You may have heard of many Bollywood movies that are remake of classic Hollywood movies. Recent example for this case is Bang Bang which was the direct copy of Knight and Day. There are many Bollywood movies which are either remake of Hollywood movies or are "highly inspired". While the world is making the fuss about how Bollywood remakes Hollywood movies, let's see the other side of coin. Yes, Hollywood also remakes Bollywood movies and here we are with top 5 Hollywood Remakes of Bollywood.
Yes, the remake business goes back to 90s. Pearl Harbor was criticized for its name as it was more about a romantic love triangle rather than Pearl Harbor incident. Both Pearl Harbor and Sangam movie are about a love triangle between two best friends and a girl. Both the movies involve Pilots and planes with only difference is that in Sangam only one friend was a pilot and in Pearl Harbor both the friends were pilot.
No one can forget the epic acting done by Shah Rukh Khan as a stalker. Apart from having, direct English translation of name, the Hollywood version also shows stalker carving the girl's name on his chest as done by SRK in Darr. The biggest difference in the movies is that in English version stalker becomes the boyfriend while in Hindi Version, the stalker didn't get the girl.
Both the movies are about a bubbly and talkative girl who is on her way to propose his boyfriend. In both the movies, the girl meets a down on luck man and they ends up staying in a hotel in one common room. They fall in love and separates. Both in the Hindi Version and English version, the girl and both meets again and reunites. Still, the creator of Leap Year claim it is not a remake. Well, decide for yourself.
A girl who is confused between his best friend and a famous movie star. No, we are not talking about Rangeela. We are talking about Win a Date with Tad Hamilton in which a loser has to compete with a famous famous movie star to win a girl's heart, a story similar to Rangeela.
While most of the movies we discussed above are either inspired or have some minor changes in plots. But, A Common Man is an official remake of Bollywood masterpiece, A Wednesday. The Bollywood Version starred Naseerruddin Shah while the Hollywood version stars Oscar Award Winner Ben Kingsley. The English version won many awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor at the Madrid International Film Festival.
If you still think that it is only Bollywood that copies from Hollywood, we are sure that this post may have changed your opinion. If you know of any other Hollywood Movie which is a remake of Bollywood one, do let us know in the comment section.
Deepak Kumar is an engineer by nature and a tech lover by choice. He loves to write about new smartphones and technology. He is also a Facebook addict, you can easily contact him there.


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With the snow finally, and hopefully, a thing of the past, getting ready for your pool opening should move to the top of your "Hunny-do" or "to do" list! By doing a few quick things, you can ensure your pool opens in a timely, and cost saving-manner.
Prior to your pool opening crew's arrival, we recommend you remove all the debris from the pool cover. This will ensure that none of that debris falls into your pool upon opening. It also saves you money by not having the pool technicians do it for you. Also, please raise your water level back up to the middle skimmers (you can remove a skimmer lid and stick the hose in there). Again, this will save you money and your pool opening crew time by not having them watch and wait, and bill you while they fill up the water for you.
Power must be on to the time clock or pump switch before we arrive to open your pool. If the timer is inside your home, we must be notified of this and someone must be present to access.
Outside water and electrical sources must be operational (Check your breakers!).
For safety's sake! Make sure your gates are safe closing and self-latching! Talk a walk around your property and check the integrity of the fence!
Please make sure the gates and sheds are unlocked! Without access, we may not be able to store your cover or get to the pool parts!
We love your dogs! But if they're outside, they can be a distraction, or get in the way, so it's best to keep them inside.
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Waxing Testicles? When Government's Give Credence to Bollocks!
In England we have a saying for a person or a group who are speaking or acting in a nonsensical and ridiculous way. We call it 'a load of bollocks'. That expression was sadly presented in technicolor glory by a government body in British Columbia who are investigating whether beauty salons broke the law because they refused to wax the testicles of a transgender man. Seriously, the government is spending tax-payers money on this investigation because they think the transgender man may have had his human rights violated!
Boris is 'Britain's Trump' is Bollocks!
Not content with predicting the imminent self-mutilation and demise of Britain, mainstream media in America and across Europe is trying to further sabotage the country by tarring Boris with the Trump brush.
On a superficial level it is fair to say that they both have a mop of blond mane, although it should be noted that while Trump's comb over is carefully manicured, Boris deliberately dishevels his hair before going on camera. They also share a history of being profligate philanderers, of being loose with the truth (unfortunately a common mark among many politicians these days) and of being the preferred anti-establishment candidate.
On a more serious level, it is also true that both engage in the dangerous habit of race baiting; although while Trump has few 'get out of jail cards' to play on this accusation, Boris can legitimately claim to being a successful satirical writer and commentator. Jousting in verbal imagery like referring to the niqab as a "letterbox", joyous excitable African children welcoming the Queen as "smiling piccaninnies" and frequenters of a notorious London homosexual nightclub as "tank-topped bum boys is clearly designed to engage readers rather than deliberately offend. (Although more judicious readers will note Johnson goes on to say that he will defend anyone's right to dress how they wish, and its only malicious virtue signaling propagandists who quote out of context). That said, it is unwise and irresponsible to indulge in a similar lexicon when also being paid to be an elected politician. To his credit, since being elected PM Johnson has shown his diversity credentials. More of that later.
Brexit for Americans
Sitting under the "rockets' red glare" on July 4th, witnessing the patriotism and pride of all Americans, irrespective of their political affiliation, I could not help but puzzle over the general animus and disdain that much of the American mainstream media and academia hold for Brexit.
How could a country forged in the flame of Independence, with a pertinacious commitment to be a united nation of "free and independent States", be so dismissive of another united nation's democratic decision to take back control of its own destiny?
The latest op-ed in the New York Times declares that the "United Kingdom has gone mad….and can't even decide how to kill itself". On the screens of this very journal, a regular essayist declares that Brexit "has been calamitous for the economy". These allegations are worse than unsubstantiated hyperbole, they are the sort of 'fake news' that Trump trades in.
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Fritz's Hit List #29
Today on Fritz's Hit List: logic analyzers.
These devices, which are standard equipment in electronics laboratories, record electrical signals in digital form, so they qualify for regulation as "digital media devices" under the Hollings CBDTPA. If the CBDTPA passes, any newly manufactured logic analyzers will have to incorporate government-approved copy restriction technology.
Fight piracy – regulate laboratory equipment!
[Thanks to John Zulauf for suggesting this item.]
Microsoft Decisions Tomorrow
Judge Kollar-Kotelly has announced that she will release her decisions in the Microsoft antitrust case tomorrow at 4:30 Eastern time.
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Technology and Freedom
Intentia vs. Reuters: A (Slightly) Contrarian View
The recent dispute between Intentia and Reuters has gotten lots of online attention, most of it scornful of Intentia's position. I think Intentia is wrong, but it's a closer call than most online commentators seem to think.
Here's the factual background, as far as I can tell: Intentia, a Swedish company, prepared their earnings report, and put that report on its web site, at a "hidden" URL to which there were no links anywhere. A Reuters reporter guessed the URL, accessed the earnings report, and published a story about it, all before Intentia intended for the information to be released. Now Intentia is suing Reuters in Swedish court, charging that Reuters accessed Intentia's computers illegally and without authorization.
As a non-Swede and non-lawyer, I won't opine on what Swedish law says about this. Anyway, the more interesting question is what what the law should say about this case. Or to put it another way, how should we draw the line between proper and improper access to a computer system?
Most people seem to feel that what Reuters did was legitimate. That's my gut feeling too. But it's not as easy as you might expect to explain why.
One common argument is that because Intentia put the file in a place where it was easily accessed, Intentia should have known that people would access it there, so Reuters cannot be faulted for doing so. This has intuitive appeal, but I don't think it's right to argue entirely from technical capabilities. That is, the mere fact that Reuters knew how to access the file cannot be enough to show that the access was proper.
Consider a hypothetical in which Intentia puts the file on its site, protected by a password. Is it proper for Reuters to guess the password and access the file? I don't think so. I'm not comfortable with a rule that would legalize arbitrary file access via password-guessing.
Now from a technical standpoint, there is little difference between using a secret URL and using a secret password. Both rely on the user typing a secret text string; both send that string across an unencrypted HTTP connection; and both provide the requested file only if the string has been entered correctly. Both provide the same level of security. So if password guessing is improper, then why isn't URL guessing improper?
The answer, I think, is that using a password sends different signals about Intentia's intentions than using a URL. If a system challenges you to enter a password, it's clear that the system's owner is not authorizing you to continue. But if you just type a URL into a browser and the system supplies you with a file, the owner's intentions are not clear. If, in fact, the URL was something obvious like "3rd_quarter_earnings.pdf," then a reasonable person might have concluded that Intentia meant it to be accessed by the public.
Ultimately, this depends on the law recognizing social norms about the Net: that accessible files are by default meant to be accessed; that people use a password if they want to restrict access; and that the lack of a password mechanism is taken to imply that public access is allowed.


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PG&E Prepared to Respond to Significant Storm System Expected to Impact Northern and Central California this Weekend
As PG&E Prepares for Adverse Weather, Customers Urged to Plan for Potential Outages
OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Meteorologists are forecasting a significant weather system this weekend in Northern and Central California that could bring rain, gusty winds, heavy snow and the possibility of thunderstorms. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is preparing to respond to potential power outages and urges customers to be prepared as well.
PG&E meteorologists, along with experts from the National Weather Service, forecast that a potent storm system is expected to arrive in our service area overnight Friday before moving southward Saturday. This weather system is expected to produce rain, heavy at times, strong gusty winds, and heavy mountain snow across the Sierra. The strong winds in the 40-50 mph range may be widespread with gusts in excess of 50-55 mph possible for the northern areas, coastal strip north of Monterey, and across the northern San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys.
PG&E's all-hands-on-deck response will be prepared to address any issues caused by the adverse weather which could result in trees, limbs and other debris falling onto powerlines, damaging equipment and interrupting electric service. PG&E vegetation management crews work year-round to keep trees away from powerlines, including before a storm.
We have a plan to respond to outages and have activated our companywide Emergency Operations Center to more efficiently allocate crews, materials and other resources for restoration efforts across our service area. Local PG&E operations emergency centers will also activate in impacted regions to provide efficient support to our customers.
"We are actively tracking the weather around the clock and supporting our local Electric Operations crews who are at the ready to respond to outage activity as quickly as possible," said Evan Duffey, a PG&E meteorologist. "We urge customers to pay close attention to the weather and keep their situational awareness high to effectively respond to weather-related emergencies, as well as having an emergency plan in place to prepare for outages."
PG&E's meteorology team utilizes our Storm Outage Prediction Model that incorporates real-time weather forecasts, historical data and system knowledge to accurately show where and when storm impacts will be most severe. This model enables PG&E to pre-stage crews and equipment, such as power poles, powerlines, and transformers, as storms approach to enable rapid response to outages.
Keeping Customers Informed
Customers can view real-time outage information on our outage center website and search by a specific address, by city or by county. This site has been updated to include support in 16 languages.
Additionally, customers can sign up for outage notifications by text, email or phone. PG&E will send information to inform customers about the cause of an outage, repair crew response, estimated restoration time and when power has been actually restored.
Storm Safety Tips
Never touch downed wires: If you see a downed power line, assume it is energized and extremely dangerous. Do not touch or try to move it—and keep children and animals away. Report downed power lines immediately by calling 9-1-1 and then PG&E at 1-800-743-5002.
Use generators safely: Customers with standby electric generators should ensure they are properly installed by a licensed electrician in a well-ventilated area. Improperly installed generators pose a significant danger to customers, as well as crews working on powerlines. If using portable generators, be sure they are in a well-ventilated area.
Use flashlights, not candles: During a power outage, use battery-operated flashlights and not candles, due to the risk of fire. And keep extra batteries on hand. If you must use candles, please keep them away from drapes, lampshades, animals and small children. Do not leave candles unattended.
Have a backup phone: If you have a telephone system that requires electricity to work, such as a cordless phone or answering machine, plan to have a standard telephone or cellular phone ready as a backup. Having a portable charging device helps to keep your cell phone running.
Have fresh drinking water and ice: Freeze plastic containers filled with water to make blocks of ice that can be placed in your refrigerator/freezer to prevent food spoilage.
Turn off appliances: If you experience an outage, unplug or turn off all electrical appliances to avoid overloading circuits and to prevent fire hazards when power is restored. Simply leave a single lamp on to alert you when power returns.
Safely clean up: After the storm has passed, be sure to safely clean up. Never touch downed wires and always call 8-1-1 or visit 811express.com at least two full business days before digging to have all underground utilities safely marked.
Other tips can be found at: Safety and Preparedness, Storm Safety, and Safety Action Center.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit pge.com and pge.com/news.
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Le Gossberg (allemand : Goßberg) est une colline dont le point culminant est de , dans la commune de Wüschheim, près de la frontière avec Hundheim, dans le district de Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, dans la chaîne de montagnes de Hunsrück, en Allemagne. Le sommet a été creusé sur trente mètres de profondeur entre 1984 et 1989 et transformé en bunker NBC (nucléaire, biologique et chimique) exploité par les forces américaines pour servir de centre fortifié de communications hautement sécurisées entre toutes les troupes de l'OTAN en Europe et un potentiel centre de contrôle de lancement de missile à proximité de la  en cas de Troisième Guerre mondiale (à l'époque).

Géographie
La Gemarkung de Gossberg se situe au nord de la commune de Wüschheim et au sud-ouest de la frontière entre les communes de Bell (sud-est de Hundheim) et de Hasselbach. La colline de Gossberg, qui fait partie de la basse chaîne de montagnes du centre du Hunsrück, se trouve à 3 km à l'est de la route des hauteurs de Hunsrück (voie Hunsrückhöhenstraße - une route panoramique à travers le Hunsrück, initialement utilisée en tant que route militaire stratégique construite sur les ordres de Hermann Göring), officiellement connue sous le nom de route fédérale B327 reliant Kappel (6 km au sud-ouest de Gossberg), Kastellaun (6 km au nord de Gossberg) et Coblence.

Au sud de Gossberg se trouve la Landesstraße L226, qui relie Wüschheim à Simmern (8 km au sud-est de Gossberg) et la B327. L'aéroport de Francfort-Hahn est situé à 17 km au sud-ouest de Gossberg via la B327.

Historique
Les fouilles effectuées dans les années 1930 dans les environs de Gossberg ont révélé des découvertes d'un passé romain, en particulier une Villa Rustica.

Zone militairement importante (depuis 1956, un système radar des forces américaines y est installé), le Gossberg a été creusée sur 30 mètres de profondeur entre 1984 et 1989 pour accueillir le bunker NBC (nucléaire, biologique, chimique) construit ultérieurement. Il sera exploité par l'unité OTAN Metro Tango, qui était déjà stationnée à environ 4 km au sud-ouest de Gossberg en direction de Kappel sur l'autoroute fédérale B327. Les responsabilités de l'unité MT de Gossberg incluaient le Renseignement d'origine électromagnétique (SIGINT), la sécurité des communications (COMSEC), le radar, la détermination des cibles, la défense aérienne et surtout le contrôle des installations de lancement de missiles de croisière transportant des têtes nucléaires  situées à proximité (environ 3 km au nord du bunker) sur la base de missiles de Pydna (connue sous le nom de code de station aérienne Wüschheim) entre Bell et Hasselbach.

La base aérienne de Hahn, aujourd'hui connue sous le nom d'aéroport international de Francfort – Hahn, a participé aux préparatifs du déploiement des unités de missiles de croisière BGM-109G de 1982 à 1985, ainsi qu'à leur maintenance à Pydna de 1985 à 1990.

Au début des années 1990, l'emprise militaire a été abandonnée sur la base de l'assouplissement des tensions géopolitiques entre le bloc de l'Est et le bloc de l'Ouest (voir Guerre froide). En conséquence, le bunker n'a jamais été mis en service.

À partir de 2017, le bunker de Gossberg est disponible à la vente et à la location à un prix négociable.

Bunker

Coût de construction
Le coût total de la construction s'élève à environ  jusqu'à la fin des travaux en 1992.

Données de construction
Le bunker a deux coques imbriquées, la coque intérieure et la coque extérieure, chacune en béton armé. L'épaisseur de la coque du bouclier interne est de 0,80 m, tandis que celle de la coque extérieure est le double de la précédente. Les deux coques de bouclier sont séparées par un espace creux d'une largeur de 2,00 m, qui sert trois objectifs principaux :
 prévoir deux voies d'évacuation vers les issues de secours ;
 la ventilation des espaces intérieurs ;
 dans le cas d'une frappe nucléaire réelle, la coque extérieure du bouclier s'effondrerait (potentiellement) dans cet espace creux endommageant la coque intérieure du bouclier mais laissant la structure intérieure intact (le même principe qu'un blindage espacé).

L'épaisseur de la plaque de fond est de 1,00 m, tandis que celle de la coque de protection intérieure se situe entre 1,00 m et 1,20 m. La plaque de couverture de la coque extérieure du bouclier consiste en une couche de béton maigre au-dessus de la construction en béton armé, appelée Zerschellschicht, d'une épaisseur de 1,05 m et d'une couche de béton fluide recouverte de blocs de quartz d'une épaisseur de 1,10 m. Enfin, il y a une couche de sol de 0,40 m au dessus comme toit vert.

Le bâtiment entier s'étend sur environ 13,30 m de profondeur sous le sol et sur environ 10,35 m au-dessus du sol, tandis que ses dimensions horizontales (longueur × largeur) sont respectivement de 50,30 m × 45,80 m. Ainsi, la surface brute est d'environ  (incluant la parcelle extérieure), le volume brut est d'environ  et le sommet de Gossberg est supérieur de 8,00 mètres à celui d'avant la construction.

Structure interne
Le bunker est un bâtiment de trois étages, où les deux étages supérieurs sont reliés par deux escaliers et un ascenseur lourd (jusqu'à 10 000 kg), tandis que les deux étages inférieurs sont reliés uniquement par une échelle en acier. La sécurité physique et la séparation entre les pièces sont assurées par un système de sas avec une option permettant de le gérer via le panneau de contrôle d'accès central.

étage : bureaux et zones de travail
Le  étage (rez-de-chaussée) vise à permettre d'installer l'administration, la surveillance et la sécurité, le matériel informatique et l'ingénierie électrique. Par défaut, il contient neuf pièces, mais pourrait être rapidement reconfiguré (par le personnel d'exploitation de manière autonome, potentiellement pendant la guerre en cours) grâce aux murs amovibles, au plafond suspendu et au plancher surélevé (sur pilotis). En outre, il y a deux salles de toilettes et une salle d'alimentation. En résumé, la surface utilisable est de  et la charge maximale du sol est de . Les autres caractéristiques incluent :
 plancher perforé avec tapis recyclé ;
 panneaux de sortie ;
 système d'alarme incendie ;
 système d'extinction d'incendie ;
 alimentation sans interruption ;
 système d'assainissement particulaire de l'air ;
 armoires de climatisation haute performance ;
 éclairage sans éblouissement avec sécurité électromagnétique ;
 éclairage de secours ;
 température et humidité configurables par pièce.

étage : laboratoire, locaux techniques et de stockage
Le but du  (sous-sol) est de soutenir le bâtiment sur le plan technologique et de fournir un espace de stockage (par exemple pour la nourriture, l'équipement, les armes, etc.), une partie de cet espace pourrait servir de laboratoire. Les murs ne sont pas amovibles, les types de plafond et de sol varient d'une pièce à l'autre. En outre, il y a deux salles de toilette, une salle sanitaire et une salle de douche de décontamination. En résumé, la surface interne utilisable est de  et la charge de sol maximale est de . Les autres caractéristiques incluent :
 panneaux de sortie ;
 système d'alarme incendie ;
 système d'extinction d'incendie ;
 système d'alimentation basse tension ;
 système de filtrage électrique (contre l'écoute clandestine) ;
 système de compresseur ;
 système de conditionnement d'air ;
 système de ventilation ;
 système de décontamination ;
 système de traitement de l'eau ;
 régulateur d'énergie d'urgence ;
 système d'énergie d'urgence (deux générateurs de  chacun) ;
 système de chauffage d'urgence () ;
 système de refroidissement d'urgence (tours) ;
 système d'alimentation en air d'urgence ;
 alimentation sans interruption ;
 pompe à chaleur ;
 système de climatisation ;
 moteur hydraulique de l'ascenseur.

Étage 0 : salles techniques et réservoirs de stockage
L'étage 0 (sous-sol) a pour but de soutenir le bâtiment sur le plan technologique et de fournir des réservoirs de stockage (par exemple pour l'eau et l'huile). La surface interne utilisable correspondante est seulement de . Les réservoirs de stockage comprennent :
 réservoir d'eau potable () ;
 réservoir d'eau du robinet () ;
 réservoir d'eau usagée () ;
 réservoir d'eau contaminée () ;
 réservoir d'huile ().

Terrain extérieur
La parcelle extérieure est entourée d'une clôture d'environ 2,00 m de haut et sa superficie brute est de . Il contient une route et un parking pavés de pierres de briques entrelacées, qui offrent officiellement un héliport, un petit bâtiment transformateur et une colline d'environ 10,35 m de hauteur avec une entrée dans le bunker. L'entrée a une superficie d'environ  et est protégée par une porte coulissante massive blindée pesant plus de 28 000 kg.

Détails de la maintenance :
 directement relié à l'approvisionnement en eau et aux égouts publics ;
 directement connecté à la distribution d'énergie électrique avec ses trois propres transformateurs ;
 protection de l'éclairage.

Télécommunication :
 fibre optique ;
 ISDN.

Notes et références

Bibliographie

Sommet en Allemagne
Montagne en Rhénanie-Palatinat
Bunker
Guerre froide
Installation du Strategic Air Command
Abri anti-aérien

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The 47th annual USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Thursday, June 15th, 2017, through Saturday, June 17th, 2017. The memorial service was held in conjunction with the Mobile Bay Base USSVI June meeting inside the Aviation Pavilion inside Battleship Memorial Park.
This year, two crew members, Willie Williamson and David Schmidt, and their families were able to attend the reunion.
More photos are coming from this event!
The 75th anniversary of the commissioning of the USS Drum was held in the Aviation Pavilion at Battleship Memorial Park at 11:00 AM on November 19th, 2016.
There were around 150 people in attendance, including many submarine veterans. Tom Bowser gave an excellent overview history of the Drum. I was able to meet author Don Keith.
The restoration crew had been working on the sail as well as the sandblasting and painting the bottom of the Drum in preparation for this event.
View the entire news article about the above video here.
The 46th annual USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Thursday, June 16th, 2016, through Saturday, June 18th, 2016. The memorial service was held in conjunction with the Mobile Bay Base USSVI June meeting inside the Aviation Pavilion inside Battleship Memorial Park at 11:30 AM.
This year only two crew members, Willie Williamson and David Schmidt, and their families were able to attend the reunion.
On Thursday, there was a wedding held aboard the Drum. The daughter of Donald (Swede) E. Kronholm was married in the crews mess with around 20 people in attendance.
The 45th annual USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Thursday, June 18th, 2015, through Saturday, June 20th, 2015. The memorial service was held in conjunction with the Mobile Bay Base USSVI June meeting inside the Aviation Pavilion inside Battleship Memorial Park at 11:30 AM.
Four crew members (Willie Williamson, David Schmidt, Swede Kronholm, and Gainey Maxwell) and their families were able to attend the reunion this year.
The 44th annual USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Thursday, June 12th, 2014, through Saturday, June 14th, 2014. The memorial service was held in conjunction with the Mobile Bay Base USSVI June meeting inside the Aviation Pavilion inside Battleship Memorial Park at 11:30 AM.
Five crew members and their families were able to attend the reunion this year.
Tom Bowser has written a book on the USS Drum entitled "The Three Lives of the USS Drum" and it's available for purchase on Amazon.com.
On August 8, 2013, an article was shared about the release of this book entitled "Stories from the deep: USS Drum's service, restoration detailed in new book."
The 43rd annual USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Thursday, June 13th, 2013, through Saturday, June 15th, 2013. The memorial service was held in conjunction with the Mobile Bay Base USSVI June meeting inside the Aviation Pavilion inside Battleship Memorial Park at 11 AM.
"Lead recycling nets more than $140,000 for USS Drum restoration" by Michael Dumas - make sure to read the new article here. Tom and Lesley have removed over 130 tons of lead ballast that was sold (with NAVSEA permission) to raise money for restoration. Video included in the article.
The 42nd annual USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Wednesday, June 13th, 2012, through Saturday, June 16th, 2012. The Memorial Service was held on Saturday, June 16th in the Aviation Pavilion inside Battleship Memorial Park at 11 AM.
Five of the crew and some family members were able to attend the reunion this year.
On Tuesday, July 5, 2011, the restoration of the USS Drum was praised by both the U.S. Navy and the executive director of Battleship Memorial Park. Read the article on the BaldwinCountyNOW.com website. Way to go everyone!
On Sunday, June 19, 2011, Tom Bowser and the USS Drum was featured on Fox 10 news. The story tells of the hard work and dedication of Tom and Lesley to get the Drum back into shape. Thanks to Fox 10 and Andrew Perez for the coverage!
The 41st annual USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Wednesday, June 15th, 2011, through Saturday, June 18th, 2011. The Memorial Service was held on Saturday, June 18th in the Aviation Pavilion inside Battleship Memorial Park at 11 AM.
Only 5 of the crew were able to attend the reunion this year.
USS Drum was featured in the Mobile Press-Register. The article and video covers Tom and Lesley's struggles throughout the 12 years, why it's a labor of love, and the importance of keeping such an incredible museum submarine around.
There was also a Mobile Press-Register article about the 2011 Drum Reunion.
Make sure to watch the videos above entitled "Restoring the Drum, Part 1: Saving a submarine" and "Restoring the Drum, Part 2: Touring the submarine".
Lesley Waters was recently awarded a 2010 Historic Naval Ship Maintenance/Preservation/Exhibition Award. According to the Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA) website: "This award is for a Fleet Member staff or volunteer person who has provided exemplary work on a daily or part time toward the long term maintenance and preservation of a historic naval vessel and/or toward the proper exhibition of that vessel to the general public. Each nomination must be submitted by or endorsed by the manager or director of said vessel." Congratulations Lesley!
On Saturday, September 18, 2010, Thomas M. Bowser received a 2010 Robert Link Award. Each recipient of the Robert Link Award is personally chosen by the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI) National Commander from within the ranks of the USSVI membership. This is quite an accomplishment. Congratulations to you, Tom!
In the first photo, Tom is being presented the award by the District Commander, Jim Moorehouse. In the second photo, Tom is standing with Lesley Waters. The third photo is a close-up view of the award. Click on any of the photos to see the full resolution photo.
The 2010 USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Wednesday, June 16th through Saturday, June 19th at the Hampton Inn Mobile-East Bay/Daphne. The Memorial Service was held on Saturday, June 20th at 11 AM in the Aircraft Pavilion at Battleship Memorial Park. This year was very special as this was the 40th Drum reunion. Seven crew members attended.
Pictured in the photo left to right: Willie Williamson (TM1c) Patrols 3-13, David Schmidt (Bkr3c) Patrols 12- decommissioning, Bill Lister (RM2c) Patrols 9-13, Gainey Maxwell (GM3c) Hunters Point to decommissioning, Bob White (MoMM1c) Patrols 2-12, Swede Kronholm (TM) (I think) Patrols 8-12.
The 2009 USS Drum (SS/AGSS-228) reunion was held Wednesday, June 17th through Saturday, June 20th at the Hampton Inn Mobile-East Bay/Daphne. The Memorial Service was held on Saturday, June 20th at 11 AM in the Aircraft Pavilion at Battleship Memorial Park. Seven crew members attended. We are blessed to have these heroes of WWII still in our presence.
The video to your right entitled "Facelift for the Drum" was featured on Mobile's WKRG CBS 5 News on April 26, 2010 by Bill Riales. Tom Bowser and Lesley Waters were able to show off some of their work as well as what is still to be done.
Thank you, Tom and Lesley, for everything you have done and are still doing. And thank you WKRG and Bill Riales for covering this story.
USS Drum will be featured in the upcoming Villani Rockill Productions/Mighty Moments Motion Pictures fictional film entitled "USS Seaviper". Ralph Villani is the director, producer, and co-writer. His father, P.J. Villani, served on the Drum in WWII for what would have been the 14th war patrol.
Click on the image to the right to view a .pdf file of a recent press release about the "USS Seaviper" movie.
Thank you JW FLV Media Player.
The two minute video to your left was featured on Mobile's WPMI NBC 15 News on March 25, 2009 as a "Here's Darwin!" (Darwin Singleton) report. Lesley Waters and Tom Bowser talk with Darwin about the forthcoming "USS Seaviper" movie. Please ignore the misspelling of Lesley's name and the news anchor at the end who cites the incorrect war that Drum took part in.
The same film crew is also working on a documentary all about the Drum entitled "The Untold Story". It is expected to be released sometime in 2010, with partial proceeds going towards the restoration of the Drum.


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CABI strengthens partnership and boosts agricultural development in Myanmar
On 23 – 28 March a senior delegation from CABI visited Myanmar to implement previously agreed activities, explore opportunities for project development and attend an Asian Development Bank meeting. One of the highlights was the launch of Plantwise in Myanmar, organized by CABI's centre in Malaysia and the Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI) and other agencies in Myanmar. The Plantwise inception workshop was well attended, and participants were eager to participate in the Plantwise programme.
CABI's visit came after a cooperation statement was signed in 2013 between CABI and two of its member countries; close neighbours, China and Myanmar. This solidified partnerships and was an important milestone in relations. Through this, CABI facilitated cross-partner cooperation in knowledge sharing, technology transfer and capacity building.
The group also met with CABI's Liaison Officer and other senior officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI), the private sector and NGOs as well as international organizations such as IRRI, and visited research facilities of Yezin Agricultural University and the Department of Agricultural Research, MoAI.
The group participated in the Asian Development Bank's 11th Annual Meeting of the Greater Mekong Sub-region's (GMS) Working Group on Agriculture (WGA), and its Marketplace and Joint Knowledge Event on 25 – 26 March. Here, they aimed to explore project opportunities to assist Myanmar and other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region in their efforts to enhance food security and food safety, and promote trade and market access, and development.
CABI's Liaison Officer for Myanmar, U Hla Kyaw, Director General of the Department of Agricultural Planning (DAP) at MoAI, U Aung Hlaing, Deputy Director General and other senior officials at DAP, met with CABI's Dr Loke Wai Hong, Regional Director for South East Asia and Dr Qiaoqiao Zhang, Director of Memberships who informed them on the progress of two EuropeAid funded projects on rice and maize, the launch of Plantwise in Myanmar, and the assistance provided to Yezin Agriculture University. CABI's Dr Loke and Dr Zhang also outlined the future plans and project development activities. They also encouraged further use of certain membership benefits such as free microbial identification along with free access to many of CABI's information products which is already taken advantage of.
"Myanmar is changing; we are opening up but we urgently need assistance from the international community and organizations like CABI. We are therefore grateful that CABI is expanding its operations in the country and facilitating technology transfer and sharing both their knowledge, and that from their member countries. Our department, responsible for international cooperation for the Ministry, is happy to facilitate and coordinate internal processes to enable greater collaboration", says U Hla Kyaw.


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Michal Příhoda is a speed skier from the Czech Republic racing in the S1 class.
Michal was born in Trutnov in the north of Czechia. Michal started skiing as a 4 year old and begun his Alpine racing carreer 1979, when he was 11. He raced for 8 years, to '87.
Much later, 2004 Michal started his quest for speed. He begun like most in the SDH class, using downhill equipment, but already next year he switched to S1.
In Les Arcs 2008 Michal joined the 200 club, skiing 206.42 km/h. Next year in the Speed Masters at the same track Michal managed to ski 212.14 km/h.
Michal has also beat the 200 limit in Verbier 2013 when he made the speed 204.77 km/h.
When the winter season is over, Michal turns from skier into a seasoned Tennis player.


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As a teenager, Steven Silverman of Washington, D.C., lived the high life playing high-stakes Texas hold 'em. But getting a college degree outweighed the draw of winning millions.
As told to Glen Mayers
When did you start playing? A friend introduced me to online poker when I was 16. I asked my brother to open an online account in his name, since I wasn't old enough to open one myself.
What did your parents think? At first they were against it. Then the checks started coming in. After that, they just kept a really close eye on my earnings.
What kind of money are we talking about? Early on it wasn't much. You play to build up your stake so that you can buy in to bigger games. My first live tournament was after I dropped out of college my sophomore year. I started playing in games with a $10,000 buy-in. Over the course of a few months, hundreds of thousands of dollars were either won or lost.
Why were you successful? I wasn't inherently better at poker or even smarter than other players. But I was a real student of the game and asked every expert I could find for advice. Also, I was infatuated with the game.
How much did you make? Over the course of my career I think I made about $1.5 million. The biggest pots came from tournaments in Monte Carlo ($128,000) in April of '09, Costa Rica ($106,000) in May of '08 and a Full Tilt tournament ($350,000) in February of '09.
So why return to college? I wanted to have a normal life. Also, when I left, my friends stayed in school, and I wanted to get back before they graduated.
What are you studying? I reapplied to the University of Maryland in College Park to continue my degree in biochemistry and nutritional science.
Do you use your earnings to fund your education? No, my dad was wise enough to set up a prepaid college plan, so my education is pretty much paid for. However, with my poker earnings I can pretty much buy anything I want.
Do you ever feel tempted to get back into it? Sometimes I do. I'll front money to a friend so that he can play a game, and if he wins, I'll make a percentage. But my priorities are to finish my degree and then possibly get an advanced degree.


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Last week, we hosted a rather exceptional event. Over 50 developers gathered in Divante's headquarters to experience cooperation on creating Vue Storefront – an open source, headless Progressive Web App for eCommerce.
The fourth Vue Storefront Hackathon took place on Friday, January 18th. Contributors from Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden and the UK met to work together on developing new features for the Vue Storefront eCommerce PWA. It was also a good time for refactoring and making VS even clearer and easier to use.
The community gathered around Vue Storefront is incredibly open and friendly. For many contributors, meeting in the not-so-formal Divante Cafe was a great opportunity to meet others in person and form new bonds. The official slack channel became the primary communication channel and many developers joined the hackathon remotely. Divante, along with other core contributors – Develo Design, Snowdog and Virtua - coordinated the necessary works, but also encouraged opening new topics. Newcomers had the unique opportunity to learn Vue.js and Vue Storefront basics directly from core contributors and this proved that motivation empowers skills.
At the end of the day, contributors added over 20 pull requests, including DX improvements for server-side scripts, and updates to the Vue Storefront Custom Theme live on Twitch. What's even more important, participants had time to talk and party face-to-face.
Vue Storefront is a Vue.js-based open source PWA project dedicated to eCommerce. By adding it online, stores enable an ultra-fast PWA experience for their customers. Vue Storefront is a standalone storefront that can be connected to any eCommerce platform's backend, including Magento 1, Magento 2, Pimcore/CoreShop and others.
Divante is a founder and core contributor to Vue Storefront. At the same time, the community plays a crucial role in Vue Storefront's development and growth across the world.
Join us during upcoming hackathons in Milan (sign up) and Amsterdam (sign up)!


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Preview: BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE podcast from Leonardo/ISAST
By Erica Hruby
Erica Hruby introduces BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE, the new podcast from Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Leonardo/ISAST exists to create a community for transdisciplinary practitioners and to amplify their ideas and their work. In this podcast, you can expect to hear from the creators, makers, thinkers and artists who exist in the spaces in between.
Find all episodes of Between Art and Science at www.leonardo.info/podcast.
Host: Erica Hruby
Theme Music: Wyatt Keusch is a musician living in British Columbia, Canada. His work can be explored in detail at jazz.fish.
You've reached the space between art and science. I'm your host, Erica Hruby. I'm editorial director for Leonardo, the International Society for the art Sciences and Technology. And this is your preview about what you can expect on our podcast.
So who is Leonardo? Our namesake is Leonardo da Vinci. And what we are is an international network of people who work in interdisciplinary spaces. Leonardo exists to create a community for these practitioners and to amplify their ideas and their work.
The practice of the artists and the scientists working together isn't new. But the 20th century defined separate paths for the artists scientist and engineer. So while scholarly work became hyper focused in one discipline or another, natural curiosity of the other that was practiced in silos created a network that craved to be connected. So in 1968, our founder, rocket scientist and artist Frank Malina set out to bridge the network together through the popular media, the print journal. Malina felt that the demystification of Modern Art could in part be accomplished by the free exchange of information regarding artistic disciplines.
Leonardo journal was founded over 50 years ago, and today we are much more as the network known as the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. We continue to provide the journal Leonardo, but we have expanded our publications and programs to meet the needs of artists, scholars and practitioners around the world.
Leonardo supports big ideas in a full cycle of supportive facilitation, skill sharing, symposia, exhibitions, publications, and residencies. Our print publications are in partnership with MIT Press, and these include the Leonardo journal and our popular book series. Digital publications include the Leonardo electronic Almanac web journal, Leonardo abstracts service of peer reviewed transdisciplinary graduate thesis abstracts, and the Leonardo reviews of books, exhibitions, videos, websites and conferences. Leonardo's programs include our international Speaker Series laser talks, which is now hosted in over 40 locales around the globe and virtually, and artists residencies including the Leonardo at Djerassi residency at the Djerassi resident artists program. With Arizona State University we co sponsor the ASU Leonardo imagination fellowship, which has recently completed its prototype season. Through our partnership with Arizona State University, ASU-Leonardo integrates transdisciplinary inquiry and creative practices to solve compelling problems explore timeless mysteries and shape a finer future.
From our beginnings in 1968, Leonardo has served as the virtual community for networking resource sharing, disseminating best practices, supporting research and offering events and publications and art, science and technology. In this podcast, you can expect to hear from the creators, makers, thinkers and artists who exist in the spaces in between. Please join us.


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Emanuel Fernandes may refer to:

 Emanuel Jardim Fernandes (born 1944), Portuguese politician
 Emanuel Fernandes (beach volleyball) (born 1967), beach volleyball player from Angola


This side of the building was most recently a pack and ship business. Before that, it was a pet store.
The door where Fast Eddie is standing connects to the current showroom. Much of that wall will be removed to connect the new side and the old side.
We have been using this empty space for various things. Mostly storage, and our bicyclie fitting area. Notice the paint on the left wall. The Morris Arts Council painted a large mural in sections in this space, and then transferred it to the outer wall of the Morristown Neighborhood House. We also hosted a Bicycle Art Show in this space last summer.
Here is the current exterior. Long overdue for a face lift!
The plywood paneling will come down and a nice awning will replace it.
This lovely "temporary" sign will be replaced with a real one! The brickwork will also get a face lift.
Marty talks with the contractors just before construction begins.
This doorway leads to the new side. Much of this wall will be removed to connect the two sides.


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The Wirrn
The Wirrn were roughly human-sized, though with an anatomy more like an Earth-based insect. Their heads were made of two large golden eyes, long, floppy antennae, and three small mandibles. Underneath the head were larger mandibles which they used to talk. They communicated by squeaking, though Noah was able to speak human languages. The head was attached to a long thorax which had six long arms attached to it. Though thin, these arms were as strong as a human's and could be used for similar tasks. Underneath the thorax was a long abdomen. They could recycle carbon dioxide back into oxygen. The Fourth Doctor believed this was almost certainly done using enzymes.
Wirrn lived in space for most of their life and thus they could reuse their waste products with special enzymes, allowing them to survive without fresh air for years. They would only occasionally land on planets to gather air or food or to breed.
The Wirrn were a very tough species, able to survive in a wide variety of environments, energy blasts, and apparently diamond-tipped blades. (Placebo Effect) The Wirrn's most important weakness was their vulnerability to electricity. (The Ark in Space)
Wirrn had an unusual life-cycle which was shown on the Ark. The Wirrn started breeding with a queen, who searched for a suitable planet. The Wirrn used cattle-like creatures in the Andromeda Galaxy, but they could also substitute humans. When the Wirrn Queen found a suitable host, it laid an egg in the host. The larva gained all the racial memories of the Wirrn, as well as the host's knowledge. Eventually, the larva ate the host and escaped.
This larva was a large, green, slug-like creature with several small limbs. These larva, while not as tough as an adult, were still resistant to a large amount of damage. If damaged, they could simply shed their skin, revealing an undamaged skin underneath. The larva produced a green slime, which could infect other creatures, turning them into larvae as well. These infected individuals gained all the knowledge of the Wirrn and the previous host.
Eventually, the larva started to undergo metamorphosis, creating a large pupa. After a few hours, full grown Wirrn came out of the pupae and set out to do the bidding of the swarm. (The Ark in Space) One of the these adult Wirrn, generally the first one infected, would become a Swarm Leader and control the actions of the other larvae which were infested At The same time. Some would also be turned into Secondary Queens, allowing them to lay eggs in more hosts. (Placebo Effect)
The Wirrn had a presence in the universe for a long time. A dead Wirrn was found in a prison ship that launched in 2000 BC. (The Stones of Blood)
The Wirrn left the Andromeda Galaxy at some point before the end of the 40th century, looking for new sources of hosts. They eventually made their way to the Mutter's Spiral, where they occasionally infested the odd planet. As they gained new hosts, they were able to learn about the political structure, allowing them to plan out an invasion. Eventually, they reached Earth and were able to infest Miles Mason. Using his connections and scientific skills, they were able to produce drugs to be given to the athletes of the Olympics which would infect them. Those who were not infected immediately would then return to their home planets and infect others.
The Swarm Queen then moved to Micawber's World to better organise the swarm. She converted the people who came to investigate the tunnels of Micawber's World, adding to the swarm. As well, Reverend Lukas of the Church of the Way Forward picked up her telepathic communications and believed that she was his Goddess.
Using the murder of the Duchess of Auckland as a distraction, the drug was then activated. Unfortunately for them, the Space Security Service (SSS) was prepared and ready to drive back the larvae. The swarm was eventually stopped when the Eighth Doctor confronted the queen, exposing the wiring of Micawber's World and electrocuting her. Despite this, some of the larvae escaped and stole a ship, instinctively escaping back to the Andromeda Galaxy. As well, the body of the queen was taken by Reverend Lukas, who wanted to spread his Goddess' message throughout the galaxy. (Placebo Effect)
Thousands of years later, the humans first reached the Andromeda Galaxy and started to expand there, destroying the Wirrn Breeding Colonies along the way. After thousand years of fighting between the two species, the Wirrn were driven out of their own galaxy and forced to drift into the universe.
One queen ended up in Mutter's Spiral and discovered the frozen survivors of an irradiated Earth in the Ark. Though the queen was killed by a security device, it was able to implant an egg in one of the humans, Dune.
Eventually, the larva escaped and was able to infect Noah. The Wirrn intended to use the sleeping humans as a food source and to gain their advanced knowledge to help take over the "empty" Earth. However, Noah's human side reasserted itself and led the Wirrn into the Ark's transport ship, even though he knew it was rigged to explode. (The Ark in Space)
Human colonists in Wirrn space began sacrificing one of their number to have Wirrn queens gestated inside them; due to the influence of human minds on the queens, peace was achieved between the two species. Following the expansion of GalSec and their takeover of these existing colonies, however, the sacrifices were ended. As a result, a huge and vicious war erupted between human and the Wirrn, lasting generations. (Wirrn Dawn)


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Researchers Roll Out Science Video Game With Demonstrated Results
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Researchers Demonstrate How Deep Learning Can Advance Study of Neural Degeneration
Researchers are showing that AI is a valuable tool for research into neural degeneration.
Intelligence Study IDs Key Factors for Government, Academia, Industry Collaboration
A study of government and industry teamwork at an NSA-funded research center found an established suite of factors are key to fostering effective collaboration for the intelligence community.
Scientists Unravel Mysteries of DNA Replication in Corn
For the first time, scientists have characterized DNA replication for an entire plant genome.
Hands-On Model Helps Students Understand Genetic Engineering
A team of faculty and undergraduate researchers have created an interactive, physical model to teach students about genetics and biological processes at the cellular level.
Faculty Inventors Recognized
Three faculty members at North Carolina State University are being named fellows by the National Academy of Inventors.
First Study of Arthropods in U.S. Homes Finds Huge Biodiversity
The first study to evaluate the biodiversity of arthropods in U.S. homes finds that humans share their houses with any of more than 500 different kinds of arthropods – at least on a short-term basis.
Online Tool Aims to Help Researchers Sift Through 15 Centuries of Data
Digital humanities scholars are launching a powerful new system to help researchers more quickly and accurately sift through hundreds of thousands of archives and articles related to materials dating from 450 A.D. to the 20th century.
Researchers Create First Entropy-Stabilized Complex Oxide Alloys
NC State researchers have created the first entropy-stabilized alloy that incorporates oxides – and demonstrated conclusively that the crystalline structure of the material can be determined by disorder at the atomic scale rather than chemical bonding.
Spirits Rejoice! A Musician and Scholar Talks About Jazz, Religion, and American Culture
Religion professor and jazz musician Jason Bivins talks about his new book that explores the links between religion, jazz and American culture.
Electron Spin Brings Some Order to High Entropy Alloys
High entropy alloys (HEAs) are known for amazing properties -- and having chaotic atomic structures. But researchers have discovered that electron spin brings a previously unknown degree of order to HEAs, and may play a role in giving the alloys desirable properties.
Researchers are rolling out a science video game and educational curriculum, making them freely available to educators.


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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { NbCardModule, NbChatModule, NbButtonModule } from '@nebular/theme';

import { ChatRoutingModule } from './chat-routing.module';
import { ChatColorsComponent } from './chat-colors.component';
import { ChatConversationShowcaseComponent } from './chat-conversation-showcase.component';
import { ChatDropComponent } from './chat-drop.component';
import { ChatMessageTypesShowcaseComponent } from './chat-message-types-showcase.component';
import { ChatShowcaseComponent } from './chat-showcase.component';
import { ChatSizesComponent } from './chat-sizes.component';
import { ChatTestComponent } from './chat-test.component';
import { ChatCustomMessageComponent } from './chat-custom-message.component';
import { ChatCustomMessageTableComponent } from './components/chat-custom-message-table.component';
import { ChatTemplateTitleComponent } from './chat-template-title.component';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    ChatColorsComponent,
    ChatConversationShowcaseComponent,
    ChatDropComponent,
    ChatMessageTypesShowcaseComponent,
    ChatShowcaseComponent,
    ChatSizesComponent,
    ChatTestComponent,
    ChatCustomMessageComponent,
    ChatCustomMessageTableComponent,
    ChatTemplateTitleComponent,
  ],
  imports: [CommonModule, NbChatModule.forRoot(), NbCardModule, NbButtonModule, ChatRoutingModule],
})
export class ChatModule {}

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We all have goals, and an idea of what is means to have "arrived" or succeeded. Personally, I can't go more than 2 hours without envying someone who, from the outside, seems to have made it.
Dreams and goals keep us focused and on track. They're what motivate it to keep pushing through the grind.
It's funny though, because anyone who's in that place will tell you that it's not all you imagine. It seems that arriving isn't actually the goal at all. The goal is to enjoy the process, the work, the discipline.
Hopefully we can remember that along the way.


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Good and Bad News on Teen Pregnancy Front
by Chase Cook March 1, 2013 Updated October 28, 2019
Q: Is Oklahoma's problem with teen pregnancy disappearing?
A: Not exactly, but there is good news.
Oklahoma's teen birth rates declined by 30 percent from 1991 to 2010, the latest year for which nationwide data is available. The state had 50 teenage births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 in 2010, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The bad news is that Oklahoma still has one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation. Its 2010 rate was fifth highest among states and the District of Columbia and well above the U.S. rate of 34.
While Oklahoma's decline in teen births was significant, the national rate fell faster, by 45 percent.
Oklahoma's number isn't falling fast enough, said Sharon Rodine, director of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Youth Initiatives. Too many kids are having kids, and the rate will remain high if there aren't more prevention efforts, she said.
High teen birth rates are typically caused because children, mostly low-income, don't have access to prevention resources, Rodine said. One of four Oklahoma children lives in poverty. The state doesn't have a statewide health-education program for middle school or high school students, she said.
Teen pregnancy also can become a cycle. Children born to younger parents have a greater risk of living in poverty and thus a greater risk of becoming teen parents themselves, Rodine said.
As to what can be done, she pointed to North and South Carolina. They had rates about as high as Oklahoma's but enacted programs to prevent teen pregnancy. Between 1991 to 2010, North Carolina's teen birth rate decreased by 45 percent; South Carolina's dropped 41 percent. She said public and private organizations must make a greater effort to educate Oklahoma's children about teen pregnancy risks.
"Everyone always says 'Thank goodness for Mississippi,' since they are always at the top," Rodine said. Unless Oklahoma improves, "one day everyone will say, 'Thank goodness for Oklahoma.'"
Mississippi's teen birth rate dropped by 36 percent from 1991 to 2010.
by Chase Cook, Oklahoma Watch

Good and Bad News on Teen Pregnancy Front

by Chase Cook, Oklahoma Watch
March 1, 2013

Q: Is Oklahoma's problem with teen pregnancy disappearing?

A: Not exactly, but there is good news.

Oklahoma's teen birth rates declined by 30 percent from 1991 to 2010, the latest year for which nationwide data is available. The state had 50 teenage births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 in 2010, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The bad news is that Oklahoma still has one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation. Its 2010 rate was fifth highest among states and the District of Columbia and  well above the U.S. rate of 34.

While Oklahoma's decline in teen births was significant, the national rate fell faster, by 45 percent.

Oklahoma's number isn't falling fast enough, said Sharon Rodine, director of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Youth Initiatives.  Too many kids are having kids, and the rate will remain high if there aren't more prevention efforts, she said.

High teen birth rates are typically caused because children, mostly low-income, don't have access to prevention resources, Rodine said. One of four Oklahoma children lives in poverty. The state doesn't have a statewide health-education program for middle school or high school students, she said.

Teen pregnancy also can become a cycle. Children born to younger parents have a greater risk of living in poverty and thus a greater risk of becoming teen parents themselves, Rodine said.

As to what can be done, she pointed to North and South Carolina. They had rates about as high as Oklahoma's but enacted programs to prevent teen pregnancy. Between 1991 to 2010, North Carolina's teen birth rate decreased by 45 percent; South Carolina's dropped 41 percent. She said public and private organizations must make a greater effort to educate Oklahoma's children about teen pregnancy risks.

"Everyone always says 'Thank goodness for Mississippi,' since they are always at the top," Rodine said. Unless Oklahoma improves, "one day everyone will say, 'Thank goodness for Oklahoma.'"

Mississippi's teen birth rate dropped by 36 percent from 1991 to 2010.

This article first appeared on Oklahoma Watch and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


Easter Mass at St Elijah's Monastery near Mosul in 2010. Only a hole in the ground remains.
"Bulldozers, heavy equipment, sledgehammers, possibly explosives turned those stone walls into this field of gray-white dust. They destroyed it completely," [Stephen Wood] said from his Colorado offices.
On the other side of the world, in his office in exile, in Erbil, Iraq, Catholic priest Rev. Paul Thabit Habib, 39, stared in disbelief at the before- and after- images.
"Our Christian history in Mosul is being barbarically leveled," he said in Arabic.
In my book The [Un]documented Mark Steyn, I write of the ethno-religious cleansing of the formerly "diverse" Middle East over the last half-century and describe Islam as "king on a field of corpses". Even so, very few of the shock troops of Muslim totalitarianism have taken that phrase as literally as ISIS does. If you "degrade" and "contain" the Islamic State in as desultory and lethargic a fashion as Obama does, there will be nothing left to liberate - other than a vast "field of gray-white dust".
No, sir. That "field of gray-white dust" in Iraq betrays who we are, all too tellingly.
As the crash in commodities prices spreads economic woe across the developing world, Europe could face a wave of migration that will eclipse today's refugee crisis, says Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.
"Look how many countries in Africa, for example, depend on the income from oil exports," Schwab said in an interview ahead of the WEF's 46th annual meeting, in the Swiss resort of Davos. "Now imagine 1 billion inhabitants, imagine they all move north."
Whereas much of the discussion about commodities has focused on the economic and market impact, Schwab said he's concerned that it will also spur "a substantial social breakdown."
A billion man march, eh? The population of the developed world - North America, the European Union, Japan, Oz, NZ - is about a billion. Of the remaining six billion people around the planet, is it really so absurd to think that one-sixth of them would "move north" if they could? Or if they chanced to see a YouTube video of "refugees" in Sweden and Germany demonstrating how easy it is?
The population of Africa is projected to grow from one to four billion in the course of this century - to about two-fifths of the planet's people. Is it remotely likely that 40 per cent of humanity will choose to stay in the most dysfunctional continent on earth when it can't support a population a quarter that size?
Herr Schwab has a point. For Cologne and other cities, there will be some even livelier New Year's Eves ahead.
~Several readers have asked me how that Kermit Gosnell movie is coming along. As we've mentioned every so often, Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney decided to crowdfund a feature film about the infanticidal abortionist mainly because no Hollywood studio or TV network will ever go near the subject - even though he's America's all-time champion serial killer, which, in any other circumstances, would be considered a can't-miss pitch.
"What's the movie you're doing," Gifford asked Cain.
"Gosnell. I just finished the movie — coming out in 2016," answered Cain, who will play the role of a Philadelphia police detective who investigated Gosnell and his house-of-horrors abortion clinic accused of conducting thousands of late term abortions.
Cain didn't hesitate to describe the scale of Gosnell's crimes (dismissed as a "local crime story" by one Washington Post reporter and generally ignored by the national media), "One woman died. But he performed late-term abortions on maybe even thousands of babies..."
"It's a tough story," Cain concluded.
"Talk about a war on women," Gifford added.
"No kidding, yeah," [Hoda] Kotb had to agree.
Kathie Lee Gifford is exactly right, and good for her for saying it on network TV.


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