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Gobi Desert: A Complete Guide to East Asia's Largest Desert
Occupying 500,000 square miles and stretching across huge chunks of both Mongolia and China, the Gobi Desert is second only to Arabia for deserts in Asia. It stretches from Mongolian planes and the foot of the Pamir mountains to the edges of Manchuria and the Himalayas. Vast tracts of bare rock and sandy planes provide little escape from the scorching heat of the sun or the bone-chilling freeze of the night. It's one of the great natural wonders of Asia, rich in culture and history, having formed a major part of the ancient Silk Road, hosted parts of the Great Wall of China and having a large number of startlingly well preserved fossils.
To be frank, this is a big topic. One we've covered before, albeit less extensively. Many people would begin and end at it being a massive chunk of empty nothing squatting in the middle of Asia. That's not good enough for me. This is going to be the complete guide to the Gobi desert. So let's get started!
Geography of the Gobi Desert
If you're like me, Geography class in school completely bored you to tears. All the same, we're gonna have to address it if we want to understand the Gobi desert, so I'll try not to make you too bored. Even worse, we're gonna have to divide this into sub-sections because it's an enormous topic in its own right. First of all, let's talk about the area.
Like I said, the complete area of the Gobi desert is 500,000 square miles, but the desert itself is very much not a square. From its furthest tip at the south-west to the furthest tip of the north-east, the distance is about 1000 miles total. What spans the desert is cut off by a few distinct spots. In the north, it's stopped by the Altai mountains and the Mongolian steppe, a point at which describing the landscape as 'desert' becomes less accurate. To the west, it merges into the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China, with landscape and conditions changing to the point that describing it as the same desert would be inaccurate. In the southwest it is cut off by the Tibetan plateau in the Himalayas and what's known as the 'Hexi Corridor', a vast expanse of interspersed oases. Lastly, it merges into the North China plains in the south-east, effectively locking the desert in from there.
Ecoregions of the Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert can be broadly divided into five ecoregions, varied by differing climate and topography. Firstly there's the Eastern Gobi desert steppe, covering the Inner Mongolian plateau in China and the Yin mountains. It is bound by the Mongolian-Manchurian grassland, the Yellow river and the Alashan plateau. Secondly the Alashan plateau semi-desert consists of desert basins and low mountains between the Gobi Altai range, the Helan mountains, the Qilian mountains and the Tibetan plateau. The Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe comes third, lying north of the Alashan plateau, between the Gobi Altai range and the Khangai mountains. The Dzungarian Basin semi-desert comes fourth, covering portions of Xinjiang province and extending into south-eastern Mongolia, as well as being barred by the Emin Valley steppe on the China-Kazakhstan border. At last, there's the Tian Shan range which separates the desert from the separate Taklamakan desert.
The climate of the Gobi Desert is pretty damn harsh. On the whole, it's a cold desert, going so far as having snow and frost on its dunes every now and then. Being elevated between 3-5 thousand feet above sea level and located so far to the north, the temperature is naturally rather harsh. Even worse is its prime positioning for cold winds rolling in from Siberia, often bringing snow in its wake. This tends to be the bulk of precipitation in the desert, given its average 194 millimetres of rain per year, just barely enough for the hardiest of desert plants.
With all of this combined, the average temperature during the winter is a brutal -21 degrees celsius. While in the summer, it rises as high as 27 degrees celsius at maximum, sometimes managing to spike far higher to over 40 degrees celsius Or far lower in the winter, to under -40 degrees celsius. Cruellest of all is how quick the changes can be. Deserts like this aren't particularly consistent, with a 35 degree shift being recorded in under 24 hours.
The Gobi desert is not particularly sandy. Sure, there's a lot of sand around, but you're not going to see quite so many massive sand-dunes as in Arabia or the likes. The bulk of the desert actually consists of wide basins with smooth, rocky floors dusted with sand, clay, pebbles and gravel. Estimates suggest that only about 10% of the desert primarily consist of outright sand dunes, a far cry from the deserts of Arabia or the likes of the Sahara in Africa.
Much of the sediment existing in the desert is believed to have come from the Altai mountains, the Heihe river and the southern Mongolian highlands, having been transported intermittently by floods over many millions of years. This differs somewhat from other deserts that formed from much more consistent ocean levels receding and leaving behind a long-eroded bed of silt, which forms the sand dunes. Granted with the time-scale we're talking of, the Gobi desert could have been flooded for hundreds or even thousands of years at a time without making the same kind of dent, so don't get the wrong idea of these 'intermittent floods.'
Even with how utterly boring it is talking about rocks knocking about a big empty plain of sweet Fred Astaire, there is one interesting snippet that caught my eye: The Gobi desert is typically surrounded by cliffs. If one is to look at these cliff sides in certain areas, one can see quite clearly where the ancient ocean levels used to lie. It's true! You can see a 'lip' on some of them, demonstrating the coastline where the most violent ocean waves would have taken a harsher toll on the rock. Even more, by looking further down and looking for odd lines of discolouration, you can (if you understand geology better than I do) predict a lot about the environment of the era the lines were formed in. The colour is typically influenced by the type of sediment in the water, as well as the climate of the time! …I found it interesting anyways.
The aforementioned colour variations.
Notable Fixtures
It would be unfair to characterise the desert as a mass expanse of nothing. As I have been doing. Right up until now. But anyway, there actually are a wide number of spots in the desert that are more worthy of consideration.
First we have the Valley of the Lakes. This is a 500km long and 100km wide valley that has a number of large saline lakes. Due to being salty as hell, they aren't of huge use to the animals and few people living around there, but with purification technology, it's entirely possible to gather potable water from one of the many lakes so that you don't… Y'know, die of thirst in the harsh desert environment.
The 'Flaming Cliffs' are another iconic site in the desert, located at the Djadochta Formation. So-called because of the bright red colour of the sandstone in the desert sun, the Flaming Cliffs are most notable as an archaeological site. Velociraptor fossils have been found and perhaps most interestingly, this served as the first known location of dinosaur eggs. Historically, the region is extremely important.
The 'Green Great Wall' is an interesting human-caused fixture of the region. A problem with the Gobi desert is that it's, well… Expanding. As it encroaches ever further onto Chinese farmland, the people have grown increasingly concerned, leading to the 1978 'Great Green Wall' program. While not expected to be finished until 2050, the Green Great Wall is intended to act as a large natural windbreaking barrier, preventing soil erosion and preserving the land from further harm which has destroyed up to 3,600 square kilometres of grassland every year. When finished, it's hoped that north China's forest coverage will grow from 5 to 15%.
The Khongoryn Els is another fascinating spot, lying within the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in Mongolia. Most notable for being one of the few spots in the desert with proper sand dunes, which it delivers on with great overcompensation. The dunes are spread out over 965 square kilometres and can reach individual heights of over eighty meters, comparable to sand dunes in Egypt. What makes the site particularly unique is its nickname 'the Singing Sands', so called because of a unique, only partly explained phenomenon where the shifting of these sand dunes produces a distinctive noise. The sound has been compared to an aircraft during landing and takeoff.
Khongoryn Els sand dunes
Life in the Gobi Desert
At last we can stop talking about rocks. Despite deserts popularly being known as vast expanses of nothing, life still exists in great abundance! It's time to go over what life does call the Gobi desert its home, from plants and animals to humans!
Saxaul tree in the Gobi desert
Deserts are pretty inhospitable places, so it's fair to say that plants don't have an easy time there. Unlike some of the deserts in America, the Gobi desert doesn't even have an abundance of cacti. Rather, we can round it down to some five key plants that have made the desert their home. Or at least parts of it. You're still going to find yet more miles upon miles of absolutely nothing in plenty of places.
Starting with the Saxaul, we get the desert's only consistent tree. A tiny little weatherbeaten thing with branches twisted by the harsh winds, pushing it into often strange shapes. If one wonders why such a thing is able to grow there, you only need to start hacking it apart. Unlike a lot of trees, the bark itself is a heavy water-storer. Tightly packing bark together is a (very poor) way of gathering water.
Wild onions also grow in the region, as one of the few sources of natural non-animal sustenance for the nomadic folks that travel through the desert. A type of bindweed called 'convolvulus ammonia' is a rare flowering plant in the desert, featuring small white flowers. Yet another plant is the saltwort, a curiously hardy small green plant, almost a shrub, that thrives on areas of high salt content. The plant is dreadful for eating due to the sheer salt content of it. Lastly, for our purposes at least, we have the sophora, an evergreen flowering plant with roots that have proved useful for traditional Chinese medicine. The plant has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, making it suitable for use to treat heart disease. I wouldn't recommend it as an alternative to proper medicine, more just a helpful addition.
Wild Bactrian camel in the Gobi desert
Some hardy animals would call the Gobi desert their home. A surprising variety as a matter of fact! Estimates suggest 49 mammals, 15 reptiles, an amphibian species and over 160 varieties of birds live within the desert, many of which are exclusive to the region and extremely rare. From the tiny hopping desert-mouse known as the jerboa to massive Gobi bears, they range in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Though they may not be that easy to spot.
There's a few key species worth elaborating on. Starting off, the wild Bactrian camel. What's pretty unique about this is that these are the only known wild camel species in the world! This differs from feral camels, the likes of which can be found even in non-native habitats like Australia, which are descended from long-domesticated camels. This species has never been domesticated, no doubt owing to their extremely limited range within the desert. Due to hunting and territorial encroachment, the species is estimated at a mere 1,400 remaining individuals. It may not be long before all that remains are domesticated camels.
The golden eagle is naturally a fixture. What with the Gobi desert being in Mongolia and all, there's a long historical link between the eagles and the nomadic inhabitants of Mongolia, where falconry has been a long and storied tradition. Golden eagles are a mark of experience for falconers due to their immense size and tendency towards aggressiveness. It takes someone far more experienced to take one on as a partner, so you can bet that any nomad with a golden eagle by their side is someone very impressive indeed.
The aforementioned Gobi bear is an especially unique species. With only thirty known individuals remaining in the wild, it's the rarest bear species in the world. They're a rather herbivorous species, mostly subsisting on roots, berries and the few other plants existing in the desert, only occasionally feasting on some of the rodent species and with very little evidence of hunting much else. It's unfortunately quite likely that within another decade or two, this species may become considered entirely extinct in the wild.
As well as various types of gazelles, a few snakes and the curious marbled polecat, there's one remaining species that deserves mention. The beautiful snow leopard, top apex predator in the desert and one of the most illusive species of wild cat in the world. Despite a (relatively) solid population of around 10,000 across the world, ranging through Siberia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, India and China, the snow leopard mostly inhabits the hardest to reach regions of the world and spread themselves sparsely. The famous Planet Earth documentary by David Attenborough highlighted how difficult to capture and rare footage of the species is.
Just because it's a desert, that doesn't mean it's completely devoid of human life! I wouldn't quite say it's the contrary, but people do indeed live there. With a rough estimate of three per square mile (no doubt far more clustered than consistent with that), nomadic folks still do call the region their home. Nomadic really is the key word, since such an inhospitable climate and landscape requires one to stay on the mood. One spot that has the necessities for survival may only last you a short while, something that fits into the traditional Mongolian way of life.
Mongolia in general has a large nomadic culture. Even now, around a quarter of the population is to some degree nomadic, albeit mostly along the Mongolian plains and steppes, not so much the harsh environment of the Gobi. Those that do persist there have a fusion of traditional and modern culture. On the one hand, animal herding, falconry and Ger tents. On the other, solar panels and motorbikes.
Surprisingly, there are in fact small towns existing within the Gobi desert, primarily in Mongolia proper. The Dornogovi Province and SouthGobi Province have populations between 60,000 and 70,000 each and comprise the bulk of human activity within the desert. Even still, in most cases, the individual towns have fewer people than there are square kilometres in the area.
Dornogovi itself has fourteen distinct towns, with the largest, Sainshand, having a mere 20,000 inhabitants as of 2009, a density of 8.74 people per square kilometre. This still makes it by far the most densely populated region, with every other subdivision having well under one person per square kilometre, with the exception of Zamyn-Üüd, which screws up my point slightly by having 26.34 people per square kilometre. Still, this area is only 486.80 kilometres to begin with, so I'd hardly say it counts. SouthGobi province meanwhile is even less inhabited. With its 15 subdivisions, the largest, the regional capital of Dalanzadgad has a mere 12,000 inhabitants within its 476 kilometre area.
History of the Gobi Desert
Believe it or not, even a desert can have a whole lot of history to it. From its formation over millions of years to its human history, the Gobi Desert has experienced a lot and been a huge part of a lot. We might as well have a deep-dive into some of that.
Historical range of the Paratethys ocean millions of years ago. The black lines are the modern coastlines.
Of course we could really go back indefinitely with this. The land that makes up the Gobi desert was at one point the cosmic debris that floated about the universe in pre-Earth times. God knows exactly how any of that came to be. Perhaps literally, but let's not turn this into a theological matter. Anyways, the earliest thing that it seems can be agreed upon is that the arid climate that characterised the region began around 50 Ma. (Ma is a geology term, describing years past in the millions. 50 Ma is 50 million years ago, as opposed to assigning a BC date.)
The collision of tectonic plates and the growth of the Himalayas in this period is what contributed to the blocking of water vapour, thus causing desertification. This process was, of course, incredibly slow and the modern landscape was only eventually developed by 2.6 Ma, with different events in different regions being charted by estimated ages of silt. Silt at the Xorkol basin in the Northeastern Tibetan plateau has dated as far back as 51 Ma while silt in the Tajik Basin are 39 Ma. Some estimates even put the Badain Jaran desert (part of the Gobi desert) at a mere 1.1 Ma, though this is still quite controversial. The full formation of the desert took many millions of years and as judged by the more recent desertification, is an ongoing process.
Some of this silt has been determined as the result of wind-weathering or the violence of shifting tectonic plates. Others are likely the result of the no-longer existing Paratethys ocean, which at one point flooded large parts of the Gobi desert region before receding between 40 to 30 Ma. Subsequent periods saw infrequent flooding and formings of other seas which may have lasted for thousands of years each, but which barely appear as a blip on the historical radar when looking back this long. The regionalism of much of this does a lot to explain the diversity of the landscape in the Gobi desert.
Human History
Ruins of the Great Wall of China in the Gobi desert
Okay, so all that pre-history stuff is pretty confusing and vague, but it gives you a rough idea of how the Gobi desert became what it is, right? It's the human history that's most interesting. It's not like human civilisation just had to work around the desert, it was something people had to live with. And sure enough, it sat right between Mongolia and China, two of the towering imperial powers of the ancient world!
Written history of the Gobi desert seems to be quite hard to come by. Most accounts start referring to the desert in the time of Marco Polo, so we're talking the latter half of the 13th century. Marco Polo described it being so long that it would take a year to travel from end-to-end and at least a month at its narrowest point. Despite this, Marco Polo already describes trade routes through the desert being well established by this stage. Hardly surprising since at this time, the Mongol Empire held control of China under Kublai Khan. The empire was in a period of turmoil and disintegration by this time, but such trade routes absolutely existed.
Perhaps the earliest evidence of human activity in the desert is rather recently discovered. In 2012, evidence surfaced of remnants of an unknown portion of the Great Wall of China which extended partially into Mongolia proper. Up until this point, the belief was that while the great wall extended through the adjacent Ordos desert in China, it never moved into the Gobi. Radiocarbon dating of portions of the wall estimate that construction occurred between the early 11th and late 12th centuries, consistent with the Great Wall. While it is currently not proven, it certainly makes a compelling case.
From these periods onwards, the Gobi desert served as part of the Silk Road trade route, connecting Mongolia with China and thus with the rest of the world for trading, prompting some permanent settlements around the few oasis to supply such journeys. This later led to European exploration of the region in the late 17th century, gradually expanding until an explosion of activity in the late 19th century, no-doubt as a result of European military incursion into China. Exploration later continued under the Chinese, Mongolian and Soviet governments before spiking once more in the 1990s when major fossil finds were recorded in the region. Given the release of films like Jurassic Park at the time, it's hardly surprising that this would prompt such a boom.
One last curious historical anecdote is an incident of an American weather station based in the Gobi desert being caught in the Japanese invasion of China. Seeking the aid of local Mongols and the Sino-American Cooperative Organisation, the Americans hijacked a Chinese junker and sailed to Okinawa. (The Sino-American Cooperative Organisation was a Chinese intelligence operation working jointly with the US. It was led by the head of then Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek's secret police, Dai Li. Which anyone who watched the Avatar TV show may recognise.) The story was later exaggerated and turned into a movie, Destination Gobi.
So… That's it! That's our complete guide to the Gobi desert! Well, perhaps this has made you want to visit. Certainly, you can book yourself a trip there and go exploring if you're a seasoned adventurer. As for us, we at least grace part of the Gobi desert as part of our Mongolia Naadam Festival tour! You should check it out!
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Annual forest and evergreen forest cover maps in the Brazilian Amazon in terms of FAO's forest definition
Yuanwei Qin1, Xiangming Xiao1, Hao Tang2, Ralph Dubayah3, Russell Doughty4, Diyou Liu5, Fang Liu1, Yosio Shimabukuro6, Egidio Arai6, Xinxin Wang7, and Berrien Moore III4 Yuanwei Qin et al. Yuanwei Qin1, Xiangming Xiao1, Hao Tang2, Ralph Dubayah3, Russell Doughty4, Diyou Liu5, Fang Liu1, Yosio Shimabukuro6, Egidio Arai6, Xinxin Wang7, and Berrien Moore III4
1Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
2Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1 Arts Link, Kent Ridge, Singapore 117570
3Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
4College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
5College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
6Brazilian National Institute for Space Research, INPE, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
7Coastal Ecosystems Research Station of the Yangtze River Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Biodiversity Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Received: 09 Nov 2022 – Discussion started: 02 Jan 2023
Abstract. Many forest cover maps have been generated by using optical and/or microwave images and various forest definitions, but these forest cover maps have large discrepancies. Both forest definition and validation data used for accuracy assessment of forest cover maps are often considered as two of the major factors for the discrepancy among these forest cover maps. To date, few studies have assessed forest cover maps in terms of two biophysical parameters used in forest definition: (1) tree canopy height and (2) canopy coverage. We generated annual forest cover maps from 2007 to 2010 and evergreen forest cover maps from 2000 to 2021 in the Brazilian Amazon using the images from the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, and the forest definition of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (>5-m tree height and >10 % canopy coverage). The canopy height and coverage datasets from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System during 2003–2007 were used to assess annual forest cover maps from 2007 to 2010 and evergreen forest cover maps from 2003 to 2007, and the results show high accuracy of these forest and evergreen forest cover maps in the Brazilian Amazon.
How to cite. Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Tang, H., Dubayah, R., Doughty, R., Liu, D., Liu, F., Shimabukuro, Y., Arai, E., Wang, X., and Moore III, B.: Annual forest and evergreen forest cover maps in the Brazilian Amazon in terms of FAO's forest definition, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-379, in review, 2023.
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Annual PALSAR/MODIS forest and evergreen forest maps in the Brazilian Amazon Yuanwei Qin, Xiangming Xiao https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21445590
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Forest definition has two major biophysical parameters, i.e., tree canopy height and canopy coverage. However, few studies have assessed forest cover maps in terms of these two parameters at a large scale. Here, we assessed the annual forest cover maps in the Brazilian Amazon using 1.1 million footprints of canopy height and canopy coverage. Over 93 % of our forest cover maps are consistent with the FAO forest definition, showing the high accuracy of these forest cover maps.
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A talk with Lisa Monteggia, Ph.D. about her depression therapy research.
How is the drug ketamine able to remedy depression symptoms within an hour of a single dose, with this effect remaining for up to two weeks? Dr. Lisa Monteggia, a passionate neuroscientist and One Mind Rising Star Basic Research Award winner, is gradually figuring out the biomolecular answers to this question, hoping to enable the development of safe alternatives.
The Q&A period for this segment is now closed. Thank you to ghsmindy for participating again. Many thanks to Dr. Monteggia as well!
In August, Brain Waves will take a detour from its normal science-centered format for a chat with mental health advocate Linea Johnson. Linea and her mom Cinda published Perfect Chaos in May, a beautiful account of their journey with Linea's bipolar disorder. Stay tuned!
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Internet as Poetry
Kevin Bewersdorf
After deleting most of his previously published material, and taking a five year hiatus from posting publicly online, Kevin Bewersdorf found himself living in a house in… Read More
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Internet as Poetry Lyrics
This is not about Santa Claus tonight. Poems about the Internet, that's the subject that Michael suggested. I had a lot of poems about the Internet that I've written, and I think I have something to share. Some of it is freestyle, it's a poem -- talking, freestyle talking. I'm just going to be talking, I'm not prepared. Some, I have a prepared thing to say -- that's like the "tracks", do the track. The first track, the poem is called "Threading Silk", and it's about a movement that I learned that's called threading silk, but it's also about the wheel that's spinning on the Internet, and what is happening.
Human fingers
May stumble upon you
Well that never runs dry
Your powers pump
In towers underground
And it is no wonder that you are tapped
Dense clouds [swarm?] above this silk of the heart.
When one strand is pulled, the whole web trembles, spreading [unspool?]
Are these verses too flowery for you?
Okay, we can just go on with our lives.
Each one of us thread [seeing colors?]
This one's for the workers
Touching raw material in silk factory
With good intention may they [gouge?] soft fabric to the door of the palace
I'll now perform the threading silk movement.
[Does movement]
I'm gonna do a little freestyle now, and this is going to be a freestyle about the web and the net. The "web" and the "net", two words that people are using a lot to talk about the internet, very important when people are talking about it.
What's the difference between the web and the net?
Same thing? Different things? Not clear.
Are they interchangable?
Chuang Tzu, the Taoist philosopher, said, "small knowledge divides the one into many, great knowledge sees the many as one." So this is a small-knowledge poem because I'm dividing the net and the web in the poem.
But I need three to do it, not just two, not two poles, three, and these are the three I will talk about:
The web is like vapor, and information is like water, and the Internet is ice.
Ice is a crystal, and the Internet is a crystal, and you can't talk about the Internet, you have to talk about the crystal. That's the shape of it, and it multiplies, the crystal multiplies without rest. You go on the Internet, nothing rests, pretty much. The multiplying crystal. Fast, and hard, too; it's very hard on the Internet.
Sharp angles, all those chips and stuff. But you need the soft too, you need to soften the sharpness. How do you do it? All sides at once of the crystal, you can't do it. You have to soften the crystal. So, you go on the web!
I like the hard, too. Hard is amazing, the crystal room is amazing, that's why people think the Internet is so amazing. So fast, it has pressure, so much pressure. Socially, it could be bad, because it's peer pressure. I don't know if you've ever been warned about this when you were in school, people say to watch out for the peer pressure. And if you go on the Internet, there's going to be pressure because that's the speed of it. On the web, you relax, you just relax. No pressure.
What is the web?
Round and soft spiral,
A continuous, round spiral.
That's the updates.
Moving like vapor.
Catch the vapor, it's an ice body.
Ice is all-connected. You remove the body, and only the connections are there. I want to see how long ago people were connected, so I go back, and I think about women grinding corn. A long time ago, women grinding corn. How were they connected? They were gossiping, and the gossip was an irresistible web. Long before the Internet, the women grinding corn were connected. And they relaxed when they were grinding corn, they were very relaxed, moving softly, grinding corn, all day long.
When I feel something critical, that means something hard coming through. Hardening is okay, because that's what happens when things grow, they get harder. And that's why the Internet is very adult, because the hardening is an adult, you harden into an identity, especially on the Internet, our identity, it's hard. And what is the proof that the Internet is adult and hard? Because a baby can't use it. You ever see a baby use the Internet? A baby can't do it. And why can't the baby use the Internet? The baby's perfect. A baby doesn't learn by Wikipedia. The baby is on the web. Besides the women grinding corn, you see the baby connect to the web.
So: soft and hard. That's the freestyle here -- the issue, in the Issue Project, soft and hard. One's the expansion -- that's the Internet, expanding up, expanding up, expanding up. And you have to have the contraction -- moving towards the web is contracting, and it's pulsing.
The last thing I have to say about this, for all of us: the Internet and the web are in love with each other, and that's how they're transforming into each other.
Open heart naming vapor, there is no name for vapor. No name for vapor. Vapor is separate from the earth. And that's why the [?] skywriters come and do their work.
This is a poem, this is a track called "Who is using the Internet?" This is a list of different people, going through a list of people that I see might be using the Internet. The point is to open my heart to all of them.
"Who is using the Internet?"
Who is using the Internet?
In my eyes, the sun is.
Dragon dorks.
Shark dorks.
Los Angeles Latinas.
Mystical comedians.
Cable guys.
Credit card registrants.
Grown men in developing countries.
Dream weavers.
Translators.
Native peoples.
Inverse porn stars.
Someone typing randomly.
The descendants of Adam and Eve.
Adam Sandler, and his descendants.
Cranky flowershop owners.
Anyone who's seen the sun.
The employed.
The powerfully obsessed.
The politically ejaculating.
Those committing heinous crimes,
As well as the dying,
Their caregivers,
And your lover.
Paleface, my heart goes out to you.
"Amazon"
Amazon lies just through the dark
Like frogs and bugs upon your great data stream.
You are the main stream
Of the dark ocean at the end of all rivers where space begins.
Water, world, woman.
Calling for [her?] star,
Get into my basket.
I dip into the water,
Watch, continue onwards as a raft,
Good guides [?] around us.
Amazon, jungle of arrows,
All arrows arriving at the door,
Like water into the ground.
Maybe I'll do another little freestyle here about trains? I ride the train a lot in New York, I really like the train. You know, the train, it's also a search engine. And you know who's the find engine? You are. [laughs]. You are the train, you have to find your station. So. The train is a search engine.
But you are the find engine because you, you're the one who can lose the way, so. You have to feel found at your station.
The train, it rides the rails, but it can't lose the way. It's rapid transit. You have to go fast. And you're at the mercy of the train. The train is progress; you're at the mercy of progress.
I've seen this crazy thing that kids do on Youtube, and it's called "train surfing". And they ride outside the train! They just grab on and they ride outside of it. Not inside the train, outside the train. It's crazy! People do that.
And I saw, on an advertisement in the train, that was encouraging people -- it was an MTA advertisement, encouraging people to ride inside the train, and not outside the train. And it had a poem on it. I liked the poem very much. And the poem said:
Surf the web, not the train!
The only safe ride is a ride inside.
And I agree with that.
Face to face with unlimited minutes.
I'm blowing up.
I live in an explosion.
My [mom?] is in all directions.
My faith I follow [?] through a tunnel,
And I do not dare resist the totally, miraculously normal.
"Great speeches"
The blood of men rained down like fire, 5,000 years ago
Slaves revolting before maps
Pursued into the wilderness
Or squatting in a canyon, eating from bowls
On the other side of the mountain,
10,000 arguments are waiting in the comments.
Now, in the great slave rebellion of 2014
I watch in my own battlefield
As, standing on a rock, in the center of all warriors,
The leader of the slaves gives a great speech
That cannot be found on Google,
But is planted in human hearts forever.
I'm watching now, the speech.
I log warrior poems, [?] Seeing warriors is like a wound, and it won't heal, you just keep seeing warriors. You're finding war, but there is no war. It hurts a lot.
But connected to the warrior, because I've written a lot of poems about the warrior, it's a way of doing pain management. It's a pain management skill. [?] Those pains, they can be deleted. Or you're recycling them in the recycling bin. So this is an instructional, how to delete the warrior pain.
Rushing, rushing in, rushing out, and standing still.
Shimmer, flow, overexposure,
Breaking the cloud of chariots.
(Delete from the weight upon your heart.)
Haunted by emails --
Having a wonderful time --
[Crazed as two mirror of space?]
Live life awakening access
All good gods have names
Delete from the weight upon your heart
How do you delete from the weight upon your heart?
Step one:
You look into your heart.
You see the weight.
You see the recycling bin.
You grab the weight.
You go over to the recycling bin.
And you delete from the weight upon your heart.
And you're light-hearted.
How do you live life awakening access?
Step one.
Know the address.
You look into the darkness,
And you keep a connection.
"Mission statement"
Brain fires, release the heat
The only thing above your head for that heat to cook is empty space.
My name is Kev
I am the CEO of Orange Computers
and I am in the business of bringing the Tao and storing the heat.
I do my business below the diaphragm and above the anus
In the corporate office of Orange Computers.
One employee working the bellows warms the whole headquarters.
With basement heat.
As the heat rises from its point in the foundation,
The fire of upward mobility
like the dragon [world of the nether?]
Rocking through the glowing rectangles of flaming stars
Reaches the newsroom of the brain
Where the grains are leaping off the field
And rivers of salmon are flowing stricken [and?]
[fruits?] are issued identification cards
High achievers, sticking together in the [hell of a] full calendar
I know you're looking for that downward mobility.
So as CEO of Orange Computers, I invite the water-bearer to come and pour buckets on the hot-headed.
And it is my mission statement
To achieve the love without tension
Like slacking cloth.
Running on the beach,
I was relieved to see two teenagers drawing a penis.
"People"
Secrets of the stars are found online.
The stars are people too,
On People.com
Images of the haircuts of the stars are made of light,
Shining through some glass of the browser window,
But the window is not the source of light.
Light traveling is the space traveling prophecy.
It is a mystery why followers gaze,
And those who do so, leave their bodies.
It's very dangerous to leave your body, and I've had many of out-of-body experiences. I've had enough out of body experiences. And so, at work you have an inner-body experience. That's why I like the web, very much, because it's inside. So.
I want to talk about a way to strengthen a connection to the web inside. You need an antenna. And the Internet uses an antenna. That's the crystal shape. And in the body, we also have an antenna that's a crystal shape, and that's the bones. The bones are like a crystal, kinda -- they grow, in the same way, repeated patterns inside them, and they can be the antenna. The main antenna is the spine, which has 24 vertebrae. And that's a very doctor-y word, "the vertebrae".
Bunny's last poem talked about the vertebrae. So I'm very happy to make this my last poem, and talk about the vertebrae. But I'm going to call the vertebrae, "links", and these turn on the spine, all the links. And then you improve upon your antenna. So, I'm just going to count the vertebrae in my spine, and I do this to improve the antenna. Maybe you can feel your own vertebrae, maybe not, but you can learn to feel your own vertebrae. You follow the links. We're getting up and going down. I'm going to start with the skull, and wrap the skull in words, and at the base of the skull, find the first link.
Five cervical vertebrae.
Seven cervical vertebrae.
Five lumbar vertebrae -- so hard to say the doctor words.
Three segments.
Seven, twelve, five.
Seven cervical.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Twelve thoracic vertebrae.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
Five lumbar.
One, two, three, four, five.
Sacrum: tail.
All the links happy and relaxed, feeling completely connected.
After deleting most of his previously published material, and taking a five year hiatus from posting publicly online, Kevin Bewersdorf found himself living in a house in Far Rockaway, New York, by coincidence next door to Michael Connor, Editor & Curator of Rhizome. This is a transcript of his first performance in five years, held at Issue Project Room, a venue in downtown Brooklyn.
This transcription is sourced from video of the performance, found here. Though audio quality is not the best, and many phrases are muffled or garbled by room echo, I hope this transcript will help us understand what Kevin has been meditating on since announcing his exit from the scene.
As this is Rap Genius, you are free to annotate this text. I encourage you, the reader, to sign in with Twitter and leave an annotation, if you can help shed some light on Kevin's writing.
Pertinent threads on Rhizome:
* Five years later, Kev has a new website
* Poetry event announcement


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Channel Zero: Candle Cove
Episode Recap: Guest of Honor
November 8, 2016, 4:04 PM ET
The true creator of Candle Cove is at last revealed
Mrs. Booth, dressed as jawbone, unmasks herself and gives Mike a look that is incredibly creepy.
Jessica is dead as a doornail, having been stabbed countless times by masked and raging pre-pubescents. Amy takes it upon herself to break the news to Mike, who's distraught: his middle school sweetheart's real heart's stopped beating. And on top of his own grief, Mike has to deal with a toothache. Cruel Fate! But this is no ordinary toothache: this pang is coming from a surprise, extra tooth making its way in on top of Mike's gum. Funny, because Eddie had an extra tooth just like this one — in fact, it was the only way you could tell Eddie and Mike apart.
Mike goes to the police depot and implores Amy to let him poke around Frances Booth's house — where Amy found all those "Candle Cove" props. Amy tells Mike she has no manpower to send with him, because everyone is occupied with the whole murder thing. Cops got to do their jobs. But what about Gary, who's still in the slammer for illegal interrogation? Pair him with Mike — mortal enemies — and they can investigate the Booth house together. Brilliant idea! While Gary is out in the backyard checking out some loose teeth (yuck), Mike is poking around inside the house. He's interrupted when Booth's telephone rings…so he picks up. It's not collect. It's Ms. Booth…and she tells Mike to ditch the 5-0, and meet her at a strip mall at the edge of town. Sounds safe.
As Mike makes his way to said strip mall, the kids of Iron Hill are being beckoned out of their homes by some strange, magnetic force. Pokemon Go? Erica, Mike's wife, comes to pick up Lily from Marla's and drive her home. But en route, she has to swerve in the road to miss the kids walking through it. The kids survive, but the car doesn't, and the mother and daughter check into a hotel while awaiting a new rental. When Mike arrives at the strip mall, he's intercepted by a lawman — Amy's squeeze, Simon, who's there to keep a close eye on Mike. But he's drawn away by a group of kids potting around in the brush behind the strip mall, and goes to investigate. Mike looks for Booth inside the strip mall, but can't find her. Then he looks outside and sees: the kids have ambushed the copper, and Mrs. Booth, dressed as Jawbone, lands the final, fish-hookey blow into the policeman's chest. Booth calls Mike directly, and tells him to meet at Marla's…this time alone.
Marla entertains Frances at her kitchen table, at gunpoint, until Mike comes home. When he does, Frances drops a load of information on the two of them. See, Eddie had a rare and incredible gift: he could use his telekinetic powers to stop Booth from having seizures, and other cool stuff. And on top of that, it was Eddie, not Booth, who created Candle Cove. Whaaaaat? That's right: little kid, so much creativity. But his imaginative inspiration needed fuel to spark, and that fuel consisted of the blood of the young. Interesting requirements. So Ms. Booth, recognizing Eddie's talent and wanting it to flourish, killed her son and fed his spirit to Eddie. And the Mom of the Year Award goes to…. And now Eddie is coming back — through Mike. So that's what the tooth is all about, it's Eddie's calling card. Frances urges Mike to let this periodontal possession run its course, no matter what the medical bill comes to. Mike isn't so sure.
That night, Lily is at the motel watching television, and what happens to come on? Candle Cove. But wait, there's more. Out from under the bed comes the Tooth Child, who makes faces at Lily. The little girl is so taken by the Tooth Child, that she follows him under the bed…and disappears. Mike is back at Marla's and attempting to extract that darn extra tooth of his with some highly sophisticated pliers. His operation is interrupted when Candle Cove comes onto the TV in the room, and it's starring a special guest: Lily!
Channel Zero: Episode 6: Creepiest Moments
Episode Recap: Welcome Home
Watch An Episode of Candle Cove
You Have to Go Inside
Death by Fishhook
Paging Dr. Eddie
Mrs. Jawbone Booth
Jessica Is Asking For It


Two Kingman residents were arrested Sunday on charges of second-degree burglary. According to the reporting party, neighbors witnessed two suspects who were removing property from an area home. The man and woman, later identified as David A. Crawford, 48, and Paula C. Gonzalez, 47, were located at the residence when deputies arrived. They allegedly told deputies they were former tenants at the residence, and had returned to collect their belongings.
According to the sheriff's report, deputies contacted the homeowner, who said Crawford and Gonzalez had moved out in May. The items removed from the home were identified as belonging to the homeowner, the report said. Crawford and Gomez were arrested and transported to Mohave County Jail.


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Report: Florida Loses Ground In Avoidable Hospital Visits
By Daylina Miller • Mar 16, 2017
The Commonwealth Fund
When it comes to keeping people out of the hospital, Florida didn't score so well on new scorecard that pits state health care systems against one another.
"The Commonwealth Fund" report gave Florida a rank of 45 out of 50 states, plus Washington D.C., when it came to the "Avoiding hospital use and cost" indicator. That's a drop of 13 points between 2012 and 2015.
The report's authors attribute this largely to Florida's refusal to expand Medicaid.
"I can't see in my data exactly how many people would have enrolled through Medicaid or not,"said the report's lead author David Radley. "But certainly Medicaid represents an important type of insurance coverage for lower income individuals in most states, and sure, if Florida expanded its Medicaid program up to the 138 percent of the federal poverty level. There's no question that more people in Florida would have been able to get health insurance through that expanded Medicaid program.
The state scored a 39 overall.
""We look at health system performance for all the states," Radley said. "We compare health system performance across all states and we do it in a very broad way. we look at access and affordability. We look at health care quality. we look at health care efficiency and health outcomes. And our goal really is to just provide data back to states on how well they're doing to help them set benchmarks, help them understand places where they have opportunities to improve.
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Florida Cities Losing Ground On Key Health Care Indicators
By Julio Ochoa • Jul 14, 2016
Florida cities are losing ground on key health care indicators, according to a report released today.
The researchers say one reason for the decline is the state's decision to not expand Medicaid.


Tanh Nguyen's extensive experience and technical knowledge in the field of hospitality architecture, specifically large complex hotels, resorts, restaurants, and country clubs serve him well at ForrestPerkins, where he is a Senior Associate. Tanh served as Project Architect for The Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas, where ForrestPerkins was the Architect of Record, when it was renovated and expanded. He oversaw the development of the architectural design and the production of the construction documents and specifications for the luxury hotel. Tanh, a licensed architect in the state of Texas for 25 years, is a natural at his role, which also involves coordination among the client, the architecture/interior designers and other consultants, including structural engineers, MEP engineers, civil engineers, and landscape architects. Mr. Nguyen also meets with city officials to resolve zoning and building code issues and maintains quality control of construction drawings. As Project Architect, he assists the Project Manager and other architects in developing final documents to complete projects on budget and on schedule.
Tanh received a Dallas Chapter AIA Merit Award as part of the design team for the Mockingbird Rapid Transit Station, while he worked at Aguirre Associates Inc. The Texas Tech University alumnus, who holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree, believes his Asian heritage allows him to combine the best of eastern culture with a western influence.


The public honors given to the 41stPresident of the United States, George H. W. Bush, brought clearly into focus the respect our country owes the office of the Presidency. However, many parts of President Bush's obsequies were presented on television without much explanation of their origins. Knowing where and how things came to be make them even more worthy of honor, and I have been privileged in my research on Colonel Elmer Ellsworth and President Abraham Lincoln to have investigated these traditional formalities. Here are some of the back stories of the traditions with which President Bush was remembered this past week.
Not everyone gets the same honors. The 21-gun salute traces its origins back to early warriors who chose to empty their weapon caches, thereby rendering them useless. In the 14thcentury guns and cannons came into use. Because they only shot one projectile, they were shot once to render them ineffective. The first gun salutes were naval and numbered seven shots. Apparently, seven was a mystical number for a variety of reasons.
Land batteries had greater access to ammunition and could fire three guns for every one fired at sea. A land salute thereafter numbered 21 guns. When munitions science evolved to improve potassium nitrate, gunpowder could be kept drier at sea. At this point, the naval salute became 21 guns as well.
This salute is the highest honor a nation can render its heroes. It has changed over the years. In 1810, the War Department defined the "national salute" as equal to the number of states in the Union—there were 17 at that time. This salute was fired at noon on all American military installations on the 4thof July. The President also received a salute equal to the number of states whenever he visited a military installation.
In 1842 the salute for the President was changed to 21 guns. In 1890, the traditional Independence Day salute was set at the number of states. There are 50 states now, so 50 guns are also fired on all military installations equipped to do so at the close of the day of the funeral of a President, ex-President, or President-elect.
President Bush received a 21-gun salute as his remains were carried to the rotunda of the U. S. Capitol. The guns were fired separately, which I loved. Quite often there are seven guns, each being fired three times. It adds up to 21, but still . . ..
As to lying "in state" in the rotunda, this is only the 34thtime someone has been accorded this honor. It all started with Henry Clay. The Kentucky statesman had served in the House (including being the only person ever elected speaker on his first day in office) and Senate and had been secretary of state and the Whig Party's presidential nominee three times. When he died at age 75, on June 29, 1852, in his room in Washington's National Hotel, congressional leaders felt "Harry of the West" deserved a big sendoff.
Funeral services were held in the Senate chamber. Afterward, his casket was moved to the rotunda where, according to one account, a "vast multitude assembled" to view "all that remains of Henry Clay," and a national tradition was born.
But as with all traditions, things are not as simple as they seem. One can "lie in state," or "lie in honor." Only presidents, military commanders, and members of Congress may officially "lie in state." All others, such as Rosa Parks or the Reverend Billy Graham, "lie in honor." And it does not happen automatically. It takes a congressional resolution or the approval of congressional leadership to approve this honor, and even then, it is not for sure. The family of the deceased must agree to it. The families of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Richard Nixon chose to decline this honor.
Part of the honor began in 1865. Lincoln's death was unexpected, and a makeshift catafalque—the stand upon which a casket is placed—was cobbled together and draped with the darkest fabric that could be found to hold President Lincoln's coffin. This structure, now shored up and expanded to fit modern caskets, is known as the Lincoln Catafalque. Its center is still the simple boards hammered together for Lincoln, and it holds the remains of those whose lives and careers have created the story of America. The fabric has been replaced several times, but the deep Victorian folds and the heavy tassels have always been duplicated exactly.
The most moving part of President George H. W. Bush's funeral for me, however—with all the beautiful touches of history recalling Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, and our service branches—was the simple fact that the cannons used to fire the 21-gun salute were lined up near the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial. It sits at the base of Capitol Hill, below the western front of the Capitol building itself. Every time the news coverage turned their cameras toward a cannon that had been fired, there was Grant, sitting astride Cincinnati and gazing down at the guns. Perhaps it is more so to those of us who study history, but the American Civil War is always there, daily, looking over us, charging us to keep things together, reminding us of what happens if we do not. Grant looks stern but confident.
Thanks to the Library of Congress, Architecture in Washington, and USA Today for these images.
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Wonderful post. President George H. W. Bush will be carried on a funeral train, just like Abraham Lincoln. This will be a much shorter trip and will go from Spring, Texas to College Station, Texas. The train will be pulled by Union Pacific locomotive 4141, which is painted in a scheme simulating Air Force One. President George H. W. Bush was the 41st President and that is the reason for the numbering of locomoitive UP4141. UP 4141 was painted this way in 2005 to honor the George Bush Presidential Library and has been in storage for the past few years. It was brought out of storage to pull this funeral train. The Union Pacific Railroad was started on July 1, 1862 and was part of the transcontinental railroad, part of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, signed by Abraham Lincoln.
Thanks so much for your additional information. ECW has covered Lincoln's funeral train as well in our train month several weeks ago. I hooe to get some good images of this historic event for future posting. I love those whistle-stop tours some of the candidates do. The busses just don't have the same link to history for me. And thank you for your kind words.


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Nestled in the mighty Kampar River watershed, surrounded by fruit orchards, rubber estates, oil palm plantations and undulating, thickly forested hills with the 2032m high Gunung Brinchang as the backdrop, Kampung Ulu Geruntum is the perfect place to begin my exploration into Kinta Valley's natural wonders.
The kampung (village) is home to a small Semai Orang Asli (aborigines) community. For generations, they have been practicing a conservation-centered lifestyle towards their forest resources and always pay high respects to the rainforest's denizens. As Sumatrans started setting a sultanate in Kinta, these villagers became involved with the settlers by exchanging forest products with rice from the alluvial plains. Fast forward to present day, ecotourism became the newest activity in the village. So far, only three resorts exists in the valley. Therefore, the serenity of the valley is still maintained. I've picked Gopeng Rainforest Resort as my base to jump start my adventure.
This resort is a collection of several types of kampung houses with architectural influences from the Malay stilt houses, the Minangkabau's distinctive "bull horn" roofed houses, Orang Asli Bamboo Huts and Borneo's longhouses. All these houses are scattered across a large, neatly kept durian orchard with two meandering streams. So, I was a bit surprised with what I could find in this highly-disturbed location.
I've followed the larger of the two streams along its banks. Being a moisture-loving creature, landsnails are sure to live around this water body. My search brings me to a leaf-littered area where I came face to face with my first find.
A large operculate, Cyclophorus malayanus (Benson 1852) is named after Malaya, the former name of Peninsula Malaysia.
Excitement abound, I prodded around trying to locate more of these elusive creatures. However, a whiff of tangy, ethanol-infused smell floating in the air attracted my attention. It was a bunch of ripened wild bananas hanging on the tree above me. I picked one and peeled to reveal the cream-coloured flesh with large black seeds.
Wild bananas, Musa sp. does smell and look good but it's likely not going to taste good with those large seeds and little flesh.
I've also came across some interesting local herbs.
Costus speciosus (J.G. Koenig), known locally as Setawar Hutan is closely related to ginger.
An unusual wild ginger, Kaempferia pulchra sheds its leaves during dry spells. Its roots are used as a traditional medicine.
Molineria latifolia (Dryand.) or Lumbah Rimba is a natural sweetener used by the Orang Asli. It is common in lowland and hill forests. It's white fruits when eaten, will produce a mild-sour tinge before mellowing into an extremely sweet aftertaste.
The brilliantly red flower of Etlingera megalocheilos (Griff.) A. D. Poulsen, found in the bushes upstream.
The Blue fruits of Pandanus sp(?) commonly found in disturbed areas near forests.
The strange flower of White Spider lily Tacca integrifolia (Ker Gawl.) found in forests behind the resort.
There are plenty of fungi and mushrooms on the rotting leaves and logs too.
A common orange mushroom on leaf litter.
The unopened Cyathus striatus Bird's Nest Fungi. When fully matured, it will produce a cup with brown egg-like peridioles in it, resembling a bird's nest, hence its name.
Calocera viscosa sprout out from wood surfaces.
The Dictyophora duplicata Maiden's veil Fungus, an uncommon bizarre fungus.
The common Lepiola sp. found in the forests behind the resort.
Cup fungus Cookeina tricholoma are sought after both by photographers and naturalists.
As I reached the narrow strip of vegetation between the stream and an asphalt road (which is the only road winding across the valley), I was in for a surprise. I flipped some decomposing twigs and leaves and there they are. Among the grits of sand and saprophyte roots are microsnails of all kinds.
Geotrochus sp. is a rather common microsnail that can also occasionally be found in home gardens.
Macrochlamys sp. grazing on algae on limestone rock. This is a semi-slug (half snail, half slug).
Cyclotus rostellatus (Pfeiffer 1851) lives around the bases of trees, amongst roots and leaf litter.
The Star of the Day- Diplommatina ventriculus (Mollendorff 1891), an uncommon and beautiful find.
Along with these are some molluscan behavoiur that are equally interesting.
Microsnails on a dead twig, its typical habitat.
The pesky Achantina fulica (Bowdich 1822) involved in a fight for the best mate.
Yellow eggs capsules of the species above deposited in loose soil.
Juvenile snails eating up a dead snail's shell for calcium needed for building its shell. This process is known as "Shell Recycling".
The world's only bio-luminescence snail, Quantula striata (Gray 1834), displaying an elaborate defense technique of blowing slime bubbles to keep the predatory tractor millipede at bay.
This location is indeed loaded with a surprising variety of molluscan species. But, what about other wildlife?
Wild Boar Sus scrofa mud puddles can be seen in the forests. This could be their foraging grounds for food.
I'm fortunate to get a glimpse of the rare Forest Monitor Lizard Varanus rudicollis. This is a juvenile.
A flying lizard Draco sp. ready to spread its "wings" , which are actually highly modified ribs, when confronted by predators.
A Tree-hole Frog Metaphrynella sp. found hiding in a hole near the stream.
A juvenile Oriental Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor sunbathing.
According to the owner of the resort, nocturnal mammals such as Samba deer, Gaur or Kambing Gurun and even Slow Loris do emerge from the forests to look for food in the vicinity after sundown. Luck wasn't on my side though, but I did found plenty of interesting insects.
Mating pair of Tiger Moth Amata huebneri under a leaf. This is a wasp-mimicking, day-flying moth.
An unidentified beetle with metallic blue and white banded elytra (outer shell).
The amazing plumose (feathery) antennae of a moth.
A katydid with red spots.
A praying mantis waiting for it's quarry prey near an insect attracting light source.
The famous Rajah Brooke Birdwing Trogonoptera brookiana feeding on mineral salts.
A swallowtail Papilio demolion joined the feast too.
The majestic Atlas moth Attacus atlas, one of the largest moth in the world. I'm truly fortunate to find one!
A green cicada are the producers of omnipresent forest "music".
An unusual moth with spiky tail that will surely give a painful punch to any unfortunate person laying their hand on it.
An unidentified insect covered in lichen to conceal it's identity to potential predators. It's habitat is on tree trunks with lichen.
A weevil beetle on the leaves of an forest understorey plant.
So, that's all for now. The next post will take you to the heart of Kinta Valley's famed limestone hills. Adventures and discoveries aplenty and of course, snails to look for. Stay tuned!
Thanks JK for pointing out the species! I really didn't know how to identify it beyond buying a "field guide of Malaysian lizards"!
No problem, Raoul! Yes, that lizard does come in many different forms and colours.
I believe the one you've found is quite common in gardens and semi-urban areas as I've also encountered them quite frequently in regenerating bushlands in Kuala Lumpur.


Think inside the box, you can never have to many boxes.
Print a few of your own stacking boxes to keep your things in order may they be screws, nuts, bolts, toys or other miscellaneous things.
Just ... [READ MORE] like our Candy Bowl we designed this box specifically for testing 3D-prints with large-bore nozzles. The result is a semi-transparent box 3D-printed at 0.8mm layerheight with a 1.0 mm nozzle.
Even though it is possible to print this box at higher speeds, we kept it down to achieve a high-gloss shiny surface toghether with a all together higher quality print. This shows very well in the two attached pictures with the lower part being printed at a higher speed than the top part. Not only will the result have a higher degree of transparency but the print quality will also be alot better since the plastic can be extruded and cooled down at a lower rate which is needed when extruded with a larger size nozzle.
The outer dimensions of the box is 120x120x80mm. At around 20-30 mm/s it took less than two hours to print.
We have kept the geomtry as simple as possible to make it easy to print. To get rid of the layer-change zipper-line we used vase-mode in our print settings.
To make the box strong and achieve optimal transparency we 3D-printed the candy bowl using taulman 3D t-glase (PETT) filament.


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The next Introduction to Atmospheric Science Course will take place in January 2019. Applications have now closed.
Students eligible for the NCAS subsided price who are accepted to attend Introduction to Atmospheric Science and Atmospheric Measurement Summer Schools will be offered a reduced rate to attend both courses of £995 (a saving of over £130). This rate is only available to students applying to attend both courses before the application deadline for IAS.


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#ifndef mitkSegmentationTaskList_h
#define mitkSegmentationTaskList_h

#include <mitkBaseData.h>
#include <mitkSegmentationTaskListMacros.h>

#include <MitkMultilabelExports.h>

#include <filesystem>
#include <optional>

namespace mitk
{
  /** \brief A list of segmentation tasks.
   *
   * See \ref MITKSegmentationTaskListsPage for more information.
   */
  class MITKMULTILABEL_EXPORT SegmentationTaskList : public BaseData
  {
  public:
    class MITKMULTILABEL_EXPORT Task
    {
    public:
      Task();
      ~Task();

      void SetDefaults(const Task* defaults);

      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::string, Name)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::string, Description)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Image)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Segmentation)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::string, LabelName)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, LabelNameSuggestions)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Preset)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Result)
      mitkSegmentationTaskValueMacro(bool, Dynamic)

    private:
      const Task* m_Defaults;
    };

    mitkClassMacro(SegmentationTaskList, BaseData)
    itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self)
    itkCloneMacro(Self)

    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::string, Name)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::string, Description)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Image)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Segmentation)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::string, LabelName)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, LabelNameSuggestions)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Preset)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(std::filesystem::path, Result)
    mitkSegmentationTaskListValueMacro(bool, Dynamic)

    size_t GetNumberOfTasks() const;
    size_t AddTask(const Task& subtask);
    const Task* GetTask(size_t index) const;
    Task* GetTask(size_t index);

    const Task& GetDefaults() const;
    void SetDefaults(const Task& defaults);

    bool IsDone() const;
    bool IsDone(size_t index) const;

    std::filesystem::path GetInputLocation() const;
    std::filesystem::path GetBasePath() const;
    std::filesystem::path GetAbsolutePath(const std::filesystem::path& path) const;
    std::filesystem::path GetInterimPath(const std::filesystem::path& path) const;

    void SaveTask(size_t index, const BaseData* segmentation, bool saveAsIntermediateResult = false);

    std::vector<Task>::const_iterator begin() const;
    std::vector<Task>::const_iterator end() const;

    std::vector<Task>::iterator begin();
    std::vector<Task>::iterator end();

    void SetRequestedRegionToLargestPossibleRegion() override;
    bool RequestedRegionIsOutsideOfTheBufferedRegion() override;
    bool VerifyRequestedRegion() override;
    void SetRequestedRegion(const itk::DataObject*) override;

  protected:
    mitkCloneMacro(Self)

    SegmentationTaskList();
    SegmentationTaskList(const Self& other);
    ~SegmentationTaskList() override;

  private:
    Task m_Defaults;
    std::vector<Task> m_Tasks;
  };
}

#endif


Life can often feel like quicksand. We sink and feel stuck. Here are some of the causes that get us stuck in life.
-lack of purpose. Ancient mariners guided their ships by sexton. This devise would cue up to the north star or other fixed position and give them a bearing of where they were at. But what if the night sky changed position every night? You would be lost. We often live our lives without a north star to follow. What is your north star, your purpose and reason for being?
-lack of commitment. A good definition of commitment is "making the choice to give up choices". Since we live in a day and age with a bombardment of choices, it's getting harder and hard to commit. This lack of commitment keeps us "wishy-washy" and unable to settle in on any one thing. Make a choice and stick with it.
-lack of movement. The doldrums are lulls at sea where there is absolutely no wind. It is a dead zone, stranding many sailing ships of old. We can find ourselves in the doldrums with little or no movement toward a goal or living life forward. To get moving again takes concerted effort. It's just getting started on whatever task or goal you have set out for yourself. Getting started is the hardest part.
-lack of direction. My wife and I got lost once hiking. It was a scary experience. We lost our direction and paid the price. We got our bearings back when we ran across a trail marker giving us direction to where we needed to go next to get back. Making progress means paying attention to 2.1 markers. 1) where you are, 2) where you want to be, and .1) the very next step to get you there.
Towing ourselves out of being stuck takes friends, family, and gritty determination.
What are some other causes that keep us stuck? What have you done to become unstuck?


I'm thinking about buying a country place in or near Asheville, NC. Is it a good place to live, for someone who loves to cook?
Where do you shop for groceries, produce, and specialty ingredients?
What are the farmers markets like?
What are the most pleasant neighbourhoods in which to live?
Are you affected by the growing numbers of tourists?
Is there anything else I should know? Thank you.
It is a lovely place to live. It is a mild climate but with the variation of all four seasons. We are in bloom now and it is gorgeous. Like any place it has benefits and opportunities. The cost of living is one of the highest in the Southeast and with an economy focused on tourism the people that work the associated service jobs are feeling price pressure to be able to live where they work.
Food is amazing in Western North Carolina. From James Beard nominated chefs to craft anything (but particularly beer) to local produce, we are truly blessed. The mild climate lends itself to amazing produce and a community focused on local drives enough demand to keep farmers growing and expanding.
There are several grocery options including the usual suspects. Ingles is the regional conventional grocer that actually has a reasonable selection of reasonably priced organic items with some local options. EarthFare started in Asheville in the 70's and has several stores in the area. This is our go to natural grocer. The French Broad Co-op is the most local grocer with a coming expansion likely adding significantly to a limited selection.
There are so many farmers' markets there are hard to keep track of. The Saturday market at UNCA is great. Tuesday afternoon brings another tailgate market in West Asheville. Wednesday afternoon two others appear in the River Arts District and another at the CO-OP.
Asheville is gentrifying at an incredible rate. According to a recent article one of the top ten fastest citeis in the US. In parts of Asheville homes sell for above list pricing within hours of listing. I am sure this is less true in the countryside surrounding Asheville but is worth noting. We live in one of the last neighborhoods to turn around just south of the city center. It is great to find an affordable home in a diverse neighborhood within walking distance to both downtown and the River Arts District.
Many thanks to all of you. So helpful.
Well, I guess since I've lived in Asheville and Buncombe County since 1984, I ought to answer….
Asheville's food scene has exploded in the last 15 years. When my wife and I got married, there were two good restaurants downtown, which was otherwise deserted after business hours. There were lots of "Mom and Pop" places, and very few chains. Now, downtown is full of great restaurants, we have almost 60 breweries in the region, and Yadkin Valley wines are earning a great reputation across the country. It's been fun, to be sure!
I have to chuckle about the shout-out for Ingles. A local chain, started and based in the Asheville area, Ingles is a good, but not spectacular, conventional grocery store. Produce, meat, staples—certainly good, but they don't carry the variety you find at higher-end stores. Not too long ago visiting family in Florida, I complimented a local Publix, to hear that "Oh, your Ingles is far better!" Now, Publix has entered this market (in two locations), and all the local conversation is about how much better Publix is. I guess the Grocery Store is always greener on the other side….
Ingles dominates the market, and has for years. With Harris Teeter out of Charlotte and Publix coming in, Ingles has raised its game and has put more emphasis on prepared foods, the deli counter, and customer service. And they've always been a good member of the community, featuring local products (and in their hiring practices, too). Which is good, because while we have one Harris Teeter and two Publix, I can count at least 10 Ingles in the immediate area. I shop at three of them routinely (depending upon day and time) and usually come away satisfied.
Farm-to-table is the rule of thumb for Asheville restaurants and local tailgate markets, with organic produce, meats, and cheeses available from late spring into the fall. The WNC Farmers' Market is more commercial in scope, but is still a fun place to visit.
Asheville is a beautiful, wonderful place to live with fascinating and diverse people. We're more urban than "country," with almost 90,000 in the city limits and almost 250,000 in Buncombe County. Think Portland, but smaller: a bit funky, with great food and great beer! Good luck!
I wish we had the Ingles grocery stores NC / Asheville area has. They are the everyday FULL service grocery when you don't need Whole Foods,Trader Joe's or Harris Teeter prices.
We vacation in this area a lot. The Blue Ridge Parkway is our favorite drive from Alabama. Your choice is excellent. The climate is truly four seasonal. Thus makes for excellent diverse growing conditions for your freshest foods. The NC green movement was ahead of the times in the south. There are nice higher learning school systems which bring another diverse element. Johnson and Wales culinary school has produced many fine chefs from their many graduates. Look at Waynesville, Little Switzerland,French Broad River , Lake Junaluska and some of the outer lying areas for best values. You will be amazed. Sierra Nevada Brewing has just invested millions in a huge new facility near the airport...it is truly a craft beer Mecca along with being foodie heaven.
My guess is that it would be relative to where you currently reside.
I'm sure there are good things about the area, but whether or not it's a step up or down from where you currently live is difficult to answer.
Some components may be a step up from London, Paris, or Tokyo, some might be a disappointment. Again, hard to say since you give no baseline reference point.
Anyhow, good luck with your move.


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Lys is een gemeente in het Franse departement Nièvre (regio Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) en telt 119 inwoners (2009). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Clamecy.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Lys bedraagt 10,4 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 11,2 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

Externe links

Gemeente in Nièvre

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Policeman murdered in Westmoreland
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The police are reporting that a police constable was murdered in Westmoreland last night.
According to reports from the Whithorn police, 41-year old Rohan Bucknor, who was assigned to the Little London Police Station, was at a barbershop in Petersfield in the parish getting a haircut when he was approached by a lone gunman who opened fire hitting him multiple times.
He was assisted to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The police said investigations are ongoing.


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uPVC front door with double glazed centre light and sidescreen. Tiled floor.
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