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Sea Duty
Yates Stirling
G. P. Putnam's Sons
p92 Chapter VII
Staff Duty
My tour of sea duty was over, February, 1902, and I was entitled to return home. I could not at that time know that within a little over a year I would have circled the globe and returned to the Orient.
I was particularly desirous of going home via San Francisco, for there was someone there I was most anxious to see — a girl. But Providence decided otherwise for me. I turned over my dearly beloved Paragua, with the profoundest regrets, to Lieutenant Bisset, and sailed from Manila in the Navy transport Solace.a I was the navigator of the vessel and looked forward to an instructive cruise to California. The Solace stopped first at Shanghai, and there I found orders to join the Brooklyn. My friends on the Brooklyn engineered the change of orders without consulting me. They could not believe that I was displeased, for the Brooklyn was due in a month or less to return home via the Suez Canal. Our admiral was George Remey and the staff, whom I knew well, were Commander J. H. Shipley and Lieutenant R. R. Belknap. Captain Phil Brown of the Marines commanded the guard, and he and I were very old friends. I was senior watch officer, and all the other watch officers were ex‑gunboat captains. This fact caused a lot of fun to be poked at us by the senior officers. They called us "captain" in mock courtesy. The captain of the ship was C. C. Todd. He had been an officer at the Naval Academy when I was a cadet. He was a fine p93 ship handler, and it was an education to me to watch him perform in narrow harbors. Ever since, I have made that my special hobby. I made it a point to handle the ships that I commanded and when acting as navigator and executive officer, always showed my willingness to do the piloting and taking the ship into port or alongside of dock. An officer's ability as a ship handler is a most requisite for promotion.
A rather amusing incident occurred at Hong Kong, where Major Brown and I, after numerous drinks at the British Hong Kong Club, invited the crack Hong Kong regiment to dine with us in the wardroom of the Brooklyn. I shall never forget our embarrassment when five officers of that regiment turned up in their full evening mess dress, medals and all, while we were all in simple service dress. Brown wanted us all to go and put on our tail coats, but the seniors of the mess refused to be bothered. I noticed, however, they did not refuse to partake of the good liquor we provided. The Hong Kong regiment gave Brown and me a return dinner, to which we both went dressed to kill. Brown was a good deal of an Anglophile; when he talked with Englishmen, one would take him for one.
On arrival in Manila the Brooklyn held target practice. I had the forward turret of 8‑inch guns. One of my gun pointers was a remarkable shot. He kept destroying the target until I received word not to let him shoot. Target practice was always hurried and not interesting. There was no competition and no incentive to get good results. We were all relieved when it was over. We broke our •200‑foot homeward-bound pennant finally and sailed for Singapore en route home, via Suez. It was a treat to be in a big mess again. There were about forty officers in the wardroom mess.
Brown and I had been friends for years. I found him a congenial companion, and we usually went ashore together.
Almost immediately after our arrival in New York, in May, 1902, the Brooklyn was sent to Havana, Cuba, to give passage back to the United States to General Leonard Wood and staff. As Governor General, Wood turned over the Government to the Cubans and came home with us.
Ping-pong was a new game at that time and Wood was keen about it, as he was about all games. I was supposed to play the best game in the wardroom. The General, his young staff officers, and I spent much time at it. Wood became the acknowledged p94 champion, although we did our best to beat him. General Wood and Fighting Bob Evans seemed very much alike to me. Both were men of strong personality. They made people like them. Both had great will power. The secret of their success probably was their indomitable urge to succeed in anything they undertook.
After landing General Wood in New York, the Brooklyn joined the North Atlantic Squadron under Admiral Francis Higginson. Those who remember him will recall the hectic life we led. No one knew what was coming next. He seemed to glory in taking chances, and the hair of his captains became whiter after a season of strenuous maneuver.
In the squadron under Higginson were: the Kearsarge, completed after the Spanish War, the Massachusetts, Indiana, and Iowa, heroes of Santiago, and the Brooklyn, together with some cruisers and torpedo vessels. The Kentucky, the Oregon, and the New York were in the Philippines. That constituted the sum of our modern armored ships — battleships and cruisers. We did a lot of steaming; and maneuvers with this heterogeneous assortment of ships was nerve-racking at times. There were many near collisions.
There existed a certain amount of pretense of preparing for battle, but it seems to me, on looking back, that the greatest attention of admirals and captains alike was toward "Spit and polish." Maneuvers and target practice were things to get over with as soon as possible. The ships were kept spotlessly clean. You could see your face in the polished steel of the guns, but all dreaded target practice or anything else that would spoil the ship's appearance.
Target practice in our Navy had not changed its method for years. The target was a small point of aim, a pyramid of wood and canvas anchored •about a mile away. The fall of shots was taken by simultaneous observations from the firing ship and a boat anchored at right angles to the line of fire. These observations were plotted on vertical targets representing a battleship. Until after the practice was plotted, no one knew whether a ship had done well or badly, and by that time everyone had lost interest.
The loading of the guns was slow and deliberate. There being no real competition, there was little incentive to consider critically the methods used. The Navy Department, especially the Bureau of Ordnance, seemed satisfied with results and that seemed reason enough for the ships to let well enough alone. We soon discovered p95 that our whole system of shooting had got into a deep quagmire and needed to be helped out.
Lieutenant W. S. Sims was the champion of a new order of gunnery training. He first served in the Brooklyn on the Asiatic station and pounded a typewriter all day in the room next to mine. He had just arrived from France where he had been our Naval Attaché. He wore a French beard. He knew the British navy on the station, especially Captain Percy Scott, commanding one of Britain's armored cruisers, the Terrible. Scott at that time was thought by many of his brother officers as a harmless gunnery fanatic who was telling the conservative British admirals that their navy did not know how to shoot. After the Brooklyn sailed for home, Sims went to the Kentucky with Bob Evans, then an admiral, and continued to blast the Navy Department with descriptions of his proposed methods of training. He was not content only to criticize gunnery. He attacked the design and construction of our latest battleship, the Kentucky, on which he was then serving. According to Sims's lengthy reports, there was nothing right in this new ship: the gun sights were useless, the turret ports were wide open to shell fire, and the arrangements of turret and handling room in all turrets were a menace to safety. Sims described how a powder fire in the turret could travel quickly from there to the handling room and then to the magazine and blow up the ship in battle. These reports had gone to Washingtonb and had become live bombs in the several Bureaus of the Navy Department, particularly those of Construction and Ordnance.
Lieutenant A. P. Niblack had devised a method of target practice and had been made Target Practice Inspector at the Navy Department. Niblack's plan was an improvement but it fell far short of what Sims was recommending. Sims severely criticized Niblack's methods. Sims and Niblack had been classmates at the Naval Academy and lifelong friends. They were both of the brainy type and could not be convinced; nor would they compromise. Now they were bitter enemies. I knew them both and greatly admired them. They were both fine officers, and the welfare of the Navy was their chief concern, no matter whose toes were trod upon. Sims was ruthless in his criticism of the Target Practice Office, and Niblack was sensitive. Both men got to the top in the Navy and both made their full contribution, but in different ways. Niblack was literary and wrote many educational articles for the p96 younger officers of the Navy. Sims tackled the gunnery problem and achieved remarkable results.
After several months in the Brooklyn with the Atlantic Squadron, I went to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, commanded by my father, who had been made a rear admiral. I stopped in San Francisco on the way and by accident met Sims at the Palace Hotel. He was on his way to Washington. He was full of his subject. "Come on back and help me fight them," he said.
Sims found many officers who were willing to stand beside him and storm the defenses of the conservatives, who did not wish a change and did not want even to hear about one. What had been good enough for Farragut, Dewey, and Sampson was good enough for them. The young Navy knew that Sims was right, but it took time to persuade the doubters and those who felt their work was being unjustly censured and themselves humiliated. Any radical change such as this one naturally arouses resentment and jealousy among those who believed they had been carrying the Navy on their shoulders.
The fight between Sims and the Navy Department was fast and furious, but Sims won in the end and his method of gunnery training was adopted.
I remained at the Navy Yard with my father only long enough to make the acquaintance again of my father, mother, and sisters. We all lived in a big house at the Yard. My duties were light. I spent much of my spare time playing golf and going out in Seattle society.
The Navy Yard Puget Sound, near Seattle, Washington, had been established several years, yet there were many people in the eastern part of the country who believed because of its geographical situation, so far north in latitude, that it was ice‑bound during the winter. They had not figured out the effect of the warm Japanese current which gives to Seattle in winter almost as mild a climate as Charleston, South Carolina.
My father was sent a clipping from an Eastern newspaper in which no less a person than the Secretary of the Navy himself had stated that the Navy Yard, Puget Sound, in winter was completely blocked with ice. Father cut a half-dozen or more roses from bushes in front of his house, placed them in a box with the clipping, and wrote and signed: "Picked from the Commandant's from the yard in January." He sent the box addressed to the Secretary of the Navy. He never received a reply.
p97 At that time promotion to all grades in the Navy was by seniority. Important commands were none too plentiful, and there had grown up a none too pleasant custom to "hound" on to the retired list any ranking officer who was believed to be in ill health. Everyone was looking for a chance to alleviate the stagnation in promotion.
There had been a rumor that my father was a sick man. He was always thin but actually in perfect health, both mentally and physically, and kept his faculties until his death at the age of eighty‑six. Without any previous warning orders suddenly arrived for him to proceed to the Asiatic Station to command the Philippine Division of that Fleet. To show his readiness, in case it was an attempt at "hounding," he wired back at once nominating me on his staff as flag lieutenant. Washington may have hoped that my father, having but two years before retiring for age, instead of going out to the Orient, might, if he were not a well man, retire at once.
The Wisconsin was repairing at the Navy Yard, and when her work was finished, my father hoisted his flag in her, and we sailed for Honolulu en route for the Philippines. The flagship of the Philippine Division, the Rainbow, a converted merchant ship, met the Wisconsin in Yokohama, and Father transferred to her, and we sailed for Manila. This vessel remained our flagship for nearly a year.
My mother and two sisters decided to visit the Orient and sailed subsequently in a Pacific liner. After a year in the Philippines, Father was given the Cruiser Division of the fleet, hoisting his flag in the New Orleans in the spring of 1904.
There were three rear admirals on the Asiatic Station: Philip Cooper, the Commander in Chief of the Fleet, with the Wisconsin as flagship; my father in the cruisers; and Charles Train, who had taken my father's place in the Philippines.
The Russo-Japanese War was on, and the fighting in Manchuria and at Port Arthur was in full swing. Therefore the New Orleans took station to observe, at Chefoo, China, which is just across the Gulf of Pichili from Port Arthur. On calm clear days we could hear the sound of heavy artillery. Chefoo was a clearinghouse for rumors, and at one time or another all the war correspondents visited there in hopes of obtaining news of the fighting from the thousands of refugees who escaped from the besieged areas across the gulf at night.
p98 The remaining ships of Father's division of cruisers were scattered to other ports to observe the progress of the war. The division never to my knowledge was assembled. The organization of the Asiatic Fleet at that time seemed to have no real purpose except to give positions to superfluous rear admirals.
After we had been in the New Orleans perhaps two months, Father relieved Admiral Cooper as Commander in Chief. The exchange of command took place in Shanghai, or at least at Woosung, where the battleships had to anchor on account of their great draft. While we were there, the battle of August 10, 1904, between the Russian Port Arthur fleet, under Admiral Makaroff, and Admiral Togo's Japanese fleet, was fought. In this battle the homemade Japanese Shimosi powder being used blew the muzzles off the turret guns of many of the Japanese warships. But at this stage of the battle the accident to the flagship Tzarewitch's rudder threw the Russian column of ships into disorder. Not knowing they were victorious on account of the gun accidents of the Japanese, the Russian Fleet turned about and retreated into Port Arthur, from which harbor they never succeeded in escaping and were either sunk by their own crews or by Japanese shell fire.
The cruiser Askold and a destroyer escaped from the battle. The destroyer took refuge in Chefoo and the cruiser arrived at Woosung, where my father's flagship was anchored. The Russian anchored near the Wisconsin, and the Russian Admiral came on board at once to call. Father received him and learned of the condition of his ship, and also that three Japanese armored cruisers in hot pursuit were at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
I accompanied my father when he returned the call. There was no doubt about it, the Askold was badly damaged. She had suffered many casualties and also had been holed on the water line several times. That same afternoon the Russian warship went up the Whangpoo River and entered the British-owned drydock at Shanghai for repairs.
We learned through press reports that the Russian destroyer that had gone to Chefoo had interned and had placed herself under the protection of the Chinese Navy in that port. But, nevertheless, she had been seized, despite the Chinese Commodore's protest, by the two Japanese destroyers, and after a fight with the Russian crew, in which the Chinese naval men held aloof, had been captured and towed to sea.
p99 That night Father and his staff went to a big dinner given by the Chinese Tao Tai (mayor) of Shanghai. I happened to sit next to the Japanese Consul General, who spoke excellent English. He quizzed me all through the dinner, knowing, of course, that I was the Admiral's son and flag lieutenant. The little Jap was very much annoyed because the Russian cruiser had refused to disarm and almost openly accused my father of encouraging this. He told me there were three armored cruisers outside the Yangtze, commanded by their illustrious Admiral Uriu, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He seemed to insinuate that that fact should cause my father to side with the Japanese. The Consul General declared emphatically that if the Russian continued in his refusal to disarm, Admiral Uriu would take forcible action the next day, for the Japanese ships were needed very urgently and could not afford to remain inactive at the entrance to the Yangtze.
I said rather abruptly:
"Oh, I hope he won't do that."
The Consul General replied: "Why, what will you do?" Feeling I had said quite enough, I only shook my head and attempted to look wise.
Our ships consisted of the battleships Wisconsin and Oregon, anchored at Woosung; the monitor Monadnock, five destroyers, and a naval collier at Shanghai. We were the only foreign squadron in the international port. The British warships were at Wei Hei Wei. Some said they were keeping out of the way. At that time Great Britain and Japan were in alliance.
According to International Law, the Askold was entitled to repair her damage to make her seaworthy and to receive sufficient fuel to enable her to reach the nearest Russian port, that of Vladivostok. The high-handed action against the interned Russian destroyer in Chefoo was not very encouraging to my father, as it might well be considered an augury of what could be expected in Shanghai, even after the Askold had disarmed. The Russian Admiral seemed to be standing on his rights under the law; so far he had refused to disarm. After all, why should the Russian disarm and become an easy victim in case the Japanese repeated the Chefoo procedure in Shanghai?
It certainly appeared that the American Admiral might find himself the center of an international incident at any moment. If both the Russian Admiral and the Japanese Admiral carried p100 out their avowed intentions, the one of refusing to disarm and the other of attacking the Askold in Shanghai, a fight between the Russian and Japanese warships, in the midst of an excitable population of millions of Chinese, would be a terrible calamity worth the most serious risk to prevent.
My father knew that he must do all in his power to block the victory‑mad Japanese from taking the law in their own hands and precipitating a battle in the international port. Father, I knew, had carefully weighed the situation. There was the Standard Oil installation with quantities of oil, kerosene, and gasoline in tanks, located next to the drydock in which the Russian ship was lying. This oil, if set on fire, would spread to the river, menacing shipping, the warships, piers, and warehouses. If he failed to save the situation, Father would be condemned. He was determined to hold the Japanese to reason, yet he had to avoid taking any overt action that might precipitate a fight between his own ships and the Japanese. The task was not an easy one, but grave consequences were involved in its failure.
The next morning at daylight the monitor Monadnock was moored in the river off the entrance to the drydock. Three American destroyers were alongside the collier moored across the gate of the drydock, while two destroyers were at Woosung with the two battleships. Every American ship was cleared for action.
This is what the news-hungry correspondents saw the next morning, and the cable offices were kept busy.
About noon a small Japanese destroyer came up the Yangtze from the squadron off the entrance. When the Japanese vessel appeared, the Admiral sent me in a launch over to the destroyer Bainbridge, to tell her commanding officer, Lieutenant George Williams, to follow the Japanese destroyer, should she go up the Whangpoo River to Shanghai, and, if the Japanese attempted to torpedo the caisson of the drydock or start a fight with the Askold, to use force to stop her. There was no mistaking the seriousness of the Admiral's intentions. He had made up his mind that a Chefoo incident would not be duplicated in Shanghai.
The Japanese destroyer headed for the bar of the Whangpoo. Williams followed and, with a tremendous burst of speed, passed her while she was crossing the bar. The wash from the Bainbridge nearly capsized the smaller ship, which turned immediately and headed for the town of Woosung and there anchored. Williams continued on up the river. My mother and two sisters were p101 on board the Bainbridge. They had arrived that morning in a steamer from Hong Kong and had breakfasted with us in the Wisconsin. Williams had offered to take them to Shanghai. They were already on board when the Japanese destroyer was sighted. There was no time to get them off the Bainbridge, and I was glad to see the Japanese boat anchor at Woosung.
I made a boarding visit to the Japanese ship in the Admiral's barge. The little captain of the destroyer was mad as a hatter. His first question was: "What was your destroyer trying to do?"
I replied: "Oh, he was just in a hurry."
After staying about an hour at anchor the Japanese vessel returned down the Yangtze. He must have sent a cable of what he had seen — two American battleships cleared for action — and that news was in Japan almost instantly.
Late that afternoon a tug emerged from the Whangpoo and came close alongside the Wisconsin. We sent a launch, and the Russian Admiral came on board. He told Father that he had waived his right under international law and ad agreed to permit his ship to be disarmed by the Chinese officials. He thanked him for his courtesy.
At the gangway the Russian made an eloquent gesture with his arms to show that he understood that our ships were prepared for battle; then, before Father could dodge, he kissed him on both cheeks. Father was much embarrassed. Not wishing to have the Russian feel too certain that all this preparation was other than routine, Father pointed to his two battleships and said: "You see, Admiral, I'm having the annual Admiral's inspection of all my ships and that is why they are cleared for action."
The Russian spoke English perfectly. He showed he was in no way fooled by Father's glib explanation and responded with another pair of kisses.
Now that the Askold was disarmed, it was unlikely that the Japanese would attempt to seize that ship in face of our squadron. The incident could be considered over in Shanghai, but it was not in Washington. Father was being bombarded with cable messages. He did not send a reply until he knew the Russian had disarmed and all danger of conflict was over. Gaucherie in Washington from one of our half-baked, so‑called diplomats in charge of Oriental affairs might have upset the applecart and even precipitated a fight with the Japanese, for I am sure my father meant business.
p102 I quote from memory the most interesting of the Washington cables:
"Alarming, disquieting, and sensational press reports from Shanghai in all newspapers. What have you done? Report immediately what measures you have taken with all particulars and reasons for your action."
Father pondered over this message for some time. Finally he wrote and sent the following reply in our most secret cipher:
"Know nothing of sensational press reports. Only measures taken were of a precautionary nature. The Askold has disarmed and has been interned by the Chinese authorities."
This duty with my father was for me most beneficial from a professional standpoint. I shall never regret having served as his flag lieutenant in spite of all the petty objections and criticisms from those who are against sons serving on their fathers' staffs. In a way I was getting experience much beyond my years and rank from this intimate association with an admiral in command of a fleet. I had the feeling that at least some of the responsibility was on my shoulders. I gave the greatest attention and thought to all things affecting my father's interests.
The Oregon, one of our ships, was holding the gunnery trophy. Lieutenant Francis Boughter, the Fleet Gunnery Officer, and I worked out a plan to put the flagship Wisconsin in the running for it. The Wisconsin had been always a good shooting ship, but flagships have always been under a disadvantage in competing for the trophy because of the frequent interference with schedules due to the demands of the Admiral upon the ship's time. The crew of the Wisconsin were excellent, but her officers were mostly short timers and due to go home, their cruise being over. For this reason, the officers seemed to have lost interest in gunnery. The new method of training gun pointers and conducting target practices, instituted by Sims, had now been put into practice on the Asiatic station.
With the Admiral's approval, we managed to send all the short timers home on ships that were sailing and filled their places with the best officers available, without disrupting the gunnery setups in important shooting ships. It was not really a radical measure, but in carrying it out some officers were inconvenienced who had established themselves comfortably and did not wish to be disturbed. We lost much favor with the women, who were outraged that their husbands were forced to leave them after they had got p103 all settled for the winter and spring in some comfortable spot in China where they had counted on seeing much of their husbands. Instead they would now be away most of the time cruising in the flagship. I was at a loss to understand their attitude, and I felt no sympathy for them. I told them quite plainly that their husbands and themselves should consider it an honor to be selected for the flagship.
The Fleet in the Atlantic, with Sims's help, we heard, was doing remarkable shooting, fast and accurate, and everyone coming out from home was telling us that the jinx this year would be broken and the gunnery trophies would leave the Asiatic and go to ships in the Atlantic Fleet.
We held the new record practice in Manila Bay. The Oregon and Wisconsin both made scores that at that time seemed incredible. The Wisconsin made all hits with her 13‑inch guns, and the speed of shooting was fast. The Oregon held the trophy, but the Wisconsin stood second among the battleships of the Navy. The next year, I believe, the Wisconsin won the trophy herself. My father received a most flattering letter from the Secretary of the Navy upon the excellent gunnery work of his fleet. The Asiatic Fleet that year won the gunnery trophy in each class of ship.
a For another naval officer's experience aboard the Solace, two years earlier — possibly under a different skipper — see Gerald E. Wheeler, Admiral William Veazie Pratt, p42.
b Sims not only wrote the Navy Department on the subject of target practice, but even the President directly: C. S. Alden and Ralph Earle, Makers of Naval Tradition, p294 (the entire chapter is devoted to the character and career of Admiral Sims).


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Worldwide News & Information
Assange Is Reportedly Gravely Ill, And Hardly Anyone's Talking About It
By knucklehead bob, May 30, 2019 in Worldwide News & Information
Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that "Assange's health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him."
This jarring revelation has been reported by a small handful of outlets, but only as an aside in relation to Sweden refusing Samuelson's request for a postponement of a scheduled hearing regarding Assange's detention en absentia for a preliminary investigation of rape allegations. The fact that the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder is so ill that he can't converse lucidly is itself far more significant than the postponement refusal, yet headlines mentioning Samuelson's statement focus on the Swedish case, de-emphasizing the startling news from his lawyer.
As of this writing I've been able to find very few news outlets reporting on this at all, the most mainstream being a Reuters article with the very tame headline "Swedish court rejects delay of Assange hearing over ill-health: lawyer". The Sydney Morning Herald also covered the story without even mentioning illness in headline, instead going with "Swedish court rejects effort to delay Assange hearing". The much smaller alternative media outlet World Socialist Website has been the only outlet I've found so far which reports on Samuelson's statement in anything resembling its proper scale, publishing a good article titled "Despite Assange's ill-health, Swedish court rejects delay to hearing" a few hours ago.
This news has been so under-discussed and under-appreciated as of this writing that I didn't find out about it until hours after the story broke, and I'm very plugged in to both alternative media commentary and WikiLeaks-related news. A report that Julian Assange was so sick he could barely speak all the way back on Friday and we still have no news about how he's doing now should be hugely significant for everyone who cares about Assange, press freedom, government transparency or peace activism.
Another part of this story which has gone completely uncovered in all English-language media as of this writing is the news that Assange has actually been transferred to the hospital wing of Belmarsh prison. This was reported by the Swedish outlet Upsala Nya Tidning, a newspaper published in the same district court Assange is scheduled to call in to for his hearing. The report was also based on a statement to the press by Per Samuelson.
The article reports the following, per machine translation:
"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer wants the arrest hearing on Monday in Uppsala to be postponed. According to the lawyer, who has now visited his client in British prison, Assange is admitted to the medical department and was unable to make a call.
"Last Friday, Assange's Swedish defender, lawyer Per E Samuelson, visited his client in prison. In a letter to Uppsala District Court, the lawyer says that they met for just under two hours. According to the lawyer, Assange's state of health at the meeting was such that 'a normal conversation with him was not possible'. Julian Assange is said to have been taken to the prison's ward, but there is no more detailed information about his state of health."
This story was picked up from Upsala Nya Tidning by Danish outlet Politiken, which per machine translation titled its story "Weakened Assange hospitalized in London prison: 'Impossible to have a normal conversation with him'". These two news outlets are to my understanding as reputable as any other mainstream western outlet, yet they remain the only publications I've been able to find which are reporting that Assange has been hospitalized. This is absolutely bizarre.
I've emailed Per Samuelson with a request to confirm the news that Assange has been hospitalized. I'll update this article if I hear back.
For Assange's supporters, one of the many frustrating things about his imprisonment has been the way he's been cut off from the usual means which used to be used to inform the public about his well being. It used to be that news reports could be easily confirmed or refuted by people who had consistent access to Assange in some way by sources like the WikiLeaks Twitter account, but the people who operate that account don't have ready access to him anymore. Now we're seeing all sorts of rumors circulating about how Assange is faring in prison, and it gets difficult to sort out fact from fiction. It appears that it would be difficult to find a more reliable source on the state of his health than his own lawyer, however.
It has long been an established fact that Assange was in failing health while trapped in the Ecuadorian embassy in London; doctors who visited him published an article with the Guardian in January 2018 titled "We examined Julian Assange, and he badly needs care — but he can't get it". Renata Avila, an activist and author who has worked with and written about WikiLeaks, tweeted in response to the new revelations, "He needed urgent assistance after his expulsion from the Embassy. Instead, he was not allowed to receive adequate medical treatment. In the case of Emin Huseynov (1 y @ Swiss Embassy) it took at least a month of treatment to go back to normal. Imagine after 7 years! Brutal."
We have been watching the slow-motion assassination of Julian Assange. They have been choking him to death by tactical psyops, siege tactics, and wilful neglect as surely as if they placed a noose tied around his neck, not just in Belmarsh Prison but in the embassy as well. The only difference between his execution and someone on death row is the same as the difference between covert and overt warfare, which makes sense because the intelligence, judicial and military agencies who are carrying out his death sentence operate within the same power structure which carries out war. First came the smears (propaganda), then came the siege (sanctions), and they staged their coup (dragged him out of the embassy) and now they've got him in their clutches and they can do what they want behind closed doors. That's how you kill a nation while still looking like a nice guy, and that's how they're killing Assange.
Shout this from the rooftops. Whether this media blackout is self-imposed or perhaps the result of the malicious use of a D-notice, we have to use everything in our power to get this information into the mainstream, and get people asking questions of the press and their local members about what the Dickens is going on in Belmarsh prison right now. Assange's life may depend on it.
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Dog Star 3,395
Master of Veg
Its from stress... stress is biggest killer today,all kind of very hard and complicated illnesses are close related to stress..
some folks can take it more and some less but usually if you are overloaded you will break up or it will show
on your health later..
Systhem is a vampire.. but sheeples dont fight much,they actually aloud wolfs to protect them... and you know wolfs,they have
certain wild nature and crave for sheep blood.. not a best pick if you search for real protection..
8 minutes ago, Dog Star said:
I'm sure that's partly true but he hasn't been able to have access a Doctor in like 8 years
Thats why i say it.. i know for fact he is long time in those embassy hidding... its not weird he is ill.. to much pressure create illness..
those part on sheeples goes to all of us other that typing infront computer and actually dont work nothing to exchange our destiny
who is predisposited by obeying our masters aka wolfs in sheep cloths..
Democracy actually dont exist,its authority regime that solves things with brute force,rockets,bombs and intimidation..
those guy Assange was show us what is happening but majority of people are still idle or they push head in sand
infront of truth,no matter on how much victims this systhem produce..
And tommorow not much will change.. Assange haved really bad luck and strong enemy you cant fight,stepped on wrong "person" fingers..
AVR1 783
1 hour ago, knucklehead bob said:
I'm not pro or con Assage, but he and he alone is the reason he did without for 8 years.
Guilty or innocent most folks face charges brought against them
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7 minutes ago, AVR1 said:
I'm not pro or con Assage
What you are saying here is that you are not pro or con 1st Amendment . I don't think people quite fully comprehend what's happening these days . Should this man be facing espionage charges for reporting on war crimes committed by the United States Govt. when he has never in the history of wiki leaks had to retract a story ?
3 minutes ago, knucklehead bob said:
What you are saying here is that you are not pro or con 1st Amendment . I don't think people quite fully comprehend what's happening these days . Should this man be facing espionage charges for reporting on war crimes committed by the United States Govt. when he has never in the history of wiki leaks had to retract a story ?
What i'm saying is that if I receive illegal info on any govt and post it I truly do expect to have repercussions, I have understood this since I was a child.
I could careless about the 1st Amendment that may or may not protect him, but he also dodged rape charges. Rape charges are a concern IMHO.
THis guy is not and under educated ghetto kid, he is well educated and should have known the route he took was not a fix it plan
And to add if info should be released for the sake of the 1st Admen, lets throw in all the info on how to make and launch nukes to the planet for 1st Amend sake. I think we all know how that would pan out in about 10 years or less
All the alleged charges that you speak of are being brought by the same people that LIED about Viet Nam , LIED about Iraq , LIED about Libya , so i guess they are legitimate charges . . .
When the media reports facts and truth, or simply creating facts without editing PLEASE, PLEASE let me know
The Swedish goverment wanted him for trial for rape of women...pretty sure they are neutral in most world conflicts...but anyways hes not a saint by any means nor would respect him as some sort of 1st amendement martyr...
55 minutes ago, AVR1 said:
What i'm saying is that if I receive illegal info on any govt and post it I truly do expect to have repercussions
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971),[1] was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the First Amendment. The ruling made it possible for The New York Times and The Washington Post newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censorship or punishment.[1]
President Richard Nixon had claimed executive authority to force the Times to suspend publication of classified information in its possession. The question before the court was whether the constitutional freedom of the press, guaranteed by the First Amendment, was subordinate to a claimed need of the executive branch of government to maintain the secrecy of information. The Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment did protect the right of The New York Times to print the materials.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States
what does the NY TImes have to say about rape? Thats my only issue with your hero
I shut shut off MSM 10 years ago , I think it's safe to say that we don't get our "NEWS" from the same sources . From what I get in the UK & Sweden is that they are made up charges serving only to keep him in prison so the U.S. can come up with some thing legitimate to charge him with .
Thats my only issue with your hero
It's really pretty sad that you think this
You have a good day sir, I'm packing a bowl and freeing my mind from the real world
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I think stinky is just putting on a show, funny how often they end up in a wheel chair for the trials, even Manafort was riding in one.

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Warriors fans: Come meet our team covering the team
With the Warriors' 2019-20 season quickly coming upon us, we thought this would be a good opportunity for our sports journalists to come out and say hello. This season will definitely be different, and who better to discuss the new look and feel of the team than our sports columnist Dieter Kurtenbach and senior photographer Jose Carlos Fajardo.You can find the guys talking everything Warriors at our "Bay Area News Group In Real Life" event happening on Sunday, Sept. 29 at the San Jose Woman's … read more
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Cell Wonders Accelerate
Scientific papers on cell biology continue to uncover amazing things as techniques improve to peer into the workings of these units of life. Here are our Top Ten from the last few weeks:Immunity Tunes: A press release from Johns Hopkins talked about how, unlike other cells, immune cells undergo a "dizzying loop of activity" to generate huge varieties of antibodies through recombination. They liken the regulator of the recombination process to a band leader directing a jam session. (Emphasis added in all instances.)Oxygen Sensor: "Cell's Power Plants Also Sense Low Oxygen" announced a report from Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In summary, "Researchers have produced the strongest evidence yet that mitochondria – the organelles that generate energy to power the cell – also monitor oxygen concentration in the cell. If oxygen slips below a critical threshold, the mitochondrial 'sensor' triggers protective responses to promote survival." Controlling oxygen levels is important. Both too little and too much can be deadly, not only to the cell, but to the whole organism.Reverse Gear: Nature1 June 9 talked about the myosin monorail trains that ride the microtubule rails. Out of the myosin superfamily of motor proteins, consisting of 18 classes, they were curious how Myosin VI is bidirectional, unlike most of its siblings. They studied its "lever arm," "power stroke" and "converter" but did not come up with a final model of how it works. "Undoubtedly, this unique myosin family member has yet more surprises to reveal," they concluded.Transporters: Aussie biologists talked about protein transport into mitochondrial membranes in Current Biology.2 Since there are two membranes, similar to those in chloroplasts (see 01/01/2005 story), there are two squads of transporters to get the cargo in and out. Named TOM and TIM for translocons of the outer and inner membranes, these are "a series of molecular machines" that know how to sort and authenticate objects needing to pass the gates. They envisioned an "entropic spring" mechanism that can help get the cargo passed through "no apparent input of energy." This type of mechanism is "an emerging theme in biology" that harnesses the disordered motion of molecules to provide binding flexibility and low energy cost to accomplish "a range of functions." "The TIM23 complex is a smart machine," they say, describing its ability to grab a piece of cargo, insert it, respond to a stop-transfer signal and reject it, or pass the cargo to the next machine complex.Tissue Triage: Another paper in Current Biology3 discussed how epidermal cells repair damage. The phylogeny of this ability was a puzzle: "Amazingly, while the eyes and hearts of Drosophila and mammals are constructed in entirely different ways and are morphologically quite distinct, their development appears to be under the control of similar master-regulatory transcription factors," they said. These operations on two vastly different types of organisms cannot be homologous, they suggest; they must be due to convergent evolution. However the repair mechanism arose, it involves signaling and a cascade of coordinated events involving molecular machines. The result? A stitch in time, and wounds that are self-healing. This is another "conserved repair response," they say, meaning that it is found early in the history of life with little change since.Quality Control: A press release from Yale described a protein that "recognizes misfolded RNAs, creating a RNA quality control system for cells."Kissing Chromosomes: A news story in Nature4 sheds light on a mystery of gene regulation. We all know chromosomes come in pairs, but how do the genes on each member get expressed together when they are separated by distance? Out of the "many strategies to orchestrate gene activation or repression" in the cell's bag of tricks, "A three-dimensional examination of gene regulation suggests that portions from different chromosomes 'communicate' with each other, and bring related genes together in the nucleus to coordinate their expression." It's nice that the spouses are on speaking terms. "Such inter-chromosomal communication has been suspected for some time," Dimitris Kioussis said, "but this is the first evidence that it actually takes place." Our understanding of gene regulation has changed from a linear view "to an appreciation that genes are associated with groups of proteins, forming multimolecular complexes," he said. We're going to have to see the process not just in snapshots or just a movie: "Is it time to go 4D?" he jests with implicit seriousness. No one knows how the chromosomes are brought together. "How do genes find their appropriate location in the nucleus of a cell, and how are genes that must be expressed herded into active neighbourhoods?" he asks (see "Spaghetti in a Basketball," 07/28/2004). Whatever the mechanism, "These remarkable findings will puzzle us for some time to come."Inter-Agency Coordination: Cities have fire departments, police departments, ambulances, highway patrol, disaster response teams and other agencies that sometimes have overlapping duties. Cells do, too. There are multiple repair mechanisms able to respond to different kinds of DNA damage. Scientists writing in Molecular Cell5 discussed what is known about how they coordinate their actions during the emergency repair called TLS (trans-lesion DNA synthesis): "The process requires multiple polymerase switching events during which the high-fidelity DNA polymerase in the replication machinery arrested at the primer terminus is replaced by one or more polymerases that are specialized for TLS. When replicative bypass is fully completed, the primer terminus is once again occupied by high-fidelity polymerases in the replicative machinery." It sounds like the first-aid squad knows how and when to patch up things enough to get the patient to the surgeon.Texas Tech: Scientists in Texas, publishing in Cell,6 found another multi-talented molecular machine. The rotor part of the V-type ATP synthase (see 02/24/2003 entry) does more than just help acidify vesicles. It also has "an independent function in membrane fusion," they found. It is essential in the process of exocytosis – what neurons do to transmit their messages. They found that mutant embryos had severe defects in synaptic transmission of nerve signals. (This was found in fruit flies.) By the way, the other form of this rotary motor, the F-type ATP synthase, was called "The World's Smallest Wind-Up Toy" by Richard Berry in Current Biology.7 Researchers have figured out how to make the motor turn, using magnets. He thinks scientists are on the verge of figuring out how the F0 rotor converts proton flow into torque.Ultimate Spa: Last but not least, scientists at the Salk Institute last month announced a surprising solution to the puzzle of how embryos start their left-right orientation. An "embryonic body wash" operated by cilia sweeps chemical signals across the embryo: "the foundations for the basic left-right body plan are laid by a microscopic 'pump' on the outer surface of the embryo's underside that wafts chemical messengers over to the left side of the body. This sets up a chemical concentration gradient that tells stem cells how and where to develop." The cilia rotate at a precise 40-degree angle to generate a current over the embryo. The original paper in Cell contains movies of the action. 1Menetrey et al., "The structure of the myosin VI motor reveals the mechanism of directionality reversal," Nature 435, 779-785 (9 June 2005) | doi: 10.1038/nature03592.2Perry and Lithgow, "Protein Targeting: Entropy, Energetics and Modular Machines," Current Biology, Vol 15, R423-R425, 7 June 2005.3Stramer and Martin, "Cell Biology: Master Regulators of Sealing and Healing," Current Biology, Vol 15, R425-R427, 7 June 2005.4Dimitris Kioussis, "Gene regulation: Kissing chromosomes," Nature 435, 579-580 (2 June 2005) | doi: 10.1038/435579a.5Friedberg et al., "Trading Places: How Do DNA Polymerases Switch during Translesion DNA Synthesis?" Molecular Cell, Volume 18, Issue 5, 27 May 2005, Pages 499-505, doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2005.03.032.6Heisinger et al., "The v-ATPase V0 Subunit a1 Is Required for a Late Step in Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis in Drosophila," Cell, Volume 121, Issue 4, 20 May 2005, Pages 607-620, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.03.012.7Richard Berry, "ATP Synthesis: The World's Smallest Wind-Up Toy," Current Biology, Vol 15, R385-R387, 24 May 2005.Sometimes we just have to rub it in: these are just a few samples from the flood of literature coming out each week in cell biology, biochemistry and genetics (check out another example from 01/27/2003). A little overkill is needed once in awhile, a quadruple jolt of caffeine to make the Darwinists wake up and smell the coffee. Almost none of these papers even mention evolution, and the ones that do only assume it: e.g., Myosin VI "might have evolved to provide unique kinetic characteristics that are potentially important for a reverse-directed motor." Do they really expect anyone to believe that any more? The papers are filled, on the other hand, with design language: motors, machines, mechanisms, coordinated action, synergy, regulators, signaling, strategies and much more. This illustrates how useless Darwinism is; with apologies to Dobzhansky, nothing in biology makes sense in the light of evolution. Intelligent design, by contrast – whether explicit or implicit – yields profound insights. Let ID be the golden cord to show us the way out of the dark labyrinth where Charlie misled us long ago into the lair of the Minotaur, naturalism.(Visited 9 times, 1 visits today)FacebookTwitterPinterestSave分享0 read more
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Earth Twin Still Missing in Exoplanet Trove
The Kepler spacecraft has found 2,325 exoplanets so far, but there's still no place like Earth.Live Science chose to frame the news optimistically. Its headline reads, "9 New Habitable Zone Planets! Huge Haul of Worlds Found By Space Telescope." Exclamation point, even. But it takes more than being in the zone to qualify as an Earth twin. Two other news sites show a sad face at the news:1st Alien Earth Still Elusive Despite Huge Exoplanet Haul (Space.com)More than 1,000 new exoplanets discovered – but still no Earth twin (Andrew Norton in The Conversation)To keep hope alive, optimists say Kepler is not done yet (it may work into 2018). Sooner or later we'll get lucky, Andrew Norton says:The latest announcement is an impressive piece of work, and the discovery of so many new exoplanets is stunning. It is increasingly clear that planets orbit stars as a rule – not an exception. While astronomers still haven't found an exact twin of the Earth, the rapid pace of discoveries is surely a sign that it is just a matter of time until they do.Maybe they will. But a million planets would not be encouraging if they are like Venus, Mars, or Mercury. Look at our moon; it is in the habitable zone, and astronauts have shown you can walk there. But we all know what would happen if you took your helmet off. Norton sifts through the new data:From the newly identified sample [of 1,284 new exoplanets], around 550 are smaller than twice the radius of the Earth, which means they could be rocky in composition. Nine of these lie in the optimistic habitable zone around their stars. However, six of the nine lie on the extreme inner edge of the habitable zone and another lies on the extreme outer edge. This leaves just two firmly within the "conservative" habitable zone and only one of these – the exoplanet Kepler 1229b – is similar in size to the Earth at 1.1 Earth radii. However, even that is not in an Earth-like orbit, as its parent star is a cool red dwarf which the planet orbits once every 87 days.Kepler will keep on looking, but it is rather surprising to find virtually none so far that could support life as we know it. Earth represents just 0.04% of the sample at this time. Admittedly it's a small sample in the big scheme of things. But Norton reminds us that the requirements for an Earth twin are stringent:Such a planet would have not only a radius similar to the Earth but a mass similar to the Earth too (and so presumably a similar bulk composition) and it would orbit a star of similar mass, size, luminosity and temperature to the sun in an orbit that takes around a year to complete.Orbital WoesNews posted on Science Daily says that Earth dodged an orbital bullet, compared to a system of four planets orbiting Kepler-223. All much larger than Earth, they got locked into fragile resonances that they've maintained longer than expected. This calls into question how Earth survived the gravitational billiard games other planetary systems seem to have endured. Lead author of a new paper confesses, "Exactly how and where planets form is an outstanding question in planetary science."Oxygen WoesOxygen is life-giving, except when astrobiologists don't want it. Oxygen destroys the molecules they want for life to emerge in the fabled prebiotic soup. A paper in Nature now claims that oxygen appeared on the early Earth much sooner than thought — 2.7 billion years ago, instead of 2.4 billion, a difference of 300 million years. And if the meteorite data on which this conclusion is based isn't refuted, it also means the Earth had almost as much oxygen then as it does now. "Shooting stars show Earth had oxygen eons before we thought," Jeff Hecht says on New Scientist."We were very surprised to find micrometeorites at all, let alone those with iron oxides," says Matthew Genge of Imperial College London. "It was incredible, these tiny spherules had trapped ancient atmosphere, storing it away like little treasure chests."The biggest surprise was the presence of oxygen, says lead author Andrew Tomkins of Monash University in Australia. "As geologists, we are taught the Earth had no oxygen in its atmosphere before 2.3 to 2.4 billion years ago."One NASA scientist remarked, "It is remarkable that objects as small as the micrometeorites survived intact for 2.7 billion years." Given this surprise, can geologists claim any time when the Earth lacked oxygen?If oxygen goes back to the beginning of Earth, they can kiss their little OOLS good-bye (origin-of-life scenarios).What can we safely conclude from these three reports? Earth looks designed for life, just like Isaiah said. (Visited 50 times, 1 visits today)FacebookTwitterPinterestSave分享0 read more
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SA unearths new human ancestor
The skull and skeletal fragments of the juvenile male fossil Australopithecus sediba, a newly discovered species of hominid. Human evolutionary tree showing the position of Australopithecus sediba, by Peter Schmid of the University of Zurich. (Click on image to enlarge.) MEDIA CONTACTS • Professor Lee Berger +27 11 717 6604 +27 71 864 0860 Lee.Berger@wits.ac.za / profleeberger@yahoo.com • Professor Paul Dirks +61 74781 5047 + 61 429 566120 paul.dirks@jcu.edu.au • Institute for Human Evolution + 27 11 717 6695 evlyn.ho@wits.ac.za RELATED ARTICLES • African human genomes decoded• SA unearths 18 new species• World Heritage in South AfricaLucille DavieAs I stare at the skeleton of this human ancestor in its glass case I find the idea difficult to grasp: this boy walked this very area of the earth almost 2-million years ago.An entirely new species of hominid, or ape-man, has been described following the discovery of two 1.9-million-year-old fossilised skeletons in the Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg.• View and download high-resolution images of the discoveryNamed Australopithecus sediba, the creatures had long ape-like arms and short powerful hands, so they probably retained their ability to climb trees. But they also had a more advanced pelvis and long legs that would have allowed them to stride and possibly run like modern humans.The skeletons, of a boy between 11 and 13 years and an adult female in her late 20s or early 30s, were unearthed by a team from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), led by professors Lee Berger and Paul Dirks. Berger is a palaeoanthropologist at Wits and Dirks a geologist based at the James Cooke University in Australia.Fragments of the boy's skeleton were on display at the announcement of the find on 8 April at Maropeng, the visitors' centre of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.Berger believes Australopithecus sediba is likely to be the transitional species between the southern African ape-man Australopithecus africanus, such as the Taung Child and Mrs Ples, and either Homo habilis or even a direct ancestor of Homo erectus – Turkana Boy, Java man and Peking man.The australopithecines are believed to be the ancestors of species in the genus Homo, which includes modern humans. The find, which Berger describes as the Rosetta Stone of human evolution, promises to turn the palaeontological world upside down. Homo habilis will have to be re-examined, and textbooks rewritten."It is estimated that they were both about 1.27 metres, although the child would certainly have grown taller," Berger said. "The female probably weighed about 33 kilograms and the child about 27 kilograms at the time of his death."The brain size of the juvenile was between 420 and 450 cubic centimetres, which is small when compared to the human brain of about 1 200 to 1 600 cubic centimetres, but the shape of the brain seems to be more advanced than that of [other] australopithecines."Australopithecus sediba's environment would have been a mix of open savannah grassland and forest.The fossils were deposited in a single debris flow and were found together in the remains of a deeply eroded cave system. It's likely that they died at about the same time, and could have known each other, or even been related.Berger, whose 11-year-old son Matthew found the first fossil, expects many more fossils to be excavated from the site. With 130 bone fragments recovered, they are the most complete hominid skeletons ever found. And Berger is confident that the site will yield the missing pieces.Sediba is Sesotho for spring, fountain or wellspring, and the species so named because it is hoped that "a great source of information will spring from the fossils".The find is the cover story of the prestigious journal Science, with two articles, written by Berger and Dirks, published on 9 April 2010."I am having the adventure of my life," Berger said.International team of scientistsBerger and Dirks have assembled a team of around a dozen international scientists to work on the find. In total, some 60 scientists from around the world have been involved in unravelling the discovery.The first step was a geological study, to help determine the age of the fossils. Other dating techniques included assessing the uranium lead components in the rock, establishing its magnetic polarity, which changes over time, and studying the site's rate of erosion.Dirks studied the context of how the fossils landed in the cave, taking a series of sedimentary deposits and making a detailed description of different rocks up to two metres deep."It is a hole in the ground – it must have been a cave," he said.Investigation revealed that the fossils were deposited by a muddy flow of water, which probably carried the two bodies at the same time, because they were found together. Other fossils found were a 1.5-million-year-old sabre tooth cat, and 2.36-million-year-old wild cats and dogs.The erosion rate of the opening was measured, and it was established that it had been between 30 and 50 metres deep."The animals probably smelled the water in the cave, and fell into the cave trying to get to it," said Dirks. They would have died almost immediately, and their bodies carried down into a deeper chamber of the cave, joining others that suffered the same fate. This is supported by the fact that the fossils have no scavenger or insect damage.Excavations have not yet begun, says Dirks, only the surface has been cleared.Using Google Earth to find fossilsThis adventure began some 18 months ago, in early 2008, Berger said. He first charted the area on Google Earth, finding 600 new sites in the Cradle of Humankind, and then walked it with his dog, Tau.On the day the first fossil was found he and Matthew, then nine, were walking with post-doctoral student Job Kibbii and Tau. They walked to the edge of a pit, and Berger encouraged the others to look around."Within one and a half minutes Matthew called out that he had found something," said Berger. At first he thought it was a fragment of antelope, a common find. Then he recognised the fossil as the collar bone of a hominid.He soon found other fragments – a scapula or shoulder blade, normally never found because it is so fragile and erodes quickly – and arm bones, while two hominid teeth "fell into my hands".Matthew said he has been on sites with his father more than 20 times, and intends to become a palaeoanthropologist too.Treasure chestProfessor emeritus Philip Tobias, present at the announcement, described the area as a "treasure chest""I am thrilled that our expectations of the cradle area have so soon been realised," he said. "This evidence a kilometre or two from Sterkfontein has yielded several hominid individuals and that is something to get very excited about."Describing the find as "ä great joy", Tobias said that the fact that two skeletons had been found means that it allows scientists to study a family or community which is much more valuable than studying individual fossils.Children in South Africa have been invited to come up with a name for the skeleton of the boy.The fossil will be on display at Maropeng until 18 April, and will then move to Cape Town for the launch of Palaeo-Sciences Week from 19 April. It will again be on display at the Origins Centre at Wits during May. read more
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The Creator of EarthCaching talks about the 10th Anniversary
SharePrint RelatedYour Path to Platinum EarthCachingFebruary 11, 2015In "Community"Inside Geocaching HQ Podcast Transcript (Episode 13): EarthCachesMay 10, 2018In "Community"Happy Birthday EarthCaching – EarthCaches Turn 8 TodayJanuary 10, 2012In "Cache In Trash Out" EarthCache I, AustraliaEditor's Note: Gary, Geoaware, placed the very first EarthCache on this date in 2004. Today there are more than 17,000 EarthCaches around the globe from the peaks of mountains to the desert floor. This is Gary's story of that first EarthCache.Gary aka "Geoaware"By Gary, Geoaware: Ten years ago I was a lucky guy in the right place at the right time. The Geological Society of America (GSA) had just employed me to work on education and outreach programs, a GSA member mentioned the new game of geocaching to my boss, and I was on holiday here with my kids looking at the rocks in Australia.So that day we wandered around a rock platform that I had been on a thousand times before but now with a new purpose. How could I bring others here geocaching so they left learning something new about our amazing planet? Fossils, evidence for glaciers, weathering – so much in such a short walk. This was the perfect place. And so EarthCache I GCHFT2 was born—and so was the concept of an EarthCache: a place where the Earth was the treasure. A place where you would learn about the geology of the planet while you geocached. If you have not experienced an EarthCache, its time you tried. It's a different experience – but who would ever not enjoy learning when it's fun!Since then we have gone through many changes, twists and turns – always in partnership with Geocaching.com and always edging forward so that we can add to the game of geocaching as well as teaching people about our Earth. We even now have a Mega-Event held each year just for EarthCachers (GC4JD1B).What an amazing ten years the EarthCache program has had. Since the first EarthCache was placed, four million people have visited over 17,000 EarthCaches in 165 countries around the globe. It is a truly outstanding impact to get people outside, have fun and learn about our dynamic planet all at the same time. And all of that amazing credit goes to the whole community that visits, develops and loves EarthCaches and the wonderful group of community volunteers – the 'geoawares' that work with EarthCache developers to get the very best EarthCache submissions published.EarthCache: Gullfoss (Golden Falls)Finally, I can't ignore the amazing support of The Geological Society of America, who sees this program as the jewel in its outreach to the wider community.I hope you will all celebrate the amazing 10th year of EarthCaches by finding and logging an EarthCache or even joining the next 3rd International EarthCache Mega-Event! EarthCache in Dorest, UK Share with your Friends:More read more
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U. Michigan Launches World's Biggest Sandbox for Wi-Fi Connected Cars
Top Reasons to Go With Managed WordPress Hosting Tags:#Internet of Things#web bradley berman A Web Developer's New Best Friend is the AI Wai… Related Posts 8 Best WordPress Hosting Solutions on the Market A not-so-futuristic world in which drivers, cars and roads operate in a highly connected network of instantaneous data got one step closer to reality today.The scale of the project, managed by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), is unprecedented. For the next 12 months, nearly 3,000 cars — operated by drivers specifically recruited because they frequently drive in the same quadrant of Ann Arbor, Mich. — will be integrated via Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), a technology similar to the wi-fi network you use at home or the local cafe.But instead of your laptop or smart phone connecting to the web—so you can check your latest Facebook messages—these thousands of cars will beam safety messages and warnings to their drivers, each other and to a dedicated cloud of computers. Each vehicle will transmit about 10 messages per second."The participants are parents driving kids to school, picking them up after school, or driving them to ballet or football," said Peter Sweatman, UMTRI's director. "We have a platform, with five or six applications on that platform intended to avoid certain major classes of crash, whether at an intersection, a lane departure, a rear-end or whatever it might be." When dangerous conditions occur, drivers will be warned via some combination of visual signals, sounds and vibrations.Big Data on WheelsAll of the data will be recorded, so researchers can determine the accuracy of the warnings, and which types of alerts are most effective at helping drivers avert danger. At this point, there is no automated vehicle control, but given the number of sensors on today's vehicles, that's a logical subsequent step, according to Sweatman.Most of the vehicles are owned by the participants and fitted with after-market safety equipment and one-way communications devices. In addition, 64 cars supplied by participating automobile companies will be loaned for a year to drivers. These vehicles have been outfitted with embedded communications equipment—connected to the car's onboard computer network—and fitted with the carmaker's customized warning interfaces and multiple video cameras.This project is the culmination of about 10 years of work by the U.S. Department of Transportation, as well as a long list of partner organizations, automotive companies, and educational institutions such as UMTRI.This latest phase, which launched today, represents the deployment of technology into the real world with everyday drivers. As part of this phase, the connected vehicles can also "talk" to dozens of traffic signals, and sections of roads deemed to be particularly dangerous.Incredible PlatformThe combination of data and video gathered in Ann Arbor will make researchers practically omniscient. "We not only know what messages and warning are being sent to drivers. We know exactly what the driver is doing in great detail," said Sweatman."We know how many occupants there are, what they are doing, the driver's facial expression, and where they are looking. We can see if they're texting, what they are doing with their hands, and with video outside the vehicle, we know what the traffic scene is."The model deployment is a $25-million pilot with approximately 80 percent of the funding provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation. When you consider that there are 34,000 fatalities, costing about $240 billion annually, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the cost seems more than justified.Eight major automotive manufacturers — Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai-Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen — are providing support for the research through partnering agreements."In the longer term, I'm really interested to see what else gets built on this incredible platform," said Sweatman. "It's a sandbox, a starting point for entrepreneurs for all kinds of applications, not only to avoid crashes, but to make the traffic flow better and to save energy." He said that all architectures, standards and specifications are publicly available. Why Tech Companies Need Simpler Terms of Servic… read more
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The necessity of politicising children's books
By Lucie Carr
Kate Milner's most recent publication It's a No-Money Day has caused some commotion in the usually soothing and serene world of children's books. Following her prize-winning book My Name is Not Refugee, the author has chosen to illustrate a little girl and her mum's trip to a food bank somewhere nondescript in Britain. Narrated by the daughter, both young and old readers experience dramatic irony as the mother continually shields the protagonist from painful truths: "There's no more cereal, so I have the last piece of toast. Luckily Mum isn't hungry," the girl says. As Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty puts it, we are quick to realise that "the biggest thing Mum will have for breakfast is her own little white lie".
Milner's work does nothing but underpin the severity of austerity and the impact it has had on Britain
Although Chakrabortty recognises Milner's "compassionate" handling of this delicate subject, he quite scathingly labels the book as "a grim sign of our failure as a society". I wholeheartedly agree that it is a tragedy and a disgrace that severe child poverty even exists in one of the richest societies in human history. However, I don't believe that children's books should be restricted to "small worlds where kids could dream about farmyard animals and cuddly monsters," something Chakrabortty seems to pine after. More than 4 million children live in poverty in the UK today – or nine kids in every classroom of 30. This figure is expected to increase to 5.2 million by 2022, meaning that statistics have doubled since 2010, where 2.3 million children were declared destitute.
Whilst Chakrabortty is obviously not blaming Milner for this heart-breaking societal shift and his criticism resides principally with the failures of political figures such as David Cameron or Michael Gove, he does not necessarily commend her for her work. He is contemptuous of her evident attempt to encourage parents to tackle difficult subjects with their children through books, but more importantly he misunderstands her work as a sign that we are no longer fighting against but instead accepting mass destitution as a part of British life. In his eyes, It's a No-Money Day reduces the problem to something you simply "explain to your child as he or she nestles in your lap".
With such a large proportion of young people visiting food banks on a regular basis it has become crucial to represent these children
This view is delusional. Milner's work does nothing but underpin the severity of austerity and the impact it has had on Britain. Last year, the Trussell Trust's food bank network distributed 1.6 million three-day emergency food supplies to people in crisis, (a 19% increase on the previous year,) and more than half a million of these went to children. With such a large proportion of young people visiting food banks on a regular basis it has become crucial to represent these children, as well as educate those who are fortunate enough to see their parents do the weekly food shop at the local Tesco.
I am not suggesting that we should bore primary school children with books about the ins and outs of the upcoming general election or debrief them on the Chancellor's budget, but many of modern society's issues directly concern these youngsters and they deserve to be informed. Milner is not alone in her crusade: Martin Dorrey and Tim Wesson's work Kid's Fight Plastic, largely a solutions-based book to combat society's excessive use of plastics, was published this summer. Dorrey asks his young readers to do things like monitor their family's plastic bag usage as well as what their parents buy at the supermarket, or something as simple as picking up trash and litter when you see it. This book is just a way of helping children to understand the depressing and multifaceted reality of climate change without panicking or overwhelming them. The tone, much like Milner's work, remains realistic and optimistic, and attempts to offer feasible solutions suitable to the reader's demographic. A 2019 study found that teaching 10-to-14-year olds about the environmental crisis oftentimes led to a direct change in the parents' views on the subject. This is proof that engaging in serious conversations with children is not damaging but instead constructive and indicates that things could still change.
Children are not stupid, and we shouldn't incessantly try to shelter them from books that reveal the harsh reality of their world. Milner's book not only enables Britain's poor children to be seen and to identify with a literary protagonist, but it also offers our youngest minds an opportunity to become more compassionate, understanding, tolerant and altruistic human beings.
Children can process difficult truths, and even make a difference down the line
In contrast to Chakrabortty, Milner and Dorrey's narratives give me hope. Whilst it is a disheartening thought that our children are growing up in a world this bleak, we are finally teaching them that the real fairy godmothers of British society are the Extinction Rebellion protesters, or the charitable souls who dedicate their lives to providing those below the poverty line with the bare necessities. I wholeheartedly believe that children can process difficult truths, and even make a difference down the line, as long as they're given the right context and room to think about them – and where better to start than with a bedtime story.
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The story behind the dish: noodle soup
story behind the dish noodle soup asian
Few dishes have had as many culinary transformations as the beloved noodle soup. A clear Asian favourite and popular across the continent, this light soup swimming with noodles has a different version wherever you look. If you're looking for the Vietnamese take on noodle soup, then Mrs Pho House is the place to be.
The original Southeast Asian speciality
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Noodle soup is an Asian classic, as rich as the number of recipes there are to make it. No two dishes will taste the same. Originally a Southeast Asian street food, it's different in every country – so while it might have the same two core ingredients, the noodle soup served up in Cambodia is a world away from soups ladled into bowls in China.
Take the kalguksu of Korea with its wheat noodles and seafood-style broth, and compare it to Japanese ramen with its soba noodles and signature toppings. Both dishes look different in texture and colour, and their tastes follow suit too. Then there's Vietnam's pho. White rice noodles are served in a clear broth like those found on the Mrs Pho House's menu, and garnished with everything from Thai basil and torn mint leaves to thin slices of fiery chilli and lime wedges.
The multitude of noodles soups out there may each have their own name, ingredients and cooking style, but they all have one thing in common – they're always all-out phenomenal.
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But isn't that the beauty of the noodle soup dish? Wherever you eat it, whatever the style of cuisine, you're hit with a humbling taste every single time. It's comfort food in its simplest form. And noodle soup has stemmed from the need of wholesome, filling food that's nutritious and re-assuring. Let's face it, it's like a hug in a bowl.
In Myanmar, noodle soup is even their national dish. Called mohinga, the rice noodles dressed in a light but spicy seafood sauce put a hot spin on the staple. And in the Philippines, egg noodles are used for a heartier finish. Their batchoy even adds portions of pork, and is topped with a raw egg for extra protein.
Broth with bite and endless options
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To create that warming hearty finish, noodle soup is created using one cooking method. Broth, meat or fish, and vegetables are boiled and left to simmer in one pan. Then, noodles are added to finish. Both easy and convenient, it's easy to see why noodle soup quickly became a staple in so many Asian cuisines.
But that doesn't mean it's easy to make – especially when you're dealing with pho. Proper pho broth is complex and full of character, made with plenty of subtle spices and carefully balanced herbs. Mrs Pho House makes sure noodle soup is the main event here – just choose from thinly sliced beef, tender beef brisket, succulent chicken or seafood options served up in their signature, complicated soups.
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SEO - What You Need To Know!
Web designers, consumers, and businesses may have different wants and needs in mind when it comes to developing a functional website; however, they all share one thing in common, they all want people to see their content! After all, what would be the point of creating a website if no one was going to see it. People Write articles, post to their blogs, and send emails simply because they want to share information with someone else. If there was no one to view your content, then there would be no reason to write anything, or ever produce a website. The general thought is, we write articles and produce content because we want someone else to see it! This is why proper SEO implementation is crucial to the success of any website. Without it, no one may ever find your content through search engines.
Without the proper SEO practices, a quality business plan, knowing your business, and having a positive attitude, your site probably won't make it too far on the "World Wide Web." I'm going to discuss a few important aspects of optimizing your site for better search results, as well as discuss some of the many overlooked reasons why sites fail to take off to begin with. I will talk about SEO best practices, and also discuss what some of the major pitfalls are and how to avoid them.
So, you have a great idea for an E-commerce site that sells kayaks, or maybe you want to create a video sharing site, or create a blog and monetize on your experiences using advertising to drive revenue. Here's the biggest number one indicator of failure when it comes websites and businesses as a whole. "Know your business!" Regardless of the business idea you have, you need to be knowledgeable about the product or service your business will be providing. You also need to know the technical aspects of it as well, especially when it comes to websites. Don't end up like Ultimate Electronics and Circuit City, who had financial businessmen deciding what products they were going to sell, and later ultimately failed. Think of it this way, you can't open a computer repair shop if you don't know how to fix computers. Sure you could just hire computer techs and spend the bulk of your time handling the financial aspects of it, but in the end you wouldn't be able to make knowledgeable decisions on how your services will be provided since you personally know nothing about the business yourself. Likewise, you can't just build a website if you know nothing about web design.
Knowing your business when it comes to the web also means knowing how the internet works and how websites are created. Many startups choose to hire consultants, SEO specialists, and web design companies to put their business and website plans in place. This can get very costly, very quickly. I've seen people time and time again spend as much as $75,000 or $100,000+ to have their websites built. That's a lot of money! Also, you need to take into account what the monthly costs of maintaining that site will be as well. If it's a larger E-commerce site, expect to spend in the thousands every month on technical support and site management services. All being said, the point is, there's no free ride or a fast buck on the internet, so the more you know the better. Think of how much money you could save by learning internet related technologies yourself. The savings could be astronomical, and this could make or break your website!


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Amazon is ending its online grocery waitlist for most new customers, as hiring spree allows it to cope with surge in demand
Mary Hanbury May. 14, 2020, 1:22 AM
Amazon is removing its waitlist for most of its new online grocery shoppers. Monika Skolimowska/picture alliance via Getty Images
Amazon is ending its waitlist for most new customers wanting to use its online grocery services.
Amazon put this initiative in place in April as a way to handle the sudden surge in demand.
The news of the waitlist being lifted indicates that the company has begun to cope with the surge in demand after going on a hiring spree in the past few months.
Amazon is ending its waitlist for new online grocery customers, indicating that it has got a handle on demand.
In a statement shared with Business Insider, Amazon said that it had removed the waitlist in most cities: "More than 80% of eligible Prime members are able to shop without requesting an invitation. We continue inviting new customers every week," it said. CNET was first to report the news.
Amazon put this initiative in place in April as a way to handle the sudden surge in demand for its online grocery services during the pandemic and prioritise its existing online grocery customers. While it said it had increased its order capacity by more than 60% during the pandemic, existing customers have also still found it difficult to secure a delivery slot.
The news of the waitlist being lifted indicates that the company has come to grips with demand after going on a hiring spree in the past few months.
In a Bloomberg report on Monday, Amazon said that customers can also expect to see its speedy one and two-day shipping guarantees return in the next few weeks.
Some Prime members had been facing delivery delays of as much of a month on items that were deemed as non-essential.
And experts say this has been damaging for the company and it encourages shoppers to go elsewhere.
"Loyal Amazon shoppers left the site when they saw long delivery times or items were out of stock," Anthony Ferry, CEO of market intelligence platform PriceSpider, told Bloomberg. "Buy-online, pickup-in store has become a much more enticing and desirable solution when people want something now."
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'Eureka Seven' and Understanding Emotion
Posted byJohn Wintroub October 10, 2020 October 10, 2020 Posted inTV, TV DiscussionTags:Anime, Anime Analysis, Dai Sato, Eureka, Eureka Seven, Funimation, Holland Novak, Renton Thurston, Studio Bones, TV, TV Discussion
On Funimation's website, they describe Eureka Seven as "The Greatest Love Story Ever Animated." When I first began watching the series, I thought this statement was hyperbolic. Having finished all 50 episodes, I can assure you that while it may not be the greatest love story ever animated (that award goes to Your Name), it is an extremely close second.
For those unfamiliar with the show, Eureka Seven is an anime-original series from Studio Bones, the studio behind Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and My Hero Academia. Eureka Seven follows 14-year-old mechanic Renton Thurston who, after a female mecha-pilot named Eureka literally falls out of the sky and destroys his house, Renton joins a group of ragtag mercenaries and rebels known as the Gekko State. However, I am not here to talk about how the show deals with war or its environmental subtexts. As the title states, Eureka Seven is ultimately a deep introspection on romance that just happens to also be a mecha anime.
The relationship between Eureka and Renton begins as a one-sided attraction, as Renton is seemingly infatuated with Eureka. This is mostly due to her mechanical expertise, particularly when piloting the Nirvash type Zero, Eureka's personal L.F.O. (Light Finding Operation). Trained as a soldier since she was discovered by the military, Eureka would have been completely alone if it not were for the Nirvash. The mech appears to be an extension of Eureka, with her communicating with it as if it were sentient. She treats it as if it is her best friend, confiding with it when troubled.
Eureka and several of the other members of Gekko State, including their leader, Holland, defected upon discovering the true nature behind the war. Because of her upbringing, Eureka has no concept of emotion and is constantly confused by the behavior of those around her, especially Renton. Holland has a particular soft spot for Eureka, which constantly puts him at odds with Renton as he protects her as if she were his own daughter.
When Renton becomes increasingly more competent with the Nirvash, Eureka begins to push him away. The situation worsens when the Nirvash begins preferring Renton as a pilot over Eureka. Feeling unneeded by the group, Eureka runs away. As a reaction to her feelings of uselessness, her body regresses into a cocoon-like state. If Renton hadn't found her in time, she may have been lost forever.
While Eureka is in the med-bay healing, Renton is expressly forbidden from seeing her as the crew believe his presence could hinder her recovery. Renton, of course, disobeys this order and breaks into Eureka's room to show how much he cares for her. Eureka doesn't understand why Renton is acting the way he is and pushes him further away. Because of her scarred appearance and Nirvash's preference for Renton, Eureka belives she is more useless than she has ever been.
Because of Eureka's seeming indifference toward him and the rest of the crew's ignorance towards his feelings, Renton leaves the Gekko. He believes the world is much bigger than him or the Gekko State and the war they are fighting, wanting no part in any of it. The only reason he chose to stay was to better understand Eureka, but it seems that is no longer a possibility.
After Eureka's conversation with Renton, she realizes that she felt "peculiar," as if some invisible force was pulling her down. Upon discussing these feeling with the rest of the crew, she acknowledges her jealousy of Renton, only to feel empty because of how their last conversation ended. The crew, realizing how much Eureka cares about Renton, desperately attempt to hide his departure.
When she does finally find out, she attempts to fill the hole in her heart by completing Renton's jobs around the ship. She begs and pleads Holland to find Renton and bring him back. Holland promises her that he will, only to break that promise upon learning that the Gekko is about to be attacked. Eureka, believing Holland has given up due to his own disapproval of Renton, leaves the Gekko to search for Renton herself. As fate would have it, Renton returns to the Gekko just moments after Eureka leaves, forcing him to go back out and search for her.
Falling into the Nirvash's cockpit, Renton sees Eureka blush in front of him for the first time. The last time they saw each other, they could not have been more distant. Now, upon realizing how much trouble Eureka is having turning her feelings into words, Renton hugs her, showing that he reciprocates her feelings. The once seemingly robotic stranger now clearly displays emotion. It's more than just small moments of laughter now. She may not fully understand what love is, but she knows it is what she feels.
Admitting love is all swell and dandy, but putting in the work to keep the love real is the real struggle. While on the Gekko, likely weeks after Renton saved Eureka, Renton learns that Eureka knew his father. Having grown up without him present in Renton's life, he immediately gets mad at Eureka for not telling him sooner. Eureka does not understand why Renton is so mad, likely due to her not having parents herself. Because of his ignorance of her feelings, Eureka storms off. The two then spend the whole episode trying to figure out how to fix things. When they finally talk things out, Eureka reveals she's been harboring a deep insecurity about not understanding emotional attachment. Upon realizing his mistake, Renton questions whether he deserves her after how he neglected her feelings. The two reconcile over their mistakes, learning from them and discovering more about each other in the process.
These small moments of growth between them lead to what I believe is the moment that truly defines their relationship. Near the end of the show, the two, along with the three children, become stranded on an island far away from the world they are used to. While there, Eureka experiences some abnormal swelling on the left half of her body, likely due to the inevitable Second Summer of Love. She tries desperately to hide the changes from Renton and the children, but they eventually confront her. She runs off, scared of how they might perceive her now. To try to lesson her fears, Renton hits his own left arm with a rock so that it will swell up just like Eureka's, showing that she can share her pain with him.
The fact that the two can be so open with one another when they were once complete strangers, how Eureka can share and understand emotion when she was unable to in the beginning, and how Renton can empathize with and respect Eureka's own thoughts and feelings, demonstrates just how well developed their relationship is. While the overarching plot of the show was never perfect, the writing of Eureka and Renton kept me invested. They truly are the heart of Eureka Seven.
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