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Here are some of the beach scene taken last weekend for KFC Felda Johor Open 2011. The match are held on 28-30th October at Tanjung Leman. We're not allowed to carry out our usual fishing activities during the occasion.
Scene with the Pulau Tinggi and Pulau Sibu in the background.
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I am currently working in the Language and Cognition Lab led by Dr. Bever and the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Lab led by Dr. Vicky Tzuyin Lai.
When are contextual, plausibility, structural, and semantic information used and how independent are they?
What processes do EEG brain signals reflect during language processing including word-retrieval and combinatorial processes?
How does Animacy interact with context during language processing?
Using language as a model of how online ambiguity processing proceeds, this research also has implications outside of language-related research, for ambiguity exists in areas such as vision.
This project has been funded by the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute and Graduate and Professional Student Council at the University of Arizona.
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Hiaki (Uto-Aztecan: Mexico) contains full form pronouns robustly, but the language lacks accusative first and second person clitic forms. Why does the language lack these clitic forms despite language-internal evidence that they should be well-formed? I show that the absence of these clitics constitute a paradigmatic gap. I conclude that an adequate model of Hiaki grammar must predict the absence of 1st and 2nd person accusative clitics, incorporating proposals that hypothesize structural distinctions between full and clitic forms (Cardinaletti and Starke 1994), 1st and 2nd persons and 3rd person (D'Alessandro and Roberts 2010), and nominative and accusative contexts (Nichols 2001). I hypothesize that a mechanism blocks the valuing of clitic 1st and 2nd person features in accusative contexts. Additionally, the location of the gap within the pronominal system suggests that gaps are not peripheral and should be explained by linguistic theory. I have presented this work at the Linguistics Society of America Meeting 2016 and the 7th Conference on the Indigenous Languages of Latin America with funding from the U. of Arizona Linguistics Department and the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Materials from the presentations are included below.
Research in First Language Acquisition investigates three broad questions: What do children know about language? When does this knowledge emerge? How is children's knowledge of language different from adults' knowledge of language? This study adds to previous research in FLA by investigating the interaction between logic and meaning in child language. This study examines preschool children's comprehension of the logical relation between a compound and its head noun in comparison to adult's logico-semantic interpretation of compounds. We found that preschool children responded differently from adults during the experimental task, but their commentary suggests that their knowledge of compounds is adult-like. This work was published in the Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics (included below).


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MAMMA MIA GIVEAWAY
Guys and gals can show off their inner Dancing Queen selves by singing along to the ABBA inspired soundtrack of MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN with the movie now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital to add to your home entertainment video library. In addition to the movie, the SING-ALONG EDITION includes a bonus feature where the song performances from the motion picture have each tune's lyrics shown on screen so you can have some karaoke style fun. These enhanced sing-alongs incorporated in the Universal Pictures Home Entertainment release of MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN include the songs Thank You For The Music, When I Kidded The Teacher, Waterloo, Andante Andante, The Name Of The Game, Mamma Mia, I've Been Waiting For You, Fernando, Super Trouper and of course Dancing Queen.
For those of you who don't know ABBA, they are a singing group that was a musical sensation in the '70s and early '80s whose name was created using the first letter in each of its performers names. ABBA is known for creating catchy pop tunes that the MAMMA MIA! movies revolve around. The combination of ABBA songs with the scenic backdrop of the Mediterranean isle location of the film makes MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN a fun romp of a romantic comedy/musical. It is rated PG-13 for suggestive sexual content.
My wife and I recently had a nice kids free night enjoying singing along to the ABBA tunes featured in MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN watching the movie on Blu-ray. To share our good time ageekdaddy.com has a Blu-ray + DVD + DIGITAL SING-ALONG EDITION of MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN to giveaway to one lucky winner courtesy of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Just complete the rafflecopter entries below by 11:59 pm ET on October 30, 2018 for a chance to win. Must be a United States resident over 18 years old to be eligible for the prize. Good luck!
Ten years after MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE, this film invites you to return to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi to continue the story's emotional journey of family and friendship. Both a prequel and a sequel, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN tells two stories: present day as Sophie Sheridan prepares for the grand reopening of her mother Donna's hotel as well as transports viewers back to 1979 when young Donna first arrives on the island. Sophie learns about her mother's exiting, fun-filled adventures with young Dynamos, Tanya, and Rosie and how young Donna met her three possible dads Harry, Bill and Sam all those years ago.
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Pill: A Feminist Black Comedy
Posted by Caroline Sullivan on April 24, 2015 May 19, 2015
Emerson students are always involved in many film productions throughout the semester, and honestly most of us are a little tired of seeing the crew calls and Kickstarter campaigns all over our Facebook newsfeeds. However, there is one upcoming production, which you should definitely keep on your radar.
Pill is a feminist black comedy about women's reproductive rights and the lack of affordable birth control. The film is written and created by Delilah Kaufman and directed by Hannah Carpenter. Other key crew members include Kristiana Gomez, the film's producer, and Amy Smith, the Director of Photography. The story centers around a woman in college who's boyfriend refuses to buy condoms. Then, through a series of events, she ends up stealing birth control, because she can't afford it. Ultimately, she ends up abusing the birth control because of the lack sexual health education. Beyond being about reproductive rights, the movie also touches upon themes of setting personal boundaries in relationships and life in general. If you are passionate about feminism and enjoy dark humor, Pill is one Emerson film that will be worth checking out.
The creators of the project were largely inspired by personal experience when it comes to finding affordable birth control. Since birth control affordability is a very problematic issue for a lot of college age women, the film is very relatable. Writer and creative producer, Delilah Kaufman, set out to create a body horror film for class, but the project evolved into a black comedy. She knew from the start that she wanted to have a ending that would be visually shocking to both male and female audiences and the film starts and ends with two very graphic but potent scenes.
Often Emerson films end up being very male centric in both characters and crew. Just look at 34th EVVYs' nominations for film production, you'll see the majority of the nominees are men. However, Pill decided to take a different approach when finding a crew for their film. Kristina Gomez, the producer, says that when they held crew calls they gave preference to women who were interested in participating in the project. However, they ended up hiring men to be a part of the crew, but made sure they only hired men who shared the feminist mindset of the film.
In addition to a feminist and hard working crew, the cast was also essential to bringing this project to life. Maggie Canaan brings to life the struggles of obtaining birth control as a typical college student as the lead female character, June. "She's basically every girl, someone everyone can relate to," says Hannah Carpenter, the director of the film. While the male character may be a stereotypical "slacker misogynist," the actor who plays him, Jimmy Fahey, says he felt a duty to be a part of this feminist film as a white privileged man.
Feminist themes are prevalent throughout the film and drives home an important and relevant message about the lack of affordable birth control. Pill is shooting the next two weekends in April and then it will be in the post production phase. Once the film is completed, the filmmakers plan on submitting it to as many festivals as possible. Remember to support Emerson female filmmakers by keeping a look out for Pill on the film festival circuit and keep a lookout for their upcoming Facebook page for updates.
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1. 1932: Future Music Icon Johnny Cash is Born.
Johnny "JR" Cash was a singer, songwriter, actor and author that was born in the small town of Kingsland, Arkansas back in 1932. Cash is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, and having sold more than 90 million records worldwide he is also one of the best selling music artists in history. The Man in Black was known for his signature low, raspy voice and became wildly popular in the country music scene, though his style was able to cross over into the rock scene as well. Cash was a well-known bad boy and one of the only musicians that was willing to do free concerts in prisons. One of the most famous was the performance in the Folsom City Prison in California.
On this day back in 1993, the first bombing of the World Trade Center took place killing six people and leaving as many as 1,000 people injured. The bomb went off in the parking garage, causing thousands of people to evacuate the buildings. An informant reported that a group of Serbians residing in New York were responsible for the bomb but upon surveillance by the FBI determined that the Serbians were a group of jewel thieves. Investigators found remains of a truck frame at the point of explosion and they were able to trace it back to a Ryder Rental truck company in Jersey and according to their records a man by named Mohammed Salameh had rented the truck and reported it stolen on February 25th. Salameh made things worse by showing up at the rental company demanding the $400 deposit for the truck and when he did FBI were there to arrest him. He had 3 accomplices that were later arrested also.
3. 1919: The Grand Canyon and The Grand Tetons become National Parks 10 Years Apart.
Back in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson designated the 800,000 acres known as the Grand Canyon as a National Park, and 10 years later to the day, President Calvin Coolidge designated The Grand Tetons a national park. American geologist John Weasley Powell popularized the term "Grand Canyon" and in 1869 he became the first documented person to travel the gorge in its entirety using the Colorado River in 4 wooden row boats.


Programs with ties to current anthropology research efforts at the University include the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; Keough-Naughton Institute; Reilly Center for Science Technology and Values; Mendoza College of Business; and the College of Science, particularly the physics and biology departments.
"Having strong faculty—themselves prominent and pre-eminent in a variety of fields—will attract attention from the nation's best undergraduates seeking strong, ethically engaged training for work in academia or outside," Blum says.
In addition to providing new research and teaching opportunities for faculty, she explains, the graduate program will provide academic role models, deeper research engagement, and more class discussion sections for undergraduates.
Professor Ian Kuijt will serve as inaugural director of graduate studies. The program eventually will enroll 25 students, with entering cohorts of five to six students each year; expected time to degree is five to six years.
"We will have something to offer both students and the field: an opportunity to reinvent graduate education for the 21st century," Blum says. "We will prepare doctoral students who have realistic—and idealistic—plans for their potential contributions to the world following completion of their degree.
Applications to the doctoral program will be due December 15, 2013. For more information, go to www.anthropology.nd.edu/graduate-program.


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Concert Review: Say Anything (Detroit, MI)
by ouchthathertz May 27, 2016 September 11, 2019
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The millennial emo icons in Say Anything are currently touring in support of their latest record, I Don't Think It Is. Max Bemis and company's tour came to The Crofoot in Pontiac, Michigan, with support from Museum Mouth, Teen Suicide, and mewithoutYou on May 8th, 2016.
Museum Mouth kicked off the event. If you don't know them, you probably will soon. The fresh pop punk trio recently signed to Max Bemis' Rory Records imprint and this concert was my first exposure to them. I was a huge pop-punk fan growing up and in my adolescents, but have become jaded in recent years from the oversaturation and lack of originality in the genre. This was not the case with Museum Mouth. Did they do for me what The Wonder Years did in the late 2000s that pulled pop-punk out of the neon era? No. Still, Museum Mouth came through with some fresh sounds and original topics, which is a nice change of pace in a world of The Story So Far clones littering the Warped Tour scene. Like I said, it's still pop-punk, the songs are catchy as hell and the instrumentation forces you to at least bob your head happily. Make sure you show up early to catch these fresh faces out!
Teen Suicide followed shortly after. This band could easily be seen as the black sheep of the tour, even with the diversity of sound this tour carries. I've been a fan of the low-fi emo outfit for a while now, and have seen them live on one other occasion with Pity Sex and Alex G. Fans of Say Anything's early work could appreciate the dark humor and bleakness of Teen Suicide's music, most notably on the song "Alex" which they have been playing on this tour, and is a personal favorite of mine. The way vocalist Sam Ray almost apathetically croons "She says she wants to die/She buys a gram of coke/She doesn't want to die" while unmistakable for any other band than Teen Suicide, reminds me of the darker moments on Say Anything's …Is a Real Boy that I enjoyed so much. Teen Suicide's most recent album, It's The Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot, saw the band expanding their horizons with new sounds and dynamics that really add a new dimension to the band, which I felt added so much to their live performance. While the last time I saw them I enjoyed them standing completely still, whereas here, I not only bobbed my head, I jumped! Never thought I'd do that at a Teen Suicide gig.
mewithoutYou served as direct support for this tour, and man, do they put on a show! I've always been tangentially aware of mewithoutYou as they have always been associated with other bands that I listen to. While I know a few songs, I never dived very deep into their discography, so my knowledge of them is limited. And that's a shame on my part, as they are an incredible band. I may not have heard a lot of their material on record, but from what I heard it feels like their music is meant to be heard live. The heavy, aggressive, almost militant percussion they use commands much more than head bobbing. Most songs had fans clapping to the beat, shouting the lyrics back, and jumping like there was no tomorrow. Apart from the kinetic energy they produce, I admire the band's use of non-traditional rock instruments they bring to their live show, namely an accordion, something I haven't seen since my celtic punk days or Panic! At the Disco's first album. Their live set definitely encouraged me to go back and check out their music, which probably would not have happened anytime soon if I hadn't, which thank god for that. Congrats, mewithoutYou, you earned a fan in this writer.
While every band that played tonight had their share of fans there to see them, it was clear that everyone obviously wanted to see Say Anything. They are the main attraction, after all. Max & co. kicked off their set with "Give a Damn" off their new record, I Don't Think It Is. The band would play four songs off the new album throughout the set, and while I did not like the new album whatsoever, I will admit that the songs made a lot more sense being heard live and were not as jarring on the ears.
Longtime Say Anything fans need not fret, however, as the band played a pretty extensive set covering almost all bases of their career. Like with the new record, they also performed four songs from their breakout record, …Is a Real Boy, as well as another four off their self-titled record. A few songs from In Defense of the Genre, Hebrews, and even Anarchy My Dear were sprinkled in for good measure. That's what I've always admired about going to Say Anything shows. If you're a fan, you're always in for a treat. The band is excellent at pleasing all fans by picking a fair setlist that represents the entire span of their career, while throwing in some deep cuts to go the extra mile for the fans. This was my fourth time seeing Say Anything live and I have rarely heard the same song twice. Their live set is full of so many surprises that I will not spoil, it's hard to leave disappointed.
This Say Anything tour stop was one of the most fun concerts I have been to in 2016. While I am a little biased as they are one of my favorite bands of all time, you can take my word for it. Say Anything continues to deliver a powerful live show more than a decade later and show no signs of slowing down. Not to mention their consistent choice of excellent supporting bands! Go to this tour, and get there early, you might find your new favorite band! (Johnny Athey)
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Do you want to explore the sights in Southern Africa? If so, a smaller vehicle may not be the best choice. While you can enjoy downtown Johannesburg in any kind of car, other parts of South Africa can be difficult to traverse. You will need to invest in a vehicle that can handle more challenging tasks. If you want to take on dirt roads, you should look into Range Rover rental in Johannesburg. A car like that can drive beautifully under all kinds of conditions. A Land Rover is specifically designed with exploring in mind.
Not convinced? Here are a few more reasons to rent a Range Rover in Johannesburg. Car rentals can be expensive, especially if you have a specific type of car in mind. Thankfully, there are agencies in the area that will allow you to rent a vehicle like this for a very affordable price. If you want a car that can handle rougher roads, but you don't want to spend a lot of money, then this is the best choice for you. In many cases, people that are exploring Africa aren't traveling alone; they are in a group. If this is the case for you, you will need a vehicle that can comfortably accommodate everyone in your party.
An SUV can comfortably seat up to 5 people. Most groups will be more than satisfied with a car like this. If you opt to rent a vehicle like this, you'll only need one car. You can save money and ensure that everyone gets to enjoy the trip. If you're going to explore the back roads of Africa, you are going to be spending a lot of time on the road.
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Campus Sustainability Planner
Is the institution an active member of a national or international sustainability network?:
The name of the national or international sustainability network(s):
From AASHE.org: "AASHE is the leading association for the advancement of sustainability in higher education. We serve a full range of higher education faculty, administrators, staff and students who are change agents and drivers of sustainability innovation. Established in 2005, AASHE is comprised of over 900 members across 48 U.S. states, 1 U.S. Territory, 9 Canadian provinces and 20 countries"
Is the institution an active member of a regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network?:
The name of the regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network(s):
VASHE Professional Network: Virginia Sustainability in Higher Education
https://sites.google.com/site/vasheconsortium/
The VASHE Professional Network (Virginia Sustainability in Higher Education) is a network of sustainability professionals working in institutions of higher education across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Participants communicate via an email listserv, quarterly conference calls and an annual in-person day-long meeting.
Mission: VASHE seeks to provide professionals with opportunities to network, share best practices, resources and lessons learned, and collaborate across a wide range of sustainability initiatives in higher education.
Membership: By group consensus, the listserv is open to individuals who are full-or part-time sustainability employees at an institution of higher education in Virginia. To request to join, please go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vashe_consortium.
Network Coordination: Two volunteer positions are filled by group consensus to manage the listserv, facilitate quarterly calls, serve as a liaison to the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, and coordinate the annual network meeting.
Nina Morris, Chair (2017-2019)
Sustainability Program Manager, Outreach and Engagement
Sam Stoner, Co-Chair (2017-2019)
Members from the following institutions have participated in the network: See the following website for more information. https://sites.google.com/site/vasheconsortium/
SCSN: Southeast Campus Sustainability Network
The Southeast Campus Sustainability Network (SCSN) is a network for the primary sustainability "coordinators" from colleges and universities in the South/Southeastern U.S. from Maryland to Texas. The group operates under a democratic, shared governance model and holds a monthly conference call to collaborate and share best practices. The annual regional gathering (held since 2013) is an opportunity to meet in person to advance sustainability leadership in the southeast via facilitated discussions, best practice sharing, collaboration, and networking.
By group consensus, registration for the annual meeting is limited to the full-time campus employee ("Director"/"Coordinator"/"Manager" - not restricted by title) tasked with primary oversight of sustainability operations at any 4-year higher education institution in the Southeastern US.
https://sites.google.com/site/sesustainabilitynetwork/
Has the institution presented at a sustainability conference during the previous year? :
A list or brief description of the conference(s) and presentation(s):
AASHE Conference 2016: Graduate Assistant Katy Shepard presented on marketing for sustainability
AASHE Conference 2016: Campus Sustainability Planner Emily Schosid presented on panel about EcoRep & Intern Programming
Smart & Sustainable Campuses Conference (SSCC) 2016—Emily Schosid presented on RiVAlry Cup with Dana Schroeder from UVa
SSCC 2016: Katy Shepard presented on marketing for sustainability
AASHE Conference 2015: Emily Schosid presented poster on Internship Programs
SSCC 2015: Emily Schosid presents on VT/UVA partnership with Nina Morris from UVA
Environment VA Symposium 2015: Emily Schosid presented on VT/UVA partnership with Nina Morris from UVA
http://conference.aashe.org/
https://smartandsustainable.umd.edu/
http://www.vmi.edu/about/center-for-leadership-and-ethics/conferences/environment-va-symposium/
Has the institution submitted a case study during the previous year to a sustainability awards program that is inclusive of multiple campuses? :
A list or brief description of the awards program(s) and submission(s):
AASHE Awards 2016: Sustainability Program Manager Denny Cochrane submitted a case study on the Green RFP Program
http://www.aashe.org/get-involved/awards/
Has the institution had staff, students or faculty serving on a board or committee of a sustainability network or conference during the previous three years? :
A list or brief description of the board or committee appointment(s):
Sustainability Program Manager Denny Cochrane served as a judge for the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award Committee in 2016.
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/PollutionPrevention/GovernorsEnvironmentalExcellenceAwards.aspx
Does the institution have an ongoing mentoring relationship with another institution through which it assists the institution with its sustainability reporting and/or the development of its sustainability program?:
A brief description of the mentoring relationship and activities:
Virginia Tech partnered with the University of Virginia to plan a RiVAlry Cup event in the spring of 2016 that consisted of many different events, contests, learning sessions, and resource sharing.
Virginia Tech has partnered with Radford University to exchange ideas and develop curriculum with the Office of Sustainability for our student sustainability internship programs. Both schools meet often to discuss projects, curriculum, partnerships, and professional development opportunities.
Has the institution had staff, faculty, or students serving as peer reviewers of another institution's sustainability data (e.g. GHG emissions or course inventory) and/or STARS submission during the previous three years?:
A brief description of the peer review activities:
Has the institution participated in other collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year, e.g. joint planning or resource sharing with other institutions? :
A brief description of other collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year:
VASHE Meetups at Conferences (specifically Environment Virginia Symposium)
Quarterly VASHE conference calls
RiVAlry Cup
SCSN Network Meeting June 2016


The wilds of Germany may not have been off-limits to Roman legions, archaeologists announced on Monday. At a press conference in the woods near the town of Kalefeld, about 100 kilometers south of Hanover, researchers announced the discovery of a battlefield strewn with hundreds of Roman artifacts dating from the 3rd century A.D.
Finding evidence of Roman fighting forces so far north is surprising, the archaeologists say. Germany was once considered prime territory for Roman conquest. But in A.D. 9, thousands of Roman legionaries were slaughtered in a forest near modern-day Bremen.
"We thought that with the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, the Romans gave up on this region and pulled back behind the limes," or frontier fortifications further south, says Henning Hassmann, the Lower Saxony Conservation Department's lead archaeologist.
But evidence found in woods outside the small town of Kalefeld may force historians to take a new look at the Roman presence in Germany. More than 600 artifacts, ranging from axe heads and wagon parts to coins and arrowheads, have been found on a forested hill called the Harzhorn. So far, the artifacts indicate that Roman soldiers fought a battle on top of the hill.
The site first came to light in the summer of 2000, when local metal detector hobbyists found some pieces of metal while looking for a medieval fort. The fragments languished for years, until the men finally decided to turn them in to Petra Loenne, the Northeim area archaeologist.
Loenne immediately recognized an unusual tangle of metal. Called a "hippo-sandal," it was a sort of early horseshoe that was wrapped around the hoof of a horse or draft animal. "It definitely wasn't medieval," she says. In fact, it was Roman – but as far as Loenne knew it had no place in Lower Saxony, hundreds of miles north of the Roman frontier.
Loenne quickly assembled a team of archaeologists and historians – and local metal detector hobbyists with good connections to the archaeological authorities. Her priority was to locate any more artifacts close to the surface as quickly as possible. "We had to hurry and excavate before word got out and looters arrived," Loenne says.
Over the course of three months, they found a Roman-era battlefield spread over more than a mile of dense German forest. Standing under towering pines on Monday, Loenne said the battlefield may be one of the largest ever discovered intact from that era.
Metal detector hobbyists working under the watchful eye of Loenne and her team located over 600 metal objects, from Roman sandal nails to arrowheads and six-inch long iron spear points that once capped javelins fired from ballistae, a sort of giant crossbow.
The battlefield is located on top of a wooded hill. The poles with tennis balls stuck on them show where artifacts were found.
After the press conference on Monday, the local fire department ferried visitors up a muddy dirt road to the hilltop. Snow still clung to the forest floor, which was pocked with tiny craters where archaeologists had dug holes.
The steep face of the hill was studded with tennis balls on spikes, each one marking where an artifact had been found. The center of the hill was covered with neon-green balls, each one marking where a ballista's javelin had landed; a few balls painted blue and green marked spear and arrow points. Archaeologists found eighty percent of the points were found oriented in the same direction. The rest may have bounced off of trees – or barbarians – and landed pointing in a different direction.
Along the ridge on either side of the hilltop, dozens of tennis balls painted red support the argument. The red balls mark where Roman sandal nails came loose. After archers and artillery launched their weapons towards the defenders on top of the hill, the archaeologists think Roman legionaries may have swept in from either side to finish the job.
"It took half an hour or an hour at most, but it's preserved like it was frozen in time," said Michael Geschwinde, an archaeologist at the Lower Saxony Conservation Department who participated in the dig. "For an archaeologist, it's amazing to be able to explore this moment."
The layout of the battlefield contains yet another tantalizing clue: The Romans attacked the hill from the north, suggesting that they were on their way home from a mission even further into German territory. Geschwinde said there may have been about a thousand men on the Roman side, perhaps including auxiliary archers and spear-throwers from the empire's provinces in Africa and the Middle East.
At least one arrowhead still contained enough of the original wooden shaft to provide organic material for radiocarbon dating, which place it some time in the 3rd century A.D. Coins and other objects support the idea that the battle may have been fought some time between 200 and 250 A.D.
There is sketchy evidence in the histories for some sort of Roman push into German territory in the 3rd century. Historians like Herodian say the Emperor Maximinus Thrax declared war on the Germans, but this is the first evidence he may have actually carried out his threats. "From what sources say, he did push into Germany," says Eric de Sena, an archaeologist at John Cabot University in Rome. "In a way it seems to correspond with the histories."
The specialized artillery and hundreds of Roman sandal nails found atop Harzhorn Hill is a good indication the combatants were Romans, not barbarians using Roman weapons. Roman artifacts have been found as far north as the Baltic Sea, but have usually been dismissed as trade goods. "Roman sandals on German feet doesn't make sense, at least not in that amount," says Friedrich Lueth, head of the German Archaeological Institute's Roman German Commission. "At this late stage, it's quite surprising to see them so far north."
The site was under wraps until Monday to protect it from looters, but Loenne says full-scale excavations will commence in March to dig deeper into the mystery of Harzhorn Hill.


This spring, I will offer two courses at Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge, Ontario.
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Hi everyone, I was just thinking about the old phrase "Do as I say, not as I do." I admit that if I took all the advice I gave to writers, I'd be more advanced in my career right now. So here's my commitment: to write more humour and enter more contests. Oh, and eat less and exercise more. Oh, and be less critical of people. Oh, and de-clutter my office. Oh, and avoid impulse buying. Oh, and pay more attention to my dog. Oh, and … well, you get the picture. I have my work cut out for me.


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Articles by Sergei Karaganov
Obama's Doomed Reset
By Sergei Karaganov
The U.S. and Russia need to acknowledge that nuclear weapons cuts should not serve as the basis for bilateral relations.
Friendship With China for a Few More Centuries
If Moscow doesn't develop a growth strategy for the Asia-Pacific region, the current Chinese-Russian entente cordiale will surely sour.
Fatal Thaws
The first major "unfreezing" of global conflicts occurred after the Soviet collapse, which led to war in Yugoslavia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Chechnya.
West's Decline Will Play a Mean Trick on Russia
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a thaw in many issues that had been frozen during the Cold War. The two countries dictated terms to states and societies, the Soviet Union generally taking a more heavy-handed approach, while the U.S. typically acted with more finesse.
How the G20 Can Save the World
The G20 has filled the void in global governance better than the UN. But it will take great effort to keep the G20 relevant.
A Strong Military Doesn't Mean a Strong Nation
The Kremlin might have chosen to strengthen the military despite facing no external threats as a means of showing the world that Russia is capable of developing at all — in any sector.
The Age of Authoritarian Democracy
The world is currently being shaken by tectonic changes almost too numerous to count: the ongoing economic crisis is accelerating the degradation of international governance and supranational institutions, and both are occurring alongside a massive shift of economic and political power to Asia.
Russia's Luck Has Run Out
24 February 12
Russia has been unbelievably lucky in its relations with foreign powers over the past 12 years. The China-driven economic boom in most of Asia triggered a prolonged demand for Russia's main export commodities — oil and gas, raw minerals and foodstuffs.
Over the past 18 months, Russia's relations with Asia have begun to improve. Dozens of protocols and agreements on new projects have been signed with China. Some are already up and running. Nevertheless, Russia has yet to devise a long-term and comprehensive Asian strategy. The main force holding Russia back is, to put it bluntly, ignorance.
Good Nuclear Fences Make Good Neighbors
Two years ago last month in Prague, U.S. President Barack Obama put forward his visionary idea of a world free of nuclear weapons. A year ago, a new strategic arms treaty between Russia and the United States was signed in the same city. Now, the worldwide wave of support for a full ban on nuclear weapons, or "nuclear zero," is being transformed into a debate about nuclear deterrence.
The Dangers of Nuclear Disarmament
After the New START, the debate over nuclear weapons is only beginning. The risks of a world without nuclear weapons — or only a small number of them — are tremendous.
Russia Will Save the West
Rapid changes in the global economy and international politics are raising once again an eternal issue in Russia: the country's relations with Europe and with the Euro-Atlantic region as a whole.
The Unfinished Cold War
07 August 09
This November will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the end of confrontation in Europe may be proving only temporary. One year after the war in Georgia, old divisions seem to be re-emerging in a different form. Although the Cold War in Europe was declared over, the truth is, it never really finished.
Some Lessons From the Iraqi Crisis
Without a clear understanding of Russia's interests, Putin was fortunate to avoid distaster in Iraq.


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Dakotaraptor Steini: A giant, feathered Dromaeosaurid from the End Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota.
Dromaeosaurids were first described in the 1920s, but received relatively little attention from palaeontologists until the late 1960s. However in recent years it has been realized that the group were the closest non-avian relatives of the Birds, and they have become one of the best studied of all Dinosaur groups. The majority of Dromaeosaurids were small animals with wing-like forelimbs and feathers, interpreted as having lived much of their lives in the treetops, with some species thought to have been capable of true flight and others of gliding. However other members of the group retain feathered wings despite being clearly quite incapable of flying due to their size and shape, leading to speculation that the 'wings' may have had some other purpose, quite unrelated to flight.
Among these clearly non-flying Dromaeosaurids are four previously described 'giant' species, all from the Late Cretaceous, Deinonychus antirrhopus and Utahraptor ostrommaysi from North America, Achillobator giganticus from Asia and Austroraptor cabazai from South America. Rather than forming a distinct group these giant Dromaeosaurids appear to have arisen at least three times from more average-sized members of the group, suggesting that some factor favoured the evolution of larger Dromaeosaurids towards the end of the Cretaceous.
In a paper published in the journal Paleontological Contributions on 30 October 2015, Robert DePalma of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at The Palm Beach Museum of Natural History and the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, David Burnham and the late Larry Martin, also of the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Peter Larson of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research and Robert Bakker of the Houston Museum of Nature and Science describe a new species of giant Dromaeosaurid from the End Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Harding County, South Dakota.
The new species is named Dakotaraptor steini, where 'Dakotaraptor' refers to the state where the species was discovered and the Dakota people that gave it its name ('raptor' means 'plunderer' in Latin and is a common suffix for Dromaeosaurids, as well as being used as a collective name for modern Birds of Prey), and 'steini' honours palaeontologist Walter Stein. The species is described from an adult specimen comprising the right pedal unguals II & III, the right femur, the left and right tibiae, the left astragalus and calcaneum, the left metatarsals II-IV, the right metatarsal IV, one fragmentary dorsal centrum, 10 caudal vertebrae, the furcula, the left and right humeri, the left and right radii, the left and right ulnae, the right metacarpals I and II and three fragmentary left manual phalanges, plus an isolated left tibia, a left astragalus and calcaneum, two furcula and several teeth.
Quary map indicating the spatial relationship of the bones of the first Dakotaraptor specimen as they were found in the field. DePalma et al. (2015).
The ulna of Dakotaraptor shows a row of 10 oblong protuberances, interpreted as being quill knobs, or ulnar papilli; attachment points for flight feathers. These have been detected before in Theropod Dinosaurs, particularly Dromaeosaurids, as well as being known in modern and Mesozoic Birds. Importantly, in modern Birds, these structures only develop in species that place exceptional stresses on the wing feathers during flight. Since the size and shape of Dakotaraptor makes it highly unlikely that it was capable of any form of flight, it seems likely that it was placing stress on its wing feathers engaging in some other form of activity. This has been seen previously in other Dromaeosaurids deemed unlikely fliers (for example Velociraptor) and has led to a number of suggestions as to possible uses for wing feathers in Dromaeosaurids, such as brooding eggs and young or subduing prey. DePalma et al. feel that the brooding young explanation cannot explain the deep ulnar papilli seen in Dakotaraptor and other Dromaeosaurids, and therefore reject this hypothesis, but do feel they lend to support to the idea that strong feathers may have aided prey suppression in these animals.
Reconstructed Dakotaraptor wing and plumage, with Avian and Theropod comparisons. (A) Enlarged view of the quill knobs on the Dakotaraptor ulna, compared with quill knobs in Velociraptor (B) and Concavenator (C); (D) conservative reconstruction of the wing plumage for Dakotaraptor based on quill knob placement and comparison with other Dromaeosaurid and Bird wings; (E) quill knobs on a modern Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) ulna, and (F), X-ray of a modern Barred Owl (Strix varia) wing showing attachment of the remiges on the quill knobs. The flattened dorsal surface of Dakotaraptor's metacarpal II would have provided a stable shelf for the primary remiges that laid across it, a possible driving force for evolving the flat surface. Photograph (F) provided by Smalley's Animal Hospital. DePalma et al. (2015).
Dakotaraptor is interpreted as being exceptionally large for a Dromaeosaurid, or indeed any form of Maniraptoran (the group of Theropod Dinosaurs that includes Dromaeosaurids and Birds, as well as other group such as Troodontids), reaching about 5.5 m in length and exceeding in size all other known Dromaeosaurids accept Utahraptor, which was similar in size and to which it is interpreted as being closely related. However while Utahraptor is interpreted as being a slow moving animal with a distinct morphology, Dakotaraptor appears to be essentially a scaled up version of the smaller Dromaeosaurids, and like them is thought likely to have been a highly active predator (though unlike them it is not thought to have been capable of any form of flight, as in larger flying animals the wing must be scaled up relative to the rest of the body, while Dakotaraptor retains its proportions).
Skeletal reconstruction of the most intact Dakotaraptor specimen based on available material for Utahraptor, Dromaeosaurus, Deinonychus, and Achillobator, demonstrating overall proportions and the large size of the creature. Preserved elements shown in insert. DePalma et al. (2015).
As such Dakotaraptor presents a significant expansion of the known Hell Creek fauna, which previously, as well as a range of herbivorous Dinosaurs, included small Dromaeosaurid and large Tyranosaurid pedators, but no carnivores of intermediate size, something that would be expected in a similar modern fauna. DePalma et al. also note that the discovered specimens of Dakotaraptor, which are all interpreted as being adults group into two morphologies, a more robust form and a more gracile (slender) form. These specimens could represent variations within a population, but DePalma et al. feel that it is unlikely that only the more extreme variations would be preserved with no intermediate specimens, and therefore suggest that the two morphotypes may represent a sexually dimorphic species (species in which one sex is notably more robust than the other). They further note that this interpretation fits with the often-made suggestion that Dromaeosaurids may have been pack hunters, living permanently in some form of family group.
Interpretation of Dakotaraptor as a living animal. Emily Willoughby in DePalma et al. (2015).
Zhenyuanlong suni: A large feathered Dromaeosaur from the Jehol Biota.
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Oscarbait formed in the fall of 2008 and has performed the Movie at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since April 2009.
Oscarbait was created from a 600 level class taught by Dyna Moe, a cast member of Feature Feature, and Anthony Atamanuik, a cast member of Instant Cinema.
All past show recaps can be found archived at http://www.oscarbait.net, a site containing synopsis and posters for each movie written and designed by cast member Jessica Stickles.
This page was last modified on 27 August 2009, at 19:35.


Adelmo Otranto: is an Italian illuminator and archivist. Renowned for his humorous illustrations, especially concerning religious matters, he has worked in monasteries and libraries across Europe. Adelmo is a keen rosarian and narrative works around the Salto de la cabra.


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Ciribiricoccola è un brano musicale del 1974, presentato allo Zecchino d'Oro 1974, scritto da Virca e composto da Gualtiero Malgoni ed interpretato da Fabrizio Forte (6 anni di Roma) e Stefania Cornazzani (5 anni di Bologna). Il brano ottenne l'accesso alla finale durante la prima giornata, raggiungendo il primo posto (146 voti). Arrivò poi secondo in finale, a pari merito con Tutto questo per un chiodo, superato però da Cocco e Drilli.

Ciribiricoccola entrò però quell'anno nella Hit Parade nazionale, al pari del brano vincitore.

Collegamenti esterni

Brani musicali dello Zecchino d'Oro

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Marcia Meoli: Jews shouldn't have to life with this intense fear
Marcia Meoli
Community Columnist
After the attack on Jewish Synagogue in Texas last month, I read an essay by Deborah Lipstadt, a professor at Emory University in Georgia. She is Jewish and started the piece with what apparently is a common Jewish prayer of blessing (in English): "God, sovereign of the universe, who frees the captives."
Ms. Lipstadt said that she and many other Jews around the world recited that prayer with tears after the Texas incident. She praised a tragedy averted. Indeed, after an 11-hour standoff, four people, including a rabbi at a Jewish Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, escaped an armed man who held them hostage. Ms. Lipstadt also talked about the scars that remain. She discussed how difficult the incident was for the family of the rabbi and how that will affect them for some time. All very understandable and not surprising.
But then, Ms. Lipstadt revealed that Jews, particularly rabbis, in the U.S., now feel that it is an act of courage, defiance and faith to simply go to synagogue for daily prayer. She mentioned people attending services while searching for the nearest exit or safest place to hide. "Jews have learned to be afraid beyond the synagogue." She described other acts: violence to Jews eating at a kosher restaurant in Los Angeles, violence in New York toward a Jewish man wearing a skullcap. But the pain is greater when the violence occurs in the synagogue. She described the process of visiting a synagogue for services only after calling ahead and then being checked in advance to be sure it is safe for them for her to go in.
What really hit me was when she said that she had not walked through the entrance to her local synagogue for years, since the October 2018 shooting in Pittsburgh, because the door could not be secured. To keep people safe, they permanently locked that door. Then, she lamented passing a large church on a Sunday, entry doors wide open, and congregants happily meeting people as they arrived.
I then realized that Jewish people are yet another group left out in our country from the privilege of the dominant class. Yes, I am using the term "privilege," in this sense, Christian white privilege. When I attend my predominantly white church, the doors are not locked, I don't look for the exits or a place to hide. I am more concerned about catching COVID than being shot because of my faith or other attribute. I have heard of some churches taking precautions in case a shooter comes on the scene. This is more of the recognition of the proliferation of guns in our country. They are everywhere and we can be exposed to gun violence at the school, at the shopping center, anywhere, really.
Checking further, I see some instances of gun violence at white Christian churches in our country, some even done with religious animus. But this is not so prevalent that it seeps into our consciousness as we attend church here in West Michigan. I have not had conversations with others at church about checking for the exits in case a Christian-hater comes in to wipe us out. This is another problem that only some have to deal with regularly, that we are just now learning about, because we don't have to face it.
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who led his people out of the crime scene in Texas, did an interview after the escape. He had let the man into the synagogue that day and gave him hot tea. During prayer, the rabbi heard a click, which sounded like a gun. It was, but he didn't know it yet. He went to the man and talked to him gently. The man then pulled out the gun. After 11 hours, the rabbi figured out a way to get out of there without bloodshed.
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When asked if he would offer tea to a stranger again, he said he would. "Hospitality means the world," said Rabbi Cytron-Walker.
To the gunman's family, the rabbi said, "I am so sorry that you had to endure this tragedy. It's horrible for all of us."
Such grace during a time of intense discrimination against Jews. I cannot help but feel that this rabbi exemplifies all of the teachings that I value in my faith, those which Jesus showed us and taught us. Grace, love, forgiveness. This rabbi gives this to all. He and his people deserve to live a life free of fear. They, as everyone, should have that privilege.
— Community Columnist Marcia Meoli is a Holland attorney and resident. Contact her at Meolimarcia@gmail.com.


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teeming things unkown
Watching others jabber soundlessly, Goya "no longer took meaning for granted," Tomlinson notes: a detachment explicitly proclaimed when he published the Caprichos six years later. That one-man initiative to bring to Madrid a discursive and critical art culture—rather like that which Hogarth's prints had launched in 1730s London—was surely in sympathy with ilustrado sentiments, even if Tomlinson insists that it was never in danger of censorship from the Inquisition. But with that print series, the marksman started firing his shots in the air. Who could tell where and how among the unseen public they might land, these baffling—and indeed also baffled—observations of human behavior? So began Goya's voyage away from a located picture-making.
It was a journey outward that he would continue, between his more profitable labors, until his dying day. It passed through reimaginings of current atrocity too savage to be circulated (the Desastres would not be published till 1863), through the private dark ride of the Black Paintings inside the country mansion he occupied in the early 1820s, and on to the aleatory experiments of his final four years, little figural visions suggested by blots that formed when water droplets fell on carbon-coated ivory. By then, Goya was literally dislocated. He had fled across the Pyrenees to seek congenial company among Spanish exiles in Bordeaux, abandoning a Madrid where his efforts for the reactionary Fernando VII—the Third of May, for instance—were seemingly thought passé.
All this later work has attracted many explanations, both political and psychological. But in a sense to pin meanings on it is beside the point. For what was "modern"—to fall back to that word—was the move from arithmetic into algebra: into appointing an unknown, an x, that was at once the mystery audience and the mystery of the inventive voice within. No imagination was ever more devoted to the figure, but in those old man's fantasias, with their lumps of hurled-about body mass, the devotion is so pure as almost to turn abstract.


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Joseph McCann guilty of sex attacks on 11 women and children
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Image caption Joseph McCann was found guilty of 37 offences against 11 victims
A man who carried out a string of sex attacks on 11 women and children across England over two weeks has been found guilty of 37 offences.
Joseph McCann's victims were aged between 11 and 71 and included three women who were abducted off the street at knifepoint and repeatedly raped.
The 34-year-old also tricked his way into a woman's home before tying her up and molesting her son and daughter.
McCann, of Harrow, was found guilty of offences including rape and kidnap.
The convicted burglar had been released from prison following a probation error in February before he embarked on a cocaine and vodka-fuelled rampage.
McCann's "spree of sex attacks" started in Watford before moving to London, Greater Manchester and Cheshire over two weeks in April and May.
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Hundreds of officers from five forces were deployed in the manhunt before he was finally caught while hiding in a tree.
Det Ch Insp Katherine Goodwin, who led the investigation, described him as "one of the most dangerous sex offenders the country has ever seen".
Jo Farrar, chief executive of HM Prisons and Probation Service, "apologised unreservedly" for "failings" which led to McCann being released early, adding that "strong and immediate action" had been taken against those involved.
It can now be reported that four men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of assisting McCann while he was on the run from police following the initial attacks in London.
They have been released under investigation.
Media captionJoseph McCann arrested up a tree in Cheshire
On 21 April, McCann grabbed a 21-year-old woman at knifepoint as she walked home from a nightclub in Watford.
She was bundled into a car and taken to a house where she was raped until being released later that morning.
Four days later, a 25-year-old woman was abducted as she walked home in Walthamstow, east London, just after midnight.
She was driven off in a car then repeatedly raped in a number of locations over 14 hours, including outside a school where McCann told her he "wanted to make her rape a child".
Later the same day, and while still holding the woman prisoner, he snatched a 21-year-old woman in Edgware, north London, as she walked along the street with her sister. She suffered a similar fate to the 25-year-old woman.
The pair finally managed to escape when McCann drove to Watford, where he had booked a hotel room, and one of them hit him over the head with a vodka bottle before they fled to get help.
Image caption McCann was filmed on CCTV at a Watford hotel where he had booked a room for two nights
In the early hours of 5 May, McCann tricked his way into the home of a woman he had met in a bar in Greater Manchester.
Once inside, he tied her to a bed and molested her 11-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter, who he told "you are going to Europe tomorrow, you are mine".
The girl, who said she feared becoming a "sex slave", managed to escape by jumping naked from a window and alerted police.
At about 13:30 the same day, he pounced on a 71-year-old woman while she was loading shopping into her car outside a supermarket and abducted and raped her.
Three hours later he also abducted and assaulted a 13-year-old girl in the same car before both managed to get away at Knutsford service station.
Media captionFootage shows dramatic Joseph McCann police chase
At about 18:30 on 5 May, McCann abducted two 14-year-old girls after threatening to "chop them up with a machete".
He was filmed at a garage buying condoms but was spotted by a police patrol who pursued him while the girls were inside the car.
After crashing into a Mercedes, he fled on foot, then caught a taxi.
The car was stopped at a police road block but he fled across a field and was finally caught in the early hours of 6 May.
The 12 jurors decided the fate of Joseph McCann without ever seeing him in the dock. Only once did he leave his prison cell for the Old Bailey – and that was to answer questions from the judge when the jury wasn't there.
McCann opted out of court proceedings from the moment he was charged in May, refusing to appear before chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot.
Instead, in an unprecedented move, she travelled to Belmarsh Prison and convened the hearing there.
Before and during the trial, hours were wasted waiting for updates about McCann, with barristers and the judge in almost daily discussions about whether he would turn up and why he had not.
Letters were sent to his cell and prison officers were called to give evidence by videolink to confirm he had received them.
At one stage, McCann requested a four-week adjournment because he hadn't had enough sleep.
Even towards the end, with the prosecution case nearly completed, the jury was kept waiting while McCann weighed up whether he was going to go in the witness box.
There were concerns about his health – he didn't eat for days and threatened suicide – but the court's main preoccupation was ensuring he had a fair trial and understood the process even though he chose to be absent from it.
However, in the face of overwhelming evidence, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that McCann was playing the system because that was the only option left open to him.
Scotland Yard believe McCann used contacts across the country to evade justice as he moved across five police force areas.
However, it has been revealed police forces involved in the hunt for McCann failed to share information, meaning he was not identified earlier.
On his arrest, McCann even told officers: "If you had caught me for the first two, the rest of this wouldn't have happened."
Hertfordshire Constabulary identified him the day after the first attack in Watford and added his name to the police national computer.
But the Met did not identify McCann as being involved in the two London attacks until 28 April after a call from a member of the public, despite them liaising with their Hertfordshire counterparts on 25 April.
Image caption McCann was filmed at a McDonalds drive-thru while one of his victims was in the car
Image caption McCann fled on foot after crashing a car into a Mercedes
McCann, who is facing a life sentence, is due to be sentenced on Monday.
After the verdicts were reached, the jury sent a note to the judge saying they wished to acknowledge the bravery of the victims and the hard work of the police forces involved.
The 34-year-old never appeared in court during the trial but was convicted of:
Ten counts of false imprisonment
Seven counts of rape
One count of rape of a child
Two counts of causing or inciting a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
Seven counts of kidnap
One count of attempted kidnap
Three counts of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity
Three counts of assault by penetration
One count of sexual assault
Two counts of committing a sexual offence with intent
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50684470
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presumable that the name of next Apple iPhone successor will be iPhone 7.
New iPhone 7 which apple will also sold in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America will reportedly use an Intel 7360 LTE modem.
Intel® XMM™ 7360 modem for LTE Advanced smartphones, tablets, and data cards, which combines power management units and leading-edge capabilities in a compact, power-efficient design to deliver performance benefits. The 7360 chip will ship inside a special version of the iPhone that will be marketed to emerging markets in Asia and Latin America, the sources said.
The Intel® XMM™ 7360 modem combines Intel's X-GOLD™ 736G baseband, X-PMU 736 power management unit, and SMARTi™ 5 or 5C transceiver in a compact, power-efficient design.
The shift from Qualcomm to Intel for even a portion of LTE chips will be a major loss for Qualcomm, as the company has supplied Apple with modem chips for many years now.


burn patients of the tragedy at the Pentagon. He left the burn unit a different person after the visit than he was before.
FULL STORY-The President approached the unit , walking down a long hallway, accompanied by his wife and a cadre of staff(lots of agents!) and our nursing staff.He appeared chatty, engaging, and expressive.
Inside , we were 2 parallel lines of docs , nurses, aides,etc., forming a "U" around the burn unit.Altho' I am not a fan of this administration, I was the first in line (with my camera) on the outside perimeter, nearest the patients' doors.. He began by working the line on the inside perimeter, with his back to the patients. In fact , he walked past the first room entirely, including the 4 of us at the door to the first patient's room.When he did turn to us to shake our hands and thank us, it became evident as to why he passed us by.
When he turned around towards us, he caught his first glimpse of what the terrorists' carnage had wrought. This was not a building of twisted steel but a fellow human, swathed as a mummy in gauze, only the eyes/lips/fingers and toes visible, nrecognizable except by family(perhaps), and breathing thru a tube connected to a ventilator. In addition , there is the smell of burns, dressings and body fluids.
Before he went into the room, he was visibly shaken. He took that deep breath we all take when we are trying to suppress emotions that are welling up inside.He looked directly at the nurse in the doorway, sighed, and entered the patient's room.
I then moved to a new position- at the opposite, left corner,of the "U", on the inner perimeter.He went from room to room, speaking to each family member, giving cheek kisses to some.When he finally turned left towards me , I saw his face again.He was a different man-his walk slower, face more somber, shoulders more stopped, thank you's more deliberate, his hand shakes taking longer.By the time he reached the left corner of the unit,a colleague awaited him , flag in shirt pocket, weeping. This encounter was just as difficult for the President.
Fortunately, a faux pas broke the ice.He turned unexpectedly towards me. A young female resident to my left took a flash picture right in his eyes.The President gave that scowl that only a father can give a daughter.She immediately apologized, almost dropping the camera, and said, "Oh my God, I've just been spanked by the President" Following the laughter by all of us, you could see his change.It was a little easier for him , tho' the burden was not entirely gone.
To visit these seriously ill burned patients was not easy for the President (nor is it for some of us health care workers). I do not believe that he or his staff anticipated the full magnitude of those visuals.But he did not need to be there, nor do this. This was not a photo-op. There was no press pool. The country was unaware of the particulars.
This was personal , genuine,and it was heartfelt.
A President walked into our burn unit today. A man with awesome powers at his disposal left- now keenly aware of the human toll and suffering of this "despicable act" ; humbled and mindful of our patients and families courage and strength, as he begins to test his.


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2 arrested in protests that followed Kerrick mistrial
Two people are under arrest in North Carolina following protests that were sparked after a mistrial was declared in the case of a white police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the Friday night arrests were for assault on a police officer. The officers were not seriously hurt. The statement didn't say how many officers were involved.Aerial footage showed police in riot gear while protesters shouted at them and jumped on cars.According to NBC affiliate WCNC, one protester struck an officer at the Transit Center uptown, a scuffle ensued, and the man was arrested.PHOTOS from the sceneEarlier in the evening, protesters gathered outside the city's minor league baseball stadium.The protests started after a judge declared a mistrial in the voluntary manslaughter case of Charlotte police Officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick after four days of jury deliberations.Kerrick, who is white, was charged in connection with the death of Jonathan Ferrell, an unarmed black man, in September 2013. He faced up to 11 years in prison if convicted.Lying down in the middle of 4th Street, protesters started chanting, "no justice, no peace," "who are we here for? Jonathan Ferrell," "justice for Jonathan." That was according to WCNC.Stay with WXII 12 News and wxii12.com for updates.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Two people are under arrest in North Carolina following protests that were sparked after a mistrial was declared in the case of a white police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the Friday night arrests were for assault on a police officer. The officers were not seriously hurt. The statement didn't say how many officers were involved.
Aerial footage showed police in riot gear while protesters shouted at them and jumped on cars.
According to NBC affiliate WCNC, one protester struck an officer at the Transit Center uptown, a scuffle ensued, and the man was arrested.
PHOTOS from the scene
Earlier in the evening, protesters gathered outside the city's minor league baseball stadium.
The protests started after a judge declared a mistrial in the voluntary manslaughter case of Charlotte police Officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick after four days of jury deliberations.
Kerrick, who is white, was charged in connection with the death of Jonathan Ferrell, an unarmed black man, in September 2013. He faced up to 11 years in prison if convicted.
Lying down in the middle of 4th Street, protesters started chanting, "no justice, no peace," "who are we here for? Jonathan Ferrell," "justice for Jonathan." That was according to WCNC.
Stay with WXII 12 News and wxii12.com for updates.


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Book Review: "Deep Country; Five Years in the Welsh Hills" by Neil Ansell
Everything Summit | April 1, 2017
Karina Wetherbee
"Deep Country; Five Years in the Welsh Hills" by Neil Ansell
Few in the Western Hemisphere truly understand what it feels like to experience absolute darkness with a starry sky overhead and an impenetrable obscurity beneath. Though much of this rare earthly isolation is reserved for the remotest regions of the modern world, these conditions were familiar to pre-Industrial Age men and women, and their imaginations were fueled by the mysterious ambiguity of that darkness.
However, for those with a tendency toward introspection, there are still places enough removed in which one can emulate a similarly pastoral escape. Author Neil Ansell did just that and shares his experience in his delightfully engaging book, "Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills."
The reader is invited along as Ansell revisits a remote corner of Wales, in which he spent five years living in an abandoned gamekeeper's cottage on a retired estate.
On the well-populated and cultivated island of Great Britain, finding a wild solitude can be a challenge, but Penlan Cottage, where Ansell spent five years learning to live each day by the rising and setting of the sun, provided the author with such a place.
Though only three miles from the nearest village, the cottage was a forgotten remnant of the island's agrarian past.
With doors at each end of the cottage open to let in spring air, the walls of the author's adopted home seemed to dissolve, the outside air stepping in like an invited guest before it moved on through and down the hill to worry some other establishment.
With the visiting wind came birds, bats and a myriad of other creatures, and Ansell welcomed them all, viewing their presence as a "privilege," not a burden.
Ansell's writing evokes a "simple life led by natural rhythms," theme that became his guiding force. Instead of a ponderous tome of self-reflection, the book echoes the life Ansell lived for those five years, his attempt at a deliberate outward gaze, a view into the ever-changing tableau of nature.
"I certainly learned to be at ease with myself in the years I spent at Penlan, but it was not by knowing myself better — it was by forgetting I was there," he wrote.
In his book, Ansell effectively allows the reader to sit alongside him as he observes and records each day unfolding, the gentle rhythms and complexities of a vibrant ecosystem on ready display for anyone willing to pause and look closely. The book contains a charming sketched map of Penlan Cottage's immediate surroundings, and it is a delightful addition, serving to better place the reader into the landscape painted so vividly and with such joy through the flowing narrative.
Ansell's five-year experiment came to a natural conclusion after a serious illness reminded him of the value of a supportive community of friends and loved ones.
Besides, he says, "five years is a good long stint at doing almost anything." He reasoned that if he didn't leave then, he might have stayed forever — leaving became the real challenge, harder than adjusting to the unique challenges of living in remote isolation.
"If it had ever been a test, I had long ago torn up the exam paper and walked out of the room; this was just me, living the life that I had chosen."
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Industry Overhaul Aims to Give Italy an Edge
A sea change is in the works for the Italian textile industry, involving a widespread investment in technology and equipment and a restructuring of the entire trade show process.
Together with innovative design, substantial investments in...
A sea change is in the works for the Italian textile industry, involving a widespread investment in technology and equipment and a restructuring of the entire trade show process.

Together with innovative design, substantial investments in...
Together with innovative design, substantial investments in machinery will enhance Italy's competitiveness with low-cost countries by allowing greater flexibility and speed.
To capitalize on the recovery that's expected for the second half of 2005 and to attract more visitors to Italy's trade fairs, organizers of the main textile shows, including Idea Biella, Idea Como and Moda In, are working to combine these exhibitions into one big trade show, to be held just before Paris' massive Première Vision fair.
"Trade exhibitions are still important and there is a need for a more substantial fair, as the existing ones are way too fragmented today," said Arianna Leone, vice president of Gruppo Luigi Botto.
Luciano Bandi, who heads the yarn division at Loro Piana, said as Italy is increasingly focused on foreign markets, this would be a way to please buyers and visitors coming from outside the country, who would save time, energy and money. "[A single fair] would also help showcase and enhance a wider variety and range of offers and ideas which are often dispersed and overlooked through too many exhibitions," said Bandi.
Beppe Pisani, president of Idea Como, said the one show is confirmed for the first week of March and it will be held at the fairgrounds here. Pisani called it more of a "container" and different from other shows, as it will regroup Idea Biella, Idea Como, Shirt Avenue and Moda In under the same roof, but each will maintain its own identity, autonomy and organization.
"We are still deciding on the name, but we want a simple one, and we are setting up a new organizing body based in Milan that will be in charge of the show's advertising and communication," said Pisani.
Pisani said he expects the number of exhibitors to be around 600 on about 216,000 square feet. Typically among the smaller shows, Shirt Avenue lists around 40 exhibitors, Idea Biella around 70, Idea Como around 60, Prato Expo around 100, and Moda In around 300 or 400.
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By comparison, Première Vision, which runs this week in Paris, has 727 exhibitors and draws about 35,000 buyers.
"I am very pleased with this development," said Pisani, noting how organizers had been talking about this issue for at least two years. "This is a big service we offer to our clients and exhibitors, who, with such turbulent markets, simply don't have the time or the budget to travel around Italy attending all these shows."
There are still some kinks to work out, though. Pisani added that mills from the Como district could not miss this show. However, the dates "penalize the kind of product we show, which is more design and pattern-oriented, not basic — it's always a work in progress for us as we work with designers who give their input even after their shows."
Accordingly, Pisani said he is working toward creating a meeting point in Como after the Paris shows.
And Vincenzo Pagano, president of Prato Trade, which organizes the Prato Expo show, said, "In theory, we agree to a single exhibition as a service to our clients, but we need to evaluate the costs of moving to Milan from Prato and to discuss the strategies of the companies in our Prato district. We need time, and a decision cannot be made by March."
Pisani averred the decision to have a single show was "not a declaration of war" against Première Vision, which he described as a "beautiful and well-organized exhibition — simply, it was silly not to have a single fair here that would combine the best textile companies."
Pisani doubted these companies would abandon Première Vision. "You don't leave what is sure for the unsure: I myself am not leaving Première Vision." Pisani's company, Serikos, shows at the French fair. Changes, he said, could come over the course of three or four seasons, if the Milan show becomes a double of Première Vision.
Back on the investment and cost front, Cristiana Cariaggi, communications manager at Cariaggi, believes in investing in a classic product on the high-quality, higher-price end of the scale. The market is still "difficult," she said, adding, "a lower cost of cashmere is helping." While expanding its business abroad, as Italy accounts for 80 percent of revenues, Cariaggi is firm on maintaining production in Italy. This view is shared by the Fondazione Biella, an association headed by Ermanno Rondi and founded at the end of 2000 in the northern town of Biella to guarantee Italian quality and standards. Rondi said the associates are restructuring and investing in new machinery that will allow greater flexibility and speed. "Until 2000, orders were based on big volumes. Today, orders are smaller but more frequent and faster," said Rondi. Accordingly, textile companies must always be prepared with large stocks. "Although risky, this is the only way to work today, as clients often put in orders one day to the next," said Cariaggi.
"Designers and knitwear companies expect an increasingly faster response from us," said Mila Zegna Baruffa, who is in charge of product and communications at Zegna Baruffa-Lane Borgosesia. This fall, the company is setting up a stock house in Shanghai to "offer a service and meet the demand of our clients that produce there," she said. Zegna Baruffa insisted on the value of research. This summer, the company trademarked a new 18-micron Saxxon wool with a natural elasticity, as if it were mixed with spandex, which comes from special sheep grown in Australia after years of research.
As stock expenses are becoming barely sustainable, investments in technology are one way to cut costs and guarantee flexibility and fashion content. Leone said Luigi Botto has invested $85 million over the past five years in a new spinning process. The outcome is XT-more, a yarn that is more compact and lighter. "These machines produce a larger number of yarns and allow to intertwine the yarn for richer, four-color mélanges," said Leone.
Zegna Baruffa predicts a return of mohair and "yarns that have a rich, fluffy feel," that trigger a need to reach out and touch them. Zegna Baruffa said "anything goes," any yarn or material, from chenille to silk. "It is the client who eventually makes the difference, the way he or she interprets the yarn," she said, noting how this implies "constant work" between the textile company and the designer to fine-tune the materials.
"Clients now expect silk to look and feel like silk, Shetland wool to look and feel like Shetland wool — they choose materials based on their qualities," agreed Bandi. "The different workmanships and variations on the yarns, so that silk looks like wool or wool looks like silk, for example, are so expensive that often clients simply can't afford them and they'd rather go for the original, clean material."


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Chassis number: 0306 was built for the 2002 F1 Season by Jaguar Racing and was driven by Eddie Irvine during the season. Irvine scored a best result of 3rd at the Italian GP in 2002 and finished 9th in the Drivers Championship that year – both high points for the Jaguar team.
Fitted with a fresh Cosworth V10 CK which is the correct engine for this car, both 7 speed semi -auto Gearbox and chassis are also freshly prepared. This car is one of only a handful of late F1 cars that are possible to run without factory assistance.
The Jaguar R3 is a Formula One racing car with which Jaguar Racing competed in the 2002 Formula One season. The car was launched on January 4, 2002. It was driven by Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa, both retained from 2001.
After the disappointing past two seasons, 2002 was even worse for Jaguar. The team admitted to making a lot of mistakes especially in the wind tunnel, as its calculations were wrong. After an impressive fourth place at the attritional Australian GP, the car's poor reliability and lack of horsepower began to show and the team slipped down the rankings; however, towards the end of the season updates were brought in and the car began to improve, culminating in Irvine scoring the team's final podium finish at Monza.
The team finished 7th in the Constructors' Championship, with eight points.