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WHEATBELT WAMBASSADORS
WAM's major focus area in regional WA over the past few years has been the Wheatbelt. This is primarily due to the region's proximity to Perth, the large number of artists in this region, and the community's appetite for the gigs we are able to deliver. Through our engagement and activities, WAM has amassed a sizeable network of artists and other related connections across the region.
RAC have helped WAM to deliver the Wheatbelt Touring Circuit program since the pilot project in 2012. A focal point of the program and RAC's involvement has been the integration of road safety messaging into the tours, talking to people about the choices they make before getting behind the wheel or into a vehicle at a critical time – when they are enjoying music in licensed premises. We have seen first hand how effective the direct road safety messages from artists on the tours has been.
WAM has taken this idea one step further in 2016-17 by engaging a team of Wheatbelt WAMbassadors from across the region to be advocates for WAM in the Wheatbelt, and actively talk about road safety at gigs, and at other appropriate opportunities. Six local Wheatbelt musicians from different Wheatbelt sub-regions are engaging with their communities and peers, drawing attention to the consequences of poor choices behind the wheel, all the while delivering quality local musical entertainment. We believe that by fusing together creative local music with road safety messages, we can break through the invisible wall and get people thinking and talking about road safety, therefore delivering a real benefit to the community.
The six WAMbassadors each have their own reasons for taking up their roles, but all share the common experience of having their communities impacted by the devastation of road trauma.
Erin Pope
Erin Pope began singing and song writing during seeding time on the family farm in the Eastern Wheatbelt when the tractor radio gave out. She soon decided that learning to play the guitar would complete the picture.
Two and a half years later, in between university studies and traveling, she now plays at events in the Wheatbelt and local venues in Fremantle. Tales of Erin's backpacking adventures through Vietnam, Nepal and Ethiopia come out in her music, which is a blend of acoustic, folk and blues. What Erin loves most about gigs where she grew up is that it's a full-blown family affair with relatives and neighbours rallied up to gather a crowd. She says having the opportunity to play for people who have been a major part of her life is pretty special.
Erin is passionate about sharing stories from home, both the good and the bad, with mates in the city to offer insight into the rural way of life. She says, sadly, car crashes seem to be a big part of that. She chose to become a WAMbassador because she wanted to share a road safety message with her community that even if you're not directly involved in a car crash, it doesn't mean you don't feel the impact. Writing songs helps her process those feelings and it's something she can share with her family, mates and community. Hayden Sprigg
Country musician Hayden Sprigg is a singer and songwriter hailing from Mukinbudin in the Central East Wheatbelt region. Hayden's folk and country music is influenced by the likes of the Zac Brown Band, Steve Earle and Brad Paisley. He was featured on the 2014 Sounds of the Wheatbelt album and was part of the Wheatbelt Touring Circuit in 2015. Raised in the Wheatbelt, Hayden now farms in the region and says the Wheatbelt is a unique place. He says it's worth watching a local football match if you're in town or visiting during Mukinbudin's Spring Festival which brings the community together and features the best of local produce, music and art.
Hayden enjoyed sharing his music and promoting road safety messages as part of the Wheatbelt Touring Circuit which is why he decided to become a WAMbassador. Hayden has lost several mates in car crashes; one straight after school and another just last year. In the most recent instance, his friend left behind a wife and two children. Having recently become a father himself, Hayden says it's heartbreaking to think of the hole which must be left in the family's life. Pete Byfield
Alternative country musician Pete Byfield has lived in the Wheatbelt for most of his life and much of his music is inspired by the region. Pete's song Wialki featured on the 2014 WAM Sounds of the Wheatbelt album and in 2015, Pete released his first album, One, which took home the Album of the Year at the 2016 WA Country Music Awards. His song Ashes from the same album received a nomination for WAM Song of the Year in 2016.
Pete says the Wheatbelt music scene contains a large number of families with a historical connection to the land, which bleeds into the song writing. Choosing to become a WAMbassador was a logical flow on from Pete's involvement with RAC and the It's My Elephant campaign. He has lost a number of very close friends in road crashes over the years. Alcohol, speed and inexperience were factors.
Pete believes education and cultural change can make a difference so he wrote a song called Country Wave. It encourages drivers to keep their heads up, out of their phones, and to raise one finger off the steering wheel in a country wave. Ash Nardini
Guitarist and bass player, Ash Nardini, has been on the local music scene for 20 years. During this time he's played in a number of cover bands, been appointed president of the Narrogin Musicians Association and started his own PA and production business, supplying sound reinforcement to events on a local scale.
Born in Narrogin, Ash spent some time in Perth and Busselton before the relaxed, bush scene drew him back to his home town to raise a family.
As president of the Narrogin Musicians Association, Ash and his committee put together the Big Bash Music Festival which saw 18 local acts perform throughout the day at the Narrogin Agricultural Show. Ash became involved with WAM in 2015 and helped find local artists for its Wheatbelt Touring Circuit.
Ash loves the Wheatbelt region for its people and their attitudes. Having seen the pain that road trauma brings families, Ash has embraced the opportunity to become a WAMbassador to raise awareness about this serious issue and the impact it has on small communities. Polly Medlen
The Polly Medlen Band has plenty of experience on the live music circuit in Perth and throughout regional WA, lining up with favourites Abbe May and Ruby Boots and supporting acts like Kasey Chambers and Troy Cassar-Daley.
The Polly Medlen Band has also enjoyed multiple wins in the WAM Song of the Year awards in the Country category and a WAMi nomination for Country Artist of the Year.
Polly says live gigs in regional areas can be few and far between but recommends The Quindanning Inne, a must-do if you're in the area. 'The Quinny' is a regional institution which she says has always supported original music and touring artists.
For Polly, becoming a WAMbassador was a natural choice given her passionate belief in the importance of the Wheatbelt Touring Circuit and RAC's road safety messages.
She believes it's hard to talk about openly because it asks communities to look at their own road safety culture and reassess their behaviour, but it needs to be spoken about more.
Losing friends and family to road trauma is a nightmare that Polly has lived through. She says the loss to families and the community causes hurt for years after the event but it's something that should, and can, be avoided. Jayden Crook
Jayden Crook has always loved music, often picking up his guitar to recreate his favourite songs. He started singing in a cover band at university before forming an acoustic duo with a good mate.
Three years later, he has played at the Guildford Heritage Festival, at venues throughout the Wheatbelt and opened for country musician Adam Brand. All the while, Jayden was quietly writing his own music which he was encouraged to share through WAM's regional programs. Jayden has called the Wheatbelt home almost his entire life; not only is his farm there but his community is too. He says they are really receptive to original live music and appreciate artists putting themselves out there. He is confident there are lots of talented musicians in the region and believes the scene can be built up to engage local audiences even more.
Jayden is passionate about live gigs and the work WAM is doing to develop regional music scenes and it was for that reason Jayden jumped at the opportunity to become a WAMbassador. As a new dad himself, Jayden has spent a lot of time thinking about what families go through when their lives are changed so dramatically by road trauma.
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A NOVEL contrivance utilizing a slab of cork of a size capable of supporting an average man's weight in water and a small sail to provide propulsion has been devised by Lieut.-Commander W. P. Hastie, of the British Royal Naval Reserve.
The sail is attached to a small metal mast inserted in the cork. Strapping the cork to his stomach, a non-swimmer can float, using his hands as rudders to guide his passage through the water. By twisting his body, the floater can take advantage of wind changes. The sail is movable, being controlled by a cord held by the bather.


The time for secrets is over.
Today we split the heart sac.
In this small room we unpack the hidden things, set free the stopped voices, the sins kept silent, the shut breath.
Here, at the terminus, nothing matters.
Vesalius – a Requiem was the first music-theatre piece created under the moniker of The Resurrectionists, a company formed around the partnership of Richard Chew and myself. It previewed in the Hexagon Theatre, mac, in March 1996 but was designed for the extraordinary dynamic of The Old Operating Theatre Museum, Southwark where it ran for 2 weeks in May/June of that year. Vesalius was the recipient of a coveted Barclays New Stages Award and was well received.
A version of the piece travelled (courtesy of The British Council) to Teatri di Vita, Bologna in January 1998, and despite intermittant suggestions of a revival, the cadaver has remained silent ever since. …Until now, that is. Richard, Cheryl Pickering and their family emigrated to her native Adelaide several years ago and thanks to their labours Vesalius – a Requiem will be presented by their new company Various People Inc. at the Royal Institute of Australia, in Adelaide.
In a mixture of excitement and trepidation, Alan and I agree that revisiting the show is comparable to a former lover emerging from the distant past. Vesalius had a very powerful effect on those who were involved and whether the show can stand the test of time, remains to be seen. Reaquainting yourself with an old lover is not always a good idea, even if the flame still burns strong. But the joy will be discovering how the show's themes and resonances have shifted for a generation who have been fed nightly doses of CSI and for whom the 'Body in Performance' has a more established currency.


Commonwealth Games hopefuls Seain Cook and Robin Miedzybrodzki claimed a silver medal at the Small Countries Division beach volleyball tournament at Portobello.
Seeded second, the Scots lost in the final to Finnish wildcards Jyrki Numinen and Santeri Siren 16-21, 10-21. It was the Scottish pair's only loss in the competition after they reached the final with a straightforward 21-11, 21-11 win over top Welsh pair Conor Robins and Sean Davies. Cook and Miedzybrodzi also gained a confidence-boosting 21-19 19-21 15-7 win over Cypriots Antreas Savvidis and Antonis Liotatis in a 58-minute third round match ahead of next month's Commonwealth qualifying tournament in Cyprus.
Edinburgh's Barry McGuigan and Graham Riddle almost pulled off an upset win over the Cypriots in the quarter-finals, losing 23-21, 15-21, 20-22.


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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by androidtvfan, Mar 2, 2019.
Since some months ago for no explicable reason I can not physically push my earphones in all the way. Samsung say they can't repair this for free so I will live with it but just wondered if anyone else has had this problem ?
Is it possible that you have a phone case interfering with the headphone jack?
Have you checked for anything stuck in the jack? Pocket lint can easily get packed in there, not to mention crumbs or paper.
From your description it does sound like there's something jammed inside the headphone port. Because the opening is so small it's a) not easy to see just what the problem is and b) even harder to get it out even if you can see it.
If you don't want to pay to have this done there's still the option of using Bluetooth earbuds. I'm still a plug fan but Bluetooth stuff is getting better and better all the time.


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Dear Esther
"I sometimes feel as if I've given birth to this island".
It's rare for me to step into the unknown. With the majority of games writing eternally looking forward to the big-budget games soon to be released, it's not often I discover something surprising.
Also rare is the unbridled joy, satisfaction and relief experienced when finishing a game in one sitting.
Naturally my only touchstone to how I felt after Dear Esther was that it was somewhat similar to Portal.
But where the second playthrough of Portal tells the same story of Aperture Science, daring escape and cake, Dear Esther is much more nuanced and haunting experience.
Dear Esther's story, which itself is nonlinear, is told in a multi-linear fashion whereby repeated playthroughs present variations and alternative tellings which complement and augment the impressions gained from the first viewing.
In this way, the story can be directed, within finite limits, by the player in a dynamic way available only to video games.
If this reads like a very technical and scientific way of expressing something emotional and creative then it should come as no surprise that Dear Esther was born in a laboratory in the University of Portsmouth as research into exploring innovative narratives in video games.
It works. It works very well.
Dealing with the passing of a loved one, some tragic accident, a deserted island and its discoverer and Biblical allusions, the narrative is told primarily through voice-over fragments which are triggered while wandering and exploring a seemingly deserted British isle.
Because of the dynamic nature in which the story can unfold the narratives intertwine in a way that reminded me of the Brian O'Nolan novel The Third Policeman. Here occasional footnotes chronicling a scientist begin appearing more and more frequently until they completely dominate over the main passage for a number of pages.
In my first playing, the tale of one the isle's explorers was most prominent and it was only on subsequent plays did the story of a fatal, drunk driving accident begin to emerge.
How cool is that? This game reminded me of a book. Games never remind me of books. Hell, even Gears of War bears only a passing resemblance to the Gears of War novels.
In terms of the actual writing, the monologue is a little too overly poetic but it fits the mood of the foggy hillsides and driftwood strewn coastline. Regardless, it's invigorating to hear such crisp language which isn't the hallmark "Go deploy the C4 charge, soldier!".
Understandably as the story is front and centre, served by visuals, I can tell that for some this will be at the expense of gameplay. Dear Esther is a mood piece, a short story to be enjoyed at a very deliberate, slow pace and while the level of interaction is minimal, the level of engagement is of taut suspense.
I don't want to detract from the sorrowful music and wistful locale which establish the morose mood, but the aching suspense gripping my muscles was in part thanks to my own personal baggage I brought with me.
Games have taught me that monsters live amidst the fog and that an apparently empty room is a bear trap, primed and ready to snap shut upon entering.
So when I was walking across an apparently empty and foggy hillside, accompanied only by the sound of my own feet, and I heard a second, more rapid set of footsteps coming at me, the fight-or-flight part of my brain fired and I kicked my chair away from my desk and rolled into the middle of my room with both hands firmly atop my head.
It doesn't matter that it was only a low flying bird. Or that this has happened to me in real life.
Game worlds often convey more character and mood themselves than the actual characters they accommodate. Even if deserted BioShock's Rapture, GTA's Liberty City and Brutal Legend's world of Ormagöden speak more about their tone than their dead-eyed, melted plastic faced, barely literate dialogue spouting inhabitants.
In this sense Dear Esther's bleak, desolate rolling hillscape is all but forgotten, a naturally formed shrine to the past, sparse if not for its century-old cottages and man-made markings carved into the rocks.
Personally, Dear Esther now sits alongside The Passage, Braid and Psychonauts as telling a story rarely told in video games and in a way that is undeniably a stepping stone towards something new and exciting.
Currently, the team behind Dear Esther, thechineseroom, are working on a remake of the mod which should be out sometime in 2011. Looking at the videos and new screenshots it's primarily a visual overhaul with some new additions to the story. If you are from the future and it is after 2011 check the Dear Esther page on ModDB for the latest version.
I played the 1.1 version and it was powerful but certainly not as visually arresting as the remake appears to be.
Technically Dear Esther is a free standalone mod for Half Life 2 running on the 2006 Source SDK. All you need to play is access to Steam and a spare 1.5 GB for the download.
Installing Dear Esther
Download and Install Steam if you haven't already: http://store.steampowered.com/
Head to FilePlanet and download the Dear_Esther.zip [224 Mb]: http://www.fileplanet.com/
Unpack the Dear_Esther.zip file to the sourcemods folder in your Steam directory: Steamsteamappssourcemods
Restart Steam and Dear Esther will appear in your Games list
Launch Dear Esther and you will most likely be prompted to install the Source SDK 2006. Steam will download and unpack this for you [a little over 1 GB].
Dear Esther should now be installed and ready to go!
If you download and play Dear Esther, let us know your thoughts in the comments below:

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Phil Stone (character)
Phil Stone
Profession: Oil rig worker
Season(s): 5
Episode: "Day 5: 7:00am-8:00am"
Phil Stone was a day worker at an oil drilling field in Mojave, California, during Day 5.
Day 5[edit | edit source]
The foreman of the oil field, Ned, called the names of Phil Stone and Greg Nelson for work that day, and assigned them to pump #5. The other workers to receive work that morning were Jim Nichols, Sterling Rush, and Patrick Priest. Also looking for work that day was Jack Bauer, disguised as "Frank Flynn".
Background information and notes[edit | edit source]
Stone and Nelson
Stone is not identifiable in the episode; however, a process of elimination narrows this character down to the two oil workers on the furthest left of the group (pictured on the right). It is not known which of the two is Stone and which is Greg Nelson.
This character is named after the crew member, Phil Stone.
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"7:00am-8:00am" "8:00am-9:00am" "9:00am-10:00am" "10:00am-11:00am" "11:00am-12:00pm" "12:00pm-1:00pm"
"1:00pm-2:00pm" "2:00pm-3:00pm" "3:00pm-4:00pm" "4:00pm-5:00pm" "5:00pm-6:00pm" "6:00pm-7:00pm"
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Editorial: 'Inclusion is our growth strategy'
By Pioneer Press Editorial Board | Pioneer Press
New "dashboard" numbers measuring our competitiveness tell an important story about the Twin Cities region.
But even more important, perhaps, is the will to use them to improve performance.
The drive to create the MSP Regional Indicators Dashboard — issued this year for the third time — came from leaders in business, government, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector and higher education, explains Peter Frosch of GreaterMSP, the regional economic development partnership. They recognized the importance of having a "common look at how we're doing and the need to have a shared understanding overall of how the region is performing."
The new dashboard — posted at greatermsp.org/regional-indicators — shows the region is doing well on "many of the most important metrics," Frosch told us, including productivity, unemployment and labor force participation.
But it also suggests areas where attention is due — among them the gap between white people and those of color in the region's labor force.
Although the measure improved from last year, it raises questions about whether we're getting better fast enough.
If peer cities — among them Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Portland and Seattle — "are improving much faster, we're going to lose," Frosch said. "It's not just about getting better but getting better faster than our competitors."
He also directs us to dashboard figures on "talent" in the region, including comparison with our peers on the number of people with bachelor's or more advanced degrees. We're in the middle of the pack, and should be concerned about that rank. For a region that long has taken pride in its educated workforce, the dashboard suggests that we might not be as good as we think we are, at least not in comparison with the markets with which we compete.
For the region's leaders — and all of us — the dashboard is "meant to create a shared conversation about this range of issues that are critical to our competitiveness," Frosch said, and then "point us in the right direction about the kind of questions we should be asking together."
"This is not designed just to be a data project. This is a regional improvement effort," he explains. It is "creating more of a consistent, shared conversation about what's important. It's meant to move us from credible data to shared understanding of what the situation is," then to "more alignment" and, ultimately, "real improvement."
Looking forward, the dashboard also makes an important point about the connection between population growth and economic performance. As we consider what we can do to compete with markets that "have a real advantage over us because they're growing faster," Frosch said, the dashboard suggests that "maybe inclusion is the best economic strategy we have for growth."
We're reminded again of the work of State Demographer Susan Brower, who has made clear that the state's future success will rely on using every Minnesotan to his or her fullest potential.
A key message from the dashboard: "Inclusion is our growth strategy," Frosch said.
"It doesn't make it easier, but it might create a whole new positive force for action," he said, "and it should force us to think much more broadly and creatively about how to address these issues."
On that note, the effort will expand with a mid-August workshop hosted by the leaders behind the dashboard, the Regional Competitiveness Working Group, including Greater MSP, the Itasca Project, the Minnesota Business Partnership, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the Metropolitan Council, the Regional Council of Mayors, the McKnight Foundation and the chambers of commerce in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The point of the effort: focusing on identifying "specific things people and organizations can do to help us move from data to action," Frosch said.
"At a moment when many other forces seem to be pulling us in opposite directions," he said, there's initiative "to use the data and this effort to build something that has the power to bring us together."
That makes it timely work, too.
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Detroit CFO hires adviser for $495,000 without city council approval
Dexter Lockamy signed a two-year contract for up to $495,000 in wages to be Detroit CFO John Hill's senior adviser.
Detroit CFO hires adviser for $495,000 without city council approval Dexter Lockamy signed a two-year contract for up to $495,000 in wages to be Detroit CFO John Hill's senior adviser. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2dKe6Vp
Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press Published 9:40 a.m. ET Sept. 30, 2016 | Updated 2:52 p.m. ET Sept. 30, 2016
Dexter Lockamy(Photo: City of Detroit)
Detroit Chief Financial Officer John Hill last November hired a second pricey Washington consultant whose compensation includes travel expenses and a $54 per diem.
Dexter Lockamy signed a two-year contract for up to $495,000 in wages to be Hill's senior adviser.
Although the contract was effective in January, Lockamy wasn't able to start until June and won't make the full amount, Hill said.
Still, Lockamy's hiring mirrors that of Larry A. King — another colleague of Hill's in Washington who was brought on as a consultant. The Free Press revealed last month that King was paid $692,399 over a 27-month span in salary and expenses, including 69 round-trip flights and 226 hotel nights in Detroit.
Like King, who was previously unknown to City Council, Lockamy was hired without the council's approval under powers given to Hill when Detroit was in bankruptcy. And like King, Lockamy worked for Hill when he was executive director of the D.C. Financial Control Board more than a decade ago.
Hill defended the contracts for Lockamy and King during an interview in his office at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center.
"Larry King and Dexter are contractors. They're not employees," Hill said. "They're not filling a position, and I think that's one thing that the council has not understood."
Other consultants or lawyers hired during the city's bankruptcy from firms like Conway MacKenzie and Jones Day have made more, Hill said.
"Some of the lawyers on Jones Day, if you take any one of those lawyers and see how much we paid for that particular lawyer over a year, your hair would fall out," he said.
"Same thing happened with the contracts for Conway MacKenzie, which I didn't negotiate any of those contracts. We have individuals in that contract who are making a rate of $400 to $600 an hour ... who have credentials that pale in comparison to either Larry King's or Dexter's."
Hill declined to name any specific consultants whose pay he was describing.
City Council President Brenda Jones pressed Hill for details about "Larry King and that situation" at the Sept. 20 council meeting. She requested a list of all consultants in Hill's office making at least $100,000 annually.
"The other question that I was asked is whether or not there is anyone else in your department who is making basically the same salary" as King, Jones asked Hill.
Hill didn't respond directly. Hill said King's salary is reasonable and his hiring was within the CFO's authority.
Lockamy makes $119 an hour with a cap of eight hours per day. If he were to work 40 hours a week, his annual pay would equal $247,500.
Lockamy likely won't make that much on an annualized basis, Hill said, because he doesn't expect him to work more than four days a week. And he didn't start until this June, about six months after his contract was effective.
Records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, however, indicate the city began tracking Lockamy's hours on Aug. 1. He has worked 75.42 hours since then. "That's all he's been paid for, 75 hours," Hill said.
His travel records show a single reimbursement request for $1,071 for a round-trip flight, transportation, hotel stay and three per diem payments in early July.
Asked why Lockamy's payroll records didn't start until Aug. 1, Hill said in an e-mail that Lockamy was paid "manually" prior to Aug. 15 "because city staff did not set him up in the time and attendance system."
As senior adviser to Hill, Lockamy's duties are broad. He may be assigned to run a section of the CFO's office. He is also a liaison to the Detroit Financial Review Commission, the state-appointed organization put in place to oversee the city's post-bankruptcy finances.
Lockamy, who lives in Baltimore, worked in a variety of finance positions before his job in Detroit. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Columbia University in 1980 and went on to get two master's degrees there, in public health and business administration.
In addition to serving as CFO of the D.C. Financial Control Board, Lockamy was a municipal finance adviser for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Afghanistan from 2012 until his employment with Detroit. Lockamy also was CFO for Africare, a nongovernmental organization whose mission is, according to its website, "to improve the quality of life of the people in Africa."
Hill said Lockamy was still employed at Africare after January, when his contract with Detroit was effective, but Lockamy left Africare by the time he actually began working in Detroit in June.
Lockamy's public-sector compensation was labeled excessive by an audit of his work for the D.C. schools system in the early 2000s, according to the Washington Post. Lockamy's work was audited after he made $472,594 in a 16-month span. The audit also found city rules were broken because Lockamy was hired without competitive bidding.
Hill said he was aware of the audit when Lockamy was hired in Detroit. He said Lockamy's contract here includes safeguards to prevent against excessive pay, including a daily cap of eight hours for which he can charge the city.
Contact Joe Guillen: jguillen@freepress.com
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The ethereal Pearl of the Adriatic, the Old Town Dubrovnik.
And it is mesmerizing! The Old Town Dubrovnik sits upon the footings of Srdj hill, some 400 m high, which you can reach via cable car, your car, rent-a-car or feet. The panoramas from the top of the hill are breath-taking, and not only of the City walls and Dubrovnik suburbia, but also of the Elaphite islands, even Italy on a nice day!
Built entirely of stone, Dubrovnik Old Town sits proudly underneath. Getting "the big picture" of its red rooftops and geometrical layout is a thrill, almost as much as inspecting its details from the Dubrovnik City Walls. Again – built entirely of stone (amazing!), they encircle the city nucleolus in full length of 2 kilometres and are open to visitors daily, always during day-time hours. The most important Dubrovnik attraction, with over 900.000 visitors per year, the City Walls are a promenade of great panoramas, historic insights and picture-perfect moments.
The interior of the Old Town is a grid of stone streets, stone stairs and amazing stone monuments. UNESCO heritage since 1979, it still retains much of its historic ambiance and décor. Entering from one of the two main gates – Pile or Ploče, you will stroll down Stradun, the main street, to see the main sights: the Franciscan Monastery with its 1317 Pharmacy, Onofrio's Fountain, St. Blaize's Church, Sponza Palace, Orlando's column, Rector's Palace, the Dubrovnik Cathedral, the Old Town harbour. These places are best explored with a local guide, who can bring both a historic and contemporary dimension to the massive walls.


Here's what I was loving on in the month of December. Let me know what your favorite beauty items of December were and what products I should try this month in the comments below!
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Regardless of how much space you've, it is usually a good idea to flaunt it instead of waste it on avoidable storage. Elevated bed with lengthened bed skirt is really a combo pack for hidden storage and magnificence for the bed room. Be generous with shelving. Purchase units for long compared to width. Choose furniture pieces with different heights, glass surfaces and mirrored table legs for that space factor.
When you're making lighting plans, the first thing ought to be to discover natural light for your house. Get any section you need to accentuate, just like an artwork or a bit of furniture, and make preparations a concoction of lighting sources to focus on it. A mix of lengthy hanging designer chandelier, wall lamp and table lamp infuses a welcoming wave within the ambiance.
If you're fortunate with space, you shouldn't be afraid to choose vibrant colors for the walls. It is best to get paints in shades of fireside engine red, flamingo pink, tangy orange as well as black for emphasizing the focal wall of a room or bed room. However, for small spaces it is usually wise to choose softer wall paints for example whites, creams and beige together with large home windows.
Don't merely discard old pieces. Using the trend of concoction ruling the furniture ideas, choose mix-it-up pattern. Place an legendary egg-chair in tangy color before a regular sofa occur neutral shade to get a new wave in a room. You are able to up-holster your grandpa's vintage armchair in bold geometric prints and find out it stick out inside your a-la-mode drawing space.
Much like your personality, your house too should stick out and you may reach that goal easily by drawing your attention for the ceiling. You may also produce a multiple layered ceiling by innovatively incorporating 3 D elements. Every considered of selecting golden paint for the ceiling? Besides reflecting sun light, a golden ceiling adds drama for your space.
Already inspired by these interior decor tips? Can understand your pursuit for trying these out for that ideal home your soul continues to be desiring. Rapidly jot lower what involves the mind on certificates before you decide to forget them. And when your imagination and budget requires greater than a do-it-yourself task you could search for professional designers in your area.


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Illuminati Cabal Flee By The Hundreds As Mass Arrests Await Them From States Becoming Free From The Fed…
http://divinecosmos.com/start-here/davids-blog/1035-divineintervention1
http://reddragonleo.com/2012/04/02/illuminati-cabal-flee-by-the-hundreds-as-mass-arrests-await-them-from-states-becoming-free-from-the-fed/
http://freedomreigns.us/
THE PENTAGON WANTS THIS INFORMATION TO GO VIRAL " The Way of Love Blog (2012indyinfo.com)
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911 SURVIVOR WON'T BACK DOWN
By Mark Anderson
Perhaps the most compelling direct testimony regarding the harrowing events of Sept. 11, 2001 comes from survivor and former Army Spec. April Gallop, who—with her two-month-old child, Elisha, in tow—arrived at the Pentagon just minutes before a powerful explosion rocked the building that Tuesday morning. Ms. Gallop spoke out on her experience at conferences where this AFP writer heard her story—which has never wavered.
Ms. Gallop wants justice. So, in coordination with the Center for 911 Justice, she filed a federal lawsuit and is staying the course, whatever the odds. The defendants are former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Gen. Richard Myers (USAF, retired), former acting Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman.
Transportation Secretary and eyewitness Norman Mineta testified to the now disbanded 911 Commission that Cheney, on duty during the attacks, urgently spoke of an approaching hostile attack against the Pentagon but, incredibly, ordered a military stand down. Since the World Trade Center in Manhattan had already been hit, Ms. Gallop continues to ask why neither air defenses nor alarm warnings were implemented in and around the Pentagon.
The moment she turned on her work computer on Sept. 11, 2001, a powerful blast knocked her unconscious. Injured, she soon awoke with debris on her, even while reaching around and pulling her child, also injured, who survived, from the debris pile.
When Ms. Gallop exited the building through the hole made by the explosion, she saw no sign of plane wreckage. Yet the world is still told 10 years later that American Airlines Flight 77 rammed into history's most sophisticated command center without any attempted interception and vaporized, which various researchers say is absurd.
Ms. Gallop also maintains that federal officials repeatedly preached to her that a large commercial airliner hit the Pentagon and that she was strongly advised not to state otherwise.
"I could have very early given up," Ms. Gallop told AFP March 29. "My efforts are much larger than many people think they are." She now is fighting to obtain subpoena power, with the help of attorney William Veale and support through Centerfor911Justice.org.
Talking with AFP, she asked: "Do we want certain people in a position where they cannot ever be brought to justice?"
Federal District Judge Denny Chin dismissed Ms. Gallop's lawsuit in a lower court, claiming that the complaint was based on "cynical delusion and fantasy." But Ms. Gallop won't buckle. Her appeal, as AFP went to press, was slated to go before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on April 5 in New Haven, Conn. She is citing a "violation of civil rights, conspiracy and other wrongs," the complaint states.
"This case . . . is premised on an allegation of broad complicity in the attack on the part of key U.S. government officials," the complainant said
Military officer's 9/11 case against Bush officials to be heard April 5 (worldtruthtoday.com)
Military officer's 9/11 case against Bush officials to be heard April 5 (thetruthiswhere.wordpress.com)
Amidst Growing World Doubts About 9/11, Career Army Officer Takes Bush Administration Officials to Court April 5th Represented by the Center for 9/11 (disquietreservations.blogspot.com)
Army Officer Takes Bush Officials to Court over 9/11 (stevebeckow.com)
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The Illuminati Card Game and the Rapture
This article is an excerpt from
The Coming Epiphany
…As you see the ultimate goal of their plan is to create a situation in which the world will readily accept the antichrist as the world ruler. After the decimation brought to the world — unleashed in the first 5 seals — through the power of satan and his evil cohorts, the world will be ready for a solution. They will be ready for someone to bring peace to a war torn world, for someone to restore the economy, for someone to put food back on the table. The antichrist will present himself as the savior, the messiah. Unfortunately, the world will be lured into his trap.
The Proof is in the Cards
We have discussed several aspects of the plan of the Illuminati to take over the world and usher in the antichrist as their leader. Their plans have helped us to gain insight into formulating a proper chronological scenario and understanding of prophetic events listed in scripture. We have also examined several events that will transpire during the antichrist's reign and we have seen that he and his kingdom will come to swift and decisive end.
Many readers may think this is a fantastic scenario, but unlikely to occur. I want to present one last piece of evidence I hope will get your attention.
In 1990, game inventor Steve Jackson of S. J. Games started working on an Illuminati role playing card game called "Illuminati – New World Order." This card game details events that the Illuminati want to bring about in order to establish the New World Order. He revised and published the game in 1995. White magic occultist David Icke has pulled out the most pertinent nine of the 100 cards in the game to tell the story, which was on his web site, for many years.
Rewriting History: The first card depicts academic books being thrown in a trashcan. It represents the use of the public school system by the Illuminati to weaken and control people through false teachings such as evolution, abortion, acceptance of gay lifestyles, and so on.
Terrorist Nuke: This card depicts one of the World Trade Center buildings being destroyed by an explosion in the exact spot that one of the planes hit. The image on the card is an unmistakable representation of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Pentagon: This card depicts the Pentagon on fire. It represents and was fulfilled on the 9/11 attack of the Pentagon.
Note: The three cards thus chosen by David Icke have been fulfilled and in the exact order as depicted.
Population Reduction: This card depicts a picture of New York City with black smoke over the whole city in the shape of a skull. It is a representation of one of the goals of the Illuminati, to reduce the population of the earth. They feel that there are too many people and want to clear the globe of the excess. They will accomplish this through wars, famine, pestilence, and terrorist actions.
Center for Disease Control: This card depicts a scientist creating viruses. It represents the notion that the CDC will be used in the future to inflict diseases upon a people group or the world.
Epidemic: This card depicts a pile of dead bodies, blackened from death, and some medical paraphernalia such as gloves and a mask. The word Quarantine is written over the picture. It represents plagues that the New World order will use to lessen the population.
Combined Disasters: This card depicts people running in fear due to buildings falling down around them. It represents the fact that they will combine several disasters at the same time to invoke great fear and thus create an atmosphere conducive for the acceptance of antichrist.
Goal: Kill for Peace: This card depicts hippies, one holding a peace sign, standing over a policeman, who is on all fours in a begging position. The Hippies are poised and ready to kill him. It represents the killing "for peace" that will happen to people who will not go along with the New World Order and its plans—namely, Christians and Jews. A peace sign is an upside down broken cross and also speaks of the destruction of Christianity and its followers at this time.
Tape Runs Out: This card depicts a reel-to-reel audiotape machine with the tape running out. Behind it is a picture of the world being split in half. Under the picture is written; "When the rapture comes…" This card represents the Day of the Lord and rapture of the church.
The order of these cards as presented by David Icke is very interesting. Cards 1-3 have already been fulfilled, and in the exact order as depicted. Cards 4-8 parallel very closely the first five seals as recorded in Revelation. Seals 1-4, as we have already discussed, foretell war, famines, economic collapse, diseases, and so on, and parallels cards 4-7. The fifth seal involves the persecution of Jews and Christians, which parallels card 8. The last card in his list is the rapture. He has placed the rapture occurring last in all these cards and immediately following the card that depicts the "killing for peace" initiative. This is exactly the order that the Bible gives us — the rapture after the first five seals. The existence of these cards should also help prove to you, if you do not believe it yet, that the Illuminati indeed have a plan to take over the world and are in the process of carrying it out.
There are two other noteworthy cards in the deck that I would like to mention. These cards refer to conservative talk show hosts being used by the Illuminati to mislead political conservatives into accepting the Illuminati agenda. These "weapons of mass instruction" give out 98.4% truth and 1.6% error. The problem is that since they give out so much truth, very few are discerning enough to detect the error. It is similar to rat poison: 99% food and 1% poison. This is one way that the Illuminati can get some of their programs such as NAFTA, GATT, Patriot Act I and II, and The Military Commissions Act passed without much conservative opposition. I am not suggesting that all talk show hosts fall into this category, but I admonish you to beware of them. They are smart enough to know about the conspiracy of the Illuminati. If they deny the existence of such a conspiracy, then I believe that it may be a sign that they are part of it. Unfortunately, some are so enamored with these talk show hosts because they promote conservatism that they cannot discern the truth about these individuals.
We have examined some aspects of the plan of the Illuminati to take over control of the world and institute the antichrist as the leader…
Why The End Times May Not Be What You Think!
http://thecomingepiphany.com/BookArticles/Cardgame.html
http://wikicompany.org/wiki/911:Occult_symbolism_XVI#Horned_hand
http://hollywoodinsiders.net/
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HBO Streaming Service to Debut on Apple TV, in Time for Game of Thrones
By Matt Webb Mitovich / March 9 2015, 10:30 AM PDT
Apple led off its Monday announcement-palooza with the news that HBO's standalone streaming service, HBO Now, will launch on Apple TV in April, in time for Season 5 of Game of Thrones (premiering April 12).
HBO Now — available on iOS devices and on PCs, via the HBO Now app — will offer instant access to HBO programming as it airs, even to those without traditional cable subscriptions. The cost is $14.99 a month, and new subscribers get a free 30-day trial period.
The HBO Now library includes more than 2,000 titles, including current series such as Thrones, True Detective, Girls and Veep, as well as past programs (including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire and Deadwood).
"HBO Now offers a new generation of HBO fans many of the best TV programs in the world without a cable or satellite subscription," Apple SVP Eddy Cue said in a statement. "With the same simplicity as buying an app, customers can subscribe to HBO Now and instantly start viewing their favorite HBO programs as they air. This is huge."
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Notting Hill Gate – stacja metra londyńskiego, na terenie Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, leżąca na trasie trzech linii: District Line, Circle Line oraz Central Line. Została oddana do użytku w 1868 roku. W roku 2009 skorzystało z niej ok. 17,365 mln pasażerów. Stanowi stację graniczną między pierwszą a drugą strefą biletową.

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Inaya Thalam is the upcoming Tamil film featuring Ganesh Venkatraman in the lead role.
Besides these three stars, the film also has veterans, Delhi Ganesh and "Y. G. Mahendra" in pivotal roles.
The film is directed by the debutant duo, Shankar and Suresh.
Arrol Corelli composes the tunes and background music and Karthik Raja handles the camera.
The first look teaser of the film will be released by Jayam Ravi at 6:00 PM today via Twitter.
Ganesh and Jayam Ravi have shared the screen space together in Thani Oruvan, the super hit thriller film in 2015.
Stay glued with us for the latest updates!
Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal To Hit The Screens On 2nd February!


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Here in central Virginia we're in the bull's-eye for winter weather today. Maybe I'll go out and snag some new pictures; in the meantime, here are some old snowy scenes. Here's to hoping the power stays on; the low tonight is in the teens!
This entry was posted in Photography and tagged cold, forecast, photo, photography, snow, university of virginia, UVA, uva grounds, virginia, weather, winter on February 16, 2015 by Vironevaeh.
Writing prompt: An impending storm
Time: 7 minutes. Click here to go to my list of prompts.
"An impending storm"
Enka jabbed at the thin soil with her trowel. If the flimsy little sprouts took to this thin soil, it would be a miracle. She knew that this work was essential, but understanding its importance didn't make it any more enjoyable. Sometimes Sasha sang when she worked, low and slow, like a dirge. That matched more with how Enka felt about the work.
Around her, people paused in the work. "The tower," they said. Enka looked up, and indeed, there was a light in the tower. She and the others watched the light, eager to know how severe the coming storm would be. The sky was clear and purple now, but Enka knew not to trust it. She'd heard stories of how confusing the sudden weather was to the Founders. People who lived with radars and satellites and never had to rely on their instincts. Not that instincts did much in the sudden and violent weather on this planet.
Two long blinks. A bad storm was coming. She helped the others pull tarps over the delicate seedlings. Then they would have to find shelter. Sometimes she wondered what the storms must be like for the towerkeepers, so high in the air during such violence, unable to run. A few months ago, one to the north collapsed, taking its keeper and several homes with it. Enka was glad that her own home was not in the shadow of the tower.
A little part of her longed to be up in the tower. Every time the storms came, she hid, and she saw the beautiful violence afterwards. It must be enthralling to stand within. The others had already fled home. Did she really have to be in the tower to stay and watch the storm?
This entry was posted in Methods, writing and tagged colony, fun, future, impending storm, inspiration, methods, motivation, prompts, science fiction, scifi, sff, storm, timed writing, weather, writer's block, Writing, writing prompts on April 2, 2014 by Vironevaeh.
The Science of Snowflakes
If you've ever seen a photo of a snowflake up close, you know how beautiful and intricate they can be. People say "no two snowflakes are alike"–this is true, because of the way snowflakes grow. Each snowflake grows according to the crystal structure of ice and the conditions it experiences as it falls to the ground.
From Wikipedia, click for link.
What is an ice crystal?
A snowflake is a single crystal of ice. Many substances are crystalline, but most of the ones we encounter are polycrystalline, or composed of many crystals. Some examples of crystalline materials are metals, bone, ceramics, and jewels. Different kinds of crystals grow in different ways– some are cubic and some are hexagonal. (You can see great crystals in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC. Some pictures are in this link.) Table salt, for instance, is cubic.
Salt crystals, via Tony Wong on Flickr.
Ice has a hexagonal crystal structure, which is why snowflakes have hexagonal symmetry. A snowflake tends to grow along six vectors (or directions) separated by 60 degrees each. Some particle of dirt nucleates, or initiates, the beginning of a snowflake. The exact mechanism is not known. But once growth has been initiated, the snowflake grows. (If you have ever made rock candy, you create a supersaturated mixture of sugar in water. Then you add a sugar crystal, onto which more sugar crystal grows.)
Snowflakes are unique
Snowflakes are so varied because each snowflake experiences a slightly different environment. Tiny differences in temperature, pressure, and moisture change how each snowflake grows. In the snowflake above, you can even see flaws in tiny parts of the hexagonal symmetry. Even across a snowflake, tiny differences change how the crystal grows. Snowflakes as big as a dime have been documented, but theoretically, there is no size limit.
One of the first photographers of snowflakes was Wilson Bentley. He photographed over 5,000 flakes from his home in Vermont in the 1800 and 1900s. The children's book Snowflake Bentley describes his life and work.
Ken Libbrecht, a professor of physics at Caltech, also maintains an awesome website about his research on snowflakes. In his lab, he studies how to grow snowflakes, to better understand the conditions under which they form. He has grown crystals up to an inch wide. His Field Guide to Snowflakes is a beautiful and informative resource on snowflakes, accessible to all audiences.
This entry was posted in Science and tagged crystals, hexagon, hexagonal, ice, ice crystals, ken libbrecht, photography, science, science photography, snow, snowflake bentley, snowflakes, weather on December 16, 2013 by Vironevaeh.
And apparently, so was Monday… yesterday… Writing your dissertation can do terrible things to your perception of time. I worked all weekend. When I emerged yesterday, it was so beautiful, I forgot all about posting. Because fall is here, and other than the waning days, I love this time of year. Can't you see why?
(Check out tons of other autumn pics on flickr!)
Near the University of Virginia rotunda.
Dell pond on the University of Virginia grounds.
Virginia countryside.
This entry was posted in Photography and tagged autumn, fall, landscapes, leaves, photography, scenery, seasons, the University of Virginia, virginia, weather on October 22, 2013 by Vironevaeh.
100 posts, 100 fun facts
This list making business is slow stuff, and too interesting, so I decided to split it into two 50-fact posts. Happy memorial day, and happy 100 posts to me! Here are your first 50 factoids!
1. People from different cultures differ in what colors they perceive. As a simple example, english speakers deem pink as a different color than red. Russian speakers don't, but they have a fundamentally different word for dark and light blue. In chinese, red and pink are red and pastel red, and likewise with blue.
2. Corrosion occurs preferentially where you can't see it, such as under the head of a bolt or a foot or two under sea water. This is due to small concentration differences which cause a charge differential, which leads to corrosion. This is one reason trying to detect corrosion is very hard.
3. The biggest silicon wafers made are 45 cm or 17.7″, though they aren't yet in production. The silicon is 99.9999999% pure, and monocrystaline.
4. Glass doesn't have a set crystal structure; this is why it can cut so badly, because shards can be arbitrarily sharp. Auto glass is laminated with plastic to help hold it in place.
5. Many of the scenes in engineering in "Star Trek" and "Star Trek: Into Darkness" are filmed at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Los Angeles. Look for the green labels reading "VF##"– these are vertical fermenters. In another part of the movie, Chekhov slides past some really shiny tanks on a red floor– these are horizontal fermenters. I used to work at an AB brewery, so I got really excited when I first noticed this.
6. A neutron star is so-called because all the electrons and protons are forced by immense gravitational pressure to combine. The whole star is nearly as dense as a nucleus, or 5.9×10^14 times denser than water. This is equivalent to the weight of a 747 in the space of a grain of sand.
7. Have you ever tried dividing by zero on a calculator? A black hole is remarkably similar to dividing by zero in space.
8. Near a black hole, forces called "tidal forces" (which are felt everywhere, but are crazy strong near a black hole) can be very strong over short distances, ripping anything apart. This is called "spaghettification" (no joke).
9. After the death of Ivan the Terrible in Russia, three men claimed to be his lost son, Dimitri. They are collectively referred to as the false Dimitris. The first successfully became Czar for ten months, after which his was killed and cremated. His ashes were loaded into a cannon and shot towards Poland, as he was believed to be a Polish spy.
10. The word "defenestration" means "the act of being thrown from a window". The need for such a word was precipitated by two such events in Prague.
11. The 1904 World's Fair and Olympics were held in St. Louis. In the marathon, the man who finished first hitched a ride in a car, one favorite made himself sick eating apples, and another favorite was run off course by an angry dog.
12. Toasted ravioli, or breaded deep-fried ravioli, are a culinary delight in St. Louis. Also popular is provel, a cheese used almost exclusively in St. Louis (giving a hilarious Wikipedia by someone who seems unimpressed).
13. The Cahokia mounds are a set of artificial hills in Southern Illinois. They may look unimpressive, but they are about a thousand years old, built by a native culture which later abandoned them. An old nickname of nearby St. Louis is "mound city", because similar mounds used to be found in the city.
14. Peter the Great of Russia was 6′ 7″. In his early adulthood, he traveled to Europe to learn about shipbuilding, a passion of his. He tried to pass off as a member of the company, but his great height continuously gave him away. The little shack where he lived in Holland still stands near Amsterdam.
15. Over 100,000 serfs died building St. Petersburg, Russia. Peter the Great commissioned the city because the only Russian port at the time, Archangel, was occluded by ice 6 months of the year.
16. 5 people died building the Empire State Building.
17. The first electric light bulb and dynamo west of the Mississippi was on the campus of the University of Missouri at Academic Hall. The building caught fire and burned to the ground, leaving only the front columns of the building. They remain standing today.
18. Thomas Jefferson has two tombstones: one at his home of Monticello, and one at the University of Missouri. The University of the Missouri is the first land-grant university in the Louisiana Purchase, and many aspects of the university were modeled after Jefferson's University of Virginia.
19. Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks has had over 600 recorded shipwrecks. The most recent occurred during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
20. In November 1956, the USSR invaded Hungary. The Hungarian water polo team fled the country after watching the invasion from nearby mountains. On December 4, the Russian and Hungarian teams met in the gold medal qualifying game of the 1956 Olympics. The game is called the "Blood in the Water" game, due to its violence. The story is told in a documentary called "Freedom's Fury."
21. The shortest player in the history of baseball was Eddie Gaedel, who batted for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951. He stood 3'7″ tall, and wore the number"1/8″. Because he had such a small strike zone, he was walked. His contract was voided by baseball the next day.
22. Mercury is a toxic metal that used to be used in thermometers due to its consistent thermal expansion. The mad hatter concept owes to mercury poisoning in old hat makers. A researcher at Duke died in 1997 after a few drops of methyl mercury fell on her glove; organic mercury is incredibly toxic.
23. Humans now have 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs, but at some point in history, they had 48 chromosomes, the same as chimpanzees. Scientists theorize that the number changed when the human population dwindled at one point in history.
24. Splenda is chemically identical to sugar, but it is the mirror image "left-handed" sugar. The left-handed sugar tastes the same as sugar, but it can't be digested, because the human body only handles right-handed molecules. However, brain scans of people eating sugar or splenda show that the brain registers more reward sensation with sugar. The body can be clever! (I tried to find this study; unfortunately, searching about splenda turns up a lot of nonsense to wade through.)
25. Cuttlefish can change the color of their skin for communication or for camouflage. They can make complex, varying patterns, or they can match a stationary one. Check out this video of a cuttlefish matching a chessboard.
26. Women generally have a better sense of smell than men. in particular, they are better at smelling something they've smelled before, where men show less improvement.
27. The Marianas Trench, the deepest ocean trench, is 6.8 miles deep at its deepest point. We still know very little about our deep oceans.
28. Giant squids have been written about since ancient times, but we took our first picture of one in 2004.
29. Only two elements are liquid at standard room temperature: mercury and bromine.
30. The world's deepest hand dug well in is Greensburg, Kansas. Greensburg was decimated by an EF5 tornado in 2007. It has since started rebuilding, and aims to be the first LEEDS certified green city in the US.
31. Hurricane Camille came over land in Louisiana in 1969 as a category 5 hurricane. Of the 259 deaths caused, 123 were in the mountains of Virginia, in Nelson County (over 1% of the population). The storm dropped 27 inches of rain in a few hours. 133 bridges were washed out, and birds drowned in the trees.
32. Many of Thomas Jefferson's inventions still reside at Monticello in Charlottesville, VA. There is a clock that tells the day of the week, a dumb-waiter, and a device for writing on two pieces of paper at once.
33. Blue eyes are caused by the presence of less pigment in the eye, resulting in a different light scattering pattern. Blue-eyed baseball players sometimes have much lower daytime hitting averages, because blue eyes filter out less glare.
34. Albinism is principally defined by eye defects caused by the lack of pigment during the formation of the eye. Without pigment in the iris, the eye doesn't properly focus light, leading to numerous vision problems. It is possible to be albino while still having normally pigmented skin.
35. Catgut is prepared from animal intestine, and was used historically to make strings for instruments. Its name is probably a shortening from cattle gut, for those of us who like kitties.
36. Paper didn't make its way to Europe until after the year 1000. It was made from old fabric and clothes. Old paper doesn't yellow and age the same way as 1900's paperbacks because it tended to be acid-free. Books can last centuries if the paper and ink are acid free.
37. Organisms around deep sea vents metabolize hydrogen sulfide from the vents to survive. 300 new species have been discovered around such vents; because exploration there is so hard, there are likely many more.
38. Hydrogen Fluoride is considered a weak acid, because hydrogen and fluoride bond strongly as resist dissociation. However, HF will go after just about anything including glass. HF is very dangerous to work with, because it does not hurt immediately. It seeps through the skin and begins to dissolve the bone.
39. Phosgene was used in chemical warfare in World War 1. The Japanese also used it extensively in World War 2. It smells like freshly cut grass.
40. The kite buggy was invented in China in the 1300s. It is a cart drawn by wind power. It seems hard.
41. Capillary action in trees helps fluid rise in trees. This is how tree several hundred feet tall supply water to the leaves.
42. The Negro Leagues baseball museum is in Kansas City, Missouri. Many of the negro leagues teams were fairly successful, and drew enthusiastic crowds. The exclusion of blacks from baseball was shameful, but they made something great in spite of it. You can learn about Satchel Paige or Buck O'Neal, as well as the various negro leagues teams.
43. The Eads bridge in St. Louis was the longest of its kind when it was built, over a mile wide. The supports are some of the deepest ever sunk, and 15 workers died due to decompression sickness.
44. The Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis is the biggest brewery in the world. It outputs 25 million barrels per year. You can visit for free and get some complimentary beer.
45. The international rose test garden in is Portland, Oregon. It is free to visit and they have over 550 varieties.
47. The male paradise whydah grows out a foot-long feather during mating time to impress the female paradise whydah. The paradise whydah is a parasitic species that uses the nest of the melba finch.The male whydah imitates the melba finches song. In captivity, the whydah cannot reproduce without the melba finch also present.
48. The carrion flower is an enormous bloom that stinks of rotting flesh. It can be up to nine feet tall.
49. Blue is a rare color for organic molecules. This may be because the color is associated with alkaline conditions, which are relatively rare in organisms.
50. Monarch butterflies can sense the earth's magnetic field. They use it to complete their 2000 mile migration.
Come back Thursday for 50 more interesting factoids! Happy 100 posts!
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Happy 50th Anniversary, Chaos
This month, the American Physics Society magazine, Physics Today, published an article about the 50th anniversary of the Lorenz model. At the link, you can read the entire article. In it, experts describe the history of chaos, Lorenz's discovery of it, and some of the state of the field today, but with a great deal less technical jargon.
50 years ago, Edward Lorenz first captured the mathematical phenomena we now know as chaos, known popularly as the "butterfly effect". Below is a picture from the Lorenz model exhibiting chaos. The idea of chaos boils down to highly structured behavior that cannot be predicted. No matter how precisely we measure, after some time we cannot know the state of the system. We can say that the system will stay in a certain region of weather; in the picture below, there are definitely places the trajectory does not visit. We observe this with weather models– the forecast is good for a couple of days, so-so for a couple of days after that, and completely inaccurate for any time farther in the future. Analogously, we can say that it will not be -100 C tomorrow. Appropriately, Lorenz's discovery of chaos came about as he tried to develop a model for the weather. Chaos is all around us and can be observed in a number of systems.
the Lorenz system, which turned 50 this year
At this link, you can play with a fun Lorenz model java applet. The trick with the applet is choosing the right parameters. Try setting the "spread" to 0.1, the "variation" to 20, the "number of series" to 2, and the "refresh period" to 100. Then push the button "reset the parameters" and "restart". This will start 2 trajectories in the Lorenz model that differ by only 0.1. You will quickly see the two paths diverge and become completely unrelated. If you reduce the "spread" to 0.01, the same thing will happen, though it will take longer. As long as the spread is more than 0, the two paths will eventually diverge.
This is why we cannot predict the state of a chaotic system, because our ability to measure the state of the system is inevitably flawed. If we could measure the state of the weather to 99.99999% accuracy, that 0.00001% inaccuracy would eventually lead to divergence. And you can imagine that getting 99.99999% accuracy is much harder and more expensive than 99.9% accuracy.
Did you know that Pluto's orbit is chaotic? Or a double pendulum? Or the logistic model for population dynamics? So check out the Lorenz model, and happy chaos-ing.
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I got snowquestered
I normally post on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, but yesterday we got about a foot of very wet snow. (To those who are saying this storm was overhyped: it delivered, just not in DC. Proof below!) Branches everywhere are down. My house has been out of power for 36 hours now. This morning it was 49 F in the house; cold but totally manageable. The cats have been hunting us for our warmth. They are stuck at home now while we get respite at the university.
So I'm going to skip yesterday's post, and just show some pics of the snow. Here's hoping I have power by tomorrow!
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U.S. News and World Report's Money Careers lists surgical technologist among its best health care jobs through the next decade.
Local job prospects are even better. Surgical technologist is listed as a targeted occupation by Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas, projecting 1,500 job openings through 2017 and local job growth at 37.5 percent.


A few weeks back, Danish trio Figurines put their European elegance on display with the release of a video for Hanging From Above; their new album's title track. Now, with the release of a video for "New Colors", the band show their weirder side, as an outcast runs wild to the song's oft-kilter, dance grooves.
The band will also be hitting a few choice American cities early on in the summer. Dates below.
It used to be "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" -Beyonc now owns the world in 5 clicks or less.
Mansionair's series of shorts syncs up your emotions with their music.
Billie Eilish will own you with WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?


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Caution: Not to be taken by those under 18 years of age, or those with hormone-related cancers. Use as directed. If you are taking any prescription drug, or have a medical condition, consult your doctor before using this product. Use only as directed. Do not exceed recommended daily intake. Discontinue use two weeks prior to surgery. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
I'm someone who previously would never look into something like this, but it came recommended by a friend who tried it and I'm so glad I did.
Definitive results after 4 weeks of diligent use.
Can this be taken in combination with BioXgenic Nature's Desire?


PDF Plus is a powerful PDF processor that will help you merge, split, watermark and crop PDF documents in just three easy steps.
"The Big Mean Folder Machine" is an easy to use file / folder management utility. It can split files into folder hierarchies or merge them into a single folder.
MSTech Swift Gadget is one of the most useful extensions for Windows in the world, which is designed and developed by MSTech (Modern Software Technology).


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The goal for this project was to design an inspired, honest, and authentic looking logo + brand identity for Taylor Lowrimore. The brand was to feel simple and natural, inspired by meaningful connection, and evoke a sense of adventure among couples looking to hire a photographer for their intimate wedding or elopement.
Taylor Lowrimore is an adventurous elopement and intimate wedding photographer. She provides stunning, emotional, and honest photographs to couples who are eccentric and true to themselves. Taylor works with less traditional couples that choose to "go against the grain" and have more unique and personal weddings — true to their story as a couple. She delivers timeless finished products to her clients, including heirloom quality prints, albums, and canvas-wrapped prints.
Taylor lives in pursuit of the unknown and unexpected. In work and in life, she loves connecting with couples who embrace spontaneity and new frontiers. She also puts her heart and soul into every photograph she takes and thinks stories and moments should be sacred and cherished.
Because of this, we wanted the brand concept to be simple and rooted in nature, with the perfect combination of minimal design and artistic and illustrative details. This brand design is natural, welcoming and adventurous looking in order to reach our ideal target market. We achieved this look by using darker, bold neutrals like burnt clay, forest and olive greens, as well as lighter, more airy neutrals like dusk blue and sand. By combining both warm and cool tones, the brand design is well rounded in contrast — nothing too masculine or feminine — and appealing to both men and women looking to choose the right photographer for their wedding or elopement.
To see the full website, please visit taylorlowrimore.com.
And follow Taylor's adventures on instagram.


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Did you hear the buzz about the sweet discovery?
Harlan Hubbard's studio which was recently put on the National Register of Historic Places. FTM file.
Keller also writes for Fort Thomas Matters.
Jill Steller, her son, Jeff, and her husband, Bob, arrived at the scene. Jill and Jeff are both beekeepers and instantly recognized the bees were honey bees. The bees had created a hive between the outer and inner wall on the left side of the studio. They had to be removed so the rescue began. Bob took photos of the operation.
After putting smoke inside the outside hole leading into the hive, they created a small opening on the inside of the studio. Then the beekeepers scooped the docile bees up and put them in a bag to be taken back to one of their empty wooden hives. After scooping up most of the bees, a vacuum was used to gather the remaining bees.
Hole on the outside where the bees were getting in.
Opening created on the inside to scoop out the bees and the honey.
Putting smoke in the hive.
Beekeepers, Jill and Jeff Steller, discuss the right approach.
Some of the honeycomb retrieved from inside the wall.
Then came the surprise: Inside the wall were 12 pounds of honey and comb!
They were all shocked at the amount, but Sidney also felt it made perfect sense considering the studio's history.
The solid brick studio, along with the nearby home, were built with reclaimed materials by Harlan Hubbard, and the studio was recently put on the National Register of Historic Places. Harlan received the Governor's Award for his lifetime contribution to art, was inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame, and is considered one of Fort Thomas's most noted residents. Born on January 4, 1900, he built the house for his mother in 1923. The studio was built in the 1930s and Harlan spent 21 years living in the home and studio. He died on January 16, 1988.
Harlan and his wife, Anna, believed in living a simple life surrounded by nature. Along with growing most of their own food, Harlan had a short go at beekeeping but decided it was not meant to be. Now, almost 30 years after his death, the bees decided to set up house after all.
Sidney put it perfectly: "I believe us finding bees in Harlan's art studio is a bit serendipitous, as Harlan himself had attempted to raise honeybees at one time. I hope to see us producing 'Hubbard Honey' in the near future."
Sidney will eventually have the bees back on her property, but on the outside this time. Jill and Jeff plan on feeding the displaced bees over the winter on their property and then bring the wooden hive back to Sidney's property so they can produce "Hubbard Honey."
Jill was glad her beekeeping skills could be put to use for such an important project. "Knowing that Harlan lived off the land and was so respectful of nature, I began to realize that this rescue wasn't just about capturing a swarm for a new hive. It was about caring for nature and I would like to think that Harlan would be glad we gave the bees a better home."
The honey will be one of many ways the Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy hopes to raise money to restore the historic studio. There are fundraisers being planned and this weekend the studio will be part of a private historic tour. Teresa, the president of the FTFC, recently applied for a grant as well.
She explained how the FTFC became involved in committing to restore the studio and the land around it as a nature preserve, "A year ago, a small group of people came together with the single goal of legally protecting the Studio. Since then, so many people have volunteered their time and talents. Jill's a great example of how this project has unfolded in unpredictable ways. One day there's an insect problem in the Studio — the next day there's Hubbard Honey and a rescued honeybee hive!"


I would wage that this part at least actually has Google origins.
…But do StreetView cars have a Google logo on their side?
Yeah, like almost every London's borough's parking enforcement cars. They must have bought them from Google too!
"Do StreetView cars have a Google logo on their side?"
From my limited experience of 4 of the buggers, 50% do.
Although the ones that do only tend to be compact affairs, unlike the camera array of course.
"But do StreetView cars have a Google logo on their side?"
Yes, they do, because, by the most amazing coincidence, I saw one in my home town of Maidstone, Kent, UK this very morning, although this area was covered some time ago. Perhaps they're catching up on all the new buildings, houses and roads that seem to be springing up everywhere. Looked about the same as the pic. - always a bit Heath-Robinson to MY eyes and obviously all held together with string and elastic bands!
String and elastic bands? That's boound to fall appart, thye should have gone with gaffer tape and tie wraps, they'll hold anything in place for ever!
"hijacked one of your vehicles, took it to Area 51 in Nevada and faked the Indian desert".
Hmm but who would do such a thing?
Hang on, isn't the gates foundation currently installing some water pipes in india?
Re: "hijacked one of your vehicles, took it to Area 51 in Nevada and faked the Indian desert".
If Einstein was right and that aliens probably do exist, then what's the probability that such an advanced race would also have developed a sense of humor?
This car, whatever it was has an enormous pole with cameras conspicuously sticking out of the top. Hardly covert. I'm sure if someone wished to covertly survey an area they'd just mount cameras on top of a bus or truck and could easily be disguised in some manner.
TERRORISTS SCOUTING FOR STUFF TO BLOW UP!
there are no Indian people in any of the photos or the video. In fact the two guys in the video come across as typically American student jock types.
Could be on a gap year I suppose, but I'm not convinced.
There isn't a concept of a 'gap' year here in the states. You go from High School to college then out in to the real world. Or you go from High School in to the military or directly from High School out in to the real world.
Maybe someone stole the car for a joy ride and dumped it?
The car has an Indian registration plate, yet appears to be left-hand drive (dashboard cowling just visible in a couple of the stills).
India drives on the left - presumably as a result of the British colonial past - and all new cars there are required to be right-hand drive at registration.
Not completely conclusive, as there are ways it could happen, but Occam's Razor suggests fakery.
I think the location of the photos is pretty solid, since the area does look like the popular trekking spot of Ladakh -around the Himalayas - and indeed Pit Keller has other photos of that area.
Video, photos, context details... It all seems a lot of a trouble if just as an hoax to promote a bookstore.
It's more likely that this is really a Google project to streetview the northern India Himalayan region - they're already sending their human powered "Sherpa-cams" there - but for at least one car it went terribly wrong and now they're not owning up to it.
That was a Rover was it not? The head gasket would blow before it was crashed.
Big sub-woofers yes, but that's only half the equation. There are also movable control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of each rotor blade that dampens the wake turbulence each blade creates before the leading edge of the next rotor blade has a chance to impact the wake turbulence as it travels through the rotor disc, thus reducing the "womp womp " sound.
Also, the guy in the vid throws like a girl.
Why worry about the 'next' rotor blade? Just use the one... takes less power and it's quieter too.
Not quite right there is a digit missing.
No there isn't, the second letter field can have none, one or two letters, "R" in this case.
IN that case it is genuine and appears to have been registered in Himachal Pradesh.
As for being LHD - the streetview cars I've seen in the UK are LHD.
Having said that: One mountainous region looks a lot like another when there are few landmarks to work on. It could be anywhere, even with the indian plates on.
I don't think GM offer Astras in the Indian region anymore? Would they not have used a GM equivalent Chevy Cruze or Optra Magnum?
Bing would have Google logos on their cars?
Bing would be using a Navteq/Nokia car since they have a partnership on some of the data collected.
"Bing would have Google logos on their cars?"
You bet they would... Right after they crashed and saw someone walking toward them with a camera. You'd be amazed how fast you can slap on those magnetic signs.
It could very well be genuine, but the blatant promoting of the travel book shop makes me suspicious.
In the picture on Flickr the guy is even wearing one of their T-shirts!
The picture isn't as casual as it looks either, there appears to be a fill or reflector to the front right of the T-shirt guy too.
Yeah, the EXIF data has been significantly altered, unless he managed to mount a Panasonic u4/3 lens on an Olympus ultrazoom compact.
By any stretch of imagination the terrain does not look like that of the country (India). One more example of people who donno a thing about the country are writing about it. All "knowledge" about India is either via TV channels or fake videos! Pathetic!
" the terrain does not look like that of the country (India)."
the terrain of the country?
We have every terrain from the Himalayas through desert plains to tropical beaches. There is no the terrain of India.
That isnt a street view car, just saying. All of the street view cars are plastered with google advertising. That car appears to have none of that. It's just a rather poor advertising stunt by this guys book company.


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Missile Defense Test Obscures Tough Issues
Also published in Washington Times « Show Fewer
Much publicity surrounded last weekend's failed test of the Clinton administration's national missile defense (NMD) system, but the results of that test are overrated--both technically and politically.
Charges by opponents of missile defense that the program is doomed to failure ignore testing glitches in the development histories of almost all successful weapons programs. Because the intercept test was only the third of 19 planned, there will be many other chances to perfect the technology. Moreover, President Clinton will not decide whether to deploy the system on the basis of the results of the third test. The administration has hinted at a more limited decision, namely calling the system merely "feasible." That wiser decision will leave the hard choices to the next president.
The next president will have to decide whether to continue the limited land-based system now under development or move to consider sea-based and space-based options. Texas Gov. George W. Bush has hinted that he might be inclined toward the latter approach. Curiously, both conservatives and some members of the arms control community favor a sea-based approach; the arms controllers want to save the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and the conservatives want to destroy it to build more comprehensive missile defenses. But in the mad rush to embrace sea-based NMD systems for political reasons, the proponents of such systems brush aside important technical and operational concerns.
Both conservatives and arms controllers claim that the future Navy theater missile defense system on Aegis ships--designed to shoot down slower, shorter-range missiles--could be upgraded quickly and cheaply to defend against longer-range intercontinental missiles. They envision ships sitting off the coast of rogue states and intercepting missiles when first launched, during the "boost" phase (reasoning that missiles are slower, larger and hotter targets than after the warhead and decoys separate from the booster in later phases).
Yet the Navy theater defense system is being designed to intercept missiles in the mid-course phase. Intercepting missiles in the boost phase requires large, fast interceptors that can differentiate between the rocket plume and the missile. Such interceptors would probably not fit in the vertical launch tubes of Aegis ships and would require years of development. Even if the missile could be made to fit into the launch tubes, the Navy would require more of the $1 billion ships to perform new missions. Also, because Aegis ships do not have radar sufficient for missile defense, a network of infrared satellites for tracking missiles--which will not be deployed until at least 2010--would be needed. Thus, the claim of the proponents of sea-based systems that they could be deployed faster and more cheaply than the administration's land-based system is questionable.
Furthermore, for a boost-phase intercept, the window of opportunity is so small that even a fast interceptor may not be able to catch up to a launched missile. Even if a chasing intercept is possible in the boost phase, any sea-based missile defense would get only one shot at a missile. In contrast, the Clinton administration's land-based system, designed to intercept in the mid-course phase, would allow more than one shot.
Sea-based systems also raise operational questions: A ship off the coast of a rogue state must try to shoot down every launched missile because in that early flight stage the missile's ultimate destination is unknown. Such a provocative action might be unnecessary if the missile launch were only a test or for scientific research. By contrast, a land-based system would shoot down only missiles definitely on the way to the United States.
Also, ship-based defenses must be close to the launch point of the missile and positioned near the missile's trajectory. Thus, those defenses may not be able to intercept missiles on certain trajectories from the Middle East or North Korea--the primary regional threats that missile defense is supposed to counter. Additionally, a ship off the coast of a rogue state would be more vulnerable to attack than would U.S.-based radars and interceptors.
Although the land-based system carries technical risks, sea-based systems are being promoted primarily for political reasons (to preserve or destroy the ABM treaty or to defend allies). The risks of a land-based system, which can be minimized by thorough testing, are lower than those of the theoretical sea-based system. The Clinton administration is already pursuing the least expensive and most rapidly deployable system for defending the U.S. homeland against missile attack. Development of only that missile defense system should be continued by the next president.