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Longest Railway Line
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest
railway line in the world. The line is a network of railways connecting
Moscow to Vladivostok, consisting on the length of 9,289 kilometres (5,772 miles). It was built between 1891 and 1916, and is
still being expanded. There are connecting branch lines into Mongolia,
China, and North Korea.
HTC Vive Pro Eye hands-on: first VR headset with eye tracking
– Hey, it's Nick Statt with The Verge, and we're here at HTC's
CES press conference checking out all of its
Vive virtual reality news. Now they had a new headset to announce. It's called the Vive Pro Eye. It's got native built-in eye-tracking. Now that may sound kinda lame. I mean eye-tracking's been kicking around the PC gaming space for a while, but in virtual reality it can be really, really huge actually both for A, accessibility for people who can't use their hands, but also B, for what's
called foveated rendering. Now that's a technique that let's you increase the resolution of an image by decreasing the
resolution of those images on the peripheral vision of
whoever's using the VR headset. That way, when you're
looking closely at something, it actually increases the
resolution of that virtual image. HTC actually has a whole different idea for the Vive Pro Eye. They imagine it would be really big for business use cases, so enterprise customers who wanna make specific apps that take
advantage of eye-tracking. So we get to try a few of those here at their press conference. The first one did not
use foveated rendering, but it did make use of eye-tracking. It was a motivational speaking or kind of a public
speaking demo called Ovation that tracked how you used your eyes while you were giving a speech
in front of a big crowd. So they did things like tracking how fast you were talking,
how slow you were talking, where you were looking at
while you were speaking, whether you were looking
right at the teleprompter or whether you were making
eye contact with equal sides of the left and the
right side of the room, and then afterwards it
gives you this big breakdown telling you how you were
doing, where you can improve, and a headset like the Vive Pro Eye really makes something like this possible. Without eye-tracking
you couldn't really make a virtual reality app like this. It wouldn't really make sense 'cause the data just wouldn't be there. So another cool demo we tried
out here called Zero Light specifically showed off
the foveated rendering capabilities of the Vive Pro Eye. So it was a showroom app essentially. So you put on the Vive Pro, and you start selecting options for a car that you wanna maybe buy
potentially in the future. Once you're actually in the car and you're up close and personal with the steering wheel, the speedometer, the radio, things like that, the foveated rendering really
comes into clear picture. So they did a side-by-side comparison in real time while I
was wearing the headset. So on the left it was standard and on the right it had
foveated rendering enabled, and it was a huge night
and day difference. I could actually read
the text I was seeing. I could clearly look at
icons and the gear shift. I could read the speedometer,
things like that, whereas on the left in
the standard version it was all fuzzy. It kind of looked like I
wasn't wearing my glasses. As for how well the eye-tracking works, well, it worked pretty seamlessly. You're not really supposed to think about it while you're doing it. You're just supposed to
move your vision around, and usually there's some
sort of visual input like a laser pointer or
a kind of like a heat map telling you where you're looking. We had that in our demos here, and it seemed to work pretty flawlessly, and I could see how this could be a really huge feature for VR. Not just VR games, but
also these business apps, other things like that,
educational apps for sure. In terms of how the
eye-tracking actually functions, well, they put these rings inside of the goggles on the Vive Pro. So they're on the outer rim, and you can see them pretty clearly when you're putting the goggles on. You don't really feel them while
you're wearing the headset. The comfort level is the same. It feels just like the old Vive Pro that came out last year here at CES, and basically it just tracks where your retinas are moving as you're looking through a scene using little pulses of light. They also haven't said anything about pricing or availability beyond the fact that it's coming in the second quarter of this year. So it is coming soon, but we just don't know
how much it's gonna cost. That said, if you wanna find out more information about the Vive Pro Eye or any of the other cool
products here at CES, keep it locked to The Verge on YouTube at youtube.com/theverge.
How do you make a Bobsleigh track? | Burning Questions
It's the Formula 1
of the Winter Olympics. So what do we know
about this daredevil sport? It might surprise you to learn that one of the most
adventurous sports on the planet wasn't
originally a sport at all. Before the Jamaican
bobsleigh team made it cool, bobsleighs were
actually invented to ferry wealthy visitors around the posh
ski resort of St Moritz. They were literally
too posh to push. Soon, people couldn't resist
racing them around the streets, so before someone
got seriously hurt, the first official track was
built at the Kulm Hotel park, ending in the village
of Cresta. This track ended up
hosting the sliding events at two Winter Olympic games
and is still in use today. Modern bobsleigh tracks
are made of concrete and then coated with ice. That sounds pretty scary
just saying it – concrete coated with ice, the two hardest substances
known to man. There's actually a lot
of technology going on to make sure it's safe
for all the athletes. First, the design of the track
is modelled on a computer. Then it is simulated
in a laboratory in order to measure accurately
the amount of friction that'll be created between
the sled and the ice when travelling
at high, high speeds. Basically, this means
they can calculate the maximum speed
a sled can reach. The designers take into
account numerous factors, even the differences
in the ice itself. The ice in Canada,
for example, is different to the
ice in Russia, which is different to the ice
in Hawaii because it – because it had melted.
It's like a little joke. It doesn't matter. Then the track is constructed
out of reinforced concrete with evaporators embedded
in it to cool the track to exactly minus 11 degrees. Not minus 10. Not minus 12. Minus 11. The track is then
sprayed with water to create a layer
of ice two inches thick. Like snowflakes, no two courses
are exactly the same, but there are certain elements
that each course has to have. They are required to have
at least one straight section and one section made up of
three turns in quick succession. This is known as a labyrinth. A modern track should be
1,200 to 1,300 metres long and have at least 15 curves. The most distinguishing
feature of the tracks is the Petersen turn. The 180-degree turn with
a 270-degree bank angle is a compulsory feature
on all Olympic runs and is named after
pioneering track designer Heidi Petersen. These tracks
are so specialised, there are currently
just 16 in the world. All of them are
artificially cooled with ammonia refrigeration,
with the exception of St Moritz,
the very first track, which is still naturally
cooled. Of these,
the track at Lake Placid is considered the most
technically demanding, featuring 20 tricky
turns, the most for any competitive
sliding track. The fastest track in the
world is in Whistler, built for
the 2010 Winter Games. It is also the steepest
track in the world, featuring a vertical
drop of 148 metres. That's like jumping out
of a 10-storey window in a bobsleigh
with Lycra for fun. Getting the track spot-on
is essential. As we've said, speeds can
exceed 120km per hour, and some curves can subject
the crews to 5G of force. That's similar
to a fighter pilot – I mean, a fighter
pilot wearing Lycra. The crew is made up
of a pilot, a brakeman, and in the four-man
bob, two pushers. Athletes are selected based
on their speed and strength. Pilots must have the skill,
timing, and finesse to steer the sleigh along
the path or line that'll produce the greatest speed. If you think you've got
what it takes, you're in luck. Several tracks offer
tourist rides in bobsleighs, so if you fancy yourself as the
next Shauna Rohbock or Pierre Lueders – those are two famous
bobsleighers, but I mean, you knew that – now is your chance. So there you have it. I hope you enjoyed this edition of "Burning Questions". Don't forget to leave your Burning Question in the comments!
In Tokyo, These Trains Jingle All the Way
(humming) – [Narrator] In train and
subway stations all over Japan, you're likely to hear a fully composed seven-second jingle that is uniquely written for that station. And if you're one of the millions of Tokyo metro riders You've probably heard one of these jingles composed by Minoru Mukaiya. (lively music) (soft music) (upbeat music) – [Narrator] Over time,
Mr. Mukaiya shifted his focus to his other passion-trains- and formed a company
that builds simulators. In this world of trains, he found a new outlet for his music and got to work composing train melodies. Like this one (Shibuya Station music) (pensive music) (Ochiai music) (Takadanobaba music) (Monzen-Nakachō music) (Waseda music) – [Narrator] Having found a
marriage of his two passions, today, Mr. Mukaiya considers
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The Armed Forces Covenant
The Armed Forces Covenant ('the Covenant') is a promise by the Nation that the Armed Forces community – those who serve or have served, and their families – are treated fairly, and an acknowledgement of the unique challenges Service people and their loved ones face every day.
Underlying the promise of the Covenant are two principles:
• The Armed Forces Community – serving personnel, veterans and their families, should not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services
• Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given the most such as the injured or bereaved.
Enshrined in the 2011-Armed Forces Act, the Covenant applies across the UK and the Government (HMG) has a statutory requirement to report annually to Parliament on its progress in upholding the Covenant.
HMG's commitment to the Covenant was reinforced in 2017 with the creation of the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board with representation from the Devolved Administrations. Every department on the Board has appointed a lead Minister for Covenant issues.
Since 2011 much has been achieved and more remains to be done. Service families are being helped onto the property ladder with the Forces Help to Buy scheme which has awarded £267m (circa £15,000 per claim) to more than 17,800 successful applicants since April 2014.
In England, the Service Pupil Premium has provided funding to mitigate the impact of Service life on children's education; since September 2018 enriched detail is available to teachers via the Common Transfer File on Service children's educational needs and family circumstances.
All 407 Local Authorities (LAs) in Great Britain have signed the Covenant, with bespoke arrangements in Northern Ireland. Guidance is available to LAs on how they can most effectively support their Service populations, including using the £10M per annum Covenant Fund to build local partnerships between the Armed Forces and the wider community.
The partnership theme is also resonating in the private sector where support for the Covenant is growing rapidly, with more than 4,000 signatories to date. Companies are pledging support to military spouses, Veterans and Reservists by offering flexible HR policies and acknowledging the skills learnt during time in the Services. Further success has been achieved commercially, for example, companies agreeing to waive cancellation fees on media packages for those posted at short notice.
The Covenant is embedded in the NHS constitution and awareness in healthcare professionals of issues faced by the Armed Forces community is improving – the Covenant now forms part of the Royal College of GP's membership exam and a growing number of GP practices are being accredited as 'Armed Forces' Veteran Friendly'. Access to specialist prosthetics treatments and to mental healthcare services has improved significantly following the launch of the NHS's Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services, and Complex Treatment Service.
However, much of what the Covenant has achieved so far stems from its voluntary nature. It is a pact between the Armed Forces community and the Nation in acknowledgment of the sacrifices they have made. The Nation honours this pact because it is the right thing to do, not because they are obliged to do so. None of this is meant to replace the Military Chain of Command's and Services Welfare's axiomatic pastoral roles, but the Covenant is part of a national tapestry of commitment to our people and a key component in creating resilience within the Armed Forces community.
l A video on the Armed Forces Covenant 'The Armed Forces Covenant in 60 Seconds' is available at https://www.armedforcescovenant.gov.uk/sixty-second-covenant/

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A more recent New York Times story also suggests that hackers are using developing economies as sandboxes to see how their hacks perform as they develop their skills for larger, more secure targets. This story also indicates that individual pieces of malware are evolving via artificial intelligence as they probe for vulnerabilities or learn to hide within IT systems.


Akihabara now attracts shoppers of electronics products, as well as Japanese "anime", or animation, and comic book "manga: fans. What began as a black-market district after WWII has grown into a discount center for modern communication equipment and supplies, later becoming a sacred place for the culture of Japanese geeks, the "Otaku".
After the district was destroyed by a fire in 1869, the people in the area decided to replace the buildings with a shrine called Chinkasha, meaning fire extinguisher shrine, in an attempt to prevent the spread of future fires. The locals nicknamed the shrine Akiba and the area around it became known later as Akihabara.
Since the end of the 19th century, a vegetable and fruit market had sprang up around Akihabara Station which was a major freight transit point. After World War II, the black market thrived in the absence of a strong government. This disconnection of Akihabara from government authority has allowed the district to grow as a market city and given rise to an atmosphere of entrepreneurship.
In the 1930s, an entrepreneurial culture in the district turned Akihabara into a future-oriented market region, specializing in household electronics, such as washing machines, refrigerators, televisions, and stereos, earning Akihabara the nickname "Electric Town". In the 1980s, as household electronics began to lose their futuristic appeal, the shops of Akihabara shifted their focus to home computers at a time when they were only used by some electronic specialists.
Once known as the "Electric Town", Akihabara is now synonymous with Otaku, or geeks. But you do not have to obsess about "anime" or "manga" to enjoy walking around Akihabara. Visitors come here not only to purchase digital cameras, or hang out in maid cafes, or to buy mangas. They also come to enjoy observing this unique subculture.
The streets of Akihabara are covered with anime and manga icons, and "cos-players", or people dressing up as their favorite fictional anime or comic book characters, line the sidewalks handing out advertisements, especially for maid cafes. The design of many of the buildings serves to create an atmosphere that lures otaku. The influence of otaku culture has shaped Akihabara's businesses and buildings to reflect the interests of those geeks.


Ever-snazzy local bandleader and all-around hepcat Peter Petty hauls out a 12-piece band and a few burlesque performers, and recruits the likes of Dana Moret, Tim Foster & Stan Tindal (Troublemakers and Th' Losin Streaks), Sasha Prawalsky (Alkali Flats), Casey Lipka (Cave Women), Hans Eberbach (Joy & Madness), comedian Kiry Shabazz and lots more for a holiday hootenanny garnished with seasonal sultriness. Doors open 6:30 p.m. $25 adv./ $30 door. www.swell-productions.com.
City of Trees Brass Band, one of Sacramento's most recognizable 'Nawlins-themed ensembles (one known to mix in some rock, punk and hip-hop on a whim) leads a juicy pre-holiday funk-fest that also features local indie rockers Animals in the Attic and two former Sacramento bands now making a go in L.A.: the offbeat, beachy indie alt-rock of Paul Nicholas Slater and the wild-eyed funk-pop joyride of Mleo. $10 adv./ $15 door. www.holydiversac.com.
That "Zuhg life" will forever be an indelible piece of Sacramento music lore. Countless hours and pints of blood clearly go into their dense and impassioned mix of jammy rock, funk and reggae, yet the veteran touring act delivers it with palpable ease and a delightfully laid-back vibe. The group is playing this one to celebrate guitarist/vocalist JR Halliday's 40th birthday, likely with help from several familiar local faces. $10. www.harlows.com.
This unashamedly bold mish-mash of rockers features Dizzy Reed of Guns N' Roses, with members of Quiet Riot, Slash, Danzig and Type O Negative – what else would they be called but "Hookers & Blow"? Happy New Year! $16 adv./$20 door. www.holydiversac.com.


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Dr. Charles Dunn
A leading scholar in the intersection of faith and politics in the United States (particularly regarding the American presidency), Charles Dunn was named Dean of the Robertson School of Government in August 2004. Dunn brought to Regent his considerable experience on Capitol Hill as well as his already distinguished credentials in academia. Dunn's former political posts include serving as a Special Assistant to the Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives, Deputy Director of the Republican Conference in the House, and Chief of Staff to a United States Senator from New York.
Dr. Dunn left politics to pursue a calling to academia. His professional achievements in the academic arena include the creation of the Department of Political Science at Clemson University and serving as Dean of International Studies at Grove City College. He was also appointed by Presidents Regan and George H. W. Bush to the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, serving as its chairman for four terms.
A versatile author and scholar, Dunn has penned several books including:
Faith, Freedom, and the Future: Religion in American Political Culture (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003),
The Conservative Tradition in America (co-authored by J. David Woodard; Rowman & Littlefield, 2003),
Religion in American Politics (Congressional Quarterly Press, 1989), and
The Scarlet Thread of Scandal: Morality and the American Presidency (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).
His latest book, The Seven Laws of Presidential Leadership, was published by Prentice Hall in 2005.
Born Bloomington, Ill., Dunn earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from Florida State University and his B.S. from Illinois State University. He is married to Carol Nelson Dunn and is the father of four grown children.
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Falsistrellus petersi är en fladdermusart som först beskrevs av A. Meyer 1899.  Falsistrellus petersi ingår i släktet Falsistrellus och familjen läderlappar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Arten når en absolut kroppslängd av 88 till 95 mm, inklusive en 32 till 39 mm lång svans samt en vikt av 6 till 9 g. Den har 38 till 40 mm långa underarmar, 8 till 9 mm långa bakfötter och 14 till 16 mm stora öron. Den långa och lite ulliga pälsen på ovansidan har en mörk chokladbrun grundfärg med flera hår som har ljusa spetsar. Undersidan är ljusare brun. Djurets huvud är kortare än öronen. I örat finns en kort och bred hudflik (tragus). Nosen och öronen är nästan nakna och de har liksom flygmembranen en svartaktig färg.

Denna fladdermus förekommer med flera från varandra skilda populationer på Filippinerna, Borneo, Sulawesi och Moluckerna. Nästan inget är känt om levnadssättet. En flock upptäcktes vilande under taket av en byggnad i skogen. På Filippinerna hittas Falsistrellus petersi i bergstrakter mellan 1200 och 2130 meter över havet.

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Tennesee State Sen. Caught Banging Intern, Drops G-Bomb
Posted on: July 29, 2009 - 8:38pm
geirj
We've see this shit before, unfortuantely.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8194497&page=1
Intern, Boyfriend Tangle Tenn. Sen. Paul Stanley in Sex Scandal
Intern's Boyfriend Arrested for Extortion After Discovering Photos From Senator's Affair
By SARAH NETTER
What began as a government internship for a one-time honors student with a questionable past has become a full-blown sex scandal that ensnared a married Tennessee state senator and led him to resign.
Republican Sen. Paul Stanley had maintained a low profile until his announcement late Tuesday that he was resigning from the state Senate effective Aug. 10, after his affair with a 22-year-old intern and a subsequent extortion attempt was revealed to the public.
Stanley, a 47-year-old evangelical Christian with two children, said in his resignation letter that he has "decided to focus my full attention on my family."
"Whatever I stood for and advocated, I still believe to be true," he told Memphis radio station WREC-AM Tuesday. "And just because I fell far short of what God's standard was for me and my wife, doesn't mean that that standard is reduced in the least bit."
He had been engaged in a sexual relationship with intern McKensie Morrison when her boyfriend, Joel Watts, contacted him, according to an affidavit filed in Davidson County by prosecutor Douglas Long.
Watts threatened April 8 to release nude photos of Morrison at the senator's apartment unless Stanley paid him $10,000, the affidavit claimed.
Watts, 27, allegedly discovered a memory disc with explicit photos of Morrison that were taken in Stanley's apartment on a cell phone. "Watts communicated to Stanley if he did not pay the money, the photographs would be sent to other individuals, including the media," the document states.
"Good morning, sir. How are you this fine day? McKensie and I have been talking, and I feel that I have a video and some pictures you might be interested in seeing," Watts allegedly texted to Stanley, according to a transcript read aloud during the hearing, as reported by The Associated Press.
Tennessee Senator's Sex Scandal
Instead, Stanley contacted the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
"He came to us for help," TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm told ABCNews.com. "We explained to him that we were going to take that information to the district attorney general who did turn around and ask us to open an investigation."
After recovering the threatening text messages, TBI instructed Stanley to play along with Watts' demands, according to court documents.
The TBI provided Stanley with the $10,000 Watts had requested and on April 9, the two met behind a Mexican restaurant to exchange the money for the disc. Once the cash and the disc were swapped, Watts was arrested, charged with theft of property and extortion.
After a preliminary hearing last week, Watts' case was sent to a grand jury for extortion. The theft charge was dismissed.
Neither Watts nor Morrison could be reached for comment.
ABC News' Nashville affiliate WKRN reported that Stanley released a statement last week, saying he was "the victim and a witness to a crime."
"At this time, I have been advised by authorities and the district attorney's office not to comment. There is already misinformation being inferred regarding this matter which I look forward to clearing up at the appropriate time," the statement read.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey's office also declined to return repeated messages today.
But Ramsey, who is also the speaker of the Senate, told Tennessee media at a fundraiser this past weekend that he considered Stanley to be a close friend and that Stanley had been having marital problems for some time.
"First of June, end of May he was in my office, he told me he and his wife were going to be separated," said Ramsey, "and obviously we had a good conversation about that. Both of us were upset about that."
Helm said Stanley was "very cooperative" throughout the investigation, adding that the TBI's active investigation is now closed and she does not expect Morrison to be charged at this time for playing a role in the senator's alleged extortion.
Cop Says No Evidence to Charge State Senator's Mistress
"I don't really know what her involvement was as far as how much she played a part," Helm said. "But obviously, if we had the evidence to charge her at the time Joel Watts was charged, we would have charged her."
Morrison is no stranger to controversy. According to an article published this week in the Orlando Sentinel, the former central Florida high school honors student has been arrested for cocaine possession and was married to a man who is now in prison for beating a 75-year-old man in the head with a hammer in her presence.
Though Stanley is a state-level politician, he joins the ranks of numerous other elected officials who have made more headlines for their dalliances with mistresses than for their policy-making.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford came under fire not only for admitting to an affair with an Argentinean mistress, but for disappearing with her on vacation without telling staffers and then apologizing in a drawn-out, nationally televised press conference.
Last year, former presidential candidate John Edwards finally owned up to an affair with campaign staffer Rielle Hunter after more than two years of denying that he was cheating on his terminally ill wife, Elizabeth Edwards.
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Nobody I know was brainwashed into being an atheist.
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The Doomed Soul
poor Mr. Watts... he had a
poor Mr. Watts... he had a good oppertunity, but failed...
Pity his plan sucked so much, else this scandal could have gotten REALLY sweet in the future
What Would Kharn Do?
Posted on: July 30, 2009 - 3:53pm #2
Vastet
When politicians are paid to
When politicians are paid to not have sex and/or cheat on their significant others, I'll start caring when it happens.
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Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet
Georgios T. Halkias
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With an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvativyūha-sūtra
Pure Land Buddhism as a whole has received comparatively little attention in Western studies on Buddhism despite the importance of "buddha-fields" (pure lands) for the growth and expression of Mahāyāna Buddhism. In this first religious history of Tibetan Pure Land literature, Georgios Halkias delves into a rich collection of literary, historical, and archaeological sources to highlight important aspects of this neglected pan-Asian Buddhist tradition. He clarifies many of the misconceptions concerning the interpretation of "other-world" soteriology in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and provides translations of original Tibetan sources from the ninth century to the present that represent exoteric and esoteric doctrines that continue to be cherished by Tibetan Buddhists for their joyful descriptions of the Buddhist path. The book is informed by interviews with Tibetan scholars and Buddhist practitioners and by Halkias' own participant-observation in Tibetan Pure Land rituals and teachings conducted in Europe and the Indian subcontinent.
Divided into three sections, Luminous Bliss shows that Tibetan Pure Land literature exemplifies a synthesis of Mahāyāna sutra-based conceptions with a Vajrayana world-view that fits progressive and sudden approaches to the realization of Pure Land teachings. Part I covers the origins and development of Pure Land in India and the historical circumstances of its adaptation in Tibet and Central Asia. Part II offers an English translation of the short Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra (imported from India during the Tibetan Empire) and contains a survey of original Tibetan Pure Land scriptures and meditative techniques from the dGe-lugs-pa, bKa'-brgyud, rNying-ma, and Sa-skya schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Part III introduces some of the most innovative and popular mortuary cycles and practices related to the Tantric cult of Buddha Amitābha and his Pure Land from the Treasure traditions in the bKa'-brgyud and rNying-ma schools.
Luminous Bliss locates Pure Land Buddhism at the core of Tibet's religious heritage and demonstrates how this tradition constitutes an integral part of both Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism.
Georgios T. Halkias, Author
Georgios T. Halkias is an assistant professor and undergraduate program director at the Centre of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong.
Richard K. Payne, Series Editor
Richard K. Payne is Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley.
If you are a scholar who specializes in either Tibetan Buddhism or in Pure Land studies, then you need to clear some shelf space and make room for this book. Georgios T. Halkias has written a trailblazing study of a Buddhist tradition normally associated with East Asia as it is found in Tibet, and this book is going to be the foundational text in this area for many years to come. . . . this book will stand for many years as a classic text and a rich reference source for scholars. The author is still a young scholar, and I look forward to seeing the ongoing results of his research program.
—H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences
Halkias' work truly is a rich and well-rounded pioneer-study of a comparatively neglected field that introduces the pure-land traditions of India and Tibet with considerable analytical versatility and compelling intelligence. A decade of sustained research on Pure-Land traditions inside and outside Indo-Tibetan cultural areas enables Halkias to draw on considerable historical and doctrinal details which allows him to fully contextualize and deepen findings explored in a number of noteworthy articles. . . . Luminous Bliss comprises a diverse and original body of previously unstudied sources and provides a rich nexus of departure points for further researchers.
—Journal of the Religions of South Asia
Luminous Bliss is a tremendous addition to the neglected field of Tibetan Pure Land Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism in general. The book displays the malleability of Pure Land Buddhism through its usage in tantric rituals in Tibet. Furthermore, Halkias relays the richness of Tibetan Pure Land literature. The amount of texts discussed, outlined, or translated in the book is wholly admirable and ensures that Luminous Bliss will be an important resource for current and future scholars.
—Pacific World
Luminous Bliss is a tremendous addition to the neglected field of Tibetan Pure Land Buddhism, and Pure Land Buddhism in general. The book displays the malleability of Pure Land Buddhism through its usage in tantric rituals in Tibet. Furthermore, Halkias relays the richness of Tibetan Pure Land literature. The amount of texts discussed, outlined, or translated in the book is wholly admirable, and ensures that Luminous Bliss will be an important resource for current and future scholars.
—Kendall Marchman Reviews
If you are a scholar who specializes in either Tibetan Buddhism or in Pure Land studies, then you need to clear some shelf space and make room for this book. Georgios T. Halkias has written a trailblazing study of a Buddhis tradition normally associated with Eat Asia as it is found in Tibet, and this book is going to be the foundational text in this area for many years to come.
—Charles B. Jones, The Catholic University of America, H-Net Reviews
Halkias' work truly is a rich and well-rounded pioneer-study of a comparatively neglected field that introduces the pure-land traditions of India and Tibet with considerable analytical versatility and compelling intelligence.
—Michael Zrenner, Journal of the Religions of South Asia
Luminous Bliss is a tremendous addition to the neglected field of Tibetan Pure Land Buddhism, and Pure Land Buddhism in general.
—Kendall Marchman, University of Florida
By providing both a sweeping historical overview of its development, and a detailed survey of its wide-ranging textual corpus, Luminous Bliss takes the study of the Tibetan Pure Land tradition to a whole new level. And in doing so Halkias reveals not only how the soteriology of Sukhavati shaped the practice of Buddhism in Tibet, but also how it informed Tibetan conceptualizations of the environment, society, and the state.
—Johan Elverskog, Southern Methodist University
Not so long ago, 'Pure Land Buddhism' was often presented as a novel East Asian phenomenon, inspired perhaps by certain Indian Mahāyāna scriptures, but far removed in spirit from such distant antecedents. Recent scholarship, however, has demonstrated that trends relating to the aspiration for rebirth in the 'Pure Lands' were and in many cases remain widespread in Mahāyāna milieux, throughout their vast and varied geographical range. Georgios Halkias has performed a great service for current Buddhist studies by examining the record comprehensively and presenting a scrupulously detailed account, with particular reference to Tibet. This is an essential work for all serious students of Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions.
—Matthew T. Kapstein, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, and the University of Chicago
This excellent, comprehensive study of the Indian and Tibetan traditions of Amitābha's Pure Land is a rich resource for understanding a historical development of the Pure Landtradition in these regions. Drawing on previously unexamined sources, Georgios Halkiasgoes beyond a mere recounting of historical, social, and cultural contexts in which the Pure Land tradition developed. He attends to the conceptual issues embedded in visionaryexperiences, rituals, liturgies, and soteriological missions of major Tibetan Buddhist figures who wrote on Amitābha's Pure Land. This volume is a work of solid scholarship that promises to remain a seminal contribution to the understanding of the Pure Land tradition in India and Tibet.
—Vesna Wallace, University of California, Santa Barbara
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#ifndef UNIFIED_FILE_H
#define UNIFIED_FILE_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "../core/agents/agents.h"
#include "../core/states/states_map.h"
#include "../core/states/factored_states_map.h"
#include "../core/actions/actions_map.h"
#include "../core/actions/joint_actions_map.h"
#include "../core/observations/observations_map.h"
#include "../core/observations/joint_observations_map.h"
#include "../core/state_transitions/state_transitions_map.h"
#include "../core/observation_transitions/observation_transitions_map.h"
#include "../core/rewards/sas_rewards_map.h"
#include "../core/initial.h"
#include "../core/horizon.h"

#include "../mdp/mdp.h"
#include "../pomdp/pomdp.h"
#include "../dec_pomdp/dec_pomdp.h"

#include "../utilities/string_manipulation.h"

/**
 * A file loading and saving class called UnifiedFile which acts as an intermediate
 * representation for any MDP-like object. It can load any *.mdp, *.pomdp, *.decmdp,
 * or *.decpomdp file and store all variables found within the file. Other class
 * objects such as MDP or Dec-POMDP may then use a UnifiedFile object to copy all
 * their required internal variables, or even just a subset of the variables.
 */
class UnifiedFile {
public:
	/**
	 * The default constructor for a unified file.
	 */
	UnifiedFile();

	/**
	 * The constructor which enables automatic loading of the specified MDP-like file.
	 * @param	path	The filename of the MDP-like file to load.
	 */
	UnifiedFile(std::string path);

	/**
	 * The deconstructor for a unified file which cleans up the memory.
	 */
	~UnifiedFile();

	/**
	 * A function which loads any MDP-like file.
	 * @param	path	The filename and relative path of the MDP-like file to load.
	 * @return	Returns @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load(std::string path);

	/**
	 * A function which saves the information as a MDP-like file.
	 * @param	path	The filename and relative path of the MDP-like file to save.
	 * @return	Returns @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool save(std::string path);

	/**
	 * Reset the internal objects in the unified file.
	 */
	void reset();

	/**
	 * Get an MDP version of a loaded file. This releases control of the memory to the
	 * MDP object, and therefore removes pointers to any loaded file information.
	 * @throw	CoreException		The MDP was missing a vital component to be defined.
	 * @return	An MDP defined by the file loaded.
	 */
	MDP *get_mdp();

	/**
	 * Get an POMDP version of a loaded file. This releases control of the memory to the
	 * MDP object, and therefore removes pointers to any loaded file information.
	 * @throw	CoreException		The MDP was missing a vital component to be defined.
	 * @return	A POMDP defined by the file loaded.
	 */
	POMDP *get_pomdp();

	/**
	 * Get an Dec-POMDP version of a loaded file. This releases control of the memory to the
	 * MDP object, and therefore removes pointers to any loaded file information.
	 * @throw	CoreException		The MDP was missing a vital component to be defined.
	 * @return	A Dec-POMDP defined by the file loaded.
	 */
	DecPOMDP *get_dec_pomdp();

private:
	/**
	 * Load the horizon from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_horizon(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the discount factor from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_discount_factor(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the initial state from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_initial_state(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the initial state from the file's data, following the special inclusive structure.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_initial_state_inclusive(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the initial state from the file's data, following the special exclusive structure.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_initial_state_exclusive(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the value type (reward or cost) from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_value(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the agents from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_agents(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the states from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, and 1 if this begins
	 * 			loading a sequence of factored states (not necessarily for each agent).
	 */
	int load_states(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the factored states from the file's data.
	 * @param	factorIndex		The index of the factored state.
	 * @param	line			The line string from the file.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, and @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	int load_factored_states(unsigned int factorIndex, std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load the actions from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, and 1 if this begins
	 * 			loading a sequence of actions for each agent.
	 */
	int load_actions(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the actions of one agent from the file's data.
	 * @param	agentIndex		The index of the agent in the joint action.
	 * @param	line			The line string from the file.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, and 1 if this begins
	 * 			loading a sequence of actions.
	 */
	int load_agent_actions(unsigned int agentIndex, std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load the observations from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, and 1 if this begins
	 * 		loading a sequence of observations for each agent.
	 */
	int load_observations(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load the observations of one agent from the file's data.
	 * @param	agentIndex		The index of the agent in the joint observation.
	 * @param	line			The line string from the file.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, and 1 if this begins
	 * 		loading a sequence of actions.
	 */
	int load_agent_observations(unsigned int agentIndex, std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load the state transitions from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, 1 if this begins
	 * 			loading a vector of state transitions, 2 if this begins loading a
	 * 			matrix of state transitions.
	 */
	int load_state_transition(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load a state transition vector from the file's data.
	 * @param	line		The line to parse containing a vector of probabilities.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_state_transition_vector(std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load a state transition matrix from the file's data.
	 * @param	stateIndex		The current state index for the start state.
	 * @param	line			The line to parse containing a vector of probabilities.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_state_transition_matrix(unsigned int stateIndex, std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load the observation transitions from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, and 1 if this begins
	 * 			loading a matrix of observation transitions.
	 */
	int load_observation_transition(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load a observation transition vector from the file's data.
	 * @param	line		The line to parse containing a vector of probabilities.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_observation_transition_vector(std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load a state transition matrix from the file's data.
	 * @param	stateIndex		The current state index for the end state.
	 * @param	line			The line to parse containing a vector of probabilities.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_observation_transition_matrix(unsigned int stateIndex, std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load the rewards from the file's data.
	 * @param	items		The list of items on the same line.
	 * @return	Return -1 if an error occurred, 0 if successful, and 1 if this begins
	 * 			loading a matrix of rewards.
	 */
	int load_reward(std::vector<std::string> items);

	/**
	 * Load a reward vector from the file's data.
	 * @param	line		The line to parse containing a vector of rewards or costs.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_reward_vector(std::string line);

	/**
	 * Load a reward matrix from the file's data.
	 * @param	stateIndex		The current state index for the end state.
	 * @param	line			The line to parse containing a vector of rewards or costs.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if an error occurred, @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool load_reward_matrix(unsigned int stateIndex, std::string line);

	/**
	 * Release control over the memory of the variables.
	 */
	void release();

	/**
	 * The agents in the MDP-like object; e.g., a vector of strings.
	 */
	Agents *agents;

	/**
	 * The states in the MDP-like object; e.g., factored vectors of strings.
	 */
	StatesMap *states;

	/**
	 * The actions in the MDP-like object; e.g., factored vectors of strings.
	 */
	ActionsMap *actions;

	/**
	 * The observations in the MDP-like object; e.g., factored vectors of strings.
	 */
	ObservationsMap *observations;

	/**
	 * The state transition function in the MDP-like object; e.g., a three-dimensional array mapping to a double.
	 */
	StateTransitionsMap *stateTransitions;

	/**
	 * The observation transition function in the MDP-like object; e.g., a three-dimensional array mapping to a double.
	 */
	ObservationTransitionsMap *observationTransitions;

	/**
	 * The reward function in the MDP-like object; e.g., a two-dimensional array mapping to a double.
	 */
	SASRewards *rewards;

	/**
	 * The horizon, either a finite time or a discount factor.
	 */
	Horizon *horizon;

	/**
	 * The initial state.
	 */
	Initial *initialState;

	/**
	 * If this represents a reward or a cost.
	 */
	bool rewardValue;

	/**
	 * The number of rows in the file (primarily for error output purposes).
	 */
	unsigned int rows;

	/**
	 * The name of the file (primarily for error output purposes).
	 */
	std::string filename;

	/**
	 * A variable which holds the error message.
	 */
	char error[1024];

	/**
	 * A helper state variable for loading vectors or matrices.
	 */
	State *loadingState;

	/**
	 * A helper action variable for loading vectors or matrices.
	 */
	Action *loadingAction;

	/**
	 * A helper observation variable for loading vectors or matrices.
	 */
	Observation *loadingObservation;

	/**
	 * An ordered list of states for use in loading vectors or matrices.
	 */
	std::vector<State *> orderedStates;

	/**
	 * An ordered list of observations for use in loading vectors or matrices.
	 */
	std::vector<Observation *> orderedObservations;

};

#endif // UNIFIED_FILE_H

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The study analysed 1,126,453 reviews on 1,100 applications , 550 free and 550 paid apps. It shows 95% of the reviews with a grade of 4 or 5 express a compliment. This ratio fall to 20% when the grade is equal to 3 and 0% for 2 and 1.
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80% of the reviews are shorter than an SMS (less than 160 characters) and 99% contains less than 675 characters.
60% of the comments affect free apps and 40% paid apps.
What is the main reason behind a negative comment?
Two main areas of improvement for your mobile application are the UX and functionality thinking of the user first.
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Nostalgic for the McDonald's ball pits of yore? Ever wondered what a bouncy castle nearly the length of a city block would be like? Looking for an unconventional workout? You can find it all in Midtown, where a gigantic inflatable installation has bounced in to entertain New Yorkers this August.
Pop goes the bouncy, block-long installation on W34th Street. Photo: Naty Caez
Pop in the City, a 120-foot, month-long exhibition at Broadway between 32nd and 33rd Streets, aims to give visitors of all ages a place to jump, jump around. The semi-obstacle course propels participants to navigate a surprisingly challenging ball pit, jam to a DJ set amid a wave of bubbles, and slide through fake snow and frosty figurines. The castle also features a few sly nods to New York itself — inflatable "Big Apples", New York pizza and glittering Studio 54-style disco balls adorn the attraction.
The team behind all the equal parts manic and joyful chaos? XL Labs — inflatable event specialists who have a Guinness World Record to their name (it's for the largest Bouncy inflatable in the world, currently touring the US and Canada!). Cameron Craig, CEO of XL Labs and one of the designers of the project, said that though his team was used to dreaming up outsized, ambitious designs, making one that worked within the city's many space constraints was a challenge.
Homage to the Big Apple. Photo: Naty Caez
"It's a difficult space to work with, because we had one block and had to keep it quite narrow because there's a fire lane, and all that kind of stuff," said Craig, who credited their collaboration with the 34th Street Partnership in finding ways to build out a bouncy castle without the usual wide open fields of green.
Craig and the XL Labs team are pleased with the outcome — a "family-friendly" space meant to brighten up the Herald Square area. While the exhibition is geared towards, and perhaps constructed best for the boundless energy and scrappy coordination of children — it has also attracted its fair share of the after hours crowd. "At nighttime, you get some young adults who've had a few beers, want to take a run as well," laughed Craig. After hours, security guards are present to make sure that no one tries to, well, pop Pop in the City.
Bounce to the beat. Photo: Naty Caez
The installation has been heartily embraced by New Yorkers, said Craig, and the team is already planning a seasonal return in October. For now, he added that there's no time limit for visitors to enjoy the scene: "Some kids run through it and come back around and run again and they can spend as much time as they want — we're not strict with that," said Craig. "And some people take half an hour to go through and chill out, listen to the DJs and just lie on a ball pack." Who says you can't find an escape in Midtown?!
Up for the challenge? Photo: Naty Caez
Tickets For Pop in the City start at $19 and are selling fast.
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New Trove Launch for Consoles.
Good news Trove fans. The awesome Sandbox MMORPG is about to launch for PS4 and Xbox one. Trion Worlds, the developer, has released the game in 2015, and after long months of beta testing they are finally launching it for consoles this week. The Trove Launch for Consoles will sure bring new audiences to the bricksy universe. If you haven't heard about Trove then you should know that this game is epic.
As a sandbox MMORPG, you have a lot of room for customization. There are 11 different classes that enable many play styles and the randomly changing universes are very interesting. The player generated content is the true treat of the game. There is just so much content that this game is never boring. However, the minus of the game is the grinding. You have to grind a lot in order to improve. The cash store is also relatively modest and buying stuff won't necessarily help your character by much. In short, it's a really cool game
If you own a PS4 or a Xbox one than you should try it. It's free for download and the community around trove is growing rapidly. In my opinion, the PS4 launch will help the game reach new audiences and steal some users from their ultimate nemesis, Minecraft.
The similarities between Minecraft and Trove are a bit disturbing, but with Minecraft selling for 2.5 Billion dollars to Microsoft it's not surprising that competition will try to mimic the block phenomena. Many of the people in the Trove community are refugees of Minecraft, they get something out of Trove that they couldn't in Minecraft. Either way, both games are cool and worth a try.
What do you think? are you excited about the trove launch for consoles? please share your thoughts with us
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Omid Gholamzadeh (19 de julio de 1982) es un deportista iraní que compitió en taekwondo. Ganó dos medallas en el Campeonato Mundial de Taekwondo en los años 2003 y 2007, y una medalla en el Campeonato Asiático de Taekwondo de 2004.

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Emulation is one of the main strategies for preserving digital objects. This creates the necessity to evaluate the results of digital preservation actions involving emulators, to make sure that renderings of digital objects stay true to the original once they are replayed at a later point in time. When digital objects are migrated to a different format, the significant properties before and after the migration are usually compared to check for differences in the rendering. As this is not possible for emulation environments (where the digital object remains unchanged), we have to extract information about the rendering from the environment.
To make the rendering comparable, we have to make sure that the object is rendered under the exact same conditions, too remove the possibility of side-effects in the rendering resulting from object behaviour instead of changes in the rendering environment. This makes it necessary to provide always the same external data to the environment for every evaluation-rendering of an object. This inlcudes both manual user input but also any other external data (network, files, etc.). Most emulators today do not support extracting information about the rendering nor feeding data into the environment at certain points in the rendering. To evaluate how this could be implemented in complex rendering environments, we took an emulator for a rather simple homecomputer system and extended it with features necessary for evaluation.
The Philips Videopac+ G7400 was a video game console system released in Europe in 1983. It was the successor to the Philips Videopac/Magnavox Odyssey2 which was sold in Europe and the US since 1978. With an add-on cartridge, the C7420 Home Computer Module that was also released in 1983 the Philips G7400 could be converted to a home computer programmable in Microsoft BASIC.
The BASIC-programming language for the C7420 allowed the storage of different kinds of data on standard audio tapes by providing connector cables to the headphone and microphone plugs of standard audio systems. Besides BASIC programs screenshots, arrays, strings, and memory dumps could be saved on tape using the BASIC command "CSAVE" in various forms. Video games for the system were provided in cartridge form and the possible types of inputing data into the system were keypresses using the keyboard and joystick input using one of the two joysticks. Results of renderings were output on a tv-screen and sound through the speakers of the tv-set.
Pictures below show a Philips G7400+C7420 Home Computer Module (left), and a collection of original tapes used to store computer programs for the system (right).
The emulator O2EM is an open source emulator that supports both of the systems shown above, the simpler Philips Videopac G7000/Odyssey2 but also the more advanced Philips Videopac+ G7400 and the Home Computer module. It is written in ANSI C using the Allegro Game Library for easy portability to different hardware platforms. Ports of the emulator exist for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft XBOX game system, Nintendo Wii game system and various other systems.
Using images of the original cartridges as input, O2EM is able to emulate the original 8048h processor found in the system, executing the original code and modifying the registers of the multimedia hardware accordingly. The results are rendered by O2EM and the input is taken from the host-system and redirected to the emulated input-hardware.
Pictures below show Screenshots taken from O2EM: Home Computer Program 'Cassa' (left) and the video game 'Terrahawks' (right).
After powering up and loading the application on your PC, any of the sample programs can be either imported from audio files or from native data (e.g. textfiles containing BASIC programs). Using File->Export->To audio playback the data is played back as waveform on the default audio device and can be loaded on the G7400 (e.g. by using "CLOAD" for a BASIC program).
The latest version of our adapted emulator can be downloaded here, both in binary (Microsft Windows 32bit) as well as in source-code form.


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Apalachee
Joyce Rockwood Hudson
FICTION / Historical
This powerful novel tells the story of Hinachuba Lucia, a Native American wise woman caught in the rapidly changing world of the early colonial South. With compelling drama and historical accuracy, Apalachee portrays the decimation of the Indian mission culture of Spanish Florida by English Carolina during Queen Anne's war at the beginning of the eighteenth century and also portrays the little-known institution of Indian slavery in colonial America. The novel recounts the beginnings of the colony of South Carolina and the struggle between the colonists and the Indians, who were at first trading partners—bartering deerskins and Indian slaves for guns and cloth—and then enemies in the Yamasee War of 1715.
When the novel opens, Spanish missionaries have settled in the Apalachee homeland on what is now the eastern Florida panhandle, ravaging the native population with disease and altering its culture with Christianity. Despite these changes, the Apalachees maintain an uneasy coexistence with the friars.
Everything changes when English soldiers and their Indian allies from the colony of Carolina invade Spanish Florida. After being driven from her Apalachee homeland by the English, Lucia is captured by Creek Indians and sold into slavery in Carolina, where she becomes a house slave at Fairmeadow, a turpentine plantation near Charles Town. Her beloved husband, Carlos, is left behind, free but helpless to get Lucia back.
Swept by intricate and inexorable currents, Lucia's fate is interwoven with those of Juan de Villalva, a Spanish mission priest, and Isaac Bull, an Englishman in search of fortune in the New World. As the three lives unfold, the reader is drawn into a morally complex world where cultures meet and often clash.
Both major and minor characters come alive in Hudson's hands, but none so memorably as the wise woman Lucia—beautiful, aristocratic, and strong. Informed by the author's extensive research, Apalachee is an ambitious, compelling novel that tells us as much about the ethnic and social diversity of the southern colonies as it does about the human heart.
Apalachee is truly magnificent, a stunning and ultimately heartbreaking novel that restores part of American and southern history that has been lost to us.
—Philip Lee Williams
[A] sweeping novel of Native American life during the early colonial period. Hudson presents the Apalachee as real human characters and evokes their culture vividly. . . . Hudson presents the Apalachee as real human characters and evokes their culture vividly.
Sensitive but robust . . . In Hudson's deeply involving novel, a dimly lighted corner of U.S. history receives deserved illumination.
Georgia Author of the Year Awards, Georgia Writers Association
Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award, Foreword magazine
JOYCE ROCKWOOD HUDSON is the author of five works of fiction, including the award-winning novel To Spoil the Sun, and two works of nonfiction, Looking for De Soto: A Search Through the South for the Spaniard's Trail (Georgia) and Natural Spirituality: Recovering the Wisdom Tradition in Christianity.
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Some doctors prefer to use the term food intolerance only for adverse reactions to food in which the body's immune system is not involved (non-immune or non-allergic).
There are different types of non-immune reactions to food. The most obvious example is simple toxicity. Contaminants (substances which get into food during the growth, harvesting, processing, packaging or storage of food) are occasionally harmful. In severe cases these contaminants can make food poisonous and anyone eating them will suffer ill effects. Much less obvious are the adverse reactions of a few people who lack the enzymes necessary to digest certain foods.
A common example is lactose intolerance. This is due to the lack of the enzyme lactose, which is essential for the digestion of the milk sugar lactose. Most people have adequate levels of the necessary enzyme and tolerate milk.
Another example of non-allergic food intolerance is the reaction caused by naturally occurring chemicals in food, or by food additives (chemical reaction). These reactions are similar to true allergic responses and may be mistakenly labelled as food allergy.
Food additives include a variety of substances, such as preservatives, flavouring agents, colouring agents, etc. Well-known examples are tartrazine, monosodium glutamate (MSG), sulphur dioxide and benzoates. Chemical reactions to food or food additives are not true allergic reactions because they do not involve the immune system.
Another interesting cause of a non-allergic reaction is psychological reactions to foods. It has been shown that if one is convinced, perhaps by a past experience, that one cannot tolerate a certain food, one tends to avoid it. Should one eat it again in the future, the chances are that one will experience, that one cannot tolerate a certain food, one tends to avoid it.
Should one eat it again in the future, the chances are that one will experience ill effects.
Is true food allergy common?
True food allergy is less common than popularly believed. It is estimated that only between 1% and 4% of the general population suffers from a definite food allergy. Food allergy tends to be more common in children (up to 6%) than adults. In selected groups, such as children with eczema, the prevalence of food allergy may be as high as 25%.
The symptoms of food allergy may be confined to the digestive system only (the most common sort), or involve other parts of the body as well.
Symptoms of the upper part of the digestive system, which come on rapidly, include swelling of the lips, and itching and redness around the mouth. Sometimes the mouth becomes intensely itchy and the uvula (the small hanging fold of flesh at the back of the throat) may become swollen. Foods which most often cause such reactions are eggs, nuts, shellfish, citrus fruits and berries.
Reactions of the lower part of the digestive tract may take a little longer to develop such as nausea and vomiting; other common symptoms are stomach cramps (colic) and diarrhoea.
Other systems which may be involved in food allergy are the skin, respiratory (breathing) organs and the central nervous system.
Skin symptoms include eczema and urticaria (hives or nettle rash) characterised by raised red and itchy wheals.
The respiratory organs are less commonly affected than the digestive tract or skin. Symptoms of the respiratory organs include asthma and hayfever.
The effects of food allergy on the central nervous system (CNS) is a controversial area and one which tends to attract a lot of media attention. CNS disorders which have been linked to food allergy include migraine, the allergic tension-fatigue syndrome and hyperactivity. The tendency to suffer from migraine runs in families.
Several foods have been shown to trigger migraine: chocolate, red wine, yeast extracts, hard cheeses, milk and eggs.
Children with the allergic tension-fatigue syndrome have pale faces with dark rings under their eyes, giving them a tired look.
They may be difficult to rouse in the mornings and tend to concentrate poorly at school, especially in the mornings.
These children tend to be irritable and to sleep badly at night. It has been found that there is a link between this syndrome and an excessive intake of milk, cool drinks and chocolates. Elimination of these foods from the diet may improve the symptoms of these children quite dramatically.
The diagnosis of food allergy rests more on a careful evaluation of the patient than on laboratory tests.
The diagnosis is easy when the reaction occurs soon after a new food is introduced. If a commonly used food is involved, the diagnosis is more difficult. In this situation, a variety of tests can be used.
The final mainstay of diagnosis remains the demonstration of relief of symptoms on removal of a given food item and recurrence of symptoms on its re-introduction (elimination-challenge testing).
Before this is undertaken, skin tests and a test called RAST (which detects IgE antibodies in the blood) may help to pinpoint the foods that should be tested in the withdrawal-relief and challenge procedures.
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Avoidance of the offending food is the mainstay of treatment. At the same time it is essential to provide a balanced diet which contains enough protein, calories, minerals and vitamins. Close co-operation between the patient, the doctor and a qualified dietician is important to ensure this.
the diagnosis of food allergy is not correct.
If the diagnosis of food allergy is correct and the recommended diet is not working, medication may have to be added to the treatment. The doctor will usually decide on the appropriate medication, depending on the patient's symptoms.


The port of Ghent is a modern, multi-purpose port with a goods turnover of 26 million tons. The port area is an industrial and commercial centre providing direct employment for over 27.000 people. The port of Ghent has specialized terminals for the storage and distribution of grain, coal, ores, petroleum products, fertilizers, fruit juices, cars, vegetable oils, forest products, etc.
The safe nautical approach from the North Sea via the tide and current-free Ghent-Terneuzen canal guarantees easy access to and from the port for sea-going vessels of up to 80,000 tons carrying capacity and a maximum draught of 12.50 m.
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The port of Ghent belongs to one of the leading industrial zones in Western Europe. Companies in the steel, chemicals and petrochemicals, car building, agribulk, papermaking and other sectors use the port to import raw materials and export their finished products.
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He found that he looked at their photograph constantly, even when he didn't want to. When the morning light came through and hit his face, he'd wake up still drunk with the photo in his hand. A bottle in the other hand, usually empty. He'd tried to burn it once, but the thing wouldn't catch. It was a Polaroid, it should have burned. But the paper didn't catch, and his lighter ran out or stopped working or something, and it was still there, same as always, lying where he always left it on the kitchen table. The photograph.
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He looked down at his side. They were standing on the armrest, staring up at him with their mouths open. They were tiny, only a few inches tall, and both of them looked washed-out, as though their colours had faded. They were dressed just like he remembered, in the same clothes they'd worn on the last day he ever saw them.
He screamed and fell forward out of the chair. He ran to the kitchen, missed the doorway, cut his elbow open on the doorframe. Holding his arm, he stumbled to the table and grabbed the photograph. Then he moved to the front door and front windows, checking the locks. He closed the blinds. He put his back against the door, and he slumped down. It was then that he looked at the photograph in his hand.
They were gone. They were missing from the photograph. He fumbled in his pocket for the lighter. From the kitchen, he heard the sound of something moving across the floor. It sounded very much like tiny feet.
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Madam Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture has said the closed fishing season is to improve Ghana's dwindling fishing stock and not to starve people whose livelihood is dependent on the ocean.
The measure was to help better the lives of the people through bumper harvest in the coming season.
She was addressing fishermen and mongers in the Keta Municipality on the one month ban and said, research had shown that if such measures were not enforced, the nation could lose its fish stock within three to five years.
She noted that until recently, fishermen recorded bumper harvest between July and August every season and said complaints of low or no catches signalled a depleting fish stock.
The Minister therefore appealed to fishing communities to voluntarily comply with the directives.
She said the Naval Command of the Ghana Navy would intensify patrol of Ghana's borders during the period to ward off trawlers which would want to take advantage of the initiative to fish within the nation's water bodies.
She added that some interventions had been put in place to mitigate the economic, financial and social effect.
Madam Quaye said these included alternative livelihood schemes through the collection and processing of plastic for money by the majority of the fisher folks, affected by the initiative.
The Landing Beach Committees were expected to use some fixed portions of the 53 percent of pre-mixed fuel margins meant for development to cushion fishers identified within their beach committees.


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Why do we make the Petach Eliyahu connection every day? It is to open ourselves to others. An opening in our heart means that when we see in someone else something that we do not have, something that we desire, our open heart can help us to receive that which we need.
In the prayer Yehi Ratzon it says "save me from chaver ra'ah (an evil friend)." However, the concept of an evil friend seems contradictory. How can someone be a friend and also be evil? Think of the Twelve Spies, were they evil people? No, they were spiritually elevated, righteous people. But what happened? The Zohar explains that they became closed to others when they began thinking about their own positions and not the greater good.
From this we learn the importance of being open hearted even when push comes to shove. There will always be someone that has something we do not have. This is our opportunity to open ourselves to them and not become envious or jealous—not become a chaver ra'ah. We cannot be a friend only on the surface. Open hearted to others allows us to read and sense others, as well as to be happy with what we have and be happy for what others have.
In the portion of Shlach Lecha, why does God tell Moses to send spies to spy out the land of Israel; why put a stumbling block in front of a blind person? The Zohar explains that in this way Moses would know if that person would be the right leader. He had to test the consciousness of the spies, who were the leaders of each of the twelve tribes. Moses needed to see if these spies would come back with a report of the Tree of Life—with the consciousness of being open hearted to a friend who has something they do not have. This is what puts us to the test and is really what constitutes a true friend.
The Zohar explains that although the Twelve Spies were Tzadikim (righteous souls) and friends they still believed that if they entered the land of Israel they would be out of a job, they did not think further than that. They did not think that entering the land of Israel would mean Mashiach (Messiah) and therefore they would not need a job anyway.
When the spies returned, ten of the leaders said that the land was good but that they could not fight the natives because they were giants. Two of the spies, Caleb and Joshua, disagreed and said, "God is with us, we can do it," and for that the children of Israel wanted to kill them. If someone has a different opinion than yours are you going to kill them? Why did the community side with the ten negative spies? Why did they not connect to the miracles that they had already experienced, that were already manifested?
We need to open our hearts and not be an evil friend. The Zohar explains that only with an open heart can we really love someone. We need to work on this idea because we are so asleep and we do not have an open heart. The problem of the ten spies and the children of Israel was that they did not have an open heart, which is why God said to Moses, "let us get rid of them." If we have an open heart we can get rid of any form of chaos, of Satan.
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Intel's Anand Chandrasehker has revealed this morning that the company will deliver Mobile Internet Devices to market within 60 days. He revealed that the company had already started shipping products for revenue to its customers.
"Today is a historic day for Intel and the high-tech industry as we deliver our first-ever Intel Atom processor and surround it with a great package of technology," he said.
"Mix in the incredible innovation coming from our fellow device makers and software vendors, and we will change the way consumers will come to know and access the World Wide Web. These forthcoming MIDs, and some incredible longer-term plans our customers are sharing with us, will show how small devices can deliver a big Internet experience."
Chandrasehker believes that the Intel Atom processors not only deliver good performance, but also maintain widespread compatibility. He showed a chart of compatibility with existing web pages compared to competing mobile products using ARM-based processors and the number of webpage errors on ARM-based processors was considerable.
"The Internet was developed on IA, and that's why we have great compatibility," said Chandrasehker.
He then showed some research Intel has done in Japan, where 88 percent of people that have tried to access the Internet from a mobile device have been dissatisfied. This will change with the introduction of the Intel-based MID, according to Chandrasehker.
Intel's Atom processor delivers between 4.1 and 6.5 fold performance improvements over its competition when it comes to Internet browsing and will ship at speeds of up to 1.86GHz. They support Advanced SpeedStep Technology along with a new C6 deep power down state that reduces idle power consumption by a factor of ten.
"The Intel Atom processor is an incredibly lazy processor," he said, while running some power consumption demonstrations. He loaded a webpage and power consumption spiked massively, but as soon as it had finished, the machine returned back to a C6 power state, where it consumed less than 100mW. This will allow for longer battery life—something that's paramount in such a device—and he said that the design team worked on a one percent performance for no more than one percent of power rule.
By this, Chandrasehker means that if performance was to increase by one percent, the power consumption would increase by no more than that – if it did, the tradeoff would be too great for this kind of device.
He showed some compute-intensive applications running on Silverthorne, which now falls under the Intel Atom processor brand, including Cinebench 9.5 and Half-Life 2. Yes, he was running HL2 on a Centrino Atom CRB (customer reference platform)… and more impressively, it looked reasonably playable with decent enough image quality. I have no idea what resolution or the exact settings he was running it at, but the fact it was running HL2 with decent image quality is an impressive feat on its own.
There's plenty more to come on Intel's Atom processors and the push towards a mobile Internet experience, so we'll be back with more on this later. For now, you can discuss the announcements in the forums.
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