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Bob McMurray: Coaching the best out of drivers
By Bob McMurray • 12/02/2017
Training with driver, Kory Enders. Photos / Bruce Jenkins
Is there a more international sport than motor racing? I guess it could be football but, in terms of the nationalities of those involved in motorsport, it is difficult to think of any other pursuit encompassing individuals from all parts of the world.
And many of those individuals are driven to exceed like no other sport I can think of, be they mechanics, drivers, strategists or truck drivers, all ultra-competitive in their own way. You are either in the sport for a season or for life, so the saying goes.
For me, like many others, it has been a lifetime sentence — a sentence gladly borne.
As the sport has developed, so has the span of professionals involved.
The term "driver coach" or "trainer" is a phenomenon to have developed from a pandering, bag-carrying, luxury to a "must have" in Formula 1 and has filtered down to even the youngest driver — where it is probably most needed.
In the Castrol Toyota Racing Series we have young drivers from all over the world and many, due to their young age and inexperience, have personal coaches.
One such coach is Rod MacLeod. Having left school in the UK at at the age of 15, all he wanted to do was race cars.
To do that, he had to earn money and learn the trade; so by 18 he had already worked for Formula 3 teams — and it didn't take long before he worked at the Tyrrell Formula 1 team.
His intended destination had always been the McLaren Formula 1 team, so after a couple of years at Tyrrell he got the job he desired, working on the cars of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. Since he was earning reasonable money, he embarked on his own racing career, beginning in Karts.
That led to racing Formula Ford, Formula 2000 and Formula 3 testing.
An offer from Jose and Julian Abed, current owners of the Mexico City Formula 1 event, to race Formula 3 in Mexico saw him move to Mexico City. "It all sounded very exciting and exotic and everything worked out really well — I got paid to drive!"
Mexico City became home and he embarked on a career racing in Formula 3 in South America and Daytona Prototype racing in the US as well as being a Michelin test driver and fulfilling a similar role with an Indy Lights team, the junior formula to full IndyCar racing.
All this experience with testing and having to relay specific data to engineers and translate the characteristics of an assortment of racing cars to other drivers led, almost by default, into the role of driver-coach, still based in Mexico City but with long periods in Miami and Indianapolis.
MacLeod was now speaking fluent Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French, and the driver coaching role expanded into a small company called Speed Group (speed-group.us/) with IndyCar star driver James Hinchcliffe as one of the founders.
MacLeod was one of the first to use sports psychologists with drivers after seeing how top golfers and tennis players benefited from their counselling.
Rod MacLeod. Photo / Bruce Jenkins
"I think the egos of racing drivers stopped them admitting that they needed somebody like that to help them — but a lot of race driving is psychological, a mental discipline, a lot of pressure from your peers, from sponsors and the need to perform in all areas. They need to be able to manage those demands and that is where the psychology part comes in" MacLeod says.
"I get involved in specific fitness training, mainly aerobic, nutrition and all the areas that are set around the actual driving as well as a simple driving/coaching role and sometimes a sort of guardian, almost a nanny on occasion!"
This is his third season in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
"I don't think there is such a quality of driver, of championship, of such demanding intensity, both mentally and physically, over such a short period time anywhere in the world.
"My drivers are spent at the end of it. It is a true drivers' championship, a true training ground for future careers."
Over those three seasons MacLeod has worked with three of the four teams now in the series and is coaching absolute newcomer to single-seater racing Kory Enders this 2017 season.
Enders, from Houston, Texas, had never driven a racing car before the first round this year.
"I am not only here to help him develop as a racing driver but also as a person— and the one will follow the other," says MacLeod.
In previous years in the Toyota Racing Series he has worked with Alfonso Celis jnr, now a test driver in Formula 1 with the Force India F1 team, and with two drivers from the US, now in sports car racing.
He is also associated with F1 drivers Felipe Nasr (last season with Sauber) and Sergio Perez (ex Sauber, McLaren and now Force India) and attends most of the Formula 1 events, especially with Perez.
MacLeod's stable stands at about 14 drivers in all forms of racing. Incredibly fit, he cycles, boxes and does gym work as he maintains he cannot ask a driver to do something that he would not do.
His parting line "I want to come back here every year, to the TRS, to the country, to the people. One of the best series and places on Earth."
The Castrol Toyota Racing Series is a diverse community and the strength and depth of all the visitors to this country will help our own young motor sport professionals.


Although it won't ultimately solve the problem, some people respond to a Los Angeles DUI arrest by simply ignoring it. They miss their trials or continue to drive even if they've temporarily lost their licenses.
That won't work in Riverside County, California. When you're charged with a DUI in that county, you'd better follow through on what you're supposed to do. Otherwise the cops may come looking for you.
On May 30th, beginning at 6 a.m., the Eastvale and Jurupa Valley Police Department Traffic Team hit the streets looking for high-risk DUI offenders who had either failed to show up for a court date or violated the terms of their probation in an outstanding DUI case. The cops attempted to serve 80 warrants by going into various neighborhoods; they netted 26 offenders.
According to a press release from the Riverside County Sheriff's office, people caught in such a sweep may face additional jail time. They also have to suffer the personal embarrassment of being led away in handcuffs as family, friends, and co-workers watch and/or learn of their arrest. There's also the problem of missing work while they're sitting in jail.
Riverside County takes DUI enforcement very seriously. The previous evening, the Lake Elsinore Police Department conducted a DUI/driver's license checkpoint that netted two DUI arrests plus 30 people either unlicensed or driving on a suspended license. On Saturday evening, officers of the Menifee Police Department held a similar checkpoint that resulted in eight DUI arrests (six alcohol-related and two drug-related) and 10 people cited for driving on a suspended/revoked license.


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Un fotostato es un aparato que se empleaba para reproducir planos, dibujos, cuadros, documentos, etc.

El fotostato actúa con rapidez y sin necesidad de emplear un cliché como se practica en las reproducciones fotográficas. Viene a ser una cámara fotográfica con su fuelle extensible y su objetivo pero que no exige negativo. El objetivo lleva delante un prisma para corregir la inversión de la imagen del texto o figura a reproducir. Por debajo de este prisma paralelamente al eje de este aparato hay un tablero donde se coloca el original. La distancia a que ha de colocarse según el tamaño que debe tener la reproducción se determina en un momento por medio de un mecanismo graduador. Por detrás, completan el aparato dos cubetas una para el revelador que está tapada y otra para el fijador. Dentro del aparato, hay un rollo de papel sensibilizado el cual va desarrollándose a medida que se van haciendo las reproducciones.

Todo el funcionamiento de este aparato consiste en que al dar la vuelta al manubrio se destapa el objetivo. La imagen se produce sobre el papel sensibilizado, el rollo de papel da una vuelta, una guillotina corta el trozo impresionado dándole el tamaño que se desee y este trozo pasa a la cubeta de revelado y de allí al baño fijador.

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How Stripe's App Marketplace Uses Small Tweaks to Boost UX
Payment processing giant Stripe has been running it's take on an app marketplace since late 2016. During this time, Stripe's Apps & Extensions marketplace has garnered plenty of fame for all the right reasons. Praised for its user-friendly API, intuitive partner taxonomy, and beautiful design, the Stripe marketplace is an admirable example of an app marketplace.
Earlier this year, Stripe decided to refresh their app store with a few small, albeit very effective tweaks. In this article, we'll dive deep into five of these tweaks, looking at how they offer a serious boost in User Experience (UX). With any luck, you'll consider making these same small changes on your marketplace!
UX Tweak #1: One-Line Descriptions
One of our favorite changes to the Stripe marketplace is the introduction of single-line descriptions below each homepage listing. Previously, app listings on the homepage consisted of just a logo, name, and category. While this wasn't a problem if you knew what you were looking for, it made organic app discovery much more difficult for users who were casually browsing to see how apps might bring value to their business.
The new design includes a short, unique description below every listing, instead of a not-as-helpful broad category. Together with an increased page length, this makes it much easier for users to explore the possibilities of Stripe's many apps.
UX Tweak #2: New Categorization
The next clever tweak to the Stripe marketplace was changing the way apps are categorized on the homepage. Before, apps on the marketplace's homepage were sorted across four groups, based on Stripe's approach to distinguishing partners: Extension Partners, Platform Partners, Plugin Partners, and Service Partners. Although this is a useful classification for partners, it's much less meaningful for end users, and certainly wasn't a good fit for the homepage.
Now, Stripe categorizes homepage apps by their use case — for example, "Build an ecommerce business":
This is a clever change for two reasons. First, use cases are a more helpful categorization for browsing purposes: users can just search for the outcomes they need, without having to understand partner taxonomies. Second, the new categories are great for marketing reasons! Users who land on the homepage are now immediately exposed to all the possibilities of Stripe's apps and extensions, making the marketplace much more enticing.
UX Tweak #3: Improved Search
In addition to changing how apps are categorized, Stripe have further improved browsability by adding new search filters. Previously, the search box allowed for only simple, text-based queries. This made it difficult to find the right app unless you knew exactly what words were used to describe it.
The new search filters include Business Need, Industry, and Location. By far the most practical of these filters is Business Need, where users can select one or more specific functionalities under the umbrellas of Finance, Marketing & Sales, Operations, or Payments. The Industry filter also has its uses, especially when users are casually browsing for apps that might be valuable to their business. Finally, there's the Location filter, which we'll come back to in a second.
UX Tweak #4: Supported Countries
Stripe have recognized that both partners and users have certain geographical constraints when it comes to integration. While these constraints may be political in some cases, they can also be functionality-bound; for example, you'll only want accounting extensions if they tailor to your jurisdiction's tax requirements.
As a result of this, Stripe have decided to make it abundantly clear what countries each app supports. Not only did they introduce the Location search filter — as described above — but they also added a Supported In panel on each extension's page. This way, users can save themselves the frustration of finding an app they like, only to discover it doesn't support their region.
UX Tweak #5: Services Directory
Last but not least, Stripe added a services directory as part of their most recent update. While the marketplace itself still focuses on traditional integrations, recognizing these non-app partners in a separate area demonstrates that Stripe is looking to build a fuller ecosystem of partners, even if they don't fit into the standard marketplace framework.
That's not to say Stripe didn't recognize their service partners before, though. Service partners were previously lumped under the core marketplace, with their own category on the homepage (recall tweak #2). However, this new change significantly improves clarity: users now have one directory for apps and another for service partners.
While some companies have offered similar partner directories for years (as is the case with Salesforce's AppExchange Consultants), it's worth noting that we've recently seen an industry-wide push towards recognizing service partners to increase customer success. For example, Zendesk recently launched a Partner Directory to go alongside their traditional app marketplace. Similarly, SalesLoft created a Consulting Partner Directory with the help of OpenChannel, which supports multiple directories by default.
Stripe were already an admirable example of an app marketplace, but with these small tweaks, they're continuing to improve the User Experience slowly and surely. With one-line descriptions below each app listing, improved search features, and new categories, they've significantly improved app discoverability. Meanwhile, by introducing supported countries as an app criterion, they've tackled hidden disappointment and frustration. Finally, with the addition of a services directory, Stripe have demonstrated they value all members of their ecosystem.
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Report - Honda to establish world's largest scooter plant in Gujarat
05/08/2014 - 08:52 | Honda Activa, Honda Dio, Honda Aviator, Honda Motorcycles | Nithyanandh K
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) fielded the Honda Activa in 2001 at a time when the Indian two wheeler market was considered to be an inhospitable place for scooters. However, the Activa lead the rise of automatic scooters in India, creating a stellar brand image for itself in the process.
Into its second generation, the automatic scooter which is now available in 110 cc and 125 cc avatars is sitting on a long list of orders. And that despite Honda increasing its scooter production capacity recently. Apart from the Activa, the Dio is a brisk seller too.
HMSI's Ahmedabad plant will be the world's largest scooter manufacturing facility.
In order to meet the surging demand for scooters, HMSI is all set to establish what would become the world's largest scooter manufacturing plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, reports Economic Times. With two assembly lines fully dedicated to build scooters, the proposed plant would have an annual production capacity of 12 lakh units.
The new plant would take HMSI's cumulative capacity to 58 lakh units (16 lakh units from the Haryana plant, 12 lakh units from the Rajasthan plant and 18 lakh units from the Karnataka plant). Honda will invest INR 1,100 cr in the new project which is estimated to create 3,000 new jobs.
Scooters constituted almost 25% of the entire Indian two wheeler market last fiscal and the number has already gone up to 27% so far this fiscal. The unisex appeal and city-friendly character of the automatic scooters have started to catch the fancy of an increasing number of buyers, as evident from the growth rate of 23% in the April - June 2014 quarter.
Honda has a dominating market share of 53% in the Indian scooter market, and India has already become the Japanese auto giant's second biggest two wheeler market.
[Source: Economic Times]
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AF civilians provide 'tip of the spear' support at Bagram, other locations
Jason Montano, an industrial workload specialist at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is currently serving a one-year tour at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. At any one time, there are about 150 Air Force civilians deployed at various locations around the world. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jathzed Fabara)
By Richard Salomon
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- Whether providing security in Kabul, Afghanistan, working as a warehouse manager in Kuwait or helping to build a medical clinic in Baghdad, an expeditionary civilian workforce helps the Air Force meet its global mission requirements.
At any one time, there are about 150 Air Force expeditionary civilians deployed at various locations around the world. More than 90 percent of them are in Afghanistan with most serving at Bagram Air Field, the largest military base in the country.
Jason Hogan, a general engineer at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is one of them. He is currently serving a one-year deployment at Bagram as an electrical engineer.
Last August, he traded the comfy confines of his three bedroom house in Warner Robins for an 8 foot by 12 foot living area in a conex trailer more than 7,400 miles away.
"I have learned the art of getting in and out of vehicles while wearing interceptor body armor and an advanced combat helmet," joked Hogan.
"Here at Bagram, I'm allowed to do much more than traditional electrical engineering," he said. "I've operated excavators, supervised work crews, given high-level briefings and worked other hands-on taskings. I also get an opportunity to see the aerospace ground equipment I worked on at Robins (AFB) being used here to launch and recover mission sorties."
Expeditionary civilians serve as logistic specialists, program managers, construction workers, administrative specialists, operations specialists, security personnel, information technology specialists, intelligence experts and much more.
They also serve in the financial arena. About 15 months ago, Melanie Jackson, a financial management specialist at the Pentagon, hopped into her Honda Accord every morning before weaving her way through Washington, D.C., traffic for her daily commute. Today, at Bagram, she dons her body armor and combat helmet before taking a 10-minute walk across a rocky expanse to her job as a budget account manager.
"I was looking to gain experience working not only in a deployed environment but within a joint community as well," Jackson said. "Without having any military experience, I felt that this was the best way I could contribute to the fight."
Some civilians have never been part of the military and want to serve, while others have deployed on active duty and miss the experiences and rewards that only a deployment can bring. Most of the assignments are for a year and include up to three 10- to 20- day rest and relaxation periods for going home or traveling.
Jason Montano, an industrial workload specialist at Robins, is about nine months into his one-year tour at Bagram as a real property manager.
"The easiest way to explain this job is by calling it a facility manager for all the buildings controlled by the Army garrison," Montano said. "When you work with people from different cultures and backgrounds, you have to find a way to get the job done. In the process, you develop strong bonds and friendships. Working together, we've fixed roofs, installed stairs and broken down a lot of the older structures."
Married with four children, Montano said he misses the morning and nighttime routines with his family and would have liked to have seen his son's final season of high school soccer.
"Even though this has been a growing experience and the extra pay has been nice, my heart is with my family," he said. "I'm not sure I could have done this without their love and support."
Earlier this year, the Civilian Expeditionary Workforce program transitioned to the Defense Department Expeditionary Civilian initiative, which allows for clearer visibility of civilian deployment capabilities across the DOD.
"This new initiative provides greater accountability and more effectively supports the combatant commanders' mission requirements," said Rusty Nicholson, the Air Force's DOD-EC program manager at the Air Force Personnel Center." AFPC plays a central role in this process by serving as a focal point for all deployment issues impacting our civilian deployed Airmen."
The majority of the DOD-EC opportunities are in the joint environment, which gives Air Force civilians the opportunity to experience operations in diverse, high-tempo mission areas.
"Our AFPC team provides detailed information and supports each Air Force expeditionary civilian," Nicholson said. "We work closely with teams representing personnel readiness, civilian personnel and unit deployments to ensure Air Force civilian Airmen are fully prepared to deploy and support the mission."
Nicholson added that deployments can help broaden civilians' career portfolios while giving them a deeper understanding of the DOD mission.
"When they return, employees bring back a greater understanding of joint operations, enhanced leadership skills and valuable knowledge for their work centers," Nicholson said.
Although deployments provide a realistic on-the-ground perspective, the hours are often long, the days off are few and, in many cases, the duty assignments are in locations with limited amenities.
"Some days are challenging, but keeping a perspective on your reason for being deployed in the (area of responsibility) helps get you through the tough days," Jackson said. "Besides being well-prepared, it's important to have a desire to serve and support our nation, as well as a spirit of adventure and a desire to experience new things."
Future program enhancements will increase the visibility of deployment locations, duties, etc., for interested Air Force civilians. Visit the Expeditionary Civilian SharePoint site for up-to-date civilian deployment information.
For more information about Air Force personnel programs, go to myPers. Individuals who do not have a myPers account can request one by following these instructions.
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In an age where celebrities seem happy to bare all and share all, how to deal with urinary incontinence seems to be one of the last taboos in our society. That may be why women who suffer from incontinence (and up to 1 in 3 of us do) feel so embarrassed about it. In order to deal with incontinence they often adapt their life to avoid awkward accidents. This way of dealing with incontinence can in turn have a huge knock-on effect on social life – whether exercising or taking long car journeys – and on self-confidence. Women with urinary incontinence tend to keep the problem to themselves for years without discussing it with anyone, even their family doctor or gynaecologist. They do not realise that there are many women also wondering how to deal with incontinence, and going through exactly the same problems they are. Help about how to deal with urinary incontinence is available. I warmly recommend all women experiencing urinary incontinence to use their next health check-up to speak about their concern and allow themselves to get help in dealing with incontinence.


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Feature Requests
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While the maintainers of restify work hard to provide the best possible
framwork for building REST services, there is more work to go around than there
are hours in the day. This document contains a set of features that have been
requested by the community. If you are looking to contribute, the items on
this list -- along with the open bugs on the issues tab -- are a great place to
start!

> The features here are not sorted in any particular order. Each feature links
> to the original GitHub issue requesting it. While feature requests are
> generally closed and moved to this document, discussion around the feature
> still takes place on the original issue. Even if there has been a discussion
> on the issue already, it is still worth declaring your intent to open a PR
> before investing time in writing code.

## Code

* [Support `server.use(route, handler)` and `server.all`][289]
* [Support asynchronous callbacks for throttle][381]
* [Streaming multipart parser without needing temporary files][474]
* [Default client to http protocol][790]
* [Exponential backoff and retry][633]
* [Arbitrary HTTP methods][576]
* [Detect route conflicts][909]
* [Improve upon `next.ifError`][875]
* [Benchmark suite][860]
* [HTTP/2 support][853]
* [Improve performance of route lookup][850]
* [Support HTTP_PROXY][813]
* [IE9 support for `bodyParser`][801]
* [Multipart Client Support][921]
* [Remove `next(err)`][1019]
* [Support `RegExp` for `route.render`][632]
* [Run internal handlers on `NotFound`][708]
* [Support multiple apps on the same port][1035]
* [Multiple versions for routes][1134]
* [sysdig support][1323]
* [Migrate routing DSL to `path-to-regexp`][1292]
* [JQuery Style Query Expansion][895]

## Documentation

* [Socket.io support][717]
* [`uncaughtException` handler when opting into domains][829]
* [Forward `req_id`][1101]
* [Document `bodyParser` headers][989]
* [Improve signRequest documentation][737]
* [Better documentation for `client.close`][859]
* [Document all client options][1326]
* [Client tunneling vs. proxying][1327]
* [Explain why Restify is great!][927]
* [`BasicAut` examples][1099]
* [Document `next` behaviour][1068]
* [Remove defaultResponseHeaders][1040]
* [Properly document req.accepts][957]
* [Plugin custom errors][948]
* [`findByPath` on `Router`][1136]
* [Multiple route handlers][1183]
* [Update new `HttpError` codes][1206]
* [v4 res.headers][1286]
* [Document RegExp DSL for routing][1065]

[289]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/289
[381]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/381
[474]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/474
[575]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/575
[790]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/790
[633]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/663
[717]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/717#issuecomment-296531086
[576]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/576
[576]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/576
[909]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/909
[875]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/875
[860]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/860
[853]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/853
[850]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/850
[829]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/829
[813]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/813
[801]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/801
[921]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/921
[1101]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1101
[1019]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1019
[989]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/989
[632]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/632
[708]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/708
[737]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/737
[859]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/859
[1326]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1326
[1327]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1327
[927]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/927
[1099]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1099
[1068]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1068
[1040]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1040
[1035]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1035
[957]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/957
[948]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/948
[1134]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1134
[1136]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1136
[1183]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1183
[1206]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1206
[1286]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1286
[1323]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1323
[1292]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/1292
[1065]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/pull/1065
[895]: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues/895

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LUCES Y SOMBRAS DEL EXPRESIDENTE QUE DECIDIÓ NO ENFRENTAR LA JUSTICIA.
LA INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA TRAMA DE CORRUPCIÓN BRASILEÑA EN EL PERÚ.
TODO SOBRE LA TRAMA DE CORRUPCIÓN JUDICIAL EN EL PERÚ.
JUAN CARLOS TAFUR, GABRIELA WIENER Y RAÚL TOLA COMPARTEN SUS OPINIONES SOBRE EL ACONTECER NACIONAL.
TODA LA INFORMACIÓN SOBRE AMBIENTE, CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO, PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE.


With the NFL season right around the corner, teams are gearing up by filling out depth charts and prepping for what should be an exciting 2015-2016 season. With a disappointing campaign last year plagued by injuries and a tough NFC East division, the New York Giants look to get back on track to their winning ways. With various key players coming back from injury, the Giants have high hopes going into camp.
The biggest loss for the Giants last year was their Pro-Bowl wide receiver Victor Cruz. Cruz suffered a knee injury last season which slowed down the offense, but way quickly picked back up by rookie Odell Beckham Jr. The high flying, speedy target picked up the slack last season after Cruz went down finishing the season with 91 receptions, 12 touchdowns and 1,305 yards. The league should be concerned to cover the projected starters for the Giants in the wide receiver slot. Accompanying Beckham Jr. and Cruz will be Rueben Randle. These three will give defensive backs all season.
Behind center will be Eli Manning which should not come as a surprise to many. The playoff superstar is expected to pick up his performance this season with a full wide receiver core. Manning is excited to have his targets back which should open up the ground game this season.
Accompanying Rashad Jennings in the backfield this season will be Shane Vareen and Andre Williams. This powerful backfield should do very well this season due to the potential arial attack the Giants can have. Along with the running game, the defense is expected to be one of the top defenses in the league. With high expectations, the Giants are expected to head into the season with a chip on their shoulder in hopes of making a Super Bowl run again.
For more news and updates on the New York Giants, please visit Andy Rudin's official website.


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Fukushima: Lethal radiation leak at destroyed Japan nuclear plant
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Lethal levels of radiation have been observed inside Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. And they are arguably way higher than you suspect.
According to Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), radiation levels of eight Sieverts per hour (Sv/h) have been discovered within the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was destroyed after a massive earthquake and a tsunami in March 2011.
Tepco, the company that operated the plant and is now tasked with decommissioning it, reported the discovery after making observations in a reactor containment vessel last month.
Eight Sv/h of radiation, if absorbed at once, mean certain death, even with quick treatment. One Sv/h is likely to cause sickness and 5.5 Sv/h will result in a high chance of developing cancer.
While 8 Sv/h is deadly, outside of Fukushima's Reactor Number 2 foundations of a much higher level of 42 Sv/h was detected.
A strange occurrence and experts are still arguing what caused the discrepancy. One possible explanation is that cooling water washed radioactive material off debris, taking it somewhere else.
But here's a truly terrifying catch: according to the report, Tepco highly doubts the new readings, because, as was discovered later, a cover was not removed from the robot-mounted measurement device at the time of the inspection, NHK World reports.
Exactly one year ago, Sputnik reported that Tepco engineers discovered absolutely insane levels of radiation of about 530 Sv/h within the reactor. Such levels of radiation would kill a human within seconds. By comparison, the Chernobyl reactor reads 34 Sv/h radiation level, enough to kill a human after 20 minutes of exposure.
The levels of radiation within Fukushima reactor number 2 were so high that Tepco's toughest robot, designed to withstand 1000 Sv/h of radiation, had to be pulled out, as it started glitching due to high radiation levels. Nuclear experts called the radiation levels "unimaginable" at the time.
On November 2017, the New York Times and other news outlets reported a much smaller figure of 70 Sv/h of radiation, more or less on par with a 74 Sv/h reading gathered before an anomalous 530 Sv/h spike.
While that radiation dosimeter cover negligence prevents precise calculations, the actual picture inside Unit 2 is thought to be much worse.
Japanese state broadcaster NHK World quoted experts saying that if the cleaning of the stricken power plant is not properly addressed, it will result in a major leak of radioactivity with "global" consequences. read more…
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"Difficult" to consider elections credible unless Nasheed is allowed to contest: European Union
The European Union (EU) has declared that it would be "difficult" to consider the Maldives' upcoming presidential elections credible unless former President Mohamed Nasheed is allowed to contest.
Nasheed is currently being tried in the Hulhumale' Magistrate Court over his detention of Chief Judge of the Criminal Court Abdulla Mohamed.
His Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) maintain that the charges are a politically-motivated attempt to prevent Nasheed from contesting elections in September, and have condemned the former President's repeated arrest on the court's order by squads of masked special operations police.
A number of international institutions including the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Judiciary, Gabriela Knaul, and the UK's Bar Human Rights Commission, have recently expressed concern about the politicisation of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), the legitimacy of the Hulhumale' Magistrate Court it created, and its appointment of the three member panel of judges overhearing the Nasheed trial.
The JSC's members include several of Nasheed's direct political opponents, including rival presidential candidate, resort tycoon and Jumhoree Party (JP) leader Gasim Ibrahim.
Last week, several members of the JSC also testified to parliament's independent commissions oversight committee that the creation of the court and appointment of the judges were politically suspect.
JSC Member appointed by the public, Sheikh Shuaib Abdul Rahman, last week revealed that the JSC had openly discussed their intent to eliminate Nasheed from the upcoming elections.
Chair of the Commission, Supreme Court Judge Adam Mohamed, had abused his post and powers as the chair to try and eliminate Nasheed from contesting the elections, said Shuaib, alleging that Adam Mohamed had "used the commission as a political tool".
"The politics of the majority control the commission, hence the rule of law, due process and due diligence do not exist in the JSC," Sheikh Rahman stated. "The commission has no amount of respect for constitutional principles."
"It is common now to hear a lot of MDP and Nasheed bashing in commission meetings. This was not how things usually were before. I believe politically biased comments like this have increased since Gasim joined the JSC as a representative of the parliament," Sheikh Rahman said.
In a statement on Thursday, the European Union said it "reiterates its view that the participation of the preferred candidates from all political formations in the Maldives is essential to ensuring the success of the forthcoming elections; it would be difficult to consider them credible and inclusive if Mr Nasheed and his party were to be prevented from standing or campaigning."
"The EU takes note of the acceptance by the prosecution of a defence request to defer the trial until after the upcoming presidential elections in September and hopes that this would offer the means to ensure that ex-President Nasheed is able to participate in the electoral campaign, under the same conditions as other candidates," stated EU High Representative Catherine Ashton.
In the statement, the EU also reminded Maldivian authorities of their "commitment to ensuring [Nasheed's] personal safety and security."
"The EU encourages all parties to exercise restraint, to act responsibly, and to work together to ensure that the outcome of these elections fully reflects the wishes of the Maldivian people, so safeguarding the Maldives' democratic institutions and enabling its next government to confront the serious economic, social and environmental challenges which the country faces," the statement concluded.
Following the EU's comments, President's Office Spokesperson Masood Imad tweeted on Saturday (March 16) that "it's not proper for governments to discredit the independence and integrity of our judiciary. Doing so is undermining Democracy in Maldives."
Masood added that the 2013 elections would be free, fair and exclusive, but would be "exclusive" of individuals who did not meet the legal criteria.
Nasheed's trial is meanwhile due to resume on April 4 following a four week recess granted by the court. The hearing has been scheduled despite the state prosecution stating it had no objection to delaying the trial until after the September 7 elections.
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Posted on March 16, 2013 March 16, 2013 Author JJ RobinsonCategories PoliticsTags Court, criminal court, european union, JSC, judicial services commission, maldives, maldives news, minivan, minivan news, Nasheed, Nasheed trial, trial
30 thoughts on ""Difficult" to consider elections credible unless Nasheed is allowed to contest: European Union"
What a ridiculous statement by EU.. way too biased but not surprising..
fisherman says:
Maldivian people are decedents of banished criminals probably from Sri lanka . If you want know the truth about Maldivian people, you have to look at the vague history of Maldivian people. The habit and life style of Maldivian is very much like those we see in prisons of other countries. Like prison inmates Maldivian are very tempered, and always interested to do things that common laws prohibits, decency does not exist in Maldivian, dietary habit and their preference to living in cramped messy environment very much resembles the life style of common criminals. Maldivians don't have social hierarchy that differentiates commoners from hybrids, a proof all are decedents from common ancestors. There is urgent need of cross breeding to purify bad genes inherited from their criminal genealogical linage, This is the only way you can have a fair election, how can you expect a fair election when you can buy vote for few rufiyaa.
@fisherman ur knowledge is far less than a fish.. so stop being a troll here.
Realty says:
How can you have elections without the biggest political and democratic party?
If things go bad for Nasheed, why not, Marya could as well be the first female islamic president, of course not wearing a buruga.
MDP will win and may not even need coalition.
@fisherman on Sat, 16th Mar 2013 5:40 PM
"... decency does not exist in Maldivian, dietary habit and their preference to living in cramped messy environment very much resembles the life style of common criminals. Maldivians don't have social hierarchy that differentiates commoners from hybrids."
Have you published this new research of yours? Can we see it? What you have written above is a load of rubbish if I may say so. I don't know where you come from, but the cramped unhygienic South East Asian slum conditions of Male are not typical of the rest of the Maldives!
Male is a slum for sure. It's hygienic conditions are on a par with the slums of Bombay or Dhaka. Overpopulation by Bangladeshis has probably contributed to much of that.
I cannot even imagine why you would say that there is no social hierarchy in the Maldives. This place has hierarchy everywhere from the smallest island to the largest. Even the names of the older generation reflect their social status.
Perhaps you are not a Maldivian. Our Dhivehi language has three forms of address for different social classes, which even I don't fully understand!
Where I may agree with you is that we may have Sri Lankan ancestry. Our language and its old historic forms are in fact cousins of Sinhalese spoken in Sri Lanka. But Maldivians are not of a single origin. We are descendants of largely Sri Lankans, South Indians, Africans and others.
Kuribee says:
No one is trying to Bar MDP contesting the election and they will have very right to contest in the election.
Question is whether Fili Nasheed is eligible to participate or not ? For sure he had arrested the judge and senior political leaders outside the constitutional rights. Fili Nasheed must be made answerable to his crime ? If Fili Nasheed can prove himself of his innocence, then he should be allowed to contest and if not then should be banned from taking part in the election.
Fili Nasheed can not be above the law.
I agree with Ann. EU doesnt seem to have any knowledge of our politics and the history of Nasheed and his stunts. we should all boycott EU. why cant you wait and see, before ridiculing the whole EU with these outrages statements. I am hearing that there is going to be a huge protest against the EU.
huee says:
There is no reason EU to have any interest in Maldives election and EU will work with any elected president.
Ekaloas buddy says:
Ann, what exactly do you find ridiculous? It indeed is a very logical and predictable statement of the EU and they are completely right to plea for fair elections. Even the cockroaches know the case against Nasheed is part of the political game. Political violence can not be tolerated, so what's wrong with demanding the personal safety of Nasheed?
And yea, fisherman is blabbering. The only thing about genes he's got right is that cross breeding indeed is better to get a healthy gene pool. Maldivians having "criminal genes" is bullshit.
Mohamed says:
When Nasheed came to power there was an agreement made by the Government, underwhich the Government procured waste management equipments for the region of Ari Atoll. When Nasheed came to power it was decided by the Govt that the equipments will be given to some other islands. The EU/ World Bank which was administering the project warned not to do it. Nasheed's Govt ignored and went ahead. Ask this question to the then environment minister Aslam. So why do Nasheed think we have to listen to EU when Nasheed's Govt itself ignored them.
How come u say MDP will win alone? MDP has 45,000 members who will vote for its candidate.
There are 85,000 members who belongs to other parties. And there are 106,000 people who haven't joined a political party.
Do u think those silent voters will vote for Anni? The majority will prefer a Coalition..
Even i am from MDP, but there is a reality that we all should accept, 45,000 is nothing out of 200,000+ eligible voters.
MDP has a very little chance of winning the Elections this time, lets go back to 2008 elections, even during that time MDP got 44,293 votes (25.09%).. my projection for 2013 is 30-35% for MDP on first round and a landslide victory for the Coalition on 2nd round.
If MDP has the guts to put forward a candidate other than Anni, I am sure it will get DRP's support.. lets see
Donald Duck says:
Maybe I missed a memo, but since when were "credible elections" actually a goal? Democracy has been kicked, beaten and stabbed to death and they're talking about credibility? Seems a very naive thing to actually say out loud.
Mode says:
Mdp is allowed to take part but nasheed may not since he had arrested and kept in isolation of judges outside the law.
If nasheed to can justify the arrest of judge then he can. If not he should not be allowed and need upkeep the rule of law here in Maldives.
Nasheed is not above law and he should face the consequences of his actions
Mr. Fisherman!
Maldivians are non of what you probably think they are!
Our forefathers, lets say a little less than a century ago, lived dignified life, owning vessels, hard working and earning enough, and did not owe no one!
They lived contended life!
Yes! They did not enjoy the many luxuries of today that were not even invented!
And they never begged for their hooch, gooch or pooch like them who are begging for a five rufiya for a bottle of water which eventually end up being added for their "piece" for the night or for a ticket to the cemetery for not paying dues!
Our forefathers were solvent and liquid when compared to this day!
A fish will never know if it is a fish or not!
Also many fisherman have been fishermen for their entire life, but never become fishing masters!
Not probably, but because they were too stupid and ignorant!
EU do have a stake in the Maldives and to my belief, they are clearly saying what they feel!
I do agree with Masood Imad about not being exclusive!
President Nasheed, if he ever did order the arrest of Abdulla Mohamed, judge of the Criminal Court, I would applaud him rather than putting him behind bars!
President Nasheed was right about the arrest of Abdulla Mohamed!
Try Abdulla Mohamed for his guilt, before trying President Nasheed for his guilt!
Let us not be exclusive! Try Traitor Waheed for the coup of 7th February 2012. It was a coup, and Waheed was a part of it!
Let us not be exclusive!
Try Gasim, Yaameen, Kutti Nasheed, Abdulla Shahid, Chief Judge and those who helped in installing a traitor government! Be non exclusive! Hurry!
Mohamed Naseem says:
The leaders will have better excuse to show. Always the Maldivians are big in size
Ismail says:
Does EU explicitly saying that due process of the law should not apply to President Nasheed and that he should be able to contest the election..MDP has not been barred..neither has Nasheed - to this day.. It is probable that he may be barred if he is found guilty of violating the constitution.
Counterproductive says:
When the mighty EU makes statements purporting to support a particular person, it contradicts the fairness principle that is fundamental to democracy. This will only give ammunition to the extremists who portrays democracy as a foreign conspiracy to manipulate Maldives
@reality on Sat, 16th Mar 2013 7:54 PM
"we should all boycott EU. I am hearing that there is going to be a huge protest against the EU."
Oh yeah? Try it. Do you want to survive just on Chinese tourists? Good luck with that! In case you're not aware, EU is not a single country, but 27 countries. Protesting against GMR is one thing, but the EU?
All I can see is good luck as you will need it and it's not come raining from the heavens. Your very existence is supported by the nationals of the EU visiting this god forsaken place.
@Ann on Sat, 16th Mar 2013 9:46 PM
"my projection for 2013 is 30-35% for MDP on first round and a landslide victory for the Coalition on 2nd round."
Your projection is probably about right. A "coalition" may on paper win as such, but they won't last long in government. They can barely tolerate each other as it is, and the only common ground between them is a hate of MDP!
I don't believe that's reason enough for a "coalition" to survive. A "coalition" is a fudge where no one benefits. The politicians won't like it, since they lose overall control. A politician of any character won't want to have to take orders from people outside his party. Look at that sitting duck, traitor Waheed. I don't recall him having made any decision on his own!
Lubna Ali says:
This is what I saw today
Junta Waheed told his cabinet minister in Utheem, that he will make sure, "Nasheed is served justice before the election and will ensure Nasheed's name is not on the ballot". He said, "he doesn't give a damn to US/UN/EU/UK/CW or India and they should not interfere with our internal affairs". "MDP must find another candidate to compete in the election" he (Junta Waheed) said
@Mode on Sat, 16th Mar 2013 10:14 PM.
Aaaah! My friend!
Majority rules, is the order of the day! Believe it or not!
Traitor lovers in this country is a minority who are disgraced, and in distress!
We have seen the so called "judge" who was being isolated, to my belief would be better off behind bars!
He has been doing total injustice to people, the nation, and to justice itself!
He has not only been a curse to the nation, but a very dangerous threat to it's security, which is now proven!
Yet, you cannot give the slightest benefit of the doubt to the PG, and the many who have testified against this so called judge!
No one should be or shall be above the law! Very true! Acceptable!
If you can start from 1978, from the day MAG took office, then work down to the day President Nasheed took office, without excluding anyone, not even "your" MAG; do justice in the name of justice, in accordance to the common senses of judgment, and in line with the order of happening.
Look deep to the deeds of Abdulla Mohamed, the Criminal Court so called judge, then look deep in to the work of the PG and the many who were complaining about him until President Nasheed was left with no alternative, but to request the Home Minister to isolate him constitutionally!
If President Nasheed is singled out, targeted, and barred from presidency, because MAG cannot come into the scene because he will loose; well, to my mind, it seems really silly and you are not only naive or inconsiderate, but sadly mistaken!
Explain me on what ground Nasheed took the on his own hand to abolish the judiciary systems ?
Tell me why Nasheed had violated our constitution many times ?
Tell me from where Nasheed got the authority to lock the supreme court ?
Tell me from where Nasheed got the money to pay Ali waheed ?
Tell me from where Nasheed got the money to pay Alhan Fahumee ?
These are few things that need to be answered ?
Majority is not the majority of MDP and majority is the majority of Maldives.
Majority of Maldivian do not want Nasheed as the leader any more.
MDP in reality will have just over 30 thousand members though in the books they have 46 thousand.
Rest of the people are not Maldivian you mean? or they don't count ?
When talk about the democracy and Nasheed ? Look at MDP, Nasheed had hijacked the party completely.
Nasheed is not even willing to have an fair election within the party ? Nasheed is afraid to have primary to elected the presidential candidate ?
Why ? because he knew that if there is an election within the party, he will have very narrow chance of winning the primary ? Nasheed want be the man and only the man in the party ?
He is a real dictator in the name of democracy ?
naina says:
As an ordinary citizen of this country I feel insecure and confused at all what's happening in this country. Senior Lawyers and UN expert and even members of Judicial Service Commission have said that the panel of judges for the bench looking into Mr. Nasheeds case is not constitutional but still the case is going on as it is. Is this proper justice? Is there no authority to correct the issue before continuing with the trail. Correct it and then go forward! That's my appeal!
Third world countries now have to hold elections according to the way its dictated by EU. Its the EU who decides who shall be contesting in the elections and who shall win the elections in third world countries. If the orders of EU are not obeyed, you shall be branded as undemocratic by the EU. This is very funny. Is this what EU is about? Dictating the poor and weak and still call themselves a democratic bloc. What a shame.
EU also has better things to think about tahn elections of Maldives. Debt ridden Greece, collapsing economy of Italy and Spain, bail out means for many poor EU nations, failing euro currency, fundamental christianism, no government in Italy, homophobia in east EU states, UK hodling referendum to leave the EU, paedophilic catholic church, selling their bonds to china and brazil to save their collapsing economy etc etc. So please stay away from Maldives politics. We can manage our country well. You guys are anyway on the downfall, your people are getting poor and poorer each day, so think of those things first.
hoooligan says:
If 100,000 people eligible to vote who hasn't joined any political party how do you know they will not vote for MDP? even if half of them vote for MDP candidate mdp will win.
aa says:
so eu is saying even a convicted criminal should be able to contest in elections even though its against the country's laws? no wonder eu is the verge of collapsing now.
dhivehisoru says:
EU needs Anni. Anni is the only hope for them for the secret agenda. MDP members are blind.
mr. yazir u r in the dark about what;s happening in the world. have u ever thought of a Maldives without aid frm any country? think in a positive way pls.
@ ali.. yes, we need foreign aid, but we also have the right to protect the sovereignty of our country! don't u love ur country?
@ hooligan.. yes MDP has a chance, but not with anni! u know that MDP's support is still at all time low, we need a better moderate candidate for MDP
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Elizabeth Shull Russell ( - ), également connue sous le nom de "Tibby" Russell, est une biologiste américaine spécialisée dans la génétique du développement des mammifères. Elle passe la majeure partie de sa carrière au Jackson Laboratory de Bar Harbor, dans le Maine. Elle est surtout connue pour ses travaux novateurs sur la pigmentation, les cellules sanguines et les cellules germinales. Elle a également sensibilisé le public aux avantages des animaux de laboratoire génétiquement définis dans la recherche biomédicale.

Biographie

Enfance et formation

Elizabeth Russell naît Elizabeth Buckley Shull à Ann Arbor, dans le Michigan. Elle est l'aînée des enfants de Margaret Jeffrey Buckley et d'Aaron Franklin Shull, tous deux zoologistes, et la nièce de George H. Shull, un éminent généticien. Elizabeth est fascinée par la science et la démarse scientifique dès son plus jeune âge, ce qui la conduit à étudier la zoologie à l'université du Michigan, dont elle sort diplômée en 1933. Après avoir reçu une bourse de l'université Columbia et obtenu sa maîtrise en 1934, elle part travailler à l'université de Chicago, où elle obtient son doctorat en zoologie en 1937, et épouse un autre étudiant, William L. Russell, la même année.

Carrière et vie personnelle

Le couple déménage pour travailler au Jackson Memorial Laboratory, mais son poste n'était pas rémunéré. Elizabeth Russell commence à étudier la tumorogenèse chez les drosophiles (Drosophila melanogaster). Elle a deux publications et quatre enfants entre les années 1940 et 1946 (trois garçons, Richard, John et James, et une fille, Ellen) Le surnom Tibby lui vient de son mari, car ils travaillaient dans un laboratoire avec plusieurs autres femmes nommées Elizabeth.

En 1947, le mariage d'Elizabeth Russell se termine par un divorce, mais elle garde une bonne relation avec son ex-mari. Plus tard cette année-là, le Jackson Memorial Laboratory brûle, tuant la majorité des animaux de recherche. Elizabeth est alors chargée d'obtenir de nouvelles souris auprès delaboratoires du monde entier.

Principaux travaux

Elizabeth Russell poursuit la caractérisation génétique de nombreux animaux de laboratoire pour des phénotypes tels que les attributs physiques et les susceptibilités aux maladies, en achevant une étude histologique monumentale sur l'effet que les principales mutations de la couleur du pelage de la souris ont sur les attributs physiques et la distribution des granules de pigment dans les poils. Cette analyse est la première tentative de définir chaque phénotype de la souris en termes de facteurs génétiques, ouvrant la voie à pratiquement toutes les études sur la couleur du pelage.

Reconnaissance et récompenses

Elizabeth Russell est membre du conseil consultatif du National Institute on Aging pendant cinq ans. Elle est élue membre de l'Académie américaine des arts et des sciences en 1956 et membre de l'Académie nationale des sciences en 1972. En 1978, elle est nommée par le secrétaire à la santé, à l'éducation et au bien-être pour coprésider un comité chargé d'évaluer les besoins futurs en chercheurs biomédicaux. Elle reçoit une bourse Guggenheim en 1958 et, en 1983, elle est nommée l'une des dix femmes exceptionnelles du nord et de l'est du Maine. La même année, elle est élue à l'American Philosophical Society. Elle reçoit, entre autres, le Woman of Achievement Award du Westbrook College en 1985, et le Maryann Hartman Award de l'université du Maine en 1990, ainsi que des diplômes honorifiques de plusieurs collèges du Maine. En 1991, elle est élue au Maine Women's Hall of Fame. Elle est également membre du conseil d'administration de l'université du Maine (1975-83), du College of the Atlantic (1977) et de Associated Universities, Inc. (1977-83).

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The Ruins of Angkor - 3 - Angkor Thom
Angkor Wat, that we have described in the previous post, was primarily a temple complex measuring 1.2 km x 1.2 km. Angkor Thom on the other hand, was a city, the capital city of the Angkor empire with a walled area of approximately 3 km x 3 km. This city was built in the 12th century by Suryavarman VII and his successors who lived there till the eventual collapse of the Angkor empire. As a city it had multiple palaces, numerous temples and many other structures.
Like all Angkor structures, Angkor Thom is surrounded by a moat, walls and four gates (plus one funeral gate for dead bodies)
This is where we enter the city through the South Gate. [ Please click on the images to enlarge them]
These large faces are characteristic of Angkor Thom
The moat is crossed over a causeway that has a row of Gods on one side and a row of Demons, Asuras, on the other
At the centre of the city is the temple of Bayon, that is a similar to Angkor Wat but smaller. Also the most interesting feature of the Bayon Temple is the large Chaturanan, Four Faced, Brahma statues.
Inside the temple there are many beautifully sculptured panels depicting the lives of the Khmer people and a few well preserved statues of the Buddha
But the really interesting part of the Bayon temple are the large faces of Brahma that are everywhere
There are hundreds of temples and structures within the city limits of Angkor Thom and one such structure is the Elephant Terrace, a kind of amphitheatre, used by the king to review his soldiers, celebrate festivals and for any large public gathering.
Most of the carvings are that of elephants except the one below, where we see Garuda
ropes stretched between towers like this were used by tightrope walkers, and below we see the three headed elephant, Airawat, used by Indra
and finally we have the Royal Crematorium, used by the King and his family. All other corpses were cremated outside the city limits
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The Ruins of Angkor - 2 - Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is the crown jewel of the architectural monuments built by the Vaishnav kings of Angkor in what is now Cambodia. In the previous post we have seen how the ruins looked like when they were first "discovered" by Europeans in the 19th century and here we see how the great temple looks like today.
Angkor Wat was built by Suryavarman II in the 12th century, between 1113 and 1150 AD, and it represents the Hindu world view. At the centre is the main temple, 65 metres high, and represents Mount Meru, the centre of the Universe. This is where the main Vishnu idol was installed but it was subsequently moved, though not destroyed, by subsequent Buddhist kings.
Surrounding this temple are two layers of terraces containing bas relief panels depicting the story of Ramayana, Mahabharat, tales from the Puraanas and stories from the life of the king. The outer wall of the temple spans an area of 1 km x 1 km square and then you have a huge moat, filled with water, that represents the Ocean that surrounds the world.
the moat is crossed over a causeway decorated with the lion, the symbol of India, and the snake, the symbol of the Naaga dynasty of the ancient Khmers
most of the Serpent icons are destroyed. Here is one that is quite intact
this is the outer wall, just inside the moat.
approaching the temple, the five spires are now visible clearly
the bas-relief figures are in the terraces seen above
These are scenes from the Ramayana
Next we cross over to the Mahabharata side of the terrace
and we spotted Bhisma on his bed of arrows
and possibly Arjun, piloted by Lord Krishna
this shows the three worlds -- Heaven, Earth and Hell
images of the king Suryavarman - II
and Samudra Manthan -- a recurring theme in these areas
then the steep climb to the top of Mount Meru!
view from level 3, looking down at the courtyard of level 2
this is where the Vishnu idol stood, now displaced by a Buddha statue
view from the top, looking out to the front gate, 500m away
The Nat Mandir
one of the Apsara in close up. Most of these have been extensively vandalised and stolen during the years of chaos following the Vietnam war and the Pol Pot regime
climbing up and down Mount Meru
One of the few surviving Buddha statues
One last look as we depart.
Angkor Wat, being the largest and most well known temple of the Angkor kings has been vandalised the most. In a subsequent post, there will be pictures of smaller, lesser known temples (Bantaey Samre or Shyam Rai) where many of the idols are well preserved.
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Category: 2024 Bid
Posted on September 15, 2017 December 3, 2018
Paris 2024; Two videos from Paris' presentation at the IOC Session in Lima
Update 03/12/2018; These YouTube videos were deleted by the user (Paris2024).
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IOC announces host cities 2024 and 2028
As expected, the International Olympic Committee awarded the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in 2024 to Paris and the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad in 2028 to Los Angeles.
Read more about the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 masterplan and venues.
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IOC President Thomas Bach said:
"Congratulations to Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028! This historic double allocation is a 'win-win-win' situation for the city of Paris, the city of Los Angeles and the IOC."
"It is hard to imagine something better. Ensuring the stability of the Olympic Games for the athletes of the world for the next 11 years is something extraordinary."
"These are two great cities from two great countries with a great Olympic history. Both cities are very enthusiastic about the Games and are promoting the Olympic spirit in a fantastic way."
IPC President Andrew Parsons said:
"I am greatly excited at what Paris 2024 and LA 2028 can do in terms of growing the Paralympic Movement and would like to send my heartfelt congratulations to both cities."
"Both Paris and LA presented tremendous integrated bids and what I like about each host city is that they offer different opportunities for the Paralympic Movement."
"Paris 2024 has a very strong desire to surpass London 2012 and stage the best Paralympic Games in history. Looking at what they presented here in Lima I really believe they can do it, however the benchmark will likely be raised by Tokyo in three years' time. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will undoubtedly lead to social transformation and most certainly will make France an even stronger and more competitive player in Paralympic sport, especially with the development of France's first Paralympic youth training centre."
"With 11 years still to go until the LA 2028 Paralympics we have to go all out to ensure that these are the Games where the Paralympic Movement finally makes a breakthrough in the USA. This is a huge opportunity for us to engage the US market in terms of awareness, spectator numbers, TV viewership, commercial support and participation; it is an opportunity that we have to grasp with both hands."
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti said:
"We know that the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 represent continuity with our city and this movement's enduring values. Los Angeles reflects the face of America's future, and the heart of American values of inclusiveness, of generosity and of unity."
Tony Estanguet, Co-Chair of Paris 2024, said:
"This day, Sept. 13th, will be remembered for our two teams and for the IOC. Now let's open, together, a new chapter of Olympic history."
Categories2024 Bid, 2024 Paris, 2028 Bid, 2028 Los Angeles, General Tags131st IOC Session, Bid, IOC, Los Angeles, Paris
Posted on August 2, 2017 December 5, 2018
2024 Bid; New Venue Plan Video Paris 2024
Update 03/12/2018; This YouTube video was deleted by the user (Paris2024).
Categories2024 Bid Tags130th IOC Session, Bid, Paris
2024 Bid; Los Angeles agree to host 2028 Olympic Games – Reactions
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said: "Today we take a major step toward bringing the Games back to our city for the first time in a generation and begin a new chapter in Los Angeles' timeless Olympic story."
Casey Wasserman, chairman of the bid committee, said: "This opportunity is unprecedented. From every vantage point – sports, infrastructure, social programs, finance – it is a big win for Los Angeles."
IOC President Thomas Bach said: "The IOC welcomes this decision of the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Candidature Committee. and we are pleased to release the Host City contract 2028 in a transparent and timely manner."
Sir Philip Craven, IPC President, said: "The whole Paralympic Movement welcomes the decision by Los Angeles to put themselves forward to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games."
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, said: "Paris and Los Angeles are two amazing global cities that are united in their support of the Olympic cause and we stand together now to help the Games thrive in 2024 and 2028."
Tony Estanguet, Co-Chair of Paris 2024, said: "Paris 2024 is proud to be working together with the IOC and our friends in Los Angeles to reach a positive solution for both cities, the Games and the whole Olympic Movement for 2024 and 2028."
Categories2024 Bid, 2028 Bid TagsBid, IOC, Los Angeles, Paris
2024 Bid; Los Angeles agree to host 2028 Olympic Games
Photo: Sergei Gussev on Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Press release by the International Olympic Committee:
Los Angeles Declares Candidature for Olympic Games 2028 – IOC to contribute USD 1.8 billion to the local Organising Committee
In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC is pleased to release today the Host City Contract 2028 following the declaration of candidature by the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Candidature Committee for the Olympic Games 2028. In it, the IOC stipulates that it will make contributions to the Organising Committee representing an overall estimated value of USD 1.8 billion.
In comparison to the Host City Contract 2024, the IOC is making two major changes: the IOC will advance funds to a Los Angeles Organising Committee in view of the longer planning period and to increase participation and access to youth sports programmes in the City of Los Angeles in the years leading up to the Games.
Download the Host City Contract 2028 here.
Categories2024 Bid, 2028 Bid TagsBid, IOC, Los Angeles
2024 Bid; New report by the 'California Legislative Analyst Office'
Highway 110 – Los Angeles, United States – Cityscape photography. – Photo by Giuseppe Milo on Flickr. – (CC BY 2.0)
You can read an updated report by the California Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) on the LA2024 bid here.
Categories2024 Bid TagsBid, Los Angeles
2024 Bid; Paris 2024 Proposes a 'Medal made for Sharing'
Screenshot Paris 2024 Candidate City Presentation – Video by IOC Media on Youtube
Paris 2024 proposes an innovative medal design concept. During yesterday's presentation Laura Flessel (French Sports Minister) said:
A medal made for sharing. With coaches, friends and family. It's inspired by our discussion with athletes.
A prototype of the medal is on display in the stand of Paris 2024 at the SwissTech Convention Center.
Update 13:15: Paris2024 shared a video on Twitter
Update July 26: Video on YouTube
2024 Bid; 130th IOC Session: The day after
Reactions on the approved plan for Paris and Los Angeles to be jointly awarded the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games;
"This is a proud day for Los Angeles and for the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in America.
We're thrilles with the IOC's decision today, which is a major step forward in making LA's Olympic Dream a reality.
Today, two of the world's greatest cities, with outstanding but different proposals, stand ready to serve and advance the Olympic and Paralympic movements and their values. We look forward to working with the IOC and Paris in the weeks ahead to turn this golden opportunity into a golden future together."
It's official! 24+28 Olympics will be awarded together!! A "golden opportunity" for Olympic movement #proud @LA2024 pic.twitter.com/WMNHYSgYVB
— Angela Ruggiero (@AngelaRuggiero) 11 juli 2017
The IOC has decided to award both the 2024 and 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games when it announces the host cities in September. pic.twitter.com/bN5HvL0KH7
— Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) 11 juli 2017
Statement by United States Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Scott Blackmun:
"Today's decision by the IOC is historic and welcome. We look forward to working with our partners in LA, our friends in Paris, and the IOC administration to make the dream of bringing the Games back to the United States a reality."
A #historic day for ? sport | We are a proud team excited about the future of the #OlympicMovement #Paris2024 #ReadyFor24 @iocmedia pic.twitter.com/XnuVe9lkPV
— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) 11 juli 2017
#Lausanne signe le début d'une formidable histoire entre la famille olympique, #Paris et #LosAngeles. Merci aux membres du CIO. #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/ruf4LHZbvx
— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) 11 juli 2017
Today is day one of a new chapter. Three partners working together to strengthen Olympism. #Paris2024 partenaire de confiance du CIO ! pic.twitter.com/zAtkjBpY0C
— Tony ESTANGUET (@TonyESTANGUET) 12 juli 2017
Categories2024 Bid Tags130th IOC Session, Bid, IOC, Los Angeles, Paris
Posted on July 11, 2017 December 3, 2018
2024 Bid; New Video: 24 Words for Paris 2024
2024 Bid; Presentations Los Angeles and Paris at the 130th IOC Session in Lausanne


Welcome to Bear Pause mountain retreat in Estes Park - the perfect place to "pause" and get away from the rush and stress of everyday life.
Equipped with a gas BBQ grill for enjoyable cookouts and outdoor dining.
Bear Pause, your home away from home!
Cozy guest bedroom with a Double bed.
Laundry room with full-sized washer and dryer for your personal use.
Laundry area with full-sized Washer and Dryer for your use and convenience.
Kids' bed room has a twin over double sized-bunk for sleeping up to 3!
Guest Bathroom located just across from the kitchen.
Guest bathroom has a European style shower handle attached.
Updated kitchen with beautiful granite countertops.
Kitchen is fully equipped for all your cooking needs.
Beautiful and newly updated kitchen.
Dining area with wonderful views.
DIning room table with room for 6. Dining room conveniently attached to the kitchen with a nice open door-way.
Plenty of comfortable seating in the main living area.
Living room area with a large flat screen TV and DVD player.
Master bedroom with Queen-sized bed.
Master Bedroom and private bathroom, located just off from the main living area.
Plenty of room in the living area to enjoy family games, puzzles or TV.
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ALLERGY ALERT! Owners have had their dog in this home.
BEARS in the area. You will need to lock doors and windows each time you leave the property.
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To the right of the entrance, you will find the dining area and then wander into the recently remodeled (2018), well-stocked kitchen, spacious and ready for meals for your mountain getaway. Just past the kitchen is another bathroom that is close to the kid's bedroom. Past that through the hallway will lead you to the laundry room with a full sized washer and dryer. This leads to the door to the outside where you will find a propane grill for summer BBQ's. You will also enjoy a wonderful breeze and views of the historic Stanley Hotel. Once you pass the laundry room you will find a third guest bedroom that will also lead you back to the dining/kitchen area.
The surrounding lawn is level and the perfect place for the kids to play and enjoy the fresh mountain air. Don't be surprised to find a herd of deer or elk in the yard. You'll love the gorgeous views of Lake Estes, downtown Estes Park, Lumpy Ridge and the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park. This home sits less than a half mile above downtown Estes Park and is an easy walk to evenings of live music, restaurants, shopping, shuttle stops, and the Estes Park trail system.
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Q: How are rare gems used when I purchase them? I recently downloaded Bejeweled-Blitz to my iPhone.  A recent update has changed the application so that between each game, I am asked if I want to purchase a "Rare Gem".  There are 5 different types of Rare Gems and, from what I can gather, the only way to purchase them is to purchase the one you are offered, in between each round.
I think these rare gems are offered at random, however, some of them seem be more rare than others.  Also, each gems has an explanation as to what it does.  I'm not interested in that.  What I would like to know is when or if I purchase one of these gems, how do I use it?
Will they automatically appear in my next game?  Will they only appear for a limited number of rounds?  Is it a one-time purchase, and then these gems will randomly show up on the board?
I'm curious because even though I enjoy the game, I'm not interested in spending any money to buy additional coins.  Since the coins I do have are precious, I don't want to buy and of these gems if they are to expensive for the reward.  The benefit of the purchase may be subjective to the user, however, knowing the exact mechanics of how these gems are used can help me figure out whether I'd like to buy them or not.

A: Once any rare gem has been harvested, its effect is added automatically to your next game.  It lasts for one game only, however after the game is completed you are offered the same gem again at a small discounted "streak price" for the next game.
The boosts you chose are not affected by the harvesting of a rare gem and combining the two can provide powerful results.

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Well i'm officially on holidays and boy, does it feel good! I've missed you guys! Feels so great to be blogging without the guilty sensation of an assignment hanging over my head, knowing that "i reaaallly should be doing that now", god I love holiday freedom! Apparently my excitement for holidays has been rather fierce, because I've developed this intense obsession for leopard print (see what I did there?) I know that leopard can be a little.. trashy.. but i'm not talking about cougar-ish velvet leopard print cardi's.. rather, zimmermann leopard bikini's with little gold toggles on the ends, a drapey leopard maxi from nookie, and floaty culottes to throw on with converse or sandals in classic summer fashion. If you need proof of just how hot leopard can look, go check out the photo of nikki phillips in the nookie maxi on her instagram. H-O-T. I've managed to get two out of four items on my list.. i haven't stopped wearing the cap since I got it, and the pants are due in the mail any day.
Now i'm just deciding what should be next!


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The Cadott Area Fire and Rescue is on track to have a new fire engine by the beginning of 2020. The fire board, composed of members from the Village of Cadott, and the townships of Arthur, Goetz and Sigel, voted in favor of purchasing a new engine from Darley, during a quarterly meeting Jan. 22.
Voting members approved the purchase of the $460,000 vehicle, in a 6-3 paper ballot vote.
Prior to the vote, Troy Carothers, Darley representative, was on hand to answer questions the board had about options for the engine and features of the proposed truck.


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Death Laid an Egg
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Nobody Runs Forever
Rod Taylor plays a policeman sent to return a sensitive case; An Australian citizen, currently acting as high commissioner for peace talks who is wanted for an old charge —…
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Krakatoa, East of Java
A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.
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How do I interpret characters that are not 1 or -1 in a point group table?
When the character in a point group table is listed as 1 or -1, I understand how an object/orbital etc. transforms to give either itself or the negative of itself.
When the character in a point group table is 2 or -2, what does this mean in terms of transformation? To understand this would be very helpful in terms of assigning the correct irreducible representations to atomic orbitals/LGOs to then determine which pairs mix.
Similarly, I do not understand how to interpret a character of sin or cos of an angle, nor a character of 0.
I am hoping there is a conceptual/visual way of explaining this as I am not up to speed on the matrix math, and the class that this is relevant too does not include that math either.
When you observe that in the characer table of a symmetry group there are irreducible representations where the character of the identity operation (E) is 2 or higher, you may find that the character of some symmetry operations is 0, +2, -2, etc. This is due to the fact that this IR are degenerate.
When you apply the symmetry operations of the D6h point group you can check that what you obtain is a linear combination of these orbitals. If you express this linear combinations in matrix form, the character of the matrix will give you the value that appears in the character table for the symmetry of that orbital. In this case these orbitals have a E1g symmetry.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged inorganic-chemistry symmetry group-theory or ask your own question.
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package com.guyazhou.examples.thread.thread01;

import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;

/**
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 * Created by YaZhou.Gu on 2017/6/26.
 */
public class ThreadTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            // ThreadClass
            Thread thread = new ThreadClass();
            thread.start();
            //thread.start();   // will cause exception

            // RunnableClass
            new Thread(new ThreadGroup("RunableGroup"), new RunnableClass()).start();
        }

    }

    private static class ThreadClass extends Thread {

        private static int a = 1;
        static ReentrantLock reentrantLock = new ReentrantLock();

        @Override
        public void run() {
            reentrantLock.lock();
            System.out.println(Thread.currentThread() + " ThreadClass running..." + ", " + a++);
            reentrantLock.unlock();
        }

    }

    private static class RunnableClass implements Runnable {

        @Override
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These biodegradable bio-photovoltaics use moss to generate electricity (Video)
The way forward is here
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© Elena Mitrofanova
Despite the worthy concept of transforming sunlight into electricity, solar photovoltaics are problematic. For one, their manufacture and disposal causes lots of long-term issues with toxic byproducts, and they also don't perform very well yet in northern regions or places that don't get a lot of sun. But that could change if voltaics were plant-based, as designer Elena Mitrofanova is proposing for her thesis, done for the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. Using digitally fabricated, modular clay "bricks" that would be connected as a conventional circuit, Mitrofanova's concept would use moss as the medium to generate electricity. Check out the video explaining this novel idea:
Moss Voltaics from Elena Mitro on Vimeo.
Seen over at ArchDaily, Mitrofanova's project is part of an emerging trend exploring the possibilities of biophotovoltaics (BPV), where photovoltaics are designed to harness the natural, biological power of plant photosynthesis.
Due to the presence of symbiotic bacteria in a soil-less medium, the moss in the voltaic "cell" is able to generate electricity as it undergoes photosynthesis, delivering organic compounds into this soil-less substrate made of water-absorbent hydrogels and conductive carbon fibers, which essentially acts as the anode of this power-generating system. The bacteria in the substrate is nourished by these compounds, producing free electrons as a byproduct, which is harnessed by the system as electricity.
The system could be organized in either a parallel or series circuit, and could be installed on the facades of buildings. One of Mitrofanova's aims was to design the moss voltaics as a scalable system, potentially suited for urban areas. The bricks themselves form a protective shell for the moss, shading them from sunlight while allowing a favourable, moist microclimate to flourish within. To do this, Mitrofanova left most of the clay's surfaces unglazed, except for the interior's bottom, where pooling water would pose a problem. Moss itself was chosen because it is low-maintenance, requires little water, and grows well in northern climates.
So far, Mitrofanova's system is capable of producing only 3 watts with a 16-module setup, but she believes that with future technology potentially having lower energy requirements and higher efficiency, moss voltaics could be a viable option someday. The graphic below shows the estimated surface area that would be needed to power things like laptops, cellphones and more.
She also notes that other plants like algae could be used instead, and that in the long run, biological photovoltaics would be less expensive to produce, self-repairing and self-replicating and even biodegradable. More over at ArchDaily and Elena Mitrofanova.
Using digital fabrication, moss and clay, this designer's "moss voltaics" would use these hardy plants to transform sunlight into electricity.
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