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Weekend Plans: BugFest, Star Wars guys, festivals and more
It's a huge weekend of family activities with two major kid-friendly events - BugFest in Raleigh and the Museum of Life and Sciences' Heroes, Villains and Special Effect. There's a new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History. And the fall festival season is ramping up.
Posted 1:13 a.m. Sep 9, 2010 — Updated 2:00 a.m. Sep 9, 2010
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall
It's a huge weekend of family activities with two major kid-friendly events - BugFest in Raleigh, which kicks off the N.C. Science Festival, and the Museum of Life and Sciences' Heroes, Villains and Special Effects. There's the opening of the George Washington exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. And the fall festival season is ramping up.
In other words, there's lots to do ...
It's time for BugFest! The annual event in and around the N.C. Museum of Natural Science in downtown Raleigh draws tens of thousands every year to learn about all things bugs. This year, the focus is on aquatic bugs. From 9 a.m .to 5 p.m. Saturday, downtown Raleigh's Jones Street, Bicentennial Plaza, Edenton Street and all four floors of the museum will have insect-related displays, exhibits and activities. The Sandbox Band plays at 10:30 a.m. on the main stage on Edenton Street. You can taste some "delectable dishes" featuring bugs as a major ingredient. And you can bring in an unusual bug to the Stump the Experts table. The day turns slightly more adult, but still very much family friendly from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for the Evening Insectival, featuring live bands, bug stations, a nocturnal insect tour and a street carnival. Great for older kids. This weekend marks the end of GLOW: Living Lights, an exhibit that explored organisms that can make their own light. And $4 discount tickets will be available to the exhibit, which closes Sunday. BugFest itself is free. Some tips if you go: Parking is free downtown on the weekends. Be sure to check the website for details and schedules so you can plan before you go. And I always like to go early to beat the crowds.
BugFest kicks off the N.C. Science Festival, which celebrates the places and venues that offer science programs across the state. The festival runs through Sept. 26 and includes all kinds of activities. And make plans to come see me at the Go Ask Mom booth during the UNC Science Expo Day on Sept. 25!
Before or after BugFest, hop across Bicentennial Plaza to the N.C. Museum of History, which opens the traveling exhibition Discover the Real George Washington: New Views From Mount Vernon. The exhibit, which opens Friday, explores the life of George Washington, includes lots of artifacts (including the only surviving complete set of his dentures) and features three life-sized figures of the president. Interactive activities for kids are spread throughout the exhibit. Tickets are $10; $8 for seniors, active military personnel with ID, students 19 and over with ID; and free to ages 18 and under. See my earlier post on other activities associated with the exhibit.
Over in Durham, the Museum of Life and Science's very popular Heroes, Villains and Special Effects features the state's video game and film industries.Top gaming companies, including Redstorm Entertainment, Epic, Virtual Heroes and Playdom/Merscom, are attending. Film industry experts such as award winning makeup artist, Dean Jones, stunt choreographers and Star Wars characters from Carolina 501st Garrison, will be there too. Kids ages 1 to 4 can try out video games created by Tantrum Apps. And visitors will have an opportunity to spar with stunt choreographer and coordinator David McClutchy. Heroes, Villains and Special Effects is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. It's free with admission, which is $12.50 for adults; $9.50 for ages 3-12; $10.50 for 65 and older and active military with ID; free for under 3.
The N.C. Museum of Art's summer concert series ends with two performances of the Paperhand Puppet Intervention's major summer show Islands Unknown. Shows are at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Consignment sale shoppers have two places to go this weekend: the Durham Children's Clothing Exchange in Durham and Carolina Kids Consignment in Goldsboro. See my earlier post for details.
The Five Points Street Fair and Block Party is Saturday in Raleigh's Five Points (at the intersection of Glenwood, Fairview and Whitaker Mill Road where they've been doing all that road work). The Five Points Farmers Market runs from 8 a.m. to noon. And a street fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with food, entertainment and a kids zone with a bouncy house, Cotton the Clown and a drum circle. All the stores and restaurants will be open. And there will be a raffle for $500.
Festivals: The Fair at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, a long-time north Raleigh favorite, runs 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. You'll find rides, carnival games, entertainment, food, crafts and more at the church on Falls of Neuse Road. Free admission. The Fiesta Del Pueblo is from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday in the Graham Building at the N.C. Fairgrounds. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 12 accompanied by an adult. And the Bull Durham Blues Festival runs Friday and Saturday in Durham. Check the website for ticket information.
Terra Elan McVoy, author of "Pure" and "After the Kids," will visit Quail Ridge Books & Music on Wade Avenue in Raleigh at 3 p.m. Saturday. "After the Kiss" tells the story of two high school seniors and what happens after one of their boyfriends suddenly kisses the other. These books are best for kids ages 14 and up.
Duke Intensive Care Nursery Family Advisory Board holds its annual BBQ for Babies from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Teer Farm, 7729 Kepley Rd. in Chapel Hill. The event includes a BBQ dinner, music, raffle and other activities for kids and families. The event benefits families in the Duke intensive care nursery.
Don't forget the free N.C. Symphony concert at the new downtown Raleigh amphitheatre. Seating is first come, first served for the concert which starts at 7 p.m. Sunday. Gates open at 5 p.m. And Minneapolis-based multi-instrumentalist Dosh will open the event at 5:45 p.m. with his electronic blend of folk keyboard and experimental sampling.
Duke Gardens in Durham will hold a Family Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday with lots of nature-related activities. And see my earlier post for other events at Duke Gardens this fall.
Head over to Kidzu Children's Museum on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill for the Back-to-School Book Giveaway. Thanks to the Friends of the Carrboro Library, Kidzu will be giving away one book per child starting at 1 p.m. Sunday and until supplies last. As always, admission is free to Kidzu on Sundays.
Celebrate Grammy and Pa at Grandparents Play Free on Grandparent's Day at Marbles Kids Museum. From noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, grandparents who are accompanied by a grandchild will get free admission to the museum and IMAX. There will be special activities throughout the museum along with special showings of Toy Story 3 in IMAX 3D.
And Triangle Town Center in Raleigh holds its Kids Fest from 2 p.m .to 5 p.m. Sunday. The free event includes live performances, inflatable slides and a lot more. It's been running all summer. The final Kids Fest is slated for Sept. 26.
Consignment sales scheduled in Goldsboro, Durham this weekend
N.C. Symphony plans free concert in Raleigh
Puppets, opera part of Duke Gardens' family performance series
Sandbox Band rocks kids, families
Kids activities part of new George Washington exhibit; volunteers needed
nature programs
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NCCU mourns passing of assistant coach Williams


Born in Bangor I attended school locally here in Menai Bridge. Passing my A levels in physics and math, I was hoping to become a mechanical engineer! But my real passion was always fine food.
I began work in establishments such as The Straits (Menai Bridge), The Loft of The Bull (Beaumaris) and in Portmeirion, where I gained the best tuition in the area! This is when my passion for quality fresh fine food, presentation and unique style developed.
Working my way up to Head Chef by the age of 23 and I felt confident enough in my abilities, vision and passion to start my own business. Offering my own unique style.
Freckled Angel started as a private catering business in 2013, which I loved. Then decided I wanted nothing more than my own restaurant. That is how in 2016 Freckled Angel tapas came about.
My vision is to give my customers a top restaurant quality service but with a welcoming and relaxed setting.
Details are extremely important! Customer satisfaction, the best service and excellent food quality is what I aim to provide. I will always go the extra mile!
Freckled Angel Fine Catering is named in memory of an amazing friend who passed away too soon. This made me realise that life is short. Always follow your dreams and give people great memories to treasure.
A great party is something to look back on for a long time. As a private chef for North Wales and the surrounding area, we do more than just provide you with a variety of high-quality meals to suit your requirements.
We're also happy to offer our organisational skills, staff and equipment to make organising the entire event easier for you.
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It's All Connected: Time To Get Some Corn In The Freezer!
Some garden produce I freeze I'm so so about. It's okay, but not great. Corn does not fall into that category. Farm fresh corn, blanched and frozen, tastes exactly like ... well, like ... corn on the cob! It's a 'must have' for the freezer for me each year.
For the full instructions on how to blanch your own; click on How Easy Is It To Freeze Corn?
The only mucky part of the business was cutting the corn off the cobs with a knife. Not anymore!
It took about 5 rows of corn off, neat as a pin, with each swipe. You can tell I've been using it already by the bits stuck on the blade. The niblets were nice and even and there was no cutting into the cob by accident. Bit of a bumber for the chickens, who didn't get to pick off all at the corn bits that were left over as usual. Don't go feeling all sorry for them and reporting me to the chicken branch of PETA! I threw them a few cobs to make up for it.
I'll be ordering one of these for all my organic food loving friends and any of the kids in the family who wear braces. Yay, they can have corn on the cob again!
I have to put a little disclaimer here. As of today, I'm an Amazon.com affiliate. I'm not totally sure what that means, but my blogging friends told me to do it. If you bought a gazillion of these things I might get rich, or at least make enough money to pay my blog hosting fees.
I sure hope this doesn't bother any of you and I promise never to link to a product that I haven't used and loved myself!


Los Angeles-based songwriter and producer Justin Jay has earned his spot as one of the most promising acts on the forefront of modern dance music. The 24 year old artist has seen success that most musicians don't see in an entire career, having released on tastemaker labels such as DIRTYBIRD, Southern Fried Records, Culprit, Soul Clap Records and more. Jay is supported by some of the most prolific artists in electronic music including Claude VonStroke, Disclosure, and Tiga while garnering cosigns from the likes of Pete Tong and more. In 2016, Justin released his Fantastic Voyage album which served as a monumental step for Justin's career as an artist. Fantastic Voyage has since coalesced into a label, supporting a freewheeling ecosystem Jay and friends created around their musical undergrad program at USC, and releasing a much supported (KCRW, Thump) EP from multi-instrumentalist Sam Von Horn, the debut release of Fritz Carlton's House Boy alias and a highly acclaimed release from DIRTYBIRD staple, Ardalan. Since Justin's graduation from University of Southern California in 2015, and after having performed at high profile venues including The Lab LA, Q Nightclub Seattle, and Public Works San Francisco, Justin made his departure from club culture and started to hone in on his songwriting abilities. He began to shamelessly incorporate live instrumentation into not only his productions, but live performances as well. Justin Jay's productions are often dark, minimalistic and grungy, while some still maintain an uplifting tinge; he has proven his versatility and artistic maturity with the release of his singles 'Make You Mine' and 'What Do You Want' which amassed millions of streams on Spotify alone. Justin continues to provide worldwide fans with his musically profound writing and intricate productions – he is proving to finish off 2017 strong following the release of his album, Home.


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PHL unlikely to develop nuclear weapons
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Philippines is not keen on developing nuclear weapons.
And there are a number of reasons on why the country cannot do so, he added.
"Develop our own nuclear weapons to enforce the tribunal ruling? Very unlikely for several reasons. First, we are not technically and technologically capable. Second, we are a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (also known as the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons)," Lorenzana said in a message to reporters Saturday.
The DND chief made this comment in the wake of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile's pronouncements that if the country wants to enforce its victory over China in an international tribunal, then it should develop nuclear weapons.
"We appreciate Sen. Enrile's patriotic duty to suggest how to protect what is legally ours but developing a nuclear weapon is not the way to proceed," he added.
The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons also known as NPT was signed on July 1, 1968 and became effective on March 5, 1970.
The treaty seeks to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
Aside from this, the NPT seeks to promote cooperation for the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament.
"Third, our Constitution states that we denounce war as an instrument of national policy. Nuclear weapon is not a defensive weapon but an offensive one," the DND chief added.
In 2016, the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) nullified China's 9-dash line map which covers nearly the whole of West Philippine Sea or South China Sea. PNA
Court orders arrest of 9 dismissed cops in Jolo shooting
Army commanding general visits Naval Sea Systems Command
Local firm keen on building ships for territorial defense
USCG cutter Joseph Gerczak conducts patrol in Pacific
AFP willing to help arrest ex-cops in Jolo shooting: Lorenzana
Crew now training to familiarize with 2nd missile frigate: Navy
Navy facilitates rescue of passengers, crews of distressed boat off Basilan
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Consciousness is defined as the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings. Given this definition, can we say that things have consciousness?
Often we ascribe consciousness to living, breathing, beings: humans, animals, even plants. Rarely do we extend that consciousness to things. Though we would be mistaken to believe that things lacked consciousness, however rudimentary, especially those things that were once living. Indeed, consciousness reflects an intrinsic property of complexity of both beings and things within the universe.
Not too long ago, we inhabited a world where everything was conscious by this definition, where everything that we used in our everyday lives was once part of the earth or derived from some former life form.
The shea butter that soothes our skin—the chemical reaction that takes place from heat waves produced from the friction of rubbing one's palms—attains its healing powers from its consciousness, once having been a shea tree.
Or consider the leather of a chair or purse or jacket that originated on the body of a horse or a cow. Even after the animal perished, that skin which we use as a covering for an everyday item still remains conscious.
How the leather ages and becomes soft with time. How it responds to its environment. How leathers and woods and metals expand and contract depending upon the temperature. When we polish leather with ointment, it regains its luster and assumes a new life. It is responsive to our care.
A copper pot requires the same attentiveness, for it is conscious as well. Rust and discoloration are signs of neglect. Its well-being depends upon treatment and care that is required of conscious beings and things. The care with which we provide for it is the energy that resounds in the universe.
A wooden table is no different, if in fact the wood's former self stood stately as a tree. Now it assumes a new form of consciousness inside the home (or perhaps outdoors), static and on four legs but still retaining its verve. Its nicks and scrapes reveal its character.
Now why would we use a word like character to describe things, if they were merely things and had no relations at all to the qualities of a person, qualities like consciousness? Unmistakably, when we talk of homes built with character, we are referring to this consciousness of timeless elements that offers far more than mere structure but also tells a story about the life of things.
When we speak of the breathability of fabrics—how much air they allow through to our skin, how they absorb and manage heat, how they protect us from the elements—aren't we also assessing their levels of consciousness? Maybe this is why we will not get rid of our beloved jacket to which we attach such favorable human sentiments.
Not too long ago, we always ate eggs or beef or okra that was created by living beings and not concocted in some hidden laboratory. We only used materials that had consciousness through life experience or through their connections to the earth.
On the contrary, the manmade goods of today have no consciousness. You cannot repolish plastic to take care of it and give it extra life. Styrofoam cannot be salvaged into a greater good, nor can it biodegrade when compressed, combined, or otherwise transformed. It cannot find peace with other materials to reside in harmony with the earth and regain consciousness in some other form. There is no overlap between conscious and unconscious things; the earth has no use for the latter.
Still some insist upon desecration of these sacred grounds of universal consciousness.
The transatlantic slave trade was the worst display of brutality on the human consciousness that the world has ever witnessed. Globalist neocolonialism and the excavation and extraction of the earth's treasures is the worst display of brutality on the consciousness of things that the world has ever seen. The same ideology that brings rapid extinction to the world's animal species and plant life is the worst display of brutality on the consciousness of non-human beings that the world has ever seen.
We are making superlatives across the destruction of consciousness, though not in the direction that would make our Mother Earth proud.
Contemporary globalization, industrialization, mass production, and overconsumption are in direct opposition to respecting the consciousness of things and beings. Far from balance, the world today holds no esteem for the consciousness of beings, much less of things. Conscious beings and things are disposed of without an instance of thought. The destruction of the living, end of entire species for no other purpose than the façade of dominion.
Dominion and civilization are not to be confused. A society can be close to reaching one but far from the other, which is what we are experiencing in this modern world.
If we have reached the highest levels of comprehension and civilization, we would understand that a wooden table or leather chair is not to be constructed without an immediate purpose. We would understand that a tree or animal gave its life to assume a new life as that object, which still retains its sentience and whose spirit still looms over that object eternally.
Civilized people, reaching a higher self, can experience this consciousness with things and aspire to higher forms of life and relations with their environments. Civilization can elude even the most dominant of orders.
As civilized peoples, our ancestors and their traditions cherished the consciousness of things. There was a time not too long ago (and some of us still remember) when we actually took care of things when we recognized their consciousness, creating a synergy that soothed our souls and pacified the environment. As a result, the world was near equilibrium in far greater balance than the world today.
The recent push to use natural materials (and natural materials only) is actually a drive for the revival of the consciousness of things. The push to use them sparingly is actually a call to respect, preserve, and venerate conscious life.
This consciousness of things is uniquely tied to ideas about what we could today call conservation, preservation, and environmentalism, what our ancestors simply referred to as Ma'at.
Yet, we are foolish to think that environmentalism has anything to do with recycling, which is truly nothing more than waste plus the use of more waste in the burning of energy to foster additional superfluous consumption. If we are being honest with ourselves, environmentalism has everything to do with being in harmony with one's own consciousness while recognizing and respecting the consciousness of other beings and things.
When we disrespect consciousness, the earth responds in ways we consider to be unpleasant, in what we call natural disasters like sinkholes. Not to be misled however, the true natural disasters are the everyday acts we commit in violation of the laws of universal consciousness.
The cycle of life and its perpetuation depends upon us taking care of conscious selves. In revering the consciousness of things, we are paying respect to the dead, preserving the living, and giving life to the future—so that we do not disturb the dead as their consciousness lives on in the things we use, so that consciousness can continue onward, so that we do not disrupt the course of the universe.
However the world aches in pain from the damage, no matter how much we physically destroy, the universal consciousness will not disappear. Though to stop the profuse bleeding of the earth, we need a return to the understanding of the consciousness of things and beings.
We need to understand that that consciousness of beings and things is intrinsic to the universe, to Ma'at. It is what keeps this planet, this galaxy, and beyond in balance.
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"We need to understand that that consciousness of beings and things is intrinsic to the universe, to Ma'at. It is what keeps this planet, this galaxy, and beyond in balance." Brilliant, Sister Nefertiti! Further to understanding and 'overstanding', we must act with the greatest urgency: add our 'Positive Action' to initiatives like the "Operation ECODECOLODUCATION" set in practical motion by members of the Planet Repairs Youth Positive Action Campaign – Green Star Clubs (PRYPAC-GSC), including those in Ghana! Check PRYPAC!
Nefetiti expatiates on our discussions of the consciousness of things and beings. She argues that our current inability to understand or use things — our monstrous apraxia — which was ever ubiquitous in our capitalistic inclinations of yesteryear and ever so pervasive in our [neoliberal] doctrines of today contributes to the incongruity, the lack of harmony, that associates our massive and limitless levels of consumption with the impending calamity – a dwindling finite Mother Earth. By sowing together ideas about the basic consciousness of things, perhaps where the quantum wave function collapses for things (Atiga Jonas Atingdui), together with the calamitous order that industrialization and urbanization wreaks on our shared environment (Narmer Amenuti), Nefetiti achieves a splendent synergy of ideas necessary for grasping the underlying reasons for preserving what we may yet have left of the planet Earth. In short, all this talk about environmentalism will get us nowhere unless African scholars can rise up and re-teach and re-tool the rest of the world with the instrument for civilizational change — consciousness.
But, of course, the more I continue, the more I spoil it for you.
Thanks for the add. Nefetiti's essay folds well into the earlier theses discussed. If the consciousness of things and beings can be appreciated, the planet might be redeemed. Or we will continue at the current rate of consumption, with the dangerous idea that the planet is for the taking, that the planet is a resource, and forever bring Mother Earth to her knees. Asase Yaa is in peril, no doubt. A worthy read.
Modern man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creature is amusing in itself. How much more for an "inanimate object." By invoking "inanimate" humans proscribe a category to which all else belong but themselves. Even more that these things are essentially for their amusement. The strongest motive for the care of natural things is not self interest, but reverence. This is captured so beautifully in Nefetiti's prose.
The pitiless, hardhearted, obdurate plundering of the Earth has everything to do we the formations of ideology. Ideology does matter! And even if it is not ideology in the strictest of senses, even if it is science or maths, the assumptions matter. Because assumptions can sometimes lead to dangerous ideas although the assumptions themselves cannot be falsified. Now, some would usually ascribe to an idea or hypothesis that has yet to be falsified a "truth value," which literally means, if you cannot disprove my hypothesis then it is "true".
That Popper-ish inheritance of the understanding of science and how we perceive the world is dangerous. Implications of ideas matter. Results matter. Effects matter. Capitalism, at least the way that it has been practiced with the ideas of compound rates of growth of gross domestic products or gross national products is dangerous for mother Earth. The assumptions underlying the postulation of capitalistic economic principles need to be re-examined or we will have no Earth to leave to our grandchildren. Some adults need to rise up of course and change the tune. To change the tune, one must change the beat.
The beat produces mass consumption, industrialization and urbanization which are collectively just ruining the Earth. The beat needs changing and it starts with admitting it. It starts with being brave and saying to other people's dangerous ideas, "NO MORE!" Thanks Nefetiti.
Thank you Nefetiti for appealing to my consciousness and bringing me to further consciousness of all that adds up to make me conscious. I shall pass it on. Can consciousness then be transferred from one being to another and from one thing to another or is consciousness only awakened from within its source and that its growth or degeneration stays only in the bound of its source?
One mistake we made as Black people was to take the knowledge of the youngest people (race) on the planet as the wisdom of God himself. If we observe carefully you will notice that everything that western civilization discarded as primitive cultures of aboriginal people are gradually being recognized as the right course. We abandoned our foods for corn flakes, burgers, soft drinks, pizza etc only to find out we were purchasing diabetes and high blood pressure. Today the 'health conscious' industry is re-emerging as people are finding out that the artificial foods and diet of western society is killing us.
In the same way we were told that our ancestors were primitive and unscientific when they surmised that we are one with everything; no dichotomies between us and the rest of the stuff in nature. Western science said no, we are different. Today, they recognize that at the atomic and sub-atomic level we are all the same; electrons around a nucleus separated yet held together by 'space' or 'vacuum' or 'energy' or 'spirit'. Consciousness is not an emergent property of complexity. How else could we explain the 'livingness' of simple rudimentary organisms such as sperm and the paramecium? How do atoms join one another to form molecules that just happen to support life for us? How do the form our bodies? What directs them? What blue print are they working from? These are questions that won't go away just because a White guy in a lab coat doesn't want to answer them.
In fact, it seems to me that the complexity of a single-celled organism is even miles head of the most sophisticated machines we have ever built. The C-Value paradox comes to mind. You might expect more complex organisms to have progressively larger genomes, but eukaryotic genome size fails to correlate well with apparent complexity, and instead varies wildly over more than a 100,000-fold range. Single-celled Amoeba have some of the largest genomes, up to 100-fold larger than the human genome. This variation suggested that genomes can contain a substantial fraction of DNA other than for genes and their regulatory sequences. C.A. Thomas Jr dubbed it the 'C-value paradox' in 1971.
This is why scientists who tried to replicate simple organic life failed beyond recognition. This is why all efforts in science is now geared towards genetic manipulation. At the core, Atiga, it seems more to me that the generation of life/consciousness lies at the heart of the information encoded at the DNA level. If every part of the organism is defined by the combination of DNA (and genes) why can we not accept that Consciousness too might be the expression of a particular set of interacting nucleotide sequence of DNA.
In that sense, to say that a piece of Stone is Conscious is not in itself unfathomable, but it seems to me that this consciousness is realized and is made aware differently. Perhaps, at the nucleotide level is where the wave function collapses. Perhaps at this DNA is where the interactions of conscious atoms, subatomic particles, molecules and molecular interactions "emerge" to trigger the collapse of the wave function. This is a thought.
Hence it is difficult when Nefetiti claims that we might actually share the same consciousness as a piece of stone. Sure, I get the picture, in that from the subatomic to the atomic and to the molecular levels do interactions large enough to generate wave functions even occur. There lies the basic building blocks of consciousness. But building blocks do not make the house. It becomes then a tad bit problematic to speak of consciousness of non-living things.
True that Dade Afre Akufu. All living organisms store genetic information using the same molecules — DNA and RNA. Written in the genetic code of these molecules it seems to me lay the compelling evidence of the shared ancestry of all living things. This is an interesting thought, one that I think Atiga and Nefetiti might elaborate on. If we are encoded in the same way as all living things are encoded, there's something to be said about our shared Consciousness. The fact that four different nucleotides interacting with themselves have this ability to imbue "life" or consciousness into living things remains fascinating.


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Diggin it at Dig This Vegas
Ever since I was kid I've been fascinated by the big yellow machines used in construction. As kids we've all had the earth moving equipment: bulldozers, excavators, dump trucks in our toy collections. Much like most kids here in the states those toys spent many hours in the sandbox building castles, moats, and other fortresses in the sand.
Sophomore year in college I knew I didn't want to be a chemical engineer anymore. I realized I'd spend the rest of my days working in a large chemical plant. That's not what I wanted to do with my life. Civil engineering and computer science were the next options on my radar. Obviously I went computer science, but the civil engineering vein still runs deep in my system. Construction is a core tenet of civil engineering, something I find cool at the massive scale.
Sandbox equipment used for training.
I travel a lot for business and each place I go I try to find something interesting in the local area to help make the most out of the experience. Vegas absolutely had a treat for me! Dig This Vegas is a company that specializes in allowing adults to connect to those childhood dreams of driving the "big yellow machines." The company has a five-acre lot just outside of the Las Vegas Strip were adults can spend 90 minutes in an earthmoving machine learning to harness its power. Customers can choose between bulldozers and excavators or, as I did – both. Registration wasn't cheap at $450 for a three hour tour. Sometimes though, bucket list items are truly – expensive. I arrived about 20 minutes before the shift was about to start to fill out paperwork, pass a breathalyzer test, and complete the registration. I got lucky today. I was the only one in the noon shift and got a full instructor all to myself.
Orientation began with a video talking about the company, the founder, and how Dig This Vegas came into fruition. The instructor walked me through all the different controls of the excavator and the bulldozer as well as the exercises we'd be doing out in the field. He reminded me, once I got into the tractor we'd go through all of these instructions all over again.
Diggin' in the excavator
At this point I'm totally getting excited. I wanted to do is for such a long time and now it's actually happening! I jumped in the cab and stared and wonder at all the different controls at my disposal. Nothing though, topped the excitement of turning the key and hearing the machine rumbled to life all around me.
We started reviewing each of the controls with a gentle tap to confirm each control's operation. On a CAT excavator:
Right joystick up and down: top arm extending and retracting
Right joystick left and right: bucket opening and closing
Right joystick buttons: bucket thumb opening and closing
Left joystick up and down: bucket boom extending and retracting
Left joystick left and right: excavator swiveling left and right
Joystick petals: moving the excavator via the caterpillar tracks
All had to be done in unison to make the excavator sing!
We started slow which was a really good idea. I moved the excavator from the parking space out into the dirt field and began to dig a hole. Digging the hole required most of the functions between the two joysticks. In some ways it was a lot like riding a motorcycle where you had to use multiple motions at once to complete an action. Digging the hole required moving the top arm, the bucket boom, as well as the bucket itself in a coordinated fashion. After about 10 minutes I got the hang of it and dug to be what appeared a 15 foot hole.
The next challenge was moving a pyramid of tires from one side of the lot to another. Grabbing the tire with the excavator bucket and thumb was actually pretty easy. To turn the excavator around I just swiveled the machine around. That then meant all of the controls were reversed. Since there is no indicator which way was right side up it quickly became a challenge knowing which control moved the machine each way.
After the tires were done, we moved on to the last exercise: excavator basketball. The instructor had me moved the machine onto a 30° incline and spin machine around like a tilt a whirl. I think they do that one for kicks and get the operators a little dizzy! Excavator basketball requires some finesse with the bucket arm. You've got to pull the basketball off of the cone, spin around, and then drop it in the tire on the other side. I didn't see it at first, but the real challenge was adjusting to the 30° incline. I was happy with 5 baskets in the allotted time. I only dropped one!
Pushin' in the bulldozer
The bulldozer was quite a bit different than the excavator. The bulldozer was a lot smaller it seemed and the equipment was a generation earlier. Fortunately it had an air ride seat which helped smooth out the ride. The controls were different and the style of movement was not the same as the excavator. The bulldozer was significantly jumpier then the excavator as the bulldozer was always moving. The thrill was still there turning the starter in hearing the machine roar to life. How did the controls work?
The right joystick fully controlled the blade
The left joystick fully controlled the movement of the bulldozer
The left lever was the throttle
There was no accelerator. This was the most bizarre to me. The bulldozer had a throttle, but we left it at full power the whole session and used the decelerator pedal to slow the machine. We never slowed the throttle. I'd think if none of the controls were engaged, the machine would stop. That was not the case. Without pressing the decelerator pedal, the bulldozer would keep moving at full throttle. Keep in mind, the decelerator is not the brake. That was a different pedal we didn't use the whole day. The first exercise was to build a hill about 5 feet high of dirt. We used the ripper on the back of the machine to score the ground. After the dirt was loose, it took a few strokes of the blade to build up a mound of dirt. Since the bulldozer has such a narrow front window that's easy to focus on, it's important to really use your mirrors and side windows. The front window is pictured below on the right-hand side.
The next exercise was the tire push. Using the blade, the operator has to push the tires through a set of cones. This was probably the most challenging exercise of the day. The bulldozer was a bull. The decelerator pedal was hard to manage in conjunction with the blade control. I lost the tires a few times and to circle back and realign the tires with the bulldozer blade.
The last exercise was filling the hole I dug in the first exercise. The instructor warned me this would be the most challenging part of the day. I didn't agree with him at first, I mean, how hard could it be. I'm just pushing dirt around. During this exercise, the bull in bulldozer really reared its head. The bulldozer bucked quite a bit going over the hill I built in the blade got caught in various areas of the trench. I had the hill leveled out after a few passes with the dozer, but getting the ground smooth was the hardest part. Smoothing out the ground took great finesse with the blade evenly spreading the dirt back across the ground with the bulldozer in reverse. All in all: truly a great afternoon. The whole experience cost me $450 for about 3 1/2 hours of time. 45 minutes of that was instruction, leaving quite a bit of time inside the cab. The team at Dig It Vegas did a really good job giving me a lot of latitude to have fun inside the equipment. Well worth the time and money spent!
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Six of the Chicago Seven defendants pose outside of the Federal Building in Chicago during their conspiracy trial on Feb. 11, 1970. From left are: Abbie Hoffman, John Froines, Lee Weiner, Jerry Rubin, Rennie Davis, and Tom Hayden.
The trial began on Sept. 24, 1969, 13 months after violence broke out during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, shocking the nation. In what a national commission later called a "police riot," protesters gathered in Grant Park and other locations and were clubbed and gassed by Chicago Police officers and Illinois National Guardsmen.
The tumult led to the infamous Chicago 8 trial, later the Chicago 7 trial after one defendant's case was severed.
The organizers of the anti-war demonstrations were charged in federal indictments with rioting and conspiring to riot. They were: Bobby Seale, head of the Black Panthers; Tom Hayden, co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); Dennis Roberts, an Oakland –based civil rights lawyer; Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman founders of the Youth International Party, or Yippies; veteran pacifist leader David Dellinger; and academics Lee Weiner and John Froines.
Seale was eventually bound and gagged in court because of insults he hurled at Judge Julius Hoffman. Seale was sentenced to 4 years in prison for contempt of court, but that finding was later reversed.
Five months after the trial began in an oak-paneled, 23rd-floor courtroom of the Dirsken Federal Building, the defendants were acquitted of conspiracy. Five were convicted of intending to incite a riot across state lines and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Weiner and Froines were acquitted.
All seven, plus the two defense attorneys, were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for more than 100 contempt-of-court citations. But in 1972, an appeals court reversed all of the convictions, citing, among other things, antagonistic behavior from the judge and the fact that the FBI had bugged the defense lawyers' offices.


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Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 Position
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension is 19h 37m 36s and the Declination is -19° 43' 23".
Right Ascension 19h 37m 36s
Declination -19° 43' 23"
Simplified sky chart showing where Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 is right now in the sky with respect to the brightest stars and constellations (see full screen Online Planetarium)
Map showing Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 in Sagittarius on January, 19 2020
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Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 Distance
The distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 from Earth is currently 295,858,509 kilometers, equivalent to 1.977692 Astronomical Units. Light takes 16 minutes and 26.8778 seconds to travel from Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 and arrive to us.
Distance Kilometers 295,858,509
Distance AU 1.977692
Light Travel Time 16 minutes and 26.8778 seconds
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.
Distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 from Earth between January 2013	and December 2100
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Closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 to Earth happens on Mon Sep 18 2023 at a distance of 0.01121075 Astronomical Units, or 1,677,105 kilometers:
Date Mon Sep 18 2023
Distance Kilometers 1,677,105
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Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 brightness
The current visual magnitude of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 is 24.65.
Magnitude 24.65
The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.
Predicted magnitude of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 between January 2013	and December 2100
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 rise and set times
Latitude: 51° 28' 47" N
Longitude: 0° 00' 00" E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Azimuth: 109.7° RISE 7:32
Max altitude: 18.8° TRANSIT 11:44
Azimuth: 250.3° SET 15:57
RIGHT NOW Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom
The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 Orbital Elements
The following table lists the orbital elements of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48	at epoch 26 April 2019 00:00 UTC (JD: 2458600.5). Source: JPL Small-Body Database
Orbit eccentricity e 0.59327608
Orbit inclination i 4.14934867°
Perihelion distance q 0.94078556 AU
140,739,517 km
Aphelion distance Q 3.68537737 AU
Semi-major axis a 2.31308147 AU
Orbital period period 3.5200 years
1,284.9458 days
Date of perihelion transit Tp 2020-Feb-14 08:35:20
2,458,893.8579 JD
Argument of perihelion peri 155.27809986964°
Longitude of the ascending node node 165.87465276633°
Mean anomaly M 277.81067225642°
Mean motion n 0.28016745°/day
Visualization of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 Orbit
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Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 15 Days Ephemeris
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2020 Jan 12	 19h 02m 54s -20° 39' 38" 24.79 Sagittarius
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One evening, with friends arriving for fellowship in about three hours from the time that I held four frozen solid pieces of chicken in my hands, I decided that chili was probably the best route to take. So, I plopped them in the big stock pot, covered them with water and proceeded to make white chili. Considering that it was a recipe that was put together on the fly with only the ingredients I had on hand, it really ended up tasting quite good.
While chicken is boiling, dice the onion and chili pepper.
I wrote about my very favorite onion dicer here.
Cover chicken with water and boil. Add onion, chili pepper, salt, black pepper. Cook until chicken is done and remove it. When it's cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and chop it and put it back in the pan. Add the rest of the ingredients to (and including) the beans. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes. Mix the flour and milk. Add to the pot and bring to a boil. It will thicken slightly. Serve topped with shredded Moteray Jack cheese.
Makes a medium pot, about 6-8 decent bowls.
A lot of folks are sensitive to any kind of raw hot peppers. There is a chemical in the pepper called capsaicin which can be absorbed through the skin and cause painful swelling. A helpful tip is to wear clean kitchen gloves when you have to handle them. This is also a good tip if you are picking them out of the garden.
Also, remember to avoid any kind of possible cross contamination by either really disinfecting your cutting board after having meat on it, or use separate cutting boards for meat and everything else.
Wow does that sound great!
Okay… I think I'm making this for dinner next Wednesday! I teach a Bible study in the morning, church staff meeting in the afternoon, and then the same Bible study again for the evening (2 options for our local ladies) – I'm always looking for something I can cook in a pot on that day!!!


2018 Mazda Cx 8 designed the latest product, this particular van might be professed that they are your all-new model. The following vehicle hasn't obtained an entire upgrade for several years, today the 2018 Mazda Cx 8 design is filled with current touches. Fortunately until this auto is going to be launched after the year 2010 and also the initial quarter following year. We'll really enjoy the features and comfort with driving this car. Certainly enthusiast who?re obtaining uninterested in the prevailing style and design that looks conservative.
2018 Mazda Cx 8 is at this time beginning to move to a more modern day and then energetic design. That automobile has been around a fabulous safe and effective type just for at the same time long. The agency would not hopeful found lacking by competitors just who have started to follow along with a hostile design and style style. People begun to allow a rounded or maybe tangled layout nevertheless experienced shifted to make sure you a clear,crisp in addition to corporation design. The actual vehicle comes not alone demonstrating to an organisation design still being attentive to typically the aerodynamics and then good looks of each and every organ of the body. Itrrrs this that a lot of people assert that has a fantastic design and style, they may be every body desires to constantly have a shot at to speed up on this road. The firm certainly appreciates, it again doesn't seem possible due to this style to merely find a lift model. How this motor vehicle is meant through excellent reliability in addition to reliability about the grille of which cascades to help you a corner lights. All sorts of things appears to be excellent by having modern-day appearance features. For example LED projector lgts, most of lighting utilizing LED technology, backlights using cartoon styles if lit. Every single edge from one's body does not resemble an excessive amount of style, and now we don't look for bad and unnecessary firefox material placement. The corporation figure tier wouldn't appear ruined, the cloths line will be able to attach the top style considering the rear perfectly.
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If 2018 Mazda Cx 8 is released a few minutes down the track the cost rise really should not much away. There isn't any real recognized boasts however, still we think the increase will undoubtedly start around 1000 – 2000 $ $ $ $ pertaining to every type offered. We hope this car / truck will likely be presented afterwards this year or basically no later on as opposed to the foremost 1 / 4 associated with following year.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Washington Western District Jones v. Haynes et al Filing 7
Jones v. Haynes et al
ORDER ADOPTING 6 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, by Judge Richard A. Jones. Plaintiff's 4 Complaint and this action are DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute. **1 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Shaquille Jones, Prisoner ID: 395154)(ST)
Case 3:21-cv-05703-RAJ Document 7 Filed 01/10/22 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 SHAQUILLE JONES, Plaintiff, 9 10 11 Case No. C21-5703-RAJ-MLP PROPOSED ORDER v. RONALD HAYNES, et al., Defendants. 12 13 14 Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable Michelle L. 15 Peterson, United States Magistrate Judge, any objections or responses to that, and the remaining 16 17 18 19 record, the Court finds and ORDERS: (1) The Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. (2) Plaintiff's complaint (dkt. # 4), and this action, are dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to Plaintiff and to Judge Peterson. Dated this 10th day of January, 2021. 20 21 22 23 A The Honorable Richard A. Jones United States District Judge


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Гарри Ф. Тейт (; ) — американский футболист, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1904.

На Играх 1904 в Сент-Луисе Тейт выступал за вторую сборную США. Проиграв два матча и проведя один вничью, он занял третье место и получил бронзовую медаль.

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Welcome all to the Gamma Mu chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority at Southeastern Louisiana University! Feel free to take a look at our page and gain some insight on our amazing organization!
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SIA Update – Changes to licensing system. New system launch 6th July 2016.
Home » Main News »	SIA Update – Changes to licensing system. New system launch 6th July 2016.
The Security Industry Authority has released the following update detailing their new licensing system, to be introduced on Wednesday 6th July 2016.
"Following several weeks of testing the SIA today announced that it will introduce its new licensing system on Wednesday 6th July 2016.
From 6th July, individuals will be able to register for online accounts and apply for or renew SIA licences online.
Their new self-service website will also mean individuals will be able to change personal details remotely and consent to link to their employer, who may assist with the application process.
Businesses will be able to register for online business accounts and will have access to a range of new products such as Licence Pay Only, where a business pays the licensing application fee for individuals and Watchlists, to check the licensed status of their staff.
SIA approved contractors will have access to Licence Management and Licence Assist allowing them to apply online on behalf of consenting staff.
The new licensing system will provide a more efficient, effective service to busy people and a growing industry.
In order for the transition to the new system to be as smooth as possible, the SIA will not be accepting licence applications from this Friday (24 June).
This period is vital as it will allow the SIA to manage existing applications, move data from the old system to the new and make final checks before fully switching on the new system.
"We are grateful for the close cooperation of many the country's security providers who for the past 18 months have helped develop the new licensing system that now goes live on 6 July.
The new licensing system responds to feedback from the wider industry and trade associations and will provide individuals and businesses with a more efficient, effective and accessible online service.
If you have started an application but not yet submitted it – the SIA recommends that you complete your application before the switch over. This will enable the SIA to process it before their current system is switched off.
If you have already submitted your application – you will not be affected and your application will be processed as normal.
If you submit an application before the switch over but your payment fails during the switch over – your application will fail and you will have to re-submit it once the new system is available.
If you submit an application but do not provide all of the necessary supporting documentation – your application will fail and you will have to re-submit it once the SIA's new system is available.
If you submit an application during the switch over – it will be returned to you and you will have to re-submit it once the SIA's new system is available".


A brief prayer is offered that you can add to your daily prayers this week. The scripture is from our Sunday Service Bulletin for today. Today we resume the sermon series on "Foundations, back to the basics of faith". Our discussion theme today is on missions as a foundational part of our faith. The theme and content of the devotion is from Concordia's Preaching Project.
The lepers were in dire straits because Israel was under siege by the Syrians and starving. They decided that the way to survive would be to go to the Syrian camp after dark and try to find food. What they found was that the Syrians had suddenly abandoned their positions and there was food and loot for the taking. After making one run at it they went for another but thought better of it and figured the Israelites need to know. They just had to share the good news about the end of the siege and lots of food to stop the famine. Well we Christians have good news too about God's salvation for all. In fact today we find three good reasons to do this: 1-it is inexhaustible, God's good news will never run out; 2-people matter- The lepers share the good news of the Syrian camp so their friends won't die physically. We need to share the good news of the gospel so our friends won't die spiritually; and 3-It is fun to share- Yes, it can be scary to share, but it can also be fun! Because no matter how scary it may be, when someone gets it, there's nothing better!


You can use Gmail offline feature or configure any client which supports pop/imap protocols.... These applications also give you tons of options to tweak other aspects like adding a Start Menu to the Desktop Mode so you don't have to switch to the Start Screen to access all your applications. They also give you the ability to boot directly to Desktop Mode, add an actual right click context menu you can use in the Start Screen and many other useful options.
Instead of keeping a browser window open to check if you have new messages in your Gmail account, you can install a Gmail gadget that lets you access your account directly from your desktop.


The Dacia Sandero has been voted Best Small Car (under £12,000) at the prestigious What Car? Awards 2018, the 6th year in a row that it has won this award.
To celebrate this success, we are offering Dacia customers two years servicing on new Sandero and Sandero Stepway models, while two lucky customers will also win a £1000 prize.
To take advantage of the two years servicing offer you simply need to have ordered and registered a new Dacia Sandero or Sandero Stepway between 2nd November and 30th November 2018.
"When was the Dacia brand launched in the United Kingdom?"
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The Dacia Sandero has won over the critics to become an award-winning car. It's claimed What Car? Best Small Car less than £12,000 for the past six years. There's enough room inside for five and a 320-litre boot, yet its size gives it all the manoeuvring and parking advantages of a small car. The Sandero follows Dacia's ethos of allowing you to pay for what you value - meaning you can pick up a brand-new car at one of the cheapest prices in Britain. Visit your local Evans Halshaw Dacia dealership to find out more today.
The Sandero Stepway comes with all the benefits of the standard Sandero and adds rugged crossover styling plus a higher body position for a better view all round. You get a lot for your money with standard equipment including DAB digital radio, Bluetooth, and air con, while extras on the Comfort trim include cruise control, rear parking sensors, and a 7-inch touchscreen multimedia system. Economy levels of up to 50.4mpg keep running costs low too. Ultimately this is an ideal family car. Browse our great offers online to find out more.


Google X is constructing just a few hundred self-driving automobiles that don't have any steering wheel, accelerator pedal or brake pedal. Finally, earlier than penetrating other ASEAN international locations, local car producers must have a nicely-deliberate advertising strategy to sell their vehicles in the ASEAN region. There's a new electrical automotive producer within the U.S. thats been designing and now constructing totally electric,DOT accepted, highway speed,200 plus miles on a single cost automobiles…and it's referred to as EMC. In spite of the issues, overseas automotive makers are discovering their tie-ups useful in some ways. It is a important shift from the 90s when Japanese car manufacturers would dominate the market and made especially famous by films like the fast and Livid franchise.
Ford invested closely within the manufacturing and advertising of this dead car business, which was instantly rejected by the public by way of it being too expensive and moderately unattractive (particularly the grill). I actually had no thought Toyota and Honda had market values so much larger than American car producers, but if you concentrate on it, it's not surprising. Manufacturers of luxurious vehicles like Ferrari, Porsche, etc goal the part of the society with a big disposable earnings and excessive standing, and this can be achieved by psychological segmentation. This time additionally sees the emergence of Henry Ford's mass manufacturing strategies that lay the first step in the direction of the automotive changing into part of the on a regular basis actuality of the widespread man. General Motors acts in most nations exterior the USA by way of wholly owned subsidiaries, however operates in China by 10 joint ventures.
ESCA – the European Small Volume Car Producers Alliance – is a pan-European affiliation comprising unbiased small volume car producers (SVMs) based in the EU. Small volume producers are people who manufacture fewer than 10 000 new automobiles (registered within the EU) every year.
Leading web site to offer complete details about world's hottest automobiles from top automotive manufacturers with beautiful pictures and their logos. With the hybrid vehicles of Toyota and Honda beginning the revolution, it's no surprise why they're hybrid automobile high quality is better than ours. The China automobile market, now Basic Motor's (GM) largest, was the US company's savior in the course of the financial crisis, as sales within the nation helped it heave itself out of chapter proceedings in 2009. Innovation in technology has allowed automotive manufacturers to develop electric vehicles. Here's a glance back on the five most financially damaging car recollects of all time.
From eradicating monetary incentives for foreign car makers to requiring they launch Chinese language automobile manufacturers, Beijing has tried to curtail the seemingly countless reputation of non-local autos as domestic manufacturers continue to cede floor to their international counterparts.


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A motor trader from Swindon has been fined £9,700 for advertising a range of unroadworthy cars that had highly dangerous faults.
Trading standards investigated Swindon Trade Centre and found that company boss Michael Barbato was selling several faulty vehicles. These included an Alfa Romeo with a split tyre, a Suzuki Wagon with a badly corroded brake pipe and a Renault Megan with broken suspension.
An essential part of running a business is that as an upstanding member of the public, you comply with the law. However, it's also vital that you are properly insured. In order to provide top quality services to your customers, ensure you have road risks insurance and demonstration cover, in addition to your general motor trade insurance.
Additionally, Swindon Magistrates' Court discovered that Mr Barbato had advertised three vehicles with full MOT. However, when buyers arrived at Swindon Trade Centre, they were told they could not test drive the cars because they did not have MOT. Prosecutor Oliver Willmott said that it was illegal to present unroadworthy vehicles for sale and allow customers to get in and try the engine.
Chairman of the magistrates Gail Chilcott said during the sentencing: "I find it remarkable that a responsible business would allow customers to browse the premises without fully trained staff or systems in place to differentiate between cars that have an MOT and those that do not.
"I can see that cars in an unroadworthy condition were found on the forecourt.


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George Congdon Gorham (July 5, 1832 in Greenport, Suffolk County, New York

– February 11, 1909) was a Republican California politician, newspaper editor, and author. Gorham ran in 1867 under the Republican ticket in the Californian gubernatorial race. He lost, however, to Democratic candidate Henry Huntly Haight by a margin of 7,458 votes. Gorham also worked on the Republican National Committee for California (a subsidiary body of the national body, the Republican National Committee). He, along with Stephen Johnson Field wrote a book on the early history of California. From June 6, 1868, until March 24, 1879, he was secretary of the United States Senate. From 1880 to 1884 he was editor of the National Republican newspaper. In retirement he wrote an authoritative two-volume biography of Edwin Stanton, Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war.  He died in 1909 in Washington D.C.

During the 1880 Republican National Convention, Gorham served as a delegate allied with the party's "Stalwart" wing.

References

External links

 Senate history - Gorham as Secretary of the Senate

1832 births
1909 deaths
California Republicans
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Secretaries of the United States Senate


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Full Metal Diary – Book Review
By ShortScriptGodsMarch 22, 2016Reviews
Matthew Modine, one of Kubrick's least exciting leading men, wrote an account of his time working on "Full Metal Jacket." This book is treasure trove for any Kubrick fan, let me tell you. I don't even think I ever bought this book. I think I read it at Book Soup on Sunset Blvd. in one sitting (or standing). I could not put it down. Let me think of the best anecdotes. It's been years.
1. This was also Vincent Donofrio's first film (who played the psychotic Gomer Pile). He was a bouncer at a club and if I remember correctly, Modine reccomended that Donofrio send a tape to Kubrick (because he was watching all of them, at a time when no one was watching tapes). Malcolm McDowell confirms that a common Kubrickian practice was casting actors through other actors. This film launched Donofiro's career.
2. Modine's then girlfriend was very pregnant. When she went into labor, Modine was in the middle of a crazy shooting day. Kubrick said everything he could to keep Modine from going to the hospital to witness the birth of his kid. He simply thought the shooting day was more important.
3. Kubrick could not figure out how to shoot a violent scene, asking everyone what they thought. Modine finally suggested he watch a scene from Friedkin's "To Live and Die in LA." Kubrick projected the movie and stole the scene almost directly.
There's lots more goodies. Such as the exhausted actors playing the Marines and how the actor playing the Marines trainer was let go for the man who was consulting how to play the role, Lee Emery. If you love Kurbick, this book will be your full metal buffet.


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It's often said that aluminum is a harder metal to weld than steel. And while it's true that most welders start out by learning to weld steel before moving on to aluminum, it's not entirely accurate to say that it's harder. In general, welding aluminum is simply different, and requires a solid understanding of those differences in order to achieve a proper weld.
As we've discussed at length in previous blogs, aluminum and steel each have distinct characteristics, and the welding process makes some of those differences even more obvious than they might otherwise be.
Heat (thermal) conductivity is one that stands out in particular. As one might expect, because aluminum is considerably more heat conductive than steel, it also has a much lower melting point. However, aluminum also has a layer of oxide that allows it to resist corrosion, which is helpful in many applications, but has an extremely high melting point. A very clear understanding of how temperature affects aluminum is essential for skilled welders.
The other big difference is the relative solubility of hydrogen in liquid aluminum, which can lead to the hydrogen bubbles that form during the liquid stage of welding becoming trapped. This can result in porosity in the finished welds. If porosity is a persistent issue, it can often be mitigated by using a proper shielding gas, such as a helium/argon mixture. But again, if a welder isn't accustomed to working with aluminum, porosity can become a big problem, as they may not know how to address it properly.
Nowhere is it more important to use a filler selection chart than when welding aluminum. Filler charts are probably an aluminum welder's best friend, because they take a process that could be quite complicated, and codify it in a way that's standardized. The chart takes into consideration the eight primary characteristics that most impact welding, alongside the needs of the end product that is being fabricated, to give the welder the best chance of welding success.
Interested in learning more about the differences between aluminum and steel? Check out our blogs from last month!!