour scheme
 like {\cc Nbody6} or, even worse, a code which also includes some
 gas dynamical {\cc SPH} calculations (see e.g. Steinmetz 1996). A prototype
 timing formula for the CPU time required per timestep in such cases is
 $T = \alpha N + \beta N^2 + \delta N\cdot N_n$, where $\delta$ is another
 time constant and $N_n$ a typical neighbour number, for which neighbour
 forces (in case of {\cc Nbody6}) or gas dynamical forces (in case of
 {\cc SPH}) are to be calculated on a test particle. We are
 proposing to use here reconfigurable hardware based on field--programmable
 gate arrays (FPGA) which has been developed at the University of
 Mannheim, Germany (cf. e.g. H\"ogl et al. 1995).
 The neighbour operations could be mapped onto the FPGA device and
 both this device and the GRAPE machine could be connected to a standard
 host workstation. In
 Fig. 1 the expected speed-up of such a configuration
 (models E, G) compared to a standard configuration with GRAPE
 (models D, F) for such applications is depicted.
 Since the FPGA device is somewhat more
 flexible to code and adapt to different problems, and since such type
 of machine would be ideally suited for high accuracy gravitational
 force computations in an $N$-body simulation with a gas component
 it is called AHA-GRAPE ({\bf A}daptive {\bf H}ydrodyn{\bf A}mics
 {\bf GRAPE}).

\begin{figure}[htb]
\epsfig{file=fig1.ps,height=7.6truecm,angle=270}
\caption{CPU time per step required for a simulation with direct
 gravitational force computation and neighbour scheme
 (SPH gas dynamics or Ahmad-Cohen $N$-body code)
 as a function of particle number for the
 proposed AHA-GRAPE machine (E, G) and a standard GRAPE-host combination
 (D, F), for a ``normal'' (D, E) and ``fast'' (F, G) GRAPE. Details see
 main text.}
\end{figure}

 The data of Fig. 1 were obtained under a number of conservative
 and simplified assumptions, e.g. all effects of parallelization
 were neglected, host speeds of 50 Mflops, GRAPE speeds of 500 Gflops
 (``fast'') and 50 Gflops (``normal''), AHA (FPGA) speeds
 of 5 Gflops (``fast'') and 500 Mflops (``normal'') were
 adopted. The bus connection from the host to AHA and GRAPE was assumed
 having a bandwidth of 100 MB/s (``fast'') and 10 MB/s (``normal'').
 The number of floating point operations assumed was 20 for a gravitational
 force calculation on GRAPE, 100 for all neighbour operations per neighbour,
 and 100 to advance a particle by a high order integrator on its orbit.
 All adopted values are considered as rather conservative, especially
 if the technological evolution of the next 5-10 years is allowed for.
 It is concluded that the overall speedup of
 such a combined machine is considerable, that it will be an ideal tool
 for high-accuracy $N$-body simulations including an {\cc SPH} gas component,
 and that such a prototype will open up the road to very fast and flexible
 customized computers for astrophysical $N$-body simulations in the
 future.
 More details will be published elsewhere.

\acknowledgements{It is a great pleasure to acknowledge in the name
of the GRAPE user community in Germany the
help and support received from D. Sugimoto, now continued by
J. Makino
and the members of his team, which originated from the time
Professor Sugimoto visited as
a Gauss Professor G\"ottingen observatory in 1983.
Support by DFG grants Sp 345/5-1,2,3 is gratefully
acknowledged, as well as the friendly and generous hospitality I received
in Japan at the Dept. of Earth
and Space Science, Univ. of Osaka; Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Kyoto;
and the College of Earth Science and Astronomy, Univ. of Tokyo.}

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