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Lidar tech: Ford's autonomous car drives in pitch dark with lights off like it's a cake walk
Ford's autonomous car drives in the pitch dark
By Swapnil Bandiwadekar
April 14, 2016 10:02 +08
Autonomous car tech has been in the news recently more often than it ever was and for all the right reasons. At least most of the times. Car makers are obviously working to make autonomous cars a reality, but we do have tech giants like Google as well. We also keep hearing about Apple's car from time to time. If you ask the tech writer inside me, the future looks quite interesting. The purist in me gets a little more nervous every time he hears about automatic cars.
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The US car maker Ford showed off an improved version of autonomous car system. Ford's latest experiment, Project Nightonomy, was quite a daring one as the car was driving all by itself in total dark. Pitch dark. No headlights, no cameras, no ultrasonic sensors. There was nothing to guide the car except for the Lidar. Oh, and there was a scientist inside the car who could see nothing but the darkness. Things you do for your employer and other human beings. Both the car and the scientist came out unscathed at the end of the experiment.
Lidar is a system that uses laser light to illuminate the objects and detect and avoid them. Basically, these data is fed into the computer in real time to create a map of the surrounding and navigate. Lidar is not a whole new technology. Its origin is in the 1960s. But it has evolved over the years like any other technology. Today it's so advanced that a car can be driven in complete darkness while solely relying on it.
Even if fully autonomous cars go into mass production in the next five years, it will still take some time to get the human drivers out of them. If not, then we will at least see a major bump in the safety of the current cars. Plus, the purists will always be rooting for full manual cars.
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April 7-20, 2019 | From wetlands, coastline, and desert to the High Atlas, Morocco has a great deal to offer.
From wetlands, coastline, and desert to the remote High Atlas mountains, Morocco has a great deal to offer. Our timing for this trip will be impeccable as many species will be nesting and there will still be some spring migration. We will also have plenty of opportunities to explore the fascinating culture and enjoy the wonderful gastronomy, including a full day in Marrakech where we will visit the Djemaa el Fna market.
The wetlands will be teeming with life, including must-see species like the White-headed Duck, Marbled Duck and Red-knobbed Coot at Sidi Boughaba National Park. Near Tamri we will be visiting one of the last viable populations of the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis.
The rugged High Atlas around Oukaimeden are always a highlight of every Morocco trip. There we will be looking for mountain species such as Moussier's Redstart, Alpine Accentor and Crimson-winged Finch. We may even get a glimpse of the enigmatic Lammergeier.
Some of the desert species like the Greater Hoopoe Lark and Cream-colored Courser will be breeding in April. We'll have good chances of seeing Crowned and Spotted Sandgrouse, Houbara Bustard, Lanner Falcon, and several species of lark and wheatear.
Come join us in Morocco for a whole lot of fun!
*Unless otherwise noted, trip fees cover all ground transportation, double-occupancy lodging, breakfasts, lunches, local guides, entrance fees, excursions and the services of your skilled leaders. Fees do not include dinners, alcoholic beverages, or airfare to and from your destination.


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Trump, Twitter, And The Trade War: How To Bring Down A Market
By Alex Kimani - May 09, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
U.S. equities were slammed on the first two trading sessions of the week after President Trump, seemingly out of the blue, took to Twitter and threatened to dramatically escalate China tariffs. On Sunday morning, Trump threatened to ratchet up current tariffs on Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent before adding on Monday morning that another $325 billion worth of goods from the country could face a similar fate.
Trump's tweets were initially seen as a means to extract more concessions from Beijing amidst reports that China had gone back on some of its earlier pledges agreed on during the ongoing trade talks. Nevertheless, they proved more than enough to rattle the markets.
The broad market benchmark, the S&P 500, fell more than two percent while the Dow Jones plunged nearly 700 points before managing to pare back some losses on Wednesday's session.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Composite Index has continued to lose ground, cratering six percent while the Stoxx Europe 600 Index has slipped about one percent;
Gold and silver hardly budged, moving less than half a percentage point while oil futures dropped to their lowest level in a month before recovering.
For those who thought Trump was only bluffing, make no mistake about it: Washington has just filed plans to hike tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. worth $200 billion to 25 percent from 10 percent effective from 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
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No more concessions
As widely expected, Beijing quickly returned fire by broadcasting its intention to continue playing hardball.
On Tuesday, Chinese state media came out with reports that warned the U.S. against starting another trade war by asking for more concessions.
According to Shanghai-based political analyst Chen Daoyi, China has the will and power to stand its ground and is unlikely to give in to Washington's demands. He also added that the Politburo—China's top decision-making body—had changed its stance within the last two months and has decided to devote less attention to the country's economic situation.
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According to visiting professor with Johns Hopkins University Simon Evenett and his counterpart from Peterson Institute for International Economics Gary Hufbauer: "…seen from Beijing's viewpoint, the downside from a failed deal and higher US tariffs is diminished now that Chinese stimulus plans are in place."
The fact that Trump's polemic has coincided with an important national event has probably not helped matters much. This year marks the centenary of the May Fourth Movement when the country staged a series of protests against Western imperialism in the aftermath of WW1 as well as the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
What the experts at home are saying
Back in the U.S., there seems to be consensus that Trump's threats are likely to have far-reaching repercussions though with varying outcomes.
Reuters cites Nomura as saying that the two protagonists are unlikely to back down from their negotiating positions though the analysts say there's now little chance of the two countries will strike a comprehensive trade deal this week. The bank sees a 45 percent chance the newly announced tariffs will go into effect on Friday as planned but negotiations will continue thereafter and a 40 percent chance the U.S. will postpone the tariffs and talks will continue.
Others are bracing for harder times, with top investment banks laying out worst case scenarios if the tariffs take effect as feared. "Fasten your seatbelt and don't hold your breath," Bank of America strategists warned in a note this week, as reported by BusinessInsider.
Global equities have remained on edge since those tweets. Yet, things could quickly take the southern route, with U.S. and Chinese equity markets likely to bear the full brunt of a fallout. According to the experts, Apple, Boeing and Caterpillar are likely to be hardest hit in such a scenario—they are all trading lower ~5 percent this week.
Source: CNBC
For all the bluster and political brinkmanship, China's economy is likely to fare far worse in the event of a full-blown trade war, with the country's GDP taking a hit of 1.2-1.5 percent.
If those estimates look a tad harsh, consider that the latest data coming from China that shows that exports contracted 2.7 percent in April, well below estimates of 3 percent growth.
In contrast, retaliatory tariffs by the Middle Kingdom are only expected to nick off 0.1 percent from U.S.' GDP growth.
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If you are irreplaceable why try to replace someone else?
My parents divorced early in my childhood and my mom was lucky enough to meet and marry my stepdad a few years later. One afternoon, shortly afterwards, my mom pulled me aside. She wanted me to know that my stepdad was not trying to replace my father, but that we were all going to have to make some adjustments.
Now I do not recall intentionally acting out, or purposefully saying hurtful things to my new stepdad before this talk, but I assume since she went to all the trouble of speaking to me individually rather than at the same time as my sisters, I must have done something. I do remember thinking that my mom's decision to marry this person felt rather sudden to me. Only as I matured did I realize that she wouldn't have introduced us to him until their relationship was rather serious, which would imply that their courtship was longer than it seemed to a young child.
Jumping forward, I have been promoted of sorts at my day job, and part of my new assignment is to take over the management of an established team. Unlike my prior promotion, I didn't ask for this one, and this promotion came at the expense of a colleague. A colleague who is well liked throughout the organization, but one whose talents, our superiors thought, would better serve the company in a role that didn't allow for the day-to-day management of people.
The news broke that I would be stepping in to fill this newly vacated role and I had the opportunity to sit front and center as his staff reacted. And react they did.
For over half of the team, I was an unknown. They had seen me in the halls, but we had not had much interaction beyond a brief hello. Additionally they had liked their existing team. They had known their place in the organization. Now the earth was shifting out from under their feet. It didn't matter that I had known this was in the works for the past few days. It didn't matter that I have years of experience with my company or an established track record with my own direct reports. To them, it was a shocking decision and I represented a threat to their security.
Therefore I wasn't entirely surprised when I didn't exactly receive a glowing welcome. One of my new reports very vocally stated that my predecessor was the best manager he had ever had in his nearly 50 years of professional experience while looking directly at me. While I don't normally like to elaborate on my age, lets just say that he has more working experience than I have experience living. I could have easily taken the statement personally – a hostile, judgmental attack against ability based on my age.
The next few days aren't going to be easy.
I had to take a quiet breath and eliminate my emotional response. I had to remember that this meeting wasn't about me. My predecessor was also in the room and my new direct report was trying to issue one final compliment to his former boss. He wasn't trying to disrespect me, he was trying to show his respect for my colleague. It also gave me a great opening for a follow-up conversation.
I usually have a healthy ego. As such, I believe I have a unique mix of qualities. Sure, my employer might be able to move on without me, but I like to think that they would not be able to find my clone out there with my exact mix of skills, experience, and personality. If I am irreplaceable, why in the world would I think that I could replace someone else exactly and trying would not benefit anyone. I was chosen for this new assignment for a reason.
Just like my mom had done with me so many years ago, I realized I was going to have to pull him aside for a heart to heart after our initial meeting. I asked him, what made his predecessor such a great manager? I was up front with him. I told him that I would not pretend that I was going to try to do things the same way, but I would do what I could to accommodate his needs as long as I knew what those needs were. We wound up having a pretty decent chat.
I hope that as a result he'll learn to recognize that I am not trying to replace the boss he has placed on a pedestal. We are both now in the situation of making the best of what we've been given. After my talk with my mom about my new stepdad, I consciously tried to make more of an effort. I hope it was noticed. There was never a follow-up discussion which makes me think it was. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this situation might also work out over time as well.
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Great post as always and I looked up the comedian career advise noting Louis CK, Will Ferrell and Steve Martin's in particular. The links attached to your blog adds to the enjoyment!
Congratulations on your promotion and good luck!


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(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State considers that the proposed location of offshore renewable energy installations or the stages of construction, operation or de-commissioning of the aforementioned installations give rise to unacceptable risks to safety of navigation.
(2) Reference to installations also includes their safety zones, and the reference to risks includes those related to collision, grounding and to interference to shore and ship radar, radio and other electronic communication systems caused by the aforementioned installations.
(4) If experience in any of the stages referred to in subsection (1) or (2) above identifies risks, the Secretary of State shall consider whether the measures in subsection (3)(b) or (c) or any other appropriate measures shall be introduced to eliminate or to reduce the risks to acceptable levels.
(5) Where the measures in subsection (3)(a) or (b) are to be introduced, the Secretary of State shall ensure that a system for monitoring traffic patterns, their volumes and densities is established to assist in implementation and to overseer the effectiveness of the measures.
(6) Where the measures in subsection (3)(b) are to be taken, the Secretary of State shall ensure that any deviation from recognised sea lanes, navigational channels including port access channels is kept to a minimum.
(7) Where the measures in subsection (3)(b) or (c) are to be introduced, the Secretary of State shall ensure that all costs are borne by developers."
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Before summer is too far gone, here's a look back at ours. We felt blessed to have done so many things with my family, being that is was the first summer of my dad's retirement, and the last that my brother will be nearby. Though it had its highs and lows, some of the highlights included our annual trip to Black Lake, a few date nights, visiting our oldest brother's family in Florida, reading good books, and trying to eat healthier. And now, fall is most welcome.
lovely...here's to another Michigan autumn!
Beautiful way to remember a lovely summer.
I love that striped top and golden pants outfit!
I love this recap of your summer! great way to remember all the good things! I'm still swooning over that ombre ocean.
Beautiful pictures and such a lovely, serene post!
Love this collage! So curious about the French Toast pic. What is it!?
Thanks Ronnie! It was a chocolate bar that combined the flavors of french toast...I wish I'd tried it.


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Sister Maureen O'Brien, BVM
Sister Maureen O'Brien, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary for 60 years, died Aug. 16. Sister Maureen entered religious life from St. Anne of the Sunset Parish and served as a teacher and principal at San Francisco's St. Paul High School, where she herself was a student, for 22 years.
Sister Maureen also served in parish ministry at St. Paul Parish, Church of the Visitation and St. Teresa Church.
Survivors include a sister Ann Theresa Riordan of Millbrae and a brother Stephen of Grass Valley.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated Aug. 28 at the sisters' motherhouse in Dubuque. She is interred in the sisters' Mount Carmel Cemetery there.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated Sept. 12, 1 p.m., at St. Paul Church with a reception in the parish hall.
Remembrances may be made to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003 or St. Paul High School Alumnae Association Scholarship Fund, 221 Valley St., San Francisco 94131.


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Bikefest begins at courthouse
The Ballinger Noon Lions Club will sponsor its 40th annual Colorado River Bikefest April 23 at the Runnels County Courthouse.
Registration begins at 7 a.m. with the race to follow at 8:30 a.m.
Entry fees are $10 for the 5K Fun! ride/run/walk and $20 for the 30K, 60K and 100K tours.
Free T-shirts will be given to the first 100 entries.
Proceeds benefit the Lions Club Journey for Sight.
For more information, call 325-234-7842 or visit www.ballingernoonlions.org.
Early days shows frontier living
McCulloch County Early Days will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9 in Richards Park.
The family-oriented, frontier-themed living history event will feature military and civilian presenters from historic Texas forts, local exhibitors, Dutch-oven cookers, musical entertainment, gunslingers and cowboys, Sahawe Indian dancers, an old-time magic show, a children's petting zoo and food vendors.
Admission is by donation.
For more information, call 325-597-4123 or 325-597-2438.
Stampede includes rodeo, cook-off
A Spring Stampede will be held at Lee Pfluger Park on U.S. Highway 87 West Saturday. Gates open at 8 a.m.
Activities include arts and crafts booths at 9 a.m., open team roping at 10 a.m., and mutton busting at 3 p.m.
A cook-off during the day includes categories for ribs, brisket, stuffed jalapeños and bloody marys.
A ranch rodeo begins at 4 p.m. with sorting, mugging, branding, wild cow milking and goat tying. Entry is $500 for a four-person team with one alternate.
A dance featuring Clearwater will follow the rodeo.
General admission to the stampede is $15. Ages 6 and younger get in free.
For more information on the rodeo, call 325-456-9368 or 325-234-8597.
For more about the cook-off and park events call 325-869-0088.
Wine tasting tour kicks off at square
Local grape producers will host the first Mason Wine Tour at 11 a.m. April 9 on the east side of the courthouse square.
Visits will be made to the Robert Clay Vineyards and Sandstone Cellars for tastings and tapas, before departing to the Fly Gap Winery for a winery tour with barrel tastings and tapas.
The next stop will be to Pontotoc to visit the Carl and Frances Money vineyard and the Dotson Cervantes Winery. Tastings, pairings and tapas will be offered.
Tickets are $100 and include all tasting fees, meals and transportation. Participants are limited to 40 people.
For more information or to make a reservation, email brockestes@live.com.
General Store named top business
The General Store was named Business of the Year at the Ozona Chamber of Commerce banquet last week.
The business is owned and operated by Russell and Cole Crenwelge.
Annual book sale to last all month
The Crockett County Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held April 1-30.
Thousands of books, CDs, audiobooks and other media will be for sale at25 cents each.
For more information, call 325-392-3565 or email crockco@verizon.net.
VFW to hold sausage sale
The Rowena VFW will hold its annual sausage sale from 5-6 p.m. Friday at the VFW Hall along U.S. Highway 67 North.
Cost is $5 per pound. Deadline to order is Wednesday.
To order, call 325-442-4771, 325-468-3194, or 325-442-3721.
— Compiled by Jane Jeschke
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Film Review: Clouds of Sils Maria
Lars Eidinger
Dominick Suzanne-Mayer
April 20, 2015 | 12:00am ET
Much of Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria exists in an obscure haze, a strange space pitched somewhere between paranoid and wistful. It's an effective representation of the place in life at which Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) finds herself when she's asked to reprise her performance in the play Maloja Snake. The difference is that when Maria was younger, she played the role of the young ingénue seduced by an older woman. Now, she's being asked to play the seductress, who ultimately meets her ruin at the hands of the young woman she covets and then obsesses over. For an actress in the modern entertainment industry, Maria is savvy enough to see the publicity value of inverting her star-making turn, but she's also a woman struggling with the oncoming loss of the youth that was once hers to use for her own art.
Clouds of Sils Maria works through a number of different meditations on mortality and its mutually fraught relationships with art. Given this, its pleasures are largely dependent on one's willingness to follow Assayas through his disparate, constantly fluctuating modes. It's an acquired taste, to say the least. Much like the natural phenomenon with which the film's fictional play shares its name, the film is shrouded in mysteries and paths that often lead only to further speculation. The film lingers at quiet, often protracted, sometimes inexplicably connected moments of process in all its forms. In addition to the obvious one, the process actors go through to play a particularly difficult role, Clouds of Sils Maria is also about the processes of aging, of forming relationships and demolishing them, of embracing a new phase in life or desperately attempting to stave it off.
It's also about projection, as much as anything. The film's numerous long-take rehearsal sessions cast Maria's assistant Valentine (Kristen Stewart, nuanced and affecting) in the young woman's role, as the duo freely maneuvers in and out of the text, their dynamic becoming increasingly muddled with the play's story of the arrogance of age being undone by the endless cunning of youth. Binoche and Stewart work their way through lengthy exchanges of dialogue in rehearsal, all of it with opposing dynamics emerging throughout: dominance against submission, old against young, cynicism against optimism, intellect against passion.
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Seasonally appropriate sketch from his sketchbook.
§ At New York Comic Con this year there was a big booth for The Far Side, Gary Larsen's much tacked to refrigerator doors absurdist comic strip. But why? Quizzing the people at at the booth got me only mysterious smiles.
But now we know. Although Larsen, now 69, has been retired since 1995, The Far Side is back as a website, and it may even feature some new doodles! Larsen explained more in a very rare interview at the NY Times:
Beginning Tuesday, the "Far Side" site will provide visitors with "The Daily Dose," a random selection of past cartoons, along with a weekly set of strips arranged by theme. There will also be a look at doodles from the sketchbooks of Larson, who said: "I'm looking forward to slipping in some new things every so often." (Previously, there was no content on the site.)
The site has daily strips and even sections arranged by topic, including scientists and animals, like cows. In the interview, Larsen even tries to explain a bit about the notorious "Cow Tools" strip:
"Cow Tools" is difficult to describe, so I don't think I should attempt it here or it could turn into an essay. But the bottom line is that it was a massively confusing cartoon. When that came out, suddenly I found myself being called by reporters and doing interviews about a cartoon with the inane title, "Cow Tools." I think one newspaper even held a contest to see if anyone could figure out what it meant. It got kind of wild.
But, in a weird way, this is how I first came to realize that there was something going on, and that there were other humans actually reading my cartoons. Cartooning is kind of a loner endeavor. You draw stuff, you mail it in, draw stuff, mail it in.
Clearly, The Far Side is just what we need today.
§ Evan Downing at Columbus Alive has the final, detailed profile of the late Tom Spurgeon. The memorial for Tom was held this past weekend in Columbus, and we're told it was a gathering befitting the man and his memory. His great friend Gil Roth has the audio of his tribute. I still can't believe Tom is gone. I keep thinking I should go to The Comics Reporter and see what he has to say about this or that development and then realize we'll never know and that is so wrong.
§ Hooboy, a lot to catch up on. I won't even try. Rob Salkowitz looks at The Biggest Comic Industry Trends of the Past Decade, and we agree with them all.
The biggest and most obvious evolution of the past 10 years has been the arrival of a new generation of comic readers, making their presence felt online, at conventions, and at the cash register.
§ Salkowitz again with The Best Graphic Novels of 2019.
§ Cartoonist and teacher Ivan Brunetti has a new column at the Paris Review, Comics as System, where he does a deep dive on various comics, starting with Mark Beyer's classic of discomfort, Agony. Some very, very acute observations here. Bookmark!
Pictures and words, pictures as words, words as pictures, neither quite pictures nor words: comics are self-contained systems, worlds unto themselves, answering to no one. From one panel, to one page, to one sequence, to one story, to one book, each level of a comic holds a small universe, and each small universe folds out into a larger universe. These systems need basic parameters and a modicum of internal consistency so that they can function not unlike language, but they are also dynamic, fluid, unstable, imperfect, flexible, and open-ended … not unlike language. As we decode them, they reconstitute themselves in our brains as narrative (or poetry, or both). In any one panel, or the spread of two panels, or any given sequence, we glimpse the entire book in microcosm.
§ Best ofs, awards, etc. Hilary Chute and Ed Park weigh in with their best of 2019 at the NY Times. Aside; I finally, finally caved and got a $1 a week digital sub to the Times. Their firewall was just too good and I need to support journalism.
§ The 2019 Publishers Weekly Critics Poll results are in and the winner is They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and Harmony Becker. A worthy win, but check out the entire list of books mentioned.
§ You can go vote in the Broken Frontier Awards for 2019! I didn't know a single one of the Breakout Talents so I got some reading to do.
§ Karama Horne weighs in at SyFy with The 12 Most Influential Indie Comics of the Decade, which are mostly Image, but not a stinker in the bunch. And Dana Fosythe has the Top 10 New Comics of 2019.
In 2019, reexamination and reflection were major themes in some of the comic books we loved best. Whether it was a reimagining of the X-Men in House of X and Powers of X, or a look into the future of America in Undiscovered Country, or the themes of rebirth and reincarnation in Little Bird, each of these comic books struck a chord with us and expanded on the comic medium as a whole.
§ And i09's best of list.
§ Say, who is toting up all the votes on all the best of lists? Is it you, Jamie Coville?
§ Just how hot are graphic novels for kids? SO HOT that DC is putting out kids' GNs with ALL NEW CHARACTERS. ORIGINAL IP. No Harley Quinn or Lightning Lad here! PW catches up with Michelle Wells, who is spearheading the effort, which actually seems to have a name: DC Books For Young Readers, because Zoom and INk were just too darned short:
In 2020, DC Books for Young Readers is releasing three middle-grade titles based on original intellectual property, marking the first time the imprint has published books not tied to its famous DC Comics superheroes.
"DC has an 80-year history with a wonderful array of characters," said Michele Wells, v-p and executive editor, who heads up the Books for Young Readers program. "It was not a conscious decision to not use DC characters. We wanted to make sure we engaged with a younger readership in a new way, and as I was having discussions with authors and illustrators about what kinds of stories they wanted to tell and whether there would be a fit with DC, I realized that original IP was the best way to do it."
§ Simon Hanselmann has a comic in Playboy, 'I'm Orville Peck,' and it's quite something!
§ Graeme McMillan looks at Marvel's new audio storytelling efforts, which we also looked at here, in case you missed it.
Late last week, the company launched a new co-production with the serialized audiobook/ebook publisher Serial Box. Titled Thor: Metal Gods, it's a fresh story about the God of Thunder, and a move into a whole new medium for Marvel's superheroes. "We're focused on more of an audiobook experience, where it's typically a single person telling you a story rather than actors reading from a script," explains Molly Barton, Serial Box's cofounder and CEO. "That's one of the oldest forms of audio entertainment: one person telling a group of people a story."
§ Finally, you'll soon be able to interact with your buddys in Pokémon Go, meaning you will now also be able to play Tamagotchi with your Pokémon. Let's go, Lickitung!
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Jamie Coville 12/19/2019 10:30 pm At 10:30 pm
Yes I am again adding up all the best of lists like usual. :)
Martin de la Iglesia 12/28/2019 11:48 am At 11:48 am
Here's my attempt at compiling a master list of the best comics of the year, as usual: https://650centplague.wordpress.com/2019/12/28/the-best-comics-of-2019-a-meta-list/
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Movie Madness: Round 2 Results & Winners!
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It's time to vote for the Round 3 actress/actor matchups!
Warning: This is going to be difficult. I repeat: This is going to be difficult.
Seriously. Just wait until you see some of them below.
A reminder of how it works: There are head-to-head match-ups between two actresses (or actors) in a "bracket" set-up, similar to March Madness. You will select your favorite of each of the match-ups, then the actresses/actors with the most votes will advance to the next round. Then, in Round 4, the process will be repeated with match-ups of the Round 3 winners, and you'll be able to make your choices again.
This tournament is focusing on Oscar winning actors and actresses.
For this round of voting, three randomly chosen voters from each round will win a $150 gift card to Amazon.com. Winners will be posted before each new round!
So without further ado, here's the voting for Round 3! You'll be choosing 8 from the remaining 16 actresses/actors.
Hoo whee, some tough choices there. Fun Fun!
I missed the round 2 voting…..this is so painful! Hahaha…they are all my favorites at this point!
Gregory Peck vs Paul Newman? I'm in physical pain, here. Had to decide that based on the fact I met Newman once.
Tom Hanks Versus Kevin Spacey-that was tough, but strangely, the rest were much easier than yesterday.
This was PAINFUL!!! I'm happy for the winners.
Tom Hanks or Kevin Spacey? That's just torture!
All of these were hard to pick! Some really great talent here!
…..why would you do that to me.
This is my write-in vote for Robert Duvall.
Hanks vs. Spacey and Julie Andrews vs. Katharine Hepburn. Really. Really. Tough.
Jimmy Stewart vs. John Wayne–so unfair!!
Lord have mercy, some tough choices in Round Three, but I gave it my best shot. In my book, Katherine Hepburn trumps any actress you put her against. Luminous… versatile… character roles, ingénues, whatever she decided to do. I could watch her in The African Queen over and over… and have. Hugs to Miss Hepburn and to the rest of you out there today.
Some of those were tough . . . .
This is the one that broke my heart too!
I have so enjoyed this Ree and once again can't thank you enough for providing such FUN albeit challenging opportunities! This one was a tough one for sure! Happy Easter to you and yours!
What a fun game to play on a dreary Michigan spring day. Can't wait for the next round!
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New ocean zone is home to many new species of reef fish
Based on the unique fish fauna observed from a manned submersible on a southern Caribbean reef system in Curaçao, Smithsonian explorers defined a new ocean-life zone, the rariphotic, between 130 and 309 meters (about 400 to 1,000 feet) below the surface. The rariphotic occurs just below a previously defined reef zone, the mesophotic, which extends from about 40 to as deep as 150 meters (about 120–450 feet). The role of this new zone as a refuge for shallower reef fishes seeking relief from warming surface waters or deteriorating coral reefs is still unclear.
The initial motivation for studying deep-reef ecosystems was the declining health of shallow reefs. Many researchers wonder if deeper reef areas, sometimes known as the "coral reef twilight zone," might act as refuges for shallow-water organisms. As the Smithsonian researchers sought to answer this question, it became clear to them that scientists have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding the biodiversity of reef fishes.
"It's estimated that 95 percent of the livable space on our planet is in the ocean," said Carole Baldwin, curator of fishes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, lead author of the study and director of the Smithsonian's Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP). "Yet only a fraction of that space has been explored. That's understandable for areas that are thousands of miles offshore and miles deep. But tropical deep reefs are just below popular, highly studied shallow reefs—essentially our own back yards. And tropical deep reefs are not barren landscapes on the deep ocean floor: they are highly diverse ecosystems that warrant further study. We hope that by naming the deep-reef rariphotic zone, we'll draw attention to the need to continue to explore deep reefs."
Carole Baldwin, marine biolgist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History with Substation Curaçao owner Adriaan 'Dutch' Schrier in Curasub submersible Credit: Barry Baldwin
"About one in every five fish we're finding in the rariphotic of the Caribbean is a new species," said D. Ross Robertson, marine biologist at STRI and a co-author of the study. "So far, my favorite is Haptoclinus dropi" (see photo). It was named by Baldwin and Robertson in 2013 for the Smithsonian's DROP research project. Many more new species already discovered by DROP researchers await description.
While SCUBA divers can work down to about 40 meters (120 feet), the Curasub mini-submarine plunges to 309 meters (about 1,000 feet), where it can stay submerged for up to eight hours at normal atmospheric pressure, enabling the passengers to simply step ashore after a dive. This technology has significantly extended scientists' ability to explore deep reefs.
A view of the rariphotic from the Curasub. (Substation Curaçao)
Based on their research on reef fishes, the Smithsonian researchers and co-author Luke Tornabene (assistant professor at the University of Washington and former Smithsonian post-doctoral fellow) present a new classification of coral-reef faunal zones:
Altiphotic (high light): The new name for the previously unnamed 0–40 meters (0–120 feet), the well-lit zone where reef corals are abundant, which extends as deep as conventional scuba divers normally go
Mesophotic (medium light): 40 to as deep as 150 meters (120–450 feet), the maximum depth at which tropical reef-building corals and their algal symbionts can survive
Rariphotic (low light): Newly discovered faunal zone from 130–300 meters (400–1,000 feet), below the reef-building coral zone, and as deep as Curasub can go.
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama recently acquired a new marine station in the Tropical Eastern Pacific in Panama's Coiba National Park with great potential as a base, not only for comparing Caribbean deep water fauna with tropical fauna in the Eastern Pacific, but also for comparing the fish fauna of mainland vs offshore islands.
"There's good deep water around Hannibal Bank, adjacent to Coiba Island, and also just off of the mainland coast of Panama at Puerto Armuelles (in Bahia Charco Azul, near the border with Costa Rica), with the very different environmental conditions than we see on deep reefs in the Caribbean: a shallow thermocline and oxygen-minimum layer, naturally reduced pH, and cold, nutrient-rich upwellings. I would expect these conditions to produce drastic differences in the deep-reef fish faunas of the Caribbean and Tropical Eastern Pacific, if we can round up the funding to do the work in the Pacific."
Reference: Baldwin, C.C., Tornabene, L. and Robertson, D.R. 2018. Below the Mesophotic. Scientific Reports (a publication of Nature.com). www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23067-1
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After school program gives kids a taste of the trades
Don Procter March 1, 2019
COURTESY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF STRATHROY-CARADOC — The Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc, which is located about 40 kilometres west of London, Ont., is running an eight-week after school program in carpentry for elementary school students aged nine to 13. Each of the 20 students will build a Muskoka chair and, if time permits, a small table and footstool.
A rural municipality in southwestern Ontario has taken an unusual step to deal with the growing shortage of skilled trades.
Strathroy-Caradoc is running an eight-week after school program in carpentry (and other trades) for elementary school students aged nine to 13.
The aim is to give the kids a taste of the trades, with hopes some of them will see it as a career option someday.
It might be unusual for a municipality to organize a trades training primer for kids but Rob Lilbourne, the municipality's director of community services, thinks it is important.
The community of 22,000 residents is experiencing a housing boom and "finding framers, roofers…and electricians to build all of those houses is a challenge," says Lilbourne from his office at the Strathroy-Caradoc municipality, about 40 kilometres west of London.
He says the idea came about partly because of rumblings from various industries about worker scarcities. Statistics suggest those shortages will continue to grow.
The after-hours carpentry program started at the local high school in February. Each of the 20 students will build a Muskoka chair and, if time permits, a small table and footstool. Their instructor is from the local high school and has a background in the trade.
COURTESY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF STRATHROY-CARADOC — The after-hours carpentry program being operated by the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc started at the local high school in February. Their instructor is from the local high school and has a background in the trade.
The classes have been a hit so far with participants, says Paul Lattimore, supervisor of recreation programs for the municipality which oversees the junior trades programs.
"These kids are focused…sanding and drilling with big smiles on their faces," he describes.
Lattimore says the program proves wrong the critics who suggest the age group is too young for trade lessons.
"I've worked with kids for over 20 years and their capabilities are quite endless," he adds.
Lilbourne says interest has been strong in the program, with some kids put on a waiting list for future programs. The municipality has 10 elementary schools.
While the municipality has had some negative feedback about the cost — $200 per student — Lilbourne says the kids take home their chairs and other projects. He explains it is a small price to pay for the product and learning experience.
He's not aware of any other municipalities picking up on the idea.
"In this municipal sector we tend to sit back and see how it goes before we jump in," he says. "We do anticipate we will have other people (municipalities) reaching out to us."
One of the reasons municipalities stick to the sidelines, Lattimore says, is because of their concerns of safety for the kids.
Such is the reason why Strathroy-Caradoc only selects qualified tradespeople to instruct the programs, he says, pointing out the curriculum includes lessons in the safe operation of tools and materials.
Carpentry isn't the only junior trades course offered. The municipality is currently running an eight-week program in cooking and plans to add more night programs in the fall, possibly welding and robotics, says Lattimore.
Lilbourne, whose 12-year-old daughter is already thinking about career choices, says few elementary and secondary schools talk about trades as a career option.
"If you are not exposed to it, are you going to pick up on it?" he asks.
He says if the kids have fun in the classes now, they are more apt to see it as a possible career later.
While the program is operated by the municipality with use of the local high school, Lilbourne says it is looking for industry partners for resources or financial support. Over the next five to seven years the municipality hopes to develop a trade school.
He says while the municipality anticipates its housing boom to continue, the community is ripe for industrial/commercial development on a 100-acre site that has passed provincial environmental regulations.
"If someone comes here tomorrow and says they want to build a 60,000 square foot plant, we're ready to go (with approvals in place)," he adds.
Recent Comments (3 comments)
Larry Ira McDonald March 2, 2019
Rebecca Verscheure March 7, 2019
Excellent for our future!! Way to go!!
Tony Biancofiore March 22, 2019
this is great to have our children exposed to the skilled trade market…our regular schooling system should change to allow this sort of program be included within "regular" school hours….Toronto Construction Association predicts the trades will be short staffed in Canada within the next few years so why not encourage our children to use the knowledge which they gain from their academic studies and learn to apply them within the trades….there are probably some excellent female electricians who could earn a lucrative wage within the trades but who will never get the exposure to that field through the current structure of our school studies
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