Thanks to Daniel for providing this link!
Fireballs often appear much closer than they really are. The AMS receives countless reports that an object landed just over the hill when in fact it was several hundred miles away and was witnessed over several states or provinces. It is your perspective that makes meteors appear to strike the horizon when in fact they are still high in the atmosphere. This is much like a jetliner seen low in your sky. It appears low to you and close to the ground, but for someone located many miles away in that direction, the jetliner is passing high overhead. Meteors become visible at approximately 50 miles above the Earth's surface. Friction slows these objects down until they fall below the velocity necessary to produce light. At this point they still lie at least 5 miles high in the sky. They are invisible below this altitude and cannot be seen as they basically freefalling to the ground at 200mph. Very few meteors actually reach the ground as 99.99% completely disintegrate while still 10-20 miles up in the atmosphere.
In the AMS fireball table, refer to event #322 for 2012.
Reports for the March 3rd UK fireball continue to come into the AMS.
Below is a map of the witness reports for this event. Click the map for an interactive Google Map for this event. You can click the witness icons on the map to read the reports. Green lines represent the first point of the meteor, while yellow lines represent the last point of the meteor. Red icons mean, movement was seen left to right, while green icons represent reported movement of right to left.
You can view the map of witness reports by observer's experience level.
Numerous witness reports indicated the presence of fragmentation and a sonic booms, both positive signs for meteorite dropping fireballs. Based on a review of the witness reports, if fragments from the fireball survived, they may have made landfall north west of London. Since several videos were recorded, so it should be possible to determine a 3D trajectory for this meteor.
If you witnessed this fireball event, please fill out an official fireball report.
I saw the meteor at 9.41pm on Saturday the 3rd March passing to the south at a very fast speed. It appeared bright white and also orange with what appeared to be sparks coming off it. I live in Kidsgrove,Stoke on Trent. The episode lasted a good 10 to 15 seconds and was clearly visible the entire time.
I saw the meteor at 9.41pm on Saturday March 3rd and I agree with Brian Gray about it passing to the south. I live in Burslem Stoke on Trent. I watched it go the entire distance of the sky which was quite amazing. Four of my family members also saw it at my house.
Quite a few people seen a light blue fireball with an orange sparkling tail March 3, 2012 here in Barrow, Alaska around 9:43pm. There were also reports coming from witnesses 60 miles south of Barrow in a tiny village of Atqasuk, also from another village west of Barrow known as Wainwright. This thing was HUGE!
The most useful photo so far is the Mike Ridley shot of the Whitley Bay rainbow lazer display with fireball. The head of Hydra can be made out, also Mars and Regulus. The near vertical trail gives a direction of travel towards bearing approx. 169 degrees where the trail intersects the horizon (assumed to be the "radiant" of the lazers which are near sea level and parallel) This puts the track overhead on a line from Newcastle to Worthing, where the track crosses the south coast of England into the channel. If anything fell on Blightey it will be along that line, nearer the Worthing end by the looks. The very shallow entry angle and long duration leaves large uncertainty in where fragments might have fallen, even if other photos surface which better show the end point from closer in.
The observer plots on the map seem largely inconsistent with the statement "Red icons mean, movement was seen left to right, while green icons represent reported movement of right to left." ?
Quite a heavily populated area, and the low velocity and low fragmentation make this a probable meteorite fall, as long as it didn't either skip off into space or go in the drink.
Our Astronomy Group were out that evening near Banbury, in the Midlands of England.
We saw the fireball ' 'go out' ' east of us at an elevation of 30 degrees.
Thanks to help in providing free access to the sightings reported directly to the AMS by Bob Lunsford and Mike Hankey, the number of observations I've received/collected from the UK on this meteor is now approaching the 400-mark (there may be some duplicates and other fireballs in that however, as I'm only just past sighting 200 in making detailed checks of who saw what and when!).
I'm intending to update that hopefully next week, but that depends on whether I finish checking through all the reports by then, of course!
My best-estimate at present is that the meteor likely had a grazing trajectory, perhaps only a few degrees off the horizontal, and a path about 1000 km long (600+ miles) from somewhere between the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands to a point likely within 25 km (15 miles) of 0°45′ W, 52°13′ N over southern England. The end height was likely around 60 km (40 miles).
Overall, meteorites seem very unlikely to have resulted from such an event, and the potential fall zone would be enormous anyway – as well as a long way on from the probable end-point.
Particular thanks go to all the lucky witnesses who provided data so soon after the event. Those who contacted me directly will receive a personal reply – albeit that may be some weeks in coming yet! I hope the preliminary analyses both on the AMS site here, and my own efforts in the UK, have helped demonstrate how valued such observations are, no matter what the expertise of the witness, and to provide reassurance for those who found the experience both wonderful and frightening that a) you were not alone, and b) that there was never any real danger to you.
Meteor Director, Society for Popular Astronomy.
I seem to have seen the same thing but a week later ? i live in Hastings, east sussex, England. at about midnight (friday into saturday) i was driving home heading south, and like something out of a film happened above, it seemed low almost that i would find it at the bottom of my garden half mile further down the road and by the sea (obvoiusly didnt) had a tail about 3 inches wide an about 8 inches long to the head (front) only lasted a few seconds and was bright white, was amazing to see, was there any other reports and or do you know what it was etc. i was in the merchant navy for 10 years and have seen hallies comet aswell but this was extrene lol, not that halies comet wasnt either. Kind Regards.
on the SPA's Observing Forum.
The final analysis of the "main" March 3-4 UK fireball has taken rather longer than I'd anticipated, largely because I collected 376 separate reports of it in the following days, from across Scotland, England and northeastern Wales.
The main headlines were that the event probably lasted between 30-60 seconds, so was an exceptionally rare natural meteoric event. Typically only man-made re-entry events last this long or longer. Such naturally-occurring very long-lived meteors happen-by perhaps only a few times per century for any given place, so this was a most fortunate sighting for all the lucky witnesses.
The object was barely skimming the meteor layer in the upper atmosphere as it passed from somewhere out high above the North Atlantic, perhaps around 140-90 km altitude possibly between or northwest of the Faeroe, Shetland and Orkney Islands, to an end probably within 25 km of a point around 61.6 ± 8.5 km altitude above Bozeat, Northamptonshire, in southeast England.
For more information, see the Observing Forum topic, where there are also links to many of the sightings, images and videos of the event, as well as to notes on four or perhaps five other fireball-class meteors which were spotted from the British Isles that night.
Many thanks again to everyone who contributed data. Even though I didn't see the event, it's been one of the most exciting events I've dealt with from the past almost thirty years of UK meteor analyses!


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Slash/Up - A Cinema & Horror Icon "VS." style webseries.
In the tradition of classic crossovers comes SLASH/UP: A multiverse, mash-up webseries, geared towards horror and movie fans.
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Amid growing international anger over the spying activities of the National Security Agency, the U.S. has assured the United Nations that the world body's communications will not be monitored.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters on Wednesday that the world body has been "in touch" with relevant authorities in the U.S. since reports of the NSA's spying and monitoring of phone conversations of 35 world leaders surfaced.
"We were indeed in touch with the U.S. authorities. And I understand that the U.S. authorities have given assurances that United Nations communications are not and will not be monitored," Mr. Nesirky said when asked to comment on reports that the encryption system of the video-conferencing system of the U.N. had been broken into.
He said the "inviolability of diplomatic missions, including the United Nations, has been well-established in international law, and therefore, all Member States are expected to act accordingly".
The U.S. is facing criticism from international leaders over revelations that the NSA carried out electronic surveillance and snooped in on conversations of 35 world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.


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Draft Regulation For National Exit Test
January 5, 2023 Kumari Sonali
Draft Regulation For National Exit Test:
The National Medical Commission (NMC) issued the proposed draft regulations related to the National Exit Test (NExT).
Objective of the Regulation:
To provide consistency across the nation in the summative evaluation with regard to the minimum common standards of education and training for a medical graduate.
The objective of the NExT is to improve the quality of healthcare in India by ensuring that all doctors have a minimum level of competency and knowledge before they begin practicing medicine.
The NExT is a medical licensing exam that is designed to assess the competency of medical graduates.
Students who received their medical degrees from NMC approved medical institutions and overseas students also will have to qualify the National Exit Test.
To register for medical practice in India, they must pass the NExT test.
This centralized common exam will be conducted by a body formed by the commission for this purpose.
National Medical commission (Amendment) Bill,2022, proposes an autonomous board, 'Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences', which, when comes to effect, will be responsible for holding the NExT exam.
Currently, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) is responsible for holding exams like NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate), Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE).
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The NExT will comprise two separate exams called 'Steps'.
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Kurds are divided among the states of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. East Kurdistan, or Rojhelat as Kurds call it, is the Kurdish area in Iran.
During the Newroz Kurdish spring New Year celebrations, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) called on Kurds in Iran to hold widespread celebrations across the Kurdish areas.
"This call was well received by the people of Kurdistan and these celebrations were heavily politicized, and in some cases and places it was a direct opposition to the regime," writes Mustafa Hijri, the secretary-general of the PDKI.
The PDKI was founded in 1945 and has been at the forefront of the struggle for Kurdish rights for 70 years. Since last year there have been increased clashes between Kurdish fighters and Iranian forces, particularly the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Kurds are divided among the states of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. East Kurdistan, or Rojhelat as Kurds call it, is the Kurdish area in Iran. Whereas the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq enjoys autonomy and Kurds in Syria have carved out a semi-autonomous area since 2014, Kurds in Iran lack many rights.
Iran plans to hold elections in May and the world's eyes will be focused on whether the country takes a turn toward a more extreme-right government or remains with its current leadership that has been attempting to open the country more to the West since the Iran nuclear deal.
"My message to the world is to not fall for the Iranian propaganda and so-called election, because there is no such thing as a free and fair election [in the Islamic Republic]," assert Hijri. "This regime is not capable of holding a fair and free election; the supreme leader selects the so-called representatives and the president.
The PDKI describes Kurdish life in Iran as one where people live under "militarization" with "oppressive, suppressive, marginalizing, exclusionary policies and practices along with state-sponsored and state-sanctioned discrimination, denial and violence." Will Kurds, who make up around 10% of Iran's 77 million people, boycott the election? Hijri thinks that those who do vote will only do so because of coercion.
Since the PDKI was forced into exile following the Islamic Revolution in 1979, it has maintained itself in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. In the 1990s, Iran tried to attack its bases and in 2011 threatened to attack the border area of Iraq should Kurdish activity continue.
As the battle for Mosul comes to an end, the Iraqi central government may face tensions with the Kurdish region.
This involves not only pre- 2014 struggles over disputed areas that were put on hold when ISIS attacked Iraq, but also tensions over the Iranian relationship with Baghdad and the close relations the Kurdish region has with Turkey. The Iranian Kurds are caught in the middle of potential disputes, fighting an Iranian regime that is at the height of its power, while the Kurdish region in Iraq fears being destabilized by any cross-border fighting.
Iranian Kurds are also divided into several factions, which may undermine their ability to generate any kind of major uprising.
However, if the US were to designate the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization, that could give impetus for a focus on Kurdish demands in Iran. Certainly the success of Kurds in Syria and Iraq is an inspiration to those in Iran who would like to see the Kurdish flag flying freely on Newroz and other national days.


2018.03.01 【2018.3/7-3/14】アートフェア出展に伴う休廊のお知らせ。Gallery's temporary closing on March 7th - 14th.
2018.02.16 横溝美由紀_"Noblesse Collection"にて個展のお知らせ。(ソウル/韓国)The solo exhibition of Miyuki Yokomizo will be held at the "Noblesse collection" in Seoul, Korea.
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2017.11.11 「岡崎和郎 – HISASHI 」京都新聞掲載のお知らせ。Article of Kazuo Okazaki's exhibition appeared in the newspaper "Kyoto Shimbun"
2017.11.10 「岡崎和郎 – HISASHI 」展覧会カタログ刊行のお知らせExhibition catalogue of "Kazuo Okazaki - HISASHI"
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2017.07.14 8月11日-8月21日 御盆期間の休廊日のお知らせGallery's temporary closing on August 11 - August 21.


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The Privacy Penalty for Voting in America
States Shouldn't Serve Up on a Platter Voters' Email Addresses and Phone Numbers Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • November 16, 2018
Directions to a polling station in Orlando, Florida, in 2008. (Photo: Erik Hersman via Flickr/CC)
Voting is a red-hot mess in the U.S., and for a variety of reasons. But I want to tackle an angle that is too often overlooked. Namely, voting in the United States carries a huge privacy cost, in that states give away or sell voters' personal information to anyone who wants it.
Take Florida, for example, which politically speaking is a valuable state that can tilt a presidential election. I live in Australia, but as a U.S. citizen, still cast my absentee ballot in Florida. Shortly after I changed my voter registration details with the state earlier this year, the first emails quickly began arriving from political action groups. My email address also began to be listed on websites for data brokers with names I'd never heard of before, and with who I'd never had a direct relationship.
It's completely unnecessary and irresponsible for states to publicly release voters' personal details, in electronic form, as a cost of exercising one's right to vote.
I didn't consent to this situation. I just wanted to vote.
Florida's voter registration records contain "grade A" data: names, mailing addresses, email addresses, birth dates, races, genders, party affiliations and phone numbers. Such data is incredibly valuable for political campaigns, but also for would-be identity thieves and others with criminal intent.
An email I received shortly after the Nov. 6 midterm elections in the U.S. I don't remember socialism being on the ballot.
Every month, Florida's Division of Elections produces an updated electronic list containing all of the aforementioned data points, for every voter across its 67 counties. It's available to anyone for free. Only people who meet certain requirements such as working in high-risk professions or being victims of domestic violence are allowed to exclude some of their data.
These days, in any other context, publicly releasing such a treasure trove of personal information would qualify as a data breach. So it's no wonder that once Florida releases the data, data brokers immediately and legally being scooping up it up. These brokers often begin offering portions of it online, often as teasers for paid services.
Florida warns this is going to happen. But the state's not-so-helpful advice is: "Once information is in the public domain, you will need to contact the owner or administrator of third-party sites in order to get the information removed."
Transparency: Good for Democracy
Voter registration data gets made public for some very good reasons. Notably, maintaining transparency around voter registration rolls fosters trust in the integrity of our democratic systems.
That's incredibly important, especially as some opportunistic U.S. politicians have alleged -without basis - since the Nov. 6 midterm election that voter fraud has occurred in sharply contested states, including Georgia and Florida.
But there are ways to maintain the transparency of voter data without it ending up in the hands of dodgy data brokers or anyone else whose intentions cannot be verified, and who may not be working in the public interest.
My accurate voter registration data, as seen on one of innumerable data broker sites.
Look to Australia
Alternatives are available. Australia, where I now reside, offers a much more rigorous approach to viewing voter data. Namely, any member of the public can view an electronic copy of voter registration data at an Australian Electoral Commission office, but copying or photographing such data is prohibited.
While the AEC does make this data available to political parties and researchers, it isn't for sale. Also, it only contains names and addresses, but not email addresses or phone numbers. That's helpful, since tech-support scammers, fraudsters, phishing attackers and other types of crooks can do a lot of damage using just email addresses and phone numbers.
What if States Were Facebook?
Another lens from which to view how states hand out voter registration data is to put it in the perspective of the now-defunct voter-profiling firm Cambridge Analytica, which improperly obtained 87 million Facebook users' profiles.
Cambridge Analytica obtained the data from an academic who'd been running a survey on Facebook around 2014, when it had more liberal rules about how apps could collect users' profile data (see Facebook: 87M Accounts May Have Been Sent To Cambridge Analytica).
Up until about 2014, Facebook allowed app developers to scoop up data not only on people who directly used an app, but also their friends. Facebook rightly changed its rules the next year to disallow that kind of collection.
One particularly outrageous aspect of the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal, which came to light earlier this year, is that the harvested data included not just personal information of survey takers, but also their Facebook friends. But these Facebook friends never consented to having their personal data get transferred without their consent to an entity they'd never heard of, let alone one that was working with President Donald Trump's campaign.
Such data sharing was against Facebook's terms of service, as the social network was quick to say. But Facebook had no way of enforcing or knowing how the data was being used, once it got collected. Similarly, U.S. states are powerless to stop how their voters' data gets bought, shared or transferred after its release, or how it might be used.
Weaponized Micro-Targeting
The Cambridge Analytica scandal helps highlight why Florida's release of email addresses and phone numbers is so critical. Just a few years ago, such data may have seemed innocuous. But we're now in an era of micro-targeted advertisements and content, and those two types of data alone - email addresses and phone numbers - are all an advertiser needs to target a consumer. Hence it's completely unnecessary and irresponsible for states such as Florida to publicly release this data as the cost to citizens of exercising their right to vote.
Florida's guide to obtaining voter registration data (Source: Florida Division of Elections)
Such practices are especially dangerous in the social media age. Ad-targeting systems run by Facebook and others allow organizations to upload contact details they've collected for customers. The data gets hashed, and Facebook compares that to its own hash. If there's a match, an advertiser can then precisely target the person.
With Facebook, that matching can occur on the backend even with just a phone number that the targeted person has never actually divulged to the social network, as Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill reported in September.
This all comes full circle when set alongside the problems around using social media to push misleading political information and bogus news. Such easy access to precise, up-to-date voter information enables micro-targeting at scale on social networks, potentially by parties unknown, or which may not have individuals' best interests at heart.
No Data On A Silver Platter
U.S. states need to realize that online risks have grown by an order of magnitude since regulations around voter registration data were developed.
And the prevailing view now, led by the EU with its General Data Protection Regulation, is that people should have clear control over their data and the ability to consent to how it gets used and transferred.
Unfortunately, the penalty for a civic duty in the U.S. is a mandatory forfeiture of privacy.
Instead, U.S. voters should be able to choose whether their data gets made available to political campaigns or publicly released in such great detail, via what is often referred to as "opt-in" consent.
U.S. political parties will oppose this, of course. As in Australia, however, there's no legitimate reason why anything more than a person's name and postal address should be made publicly available, and to take it a step further, such data should only be viewable under tightly controlled circumstances.
It's true that even if U.S. states fix the loose controls they now have in place around voter data, data breaches would still provide a steady drip feed of much of the same kinds of data, whether to data brokers, or individuals or organizations with criminal intent.
States, however, should not be the ones serving up on a platter U.S. citizens' personal data to anyone and everyone.
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Kirk is a veteran journalist who has reported from more than a dozen countries. Based in Sydney, he is Managing Editor for Security and Technology for Information Security Media Group. Prior to ISMG, he worked from London and Sydney covering computer security and privacy for International Data Group. Further back, he covered military affairs from Seoul, South Korea, and general assignment news for his hometown paper in Illinois.
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Does your business have enough liability coverage? If you are relying on the liability coverage provided through a Business Owner's Policy (BOP), then chances are you do not have enough. Although a BOP does provide liability coverage for businesses, it is often at a small limit and not enough to cover costs due to claims and lawsuits. Does your business qualify for general liability coverage?
It is important to know which market your business falls into before you shop for liability insurance.Those businesses that fall into the "excess surplus market" (i.e., "dangerous" occupations such as roofers, electricians, etc.) have to purchase excess liability insurance. If your business falls into the "standard market" (i.e., technology companies, lawyers, etc.) then you qualify for general liability insurance. General liability insurance protects your business from a variety of things. Typically, your insurance agent can create a customized policy for you to include different types and amounts of coverage.
For all intents and purposes, you simply can't do business without a General Liability policy in place. Without this vital coverage, your small or medium-sized business would be liable for any damage or injuries stemming from a product or service your company provided. This means you could be liable for injuries resulting from slips and falls, construction defects, faulty packaging, broken seals, spoiled goods, misleading advertising, slips, accidents, or freshly mopped floors. When you consider any one of these contingencies could result in a multi-million dollar lawsuit, you can begin to see how vital General Liability Insurance is. General Liability insurance protects a business from many liability issues, but business owners should also consider adding specialized liability coverage like errors & omissions insurance.
Owning a business is difficult task. As a business owner, you worry for the future of your company in a time when many businesses are going under. In addition to making sure the company is growing, you must also plan for mistakes or accidents that could potentially devastate your business. Small businesses sometimes need big-business solutions. One key big-business insurance solution is Excess Liability coverage.
While many companies – large and small – opt for Umbrella Insurance to protect against exorbitant legal costs or litigation fees, few bother with Excess Liability coverage. This tends to be the case with Umbrella policies entailing six-figure coverage.
Business owners simply fail to factor in incredible circumstances. Excess Liability protects against claims that exceed other protection limits. Your insurance policies are essential for your business's survival. They offer your company a blanket of security with so many risks and dangers working toward bringing it down. But unfortunately, many of these coverage options will only you cover your business to a certain extent. It is possible to exhaust the coverage of an Umbrella policy, in which case the burden of payment falls squarely on your business's shoulders. Excess Liability insurance will cover your business from catastrophic issues that threaten its security.
Learn more about Excess Liability coverage – how it works, how much it can pay, and how soon you can secure it – by speaking with any of our agents today.
Professional liability insurance is a specialty coverage. Professional liability coverage is not provided under homeowners endorsements, in-home business policies or business-owners policies (BOPs). Don't let incorrect advice or opinions turn into large lawsuits. Protect your business. Contact New Horizon Insurance Services for a free quote and an evaluation of your businesses needs.


The Athletic's Sam Amick is reporting the Kings and Luke Walton have agreed to terms for him to be the next coach. The length of his deal will be in line with that of Kings GM Vlade Divac, running through the 2022-23 season.
Can Walton get the Kings, who have a young core of De'Aaron Fox, Marvin Bagley III and Buddy Hield, to the postseason, where they haven't been in 13 seasons? Let us know what you think about Walton heading to the California capital.
Seems like the right coach for this team. We was gold 3 years ago. Not his fault the Lakers talent was weak and he had to deal with LBJ.
Excited to see what happens in the future! Hopefully, a good hire!


Residents and visitors of Manistee County are blessed to have one of the most beautiful Great Lakes right in our backyard. Lake Michigan is a vast, fresh water lake that is a haven for swimmers, boaters, and fishermen. Along the shoreline, lighthouses add to the beauty of the sandy beaches, making for a wonderful outdoor playground. Before you make a splash, check out the following links for water temperatures.
If Lake Michigan is still too chilly for your taste, head to the warmer inland waters of Manistee County lakes such as Bear Lake, Arcadia Lake, Manistee Lake, Portage Lake, Bar Lake and many others. Since they're smaller, they tend to warm more quickly than Lake Michigan.
Manistee area beaches are some of the nicest and cleanest you'll find anywhere. You can choose whether or not to join the crowds at the highly populated spots---or find a private beach that's less busy. Sunning, swimming, or building that special sand castle--Manistee area beaches offer it all!


The Audi E-tron Quattro concept, to be unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show in September, previews Audi's work on an all-wheel-drive electric SUV with a 310-mile range, set for production in 2018.
Forward-thinking Audi will give the public a preview of a planned electric SUV at the upcoming Frankfurt auto show in September. The preview, called the E-tron Quattro concept, shows off the research and development going toward a new pure-electric SUV that Audi estimates will have 310 miles of range.
The auto industry in general sees electrification as a necessary step for its future. Tesla has grabbed headlines and public interest with its Model S electric sedan , and has promised to launch an electric SUV called the Model X in September. Audi has begun exploring electrification with various concept cars under its E-tron brand in the past few years, and will soon make available its A3 E-tron plug-in hybrid .
Audi notes that its concept is extremely aerodynamic for an SUV, boasting a 0.25 coefficient of drag. Audi achieved that figure through smoothing the underside and lowering the cabin roof. A design sketch teasing the Frankfurt unveil shows an SUV with an upright grille and a high, strong beltline. The greenhouse, or cabin structure, shows angular windows and a roofline that angles lower toward the rear hatch. Audi describes this look as "coupe-like."
Audi plans on packing the battery between the rear wheels and along the underside of the car, similarly to the Tesla Model S, serving to lower the center of gravity. No information on charge times or standards is available yet.
The concept uses three electric motors, one driving the front wheels and one for each rear wheel. That configuration not only supports all-whee drive, but allows torque vectoring across the rear wheels. As such, the drive system can intelligently apply more torque to the outside rear wheel in a turn, improving handling.
Beyond a mere concept, Audi claims the E-tron Quattro concept shows off work the company is doing toward a production all-electric SUV to be launched in 2018.


Tuesday 29th November 2016 marks the 10-year anniversary of Allen Carr's death. Allen Carr was an accountant who smoked 100 cigarettes a day until he discovered the Easyway method and went on to write a series of bestselling books, most famously The Easyway to Quit Smoking. Far from losing momentum following his death, the organisation that survives him has gone from strength to strength, driven by his loyal team of close friends, family, and colleagues.
Allen Carr's Easyway has proven to be the most successful quit-smoking method of all time and It has helped millions of smokers from all over the world to quit.
Over 15 million Allen Carr's Easyway books have been sold in 57 countries and 38 languages around the world. Over 30 years, Allen Carr's Easyway method has cured an estimated 30 million people of their addiction worldwide. The average success rate for the method is over 90%, based on a three-month money back guarantee at the organisation's quit smoking centers.
Following his death in 2006, Allen's lasting legacy is a dynamic, on-going, global publishing program which helps treat a range of issues. Following on from its phenomenal success in helping smokers, the Allen Carr's Easyway approach has also successfully been applied to tackle other problems including e-cigarettes, alcohol, weight, drugs, anxiety, debt, gambling, fear of flying and sugar addiction. Allen Carr's Easyway now has centers in more than 50 countries worldwide, and the network continues to grow each year.
Celebrity supporters, who continue to recommend the method, include Sir Richard Branson, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Ellen DeGeneres, Anjelica Huston and Michael McIntyre, to name a few.
A key point of difference between the Easyway method and others is that it focuses on the reasons why we smoke, rather than why we shouldn't or the disadvantages. Smokers already know that it is unhealthy, costly and often anti-social. Those attending the centers and reading the book are encouraged to smoke as usual until the session or book is completed, when they will stub out their final cigarette.


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Live Nation's 'Ones To Watch' showcase of emerging artists premieres at BIGSOUND
by Olivia Adams
If you're in Brisbane right now for BIGSOUND, go check out Live Nation's emerging talent showcase! Live Nation, the world's most prominent live entertainment company,…
Events giant Live Nation to postpone touring amidst coronavirus concerns
by Julia Lo Surdo
After rising global health concerns regarding the coronavirus, Live Nation is advising current touring shows to prepare to pack down. All US shows and some…
The Kurt Cobain estate reveals new official clothing line
It's been a while since we have heard any news come out of the Kurt Cobain estate, which to date has an estimated worth of…
The first round of showcase artists for BIGSOUND 2019 has been released
Australia's most jam-packed annual live music event and industry conference BIGSOUND has just unveiled the first round of artists on their 2019 bill. Held over…
Members of Spiderbait, Powderfinger, Jet and more are embarking on an Abbey Road tribute tour
by Mia Hull
This year marks 50 years since The Beatles gave us Abbey Road, and a bunch of Australian rock icons are forming a Beatles tribute band…
Irish sensation Eden adds Australia and New Zealand to his Vertigo world tour
by Liz Campbell
Following a series of sold out dates across the U.S., Dublin-based singer-songwriter Eden has announced an extension to his Vertigo world tour. Australian and New…
Inaugural Sydney City Limits Festival books Beck, Phoenix, Justice, Grace Jones and more
The legends who work hard each and every year to bring you Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival have just announced a brand new…
Right on time: Melbourne's Palais Theatre is set to reopen after $20 million renovation
Historic Melbourne venue The Palais is set to reopen just in time for the St Kilda Film Festival. In a bold move, touring company Live…
Bring Me The Horizon announce national tour dates
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Earlier this week Bring Me The Horizon confirmed a 2016 Aussie tour and today, have made good on their word and shared the dates for…


Celebrate Easter, the Guylian way. Discover the luxuriously creamy milk chocolate eggs and a lovely gifting combination. Make Easter extra sweet this year and spoil your loved ones with the finest Belgian chocolate.


Would you like to discover Merano and the surrounding area on two wheels? Preferably with minimal physical effort? Take it from us… a day spent on an e-bike, rented free of charge from us, will be unforgettable!
Do a lap of the Merano town centre and take a detour into the surrounding villages. On an e-bike, you really can get anywhere! A particularly lovely tour awaits you on the 62km-long Adige cycling trail, South Tyrol's most beautiful cycling route.
For just € 4, you can leave your bike at Merano station so that it can be taken to Malles Venosta. You can then travel comfortably into Val Venosta by train (using the Lagundo Plus Card), pick up the e-bike and pedal back to Lagundo. If this stretch is too long, you can hop on the train with the bike at any time.
We are proud partners of 'Bike and Hike', meaning you can rest assured that the bike you rent from us will be perfect. You can also take part in the daily e-bike tours at a reduced price.


I've mentioned in the past my great frustrations with the use of percentages in news stories. An article will say "X Caused a 50% drop in robberies" but give no indication of the actual amount. Were there four less robberies? 400? Who knows?
This following Vox article is frustrating on many levels.
Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
The article makes clear that without a doubt deaths went down after Australia initiated a buyback program to confiscate certain types of firearms. But the exact number is distressingly vague. I've read through it and I have no idea what the actual number is as everything is discussed in percentages. Then there's this.
One study concluded that buying back 3,500 guns per 100,000 people correlated with up to a 50 percent drop in firearm homicides. But as Dylan Matthews points out, the results were not statistically significant because Australia has a pretty low number of murders already.
Bottom line: Australia's gun buyback saved lives, probably by reducing homicides and almost certainly by reducing suicides.
So in the headline we're told that murders "plummeted." In the article we're told that the amount wasn't statistically significant and that the amount of homicides "probably" reduced. Not quite the same thing.


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DoD Announces Director of New POW/MIA Post
by John Stryker Meyer Jun 20, 2015
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced on Friday, June 19th the Department of Defense Executive Service appointment of Lt. Gen. Michael S. Linnington as director of the newly formed Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Linnington, a 33-year Army veteran, previously served as the military deputy to the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness in Washington, D.C.
Under the new plan, DPAA will consolidate three previous federal operations: the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), which was based in the D.C. area; the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), based in Hawaii where the forensic laboratories are located and where the search teams are launched for missions to recover unaccounted-for American remains; and the Air Force's Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
On January 30, the JPAC colors were cased during a formal ceremony in Hawaii, after which the DPAA was formally activated. Rear Adm. Mike Franken is the interim commander until Linnington is sworn in Monday as the new DPAA director. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kelly McKeague, the former JPAC commander, remains as the interim deputy director.
Lieutenant General Michael Linnington
Through 2015, the headquarters for the new agency will be in Washington, D.C., but it will also operate from its Hawaii location, with satellite laboratories in Nebraska and Ohio. A decision on the agency's permanent location will be made by early next year, DoD officials said.
Reaction to the announcement was positive from both the POW/MIA community and many veterans organizations. "In my view, he is the right man in the right job," said Ann Mills-Griffiths, chairman of the Board of Directors for the National League of POW/MIA Families, based in Washington, D.C.
"He has the character, humility, principles and dedication to serving our nation and this mission that will earn the respect and trust of the official accounting community workforce and the POW/MIA families," she added. "I believe we finally may have the leader long sought, a person who is committed to the longer term and truly welcomes the challenges and is determined to succeed in achieving our shared objectives."
Special Operations Association President Rick Estes echoed Mills-Griffith's comments. The SOA is a veterans group composed of Green Berets, SEALs, and Force Reconnaissance men who fought in the secret war in Vietnam, conducted in Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam under the aegis of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), as well as the airmen who supported the cross-border missions.
"We're happy to have a respected officer such as Lt. Gen. Linnington's appointed to this critical position," Estes said. "Once he gets settled in as director, I hope we will have an assurance that efforts to return the remains of 50-plus Green Berets listed as missing in action in Laos alone, plus the more than 250 American airmen who served valiantly in that war, will be properly accounted for and returned to the United States for closure."
Today, DPAA lists 1,627 Vietnam War veterans listed as MIA, which includes special operations soldiers and airmen in North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
The annual accounted-for number has become a controversial issue both internally and with outside groups, as there are more than 83,000 Americans still listed as unaccounted for or otherwise missing in action from prior conflicts, including World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam.
Of those, people familiar with the POW/MIA issue estimate that between 25,000 to 32,000 service members from previous wars can still be recovered, as approximately 51,000 are listed as over-water missing in action—both Navy personnel from ships and all aviation losses over water since WWII.
In addition to merging three separate agencies, Linnington has many challenges to address when he assumes command of DPAA. In 2009, Congress mandated the Pentagon to develop the capacity and capability to be able to identify up to 200 missing-in-action service members per year by 2015—a number that officials have admitted cannot be met this year.
Since that Congressional mandate was written, there has been a lot of pressure to increase the number of missing personnel identified and recovered annually. Thus there has been a tendency to work on cases from WWII and Korea, where individual sites will have more remains, thus increasing the number of service members identified on foreign soil as well as recovering more service members' remains while deemphasizing Southeast Asia recovery efforts.
Stars and Stripes reported earlier this year that the DoD had received criticism for only accounting for about 72 remains annually, while upsetting surviving families through a lack of communications with them.
In addition, there have been allegations of widespread mismanagement and botched recovery efforts. For example, earlier this month, a Green Beret who served with SOG during the secret war in Vietnam recently returned to Southeast Asia for the second time to attempt to locate the remains of two Green Berets and the air crew of a helicopter that attempted to rescue the small reconnaissance team in February 1971.
Although exact details are not available, initial reports indicated that indigenous personnel prepared a landing zone too far away from the actual site where the six American remains were last seen in 1971.
Last, but not least, Linnington will also have to address serious morale issues, according to one former DPMO employee who asked not to be named.
Linnington, a Cape May, New Jersey native, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1980 and was commissioned an infantry officer. His civilian education includes a BS from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York and a MS in applied mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. His military education includes the Infantry Officer's Basic and Advanced Courses at Ft. Benning, Georgia, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and the National War College in Washington, D.C., where he earned a masters degree in national security strategy.
His key command and staff positions include time at Ft. Ord, California; Ft. Riley, Kansas; West Berlin (divided), Germany; multiple assignments at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky; the Republic of Korea, and several tours in Washington, D.C. (Army and Joint Staffs).
From June '02 to June '04, then Col. Linnington commanded the 3d BCT, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT), where he deployed both in OEF 1 (Afghanistan) and OIF 1 (Iraq).
After selection to Flag Rank, Linnington held positions at Ft. Benning, Georgia (DCG), West Point, New York (Cmdt of Cdts), Kabul, Afghanistan (ISAF Joint Command), and in Washington, D.C. (Cdr, U.S. Army Military District of Washington). LTG Linnington assumed the duties as military deputy to the under secretary of defense (personnel and readiness) in Jul '13.
(Featured image: On January 30, there were two ceremonies held, one by the JPAC in Hawaii and the other by the DPMO in Washington, D.C., where those agencies were formally terminated and merged into the new DoD Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Here, Air Force Maj. Gen. Kelly McKeague rolls up the JPAC flag prior to casing it, ending its operational status before DPAA was formally activated. Green Berets from the Special Operations Association and the Special Forces Association were in attendance for this formal proceeding. Photo courtesy of Mike Taylor.)
About John Stryker Meyer
Born Jan. 19, 1946, John Stryker Meyer entered the Army Dec. 1, 1966, completed basic training at Ft. Dix, N.J., advanced infantry training at Ft. Gordon, Ga., jump school at Ft. Benning, Ga., and graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in Dec. 1967. He arrived at FOB 1 Phu Bai in May 1968, where he joined Spike Team Idaho, which transferred to Command & Control North, CCN in Da Nang, January 1969. In October 1969 he rejoined RT Idaho at CCN. That tour of duty ended suddenly in April 1970. Today he is a program director at the Veterans Affordable Housing Program, based in Orange, CA and joined the SOFREP team of correspondents in March 2015. He has written two non-fiction books on SOG secret wars: Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam - Expanded Edition, and Co-Authored On The Ground: The Secret War in Vietnam with John E. Peters, a member of RT Rhode Island. Meyer's website is: www.sogchronicles.com.
New Leaders, New Direction: Reinvented MIA Agency Impresses
New DPAA Director Faces Multi-Faceted Challenges
Vietnam Veterans Betrayed Again: Linnington Sells Out to Wounded Warrior Project
Kelly McKeague Sworn in as new DPAA Director
First Six Months: Grades Mostly Positive for New DPAA Director
Search narrowed for new Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency director


When trying to run the PEAR installer go-pear.phar on one of our servers, it exited without any notice and without seeming to do anything.
So I knew it was Suhosin, the "advanced protection module for PHP5". It's enabled by default on Debian and Ubuntu.


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Q: AngularJS injection I'm having trouble finding what's wrong in my code.
so, i'm resolving an http.get with ui-route and then calling the controller.
Elsewhere it works fine, but in a particular controller it don't
So, in my route.js i have this

.state('post', {
         url: '/post/{id}',
         templateUrl: 'post.php',
         resolve: {
           post: ['$http','$stateParams', function($http, $stateParams) {
             return $http.get('link' + $stateParams.id)
                .then(function(data) {
                   return  data.data; });
     }]
 },
      controller: 'PostController',
       })

and the, in my controller i have this:

App.controller('PostController',['$scope', 'post', function PostController($scope, post) {
$scope.posts = post;
  }]);

i get as i said an injection problem on post [$injector:unpr] (Unknown provider: postProvider <- post <- PostController), but i can see the http.get data in my controller. What am i missing?

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Q: Where is the Android Studio codestyle directory? I want to set Android Formatter on Android Studio 0.8.4.
But I can't find ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio(Beta)/codestyles directory.
Where is the codestyles directory?
Reference: Android Code Style in Intellij Idea / Android Studio
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A: The directory is at ~/.AndroidStudioBeta/config/codestyles on Linux, should be similar for other OSs (i.e., under user's home directory).
If the codestyles sub-directory does not exist, you can simply create it and put your custom style XML file there.

A: What you are asking about is something like "C:\Users\.AndroidStudio2.3\config" in which you should create the "codestyles" folder manually. However, I think you don't really have to do this in Android Studio 2.3, go to Settings->Codestyle->XML and click 'Manage' button and 'Import' your xml style file from any where on your local hard drive.


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Exporters to Learn Details of Multi-Billion Dollar African Infrastructure Projects, Hear from U.S. Trade Rep, China Eximbank President, at April Conference in D.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2007
Phil Cogan, (202) 565-3200
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- U.S. exporters attending the 29th annual conference of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) will gain useful information about billions of dollars in potential export opportunities, including nearly $25 billion dollars in planned infrastructure improvements in South Africa.
Ex-Im Bank's annual conference this year will emphasize sales opportunities for U.S. exporters in key world markets, said James H. Lambright, chairman and president of the Bank. Exporters, both small and large, will be able to identify potential sales, meet with lenders, and receive updates on Ex-Im Bank products.
U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab has been invited to address attendees, and the conference will also feature keynote presentations by other major leaders in international trade, including a talk by Li Ruogo, chairman and president of China Eximbank in Beijing.
Over 1,000 lenders, exporters and representatives of international trade agencies are expected to attend the event, which is scheduled for April 12-13 at Washington, D.C.'s Omni Shoreham Hotel.
South Africa's plans for major enhancements to the region's electrical and transportation infrastructure will be discussed by Maria Ramos, Group Chief Executive of Transnet, and Brian A. Dames, Managing Director of Eskom.
Transnet is a diversified organization whose sole shareholder is the South African government. It operates and controls the major transport infrastructure within South Africa, including rail transportation of freight, port infrastructure and marine related services, port and terminal operations, pumping and managing the storage of petroleum and gas products and other activities. Transnet's expansion plans, either currently underway or under development, total about $10 billion.
Eskom is a South African government-owned utility that generates, transports, and distributes electricity. It supplies electricity to 95 per cent of South Africa and 60% of the electricity consumed on the African continent. To satisfy growing demands for energy, Eskom has expansion plans either underway or under development valued at approximately $15 billion.
China Eximbank's Li Ruogo and Ex-Im Bank's James H. Lambright signed an agreement in December 2006 intended to increase U.S. exports to China.
The cooperation in sovereign-guarantee financing will help boost exports of advanced technology and equipment from the U.S. to China, strengthen economic and trade ties between the two countries, and will definitely breathe new life into the two economies, Mr. Li said in a statement released in connection with the agreement.
Information about the conference, including online registration, accommodations, and program details, is available at //www.exim.gov/.
Ex-Im Bank is an independent U.S. government agency that assists in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to markets around the world, through export credit insurance, loan guarantees, and direct loans. In fiscal year 2006, Ex-Im Bank authorized over $12.1 billion in transactions supporting an estimated $16.1 billion in U.S. exports worldwide.


I had planned to dive back into blogging this weekend, but Mother Nature had another idea. Friday's tornado ripped through my Ferguson neighborhood with a vengeance, causing extensive damage to trees, houses, cars and power lines.
A big ol' cherry tree fell on my roof, while an even bigger walnut tree ripped off gutters and a small section of my house. Thankfully no one was injured, and I'm feeling nothing but gratitude today.
I'm so fortunate that the damage was not worse. I'm also incredibly lucky to have the most amazing, generous neighbors anyone could ever hope for!
So often, buyers focus on finding the right house when what's really important is the community where the house is located. Having a super cool pad is great but what really adds value to a home is knowing that you're surrounded by caring, kind people who will have your back (and a chainsaw!) when you need it.


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Strong mixture effects among four species in fertilized agricultural grassland led to persistent and consistent transgressive overyielding.
Nyfeler, D. & Huguenin-Elie, O. & Suter, M. & Frossard, E. & Connolly, J. & Lüscher, A.
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Increasing plant species richness often increases biomass production in nutrient-poor semi-natural grasslands. If such positive diversity-productivity effects also apply to nutrient-rich agricultural grasslands, mixtures could improve resource-use efficiency in the vast area used for forage production. We therefore quantified the diversity-productivity effects in nutrient-rich agricultural grasslands using four-species grass-legume mixtures. The sown overall density and species proportions of Lolium perenne, Dactylis glomerata, Trifolium pratense and Trifolium repens were varied in a 3-year field experiment to investigate the effects of species richness (1, 2, 4 species) and species proportion (0, 3, 10, 25, 40, 50, 70, 90, 100% sowing proportion) on productivity under a nitrogen fertilization of 50, 150 or 450 kg N ha-1 year-1. The four-species mixtures reached up to twice the yield of the average of the four species' monocultures (overyielding up to 106%), predominantly due to combining grass and legume species. Mixtures were up to 57% more productive than the most productive monoculture (transgressive overyielding). Both these diversity-productivity effects appeared across a broad range of species proportions and persisted at the two lower levels of N fertilization for 3 years. Mixtures fertilized with 50 kg N ha-1 year-1 produced yields comparable to grass monocultures fertilized with 450 kg N ha-1 year-1, if the legume proportion was about 50 to 70%. Diversity-productivity effects were reduced at the highest level of N fertilization, where they virtually disappeared in the third year. Increased N fertilization also accelerated the observed general trend towards D. glomerata dominated and legume-poor swards. Synthesis and applications. Diversity-productivity effects led to consistent transgressive overyielding in intensively managed grasslands, suggesting a highly increased resource-use efficiency in mixtures. Performance better than monocultures can be achieved with grass-legume mixtures that have a low number of species, across a wide range of species proportions and in nutrient-rich conditions. Processes such as niche complementarity and positive interspecific interactions leading to diversity effects proved to be highly relevant and widely applicable for intensive forage production. Such diversity-productivity effects could allow reduced inputs of N fertilizer without loss of productivity in different grassland production systems.
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Low-intensity land-use enhances soil microbial activity, biomass and fungal-to-bacterial ratio in current and future climates.
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Identifying relationships between multi-scale social-ecological factors to explore ungulate health in a western Kazakhstan rangeland.
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Noto cacciatore di bisonti (), fu anche soldato, esploratore e impresario teatrale. Divenne un eroe nazionale dopo un breve corpo a corpo con il capo indiano Mano Gialla nel 1876, durante il quale gridò: «Ecco il primo scalpo per Custer!».

Biografia
William Frederick Cody nacque in una fattoria dell'Iowa nel 1846 da Isaac Cody e Mary Ann Bonsell Laycock. In seguito alla morte del fratello maggiore, nel 1853 la sua famiglia si trasferì nel Kansas, dove però fu vittima di un pesante clima persecutorio a causa delle posizioni anti-schiaviste del padre. Questi, infatti, morì nel 1857 per le conseguenze di un colpo di pugnale subito dopo aver tenuto un discorso contro lo schiavismo. All'età di quattordici anni il giovane William divenne uno dei corrieri a cavallo del Pony Express.

Nel 1863, dopo la morte della madre, si arruolò nel 7th Cavalry Regiment del Kansas e prese parte alla guerra di secessione americana con gli Stati dell'Unione. Durante una sosta al campo militare di Saint Louis conobbe l'italo-americana Louisa Frederici (1843-1921), che diventò sua moglie nel 1866 e dalla quale ebbe quattro figli.

Dopo la fine della guerra e fino al 1872, William Cody venne impiegato come guida civile dall'esercito statunitense e dalla Kansas Pacific Railroad. Ricevette la Medal of Honor, la più alta onorificenza militare degli Stati Uniti, per aver dimostrato "coraggio in azione" (nel 1917, ventiquattro giorni dopo la sua morte, la medaglia gli venne revocata, in quanto civile al momento dell'azione, ma nel 1989 gli fu definitivamente riassegnata).

Fu in questo periodo che diventò Buffalo Bill, dopo aver vinto una gara di caccia al bisonte con William Comstock, cui apparteneva in precedenza il famoso soprannome. Sembra, inoltre, che fra il 1868 e il 1872, per rifornire di carne gli operai addetti alla costruzione della ferrovia, abbia ucciso  bisonti. La pur diffusa italianizzazione "Bufalo Bill" appare errata, in quanto 'buffalo' è il nome con cui gli statunitensi indicano comunemente il bisonte (bison bison), animale ben diverso dal bufalo.

Nel 1876, a Warbonnet Creek, egli affermò di avere preso lo scalpo di un guerriero cheyenne, secondo la sua stessa dichiarazione per vendicare la morte di George Armstrong Custer al Little Bighorn. Il suo nome in lingua dakota era «Pahaska».

Nel 1873 Ned Buntline, uno scrittore popolare che aveva scritto diversi racconti che narravano le gesta di Buffalo Bill, gli chiese di interpretare una versione teatrale delle sue novelle. Accettò di fare l'attore per undici stagioni consecutive.

Nel 1883 creò il Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, uno spettacolo circense in cui venivano ricreate rappresentazioni western, fra cui la battaglia di Little Bighorn dove perse la vita il generale Custer; della compagnia circense facevano parte anche cavalieri cosacchi e arabi che arricchivano l'esotismo dello spettacolo.

Pare che Buffalo Bill sparasse utilizzando la tecnica Fanning. La leggenda americana dice che si allenasse spesso mettendosi 7-8 metri davanti a un grande melo del suo cortile, con l'arma nella fondina. Quando era pronto, estraeva e esplodeva due colpi in rapida successione: il primo tagliava il picciolo di una mela e il secondo la centrava pochi centimetri sotto mentre, recisa, stava cadendo.

Fra i protagonisti dello spettacolo, al quale partecipavano veri cowboy e nativi americani, ci furono il leggendario capo sioux Toro Seduto, Calamity Jane e Alce Nero. Fu un successo negli Stati Uniti e in Europa per più di vent'anni e fu una delle attrazioni principali a Londra durante il Giubileo d'Oro della regina Vittoria nel 1889 e all'Esposizione Mondiale di Chicago del 1893.

Buffalo Bill morì nel 1917, all'età di 70 anni, e venne seppellito su sua richiesta sulla Lookout Mountain in Colorado, a est della città di Denver. Qualche tempo prima di morire si era convertito al cattolicesimo e nel 1890 aveva incontrato il papa Leone XIII.

Fu membro della massoneria.

Nel 1890, pur ormai affermato showman di fama internazionale, partecipò, col grado di colonnello, alle operazioni militari contro i Sioux che aveva già combattuto nel 1876. Nel 1906 ritornò a esibirsi in Italia, fermandosi tra le altre città a Torino; in quell'occasione il conte Eugenio Veritas, cantastorie cieco, scrisse la celebre canzone popolare piemontese Buffalo Bill a Torino. I giornali italiani riportarono alcuni dettagli sulla troupe circense: secondo La Stampa, gli indiani erano in parte cattolici e l'Istituto delle missioni cattoliche di Roma aveva provveduto alle loro cure religiose incaricandone padre Strikland, della casa dei Gesuiti di Fiesole.

Le tournée italiane
Fece spettacoli anche in alcune città italiane, tra cui Napoli, Torino, Genova, Alessandria, Udine, Milano, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Bologna, Firenze, Arezzo, Terni, Perugia, Cremona, Trieste (al tempo austriaca) e Roma, dove l'8 marzo 1890 perse la celebre sfida nella doma di puledri contro i butteri di Cisterna capitanati dal cisternese Augusto Imperiali.
 26/01-17/02/1890 Napoli • 20/02-9/03/1890 Roma • 12-20/03/1890 Firenze • 23-30/03/1890 Bologna • 2-13/04/1890 Milano • 14-16/04/1890 Venezia
 14-16/03/1906 Genova • 17/03/1906 La Spezia • 18-20/03/1906 Livorno • 22-28/03/1906 Roma • 29/03/1906 Terni • 30/03/1906 Perugia • 31/03/1906 Arezzo • 1-3/04/1906 Firenze • 4/04/1906 Pisa • 05/04/1906 Parma • 6-7/04/1906 Modena  • 8/04/1906 Bologna • 9/04/1906 Forlì • 10/04/1906 Ancona • 11/04/1906 Rimini • 12/04/1906 Ravenna • 13/04/1996 Ferrara • 14/04/1906 Padova • 15-16/04/1906 Verona • 17/04/1906 Mantova • 18/04/1906 Cremona • 19/04/1906 Piacenza • 20/04/1906 Pavia • 21/04/1906 Alessandria • 22-26/04/1906 Torino • 27/04/1906 Asti • 28/04/1906 Novara • 29/04/1906 Como • 30/04-5/05/1906 Milano • 7/05/1906 Bergamo • 8/05/1906 Brescia • 9/05/1906 Vicenza • 10/05/1906 Treviso • 11/05/1906 Udine • 12/05/1906 Trieste

Impatto culturale

I "precursori"
Secondo alcune fonti, tra cui quella del naturalista e letterato Martin Garretson, dai primi dell'Ottocento fino al successo di William Cody, almeno svariate dozzine di cacciatori di bisonti, si soprannominarono da soli o vennero ribattezzati da altri, con il nomignolo di Buffalo Bill ("Bill dei Bisonti"), per ricordare qualche loro particolare prodezza nella caccia; ma la definizione era ritenuta così importante che ognuno di loro pretendeva di essere l'unico a poter portare il nuovo nome e spesso polemizzava con gli altri Buffalo Bill, ritenendoli degli impostori.

Oltre al celeberrimo William Cody, il naturalista Martin Garretson segnalò un primo precedente significativo Buffalo Bill, dal nome William Matthewson di professione commerciante, che si distinse nel 1860, non tanto per l'uccisione di centinaia di capi in una sola caccia, quanto per la distribuzione della carne che fece presso i coloni del Kansas, stremati da una terribile carestia, i quali per riconoscenza lo omaggiarono con quel soprannome.

Di natura pacifica e modesta, Matthewson non volle approfittare di questo momento di popolarità, e si ritirò a vita privata, nella città di Wichita, e in questo modo il titolo di Buffalo Bill spettò poi ad altri cacciatori.

Cinema

Molte le pellicole americane che lo vedono protagonista o che si ispirano alle sue gesta in maniera più o meno dichiarata: La conquista del West di Cecil B. DeMille (1936) con Gary Cooper, Buffalo Bill (1944) di William A. Wellman, Buffalo Bill e gli indiani (1976) di Robert Altman, interpretato da Paul Newman. Il personaggio di Buffalo Bill appare anche in Anna prendi il fucile (Annie Get Your Gun), un film musicale del 1950 diretto da George Sidney. Una delle ultime apparizioni risale al 2004, nel film Oceano di fuoco - Hidalgo, dove l'attore J. K. Simmons interpreta il cowboy e datore di lavoro di Frank Hopkins, il protagonista del film interpretato da Viggo Mortensen.

In Italia, nel 1949, venne realizzata dal regista Giuseppe Accatino la pellicola Buffalo Bill a Roma, probabilmente primo esempio di western all'italiana, dedicato alla reale sfida che aveva visto Cody e il suo circo soccombere contro la ormai mitica rappresentanza di butteri laziali. Nel 1976, Marco Ferreri riprenderà il personaggio di Buffalo Bill in Non toccare la donna bianca facendolo interpretare da un ironico e dissacratore Michel Piccoli.

Musica
Il cantautore Francesco De Gregori nel 1976 ha intitolato il suo quinto album Bufalo Bill. La canzone Bufalo Bill racconta le atmosfere e alcuni riferimenti biografici, presentando il celebre cacciatore e attore statunitense come un messia dai falsi valori della ricchezza, potere e apparenza.

Una sua foto all'età di 19 anni è la copertina dell'album Goblin di Tyler, the Creator.

Onorificenze

La Medal of Honor gli venne revocata nel 1917 e riconfermata nel 1989.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Centro dell'ovest Buffalo Bill
 Bison bison
 West
 George Armstrong Custer
 Guerre indiane
 Nativi americani
 Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Buffalo Bill
Massoni

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I installed Vista Ultimate x64 on my Lenovo X200 Tablet.
But there is a strange problem with the fingerprint reader. In Windows, the fpr works fine.
But i also want to use it from the bios. So that i don't have to enter a password.
So i enabled this features in the fingerprint software under windows and added some fingerprints for startup.
But it do not work. The X200 is from booting up only aksing for password! No message about fingerprint.
In Bios, predesktop authentification is enabled.
Is there anything i could do?
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The x64 Version of F´ingerprint Reader is unable to set this. If I installa a 32-Bit Version and 32-Bit Version of Fingerprint Reader. i am able to get the FPR working from Bios.
Is there any Solution for an x64 system available? Getting the same problem after disabling the bios password after the bios upgrade to 3.0 with the not-booting-problem. Since then i cant enable Fingerprint boot.
I'm having the same problem with the Vista X64. I was going to try to install the 32-bit version of the fingerprint software, but it refuses to install on a 64-bit system. I spent the last two days on the phone with Lenovo, and after elevating my case to engineering, they were still unable to help me. The best thing they could do is tell me to reinstall windows. In fact, they said they have never heard of this problem before. I guess nobody reads the forums.
I would have thought there would at least be some sort of firmware update for the fingerprint reader like there has been in the past. In fact, it appears the fingerprint reader uses USB as it's interface. I wonder if it is something with the BIOS recognizing USB devices at startup... If anybody has a solution, it would be great to hear.
EDIT: I installed a 32-bit version of vista on a spare hard disk with the 32-bit version of the fingerprint reader software, and behold it worked without a problem. Not exactly an ideal solution, but it works... now it would be much easier if Lenovo just fixed it.
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