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Principals meet at diocese to prepare for new school year
Associate school superintendnet Nannette Quintanilla-Hatch (left) and superintendent Rosemary Henry, lead discussion at principals meeting.
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Fifteen principals of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi held their first monthly meeting for the upcoming school year on Wednesday, July 27, at the Education Service Center. The principals, who represented 15 of the 18 schools in the diocese, discussed topics ranging from "new beginnings with new discoveries" to "each day a beginning for excellence."
Superintendent of schools Rosemary Henry said the meeting "sets the tone" for the school year. "I am pleased to serve with such mission-driven leaders of our Catholic schools who are committed to Catholic education and excellence in all areas," Henry said.
Associate superintendent Nanette Quintanilla-Hatch reviewed with principals a number of issues and meetings that will be forthcoming during the school year. One topic, "Book Smarts and Happy Hearts," will cover science, technology, religion, engineering, art and mathematics problem solving and project orientation. These sessions are intended to be experiential and activity oriented in scope and designed to engage all teachers for high-level success in the classroom. This will be further developed at an in-service program slated for Aug. 3.
In a session called "Catholic Schools - Called to Serve", scheduled for Aug. 4, teachers, staff and school leaders will start the day with Mass, celebrated by Msgr. Louis Kihneman, and then hear presentations on vocations and creating a safe and secure environment where students, teachers and staff "are respected and dignified."
"The Office of Catholic Schools is pleased to present high quality professional development programs for our educators. Our teachers and staff deserve the best," Henry said. "Educational research informs us that the area that most greatly impacts teaching and learning is high quality professional development."
Another program the principals reviewed was a Parochial Sports League for the diocese. The league is designed to provide the opportunity for students in all Catholic elementary and middle schools to engage in sports competition in an atmosphere where the Christian values of fairness, cooperation, honesty, integrity and sportsmanship are fostered and modeled by coaching staff.
"Programs such as this helps students find a special niche and provides the opportunity to share like interests with other students, experience teamwork and demonstrate respect for others—lifelong skills," Henry said.
The league will involve fourth through sixth grade students in volleyball, basketball and track.
Other topics covered at the meeting included city of Corpus Christi school zones; math textbook adoptions; 2016-17 days of in-service; professional and para-professional staff lists; deficiency removal plans; annual reports; Liturgy to begin the school year, scheduled for Aug. 24; the diocesan Catholic educators conference, slated for Nov. 11; and the diocesan Science Fair, tentatively scheduled for March 25, 2017.
The principals also received an update from the superintendent on the office's development, marketing and enrollment management efforts. David Campa, diocesan in-house counsel, reviewed human resource issues with the principals and Diana Hernandez, Diocesan Health Services Coordinator, went over health-related issues such as immunization requirements; vision, hearing and spinal screenings; CPR/First Aid classes and training; health and wellness topics; and safe schools.


Many business owners around the country often struggle when it comes to deciding whether a working capital is ideal for them. The recent economic depression has created an environment where people are afraid of funding their business ventures directly from loans in an era of economic uncertainty. Unemployment numbers are still high since businesses still want to cut what they deem to be unnecessary expenditures.
While the idea of cutting down expenditures and finding a comfortable zone would guarantee some form of income for the business at present, it causes stagnation. The idea of creating a business is to make profits and if stagnation occurs, factors such as inflation can take a big chunk from the profits. Many industries are coming back to their feet and if you are a business owner, there isn't a better time to begin investing. The faster you embrace change, the better your chances of growing your business.
There are different types of unsecured business loan that you can take depending on the nature of your business, the amount, and the repayment terms you like. No matter the type of loan you take, both are guaranteed to help you grow your business. It is true that many financial institutions nowadays don't want to lend as easily as they did before.
However, if you have a sound business plan and the potential, then nothing should prevent you from getting capital business loans. Make sure to speak to executives too at your business to ensure that everybody understands what the funds will be used for. A business loan will enable you to create solutions and not be part of the unemployment problems brought about by businesses that are firing their employees to cut costs.
The first place to start your hunt for working capital is the Small Business Administration, which is a federal agency that provides businesses with working capital. They don't give the money themselves, rather, they will point out a lending institution that is ready to provide you with the finances. When you are referred by the SBA, you can be certain that you will get financial assistance.
If you have an established business, an SBA isn't the thing for you. Instead, you will quality for an asset based working capital loan. This is a type where you place your collateral as a loan and this calls for extra care when creating your business plan. Never borrow more than you can repay to avoid forfeiting your assets.


On August 8, 2018, the US Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determination in the annual review (16-17) of Xanthan Gum from China, Dr. Hai Yan represented a well-known producer (Meihua) and got a zero anti-dumping duty. Dr. Hai Yan has achieved more than ten zero duties or non-duty results in outbound and inbound trade remedy cases, as well as many duties around or below 10%. G&P is a pioneer of trade remedy practice in China (since 1996), represented hundreds of cases in both inbound and outbound anti-dumping and CVD law, and has been recognized as a top tier trade law firm in China for 20 years. In 2017-2018, we represented more than 100 customers in over 40 projects.
The international trade team of G&P represents Hareon Solar in the Antidumping Investigation concerning imports of "Solar Cells whether or not assembled partially or fully in modules or Panels or on glass or some other suitable substrates" from China PR, initiated by India. This case is the biggest one targeted by India in this year. The team of G&P helps Hareon Solar finish its responses in high quality and efficiency, and proivde full range of legal service. Hareon Solar is one of the world's largest solar cell & module manufacturers. Hareon Solar Technology Co., Ltd. has been listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (ticker: 600401) since 2012, with most market value of more than RMB 20 billion. Hareon Solar's production capacity of crystalline silicon is ranked 7th in the world, and 3rd in China. Hareon Solar has holdings in more than 100 companies around the world.
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It is noted that in these AD and CVD investigations, the international trade team of G&P law firm is representing the mandatory respondent Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd ("Xuanshi Group"). In the Chinese casting industry, Xuanshi Group is one of the 100 biggest producers and the number 1 in the casting drainpipe sector, the group has a production capacity of 120,000 tons and has also the biggest manufacturing basis of casting drainpipe and fittings.
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strong bast fiber that originates from the leaves of the Agave plant, which is found in the West Indies, Central America, and Africa. End-uses include cordage and twine.
A strong bast fiber that originates from the leaves of the Agave plant, which is found in the West Indies, Central America, and Africa. End-uses include cordage and twine. One of a group of fibers obtained from the leaves of a plant that belongs to the Agave family and is raised in Mexico, especially in the Yucatan peninsula. The fiber is also cultivated in Africa, Java, and some areas of South America. Sisal can be dyed bright colors, by means of both cotton dyes and acid dyes normally used for wool.
Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope. (The term may refer either to the plant or the fiber, depending on context.) It is not really a variety of hemp, but named so because hemp was for centuries a major source for fiber, so other fibers were sometimes named after it.
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We were thinking that a beautiful cruise on the SUP's would be splashin in around Chase and drift /paddle the river as it heads towards Kamloops. Anyone else thinking of spending a day that way? Has anyone done this one before?
Done it in a canoe or kayak a number of times - my advice is don't underestimate how long it will take.
The first time I did it a buddy and I planned to spend an afternoon doing the trip, and gave ourselves 6 hours to complete it. It wasn't nearly long enough - paddling non-stop from the put in on little Shuswap only got us to the Pritchard bridge.
It's a good way to spend a day (or even two), but it'll take longer than you think.


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Yes, as long as there is cellular connectivity your system will work. MOGO has either direct or roaming agreements with virtually all providers enabling your tracking unit to give you the very best service. You should be aware that while marginal in scope, there are remote regions in Mexico and Canada where coverage is not available. If you believe you will be spending significant amounts of time in these areas of wilderness please let us know. We do offer an upgraded system, which will work in those remote regions.


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Average Ad Spend by Direct-to-Consumer Brands Is Up 50% in 2019
DTC companies are splashing out across digital, TV and print
Print ad spending is up 21% year-over-year. SmileDirectClub, Poshmark, Untuckit
By Ann-Marie Alcántara
When it comes to ad spend, direct-to-consumers brands, known for changing the playbook on how a company operates and connects with consumers, are moving toward a familiar path carved out by their conventional competitors.
According to a new report from advertising intelligence firm MediaRadar, DTC brands' ad spend across digital, TV and print is up an average of 50% year-over-year, from $700,000 in Q2 2018 to more than $1 million in Q2 2019. Digital alone increased 22% year-over-year, from $115 million in Q3 2018 to $140 million in Q3 2019.
Just as DTC brands are moving toward an omnichannel (read: online and offline) retail strategy, these companies are looking to increase brand awareness and customer acquisition through a strategy that includes tried-and-true channels such as TV and print.
"In the early days, DTC brands did purely transactional direct-response advertising," said Todd Krizelman, co-founder and CEO of MediaRadar. "All mathematical—but today, as these companies mature, they're looking more like standard companies."
The report looked at the time period between Q2 of 2018 and Q2 of 2019, rounding up the top 10 DTC advertisers. In the top five were brands like SmileDirectClub (which went public earlier this year), Poshmark and Untuckit; Hims, Casper, Stitch Fix and ThirdLove also made the list.
SmileDirectClub, DoorDash and 23andMe are each spending more than $10 million across print, digital and TV. But while some of the brands on this list are eyeing an IPO or are already public, Krizelman said it's not necessarily a cause and effect situation—it's merely these brands growing so fast that spending more on marketing becomes a necessity.
While print ad spending is up, Krizelman said it's the smallest under digital and television, though it grew from $135,000 in Q2 2018 to $165,000 in Q2 2019.
However, print gives DTC brands a chance to build top-of-the-funnel awareness, and these companies do it strategically, advertising in places that align with the product. A brand like Untuckit will look at advertising in a magazine like Men's Health, Krizelman pointed out, 50% of its spending goes to airline magazines.
On the digital side, MediaRadar found that while there's still growth in advertising spend, it's slowing down. While there's plenty of conversation in the industry about TV's diminishing advertising potential, Krizelman said DTC brands go to broadcast networks for their audiences (and reliable analytics).
"If you're looking for mass audience delivered quickly, major broadcasters are still able to deliver that," he said. "Top-of-funnel awareness, time accelerated to market, and broadcasters know their audience by show."
For example, a broadcaster like NBC doesn't necessarily entice brands by saying "advertise on our networks," but rather by focusing on the audiences of its various shows, according to Krizelman. And, it's also a brand-safe environment and a quality audience to go after.
Looking ahead, while there are hundreds of DTC brands now, a few years down the line only half will exist, Krizelman predicted. The winners are expected to be the brands ramping up their spending across channels now.
"There's no question that the companies and survivors will be doing more, but where is a bit of a question," Krizelman said. "A piece of that future is fully here today."
Ann-Marie Alcántara
@itstheannmarie annmarie.alcantara@adweek.com Ann-Marie Alcántara is a tech reporter for Adweek, focusing on direct-to-consumer brands and ecommerce.


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Origin of Todd County, Kentucky
Dennis Partridge
Col. John Todd, whose honored name this county bears, was the eldest of three brothers, and a native of Pennsylvania. He was educated in Virginia, at his uncle's-the Rev. John Todd-and at maturity entered upon the study of the law, subsequently obtaining a license to practice. He left his uncle's residence, and settled in the town of Fincastle, Va., where he practiced law for several years; but Daniel Boone and others having explored Kentucky, Col. Todd, lured by the descriptions given him of the fertility of the country, about the year 1775 came first to Kentucky, where he found Col. Henderson and others at Boonesboro. He joined Henderson's party, obtained a pre-emption right, and located sundry tracts of land in the present county of Madison, in Col. Henderson's land office. He afterward returned to Virginia, and in the year 1786 again set out from Virginia with his friend, John May, and one or two others, for Kentucky. They proceeded some distance together on the journey, when for some cause Mr. May left his servant with Col. Todd to proceed on to their destination, and returned to Virginia. Col. Todd proceeded on to the place where Lexington now stands, and in its immediate vicinity improved two places-the one in his own name and the other in that of his friend, John May-for both of which he obtained certificates for settlement and pre-emption of 1,400 acres. These pre-emptions adjoin and lie in the immediate vicinity of the city of Lexington. It appears from depositions taken since his death, that he accompanied Gen. Clarke in his expedition against Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and was at the capture of those places. After the surrender of these posts it is supposed lie returned to Kentucky, but it appears from letters written by Gen. Clarke that Col. Todd was appointed to succeed him in the command at Kaskaskia. Under an act of Virginia Legislature passed in 1777, by which that part of Virginia conquered by Clarke, and all other of her territory northwest of the Ohio River, was erected into the county of Illinois, of which Col. Todd was appointed Colonel-Commandant and County-Lieutenant, with all the civil powers of Governor. He was further authorized, by enlistment or volunteers, to raise a regiment for the defense of the frontier. He immediately entered upon the duties of his office, and was seldom absent from his Government up to the time of his death. The regiment was raised for one year's service, but was continued in duty until about 1779, when the State of Virginia raised four additional regiments-two for the eastern and two for the western part of Virginia. Col. Todd was appointed to the command of one of these. In the spring of 1780, Col. Todd was sent a delegate to the Legislature of Virginia, from the County of Kentucky. While attending on the Legislature he married Miss Hawkins, and returned subsequently to Kentucky, settling his wife in the fort at Lexington. He again visited Illinois, and was engaged continually in the administration of its Government and in military affairs, so that he was seldom with his family until the summer of 1782, when in the month of August the Indians besieged Bryan's Station in great force. The disastrous battle of the Blue Licks followed on the 19th of that month. Among the noble brave who fell, fighting to the last, was Col. John Todd, in the midst of usefulness and in the prime of life. His wife survived him, and an only child, a daughter, about twelve months old. This daughter was still living in 1847 (as wife of Robert Wickliffe, Sr.), and was then the oldest female native of Lexington.
Col. Todd was a man of fine personal appearance and talents, and an accomplished gentleman; was universally beloved, and died without a stain upon his character, and it is believed without even one enemy upon earth. From the year 1778 he might be considered as residing in Illinois until his marriage in 1780. Settling his wife at Lexington, he was obliged to make a long and dangerous trip to visit his family, and besides aiding in the councils held by Clarke, and accompanying him in one or more of his expeditions, it is believed he passed the journey from Lexington to Kaskaskia twice, and often four times each year. An anecdote illustrative of his character as related by his wife is to this effect: During the winter succeeding their marriage the provisions of the fort at Lexington became exhausted to such an extent that on her husband's return home with his colored man, George, one night, almost famished with hunger, she had been able to save for him a small piece of bread, about two inches square, and about a gill of milk, which she presented" to him. He asked at once, if there was nothing for George; she answered, "not a mouthful." He called George, and handed him the bread and the milk, and went to bed supperless himself.
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Is there a fundamental line for disk galaxies?
Simon, Joshua D. and Prada, Francisco and Vílchez, José M. and Blitz, Leo and Robertson, Brant (2006) Is there a fundamental line for disk galaxies? Astrophysical Journal, 649 (2). pp. 709-721. ISSN 0004-637X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:SIMapj06
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We show that there are strong local correlations between metallicity, surface brightness, and dynamical mass-to-light ratio with M33, analogous to the fundamental line of dwarf galaxies identified by Prada & Burkert. Using near-infrared imaging from 2MASS, the published rotation curve of M33, and literature measurements of the metallicities of H II regions and supergiant stars, we demonstrate that these correlations hold for points at radial distances between 140 pc and 6.2 kpc from the center of the galaxy. At a given metallicity or surface brightness, M33 has a mass-to-light ratio approximately 4 times as large as the Local Group dwarf galaxies; other than this constant offset, we see broad agreement between the M33 and dwarf galaxy data. We use analytical arguments to show that at least two of the three fundamental line correlations are basic properties of disk galaxies that can be derived from very general assumptions. We investigate the effect of supernova feedback on the fundamental line with numerical models and conclude that while feedback clearly controls the scatter in the fundamental line, it is not needed to create the fundamental line itself, in agreement with our analytical calculations. We also compare the M33 data with measurements of a simulated disk galaxy, finding that the simulation reproduces the trends in the data correctly and matches the fundamental line, although the metallicity of the simulated galaxy is too high, and the surface brightness is lower than that of M33.
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© 2006 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2005 October 4; accepted 2006 June 20. We thank the anonymous referee for helpful comments. J.D.S. gratefully acknowledges the support of a Millikan Fellowship provided by the California Institute of Technology. F.P. is supported by the Spanish MEC under grant AYA2005-07789. This research was also partially supported by NSF grant AST 02-28963. The simulations were performed at the Center for Parallel Astrophysical Computing at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. We would like to thank Tom Jarrett for making the 2MASS data available to us prior to publication, and we acknowledge helpful discussions with Andrey Kravtsov. This publication makes use of data products from the Two Micron All Sky Survey, which is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation. This research has also made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and NASA's Astrophysics Data System Bibliographic Services.
galaxies : abundances; galaxies : formation; galaxies : fundamental parameters; galaxies : individual (M33); galaxies : kinematics and dynamics; galaxies : spiral
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Family Friendly A lot of climbing, but kids aren't very heavy anyway. There are some spots to pass or to be passed easily. Not too remote so it's easy to loop back into civilization.
IMPORTANT: This trail is ONE-WAY in the climbing direction from River Run up to Bemis. It is most often used to complete laps down its neighboring trails, the "Three T's": Troll Stroll, Tap 'n Die, and Tody's Tour. Due to the popularity of these nearby trails and varying degrees of experience, age, and fitness on the climb, you're likely to encounter as many riders on this trail as anywhere else in Kingdom. Please remember to be courteous of others and to use appropriate trail etiquette. Now more about the trail.
Unfortunately, maps don't lie. In this case, that means a lot of climbing. And then a lot more climbing. Burrington carves sumptuous switchbacks from down by the Passumpsic River's West Branch up most of the hill; then, it slogs its way up the remainder of the hill in a more direct path.
On my first day at Kingdom, someone from Kingdom Trail Association told our group that the first ride up Burrington hurts, the second ride up Burrington you're in the zone and it's not that bad, and any further ride up Burrington just doesn't feel fair.
However, I like riding this trail. I would go so far as to call it fun.
You can attribute the fun factor to knowing that all the hard work to run laps up this trail pays dividends when you're screaming down one of the uber-classic Three T's shortly after. Or, you can give credit where credit's due and confess that this is simply a good trail. Let go of being bound by a destination or a reason you're riding up Burrington. If you can do that, it's easy to find the switchbacks at once both meditative and enjoyable. When you find that state, you almost want to just keep climbing. You won't, of course. Instead, you'll reach an idyllic pasture with easy access to rip-roaring downhill fun.
Let it speak to the quality of Kingdom as a whole that a climb like Burrington Bench can be so darn fun.


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Christianity Today says it saw a spike in subscriptions after it called for Trump's removal
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December 23, 2019 at 09:33 #28679
(CNN) After it published an op-ed calling for President Donald Trump's removal for office, Christianity Today says it's seen a boost in readership.
Mark Galli, the editor-in-chief of the leading evangelical publication, made the remarks during an interview with the Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC on Sunday.
The editorial, he said, divided readers — but support outweighed criticism.
"Although we've lost hundreds of subscribers, we've gained three times as many subscribers," he told Sharpton.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/23/politics/christianity-today-mark-galli-trump-op-ed-trnd/index.html
How long before trump calls it 'fake news and scum?'
Donald Trump – Christian Of The Year 2019
For the second year in a row, The Babylon Bee is proud to present our coveted Christian of the Year award to Donald J. Trump.
Each year since this award was conceived, which was last year, we recognize one Christian who stood head and shoulders above the rest, fighting for the gospel and defending the church of Jesus Christ….
… let's be honest — there was really ever only one person we could give this award to: the man who saved Christmas. The man who ensured God's will could continue to be done by packing the courts with Republicans. The man who stood bravely as a tide of liberalism threatened to wash our country down the drain and stemmed the tide with his bare hands of persimmon hue.
That man is President Donald Trump.
Thank you for your service, Mr. Trump, and congratulations on the award!
Dis-honorable mentions for the sodomite Buttigieg, Touchy-Feely Quid Pro Joe Biden, and the indomitable harridan Nasty Nancy Pelousi.
Per Wikipedia: The Babylon Bee is a news satire website that publishes satirical articles on religion, politics, current events, and well-known public figures. With intentional irony, the site describes itself as "the world's best satire site, totally inerrant in all its truth claims."
Gruel has to resort to a satire source to support Trump, the asshole that he is, as being a good Christian. 🙄
Donald Trump – Christian Of The Year 2019 For the second year in a row, The Babylon Bee is proud to present our coveted Christian of the Year award to Donald J. Trump. Each year since this award was conceived, which was last year, we recognize one Christian who stood head and shoulders above the rest, fighting for the gospel and defending the church of Jesus Christ…. … let's be honest — there was really ever only one person we could give this award to: the man who saved Christmas. The man who ensured God's will could continue to be done by packing the courts with Republicans. The man who stood bravely as a tide of liberalism threatened to wash our country down the drain and stemmed the tide with his bare hands of persimmon hue. That man is President Donald Trump. Thank you for your service, Mr. Trump, and congratulations on the award! +++++++++++++++++++ Dis-honorable mentions for the sodomite Buttigieg, Touchy-Feely Quid Pro Joe Biden, and the indomitable harridan Nasty Nancy Pelousi.


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Give Me Peace on Earth – singel promujący czwarty album Modern Talking, In the Middle of Nowhere. Singel został wydany 11 listopada 1986 roku przez wytwórnię Hansa International.

Utwór był dedykowany synowi Dietera Bohlena - Marcowi. Później ukazał się jako remiks na płycie Back for Good oraz w The Final Album, na którym w wersji DVD pojawił się także teledysk z 1986 roku.

Lista utworów
7" (Hansa 108 778) (BMG) - 11.11.1986

12" (Hansa 608 778) (BMG) - 11.11.1986

Listy przebojów (1986)

Autorzy
  Muzyka: Dieter Bohlen
  Autor tekstów: Dieter Bohlen
  Wokalista: Thomas Anders
  Producent: Dieter Bohlen
  Aranżacja: Dieter Bohlen
  Współproducent: Luis Rodriguez

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Q: Combinatorics Question on picking songs for playlists. I have $x$ songs and I want to listen to $y$ songs (no need to be different), but I can only listen to the same song if the other $u$ songs have been played already. How many playlists can I have?

A: The first $u+1$ songs cannot have any repetitions, so they can be chosen in $\frac{x!}{(x-u-1)!}$ ways. After that you may pick any song except the $u$ most recently played songs, so you always have $x-u$ choices for the next song, thus the remainder of the playlist can be created in $(x-u)^{y-u-1}$ ways. The total number of playlists is the product of these two numbers.

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CheBI is optimized for Western blot research, using the highly efficient Cooling CCD Camera. Its compact size (24cm width x 24cm depth) helps make better use of a space in the laboratory. It's exposure time can be set by the users manually or it can be calculated automatically. Also, the shots can be accumulated which enable users to choose the best shot. Users can select a certain Region Of Interest (ROI), measure the ROI and manage the data using Microsoft Excel.
NEOgreen is produced in order to substitute EtBr. Same as the existing method, to make 100ml of Gel, 5~10ul of NEOgreen is needed. Therefore, the exprimental method doesn't need to be changed. Blue light (470nm) and UV transilluminator can be used with it to observe the DNA gel.


In an ecosystem, each organism has its own role to play.
Consider a small puddle at the back of your home. In it, you may find all sorts of living things, from microorganisms, to insects and plants. These may depend on non-living things like water, sunlight, temperature, atmospheric pressure and even nutrients in the water for life.
This very complex, wonderful interaction of living things and their environment, has been the foundations of energy flow and recycle of carbon and nitrogen.
Anytime a 'stranger' (living thing(s) or an external factor such as rise in temperature) is introduced to an ecosystem, it can be very bad for that ecosystem. This is because the new organism (or factor) can upset the natural balance of the interaction and maybe harm or destroy the ecosystem.
Unfortunately ecosystems have been disrupted, and even destroyed by natural disasters such as fires, floods, storms and volcanic eruptions. Human activities have also contributed to the disturbance of many ecosystems and biomes.
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Well I've been reading a lot even if I haven't had time to review everything. I wanted to share my thoughts and continue a log of sorts of what I've been reading. I especially wanted to get this down as I'll be on vacation next week and didn't want these to fade from memory too much. Don't worry about my absence as I have plenty of posts scheduled for my time away, which includes an author guest post. As you'll see below I'm still avoiding books over 500 pages at the moment. I've definitely been in the mood for lighter reading fair and that will probably continue for the next couple of weeks.
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - This is the first book Zafon ever wrote, which also happens to be a YA book. You can definitely see how The Shadow of the Wind developed from here. The prose isn't nearly as beautiful, but accomplishing that would be difficult given the intended audience. YA books just don't stretch your vocabulary as an adult book intends to do. Still it was a very fine read that I recommend all Zafon fans seek out. The ending was a bit off, but the first two thirds built up well. I'd love to hear thoughts about this one from someone who hasn't read The Shadow of the Wind to see what an outsider without the high expectations gets from it. Zafon's publisher Little Brown is planning on releasing his other two YA books a year apart.
The Mirrored Heavens by David J. Williams - Recommended. Full review to come.
Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez - Yet another great comic romp. Martinez is solidifying his place as one of American's best Speculative Humorists. The ending was a bit predictable, but I can overlook that for the entertainment value as Martinez's baggage-laden gods show how truly gone wild they are, especially after being invited into someone's home. In some ways this is a humorous version of Gaiman's American Gods that doesn't take it self too seriously, but using gods little used in literature elsewhere. Highly recommend for those looking to laugh.
Strata by Terry Pratchett - An okay read that I was expecting more out of. Definitely not the Pratchett we've come to know and love. This was him striving for more of a hard Sci-Fi story. While it does the science part fine the characters were difficult to care for and a section at the beginning of the main journey bothered me in its execution. It is a good read to see the evolution of the idea of a disc world, but I prefer other early Pratchett such as The Carpet People and The Bromeliad Trilogy.
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr - I thought I had read this years ago, but I think I might be mistaken. Either way I doubt I would have appreciated it as much in the past. This is a classic not to be missed by anyone. The third section lost me a little as it feels a little dated, but the first two are timeless and amazing in their style and execution. This story is a forbearer to so much Apocalyptic fiction it is scary to think where that subgenre would be if it had never been published.
The Goon Vol. 1 through 5 and The Goon: Noir by Eric Powell and others - I am officially addicted to this truly awesome graphic novel series. I'd rank it close to Hellboy in terms of quality of art with the cover paintings being especially grabbing. The stories are pretty darn good as well as the mob muscle/anti-hero known as The Goon battles a Zombie Priest and his hordes. With each passing chapter The Goon gains unexpected complexity, but it is the all out fights you'll stick around for. He combats a mad scientist, werewolves, mutants, and a host of other creatures. All in all it is a great mix of 30's Noir and the paranormal with a deep humor bent that can border on the inappropriate. Highly recommended.
Swords and Dark Magic edited by Lou Anders and Jonathan Strahan - Highly recommended. Full review to come.
Stalking the Vampire by Mike Resnick - The second in the John Justin Mallory series of uber hard-boiled Detective stories in an alternative Manhattan infested with creatures of myth and legend. The story moves along at a quick pace, but some of the repetitive dialogue between certain characters was tiring. This mostly had to do with Mallory and his cat-girl protector Felina arguing about what she is going to eat. Still I like Mallory and his no nonsense attitude plus their are loads of funny lines between other characters. Recommend for those looking for a light read with some laughs.
I had only scanned Shadow of the Wind, so when I reviewed Prince of Mist I had an idea of the writing style but wasn't familiar with the whole plot development other then what I heard. So I had no major expectations going into Prince.
I felt it was a good YA book, but something adults would quickly tire of. The writing was very poetic and pretty but I think the content and "scary" factor wasn't there for the adults who are used to other novels.
The ending was a bit off but I believe there are 2 more books in the series so in that sense it fits.
@Cindy - That sounds about right. I knew there were more books coming but hadn't realized it was part of a series.
It's very unclear in the US book and even the marketing they did that it was a part of the series. I'm not even sure the next 2 books are even signed by the publisher.
I finally had a little time to look into Zafon's other YA books. His US publisher has signed both September Lights and The Midnight Palace. Palace should be out in 2011 and Lights in 2012. Palace looks to be unrelated to The Prince of Mist, but Lights also involves a lighthouse like Prince did so that could be very well connected.


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Some two years ago on this site, there was considerable discussion [Herringbone Weave within Stavronikita Epitaphios (Revisited)] on the Epitaphios Stavronikita. Several features necessarily connect it to the Shroud, one in particular was an undeniable replication of the herring-bone twill. Other features included a bloodied, scourged, prostrate Christ with crossed hands over the groin. Despite the many similarities, thumbs are nevertheless clearly visible. However, there was clearly disagreement about the date of provenance, some asserting it as late 15th – 16th centuries, while others insisted that it was as early as 12th century, a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. I have attempted to pursue this further via the web, but the only references to this particular epitaphios all relate back to Dan's web-site only. There appear to be no other web references to it. I can't even find it on any of the Mt Athos Stavronikita monastery web-sites.
There were several other comments relating to herring-bone twill representations, including several from Max PH referring to the St Mark's 7th century carving. Someone had found a reference to the Stavronikita in a university library, but the matter of dating it still remains unresolved.
Even though the TS was known in the west by the 14th century, would monks or artisans at Mt Athos be likely to use this knowledge as a model for an epitaphios for use in Greek Orthodox liturgies at this time? I think not! A rational explanation for whatever model was used for it, demands that some remembered features of the Shroud cloth when it was under Greek custody influenced its design.
Meantime, someone may like to pursue the date of provenance of the epitaphios stavronikita with better success and more conclusivity than I've been able to manage.
I had said then that the implications are significant. Look very carefully at the weave pattern on the burial shroud pictured (two photographs) and the enlarged section showing the cloth below the shoulder.
Good comment, but since the only image reference to this epitaphios comes from Dan's 2011 posting, can he remember where he found it? Is it even from Stavronitika? Googling Stavronitika epitaphios brings up a different one altogether.
"The work appears to belong to two different periods, with sections of an older epitaphios, apparently damaged or worn, having been patched on the red silk. Both the large 'linen cloth' impinging on the symbols of the Evangelists in the lower corners and disrupting the balance of the composition, and the second border, seem to indicate that the figure of Christ was not part of the initial design.
That was quick! Thanks, Tristan.
I'm confused though. If the 'linen coth', the 'second border' and the 'figure of Christ' were not part of the original design – then what was in their place when it was first made? Slightly odd.
Discussion there was fairly brief; At the time Max PH had said that it was only mid-6th century, but from Tristan's ref, it would seem to be at least as early as 1370, possibly earlier. Max had also referred to another, MPH: "The Monastery of Stavronikita epithaphios is only mid-16th c. CE. See also the 1300 CE ca zigzag/herringbone patterned epitaphios from the Byzantine Museum in Thessaloniki." The Thessalonika example appears to be quite different. He then commented on the St Mark's cathedra of 7th century, which did appear to have signs of a herring bone weave.
References there were also made to earlier examples, 1300 and 1200, claiming to have the herring-bone weave. Again discussion diverted to the 700 AD St Mark's cathedra. There was some dispute between Max & Yannick C re the dating of various epitaphioi, Yannick apparently wanting to demonstrate that the Mandylion was still in Edessa at the time of these epitaphioi, and hence Mandylion had to be a different object from the Shroud, but I think that ended up as shown to be a false argument.
Scavone makes the point that although Western crusaders had visited Constantinople in 1204, the Byzantines did not reciprocate, and the Lirey Shroud would have been unknown to them. Nevertheless, several epitaphioi did show Shroud-like features, even centuries after 1204 when the burial cloths were taken, so that these features seemed so well-established in the Byzantine memory, that they persisted in the design of the various epitaphioi.
My interest in the epitaphioi stems from the extremely long and somewhat frustrating debate concerning the Hungarian Pray manuscript of 1192-95, with well over 250 contributed comments, with contenders scarcely moving away from their initial viewpoints as to whether or not the Shroud had influenced its composition. Hugh Farey had commented that what was needed to establish a connection was the discovery of some kind of "smoking-gun" clue. I suggest that the "smoking-gun" might be found in a close study of the epitaphioi. Scavone's paper is informative in this regard. However the dating of several of the examples seem ambiguous, with many different opinions about the same object.
The epitaphioi often show features which could only have come from the Turin Shroud, but even though many of the examples post-date 1204, and often enough even 1355, it seems unlikely that knowledge of details from the cloth's presence in Lirey was a factor in their design. It seems to stem from a Byzantine tradition and the memory of when it was in Constantinople.
I conclude that the epitaphioi provide strong evidence that the Shroud was in Contantinople prior to 1204, and that many details of its features were well enough known to have persisted in the Byzantine memory well after that time.
I agree it seems unlikely that a shroud in Lirey could have influenced the early epitaphios.
Is that a blood belt I spy with my little eye just to the right of Christ's hip?
Is that a Shroud- like blood stain I spy above the right eye?
There are occasional references to an epitaphios in Venice dating around 1200. But there seems little info out there on this. Just wonder if this might have been an epitaphios or even possibly the shroud taken from Constantinople to Venice.
Hugh Farey had commented that what was needed to establish a connection was the discovery of some kind of "smoking-gun" clue. I suggest that the "smoking-gun" might be found in a close study of the epitaphioi.
Truly, I don't think so. Based on the experience of the HPM debate, even the most evident example will not be the "smoking-gun" for any of the sceptics -rejecting a priori any existence of the Shroud before 14th century. No "smoking-gun" makes any impression on them.
From Hugh's almost predictable comment below 6:54am , I fear you might well be correct. And I was only trying to help!
You did help. The Byzantine herringbone pattern is another chip on the pile on the authentic side of the balance. It's still not enough for me, as you predicted, but it's more evidence. I like evidence!
Zigzagging embroidery seems quite a common way of filling space in these silk and gold epitaphioi. Shrouds – which may be indicative – dresses, halos, even just background are often filled with it. There is even one epitaphios in which the shroud is almost the only thing not zigzagged.
My dear father, long since departed, grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and for many years of his life worked as a butcher in a meat factory. NZ Lamb is the best and continues to command excellent prices for its producers on global markets throughout the world. The animals to be killed, being sheep, will follow any that chooses to lead them. The slaughtermen know this and train a Judas sheep to follow the well-trodden path up to the killing chain, and allow the first few sheep to pass through the gate and back to the factory grazing ground to lead yet others in their turn. The Judas sheep, also being sheep, do not really understand the nature or rules of the game, like one or two correspondents on a certain web-site, who do not fully understand what is at stake.
For eventually the Judas sheep outlives its usefulness, and it becomes the turn of the Judas sheep who discovers that the gate is no longer open for it, and another has taken its place.
Or to draw on another analogy, it is a dangerous matter to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds. It only confuses the horsemen, who can easily mistake their target.
Another also once spoke in parables!
The red silk liturgical cloth called "Epithaphios" is actually an old story in the realm of Shroud studies and has always been mentioned by Ian Wilson.
In his last Shroud book(2010) he mentions it again and there is a colour illustration (plate 27a). He found it similar to what he calls an "arguably Shroud-inspired" Lamentation or Threnos scenes in 12th-century Byzantine art, pointing out that the embroiderers intriguingly incorporated a Shroud-like herringbone pattern, illustrated in Plate 27c.


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Characterization of dust samples from a coal strip mine using a resuspension chamber
Martin Civiš Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Prague 2
Devraj Thimmaiah Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Prague 2
Jan Hovorka Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Prague 2
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A metallic cylindrical resuspension chamber (V = 0.437 m3, S = 0.35 m2, S/V = 8.38) was constructed to disperse samples of soil and various kinds of dust. The chamber allows on-line determination of number/mass size distribution of aerosol particles formed by dispersion and subsequent sampling of size-segregated particles on filter media. The samples tested were lignite, power plant flue ash and overburden soil from the Nastup coal strip mine in Northern Bohemia. About 20 mg of the individual samples were pneumatically dispersed by 0.5 liter of pressurized air inside the chamber under defined temperature and humidity conditions. Then the dynamics of aerosol size distributions was recorded using an aerodynamic particle sizer with a frequency of 5 seconds. The lignite and flue ash contributed most to the mass of atmospheric aerosol particles smaller than 10/2.5 micrometer – PM10/ PM2.5. The re-suspended mass of the samples varied between 0.001% for overburden soil and 0.32% for mine road soil. The aerosolized lignite and flue ash samples, sampled by a Harvard Impactor and a Personal Cascade Impactor Sampler, revealed that the ash contained higher amounts of fine particles than the lignite and subsequent chemical analyses, carried out using SEM-EDX, reveals that the PM2.5 fraction formed by dispersion of the ash samples had the highest content of sulphur, and PM10 was dominated by Si. PM10 was closest to mullite, while the PM2.5 fraction contained sulphides, pyrites, pyrrhotites and polytypes of sulphide. The PM1 fraction was dominated by quartz glass. The fractions of sizes 2.5–1 μm and 0.5–0.25 μm were dominated by Si and S, respectively.


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The Red Sox have won the American League Championship Series.
The Red Sox are going to the World Series.
But before we talk about that, we have to talk about last night, because, and I can't believe I'm writing this either, David Price deserves the utmost praise.
Let me start off by saying that I am thrilled for him. I even tweeted pre-game that he would pitch a gem, and he did! This is what we've wanted to see from David Price since day 1, and I'm sure he's wanted to deliver. Last night, he finally did, in spades. Honestly, I had tears in my eyes watching him pitch and then seeing him celebrate after. He looked so incredibly happy.
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no one expected JBJ to be the offensive king of the ALCS
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It was undoubtedly the best postseason performance of his career, and one of the best I've seen, period. Price shut out the Astros for six full innings, walking none and only giving up three hits. He struck out nine, a new career postseason high. Facing off against Justin Verlander, one of the best pitchers of this generation, David Price emerged victorious. A moment of redemption hard-fought for and well-deserved.
With JD Martinez and Rafael Devers driving in solo and 3-run homers respectively, the Red Sox had a somewhat commanding lead. It wasn't exactly a hit parade for either team; the Sox were held to 8 hits, the Astros to 5. Houston's only run came on a solo homer by Marwin Gonzalez, the first and only run Matt Barnes has allowed all postseason.
In the end, Craig Kimbrel came out to redeem himself after last night's heart-attack inducing 6-out save. And history nearly repeated itself, as Kimbrel walked a batter and then threw a pitch that was blasted into the outfield… straight to Andrew Benintendi, who made the game-winning catch for the second night in a row. And just like that, the Red Sox were champions of the American League.
And on Alex Cora's birthday, no less. What a night.
I have to admit, I was a mixture of totally calm, and completely frazzled throughout the game. But deep down, I think I knew the Red Sox were going to win this series; I think I've known that since I watched them win at home on Sunday night. I think they're going to win it all.
This team is so special. They are a family. They love one another. They root for each other. They support each other. They lift each other up. They make each other better. For all those reasons and so many more, they won more games than any Red Sox team ever. That's why they're going to the World Series. And that's why I love them so much.
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Nightwing/Shadow of the Hawk Double Feature Blu-ray Review
October 30, 2018 October 30, 2018 Adam Mortensen 0 Comments 1976, 1979, adventure films, Arthur Hiller, Blu-ray review, Columbia Pictures, David Warner, George McCowan, horror films, Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Nick Mancuso
If you have never heard of either of these these two films, I certainly can't blame you. I definitely hadn't heard of either Nightwing or Shadow of the Hawk but I decided to give them a chance because I enjoy watching completely forgotten movies to look for hidden gems (just like we do on this blog for older board games as well). Usually movies like these have been forgotten for a reason but I occasionally will find a nice hidden gem and if worst comes to worst, they will usually provide some funny B-movie material to riff on. After watching both of these films, it's pretty clear there is a reason they were forgotten over the years. While both have a few funny moments, I would say they unfortunately fit into the undesirable category of being not quite bad enough to be B-movies but also not good enough to be worth recommending.
Shadow of the Hawk (1976)
I'll start off with Shadow of the Hawk (the slightly better movie of the two), a 1976 "horror" film about a Native American Shaman attempting to bring back his westernized grandson to his reservation to become the new Medicine Man of the tribe. Along the way, the two (and a reporter who tags along for no real reason) battle an evil spirit and a black car that is always on their tail.
Unfortunately, most of Shadow of the Hawk is pretty dull with uninteresting characters doing uninteresting things. The main character Mike (played by long-time actor Jan-Michael Vincent) is especially dull to the point where the actor seemed like he either didn't want to be there or just didn't have any charisma at all (even though this wasn't one of his earlier roles). This casting was a bit strange to begin with, as he doesn't exactly pass as part-Native American. The rest of the cast is fine but they don't really have anything interesting to do.
The best parts of the film are easily the scenes with the black car and other times where the characters are fighting off the evil spirit. When things are actually happening, the film can be pretty fun. From the occasionally creepy car scenes to an unintentionally hilarious fight with a "bear" (who at times is obviously an actor in a bear suit), there's plenty to laugh at in these scenes. Honestly, the bear scene might be one of the funniest things I've seen in a B-movie thus far (too bad it's so short). It's so ridiculous and random and exactly the type of thing that makes me laugh out loud. I also had fun mocking the magical song that is played anytime a hawk appears (even though they never do anything) and the old Shaman occasionally has some funny lines like "That car is evil!" Unfortunately, anytime the spirit is off-screen and the main characters are just talking, the film pretty much turns into snoozeville. Since low-budget films like this have to spread out those scenes to save money, unsurprisingly there are far more boring scenes than good ones.
If Shadow of the Hawk could have cut down on some of the filler, there definitely would have been a fun B-movie here. However, it is at least 20 minutes too long (and it's only a 92-minute film to begin with) and these boring scenes drag so long that it brings the rest of the film down. Some of these filler scenes should have been cut so we could get to know more about the enemy. Heck, I'm not even 100% sure what it was supposed to be (whether it was supposed to be a witch, wendigo, ghost, or some other creature). One other thing I need to touch on, despite being labeled a "horror" film and there being a few slightly creepy scenes, I wouldn't really consider this a horror film. I'd say the adventure film genre fits the movie a bit better.
Nightwing (1979)
I was mostly interested in Shadow of the Hawk but I also decided to watch Nightwing even though it has an awful IMDB rating (4.7/10 as of the time this was posted). This one is another Native American-themed "horror" film, this time about vampire bats terrorizing an Indian reservation in New Mexico.
The second half of Nightwing is actually more consistently funny than Shadow of the Hawk. The only problem is the film's first half is even more dull than the most boring scenes in Shadow of the Hawk. It feels like literally nothing happened the first 45 minutes. A bat doesn't even make an appearance on camera until the 46th minute of the film. If you can get past those 45 boring minutes (I really struggled to do so), the end is actually pretty funny. The bats are oftentimes hilarious to mock. Sometimes they are literally black dots, other times they appear to be stuffed animals but they are almost always laughably bad. These "effects" are hilariously bad most of the time and something you can definitely mock in a riffing setting.
Similar to Shadow of the Hawk, Nightwing's main character is also painfully dull. What makes it even worse is that this film actually has an interesting and funny character on the sideline that should have been the main character. That character is Van Helsing-like Phillip Payne (played by David Warner). Almost every scene this character appears in is instantly made more interesting by his presence. This guy hates vampire bats more than Republicans hate Democrats (and vice versa). More than Yankees fans hate the Red Sox. He hates these "freak" vampire bats so much, it's hilarious. If Nightwing was just Phillip Payne hunting down vampire bats all movie, it would have made for a very fun B-movie. Instead, we get a dull film with a few flashes of B-movie greatness mixed in.
Blu-ray Video Quality and Final Thoughts
Both Nightwing and Shadow of the Hawk are being released on Blu-ray for the first time. In fact, both only got one DVD release in America and those releases are currently selling for double the Amazon price of this release (and this is a Blu-ray). Unfortunately, neither film looks particularly great on Blu-ray. I wasn't expecting crystal clear video quality for these two forgotten films but there is plenty of pixelization/noise on both. Of course they both look better than DVD but it isn't a huge upgrade. However, considering the age of these films and the value price point the release is being sold for, I'm satisfied in this area. No bonus features are included but I wasn't really expecting any to begin with.
Overall, while both films have their moments (especially the glorious bear scene from Shadow of the Hawk), there are far more scenes that will bore you out of your minds. Unfortunately, I would say both Nightwing and Shadow of the Hawk fit into the middle-of-the-road category. Outside of a few funny scenes, there isn't really enough to riff on to make them fun B-movies. On the other hand, they aren't interesting enough to be good films to watch either. Unless you are really running out of B-movies to riff on (or you love films featuring Native American characters), I would probably just pass on these films. However, if you are somehow interested in either film this release is a much better value than the previous releases of these films. You get two films on Blu-ray for half the price of one of the DVDs.
Nightwing/Shadow of the Hawk Double Feature was released on Blu-ray on October 23, 2018.
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Reviewer: Adam Mortensen
( 2.5 out of 5 0 )
Year: 1976, 1979Release Date: October 23, 2018Genres: Adventure, Blu-ray Reviews, HorrorDirector: George McCowan, Arthur HillerWriter: Norman Thaddeus Vane, Herbert Wright, Martin Cruz Smith, Steve Shagan, Bud ShrakeProducer: John Kemeny, Martin RansohoffProduction Company: Columbia PicturesStarring:
Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Nick Mancuso, David Warner
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The Varied Endings of Human Life on Earth AND the Coming of the Bug People (1877)
"The Fate of the Last Man"is an interesting and unsigned romp into the deep future of the ending of the human species from the 31 May 1877 issue of Scientific American. It is very exceptionally long-term, looking into the future of up to a billion years hence--which is a captivating thing all on its own, using that kind of a number in the late 19th century. (Also it is interesting to note that even after all that time the author doesn't have humans flung to one place or another in the galaxy--after all, deep space flight had already been established in fiction for hundreds of years by this point...not commonly so in literature, but definitely there.) In any event the author works their way into the first of ten examples of Last Man scenarios describing that after epochs the mountains will get worn down with the solid matter flowing into the oceans, which fill the oceans, causing the continents to become islands, the islands to shrink, and so on until there is nothing there but water and a bit of the world's tallest peak with some guy sitting there on it, until even that is consumed, and our Last Man drowns.
As it turns out, the ten scenarios include the last man [sic] dying and the species becoming extinct by drowning, being gassed, gassed and/or blown up, "sunstruck", suffocated, "burned up", frozen, crushed, "killed by the crash of orbs", and then, finally, at #10, we are surprised that "there will be no last man". Its a nice piece of thinking, and pretty creative; recognizing that I've quoted some of the descriptives for how the end will come.
The surprise ending part is this: almost everyone dies, though there is a self-replicating survivor that will be a BugMan of some sort and start the whole "human" thing all over again.
[The image above and left has nothing to do with the article, but I had to include it because it is so fabulous and it appears in the same year of the SciAm as this article...and it comes close to being some sort of BugMan, or Lobster-something.]
From the Scientific American:
"One by one these [mountains] will be submerged until finally but one is left: Kunchainjunga, the loftiest summit of the Himalayas, perhaps; or more likely, some new coral reef which an insect to-day is laboring, down in the depths, to build up. Here will perish the last man, and the body of the last relic of our race will be washed away by the waves of the mighty flood. Therefore
(1) if the last man does not starve to death he will probably be drowned.
Another theory is that of the periodicity of deluge, proposed by Adhemar, which depends on the fact of the unequal length of the seasons in the two hemispheres.
(2) the last man will certainly be drowned. Would destroy every living thing. Such being the case, the person capable of breathing deleterious gas longest would survive the rest; and therefore
Every few years or so we have a comet scare; and when the flaming star appears in the sky...If it did, our globe would plunge into an atmosphere of gas,which, mingling with the air, say those who predict this mode of death to our planet, would produce an explosion which ...The inventor of this theory fails to consider the probability of the center of gravity returning as gradually as it was displaced:but with this defect, the hypothesis from another point of view goes to show that
(3) if the last man is not suffocated by cometary gas he will be blown up.
It is believed by many astronomers that there is a retarding medium in space, based on the fact that Encke's comet, in thirty-three years, loses a thousandth part of its velocity. If the ether resists our earth's motion in its orbit, then the centrifugal force will be constantly lessened, while the action of gravity will remain constant: so that the earth will describe a spiral path, always approaching the sun. Finally the intense heat would turn the whole globe into one barren waste;but before then the human race would have disappeared.The probabilities in such event point to the supposition that
(4) the last man will be sunstruck.
There are certain classes of rocks which are constantly becoming hydrated, and are thus occluding immense amounts of water. The theory has been broached that, in course of time, the seas will thus be dried up; and water being absent,our atmosphere will disappear, the earth becoming a waste similar to the moon. But before then, the atmosphere would probably become too rare for human existence. As the air pressure decreases, as M. Bert has shown, the privation of oxygen produces the deleterious effects experienced chiefly by aeronauts and mountain climbers. Consequently, in view of this theory
(5), the last man will be suffocated.
Our sun itself may come to an end in two ways. First,as Mr. Proctor has recently very graphically explained, being but a variable star it may suddenly blaze up, and go out as other suns are known to have done. In this case, the intense heat of the colossal conflagration would destroy every thing on the earth, and perhaps even vaporize the earth itself.Should this event occur
(6), the last man will be burned up.
Or the sun may cool down. The glacial zones would thus enlarge, the race will be crowded nearer and nearer to the equator, by the encroaching glaciers coming from the poles.The small space will no longer support the life upon it, and in the terrible struggle for existence only the fittest will of course survive. Finally, after the earth becomes covered with the vast ice sheet, man with his wonderful capacity of adaptation to surrounding circumstances will probably subsist for a certain period, but in the end the constantly augmenting coldness will assert itself, and thus eventually
(7) the last man will be frozen to death.
It has been suggested that the cooling of the earth will lead to the production of immense fissures in its crust similar to those already visible in the moon. The surface of the earth would thus be rendered extremely unstable, while the dwellers thereon for safety would be compelled to take refuge in caves. It is possible that the troglodytic remnant of the race might meet its fate in some great cataclysm or eruption,and hence it is assumable that
(8) the last man will be crushed tn some subterranean cavern.
Or supposing that the people adapted themselves to their surroundings and managed to live on the surface, until the time when the earth becomes so cracked and broken that, as predicted, it falls apart, flying off in fragments into space. Possibly a part may exist large enough to preserve its atmosphere. It may either be a satellite of the first larger body within whose sphere of attraction it may come: or it may fall into another world. In such case
(9) the last man will be killed by the crash of orbs, but if he is not, and no one can tell to what extremes of resistance the race may develop, he will become an inhabitant of a new world.
Evolution does not necessarily imply progress, and possibly the race may have retrograded until the human being possesses
the nature of the plant louse; such being the case, this single inhabitant will spontaneously produce posterity of both sexes.
A new race of men will begin, to continue ad infinitum. Hence
(10) there will be no last man."
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Paul Rudd: What's not to love?
'I Love You, Man' is the latest from the '40 Year Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up' actor
By Dave Karger
Updated March 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM EDT
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Some actors can tell they're becoming more famous when their paychecks begin sporting an extra zero or two. Others know it when paparazzi start camping outside their houses. But if Paul Rudd needs a sign that he's entering a new level of stardom, he need only walk into his living room. Along the wall of the modest two-bedroom apartment he and his family share in Manhattan's West Village is a rack of pricey designer clothing sent over by Paramount Pictures, the studio distributing his new buddy comedy I Love You, Man. "This is a first for me," he says, thumbing through perfectly coordinated outfits labeled "Letterman," "Today Show," and "New York Press Day." "I didn't ask for this. I didn't even know people did this. Seeing it makes me uncomfortable. At the same time, it's like, 'Sweet suit!' But it does make me think, 'Maybe they're forcing me to do this because my own sense of style is so crap."'
His sense of comedy? No help needed there. After earning a reputation as the movie world's most dependable wingman in the zeitgeist-defining comedies Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, and Knocked Up, Rudd has become a full-fledged lead with last fall's hit Role Models and, especially, with this week's I Love You, Man, a bromance from Along Came Polly director John Hamburg. In I Love You, Man, Rudd plays an awkward real estate agent who embarks on a series of man dates in order to find a best man for his wedding. The cast includes stalwarts like Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Jon Favreau, and Andy Samberg, but with Rudd appearing in nearly every scene and taking the biggest comedic risks of anyone in the group, it's decidedly his movie.
I Love You, Man is a career-capping moment for the guy from Kansas who first gained notice as Alicia Silverstone's dreamy stepbrother in 1995's Clueless, and then charmed TV audiences in the role of Lisa Kudrow's boyfriend-turned-husband on the final two seasons of Friends. Over his varied 15-year career, Rudd has blended his supremely wacky sense of humor with real dramatic chops, proving equally adept at raunch and realism. It's a combination that's made him impossible not to root for, on screen and off. And the hot streak he's enjoying right now is particularly sweet since Rudd, who turns 40 on April 6, hasn't taken the simple road to stardom. "After Clueless, he could have very easily stayed in L.A. and had a very different career," says Mad Men star Jon Hamm, a longtime pal. "But he ended up moving to New York and doing a couple things on stage. A lot of people thought he was crazy. They were like, 'What are you doing, dude? That is a big, big mistake.' But he wanted to do things that interested him more than just being the cute guy who flirts with the girl. It was a really cool thing to watch."
While his theater résumé is filled with dramas (like two Neil LaBute plays and a stint opposite Julia Roberts in 2006's Three Days of Rain), Rudd's films with Judd Apatow's gang of goofballs hewed closer to his real-life sensibility (witness his recent manic jig on The Daily Show). "Paul has that guy-next-door look, but at the core of it, he's really kind of insane," says Will Ferrell. "His character in Anchorman was a thankless role, in a way, but as we were editing the movie, we were like, 'Oh, no, he's very sly.' In every take he was doing a little extra something that we didn't notice he was doing. His sense of humor really snuck up on us."
It also significantly raised his profile. As someone who's known Rudd for over a decade, I can attest that a stroll with him on the streets of New York City or at the Grove mall in L.A. today elicits countless more head turns from passersby than it did five years ago; once, when he handed a young cable-TV repairman who'd just fixed his DVR box a signed 40 Year-Old Virgin DVD, the man acted like he'd just won the lottery. "I've always felt like I'm the kind of actor that some people might recognize but they probably don't know my name," he says, although the cable guy would probably disagree. "I'm not a star," Rudd adds. "I don't have a big drive to be 'the guy."'
Rudd's career philosophy may help explain why he's not entirely comfortable with his rising Q score, particularly when photographers follow him while he's out with his wife, Julie, and their 4-year-old son, Jack. "I feel like I've spent a good part of my career avoiding a lot of that. I'm glad that I'm not in Los Angeles to see the billboards for I Love You, Man, especially because it seems like the Role Models ones just came down. And now, having a little kid, I'm really starting to analyze this stuff more and more and how it's going to affect him. I have had little tiny panic attacks along the road here, for this publicity tour for the movie. It's really stress-inducing. I've been working a long time, and things are going well in my career right now, and I appreciate it. I'm just trying to navigate my way through all of it. I'll be happy to go away for a while, in all honesty."
He won't be getting a break anytime soon, with a schedule that's already booked up for the rest of 2009. He'll film an untitled James L. Brooks love-triangle film with Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson this spring, before reuniting in the fall with his Virgin costar Steve Carell for Dinner for Schmucks, a remake of the 1998 French smash Le Dîner de Cons, about a disastrous dinner party. (He also lends his voice to this month's animated adventure Monsters vs. Aliens, and will show up in a cameo in this summer's Jack Black comedy Year One.) Still, he'd be perfectly content to stay home and jam on acoustic guitar with Jack, who's a prodigy on the drums — though he's not necessarily too impressed with Dad's burgeoning career. "He knows that I make movies — he comes to the set," Rudd says. "But he also knows Steve Carell and Seth Rogen and Will Ferrell. So I think he just thinks that everyone's on TV. Like it's not a special thing."
Perhaps the surest sign of his new level of celebrity? Embarrassing stories from his past are now making national headlines. Fox TV sportscaster Joe Buck just told Time that Rudd "always liked to get naked" in his University of Kansas frat house, while in last week's Time Out New York magazine, Segel recalled waking up from a nap on the I Love You, Man set and being greeted by, let's just say, a certain part of Rudd's anatomy. "The truth is, I probably can't contest either one," he says with a chuckle. "I'm not Harvey Keitel or anything, but over the course of the last 20 years, there is a chance that maybe once or twice I have gotten naked for a cheap laugh." And that is why we love you, man.