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The Watch (2012) Review
Phil Brown | Jul 26, 2012
The biggest surprise in The Watch is that the horror/sci-fi aspects of this comedy mash up actually work.
The second biggest surprise is that the movie itself is actually quite enjoyable. The trailers leading up to the film's released relied heavily on promoting tried shtick from Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill while trying to pretend the movie is more of an overgrown fratboy comedy than a genre movie comedy. Don't get me wrong, that's definitely part of the movie and there are plenty of improv marathons between the overplayed leads. However, this is also a far more satisfying sci-fi/comedy then Men In Black 3 even if the geek army who would eat this movie up will sadly probably miss out since they are committed to seeing The Dark Knight Rises yet again this weekend and were completely underwhelmed by the trailers. That's a shame, because at it's best The Watch recalls the movie drunk suburban paranoia of Joe Dante's deeply underrated The 'burbs. It's not quite as good of course, mainly because Akiva Schaffer (Hot Rod) is more of a straight comedy director while Dante knew how to nail the genre elements just as well of the laughs. Still, the fact that it even invites those comparisons was unexpected and appreciated.
The film stars Ben Stiller as one of his stressed out and irrationally driven characters, this time working as the manager of a local Costco (ugh, I know but stick with it). One night his buddy the night watchmen is murdered and skinned, so Stiller sets out to set things right the only way he knows how, by forming a neighborhood watch group to do what the cops can't. He ends up with a ragamuffin (there's a word you don't hear enough these days) crew compiled of Jonah Hill's psychotic mamma's boy, Vince Vaughn's…er Vince Vaughn type, and the great Darkplace veteran Richard Ayoade as the type of peculiar social misfit only he can play. At first the group just drinks beer, stages stakeouts, and gets in fights with the inept local police (led by the almost unfairly funny Will Forte at his most deranged). Then one day they find an alien and not a friendly Spielberg alien either. Nope, this thing is the type of big scaly monster that Mulder and Scully would normally be called in to deal with. They also work out that the aliens are skinning folks to wear their skin as a disguise and pose as humans for an invasion. No one can be trusted in the town and the aliens gotta be stopped. So that means it's time for some intergalactic neighborhood watch ass-kickery, right?
The central trio of Stiller, Vaughn, and Hill might be the most overplayed comedy performers of the last 5-6 years. Don't get me wrong, they are all damn funny guys. The problem is that their talents have been milked by Hollywood bloodsuckers who have forced their screen personas into so many underwhelming vehicles like the Focker franchise, Couples Retreat, and The Sitter that what once seemed fresh now seems dull. That's the curse of being a comedic performer who relies heavily on their personality, play the same character every time and people will eventually get tired of you. There are certainly times in the movie where Stiller gets uncomfortably control-freaky, Vaughn spits out never-ending speeches about god knows what, and Jonah Hill yells about his dick that remind you why you have vowed never to watch those comics again. The good news is that when they are all playing ball together, they come up with some strong stuff and there's the ace in the hole of Richard Ayoade to provide a distinct and bizarre comedy voice that mercifully hasn't been heard a million times before. Despite getting far less screentime than the big three, Ayoade practically steals the show and clearly forces the other guys to bring their A-game. Throw in a manic Will Forte and some more grounded comedic character work from the likes of the delightful Rosemarie Dewitt and the perpetually underappreciated Billy Crudup and you've got a cast primed to deliver the funny and deliver it they do.
SNL/Lonely Island vet Akiva Schaffer (he's the tall one) directs and does a good job of managing all the voices and egos of his star cast. It was important to get a guy like him to helm the flick since he is one of those rare comedy directors who actually cares about how a film looks and knows how to shoot and edit a cinematic sequence. That's key, because despite what the trailers suggest, there's actually a great deal of intergalactic alien shinanegins in the picture that require a director who knows what he's doing to pull it off. Schaffer always seems more comfortable when he can dole out some jokes along with the suspence and scares, but he does the straight stuff well enough and thankfully made the all too rare decision of actually using costume and puppet effects for the aliens, which you just don't see enough these days. Guillermo Del Toro's go-to monster man Doug Jones (he played pretty well every monster in Pan's Labyrinth) plays the alien to creepy perfection and when some CGI does rear its ugly head in the climax, at least it's combined with practical effects. The alien here is actually far better than the fake-Giger creature at the end of Prometheus and I doubt anyone could have seen that one coming.
I don't want to oversell this flick, The Watch is not a masterpiece. A few sideplots like Ben Stiller's infertility do nothing but distract from the fun and the Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg penned screenplay relies more on penis jokes than even Superbad (bet you didn't even think that was possible!). It's a ragged project that suffers from the "too many ideas, not enough focus" issues that dog most Hollywood productions. However, when the movie is firing on all cylinders combing comedy, f/x, action, and suspense, it can be a hell of a lot of fun. This should have been released as a comedy blockbuster for the popcorn crowd rather than a place filler after the Dark Knight Rises' weekend. My guess is that the studio was scared by the fact that The Watch wasn't as cookie cutter as planned, turned out surprisingly R-rated, and featured more scares than planned. If you're a fan of sci-fi or horror comedy, this thing is a must see, combining the genre elements far more effectively than anyone had a right to expect. It most certainly will not be considered a genre classic and will probably die a slow death at the box office, but for geeks and weirdos who enjoy a good R-rated genre mashup, it's a blast. Give it a chance. This is one of those movies sure to be loathed by the crowd it's marketed to while alienating the crowd that will actually appreciated it with said crap marketing. Maybe my enjoyment was predicated on entering the theater with such low expectations. If that's the case, I hope I'm not the only one.
My guess is that the studio was scared by the fact that The Watch wasn't as cookie cutter as planned, turned out surprisingly R-rated, and featured more scares than planned.
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"Never The Same", Francesco Diodati's new album as a leader
featuring his Yellow Squeeds, out on January 25th
After his critically acclaimed "Flow, Home", his long-awaited new release
has been showcased at JAZZMI (Milan), London Jazz Festival and the Bimhuis (Amsterdam).
It features Enrico Zanisi (piano, synth), Francesco Lento (trumpet),
Glauco Benedetti (tuba, trombone) and Enrico Morello (drums)
Three years after his previous work ("Flow, Home", 2015), Italian guitarist and composer Francesco Diodati releases "Never The Same", his latest and long-awaited album as a leader. He's back with the same band, Yellow Squeeds – Enrico Zanisi (piano, synth), Francesco Lento (trumpet), Glauco Benedetti (tuba, valve trombone) and Enrico Morello (drums) – and the same label, Auand Records. His name has become one of the most renowned ones in the Italian and European music scene: working and touring extensively with Enrico Rava, he has also proved his personality and innovative attitude on his works as a leader.
At the core of "Never The Same" is a deep reflection on individual perceptions and team work and on the countless transformations these two elements can generate even on the most basic melody. What dominates the composing side is «several layers of sounds overlapping – Diodati says –, intertwining lines becoming mutually essential, albeit maintaining their own independence. This way of building music ensures, for example, that the same tune can be perceived in a different way by each listener. It's like looking at the same 3D object from different perspectives, in your hands or suspended in space.» This approach generates the apparently alienating effect that can be heard on "Entanglement", with its constantly changing rhythm.
This penchant for change, like a push towards something that was not there before, is also key to understand the band's style. «They are all very dynamic and looking for new sounds and approaches – Diodati adds – On our previous album, Zanisi played the piano, while he's doubling on Fender Rhodes, modular synth and bass synth now. I gave Morello a ton of Burmese gongs, which I collected along my trips and live shows in Myanmar, and we played those in the intro of "Simple Lights". Glauco Benedetti turned out so surprisingly well on the valve trombone that I rewrote some parts to add it. Francesco Lento brings so many different sounds out of his trumpet, making the timber possibilities endless. He can be truly lyric as well as angular and harsh. We often converse very fast, and this became more and more intense over the years. They are all impressive musicians. I chose them because they break boundaries, and go beyond what's common.»
As the likes of "River" show, sometimes their interplay is the starting point of an enchanting sound flow, built on the melody and ending in a dense collective improvisation.
And while they're playing with an out-of-tune instrument, focusing on timber or exchanging roles in the lineup, the album cover also catches the eye, embracing the whole idea of the album. «The cover is the result of an art work by Sara Bernabucci, an artist I've been collaborating with for two years – we aim at making music and visual arts meet – and by Alberto Timossi. It's the layering of two different arts (sculpture and painting), from two different minds, and the camera adds my point of view, making the original work of art unrecognisable. This is what I mean: looking at the same object from different perspectives, not as a preconceived approach, but with the intuitive passion of those who live through art.»
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Q: Logarithmic lenghts in plotting arrows with quiver-function from pyplot Is there an easy way to scale the lenghts of the arrows drawn by the quiver function from PyPlot logarithmically?
The reason is, that I plot wind arrows over the land and over the ocean, whereas the magnitude of the wind over the ocean is about ten times higher.
Therefore, either the arrows over the land are too small to get any information from plotting them, or the arrows over the ocean are that big that the plot is too crowded over the ocean.
I already tried to use a symlog function to make scale the data logarithmically but it seems like the angles make troubles. To emphasize this, here is the code for a small plot:
def main():
  lat, lon, u, v = readmulticol2Dfile('test.txt', shape=(9,6))
  # map without logarithmic scaling
  plt.subplot(1,2,1)
  mapproj = bm.Basemap(projection='cyl', llcrnrlon=lon.min(), urcrnrlon=lon.max(), llcrnrlat=lat.min(), urcrnrlat=lat.max())
  mapproj.drawcoastlines()
  mapproj.drawparallels(np.linspace(-20,20,5), labels=[1,0,0,0])
  mapproj.drawmeridians(np.linspace(-80,20,5), labels=[0,0,0,1])
  plt.title('linear')
  plt.quiver(lon, lat, u, v, color='k', units='x')
  # map with logarithmic scaling
  plt.subplot(1,2,2)
  mapproj = bm.Basemap(projection='cyl', llcrnrlon=lon.min(), urcrnrlon=lon.max(), llcrnrlat=lat.min(), urcrnrlat=lat.max())
  mapproj.drawcoastlines()
  mapproj.drawparallels(np.linspace(-20,20,5), labels=[1,0,0,0])
  mapproj.drawmeridians(np.linspace(-80,20,5), labels=[0,0,0,1])
  plt.quiver(lon, lat, symlog(u), symlog(v), color='k', units='x')
  plt.title('logarithmic')
  plt.show()

def readmulticol2Dfile(fname, header=True, delimiter='\t', shape=None):
  """reads a multicolumn txt-file and converts it to numpy arrays"""
  a=np.loadtxt(fname).T
  if shape is not None:
    b=[np.zeros(shape=shape)]*4
    for i in xrange(len(a)):    b[i]=np.reshape(a[i],shape)
    return b
  else: return a

def symlog(x):
  """ Returns the symmetric log10 value """
  return np.sign(x) * np.log10(np.abs(x))

if __name__=="__main__":
  main()

using this data, saved in test.txt
# lattitude longitude   u   v
2.145047503739818495e+01    -8.062500000000000000e+01   -5.790064811706542969e+00   2.341136932373046875e-01
2.145047503739818495e+01    -7.312500000000000000e+01   -7.119166374206542969e+00   -1.223894119262695312e+00
2.145047503739818495e+01    -6.562500000000000000e+01   -6.140162467956542969e+00   -1.082292556762695312e+00
2.145047503739818495e+01    -5.812500000000000000e+01   -4.589381217956542969e+00   2.853832244873046875e-01
2.145047503739818495e+01    -5.062500000000000000e+01   -5.221705436706542969e+00   4.221019744873046875e-01
2.145047503739818495e+01    -4.312500000000000000e+01   -5.333521842956542969e+00   6.321525573730468750e-02
1.771996152644742750e+01    -2.812500000000000000e+01   -7.793482780456542969e+00   -3.714616775512695312e+00
1.771996152644742750e+01    -2.062500000000000000e+01   -6.195338249206542969e+00   -6.160417556762695312e+00
1.585470386969487322e+01    -7.687500000000000000e+01   -8.054713249206542969e+00   -1.638355255126953125e-01
1.585470386969487322e+01    -6.937500000000000000e+01   -7.378443717956542969e+00   -2.906990051269531250e-02
1.585470386969487322e+01    -6.187500000000000000e+01   -6.270533561706542969e+00   3.127269744873046875e-01
1.585470386969487322e+01    -5.437500000000000000e+01   -7.410181999206542969e+00   -1.028003692626953125e-01
1.212418712345576566e+01    -3.937500000000000000e+01   -8.221217155456542969e+00   -2.800065994262695312e+00
1.212418712345576566e+01    -3.187500000000000000e+01   -7.579127311706542969e+00   -3.560319900512695312e+00
1.212418712345576566e+01    -2.437500000000000000e+01   -5.761256217956542969e+00   -5.112565994262695312e+00
1.025892816800637597e+01    -8.062500000000000000e+01   -4.789576530456542969e+00   -4.363542556762695312e+00
1.025892816800637597e+01    -7.312500000000000000e+01   -1.818385124206542969e+00   -1.677995681762695312e+00
1.025892816800637597e+01    -6.562500000000000000e+01   -3.078639030456542969e+00   -1.554460525512695312e+00
6.528409401479990493e+00    -5.062500000000000000e+01   -7.822779655456542969e+00   -1.683855056762695312e+00
6.528409401479990493e+00    -4.312500000000000000e+01   -8.200709342956542969e+00   -2.835222244262695312e+00
6.528409401479990493e+00    -3.562500000000000000e+01   -7.456568717956542969e+00   -2.850358963012695312e+00
6.528409401479990493e+00    -2.812500000000000000e+01   -5.878443717956542969e+00   -2.700944900512695312e+00
6.528409401479990493e+00    -2.062500000000000000e+01   -2.720240592956542969e+00   -1.258562088012695312e+00
4.663149706177883935e+00    -7.687500000000000000e+01   1.257298469543457031e+00    -1.143815994262695312e+00
9.326299678379910141e-01    -6.187500000000000000e+01   -6.386976242065429688e-01   -2.507495880126953125e-01
9.326299678379910141e-01    -5.437500000000000000e+01   -2.149439811706542969e+00   -1.390886306762695312e+00
9.326299678379910141e-01    -4.687500000000000000e+01   -5.939478874206542969e+00   -1.460222244262695312e+00
9.326299678379910141e-01    -3.937500000000000000e+01   -6.882838249206542969e+00   -5.959644317626953125e-01
9.326299678379910141e-01    -3.187500000000000000e+01   -6.343287467956542969e+00   -1.565113067626953125e-01
9.326299678379910141e-01    -2.437500000000000000e+01   -5.749537467956542969e+00   3.444652557373046875e-01
-4.663149706177883935e+00   -7.312500000000000000e+01   -7.033824920654296875e-02   -3.654956817626953125e-01
-4.663149706177883935e+00   -6.562500000000000000e+01   -5.674085617065429688e-01   -3.176441192626953125e-01
-4.663149706177883935e+00   -5.812500000000000000e+01   -1.063014030456542969e+00   -1.213550567626953125e-01
-4.663149706177883935e+00   -5.062500000000000000e+01   -1.417994499206542969e+00   -2.028980255126953125e-01
-4.663149706177883935e+00   -4.312500000000000000e+01   -1.486842155456542969e+00   -8.557300567626953125e-01
-4.663149706177883935e+00   -3.562500000000000000e+01   -5.729517936706542969e+00   1.451887130737304688e+00
-8.393668907692383385e+00   -2.062500000000000000e+01   -6.579615592956542969e+00   2.450422286987304688e+00
-1.025892816800637597e+01   -7.687500000000000000e+01   4.018297195434570312e-01    -1.755542755126953125e-01
-1.025892816800637597e+01   -6.937500000000000000e+01   2.187242507934570312e-01    -5.783863067626953125e-01
-1.025892816800637597e+01   -6.187500000000000000e+01   -3.462171554565429688e-01   -8.737964630126953125e-01
-1.025892816800637597e+01   -5.437500000000000000e+01   -4.731702804565429688e-01   -3.200855255126953125e-01
-1.025892816800637597e+01   -4.687500000000000000e+01   -8.545179367065429688e-01   -4.890308380126953125e-01
-1.398944571235667311e+01   -3.187500000000000000e+01   -7.993678092956542969e+00   1.462230682373046875e-01
-1.398944571235667311e+01   -2.437500000000000000e+01   -8.063502311706542969e+00   1.512434005737304688e+00
-1.585470386969487322e+01   -8.062500000000000000e+01   -2.528346061706542969e+00   3.198469161987304688e+00
-1.585470386969487322e+01   -7.312500000000000000e+01   2.924547195434570312e-01    1.297590255737304688e+00
-1.585470386969487322e+01   -6.562500000000000000e+01   -3.598890304565429688e-01   -1.232194900512695312e+00
-1.585470386969487322e+01   -5.812500000000000000e+01   4.196643829345703125e-02    -1.524187088012695312e+00
-1.958521860882233057e+01   -4.312500000000000000e+01   -1.116724967956542969e+00   -3.195972442626953125e-01
-1.958521860882233057e+01   -3.562500000000000000e+01   -5.567896842956542969e+00   -3.761003494262695312e+00
-1.958521860882233057e+01   -2.812500000000000000e+01   -7.378443717956542969e+00   -1.043718338012695312e+00
-1.958521860882233057e+01   -2.062500000000000000e+01   -8.015162467956542969e+00   7.102775573730468750e-02
-2.145047503739818495e+01   -7.687500000000000000e+01   2.352025032043457031e+00    2.376691818237304688e+00
-2.145047503739818495e+01   -6.937500000000000000e+01   2.939915657043457031e+00    1.054914474487304688e+00

But unfortunately the result looks quite strange. The lenghts are in fact logarithmic but the angles behave strange in some regions.
Thanks a lot for your help in advance =)
PS: I have not enough reputation to add a figure or a second hyperlink here so I uploaded it on the ftp-server where it will be automatically removed after two weeks. You can simply access the figure by replacing the '.txt' by '.png' in the datalink above.

A: From what I gather you could just scale the arrow lengths before passing them in. Here is an example
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

def symlog(x):
    """ Returns the symmetric log10 value """
    return np.sign(x) * np.log10(np.abs(x))

fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(ncols=2, figsize=(10,5))

# Generate fake data
N = 50
X,Y = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, 1, N), np.linspace(0, 1, N))
U = np.random.normal(0, 0.2, size=(50, 50))
V = np.random.normal(0, 0.2, size=(50, 50))

# Set RHS data to be larger than LHS
U[:, N/2:] *= 1000
V[:, N/2:] *= 1000
angles=np.arctan2(V,U)*180.0/np.pi # calculate angles manually

#Without scaling
HEAD_LENGTH = 4
Q = ax1.quiver( X[::3, ::3], Y[::3, ::3], U[::3, ::3], V[::3, ::3],
             color='k', units='x', headaxislength=HEAD_LENGTH)

#With scaling
Q = ax2.quiver( X[::3, ::3], Y[::3, ::3], symlog(U[::3, ::3]), symlog(V[::3, ::3]),
             color='k', units='x', headaxislength=HEAD_LENGTH, angles=angles)

plt.show()

On the left is shown the raw data while on the right I have scaled the arrow lengths using symlog(). This scales the magnitude of the values while retaining their sign otherwise you will have errors logging negative numbers.

A: I used a similar approach to Greg when I encountered this issue, but the problem with his adjustments to the vector, as you noticed, is that they don't retain the direction of the arrows. To do this, you need to adjust U and V in your code by the same factors as follows:
def transform(u, v):
    arrow_lengths = np.sqrt(u*u + v*v)
    len_adjust_factor = np.log10(arrow_lengths + 1) / arrow_lengths
    return u*len_adjust_factor, v*len_adjust_factor

U2, V2 = transform(U, V)

This adjustment only alters the lengths of the arrows so that the new lengths are log10 of the old lengths.
Note: I use log10(x+1) as opposed to log10(x) just so that the function does not change the sign of the output relative to the input, and so that the function starts at the point (0,0).

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Black Cop: My 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism by Calvin Lawrence, With Miles Howe
September 21, 2019 by James M. Fisher
The title and subtitle pretty much sum up what this book is about: being black and facing systemic racism in two police organizations in a 36-year career. Calvin Lawrence was born in 1949 in Yarmouth and raised in Halifax. His parents (he was actually raised by his Uncle and Aunt) were a mixed-race couple living in Halifax. His father worked as a porter for the railway, one of the few respectable jobs available to blacks at the time. As there were no black police on the Halifax force, Mr. Lawrence wanted to be a policeman figuring that it's better to be a black cop than have racist white cops police black neighbourhoods. This resulted in him being ostracized by both blacks and whites. Over time, aided by his boxing as an amateur (and he was good at it), he built up a thick skin. The hiring of blacks as Halifax police recruits was a knee-jerk reaction to The Black Panthers visiting that city in the late 1960s.
When I look back and ask myself whether the police department would have hired black officers when they did if there hadn't been political unrest in the community, my answer is hell no. Not a chance. Over the years, different people on the force have told me that there had been previous qualified black applicants who'd put in for police jobs. Before the Panthers showed up, the standard procedure for dealing with a black applicant was to thank him, then throw his application in the wastebasket and laugh at him once he walked out the door.
There was no softening of the rotten core of white supremacy. Rather, the hiring of black officers was a panicked reaction of the white power structure to the suddenly real threat of black radicalism in Halifax. We black officers were hired because the government was scared shitless and was looking to put black faces in the right places. I call this the "colour connection." We were tokens. And tokens by definition replace the real thing. Tokenism only benefits the individual token, not the masses. Back then though, I was totally unaware that the opportunity I had just been handed was so politically loaded. The way I saw it, no other job was going to give me, a black teenager, a uniform a salary and the perception of a meaningful career. Given my lack of career options, I thought I'd try being a cop.
So begins his long career in both the Halifax force and later in the RCMP where he found white supremacy facing him down at every opportunity he had for advancement. He did undercover work, VIP detail (such as protecting visiting dignitaries and Prime ministers, etc) and even training other officers in Regina. Still, he would be passed over for promotions or for requests for relocation or reassignment.
"At the end of the day, I was still just a n****r in a uniform, and to certain people in positions of power, that would never be acceptable."
Mr. Lawrence, true to his training as a boxer, pulls no punches. this is obvious from the start. He comes across as "this is who I am, take it or leave it." The N-word appears numerous times in the text, often he is called this to his face, other times anonymous notes and defaced pictures appear in the workplace. He keeps files and photocopies of all the injustices, and under the Access to Information Act, obtains official emails that prove he was being blackballed and held back from any responsible position, no matter how well-trained he was for the job. Toward the end of his career, it all begins to take a toll on him.
I come from people who come from people who come from very strong places. If life gets hard, then you work harder. And that's what my parents taught me. At night, as I conjured their memories, I knew I could not let these people down. I will say this, though, I was stretched as far as I could be, emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically.
Black Cop is an enlightening and persuasive read. Mr. Lawrence's account needs to be heard; perhaps today's young men and women who desire to have a career in law enforcement will be the ones to enact some small change in the existing power structure of organizations such as the RCMP. However, as he notes, it will always be run by white males. Mr. Lawrence also includes an appendix of other cases of racism allegations that have been brought against different policing units across the country, thus confirming that his experience is not an isolated incident.
I'm putting Black Cop on the 2020 long list for "The Very Best!" Book Awards in the Non-Fiction category. 5-stars.
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Our present understanding of electrical properties relies on the notions of fields and waves. A field, loosely speaking, is a mathematical "map" of forces, specifying their directions and strengths. An equation, or several of them together, can be solved for the force values at any point or succession of points within the field.
The attraction of unlike charges, or the repulsion of like charges, has a simple field interpretation: you may imagine every charge as the center of its own field and interacting with other charges as if connected by invisible lines of force—in the case of attracting charges, as if they were attached to opposite ends of a stretched rubber band. The field math gives an answer, in volts, for how tight the rubber band is, how hard it is trying to pull the two charges together.
Charges carry their own magnetic force, too. These fields all have two ends, or poles, just like familiar representations of bar magnets. Every field line springs through space from one pole to another—in a smooth arc, if there are no other magnetic influences present to tug or distort the field. Whenever many fields are present, the overall picture may become a chaotic welter of contours and eddies.


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Land Use and Access Agreement between Western Yalanji, State of Queensland and Noel A. Adam
Sub Category: Future Act Agreement (Native Title Act) | Land Use Agreement
The Determination Area comprises the land and waters near Mt Carbine, in the Mareeba Shire of north Queensland, approximately 155 km north-west of Cairns.
Legal Status: Registered on the National Native Title Register o
Legal Reference: Federal Court No: QG6002/96, National Native Title
Subject Matter: Housing, Construction and Infrastructure | Mining and Minerals | Native Title | Land Use | Native Title
In accordance with the Land Use and Access Agreement between the Western Yalanji People, the State of Queensland and Noel A. Adam, the Western Yalanji, pursuant to Section 21 of the Native Title Act 1993, authorised certain acts which may affect their native title rights and interests in order to enable Adam to continue his mining activities within the determination area.
Adam had mining interests in parts of the determination area and had applied for three mineral exploration permits over land the subject of the determination. Pursuant to the Agreement, if those mineral exploration permits were granted by the Minister responsible for the Mineral Resources Act 1989, then Western Yalanji authorised those permits to be granted. In addition Western Yalanji authorised the continued use by Adam of the existing Horn Valley airstrip and the roads and tracks within the determination area in relation to his mining and exploration interests. The Western Yalanji also authorised the construction, maintenance and use by Adam of a water reticulation system to allow Adam to transport water from the Mitchell River to any mining sites for the purposes of mining activities. Construction of any part of the water reticulation system or of any new or re-routed road or track within the determination area was subject to written clearance by Western Yalanji concerning the presence of sites of significance.
The Agreement does not affect the rights of the Western Yalanji to claim compensation from the State of Queensland pursuant to the Native Title Act 1993 and from Adam pursuant to the Mineral Resources Act 1989. Neither does it affect the rights of the State to claim compensation from Adam pursuant to the Mineral Resources Act 1989. The Agreement also sets out a dispute resolution process.
Western Yalanji or Sunset Peoples v Alan & Karen Pedersen & Ors [1998] FCA 1269 (28 September 1998)
North Queensland Land Council (NQLC)
Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld)
Western Yalanji People - Signatory
Adam, Noel A. - Signatory
Consent Determination (Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)) (Australia) | Future Act Agreement (Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)) (Australia) | Land Use Agreement (Australia)
Created: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
Modified: Tuesday, 14 December 2004


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Indonesia dam ruling death knell for orangutans, experts say
LIFE AP
Published March 05,2019
Environmentalists lost a court challenge Monday to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan species.
The state administrative court in North Sumatra's capital, Medan, ruled that construction can continue despite critics of the 510-megawatt hydro dam providing evidence that its environmental impact assessment was deeply flawed.
Experts say the dam will flood and in other ways alter the habitat of an orangutan species numbering only about 800 primates and likely make it impossible to take a crucial step toward ensuring the species survives — reconnecting fragmented forests the primates are spread across.
Scientists announced the discovery of a third orangutan species, Pongo tapanuliensis, in November after DNA analysis and field study revealed unique characteristics.
The population, with frizzier hair and distinctively long calls for the males, was previously believed to be Sumatran orangutans, also critically endangered. Without special protection, it's in danger of rapid extinction, scientists say. The species is found only in the Batang Toru forest, where the dam will be built.
Announcing the decision of a three-judge panel, presiding Judge Jimmy C. Pardede said the witnesses and facts presented by the Indonesian Forum for the Environment, the country's largest environmental group, in its case against the North Sumatra provincial government were irrelevant.
The group, known by its Indonesian acronym Walhi, said it would appeal.
"We will take all available legal channels," said Dana Prima Tarigan, the group's executive director for North Sumatra.
The group said the judges considered the case from a narrow administrative perspective and ignored its environmental and conservation dimensions.
China's state-owned Sinohydro is building the dam, which is reportedly financed by Chinese loans. Critics of the project say it's part of China's "Belt and Road" plans to carpet Asia with Chinese-financed infrastructure and extend its economic and political influence.
Anti-dam campaigners and groups in favor of the project held small protests in Batang Toru and outside the Chinse Consulate in Medan over the past week.
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Preview: Discovery Channel's Prototype This! Takes the MythBusters Formula and Builds on It
I have a theory that Discovery Channel's ultimate mission is to get everyone to stop watching network reality shows by making their programming progressively more fun. This theory is borne out by Prototype This!, their new show premiering this Wednesday after MythBusters. The new show has a lot of the MythBusters feel to it, but, […]
I have a theory that Discovery Channel's ultimate mission is to get everyone to stop watching network reality shows by making their programming progressively more fun. This theory is borne out by Prototype This!, their new show premiering this Wednesday after MythBusters. The new show has a lot of the MythBusters feel to it, but, instead of being about trying to recreate things, it's all about innovation.
The four stars of Prototype This! are Joe Grand, Terry Sandin, Zoz Brooks, and Mike North. Each has his own specialty to use in solving the given problem of each episode: Joe is a genuine hardware hacker and electronics expert; Terry is a special-effects wizard who works wonders with animatronics; Zoz is a computer and robotics expert; and Mike is an expert mechanical engineer. There's a great deal of crossover, of course, which enables them to work together on a lot of things. The chemistry between them is what really makes the show work, as it does on any show, and in the episode I saw they seem to work really well together.
The problems the four tackle are really interesting, including building an inflatable car, creating the ultimate automatic alarm clock/shower/valet, and constructing a waterslide simulator. There's even going to be one where they recreate Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, life-size. In the first episode, which is the one I saw, they have to create a system to combat road rage. I won't spoil the show for you, but I will say that they use brainwave control technology that's more advanced than what I'd seen before—which was awesome to watch—and they have far too much fun having a demolition derby by remote control to test their technology.
The show isn't without its problems, minor though they are. The video simulation of a driver in a futuristic car being automatically pulled off the road when he gets angry was shown more times than was necessary, and I thought that the show spent too much time showing them getting the cars ready for the demolition derby, considering that that was really incidental to the actual problem they were trying to solve. Those are faults that can be easily ironed out, and may for all I know be limited to the first episode.
There's lots to like here. The four stars are very smart and lots of fun, and seem to enjoy working with one-another. They had a very good layman's explanation of how threaded programming works (among other explanations), which isn't a trivial concept to teach. If you're anything like me, you'll spend the hour the same way you do with MythBusters—that is, wishing someone would pay you and give you resources to do that kind of job—and you'll thoroughly enjoy yourself.
Prototype This! will run for 13 episodes on the Discovery Channel, Wednesdays at 10pm Eastern/Pacific. Follow the jump for two video clips from the show, including one from the first episode (the spoon-bending one).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6aX2-o92ek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDZsXK1X9Y
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...finishing up a project to share with you tomorrow.
...trying to soak up and apply the wisdom from this woman.
...having a hard time thinking that September comes next week.
I want to stitch but am painting Hubby's bathroom and must persevere. Why do I do this? Oh yeah, cause landlord painted the ENTIRE interior the color of sand. Yellowish sand. Bleh!
Looking forward to September myself!
Oooooh...not a good color. Maybe you can stitch while you wait for each coat to dry!