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Evolution, we're told, is dogma. Strangely, when every other area of modern science admits to being subject to revision, evolution is held dogmatically. It can't be disproven. The evidentiary holes and logical leaps used by evolutionists are to be ignored and unchallenged.
Yet, every so often, as today, there's a report that rattles the bones of evolutionists and shakes up their "conventional wisdom" like a student playing with a laboratory skeleton. . . . .
"Lucy" is not the common ancestor of chimps and humans. They've found a 4.4 million year old skeleton that has human-like features that apes do not have. They emphasize that "apes evolved differently," of course.
But, the real point is that every direct human ancestor they can find points to the idea that humans at least separated from other primates a *long* time ago.
Here's a legitimate question: how do they know these things had hair?


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A FORMULA TO LIFT THE SPIRITS AND BEAT INFLATION: GO BACK TO NATURE
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I've taken so many camping trips in my life that the memories of most of them have merged and blurred in my mind. There were two trips, though, that I'll never forget, because I think they demonstrate the extraordinary range of possibilities open to Americans who want to enjoy the out-of-doors.
A few years ago a friend invited my son and me to go with him to visit 2,000 acres of land that he owned east of the town of Red Bluff, Calif. This was Yahi Indian country, where Ishi—the last wild Indian in North America—was discovered just over half a century ago.
We drove down the old Lassen Trail for the first 15 miles out of Red Bluff, and it was tough country even for our Jeep. When we could drive no farther, we hiked in a few more miles over steep hills and difficult ridges. Though the three of us were in good physical condition, we were exhausted when we finally found a suitable campsite—an Indian cave at the edge of a steep cliff, high above a clear, fast-flowing creek. It was obviously a cave that the Yahi had used, because its roof was blackened with soot from campfire smoke and a perfectly formed bowl had been carved into its stone floor.
We slept on that floor and lived on dried fruit that we'd brought along and trout that we caught in the creek on dry flies. Our firewood and water had to be hauled up to the cave each day, a steep climb of more than an hour. The mountains and cliffs were dotted with caves and, between fishing expeditions, we explored a number of them. In one we discovered wooden drying racks that the Yahi had used for fish and venison perhaps 100 years ago. In the three days we camped there we saw hundreds of deer. The only sounds—besides our own voices and footsteps—were the creek, the wind, the large coveys of mountain quail and occasional owls. Once, at night, a cougar screamed.
The second trip also lasted three days. A friend who owned a large camping trailer invited my wife and me to join him, and we camped about 200 miles south of the Yahi cave, in Yosemite National Park.
Upon entering the park on a Friday morning, we were greeted by a traffic jam complete with screaming, red-faced drivers, blaring horns and exhaust fumes. Though it was still early summer, our campsite had already been so heavily used that the grass had been worn away and the earth pounded into dust. But we slept and dined in comfort, eating elaborate meals cooked over a stove that was at least as large as the gas range in our kitchen at home. The fishing we did was for stocked trout, and the favored baits were marshmallows and cheese balls. On a long hike we saw some spectacular country, a lot of people and one lost dog, a howling Labrador. The sounds to which we became accustomed over the three-day period were of radios and record players, an electric guitar, portable generators, trail bikes and, of course, the thousands of recreational vehicles that streamed along the well-paved roads. Once, at night, a woman screamed. We later learned she had cut herself with an electric carving knife.
Thoreau drew the obvious conclusion long ago: "Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind." Aldo Leopold comes closer to the central point when, in A Sand County Almanac, he relates this doctrine of simplicity specifically to nature. The value of an outdoor experience, he contends, is in direct proportion to the degree of contrast it affords us with our daily lives. In other words, we go out into nature to temporarily escape the complexities of civilization and, in the process, refresh and renew ourselves. But by dragging a 40-foot trailer full of civilization with us and parking it in an outdoor ghetto, are we not defeated before we begin? Thus, not surprisingly, I found my trip to Yahi country exhilarating despite the hardships—or, rather, because of them. And modern-day comforts and conveniences were largely responsible for making our Yosemite excursion unsatisfying.
While not everyone is willing or physically able to endure the hiking and hauling required to visit a remote area like Yahi country, some sort of wilderness is accessible to nearly everyone. Campsites that offer no amenities except a place to pitch a tent—perhaps near a stream or lake—can be enormously pleasant to an inexperienced, less confident camper without causing him extreme hardship. At the end of a day spent fishing or simply exploring, easy conversation around the campfire is infinitely more enjoyable than watching battery-powered television inside a motor home.
What is it that has led so many American campers to forsake the tranquillity celebrated by Thoreau and Leopold in favor of driving eight-mile-per-gallon motor homes along smoggy freeways to overcrowded campgrounds and parks? Blame it on frenzied growth. One clear indication of the increase in outdoor recreation in this country is the fact that the operating budget of the National Park Service the year after World War II ended was $5 million. In 35 years that budget has increased to more than $500 million.
The manufacturing of recreational equipment also reflects this fantastic growth. After World War II we became a nation of consumers with a lot of free time on our hands, and the people who make motor homes, four-burner camp stoves, trail bikes and motor-boats are like the people who make most anything else—they will produce and sell us whatever they are able to convince us we should have.
But now, with the increase in the price of oil and gasoline, and the inflation resulting from it, there's a shortage of spending money. More or less coinciding with our economic problems—and in some ways related to them—there has been a gradual change in the attitudes of both the government and private sectors in regard to the administration of public lands. Though this may be bad news for the makers and sellers of recreational vehicles and related gadgetry, it could be beneficial for our national parks and the people who use them.
Yosemite may lead the way toward a happier future for those who wish to truly experience the out-of-doors. A master plan for Yosemite has been drawn up by the Park Service with considerable help from the public, and its goal is to enhance the natural beauty of the park by reducing automobile use.
Under the plan, day visitors would be required to leave their vehicles in lots and travel through Yosemite by bus, and a limit would be set on the number of people allowed in each day. Because 90% of the park's visitors spend most of their time in the seven square miles of Yosemite Valley (the total park is 1,189 square miles), the Park Service hopes eventually to exclude all private vehicles from this area.
More stringent rules have been established for overnight use, too, and a system of permits and reservations will cut down the long lines of vehicles waiting for vacancies.
Another plan to reduce overcrowding will involve $100 million in private funds. The Park Service feels that its stores, warehouses and offices in Yosemite Valley are largely responsible for the congestion there, and it hopes to demolish some of the buildings and relocate the facilities on less scenic ground, perhaps beyond the park boundaries. The Park Service will not ask Congress for the funds needed to relocate the buildings. Instead, a private nonprofit organization called the Yosemite Institute will attempt to raise the money for the project. Then the Federal Government will lease the facilities, gradually repay the $100 million along with interest and eventually reassume ownership of the facilities.
It remains to be seen whether these plans will be implemented and how the public will accept them if they are. I think many people will heartily approve. And I hope that Yosemite's effort will inspire similar plans elsewhere. I'd like to believe that the trend back toward the concepts expressed by Thoreau and Leopold has only begun.
I've always wanted to return to Yahi country; now another trip to Yosemite has strong appeal, too.

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Being someone looking for a cool job in line with my programming interests, I find it frustrating that not everyone is using the same set of terms for the kinds of programmeers.
To me, the term "systems programmer" is a fairly broad one, referring to the people who understand/debug/write bits of software that's primarily used either by other bits of software (we write the APIs and the things beneath all the way down to what's barely above the metal) or by very sophisticated users and developers. We tend to have software aesthetics focusing on function; our tastes run from barebones to plain, and we don't (directly) talk with normal people. We're the natural counterpart to systems administrators, and those of us who are willing to learn "best practices" (which we probably have to do anyhow to some extent when we support sysadmins) make fine sysadmins, particularly when we master a few domain-specific additions (learning advanced networking hardware, clustering technologies, etc). We're great at debugging things, writing libraries, abstraction layers, and most of us could whip up a kernel or compiler if we have to. We're full-stack people, but our ability to/interest in applying (rather than service) the upper layers of the stack tends to be lessened.
Apparently, the term is sometimes used in a much more narrow sense, referring to kernel and core system library (think libc and the like) specialists.
Other terms that sometimes are used for what I'm talking about are "DevOps" (referring to a combination of Development - software people, and Operations - sysadmins) and SRE (site reliability engineer - probably pioneered by Google, but I've seen it as a job title at a number of other places).
I wouldn't care so much what it's called, except it makes it hard for me to title the positions I've worked (few of which had official titles, so I've taken the liberty of providing my own titles), and I'm looking for a job right now, so... Well, that, and it's kind of handy to have a good name for the specialisation to make it easier to build communities of people focusing on our arcane specialisation.


Saturday 26th December 2015 (3pm), Sky Bet League One, Keepmoat Stadium.
Doncaster Rovers are looking for their eighth straight successive victory over local rivals Scunthorpe United when the Iron come to Keepmoat Stadium on Boxing Day.
The hosts haven't dropped a point against the North Lincolnshire side since chucking away a 2-0 lead at Glanford Park in September 2009 when midfielders John Oster and Quinton Fortune were both shown straight reds. Martin Woods and Billy Sharp had put Rovers in command of the Championship encounter before being pegged back by Cliff Byrne and Grant McCann.
Six of Darren Ferguson's latest starting XI are yet to taste the blood and thunder of a Rovers v Scunthorpe clash although they will be looking to continue their good form which has seen them close the gap to just six points from the play-off places after a run of four wins in their last eight games.
The latest came in a crackerjack of a game at league leaders Burton where Rovers twice held the lead before succumbing to old boy Mark Duffy. Nathan Tyson scored Rovers' third goal – taking the club's Football League goals tally to the 5000 mark.
Tyson, in particular, enjoys featuring against United, having netted four times against them last term.
Rovers had to come from behind at Glanford Park after Rory Fallon's opener gave Russ Wilcox's men the lead. James Coppinger and Tyson were to respond either side of half time to give Paul Dickov's side the points.
The end of season finale was a spectacle to behold in the May sunshine as Rovers raced in to a three goal lead by half time thanks to an own goal and headers from Tyson and former Scunthorpe old boy Rob Jones. Though another former Iron old boy in Andy Butler put through his own goal also, Tyson's two penalties in six second half minutes wrapped up the win despite the last gasp effort of Hakeeb Adelakun.


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Microsoft is making a Surface USB-C dongle so you can dongle all your dongles
by Napier Lopez — in Microsoft
Microsoft's been on a high streak with its newest Surface products, but one repeated complaint has been their shunning of USB-C – also known as the best connector in the world (fight me). In an interview with The Verge, Surface head honcho Panos Panay gave us both the clearest explanation of the omission, and provided a bit of respite: USB-C is coming to the Surface soon, but you'll need a dongle for it.
According to The Verge, Microsoft plans to release a dongle that will attach to the power port on the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, and will allow for both charging and data transfer. It means you'll be able to charge your phone and PC with the same cable – if the charger is powerful enough.
That, admittedly, is a serious problem with USB-C : it's not always clear to the average consumer which chargers carry enough power for larger devices. Panay cites the Surface 3: That device used a Micro USB port for power, which caused some confusion when customers tried to use their phone chargers on the device only to find it would take "10 to 12 hours" to fill up the battery.
Still, I'd argue that's a small price to pay for the end goal of a truly universal port. Just yesterday I was able to finish an article only because I was able to use my phone charger to keep my laptop going after that battery had run out. I didn't care that it couldn't charge my laptop quickly – even if it was only a trickle charge, it still saved my butt. Besides, it's not as if consumers haven't already been dealing with charger compatibility issues for years among smartphones.
More importantly, it's ultimately up to manufacturers to educate people on the proper USB-C spec, whether that comes in the form of warnings, better packaging, or implementing stricter standards. Rest assured, USB-C will be surely be built into Surface devices once the standard is ready, according to Panay; it's just a shame Microsoft isn't leading the charge.
In the meantime, Panay jokes: "If you love Type-C, it means you love dongles. We're giving a dongle to people who love dongles."
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Sephora stores are already providing us the chance to have a look at all the news of the brand's 2017 Spring/Summer collection and also of those other brands that are commercially represented by it, which have been increasing in number and qualities, for instance niche brands like Nars, which has been operating for more than 20 years now and that has professional products targeting the general audience, despite being a niche brand – one that, until being introduced by Sephora in some of its stores this year, couldn't be purchased in Portugal in any way but online.
In addition to having a product line in collaboration with Charlotte Gainsbourg, which includes lipstick, eyeshadow, highlighter and the Kohl pencil, it also has primers, lipsticks and other products, which we can purchase exclusively from Sephora, particularly the famous Orgasm line, one that started with a blush in 1999, prompting such a raucous that the brand decided to create a liquid version as well, the Orgasm Liquid Blush and the Limited Edition Orgasm Lipstick.
Marc Jacobs keeps innovating and is now betting its chips on a unique ingredient, the coconut, with the Coconut Collection. The different products: Drew Drops Coconut Gel Highlighter, O!Mega Bronze Bronzing Powder, The Bronze Brush and the (Re) Cover Coconut Setting Mist have different kinds of coconut, water, milk, fragrance and compounds like polysaccharides. Coconut is a fruit with countless health benefits, whether it is taken orally or when used in cosmetics or in medicine. In addition to its immense hydration power, especially in oil form, it also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Besides these advantages, and the recurring quality of the brand's makeup products, the Coconut Collection line also has wonderful packages and, of course, a unique odour.
Benefit, a brand that targets a younger audience, but is nonetheless demanding as to the quality of its products, is launching a lipstick with applicator, the Double The Lip, which is able to fill the lips at one go, the CustomShadow Blender which is a palette with two eyeshadows and a foam applicator, and also the Galifornia Blush, joining the already impressive collection of blushes of Benefit, a light pink blush with golden pigments that provides an illuminating and slightly iridescent effect.
From Sephora itself, we have appealing news, such as the Mixology eyeshadow palette, one that comprises a total of 18 colours, arranged in different sets. It ranges from neutral, light and darker tonalities, to the most intense (always abiding by a logic of daily usability), matte and shining tones. The pigments are always quite reasonable, both the mattes and the shining options. It's a pallet with a good price-quality ratio.
The Outrageous Curls Waterproof mask has a rubber applicator, which makes it easier to use and also more hygienic. More than the volume itself, it's a good mask to curl and lengthen the eyelashes.
Cosmetic-wise, there are also important launches. StriVectin has a new anti-aging serum, the Youth Infusion Acti-Serum, featuring the patented formula NIA-114 with iridescent spheres. NIA-114 is a nicotinic acid, a form of niacin, also known as vitamin B3 or vitamin PP. It's a water-soluble molecule, one that usually struggles to penetrate the skin barrier, but, in this formula developed by the scientists of StriVectin, penetrates the deepest layers where the cell regeneration takes place. In addition to NIA-114, this serum also has antioxidants, collagen and tri-peptides, every element that we need to keep the skin's elasticity and fight free radicals which contribute to skin ageing.
From Sephora, the Nourishing Mousse Body Oil is highly moisturising and easy to use. Despite being an oil, its texture is a pleasant mousse that penetrates the skin rather well and makes it smoother without showing any stickiness.
Lastly, and perhaps the most important news coming from Sephora in terms of cosmetics, is the exclusive distribution of the British brand This Works. One that combines quality and an affordable price. For the experts behind this brand, sleeping is the most important step to achieve a good-looking and healthy skin. For this purpose, the brand has launched the Deep Sleep line, whose Deep Sleep Pillow Spray is now considered a flagship product to fight insomnia. From the same product range, the brand is now launching the Deep Sleep Stress roll-on. The first is intended to be sprayed on the pillow, the second is to be applied on the wrists in order to inhale the scent of eucalyptus, chamomile and vetiver. If these wonderful launches, already available exclusively at Sephora stores, don't let us have some shuteye, we can always rely on these two products by This Works, which will help us to relax and wait for the stores to open.
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Klubnik, No. 10 Clemson rout No. 24 UNC 39-10 for ACC title
Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik runs with the ball in the first half during the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game against North Carolina on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)(Jacob Kupferman | AP)
Published: Dec. 4, 2022 at 1:08 AM EST
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Clemson Tigers are back in a familiar spot — atop the Atlantic Coast Conference.
And they may have found a quarterback to keep them there.
Freshman Cade Klubnik came off the bench to complete 20 of 24 passes for 279 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score to lead No. 10 Clemson to the ACC championship with a 39-10 victory over No. 24 North Carolina on Saturday night.
Cornerback Nate Wiggins broke up two passes in the end zone, blocked a field goal and returned an interception 98 yards for a touchdown as the Tigers won their seventh ACC title in eight seasons.
Clemson (11-2, No. 9 CFP) won six straight ACC championships from 2015 to 2020 before failing to reach the title game last season. But coach Dabo Swinney's Tigers rebounded in a big way, going 9-0 against ACC foes this season to reach the Orange Bowl.
"We're going to South Beach!," Swinney shouted to fans after the game.
They Tigers have Klubnik to thank for that.
With Clemson down 7-0, Swinney benched two-year starter DJ Uiagalelei after the Tigers failed to pick up a first down on their first two possessions, Swinney turned to Klubnik, a 5-star recruit from Austin, Texas. He responded by leading the Tigers to four straight scores and a 24-10 lead at halftime.
Clemson stretched it to 39-10 heading into the fourth quarter.
North Carolina coach Mack Brown said he didn't expect Clemson to switch QBs mid-game and it threw his team off. UNC had planned to stack the box and make Uiagalelei beat them through the air.
"Cade had played very little all year and when he went into play against Notre Dame he threw an interception, so we totally thought we would see DJ because they hadn't changed all year," Brown said.
But it wasn't the first time Swinney called Klubnik's number.
He benched Uiagalelei in the second half against Syracuse and Klubnik responded by leading the Tigers to a come-from-behind 27-21 victory. Swinney also turned to Klubnik against Notre Dame, although the results were the opposite with the freshman throwing a Pick 6 in a 35-14 loss.
Klubnik had completed 11 of 22 passes for 98 yards coming into the game.
But Swinney has never been shy about replacing veteran QBs with less experienced players in key situations. He did it in 2014, sitting Cole Stoudt for Deshaun Watson, and again in 2018 replacing Kelly Bryant with Trevor Lawrence.
ACC player of the year Drake Maye was limited to 268 yards passing and turned the ball over three times for North Carolina (9-4, No. 23 CFP), which was seeking its first ACC championship since 1980 when Lawrence Taylor was wreaking havoc on quarterbacks.
Maye got things started on the right foot for the Tar Heels, capping an 11-play, 78-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead on UNC's first possession.
But the Tar Heels repeatedly sputtered on offense inside the red zone after that, the biggest blow coming when Maye misfired near the goal line and Wiggins — who had struggled in Clemson's 51-45 win over Wake Forest — returned his errant pass for a touchdown to give Clemson a 32-10 lead with 5:05 left in the third quarter.
"He threw it right to me," Wiggins said. "I was thinking, 'ain't nobody catching me. I've got to get to the end zone.' I felt like today was my day."
Said Maye: "We were moving the ball all night and we'd get to the red zone and we'd have a stall and a stop in the road. It starts with me. I've got to make better decisions. I've got to make some plays."
Klubnik provided an immediate spark for Clemson.
He led the Tigers on a nine-play, 71-yard drive, culminating in a 1-yard TD pass to Davis Allen. After Maye's fumble, Klubnik caught a 19-yard pass from Phil Mafah to set up Mafah's 4-yard touchdown run — Clemson's second TD in a span of 40 seconds.
Klubnik then showed off his arm strength with a 68-yard pass to fellow freshman Cole Turner to set up his own 1-yard TD run for a 21-7 lead.
This is the final year the ACC will feature its two division winners playing for a championship. In future years, all ACC teams will be lumped together and the two teams with the best records will advance to the title game.
North Carolina: Maye garnered plenty of Heisman Trophy talk during the season, but the offense has stalled resulting in a three-game losing streak. But as long as Maye doesn't transfer — and there are no indications he will given his family history at North Carolina — the Tar Heels have a good chance to get back to the ACC title game next season.
Clemson: The Tigers have set a high bar by winning national championships, so as much as they will enjoy getting back atop the ACC mountain there will be plenty of talk over whether Swinney cost his team a chance at a spot in the College Football Playoff by not turning to Klubnik at quarterback earlier in the season. It seems Uiagalelei might be a logical transfer portal candidate.
Clemson will play in the Orange Bowl, while North Carolina awaits a bowl bid.
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Don't Tell Anyone (No le digas a nadie)
Mikaela Shwer / USA / 2015 / 75 min. / DVD
Yollocalli Arts Reach, 2801 S. Ridgeway Ave.
Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 5:30pm
Post-screening discussion with Stephanie Manriquez (Yollocalli) and Quintiliano Rios-Perez (Enlace Chicago)
South Side Projections and Yollocalli Arts Reach present the third film in a series about undocumented immigrants that runs February through June at locations around the south side. Each screening will feature a panel discussion. The series is sponsored byContratiempo, the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago, and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.
Don't Tell Anyone (No le digas a nadie), Mikaela Shwer, 2015, 75 min.
Since the age of four, Angy Rivera has lived in the United States with a secret that threatens to upend her life: She is undocumented. Angy arrived with her mother, fleeing violence, poverty, and civil war in their native Colombia. For 20 years they lived in the shadows, struggling to stay afloat financially and avoid deportation while battling a complex and inequitable immigration system. "Don't tell anyone" is a phrase whispered often and branded deeply on the consciousness of all who are undocumented. Now 24, unable to pay tuition for college and facing an uncertain future, Angy joins the youth-ledNew York State Youth Leadership Council (YLC), with whom she picks up a bullhorn at pro-immigration rallies, telling all who will listen that she is "undocumented and proud." Rivera becomes an activist for undocumented youth with a popular advice blog "Ask Angy" and a YouTube channel boasting more than 27,000 views. She steps out of the shadows a second time to share her story of sexual abuse, an experience all too common among undocumented women. Don't Tell Anyone (No le digas a nadie) follows Rivera's remarkable journey from poverty in rural Colombia to the front page of the New York Times.


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Kansas Cosmosphere
The Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center is one of The 8 Wonders of Kansas. This interactive museum has one of the most significant collections of U.S. and Russian space artifacts in the world! The large atrium of the Hall of Space Museum features a SR-71 Blackbird, a T-38 jet trainer, and a full-size model of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Its Hall of Space Museum is one of only three museums in the world to display flown spacecraft from all three early-manned space programs - Mercury (Liberty Bell 7), Gemini (Gemini 10) and Apollo (Apollo 13). Educating patrons from around the globe, the Cosmosphere boasts the Hall of Space Museum, one of the most significant collections of U.S. and Russian space artifacts in the world; the Carey IMAX Dome Theater, one of only 14 IMAXR dome theaters in the world; a planetarium; and astronaut training camps for all ages.
The Kansas Cosmosphere-one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."
At the Cosmosphere, visitors hear the non-biased, definitive story of the Space Race. The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, conceived by long-time Hutchinson resident Patricia Carey, is one of America's premier space centers. Making its start as a small planetarium on the Kansas State Fairgrounds, the Cosmosphere is now an internationally-acclaimed staple of the space science community.
Located in central Hutchinson, the Cosmosphere is unique to Kansas. In regard to depth and size, the Cosmosphere's space artifact collection is second only to that of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Similarly, the Cosmosphere's Hall of Space Museum harbors the largest collection of Russian space artifacts outside of Moscow. The Cosmosphere has also taken part in many documentaries and films like the movie Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks.
The Cosmosphere was also the first institution to become an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and is still the only Smithsonian affiliated museum in the state of Kansas. In 2008 it was voted one of the eight wonders of Kansas by a national poll.
Highlights of the Cosmosphere include:
The V-1 "Buzz Bomb" was filled with enough gas to get to its target, then would drop from the sky and explode upon landing.
The V-2 was the world's first ballistic missile.
Sputnik 1 was the back up for the actual Sputnik 1 that launched the world's first satellite into space.
Sputnik 2 was used in testing before Sputnik 2 launched the world's first living being into space: a dog named Laika.
Redstone Nuclear Warhead rockets were, at the time, the most accurate missiles yet built. This model is not bearing any radioactivity or even the lead shielding.
109-foot Titan rocket was used to launch astronauts into space during the Gemini program.
Russian Vostok spacecraft flew in space during Russia's unmanned Vostok space program
Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft flown by astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom during the Mercury program.
Gemini X spacecraft was flown by a two-person crew during the Gemini program.
Apollo White Room - one of only two white rooms used during the Apollo program.
Apollo 13 command module Odysseyhoused the Apollo 13 crew through take off and reentry into Earth's atmosphere. "Houston, we've had a problem."
Moon Rock collected during Apollo 11, the first Apollo mission.
"About the Cosmosphere." Kansas Cosmosphere. Accessed April 19, 2015. http://cosmo.org/about.
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We arrived in Namibia on an evening flight from Johannesburg, South Africa in April 2011, and drove to Windhoek, the capital and largest city, in the middle of a torrential rain typical at the end of an African rainy season but somewhat unusual for a dry country like Namibia. The rains wreaked havoc on the relatively smooth tarred highway, leaving behind gaping potholes that tested the suspension of our sub-sub-compact Nissan car rental not much bigger than a Mini. For a reason I can only chalk up to terrain or available land, Hosea Katuko International Airport sits far out of town in the middle of nowhere. Heavy rain and darkness obstructed my view as we drove on in a car that offered the challenge of driving for the first time in manual left-hand drive vehicle in an unknown location.
We arrived in Windhoek, a city of about 500,000 residents, late at night and dead tired after a long afternoon of commuting from our home in Zambia. The complimentary maps of Namibia and Windhoek given to us by the car rental company helped us locate the general vicinity of our hotel, the Protea Thuringerhof, on the city's main thoroughfare, Independence Avenue. Contrary to the stereotype that men don't stop to ask for directions, I stopped and asked where we were at a downtown petrol station. We were off by a couple of blocks. GPS with African coverage would have been helpful, but alas we did not have one at our disposal. Because the hotel is in the center of the city, we were concerned for our safety in a nearly deserted part of town. Fortunately, we weren't in any imminent danger. Windhoek has a reputation for being a relatively safe African city far different from its neighbor, South Africa, where violent crime and carjackings are far too common.
Protea Hotels is a mid-scale (3-4 star) South African chain virtually omnipresent in cities throughout southern Africa. The quality varies by property, as we soon found out. The Thuringerhof where we stayed is centrally located and was cheaper but decidedly no frills and lacking in ambience; its sister property, Furstenhof, is more expensive but may be a better option for those looking for comfort. The Thuringerhof was obviously an aging hotel that Protea had purchased and remodeled. We received a discount during our stay because the hotel was painting the hallway and room on our floor and had covered the hallway with tarp plastic. The elevator was also broken. Porters carried our luggage up and down several flights of stairs from the postage-stamp sized fenced parking lot adjacent to the basement. We can't really complain because the price was right in a country where lodging can cost $400-$500 per night, and the hotel was merely a base from which to explore the city. The complimentary breakfast each morning let us pore over our maps and plan our sightseeing strategy for the day. If you visit Windhoek on vacation, consider staying at the Thuringerhof if you place a premium on affordable lodging in a good location and can dispense with any other amenities.
MG Edwards is a writer of books and stories in the thriller and science fiction-fantasy genres. He also writes travel adventures and children's books. A former U.S. diplomat, he served in South Korea, Paraguay, and Zambia before leaving the Foreign Service to write full time.
Edwards is author of six books. His memoir, Kilimanjaro: One Man's Quest to Go Over the Hill, was finalist for the Book of the Year Award and the Global eBook Award. He has published four children's picture books in the World Adventurers for Kids Series: Alexander the Salamander; Ellie the Elephant; Zoe the Zebra; and a collection featuring all three stories. His book Real Dreams: Thirty Years of Short Stories is an anthology of 15 short stories.
Edwards lives in Taipei, Taiwan with his family. He has also lived in Austria, Singapore and Thailand. For more books or stories by M.G. Edwards, visit his web site at www.mgedwards.com or contact him by e-mail at me@mgedwards.com or on Twitter @m_g_edwards.
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Iron Man suits up in gear powered by his arc reactor to battle enemies of the Avengers.
There's more to being a Super Hero than capes and fancy suits. Being a super hero is about defending justice and knowing when it's time to fight as a team! Kids can imagine powering up for action alongside their favorite super heroes, like Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Hulk, Black Panther, Thor, and more, with Avengers figures and roleplay (each sold separately)! Avengers, Assemble!
Includes: gauntlet and 2 NERF darts.
When Tony Stark suits up as the Avenger Iron Man, he uses his repulsors to blast his enemies and fly. Kids can imagine the action with the Iron Man Blast Repulsor Gauntlet.
The Iron Man Blast Repulsor Gauntlet comes with 2 NERF darts, so when kids load a dart into the gauntlet, they can launch it and imagine sending a repulsor blast at Iron Man's enemies.
When kids wear the Iron Man Blast Repulsor Gauntlet with the Iron Man Hero Mask (Sold separately) they can imagine the adventures of the arc-reactor-powered Avenger.
The Marvel Universe of comics, movies, cartoons, and television shows is full of heroes like Iron Man and the Avengers, and now kids can imagine joining in on the action.


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Q: MVC4 RC WebApi parameter binding I upgraded from MVC4 beta to RC and the latest autofac.  The following action was binding properly, but now both parameters are null.  I see they changed things about the Formatters and such but I am not sure what caused my problem
[HttpPost]
RedirectModel MyAction(string value1, string value1)

REQUEST
Method: POST
Accept: application/json
URL: api/controller/myaction
BODY: {"value1":"1000", "value2":"foo"}

A: When you want to avoid using a DTO object, try this:
[HttpPost]
RedirectModel MyAction(dynamic value1, dynamic value2) {
    string sValue1 = value1;
    string sValue2 = value2;

A: Not really sure why the change from Beta, but I was able to make it work by changing the action signature to:
[HttpPost]
RedirectModel MyAction(MyActionDTO dto)

and defining MyActionDTO as
 public class MyActionDTO
 {
        public string value1 { get; set; }
        public string value2 { get; set; }
 }

It was throwing an exception about not being able to bind to multiple body parameters using the two string paramaters.  I guess using the DTO object more closely represents what you're sending in the AJAX call (a JSON object).

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The Australian P-8A Poseidon aircraft has achieved another milestone successfully firing its first Harpoon anti-ship missile during exercise RIMPAC 18 off Hawaii.
Australian defense minister, senator Marise Payne, said the Harpoon is integral to the P-8A reaching full operational capability.
Posted on July 23, 2018 with tags (RAN), HARPOON, Poseidon P-8A, RIMPAC.


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namespace Oro\Bundle\EntityBundle\Form\Type;

use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormView;

use Oro\Bundle\EntityBundle\ORM\OroEntityManager;

class EntitySelectType extends AbstractType
{
    const NAME = 'oro_entity_select';

    /**
     * @var OroEntityManager
     */
    protected $entityManager;

    /**
     * @param OroEntityManager $entityManager
     */
    public function __construct(OroEntityManager $entityManager)
    {
        $this->entityManager = $entityManager;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function buildView(FormView $view, FormInterface $form, array $options)
    {
        $vars = array('configs' => $options['configs']);
        if ($form->getData()) {
            $fieldConfig = $this->entityManager->getExtendManager()->getConfigProvider()->getConfig(
                $form->getParent()->getData(),
                $form->getName()
            );

            $fieldName = $fieldConfig->get('target_field');
            $vars['attr'] = array(
                'data-entities' => json_encode(
                    array(array($fieldName => $form->getData()->{'get' . ucfirst($fieldName)}()))
                )
            );
        }

        $view->vars = array_replace_recursive($view->vars, $vars);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(
            array(
                'placeholder'        => 'oro.form.choose_value',
                'allowClear'         => true,
                'autocomplete_alias' => 'entity_select',
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getParent()
    {
        return 'oro_jqueryselect2_hidden';
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getName()
    {
        return self::NAME;
    }
}

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Here at Bossiney House Hotel our 20 rooms are decorated to a very high standard.
Each room features many calming elements which include soft lighting and contemporary colours to compliment the wonderful sea, garden and countryside views. You can choose from many types of room with each having their own personality and ambiance.
All rooms are en suite and have tea and coffee making facilities and flatscreen televisions and individually controlled central heating.
Whether you are staying with us on holiday, a business traveler, a family or on your own, we have a luxurious room to suit your lifestyle. Which ever room you choose, the welcoming atmosphere will make you feel completely at home and relaxed at the Bossiney House Hotel.
All our double bedded rooms have kingsize beds. We have twin rooms (4) with baths and showers and family rooms and suites to accommodate groups and families.


The Ethiopia to Djibouti electrified rail project is scheduled to commence commercial operations in October this year. Ethiopia Minister of Transport Ahmed Shide, announced.
The 756km rail project was constructed by two Chinese companies. The first 320 km of the rail project from Sebeta to Mieso was executed by the China Rail Engineering Corporation while the remaining 436 km from Mieso to Djibouti port section was constructed by China Railway Group.
The project has showcased China's support to Ethiopia's efforts of transform its economy through infrastructural development. Currently, the Ethiopia is conducting test runs on the railway, as well as finalizing the preparations to form a joint venture company with Djibouti to manage the project.
"We hope the rail project will facilitate expansion of industrial manufacturing and boost Ethiopia's competitiveness by significantly cutting time needed for Ethiopia's exports to reach Djibouti port," said Minister Ahmed Shide.
Before the project, transportation of goods and services for Ethiopia to Djibouti port took 2 days. With the completed electrified rail line project, goods and services will reach Djibouti port for Ethiopia in 10 hours.
With an average speed of 120 km per hour passengers will have an opportunity to reach the two destinations in few hours. A single coach can accommodate 118 passengers at a go.
According to the transport ministry, the technical and legal frameworks of the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway will be concluded within two months time. The project lines connection will be done within the 2 months period.
In most of the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries railways have played, throughout history, a key part in the economic development maintaining a dominant role in transporting freight and passengers at low costs.
The last 50 years, the road transport in the region as throughout the world has expanded rapidly due to the aggressive development of the automobile industry. African governments have invested mainly in road infrastructure improvement, neglecting railways. The liberalization in road transport and the slow response of railways to adapt to the new market conditions resulted in dramatic traffic decline in rail transport.


In 2008, Dr. Theresa Cheng, inspired by the story of a local Iraq veteran, gravely injured by an IED, decided to provide free dental care to the spouses or moms who are caring for our Heroes.
She quickly found out that most of our veterans do not get dental care from the VA. Dr. Cheng is inspired by many dentists who stepped up to help when given the opportunity. Currently, we have close to 300 dentists, plus dozens of specialists and dental labs across the United States who have provided volunteer services to our low-income veterans.
As she gets to know the veterans, she is convinced that all services and goods in any local community can provide tremendous impact in making a difference in the lives of low-income veterans, e.g. marriage counseling, gym membership, sporting goods for healthy habits and so forth, can improve their lives. Most businesses and the local residents would like to help low-income veterans, so Everyone For Veterans (formerly serveourvets.weebly.com) is formed to connect them.
UI Dental Clinic Gives Free Care for Combat Veterans!
All smiles for Luis G., an Afghan War veteran, and his family!
Dr. George Gosztola of Kent, WA. with Afghan war veteran, Daniel S.
Dr. Merle Nunemaker (Kansas City, MO.) and Iraq War Veteran Denise M.
Dr. Dan Go (Renton, Wa.) and Vietnam war veteran, John C. of Renton, Wa.


PUMA Football has unveiled a special edition of the FUTURE 18.1 football boots designed by France and Athletico Madrid footballer, Antoine Griezmann.
With full conceptual control of graphic and colour, Griezmann worked with PUMA's team of designers to create something that truly represents who he is.
The GRIZI FUTURE 18.1 features a camo design on the upper and outsole of the boot which was created from the silhouettes of his home the city of Màcon, the department of Saône-et-Loire, the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and of course France.
The boots also feature across the heel the nicknames he has garnered on his journey to the top, Grizou, Tonie, Toinou, Le Petit Diable, El Pricipito and Antoine's favorite and most famous, Grizi. 'Grizi' also requested the wild cats's eyes on the boots to represent his 'hunter' instincts.
Finally, Grizi launches his new logo on the boot, fierce and aggressive in its design, again reverting back to his hunter nature on the pitch, look out for the hidden no.7 within.


What 迪士尼 Movie is the Scariest?
Hate me if 你 want but I really dislike these "modern" horror films that have been shipped out lately with the exceptions of the SAW series and maybe The Posession. I hate Paranormal Activity though and I hate The Conjuring as well because they're so, well... Boring and overrated.


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Politics, ethics & the law, legal practice & scholarship
van Gerven, Walter (2008) Politics, ethics & the law, legal practice & scholarship. LSE law, society and economy working papers (19-2008). Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
This paper examines legal practice, legal scholarship, ethics and politics from the viewpoint of an academic who in his lifetime has, besides having been a professor, been a vice-rector, a civil servant, an advocate general and an anti-corruption officer.. As a vice-rector he acknowledged the essence of decision making: based on intuition kept in check by deliberation. As a civil servant he learned to involve considerations of general interest in the decision making process. As an advocate general he tried to combine assistance to the Court with assistance to the legal community in a multicultural and pluralist European environment. As an "anti-corruption" officer he used his judicial experience to advance reform in the EC Commission. As an academic he sought to promote the "bottom up" approach of comparative law: from judicial (and legislative) solutions to general principles which the EU member states have in common.
Monograph (Working Paper)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/wps/wps1.htm
© 2008 The Author
K Law > KD England and Wales
J Political Science > JX International law
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Item no.: M-179
CMC Talbot-Lago Coupé T150 C-SS Figoni & Falaschi "Teardrop", 1937-39 "Memory Edition" metallic-aubergine
Deviating from our standard model, article number M-145, we chose an impressively "Aubergine" exterior paint for this model. With its "Teardrop" bodywork by the French sheet metal virtuoso Figoni & Falashi, it is characterised by elegance and unmatched aesthetics.
CMC Talbot-Lago Coupé T150 C-SS Figoni & Falaschi "Teardrop", 1937-39 "Memory Edition" metallic-aubergine quantity
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Item no. M-179 Categories: All-Products, CMC Talbot-Lago, Models 1:18
While researching and developing the Talbot Lago Type T 150 C-SS model series, CMC wanted to place a special emphasis on one specific variation of the line, the M-179 "Memory Edition". This variation is modeled after the vehicle which was featured in the Rosso Bianco Collection in Aschaffenburg, and is dark-aubergine in color (but with headlights which are recessed into the bodywork and arranged behind a chromium-plated metal grid). While the visit of this collection, this automobile had inspired the late CMC Co-Founder Mr. Herbert Nickerl in such a way that the desire to create a similar Talbot in a 1:18th scale was an enduring dream of his.With this release we are fulfilling that dream!
In the early years of CMC, this demanding type of vehicle was still a little ambitious to meet the high model challenges of this century classic. From today's point of view, after more than twenty years of experience in classic car modelling, we were now ready to reproduce this dream vehicle with the unmatched elegance and aesthetics of the "Teardrop" bodywork by the French sheet metal virtuoso Figoni & Falaschi as a world-class, high-end model.
When the decision was taken at CMC to reproduce the Talbot Lago Coupé with its "Teardrop" bodywork as a model, the pulse of our model builders quickened and the joy of reproducing such a piece of art was tremendous. But, at the same time there was also the challenge and obligation to do justice to this demanding project.Many experts around the world are in agreement that this vehicle can no longer be classified with the standards applying to cars otherwise. The Talbot Lago, with its bodywork made by the famous French sheet metal cutters Figoni & Falaschi, looks like it is from another planet. The car is simply what would be called "state of the art" today.
When Talbot presented the Coupé for the first time during the Paris Motor Show in 1937, the visitors were impressed immediately.This very quickly gave rise to the terms "goutte d'eau" (drop of water) and "teardrop coupé", which were never used officially, but which provided the suitable words for the extraordinary shape. Everything about this fascinating vehicle and every detail attest to a deep love of design and matching accessories. Every line and every rail supports the effect without appearing obtrusive. This car is a harmonious unit – from the narrow front fender to the chromium-plated exhaust tail piece. In addition, there is the luxuriously equipped interior with artistic workmanship of noble wood and elegant leather.A silky-smooth running six-cylinder in-line engine works under the bonnet of the Coupé at either 140 or 160 hp, depending on the model. Powerful torque guarantees energetic drive and good acceleration values.Just 16 of these cars – with each individual vehicle differing in either a hardly perceptible or a greater, conspicuous detail – were built between 1937 and 1939.Only about a quarter of these impressive vehicles are still known today, witnesses to a bygone era, when form was still a priority.
Hand-assembled precision metal model, built from 1,488 single parts
True-to-scale, authentic replication of the "Teardrop"-bodywork, customized by the renowned French coachbuilders Figoni & Falaschi
Precisely designed vehicle-frame as metal construction
Openable engine-hood with real air-vents. Supporting rod keeps the engine-hood in opened position
True to the original, distinctive front end with headlights recessed into the bodywork and arranged behind a chromium-plated metal grid. Perfectly designed cooler grill made of metal
Functional metal-sunroof, easy to open
Elaborate, side body trim strips made of metal
Form-fitting cover of the rear wheels with crescent shaped fender skirts
Movable doors
Highly detailed replication of the 6-cylinder in-line engine with all aggregates, pipes and cabling
Perfectly-wired wheels with a light alloy rim, stainless steel spokes and nipples, Removable two-wing central locking nuts
Trunk lid has supporting rods on both sides and opens to reveal a removable spare-wheel
Seat bench and foldable backrest upholstered with leather
Meticulous replication of the dashboard with all instruments and controls
Elaborate undercarriage with an authentically-replicated powertrain
Brilliant paintwork in an extraordinary "Aubergine" color-shade
TECHNICAL DATA (ORIGINAL VEHICLE)
Lightweight chassis with short wheel base
4-liter 6-cylinder in-line engine
Wilson 4-speed pre-selector gearbox
Single-wheel-suspension with transverse leave spring in the front
Rear axle with longitudinal leaf-springs
Bowden-cable drum-brakes all around
Displacement: 3,996 cc
Maximum output: depending on the model between 140 and 160 hp at 4,200 rpm
Top speed: approx. 185 km/h
Track front: 1,360 (1,372) mm
Track rear: 1,360 (1,461) mm
Whellbase 2,650 mm
Construction period/quantity: 1937-1939; 16 pcs.
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"I want something completely different than I have now. I like classic, with a little trendy added in. Black, white, gold, pink, and florals."
Those were the words I got back from my client, Caroline, after I had asked her what she was looking for in a new blog design. I even received a couple "I have no idea :)" responses to a couple of the questions regarding fonts and inspiration graphics. So she pretty much gave me free reign to design something I liked because she said she really just loves my aesthetic and then would tweak anything to her liking once I was finished.
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L.A. County Sheriff plans to revive highway drug team that stopped Latino drivers on I-5
The Sheriff's Department's Domestic Highway Enforcement team's operations were suspended in November after the county's inspector general said it was "inherently built to violate the constitutional rights of a vast number of people passing through the I-5 Freeway."
By Ben Poston,
Maya Lau
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tuesday that he will revive a drug team that was sharply criticized for disproportionately stopping Latino drivers on the 5 Freeway but said the unit would follow strict constitutional guidelines to prevent racial profiling.
The Domestic Highway Enforcement team was suspended in November after county Inspector General Max Huntsman said a preliminary investigation by his office found the unit was "inherently built to violate the constitutional rights of a vast number of people passing through the I-5 Freeway."
Villanueva told The Times that a new team of specialized narcotics officers is expected to begin drug enforcement operations on the stretch of the interstate north of Santa Clarita later this year. He said the former team fell short of department standards in how they treated Latino drivers.
"Maybe they started with the best of intentions, but over time they got ... a profile that had too much of a component that was constitutionally impermissible," Villanueva said. "So we need to restart and go back to what's allowable."
Villanueva said the revamped team would be given a different name and would consist of some deputies who are native Spanish speakers. The sheriff did not specify how large the unit would be or what reforms would be made before operations resume. He said the unit would have to balance its mission to disrupt the flow of drugs from Mexico with its legal duty not to violate the constitutional rights of drivers.
"If the criminal profile is that Mexican cartels are using native Mexican immigrants to transport drugs through the I-5 corridor, at some point when you start zeroing on who the right people are, it's going to end up being a lot of Spanish-speaking people," he said. "But we have to separate the wheat from the chaff. And we have to use the same standard for everybody."
The unit's approach first came under scrutiny in October when a Los Angeles Times investigation detailed how the team had pulled over and searched the vehicles of more than 3,500 drivers who turned out to have no drugs or other illegal items. The overwhelming majority of those were Latino.
Latino motorists describe anger at being stopped on 5 Freeway by sheriff's unit seeking drugs »
The Times' analysis of Sheriff's Department data found that 69% of drivers stopped by the team were Latino and that two-thirds of them had their vehicles searched — a rate higher than motorists of other racial and ethnic groups. Cars belonging to all other drivers were searched less than half the time.
By contrast, Latinos made up 43% of motorists who were issued citations by the California Highway Patrol on the same stretch of freeway during a six month period last year, according to an inspector general's office report released several weeks ago.
The report found that the team's work "had a constitutionally troubling impact on Latino drivers." and nearly a third of federal criminal filings based on the unit's arrests, 11 of 36, were dismissed by the courts or by prosecutors.
The inspector general's office said there were problems with oversight as soon as the unit was created in 2012 and the Sheriff's Department should have been aware. As early as 2014, the report said, the U.S. attorney's office told sheriff's officials of credibility problems regarding a deputy assigned to this team; yet no study was done to determine whether there were systemic issues behind the team's practices.
The unit — made up of a sergeant, four deputies, a part-time narcotics detective and a drug-sniffing dog — focused on the Grapevine section of Interstate 5, between the northern border of L.A. County and Santa Clarita.
Interim L.A. County Inspector General Rodrigo Castro-Silva has said the department needs to craft clear guidelines on how the team conducts traffic stops and that the stops should be captured on video and audio.
"There needs to be better accountability and there has to be auditing of video and comparing that to the reports of the deputies," Castro-Silva said last week. "There has to be much better training — they recognize that. They are open to working with our office on implementing these recommendations."
Sheriff's Department 'ignored red flags' about team that stopped Latino drivers, report says »
Castro-Silva said his office will be actively involved with the Sheriff's Department in the formation of the new team.
Sean Kennedy, a Loyola Law School professor and member of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission, said it's critical that the department work with independent constitutional policing experts as well as the inspector general to develop a protocol to ensure racial profiling does not occur.
"Changing the name or changing the people involved is not going to be good enough," he said. "We saw from past examples that when you don't have a proper protocol and supervision, criminal cases from the team end up getting dismissed."
Lael Rubin, another member of the commission and a former prosecutor, said she was disappointed that the commission was not notified about the sheriff's plans to revive the team. Since Villanueva has not provided specific details about how the revamped team will differ from the previous one, there is no guarantee of meaningful change, she said.
The inspector general's report listed 26 reform recommendations, key among them a proposal that department supervisors regularly analyze the team's stop data to determine if any racial or ethnic groups are being disproportionately stopped and searched. In a written response, Villanueva said the department would take that suggestion into consideration.
The department agreed with eight of the recommendations, including creating a standalone policy that clearly prohibits racial profiling.
But the department disagreed with a proposal that would require deputies to obtain written consent to conduct a search. Castro-Silva said sheriff's officials told him that was not necessary because deputies' actions would be recorded by dashboard and body cameras.
Claims of racial profiling on 5 Freeway echo findings against sheriff's deputies in Antelope Valley »
Sheriff's officials said they launched the highway team as a response to a spate of drug overdoses in the Santa Clarita area, although the inspector general said the team has not been effective in reducing overdoses. Similar units operate around the country as part of a federal program designed to use local and federal law enforcement agencies to combat drug trafficking.
The team made more than 1,000 arrests and seized 600 pounds of cocaine and more than a ton of methamphetamine, among other drugs, since it was formed. But Huntsman said that, without knowing the total supply that is moving through the 5 Freeway corridor, it's difficult to say how effective their efforts have been.
Ben Poston
Ben Poston is an investigative reporter specializing in data at the Los Angeles Times.
Maya Lau is a reporter on the Metro desk covering the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for the Los Angeles Times.


German prosecutors have launched an investigation into a 91-year-old man suspected of taking part in a 1942 massacre of more than 300 Jews in Ukraine.
"There is suspicion that this man is guilty of involvement in the murder of 360 people," spokeswoman Petra Hertwig for the Cottbus prosecutor's office told the Markische Allgemeine daily.
"We're looking into whether there is also material for other investigations," she added, without revealing details.
The report could not be confirmed immediately.
The man, referred to only as Herbert N., belonged to the SS commando suspected of having killed Jews, including women and children, from the Zhytomyr ghetto.
In October 1942, 60 Jews from the ghetto were driven in trucks to a forest some 15 kilometres from Zhytomyr, central Ukraine, where six German soldiers killed them and tossed their remains into a mass grave.
The following month 30 other soldiers from the commando massacred 300 more Jews in similar circumstances by shooting them in groups of 60, according to the daily.
A key hurdle facing the investigation lies in the difficulty of rounding up witnesses 70 years after the fact. The first witness to report the massacres in 1947 while he was a prisoner of war in the ex-Soviet Union died in 1971.
In 1985, the prosecutor's office in the western city of Wiesbaden abandoned proceedings against the head of the unit responsible for the massacres amid doubts over the truth of witness testimony.
Herbert N.'s name first surfaced when the state body tasked with uncovering Nazi criminals was searching for witnesses in another case.


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What Spreads Faster Than Bedbugs? Stigma – NYTimes.com
Bedbugs, once nearly eradicated, have spread across New York City, in part because of the decline in the use of DDT. According to the city's Department of Housing and Preservation, the number of bedbug violations has gone up 67 percent in the last two years. In the most recent fiscal year, which ended on June 30, the city's 311 help line recorded 12,768 bedbug complaints, 16 percent more than the previous year and 39 percent above the year before. A New York City community health survey showed that in 2009, 1 in 15 New Yorkers had bedbugs in their homes, a number that is probably higher now.
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Savages By Don Winslow
On Don Winslow's Hyper-Charged New Novel SAVAGES
I read many books annually, so that means I don't reread all that much. But for Don Winslow's SAVAGES, I couldn't help but make an exception. The book was, at least for me, the literary equivalent of narcotic stimulants* which I wanted to indulge in several times over.
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Nearly 50 percent leave Obama mortgage-aid program
RealtyTrac reported that the number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure surged in July to 92,858 properties, up 9 percent from June. The pace of repossessions has been increasing and the nation is now on track to having more than 1 million homes lost to foreclosure by the end of the year. That would eclipse the more than 900,000 homes repossessed in 2009, the firm says.
Lenders have historically taken over about 100,000 homes a year, according to RealtyTrac.
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America a walking dead-zombie country – Interviews – chaostheorien.de
Wall Street banks with their CDS's, High Frequency Trading and bogus market making are injecting the equivalent of financial Zyklon B into the American and world economy.
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iPhone Developer Edovia Gets 1,000,000 Downloads of Warships
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SkyandTelescope.com – Homepage News – Jack Horkheimer: Ambassador to the Stars
Amateur astronomy lost one its most iconic figures today. Jack Horkheimer, known to millions as public television's ebullient "Star Gazer," died this afternoon at age 72.
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Opera Has Given Me Back The Internet!
I cannot rave about the Opera browser enough.
This is day three and it still shocks me by enabling me to do what no other browser has been able to do.
Today I discovered I can watch Hulu again!!
It's "only" 380p (which is all I've tried, actually, because I was too busy watching something!), but even that was beyond the capabilities of Firefox 2.x, Chrome, and Safari on this weak PC. They'd make Hulu look like poor slideshows with the sound out of sync. With Opera, everything worked just fine!
It's incredible how software can enable things I thought were hardware limitations.
It wasn't this PC — it was the browsers I've been using.
The Writer's Bill Of Rights
This will be a work in progress, but this is the first and absolute right:
1) A writer does not have to have the same politics, tastes, mood, religion, prejudices, ideas, sexuality, likes, or dislikes as you. If you don't agree with any of that, stop reading altogether because you don't deserve any books at all and probably don't understand anything that you've been reading.
What made me do this post is the latest in snipery from readers who think a writer owes them something other than the work they've read and/or bought.
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NYC: Bedbug Central
Bedbugs found in small area in basement of Empire State Building
This is what happens when civilization begins to unravel.
We bring back plagues that were eradicated when civilization was still flourishing, when people were educated and gave a damn.
How bad is this problem in New York City?
Here is a photo I snapped just this morning:
Bed Bugs Found at Times Square Movie Theater


NEW YORK — The Democratic leaders of California and New York City are taking steps to provide health care coverage to some undocumented residents.
On his first day in office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a budget on Monday that would make California the only state in the nation to provide coverage to undocumented young adults through its Medicaid program.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an even more ambitious program on Tuesday called NYC Care that would provide coverage for all New Yorkers. There are roughly 600,000 residents without health insurance, half of them undocumented immigrants.
"From this moment on in New York City, everyone is guaranteed the right to health care," said de Blasio, comparing it to the universal pre-K program his administration implemented several years ago.
NYC Care will start rolling out in coming months and will take more than two years to be fully implemented, de Blasio said. It will cost at least $100 million, but the mayor said that the city would save a lot because fewer people would go to the emergency room, which provides pricey and inefficient care.
De Blasio told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the city would not raise taxes but would instead fund the program through the city's public health care system, which is now in better financial shape after years of dire straits.
The mayor's two-pronged approach will harness the MetroPlus Health Plan, a subsidiary of the city's public hospital system that offers coverage to more than half-a-million New Yorkers via Medicaid, Medicare and Affordable Care Act policies. It will seek to boost enrollment among those who qualify, but are uninsured.
Also, the city will use NYC Care to connect New Yorkers who are not eligible for health insurance, especially the undocumented or those who can't afford coverage, to health care. They will be assigned a primary care doctor and have access to specialty care, prescription drugs, mental health services and hospitalization. Services will be priced on a sliding scale and will be free for the poor.
Wait times to see a primary care doctor would be in line with the one to two weeks it currently takes, officials said.
One question is whether undocumented immigrants will sign up at a time when the federal government has increased deportation efforts, said David Sandman, CEO of the New York State Health Foundation, a health care policy, research and grantmaking organization.
"It's a very challenging time to roll out that welcome mat," Sandman said.
In California, Newsom would allow undocumented residents up to age 26 to enroll in Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program. The Golden State became the first to cover undocumented children up to age 19 in 2016.
Covering more undocumented Californians is part of a broader health care package Newsom unveiled Monday. The new governor also signed an executive order to create "the largest single purchaser for prescription drugs and allow private employers to join the state in negotiating drug prices," according to a statement from the governor's office.
High drug prices have been in the national spotlight lately, with the Trump administration and Congress both promising to lower costs.
In addition, Newsom wants to expand the Affordable Care Act's financial assistance to middle-income Californians. More than 80% of Obamacare enrollees take advantage of federal premium subsidies, and one of the main criticisms of the law is that premiums are unaffordable for those who don't receive subsidies.
Newsom's plan is to expand access to financial assistance to individuals earning up to $72,840 and families of four earning up to $150,600. Currently, individuals making up to $48,000 per year and families of four earning up to $98,000 can receive federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
Peter Lee, the executive director of Covered California, the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, praised Newsom's sweeping new proposals and actions.
Lee also noted that the governor's plan to restore an individual mandate penalty — which would be levied on those who don't have health insurance — would lower health care costs and increase enrollment. Congress essentially eliminated the federal individual mandate by reduce the penalty to $0 as part of the 2017 tax cut law.
Californians have through January 15 to sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage through Covered California.
Newsom also signed an executive order to establish a California surgeon general, according to the statement.


Small children and little hands need big things.
The new extra-large Fröbel Gifts take this into account and offer many new possibilities, particularly for nurseries caring for children under the age of three. These "XXL – Fröbel Gifts" are equally of interest to older children, too. They can be used by teachers for demonstration purposes in shared activities and they also enrich in a very special way children's independent exploration and experimentation.
SINA has added this product to its collection at the suggestion of the Evangelisches Fröbelseminar in Kassel. The family centre affiliated to the Evangelisches Fröbelseminar as a training institution has long used these "Maxi – Fröbel Gifts" in its nursery and kindergarten with great success.


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Focus on Graduate Research
By Tom Garlinghouse
Mallika Randeria first fell in love with quantum physics during her undergraduate years at MIT. When she took a course that required students to replicate some of the fundamental physics experiments of the past — including the 20th-century experiments that laid the groundwork for quantum mechanics — she was hooked.
"That really lit the spark," said Randeria, who recently earned her Ph.D. in physics from Princeton. "That's when I decided I definitely wanted to be an experimentalist, and not just do theory."
This focus on experimentation has allowed Randeria to peer deep into the counterintuitive world of quantum physics.
Working under the direction of Ali Yazdani, the Class of 1909 Professor of Physics, Randeria and her colleagues have, for the first time, imaged the collective behavior of electrons in a high magnetic field. In this unique environment, all the electrons begin to swirl in a distinctive elliptical orbit, a behavior never previously observed. The research is detailed in an article in the Feb. 6, 2019, Nature.
To observe this behavior, the researchers used a device called a scanning tunneling microscope, which is capable of detecting objects at the atomic scale. The experiment consisted of placing a bismuth crystal in the microscope and subjecting it to an incredibly low temperature — a few shades above absolute zero (-459 degrees Fahrenheit) — and a high magnetic field, about a thousand times the strength of a common refrigerator magnet.
What Randeria and colleagues saw was astonishing. The electrons' wave functions, which describe the probability of an electron being around an atom at any one point in time, all began to align themselves in the same direction. This is an example of collective behavior, Randeria said, because all the electrons are sensing what the other electrons are doing.
This behavior might be an example of the electrons attempting to minimize the energy costs of many electrons overlapping in different directional orbits, according to Randeria. "It becomes energetically favorable for all the electrons to point in the same direction," she said. "This experiment opened up a completely different way of studying these systems."
Randeria believes the images and behavior she and her colleagues observed could help researchers explore other behaviors in the quantum world. "The real purpose of these experiments is to push the frontiers of our understanding of physics," she said. Support for the research was provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the U. S. Department of Energy.


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Manfred Blaschke (* 24. August 1936 in Neisse) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Kommunalpolitiker (CSU).

Blaschke war von 1. Mai 1970 bis zu dessen Auflösung am 30. Juni 1972 Landrat des oberbayerischen Landkreises Schongau. Von 1. Mai 1978 bis 30. April 1996 war er Landrat im Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau. Während seiner Amtszeit wurde eine Reihe kommunalpolitischer Initiativen umgesetzt, darunter die Gründung des Tourismusverbandes Pfaffenwinkel, die Errichtung eines Gymnasiums in Penzberg, der Bau eines Sportzentrums bei der Berufsschule Schongau und die Einrichtung einer Förderschule in Weilheim.

Blaschke ist Mitglied der katholischen Studentenverbindung KDStV Aenania München.

Ehrungen
 1994: Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
 Verleihung des Titels Altlandrat
 2006: Goldener Ehrenring des Landkreises Weilheim-Schongau
 Bayerischer Verdienstorden

Landrat (Landkreis Schongau)
Landrat (Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau)
CSU-Mitglied
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes 1. Klasse
Träger des Bayerischen Verdienstordens
Korporierter im CV
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Geboren 1936
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There was an old story that circulated for quite a long time, a story that happened in the City of Maretilin, about two necromancers and a hero who conquered them, a wandering magician named Leder. After the story, though no such record supported it, there really was a magician named Leder who passed the magicians' tests. All the magician organizations on the grand land, from the Necromancers' Union in the south to the Tower of The Wise in the north, agreed that Leder was the most powerful magician in history. They called him "The Grand Wise."
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