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By Kris Van Cleave CBS News March 19, 2019, 6:58 PM
Relationship between FAA and Boeing under scrutiny after deadly crash
Relationship between Boeing and FAA questioned
Relationship between Boeing and FAA questione... 01:56
Arlington, Va. — The Transportation Department confirmed Tuesday its inspector general is investigating how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. The brand new plane, now grounded, has had deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. The latest call for a review of the 737 Max follows demands by federal authorities that Boeing and the FAA hold on to all documents relating to the troubled jet.
The two fatal crashes involving the Max, just five months apart, have raised questions about the relationship between the FAA and Boeing.
"We are bending over too much to the corporate interests and not enough to the public interest in the areas of safety," said Rep. Steve Cohen.
Cohen wants hearings on a process he worries has gotten too cozy. After 9/11, Congress approved a system that allows manufactures like Boeing to largely self-certify aircraft, including their safety systems.
Boeing 737 Max 8 certification audit ordered 05:35
"I think this was a mistake we made, and I think we're learning from it. But unfortunately 250 people in the world have died because of that I think," he said.
The Department of Transportation's inspector general found in 2012 that Boeing engineers had too much sway over safety approvals for new aircraft, and that "managers have not always supported employee efforts to hold Boeing accountable."
Avoiding questions from reporters, Boeing's CEO used a recorded video message to speak publicly for the first time since Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed last week.
"We're also committed to making safe airplanes even safer and providing the best products, training and support our global airline customers and airline pilots," he said.
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Kirin A1 announced as first Bluetooth 5.1, BLE 5.1 wearable chip
The world of wearables continues to thrive. We can't say it's significantly growing like when wearable devices first came out but there is still a market. OEMs will unlikely give up on this category because there are still people looking for new smartwatches and fitness trackers. As for Huawei, it's not giving up despite the US trade band and blacklist. Apart from a watch's build and look, consumers search for wearables that are useful and functional. Huawei has recently announced a new chipset made for wearables.
Officially called as the Huawei Kirin A1, this new mobile processor already boasts the latest Bluetooth Low Energy 5.1 and Bluetooth 5.1 on a wearable chip. Two of the first wearable devices that will use the Huawei Kirin A1 is the Huawei Watch GT 2 and Huawei FreeBuds 3. It is said to have integrated a few units in one chip. There's the independent efficient power management unit, ultra-low-power application processor, audio processing unit, and Bluetooth processing unit. The chipset only measures 4.3 x 4.4mm but we can say it's powerful.
The Kirin A1 is smaller than the Apple H1 and Kirin 990. When it comes to performance, it offers lower power consumption by 50% and 30% higher performance. Special features of the chip also include a self-developed AI dual-channel synchronous transmission technology, Bluetooth ultra high definition audio output (BT-UHD up to 2.3Mbps), and up to 6.5Mbps super fast Bluetooth transmission speed in real-time.
The Kirin A1 will be used on the Watch GT 2. The smartwatch is equipped with a 3D glass uni-surface on a 1.39-inch display. It offers rate monitoring, an activity tracker, 15 workout modes, 13 running courses, and Bluetooth calling.
Meanwhile, the Huawei FreeBuds 3 is a pair of a true wireless stereo headset. It features a Dolphin Bionic design which obviously gets inspiration from the vocal cavity of a dolphin. Each bud can be paired on a separate channel of a phone. The new Freebuds and Watch GT are only two of the new devices using the Kirin A1. More will be added to the list varying for smart speakers to more smartwatches, smart glass, neck-mounted headphones, and wireless headphones.
Huawei octa-core multi-mode LTE HiSilicon SoC raring to go
Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 980: World's first 7nm mobile processor
Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset debuts at IFA 2019
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Stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims in the United States have been presented in various forms by the mass media in the American culture. Stereotypical representations of Arabs are often manifested in a society's media, literature, theater and other creative expressions. These representations, which have been historically and predominantly negative, have adverse repercussions for Arab Americans and Muslims in daily interactions and in current events. In American textbooks, which theoretically should be less-creative expressions, similar negative and inaccurate stereotypes are also found for Arabs and Muslims.

"Billionaires, bombers, and belly dancers"
A report titled "100 Years of Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim stereotyping" by Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, director of media relations for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, specifies what some in the Arab American community call "the three B syndrome": "Arabs in TV and movies are portrayed as either bombers, belly dancers, or billionaires" in reference to Arab men being portrayed either as terrorists or as wealthy oilmen, and Arab women being portrayed as sex objects. Also the report mentioned that even cartoons have been insulting to Arab and Muslims and how the people who live in the US and interact with its community are the most affected by these stereotypes because they will be treated differently at many points. The report also explains that these stereotypes don't only cause psychological harm (culture, insult) but also helps feed into actions that are physically harmful by dehumanizing a group first before attacking it. According to Mazin B. Qumsiyeh:Thomas Edison made a short film in 1897 for his patented Kinetoscope in which "Arab" women with enticing clothes dance to seduce a male audience. The short clip was called Fatima Dances (Belly dancer stereotype). The trend has shifted over the years and was dominated by the "billionaires" for a short while especially during the oil crises in the seventies. However, in the last 30 years, the predominant stereotype by far has been the "Arab bombers."In a piece in the Los Angeles Times published July 28, 1997, Laila Lalami offers a 12-step guide to making a successful Arab-bashing movie, including such items as "the villains must all have beards", "they must all wear keffiehs", "they must all have names like Ali, Abdul or Mustapha" and "have them threaten to blow something up."

After the September 11th terrorist attacks, Arab-American actors have found themselves even more likely to be type-cast as a terrorist.

Jack Shaheen, Professor Emeritus of Mass Communications at Southern Illinois University, documented these trends in his book The TV Arab (), which identifies more than 21 major movies released over ten years which show the U.S. military killing Arabs with Arabs depicted as being terrorists or enemies of the United States. These include:
Iron Eagle (1986)
Navy SEALs (1990)
Patriot Games (1992)
Executive Decision (1996)

In Reel Bad Arabs (), Shaheen writes that "television's image of the Arab is omnipresent [and] is becoming a part of American folklore." He also writes that Arabs have "consistently appeared in American popular culture as billionaires, bombers, and belly dancers."

Arab Muslims are fanatics who believe in a different god, who don't value human life as much as we do, they are intent on destroying us (the west) with their oil or with their terrorism; the men seek to abduct and brutally seduce our women; they are without family and reside in a primitive place (the desert) and behave like primitive beings. The women are subservient — resembling black crows — or we see them portrayed as mute, somewhat exotic harem maidens.

The movies which Shaheen identifies as the five worst in terms of negative portrayal of Arabs in modern films are:
Rules of Engagement (2000); "a film which "justifies" US Marines killing Arab women and children."
The Delta Force (1986)
Death Before Dishonor (1987)
True Lies (1994); "Arnold S. INC." shoots dead Palestinians like clay pigeons. "
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987); "Arab thugs... plan to ignite Los Angeles... killing millions."

The problem of these stereotypes is the main focus of the semi-autobiographical film Driving to Zigzigland, where the actor/taxi driver Bashar Daas finds himself being invariably typecast as an Arab Muslim extremist in US film auditions.

Another stereotypical character is Achmed The Dead Terrorist by Jeff Dunham which has been named mockingly on the prophet of Islam's second name Ahmad. However there has been no action or reaction from the American public and human rights or any religious group against this and other stereotypical characters in this show till date.

Airport racial profiling after 9/11

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in which 15 of the 19 hijackers were of Saudi Arabian origin and all were of Muslim faith, Arabs and Muslims complained of increased scrutiny and racial profiling at airports. In a poll conducted by the Boston Globe, 71 percent of Blacks and 57 percent of Whites believed that "Arabs and Arab-Americans should undergo special, more intensive security checks before boarding airplanes." Some Muslims and Arabs have complained of being held without explanation and subjected to hours of questioning and arrest without cause. Such cases have led to lawsuits being filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. Fox News radio host Mike Gallagher suggested that airports have a "Muslims Only" line in the wake of the 9/11 attacks stating "It's time to have a Muslims check-point line in America's airports and have Muslims be scrutinized. You better believe it, it's time." In Queens, New York, Muslims and Arabs have complained that the NYPD is unfairly targeting Muslim communities in raids tied to the alleged Zazi terror plot.

See also
Anti-Arabism
Reel Bad Arabs
Ethnic stereotype
Flying while Muslim
Islamophobia in the United States
Orientalism
Orientalism, a 1978 book by Edward Said
Racial profiling
Stereotype threat
Stereotypes of groups within the United States

References

Further reading

Presumed Guilty: American Muslim and Arabs Presumed Guilty: American Muslims and Arabs on Making Contact

External links
Arabs in Film and Television: A Bibliography via UC Berkeley library
Images of Arabs and the Middle East videography of films on video and DVD in the UC Berkeley Media Resources Center

Anti-Arabism in North America
Ethnic and racial stereotypes in the United States
Islamophobia in the United States
Islam-related controversies
Stereotypes of Arab people

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The real key to a professional window washing job is all about the right window washing tools. This includes a good quality squeegee, scraper, window bucket, and microfiber cloths. Your professional window washer should be using a squeegee 10" to 16" in length made from quality brass or stainless steel. To compliment the work of the squeegee, they should also be equipped with a quality window scrubber and an extension pole (if necessary) if working on high windows.


Free 6" Plush Our Generation Dog at Target On Saturday September 8th - MUST REGISTER NOW TO RESERVE YOUR FREE PLUSH. Looks to be about 10-20 available per store. Most stores still have spots available so hurry and register now before they are gone!
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Hosts Sporting Clube de Portugal have been paired with holders FC Barcelona in the UEFA Futsal Cup semi-finals, while Kairat Almaty will play ISK Dina Moskva.
UEFA Futsal Cup finals hosts Sporting Clube de Portugal have been paired with holders FC Barcelona in the semi-finals after the draw was made on the pitch at the Estádio José Alvalade.
Conducted with the help of newly unveiled tournament ambassador Paulo Futre, the ceremony took place in front of 49,000 spectators during half-time of Sunday's football Liga match between Sporting and SL Benfica. Those fans got to see Barcelona pitted against the side they defeated 5-1 in the semi-finals on their way to victory in 2012. The Spanish giants are now aiming for a joint-record third title, while Sporting are hoping to reach their second final after losing at that stage in 2011.
Before their encounter on Friday 24 April at Lisbon's Meo Arena, debutants ISK Dina Moskva will face 2013 winners Kairat Almaty, who are set to contest their seventh semi-final. The final and third-place play-off will be held two days later.
The final tournament will be the third to unfold at the Meo Arena. In 2002, Sporting hosted the inaugural finals, which uniquely involved eight teams. Then, in 2010, Benfica were the hosts and became the only Portuguese club to lift the trophy, beating Inter FS in the decider before a competition record crowd of 9,400.
Lisbon's Meo Arena will once again host the UEFA Futsal Cup finals after Sporting Clube de Portugal were selected to stage the four-team event in late April.
Holders FC Barcelona, 2013 champions Kairat Almaty, ex-runners-up Sporting Clube de Portugal and debutants ISK Dina Moskva: meet April's finalists.
Sporting Clube de Portugal beat Inter FS to complete April's finals lineup alongside holders FC Barcelona, debutants ISK Dina Moskva and Kairat Almaty.
A total of 15,700 people watched the 2009/10 finals at Lisbon's Pavilhão Atlântico in April and were rewarded by a first triumph for hosts SL Benfica over three-time winners Interviú Madrid.


'Your Turn Photo Contest: Night Moves' Winner Announced!
The exact ingredients to make a snowboard photo successful takes more than one might think. Many of the important factors are linking up with a rider who has great style and one that is down for the effort to "get the shot." Then comes the photographer who needs to have great timing, experience with his equipment, and a vision for an image before shooting. These are just some of the elements and they change from shoot to shoot and from one day to the next. The more you shoot the better chance you will get at making images that catch the true attention of the viewer.
Within this gallery of images for the Your Turn Photo Contest themed "Night Moves," you will find which photographers did link up with a good snowboarder and utilize the proper elements of photography. Their photos will stick out from the rest.
We feel the best image out of this gallery comes from the photographer Kolya Tsare who submitted a photo of Dima Rodnikov gapping to a billboard wallride in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Congratulations Koyla!!! Please email me with your address asap, chris.wellhausen@transworld.net, to get your new Burton photo pack and Celtek photographer glove.
Get your camera and get after it! Anything under the sun qualifies for the "Spring Break" theme. We expect to see photos of terrain parks, pond skims, and slushy shredding. Be creative and have fun out there!
Simply upload your best photo sized at 1000 pixels on longest side at 72dpi and tag the image "Spring Contest." Make sure to enter the rider's name, location, and photographer info. Captions are encouraged!
The winner will be announced on TWSnow.com and the TransWorld SNOWboarding Facebook page (facebook.com/TWSnow) on Friday, April 15, 2010.


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what is the biggest black hole
By John Misachi on February 16 2018 in Environment. But the largest of these fiery bodies, those at least 10 to 20 times as massive as our own sun, are destined to become either super-dense neutron stars or so-called stellar-mass black holes. A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing—no particles or even electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from it. In some galaxies, there are even binary systems of supermassive black holes, see the OJ 287 system. Biggest black hole collision ever detected creates a cosmic monster. A supermassive black hole (SMBH) is the largest type of black hole, on the order of hundreds of thousands to billions of solar masses (M ☉), and is theorized to exist in the center of almost all massive galaxies.In some galaxies, there are even binary systems of supermassive black holes, see the OJ 287 system. This page was last edited on 25 November 2020, at 23:05. Estimated from the stellar velocity distribution. Black holes differ in sizes with some being small and others massive. Some black holes were formed when the universe was created whereas others are created when a star collapses. Another problem for this list is the method used in determining the mass. Scientists have discovered what may be the biggest black hole yet known in a small faraway galaxy. Some objects in this list have two citations, like 3C 273; one from Bradley M. Peterson et al. Bolometrically most luminous galaxy in the local universe and also the nearest billion-solar-mass black hole to Earth. That makes it one of the biggest black holes ever recorded, as Science Alert points out.The biggest is likely the quasar TON 618, which harbors a black hole with 66 billion times the Sun's mass. June 26, 2017 at 3:12 pm. Black holes appear different depending on their surroundings however the black holes themselves are very much the same. Despite this, the majority of well-known black holes above 1 billion M☉ are shown. The latest news from NASA dated October 2017 stated that the telescopes have spotted pairs of five big black holes in the space. Constitutes 10% of the total mass of its host galaxy. Think of the black hole like a hole at the bottom of a steeply sloping valley: the steep ground outside the hole is the space just outside the event horizon. The black hole was by Remco van den Bosch a senior Germany astronomer. The astronomers are yet to uncover their identity and size. There are actually two black holes, orbiting at each other in a close pair with a 542-day period. Different types of black holes have very different masses. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, is 4.3 million solar masses. Estimated from accretion disk spectrum modelling. This list contains supermassive black holes with known masses, determined at least to the order of magnitude. [2] The reason for this assumption is the M-sigma relation, a tight (low scatter) relation between the mass of the hole in the ~10 galaxies with secure detections, and the velocity dispersion of the stars in the bulges of those galaxies. It is in the galaxy NGC 1277 and is the largest component in the host galaxy. Brightest object in the sky in very high energy gamma rays. Scientists have discovered what may be the biggest black hole yet known in a small faraway galaxy. Once thought to harbor a black hole so large that it contradicted modern galaxy formation and evolutionary theories, Produced a colossal AGN outburst after accreting 600 million, Brightest extrasolar radio source in the sky as seen at frequencies above 1 GHz. Estimated from quasar MgII emission line correlation. A black hole discovered at the center of the elliptical region of the Phoenix area measures two hundred times the mass of the Sun. Stellar-mass black holes are typically in the range of 10 to 100 solar masses, while the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies can be millions or billions of solar masses. Astronomers have found the biggest black hole ever measured — it's 40 billion times the sun's mass, or roughly two-thirds the mass of all stars in the Milky Way. [3] This correlation, although based on just a handful of galaxies, suggests to many astronomers a strong connection between the formation of the black hole and the galaxy itself.[2]. Take this black hole, for example. Estimated from quasar Hβ emission line correlation. Black holes differ in sizes with some being small and others massive. Constitutes 1.4% of the mass of its host galaxy. It is the largest black hole collision ever detected in space, and the new black hole formed in the crash is the largest of its kind ever detected. This object grew early in cosmic history (. The largest confirmed black hole inhabits the core of M87, a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo.The M87 black hole appears to be about 6.6 billion times the mass of the Sun, with a diameter of about 25 billion miles (40 billion km) -- more than four times the diameter of the orbit of Neptune, the most-distant planet in our solar system. The fourth largest hole is called the SDSS ji12325.31+514252.0. At this point, black holes start to get pretty big compared to Earth, but it's still nothing when you consider the sheer mass they carry. Spaghetiffication is an unavoidable consequence of approaching the singularity at the center of a black hole, but some black holes are more approachable than others. It is estimated to have a mass of six hundred and sixty times the size of the Sun. Black hole of central elliptical galaxy of. All maps, graphics, flags, photos and original descriptions © 2020 worldatlas.com, The World's Top Black Pepper Producing Countries, The 10 Coldest Cities In The United States. Others are the OJ 287 primary and the Abell 1201 BCG at 130 times larger than the Sun. This image was the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow. Black holes, on the other hand, have their centers at a point in space, r=0 in coordinates centered on the black hole singularity. Two monster black holes met, danced and fell into each other. Although SMBHs are currently theorized to exist in almost all massive galaxies, more massive black holes are rare; with only fewer than several dozen having been discovered to date. Big Black Holes and Small Ones. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. Listed black holes here have issues of measurement accuracies and more importantly the mass estimates are based on different kinds of evaluation methods which are all affected by their own individual systematics. They're up to one million times more massive than our sun. The most massive black hole ever observed has been discovered in a galaxy some 700 million light-years from Earth. It is closely followed by the S5 0014+82. In this article, we look at the supermassive black holes (SMBH). The second target was the supermassive black hole M87*. There could be other bigger black holes that will be unearthed since it is believed that there are more than one hundred million black holes. A secondary satellite SMBH may orbit around 70 parsecs. Thus, they are fundamentally different from the Big Bang singularity. The unit of measuring the black holes is in solar masses or in comparison to the mass of the Sun in the solar system. Astronomers at the Hubble Space Telescope are still sending more sophisticated and advanced satellites to the space and use an array of telescopes to in an effort to discover more black holes. The monster black hole is the equivalent of 17 billion suns. Also notable for its million light-year long, Estimates can be as low as 1.5 million solar masses. By pulling light to it, the black hole is invisible from the Earth. TON 618 is the largest black hole in the known universe. [1] Nevertheless, it is commonly accepted that the center of nearly every galaxy contains a supermassive black hole. Supermassive black holes are the largest type of black hole. SDSS J074521.78+7343361 follows in size at 195 times the mass of the Sun. Other than three properties, the mass of the black hole, the spin and the electric charge; these determine differences between black holes. The Central hole of H1821=643 follows in size at an estimated 300 times the size of the Sun. Monster Black Hole Is Biggest Ever Found. An artist's illustration of a monster supermassive black hole at the heart of a quasar in the distant universe. M87's black hole has an enormous mass, which gave researchers reason to believe it may be the largest viewable black hole from Earth. This mass is as result of quasar Mgll emission and scientists believe it is rapidly increasing due to its high gravitational pull. The unit of measuring the black holes is in solar masses or in comparison to the mass of the Sun in the solar system. This image shows the disk galaxy NGC 1277, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Nearest galaxy cluster harboring a quasar in its core. Scientists have uncovered a rare relic from the early universe: the farthest known supermassive black hole. Any matter near it is squeezed and compressed to occupy the smallest space possible. LB-1 is not the biggest black hole ever discovered -- but it may be the largest of its kind. List of the most distant astronomical objects, "Measuring the Masses of Supermassive Black Holes", "Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, "Stellar dynamics in the strong-lensing central galaxy of Abell 1201: A low stellar mass-to-light ratio a large central compact mass and a standard dark matter halo", "Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking Quasar", "Discovery of five low-luminosity active galactic nuclei at the centre of the Perseus cluster", "Powehi: black hole gets a name meaning 'the adorned fathomless dark creation, "The Black Hole in the Compact, High-Dispersion Galaxy NGC 1271", "Brilliant, but Distant: Most Far-Flung Known Quasar Offers Glimpse into Early Universe", Most Powerful Eruption In The Universe Discovered, "Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull interactive: Encyclopedia", "Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopic Evidence for a 1 X 10 9 M, "Chandra Limits on X-Ray Emission Associated with the Supermassive Black Holes in Three Giant Elliptical Galaxies", "Massive Black Holes Dwell in Most Galaxies, According to Hubble Census", "Giant Black Hole Rips Apart Unlucky Star", "STIS Spectroscopy of the Central 10 Parsecs of M81: Evidence for a Massive Black Hole", "Radio Telescopes Capture Best-Ever Snapshot of Black Hole Jets", "NGC 4151: An active black hole in the "Eye of Sauron, Magnetospheric eternally collapsing object, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most_massive_black_holes&oldid=990685894, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light cannot get out. One of the largest known supermassive black holes, M87* is located at the center of the gargantuan elliptical galaxy Messier 87, or M87, 53 million light-years (318 quintillion miles) away. The Monster black hole is the biggest in the universe. The black hole is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. Earlier estimates range from ~310 billion. Estimated from properties of the host galaxy; mass has not been measured directly. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities of the stars or gas rises as ~1/r near the center, indicating a central point mass. The Monster. Messier galaxies with precisely known black holes are all included. The hole also referred to as the supermassive black hole occupies a total more than 14 percent of the mass of the galaxy where it is located. A 2010 paper suggested that a funnel collimates the radiation around the jet axis, creating an optical illusion of very high brightness, and thus a possible overestimation of the black hole mass. In this article, we look at the supermassive black holes (SMBH). In all other galaxies observed to date, the rms velocities are flat, or even falling, toward the center, making it impossible to state with certainty that a supermassive black hole is present. A supermassive black hole (SMBH) is the largest type of black hole, on the order of hundreds of thousands to billions of solar masses (M☉), and is theorized to exist in the center of almost all massive galaxies. Mass specified obtained through orbit-based, axisymmetric Schwarzschild models. The largest one is quoted, while the smaller one's mass is not defined. Constitutes 15% of the mass of its host galaxy. For black holes, where escape velocity is bigger than the speed of light at the event horizon, nothing can escape, not even light. TON-618 has become a hot topic in the study of black holes in recent years as it sits as the most massive known in the universe. Most of the time, the masses derived from the given methods contradict each other's values. The Monster black hole is the biggest in the universe. In fact, it's so large that it has pioneered the classification of "Ultramassive black hole," and puts forth a lumosity equal to 140 trillion of our suns! In addition, there are several hundred citations for black hole measurements not yet included on this list. The hole is located at a distance of 250 million light-years away. Camille M. Carlisle Post Author. [5] Note that this list is very far from complete, as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) alone detected 200000 quasars, which likely may be the homes of billion-solar-mass black holes. Ton 618 is also one of the biggest black holes. Estimated from quasar MgII emission line correlation. This black hole has a retrograde rotation. Estimated from quasar Hβ emission line correlation. Black hole at the centre of the massive galaxy M87, about 55 million light-years from Earth, as imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Unprecedentedly massive in relation of its location: an elliptical galaxy host in a sparse environment. This peculiar black hole increases at an estimated rate of 60 meters per annum making it the fastest increasing hole. Unambiguous dynamical evidence for SMBHs exists only in a handful of galaxies;[1] these include the Milky Way, the Local Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. The smaller black hole orbiting OJ 287 primary (see above). The small, flattened galaxy has one of the biggest central super-massive black holes ever found in its center, the equivalent of 17 billion suns. There is extreme difficulty in determining the mass of a particular SMBH, and so they still remain in the field of open research. Black holes may solve some of the mysteries of the universe. A black hole can be defined as a region in the galaxy where the gravitational pull is so intense such that no object can escape including light. Gravitational wave observatories LIGO and Virgo have spotted their biggest black hole yet at 142 times the mass of the sun, the first hard proof that black holes this size exist This hole measures four hundred times the mass of the Sun. SMBHs with accurate masses are limited only to galaxies within the Laniakea Supercluster and to active galactic nuclei. What is the biggest black hole? This is an ordered list of the most massive black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates), measured in units of solar masses (M☉), approximately 2×1030 kilograms. This is the kind of black hole that's at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way; it's called Sagittarius A*. The monster black hole is the equivalent of 17 billion suns. This gigantic hole is so huge such that if measured against planet Neptune's orbit, it is eleven times wider and the mass is the size of seventeen billion Suns combined together. Astronomers estimate that it also hosts a quasar in its center making the singularity highly dense. NGC 4395. using the BLRM method,[4] and the other from Charles Nelson using [OIII]λ5007 value and velocity dispersion. The light that's reddening is coming from the person *before* they pass the event horizon. Such methods, such as broad emission-line reverberation mapping (BLRM), Doppler measurements, velocity dispersion, and the aforementioned M-sigma relation have not yet been well established. Based on velocity width of CO line from orbiting molecular gas, Best fit: the estimate ranges from 6 billion to 37 billion, This black hole is continuously growing at the rate of ~60. The hole is estimated to measures three hundred and thirty-one times the mass of the Sun. 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Alex Metric – "Open Your Eyes" compilation, out August 22nd
by: Zeyad Assaf Jul 8, 2011
Alex Metric has been blazing a trail over the last couple of years. His glitchy productions, innovativelycombining his love of 80s synth-pop, filter disco, big beat and indie, have been devastating dancefloors worldwide. And now, Alex Metric is proud to present 'Open Your Eyes', his first official album for Virgin Records (out 1 August), an explosive collection of Alex's work, collating all three strands of his music output – his own productions (including the title track and recent single 'Open YourEyes'), those for other people, and the best of a string of remixes that have made his name over the last two years.
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Q: Converting image from RGB to LUV and back results in different image I'm currently trying to start with an original RGB image, convert it to LUV, perform some operations (namely, rotate the hues), then rotate it back to RGB for display purposes. However, I'm encountering a vexing issue where the RGB-to-LUV conversion (and vice versa) seems to be changing the image. Specifically, if I begin with an LUV image, convert it to RGB, and then change it back to LUV, without changing anything else, the original image is different. This has happened for both the Python (cv2) and Matlab (open source) implementations of the color conversion algorithms, as well as my own hand-coded ones based on. Here is an example:
luv1 = np.array([[[100,6.12,0]]]).astype('float32')
rgb1 = cv2.cvtColor(luv1,cv2.COLOR_Luv2RGB)
luv2 = cv2.cvtColor(rgb1,cv2.COLOR_RGB2Luv)
print(luv2)
[[[99.36293    1.3064307 -1.0494182]]]

As you can see, the LUV coordinates have changed from the input. Is this because certain LUV coordinates have no direct match in RGB space?

A: Yes, remove the astype('uint8') bit in your code,  and the difference should disappear if the conversion is implemented correctly.
You can see the equations for the conversion in Wikipedia. There is nothing there that is irreversible, the conversions are perfect inverses of each other.
However, this conversion contains a 3rd power, which does stretch some values significantly. The rounding of the conversion to an integer can introduce a significant shift of color.
Also, the Luv domain is highly irregular and it might not be easy to verify that Luv values will lead to a valued RGB value. Your statement "I've verified that luv1 has entries that all fall in the allowable input ranges" makes me believe that you think the Luv domain is a box. It is not. The ranges for u and v change with L. One good exercise is to start with a sampling of the RGB cube, and map those to Luv, then plot those points to see the shape of the Luv domain. Wikipedia has an example of what this could look like for the sRGB gamut.
The OpenCV cvtColor function will clamp RGB values to the [0,1] range (if of type float32), leading to irreversible changes of color if the input is out of gamut.
Here is an example that shows that the conversion is reversible. I start with RGB values because these are easy to verify as valid:
import numpy as np
import cv2

rgb1 = np.array([[[1.0,1.0,1.0],[0.5,1.0,0.5],[0.0,0.5,0.5],[0.0,0.0,0.0]]], 'float32')
luv1 = cv2.cvtColor(rgb1, cv2.COLOR_RGB2Luv)
rgb2 = cv2.cvtColor(luv1, cv2.COLOR_Luv2RGB)
np.max(np.abs(rgb2-rgb1))

This returns 2.8897537e-06, which is numerical precision for 32-bit floats.

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Rachel Contreni Flynn's second full-length collection of poetry, Tongue, won the Benjamin Saltman Award (Red Hen Press). Her first book, Ice, Mouth, Song, won the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press), and her chapbook, Haywire, was published by Bright Hill Press. She received a Fellowship from the NEA and two literature grants from the Illinois Arts Council. A graduate of Warren Wilson's MFA Program, Rachel teaches at Colby College and co-edits the Beloit Poetry Journal.


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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez
To the town, is Santiago Nasar's impending death news or entertainment? How does this contribute to their actions or to their inaction? Give specific examples from Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
Santiago's impending death is news to some and entertainment to others in the town. The priest who forgets to warn Santiago in his excitement about the bishop and the police officer who fails to act are examples of how this news contributed to the inaction of many. The crowds who gather at the dock to see the Bishop but stay because of curiosity about Santiago's pending murder is an example of how this is entertainment.
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In Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez , the author tells the story of Santiago Nasar. Santiago is a wealthy landowner in the small town where he has lived his entire life. When rumors of his impending death—or murder—spread, it is news for some and entertainment for...
In Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, the author tells the story of Santiago Nasar. Santiago is a wealthy landowner in the small town where he has lived his entire life. When rumors of his impending death—or murder—spread, it is news for some and entertainment for others.
For some people, there is so much other entertainment occurring that Santiago's impending murder is lost in the excitement. For instance, when Clothilde tells the priest that the Vicario twins are threatening to murder Santiago in retaliation for shaming their sister, the priest forgets to warn Santiago because he is so excited about the imminent arrival of the Bishop. This is a good example of how this news or entertainment contributed to the inaction of many of the local townspeople.
In addition, the twins tell the local police officer of their plan to murder Santiago. They tell the Colonel, as well, that they intend to murder Santiago to avenge their sister. However, neither one takes the two young men seriously. No one does anything to stop the murder.
The Bishop is coming to bless the young couple being married. In fact, their marriage is the impetus for the murder: the groom discovers that his bride is not a virgin because of Santiago. There are crowds who gather at the dock to see the Bishop arrive by boat. The crowds remain in place because of the people's curiosity upon hearing the news that Santiago is going to be murdered by the twins. For them, this is entertainment that rivals or even trumps the arrival of the Bishop.
Who is the narrator of the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold?
In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, who is responsible for Santiago Nasar's death?
What are the examples of irony in Chronicle of a Death Foretold?
What does the tree dream at the beginning of Chronicle of a Death Foretold signify?
What ultimately is Marquez saying about love in Chronicles of a Death Foretold? The theme of this novel is love. How is it true that "Love is...
Latest answer posted April 11, 2018 at 6:56:04 PM
In Chronicle of a Death Foretold," how are Santiago Nasar and Christ similar?
In the novel Chronicles of a Death Foretold, how does the theme of honor relate to the foretold death of Santiago?
Latest answer posted October 27, 2012 at 3:43:42 PM
How is the cultural value of machismo presented through Santiago Nasar and Bayardo San Roman in Chronicle of a Death Foretold?How do these 2 characters examplify Machismo
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Archive | June, 2005
Mortality Combat
MANISH Jha first imagined a world without women after he read a report about a village in Gujarat that was inhabited only by men—the result of unchecked female infanticide. He later found a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare report estimating that 35 million females have been killed at birth or in infancy over the past century. "We talk about the decreasing tiger population, but what about the disappearance of 35 million women?" asks the 26-year-old filmmaker. His agitation fuelled his creativity. Soon after, Jha wrote the script that has become the acclaimed film Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women.
The film, which Jha also directed, has received a mantleful of awards at film festivals, including the International Critics' Prize in Venice. Two years after the film was completed, it is finally being released in India—though after several censor's cuts.
The film is set in a futuristic rural Bihar, where decades of killing female babies by drowning them in cauldrons of milk have eliminated women from the population. In the woman-less village depicted in the film, men copulate with cows and the elders cry in nostalgia as they watch women in pornographic films. When a 16-year-old girl, Kalki, is discovered, she is married off to five brothers, each of whom claims her for one night a week (their father gets the remaining two nights).
The allusion to Draupadi's character in the Mahabharata epic is clear, but Jha is more inspired by fact than by myth. He was made acutely aware of the cruel treatment of women when he was eight. A woman in his native village Dhamaura had been burnt by her husband because she didn't bring in enough dowry. "I saw her lying on the ground, her body covered in 90 percent burns, completely naked because her clothes had been burnt," Jha remembers.
After he graduated with a degree in English literature three years ago, Jha came to Mumbai, but found that the big city wasn't any more large-hearted to women, especially homeless women. His five-minute short film on homeless women, A Very Very Silent Film, was widely acclaimed at international festivals, and scooped up the jury prize at Cannes in 2002, prompting two French producers to commission him to direct a film. The script for Matrubhoomi emerged in one breathless week while working as a chef in Iceland. In that country to work as an assistant director on a film that never materialised, Jha had to earn his keep. Back in India, Matrubhoomi was wrapped up in a 28-day shoot.
"What attracted me was the script," says Punkej Kharabanda, co-producer of the film (along with the French company Ex-Nihilo). "It was brilliant: you could visualise the entire film."
Early responses to the film have included revulsion at the repeated depictions of sexual violence used in the film and criticism of the character Kalki, who, never even once, attempts to challenge her fate (see review). Jha retorts: "There's a scene after Kalki's marriage where you see two rifles in the room. Critics say, why doesn't she just lift the rifles and shoot everyone? But realistically, what's a woman going to do? If she's thrown into a jungle of men, she can kill one, she can kill two, but there's a larger world of hungry men outside." But the film also has its share of converts. "A rich businessman who saw the film told me, 'I hate myself. My wife is pregnant and two days ago I went to the temple to pray for a baby boy.' It made him question his thought process," Jha says. "You can love Matrubhoomi or hate it, but you can't ignore it or the issues it raises."
This article originally appeared in the June 3-16 2005 edition of TimeOut Mumbai.
Tags: female infanticide, manish jha, matrubhoomi, missing girls
Categories Gender, South Asia


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Woman taken to hospital after incident between Birmingham New Street and Cheltenham
Train services have been delayed and diverted
Zasha Whiteway-WilkinsonContent Editor
CrossCountry trains were delayed
A woman has been taken to hospital following a report of a casualty on the tracks.
The incident, which happened somewhere between Birmingham New Street and Bournville, affected services all the way to Cheltenham Spa.
It was reported earlier this morning (May 5) that trains running between these stations were being diverted, Cross Country said.
British Transport Police (BTP) has confirmed the incident is not thought to be suspicious.
A spokeswoman said: "British Transport Police were called at 10.22am today (5 May) following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
"Paramedics also attended, and a woman has been taken to hospital for treatment. This incident is not being treated as suspicious."
The BTP is a national special police force that polices railways and light-rail systems in England, Wales and Scotland.
When asked about delays between Birmingham New Street and Cheltenham returning to normal, National Rail said: "All lines have reopened now that the emergency services have attended the incident between Birmingham New Street and Bournville.
"We're expecting disruption to continue until around 1pm with 45min delays and some cancellations still."


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American Dad!: Volume 5
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Comedy is a difficult thing to review. What makes one person roll around laughing on the floor will simply make another roll their eyes. Which makes reviewing something like this fifth volume of episodes from American Dad! pretty difficult. After all, the show has been on the air for five years now, and it wallows in almost exactly the same sense of pop culture-spoofing humour that show creator Seth MacFarlane has been peddling in Family Guy for over a decade now - so chances are, you already know whether this is your kind of thing or not.
Ever since Grand Theft Auto III first exploded onto the PlayStation 2 back in October 2001, developers have leapt at the opportunity to create their own sandbox games thanks to the computing power offered by today's high-spec consoles. Free-roaming videogames where the gamer can essentially do whatever they want, whenever they want within the confines of an open-world, are now commonplace across pretty much all platforms. But few of them have ever lived up to those Rockstar Games has conjured up for its Grand Theft Auto series.
Split/Second: Velocity
Anton van Beek | May 28, 2010 | 0 comments
Split/Second: Velocity is all about driving ridiculously fast and using every trick at your disposal to nobble the seven opponents sharing the track with you. But you can forget all about the usual tricks of using your car as a battering ram or firing missiles at your rivals, as this game takes as many of its cues from Michael Bay's movies as it has from previous racers like Burnout and Mario Kart. Epic destruction is the order of the day, where instead of simply firing a weapon at another car, you trigger a huge series of explosions dropping an entire building on it instead!
Batman: Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year Edition
Anton van Beek | Apr 02, 2010 | 0 comments
Comic book superheroes have generally had a pretty tough time of it in the world of videogames, with recent movie-tie ins like Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk doing little to inspire confidence. However, there's one classic comic book character that has (for the most part) avoided this fate – the Dark Knight himself, Batman.
Anton van Beek | Feb 25, 2010 | 0 comments
After numerous years in development, Quantic Dream founder and CEO David Cage's long-gestating and much-touted vision of the future of 'interactive drama' is finally here. The question now then is whether or not the finished game can possibly live up to our own expectations and the creative team's numerous claims. And while the answer - unsurprisingly - is no, Heavy Rain still delivers a unique gaming experience that comes close to living up to the hype.
Western Digital TV Live Hub Media Player review
Ed Selley | Jan 15, 2010 | 0 comments
WD drives towards domination Chris Jenkins checks out a media player with big storage attached
WD's digital media players include the cut-down WDTV Mini and advanced WDTV and networkable WD TV Live. So this version, with its built-in 1Tb storage drive, can be regarded as a logical development.
Last Year at Marienbad Blu-ray review
Anton van Beek | Nov 08, 2009 | 0 comments
Optimum Home Entertainment has had something of a spotty history with the quality of its Blu-ray releases. That said, the company definitely appears to have found its footing with its recent Studio Canal Collection of classic films, and nowhere is that more evident that with this lavish high-definition treatment of Alain Resnais' mind-bending 1961 French New Wave outing Last Year at Marienbad (L'Annee derniere a Marienbad).
Anton van Beek | Oct 31, 2009 | 0 comments
Thanks to the likes of Haute Tension (aka Switchblade Romance), Frontiere(s) and Martyrs, the past few years have seen a major resurgence in French horror cinema. Proving particularly adept at pushing the boundaries of taste, this new wave of French horror eschews the safe scares of its Americanised brethren in favour of more challenging fodder. And the latest of these films to make it to UK shores is the writer-director Alexandre Bustillo and co-director Julien Maury's visceral 2007 shocker A l'interieur (Inside).
Trick 'r Treat is a film that's been talked about (at least amongst online horror communities) for the best part of two years now. Originally slated for a Stateside cinema release back in October 2007, Warner Bros. withdrew the film from its schedules and left it languishing in the vaults with no explanation. Numerous theories started circulating, not least one rather ludicrous suggestion that the film was being buried as some sort of punishment to writer-director Michael Dougherty for the relatively poor box office performance of Superman Returns, which Dougherty has co-written.
Drag Me to Hell Blu-ray review
Quite simply, Raimi's return to the genre that spawned his career is a much needed breath-of-fresh-air for the increasingly self-referential, po-faced and torture-obsessed American horror genre. It's not the most original film - the story about a young woman with only days to live after being cursed treads much of the same ground as MR James' Casting the Runes (and the excellent 1957 adaptation Night of the Demon) - but that really doesn't matter a jot, as writer-director Sam Raimi delivers a fast-paced and playful chiller that's entirely focused on making its audience jump. In other words; exactly the kind of silly ghoulish treat Hollywood seemed to have given up on.
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Here's an "oldie" but goodie. F.E.A.R. 3 is on sale again at Green Man Gaming, this time at $7.68 vs the previous price we saw of $15.37. The 2011 psychological horror game continues the same spook fest from the first two installment, with review generally positive.
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After 6 push backs, Warner Bros officially sets FEAR 3's release date to June 21st this year. Although this is the case, most of the fans still patiently awaits its release and there are only very few presales orders that were cancelled. With the new multiplayer coop game modes, Fear 3 will offer a more thrilling experience and better gameplay.
The threequel no longer features Sergeant Morales and Becker. This time, players take on the FEAR squad as the genetically-altered Point Man and the cannibalistic brother Paxton Fettel, sons of Alma Wade. It is known from Fear 2 that Sergeant Becket was raped by Alma. With Sergeant Becket back in this game to kill their son, who will also possess paranormal powers, Alma Wade is set to protect her family and reunite their bloodline.
Fear 3 now has a multiplayer mode and developers call it Divergent Co-op. In this mode, Point Man can gun down a FEAR soldier while Paxton Fettel stuns or possesses him using telekinesis. Developers claim that this mode has forever changed the FEAR franchise gameplay. Multiplayer mode also features 4 coop games and one of them is called "F*cking Run", where 4 players run through waves of enemies. The game is over when a player dies.
Overall, FEAR 3 is still much anticipated even after delays in its release. There's not much improvement or change in the game, but a promise of a better gameplay and new coop game modes will hopefully get this game at the top of every gamer's list.


If you're anything like me, you have a dark corner of your basement that you rarely go into. It's your just-in-case stash of old computers and computer parts, you're convinced the minute you throw away any of the parts, you'll need them. Sure every modern TV or monitor uses HDMI, but you keep those VGA cables around, just in case. Why not give all those old PC's new life?
The quickest and easiest way to repurpose your old laptop is installing a Linux "lightweight" distro on it. Lightweight distros such as "Lubuntu", are designed specifically for older PC's, they use fewer resources than most modern operating systems. They do sacrifice some of the sleeknesses that you find in a new OS, but retain the same level of functionality. Especially if you tend to use your computers as web browsing, streaming, and social media machine.
Sounds intimidating, doesn't it? There are services like OwnCloud that allow you to build you very own cloud storage on just about any PC. You can share files stored on the device from any internet connected location, so it works as your personal cloud storage. While there is documentation that can walk you through the process, for the gun shy there's an image from Turnkey Linux.
This is probably not for everyone. You may simply just not have the use or the level of geekiness to drum up the desire to do this, but if the desire is there, you could turn your old PC into a firewall. A firewall serves to prevent intrusion into your network. Products like PFSense allow you to turn your computer into a security appliance. Improving your network security posture while making use of that PC sitting in your closet.
Maybe you don't want to share your data with the internet but want the convenience of being able to access data from any device on your home network. If you have the job in a corporate environment, you probably have what are known as network drives that allow you to have access to data no matter what computer you login to on your network. Products like FreeNAS allow you to do the same in your own home, all you need is one of those old PC's laying around. While the concept may seem a bit advanced, there is enough information online to help all but the most computer illiterate among us set up a NAS.
Maybe the best thing about that old laptop is the ability to use it to test all the open-source software that's available whether to test-drive it or learn? Have an interest in IT Security, Linux distros like Kali Linux are specifically built to penetration testing. Want to get a head start on Systems Administration, try CentOS, a free version of Red Hat–used in most enterprise environments–out, break it, fix it, then break it again. Or you could simply take the time to see which one the the ideas I've mentioned already are best for you.
Before you throw out that old computer or just let it sit and collect dust, keep in mind there are a multitude of options to get the most out of that old hardware.
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BMI Offers Bold Breakout Performers During Lollapalooza
Posted in News on July 15, 2010
BMI is proud to present the performers on its 2010 Lollapalooza stage. Running August 6, 7, and 8 at Grant Park's Hutchinson Field in Chicago, IL, BMI's stage will kick off performances at 11:15 a.m. each day, setting the pace at the mammoth music festival.
The BMI/Lollapalooza stage, a superstar forecaster, has launched performers such as Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, and Eric Church.
Providing a bucolic respite with Lake Michigan as a backdrop, the BMI stage will emit disco-dunked sounds, acoustic balladry, and pop-rock rhapsodies from a slew of singer/songwriting acts. Performers on the BMI Lollapalooza stage range from British ingénue Neon Hitch to the megaphone toting My Dear Disco; the explosiveness of Jukebox The Ghost; and Dan Black's mellifluous "Symphonies." The eclectic lineup will provide a blend of sounds, reflecting Lollapalooza's wide-ranging approach in offering festival-goers performances that are unique and remarkable.
BMI Lollapalooza Stage Schedule
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – These United States: Lexington, Kentucky quintet These United States are—somehow, amidst an astounding number of tour dates—about to release their fourth studio album, entitled What Lasts. With positive press from Paste, Spin and The New York Times accompanying prior releases by TUS, it's safe to assume listeners are eager for the folk-pop ensemble's next rootsy installment.
myspace.com/theseunited
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. – The Ettes: Like many bands in the recent garage explosion, The Ettes have a commanding live presence and attitude to spare. Having supported sold-out tours by The Black Keys (2008), Kings Of Leon (2009) and The Dead Weather (2010), The Ettes continue to unleash raw tunes, like last year's "Crown of Age", featured in Drew Barrymore's movie Whip It.
myspace.com/theettes
Pictured, clockwise from left, are Neon Trees, The Ettes, These United States, Jukebox the Ghost, Semi Precious Weapons, and My Dear Disco.
1:45 – 2:30 p.m. – Jukebox The Ghost: Since their 2008 debut, Let Live and Let Ghosts, a sunny, piano-led explosion of pop exuberance, Jukebox The Ghost has logged hundreds of shows and thousands of hours on tour. The upbeat, diverse, often explosive, and always crowd-pleasing JTG are set to release their second album, produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, The National), in the fall.
myspace.com/jukeboxtheghost
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. – My Dear Disco: Given the name, the band's influences may seem obvious. But upon first listen—the singing through a megaphone in French, the Van Halen-inspired bagpipe shredding, the unorthodox time signatures—it's clear that My Dear Disco's music is hard to encapsulate. With their first album, DanceThink (2009), they give a name to the multifaceted sound they bring onstage.
myspace.com/mydeardisco
4:15 – 5:00 p.m. – Semi Precious Weapons: Fresh on the heels of releasing their sophomore album, You Love You, New York City's Semi Precious Weapons continue to unleash their unapologetic concoction of rock 'n' roll glitz and mayhem. Voted Best Band in NYC by the Village Voice, SPW just scored their first number one in New Zealand with their eponymous song "Semi Precious Weapons."
myspace.com/semipreciousweapons
5:30 – 6:15 p.m. - Neon Trees: Take hook-happy new wave, add classic-rock's story-telling humanity, then leaven with otherworldly charisma, and you begin to understand the palette Neon Trees are working from. The Utah-based rock band just released its major label debut titled In Our Youth, of which member Elaine Bradley notes: "Every song represents a different aspect of our sound. We don't stick to a single formula. And we have the goods to back it up live."
myspace.com/neontrees
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. – MyNameIsJohnMichael: Full of vibrant energy, MyNameIsJohnMichael's live shows go unrivaled, featuring trumpets, trashcans and chains. Pronounced Best New Artist/Band out of The Big Easy by several publications, indie rockers MNIJM intertwine their brassy, New Orleans heritage with a mix of electric, up-tempo tunes, and what SPIN Magazine dubs "straight forward, plaintive acoustic balladry."
myspace.com/mynameisjohnmichael
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. – Skybox: Drawing favorable comparisons to MGMT, Chicago's Skybox crafts shifting, breezy pop tunes evocative of The Windy City itself. The band employed producer Sean O'Keefe (Fall Out Boy, Plain White Ts) for its second album, Morning After Cuts (2010), which features the single "In A Dream."
myspace.com/skybox
Pictured, clockwise from top left, are Freelance Whales, Violent Soho, Neon Hitch, Son of a Bad Man, and Band of Heathens.
1:45 – 2:30 p.m. – Dragonette: Having topped club charts in the UK, France and Australia, Canadian synth-pop outfit Dragonette sits poised to test its underground status here in the states. Bringing catchy, buoyant hooks and driving, dance-floor grooves, Dragonette has sold out shows on four continents, achieved Top 10 singles in both France and Canada, and collaborated with artists such as Basement Jaxx and Kaskade.
myspace.com/dragonette
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. – Dan Black: Dan Black first caught recognition back in 2008 with "HYPNTZ", the Notorious BIG cover that brought Black from unsigned obscurity to being lauded by critics and bloggers as one of 2010's most promising breakthroughs. Black's debut, ((UN)) (2009), offers his kaleidoscopic future-pop that invokes Sigur Ros as much as it does Flying Lotus or Timbaland.
myspace.com/danblacksound
4:15-5:00 p.m. – Royal Bangs: Picked up by drummer/producer Patrick Carney (The Black Keys), Royal Bangs have spent the better part of the past two years recording and on the road. The Knoxville, TN three-piece has a third album in the works following last September's Let It Beep (2009) and continues its extensive touring, during which Royal Bangs continues to push its garage and electronic-infused rock in new directions.
myspace.com/royalbangs
11:15 -12:00 p.m. – Son of a Bad Man: It's at shows that Son of a Bad Man is truly in its element, all thanks to constant touring. Spearheaded by the gritty, ambitious (and 21 year old) singer-songwriter Shawn Fisher, Son of a Bad Man packs volatile, galvanizing rock into every performance.
myspace.com/sonofabadmanmusic
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. – Neon Hitch: From rough beginnings in London, to the slick production of current executive producer Benny Blanco (Ke$ha, Katy Perry), Neon Hitch's evolving assemblage of soulful pop and hip-hop beats has reflected changes on a personal level. For Hitch, it's the connection with the audience that counts—and her collaboration with 3OH!3 on "Follow Me Down" has connected with many.
myspace.com/neonhitch
Pictured, clockwise from top left, are Royal Bangs, Dragonette, Dan Black, MyNameIsJohnMichael, and Skybox.
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. – The Band of Heathens: Comparisons to the Black Crowes, Little Feat and the Band fit just fine, but it's their soulful originality that earned The Band of Heathens a taping for Austin City Limits' 35th-anniversary season and a 2009 Americana Music Honors & Awards nomination as New & Emerging Artist of the Year. The Heathens' harmony-drenched, roots rock makes for a live show that's not to be missed.
myspace.com/thebandofheathens
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. – Freelance Whales: To call them multi-instrumentalists might be a little overdone. The kids in Freelance whales are really just collectors, at heart. They don't really fancy buffalo nickels or Victorian furniture, but over the past two years, they've been collecting instruments, ghost stories, and dream-logs. Somehow, from this strange compost heap of little sounds and quiet thoughts, songs started to rise up like steam from the ground.
myspace.com/freelancewhales
4:15 - 5:00 p.m. – Violent Soho: Australia's Violent Soho recalls the rugged grunge sounds of the '90s to create what vocalist and guitarist Luke Boerdam describes as "stoner pop". The band's catchy single, "Jesus Stole My Girlfriend," from their self-titled U.S debut has earned some praise, and appeared in the top 40 on both Billboard's Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts.
violentsoho.com
BMI is proud to present and sponsor a stage at C3 music festivals Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festival (October 8-10). BMI's partnership with these elite festivals is designed to offer more prime showcasing opportunities to its songwriters, a distinct priority of the organization. For more information on Lollapalooza, please visit lollapalooza.com; for information on the Austin City Limits Music Festival, visit aclfestival.com.
SOURCENews TAGS Indie Chicago New York Lollapalooza 3OH!3 Band of Heathens Basement Jaxx The Black Crowes The Black Keys Dan Black Benny Blanco Eric Church Dead Weather The Ettes Fall Out Boy Shawn Fisher Freelance Whales Interpol Jukebox the Ghost Kings of Leon Lady Gaga My Dear Disco MyNameIsJohnMichael Neon Hitch Neon Trees Royal Bangs Semi Precious Weapons Violent Soho


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On 7 November 1963, 11 West German miners were rescued from a collapsed mine after surviving for 14 days, an event that later became known as the Wunder von Lengede ("miracle of Lengede").

On 24 October 1963, the Lengede-Broistedt Iron Mine near Salzgitter was flooded with  of muddy water after a sedimentation pond had broken its ground and the tunnels between the  and  levels. Out of 129 workers, 79 escaped during the first few hours. They used underground mine ventilation raises and further shafts which had been provided with ladders due to safety regulations. At first there seemed to be no hope for the remaining 50 miners. Several attempts and deliberations about possible rescue positions within the mine and the successful rescue of miners at the one or other locations gave rise to a sequence of dramatic and technically challenging rescue missions with hitherto unseen worldwide media coverage.

The float rescue

After one day, seven more miners could be located with a small access bore hole close to the Hauptbremsberg, a central transport hub in the mine. While broader rescue drilling was under-way, due to the falling water level, they sent a message to the surface, they would try to escape on their own. Four foremen from above secretly took the initiative to meet the men halfway with a makeshift float and get the men back to the surface.

The air bubble

It had been calculated that four more workers could have survived in an air bubble on their working place. A bore hole drilled to that section revealed life signs. These miners (only three had actually survived) had to be brought to the surface through an escape hole while significantly high pressure was maintained to avoid decompression sickness and a return of the water. The rescue operations were led by several groups of experts, the medical team led by Dr. Wünsche, an aviation medic.
The miners received games, cameras (copies of the photos were returned to them) and a special diet. Various communication channels to friends and loved ones were established. After their rescue on 1 November, rescue equipment was moved off-site, as there seemed to be no hope for the remaining men. A memorial church service for the missing men was already scheduled for 4 November.

The Alter Mann rescue

However, a worker called Hütter, whose long year foreman was among the missed, suggested on the previous Sunday to the technical director Ferling a further escape zone. This last escape resort was in an abandoned part of the mine, in  ("old man"). Under normal conditions, it was absolutely forbidden to enter this area, but workers now and then had a look at Alter Mann areas or used them to take a rest or shortcut. The suggestion led to a final hole being drilled down to this highly dangerous and unstable area of the mine. When contact with a new group of 11 survivors was established via hammer signal, newspapers and media worldwide began to speak of a miracle. As the experienced rescuers had hoped, more than 20 miners had fled into the Alter Mann as water was rising in the newer parts of the mine. By the time the drill came down, only 11 had survived in extreme circumstances of falling rock, debris, wounded and dying comrades and different water levels. They had only a bottle of tea with them and the batteries of their helmet lamps had to be rationed. Due to the instability of the region, drilling was done in the final parts with a compressor.

After a few more days of drilling rescue access holes, the 11 miners were brought to safety on 7 November after being trapped for two weeks. They were rescued from a depth of  via a  diameter shaft, using a device called Dahlbusch bomb.  The remaining 29 workers had died; 19 were killed directly in the disaster, 10 in the aftermath while awaiting rescue.

There were some harsh discussions about why and whether this last resort had not been suggested earlier. As it was revealed later, rumours about the Alter Mann as a possible refuge had been raised as early as two days after the flooding. However these had not been taken into account till the formal attempt by Hütter. Der Spiegel described some rumours about East German involvement against critics as well a sort of psychological barrier between different hierarchy levels as reason for the late search in the Alter Mann.

Media presence
The turn of events, with the various dramatic efforts to reach and rescue the survivors, attracted international media attention. There was stiff competition between the 365 press people and 83 journalists and technicians of TV and radio stations. The reporters used fixed telephone lines temporarily provided and leased by the inhabitants of Lengede. Press reporter Gerhard Mauz and his Volkswagen beetle got celebrity status, since he had occupied a central place 50 m away from the borehole and was using the phone line of the local railway station inn to report from the car.

Others, especially press people, were less lucky. A French press journalist, Jean Yves Grandmange was beaten 5 times while attempting interviews. Because special equipment provided by different TV and radio stations was also used to provide communication with the miners, these reporters received privileged access. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard personally visited the mine site and spoke with the miners. Erhard had formally obtained permission from his cabinet members to skip normal duties and visit the site. Over 450 journalists from all over the world were present when the last miners were rescued.

This event, along with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 10 years earlier, became a hallmark for early TV coverage of events with international interest. The rescue was the first significant news story to receive current daily "breaking news" television coverage, and it made watching the Tagesschau a sort of ritual in Western Germany.

In popular culture
In 1969, Rudolf Jugert made the first movie about the events. Several TV documentaries have been shot as well, such as Das Wunder von Lengede oder Ich wünsch' keinem was wir mitgemacht haben in 1979 by ZDF and Das Drama von Lengede, Protokoll einer Katastrophe in 2003 by WDR.
In 2003, a two-part television film titled Das Wunder von Lengede (or ) was produced by German television station Sat.1. The film was written by Benedikt Röskau based on the recollections of one of the rescued miners. It was directed by Kaspar Heidelbach and featured Heino Ferch, Jan Josef Liefers, , Heike Makatsch, Axel Prahl, Uwe Rohde, Armin Rohde, Klaus J. Behrendt and Thomas Heinze. It was first broadcast on 9–10 November 2003 and was televised in Sweden, among others.
The film won a Grimme Award in 2004.

The television series Thunderbirds (1965–1966), about a rescue organization, was inspired by this disaster.

See also
 2010 Copiapó mining accident
 Beaconsfield Mine collapse

References

Further reading
 Manfred Meier: Das Wunder von Lengede. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, .

External links

 link in German Das Unglück von Lengede Der Spiegel, 13 November 1963, nr. 46, Issue 17
 Grubenunglück und Rettung 1963 (in German) Geschichts@tlas Niedersachsen - Information about the rescue mission
 "Das Wunder von Lengede" (in German) nordmedia, 7 July 2009 - Information about the movie

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