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Monza: McLaren lead early
Autoracing1 September 11, 2009
Sebastian Vettel found the funny side of his championship handicap on Friday as his rivals sped around the Monza circuit in Friday morning practice.
Because he is running out of his season's allocation of eight Renault power plants, the Red Bull driver is severely limiting his practice mileage prior to grands prix.
At Monza his mere 8 timed laps, nearly 20 laps below the average, left him two seconds and 17 places behind the pace set by the KERS-equipped McLarens.
But to show he is at least keeping occupied, the German sat at the back of his garage alternatively reading a novel, penciling answers into a crossword and playing the numbers puzzle Sudoku.
"Some of that is for the benefit of the reporters here," team boss Christian Horner told the BBC. "He's got a wicked sense of humor — you'll have to hear his Kimi Raikkonen impression one day."
The session was also less than ideal for championship leader Jenson Button, seventh fastest and with some burning damage at the rear of his car following a flash fire.
Even the pacesetter Lewis Hamilton had a slight issue when the fuel flap fell off his Mercedes-powered car.
Giancarlo Fisichella was near the bottom of the times for much of his first session in a Ferrari, but ultimately he slipped even in front of the sister F60 to take eighth place.
Tonio Liuzzi also had a tidy debut in the Force India, but he was off the pace of his teammate Adrian Sutil who was beaten for pace only by the McLarens.
The slowest cars in practice were the inconsistent Toyotas, and Timo Glock had the most notable incident when he bounced and spun over the chicane's new high curbs.
Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.936 +0.000 26
2. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.332 +0.396 27
3. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:24.471 +0.535 24
4. Alonso Renault 1:24.477 +0.541 21
5. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 1:24.683 +0.747 25
6. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:24.703 +0.767 35
7. Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:24.706 +0.770 21
8. Fisichella Ferrari 1:24.732 +0.796 24
9. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:24.759 +0.823 19
10. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:24.761 +0.825 26
11. Kubica BMW-Sauber 1:24.813 +0.877 20
12. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:24.826 +0.890 24
13. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:24.927 +0.991 29
14. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:25.150 +1.214 28
15. Grosjean Renault 1:25.612 +1.676 18
16. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:25.689 +1.753 29
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:25.742 +1.806 30
18. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:25.951 +2.015 8
19. Trulli Toyota 1:26.020 +2.084 23
20. Glock Toyota 1:26.325 +2.389 17
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Born and raised in the Washington D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia, Greg was brought up in a musical household. The son of a trumpet playing father and clarinet playing mother, he began playing saxophone at age nine. A graduate of Louisiana State University's School of Music, Greg was a founding member of the Red Stick Saxophone Quartet, a featured ensemble at LSU's 54th annual Festival of Contemporary Music.
After moving to Los Angeles in 2004, Greg joined the engineering staff at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions. It was here that he honed his mixing, recording, and editing skills on numerous film scores, including "The Da Vinci Code," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and "The Dark Knight."
In 2009, Greg joined James Newton Howard's studio, where he assisted in the Josh Groban album "Illuminations," produced by Rick Rubin, M. Night Shyamalan's "Avatar: The Last Airbender," and "Salt," directed by Phillip Noyce. Later that year and ready to utilize his invaluable engineering experience in the editorial world, Greg began his freelance music editing career. Working in both feature film and television, Greg enjoys the challenges presented by both worlds.
Greg lives in Atwater Village, where you'll find him tending his collection of bonsai trees.
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A number of non-fiction books edited and compiled by Patrick J Gallagher are available through Amazon.
They cover a variety of unusual topics, presented via the original newspaper accounts of the time. Included are titles on the Loch Ness Monster, poltergeists, and a little-known serial killer who was at work in 19th Century London at the same time as the infamous Jack the Ripper.
Still in the early stages of development, there's currently only one available podcast title.
HAK - Pod Squad Australia is devoted to the murder mystery subscription game Hunt A Killer. Each episode Pat, Silvana and Anna (and the occasional guest) discuss theories surrounding that month's subscription package. To fill in the time between the monthly packages, they'll also discuss various real-life unsolved murders from the past.
The Nerd Gamers Australia YouTube channel covers reviews and unboxings of various board games.
Join PapaNerd, Dogbox, Sarah, Gobbo and the rest of the Nerds for your board game review fix.
As a hobby photographer, I like to try to capture out-of-the-way or forgotten places around the country.
My involvement with local theatre also means I occassionally get called on to take promotional photos for various theatrical productions.


This paper reports new results on multi/hyper-spectral IR detectors based on GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum well (MQW) materials. The wavelength tuned quantum-well IR photodetectors are obtained by patterning three-dimensional diffractive resonant optical cavities into the MQW structures. Control of the peak wavelength within the absorption band of the MQW material is achieved by adjusting the optical cavity dimensions. This approach enables highly effective optical coupling into the MQW material, produces narrow spectral response, improved detector quantum efficiency (QE) and reduced dark currents. Results are reported on the performance of multispectral detectors that are designed to operate in the 8-14 μm spectral band. Spectrally broadened MQW material absorption is achieved by engineering a triple coupled quantum well design that produces absorption bands with full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than or equal to 3 μm. Two back-to-back MQW stacks have been employed to achieve spectral coverage in the range of 8-14 μm. As many as 52 different detector designs were fabricated on a single chip with 32x64 pixels. The spectrally tuned multispectral detector arrays exhibit excellent spectral dispersion and spectral response FWHM as narrow as ~ 0.4 μm at 8.5 μm peak wavelength. The detectors exhibit QE values in the range of 15-50%. The background limited detectivity measured at 40 K with a 295 K background and f/2.5 is in the range of (0.8-1.5)x1011 cm-Hz0.5/W. These high performance QWIPs are the first multispectral detectors fabricated over the 8-14 μm wavelength band.


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Michael Patra to be new Deputy Governor of RBI
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Michael Debabrata Patra has been appointed as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor.
His appointment is for three years, according to a statement issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). The post fell vacant after Viral Acharya resigned on July 23 last year.
As Executive Director of the central bank, he was heading the monetary policy department. With Patra's appointment, the RBI now has four deputy governors.
He is likely to retain the monetary policy department, which was handled by Acharya, as the deputy governor.
Patra is a career central banker and has worked in various other departments, including in the Department of Economic Analysis and Policy in charge of international finance, money and banking.
He joined the RBI in 1985 and was Senior Advisor to India's Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (ANI)
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It's Madness
It's March, which may seem consequential for things like daylight savings time (unless you live in Saskatchewan), something or other about an equinox, or even, perhaps, the fact that March is the best month to have a birthday (I may be biased). But, my birthday notwithstanding, these are all wrong. March is March because March is March Madness.
What is March Madness? You might ask, as you realize something incredibly important has passed you by every spring and lean in closer to learn what could possibly be better than the celestial alignment of the Earth with the sun returning daylight, and therefore, meaning, to your life. Well, dear neophyte, March Madness is the drama, the pathos, the excitement you didn't know you were desperately missing. If you ever wondered if you were lacking in unhealthy attachments, the answer is a definitive yes.
Let me explain: every year the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) holds a Division I basketball tournament for men and women's basketball. I say women's basketball, but unfortunately, I'm really just referring to the men's side. Like in most things, the women's side is largely shunted into obscurity, relegated to secondary network channels. But the gendered politics of sport are for another time. Anyway, this tournament is called March Madness. To win March Madness, your team must be perfect. Sixty-eight teams are invited to play, then seeded (ranked) to determine who they play in the first round in their respective conferences (East, West, Midwest and South). Top-seeded teams play lower-seeded teams in early rounds to make sure better teams make it to the finals. It's a single elimination tournament. You lose once and you're out. Naturally this leads to enjoyable upsets and Cinderella stories when lower-seeded teams go on a hot streak and knock out tournament favourites — here's looking at you Wisconsin. You don't need to know anything about college basketball to get unhealthily invested in this tournament , although it helps. But, you can get caught up on long-standing grudges, the teams everyone hates (everyone hates Duke, if Duke wins, everyone loses. Thankfully, Duke has already been eliminated) and players to watch, pretty quickly.
And now you're asking why — why does this matter at all, you're reading stuff from Navigator not TSN or ESPN. Here's why: the other fun part of March Madness — I would argue it's as fun as actually watching the games themselves — is reading the coverage. Because this tournament is elimination, because the players are incredibly young (I mean kids, I mean born in the late 90s, I mean really young, okay), because they still have to go to CLASS the day after a devastating loss (again, Duke), March Madness is as much about the storylines, the narratives that get developed, as it is about the basketball. Let's all bask in the glory of exciting long-form sports journalism. And also, because the NCAA is actually pretty evil and all of these kids are exploited under the guise of amateur sports. See? Drama.
The entire NCAA hinges on the fact that athletes are 'student-athletes'. The hyphen is very important because it lets the NCAA determine that intercollegiate sports are 'avocational', aka not a job, aka, you shouldn't get paid. Which would be fine if we were operating in a world where the righteousness of sport and opportunity was what this was all about and not the fact that the commercialization of college sport has led to a billion-dollar industry. March Madness alone is expected to rake in $900 million for 2017 in revenue. Conferences get some of this payout, and the conferences are supposed to divide the money amongst their schools, but they have to cover the expenses of the tournament as well. There's a lot of accounting and explaining away that happens with the NCAA and its profits (also the fact that it's considered a nonprofit), but none of it goes to the players. There's also a lot of criticism about a model that relies on players whose scholarships (which only account for about 5-7% of the revenue) can be revoked if they're injured and includes players complaining about being unable to afford food when the NCAA is raking in the dollars. Coaches also make an obscene amount of money, bringing in between $2-$6 million a year. On top of that, according to the NCCA's own stats, the likelihood of playing pro basketball is 1.1%, leading many to question the 'student' part of 'student-athlete', saying NCAA players receive inflated grades to ensure eligibility, and because quite frankly, many don't have time to compete in both an incredibly demanding athletic program and academics.
Now let's go back to the coverage. Besides diving into the actual games, each March, you can delve into the intricacies of the funding models and see how the NCAA keeps trying to spin itself out of the annual exploitation muck. The NCAA reflects the world we live in, and there is a racialized element to this whole thing, that is pointed out more and more frequently. The vast majority of the top brass of the NCAA are old white men and NCAA players are predominantly young black men, and that's not just an optics thing, it can also play out in people's attitudes on paying these players.
Plus, there's the fact that many of these kids are living their glory days right in front of you, in front of an audience. Although we all know meritocracies don't exist anymore, sometimes it really feels like they do when some freshman showcases undeniable and promising talent and is instrumental in taking his team to the Sweet Sixteen. So all things considered, dreams are actually being made and broken here, and March 19, the first Sunday of the tournament, was the most-watched first Sunday in 24 years. The stakes on this thing are ratcheted up to 12, and I haven't even talked about the gambling. Fans create tournament brackets predicting winners for each round, and bet on the outcome. For 2017, The American Gaming Association expects Americans to bet $10.4 billion on March Madness.
Those of us who are fans are complicit in this whole exploitation factor, and to be clear, I'm not advocating for the exploitation even if I can't seem to remove myself. My point is that the NCAA makes you care and it makes you care a lot. My point is that the more I know about the sketchy structure of this whole thing, the more I care about these players. My point is that I have a hard time watching a 6'11 ambidextrous German teen single-handedly dismantle the defence of one my final four picks and not read everything about him.
My point is that if you want to see seven different layers of how a story can get told and how far it can go, and how quickly the tides can change for or against you in the span of three weeks, how unlikely teams and players rise to the top and how old storylines (Tom! Izzo! In! March!) get rehashed whenever it's appropriate to rehash them, then follow the tournament. My point is this is both terrible and great, it's sometimes serious and sometimes incredibly ridiculous and funny. My point is that this is every kind of coverage all rolled into one month.
Look, I'm not saying this is going to revolutionize your communications or reinvent the way you do business, but this is a real-life sports movie that plays out every year. Let it wash over you and accept that yes, you can in fact care this much about a nineteen-year-old from Bentonville Arkansas (where??) for reasons as arbitrary as the fact that he wears your old jersey number to ones as concrete as the fact that 95 per cent of the time he wants to win more than anyone else on the floor. I'm saying accept that it's March, and accept that it's Madness, and read all about it.


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The Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association.  The "Central" played inter-league games with the Empire Junior "C" League.  The champion of the Central competed for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup.  The league is now a division in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

History

In 1970, the Suburban Junior C Hockey League divided into two leagues.  Most of the westerly teams formed the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League, while most of the easterly teams formed the Central Lakeshore Junior C League.  In 1972, the Eastern Junior B Hockey League was also divided up, half to the Metro Junior B Hockey League and the other half to the Central League.  With this, the Eastern Junior C Loop became the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League, the Central League's main territorial rival until 1986.

In 1986, the Quinte-St. Lawrence League folded.  The Wellington Dukes fled to the Central League and the Gananoque Islanders joined the Ottawa District Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League.

With a plethora of major towns in the league: Trenton, Ajax, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Lindsay, Cobourg, and the retirement community-backed Wellington Dukes; the Central Junior B Hockey League absorbed many of these franchises over the course of a couple years in their run to Junior A status—obtained in 1993.

Since losing half of their teams, the Central Ontario League has survived with the likes of Georgina, Lakefield, Little Britain, Port Perry, and Uxbridge.  A sixth team has failed to stick in most cases, in towns like Bobcaygeon and Madoc.  Due to retraction in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, the Bowmanville Eagles have returned in 2011 in the form of the Clarington Eagles but Ajax remains unserviced after their team left Junior A, both having folded in 2010.

Following the 2015-16 seasons the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League amalgamated with the other southern Ontario junior "C" hockey leagues and became a division within the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

The teams

2015-2016 league playoffs
For the Ontario Hockey Association "All-Ontario Jr. "C" Championship", please go to the Clarence Schmalz Cup.

Cougar Cup champions

Regular season champions

Former member teams
 Ajax Axemen
 Bobcaygeon Bullets
 Bowmanville Eagles
 Brighton Bruins
 Cobourg Cougars
 Lindsay Muskies
 Madoc Hurricanes
 Port Hope Panthers
 Stouffville Clippers
 Trenton Golden Hawks
 Wellington Dukes

See also
 Provincial Junior Hockey League, for the PJHL Orr Division
 Clarence Schmalz Cup, for the Ontario Hockey Association All-Ontario Jr. "C" Championship

External links
 OHA Website

Ice hockey leagues in Ontario
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Mark Sauer hosts KPBS Roundtable, a lively discussion of the week's top stories. Local journalists join Sauer to provide insight into how these stories affect residents of the San Diego region.
Cross-border sewage, high-rise controversy and nuclear waste storage debate.
The story of SANDAG's faulty revenue projections has reached the investigation stage.
President Donald Trump's proposed budget has ramifications for San Diego.
Looking into the city's forgotten transparency law.
Getting something -- anything -- built on the Qualcomm site is a tough goal to reach.
Who is harmed the most by strict border enforcement?
Was the near-disaster in Oroville a result of negligence?
SANDAG staff kept quiet about their faulty revenue projections.
On Friday, Jan. 27, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order on immigration.
The number of homeless persons living on the streets has been growing for several months.
After 56 years in San Diego, the San Diego Chargers have left the building.


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For Sale at Auction: 1969 Shelby GT500 in Amelia Island, Florida
Chassis No. 9F03R480802
Arriving in 1968, the Shelby GT500 Convertible initially retained the 428 cu-in 'Police-Interceptor' V8 before being replaced mid-production with the monstrously-powerful 428 'Cobra Jet.' The addition of higher-flowing 427-style cylinder heads, an upgraded crankshaft and connecting rods, a larger 735-cfm Holley four-barrel carburetor, a ram-air induction system, and free-flowing intake and exhaust manifolds meant the engine now churned out an astonishing 410-horsepower (underrated by Ford at 335-horsepower). Quicker in a straight line than the race-bred GT350, the availability of a convertible and a lengthy list of creature comforts including an automatic transmission, AM/FM stereo, and a functional rear seat suggested that the GT500 was also the Shelby for the street.
In 1969, Ford moved Shelby production to Dearborn, Michigan and redesigned the Mustang with Carroll Shelby's input. The notably restyled GT500 followed suit, with an elongated fiberglass front end and a full-length, recessed grill encompassing dual fog and headlights, among many other cosmetic upgrades. The rear remained dominated by the sequential tail lights borrowed from the Ford Thunderbird, while the distinctive integrated roll bar featured special clips rumored to help secure a surfboard. Aggressive new air vents in the hood and on each of the front fenders rounded out the updates for the Shelby's production run, as the Ford-Shelby partnership came to an end in the summer of 1969 after building a total of just 244 GT500 convertibles that year.
This GT500 Convertible is documented by its accompanying Marti Report as having been completed on 30 January 1969 and finished in Black Jade with contrasting white side stripes, a white power-operated top, and white Clarion-knit upholstery. The Shelby was equipped with the coveted 428 cu-in 'Cobra Jet' V8 mated to a heavy-duty 'C-6 Cruise-O-Matic' automatic transmission. Additional factory options included: Traction-Lok differential, power steering, power front disc brakes, optional axle ratio, 'GT Equipment Group,' 'Interior Decor Group-Deluxe,' color-keyed racing mirrors, Philco AM radio, deluxe seat belts with warning light, tachometer, and trip odometer.
This highly original GT500 has been a member of the current owner's collection for over a dozen years, enjoying a prominent place in his private, climate-controlled museum. Today, much of the exterior finish is still factory original with the exception of the hood which was repainted at some point in its life, while the upholstery, chrome, and convertible top remain completely original and in remarkable condition. Offered with its factory space-saving spare wheel, jack, and boot cover, this low-mileage, exceptionally preserved Shelby GT500 is undoubtedly one of the best examples extant.
1969 Shelby GT500
Location:Amelia Island, Florida
Make:Shelby
Model:GT500
Stock Number:AM23_028
VIN:9F03R480802


It's easy to dismiss the Lumia 620 as yet another cheaply-priced smartphone, but that isn't the case. In fact, Nokia's latest release made me completely rethink Windows Phone. Sure, the mobile OS lacks the app selection of its rivals, but maybe I didn't need them to begin with. Maybe I didn't need the same processor found in rival Android devices to run an OS that's generally much lighter and more direct. Perhaps Nokia thought the same thing, because in reading over the Lumia 620's spec sheet, there's a lot of decidedly low-to-middleweight hardware. But it's hundreds of dollars less than the Lumia 920 and once I got my hands on it, I realized this was the Windows Phone I had been waiting for.
Nokia needs a success. So does Microsoft -- it's been three years to the day since Windows Phone 7 was first announced. Since then, we've seen Nokia transplant its ill-fated N9 into the stylish Lumia 800; then the bigger (and not as slick) Lumia 900 tried to crack America. On the sidelines, second-string Lumias like the 710 or the 610 arrived to antipathy. They lacked the design punch, build quality (and colors!) of the high-end iterations. Then late in 2012, Windows Phone 8 arrived and the pocket-straining Lumia 920 was unfortunately pitted against the Galaxy S III and the iPhone 5. An operating system that still had to prove itself was now going up against Android's and iOS' strongest players and on a two-year contract, to boot! That's a deep bet to make on a fledgling, niche OS.The Lumia 920 attempted to play on its strengths (like admittedly superb low-light photos and an enhanced touchscreen) to warrant the premium, but it doesn't quite hit home for me.Dropping any price-tag pretension, it's the Lumia 620 that is Nokia's most compelling Windows Phone to date.


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I used to believe that I was destined for great things in life. That I would likely do something important and big and amazing.
[...] I think that I've felt an odd discontent lately. Something I've been unable to really pin down. In many ways, I've been more relaxed, more comfortable. And yet. . . a restlessness, a stirring.
I want to find that destiny, I want to fulfill it. I want to do something that matters, something important.
And I guess I'm re-evaluating what that is.
I don't think it will ever be big, or splashy, or even really note-worthy. But if I can do better in the little things . . . won't that have the greatest impact?
I've been happier and more fulfilled with Gwen then I can explain, but at the same time... I've felt so off lately. There is so much I want to do, but I don't know where to start or how to accomplish these things. Especially now when the most important thing in my life is raising my little girl. I don't want to take time away from her right now to go back to school (not that we have the money for that anyway), to train for something physical (not that I have the extra energy for that!), etc.
Eventually I'll figure out how to become greener in a way that fits with our life, how to find fulfillment in my job... and maybe even transform it into a career, how to get my body back to something that feels fit and healthy. For know, I guess I just have to keep telling myself that I'm trying my hardest, and for now that is good enough.
Even though it doesn't feel good enough.
To end on a nicer note, here are some cute pictures of Trav and Gwen playing this weekend.
The rest of our weekend was lazy. Sunday we did almost nothing... a quick shopping trip just to get out. Monday we went to the Pop Shop, just over the bridge in NJ. They have dozens of grilled cheeses, real soda made from syrup, breakfast all day, and tons of other great stuff. I got the Edison grilled cheese. Mmm.... so good. Otherwise, it was all about staying cool.
And on that note, I'm going to bed in our air conditioned bedroom... night all.


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U.S. Eighth Circuit
8th Cir. Will Hear Expedited Same-Sex Marriage Appeals
By Mark Wilson, Esq. on February 04, 2015 12:37 PM
In what The Associated Press called "a surprise," the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals announced that it would hear same-sex marriage appeals from South Dakota, Arkansas, and Missouri in a consolidated oral argument held the week of May 11 in Omaha, Nebraska.
The court agreed not only to consolidate all the cases, but to expedite the appeals. The court's ruling will definitely be influenced by the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in the Sixth Circuit same-sex marriage cases, which it will hear some time this term.
Speed This Up
In November, federal district judges in two of the three states had already determined that state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, in addition to numerous state courts that had also determined the state laws were unconstitutional. South Dakota's same-sex marriage ban was struck down just weeks ago in January. All three orders were stayed pending final disposition at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley pushed for the expedited schedule, saying that the Eighth Circuit needs to have an opinion on the books before the U.S. Supreme Court, just in case the High Court issues a narrow opinion that doesn't address all possible same-sex marriage issues, the AP reported.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over gay marriage in April and, if it's anything like U.S. v. Windsor, that opinion will be the very last one the Court issues before the justices head off for summer vacation at the end of June.
An Opinion That Fast?
It's unlikely the Eighth Circuit will have an opinion inside of two months, but it happened at the Seventh Circuit, which determined Wisconsin and Indiana's bans weren't legal only nine days after oral argument.
There's also very little that same-sex marriage opponents could argue that we haven't heard before: Baker v. Nelson, the state interest in encouraging children to be born, and raising children in heterosexual households have all been thoroughly rebuffed at every level of state and federal court (well, almost every level of federal court).
The Eighth Circuit would be forgiven for having a draft opinion already prepared by the time oral arguments came around, as the California courts of appeal do. Every argument in favor of same-sex marriage has so far been the same, as has every argument against. The Eighth Circuit doesn't need to take very much time write an opinion, but we'll just have to wait and see what it comes up with.
Federal Court Won't Stay Ala. Same-Sex Marriage Ruling (USA Today)
'I Think We Just Recognized Gay Marriage,' Lawmaker Says After Amendment to Gun Permit Bill (Omaha World-Herald)
Throwback Thursday: Did 8th Cir. Already Rule on Gay Marriage Bans? (FindLaw's U.S. Eighth Circuit Blog)
#ShowMeMarriage: Court Strikes SSM Ban; Mo. Reluctantly Appeals (FindLaw's U.S. Eighth Circuit Blog)


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We require an enthusiastic teacher to join our dedicated English Department and teacher across the 11-16 age range. Scalby School enjoys an excellent reputation and is heavily over-subscribed as a result.
Completed forms should be returned by email to Mrs Cindy Brooke at c.brooke@scalbyschool.org.uk by 12:00 noon on Monday 29th April 2019. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 8th May 2019 The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the DBS and will also be checked for any prohibition from teaching using the NCTL's Teacher Services website.
Completed forms should be returned by email to Mrs Cindy Brooke at c.brooke@scalbyschool.org.uk by 12:00 p.m. on Monday 6th May 2019. Interview date. To be confirmed. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the DBS.
We require an enthusiastic teacher to join our dedicated PE Department and teacher across the 11-16 age range. Scalby School enjoys an excellent reputation and is heavily over-subscribed as a result.
Completed forms should be returned by email to Mrs Cindy Brooke at c.brooke@scalbyschool.org.uk by 12:00 noon. On Monday 29th April 2019 Interviews will be held on Tuesday 7th May 2019. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the DBS and will also be checked for any prohibition from teaching using the NCTL's Teacher Services website.


The question has been asked as to whether the Socialist Rule of society ("From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs") was, in essence, a vision that is equivalent to the Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.). The answer is "no." It is, however, a very good question that requires some thought.
There is a fundamental difference between the two Rules which is evident immediately. The Golden Rule is a direction to individuals on how to live. The Golden Rule is a requirement for me to obey, not for me to impose on anyone else. The Golden Rule has no government context at all. It is a direction to free agents to act in a manner consistent with the commands of God. Under the Golden Rule, I must do for others as I would have them do for me. I must live under the Golden Rule without any expectations being placed on anyone else. I have no right, under the Golden Rule, to expect anyone else to do anything for me, I only have a duty to do for them. I cannot, under the Golden Rule, ever take what is someone else's unless I would allow (and actually desire) them to take from me whatever they want to take from me. I must be generous without ever being demanding. I must share with all and demand from none.
The Socialist Rule, by contrast, is entirely a statement of what to expect from others. It is a directive to government (or the state or society) as to how people ought to give to the government or receive from the government. The Socialist Rule begins as a demand from someone to give. "From each according to his abilities." In the Socialist Rule system, we begin not as free agents serving in love, but as servants being commanded. For example, "from each according to his abilities" means that someone must decide what my abilities are and that they would have the right to require me to work in whatever would match my abilities. If the state thinks I would be best as a lawyer, then I must be a lawyer. If the state believes my abilities are best used as a ditch digger, then I must be a ditch digger. My abilities are to be determined by them and I must live by that determination. I have no free agency in this case. It is not "from each according to his love" or "from each according to his desire," but "from each according to his abilities." If the state decides my ability is to be a great tennis player, then I must be a tennis player, even if I hate tennis and would prefer to work among the sick. I cannot choose to do something else, something that is less than my abilities allows in the mind of the authority, without violating the rule.
Secondly, it requires that I be given only what I need. "To each according to his needs" requires that a decision be made about what are my "needs." The person to whom the Socialist Rule is given is to decide what I need and to give me only what I need. The Golden Rule, by contrast, requires its hearer to give me not what he thinks I need, but what he himself would prefer in my place. He is to love me, not just feed me. The Socialist Rule may decide that I "need" only a small apartment and that my neighbor needs a dacha in the woods. In such a case, it must give him a dacha in the woods and give me a small apartment. Under the Golden Rule, I may receive great kindnesses far beyond my needs, but under the Socialist Rule, any such kindness would be deemed to be sin, as someone else would be giving me what is his own "need" and therefore violating the Rule.
The Socialist Rule presupposes a government (or some authority) which has the right to demand from others (from each according to his abilities) and apportion to others (to each according to his needs). The Golden Rule supposes an individual making daily determinations of love for those around him. He will often do something that is not within his best abilities or keep less than is within his needs, both of which would be sin under the Socialist Rule.
The Golden Rule is a rule for individuals who live freely under the God of all things, serving Him by serving others. They do what is best for others, not themselves. They give what is best for others, not based on need but on love.
The Socialist Rule is a rule for government, under which freedom is replaced by "ability determinations" and under which rewards are neither from God nor from man, but based purely on needs.
The Golden Rule is a glorious standard for a relationship of love. The Socialist Rule is a mechanistic standard for imposition of duties and restrictions on possessions.
And, of course, I would note that the two cannot coexist. A man who is limited to working according to his "abilities" cannot choose to act in love if it requires him to do other than his abilities. A man who has only what he needs will be hard-pressed to provide to others any gift of love.
Finally, of course, we have seen that the Socialist Rule, where it is embraced, is a failure. The result, as we who hold to Christianity would expect, is that many do not act "according to their abilities" but according to their natural loves (for their children and family and friends) and assign tasks and jobs based on relationships, not abilities. We also see that they obtain goods not because of needs, but because of their desires (dachas, cars, servants). A mechanistic test applied in a manner not driven by love, but by abilities and needs, cannot work in a world of fallen man.
It is conceivable that a society built on the Golden Rule might, in many ways, be similar to a society built on the Socialist Rule, if the Socialist Rule is applied in a truly Communistic (scientific socialism) basis, where there is no government at all to make decisions about abilities and needs. But it is difficult to imagine how a society built on the Socialist Rule can be anything but an authoritarian society, given its command to "take" and to "give" from and to each individual. A society built on the Golden Rule can never be an authoritarian society because it denies that anyone has any authority over an individual's act of love.
Under the Golden Rule, my only authority is God. I give not according to my abilities (however we define it), but according to my love. I receive, from others, not according to my needs, but according to their love.
And God receives the glory.


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A Nix Cowboy Contemporary Review – Untouched by Maisey Yates (5 Stars)
Untouched by Maisey Yates
Series: Silver Creek #2
Published by Penguin Group US on 2014-01-21
Genres: Contemporary, Cowboys
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In the Silver Creek romance Unexpected, Cole Mitchell found love in the last place he ever thought to look. Now, in USA Today bestselling author Maisey Yates' newest novel, Cole's little sister Lark is determined to have her turn...
Having never left the family ranch, Lark Mitchell needs a little adventure—or at least a romance that isn't confined to the internet. Her older brothers Cole and Cade have always been too good at protecting her innocence, but even they can't stop her from taking a second job—where her boss just so happens to be the kind of bad boy she craves. Too bad he's also the one guy in Silver Creek she should never touch...
When Quinn Parker introduces himself, Lark tries to quit on the spot. Everyone knows Quinn was behind the accident that ended Cade's rodeo career. But when he holds her to her contract, she can't help wanting to get even closer. As she begins to see the man behind the gossip, she sees that not all of the things people say about him are true...even if there's plenty about this bad boy she has yet to discover.
FTC : I requested this book for a fair and honest review. I have no relationship with the author bar a couple of twitter exchanges; I just really wanted to read a contemporary cowboy book with a virgin heroine (and I loved the first in the series) 😀
I loved this book; the first in the series was sweet but the emotional depth of this one made it a real page turner. Lark was a fantastically feisty and strong heroine who was perfect fit for a damaged hero such as Quinn. The resulting love story is funny, heart-wrenching and just down-right swoon-worthy… I highly recommend.
Lark was the heart of this book and, for me, her character made the book as memorable as it was. Although she is introduced to us as the virginal misfit who spends more time on a computer than she does with people, she was surprising emotionally intelligent and strong-willed. She realizes quite quickly that Quinn is a) not responsible for the injury to her brother (there was much soul-searching before this decision was made) and b) a man she wants to be romantically involved with. I loved the way that she dealt with Quinn, trying to smooth his rougher edges with her own brand of persuasion and humor. She didn't allow him to be a complete git to her, but she understood why he kept trying to push her away. She gave and gave to him, expecting very little in return whilst remaining a strong, independent woman. I thought she was a fantastic heroine.
Quinn was a complete git for the majority of this book. Bet you didn't expect that did you?? Quinn is a truly damaged individual who has allowed others opinion of him to tarnish his self-worth and, because people expect him to behave like a git, he does. He brings Lark onto his ranch to get his own back on her brother (douche move), he refuses to bend to even try to compromise with Lark (another douche move) and, when he starts to push at her affection, he becomes an absolute arse. When he stops thinking, stops analyzing and just allows himself to be, he is bloody lovely. He is a truly lovely hero but the emotional damage he had mean't that his leading lady didn't have an easy time with him. Their story wasn't easy but it certainly wrenched at the heart-strings.
The sex scenes were pretty outstanding. Although our heroine is a virgin, she doesn't remain so for very long. The way that Quinn took care after that scene was one of the stand-out moments for me, really affirming my opinion of his true (very hidden) nature. From there on in, the sex is hot, heavy and frequent… just the way I like it 🙂
Special mention here to the side characters Jill and Sam who work with Quinn. These two characters work on their marriage throughout the book, showing that real love takes work and commitment. I loved their story 🙂
This book was funny, heart-wrenching and heart-warming. With a fantastic heroine and a grumpy cowboy with emotional damage, I was suckered in from the first mention of a stetson. On the strength of this book I will be carrying on with the series…I loved it!


I haven't heard of anyone contacted yet, but someone told me that all 20 finalists have been chosen and notified already.
I do not see my sons picture on line, was it looked at yet?
You can't see the pictures online anymore, once the submission phase ended. Not all of the pics made it in the gallery- only the 200 most recent. Even if you couldn't see it, it was still submitted.
I thought we could start voting today. Does anyone know where?
Voting starts on December 8.
I deleted all my spam mail. What if my kids were finalist and I did not reply? Please let me know ASAP or call me.
I usually dont answer calls if I dont recognize the number. Would we be contacted any other way. Also would I have been contacted by now?????
I also entered my 3 almost 4yr old in the competition. The only way that i was able to view his pictures was if I went directly to the site, put in the age group and then at the top entered my email address, then my sons pics were able to be seen. Because he was never in the actual "Gallery" does that mean he was not good enough? my son is strictly all GAP;its the only clothing brand he wears. I was just so excited when I entered him and now I do not know what to think at all. Did they ever yet show the finalists or has anyone been contacted? And also, do you feel that your child would have a better chance if they went to the mall free picture shoots that they held?I'm so sorry that I am filled with so many questions but I do not have any expierence with these type of events. if anyone has the time and could answer at least a few of my questions that would be so helpful. thanks for everyones time.
All of the finalists were contacted already. They are flying to San Francisco today for the finalist photo shoot. Voting begins on December 8.
I also entered my three children. I never saw their pictures in the gallery however, it said that they were all successfully uploaded. I emailed the "contact us" to ask questions during the entry period and never got any response. I could only see my childrens pictures if I actually typed in my email address. At first I could only see one of my entries. It took weeks before I could see all their pictures. I still don't know why they never appeared on the gallery. At first I thought it was because in two pictures they had on licenced wear. My oldest had on a Hannah Montana shirt and you could see part of it and in the picture of youngest son he was holding his spiderman lunch box. But I saw alot of pictures of other kids in the gallery that had on licensed wear.
Never knew if my daughters pictures were received. I thought I had some great photo's, which showed much personality. Just curious as to why I never received anything after. Thanks.
I never saw pictures of my daughter in the "gallery" either. I Was a little disappointed in the whole process. I was not expecting anything, there were a TON of cute kids posted, but, would have liked better confirmation if my pictures were even reviewed. I don't think anyone should be disappointed, and true looks come with personality too. You can't tell that from a picture.
did anyone keep a copy of the gallery photos, if so, please let me know.
Did't you all realize it said "most recent pics" for the gallery?? There are TONS of pics being submitted. They only showed the most recent. There is no way they could show all of them!! If you searched your email and found your pics…then they were submitted.
My daughter was chosen as one of the 20 finalists in 2006 and she was one of 360,000 entries. They couldn't possibly have all of the photos listed in the gallery.
This year, after the first day I submitted, I could see all of my daughter's pictures only when I typed in my email address.
I put my childs photo on the site and i could only see her pic when i pulled up my email. Also where can we see the finalist?
Voting begins Monday, December 8. Click here for more info on the one and only finalist from the NYC area.
As long as you have info on Audrey posted, there's another finalist in the "Big Girl" category that would also appreciate your support! Please vote for Carly the redhead in the girl category – she's 6 and the only finalist from New England. Remember, you can vote once a day in each category between December 8 and December 21. Thanks!
More information about the finalists and behind the scenes photos over here.
PS Kara if you have a website, send it over.


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I had the honor of taking part in A Better Chicago's inaugural Education Summit this past week. The vibrant event convened business, civic and academic leaders to explore how philanthropy can accelerate change and deliver a world-class education to every Chicagoan. I participated on a panel discussing the high ROI of human capital. My fellow panelists included Michael Milkie, CEO and superintendent of Noble Network of Charter Schools; Melinda Spooner, partner of The Management Center; and Sarah Berghorst, Chicago executive director of OneGoal. The panel was moderated by Doug Scott, A Better Chicago's incoming president. In the audience were many of the region's most active philanthropic funders and leaders of social sector initiatives.
Doug opened our panel by asking the audience: "How many of you would say an organization's Talent is a top-three priority when considering whether to fund it?" Virtually every hand went up.
Why, then, has leadership development historically represented a mere one percent of overall foundation giving? Today's foundations are measuring and analyzing practically every aspect of their grantee programs in order to ensure that resources are being used to drive meaningful, efficient and timely impact. However, without the proper leaders in place, there is little chance that social sector organizations will ever realize their missions.
Michael explained how he and the other leaders of Noble were able to deploy strategic, long-term, instructional and administrative leadership development programs that have enabled them to grow from one small school in 1999 to nearly 20 schools and over 1200 employees today.
Melinda pointed out how often she's witnessed funders choosing to invest in tangible initiatives like strategic planning, yet how infrequently she's seen social sector organizations find philanthropic support for proper talent planning that aligns to organizational goals.
Sarah highlighted OneGoal's emphasis on "The Three P's": Process, Product and People. While OneGoal's use of dashboards has helped them to drive significant gains on Process and Product, they only recognize true success when their People are happy and engaged.
On the panel, I discussed how organizations and their funders can decide whether to invest in a formal search to fill an open position or groom their next leaders from within through talent and leadership development. I also contrasted my previous experience with talent recruitment in the financial sector to my current work in the social sector. Recruitment for social sector positions is far more challenging because of constraints like lower compensation, thinner human resources departments and a focus on double or triple bottom-line returns on investments in talent. I went on to share my perspective that the people and organizations providing essential funding to the social sector are typically much more interested in funding projects that will directly and immediately impact the communities that are being served, as opposed to making longer-term investments in the infrastructures of the organizations that are serving these communities.
I had some time to reflect after the panel had concluded. I thought about my classmates from my MBA program who sought out high paying positions after we graduated a decade ago. I made the decision to continue in the career that I had built to date within the executive search industry. There were many factors that led me to this decision, but chief among them was my belief that organizations are only as good as the talent that runs them. I still stand by that belief. This past week, along with the other folks on my panel, I had a chance to underscore a few ways that the social sector can think and act differently to elevate the great talent within it.


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This LGBTQ plus size pregnancy story is shared in an effort to give other couples in their shoes hope. This mom wishes to remain anonymous and we're honored to share her pregnancy journey.
I am currently 36 weeks pregnant. When people look at my family, they probably don't realize we fall in the LGBTQ spectrum, but we proudly do. Three years ago I met and fell in love with a masculine woman who was already the mother of a 13-year-old. We got married two years ago this May. Since then my wife came out as trans and is now my husband.
He has solely lived as a man for over a year and a half. Since he was always very masculine, being on testosterone has just made him look more like a CIS guy, and that is generally how others see us.
However, when we decided we wanted to expand our family, we obviously had to think outside the box.
I have a seven-year-old son that I conceived from a known donor while in college. After months of considering finding another donor, we choose to use my previous donor again.
Our original plan was to start trying the end of 2015, but my cycle was not regular enough. I tracked it for months, but could not find enough consistency to start doing at home inseminations. I, of course, became depressed and honestly thought maybe this isn't for us.
Fast forward to March of 2016, and my husband was like let's try again. Signed a new contract with my known donor and started to track. Quickly I noticed a little more consistency in my cycles, and we did our first at home (actually in the car) insemination in May.
I was sick for weeks and just knew I was pregnant, but of course 36 days later my cycle showed up. We had to keep trying but I felt crushed. It took me three months of home inseminations to conceive my seven-year-old.
Next, we tried in June, and this time my husband made me test. He just knew I was pregnant…I thought he was just excited like I was the month before, but that turned out to not be the case.
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My pre-pregnancy weight was 369. Of course the first doctor I went to see made a huge deal out of that. But I found a doctor that wanted nothing but the best for me, and we have had smooth sailing since.
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Vijaya Mulay (16 May 1921 – 19 May 2019) was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, writer, educationist and researcher.

She was lovingly called Akka in film circles. Her close friendships with Satyajit Ray, Louis Malle, Mrinal Sen and other film personalities gave her a unique perspective into Indian cinema and influenced her work. Her body of work has shaped how India is viewed by Indian and non-Indian filmmakers. She is the mother of National Award winning actor Suhasini Mulay and Atul Gurtu the high energy physicist is her son-in-law. Vijaya Mulay is remembered for her animation film Ek Anek Aur Ekta which won  the National Film Award for Best Educational Film.

Life and career
Vijaya Mulay was born in Bombay, India.

Bombay, Patna, Bihar

In 1940, Vijaya accompanied her husband when he was transferred to Patna, Bihar. Compared to the cosmopolitan Bombay the pre-independence Patna seemed to her like a place from another universe. But Patna University allowed women to study privately and Vijaya enrolled for a bachelor's degree.

English films were shown half price on Sunday mornings at the city theatres known as Bioscopes. Vijaya began her love affair with the medium and started grasping the idiom of cinema.

Patna to Leeds, UK

In 1946 she won a state scholarship to study in University of Leeds, UK for master's degree in Education.

While there, Vijaya realised that the ordinary Britisher was hardly like the English "Burra Saabs" (Great Masters) back in India.

From an interview with Vijaya Mulay on her days in the UK – I had gone to Britain, with an anti-colonial distaste for the British people and with the sole purpose of studying for my degree. I was on my guard, ready to take offence at the slightest insult or remark derogatory to me or to India, whether imagined or real. But I soon found out that the ordinary English people were hardly like the 'Burra Sahibs' that one saw back home.

On post-war cinema in UK – The Workers' Unity Theatre played to full houses. Films from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe ran often. I saw film classics, experimental films, and socialist cinema. I also gained a better perspective and understanding of the cinematic art by joining the university film society. Film viewing, once a casual pastime, became my serious passion.

1959: Satyajit Ray and India's first Film Society

Vijaya returned to Patna in 1949 and actively worked in the local film society. In 1954, she moved to New Delhi when Government of India appointed her as an Education Officer. Vijaya also found time to open Delhi Film Society and in 1959, eight film societies came together to form Federation of Film Societies of India with Satyajit Ray as the founding president and Vijaya Mulay and the critic Chidanand Das Gupta as joint secretaries.

After the passing away of Satyajit Ray, Vijaya was appointed the President of FFSI.

Film Censor Board of India, Louis Malle and The Tidal Bore

In 1962 Vijaya was deputed to Bombay to work at the Central Board of Film Certification.

From an interview with Vijaya Mulay – For five years I sat as the presiding officer with other four members from an approved panel that judged Indian and foreign films. It gave me an insight into the biases of panellists that coloured their judgement of a film's suitability for public viewing. My work with the Film Censor Board proved a mixed blessing. I had to see films that ordinarily I would have walked out of in sheer boredom.

In 1966 Vijaya was transferred to Calcutta and the following year Louis Malle came to the city with a French film delegation. When they met Malle had an instant dislike towards the woman censor officer. The dislike blossomed into a close friendship that lasted till Louis Malle's death in 1995.

Both Satyajit Ray and Louis Malle helped Vijaya in making her first film – 'The Tidal Bore' (about the 15 feet tidal bore coming from Bay of Bengal like a wall of water on the Hooghly River). Malle sent negative stock from France and Ray voiced the commentary.

Government of India selected 'The Tidal Bore' as the official entry to the Mannheim Film Festival. Later Film Federation of India screened the film in theatres across the country.

Multimedia, UNICEF and CET/NCERT

When US loaned India its ATS-6 satellite (ATS-6 had one video and two audio channels) UNICEF hired Vijaya to produce test modules for children in the 6 to 9 age group. In 1975, Vijaya was asked to head the CET – Center for Educational Technology to prepare educational films for broadcast to over 2400 villages in rural districts and programming in 4 languages.

Ek Anek Aur Ekta, the 1974 animation film scripted and directed by Vijaya Mulay and produced by Center for Educational Technology is very popular amongst the many generations of Indians.

The CET, NCERT projects equipped her to later continue research on the field of education and on using media for development.

After her retirement from NCERT, Vijay took up a benchmark survey of distance education in Indian universities and collected data from 23 (out of the 25) universities that were then providing such education. This work was finished in 1983.

The next 3 years, Vijaya worked as the Project Coordinator at the University Grants Commission and was responsible for the program Countrywide Classroom for undergraduates.

From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond: images of India in International Films of the 20th century

While going through some of Louis Malle's letters Vijaya realised how India had changed him. Similar experiences of Jean Renoir while making The River, and Roberto Rossellini prompted her to find out what about India excites and motivates the non-Indians, especially the filmmakers.

From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond: India in International Cinema was released by Seagull books in August 2008 and by the University of Chicago Press the same year.

Excerpt from the first chapter of 'From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi'

The little Gangotri, from where the river Ganga (the Ganges) emerges is a small rill; it becomes the majestic river Ganga as more rivers join it to expand its basin and flow. My project too has followed a similar path and has become bigger and bigger though unlike Ganga, it is neither majestic nor holy. I look upon this study as a personal journey of a film buff to understand what India meant to different people at different points of time as expressed in films.

Accolades
 The Government of India honoured Vijaya Mulay with the V. Shantaram Award for Lifetime Achievement for documentaries at the Mumbai International Film Festival – MIFF, 2002.
 Vikram Sarabhai Life Time Achievement award for educational communication in 1999.
 President of the Federation of Film Societies of India.
 Led the Indian Educational Technology Mission to the USA in 1975.
 Member Secretary of the Education commission for Goa and other former Portuguese territories in 1962.
 Developed a multimedia package through SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment) for training of more than 48,000 primary school teachers. Widely considered to be a path-breaking program in the area of educational technology.
 Several of her films received National awards and awards at International Film Festivals including Delhi, New York, Teheran.

References

1921 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Indian historians
Indian women historians
Indian documentary filmmakers
Indian film historians
Indian women film directors
20th-century Indian film directors
20th-century Indian women artists
Film directors from Mumbai
Indian women documentary filmmakers
Women artists from Maharashtra
20th-century women writers


[A] study was conducted by a team of experts from Kyoto University and Hiroshima University ... found cesium-137 at levels between about 590,000 and 2.19 million becquerels per cubic meter [outside the 30 kilometer evacuation zone].
After the Chernobyl nuclear accident in the former Soviet Union in 1986, residents who lived in areas where cesium-137 levels exceeded 555,000 becquerels were forced to move elsewhere.
The amounts of cesium-137 found in Iitate were at most four times the figure from Chernobyl.
If more radioactive materials are emitted from the crippled Fukushima plant, the level of cesium-137 could rise even further.
The disclosure prompted the government to consider raising the accident's severity level to 7, the worst on an international scale, from the current 5, government sources said. The level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale has only been applied to the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.
In contrast, radiation levels were apparently about 300 sieverts per hour - 3 times higher - right after Chernobyl exploded.
There are a number of reasons for the confusion. In part, it's the usual disparity between standard metric units and the less-standard units favored in the United States, added to the general confusion of reporters dealing with a fast-changing situation (for example, some early reports mixed up microsieverts with millisieverts — a thousandfold difference in dose). Others are more subtle: The difference between the raw physical units describing radiation emitted by a radioactive material (measured in units like curies and becquerels), versus measurements designed to reflect the different amounts of radiation energy absorbed by a mass of material (measured in rad or gray), and those that measure the relative biological damage in the human body (using rem and sieverts), which depends on the type of radiation. (Rem, rad and gray are all used as the plural as well as the singular form for those units).
In other words, becquerels measure radiation emitted while sieverts measure biologic damage to the human body. That is why one measure can't be converted into the other ... they measure different things.
Similarly, says [Gerhard Wotawa of Austria's Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna], caesium-137 emissions are on the same order of magnitude as at Chernobyl. The Sacramento readings suggest it has emitted 5 × 1015 becquerels of caesium-137 per day; Chernobyl put out 8.5 × 1016 in total – around 70 per cent more per day.
1.76 × 1018 becquerels of radioactive iodine over 10 days equals 7.33 × 1015 becquerels per hour during the fire at Chernobyl.
Similarly, 8.5 × 1016 becquerels of radioactive cesium over 10 days equals 3.54 × 1014 becquerels per hour during the fire at Chernobyl.
As a result of the Chernobyl accident, approximately 216,000 curies of Sr-90 were released into the atmosphere.
This is the amount released over the entire time the Chernobyl reactor leaked. 216,000 curies equals 7.992 × 1015 becquerels. Being conservative, and assuming that all of the strontium was released during the initial 10-day fire, results in an hourly strontium release of 3.33 × 1013 of becquerels of strontium 90 per hour.
7.33 × 1015 plus 3.54 × 1014 plus 3.33 × 1013 equals 7,717,300,000,000,000. In other words, Chernyobyl put out an average of 7.717 times 1015 becquerels per hour of radioactive iodine and cesium during the fire.
In contrast, Fukushima put out 10,000 terabecquerels per hour of radioactivity for at least a couple of hours. 10,000 terabecquerels equals 1 x 1016 becquerels, more than Chernobyl.
The above back-of-the-envelope calculation is not definitive, because there were some other (although less important) radioactive materials were also released from Chernobyl, and because the Japanese government has not released enough information to make a definitive comparison.
But the bottom line is that - as even the Japanese government is now reluctantly being forced to admit - the amount of radioactivity being released from Fukushima appears to rival Chernobyl.
Update: The Japanese government has in fact decided to raise the crisis level to 7.
Is the duplication of text (as in "After the Chernobyl nuclear accident in the former Soviet Union in 1986,..." duplicated in its paragraph) an intentional "mistake"?
I see another paragraph is composed of a duplicated sentense also.
This is getting extremely annoying. First the tech illiterates can't type. Now they can't even cut + paste.
What is TRULY annoying dashxdr are the pathetic TROLL comments.
Arnie Gunderson has a sobering update posted Sunday about fuel pellets melting through bed of nuclear reactor.
They are now saying what this blog was saying a long time ago.
"The [IAEA], which is based in Vienna, said Sunday that its team had measured radiation on Saturday of 0.4 to 3.7 microsieverts per hour at distances of 20 to 40 miles from the damaged plant — well outside the initial evacuation zone. At that rate of accumulation, it would take 225 days to 5.7 years to reach the Japanese government's threshold level for evacuations: radiation accumulating at a rate of at least 20 millisieverts per year.
"In other words, only the areas with the highest readings would qualify for the new evacuation ordered by the government.
"But the Soviet Union used a lower threshold — five millisieverts per year — in eventually offering resettlement to people who lived near the Chernobyl reactors in 1986. "
The quoting of figures in this article is very misleading. The results in Iliate are not 4 times higher than Chernobyl. They are 4 times evacuation limit. Levels higher than 1 Mega becquerel Cs136 were detected over 1000's of sq miles not just a few spot sample locations . Why does this type of reporting persist?
Thus the rector contains 1 metric ton of Plutonium.
10 milligrams of Plutonium is sufficient to kill a human beeing.
May we all wake up together as a responsible and compassionnate living species.
Thanks to this blog for its clear understanding and information.
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The Little Master's farewell & war between the old enemies
Welcome back men of gentle persuasion, and ladies who love or tolerate cricket. Only a few more days until the Ashes contest commences, so get the coronary surgeon on speed dial and book some leave from work. Five Tests in Australia, four in 2013 and one in 2014, and it all commences next week in Brisbane. Right now though, the game's greatest batsmen of the past 25 years is playing his final ever Test Match in Mumbai.
Enormous content will be generated in the wake of Tendulkar's retirement. Eulogies and comparisons will trigger reflection and debate. The most prominent comparison will be between he and the late Sir Donald Bradman. I must assert that this is unnecessary. Both are brilliant batsmen, eternal legends of the sport, but the sheer gap in time between their careers and the vastly different conditions in which they plied their trade renders them incommensurable.
Tendulkar scored 74 against the West Indies yesterday and moving into Day Three, with the visitors 3 down and 270-odd behind on a 1st innings deficit, it's likely we'll never see the Little Master bat again. Perhaps the only man who can allow the world to see Tendulkar once more is West Indian legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who at 39 is playing his 150th Test. A rearguard innings from Shiv might see the West Indies force India to go around again, but it would have to be a timeless special. I hope the Guyanese hero can do it and with the big Jamaican Chris Gayle still in, there's a slim chance.
I don't think it should have ended like this though… a raging dispute between South African cricket's CEO Haroon Lorgat and India's BCCI has robbed the cricket world of what should have been an epic four or five Test match series in South Africa beginning on Boxing Day or in the new year. I argue that Sachin's last stand would have been far more memorable had it been nutted out in the trenches of Test warfare against the world's best, rather than in a hastily arranged "farewell" tour against an unprepared and relatively weaker West Indian side. Alas, scatter-gun personality politics and an unbridled BCCI gave us what we have.
Tendulkar's record is stunning: he will have completed 200 Test matches, at least 51 Test centuries and amassed around 16,000 runs at an average over 53. He's also knocked out over 18,000 runs in 463 One Day Internationals. He's only played 1 international T20. Says a lot doesn't it?
Goodbye and thank you Sachin, you're a fine cricketer and a gentleman and as New Zealand's former captain Daniel Vettori aptly described, "you've been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive".
The Ashes Series in Australia
There's no debate to be had on the assertion that England are favourites and Australia are underdogs. Beaten 3-0 in England only a few months ago, optimistic Australians have argued that there were many "moments" where we could have won Test Matches or forced a closer contest. Trent Bridge, Old Trafford and Durham spring to mind, but let's examine a few truths.
England possess more proven quality, and they did manage to beat Australia 3-0 without their best batsmen firing. Ally Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Johnathon Trott didn't pile on the runs in the old dart. It was the fine batting of Ian Bell supplemented by a collection of notable cameos that saw England through, and it was the relatively poor, often collapse-prone batting of Australia that ensured we couldn't sufficiently return fire at the crease. Australia's revolving selection door, which fostered about as much stability as a contemporary Egyptian democracy, seemed not to assist the Australian effort.
Australia's strength was its bowling, particularly Ryan Harris. Australian fans should be energetically fist pumping at the prospect of a fully fit Harris, while the English should take note that this man presents a genuine threat to their hope of retaining the Ashes.
Of course, Australia requires more than the fine effort and return of any one man. Australia's batting must deliver big runs. Not just from Michael Clarke. I fancy that the mean innings scores in Australia will be higher. Even more runs will be required. A tall order for Australia's lean order, but not an impossible prospect.
First Test,The GABBA, Brisbane
Australia have recalled Mitchell Johnson and added One Day Captain George Bailey to their 12 man squad for the first Test. Johnson was a destructive force on a recent ODI tour of India and has a massive opportunity to excise demons from past Ashes campaigns, hit back at critics and reinstall himself in a Test team that faces South Africa the other side of the Ashes. George Bailey has been selected on the basis of ODI rather than Shield form – not ideal in my view – but I do think the Tasmanian has the character, maturity and mental resilience to succeed at Test standard.
The new faces join a list of players, all of whom played a part in the 3-0 defeat in England.
I think the squad is about right. Obviously Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson are injured and Phil Hughes and Usman Khawaja have been overlooked.
There's some familiar speculation about Shane Watson's fitness. Pending his fitness to at least bat, then I think James Faulkner will be 12th man and finally we'll be picking a 6-1-4 formation. Four front line bowlers should be able to take 20 wickets.
England have had a long preparation in Australia, arriving in October and completing various tour matches. The only questions for them appear to be the fitness of wicket keeper Matt Prior and which fast bowler should accompany Stuart Broad and James Anderson.
It will be a cracking contest next week. There's a lot of fierce storm activity in southern Queensland at the moment and I do fear this one will be interrupted by rain and possibly some golf ball-sized hail, so bring the driver and a few tees. A warning to English fans, the GABBA is nicknamed NAZI dome for the way its security and QLD police aggressively assert themselves in the lives of cricket spectators. The atmosphere will be great, but it would be so much better without the nanny state attempting to frog march 50% of patrons from the ground by Tea for a range of ludicrously petty "violations".
Anyway, I'll be there in Brisbane with a bunch of other cricket tragics, so I look forward to reporting pitch-side then.
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Sachin Tendulkar walks out to guard of honour in farewell Test (dnaindia.com)
Clarke: Tendulkar second only to Bradman (thehindu.com)
Little Master fluent in farewell (thehimalayantimes.com)
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.. which fostered about as much stability as a contemporary Egyptian democracy,… haha. Top post