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The list is divided into four sections – Novels, Audios, Comics (Single Issues), and Comics (Graphic Novels) – each with two subsections – the Top 6 and the Honourable Mentions (The Audios section is only 3 and 3 since I didn't listen to all that much audio stuff so far this year).
And just to repeat, this is a January-June 2013 list.
Finally, some of the content descriptions have been beefed up so that the formatting is consistent, and this is why the images for the single issue comics are different from the rest of the article.
Promoted in the field for courage and leadership under fire, Ia is now poised to become an officer in the Space Force Navy—once she undertakes her Academy training. But on a trip back home to Sanctuary, she finds the heavyworld colony being torn apart by religious conflict.
Now Ia must prepare her family and followers to secure the galaxy's survival. Her plan is to command a Blockade Patrol ship. Her goal, to save as many lives as she can. But at the Academy, she discovers an unexpected challenge: the one man who could disrupt those plans.
The man whose future she cannot foresee..
Tarathan of Ar and Jehane Mor, ride into the great city of Ij in time for it's grand Festival of Masks. But soon after their arrival they witness a terrible slaughter as their fellow heralds are targeted an assassinated. They must flee for their lives across the city as they discover Swarm agents at work as they attempt to destabilise the entire River Cities network for their own ends.
And five years after her great flight from the Derai Wall, Malian remains hidden to those who seek her. But she has not been idle. Her goal is to muster all Derai magic users that have fled into exile rather than face destruction. Only by uniting against the Swarm menace can they hold their own against the dark tide and she has hunted down every rumour of their presence.
And she has developed her own powers that the Swarm must learn to respect and to fear. For Malian won't see her people fall to a dark tide of twisted magic as demonic forces subvert a way of life.
Readers of Elantris thought they'd discovered someone special in Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn proves they were right.
When a disreputable dealer starts swindling aged and ailing comic-book creators out of their wealth—and their high-valued comics and artwork — the daughter of one victim comes to ex-insurance investigator Nathan Ford and his team of counter-crooks for help.
Their scheme: run a con at the Comic-Con International, where the crook intends to sell the goods.
But there's more going on than simple theft. An arson plot is in motion that will not only destroy countless rare collectibles, but may end up costing lives.
Gotrek and Felix race to the dwarf hold at Karak Kadrin, finding it besieged by one of the grand armies of Chaos warlord Garmr. When King Ungrim Ironfist speaks of the legendary 'Road of Skulls' and of the hated foe's attempts to open a portal into the Realm of Chaos, Gotrek senses that a great doom awaits him – though it may not be the one he would choose for himself.
As the king's own son leads his army of Slayers to fulfil an ancient prophecy, it seems that Garmr's hour of victory may be at hand.
In 1944, as waves of German ninjas parachute into Kent, Britain's best hopes for victory lie with a Spitfire pilot codenamed 'Ack-Ack Macaque'. The trouble is, Ack-Ack Macaque is a cynical, one-eyed, cigar-chomping monkey, and he's starting to doubt everything, including his own existence.
A century later, in a world where France and Great Britain merged in the late 1950s and nuclear-powered Zeppelins encircle the globe, ex-journalist Victoria Valois finds herself drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the man who butchered her husband and stole her electronic soul.
Meanwhile, in Paris, after taking part in an illegal break-in at a research laboratory, the heir to the British throne goes on the run. And all the while, the doomsday clock ticks towards Armageddon.
Thousands of years before the rise of men, the dwarfs and elves are stalwart allies and enjoy a era of unrivalled peace and prosperity.
But when dwarf trading caravans are attacked and their merchants slain, the elves are accused of betrayal. Quick to condemn the people of Ulthuan as traitors, the mountain lords nevertheless try to prevent conflict, but the elves' arrogance undoes any chance of reconciliation and war is inevitable.
Snorri Halfhand, son of the High King and no particular friend of the elves, is at the vanguard of the war with his cousin Morgrim Blackbeard. At the city of Tor Alessi a vast army stands against the dwarfs. Here Snorri will meet his destiny against the elven King Caledor as the first blow is struck in a conflict that could bring about the fall of two great civilisations.
The latest Warhammer Heroes book from an old favorite of BL fans.
Note: This novel marks the return of Ben Counter to long-form Warhammer fiction and is also his first full-length Warhammer Fantasy work.
Audio drama starring Gotrek & FelixGotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between, and depends entirely upon whom you ask… While travelling north in pursuit of hobgoblin gold, Gotrek and Felix find themselves holed up in the infamous Castle Bilenkov as guests of the curious Count Viktor. While the old man seems harmless enough, Felix soon finds himself the target of an ancient Kislevite curse, battling for his very soul against the insidious daemon Ghrizzhtadt. With Gotrek's resistance to magic waning, the adventurers have no choice but to confront the eternal evil of the Everliving.
Everyone knows how Kal-El—Superman—was sent to Earth just before his planet exploded. But what led to such a disaster? Now, in The Last Days of Krypton, Kevin J. Anderson presents a sweeping tale of the pomp and grandeur, the intrigue and passion, and the politics and betrayals of a doomed world filled with brave heroes and cruel traitors.
Against the spectacular backdrop of Krypton's waning halcyon days, there is the courtship and marriage of Kal-El's parents, the brilliant scientist Jor-El and his historian wife, Lara. Together they fight to convince a stagnant, disbelieving society that their world is about to end. Jor-El's brother, Zor-El, leader of the fabled Argo City, joins the struggle not only to save the planet but also to fight against the menace of the ruthless and cunning General Zod.
The diabolical Zod, future archenemy of Superman, avails himself of a golden opportunity to seize power when the android Brainiac captures the capital city of Kandor. As Zod's grip on the populace tightens and his power grows, he too is blind to all the signs that point to the death of the very civilization he is trying to rule.
Through all of this, Jor-El and Lara's love for each other, their history, and their son allows for Krypton to live on even as the planet is torn apart around them. For in the escape of their baby lies Krypton's greatest gift—and Earth's greatest hero.
The Last Days of Krypton is a timeless, ground-breaking exploration of a world that has never been fully defined, and reveals the extraordinary origins of a legend that has never ceased to amaze and astound generation after generation.
2126 AD: Dredd wakes up in an interrogation cell, stripped of his weapons and uniform, manacled to a chair. Implanted in the Judge's spine are electrodes that deliver crippling shock treatments directly into his central nervous system.
For the next sixty minutes Dredd will be interrogated by an inquisitor determined to make the Judge admit to war crimes. It will be the longest hour of Dredd's life.
The Iron Hands warship Veritas Ferrum arrives in the Isstvan system in the second wave of Imperial forces. Battered by the foes and forced to retreat, the crew must make a difficult choice when survivors of the massacre ask for aid.
It's the most hellish place in the Solar System – a prison for the Earth's worst criminals. Now Titan is under new management – a cabal of two-faced spin doctors intent on bleeding the inmates dry.
Judge Dredd is forced to endure the pageantry whe he is dispatched to protect the young king and finds himself thrown into a world of demanding divas, cockney kidnappers and souvenir tea-cups. The king is dead, how long will the new king survive?
GODBOMB Part Three of Five: Three Thors, side by side at last, united in battle! But will even that be enough, as Gorr the God Butcher's grand plan nears completion and his powers grow beyond anything we've seen before…?
The sold out 6-issue miniseries event of 2004-2005 — written by Geoff Johns (BLACKEST NIGHT, TEEN TITANS) with art by Ethan Van Sciver and Prentis Rollins — is available in this new edition, complete with the preview story from Wizard Magazine as well as a number of extras previously only available in ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH!
Hal Jordan was considered the greatest Green Lantern of them all. But Jordan lost control, allowed himself to be corrupted and transformed into the villainous Parallax. Later, Jordan reappeared and made the ultimate sacrifice — a sacrifice that allowed him to become the Spectre, the Wrath of God.
After several years of activity on Earth, The Spectre became restless and sought a way to prove himself worthy of that noble reputation. See how a man born without fear and seeking to rebuild his life, puts cosmic forces into motion that will have repercussions not only on Earth but across the universe.
This volume sets up the events of BLACKEST NIGHT and revitalized Green Lantern as one of the most important heroes of the DCU!
This collection of Locke & Key, in development as a major motion picture by Dimension Films, features an introduction by Robert Crais, author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels.
Ever since they were driven from their homelands by the Adversary, the non-human Fables have been living on the Farm—a vast property in upstate New York that keeps them hidden from the prying eyes of the mundane world.
But now, after hundreds of years of isolation, the Farm is seething with revolution, fanned by the inflammatory rhetoric of Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs. And when Snow White and her sister Rose Red stumble upon their plan to liberate the Homelands, the commissars of the Farm are ready to silence them—by any means necessary!
Collecting the second story arc of creator and writers Bill Willingham's acclaimed series Fables, Animal Farm feature the stunning artwork of penciller Mark Buckingham and inker Steve Leialoha, and includes a special sketchbook section of preliminary artwork from Willingham, Buckingham, and cover artist James Jean.
Snake Eyes on his own!
G.I. JOE squares off against COBRA, face-to-face and for the first time!
But the battle doesn't go anything like what you think!
Follow Snake Eyes and Mainframe on their two-man crusade to prove COBRA's existence as the G.I. JOEs are introduced to new team member Cover Girl and a whole new set of problems revolving around Destro and the Baroness. G.I. JOE's first year concludes in this pulse-pounding climax that no action and adventure fan dare miss!
There's trouble brewing for the Birds!
Black Canary goes to China on a mission of mercy, and runs into the DC Universe's most deadly combatant: Lady Shiva! Shiva is acting with a hidden agenda, making Canary an offer that could change the course of her life.
Meanwhile, Oracle's life is tearing at the seams as the information she feeds out to aid her various heroes starts going strangely and dangerously awry! Not to mention Huntress stumbling upon some of her secrets!
This trade paperback collects issues #63-68 of Birds of Prey, featuring guest appearances by a host of DCU heroines and villainesses and marks Gail Simone's second arc on the series.
The world's deadliest mutant Wolverine embarks on a dangerous mission of revenge, seeking justice for a young neighbor who was murdered in her sleep.
Logan must use all of his lethal skills to take on a mysterious organization hell-bent on keeping its dark secrets hidden from the world.
This trade paperback collects Wolverine vol. 3 #1-6, as writer Greg Rucka joins the series and gives both Logan and Wolverine a new origin and a new story.
Plus, once the dust settles, Barbara must deal with her family demons as her psychotic brother James Jr. comes after her.
Note: I've read this hardback as single issues this year and in its collected form this story arc will be released later this year in October alongside the normal trade paperback of Batgirl Volume 2: Knightfall Descends.
This is also not the final cover for the upcoming hardback.
This riveting book sets Batman on a path that will change his life forever. A mass escape from Arkham Asylum and the emergence of Batman's most threatening foe, Bane, sends Gotham City spinning into chaos and takes Batman to the limits of human endurance! These volume is required reading for every Batman fan. Graphic novel format.
Demons, ninjas, and hostile takeovers–what more can you want from a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic? Secret History of the Foot Clan collects the thrilling four-issue mini-series and reveals a story never told before about the original founder of the Foot.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Foot Clan race to intercept the one man who may be able to uncover long-lost secrets of Shredder's power!
In Feudal Japan, Oroku Saki's friendship with Hamato Yoshi crumbles as Saki begins to fully comprehend his true destiny in the Foot Clan. Can his ambition be contained?
Join the Turtles as they get a history lesson that they will never forget!
If you think you knew who Wonder Woman was – think again! All bets are off in this all-new direction for the long-running series that's perfect for new readers as Wonder Woman embarks on an odyssey to find her past and gets a new costume, a new set of foes, and a new tone from the ground up!
This trade paperback collects issues #600-606 of WONDER WOMAN and marks the start of J. Michael Straczynski's run on the series even as Wonder Woman gets a new costume and a new origin story.
Cap is awakened in the dead of the night by agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., who need the kind of help only he can provide.
But the corpse he finds on the Heli-carrier brings him face-to-face with the unthinkable, and opens doors to terror and manipulation he never dreamed possible.
It's a new beginning as four-time Eisner-nominated Best Writer Ed Brubaker makes his Marvel debut, joined by white-hot artist Steve Epting. As the new regular creative team, they will take Cap's life in directions fans will never see coming.
This trade paperback collects Captain America volume 6 #1-7, and marks a brand new story arc in the First Avenger's history.
So that's all I have for you all for now. The next part of this list will go up in the first week of January next year and will cover my top picks of novels, audios, and comics from July to December of 2013. Several of these picks are from my various reading challenges for 2013, and I love the fact that these publications have been as awesome as they have. Good stuff!
You can check out a similar list from fellow TFF reviewer Bane of Kings over at his blog here. He only has novels up for now, but plans to do a list for comics and TV series as well. Definitely worth checking out!
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Now, you have a few books on here I want to get. And I'm reading Promise of Blood at the moment, if life would back away for a bit I can get it done. Great lists!
There's a tie-in short story to Promise of Blood available as well: The Girl of Hrusch Avenue. Gonna be reading it soon.


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Life Health 29 Apr 2018 Global study finds 44 genetic risk factors for major depression
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Global study finds 44 genetic risk factors for major depression
Published : Apr 29, 2018, 10:29 am IST
Updated : Apr 29, 2018, 11:09 am IST
Scientists also found that the genetic basis for depression is shared with other psychiatric disorders.
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LONDON: International scientists have identified 44 genetic variants that can increase the risk of developing major depression and found that all humans carry at least some of them.
The new findings could help explain why not everyone treated with antidepressants sees their condition improve, the scientists said, and could also point the way toward new medicines.
In the largest study of its kind, scientists also found that the genetic basis for depression is shared with other psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and that a number of the variants are linked to the targets of antidepressant drugs.
Major depression affects around 14 percent of people worldwide and is the biggest contributor to long-term disability in the general population. Yet only about half of patients respond well to existing treatments.
"The new genetic variants discovered have the potential to revitalize depression treatment by opening up avenues for the discovery of new and improved therapies," said Gerome Breen of King's College London, who worked on the research team.
The study - published on Thursday in the journal Nature Genetics - was a global effort, with data covering more than 135,000 patients with major depression and around 344,000 controls as comparisons.
"This study has shed a bright light on the genetic basis of depression, but it is only the first step," said Cathryn Lewis, another King's College London expert who worked on the team.
"We need further research to uncover more of the genetic underpinnings, and to understand how genetics and environmental stressors work together to increase risk of depression."
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A wrongful death case in which Josh Hayes, PGH partner, served as local counsel was recently settled for $6,000,000. The case arose from a catastrophic railroad accident which claimed the life of a conductor trainee. A large law firm from Houston, Texas that handles railroad accidents across the nation reviewed Prince Glover Hayes' track record and asked Josh to serve as local counsel. Since the Houston firm was out of state, they had to associate an attorney who is a member in good standing of the Alabama State Bar. As local counsel, Josh took an active role in the case, appearing at depositions, filing pleadings and attending and arguing at hearings.
Josh was also involved as co-counsel in a companion case on behalf of another railroad worker who was injured in the same incident. That case also resolved for $6,000,000.
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MLGW says rolling blackouts may begin, per TVA
by: David Royer, Stuart Rucker, Jordan James
Utilities across state affected by TVA request to curtail power
UPDATE 6:00 p.m.: MLGW says they might have to reissue their system-wide "rolling blackouts" as early as 6 p.m. per TVA.
This means that all local power companies are required to drop between 5 and 10 percent of their total electrical load, which is needed to avoid major outages.
Service to an area may be interrupted for 30 minutes. Customers may experience outages two to three times per day on average. All customers in MLGW's service territory could be affected.
UPDATE 12:15 p.m.: The TVA has rescinded its alert on the power system, and there will not be any rolling blackouts in the foreseeable future, MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said in a noon press conference Friday.
Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation confirmed that the order was lifted.
MLGW has confirmed the TVA has rescinded the Step 50 Emergency Load Curtailment, which would have required rolling blackouts.
They asked customers to conserve energy.
WREG spoke with MLGW about the change of course.
"Anybody whose power was terminated or purposely cut off because of the step 50 alert, we apologize for the lack of heads up on that, but we really didn't get any notice," said Doug Mcgowen, MLGW president.
It's unclear at this time how many customers were affected by the blackouts. MLGW tells WREG that they haven't had to take this type of action in decades, and it has been a learning experience for them.
"We will go back and see what there is we can do, whether we can some more preemptive information that will help us plan a little bit better. We will also look at our internal policies so we can provide you a better heads up," said Mcgowen.
WREG has reached out to the TVA to find out where the region stands regarding to the implementation of another round of blackouts and is still waiting to hear back.
Memphis mayor declares state of emergency after severe winter weather
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority has asked its customers to reduce electric power usage due to "unprecedented demands on the power system," hours after the region plunged into a deep freeze overnight.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water said it will begin implementing rolling blackouts at 11:30 a.m. Friday to conserve power, the utility says.
Service will be interrupted up to 30 minutes, and customers may experience outages up to two times a day. Critical services such as water plants, hospitals and airports will be exempted.
Memphis wakes up to icy roads, wind chill below zero
MLGW says its supplier TVA has asked it to curtail electricity load between 5 and 10 percent.
"The extreme cold temperatures and high demand across the TVA service territory have caused a critical power supply situation," MLGW stated in a press release.
Click here for MLGW: Outage Map
TVA confirmed the intermittent outages in a post on its Facebook page at 11:30 a.m., and asked all customers to immediately reduce electric power use as much as possible.
"We are asking for everyone's help in ensuring the power grid remains stable for us all," TVA said.
The TVA provided additional context:
Extremely cold temperatures across the region are creating unprecedented demands on the power system.
In the spirit of the holiday season, we are asking for everyone's help in ensuring the power grid remains stable for us all.
We are asking businesses and the public to help by immediately reducing electric power use as much as possible without sacrificing safety.
TVA and local power companies are also proactively taking steps to temporarily reduce power supplies to certain local areas, which may create intermittent, brief power outages to homes and businesses on a rolling basis.
The specifics of any potential interruptions are managed by each local power company.
The entire TVA team is actively working with local power companies and other regional utilities to minimize the duration of this event.
We apologize for the inconvenience we know these conditions will cause, especially during a holiday period, but it is a necessary step to prevent far greater power interruptions affecting the entire area.
We'll continue to monitor this evolving situation and will communicate any additional information on TVA social media channels and through your local power company.
Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman on his Facebook page Friday called the rolling blackout order a historic event. He said all the mayors in Shelby County received word Friday morning.
"This procedure has NEVER happened, so this is new to everyone including MLGW," the mayor wrote.
Another electric utility company serving several West Tennessee counties said it has been requested to implement rolling blackouts Friday to avoid major outages.
Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation said service to an area will be interrupted for 15 minutes, restored, and interrupted in a different area.
"We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience," the company said.
Utility companies in other parts of Tennessee are reporting the rolling blackouts.
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Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back.
By Samantha Schmidt
Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list.
"There's a list of the girls' names," her friend Nicky Schmidt, a fellow senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland, said. "And we're ranked."
Behbehani didn't want to see the list, or know whether she was on it. She had spent the past four years recovering from an eating disorder, working hard to avoid comparing herself with others, she said. But by her sixth-period class on that Monday earlier this month, a text message appeared on her phone with a screenshot of the list, typed out on the iPhone Notes app.
It included the names of 18 girls in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School's International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, ranked and rated on the basis of their looks, from 5.5 to 9.4, with decimal points to the hundredth place. There, with a number beside it, was Behbehani's name.
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In Memory of Spirit, and Why Cuteness Matters
NASA made its final attempt to uplink a command to the Spirit rover on May 25. That afternoon, a group of us who work with the rovers at Cornell University gathered at a bar to mourn. We drank sangria outside, soaking up the solar energy that Spirit needed so desperately, and toasted the rover's seven years on Mars.
Although Spirit hadn't driven in over a year, and we all knew that this day would come someday, this official "last call" was hard news to receive. One former team member said that she broke down and cried as she read the email sent by project manager John Callas explaining to the team that this was the end for Spirit.
I had also held back tears when I read that email. I started wondering why we responded so emotionally -- why the official end of this rover could make grown scientists cry. Certainly part of it has to do with the community of the team. In planning meetings, the team tends to refer to the rovers as "we" as opposed to "she" or "it" -- "We'll do the Pancam imaging, then we'll drive west," for example -- and the end of a mission means the end of our shared experience.
But there's more to it than that, and there's more to it than the end of a compelling science campaign. And also -- for me -- more than knowing I'll never get more data for my thesis chapter on the Troy soil exposure.
NASA / JPL / Maas
No, there is something else about Spirit, something that separates this rover from every spacecraft that has come before, something that tugs at our hearts. I've had a hard time putting my finger on it, but I think I finally figured it out: it's cute.
I'm serious. The Spirit and Opportunity rovers brought something brand new to space exploration: cuteness. The rovers' solar panels vaguely resemble wings, the camera masts look like long necks, and the Pancam instruments -- two on the top of each rover's mast -- seem to be the "eyes" of space-faring creatures. I'm certainly not the first to say this; in a press conference, Callas even called them "the cutest darn things out in the solar system."
Why is cuteness so important? Because humans tend to respond emotionally to cute things. We can't help it. It's hardwired into us, as it's related to our instincts to protect our young. OK, you say, but Spirit doesn't look at all like a human baby. To that I would reply: in ways that matter, it actually does.
It's not necessarily "human" characteristics that trigger this biological response in us; rather, it's the "juvenile" characteristics. Things that are cute tend to exhibit the characteristics that distinguish juvenile humans from adults, such as big eyes, flat faces, and large foreheads. These are the characteristics that make us go "awww" when we see puppies and that compel us to watch videos of kittens on YouTube.
These are the same characteristics that were exaggerated to make this xkcd cartoon about Spirit so heartbreakingly affective.
Randall Munroe
xkcd on Spirit
Spirit's "eyes" and "head" are enlarged in this xkcd cartoon, making the rover extra cute. See xkcd.com for the full comic.
In a fascinating article (PDF) written for Natural History magazine, paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote, "When we see a living creature with babyish features, we feel an automatic surge of disarming tenderness. The adaptive value of this response can scarcely be questioned, for we must nurture our babies." He argues that "abstract features of human childhood elicit powerful emotional responses in us, even when they occur in other animals," and provides this figure as an illustration:
Steven Jay Gould / Natural History Magazine
Young things are cute
The big eyes, flat faces and large cranial vaults of the sketches on the right, from Gould (1978), are what make them so cute. These are also the traits that distinguish young animals from adults.
Aren't the sketches on the left side cuter than those on the right? The same features that make the human baby cute are the ones that make the bunny, puppy, and chick look cute. The small eyes and long snouts of the full-grown animals on the right don't elicit the same emotional response. Gould said that we react to these features wherever we see them, even in drawings. And, I would add, even in robots.
Gould also showed that we can quantify cuteness. In that same 1978 Natural History article, titled "A Biological Homage to Mickey Mouse,"he measured three characteristics of Mickey's face to show that everyone's favorite mouse had grown cuter over 50 years: (1) eye size as a percentage of head length (base of the nose to the top of rear ear); (2) head length as a percentage of body length; and (3) cranial vault size measured by rearward displacement of the front ear (base of the nose to top of front ear as a percentage of base of the nose to top of rear ear). Looking at this series (which I won't post here out of respect for Disney's copyright, but you can see it if you download Gould's paper), it's easy to tell that Mickey is cuter now than he was in his Steamboat Willie days, and Gould says that's because his three parameters all increased.
I've taken a stab at measuring these same "cuteness parameters" for Spirit, to see how the rover compares to Mickey Mouse. I can approximate Gould's (1) and (2), using the size of the Pancams for "eye size," the height of the Camera Bar Drive plus the Pancams as "head length," and the distance between the bottom of the wheels and the base of the Pancam Mast Assembly as the "body length." (I can't really estimate Gould's (3) because Spirit has no cranial vault.) I've added Spirit's values to Gould's plot for Mickey:
Melissa Rice after Steven Jay Gould
Quantifying cuteness
I've measured the "eye size" and "head size" for Spirit and WALL-E, and plotted them with Stephen Jay Gould's measurements of Mickey Mouse over time. Spirit's not quite as cute as WALL-E or Mickey, but it's in the same cuteness ballpark.
So that settles it. Spirit is in the cuteness vicinity of Mickey Mouse. I've measured these parameters for WALL-E as well, which is really just a cuter version of Spirit.
I think this is why kids respond so strongly when I give presentations about the Mars Exploration Rover mission at schools and museums. No matter what age, they're always enthralled by the animation of the rovers, and they really seem to identify with these spacecraft. With kids under the age of 10 or so, I always get a question along the lines of, "do the rovers get lonely?" Once I even got, "do the rovers miss their mommies?"
And each time, while I explain to the children that the rovers are machines that have no real emotions, some deep part of me aches to travel to Mars and give lonely Spirit a hug.
Spirit's cuteness is, I believe, a big part of the public's response to the Mars Exploration Rover mission in general. It's why someone wrote LiveJournal entries for Spirit and Opportunity, giving them the personalities of vain teenage girls. (My favorite Spirit entry: "ARGH, can't i just explore mars in my own way? i don't need this constant ordering around! when do i get to make my own choices, anyway? it's my life, after all.")
It's why someone baked this cake for Spirit, with the rover anthropomorphized as a sexy young woman:
Spirit Girl
Spirit has been anthropomorphized as a sexy young woman. Note the solar panel wings, the Pancam headband, and the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) in her hand.
Spirit doesn't have to be a cute girl, however. MarsQuest Online uses a nerdy male anthropomorphism of the rover to help get kids interested in learning science (this guy reminds me of Mr. DNA from Jurassic Park):
MarsQuest Online / Space Science Institute
Rocky the Rover
The only male representation of Spirit/Opportunity that I'm aware of.
I'm sure that Spirit and Opportunity were not engineered to be cute -- it was a bonus to their engineering design. But maybe it's something that should be kept in mind for future spacecraft. I'll be interested to see how the public response to Mars Science Laboratory (aka Curiosity), arriving at Mars next summer, compares to MER. It will be harder to anthropomorphize that beastly rover, with its off-center Cyclops eye (the ChemCam laser) and boxy frame. Even with its cutesy name, Curiosity isn't cute -- and it never gets the same "aww" response when I show pictures of it to kids.
Will the end of Curiosity's mission pull at our heartstrings the same way the end of Spirit's mission has? Hopefully we won't find out for many years. But for now: Goodbye, Spirit. We'll miss you, cutie.
NASA / JPL
Rover family portrait: MER, Sojourner, Curiosity
Full-scale models of three generations of Mars rovers.
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Pursuing Olmert
I concluded a long time ago that being a straightforward person with a squeaky clean record is not a requirement to enter politics in Israel. It seems to me that such a record may actually work against any aspiring Israeli politician. When examining the current motley crew that make up the 120 elected lawmakers of the State of Israel, few if any of the members of the Knesset possess anything near to a clean track record. Quite a number of these members, including members of the cabinet, are currently facing lawsuits and police investigations for activities that are dodgy by anybody's standards. Judging by this state of affairs, one could be led to believe that prospective candidates for the Knesset should have been subject to at least one police investigation before their candidacy is accepted.
Against this background, how do we interpret the myriad of investigations and charges that are being levelled against Prime Minster Olmert? On the one hand, it is shameful that one person can have so many skeletons in his closet. All the more so when this person has served in public roles for so many years. It begs the question how he could have had time to carry out his job when he was so busy with apartment sales, receipts of brown paper envelopes and other questionable activities. There is a clear implication that the individuals who were involved in these dodgy deals, were doing so with the expectation of something in return. It creates more than a little insecurity for the country's citizens when it is understood that this is the same person making fateful decisions regarding the country's future in such delicate times. What sort of judgement is being applied to these decisions?
On the other hand, one cannot help but get the feeling that somebody is after Olmert at any price. By his previous actions, Olmert is making the work of this individual very easy. Nonetheless, there appears to be a campaign to smear the PM and to bring him down in any way possible. As a result, one episode after another is leaked to the blood-hungry press. The way in which it is being done does make me wonder whether some of the stories are not fabricated or twisted to portray Olmert in a worse light. The result of all of these stories is to cause Israel to look ridiculous in the eyes of the outside world, and to cause a great deal of insecurity inside Israel.
But more importantly, these stories act to divert Olmert's attention from matters of state that he should be attending to. When a country has minor matters on its plate such as a war on its southern border, a dramatic arms build-up on its northern border, the development of nuclear arms by one of its sworn enemies and prisoner swaps for its citizens held in captivity by enemy forces - not to mention a dire water shortage, failing education and an economy on the verge of a downturn - it is a requirement that the full attention of the Prime Minister is on the job to hand. How can Olmert do a proper day's work as PM when his time is taken up answering police questions and rebutting stories in the press.
The correct time for skeletons to be let out of the closet is at the time of the general election. All the stories now being publicised took place prior to Olmert's election as PM and are not related to his election to the post. Why were they not made known before he was elected so that the public could vote with all the facts to hand? Was there some sinister plot to allow him to take office first before discrediting him? The price being paid by Israel and its citizens is too high at this critical juncture in its history.
What the country needs right now is a PM, Olmert or somebody else, with both hands on the steering wheel. Seeing as it looks unlikely that Olmert will be replaced before the next general election, he should be allowed to continue his work unhindered. At the next general election, the citizens can take into account what they now know about Olmert to select the new Prime Minister.
Whilst Olmert's current public ratings are dismal, it is not guaranteed that he will be replaced at the next poll. After all, look who we have to choose from.
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Q: How to serve React from subpath using Nginx My setup is a Django application served with gunicorn and Nginx. I am adding React one page at a time so therefore I need to only serve specific pages from React. To make it easier to route using Nginx I decided to make every React route start with /v2/.
Therefore the Nginx conf file looks like this right now:
upstream backend_server {
    server backend:8000;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;
    server_name example.com *.example.com;
    deny 143.198.76.27;

    location /v2/ {
        alias /usr/share/nginx/html;
        try_files $uri /index.html;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://backend_server$request_uri;
        ....
    }
}

In the package.json I added the homepage:
{
  "name": "frontend",
  "homepage": "/v2",
   ...
}

I have also tried adjusting my BrowserRouter's basename:
ReactDOM.render(
  <Provider store={store}>
    <BrowserRouter basename="/v2">
      <App />
    </BrowserRouter>
  </Provider>,
  document.getElementById("root")
);

And for testing purposes I have made 3 routes:
function App() {
  return (
   <Routes>
     <Route path="/" element={<CounterPage/>}/>
     <Route path="/v2" element={<CounterPage/>}/>
     <Route path="/v2/test" element={<CounterPage/>}/>
   </Routes>
  );
}

My nginx build process for the Docker image looks like this (and the files are verified to be there):
FROM ghcr.io/digibrainllc/example/frontend:latest as build

# Create production build
RUN npm run build

# Production Nginx image with frontend build files
# to be served by Nginx
FROM nginx:1.21-alpine

# Copy the frontend build files over to the directory
# which Nginx serves from
COPY --from=build /frontend/build /usr/share/nginx/html

# Remove the default Nginx settings
RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
COPY /nginx/conf/nginx.prod.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d

example.com/v2:

404 Not Found

I need all example.com/v2 routes serving React and the rest routed to Django.
How can I accomplish this?

A: Ok I got it working. To examine more closely I looked at the Nginx logs: docker logs [nginx_id].
During debugging I removed the alias and added a root to the main server block.
Then the nginx logs said the path was /usr/share/nginx/html/v2/ where the file was not found. So I logged into the nginx container docker exec -it [nginx_id] sh and copied the build files from /usr/share/nginx/html to /usr/share/nginx/html/v2. This allowed the files to be discovered...
So the changes were to:

*

*Add a root block in nginx

*Change my Dockerfile to copy the frontend/build files to usr/share/nginx/html/v2 instead.

Nginx.conf:
upstream backend_server {
    server backend:8000;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;
    server_name example.com *.example.com;
    deny 143.198.76.27;
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;

    location /v2/ {
        try_files $uri /index.html;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://backend_server$request_uri;
        ....
    }
}

Nginx Dockerfile:
# Copy the frontend build files over to the directory
# which Nginx serves from
COPY --from=build /frontend/build /usr/share/nginx/html/v2

I knew it would be something simple XD

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Q: ASP.Net Login Form doesn't login I have an VB.NET login form that was created using the form templates.
The form logs in on my live server, but doesn't work on my test server.
The form loads fine at first, (It loads the page) but once I click login the request just hangs.
My server setup:

*

*I am using IIS 7

*Windows 2008 R2 Web Server.

*SQL Server 2012

All the users are stored in the database, and I am not using Windows based Authentication.
The IIS user has Full Access over the website folder, as does the Identity Pool. I have checked the credentials using the IIS manager, and both can connect without any warnings or errors.

What could cause this problem?
I have checked the following:

*

*The database connection is active and the user does have full permissions to login

*There are no errors in the log files and no errors are displayed.

This is the VB code behind the login form.
Imports System
Imports System.Security
Imports System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity
Imports UserDetails

Partial Class Account_Login
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Dim users As MembershipUserCollection

    Sub OnLoggedIn(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Try
            Response.Redirect("~/TermsAndConditions.aspx")
        Catch ex As Exception
            Response.Write(ex.Message)
        End Try
    End Sub

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

    End Sub
End Class

The ASP code for the form
<%@ Page Title="Log In" Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="false"
    CodeFile="Login.aspx.vb" Inherits="Account_Login" Debug="true" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="siteMenu" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent">

    <asp:Label ID="lblLogin" runat="server" Text="Log In" CssClass="HeadingStyle" Width="100%"/>

    <asp:Login ID="LoginUser" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" RenderOuterTable="false" OnLoggedIn="OnLoggedIn" DefaultButton="LoginButton">
        <LayoutTemplate>

                <asp:Literal ID="FailureText" runat="server"></asp:Literal>

            <asp:ValidationSummary ID="LoginUserValidationSummary" runat="server" CssClass="failureNotification"
                 ValidationGroup="LoginUserValidationGroup"/>

                <fieldset class="login">
                    <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="UserName" Text="Account Information" CssClass="NormalLable" Font-Bold="True" Font-Italic="False" Font-Size="17px" Width="100%"/>

                                <asp:Label ID="UserNameLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="UserName" Text="Username / Kode:" CssClass="NormalLable"/>

                                <asp:TextBox ID="UserName" runat="server" CssClass="NormalTextbox" AutoCompleteType="Search" />
                                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="UserNameRequired" runat="server" ControlToValidate="UserName"
                                     CssClass="failureNotification" ErrorMessage="User Name is required." ToolTip="User Name is required."
                                     ValidationGroup="LoginUserValidationGroup">Enter a username to continue</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

                                <asp:Label ID="PasswordLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="Password" Text="Password / Wag woord:" CssClass="NormalLable"/>

                                <asp:TextBox ID="Password" runat="server" CssClass="NormalTextboxSmall"
                                    TextMode="Password" AutoCompleteType="Search" />
                                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="PasswordRequired" runat="server" ControlToValidate="Password"
                                     CssClass="failureNotification" ErrorMessage="Password is required." ToolTip="Password is required."
                                     ValidationGroup="LoginUserValidationGroup">Enter a password to continue</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

                                <asp:CheckBox ID="RememberMe" runat="server" Checked="False" Visible="false" CssClass="NormalTextbox" Text="Keep me Logged in"/>

                </fieldset>

                    <asp:Button ID="LoginButton" runat="server" CommandName="Login" Text="Log In" ValidationGroup="LoginUserValidationGroup" CssClass="NormalButton" width="200px" height="40px"/>

        </LayoutTemplate>
    </asp:Login>

</asp:Content>


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The First Purge – Film Review
By Shaun Rodger 6 July 2018 5 July 2018
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The First Purge is the fourth film in the series and serves as a prequel, taking us back to the beginning and to see how this new American tradition began. If you are not familiar with the concept, the Purge is one day a year where, for 12 hours, any crime (up to and including murder) is legal. The First Purge shows us how this all began; and for the most part it succeeds.
Series creator James DeMonaco handed over the reins for this one to director Gerard McMurray and contented himself with writing duties. The story revolves around neighbourhood crime baron/drug dealer Dmitri (Y'lan Noel), his former girlfriend Nya (Lex Scott Davis), her brother Isaiah (Joivan Wade) and their attempts to make it through the Purge alive. At this point in the timeline, the Purge is referred to as "the experiment", overseen by the ruling "New Founding Fathers of America" party – which comes across as a barely-veiled reference to a certain Mr Trump's Administration – and psychologist Dr Updale (Marisa Tomei), the architect of the experiment.
Money is offered to encourage people to remain while the experiment plays out; and even more money is offered if people are willing to go out and "participate". Their actions will be recorded and broadcast through the use of high-tech contact lenses that make people's eyes glow blue or orange and is an effective disturbing visual trick, even if it is never developed much past "it makes people look even more creepy".
Of course, as we have likely all seen in the trailers, things don't go according to plan. The poor people of Staten Island would apparently all rather stay home or have street parties leading to military forces being deployed posing as citizens to stir things up by any means necessary. Cue appearances from white supremacists, the Hell's Angels, the KKK and even a rather interesting BDSM Gestapo officer near the end. The citizens fight back as best they can and the violence escalates until the entire island is consumed.
Where the first Purge movie was a twist on the home invasion genre, the following three have all taken us out onto the streets, showing us what else happens during Purge Night. The movies have grown increasingly political over each sequel and this time inspiration is blatantly taken from real life events. Themes of political collusion, police brutality, attitudes to black culture and classism, to name but a few, are hammered home with all the subtlety of the Titanic hitting an iceberg.
As in previous instalments, the action set pieces are strongly presented and enjoyably visceral. Although they are slightly let down by glaringly obvious CGI blood and a bizarre decision later on to use CGI on a mattress that was meant to be on fire. Apparently Hollywood can no longer afford squibs or corn syrup and food colouring.
The performances are universally strong with the one exception being "Skeletor" (Rotimi Paul) who chews so much scenery that it almost descends into parody, not helped by the fact that many of his scenes are shot so close up that you can count every pore on his face. Both Y'lan Noel and Lex Scott Davis are relative newcomers to the movie industry and we can hope that their performances here help them on to bigger and better things. Special mention must also be given to "The Three Wise Men" (Steven Harris, Derek Basco and D.K. Bowser) who steal every scene they're in.
The Purge is a curious series: one part mindless wish fulfilment, one part gratuitous violence, sprinkled with an increasingly thick layer of social commentary. You have to admire writer James DeMonaco's attempts to flesh out the original into its own cinematic world, building on the lore of the Purge with every subsequent offering. However, we've seen this all before. The masks, the slogans, the violence, minority characters railing against social injustice; it's already been done. More needs to be brought to the table for the nigh-inevitable sequel if The Purge hopes to truly carve out a niche for itself in cinematic history.
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Courtesy Call of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
Malacañan Palace
President Benigno S. Aquino III received in Malacañang U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who is in the country for a two-day visit.
The visit aims to strengthen the bilateral relations of the United States of America and the Philippines while managing the ongoing relief efforts of the U.S. in the typhoon-devastated areas. In their meeting, issues such as the broadening of security and economic cooperation, strengthening of people to people exchange, as well as humanitarian and disaster response were discussed.
In his statement, President Aquino called the U.S. Secretary of State as the country's true friend for his strong support in the rule of law and in the peaceful resolution of territorial dispute within the region. The President expressed his gratitude to the country's ally and said that the Philippines consider America as a true friend and a partner due to the extensive assistance it has given to the victims of typhoon Haiyan. He also thanked the U.S. government for sending Secretary Kerry on behalf of President Barack Obama.
In his reply, Secretary Kerry reaffirmed his country's commitment to help rebuild and continue to stand with the Philippines in sharing values and aspirations, and in dealing with the problems regarding the South China Sea, as well as the challenges of its people, security and in building new trade relations.
It should be noted that the U.S., a long-time military ally of the Philippines, was among the first countries that sent troops, aircraft, navy ships and financial assistance after the country was hit by typhoon Yolanda last November 8, 2013.


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Gorgeous Photos of American Actress Marceline Day in the 1920s and '30s
December 02, 2020 1920s, 1930s, celebrity & famous people, female, portraits
Born 1908 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, American actress Marceline Day began her film career after her sister Alice Day became a featured actress as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties in one and two-reel comedies for Keystone Studios. She made her first film appearance with her sister in the 1924 Mack Sennett comedy Picking Peaches.
In 1926, Day was named one of the 13 WAMPAS Baby Stars, a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored 13 young women each year who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. The publicity from the campaign added to Day's popularity, and in 1927, she appeared opposite John Barrymore in the romantic adventure The Beloved Rogue.
Day is probably best recalled for her appearances in the 1927 Tod Browning directed horror classic London After Midnight with Lon Chaney and Conrad Nagel, her role as Sally Richards in the 1928 comedy The Cameraman with Buster Keaton, and the 1929 drama The Jazz Age with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
By the late 1920s, Day's career had eclipsed the career of her sister Alice, who also was a popular actress. The two would appear together onscreen again in the 1929 musical The Show of Shows.
Although Day transitioned into sound films with little problem, her film roles gradually became lesser in quality, and she began working primarily for lower-rung film studios. By 1933, she made the transition back to the Western genre and appeared in her last film The Fighting Parson in the same year.
After her retirement, Day rarely spoke of her years as an actress and never spoke to reporters or granted interviews. In 2000, she was found dead in her kitchen in Cathedral City, California, home at the age of 91.
Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of Marceline Day during her short career.


Where can I smoke downtown, on Whyte Avenue or in other high traffic areas?
Smoking and using e-cigarettes (vaping) is not permitted within 10 meters of a bus stop, bus shelter, or the doorway, window and air intake of a building or patio. This applies to both cannabis and tobacco.
Policies for the creation of designated smoking areas are still being developed. The City is working towards identifying spots in high-traffic areas for citizens to be able to smoke that follows the 10 meter bylaw criteria. These will be identified and signs placed to help inform citizens.
What if the door or window is shut, do I still need to be 10 meters away?
Are e-cigarettes allowed to be used in public places?
E-cigarettes (vaping) follow the same rules as tobacco and cannabis.
In sports fields, is there a designated smoking area for parents watching their children playing sports? Can someone smoke in parking lots near the fields?
No. A City sports field is defined as parkland that contains a sports field and therefore smoking is prohibited. If a parking lot is within the parkland, smoking is still prohibited.
What advice is there for citizens who witness others smoking in public parks? How would I report violations?
Residents who witness a violation of the bylaw can discuss your concerns with the smoker. You can also record the address and description of the violation and report it to 311. The ability to enforce individual infractions is limited but areas with high reports can be targeted and patrolled by enforcement officials. Enforcement of the bylaw through targeted blitzes will be used in problem areas on a complaint basis only.
What is a business owner's or manager's responsibility for the smoking regulations and cigarette litter?
An owner or manager may be fined if they do not take these progressive steps to ensure people are not smoking in prohibited areas.
According to the Community Standards Bylaw, a business owner must ensure that there are no nuisances, including cigarette butts, on the sidewalks and boulevards around the property up to the centre line of the adjacent city road.
The fine is $250 for the first offence and may be doubled for the second offence.
If a business owner permits smoking in a prohibited area, the fine is $500 to the business owner.


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Dieser Artikel zeigt die Ergebnisse der Qualifikationsrunden für das Legg Mason Tennis Classic 2010. Für das Turnier der Kategorie ATP World Tour 500 qualifizierten sich sechs Spieler, welche in zwei Runden ausgemacht wurden. Insgesamt nahmen 24 Spieler an der Qualifikation teil, die 30. Juli bis 1. August 2010 stattfand.

Ergebnisse

Setzliste

Ergebnisse

Weblinks und Quellen
 Offizielle Homepage des Turniers
 Turnierplan Einzel-Qualifikation auf der ATP Homepage (PDF; 55 kB)

ATP World Tour 2010
Tennisturnier in Washington, D.C.

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Соломон Име Удо (, ; 15 июля 1995) — нигерийский и армянский футболист, полузащитник армянского клуба «Арарат-Армения» и сборной Армении.

Биография

Клубная карьера
Начинал заниматься футболом в подразделении Aspire Academy в Сенегале. В 2013 году стал игроком бельгийского клуба «Эйпен», однако за клуб не выступал и покинул команду по окончании сезона. В мае 2015 года присоединился к армянскому клубу «Арарат», где провёл около двух месяцев, но на поле также не выходил, хотя минимум дважды присутствовал в заявке на матч. Дебютировал в чемпионате Армении в сезоне 2015/16 в составе клуба «Улисс», за который сыграл 12 матчей. В феврале 2016 года перешёл в другой армянский клуб «Ширак». В составе «Ширака» Удо дебютировал в матчах Лиги Европы, выиграл с клубом Кубок и Суперкубок Армении. Покинул команду летом 2018 года и сезон 2018/19 отыграл в составе «Урарту», но через год вернулся в «Ширак», где провёл ещё один сезон. В сентябре 2020 года подписал контракт с ереванским «Араратом».

Карьера в сборной
В июне 2020 года было объявлено, что проживающий в Армении на протяжении пяти лет Удо будет выступать за сборную Армении. В сентябре того же года он впервые был вызван в сборную на матчи Лиги наций УЕФА против Северной Македонии и Эстонии, однако на поле не вышел. Дебютировал за сборную 14 октября в матче с Эстонией (1:1), в котором вышел на замену на 42-й минуте вместо получившего травму Артака Григоряна и доиграл матч до конца.

Достижения
 «Ширак»
 Обладатель Кубка Армении: 2016/17
 Обладатель Суперкубка Армении: 2017

Примечания

Ссылки

Футболисты Нигерии
Футболисты Армении
Игроки сборной Армении по футболу
Игроки ФК «Улисс»
Игроки ФК «Ширак»
Игроки ФК «Урарту»
Игроки ФК «Арарат» Ереван
Игроки ФК «Шахтёр» Караганда
Игроки ФК «Атырау»


A young bull elephant seal plays with a growing pup in the shallows of a rock pool.
The bull holds down the youngster with his huge flipper whilst snorting into the water. Sea Lion Island.
Weaning elephant seals relax in the shallow waters, safely out of reach of the passing orcas.
Just a few weeks old, these weanling bulls learn the rudiments of combat with one another.


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Articles Tagged "Tom Harris"
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TOM HARRIS TIM BALL CO2 LEVEL
Tom Harris & Tim Ball: 2013: The Year To Strike a Blow Against Climate Alarmism
Wednesday, January 16th 2013, 5:54 PM EST
For too long, scientists who promote the hypothesis that man's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are causing dangerous global warming have been given a free ride by politicians and the press. Their pronouncements, no matter how fantastic, are accepted without question and repeated ad nauseam by compliant governments and reporters alike. When scientists do what all scientists are supposed to do — question and probe — they are treated as enemies of the people and condemned by opinion leaders.
With the upcoming release of the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, 2013 can be the year governments and media grow up on climate change.
Treat catastrophists who push for climate and energy policies that would bankrupt us just as we do other end-of-the-world cultists: demand they prove their beliefs before providing them the time of day, let alone our tax dollars. Insist that climate catastrophists cease with their speculations and instead employ the scientific method.
Source Link: pjmedia.com/blog
THIS ARTICLE CONTINUES
TOM HARRIS TIM BALL
Tom Harris: Tim Ball: Global Cooling: A Far More Dangerous Fate
Thursday, November 15th 2012, 12:47 PM EST
Humans thrive during warm spells. We die in the cold.
A poll conducted on November 5 by Rasmussen Reports found that an all-time high of 68% of "likely U.S. voters" say that global warming is "a serious problem"; 38% of them thought it was "very serious."
Considering the benefits of warming and the fact that even the UK Met office shows that there has been no global warming in the past 16 years, this demonstrates the degree to which the population has been propagandized into believing the opposite of reality. We are the first generation in history to believe that climatic warming is a bad thing.
In a warmer world, less energy is needed for heating and transportation, resulting in less air, land, and water pollution. Snow and ice that seriously hamper movement and increase the costs of land and water shipping are reduced. Roads, bridges, and other infrastructure maintenance costs drop, as there would be less freeze/thaw and ice damage. Clothing expenses obviously reduce in a warmer world, and construction costs plummet as less insulation is required in all buildings.
The benefits of warming are especially prominent in agriculture. Longer frost-free periods will extend growing seasons as well as the extent of agriculture in middle- and high-latitude regions. More and greater varieties of food are then possible in areas that are currently agriculturally marginal.
Source Link: pjmedia.com
Tom Harris: "97% of Climate Experts agree" survey coordinators told about polling flaws DURING THE SURVEY
Wednesday, November 7th 2012, 1:14 PM EST
With President Obama's re-election, Al Gore's "24 Hours of Climate Reality" coming up in a week, and the next UN Climate Change Conference starting two weeks later, we are going to be hearing a lot about the so-called consensus among climate experts that our greenhouse gases are causing a climate crisis. Consequently, it is important that climate realists have new, solid "talking points" to rebut this assertion.
Two pieces of evidence are most often cited to support the 97%/consensus argument:
1)A 2010 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS) by Anderegg et al.
2)A poll conducted in April 2008 by Professor Peter Doran and then-graduate student Margaret R. K. Zimmerman at University of Illinois at Chicago . The survey results were summarized in a paper published in January 2009 in the science journal EOS.
TOM HARRIS 2012 USA ELECTION
Tom Harris: Presidential candidates right to ignore climate change
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012, 10:20 AM EDT
"Stopping global warming" has no place in U.S. Election
It's a relief for Canadians that America's real concerns are trumping the loud and aggressive climate lobby in the U.S. election. After all, we have pledged to follow the U.S. lead on climate change. For example, our Copenhagen greenhouse gas emission targets are exactly the same. If America brings in a national cap and trade system, you can be sure Canada will follow.
Consequently, even though we have no say in what Americans ultimately decide, the U.S. climate debates are extremely important to Canada.
Before the first Presidential debate, nine climate activist groups delivered petitions with 160,000 signatures to debate moderator Jim Lehrer urging him to focus on climate change. For weeks main stream media pushed the issue, asserting that President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney must address this, "the most crucial issue of our time."
But they did not, and Lehr completely ignored the topic as well. The same thing happened in the second and third Presidential debates in which neither the candidates nor the moderators said anything about global warming at all.
Source Link: canadafreepress.com
MET OFFICE TOM HARRIS VIDEO LINK A GRAPH TO DEBUNK AGW MARC MORANO UPDATED
MUST SEE VIDEO LINK: Tom Harris joins Charles Adler to talk about a rather inconvenient chart: Updated with Marc Morano link
Thursday, October 18th 2012, 3:31 AM EDT
Tom Harris joins Charles Adler to talk about a rather inconvenient chart showing global warming isn't so much a thing anymore.
Click source for MUST SEE Interview
Also see below for second Interview with Marc Morano
Source Link: CLICK THIS LINK for MUST SEE Interview with Tom Harris and Charles Adler
PUBLIC POLLS TOM HARRIS
Uncritically, Media Accepts Misleading Global Warming Poll (The survey's clear biases render the results meaningless).
Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 5:18 PM EDT
The headline on an October 9 press release from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication read: "Poll Shows Americans Believe Global Warming Is Making Extreme Weather Worse."
Mainstream media quickly reported uncritically on the poll. The Chicago Tribune ran a reproduction of a Reuters newswire: "Most Americans Link Weather to Global Warming: Survey." At the Huffington Post: "Climate Change Survey Shows Most Americans Believe Warming Is Tied To Extreme Weather Events."
But did the poll – "Climate Change in the American Mind" — actually demonstrate this?
To evaluate the significance of the survey results, we must compare the methodology employed by the researchers with that needed to generate meaningful results about this complex and controversial topic.
TOM HARRIS REPLY TO ARTICLE
Reply to article; Tom Harris: Climate-change science weak
Saturday, August 18th 2012, 7:03 AM EDT
Re: Survey finds two per cent of respondents don't believe climate change is happening, by Jennifer Graham, The Canadian Press, Aug. 15.
Queen's University Prof. John Smol is right to say that it's "discouraging how slowly the science seems to have been translated into public policy and public opinion."
If science was driving climate policy, then we would have no carbon dioxide regulations at all, since the global warming scare is so weak scientifically.
Smol is totally mistaken to say that "the science has been in for a long time." As I showed the 1,500 students I taught for the past three years at Carleton University, the science of climate change is immature and discoveries are regularly being made that overturn previously popular ideas.
A quick check of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change shows that literally thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers have been published that disprove Smol's overconfident statement.
Sadly, the public opinion poll Smol was commenting on failed to ask the most important question of all, "Do you believe that emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities are causing dangerous global warming and other problematic climate change?"
Source Link: windsorstar.com
Tom Harris: Climate Change: Why Do the Facts Fail to Convince?
Monday, June 4th 2012, 6:19 PM EDT
A person's cultural and social worldview, as identified by the labels above, have more impact on determining their opinion on global warming than any other factor (Image reference - The Second National Risk and Culture Study, Yale Law School, 2007).
Social science research provides the key to finally ending the divisive global warming debate
It has always been assumed that a lack of understanding of basic science and mathematics is the main reason the public can be so easily misled on controversial issues such as global warming. All that is needed, so science educators and campaigners believed, is a general increase in scientific literacy and people would come to more rational conclusions when presented with the facts.
But new findings published on Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers taking part in the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School shows that this is not the case at all. When faced with having to support one side or the other in important science debates, most people are influenced far more by their cultural and social worldviews than by solid science, no matter how well that science is presented. The public, especially those well-versed in science and mathematics, will usually agree with the side that comes closest to the values of the "tribe" they most identify with. In many cases, the facts don't matter at all.
To examine the issue, Cultural Cognition Project researchers divide the population up as illustrated in the diagram at the top of the page.
REPLY TO LETTER TOM HARRIS
Reply to letter: Tom Harris: Suzuki misleads readers, yet again
Sunday, May 13th 2012, 4:33 AM EDT
Re - "Climate change denial isn't about science or skepticism", March 13
David Suzuki misleads readers when he writes:
"the revelation that Ottawa's Carleton University hired Tom Harris, a PR man for a number of "astroturf" groups with a mechanical engineering background, to teach a course on climate change."
It is old news, not a "revelation", that I taught a climate course at Carleton for the past three years. I was hired because of my teaching and science background as well as my decade of working with the course originator and primary author, Professor Tim Patterson, a leading academic and climate researcher at Carleton.
I am not a "PR man." Like Suzuki, I engage in public education. I have solid training and experience in thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, all relevant to understanding the causes of climate change. How does David Suzuki's biology background equip him to comment so loudly on the immensely complex atmospheric/oceanic climate system?
Source Link: owensoundsuntimes.com
TOM HARRIS NASA OPEN LETTER/FAX
MUST SEE YOUTUBE: Tom Nelson: Open Letter to NASA - Stop Climate Alarmism
Wednesday, April 18th 2012, 8:45 AM EDT
Open Letter to NASA - Stop Climate Alarmism
Published on Apr 17, 2012 by TomHarrisICSC
Learn more about the open letter at http://tinyurl.com/73m66a4. See http://climateconference.heartland.org/ for details on the 7th International Conference on Climate Change. Uploaded by Tom Harris of the International Climate Science Coalition - see http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/


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waterlooville 200 festival
20th may - 25th june 2015
9th June 7pm
COMMEMORATING WATERLOO 1815 - 2015
Dr Russ Foster, historian and author of Wellington and Waterloo: The Duke, the Battle & Posterity 1815-2015 will be talking about Waterloo and how it has been remembered in the years since.
At Waterlooville Library
Tickets £3.00
Location Waterlooville Library
27 The Precinct, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 7DT
Booking through Waterlooville Library
10th June 7pm
WATERLOO - A MAGNIFICENT VICTORY OR AN INGLORIOUS BLUNDER?
By Nick Lipscombe
Waterloo, A Magnificent Victory or an Inglorious Blunder. Nick Lipscombe, author and historian, will be looking at the battle from the perspective of the good and bad points from the allied and the French perspectives and drawing conclusions.
Dancing into battle -the duchess of rich
mond's ball
By James Peill
On 15th June 1815, the Duchess of Richmond hosted a ball at their home in Brussels. The arrival of a messenger half-way through set in train a sequence of events that would culminate in the Battle of Waterloo three days later, thus making the ball arguably the most famous in history. James Peill, Curator of the Goodwood Collection will speak about the background to the ball, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and their family's involvement in Waterloo, in advance of Goodwood's summer exhibition on the ball which opens on 4th August.
Image courtesy of the
Trustees of the Goodwood Collection
waterlooville - the first 200 years
An illustrated talk on the origin of Waterlooville from its humble beginnings as part of the Royal Forest of Bere to its development at the crossroads of the London Road into the modern town we now know as Waterlooville. The talk will trace the origin of the town from the Enclosure Act of 1810 which saw the forest broken up and first building erected, an Inn bearing the name of the "Heroes of Waterloo Inn," which gave the town its name. We will see how the new settlement quickly developed over the ensuing decades of the nineteenth century with the rise of large villas and a thriving community and follow this through into the twentieth century to the busy town we now have.
the commanders at WATERLOO
By Rupert Matthews
Learn how the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon, Emperor of France, the colourful figures involved, their exploits and the truth behind that famous quote "Up Guards, and at them."
This talk will be followed by a performance of A Damn'd Close-Run Thing
by the Winton Players
Saturday 20th June, 1pm & 2.30pm
Friday 19th June 7pm onwards
A Damn'd close-run thing!
Talk By Rupert Matthews
Play By Piers Burton-Page
An Entertainment for Waterlooville 200
Winton Players present an Improbable Posthumous Encounter between the Emperor Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. This short specially-written entertainment for Waterlooville 200, both comic and serious, is fully staged and in costume!
The Duke of Wellington
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Dil Peeling
Booking available from the library.
Lesley Redstone
Jane Blower
Brenda Adams
24th June 10am
Family History - Researching Waterloo Ancestors Workshop
18th June 1815 and Wellington took 25 000 British soldiers into battle against Napoleon at Waterloo. Was your ancestor one of them or would you like to find out if any of them were there alongside Wellington. If so this workshop will explore, investigate and interpret resources such as Army service records and Medal rolls to help you discover their stories. Wednesday 24 June, 10am to 1pm. Booking is essential, so contact the Library, call the Booking Line on 023 9225 2608 or visit www.hants.gov.uk/shop to guarantee a place.
Booking Phone 023 9225 2608
25th June 7.45pm
WATERLOO - A Foregone Conclusion
By Professor Tony Pointon
Napoleon's four-day campaign to capture Brussels in 1815 was a fraught affair involving four battles, three armies, 350,000 men and 90,000 casualties.It became known as the "Waterloo Campaign" and Wellington said of it:
"It has been a nice run thing – the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life."
Battle of Waterloo 1815 by Williams Sadler II (1782–1839)
Location The Spring Arts and Hertiage Centre
56 East Street, Havant, Hants, PO9 1BS
WEB www.thespring.co.uk
Phone Box Office 02392 472700
From that remark, the journalists would report that the Battle of Waterloo which took place on Sunday 18th June was a near run thing. That description suited both Wellington and Napoleon, it suited the British and the French, and, for 200 years, historians have nobly worked out accounts of the battle so as not to upset what the journalists wrote, often adding to the story to make it more knife-edge and exciting. Even almost air-brushing out one of the armies. A full account is long overdue. And this is it.


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Guide to the Duke University Marching Band (DUMB) records, 1958-1978 and undated
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In existence since the early 1900s, the Duke University Marching Band (DUMB) is an integral part of Duke University sports, providing music and vocal support to university games such as football and basketball. Materials in the collection include administrative records (of the DUMB organization), correspondence, handbooks, game schedules, flyers, the DUMB newsletter, drum heads from the 1958 Orange Bowl and 1961 Cotton Bowl football games, and rosters of alumni.
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Game Schedules and Information, 1970-1973 and undated
Marching Band Members from 1914-1975
Orange Bowl drum head, 1958
Drum head used in the 1958 Rowe Bowl game in Miami, FL, between Duke University and the University of Oklahoma. The drum head was ruptured during practice and signed by members of the drum corps.
Cotton Bowl drum head, 1961
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In existence since the early 1900's, the Duke University Marching Band (DUMB) is an integral part of Duke University sports, providing music and vocal support to university games such as football and basketball. Playing home games, close out-of-town games and any Bowl games, DUMB has established a reputation for performing creative and highly entertaining halftime shows.
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The Duke University Marching Band (DUMB) records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1973, 1976, and 2017.
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(Persia Digest) – Khorasan music week will begin in Tehran tomorrow, honoring dotar player Osman Mohammad-Parast.
Khorasan music week celebrates the folk music of Iran and promotes young musicians of the genre. It will run from 5-9 March 2018, sponsored by the Institute of Iranian Arts and Culture. Five music bands will be performing at the event being held in Ferdowsi Hall os the Humanities Forum.
At the closing ceremony on Friday 9 March 2018, pioneer dotar player from Khorasan, Osman Mohammad-Parast, will be honored on his 90th birthday.
Osman Mohammad-Parast, known as Osman Khavāfi, is an old dotar player from the Khavāf region in the northeastern Khorasan Province. In 2012, his bust sculpture was unveiled for the first time by the internationally acclaimed Iranian author, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi.
Local music groups will perform here. These are "Peyvand-e Torbat" led by Abbas-Ali Esmaeili (5 March), "Zhendeh Pil" led by Ahmad Shāmi-Shahdabadi (6 March), "Saba" led by Khalil Shirazi (7 March), "Del-e Sheida" led by Gholam-Hossein Salami (8 March), and "Simorgh" led by Meisam Qomorlu (9 March). Each of the bands will perform the local music of their own region.
Tickets are on sale at www.artfansclub.com.


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5 Substitutes for Romano Cheese
The Italian cheese-making industry has many famous exports, including Romano. In the United States and Canada, Romano cheese is the name for a group of hard, salty cheeses.
Romano cheeses can be made of sheep, cow, or goat's milk. They have a potent, salty taste and hard texture, which is why these cheeses are mostly used for grating. Although the name comes from Pecorino Romano, the famous Roman cheese, Pecorino is just one type of Romano cheese. Pecorino Romano has to be sheep's milk cheese from Italy.
Although Romano cheeses are delicious, for some people, they are too strong. Depending on your grocery store, they could also be hard to find, which is why you may need a substitute.
Parmesan cheese is the most common substitute for Romano cheeses. Parmesan, like Romano, is a hard cheese primarily used for grating. You can use it in pasta sauces, on top of risotto, and in any other recipe that calls for Romano. You can even use Parmesan rinds to flavor your soup.
Parmesan has a salty flavor as well, but it is not as strong as Romano. For some people, this is a good thing, but if you really like Romano cheese, you may miss some of that potency when you replace it with Parmesan.
Grana Padano is another famous Italian export. Like Romano, it is a hard, salty cheese used for grating. You can use it as a topping for pasta, risotto, and more. Grana Padano is a more affordable substitute than true Pecorino Romano because the restrictions are not as strict. It can be made anywhere in Italy, while Pecorino Romano has to come from Lazio or Sardinia.
Like Parmesan, Grana Padano has a sweeter, milder flavor than Romano cheeses. In some cases, this is a benefit, for example if you are cooking for people who don't like cheese. However, you may need to compensate by adding more salt to your dish.
Asiago is another iconic Italian cheese. It has a milder flavor than most Romano cheeses because it is made from cow's milk (although if you are looking for mildness, be sure that you buy young Asiago cheese because the aged varieties can be quite pungent).
You can grate Asiago over your meal like you would Romano. However, this cheese is much softer than Romano, so you may have trouble grating it—but on the flip side, you can also serve it as part of a charcuterie board.
If you are looking for a Romano cheese replacement because you are vegan, then nutritional yeast is your best substitute. Nutritional yeast is a type of yeast that was developed to be a vegan alternative to cheese. It has a salty, nutty taste that is similar to Romano cheese.
You can use nutritional yeast as a cheese replacement by sprinkling it over your dish or even make a vegan cheese sauce by blending it with cashews. However, the taste of nutritional yeast is somewhat pungent so use about half the quantity of Romano cheese that you would normally use.
If you're having trouble sourcing Italian cheese, then cheddar cheese works as a Romano substitute. Get aged cheddar because it has a similar salty, pungent taste and hard texture. Mild cheddar is milder and lacks some of the flavor.
You can grate aged cheddar over your dish like you would with Romano cheese. However, it does lack some of the complexity of flavor that Romano cheese has.
If you can't find Romano cheese, there are substitutes for every palate, including vegan ones.
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