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B. V. Doshi: Iwan Baan photographs the architect's most iconic architecture | Architectural Digest India
I've known of B.V. Doshi's work since my first trip to Ahmedabad in 1999, when I visited his Amdavad ni Guha. But I only met him about a year ago. We wanted to collaborate on a longer documentation of his work – how it has changed and been… Continue reading
Tucson's memorial 'Embrace' reckons with Giffords mass shooting – Los Angeles Times
Welcome to a uniquely American form of monument-making: the memorial to the mass shooting. The January 8th Memorial was designed by a team that included landscape and architecture firm Chee Salette and artist Rebeca Méndez — who are based in Los Angeles — with lighting design by Wilfried… Continue reading
Tribute: Balkrishna Doshi (1927–2023) | Architectural Record
Balkrishna Doshi, the Indian architect whose myriad accolades include the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize and 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal, died on January 24 at the age of 95 in Ahmedabad. What follows is a personal remembrance honoring the life and work of the celebrated Modernist. Source: Tribute:… Continue reading
Back in Print, Second Edition of "African Modernism" Surveys Architecture Across the Continent | Architectural Record
Back in Print, Second Edition of 'African Modernism' Surveys Architecture Across the ContinentReview: 'African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence: Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia,' edited by Manuel Herz with Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn, and Julia Jamrozik The book examines more than 100 architectural works and presents… Continue reading
Balkrishna Doshi, Modernist Indian Architect, Is Dead at 95 – The New York Times
Balkrishna Doshi, an architect who helped bring modernism to his native India, at first collaborating with Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn and then developing his own approach to building in his country, died on Tuesday at his home in Ahmedabad, India, which he designed and named Kamala House,… Continue reading
Offices from the past help us imagine the workspaces of the future | Financial Times
The best of these buildings (many still under threat) have lasted because they are beautiful. In The Office of Good Intentions, the architect Florian Idenburg and co-author LeeAnn Suen take a wider view of work, including cult sites such as Paolo Soleri's Arcosanti in the Arizona desert, the… Continue reading
Kevin Daly and Productora's Houston Endowment Headquarters Takes Cues from the City's Shaded Oak Canopies | Architectural Record
Throughout Houston, live oak trees extend their gnarly branches and evergreen leaves over sidewalks and lawns, providing welcome shade in a hot, humid climate. Having gone to graduate school at Rice University in Houston, Kevin Daly was familiar with the trees and the protective canopy they provide. So… Continue reading
Review: 'The Office of Good Intentions,' by Idenberg & Suen
In olden days, offices grew as the world shrank. Sunset-free empires and vast trade networks released oceans of paperwork that in turn created a demand for record-keepers, copy-makers, storage systems, evolving technologies of communication, and the real estate to accommodate them all. Offices became the material manifestation of… Continue reading
SANAA Creates a New Landmark for Sydney at the Art Gallery of New South Wales | Architectural Record
The reimagined Art Gallery of New South Wales incorporates cascading glass pavilions and World War II-era bunkers. Source: SANAA Creates a New Landmark for Sydney at the Art Gallery of New South Wales | Architectural Record… Continue reading
Iwan Baan | Arquitectura Viva
While architectural photography is typically known to showcase isolated buildings and pristine environments, the work of Iwan Baan (Alkmaar, Netherlands, 1975) goes beyond this approach of reproducing artificially perfected environments. The book Momentum of Light is a collaborative publishing project that graphically documents the photographer's travels in the… Continue reading
Las Vegas helps us understand how virtual environments fall short
A few months ago, I visited Las Vegas for the fourth time. Not much has changed: It is still a battleground of corporate brands vying for attention. Do you want to buy a Prada bag in Venice, see a concert from hologram Michael Jackson, or try one of… Continue reading
Vitra Design Museum – Iwan Baan
21.10.2023 – 03.03.2024 Iwan Baan is one of today's leading photographers of architecture and urban design. His images document the growth of global megacities and portray buildings by prominent contemporary architects including Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, and Zaha Hadid. The first large retrospective of the Dutch photographer's work… Continue reading


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Advertising Boxes: an Unconventional Marketing Concept
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By Adzze Communications Team
Advertising boxes are emerging as simple and effective way to advertise brands reaching consumers in their household.
The traditional advertising is becoming obsolete
Traditional TV viewing has dropped from 25 hours a week in 2011 to just shy of 16 hours a week in 2018 mainly by younger audiences.. Nielsen's 2018 Audience Report (1) found that Americans 18-34 averaged about 2.5h of traditional TV viewing per day – significantly less than in 2011. Pay-TV penetration is expected to fall to 70% by 2020.
Most of the consumer dislike and ignores TV commercials. Arris' Consumer Entertainment Index surveyed 10,500 respondents from 19 countries, including the U.S., China and Brazil, on their media consumption habits. 84% of surveyed viewers admitted that they want to fast-forward through TV ads, and 60% of surveyed viewers would make the effort to find and download TV shows to avoid advertisements (2). In addition, these days, many people don't watch TV at all, instead streaming their shows online or watching them on commercial-free media service providers such as Netflix.
Need of cost effective options
Many small and medium sized companies in the US were urged to find innovative ways of effective advertising with restricted budgets. They attempted to equalize their size-related disadvantages compared to large companies by means of unconventional ways of advertising which they adjusted fast and flexibly to changing market conditions (3). At that time, these guerrilla instruments were considered revolutionary because they were substantially different to classical advertising. As consumers did not inevitably recognize guerrilla activities as advertisement, they belong to the so called "below the line"-measures (3).
One emerging trend is In-the-Hand Advertising. This concept relies on placing ads on consumables that the target audience can't ignore as they have to take them in their hands. Such consumables can be:Custom Coffee Sleeves, Door HangersPizza Box Tops, Printed Coasters, Pharmacy Bags, Hotel Key Cards.
Advertising Boxes: Marketing tactics
Branded pizza box marketing is an advertisement strategy in which a company uses surprise and/or unconventional interactions in order to promote a product or service. The core principle of the branded pizza box approach is to surprise consumers with unexpected activities in order to draw their attention to the advertising message. Surprise leads to a change in the cognitive activation. The placement of advertising in unusual and unexpected places often with unconventional methods and being first or only ad execution to do so. Thus type of message leads to enhanced assimilation of the message.
Advertising boxes: how does it work?
The message of the advertiser are printed on branded pizza boxes (or pizza box toppers) and distributed to the network of pizza venues. The venues are usually recognized pizza chains so the advertisement has an exposure to reputable brands. The pizzerias deliver either in the hands of the consumer or at their homes reaching on average 45 min of brand exposure.
Advertising Boxes: the Impact
The ad is placed on the center of the pizza box generating guaranteed impressions. Sometimes the consumer leaves the pizza in the fridge generating additional exposure and more impressions. The unconventional and unexpected nature of this type of advertising enables better perception and assimilation of the message. Branded pizza boxes generate more impact than traditional OOH media. On average, each pizza venue delivers 2,000 ads per month with an estimate 1.8M impressions/month.
Advertising boxes: Costs v.s. Benefits
For purpose of comparison, consider the costs of a traditional OOH as benchmark, e.g. Billboards. The costs of billboards depends on format, circulation and demographics. Traditional billboards can cost between $14,000 and 20,000/month in larger market. For the same cost, the advertiser can place its message on 65,000 branded pizza boxes at 32 different venues during the same period of time.
Nielsen's 2018 Audience Report. The State of Traditional TV: Updated With Q3 2018 Data Arris' Consumer Entertainment Index
Arris' Consumer Entertainment Index Survey
Kimmel, A.J., 2005. Introduction: Marketing Communication in the New Millennium. In: Marketing Communication-New Approaches, Technologies and Styles, Kimmel, A.J. (Ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp: 1-6.
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Emma Bouch completed her professional training in contemporary dance in 2013 at the University of Lincoln where she gained her BA Honours Degree in Dance. In 2014 she went on to complete her Masters in Dance Performance and Choreography at the University of Bedfordshire. Emma has worked on a number of freelance projects as a choreographer, educator and performer since graduating such as The Dance We Made with Casson and Friends. Emma was also part of the 2017/18 Overture Cohort Programme with New Adventures & Re:Bourne. Emma currently works for artsNK, based in Lincolnshire as a dance development artist. At artsNK Emma delivers and develops various dance projects and programmes across the county to a wide range of ages and abilities within the community. This ranges from running artsNK's youth dance programme to being the lead artist of artsNK's dance and disabilities programme. Emma is very passionate about community dance and champions the artistic abilities of all.
Amy is a community dance artist based in Lincoln. After graduating from her BA (Hons) Degree in Dance and Masters in Choreography from the University of Lincoln, Amy has choreographed and performed for many national and local dance and theatre companies, including for outdoor, platform and festival performances. She has worked across Lincolnshire in the community arts sector and now delivers workshops across the county in a variety of styles and disciplines.
Sophie is passionate about providing opportunities for positive experiences in dance. Her interest in dance in education and the community has remained at the core of her practice throughout her roles as a dancer, dance teacher and dance projects manager. Currently based in Southampton, Sophie works across several units on the BA Dance programme at the Arts University Bournemouth and works with the university's Widening Participation team in engaging young people in participatory dance activity. Sophie is also artistic lead for Pavilion Dance South West's youth dance company 'Coast' and is thrilled, across her combined roles, to be contributing to the career development of creative young artists in the South West. Sophie looks forward to working in Hampshire and contributing to the forthcoming Imagination Museum: Mayflower 400 project.


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President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on Monday in Algiers, inaugurated Ketchaoua Mosque after renovation.
The inauguration ceremony took place in the presence of Minister of the Interior, Local Authorities and National Planning Noureddine Bedoui, Minister of Housing, Urban Planning and the City, Abdelwahid Temmar, Minister of Religious Affairs and Waqfs Mohamed Aissa, Minister of Public Works and Transport Abdelghani Zaalane, Minister of Culture Azeddine Mihoubi, and Governor of Algiers Abdelkader Zoukh.
Located at the entrance of Algiers Casbah, Ketchaoua Mosque is considered as a historical monument inscribed on UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.


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The mine – haulage locomotive DL is a prime mover the horizontal rail track haulage in mines with occurrence of coal dust and natural gas in the ambient air and a gradient up to 35‰ (2°).
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Q: Why did curve in parcel fabric invert itself? I'm using the Parcel Fabric from ArcGIS Desktop 10.5.1 and when I joined this parcel to the fabric, this curve inverted itself. The traverse grid is correct with a -55.00 radius. When unjoined, the parcel and the curve show up correctly. I've tried rejoining it, checking the joins of all the surrounding parcels, changing the radius to (+) to see if it would do the opposite, and regenerating parcel fabric on just this one parcel, and nothing has worked.
Why did the curve do this and how do I fix it?

A: As commented by @mkennedy the asker also:

Asked on
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Apsáalooke Feminist # 2, 2016
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Image Notes
Exhibition Print from: Baaeétitchish (One Who Is Talented)
Born1981
BirthplaceBillings, Montana
CitizenshipUnited States
Cultural HeritageApsáalooke
Light Work RelationshipKathleen O. Ellis Gallery, 2019 (Exhibition: Wendy Red Star: Baaeétitchish (One Who Is Talented))
Light Work PublicationsContact Sheet 204
For a more recent CV or bio please visit the artist's website, www.wendyredstar.com
Artist Wendy Red Star works across disciplines to explore the intersections of Native American ideologies and colonialist structures, both historically and in contemporary society. Raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Red Star's work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her engagement with many forms of creative expression, including photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts, and performance. An avid researcher of archives and historical narratives, Red Star seeks to incorporate and recast her research, offering new and unexpected perspectives in work that is at once inquisitive, witty and unsettling. Intergenerational collaborative work is integral to her practice, along with creating a forum for the expression of Native women's voices in contemporary art.
Wendy Red Star makes art that arises from her Native American cultural heritage and family history, as well as her expansive interest in photography, video, sound, sculpture, fiber arts, and performance. Red Star's artistic practice involves ongoing research into historical archives and narratives, which she thoughtfully deconstructs to explore the intersections of Native American ideologies and colonialism's unsettling effects on past and present.
Red Star grew up on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana. Her exhibition title, Baaeétitchish (One Who Is Talented), references the Crow name she received while visiting home this past summer. It was the original name of her grand-uncle, Clive Francis Dust, Sr., known in the family for his creativity as a cultural keeper. Clearly, Red Star carries that same spirit as an artist. "By carving out space in the contemporary art world," says Red Star, "I hope it will make it easier for the next generation of Native women artists to gain access to institutions and opportunities." Red Star's powerful exhibition at Light Work brings together four photography-based projects produced between 2006 and 2016.
Four Seasons (2006), the earliest set of images in the show, poses Red Star in traditional clothing within constructed dioramas of Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. She began this work in response to problematic displays in natural history museums; one situated Native dioramas near dinosaur bones, suggesting a shared extinction. Evoking artificiality with plastic blow-up animals and fake flora, her tableaux also recast some tropes of Native subjects with subtle humor. The artist's poses in the photographs may also respond to 19th-century staged portraits of Native Americans. Generally colonizers made such portraits, which perpetuated stereotypes and mythologies of the West despite any intention to honor some sitters. Red Star inverts the colonial gaze by placing herself within her own work, often looking directly back into the camera with self-possession and strength.
1880 Crow Peace Delegation (2014) is the result of Red Star's research into her Crow ancestors' fight for today's land boundaries. Sourced from the National Anthropological Archives, this series of historical portraits has undergone both physical and conceptual alteration. In meticulously outlining the figures, faces, and clothing in red ink, Red Star evokes the drawing of borders and boundaries on maps. Around the subjects she has handwritten historical facts, quotes, and personal observations, reflecting her own position as a Crow woman. Red Star speaks about the occasional pressure she has felt to prove her Crow ancestry. Proving one's "authenticity," she says, can be a modern construction of identity. Red Star's work acknowledges that identity goes beyond the surface that such ethnographic photographs often imply.
Let Them Have Their Voice (2016) is Red Star's response to photographer Edward S. Curtis' seminal 1908 book, The North American Indian. She alters Curtis's famously controversial portraits of chiefs, scouts, and warriors, transforming the Native individuals to anonymous cut-outs. In the gallery, she fills the voids their silhouettes create with a sound piece that accompanies these works. The looping audio comprises wax-cylinder recordings of Crow singers performing traditional songs that Curtis recorded between 1907-1912. "I felt that was the best way to actually see them—by hearing them," Red Star explains. Despite a drum and wind instrument, we can focus deeply on the singers' solo performances through the static of the old recordings. Between songs, an archivist notes each sound clip's accession number. The archivist's voice is disconcerting, reminding us of the colonial framework. Yet here, in the context of her exhibition, Red Star reclaims these songs.
Apsáalooke Feminist (2016) extends the self-portraiture that Red Star explored a decade earlier in Four Seasons. In these works, she considers the future of her lineage, appearing alongside her daughter, Beatrice Red Star Fletcher. They wear their finest Apsáalooke (Crow) dresses and pose on a sofa within contemporary domestic space. Red Star alters the walls and carpets digitally with painterly zig-zags that accentuate the vibrant colors of traditional blankets, drawing our eyes to mother and daughter in the center of the frames. These images provide a space for contemplation of the matriarchal legacies of Crow culture. The two perform for the camera, sometimes mirroring each other's body language, expressing shared pride, tradition, and vitality as Crow women.
Shelley Niro's 1994 exhibition marks the last time a Native American artist's solo exhibition filled Light Work's gallery. While distinct in their voices and working years apart, Niro and Red Star share an inherently significant link. Niro's work challenged assumptions about what defines cultural identity by unpacking stereotypes. Instead of giving a single definition of what it means to be a "First Nations woman," Niro suggested, like Red Star, that identity is a fluid and complex lived experience, not an absolute.
Through her work, Red Star says she seeks to complete the missing pieces of the puzzle of her people's history—a history that colonialism has unfortunately interrupted. "The stories have been scattered," she says. Important for her Crow community, this re-gathering also helps to tell a more accurate story of America.
Shane Lavalette
Light Work and Syracuse University now
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indigenous Onondaga Nation, firekeepers
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Clinostomus elongatus és una espècie de peix de la família dels ciprínids i de l'ordre dels cipriniformes.

Morfologia
 Els mascles poden assolir 12 cm de longitud total.

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És un peix d'aigua dolça i de clima temperat.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a Nord-amèrica.

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 Anònim, 2001. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution - Division of Fishes.
 Anònim, 2002. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY 10024-5192, Estats Units.
 Balon, E.K., 1975. Reproductive guilds of fishes: a proposal and definition. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 32(6):821-864.
 Breder, C.M. i D.E. Rosen, 1966. Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City (Estats Units). 941 p.

 Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea i J.D. Williams, 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland, Estats Units.
 Nelson, J.S. 2006: Fishes of the world. Quarta edició. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, Nova Jersey, Estats Units. 601 p.
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 Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20):183 p.

 Wheeler, A., 1977. Das grosse Buch der Fische. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co. Stuttgart. 356 p.

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It's important to have your jewellery evaluated on a regular basis. This ensures that you can replace your items in the event of a robbery.
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Fewer people think it is essential to live in a democracy, according to expert analysis.
Researchers for the Journal of Democracy found that fewer than 50 per cent of Americans aged between 30 and 50 thought it was a necessity.
It was in sharp contrast to older generations of which 75 per cent said voting in free and fair elections was essential.
Returning to the question of approval for military rule, in 1995 only 6 per cent of rich young Americans (those born since 1970) believed that it would be a "good" thing for the army to take over; today, this view is held by 35 per cent of rich young Americans,' a report published by the journal in July read.
Freedom House, which assesses how free the world's nations by answering a string of questions drawn from the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, said the US was less free than in previous years.
It blamed the decrease on 'flaws in the electoral system'.
'The United States received a downward trend arrow because of the cumulative impact of flaws in the electoral system, a disturbing increase in the role of private money in election campaigns and the legislative process, legislative gridlock, the failure of the Obama administration to fulfill promises of enhanced government openness, and fresh evidence of racial discrimination and other dysfunctions in the criminal justice system,' it said in its findings.
On the Freedom House scale, America received an aggregated score of 90. The best is 100.
Scandinavian countries and the small state of San Marino in northern Italy were the only nations to receive full marks.
Canada was given a score of 99 while the United Kingdom got 95.


Silicon Valley's Innovatioship recently three days leading an open-invitation workshop in design thinking. It attracted a wide range of participants from Lima and other parts of Peru, from local CEOs wanting inspiration to students looking to increase their innovation skills.
What about predicting that interest before consumers even start exhibiting demand? Knowing what your customers want before they do can turn out to be a highly lucrative endeavor for business owners to engage in.
One of the steps towards assessing value creation is observation and measurement.
One of the crucial steps towards true innovation is ideation, a collaborative process that requires the joint participation of a company's New Product Development (NPD) and Leadership Team Development (LTD) departments. Visionaries are crucial to any company, but so is the collective effort.
I'll be the first to admit that Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" is one of my favorite annual reports. I'm also a big fan of Forbes' list which takes into account investor confidence and ranks companies by their innovation premium; the difference between their market capitalization and their net present value of cash flows from existing business.


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UPS plans to launch a composite plastic truck that's 500 kg lighter than a standard one, gets 40 percent better fuel economy and helps save 84 million gallons of fuel annually?
Through December of this year, the company is testing five new prototype trucks. The CV-23 is the product of Utilimaster and Isuzu. During an eight-month testing period, the new trucks will get heavy usage on some of UPS's most punishing routes, in Lincoln, Nebraska; Albany, New York, and Tucson, Arizona.
UPS replaces 5,000 to 6,000 vehicles each year, as part of a constant process to maintain and update its worldwide fleet of 70,000-plus vehicles. While the CV-23 doesn't run an EV or Hybrid powertrain at the moment, UPS have been fairly active in testing both fully electric and innovative hybrid systems so we look forward to the company combining EV and plastic for even greater energy savings.


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Week ahead: 3 stories to watch
Updated: 12:01 AM EST Jan 24, 2021
File video above: Celebrities uplift Vanessa Bryant after eulogizing her late husband and daughterThis week will come with reflections of tragedies and the next phase of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment case. This week will have been one year after a deadly helicopter crash claimed nine lives and 35 years after the space shuttle Challenger explosion claimed seven lives.Here's what to know.Impeachment case moves forwardThe House of Representatives is moving forward on the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump, less than a week after he left office.It involves a single charge of incitement of insurrection for the deadly attack on the Capitol that unfolded on Jan. 6.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment late Monday, with senators sworn in as jurors Tuesday. In December 2019, Trump was impeached by the House on two articles: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. House Democrats claimed the president abused power like no other leader in U.S. history when he pressured Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, ahead of the 2020 election. The Senate acquitted him on both articles in February.Opening arguments for the second trial, of which no president has ever faced previously, will move to February.1 year passes since Kobe helicopter crashTuesday marks one year since a tragic helicopter crash killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant along with his daughter Gianna and her basketball teammate and six other people.In addition to Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter, the crash claimed the lives of Payton Chester, 13; Sarah Chester, 45; Alyssa Altobelli, 14; Keri Altobelli, 46; John Altobelli, 56; Christina Mauser, 38; and the helicopter's pilot, Ara Zobayan, 50.Bryant was posthumously selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in early 2020, but an enshrinement ceremony for that class is slated for May 13-15.Remembering the Challenger tragedyThursday will mark 35 years after the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, claiming the lives of seven people: Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Dick Scobee and Michael Smith.This year, NASA's annual Day of Remembrance ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook at 11 a.m. ET due to social distancing precautions, the Kennedy Space Center said.The explosion happened 73 seconds after liftoff.The Associated Press and CNN contributed.
File video above: Celebrities uplift Vanessa Bryant after eulogizing her late husband and daughter
This week will come with reflections of tragedies and the next phase of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment case.
This week will have been one year after a deadly helicopter crash claimed nine lives and 35 years after the space shuttle Challenger explosion claimed seven lives.
Here's what to know.
Impeachment case moves forward
The House of Representatives is moving forward on the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump, less than a week after he left office.
It involves a single charge of incitement of insurrection for the deadly attack on the Capitol that unfolded on Jan. 6.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment late Monday, with senators sworn in as jurors Tuesday.
Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin in early February
In December 2019, Trump was impeached by the House on two articles: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. House Democrats claimed the president abused power like no other leader in U.S. history when he pressured Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, ahead of the 2020 election. The Senate acquitted him on both articles in February.
Opening arguments for the second trial, of which no president has ever faced previously, will move to February.
1 year passes since Kobe helicopter crash
Tuesday marks one year since a tragic helicopter crash killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant along with his daughter Gianna and her basketball teammate and six other people.
In addition to Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter, the crash claimed the lives of Payton Chester, 13; Sarah Chester, 45; Alyssa Altobelli, 14; Keri Altobelli, 46; John Altobelli, 56; Christina Mauser, 38; and the helicopter's pilot, Ara Zobayan, 50.
Bryant was posthumously selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in early 2020, but an enshrinement ceremony for that class is slated for May 13-15.
Remembering the Challenger tragedy
Thursday will mark 35 years after the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, claiming the lives of seven people: Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Dick Scobee and Michael Smith.
This year, NASA's annual Day of Remembrance ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook at 11 a.m. ET due to social distancing precautions, the Kennedy Space Center said.
The explosion happened 73 seconds after liftoff.
The Associated Press and CNN contributed.


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I read for many reasons–to learn something, to feel something, and often to escape. This story was the ultimate escape for me, while simultaneously tearing at my heartstrings. It pulled me in from the very first page, and that doesn't happen often for me. I felt as if I was living out the plot alongside the characters. The story is told in a logical, beautiful way that makes the reader experience everything the characters are feeling–lust, anger, betrayal, and heartache. The ending was bittersweet for me because I absolutely LOVED the way the author brought everything and everyone together, but I was sad to say goodbye to them.
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The Reichsflotte (, Imperial Fleet) was the first navy for all of Germany, established by the revolutionary German Empire to provide a naval force in the First Schleswig War against Denmark. The decision was made on 14 June 1848 by the Frankfurt Parliament, which is considered by the modern German Navy as its birthday.

In December 1849 the imperial government was replaced by a federal commission. In 1851 the German Confederation was fully re-established. The German states such as Prussia, Hanover and Austria had a quarrel regarding the ships and the costs to sustain a fleet. In 1852 the Confederation decided to dissolve the fleet and sell the ships.

History

The German Confederation, founded in 1815, was initially not in need of a navy, as it could rely on three members who commanded large fleets: The Grand Duke of Luxembourg (the King of the Netherlands) as commander of the Royal Dutch Navy, the Duke of Holstein as the commander of the Danish Navy, and last but not least, the King of Hanover as commander of the British Royal Navy. This had changed by the late 1830s, as the Kings of the Netherlands and Great Britain ceased to be members of the German Confederation, and in early 1848 Denmark also turned against Germany in the First Schleswig War. Soon, the Danish Navy stopped all German trade in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

This newly created provisional government was headed by Archduke John of Austria as regent (Reichsverweser), i.e., as a temporary head of state, and he named August von Jochmus as Foreign Minister and Navy minister.

The parliament first met in Frankfurt on 18 May 1848, and on 12 June 1848 the diet of the German Confederation turned over its budget to the parliament. Only two days later, the parliament decided to spend six million Reichsthaler on a navy to be under the command of Prince Adalbert of Prussia. When he had to resign due to an order by the King of Prussia, Konteradmiral Karl Rudolf Brommy took over.

In the Battle of Heligoland of 4 June 1849, the fleet under Brommy saw its only sea battle, which also remains the first and only naval combat under the black-red-gold flag of Germany. The battle, involving five vessels altogether, was inconclusive, with no losses on either side, but after it the Danish blockade was restored.

Until 1852, the fleet had
 Two sail frigates:

 (the captured Danish ship )
 Three steam frigates:
 (formerly )

 One sail corvette:
Franklin (donated by Hamburg, not accepted)
 Six steam corvettes:

 27 gunboats
 One submarine:
Brandtaucher

The ships became the property of the re-established German Confederation, via the Bundeszentralkommission of 1849-1851 that dealt with the tasks of the former Central Power of the Imperial Regent. An argument arose as to whether the fleet was an 'organic institution' of the Confederation or simply a property. The majority of the Bundestag argued that it was just a property so that a decision about it did not need unanimity.

On 2 April 1852, the Reichsflotte was dissolved. While most ships were sold off, two of the steam frigates were given to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the North German Federal Navy (1867-1871) and that then became the Imperial German Navy (1872-1918).

Names
Several names are used for this Navy. The resolution of 14 June 1848 just calls it "Deutsche Marine", while navy minister Arnold Duckwitz in 1849 reported about the "Deutsche Kriegsmarine" and when Karl Rudolf Brommy was promoted to its first Admiral, the name used was Reichsmarine, which was used within the Navy, too. To avoid confusion with later incarnations, historians settled for Reichsflotte.

The term Bundesflotte (Federal Fleet) is also used, but this is misleading, as it was not operated by the German Confederation in its first years. Bundesflotte was also the name of an Austrian-Prussian naval project in 1865. The modern German navy since 1956 was called the Bundesmarine but now uses the name Deutsche Marine.

The "Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs", article III § 19, states:

[1] The naval forces are the exclusive affair of the Reich. It is not allowed for any single state to maintain its own warships or hire privateers.
[2] The crews of the war navy are a part of the new German defence force (the term Wehrmacht is used). They are independent of the land forces.
[3] The size of the crews to be provided for the war navy from each state, is to be calculated from the number of land forces to be maintained by it. Details on this matter, as well as the balancing of costs between the Reich government and the individual states, will be determined by law.
[4] The commissioning of officers and officials of the naval forces are under the sole authority of the Reich.
[5] The care for equipping, training and maintaining a war fleet and the creation, equipping and maintenance of military harbours and arsenals falls under the authority of the Reich.
[6] The matters pertaining on the appropriations necessary for the establishment of military harbours and naval installations, as well as on the responsibilities of the corresponding Reich services will be determined by Reich laws.

References

Literature
 Guntram Schulze-Wegener: Deutschland zur See . 150 Jahre Marinegeschichte. Mittler, Hamburg 1998.
Jörg Duppler : Germania auf dem Meere / Bilder und Dokumente zur Deutschen Marinegeschichte 1848 –1998. Mittler, Hamburg 1998.
 Walther Hubatsch: Die erste deutsche Flotte, 1848 - 1853, Mittler, Herford 1981.
 L[üder]. Arenhold: Vor 50 Jahren: Die Deutsche Reichsflotte 1848 - 1852 in zwölf Bildern, (Reprint from 1906) Media Verlag, Berlin 1995.

External links

 Deutsche Marine, History
 http://www.deutsches-marinearchiv.de/Archiv/1848-1867/Bundesflotte/einsatz.htm
 SMS Barbarossa

Naval history of Germany
Disbanded navies
German Confederation
German revolutions of 1848–1849
1840s in Germany
1850s in Germany
1848 establishments in Germany
1852 disestablishments in Germany
Military units and formations established in 1848
Military units and formations disestablished in the 1850s


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Toys: the best and worst investments
Looking at toys as financial investments can make play seriously profitable; invest in the right ones now and you might be cashing in on them in the future. But invest unwisely, and you could find your attic filled with once-loved (but now worthless) junk.
So rather than forking out on fair-weather playthings this Christmas, why not make your money go a little – maybe even a lot – further, with some tactical toy-buying.
Combining geeky toys and managing money is our number nerds' idea of heaven. Using their nerdy know-how of bygone games and toys, they've put together a list of investment toys that can make money for their owner, as well as those best left in the attic.
Toys that turn a profit
1. Comic books
The right copy in your comic book collection could make you a major profit on your original purchase. Rare and vintage is the golden combination for comics, as one lucky owner of a 1938 copy of Action Comics #1 found out when it sold for almost £770,0001 at an auction in August 2016.
The comic that launched Superman cost just 49p2 at the time of publication, which means, according to our number nerds' calculations, its value increased by 157,000,000% – not bad for The Man of Steel.
2. Dolls and figurines
You probably have hordes of these tiny toy people cluttering up your closet, but remember - not just any doll will do. What's important is rarity and it far outweighs the popularity of a character when it comes to the value of your doll or figurine. Recalled items are particularly rare, so despite being considered faulty at the time, they can fetch thousands at auction.
Last Christmas at a Star Wars auction at Sotheby's, a mint condition multipack of seven valuable Star Wars figures from The Empire Strikes Back fetched £21,2423. The seven-piece set included miniatures of Han Solo, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrisson, and Lobot.
Vintage Barbie dolls can command a high price too. In 20064, a pristine, original Barbie was sold for £14,9185 at auction. Its price tag in 1959 was just £16. Approximately a 1,500,000%7 profit, according to our nerds.
But if your attic isn't stacked with vintage toys, you might still be able to make an investment. Lego, technically classed as construction toys rather than figurines, surprisingly doesn't play by the same rules as other investment toys. Older does not mean more valuable and, according to avclub.com, Lego sets from before the year 2000 aren't worth all that much. However, between 2000 and 2015, pristine condition Lego sets increased in value each year by 12%8. Lego sets, particularly those tied to film promotions, are retired on a regular basis too, making them rarer and thus more valuable.
3. Board games
Pull your board game collection out of the attic to bring the family together at Christmas and you might stumble on a goldmine.
Forgotten games that never made it into the mainstream, or were discontinued due to a lack of popularity, can be real money-makers - more so than popular vintage games like Monopoly (a favourite among the number nerds), which was more widely distributed. And while it might seem a little sad, unopened (and thus un-played) games could fetch more, since it's safe to say all the pieces will still be in the box.
Invented back in 1938, versions of the rolled-up scroll/board game Buccaneer last year sold for £2009.
While it's not quite a board game, Dungeons and Dragons deserves an honourable mention for their renewed popularity, thanks to Netflix sensation, Stranger Things. A vintage white box set of Dungeons and Dragons role-playing storybooks is listed on eBay with an asking price of £55910, and that's a fifth printing! No listings appear for first printings, but chances are they could be worth a lot more.
4. Trading cards
The Garbage Pail Kids – an ugly, snotty and altogether gruesome parody of the Cabbage Patch Kids – were a series of extremely popular trading cards released in the mid-eighties11. But some aren't worth that much today. Rarer cards, however, can be worth £1000s. Listings on eBay include a Nasty Nick #1 card from 1985 at a price of £2,41512 and an unreleased Adam Bomb II card with an asking price of £2,01313.
Rare Pokémon trading cards can also bring in the big bucks. Holofoil, secret, promotional and first edition cards are among the most valuable Pokémon cards as are those with misprints on. A graded PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator promo card sold on eBay in 2014 for a Snorlax-sized £54,54514.
5. Toy cars
Highly collectable toy cars can sometimes command prices that wouldn't look out of place at a life-sized car showroom.
Original Matchbox cars, produced in the fifties, sixties and seventies, are just one example. One collection, made up of 2,281 cars, was auctioned off for £100,00015 and individual pieces are on offer for incredible sums too. Our number nerds found one tiny Morris Minor from Matchbox with a rare paintjob listed on eBay for £95016.
Rare colour schemes and designs can even bump up the price of popular Hot Wheels models from the sixties and seventies. A 1969 hot pink, rear-loading Volkswagen Beach Bomb, complete with surfboard accessory was bought for around £47,00017 in 200018 by distinguished Hot Wheels collector, Bruce Pascal. Estimates from 2016 suggest the car is now worth between £80,00019 and £121,00020, with the Washington Business Journal calling it 'the most valuable Hot Wheels vehicle in the world'.
Collectables that are just collecting dust
It's a sad story, but some people spend years amassing mountains of toys – that are often never played with - only to find they're ultimately worthless years down the line. To help you avoid overloading your loft space with unwanted toys, our nerds have dug up some of the so-called collectables that turned out to be very bad investments.
1. Beanie Babies
Originally bought for around £321, most Beanie Babies barely make that much second hand. Clever production tactics fooled consumers into thinking the toys would be a commodity, but after a while the novelty wore off in a big way.
However, get your hands on one specific Beanie Baby, and you could be in luck. First edition Princess Diana memorial bears, produced following her death in 1997, are some of the most valuable Beanie Babies around. A few of these bears are listed on eBay with an asking price of hundreds and occasionally thousands of pounds22.
2. Hummel figurines23
These saccharine depictions of children in countryside scenes first appeared in 1935, based on drawings by German nun, Maria Innocentia Hummel. After soldiers returned home from World War II bearing them as gifts for their families, production shot up. By the sixties and seventies, Hummel's figurines had entered airport gift shops, and continued intensive production shot a hole in their commodity status, causing their value to plummet.
3. Cabbage Patch kids
It was mass production again, and not the sickly-sweet visage of the cabbage patch kids, that ultimately caused the devaluation of these 'one of a kind' dolls. Rarer models, such as the African American doll or dolls with freckles, can fetch greater sums, but most barely make more than £2524.
Whether its cards, cars or cuddly toys that take your fancy, our number nerds warn that smart investment is crucial. And while there are no guarantees your purchase will make you a mint in years to come, if it's rare, recalled or relatively unknown, it may just make you a profit.
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1 Selling price of $956,000, https://www.gobankingrates.com/investing/geeky-collectibles-might-worth-investment/. This was converted into pounds using xe.com as of 16/11/2016. Percentage rounded up from a result of £769,766.
2 Purchase price 10 cents, https://www.gobankingrates.com/investing/geeky-collectibles-might-worth-investment/. This was converted to pence using exchange rate from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/.
3 Selling price $32,500. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/14/entertainment/star-wars-sothebys-auction-nigo/. This was converted to pounds using exchange rates from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/.
4 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/arts/design/06Anti.html
5 Selling price $27,450. http://mashable.com/2014/03/09/most-expensive-barbies/#MlF1sZ3Wikqj converted to pounds using exchange rates from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/
6 Selling price $3. http://mashable.com/2014/03/09/most-expensive-barbies/#MlF1sZ3Wikqj. This was converted using exchange rates from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/.
7 Percentage rounded up from 1,491,700%.
8 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/investing/shares/lego-a-better-investment-than-shares-and-gold/
9 http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3367091/Got-Buccaneer-attic-s-worth-booty-Classic-board-games-proving-shrewd-investment-selling-thousands.html
10 eBay listed price $695. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Original-D-D-Rules-Dungeons-Dragons-3-Vol-Set-OCE-Supplements-/172406176321. This was converted to pounds using xe.com as of 16/11/2016.
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_Pail_Kids
12 Listed price $2,999.99. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Garbage-Pail-Kids-Nasty-Nick-1a-PSA-10-Glossy-1985/291739961628?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40146%26meid
%3D1e0cfc7bbf63468384246e78f8702c13%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D111660743661. This was converted to pounds using xe.com as of 16/11/16.
13 Listed price $2,500. http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNRELEASED-Garbage-Pail-Kids-Adam-Bomb-II-Adam-Boom-Color-Key-Proof-260a-/282219998534?hash=item41b59f6d46:g:Q-UAAOSw8w1YAQe4 .This was converted to pounds using xe.com as of 16/11/16.
14 Selling price $90,000. https://hobbylark.com/card-games/A-Guide-to-Collecting-Pokemon-Promo-Cards . This price was converted to pounds using exchange rates from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/.
15 http://www.virginmedia.com/entertainment/news/2015/10/collectable-toys.html
16 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/232110551265?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=27378760866&rlsatarget=pla-181484358066&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=1006886&device=c&campaignid=620865095&crdt=0
17 Selling price approx. $72,000, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/magazine/who-made-those-hot-wheels.html. Price converted to pounds using exchange rates from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/. Rounded up from resulting value £47,368.
18 http://www.insidehook.com/nation/1-million-hot-wheels-collection
19 Washington Business Journal states value as $100,000, http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2016/02/01/entrepreneur-commercial-real-estate-exec-hit-the.html. This was converted to pounds using xe.com as of 16/11/16.
20 Value listed as $150,000 on http://hypebeast.com/2016/11/bruce-pascal-hot-wheels-collection. Converted to pounds using xe.com as of 16/11/16.
21 1995 issue price $5. http://theweek.com/articles/461977/great-beanie-baby-bubble%20conversion%20calculated%20using%20xe.com. This was converted to pounds using exchange rates from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/
22 http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=First+Edition+Princess+Diana+Beanie+Baby&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XFirst+
Edition+Princess+Diana+Beanie.TRS0&_nkw=First+Edition+Princess+Diana+Beanie&_sacat=0
23 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_113722.html
24 Approximate selling price $30, according to http://www.businessinsider.com/collectible-crazes-that-were-a-waste-of-money-2012-5?IR=T#cabbage-patch-kids-7. This was converted to pounds using xe.com as of 16/11/16.


Taking us further on his deep and relentless progressive ambient ride, Dense brings us his fresh album: New Speak. Solid beats and thick textures are cracked open with rays of light and melt into a swirl of hypnotic melody. A pinch of drama to keep things exciting and plenty of low-end bliss make this a sure pleasure for all progressive chillers.


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With Halloween around the corner, perhaps you'd like to try some adventures on that theme. Here I list three places you might want to visit in your Halloween explorations:
Haunted Lake, New Hampshire
Just east of Francestown, New Hampshire, is 139-acre Haunted Lake (42˚ 58.979′ N 71˚ 46.002′ W).
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"Another tradition, and the one which without doubt gave the name to the Pond was this, that a young man was murdered and buried near where the mill was afterwards built, and that his spirit haunted the spot with nightly groanings and cries. It was said that two young men from below started for Hillsborough to buy land for settlement, about 1741. Starting separately they fell in with each other, and traversed the forest on their way together, as they had the same destination. Here they halted for the night, in the dense forest, far from any human habitation; and here in a quarrel, perhaps intentionally provoked, one of them killed the other, and scantily covering the body with earth and the spot with sticks and limbs of trees, went on his way.
"A few years afterwards Hon. Matthew Patten, of Bedford, who kept the "Diary" so noted in our local history of that time, was employed to make a survey of this section, or as some say, to "make a survey of the Pond." He was employed to "run the boundaries of New Boston," in 1758, and also to make a "schedule of Lotts" in the "Addition" ; and in this "schedule" a farm was laid out for the grantors "of four hundred and thirty acres, with allowance for what part of the Haunted Pond it takes in" showing that this was the well-known name of this body of water at that date. At the time of this incident, whether in 1753 or a little earlier, Patten and his two chainmen, with their assistants, encamped for the night near the outlet of the Pond. Soon after darkness set in, there commenced groanings and shrieks as of a human being in distress, and these continued, most plaintive and affecting, till nearly morning. These chairmen were hardy fellows not accustomed to fear the face of man, but they had some superstition, and some alarm at "signs" and "bad omens," and they could not be persuaded to continue their work, even for an hour."
History of Francestown, N. H.
from its earliest settlement April, 1758, to January 1, 1891:
with a brief genealogical record of all the Francestown families
There is a rustic boat launch and there are fish in the lake. Perhaps you'd like to launch your boat in Halloween's evening darkness?
Skeleton Canyon, Arizona
Skeleton Canyon is in the Coronado National Forest in far southeastern Arizona. In years past, Skeleton Canyon (31˚ 36.385N 109˚ 4.590W) was part of the main route from Mexico to the United States used for cattle drives. It was renamed from Guadalupe Canyon to Skeleton Canyon due to the many bones of cattle and humans found along the trail. Among those killed in the canyon were:
1881 – a dozen Mexican smugglers bringing gold and silver into the U.S. were killed by Curly Bill Brocius, once known as Arizona's most famous outlaw, and his gang. Later and elsewhere, Wyatt Earp killed Curly Bill in a shoot out.
1881 – in retaliation, the Mexican government killed Newman "Old Man" Clanton and others as they were driving cattle through the canyon. Clanton had participated in the killing of the smugglers
1883 – three men of Troop D, Fourth Cavalry were killed by Apache Indians from the Chihuahua Band.
1889 – Judson "Comanche" White was killed and robbed by unknown people.
1896 – Deputy Frank Robson a member of a posse chasing the High Five Gang was killed in an ambush staged by Code Young, Bob Hughes and Bob Christian of the gang. This became known as the Skeleton Canyon Shootout.
Devil's Kitchen in the Canyon
Beyond the skeletons, there is a treasure said to be buried in the canyon. The story is that the loot taken from the outlaws killed in 1881 was hidden in the canyon by Brocius' gang. It is said to include 39 gold bars and a cigar box full of diamonds.
If you are going to explore the canyon bear in mind that it is a rough and rocky road from Highway 80, northeast of Douglas, Arizona, into the canyon. Four-wheel drive vehicles are recommended. Note that Geronimo surrendered in the canyon, but there is a monument to the occasion on the south side of Highway 80, 39 miles northeast of Douglas, just north of the community of Apache. The road into the canyon (FS 702) is a few hundred yards south of the monument heading east, then south. The canyon is in the Coronado National Forest and camping is allowed there – just get off the road. Get the details on the USGS Skeleton Canyon quadrangle. Can you hear the spirits of the dead roaming the area? [Devil's Kitchen photo by BAlvarius CC BY-SA 3.0]
Aztalan State Park, Wisconsin
From around the 1000 to 1300 AD people of the Mississippian culture lived and built large earth mounds at Aztalan State Park near the town of Lake Mills in Wisconsin (43˚4.000'N 88˚51.685'W). Then they left – no one knows why. They built three earthern pyramids and a protective stockade complete with guard towers. One of the mounds, the Princess Mound, was the grave of a highly regarded woman of the group. Witnesses have reported strange happenings and some say the mounds are haunted by the ancient residents. Here is one story of the long deceased Indian princess visiting the living:
If such things happen in broad daylight, perhaps a Halloween night visit would really reveal the spirits of the ancients!
Regardless of where you are, you can probably find a place in nature that has reports of hauntings. Do some searching and check them out. Halloween exploration offers a great excuse to get out and explore.
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I advise readers that I'm going to run a couple of new features here.
One of them will be "Looking Backward," my account of some of the notable posts from my first year in Second Life, 2007; I rushed in like a fool should do, made mistakes, made friends, had fun, dragged my students along. Lalo Telling's recent reflections on the past twelve months in SL and OpenSim grids inspired me to take my own look backward as Iggy comes up on his 4th Rezz Day.
FYI Lalo, I started to call my series "Four Years On," until I saw your post's title and quickly changed things. I'm not into one-upmanship unless we are playing a board game, which we are not.
These posts were originally published at the Richmond Time Dispatch's Web site, before they deemed SL coverage to be a passing fad and buried the blog on their site. That earlier version of In A Strange Land ran until April 2009. I'm rather glad that these posts never moved to the newspaper's attempt to reach a younger demographic online. The results have been shallow and unfortunate.
The second new item at this blog will be a series that, for now, has the working title "Under a Virtual Moon." Elaine, the latest co-author at this site, is a member of my Unitarian-Universalist Church in Richmond, as she's a neo-pagan who has been active in the spiritual side of SL. I'm looking forward to her guest columns!
Welcome Elaine...and now I'll glance over my shoulder for a next post.
I wouldn't have minded at all if you'd kept "Four Years On"... after all, I lifted a title from no less a personage than Least Heat Moon.


Hollywood awards season has begun — and Hollywood Foreign Press has released the names of their nominees for television and film in 2012. Steven Speilberg's Lincoln takes a heavy lead on the bunch, with seven nominations including best picture and best director. Favored actors that are nominated include Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables, and Leonardo DiCaprio for Django Unchained. In the realm of television, both Modern Family and Girls snagged nominations in the comedy category, while Adele's original song for Skyfall also stands a chance at an award.
Read on here for a complete list of the nominees, and be sure to watch the 70th Golden Globe Awards live on NBC Sunday January 13, 2013 at 8pm Eastern Time.


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Chip is the associate art director at Knopf, an imprint of Random House. He first joined the Knopf design team in 1986, when he was hired as a junior assistant. Turning out jacket designs at an average of 75 a year, Chip has freelanced for Amazon, Doubleday, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Grove Press, HarperCollins, Penguin/Putnam, Scribner and Columbia University Press in addition to his work for Knopf. He also supervises graphic novels at Pantheon, and in 2003 he collaborated with Art Spiegelman on a biography of cartoonist Jack Cole, Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits.
His output includes cover concepts for books by Mark Beyer, Bret Easton Ellis, Haruki Murakami, Dean Koontz, Cormac McCarthy, Frank Miller, Michael Ondaatje, Alex Ross, Charles Schulz, Osamu Tezuka, Gengoroh Tagame, David Sedaris, Donna Tartt, John Updike and others. His design for Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park novel was carried over into marketing for the film adaptation. Oliver Sacks and other authors have contract clauses stating that Chip design their books.
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New member - built a scratch model sailboat - no plans - all eyeballed.
It's 36 in. on deck. I used an old guitar body for decking, cockpit, deck hatches, etc. 2 pool cues shaved down for masts. All the standing rigging uses old guitar strings. Winches are from insides of old garden hose nozzles. Portholes and steering wheel also from garden hose nozzles.
Hello Kevin,welcome aboard,very interesting project you have there.
Very nice build. What a great way to recycle "stuff".
Also, at the end, had a nice section of guitar neck, so I made a small (6" long) Riva speedboat. Windscreen made from a CD jewel case. Fun!
This is really amazing that you built this basically off the top of your head (just thinking along). Very nice ! Very creative too !!
Yeah well, I'm an art director, graphic designer and fine artist. So whaddya expect?
I lost the radio knob for my 98 bmw so I made one from wood.


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The Corporation (La Corporación en español) fue un stable de lucha libre profesional de la Attitude Era de la World Wrestling Federation. Tenían, como su nombre indica, un gimmick de corporación.

Historia

El grupo fue creado y dirigido por el presidente de la WWF Vince McMahon en un intento de asegurar el control de la empresa y "aplastar a los rebeldes" que estaban surgiendo, como D-Generation X, Mankind y Stone Cold Steve Austin. McMahon usaba a menudo su carrera política en los combates para dar ventaja al stable. Para mantener su "corporate" gimnick varios luchadores modificaron los suyos dentro del grupo: por ejemplo, The Rock, pasó de ser llamado "People's Champion" a "Corporate Champion". El grupo, usando su aplastante superioridad numérica, fue durante mucho tiempo el stable más dominante de la época, con sus miembros The Rock, Ken Shamrock y Big Boss Man teniendo los World, Intercontinental y World Tag Team Championships, respectivamente.

The Corporation fue creada el 16 de noviembre de 1998 cuando Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, Big Boss Man, el sargento Slaughter, Gerald Brisco y Pat Patterson unieron fuerzas con The Rock, que fue proclamado la "Joya de la Corona", y mantuvo el WWF Championship tres veces mientras fue miembro del grupo.

El grupo procedió a aterrorizar al resto del plantel, usando la autoridad de sus managers y la potencia de sus luchadores para destrozar equipos. Además de Steve Austin, el líder de D-Generation X Triple H compitió varias veces contra The Rock por su título. Por su parte, Mankind se enemistó con el equipo por la traición ocurrida en Survivor Series con la ayuda del nuevo miembro del stable Test.

Aunque el grupo siguió en cabeza, sus miembros comenzaron a disminuir en todo el año. El primero en salir fue Shawn Michaels, que fue brutalmente atacado por el grupo una vez que quedó claro que tomaba sus propias decisiones al margen de las de los dirigentes de The Corporation. Kane fue inestable desde el principio, pues sólo cooperaba con ellos bajo la amenaza de McMahon de llevarle de vuelta al manicomio. Cuando el grupo se enfeudó con el poderoso Ministry of Darkness Vince McMahon fue expulsado del grupo por orden de Shane, que alegó que Vince sólo se preocupaba por Stephanie McMahon, que se encontraba en el punto de mira de Undertaker para hacerse con el control de la WWF. Brisco y Patterson fueron expulsados la misma noche cuando Shane afirmó que no había lugar para viejos en The Corporation, y los reemplazó con los Mean Street Posse. Ken Shamrock salió poco después, cuando se comprobó que tenía mayor lealtad a su hermana Ryan que al equipo. Test alegó que no estaba usando todas sus habilidades en el stable y salió de él. Por último, The Rock se fue al no poder recuperar el WWF Championship de Stone Cold cuando Shane le traicionó en Backlash.

Con su plantilla gravemente reducida, al grupo no le quedó más remedio que fusionarse con el Ministry of Darkness para crear el Corporate Ministry. Esto demostró que los numerosos despidos que hubo fueron para eliminar a los miembros de poca confianza.

Más tarde, los remanentes del grupo se volvieron heels y crearon McMahon-Helmsley Faction.

Miembros

 Vince McMahon (1998-1999) (líder)
 Shane McMahon (1998-1999) (líder secundario)
 Big Bossman (1998-1999)
 Chyna (1999)
 Triple H (1999)
 Pete Gas (1999)
 Rodney (1999)
 Joey Abs (1999)
 The Big Show (1999)
 Ken Shamrock (1998-1999)
 The Rock (1998-1999)
 Test (1998-1999)
 Kane (1999)
 Pat Patterson (1998-1999)
 Gerald Brisco (1998-1999)
 Shawn Michaels (1998)
 Sgt. Slaughter (1998)

Línea de tiempo

En lucha

 Movimientos finales
 Ankle lock — Ken Shamrock
 Chokeslam — Big Show
 Pedigree (Double underhook facebuster) — Chyna
 Rock Bottom (Lifting side slam) — The Rock
 Simultáneos diving moonsaults de Rodney y Abs

 Movimientos de firma
 Double spear — Mean street posse

Campeonatos y logros

 WWE Championship (3 veces) — The Rock
 WWE European Championship (1 vez) — Shane McMahon
 WWF Hardcore Championship (1 vez) — Big Boss Man
 WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 vez) — Ken Shamrock
 WWF Tag Team Championship (1 vez) — Big Boss Man y Ken Shamrock

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 The Undertaker's WWE.com Index
 The Rock's WWE.com Index
 Mr. Vince McMahon's WWE.com Index
 Triple H's WWE.com Index
 Shawn Michaels' WWE.com Index
 Sgt. Slaughter's WWE Hall of Fame Profile
 Kane's WWE.com Index
 Pat Patterson's WWE Hall of Fame Profile

Equipos de lucha libre profesional


Back in full-swing comedy mode, Jeff Lucas brings his wit and wisdom to the quirks of everyday life and faith.
Jeff Lucas returns with a new humorous read to brighten your day, and bring you a few extra laughs and lessons about life. It's a Dog's Life brings you a whole new book of observations from one of the most loved Christian authors in the UK.
Life is funny, in a peculiar sort of way. And in these looks at everyday life, Jeff discovers all manner of profound truths in the strangest of places. Dogs and delivery men, friends and strangers. All-round there are small ways in which the strangeness that can teach about faith, and about the little quirks life throws at you.
It's a Dog's Life is ideal for dipping into every now and them. Each little anecdote tells of the amusing day-to-day adventures of Jeff Lucas, and is a great little blessing on a cloudy day. It is a book you can read anywhere and be blessed.
Even if it's just a few life lessons on the loo!
It's A Dog's Life by Jeff Lucas was published by CWR in March 2017 and is our 2028th best seller. The ISBN for It's A Dog's Life is 9781782595434.
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Following on from The Cactus Stabbers, Jeff is back with another collection of humorous and heart-warming stories from his life and travels as a pastor.
Writing in his usual witty and wise style, Jeff takes an honest look at everyday life, as he learns from friends, total strangers, delivery men and, yes, dogs.


The White House recently negotiated the release of the Sgt. Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier stationed in Afghanistan, who had been held captive for more than five years. In reply, five detainees from Guantanamo Bay were release to the Qatari Government. The Qatari government acted as a mediator/in-between during the negotiations.
"I fear that the administration's decision to negotiate with the Taliban for Sgt. Bergdahl's release could encourage future terrorist kidnappings of Americans," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Sunday in a statement.
But security experts like Bruce Hoffman, director of Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies, said that however common the refrain "we do not negotiate with terrorists" has become, it is "repeated as mantra more than fact."
This past April we collaborated with ADRhub.com to co-host Crisis Negotiation Month. As part of it, we shared numerous articles on negotiating with terrorists. See the articles [HERE].


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Rachel Zoe Invests in Pose
Rachel Zoe and her hubby, Rodger Berman invest in Pose, an app that allows users to share, and comment on others' outfits.
By Abby Gardner
Do you Pose? We love the fashion app that allows you to share your chic outfits and get lots of user feedback. It's like a live stream of street style right on your phone. Rachel Zoe is such a huge fan that she and hubby Rodger Berman decided to invest their own dollars in the company. In an interview with Mashable, Rodg said, "Online sharing, a la Pinterest, is obviously a bit trend right now, and we're hoping Pose is going to be the leader in fashion for that purpose." He also said that he and Rachel like to invest in LA-based startups that bring fashion, technology and media together. And so the Zoe/Berman empire grows!
Rachel has the largest following on Pose with 306,000 followers according to Alisa Gould-Simon, the company's Director of Marketing and Communication. But lots of other style bloggers are flocking to the site including Man Repeller (over 134,000), Because I'm Addicted (over 110,000), AJ Mukamal (over 40,000), Style on the Couch (over 89,000), and We Wore What (over 40,000).
We can't wait to see what sort of influence Rachel has over new developments at the company. Let's hope we get to see her and Pose in action on a new season of The Rachel Zoe Project. Pretty please, Bravo???
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From the moment you arrive at The Chapel Toowoomba, you will notice that we love to serve each other in very practical ways.
The care of the congregation and visitors to the property is provided by volunteers from the congregation who form the Personnel Care Team.
These people are involved in the areas of Emergency Response, Outdoor Hosting, Door Hosting, Ushering and First Aid. They will be happy to help you with any needs you have while you are with us.
We believe that God has given every person talents to share with the body of Christ. When we serve one another, we glorify God and encourage each other.
There are many opportunities to be involved in a serving. Teams range from personnel care through to arranging flowers, singing in the choir and sound and vision operation. Serving on these teams provides a wonderful context for getting to know other people in the church.
For more information on the serving teams and how you can become involved, please contact the church office.


I get excited for summer when the grass starts turning green, and the sun stays out longer! With summer flavors and colors, this tilapia taco recipe gives a tasty and refreshing change to your typical taco. I found this recipe on the USDA Mixing Bowl website, I think it is a perfect meal to eat with family or while entertaining guests.
Although this recipe has a lot of ingredients going into it, it is quick to put together. It also was only about $3.00 per serving, with plenty of leftovers to make more!
Grill the vegetables and fish: Grease the grill lightly with vegetable oil to prevent sticking and preheat to medium-high. Place the fruit and vegetables on 4 skewers, alternating the pineapple, onion, bell pepper, and cherry tomatoes. Cook the veggies and fish, turning once, about 5 minutes per side, or until cooked through and browned on the outside.
Meanwhile, make the slaw: In a large bowl, combine all the slaw ingredients and mix thoroughly.
3. Make the dip: In a blender or food processor, combine all the dip ingredients. Blend until just mixed, then season to taste with salt and pepper.
4. Warm each tortilla in a frying pan over low heat. Flip then sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of cheese and heat until the cheese melts. Place each tortilla on a plate and top with ¼ piece of fish and a few grilled vegetables. Top each with 1 big spoonful of cabbage slaw, drizzle with Guacamole-Yogurt dip, roll up, and serve.
Now it's time to put it all together!
Recipe source: USDA What's Cooking – USDA Mixing Bowl.
A very popular trend right now, especially among young adults either in college or beginning their professional careers, is meal prepping! Meal prepping is an easy and quick way to make meals ahead of time that are healthy and nutritious go-to meals for during the busy work week that will keep you on track for your fitness goals, whether they are to build muscle, lose or maintain weight!
For this week's meal prepping, I decided to go with a ground-beef and potatoes recipe that seemed cost friendly but also easy to make! I did alter the recipe just a little bit to add more nutrition. The recipe calls for two main ingredients, beef and potatoes, but I thought adding carrots for antioxidants and beta-carotene and garbanzo beans for plant protein and fiber would be nice additions. These additions also are a cheap way to get more servings out of your recipe.
This recipe is quick and easy to make with just a few common ingredients and little preparation.
Brown 1 pound ground beef in large skillet, drain the fat.
Add potatoes, carrots, water and seasoning packet to the skillet.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the potatoes and carrots are fork-tender.
Uncover, add beans and cook until excess water evaporates.
Divide into equal portions in food containers, refrigerate for up four days.
Reheat and enjoy your pre-prepped meals within four days of preparing them.
Draining the fat from less lean cuts of ground beef removes much, but not all, of the fat. With the leaner options you aren't paying for the excess weight from fat that you end up draining. And a comparison of the final yield and costs of a lean and a higher fat ground beef shows there is very little difference in cost once the fat is removed (pictured below). Use the US Department of Agriculture's Ground Beef Calculator to determine the difference in nutrients between different percentages of fat and lean per similar weights of ground beef.
Rinse the garbanzo beans with water. This will help reduce the sodium by about 40%.
Prefer different vegetables? Go ahead and alter this recipe in any way that fits your preferences!
Transfer food, no more than 2-inches deep, into shallow containers.
Refrigerate within 2 hours after preparing.
Cover loosely with lid; close lid after food has cooled. Eat within 4 days.
I wanted to show a visual comparison of cooked ground beef with different fat percentages. Below I have pictured on the left a glass-measuring cup filled to the top with 93% lean ground beef. On the right is a picture of the glass-measuring cup filled with 80% lean ground beef.
The important thing is I started out with about the same amount of both varieties. I had 1.07 pounds of the 93% lean ground beef and 1.05 pounds of the 80% lean ground beef.
You can see how cooking the ground beef dramatically changes the amount you end up with after draining away the fat. When comparing the price per pound of the two types of ground beef, the actual cost difference per cup was only about 15 cents.
Next time when you're shopping for ground beef, remember the variety with the higher fat content may be cheaper but the cost difference isn't that much. And … if you're using it in a recipe where you can't drain the fat, you're adding excess calories to your final product.