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As the Tourat was abrogated by the Zabur (Psalms) and Zabur by the Injil (Gospel), so the Bible is abrogated by the Qur'an.
If the Bible were inspired, why do the manuscripts contain various readings?
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If Lord Jesus is the Son of Allah, is Allah male or female? If male, does Allah have a wife?
After we are raised from the dead, many believe we will be spiritual not physical. But Jesus Christ was eating fish with his disciples. Doesn't that prove His resurrected body was not spiritual but physical?
In the Gospels, Jesus was crucified with two criminals who did not die on the cross. Hence, we may conclude that did Jesus did not die.
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In case you didn't know, we're major design geeks. From data visualization, to motion graphics, to infographics, we're obsessed with design in any medium—especially when it comes to branding. A beautifully designed visual identity doesn't just support a brand; it elevates it. From your packaging to your social presence, a strong visual identity instantly communicates who you are, what you're about, and why people should want to interact with you.
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1) Casper
Casper is the mattress startup that has disrupted the industry with not just an innovative business model but a slick visual identity and content marketing strategy. (See their quarterly print magazine Woolly.)
Their soothing beige and blue brand colors, plus hand-drawn illustrations, bring a sense of comfort to everything from their website to their Facebook.
2) Headspace
Meditation app Headspace also features a cheery color palette that brings joy (and delivers on the mission of their meditation app: less stress, more joy). Naturally, the identity extends to their site, app, and even their Instagram. With inspirational quotes and charming illustrated characters, they ensure a cohesive experience with every piece of content.
3) Airbnb
Just like their service, Airbnb's branding is all about living an active life. Through their people-heavy imagery and bold pink logo, they encourage people to make the most of life—and use Airbnb to do it.
4) Chobani
Yogurt might not be the most thrilling product, but our team has a major design crush on Chobani's visual identity. Their packaging uses their signature green, which reflects their natural, non-GMO ingredients while providing a backdrop that allows the fruit to pop. Meanwhile, their Instagram is packed with fun illustrations and unique digital collages that play with the brand colors in creative ways.
5) Dropbox
When Dropbox began, they were rocking a minimal design, but as the brand evolved, so did its brand identity. Its 2017 rebrand features a vibrant, colorful, imagery-heavy identity that is a drastic change. From their Twitter banners to their Instagram, it conveys a sense of endless creativity to match the brand's ever-evolving toolkit.
6) Southwest Airlines
Following in the steps of branding titans like Virgin, Southwest Airlines recently unveiled a fresh rebrand that injects the brand with a little more personality. Its yellow, red, and blue tri-color scheme brings a sense of warmth, making the brand feel more welcoming—exactly what you want from an airline.
7) Sonos
Sonos has the exciting challenge of communicating their audio-centric brand visually. Luckily, with a 2015 rebrand they turned their sonic brand into a treat for the eyes. Sophisticated black is punctuated by loud pops of color (pun intended) that reflect the product experience.
8) Buffy
Like Casper, Buffy is a sleep brand offering "the world's most comfortable comforter." With a heavy emphasis on comfort, the brand boasts a rainbow of muted colors and illustrations that offer a playful vibe while keeping it calming and soothing.
9) Winc
Winc is a wine club that sends wine to your doorstep. As such, they're all about simple convenience, and their visual identity reflects that. The color palette is muted and sophisticated—perfect for an elegant wine club. Their site features minimalist design and simple illustrations, well punctuated through colorful accents that keep the focus on the product.
10) Little Wolf
This coffee roaster has a visual identity that pops with personality. Inspired by its animal-centric name, the site features a whimsical illustrated wolf and a clean blue-and-white palette. Everything from its merch to its cups uses the hand-drawn wolf motif, presenting a simple, signature visual identity.
11) January Moon
This maker of modern teething jewelry has a brand identity far more sophisticated than your standard baby product brand. Naturally, with an emphasis on modernity, the brand takes a unique approach by using classic primary colors in creative ways. A subdued gray is paired with pops of color and abstract shapes, giving it a cleaner, more adult feel.
12) Parkinson's Foundation
For many nonprofits, design can be an afterthought. But the Parkinson's Foundation has created a fresh visual identity that reflects the exciting, dynamic organization it is. A unique logo resembles a brain in a head, a subtle nod to the neurological disorder. The bright blue is a vibrant hue, communicating an excitement and zest for life that the organization works to support.
13) Glossier
Glossier is the beauty brand all about simplifying beauty product shopping. As such, their identity is simple and clean. Light colors and people-centric photography make it feel welcoming and accessible—just like their shopping experience.
14) Meow Wolf
Meow Wolf is an arts and entertainment group that creates immersive, interactive experiences. Therefore, it's no surprise that their visual identity is bold and immersive. Technicolor hues paired with simple animation brings their site and social presence to life, whether it's images of recent work or snapshots of the team.
15) Rogue Ales
This Oregon-based beer brand is pioneering farm-to-bottle brewing. They grow many of their own ingredients and draw flavor inspiration from nature's best. Their visual identity reflects this in every way, from the hand-drawn illustrations on their packaging to the "fresh picked" photography ever-present on their social media. It's an effective way to reinforce their brand promise in every design detail.
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If these brands have inspired you to up your design game, there are plenty of things you can do to build a strong visual identity. If you're not sure where to start, try these helpful next steps.
Learn about the keys to a strong brand identity. If you want to design a memorable identity, you need to know what will make or break yours. Start with our guide to design a brand identity, and follow these tips to build a beautiful identity.
Use the right tools. From logo, to color, to type, bookmark these 75 helpful tools, resources, and tips to build a great brand identity.
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Get inspired by pros. Check out these impressive rebrand examples to see how smart brands have reinvented themselves.
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But don't forget that your visual identity is only one component of your brand strategy. To build a brand that will thrive, you need a full brand strategy (which includes your brand heart, brand messaging, and visual identity). To complete your brand strategy, download our free Brand Toolkit below, which includes the tools, templates, and guides you need to do this important work.
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These are just very good branding jobs. Claiming that their "Visual Identity Perfectly Captures Their Personality" is a statement that contradicts the whole essence of visual branding…
I wonder if Partnership for Drug Free Kids would agree with the assessment of another blue P as a "fresh" visual identity but I guess reboots of existing things are popular these days over originality… (https://drugfree.org)
John Cooper says:
aside from the parkinsons website these are all new "twee" brands so its easy for them to "get it right". Any bigger or older brands that do this?
Katy French says:
Good question. Some of the larger brands we like include Sierra Nevada, Nike, Apple, Netflix, Supreme, etc.
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Transformers: The Game is the name of multiple versions of a video game based on the 2007 live action film Transformers, all of which were released in North America in June 2007. Home console and PC versions were developed by Traveller's Tales for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and PC. A different PlayStation Portable version was developed by Savage Entertainment.
Transformers: Autobots and Transformers: Decepticons are the Nintendo DS versions of Transfomers: The Game. Vicarious Visions, who was tasked with bringing the adaptation to the Nintendo DS, chose to adapt the DS version into two separate games. Autobots follows the heroes' perspective while Decepticons follows the villains'. Unlike games with multiple SKUs such as Pokémon which feature only minor differences between versions, these are two separate games, sharing some basic similarities, but with unique characters, missions and locations.
The game (in all its versions) is mainly a third-person shooter. All the robots have at least four attack types: a light weapon, a heavy weapon, a melee attack, and the ability to throw objects such as cars, lamp posts, trees, etc. As its title and characters imply, a robot can transform into a vehicle and viceversa, this gives the game some racing elements, as the player must, in some missions, race to certain point within a time limit or before a character of the opposing faction does. Each area is a sandbox environment, and there are also side-missions, Energon cubes and Autobot/Decepticon emblems scattered through the city, if accomplished successfully/collected the player can unlock trailers, production photos and unlock color schemes for certain characters.
Consoles and PC
The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC versions all have the same features. By completing certain objectives throughout the game G1 versions Optimus Prime and Megatron become available, as well as G1 color schemes for Jazz, Starscream, and Optimus Prime (labeled Robovision Optimus Prime). These options are turned on or off once obtained through the bonus menu, and only appear while playing as the specified character. On January 9, 2008, downloadable content entitled Transformers Unlockables was made available for the Xbox 360 on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Priced at 500 Microsoft points, it unlocks all bonus characters/skins, items, upgrades, and other unlockable content. The PlayStation 2 version of Transformers: The Game has the same gameplay and features like all the other console versions, with graphic quality being reduced.
The Wii is unlike the other consoles, utilizing a different control scheme for movement and attacks that take advantage of its motion sensing controls. With a controller in the left and right hand the player can swipe to imitate attacks or throwing objects and point the Wii Remote at the screen to aim and shoot the gun. The Wii graphics are at a lower resolution than the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, though more detailed than the PlayStation 2 version and still in the game.
Transformers: The Game for the PSP is very different than its console counterparts, whereas the console versions allow the player to choose which side's storyline they wish to play, the PSP version has only one storyline which alternates between the two different sides. Also, the player is able to play a total of 20 characters, including characters from previous generations. Overall the game for PSP has the most playable characters out of all of the console games. It also has a non-related story than the other games.
The Autobot storyline begins with Bumblebee landing on Earth and taking on the form of a Camaro. He then defeats a group of Decepticon drones. After learning Sam Witwicky is going to buy a used car, Bumblebee goes to Bobby Bolivia's Used Carlot and is bought by Sam. Later, Sam and his girlfriend, Mikaela Banes, are attacked by a Decepticon, Barricade, but Bumblebee saves them. Bumblebee fights Barricade, while Sam and Mikaela escape. After defeating the Decepticon, Bumblebee finds Sam and Mikaela, who thank him for saving them. Optimus contacts Bumblebee, telling him that Sam has the artifact that contains the location of the AllSpark, and Bumblebee must protect Sam at all costs.
Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet, and Jazz land on Earth, assume alternate forms (a Peterbilt 379, a GMC Topkick, a Pontiac Solstice and a Hummer H2 Search and Rescue vehicle) and meet with Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela. Sam gives them the artifact, which turns out to be his grandfather's glasses, to Optimus, who explains to Sam and Mikaela the mission of the Autobots in Earth: they are in the search of the All Spark, a powerful artifact which is the source of life of all Transformers, so they can use it to revitalize Cybertron, the homeworld of the Transformers. Ratchet reveals Sam's grandfather discovered their enemy, the Decepticon leader Megatron, trapped in the Arctic. Megatron burned the information of the All Spark's location in Sam's grandfather's glasses so the Decepticons could find the All Spark. Afterwards, Mikaela sarcastically states that she is struggling with why Bumblebee disguised himself as such a "beater", and in response, Bumblebee scans a new and improved yellow Camaro as his new alt-mode.
Bumblebee battles Decepticon drones.
detects Sector 7 helicopters and Prime orders Jazz to create a diversion so that the Autobots, Sam and Mikaela can escape. In doing so, Jazz is cornered by Sector 7 agents. Ironhide rescues Jazz from Sector 7, and manages to defeat several drones on the way (it is revealed here that Ironhide was partially responsible for the destruction of the Cybertron moon Cyber 5). After defeating the drones, Ironhide discovers that Sector 7 is trying to capture Bumblebee. Prime tries to rescue Bumblebee but he fails to save his comrade as he is taken away by Sector 7, partially because of Shockwave. Optimus defeats Shockwave and decodes his transmissions, discovering Starscream, Megatron's second-in-command, also knows of the AllSpark and Megatron's-whereabouts. With their mission clear, the Autobots decide to rescue Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela from Sector 7. Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela are captured inside Hoover Dam . A power outage allows Bumblebee to escape. While exploring Bumblebee finds the frozen Megatron and the All Spark. Bumblebee recovers the AllSpark and rescues Sam and Mikaela, and then flee when Megatron awakens. Starscream and Blackout, fly through the dam and cause several generations of Decepticons which allow Megatron to escape.
Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela travel to Mission City with the All Spark. The All Spark's power surges transform human machines into feral drones which attack Bumblebee. However, Ironhide rescues Bumblebee and defeats the drones. Meanwhile, Jazz encounters and fights Starscream and Blackout. Jazz manages to defeat the Decepticon duo, but Brawl appears behind him and extinguishes his spark in front of Ironhide. The Autobot then defeats Brawl in a "slow death", avenging his fallen brother. Bumblebee, however, fights Barricade, who is trying to take the All Spark. Bumblebee defeats the Decepticon and meets with Sam and Mikaela but Megatron appears behind him and quickly defeats Bumblebee, forcing Sam and Mikaela to run away. Megatron is about to kill Sam and Mikaela, but Optimus knocks Megatron aside, challenging him to a final battle. Optimus defeats Megatron, however, just as Sam is about to give Optimus the AllSpark, Megatron jumps up and tries to kill Prime in one last attempt using his flail. However, Optimus catches Megatron's flail and pulls him in closer while crushing the AllSpark in his other hand, and plunging it straight into Megatron's chest, presumably uniting with his Spark, killing him instantly. The story ends with Optimus and the Autobots choosing to remain on Earth.
The Decepticons storyline begins with a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter falling out of the sky, with severe tail rotor damage, presumably caused by Blackout, one of the Decepticons arriving on Earth, who then takes the form of the downed craft by scanning it. He uses the craft in order to enter and destroy SOCCENT Air Base in Qatar , and ejects his companion Scorponok to chase after the survivors who attempt to call for help using mobile communication vehicles, while Blackout searches for top secret data about the All Spark from the remains of SOCCENT through computer terminals kept inside Software towers , then Blackout accidentally send a Morse Code signal inviting Stealth Bombers and F-22s over to stop him. after destroying the air force Blackout discover a Data about a Artifact that will lead the Decepticons to the All Spark.
Meanwhile, Frenzy is in the captivity of Sector 7. Barricade, scanning a Police cruiser and becoming it as his alternate form, recovers Frenzy and they go to hunt down the human called Sam Witwicky who has the glasses with the All Spark's location burned into them. Barricade finds Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and he chases after them, only to be confronted by Bumblebee. Barricade eventually defeats Bumblebee, and Sam gives up the glasses. Barricade contacts Decepticon subcommander Starscream, that they will soon be heading to Mission City with the All Spark, so Starscream decides to round up the other Decepticons, Brawl and Bonecrusher, and send them to Mission City. However, he is delayed at the airbase, but takes the opportunity to make a 'smoking ruin' of it.
Starscream confronts an Autobot drone.
, Starscream and Blackout arrive at Hoover Dam, then help Megatron to escape, destroying a group of Autobot drones in the process, and then the three transform and fly to Mission City. In the city, the rest of the Autobots have arrived and Jazz drops off Sam and Mikaela, and tells them to run and hide, while Barricade orders him to step aside so he can claim the All Spark for Megatron.. Jazz then confronts Barricade, who eventually kills him and leaves his body at the foot of a monument in the Central Park. Barricade then contacts Blackout, when he arrives with Starscream and Megatron, to eject Scorponok, to destroy Energon drones that have spawned from the All Spark. Scorponok destroys them, but has to run away when Ironhide kicks him away just as Sam was preparing to give up the All Spark. Blackout then arrives, killing Ironhide who is being helped by numerous Autobot drones.
Megatron goes looking for Optimus Prime by destroying the city, instead finding Sam and Mikeala hiding. Optimus appears and intervenes before Megatron can kill them, to have the last battle. Eventually, Megatron injures Optimus badly, and as he reaches for the All Spark, Megatron stands in the way. He lowers his flail, and can tell Optimus knows what happens now. He raises the flail, swings it around his head once, then swings it into Prime. Prime's optical display flickers for seconds, showing all of his past recordings before, flickering out, along with his Spark. Sam and the other humans remain unharmed, as Megatron is seen activating the All Spark, then releases a massive shockwave, presumably converting all the electronics in the world into Decepticons, and uses the new army to take over Earth. The story ends sometime later, with Megatron ordering all Decepticons to kill the last of Mankind from his "throne" before they leave Earth.
Cybertron Edition
GameStop/EB Games sell Transformers: The Game Cybertron Edition for the Xbox 360. This collector's edition contains exclusive material; codes that unlock the Cybertron level, a making of the game DVD, a Transformers comic book by Simon Furman, and Cybertron Edition box art.
Most versions of Transformers: The Game received average to poor reviews upon release. As of July 7, 2007, Metacritic currently gives the Xbox 360 version 57/100, the PS3 version 60/100, the Wii version 59/100, the PS2 version 61/100, and the PSP version 55/100.
In most reviews, Graphics and sound effects were praised, IGN's review named the graphics of the Wii version in the time of its release as the best on the system while Peter Cullen's voice acting as Optimus Prime, alongside Frank Welker (Megatron's original voice in the 1984 cartoon) were considered strong points also. GameSpot also commented the responsive motion-controls on the Wii.
However, the reviews noted multiple flaws, such as a troublesome camera that tumbled, to give an effect of the walking of the transformers themselves, repetitive missions, and the clunky driving in the vehicle modes. They also commented that the game was too short and it had an unbalanced difficulty, older gamers finding it too easy, while younger players have found it extremely hard to pass certain missions. Furthermore, although there were few complaints about it, the main console versions of the game lack multiplayer (Though there is multiplayer on the DS and PSP versions). Hyper's Maurice Branscombe commends the game for looking good and comments that "exploration and destruction is fun". However, he criticises the game for its "mission objectives that are repetitive and boring". He also criticises the combat as poor.
A sequel for the game has been subsequently released based on the film's sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Vicarious Visions returned to develop the two DS games, and Savage Entertainment returned to develop the PSP version. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were developed was Luxoflux, which was ported to the PC by Beenox. The PlayStation 2 and Wii versions were developed by Krome Studios.
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[Free] The world is on fire, the state is killing people, we must learn to take care of each other.
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Most people who have spent enough time organizing know it can be a thankless job. The planet is on fire; millions of people don't have their basic needs met, and are experiencing housing and food insecurity; a global pandemic has killed more than 4 million people worldwide; and fascism is on the rise. Everywhere, people are navigating how to survive each day. Basically, the world is pretty bad right now, and activists are fighting tooth and nail to change that. But fighting state violence and organizing around mutual aid in our communities can also become unsustainable and lead to physical, spiritual, and emotional trauma and burnout. So I spoke with Alice, or GothBotAlice about how activists can take care of and pull each other through the darkness on our way to creating the world we want and need.
Alice identifies as a Mad femme, suicide attempt survivor, anarchist, antifascist, care worker, and writer. Their work focuses on dismantling violent and coercive systems and creating alternatives that are non-hierarchical, and preserve autonomy and agency. They also co-author It's Going Down's 'This Week in Fascism.' Alice uses art and language to explore the complexities and intersections of suicide, madness and culture.
Erin Corbett is a journalist and writer covering political movements and state repression. She is also very tired.
I listened to your conversation back in March with It's Going Down, when you discussed the role of community care and peer-to-peer support in social movements. Can you tell me more about this concept and why clinical models of mental health care don't work for everyone?
The medical model for mental health places symptoms of trauma, like anxiety, depression, or any other issue as within a person and as a thing that needs to be treated. People are told, "You have this condition, you are broken, we need to treat you," and it's your responsibility to seek out the help that is going to make you better.
For some people that makes sense. But I choose to look at mental health through the lens of the social model of disability, which looks at the overarching social factors that are causing things like anxiety, depression, and trauma. Our mental health is tied to the environment, like when there are wildfires, for instance. Food insecurity causes all kinds of issues, both physical and mental. If your loved ones are entangled in the prison industrial complex, or if you're in a relationship where there's domestic violence, these are all social factors that have really gnarly implications and impacts on our brains. If we're looking at mental health experiences through that lens, we can see that addressing these things requires a social shift. Making sure people have access to housing, addressing food insecurity, making sure income is stable. This will look different as we build a world that has all of us in mind.
I think people deserve to have options and choices. For some people, seeing a doctor and psychiatrist is a good system. For others who have been harmed by these models, it doesn't work for us. There are all kinds of reasons why this model does not work for everybody, one of them being that maybe we're engaged in activism that is deemed illegal by the state and we can't talk to a therapist about trauma related to our activism.
In terms of community care when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, putting that on one person, like a therapist, is very challenging and it's not sustainable. We all need to be invested in keeping us safe, and preserving our autonomy and agency. For some people, going into the hospital is the right thing. For me personally, my peer pod knows never to engage law enforcement and will do anything to keep me out of the hospital.
What this also forces us to do is really interrogate our feelings about suicide and self-harm because when we talk about preserving autonomy and agency, that means letting people make choices for themselves even if we wouldn't make those choices.
How do we support each other better both in and out of the movement?
Believing people and getting out of our heads that we have to investigate the truth is really important. When someone tells us what they're experiencing, we can believe that it's real for them. We also can let go of the responsibility to fix it. We can be supportive and hold space and not take it upon ourselves to own another person's shit. The flip side to that is having good boundaries. This helps us support people, and helps us check in with ourselves. We can't support everyone on our own, and we have to create support networks.
Support networks look like plugging into an existing affinity group or a group chat, and then being able to check in on your group. I have a couple groups of people I've done this with, and when I was in IRL spaces, I had an IRL group. We would share meds, buy each other dinner, and come over when people needed care. Maybe we're not changing the world, but we're helping each other survive by being present and being attentive to each other's needs. These are things that make the world less of an obstacle course. Most importantly, it's not just one person providing support; it's like 3 or 4 people involved in taking care of each other. None of us has to be the sole caregiver.
Mutual aid requires the understanding that individuals and / or communities are the experts in their own lives and needs. So how can and should we apply this concept of solidarity with mental health care, rather than a prescriptive model?
I think we can trust people in crisis to know what they need, and also be OK with people not knowing what they need.
We have to get comfortable with sitting with people in their pain, and interrogate the idea of what it means to be sane. Not all experiences of madness are crises. I might hear voices, talk to myself, or have big uncomfortable energy and that still doesn't mean I'm in crisis. I get to define crisis for myself. We need to be able to trust each other. I am the most accurate reporter of my experience. And I trust you to be the most accurate reporter of your experience. And I certainly don't know more about what you need than you know about what you need.
Solidarity in community care is about being empathic, asking questions, and remaining curious. We don't need to have all the answers, but in order to preserve autonomy we need to be curious. We can ask each other, "What do you need? What hurts right now? What might feel good right now? Are you scared?" We can trust each other to be the accurate reporters of our experiences, and reject this need to fix and prescribe each other's pain.
We can also expand the idea of what coping skills are appropriate for people. People have all kinds of ways of dealing with trauma. A lot of people might suggest to someone to drink water and do deep breathing exercises. But you know what helps me when I'm having a panic attack? Smoking a cigarette, because it helps me regulate my breathing. Therapists aren't going to suggest that. We can practice being open to what people are going to do to feel better, even if we wouldn't do the same thing. And if we have conversations about autonomy and agency when people are well, we will have a better time showing up when people are unwell.
One of the things that keeps me going is being a care worker and providing care to people. Even in my madness, even when I'm unwell. I have to be boundaried about it, but this is my gift and I want to share it. I don't want to hoard this knowledge. Anybody can and should be able to support another person.
In terms of peer pods, mine has men and women and nonbinary people. I'm very lucky to have a handful of cis men in my life willing to help hold me down when I'm in a crisis, but more cis men need to step up to the plate. We can't keep putting all the responsibility of emotional care on women, femmes, queer people, and Black and Brown people. Cis men need to interrogate their own feelings about care work. You can show up on the frontlines with riot cops, but you can't hang with your homegirl while she's curled up on the couch? Get it together.
You've posted a few Twitter threads recently about care work as community defense. Can you tell me more about that?
Care work is an umbrella term. I define it as emotionally supportive work, which can address all kinds of things, like food and housing insecurity, and mental and physical health concerns. The community defense piece comes into play in a lot of ways, and specifically is about addressing safety concerns. When we don't have access to the things we need to feel safe, that is a safety concern.
Providing community care and support is a form of community defense and belongs under the umbrella of antifascism. Doing antifascist work is hard. It breaks us. It makes us into different people. It permanently changes who you are to take on antifascist work, so care work can address some of those things. Dismantling and disrupting and destroying are important parts of liberatory and revolutionary work. But world-building and creating and constructing are the other parts. Some of these things that we're doing are very painful, and if we're not creating networks to support each other and pull each other through, then we risk losing our comrades. It's important and it's life-saving work.
Care work should be built into the infrastructure of the organizing we're already doing. We need to challenge this idea that if we're not doing enough, we are worthless. One of the things that keeps me going when things get really dark is knowing that I can plug into a community and provide support.
How can we work together to build and support peer networks for community mental health/ trauma care?
I think first it means centering and uplifting the voices of disabled and mad people, because we have been doing that work. Disabled people know how to survive fucked up situations; mad people know how to survive fucked up situations — because we've had to. So, when it comes to building the infrastructure, we can look to our disabled friends or disabled loved ones and value their lived expertise. Disabled people are most prepared, and also the most negatively impacted by things like climate change. They already know and are worried about things like how the air is impacting them, and having access to medications, and rides to doctors, and all of that stuff.
Disabled folks have had to put contingency plans together and have had to navigate a lack of resources. And so there's a wealth of knowledge to be gained by stepping back and allowing the disability justice movement, and disabled and mad folks to share experiences, and talk about what works and what doesn't. And we can all also be working really intentionally to make things accessible, because accessibility is a huge fucking barrier. Being disabled, and being mad — those things can be painful because the world is not built with us in mind.
And so it is one barrier after another after another after another. We could make accessing certain things easier, like sharing food, giving rides, helping each other keep our houses clean, preparing for worst case scenarios, and talking really directly about what our comrades want if and when things go bad, and in cases when we're not able to make decisions coherently for ourselves. So like, how do we surround ourselves with people who we know are going to help us navigate that in a way that aligns with our values and our ethics?
I suggest everybody read Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and especially my cis male comrades. I want the people who are least likely to do the emotional care work to hold themselves accountable and participate in care work more because we all have to do it. The people that are least likely to do the care work are also benefiting from the care work that's being done, right? Care workers are holding our movements together, and we need some support.
How can people get started with care work for the first time?
If you're already part of affinity groups or coalitions, you have a group of people you're interacting with on a regular basis. In that case, let's talk about how we can support each other when shit gets rowdy. Let's have intentional conversations about that. Ask your comrades, "In the worst case scenario, what can I do to support you? Can we talk directly about support we will need in a physical or mental health crisis?"
In our daily lives, we shitpost and exchange memes and share the worst content out there. Let's also make some fucking space to talk about our feelings and planning how to support one another. It's uncomfortable, but just be like, "Hey, it matters to me that we all feel supported in this space." Movement work is better when we feel supported and cared for.
The other side of this is anonymity. The reality is especially with antifascists, we're all researchers and investigators. If one of us goes missing, we're probably gonna start digging. Just have some conversations about that. Save people the energy and heartache of having to dig when we can just say, "Hey, I'm really struggling. I need xyz." And then we all fucking do it because we protect us. We do, that's the whole point of our work.
I'd like to talk more about a point you made in one of your threads about this idea some people have that being in the movement is supposed to hurt. Where do you think that comes from? How can we break it down?
It's patriarchy, white supremacy and capitalism. It's the same bullshit repackaged and I reject it. I am not here to doxx nazis until I die. I want to build something better. Some of the people I love dearly are hurting themselves and won't give themselves a break. We ought to be rejecting it. What's the point of our organizing if we're just going to recreate the same systems that oppress us?
The folks that don't give themselves a break, who keep grinding, don't celebrate the wins, or have moments to feel joy and pleasure, they are burning themselves out. We're losing people. There are really consequences for that shit, and I think we deserve better. We work really hard.
People of marginalized genders, Black and Brown folks, and Indigenous folks — we have to hold everything together, and it's painful. Care work is important, and holding things together is important, but if we could make some changes to the way we move, we could make things easier on ourselves.
You've posted a bit about harm reduction and engaging in self-harm while coping with trauma. How can we be better about not shaming people for their coping skills when we show up for them?
I'm a huge proponent of harm reduction. Harm reduction preserves autonomy and is a set of principles that helps guide us in keeping people alive while they choose what kind of risks to take. Sometimes we don't have a choice in the risks we take.
As this applies to self-harm, I'll talk about myself. I am somebody who lives with chronic suicidal intensity. I wake up with it and I go to bed with it. I consider it an extreme state that I'm always in. Some days it's more intense than others, but it's always there. And I believe that it is protective. I believe it gets louder when I'm in a place that feels unsafe. Things that activate the voice are times when I feel trapped and really stuck, or not being able to leave a situation or a place, or get away from something that's harmful.
It can be more existential too, like if I feel like I'm not able to move my life in a direction that I want. In addition to having a really awesome peer pod and support network and amazing comrades that I can call on when things get really ugly, I also have a set of tools that I use to manage some of the really loud painful suicidal intensities. Some of the tools I use to cope when things are bad could be categorized as forms of self-harm. I am somebody who cuts, and who uses substances, and that's because substances quiet the buzz in my brain and slow me down. I'm not able to make decisions as quickly as if I were sober. Cutting is something I use to distract myself. The sensation helps me recalibrate where my brain is, and what I'm seeing and thinking. It has worked for many, many years and continues to work.
If we apply harm reduction principles to these things that I mentioned, people in my support system would not tell me to not do those things. Those things keep me alive and that is harm reduction. I take those risks in the safest way possible to avoid bigger risks that might kill me. Harm reduction for some of these tools might look like allowing myself to drink only a certain amount and then I'm done. I can make sure I eat something. I can make sure I'm practicing first aid and thinking about what happens if I go too deep. How do I know if I've gone too far? Do I reach out to someone? Do I know how to suture myself?
If we're supporting somebody going through some crazy painful shit who's maybe willing to engage in something that we wouldn't engage in, or something we maybe don't want them to engage in, but they're going to do it anyway, it's about how to make sure they do it in the safest way possible. We can ask questions, like: What happens if you go too deep? Are you cleaning up after? Are you using clean tools? How can we make this the safest possible?
When we're talking about our comrades in crisis and people we care about being alive, that care and support can be the foundation of the conversation. We can address it as such: "I want to make sure that we can support you, and want to ask if you're willing to have a conversation with me. When you felt this bad in the past, what things — good, bad, and ugly — helped you manage?"
I think we need to remove ourselves from a position of needing to fix another person. We're not here to fix anything. We're here to sit with people in their pain and be supportive, and allow people to take the risks they need to take to stay alive. We can create conditions that help people endure the effects of trauma in supportive ways, but we don't get to choose for people what's enough, when it's enough, or when it's too much. We might do everything we can for the people we love, and sometimes that's not enough.
I've had a friend observe me while I self-harmed before. Sometimes maybe somebody just needs someone to be around. With heroin and opioids, we tell people that it's better to do it with someone in case you need naloxone administered. That's kind of the golden rule with most risky behaviors.
As a culture I think we ought to talk more about suicide. Our friends and our comrades are dying around us. And similar to abstinence-only education around sex, well, nothing good comes from not talking about sex. There are more unplanned pregnancies, more STIs. Not talking about it is not working. So not only do we need to stop ignoring it, we also need to consider what we will do when someone we love wants to die. I know that that's really hard.
Most likely when I die it will be by my own hands, and I have taken steps to ensure that when that happens the people I love are not harmed by it other than just the loss. I think that's really important. I don't want my decisions to fuck people up forever, and I know I'm not the only person out here like me.
We need to learn to sit with our discomfort. We are exposed to all kinds of fucked up shit, like police violence, interpersonal violence, State violence. These are life-saving conversations that we should be having with each other. The pains of trauma and grief are easier to navigate as a community than they are as individuals, and again, that's where creating these networks of support is really important. People shouldn't have to live or die in isolation and despair.


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Patti Thomas of Valley First (front, from left) Mayors Chris Pieper of Armstrong and Janice Brown of Spallumcheen, Brenda Firth of the Okanagan Boys and Girls Club's Armstrong Food Bank, RCMP Sgt. Justin Thiessen and Armstrong Spallumcheen Chamber of Commerce employees Brianna Canuel (rear, from left), Jenna Churchill and Patti Noonan are ready to stock the food bank shelves with the third annual Cram the Cruiser event Friday, Aug. 24, at Armstrong's Memorial Park. (Roger Knox/Morning Star)
Armstrong ready to Cram the Cruiser
Music in Armstrong's Memorial Park Aug. 24 to benefit local food bank
Armstrong's last Music in the Park event of the season is for a good cause with bragging rights on the line.
Vernon band MACE will provide the music Friday, Aug. 24, at Armstrong's Memorial Park with the evening also serving as the third annual Cram the Cruiser event.
Join the Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP as they partner with the Armstrong Spallumcheen Chamber of Commerce and Valley First (a division of First West Credit Union) to fill the shelves of the local food bank.
Mayors Janice Brown of Spallumcheen and Chris Pieper of Armstrong have again challenged their constituents to support the cause. Spallumcheen brought in the most food in the 2017 event.
Beginning at 6 p.m., residents and visitors are invited to Cram the Cruiser with donations of non-perishable items which include: food, laundry and dish soap, feminine hygiene products, and other toiletries.
"The last two years the community has been very generous," said Wanda Villeneuve, with Valley First. "And we hope this will continue on Cram the Cruiser night."
Staff from Valley First will be on hand providing hotdogs, smokies, beverages, and snacks by donation to the food bank. Sun FM will also be on-hand with their 'Fun Seeker' van and tattoos for the kids.
The music will kick off at 7 p.m. with MACE, who started their musical journey together in 1981. The band has developed a reputation for intuitive song selection and dynamic stage presence. Strong lead and backup vocals, precise harmonies, solid rhythms, and warm, driving bottom end are all part of the formula. Throw in some world-class guitar work and the results are sublime.
The lineup includes original members Jackson Mace – lead vocals/bass guitar and Jeff Gamble – lead guitar/vocals. Added to the mix is former Starship and Labels member Don Redgwell – drums/vocals.
Valley First has been a proud sponsor of the Armstrong Spallumcheen Chamber of Commerce Music in the Park series from June 19 to August 28 in the Memorial Park, Armstrong – rain or shine! In the event of rain, the evening will move to Armstrong Bible Chapel – 2145 Rosedale Avenue.
Vernon band MACE plays the final Music in the Park of the season Friday, Aug. 24, at Armstrong's Memorial Park. The concert doubles as the third annual Cram the Cruiser event, where concert-goers are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the Armstrong Food Bank, and cram the donations into an RCMP cruiser. (Photo submitted)
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In November 2018, Uber had announced a drastic change to the way drivers were compensated for each trip. In select cities, Uber drastically lowered per-mile rates and increased per-minute rates to better account for traffic. For most trips, the payout seems to be very similar but now longer distance trips will earn much less while trips stuck in traffic will earn much more. The outrage among Uber drivers was swift but overall drivers are now getting used to the new rates. There are always detractors out there that will always hate whatever Uber does, but many drivers continue to drive for Uber because they are still earning money and can drive whenever they want.
You can see which cities were affected and get more information about the rate changes in the below post.
While Uber sent out a mass email detailing the changes in rates, Lyft secretly changed their rates and made no mention of it in any email or blog post. Some drivers eventually noticed that the rates were much different sometime in the middle of December. I saw this change on December 12th, but didn't have the time to blog about it until now.
Many drivers had predicted that Lyft would change the rates to match Uber. Both companies tend to mimic one another and this drastic change was no surprise. Lyft drivers had hoped that Lyft wouldn't change the rates so that there was some difference between the two services, but Lyft ended up changing the rates after a few weeks.
In my previous post on Uber rates, I showed that most rides earned about the same amount. The rare long distance rides would be a few percent lower in ride earnings but earnings would most likely stay the same.
My advice to drivers is to simply drive slower. It would be in your best interest to follow the speed limit as much as possible and make sure to hit a few red lights along the way. Every 2-4 minutes extra per trip equates to about the earnings of a mile. If you added two red lights to a trip, it could increase your earnings as much as an additional mile. The other benefit of these rate changes is that now Shared Rides and Uber Pool will earn a little bit more. I find Uber Pool and Shared rides takes much longer than a regular ride.


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The Ryan Firebee is a series of target drones developed by the Ryan Aeronautical Company beginning in 1951. It was one of the first jet-propelled drones, and remains one of the most widely used target drones ever built.

Development

Ryan Firebee I

Q-2/KDA-1 Firebee

The Firebee I was the result of a 1948 U.S. Air Force request and contract to Ryan for a jet-powered gunnery target. The first flight of the XQ-2 Firebee prototype took place in early 1951. The drone featured swept flight surfaces and a circular nose inlet. The initial models had distinctive "arrowhead" shaped endplates on the tailplane. The Firebee could be air-launched from a specially modified launch aircraft (Douglas A-26 Invader was first to be used for this purpose), or ground-launched with a single RATO booster.

Following successful evaluation the target was ordered into production for the USAF as the Q-2A, powered by a Continental J69-T-19B turbojet engine with  of thrust. The Air Force then obtained small numbers of a Q-2B with a more powerful engine for high-altitude performance.

The U.S. Navy bought the Firebee as the KDA-1 which was mostly similar to the Q-2A, differing mainly in its powerplant: a Fairchild J44-R-20B turbojet with  thrust. The KDA-1 and Q-2A could be distinguished by the KDA-1's protruding inlet centerbody and wider, steeply raked inlet. The U.S. Army also obtained a KDA-1 version designated the XM21 that differed only in minor details.

The Navy obtained several improved variants of the KDA-1, including the XKDA-2 and XKDA-3 which were not built in quantity, and the KDA-4, which was the main production version for the series. These variants were difficult to distinguish from the KDA-1, differing mainly in successively uprated J44 engines and other minor changes.

Royal Canadian Air Force use
The RCAF purchased 30 KDA-4 Firebees, which were flown from two specially converted Avro Lancaster Mk.10DC Drone Carriers from 1956 to 1961. These were used to test the weapons system for the Avro Canada CF-100 and Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow. The cancellation of the latter brought the drone program to an end as it was no longer needed for the Sparrow II missile that would have armed the Arrow.

Model 124/BQM-34A
In the late 1950s, the USAF awarded Ryan a contract for a substantially improved "second generation" Firebee, the Model 124, originally with the designation Q-2C. The initial prototype performed its first flight in late 1958 and went into production in 1960. In 1963, it was redesignated the BQM-34A.  The old first-generation KDA-1 and KDA-4 targets then still flying with the Navy were (somewhat confusingly) given the respective redesignations AQM-34B and AQM-34C.

The BQM-34A emerged as the Firebee as it is recognized today, with a bigger airframe, longer wings, and a particular "chin"-type inlet under a pointed nose (in contrast to the circular intake of the first-generation Firebees). It was powered by a Continental J69-T-29A turbojet, a copy of the improved Turbomeca Gourdon derivative of the Marbore, with  thrust. The U.S. Navy also adopted the BQM-34A, while the Army obtained a ground-launched version designated MQM-34D with longer wings and a heavier JATO booster.

A feature of the second-generation Firebee is that some photographs show it to with triangular endplates on the tailplane, while others show no endplates but feature a ventral fin under the tail, and still others have neither endplates nor ventral fin. Since most modern photographs of Firebees show the ventral fin, this may have been due to production changes or later refits (reference sources are unclear on this).

In 1960 the first stealth technology development program was initiated by USAF, by reducing the radar cross-section of a Q-2C drone. This was achieved through specially designed screens over the air intake, radiation-absorbent material on the fuselage and a special radar-absorbing paint.

During the 1970s the U.S. Army updated some of their MQM-34Ds for use as targets for FIM-92 Stinger man-portable SAMs, refitting these drones with a General Electric J85-GE-7 turbojet of  thrust which were salvaged from old ADM-20 Quail decoys. The modified MQM-34Ds featured a revised forward fuselage with a circular nose intake that gave them an appearance similar to that of a "stretched" first-generation Q-2A target, and were given the designation of MQM-34D Mod II.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy upgraded the avionics in their BQM-34As, which were then designated BQM-34S. In the early 1980s the Navy also began to refit these with the uprated J69-T-41A engine of  thrust. The Air Force began to update their BQM-34As with improved avionics and also the J85-GE-7 engine which was fitted without major changes in the drone's airframe; the improved USAF variants retained their existing BQM-34A designation.

BQM-34A production ended in 1982, but the production line was reopened in 1986 to produce more BQM-34S targets. Air Force and Navy Firebees have received further upgrades since that time, most refitted beginning in 1989 with the improved J85-GE-100 engine (also with  thrust) as well as modernized avionics. In the late 1990s some Firebees were also fitted with GPS navigation receivers.

The Firebee's main air launch platform is the Lockheed DC-130 drone controller aircraft, which can carry four drones on underwing pylons. The Firebee is typically snatched out of the air by a recovery aircraft that sweeps up the drone's parachute, simplifying recovery and reducing damage to the target from ground impact. During early test flights, the Fairchild C-119 was used for this purpose, while on operational flights the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King was the primary recovery platform. The drone can float for an extended period of time if it ditches in water.

The target drone can be fitted with various control systems, some that give it fighter-like maneuverability. It is also equipped with scoring and countermeasures systems, radar enhancement devices to allow it to emulate a wide range of combat aircraft, and wingtip thermal flares which cause heat-seeking missiles to aim for wing tips rather than the engine exhaust, sparing the target. It can also tow a target sleeve or other types of towed targets.

Ryan Firebee II

Teledyne Ryan also developed a third-generation Model 166 Firebee II with supersonic performance, with the U.S. Navy awarding a development contract to the company in 1965. Initial flight was in 1968. Although its external appearance was substantially different from that of the original Firebee, the Firebee II used the same engine and control systems, and confusingly retained the BQM-34 designation. The Navy version was the BQM-34E, while the Air Force version was the BQM-34F.

The Air Force BQM-34F was slightly heavier, with an additional parachute for midair recovery by helicopter snatch. The Navy BQM-34E was updated with improved avionics in the mid-1970s, with the upgrade redesignated BQM-34T.

The Firebee II was a sleek dart of an aircraft with swept tailplane and swept mid-body wings. It was powered by a Teledyne CAE J69-T-6 turbojet with  thrust, with the intake on the belly forward of the wings and the exhaust under the tailfins. Internal fuel capacity was small, but the target could be fitted with a conformal external tank that was dropped before boosting to supersonic speeds. Flight operations were performed much as they are for the Firebee I, with launch from a DC-130. It was also ground launched using RATO for use as a target. It had a maximum speed of Mach 1.5, dashing for 4 minutes at  and had a subsonic endurance of 75 minutes, giving it a range of approximately .

In all 286 Firebee IIs were built, a tiny quantity compared to the number of Firebee Is manufactured. The Firebee II is now out of service, while the Firebee I continues in operation and has been in service for over 50 years, making it one of the longest-lived aircraft in the U.S. military inventory.

Fire Fly and Lightning Bug

The Firebee target vehicle's success led to Ryan being asked to develop a reconnaissance version, which became the highly successful Model 147 Fire Fly and Lightning Bug series; these saw extensive service in the Vietnam War.

Modern use
The Firebee target drone has proven successful and remains in operation with the U.S. Navy and Air Force. Firebees have also served with the Canadian Armed Forces and Japan Self-Defense Forces, with Japanese Firebees built by Fuji Heavy Industries. A small number were also supplied to NATO programs. More than 7,000 Firebees have been built, with 1,280 of these being first generation variants.

In the late 1990s Teledyne Ryan, using company funds, configured two Firebees with cameras and communications electronics to provide real-time intelligence for battlefield target acquisition and damage assessment. These two UAVs, named Argus, were used in a USAF "Green Flag" exercise to relay images in real time from the test range in Nevada to stations in Florida.

Five BQM-34-53 Extended Range Firebees were also used to lay chaff corridors during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The drones were modernized by Northrop Grumman in a fast-response program earlier that year, being fitted with chaff dispensers and other improvements including GPS-based programmable waypoint guidance systems (which may or not have been added by the upgrade program). These Firebees were delivered for service in charcoal-black paint schemes. Only one DC-130 drone launcher aircraft remained in the U.S. military's inventory at the time and was not immediately operational due to a malfunction.  Two Firebees were ground-launched on the first night of the operation; the other three were air-launched by the DC-130 on the second night of the operation. The drones flew until they ran out of fuel and crashed. Iraqi TV broadcast footage of the wrecks while describing them as piloted aircraft.

The last Firebee was delivered in 2002, but Northrop Grumman is hoping for new orders, and the company is implementing upgrades for existing machines such as GPS programmable waypoint navigation systems and satellite links.

Specifications (BQM-34A)

See also

 Tupolev Tu-143

References

Citations

Sources

 This article contains material that originally came from the web article Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.

External links

Ryan Firebee photos and drawings at San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
RYAN BQM-34F "FIREBEE II" SUPERSONIC AERIAL TARGET
RYAN BQM-34 FIREBEE
Northrop Grumman BQM-34 Firebee High Performance Aerial Target System

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by Tyler, the Creator
Album: Flower Boy (2017)
Okay, okay, okay, okay
Okay, okay, oh
You live in my dream state
Relocate my fantasy
I stay in reality
Any time I count sheep
That's the only time we make up, make up
You exist behind my eyelids, my eyelids
Now I don't wanna wake up
20/20, 20/20 vision
Cupid hit me, Cupid hit me with precision
I wonder if you look both ways
When you cross my mind
I said, I said
I'm sick of, sick of, sick of, sick of chasing
You're the one that's always running through my daydream, I
I can only see your face when I close my eyes (uh-huh)
Can I get a kiss?
And can you make it last forever?
I said, I'm 'bout to go to war (uh-huh)
I don't know if I'ma see you again
Can I get a kiss? (Can I?)
And can you make it last forever? (Can you)
I said I'm 'bout to go to war ('bout to)
(Ugh, switch it up)
I said, okay, okay, okay, okie-dokie, my infatuation
Is translatin' to another form of what you call it? (Love)
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, I ain't met you, I've been looking
Stop the waiting 'fore I stop the chasing like an alcoholic
You don't understand me, what the fuck do you mean?
It's them rose tinted cheeks, yeah, it's them dirt-colored eyes
Sugar-honey iced tea, bumblebee on the scene
Yeah, I'd give up my bakery to have a piece of your pie
I can only see your face when I close my eyes (so)
Can I get a kiss? (Can I get a kiss?)
And can you make it last forever? (Make it last forever)
I said I'm 'bout to go to war
I don't know if I'ma see you again (see you again)
And can you make it last forever? (Can you?)
Okay, okay, okay, oh
One more time? Writer/s: Tyler Okonma
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Holocene Eruptions of Mt. Popa, Myanmar: Volcanological Evidence of the Ongoing Subduction of Indian Plate along Arakan Trench
Alexander Belousov, Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Marina G. Belousova, Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Khin Zaw, University of Tasmania
Martin J. Streck, Portland State UniversityFollow
Ilya N. Bindeman, University of Oregon
Sébastien Meffre, University of Tasmania
Paulo Vasconcelos, University of Queensland
Funding for this research was provided by Earth Observatory of Singapore (Nanyang Technological University) and by Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania.
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
In the western part of Myanmar the geodetic and seismic data indicate the ongoing highly oblique subduction of Indian Plate under Eurasian Plate. Volcanoes of Burma arc, however, did not produce eruptions in the recorded history and are considered extinct. Such perception questions the ongoing subduction, as well as keeping local officials unaware of possibility of future volcanic eruptions in the country. We have investigated the youngest lava flows and pyroclasts of Mt. Popa, which is the best-preserved polygenetic volcanic edifice in Myanmar. The Ar/Ar dating of the youngest products of the volcano provided very young radiometric ages which were unable to be measured accurately. The radiocarbon dating of paleosols intercalated with the most recent ash layers of the volcano has shown that Mt. Popa produced several eruptions in the beginning of Holocene. The youngest eruption occurred ~8000 BP and included the 1.3 km3 gravitational collapse of the volcanic cone with deposition of the 11-km-long debris avalanche, immediately followed by emplacement of 0.1 km3 of pyroclastic flow of calc-alkaline basaltic andesite composition. The collapse direction as well as complex morphology of the resulted crater were prearranged by geometry of the listric fault, which was formed during the pre-collapse asymmetric gravitational spreading of the volcanic cone. The recently erupted products are geochemically similar to products of young monogenetic volcanoes of Monywa area located 150 km north Mt. Popa, and both display patterns consistent with magma generation at an active subduction system. Low magma production rate of Mt. Popa (3 × 10−5 km3/year averaged for the 1 Ma of the volcano history) is in agreement with the highly oblique angle and slow rate of the subduction. The fact of the Holocene eruptions of calc-alkaline composition in Burma arc represents volcanological evidence of the ongoing subduction in this part of the collision zone between India and Asia.
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Belousov, A., Belousova, M., Zaw, K., Streck, M. J., Bindeman, I., Meffre, S., & Vasconcelos, P. (2018). Holocene eruptions of Mt. Popa, Myanmar; volcanological evidence of the ongoing subduction of Indian Plate along Arakan Trench. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 360, 126-138.
Martin J. Streck
Adam M. Booth


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Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Common Blood Disorder May Not be Linked to as Many Serious Diseases, as Previously Thought
10:38 August 28, 2009
MGUS has long been thought to be a precursor of serious disease, such as multiple myeloma, primary amyloidosis and Waldenström macroglobulinemia. However, for years physicians have reported possible association of MGUS with many more diseases. As a result, some patients with MGUS who had these disorders were subjected to investigations and sometimes additional treatments as a precaution.
MGUS is a fairly common disorder, affecting roughly 3 percent of the U.S. population. This study was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service.
In this study, researchers looked at the records of 17,398 patients, all of whom were uniformly tested for the presence or absence of MGUS. Among the 17,398 samples tested, 605 cases of MGUS were identified. The researchers then looked at the incidence of over 16,000 different diagnosis codes in those with MGUS and those without. They identified 14 real disease associations, while 61 disease associations with MGUS were determined to be likely coincidental. In addition to multiple myeloma, the associations deemed real include vertebral and hip fractures and osteoporosis. "In addition to the article, we have made available on the journal Web site an appendix that has the raw data on all 16,062 hospital diagnosis codes which we think will be valuable to other researchers in the field," says S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D., of Mayo Clinic's Department of Hematology and senior author on the study.
A peer-review journal, Mayo Clinic Proceedings publishes original articles and reviews dealing with clinical and laboratory medicine, clinical research, basic science research and clinical epidemiology. Mayo Clinic Proceedings is published monthly by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research as part of its commitment to the medical education of physicians. The journal has been published for more than 80 years and has a circulation of 130,000 nationally and internationally. Articles are available online at www.mayoclinicproceedings.com.
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package am.util.opentype;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

/**
 * 字体解析器
 * Created by Alex on 2018/9/5.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public class OpenTypeParser {

    private static final int OTF = 0x00010000;// OpenType fonts that contain TrueType outlines
    private static final int OTTO = 0x4F54544F;// OpenType fonts containing CFF data (version 1 or 2)
    private static final int TTCF = 0x74746366;// An OpenType Font Collection (formerly known as TrueType Collection)

    private boolean mInvalid;// 无效字体文件
    private boolean mCollection;// 是否为字体集
    private OpenType mFont;
    private OpenTypeCollection mFonts;

    /**
     * 解析字体
     *
     * @param reader 字体数据读取器
     * @param tags   表集合
     */
    public void parse(OpenTypeReader reader, int... tags) {
        mInvalid = false;
        mCollection = false;
        mFont = null;
        mFonts = null;
        final int begin;
        try {
            reader.seek(0);
            begin = reader.readInt();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            mInvalid = true;
            return;
        }
        try {
            switch (begin) {
                default:
                    mInvalid = true;
                    break;
                case OTF:
                case OTTO:
                    mFont = parseOpenType(reader, 0, tags);
                    break;
                case TTCF:
                    mCollection = true;
                    mFonts = parseCollection(reader, tags);
                    break;
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            mInvalid = true;
        }
    }

    private OpenType parseOpenType(OpenTypeReader reader, long begin, int... tags)
            throws IOException {
        reader.seek(begin);
        final int sfntVersion = reader.readInt();
        final int numTables = reader.readUnsignedShort();
        final int searchRange = reader.readUnsignedShort();
        final int entrySelector = reader.readUnsignedShort();
        final int rangeShift = reader.readUnsignedShort();
        final HashMap<Integer, TableRecord> records = new HashMap<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < numTables; i++) {
            final int tableTag = reader.readInt();
            final int checkSum = reader.readUnsignedInt();
            final int offset = reader.readUnsignedInt();
            final int length = reader.readUnsignedInt();
            records.put(tableTag, new TableRecord(tableTag, checkSum, offset, length));
        }
        final OpenType ot = new OpenType(sfntVersion, numTables, searchRange, entrySelector,
                rangeShift, records);
        ot.parseTables(reader, tags);
        return ot;
    }

    /**
     * 判断是否为无效字体
     *
     * @return 是否为无效字体
     */
    public boolean isInvalid() {
        return mInvalid;
    }

    /**
     * 判断是否为字体集
     *
     * @return 是否为字体集
     */
    public boolean isCollection() {
        return mCollection;
    }

    /**
     * 获取解析后的字体对象
     *
     * @return 字体对象,在无效或者为字体集的情况下返回空
     */
    public OpenType getOpenType() {
        return mFont;
    }

    /**
     * 获取解析后的字体集对象
     *
     * @return 字体集对象,在无效或不为字体集的情况下返回空
     */
    public OpenTypeCollection getOpenTypeCollection() {
        return mFonts;
    }

    private OpenTypeCollection parseCollection(OpenTypeReader reader, int... tags)
            throws IOException {
        reader.seek(0);
        final int ttcTag = reader.readInt();
        final int majorVersion = reader.readUnsignedShort();
        final int minorVersion = reader.readUnsignedShort();
        final int numFonts = reader.readUnsignedInt();
        final int[] offsetTableOffsets = new int[numFonts];
        for (int i = 0; i < numFonts; i++) {
            offsetTableOffsets[i] = reader.readInt();
        }
        boolean DSIGTableEnable = false;
        int dsigLength = -1;
        int dsigOffset = -1;
        if (majorVersion == 2 && minorVersion == 0) {
            // TTC Header Version 2.0
            final int dsigTag = reader.readUnsignedInt();
            if (dsigTag == TableRecord.TAG_DSIG) {
                dsigLength = reader.readUnsignedInt();
                dsigOffset = reader.readUnsignedInt();
                if (dsigLength > 0 && dsigOffset > 0) {
                    DSIGTableEnable = true;
                }
            }
        }
        final ArrayList<OpenType> fonts = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < numFonts; i++) {
            fonts.add(parseOpenType(reader, offsetTableOffsets[i], tags));
        }
        return new OpenTypeCollection(ttcTag, majorVersion, minorVersion, numFonts,
                offsetTableOffsets, DSIGTableEnable, dsigLength, dsigOffset, fonts);
    }
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REVEALED! Numerous Health Benefits of BREAST SUCKING by Dr Malcon [A MUST READ]
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Stop using tissue paper as sanitary pads, expert warns [READ MORE]
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REVEALED! How To Avoid Sudden Death at Night – Doctor [A MUST READ]
Yes! YOU CAN AVOID IT… NEWS FLAKES NG gathers that for those who get up at night to check the house or urinate. Each individual must take note of three and a half minutes. Often this happens: a person who still looks healthy has died at night. We often hear stories of people saying: "Yesterday, I was chatting with him, why did he die suddenly? The reason is that when you get up at night to go to the bathroom, it is often done in a hurry. We immediately stop and the brain does not have blood flow. Why are 'three 1/2 minutes' very important? In the middle of [Read]
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THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, YEMI OSINBAJO ON WEDNESDAY, GAVE THE SUM OF N1 MILLION TO VETERAN ACTOR, BABATUNDE OMIDINA, BETTER KNOWN AS BABA SUWE. Osinbajo made the donation through the Office of the Youth Organising Secretary, APC Lagos, Aregbe Idriswho was also in the company of popular Nollywood actress, Remi Surutu and other musical acts. The donation was made as a kind gesture supporting the treatment of the comic actor who is reportedly battling with diabetes amongst other ailments. While making the donation, the vice president offered prayers of quick recovery and further urged well-meaning Nigerians to lend their support to the actor. [Read]
AHF to distribute 600,000 free condoms in Nigeria [READ MORE]
IN A BID TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF STIS, HIV AND UNWANTED PREGNANCIES, AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (AHF) HAS DISCLOSED PLANS TO DISTRIBUTE ABOUT 600,000 CONDOMS FOR FREE IN NIGERIA. AHF, Country Program Director, Dr. Echey Ijezie in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, disclosed that the foundation will also embark on safer sex awareness events and activities in Abuja, Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, Anambra and Cross River states. Ijezie noted that the Nigerian National Condom Strategy which emphasised a deficit of 564 million condoms annually must be met to achieve 90 percent condom coverage in the country. While observing that abstinence from sex, for those who can, remains very effective [Read]
LIFESTYLE: Regular Breast Sucking By Men, Infants Prevents Cancer, Increases Immunity – Doctor
November 23, 2018 Newsflakes Admin	Comment
The Woman's breasts are filled with hyper-sensitive nerve endings that get stimulated when touched, sucked or licked. Men love to suck the breast just as women love their breast to be stimulated. But some men avoid a woman's breast as soon as she gets pregnant because they believe the breast milk is harmful to Adults. BUT CAN AN ADULT ALSO TAKE BREAST MILK? YES… Breast milk is quite beneficial for adults too… It increases an adult immunity as it does in children. BENEFITS TO THE WOMAN: It helps to balance the cardiovascular system. If a woman breast is sucked for a long period of time, it increases the heart [Read]
40 million Nigerians suffering from mental disorders – Nigerian government
The Nigerian government has disclosed that an estimated 40 million Nigerians, are believed to be suffering from mental disorders. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, who blamed the country's high burden of mental disorders to inadequate attention paid to mental illnesses, misconceptions and lack of awareness on the part of the Nigerian public, added that more people will be disabled by psychological challenges than complications arising from HIV/AIDS, heart disease, accidents, and wars combined by the year 2020. Speaking on Monday at the ongoing mental health action committee and stakeholders workshop in Abuja, Abdulaziz said; "In Nigeria, an estimated 20%–30% of our populations are believed to suffer [Read]
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November 3, 2018 Newsflakes Admin	Comment
A former Governor of Abia State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress , Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has been hospitalised in Germany. Kalu's media aide, Kunle Oyewunmi, said in a statement on Friday that the ex- governor flew to Germany last Monday for " a major surgery " to address "an undisclosed and life -threatening ailment ." NEWS FLAKES NG gathers that he was said to have flown aboard a Lufthansa aircraft , accompanied by his wife, Ifunanya. Oyewunmi said upon arrival in Germany, Kalu was on Tuesday rushed in an ambulance to Helios Klinik, Wiesbaden , Germany , where he was immediately wheeled into the surgical theatre [Read]
Lack of regular sex can lead to job loss — Therapist READ MORE
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BOOM! Nigerians use over 400 million condoms yearly, says Society for Family Health – READ MORE
November 1, 2018 November 1, 2018 Newsflakes Admin	Comment
A couple of weeks ago, the Internet was agog with the news that Nigerians use about 400 million condoms per annum. NEWS FLAKES NG gathers that this came to light when the Managing of Director, Society for Family Health Nigeria, by Sir Bright Ekweremadu unveiled the brand new Flex condom. While many of the remarks by Nigerians simply suggested that it was outrageous, only few shared our perspective that it was actually, insufficient. READ ALSO: SHOCKING: School Girls Expelled For Failing Pregnancy Tests To further enlighten Nigerians, we have taken into consideration a number of factors; the Nigerian population, percentage of sexually active Nigerians and percentage of male condoms used [Read]
'We Are Not Aware That Our Men Accompanied Suspended NHIS Boss' – Police
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SHOCKING: Nigerian Woman Becomes Africa's Oldest IVF Mum, Delivers Baby Boy At 67yrs – READ MORE
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GIST: Man Gets jail term For Deliberately Infecting His Two Girlfriends With HIV
September 23, 2018 Newsflakes Admin	Comment
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SHOCKING: 2.7 Million Nigerian Women Perform Abortion In 2018 — Expert
September 20, 2018 September 20, 2018 Newsflakes Admin	Comment
A Public Health Scientist, Mrs Suzanne Bell on Thursday said the abortion rate by women of reproductive age in Nigeria has risen between 1.8 and 2.7 million. Bell, who made the disclosure at a dissemination exercise of the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA 2020) in Abuja, said that the rise was as a result of unintended pregnancies. NEWS FLAKES NG gathers that the event with the theme, "Measuring Performance, Informing Policy and Empowering Communities'' was a collaboration of the Centre for Research Evaluation, Resources and Development ( CRERD) and the Bayero University, Kano. According to Bell, majority of these abortions were considered unsafe, hence the need for increased [Read]
FOREIGN: South Africans Now Withdraw Their Medicines Through ATMS (Photos) SEE FULL GIST HERE >>>
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South Africans can now withdraw their medicines through ATM machines. Patients in South Africa who suffer chronic illnesses like HIV/AIDS, Diabetes and TB no longer need to stand in long queues to wait for medicines. Alexandra township in northern Johannesburg, is the recipient of Africa's first ATM pharmacy. The Pharmacy dispensing unit was launched by Gauteng Health MEC Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa. [Read]


At the end of the year people always make New Year Resolutions. They resolve to do things differently in the next year that they did not do in the previous year. They hope to change, but how many people that you know of, actually "keep" their New Year Resolutions? Not Many. So, with that in mind what do you think should be top priority for you in 2015? And what should you be on the lookout for? A passage I read from a book called Sowing and Reaping by D.L. Moody comes to my aid.
Where an enemy is strong and aggressive, an army is doomed to sure defeat and capture unless a sharp look-out is kept, every man wide awake at his post of duty.
It has been noticed that there are more accidents in Switzerland in fine seasons than in stormy ones. People are apt to undertake expeditions that they would not take under less favorable conditions, and they are less careful in their conduct. And so it is that moral and spiritual disaster usually overtakes men when they are off their guard, careless against temptation. They become proud and self-reliant in seasons of prosperity, whereas adversity drives them to the living God for guidance and comfort.
As we close out 2014 and look to the New Year, it can be easy to let our guard down, so we must be watchful (I Peter 5:8). It is easy to lose sight of our purpose, but that being the case let us resolve all the more to always have a watchful eye towards all unrighteousness. We must be diligent and not neglect our responsibilities as citizens of this great nation. Let us not forget the danger that will ensue when men perceive (Just like those who shot the doe) that we have set down our guard.
In the New Year, let us not say as that old doe did, "Oh! hard fate! That I should receive my death-wound from that side whence I expected no harm, and be safe in the part where I looked for most danger." Prevention is better than cure and we need to keep both eyes open!
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