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This is how your personality will change as you get older
Moya Crockett
If you've always suspected you'll be different as an old lady, you were right.
Some people fear getting older, but not me. Like Jenna Rink in 13 Going on 30, I have always suspected that my best years are ahead of me. Partly, this is down to the fact that I've been lucky enough to encounter innumerable brilliant, older women over the years, all of whom have coalesced in my mind into a sort of platonic ideal of what a Grown Woman should be: kind, self-assured, supremely wise and unwilling to deal with other people's bulls**t.
As a result, I've long known what kind of woman I'd like to mature into over the next few decades. When I'm in my 40s and 50s, I like to imagine that I'll have grown out of my insecurities and will no longer leave a breadcrumb trail of lost possessions in my wake. In my 60s and 70s, I hope to be sage, twinkly, retired and going to the theatre a lot. From my 80s onwards, if I'm lucky enough to get there, I plan to go full eccentric. I can't wait.
Of course, throughout my life, I'll still be me. But according to new research, it's not unrealistic to expect your personality to change as you age. In a recent long-term study, researchers at the University of Houston found that our thoughts, feelings and behaviours – in other words, the core fundamentals of our personalities – do change as we get older, and these changes accumulate over time.
As a result, there's a noticeable difference in the personality we have in our youth and the one we have in old age.
You'll still want to have fun when you're elderly, don't worry
"Our findings suggest that personality has a stable component across the lifespan, both at the trait level and at the profile level, and that personality is also malleable and people mature as they age," wrote the researchers in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Personality is described as patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours, made up of five main traits: conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness to experiences, extraversion and emotional stability.
According to Rodica Damian, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Houston and the lead author on the study, those traits have been found across all ages and cultures around the world.
However, individuals will have differing levels of these core traits. A person's 'personality profile' can be established by looking at the dominance of each trait compared to the others – so, for example, you might be high on agreeableness, extraversion and openness to experiences, but relatively low on emotional stability and conscientiousness.
The researchers looked at the results of a personality quiz first taken by high school students in 1960
In 1960, a group of US high school students took a questionnaire designed to assess their personality profiles. Fifty years later, the former students – now in their mid-60s – answered the same questions again.
Their responses formed a dataset used by Damian and her co-authors to investigate the extent to which personalities change between the ages of 16 and 66. They found that while some dominant traits hold steady over the course of our lives, most people's personalities do change.
"The rankings [of personality traits] remain fairly consistent," said Damian. "But, on average, everyone becomes more conscientious, more emotionally stable, and more agreeable."
That sounds like we're all on track to become nicer people as we get older. So don't fear ageing – the future's bright.
Images: Jurica Koletic / Unsplash / Getty Images
Moya is Contributing Women's Editor at stylist.co.uk and Deputy Editor of Stylist Loves, Stylist's daily email newsletter.


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Looking Forward To Pain Free Kidney Stones
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, may have found a combination of drugs that can relieve the pain of passing a kidney stone.
Anyone who has ever passed a kidney stone knows that it can be a painful experience. Every year, over half a million people in the United States experience this pain, and about 1 in 10 people will have a kidney stone at some point.
Kidney stones usually leave the body without a doctor's intervention, but this can be a slow, painful process.
However, the experience may soon be a thing of the past, according to a new study appearing in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
The team behind this research has found a combination of two drugs that can relax the walls of porcine ureters. Potentially, these medications could prevent kidney stones from causing such severe pain in humans.
Prof. Michael Cima, the study's senior author, notes, "We think this could significantly impact kidney stone disease, which affects millions of people."
Prof. Cima works with MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the school's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.
The stones form when urine that usually washes crystals from the kidneys contains too much solid waste and not enough liquid to get the job done.
These crystals clump together, forming stones that painfully force their way down the narrow ureter, causing cramps and inflammation. Most pass within a few weeks, though the discomfort can be consistent and severe. Occasionally, large stones require surgical removal.
Because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to approve the use of any oral medications to widen the ureter and help the stones pass, doctors often simply prescribe pain relief medications.
Previously, other researchers have trialed ureter relaxants, but the drugs have not proved conclusively helpful.
The study's lead author is Christopher Lee, Ph.D., of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology joint department. He describes the motivation for the new research:
"If you look at how kidney stones are treated today, it hasn't really changed since about 1980, and there's a pretty substantial amount of evidence that the drugs given don't work very well. The volume of how many people could potentially help is really exciting."
Prof. Cima and Dr. Brian Eisner — the latter a study co-author and urologist that specializes in kidney stones — became interested in finding an effective approach. Lee soon joined their inquiry.
They began by identifying 18 drugs that doctors typically use to treat issues such as hypertension and glaucoma.
Since they suspected that medications directly administered to the ureter might be more effective, they exposed human ureteral cells, grown in lab dishes, to the 18 drug candidates in order to determine the extent to which the medications could relax ureteral tissue.
However, reports Prof. Cima, "We found several drugs that had the effect that we expected, and in every case, we found that the concentrations required to be effective were more than would be safe if given systemically."
The researchers further analyzed their results, looking for a two-drug combination that might be effective at lower, safer dosages. Eventually, they found two top-performing drugs that could produce even more positive results when administered together.
One of the drugs, nifedipine, is a calcium channel blocker that doctors can use to treat high blood pressure. The other is a Rho kinase inhibitor, which can treat glaucoma.
The team then delivered various dosages of the mixture via a tubular tool called a cystoscope to ureters that had been removed from pigs.
To gauge their effectiveness at relaxing the ureter tissue, the researchers tracked the frequency and length of contractions, or cramps, associated with passing the stones.
Later tests in live, sedated pigs revealed that the drug combination could nearly eliminate these contractions.
In addition, subsequent tests found no traces of either drug in the bloodstream. The implication is that this medication remains in the ureter, reducing the risk of systemic side effects.
The researchers hope to conduct further research and development, eventually leading to trials in humans.

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A letter about shared goals and the U.S.-Israel relationship
The following letter was sent yesterday to Jewish Federation executives, board presidents and boards of trustees from Michael Siegal, Chair, Board of Trustees, Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and Jerry Silverman, JFNA President and CEO.
From: Desk of Michael Siegal
Subject: Israeli Prime Minister's Address to Congress
This morning we were honored to attend the address delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States Congress.
In his speech, Prime Minister Netanyahu laid out a compelling case for ensuring that Iran is stopped from acquiring nuclear weapon capabilities. ''The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons,'' he said, and there is little doubt that Iran's threat to global security must end.
Yesterday, the Obama Administration reaffirmed its commitment to this same goal and to the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship. In a speech delivered in Washington, D.C., Samantha Power, America's United Nations Ambassador, restated that the relationship between Israel and the United States "cannot and will not be tarnished or broken" and that "The United States of America will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Period."
The U.S.-Israel relationship is based on decades of shared values and mutual strategic interests. Halting Iran's nuclear capabilities is just one of the many challenges these two allies are facing together. We are hopeful that any deal would require Iran to end its support for global terrorism, stop threatening to annihilate Israel and halt its aggression toward its neighbors.
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Oxidative stress plays pivotal roles in aging, neurodegenerative disease, and pathological conditions such as ischemia. We investigated the effect of sulforaphane and 6-(methysulfinyl) hexyl isothiocyanate (6-HITC), a naturally occurring isothiocyanate, on oxidative stress–induced cytotoxicity using primary neuronal cultures of rat striatum. Pretreatment with sulforaphane and 6-HITC significantly protected against H2O2- and paraquat-induced cytotoxicity in a concentration-dependent manner. Sulforaphane and 6-HITC induced the translocation of nuclear factor E2–related factor 2 (Nrf2) into the nucleus and increased the expression of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase (γ-GCS), a rate-limiting enzyme in glutathione synthesis, and the intracellular glutathione content. Treatment with reduced glutathione (GSH) and N-acetyl-L-cysteine, a substance for glutathione synthesis, significantly prevented the cytotoxicity induced by H2O2 and paraquat. Moreover, exposure to L-buthionine-sulfoximine, an irreversible inhibitor of γ-GCS, suppressed the protective effects of sulforaphane and 6-HITC. In contrast, sulforaphane and 6-HITC increased heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression in neurons. However, zinc-protophorphyrin IX, a competitive inhibitor of HO-1, did not influence the protective effects of sulforaphane and 6-HITC. These results suggest that sulforaphane and 6-HITC prevent oxidative stress-induced cytotoxicity in rat striatal cultures by raising the intracellular glutathione content via an increase in γ-GCS expression induced by the activation of the Nrf2-antioxidant response element pathway.


The top of Mt. Musa, where we can enjoy magnificent views of Mt. Shari ( one of the 100 best mountains in Japan ).
The view of Mt. Shari from the peak. Its blue and white color in June is so beautiful.
The view of Mt. Unabetsu, one of the Shiretoko range of mountains, which is designated as World Natural Heritage Site.
The mountain top from the 8th station. Very steep slopes are waiting for us.
You can enjoy looking at some alpine flowers on the way. This white one is called "Ezo Ichige".
Small cabin called "Keiseiso", which is quite old but we can take rest and enjoy drinking some coffee here on the way back.
Distant views of Mt. Nishibetsu and Mt.Mashu. Both are so beautiful.
The view of Mt. Shari from the Kaiyo Dai Observation Deck. Mt. Shari is so beautiful and very popular among hikers all over Japan.
Lake Mashu, which is one of the most famous and beautiful lakes in Japan. Its mysterious color is called "Mashu Blue".
Yoroushi Onsen hot spring, which offers us a variety of open air baths. You can enjoy taking an onsen, or hot spring baths hearing the sound of mountain streams.
Mt.Musa hike, which is 2.5hours up and 1.5 hours down. You can enjoy walking on the trail well-maintained.
Yoroushi Onsen hot spring, which is 30-minute drive from Mt. Musa, gives you relaxing time.
Mt. Musa (1005m) hike, which gives you a quiet, peaceful time while walking in the forest in Nakashibetsu town, Hokkaido. You can see magnificent views of Mt.Shari (one of the 100 best mountains in Japan), a vast expanse of Konsen plain, a distant view of Odaito sandbar from its peak and you can enjoy listening to many birds chirping if the weather is permitted.
Mt. Musa is located in the small twon named Nakashibetsu. It is not a high mountain but offers us a peaceful, quiet atomosphere while we are walking on the trail in the forest in the mountain. If you start your hike early in the morning( around 8 a.m.) and return to the hike start point (around 2 p.m.), you have some options such as stopping by at the Kaiyo Dai Observation Deck to be able to see a vast expanse of Konsen Field and Yoroushi Onsen hot spring, which is famous for its open air baths. You can see Lake Mashu, which has the second clearest water in the world and famouts for its mysterious blue color called "Mashu Blue" on the way back to Abashiri.
I can help you visit the places around Abashiri, where I live and go hiking in our area. There isn't frequent transportation service here and I think you need to take a taxi or rent a car. We basically begin our tours from Abashiri and return to this city. If you plan to start your tour from different cities, let me know about your plan. In that case, you might need to pay for my transportation expenses and accomodation fees. There might be some cases that I have to drive a long way ( more than 3 or 4 hours for one way) and stay at a hotel on the day before meeting you.
At your hotel in Abashiri or Nakashibetsu.
Thank you for your kind comments, Craig. I'm happy to know you really enjoyed your stay in Abashiri. December is not the best time to visit Abashiri, but we did have a great time visiting scenic spots, water birds observation and drift ice museum. Especially, having delicious oysters WAS a high-light for me, too. Please come and visit Abashiri again and have more memorable experiences with me. Thanks again for visiting Abashiri. Hiroshi.


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Q: How setup Python logging in unit tests How do I set up logging in a Python package and the supporting unit tests so that I get a logging file out that I can look at when things go wrong?
Currently package logging seems to be getting captured by nose/unittest and is thrown to the console if there is a failed test; only unit test logging makes it into file.
In both the package and unit test source files, I'm currently getting a logger using:
import logging
import package_under_test

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

In the unit test script I have been trying to set up log handlers using the basic FileHandler, either directly in-line or via the setUp()/setUpClass() TestCase methods
And the logging config, currently set in the Unit test script setUp() method.
root, ext = os.path.splitext(__file__)
log_filename = root + '.log'
log_format = (
    '%(asctime)8.8s %(filename)-12.12s %(lineno)5.5s:'
    ' %(funcName)-32.32s %(message)s')
datefmt = "%H:%M:%S"
log_fmt = logging.Formatter(log_format, datefmt)
log_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_filename, mode='w')
log_handler.setFormatter(log_fmt)
log.addHandler(log_handler)
log_format = '%(message)s'

log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

log.debug('test logging enabled: %s' % log_filename)

The log in the last line does end up in the file but this configuration clearly doesn't filter back into the imported package being tested.

A: Logging objects operate in a hierarchy, and log messages 'bubble up' the hierarchy chain and are passed to any handlers along the way (provided the log level of the message is at or exceeds the minimal threshold of the logger object you are logging on). Ignoring filtering and global log-level configurations, in pseudo code this is what happens:
if record.level < current_logger.level:
    return
for logger_object in (current_logger + current_logger.parents_reversed):
    for handler in logger_object.handlers:
        if record.level >= handler.level:
            handler.handle(record)
    if not logger_object.propagate:
        # propagation disabled, the buck stops here.
        break

Where handlers are actually responsible for putting a log message into a file or write it to the console, etc.
The problem you have is that you added your log handlers to the __name__ logger, where __name__ is the current package identifier. The . separator in the package name are hierarchy separators, so if you run this in, say, acme.tests then only the loggers in acme.tests and contained modules are being sent to this handler. Any code outside of acme.tests will never reach these handlers.
Your log object hierarchy is something akin to this:
- acme
    - frobnars
    - tests
        # logger object
        - test1
        - test2
    - widgets

then only log objects in test1 and test2 will see the same handlers.
You can move your logger to the root logger instead, with logging.root or logger.getLogger() (no name argument or the name set to None). All loggers are child nodes of the root logger, and as long as they don't set the propagate attribute to False, log messages will reach the root handlers.
The other options are to get the acme logger object explicitly, with logging.getLogger('acme'), or always use a single, explicit logger name throughout your code that is the same in your tests and in your library.
Do take into account that Nose also configures handlers on the root logger.

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This three-year project will produce and supply an online interdisciplinary dictionary in Spanish of the highest-academic standards on the main topics pertaining to the relationship between science, philosophy, and theology: the "Spanish Interdisciplinary Dictionary in Science, Philosophy and Theology" [Diccionario Interdisciplinar en Español de Ciencia, Filosofía y Teología]. The project will be led by a team from the Universidad Austral (Argentina) and the University of Oxford (UK). The Dictionary will stimulate world-class research and dissemination of ideas in the Spanish-speaking academia on interdisciplinary issues relating to science, philosophy and theology.
The strategic opportunity is the growing interest in interdisciplinary discussions in the region, facing the difficulty of understanding each other's use of terms. Such challenge stands in the way towards the building of a research network and the dissemination of knowledge among the general public. This project will address this opportunity by supplying a reference tool, the "Spanish Interdisciplinary Dictionary in Science, Philosophy and Theology", offering up-to-date discussions relating different disciplines, allowing authors to engage with each other's ideas, and helping to overcome the regional time lag.
The Dictionary will include the production of around seventy new and original entries, commissioned to leading Spanish-speaking scholars, along with thirty translations of entries from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science. The project will produce a website from where the Dictionary will be accessible available online for free, allowing for access and multiplying its reach and influence.
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Aladdin is one of my favorite films of all time. It gave me, as a brown Middle Eastern kid, heroic representation that's always stayed with me. I've already written at length for about my overall very complicated feelings on the live action remake. While the new trailer is solid, it's also given more insight into the problematic trends this live action movie seems to perpetuate. Overall, I have little to no confidence that this film will improve upon the problematic aspects of the original (besides the welcome addition of having people of color play the main roles), and in fact will double down on more troubling aspects.
Author Clarkisha Kent has written extensively and incisively on a widespread problem we don't talk enough about: colorism. This is the discrimination by skin tone in communities of color. As you might be able to guess, actors with lighter skin and more Eurocentric features tend receive the most favorable treatment in Hollywood as a result of colorism. However, it is especially a discrimination Hollywood executives levy against women, tending to favor (as Clarkisha notes in her piece) actresses with lighter complexions and other "whiter" features. Many on the internet have noted this happened with Naomi Scott's (who is half-Gujarati Indian and half-white) casting as Jasmine.
I previously did not talk about this aspect of Jasmine's casting, focusing more on the fact that an Indian woman was playing an Arab role. Brown people aren't interchangeable. However, as we've seen more and more of Jasmine in the teasers and trailers, and in discussing the colorist aspects with friends of mine who are women of color, like my But Why Tho? Editor-in Chief Kate Sánchez, Flash Podcast co-host Tatiana Hullender, and my But Why Tho? colleague Trishh, it became more apparent to me how white passing Naomi is. She's still a brown woman of color, but one with relatively lighter skin than Jasmine has in the original and one with far more Eurocentric features. This isn't to say that there aren't Arabs, Persians, Kurds, and Indian women who do look like she does in the film, but rather to point out that this isn't what Jasmine looks like in the original cartoon. Jasmine has more traditional Arab facial features, while Naomi's are clearly more European. If another darker and less white passing Indian woman with Jasmine's features were playing her in the live action film, I and many other people would have less of a problem.
Colorism exists in Arab and Middle Eastern communities, but Jasmine was a refreshing break from that: here was a darker skinned, clearly Arab woman in a heroic role. Unfortunately with Naomi's casting, there was a regression towards the colorist norm. As author Mae Abdulbaki eloquently writes, Middle Eastern people range in a large spectrum of skin color, and Jasmine has long been celebrated as a positive example of a darker skinned Arab woman. Apparently Guy Ritchie and Disney executives thought that only a whiter looking Jasmine could be appealing to a worldwide audience.
Additionally, the creators of the film are retconning Jasmine's mother as being from "another land" in the live action movie. This appears to be an attempt at explaining Naomi's casting, and effectively making this distinctively Arab character less Arab, which would be incredibly infuriating and a HUGE step backward. Colorism is a worldwide problem we need to address, and the live action Aladdin is not making things better.
The little we've seen of Jafar's portrayal is also troubling. While I'm glad that we've gotten past the accentuated and racist features of his cartoon portrayal, I can already tell the filmmakers are relying on another Orientalist trope. Orientalism involves many things, but it ultimately comes down to portraying non-Western countries and communities as "exotic," and "inferior," and in need of Western rescue. An Orientalist trope in Western media historically has been portraying Arab and other Middle Eastern men as effeminate, and thus "lesser than" the Western characters. Typically this has entailed the Middle Eastern character having a light and airy voice, like we've heard Jafar have in the teasers and trailers.
I've watched Marwan Kenzari (the actor playing Jafar) in the Netflix film The Angel, and that is not his natural voice. Not that there's anything wrong of course with a man having a voice that's not traditionally masculine, but the way Ritchie has apparently directed him here is in that Orientalist tradition. Jafar is not a "real man" unlike the Western-accented Aladdin, and we are thus automatically meant to see him as "lesser than." I had hoped they would make Jafar a less problematic (including in the way he treats Jasmine), while still villainous, character, but seeing the way they're apparently using and squandering Marwan's talents, I'm afraid they might be regressing in this aspect as well.
Another aspect of Orientalism, that filmmakers committed in the original Aladdin, and that they seem to now be doubling down on, is assuming that Eastern cultures are essentially the "same" and interchangeable (we already saw this with Naomi's casting besides the colorist element). For the filmmakers, brown is just brown. We're interchangeable to them and they think that's okay.
Of course, that is absolutely not okay. They had the audacity to go on the record thinking they're "celebrating the cultural diversity of the Silk Road" by having characters from all across the Middle East and Asia. No. They are engaging in Orientalism by excluding actual Arab and Middle Eastern people from the creative process and creating a Western fantasy land (aka "The Orient") in which Arabs, Persians, Indians, Chinese, and other brown peoples are apparently the same. At least in the original Aladdin, the characters were clearly all Arab (as problematically as they were portrayed and even with its own Orientalism with Indian elements). The approach Guy Ritchie and his team are taking is a racist one in Western media that needs to stop. Period.
The original Aladdin film, its sequel films, and the wonderful Aladdin series will always be there for kids and adults to enjoy, and hopefully they'll be on the Disney+ service. Sure they're problematic in their own ways, but at least brown and Middle Eastern kids have had them to enjoy and feel represented in. The new movie is likely to be a white-gazed Orientalist mess, with no Middle Eastern creative input besides some of the actors involved. We need to be pushing for Arab, Iranian, Kurdish, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern representation elsewhere. Regarding this new live action, I'm getting closer to the point of wanting Disney to just, as Ira Madison III would say, keep it.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Wonderful piece you wrote here and I agree with everything you said!
Thank you so much! It's so infuriating.


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Question 1 What is diffusion ?
Question 2 Give few examples of diffusion ?
Question 3 Explain why, when a bottle of perfume is opened in a room, we can smell it even from a considerable distance ?
Question 4 Name the process by which a drop of ink spreads in a beaker of water ?
Question 5 Out of solid ,liquid and gases which has highest rate of diffusion ?
The spreading out and mixing of a substance with another substance due to motion of its particles is called diffusion.
The diffusion of one substance into another substance goes on until a uniform mixture is formed.
Diffusion is the property of matter which is based on the motion of its particles.It is fastest in gases and slowest in solids.
The rate of diffusion increases on increasing the temperature of the diffusing substance.This is because when the temperature of a substance is increased by heating, its particles gain kinetic energy and move rapidly.And this increases in the speed of the particles of a substance increases the rate of diffusion.
For Ex:1)The smell of food being cooked in the kitchen reaches us even from a considerable distance due to diffusion.
2)The fragrance of burning incense stick spreads all around due to diffusion.
3)The smell of perfume perfume spreads due to diffusion of perfume vapours.
4)The spreading of purple colour of potassium permanganate into water, on its own ,is due to the diffusion of potassium permanganate particles in water.
5)The spreading of blue colour of copper sulphate into water, on its own, is due to diffusion of copper sulphate particles into water.


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With its spellbinding country and western ballads and devastating emotional delivery, Holly Macve's debut Golden Eagle is one of the most remarkably assured debuts of this or any other year, especially given the Galway, western Ireland born/Yorkshire raised artist is only 21 years old. The bulk of Golden Eagle was recorded in Newcastle at the home studio of producer Paul Gregory (Lanterns On The Lake), with extra recording in Brighton and London with her first touring band and Macve performing on acoustic guitar and piano. Yet Golden Eagle remains beautifully spare and delicate, putting Holly's goosebump-raising voice center stage, beautifully controlled yet riven with feeling. "All Of Its Glory" evokes her great-grandad, serving in WWI, writing impassioned letters to his wife at home. Other songs describe 'blood red fields' and 'burning skies', and 'a man standing by the river bank / His eyes were blue and his hair was jet black'. "I'm fascinated and drawn to that kind of romantic imagery," she says.


A value chain is a chain of activities that a company operating in a particular market carries out in order to deliver a significant product and services for the marketplace. The idea originates from business management and was initial explained and made popular by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance.
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Today Walt Disney World officially opened a new meet-and-greet location for Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at Disney's Animal Kingdom. It's called Adventurers Outpost, described as a "new exploration headquarters" on the park's Discovery Island, allowing guests to meet the famous pair in safari outfits, ready for a new adventure.
Inside Adventurers Outpost, photographs from Mickey and Minnie's travels around the world line the walls, including Nepal and Africa – other locations prominently featured within the park.
But this seemingly small new experience means much more than offering guests a new photo opportunity. Disney didn't just want to give Mickey and Minnie a new home in the park, they needed to in order to make way for Avatar.
It's been nearly two years since Disney announced the major project based on director James Cameron's financially successful "Avatar" film and its upcoming sequels. Since then, Disney has revealed little to no details as to what will be featured within the land of Pandora when it opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom in the coming years.
Though even the location of Avatar land hasn't been announced, it's widely reported that it will replace the park's Camp Minnie-Mickey area – the previous home of Mickey and Minnie meet-and-greets. So the duo's move to Discovery Island isn't merely a change of scenery, but an early step in dramatically reshaping an entire park area.
Beyond meet-and-greets, the only real attraction within Camp Minnie-Mickey is Festival of the Lion King, the park's popular stage show. There are plans to relocate that to a new theater near the Harambe / Africa area of the park, with construction already having begun there two months ago. Again, Disney hasn't officially announced this change yet.
Despite the relative silence surrounding the Avatar project (a brief update was shared in December), Disney is adamant that they are still moving forward with it behind the scenes, even if the public is doubtful due to so few details being revealed.
Walt Disney World President George Kalogridis talks Avatar.
Kalogridis did briefly mention Avatar during his presentation at the media event, noting only that "Imagineers are hard at work on a new land" with original Animal Kingdom designer Joe Rohde at the helm, but no new details were released.
The film sequel to "Avatar" was originally scheduled for release by the end of 2014, but that has since been pushed back to 2016, at least. As such, Disney is in no rush to update their own timeline for completely their Avatar-inspired theme park land, likely several years out to coincide with the future films.
In the meantime, subtle changes like today's opening of the Adventurers Outpost will mark small steps toward the opening of Pandora.
Because Animal Kingdom needs something new and fresh just as much as Hollywood Studios does. It won't surprise me if a Star Wars land happens in the future but I'm just happy that they are finally talking about building something more then themed bathrooms and DVC hotels.
I just can't see this being worth any investment. With that being said they must have something up there sleeve. I couldn't see them continuing to move forward if they didn't feel it would be profitable for many years to come. Only time will tell. Who knows maybe ill make it out to more than once a year when family is in town. The park needs something I just can't say that Avatar is it.
I'm looking forward to this. Imagine: you enter the land walking trough the spaceship that takes you to Pandora. To follow in the steps, I mean "wheels" of Jake Sully (yep that's the name of the guy, I looked it up), you ride trough a faithful representation of the ugly greedy company (no not Disney) in a wheelchair. In the last scene you get the avatar and walk out of the ride onto Pandora (except for me because I'm in a wheelchair and I don't think Disney's magic goes as far as I would like to). There is a meet and greet with Pocahontas (story wise you won't tell the difference) except she is blue. The other ride is a Soarin thing in 3D where you fly over the planet in different scene's without any transitions taking you (just like the Epcot ride) out of the illusion. Huge stores try to sell you food from Pandora that looks like cones from Cars Land and blue plush aliens. It'll have a ton of rockwork (not all of them are blue) and at night it looks like a disco waiting for a yeti to show up.
WHY is the fan "Armchair Imagineer" eedidea for the attraction always The Movie Dark Ride, based on some -one- isolated scene from the movie? Why? Just help me understand that.
Because fans like to think themselves at the levels of the Imagineers (I AM A GIANT SQUID OF ANGER AND JUST BECAUSE I GO TO DISNEY 3 TIMES A YEAR MEANS I KNOW MORE ABOUT DESIGNING THESE PARKS THAN THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO'VE STUDIED FOR THIS SORT OF THING DO GRRRRRRRR) Yet when it comes to creating new attractions, they can't. There's a reason they sell insurance or are accountants or whatever and not Imagineers.
I say that Avatar it's as good as any idea for Animal Kingdom. I would like to an Australia contingent but I cannot think of a ride to base it around, an outback safari perhaps. But for any property, Avatar is the best you can put in, bring people into the park and yet still hold true to theme of the park with the symbotic relationship of everyone in an environment.
^This. I don't HATE the idea of Avatar Land, but I do think Disney could do better. I too would not be opposed to having perhaps a single Avatar themed attraction at The Studios (or perhaps even still at Animal Kingdom), and using that plot of land for something else.
FYI, the only people hate the idea, including yourself, are a VERY small minority.
That's not the impression I get. A good two thirds of the people I talk to have no love for the Avatar franchise. Considering the other possibilities and recent purchases Disney have made. I and many many (yes the majority) like me think Avatar land is a huge mistake. Also Universal have definitely taken a chunk of Disneys revenue and Disney are worried about appealing to the 13+ crowd.
How can you hate something we know 0 about? What people did not like about Avatar is the story, not the world. Its like George Lucas could have had the most cheesy story ever for one of the Star Wars movies (Cough cough episode 2 cough cough) and people would hate the world because of the story.
LAY THE DANG STORY ASIDE AND LOOK AT THE WORLD!
Im sorry, but investing in a whole land based on a property that will no be flexibly thematically is not very smart. Ten years from now, they will have to change all the buildings, rides, shops and re-theme them. Isn't it better to have an open idea land where you can add to it without worrying about theme limitations. When they had that "fantasy animal" idea land, now that's an open concept with endless possibilities. That would be smart for the future.
Why can't they just use the space for a Beastly Kingdom-esque thing. I'd much rather see creatures that have stalked our collective imaginations for centuries then creatures that live in the land of James Cameron's Ego.
Why is everyone so down on Avatarland? Yes the story is cheesy….and extremely predictable….BUT that isn't what made audiences want to go see the movie over and over again. It was the world that Cameron created. There is so much detail and variety with everything. I remember seeing the movie three times because I just loved being in that world. Despite it being all CGI, it felt real. From the floating mountains to the bioluminescent forests, it was amazing and immersive. THAT is why Disney made the decision, I think. Disney stories are always predictable, they just make them their own. Avatar did the same. As for theming, I say it fits perfectly into what Animal Kingdom stands for. We need to take care of the world around us and appreciate the beauty of it. The overall theme for Avatar is pretty much that. Also, we already have an ancient past area in Animal Kingdom, Dinoland USA, so why not have something otherworldy to balance it out? We also don't know anything about the project. We also don't know what is going on behind the scenes. It might be that they can't break their contract with Cameron without suffering serious losses. At the time of making the contract, Disney might have only started talking to Lucas about owning Star Wars but the Avatarland with Cameron was a more promising deal. We don't know. I'm all for Avatarland. I think it would be incredible to walk into Pandora and see those alien trees and plants in real life. The ride or rides for the area don't have to be only a dark ride. We could get a rollercoaster or a mixture of Dark-ride and rollercoaster. I think that this could be a really amazing experience.
I think that disney should throw away the avatar idea and add an area dedicated to the oceans and seas of the world, they could have stuff for finding nemo/dory and other stuff as well. They could even put the seas with nemo and friends there instead of epcot! I think it's a cool idea. Any thoughts?
I agree with Timothy Carson. Listen to him and stop saying bad things about projects that we currently know nothing about or have yet to see for ourselves!
It is interesting to see the passion with which people discuss Disney (myself included). It is interesting to be told that if you don't like an idea you don't belong here, aren't creative, or are just negative. The simple fact that so many people are not ecstatic about this new land is the exact reason why I feel it is a bad call. Resources are limited and therefore I would like to see them allocated to their best possible use. I, like you, really want Disney to be the state-of-the-art, cutting edge leader in the world's theme parks. I love Harry Potter and think it is an amazing area and I want Disney to compete with an area that will have longevity and be an international DESTINATION. If they had announced Star Ward land there would have been a largely positive response because Star Wars has legs. I fear Avitar does not. I firmly believe the Imagineers will make Avitarland an amazing addition to Animal Kingdom. I firmly believe it will be stunning. I just wish they were not spending their resources on a property that I feel is derivative and a ripoff and will not be remembered as anything special.
Such wise words. To be told this isn't the place for me unless I agree with Disney 100% is insulting and just because were not imagineers doest mean our opinions are invalid on whether 'we the people' will enjoy or share the same bond with an Avatar land as we have with other movie based areas. Does the fact that Avatar was one of the first Mainstream 3D movies not factor into its ratings and popularity at all? If it came out now would it be as popular. If Avatar 2 doesn't do nearly as well then what? When they build it i am sure i will like it but will i like it as much as i would an Ewok village or a dragon land (still the only animal featured in animal kingdom logo not to feature in park)??? Dances with Smurfs!
I am not sure why Avatar was changed to Avitar on my iPhone but I apologize for the typo….
I didn't think the movie was that great. It was one of the first 3d movies and had awesome visuals. But a whole land? I'm not buying it. I think it works as a one off attraction in a mythical creature land. Those making the star wars to avatar comparison are way off base. That's like comparing the Yankees and the Toledo MudHens, both professionals but in different leagues.
What about Califonia Adventures? The concept wasn't right from the beginning. Everybody knew it, but nobody was listening. They already had invested numerous millions on it and nobody wanted to admit they were wrong. Now they have to re-do and re-theme the whole park. They could had saved billions of dollars if they had thought about the longevity of the 'idea". Ideas are concepts and those concepts have to work and be flexible. I don't believe people are condemning Avatar or the idea, but they are expressing their concern about the longevity of the investment as well as the long run interest of the concept.
I also think Avatar is a bad idea. I think that the Mystical Creatures land that was supposed to be part of Animal Kingdom to begin with would be the correct direction to go. Dueling Dragons at Universal was supposed to be part of that land. The Coaster was a Disney idea. Avatar will not have the following that they think it will. Even Cast that I speak too is very very unhappy about it. The Movie itself was stunning but it is not something that is going to make me want to go to Animal Kingdom.
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"Our economy has taken a pretty hard hit recently and we still don't know where we stand as far as our coal generated power," explained group founder Laurie Armstrong. "Our community needs a little good news, our businesses maybe need a little relief and maybe 100 Women has a role to play in that."
The idea behind the campaign is to find 100 people willing to put up $100 each, then choose a charity or other not-for-profit group to donate the total amount raised to.
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North Hill Tor, Cheriton
Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Nottle Tor Camp
In the community of Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton.
In the historic county of Glamorgan.
Modern authority of Swansea.
Preserved county of West Glamorgan.
OS Map Grid Reference: SS45309381
Latitude 51.62182° Longitude -4.23618°
North Hill Tor, Cheriton has been described as a probable Timber Castle.
There are earthwork remains.
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
Located at the top of the rocky outcrop of North Hill Tor are the remains of a partial ringwork. The highest point of the Tor is over 40m O.D. with steep rocky cliff faces to the north and west. To the southeast the ground slopes away and the site is enclosed by a large crescentric bank, ditch and counterscarp bank. The bank is apparently up to 7m high from the base of the ditch. Towards the centre of the bank are traces of dry stone revetment visible for 6.5m along the upper part of its outer face. To the west is a gap of 6.75m in the bank, beyond which the bank is slighter. This would appear to represent to original entrance. This encloses an area c23m deep consisting of almost level ground but with no obvious traces of habitation. Many such defended promontories in Gower are sites of Iron Age forts but the size of the banks and the area enclosed lead the RCAHMW investigators to believe this is the site of a medieval castle. It lies within the territory along the north Gower coast owned by the Turbevilles in the 12th century, also including the sites of Bovehill Castle (15th/16th century), Weobley Castle (13th century) and a ringwork on Cil Ifor. There is no record of a medieval castle here but according to the RCAHMW it seems possible that this may have been the site of the Turbeville's castle in the 12th century, although Cil Ifor is another alternative. (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust HER)
Nottle Tor Camp is a strongly-sited Iron Age promontory fort. A c.84m long crescent of bank and ditch, with a slight and possibly recent counterscarp, cuts off the south approaches to a rising hilltop, much encroached upon by quarrying on the north, west and east, the remaining area being c.70m by 42m. The entrance is thought to have been at the west end of the bank and a level terrace behind it may represent quarrying for its construction. There are traces of a dry-stone rampart. (Coflein)
This is scheduled as 'Prehistoric Domestic and Defensive', however the SAM Visit Description Text notes that the RCAHMW believe this to be of medieval origin. (Wiggins and Evans 2005)
The monument comprises the remains of a defended enclosure, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 43). The enclosure is located on a narrow coastal promontory above the sea that marks part of the defensive circuit. The construction of one or more ramparts placed across the neck of the promontory divide it from the mainland. The site exploits an impressive natural rock outcrop jutting out on the cliff line for defence, with the defended area lying in the lee (south-east) of the rocks, on the shoulder of the spur. The inner rampart rises to a maximum height of about 2.5m above the interior, although it almost disappears at the southern end, where there may be an entrance. The maximum distance from the crest of the bank to the bottom of the ditch (there is no berm) is about 4.5m, on the east side. The bottom of the ditch is not always appreciably below the natural ground surface, although the outer (counterscarp) bank, about 1.5m high, gives an illusion of depth. It is possible that some of the material for the construction of both banks may have come from levelling in the interior. The outer bank is somewhat difficult to see clearly. (Scheduling Report)
Possible castle. King rejects in CA as a prehistoric hillfort, though had apparently only slight doubt about identifying the site as a castle in the earlier publications. Accepted as possible castle by RCAHMW.
Links to archaeological and architectural databases, mapping and other online resources
Data > Coflein County HER Scheduling
Maps > Streetmap NLS maps Where's the path Old-Maps
Data/Maps > Magic Historic Wales V. O. B. Geology LIDAR
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Sources of information, references and further reading
The CADW scheduled monument record number is GM062.
The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s) for this site is/are 305558.
The County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) for this site is/are 00093w.
Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p. 254 (listed as ?IA)
RCAHMW, 1991, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Vol. 3 Part 1a: The Early Castles (London: HMSO) CR15 p. 116-9
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 174 (reject)
Hague, D.B., 1971, in Pugh, T.B. (ed), Glamorgan County History Vol. 3 The Middle Ages (Cardiff) p. 444
Periodical Articles
King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol. 3 p. 90-127
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124 (possible)
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
Wiggins, H. and Evans, E., 2005, Prehistoric defended enclosures in Glamorgan with recommendations for fieldwork
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Q: System.Net.Mail.MailMessage questions I am putting some email functionality into one of my asp.net projects:
I need to send an email to a list of subscribers, list varies from a few dozen to a few hundred subscribers - (down the road there could be thousands).
When I have a few dozen emails, I do this:
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