We all know that although garlic tastes wonderful and is a welcome addition to virtually any savoury dish, the smell that it leaves behind on your fingers is less than appealing.
But! Help is at hand.
When your fingers are covered in garlic, wash them with water and a bar of stainless steel soap. If you can't find stainless steel soap, or can't be bothered buying it, use something closer to hand - your stainless steel kitchen sink.
The steel reacts with the garlic residue, removing the smell from your fingers. Just like that!
Also works for onion. When my eyes are burning to the point I can't see I always use this one.


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Emma Roberts Is Now an Avatar for 'Covet Fashion'
6:37 AM PST 12/3/2015 by Chris Gardner
Courtesy of Covet
If your dream is to dress the actress, it's about to come true.
Actress and full-time fashionista Emma Roberts has a new gig — as the very first "Covet Host" for mobile styling app Covet Fashion.
The job comes with its own avatar (seen above), along with additional responsibilities as the face of the app. Users can engage with Roberts by styling her avatar as part of a "Day in the Life of Emma Roberts" series. Though a press release doesn't mention anything about spending time with real-life beau Evan Peters as part of that 24-hour period, it does say that users will get to dress Roberts for everything from "a red-carpet fitting to cocktails with her co-stars."
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Roberts says she's "honored" to be the new face and newly installed host. "For me, fashion fuels confidence but also is a true form of self-expression, and I love that Covet is able to provide that experience digitally," she adds. "I'm excited to be the source of inspiration and can't wait to see how users dress me."
Roberts is not the first partner for Covet. Most recently, the app partnered with fashion house Yigal Azrouel for his spring 2016 show, winning the W Magazine and Decoded Fashion Fashion Futures Award for "Killer Consumer Experience." Other strategic partners have included the Council of Fashion Designers of America and The Coveteur.
Chris Gardner
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he festival celebrates the birthday of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who was to become Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Prince Siddhartha was born on the 8th day of the fourth lunar month or on the day of the full moon in May over 2,550 years ago in Lumbini, Kapilavatsu in Northern India near the present border of Nepal.
fter the birth of the Prince, he was examined by holy men who announced that he would become a great religious leader.
His father King Suddhdhana wanterd him to follow in his footsteps and thus set about providing a life of luxury, sheltered the child prince from the world's miseries.
When Siddhartha was a young man, he was at last allowed to venture from the palace. In the town, he saw four sights: a decrepit old man, a person racked with disease, a corpse and a holy man. Thus he learnt of life's inevitable sufferings of old age, sickness and death, and the transient nature of all worldly pleasures. Siddhartha also recognised that the holy man had found peace in spite of life's misery.
Determined to find a way to be free from earthly troubles, not just for himself but for all sentient beings, Prince Siddhartha renounced his crown and left his young wife and son to embark on a journey to seek the ultimate truth.
It was only after years of cultivation that he attained supreme enlightenment and was henceforth known as Sakyamuni Buddha.
With endless compassion, Sakyamuni Buddha shared his teachings with his followers so that they too could discover the Middle Path to end all suffering and become a Buddha one day.
Hence, a Buddha is not a god, but one who, through complete wisdom and compassion, has attained full enlightenment and is thus beyond the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.


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Award Winners Announced by SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY 2018 International Jury as Fifth Edition of Festival Closes
NEW YORK - March 25, 2018 - PRLog -- [NEW YORK, NY] SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival 2018(SRFF 2018) wrapped up its Fifth Edition at Cinema Village on March 22, 2018, revealing the winners. Stand-out awards were the Empowering Women and Girls Award, given to Dr. Ruchira Gupta of Apne Aap, and the tie for Grand Prize Narrative Feature presented to 'Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Audacity to be Free' and 'Hot Country Cold Winter'.
The awards are: Vanya Exerjian - Empowering Women and Girls Award, Grand Prize Narrative Feature, Grand Prize Documentary, Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short, Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Award, Best Ensemble Work, Best Actor in a Feature Film, Best Actress in a Feature Film, Best Actor in a Short Film, Best Actress in a Short Film, Immigrant Filmmaker Award, and three winning scripts from the script-writing competition.
"On our fifth year, SRFF is thrilled to continue its quest to spotlight the most impactful stories from around the world," said Nora Armani, Founding Artistic Director of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival. "Our goal is to highlight films and filmmakers who choose to tell socially relevant stories oft not given a commercial platform. These films have a strong impact on people's lives."
The 2018 Fifth Edition of SRFF screened 70 films from 35 countries in the narrative feature, documentary feature, short film, and immersive VR/360º categories, along with finalists in script-writing. The winners are selected by a hand-picked international jury of industry veterans.
SRFF's original trophies are the Molten Bowl, designed and donated by Michael Aram and a wine by City Winery bearing the specially designed 5th-anniversary label of SR Film Festival. In-kind awards include Inclusion in InkTip, download certificates by Final Draft, consultation services by Cinema Libre Studio and Candy Factory Films, distribution on IndiePix, stock footage by Pond5 and more.
GRAND PRIZE NARRATIVE FEATURE:
The jurors: Nicole Ansari-Cox, Najla Said, Valerio Caruso, and Andre Degas.
Awardees in ex aequo:
Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Audacity to be Free | Cordula Kablitz-Post | Germany | 2016 | 113 min
German, Italian, Russian w/English subtitles
Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe's greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post. Salomé became the first female psychoanalyst under the tutelage of Sigmund Freud.
Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eag18
Hot Country, Cold Winter | David Safarian | Armenia, The Netherlands, Germany | 2016 | 104 min
Armenian, Russian with English subtitles
A tale of a man and a woman suffering near-absurd circumstances during a total energy crisis right after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Their narratives, recollections, imagination, and dreams are depicted in this powerful narrative feature film dealing with a period of recent modern history.
Trailer:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6dbdg0
GRAND PRIZE DOCUMENTARY FILM:
The jurors: Claus Mueller, Morgan Jenness, Dirk Robertson, and Edie Nugent.
Hotel Everest | Claudia Sobral | USA | 2017 | 39 min
Filmed over a tumultuous two-year period, the film follows the efforts and relationship between two unlikely peace activists: Eden Fuchs, a retired Israeli army colonel, and Ibrahim Issa, a Palestinian born in a refugee camp, are joined by the Idahoan founders of the Centre for Emerging Futures, Whit and Paula Jones at the Hotel Everest.
Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64txiw
For more information on all of the films screened at the Fifth Annual Edition of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY, please visit www.ratedsrfilms.org.
--Grand Prize Narrative Feature (ex-aequo): Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Audacity to be Free by Cordula Kablitz-Post, and, Hot Country Cold Winter by David Safarian
--The Vanya Exerjian Empowering Women & Girls Award: Ruchira Gupta - Apne Aap
--Grand Prize Documentary: Hotel Everest by Claudia Sobral
--Best Ensemble Work in a Feature: Darcy by Heidi Philipsen-Meisner & Jon Russell Cring
--Best Narrative Short: Malik and the Turtle by Adnane Tragha
--Best Documentary Short: The Hammamis by Molly Bareiss
--Best Actor in a Feature Film: Johnathan Tchaikovsky in Darcy
--Best Actress in a Feature Film: Yana Druz in Hot Country Cold Winter
--Best Actor in a Short Film: Azhar N'Dahoma in Malik and the Turtle
--Best Actress in a Short Film: Jasmin Riggins in Free Period
--VR/360º Award: My Beautiful Home by Romain Vakilitabar
--The Women Film Critics Circle Award: I Seek Asylum by Anna Southgate
--The Immigrant Filmmaker Award: Robert Tutak for Ellis Island
--Finalist Script 1st place/Winner: Riding on Duke's Train by Ken Kimmelman
--Finalist Script 2nd place: Shepherding Cassie by Mike Oborn
--Finalist Script 3rd Place: American Snake Pit by Dan Tomasulo
The rapidly-growing, social-issue focused festival is now in its fifth year. SRFF is a multi-faceted event that embodies the cultural values of New York and the world. SRFF showcases socially relevant films from emerging, international and local filmmakers. Several spotlight programs, industry workshops, and panels on different issues highlight the festival.
The Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY is pleased to announce its 2018 partners and sponsors, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (https://lmcc.net/), Fairways Law Firm - Paris (http://www.fairwayavocats.com/en/home/), The German Consulate General of New York (https://www.germany.info/us-en/embassy-consulates/newyork), The Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands (http://www.dutchcultureusa.com/) and Soletech (http://soletech.com/). Industry partners and sponsors of the awards and trophies include Cinema Libre Studio (http://cinemalibrestudio.com/), Candy Factory Films (http://candyfactoryfilms.com/), IndiePix (http://www.indiepixfilms.com/), Final Draft (https://www.finaldraft.com/), InkTip (https://www.inktip.com/), Pond5 (https://www.pond5.com/), Littlstar (https://littlstar.com/), City Winery (https://citywinery.com/), Michael Aram (http://www.michaelaram.com/)and Samsung (https://www.samsung.com/us/). Hospitality partners are Villanelle (http://www.villanellenyc.com/), Vapiano (https://us.vapiano.com/en/menu/new-york-city/), Ribalta (http://www.ribaltapizzarestaurant.com/), La Contenta (http://lacontentanyc.com/menu/la-contenta-oeste/), Le Grand Triage (https://www.legrandtriage.com/), Westside Market (http://www.wmarketnyc.com/), Peet's Coffee (https://www.peets.com/) and La Colombe Coffee (https://www.lacolombe.com/). SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York is supported by New York Culture City of NY Cultural Affairs (http://www.nyc.gov/culture), and New York State Council on the Arts (http://www.arts.ny.gov/).
ABOUT SRFF NY
SR Socially Relevant ™ Film Festival New York is a 501(c) 3 non-profit film festival founded by actress Nora Armani. The Mission of the SRFF is to shine the spotlight on filmmakers who tell compelling, socially relevant™, human interest stories, across a broad range of social issues. During its first five years, the festival has showcased 277 films from 35 countries. Submissions re-open mid-May and are received from all over the world.
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Welcome to ADDISS, The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service.
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ADHD Foundation
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Providing help, support and campaigning on behalf of older people.
Concerned solely with the personal recovery and continued sobriety of individual alcoholics who turn to the fellowship for help.
Allergy UK
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Alopecia UK
Alopecia UK is the small charity with big ambitions supporting people with all types of alopecia in the UK.
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Anaphylaxis Campaign
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Anorexia and Bulimia Care
ABC is a national UK eating disorders organisation with over 25 years of experience.
Anthony Nolan Trust
The charity that helps take back lives from leukaemia.
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Arthritis Care aims to make a positive difference to the lives of people with all forms of arthritis
Arthritis Research UK
The UK's leading arthritis charity.
Association of Reflexologists
The Association of Reflexologists is the foremost aspirational and independent Professional Reflexology Association in the UK since 1984.
Asthma UK
Asthma UK is the charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.4 million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma.
Back Care
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Beat (formerly the Eating Disorders Association) is the UK's leading charity for people with eating disorders and their families.
Bipolar UK
We provide a range of services to enable people affected by bipolar and associated illnesses to take control of their lives.
Blood Cancer UK
Dedicated to beating blood cancer by funding research and supporting those affected.
Blood Pressure UK
Helping you to lower your blood pressure.
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Bowel Cancer UK
Since 1987 we have been aiming to save lives and improve the quality of life for all those affected by bowel cancer.
Brain and Spine Foundation
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Conquering brain tumours through research, education and support
Breast Cancer Now
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British Association of Anger Management
The only UK centre of expertise for all aspects of anger and conflict management.
British Deaf Association
The largest deaf organisation in the UK run by deaf people.
British Dental Health Foundation
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British Dietetic Association
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British Heart Foundation (BHF)
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British Institute of Learning Disabilities
Committed to improving the lives of all persons with a Learning Disability.
British Kidney Patient Association
Improving the lives of people with kidney disease by giving support, information and more grant aid than any other UK kidney charity.
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British Thyroid Foundation
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British Voice Association
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Since its formation 20 years ago (CRY) has been working to reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD).
Campaign to End Loneliness
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Cancer Research UK, the UK's leading cancer charity. This site has a wealth of information about the charity and about cancer.
Consensus Action on Salt & Health.
Cerebra
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A charity run by parents & professionals to provide support for children with arthritis and their families
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A leading children's cancer charity and the UK and Ireland's professional association for those involved in the treatment and care of children with cancer.
Circulation Foundation
The UK's only dedicated vascular disease charity.
CLAPA
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CLIC Sargeant
The UK's leading children's cancer charity.
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Coeliac UK
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Community Hygiene Concern
Bug Busting is a head louse detection and eradication method that is by far the best way to deal with the problem.
Core is a UK charity that funds research into the entire range of gut, liver, intestinal and bowel illnesses and seeks to provide patients with good, accurate information about their illness.
Crohn's and Colitis UK (NACC)
We work for people affected by inflammatory bowel diseases, in particular Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
Deafblind UK exists to demonstrate there can be a life beyond deafblindness and available to offer support after diagnosis.
Delete Blood Cancer UK
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We provide Admiral Nurses, specialist dementia nurses who give practical and emotional support to families affected by dementia.
Depression Alliance
Depression Alliance bring people together to end the loneliness and isolation of depression.
Depression UK
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Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
Down's Syndrome Association
Down's Syndrome Association - Helping people with Down's syndrome to live full and rewarding lives.
Dyspraxia Foundation
supports individuals & families affected by developmental dyspraxia through books,suggestions,newsletter and support group
Dystonia Society
The Dystonia Society is a UK-wide charity providing support, advice and information for anyone affected by the neurological movement disorder known as dystonia.
E.R.I.C
ERIC is a UK charity, Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence.
Eating Disorders Support
Eating Disorders Support is an organisation providing help and support to anyone affected by an eating problem such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder.
Endometriosis UK
The leading UK charity that supports women living with endometriosis
Provides information about coping with epilepsy and seizures.
Epilepsy Society
Help and support for people living with this neurological condition
Family Planning Association
We're the sexual health charity FPA. We give straightforward information, advice and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.
Fibromyalgia Association
providing help support and information for people living with fibromyalgia, a chronic condition of widespread pain and profound fatigue
A friendly,confidential drug advice service, dedicated to providing information about drugs and support for people affected by the influence of drugs.
Gamblers Anonnymous (GA)
A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to do the same. GA members offer the hand of friend
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is an organisation which provides guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services to meet the needs of blind and partially sighted people and aid their
Headway - the brain injury charity
The charity that supports people with a brain injury and those who care for them.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
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Hepatitis C Trust
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Hypopara UK
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H•E•A•R•T UK
Working to prevent premature deaths caused by high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.
International Association for Suicide Prevention
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The only UK charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities.
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King's Fund
An independent charity working to improve health and health care in England.
Living Streets
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The only national registered charity supporting people with systemic lupus and discoid lupus and assisting those approaching diagnosis.
Lymphoma Association
We give people coping with a lymphatic cancer diagnosis the right information and support when they need it most.
Working to mproves the lives of people affected by cancer.
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Providing care and support through terminal illness.
Marmalade Trust
Loneliness charity and creators of the #LetsTalkLoneliness' movement.
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Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
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Men Get Eating Disorders Too
An award winning national charity run by and for men with eating disorders including their carers and families.
Men's Health Forum
The Men's Health Forum is a charity that works to improve men's health services and the health of men.
Ménière's Society
The charity for people with dizziness and balance disorders.
Meningitis Now
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Mind - The Mental Health Charity
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Motor Neurone Disease Association
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Mouth Cancer Foundation
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My Health My Home
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National Aids Trust
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National Autistic Society
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National Deaf Children's Society
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National Eczema Society
Providing information and support for people living with Eczema.
National Kidney Federation
The largest kidney patient charity in the UK. Run by kidney patients, for kidney patients.
National Obesity Forum
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National Osteoporosis Society
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National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
Providing people affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis with information, help and support.
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Oral Health Foundation
Dedicated to improving oral health and wellbeing by providing impartial advice on all aspects of oral health.
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Ovarian Cancer Action
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Pain UK
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Pancreatic Cancer UK
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PANDAS Foundation
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Pituitary Foundation
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Prostate Cancer UK offers support and information to anyone concerned with prostate cancer.
Psoriasis Association
The leading national membership organisation for people affected by psoriasis - patients, families, carers and health professionals.
PSP association
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Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK
Provides support, understanding, and information for everyone whose life is touched by the rare terminal lung disease Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension(PAH).
Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association
Our mission is to create greater awareness, offer support, advice, education and information to people with Raynaud's, scleroderma and other related auto-immune conditions.
Rethink Mental Illness
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Richmond Fellowship
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RNIB
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Royal Life Savers Society
The UK's leading provider of water safety and drowning prevention education.
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Supporting people with sight loss.
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President Obama addressed the nation on the Syria crisis on the eve of the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, seeking to renew the national unity and purpose that followed on the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001.
In recent days Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel have all described the difficulty in getting a war-weary American public behind the use of force in Syria.
Numerous polls taken before the Russian initiative announced Monday to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks showed strong majorities of Americans were against U.S. military action.
In an unscientific survey, Military.com took a different approach, asking readers whether the memory of 9/11 was influencing their opinions on the push to have Congress authorize military action to punish Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons. More than 700 responded, and more than 83 percent said no.
One reader commented that 9/11 "has no bearing on the way I feel about Syria. Much like Iraq, Syria has not directly attacked us or our allies. Until that happens, it is an internal matter for the Syrian people and should be left as such."
Obama also signed the annual "Proclamation for Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance" on the 9/11 anniversary. In his statement accompanying the proclamation, Obama did not refer directly or indirectly to the current Syria crisis, but instead recalled how Americans came together after the attacks.
"We remember the unbreakable bonds of unity we felt in the long days that followed -- how we held each other, how we came to our neighbors' aid, how we prayed for one another," Obama said.
"On September 11, 2001, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family," Obama said. "May the same be said of us today, and always."
Only twice before has Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office -- on the Gulf oil spill, and on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
In the polls, Americans have cited the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the ongoing war in Afghanistan as major factors in their opposition to the use of force in Syria.
Americans are also wary of U.S. intelligence reports on chemical weapons following the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
On Wednesday morning, Obama will attend a private ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial to honor the 189 victims of the crash into the building of American Airlines Flight 77 -- 125 inside the building and 64 passengers and crew aboard the plane.
Later in the Pentagon's courtyard, Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will address Pentagon employees on the anniversary.
In testimony last week before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Syria, Hagel briefly invoked the memory of 9/11, but only after he was challenged by Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., on his vote as a senator to authorize the Iraq war and his later opposition to the war.
"There is a clear, living example of how we are not insulated from the rest of the world, how things can happen to the United States in this country if we are not vigilant, and think through these things, and stay ahead of these things, and take action to prevent these things from occurring," Hagel said.
In New York City on Wednesday, the ceremonies at Ground Zero will once again feature the reading of the names of the more than 2,600 victims. As has been the case previously, no politicians or administration officials will speak -- not even Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who will be present for his last 9/11 anniversary in office.


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Many areas of the Philippines are suddenly reporting flooding, from rain, though the rain only seems to fall where there is ocean access of lowlands with access to the sea. Certainly the buoys to the east of the Philippines indicate action, as the sea flood is dropping there, water on the rise! The buoys above New Guinea, in the Pacific, likewise indicate a rising sea level. What could this mean?
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There is indeed a relationship between the high waves and flooding in the Philippines in those towns along the eastern coastline and inland with access to the sea. The Philippines have begun to sink, though such sinking is never such that an entire land mass or large island sinks uniformly, so can be deceptive. There is an additional influence from the tilting of the Philippine Plate and continued compression out in the Pacific, so that water is heaped to the east of the Philippine Islands, and is washing over their eastern shores during equalization of the water level. However, this latter is a relatively small influence. The issue with flooding is absolutely due to a dropping in elevation for some parts of the Philippines.
Also occurring simultaneously to the flooding in Medan and the eruption of Mount Sinabung was a 5.7 earthquake along the western curve of Sumatra. Can these three incidences on January 2, 2011 be a coincidence? Hardly. But why would only the eastern coast of Malaysia sink, while the western coast, across from north Sumatra (which is sinking), remain?
Prior to the end of 2010, starting on December 23, 2010, sinking along the southern coast of Java was evident, with no remission in this flooding a week later on December 29, 2010. Now there is evidence of flooding along the eastern shores of Malaysia and the eastern shores of northern Sumatra. The incidence of flooding on the coastline of eastern Sumatra occurred on the same day as a new volcanic eruption on a volcano previously inactive for 400 years, just 30 miles from the flooding in Medan, and a 5.7 quake occurring offshore along the border with the Indo-Australian Plate nearby. Just the day before flooding along the eastern coast of Malaysia was reported, again only in those areas on the coast or with access to the sea. Why are some areas seemingly exempt from sinking and flooding while others sink?
We have explained that the land masses of Sumatra and Java have been formed from rubble, when the plate tongue holding Indonesia was pushed down and under the curve of the Indo-Australian Plate in the past. Rubble does not act as one, but adjusts more like settling gravel, a bit here then a bit there. Why would the eastern coast of Malaysia be affected, but the west coast facing Sumatra be exempt? The issue of the plate holding Indonesia folding like an accordion came up in November, 2010 when Bangkok, Thailand experienced flooding that refused to drain while a new island merged near Bali. Our explanation was the accordion folding of the tongue holding Indonesia, under intense pressure from the compressing Pacific. Follow the line folding the valley of Thailand down a bit further and you arrive at the eastern coast of Malaysia.


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Words alone cannot describe The House of Eternal Return. It's unique, groundbreaking, unparalleled: a massive immersive art experience for exploration, play and adventure. Meow Wolf, an art collective, created the production. It will go live early in 2016, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
You enter a Gothic house reminiscent of the novels of HP Lovecraft. Artifacts and decor introduce you to the personalities of those who lived there. You open a closet door. It's a portal to another dimension awaiting exploration. You get out of your head and into another reality by climbing and crawling. You go through a dystopian shanty town, or a landscape of the future. The time travel entertains all ages.
The artists believe that life is not just serious, but also can be playful, celebratory and just plain fun.
The collective of over a hundred artists was founded in 2008. 25,000 people visited, Due Return, commissioned by the Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Art. Meow Wolf did installations in twenty-two cities across the US. Then they settled on their current permanent installation project.
George R. R. Martin, the creator of King of Thrones, invested 3 million dollars to renovate a former bowling alley. This will house the exhibit. Low-cost art studios, a gift shop selling works of local artists and an arts learning center run by a local non-profit will also be in the building. The outdoor parking area will showcase live band performances.
Before it becomes an international phenomenon, let's take a peek under the hood to see how The House of Eternal Return is created. In the photos below, you'll delight in the colors and forms.
The most interesting part of many of these inventions is that they are interactive and serve multiple functions. For example the "Glow Mastodon" will be reactive to touch and will make sounds when you play the ribcage like an instrument. The "Interactive Mushrooms" change color when you tap them. To me the difference between interactive and decorative is significant, especially when describing the type of work Meow Wolf does.
Most of the scenes shown below from the Life Is Beautiful Festival will be in The House of Eternal Return.
I hope that you are as excited as I and can't wait 'till it opens to visit. See you at The House of Eternal Return!


Yes, those are laminate veneer cabinet doors that we painted.
The hanging cabinets are actually wood. Only the hideous cabinet doors are wood veneer. Therefore, the doors could always be removed and upgraded without hanging new cabinets. I'd like to think we'll get a good couple of years out of the current paint job. We also only painted the front and sides of the doors so the painted laminate is not "sticking" to another painted surface which would occur if the back sides of the doors were painted, if that makes sense.
In my last house, I had almost the exact same cabinets and I also painted the laminate cabinet fronts. I used a Behr metallic paint and it held up for years. I dug up an old pic to give you an idea of how it looked. (I added Anthropologie hardware for a whimsical look.) I never had an issue with the paint peeling. Perhaps because of the metallic consistency but I believe it is because the painted laminate surface didn't come in contact with another painted surface. But if you want to avoid the guessing when painting laminate, use oil based primer.
That reminds me. We could always remove the doors completely and go with the whole open shelf look. More than a couple of readers suggested that after seeing the in progress photo. I am a fan of the open shelf look but in moderation. Like 2 open shelves, not a dozen so I doubt we'll do that but I will keep it in mind.
People also asked about the painting technique…spraying vs. rolling vs. brushing. I don't own a paint sprayer. I am actually kind of intimidated by them. I can only imagine the paint all spraying back in my face or something. I like to have more control over the application so the first coat was applied with a brush and the second coat was rolled on which left a nice texture that I think is also helping with adhesion.
The color for the cabinets is Benjamin Moore Woodmont Cream.
And finally, yes, I am considering cabinet hardware but I'm not committed to it.
I hope that answers everyone's questions about painting laminate veneer cabinets. Bottom line: use oil based primer. Next installment will be about the pallet wood. Stay tuned!
It looks so crisp and clean – I love what you've done!
Looks great!! Btw- I received the calendar. I love it!! Thanks so much for sending it.
Oh good Rebecca! Thanks for the update.
I have these exact same laminate cabinets and am trying to figure out how to paint them as they REALLY need updating! Thanks so much for the pictures and directions, they are very helpful. I hope mine end up looking as good as yours!
Did you sand before painting the primer on?
Looks great! What did you do for the backsplash?
love this! Is the paint gloss, satin, semi gloss?
Which materials do u used?


An earthquake in Mexico received the spotlight of the media for several weeks, allowed quantifying media coverage.
A person from a large city receives more attention from the media, per person, than a person from a small city.
The coverage that the media places on a specific event or topic has an exponential decay. The coverage given to an event drops by half every eight days.


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History of Redwood City
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The History of Redwood City
Climate Best
In the 1920's, early residents of Redwood City sensed tremendous opportunities for the growth and success of their city. The population was doubling and attracting businesses became a major goal of the city's leaders. The Chamber of Commerce and the Real Estate Board each sponsored contests to find a slogan to represent and publicize the city's finest qualities, but it was the Real Estate Board which produced the winner. In 1925, the Board awarded Wilbur H. Doxsee a prize of $10 for his entry: "By Government Test, Our Climate is Best." This was later shortened to read: "Climate Best By Government Test" and placed with pride on the city's signs for all to see. So who exactly performed this government test? Starting before World War I, the United States and German governments began conducting climate surveys and gathering meteorological data. Their findings revealed Redwood City to be at the center of one of the world's three best climates (The other two? The Canary Islands and the Mediterranean Coast of North Africa). These findings were printed by local newspapers and read by a happy public delighted to discover their climate to be the best by government test. For more information, news clippings, and photos, please visit the local history archives at the Redwood City Public Library. For a thorough and fascinating review of this story, ask for The Sign of Our Times Project by Dr. Jeffrey K . Filippi.
The land and people of Redwood City have been involved in the progress of San Mateo County since its inception in 1856. In that year, Assemblyman Horace Hawes, owner of the property where Sequoia High School is now located, introduced a bill before the State Legislature to consolidate the boundaries of the City and County of San Francisco. Called The Consolidation Act, the legislation set apart all of the rural areas of San Francisco County into a new unit to be known as "San Mateo County". One of the terms of the act called for residents of the new county to hold an election of officers and to select a county seat. The first election was declared invalid after it was proved that a group of organized crime leaders tried to get themselves elected using fraudulent votes. They also wanted Belmont to be the county seat. But under the guidance of an honest Redwood City citizen named Benjamin Fox who had won the position of county judge, a second election was held in April of 1857. This time Redwood City was declared the legal seat of government. Fox held his position as a judge for four years, and was a powerful voice for law and order in the new county.
Simon Mezes, the man who had founded Redwood City, donated an entire city block of land for the construction of a courthouse. The property (between what is now Broadway, Hamilton, Marshall, and Middlefield) was located midway between the embarcadero and the County Road (now El Camino Real). Four different buildings have since occupied the block: Courthouse No. 1 was finished in 1858, Courthouse No. 2 in 1882, Courthouse No. 3 in 1905, and Courthouse No. 4 in 1910.
Through the years, county government has played a major part in the lives and activities of the people of Redwood City. Until the first courthouse was built, county officials conducted business in the upper story of a warehouse on Main Street owned by Redwood City merchant John Diller.
The County's first sheriff, John Ackerson, was a resident of Redwood City, as were two of his successors - Thomas Lathrop and John Edgar. Benjamin Lathrop, San Mateo County's first county clerk, recorder, and auditor, built a large house which is still standing across the street from the Hall of Justice and Records.
The Eikerenkotter Family was also closely connected with the political history of the County. During the late 1800's, five Eikerenkotter brothers held county offices. And Judge George Buck, famous for his length of service on the county superior court bench, lived at 1231 Jefferson Avenue from 1875 until his death in 1938.
The county has provided many other types of jobs for Redwood City residents, especially in the area of construction. A WPA project in 1939 employed many men in the building of two additions to the courthouse. And in 1958, an 8-story building called the Hall of Records and Justice was built on the site of the California Square, a plaza which had been designed and donated to the county by Simon Mezes.
The Redwood City Public Library was founded in 1865, when funds raised by private subscription provided for a Town reading room. The first reading room was located in a two-story building on Main Street that was shared with the Times-Gazette newspaper office. For the next three decades, the library was moved to several different locations and was staffed by members of an informal citizens committee. In 1889, the Redwood City Library Association was formed for the purpose of establishing a public library that was supported by municipal, as well as private funding. The first Town Librarian was photographer James Van Court, who also donated part of his studio for a reading room. In September of 1900, after increased community use and support of the library, the Town Trustees levied a special library tax, and in November of the same year, Ordinance No. 30 was introduced and passed providing for the establishment of a free public library in Redwood City.
Laura Barton, who had been in charge of the reading room, became the first City Librarian. Under her direction, the Library Board was granted a bequest form the Carnegie Foundation for the construction of a Carnegie Library on Broadway. Less than a year after its completion, the new library suffered severe damage during the 1906 Earthquake. Additional funds from the Foundation, however, enabled total reconstruction of the building by 1907.
Wilhelmina Harper, a noted children's librarian, was appointed as the Head Librarian in 1930, and supervised an extensive reorganization of the collection. She increased the purchase of non-fiction and children's books, and also introduced the Dewey Decimal system to the library. More books and more patronage created a serious space problem for the Carnegie building. In 1938, a City bond issue was passed to build a new library at the corner of Jefferson and Middlefield Road. Dedicated in 1939, the library was part of of Public Works Administration project which also included the construction of a new City Hall and an addition to the County courthouse.
The library adapted to post-war population growth with increased holdings and expanded community programs. The concept of branch libraries was also implemented in Redwood City. The Friendly Acres Branch operated out of a room at Fire Station No. 3 from 1952 to 1960. In 1957, the Schaberg Branch was completed, utilizing funds from a private donation. Fair Oaks Branch opened in 1974 as part of the Fair Oaks Community Center. And in 1988, a new 45,000 square-foot main library was built on the site of the old Fire Station No. 1 in the downtown area.
The area now referred to as Redwood Shores is a 1,500-acre piece of land surrounded by Highway 101 on the west, San Francisco Bay on the east, Belmont Slough on the north, and Steinberger Slough on the south. The site was originally part of an extensive marshland system that bordered the Bay along what is now San Mateo County. Oysters and clams were plentiful in the area, and there is evidence that the local Native Americans living on the Peninsula gathered much of their food from the surrounding tidal waterways.
From 1795 into the 1850's, Redwood Peninsula as the area became known, was part of the Rancho de las Pulgas owned by the Arguello Family of Mexico. The site was used primarily for cattle grazing. After California became part of the United States in 1848, this land as well as the rest of the Pulgas Ranch, was sold off in sections to various individuals and commercial interests of the rapidly increasing Anglo population.
In the late 1870's, the Morgan Oyster Company began importing and transplanting live Eastern oysters to the bay waters off of the Redwood Peninsula. Two oyster watch houses were constructed on the south side of the Belmont Slough in 1877 and 1884. Morgan's headquarters was located on Steinberger Slough. Because of an increase in bay pollution, however, oyster harvests dropped dramatically after 1900 and the industry collapsed.
According to official San Mateo County maps, by 1877 about half of the land was owned by San Francisco jeweler John W. Tucker and the rest by millionaire and U.S. Senator George Hearst. The maps also indicated that Hearst had purchased all of the acreage by 1894. A partnership between three local individuals - Hall, Dungan, & Allard - had purchased 1,200 acres of the site by 1909, and the Mobil Oil Company owned the remaining 335 acres.
Sometime in the early 1920's, a group of entrepreneurs formed the San Francisco Bay Terminal Company. The syndicate bought several thousand acres of bay front property, including all of Redwood Peninsula, with the idea of building several deep-water docking wharves for ships. Public protest caused the investors to abandon the harbor project, however, and in 1928, the Leslie Salt Company acquired the land. Leslie was originally located in San Mateo, but by this time had moved its center of operations to the Port of Redwood City. Leslie built a series of earthen dikes which protected the land from the tidal action of the Bay. The salt conglomerate also owned Bair Island, the area to the south of the Redwood Peninsula between Steinberger Slough and the Port of Redwood City, and for many years the two land masses were referred to as Redwood Shores and used by Leslie as salt brine evaporation areas.
After rejections from the cities of San Carlos and Belmont, Redwood City accepted the proposal from the Leslie Salt Company to annex Redwood Shores in 1959. Four years later, Leslie Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of Leslie Salt, unveiled a proposal for a planned community of housing, parks, and commercial sites, to be built at Redwood Shores. Modeled after Foster City, the plan projected a population of 60,000 and 20,700 housing units in the Shores by 1980.
In support of the project, the Redwood City City Council authorized the creation of a general improvement district in 1964. General Improvement District 1-64 consisted of $65 million in bonds that were generated from private sources for capital improvement projects in Redwood Shores. This included development of the land, lagoons, beaches, streets, sewers, and water systems. The most important of the improvement projects was the reinforcement of levees along Steinberger and Belmont Sloughs. Storm-water drainage was another critical project that had to be completed before construction could begin.
The first phase of development involved the 1,500 acres of Redwood Peninsula. Leslie Properties retained ownership of the land, but control of the administration, financing, and other elements of the project were the responsibility of Redwood City. City services like parks, a fire station, a community center, and a library branch were to be paid for by the city.
As construction of the first homes began, so did the building of a $10 million, 60-acre aquatic amusement park. Marine World opened its doors in July of 1968. It was located on a site at the northern part of the Shores, near Foster City. The park was built on four man-made islands with interlacing waterways, and was financed and run by the American Broadcasting Company. ABC sold the park to Resorts International in 1972, and a wildlife park and 3,000-seat jungle theater were added under the new management.
In the midst of development, however, the FHA suspended home loan guarantees for Redwood Shores, citing concerns over potential earthquake hazards. The moratorium lasted for 13 months, during which time several seismic studies found that earthquake-damage risk for the area was no greater than that of the rest of the Peninsula. The FHA lifted its moratorium in 1970, but the stoppage had taken its toll on Leslie Properties. The company was on the verge of bankruptcy and could not invest additional capital for development.
In February of 1973, Mobil Oil Estates, Ltd. purchased the property from Leslie. A subsidiary company of Mobil Oil called Redwood Shores Properties, Inc. administered the development from then on. The revised plan, included as part of the 1975 General Plan for Redwood City, called for a population "build-out" of 20,000 residents instead of 60,000, and an emphasis on more commercial development than initially planned.
Even under the revised plan, however, by 1978, only 500 homes had been completed. There were no commercial establishments besides Marine World, and development of city services was slowed by the implementation of Proposition 13. Leaders from Redwood City and Redwood Shores Properties held several meetings to discuss how best to proceed with the project.
The following year, on the advice of Redwood Shores Properties, Mobil Oil decided to invest enough capital to finish the promising Shorebird subdivision. Redwood City then agreed to an $11.6 million public works bond issue, which prompted more construction and building. By 1980, two major housing projects and two large commercial developments were underway. A road linking Ralston Avenue to Holly Street was finished and the first two Shores traffic signals were installed in 1981.
One of the most important public works projects was the restoration of the 76-acre central lagoon. During the 1970's, wildlife was almost non- existent in the man-made lagoon, and the County Health Department had warned against public use. The funds from the bond issue, however, provided for the installation of a more efficient circulation system which greatly improved the chemical content of the water. Today, wildlife is prevalent and the lagoon is one of the most widely-used recreational facilities on the Peninsula.
The economic recovery which began in 1982 also spurred development in Redwood Shores. Housing began to sell rapidly. The homes and businesses on the Redwood Peninsula were now called Redwood Shores, and the proposed construction on the vacant marshland of Bair Island was referred to as South Shores. The latter development never materialized, however, as a citizens referendum narrowly defeated the project in 1982. Redwood Shores Inc. then turned 1,000 acres over to the State for a wildlife refuge, and the remaining part of Bair Island was purchased by the Peninsula Open Space Trust in 1997. The entire piece of property between Steinberger Slough and Redwood Creek is now protected habitat.
Marine World/Africa USA moved from its Redwood Shores site to Vallejo in 1986. The Campeau Corp. bought the property intending to build an office complex. Because of a corporate takeover, however, Campeau had to sell. The new owners, Wilson & Associates, built the Centrum Office Complex, completed in 1989. Their first tenant was a fast-growing software company called Oracle Corporation, who moved its finance and administration departments from Menlo Park to the two new 11-story office buildings. Oracle eventually purchased the complex and built additional buildings for its other divisions.
In 1988, the Shores had 2,400 housing units and a population of over 7,000. A corporate complex called The Shores Center, opened in 1989, and attracted companies like DHL, Oral-B Labs, Fluor Mining & Metals, Hotel Sofitel, and many high-tech companies. By 1993, the population had increased to 8,500 as new residents were attracted to award-winning housing, parks, hiking and bicycle trails, fitness circuits, and the modern Pacific Athletic Club. Redwood Shores Properties sold the last commercial property available in the Shores to Flatiron Funds two years later. Electronic Arts now occupies that site.
The past 15 years have been exciting for Shores residents as facilities for which they had been waiting so long were finally built. Sandpiper Elementary School opened in September of 1997 at the 11-acre Sandpiper Park site, the result of a joint effort between the Belmont School District and the City of Redwood City. Marketplace Shopping Center, which includes several shops and a grocery store, opened the following month. Redwood City completed the construction of a fire station and the Sandpiper Community Center in 1998.
The latest services for the 15,000 residents is a state of the art library branch, operated by the Redwood City Public Library. The 24,000 sq. ft. branch located on the Belmont Slough opened in 2008 and includes a full service library, café, interpretive center and many meeting rooms for community use. In 2010, another elementary school opened.
Compiled from sources in the Local History Collection at the Redwood City Public Library
April, 1999; last updated in 2011
Port and Industry
In 1851, a deep-water channel that ran inland to what is now Redwood City was discovered off of San Francisco Bay. Named "Redwood Creek," this channel was used by the lumber companies to ship wood and logs from the redwood forests in the peninsula hills to San Francisco. Lumber products of all types were brought to the waterfront for export, and Redwood City became famous for its workable port where materials could be shipped without the delay or expense of overland travel. The port also generated the beginning of the ship-building industry . The first schooner was built in 1851 by G.M. Burnham and appropriately named "Redwood." Shipbuilding remained an active industry until the 1880's. The last wooden ship built in Redwood City, called the "Perseverance," was launched in 1883.
Many different types of businesses found the proximity to a deep-water channel of benefit, and wharves and businesses soon occupied the entire length of Redwood Creek. Commercial shipping of products other than lumber thrived, especially shingles, grains, and livestock. There were three main wharves. The two largest were on opposite sides of the creek at Broadway (then called Bridge St.) The third wharf, owned by Frank's Tannery, was farther down the creek near where the present-day Mervyn's Plaza is located.
Throughout the years, Redwood Creek was silted in with mud from land erosion caused by the building of wharves and the development of the town In 1896 and again in 1909, the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the creek so that it could continue to be used for shipping.
The Redwood City Harbor Company was formed in 1912 by businessmen and civic leaders, but continued growth of the port was inhibited for some time by the railroad and other competing transportation interests. Several industries, however, saw the location as an asset, including the Alaska Codfish Company and the Morgan Oyster Company. The Pacific-Portland Cement Company, which located there in 1924, greatly increased shipping activity at the port.
A 1929 bond issue campaign to improve the channel was defeated. But in 1935, a harbor bond issue of $266,000 was approved by voters and matching funds were obtained from the federal government. With this large showing of support, the channels were dredged and larger piers were built along the sections that parallel what is now Seaport Blvd. In 1937, the first cargo ship steamed into the new Port of Redwood City, and since that year, the Port has operated independently and profitably.


Tencent Holdings, the world's top-grossing games publisher, will use facial recognition technology to detect minors amid tighter scrutiny by the Chinese government over concerns excessive video gaming is hurting public health.
Tencent's blockbuster mobile title, Honour of Kings, will be the first to test the technology, with some 1,000 new users in Beijing and Shenzhen selected to verify their identities through camera checks, the company said in a statement on Sept 29.
In mid-September, Tencent found that almost half of the 600 game-playing minors and their parents who took part in its survey doubted facial-recognition checks in games, according to the statement. Tencent said it hoped to see how to use facial recognition and unearth problems through the scheme.
Last month, Tencent launched a system to verify the identities of Honour of Kings players by cross-referencing with public security databases. The company said it was the first time such data has been used by the gaming industry to screen users.
Tencent's stricter controls over underage gamers come amid Beijing's call to protect children's health, with the government blaming the country's widespread myopia on the playing of videogames. Last week, the company added a feature to its popular video app that blurred the image if the viewer got too close. That followed a series of measures introduced last year to restrict play time for Honour of Kings' young users, after a top state newspaper criticised the game as "poison".
It is unclear when the facial recognition checks will be available for Honour of Kings, which has 200 million users, or if and when the system will expand to cover other Tencent titles. A company spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on a public holiday in China.
Honour of Kings was the highest-grossing mobile game of 2017 with US$1.9bil (RM7.86bil) in revenue, according to research firm SuperData. Like the PC title League of Legends, the battle-arena game pits two teams of five against each other, with the first to demolish the other's base the winner.


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High-flying turbine produces more power
by Rob Matheson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Buoyant Air Turbine (or BAT), developed by Altaeros Energies, uses an inflatable shell to float 1,000 to 2,000 feet above ground, where winds blow five to eight times stronger, and more consistently, than winds at tower level. Credit: Altaeros Energies
For Altaeros Energies, a startup launched out of MIT, the sky's the limit when it comes to wind power.
Founded by alumni Ben Glass '08, SM '10 and Adam Rein MBA '10, Altaeros has developed the world's first commercial airborne wind turbine, which uses a helium-filled shell to float as high as a skyscraper and capture the stronger, steadier winds available at that altitude.
Proven to produce double the energy of similarly sized tower-mounted turbines, the system, called Buoyant Air Turbine (or BAT), is now readying for commercial deployment in rural Alaska.
Surrounded by a circular, 35-foot-long inflatable shell made of the same heavy-duty fabric used in blimps and sails, the BAT hovers 1,000 to 2,000 feet above ground, where winds blow five to eight times stronger, as well as more consistently, than winds at tower level (roughly 100 to 300 feet).
Three tethers connect the BAT to a rotating ground station, automatically adjusting its altitude to obtain the strongest possible winds. Power generated by the turbine travels down one of the tethers to the ground station before being passed along to microgrids.
"Think of it as a reverse crane," says Glass, who invented the core BAT technology. "A crane has a nice stationary component, and an upper platform that rotates in order to suspend things down. We're doing the same thing, but suspending things up."
Next year, the BAT will test its ability to power microgrids at a site south of Fairbanks, Alaska, in an 18-month trial funded by the Alaska Energy Authority. People in rural Alaska rely on gas and diesel generators for power, paying upward of $1 per kilowatt-hour for electricity. The BAT, which has a capacity of 30 kilowatts, aims to drop that kilowatt-hour cost down to roughly 18 cents, the co-founders say.
But despite its efficiency, the BAT is not designed to replace conventional tower-mounted turbines, Rein says. Instead, its purpose is to bring wind power to remote, off-grid areas where towers aren't practically or economically feasible.
Conventional turbine construction, for instance, requires tons of concrete and the use of cranes, which can be difficult to maneuver around certain sites. The modular BAT, Rein says, packs into two midsize shipping containers for transport "and can just be inflated out and self-lift into the air for installation."
Target sites include areas where large diesel generators provide power—such as military bases and industrial sites—as well as island and rural communities in Hawaii, northern Canada, India, Brazil, and parts of Australia. The BAT could also provide power to places blacked out by natural disasters, as well as at amusement parks, festivals, and sports venues.
"It's really about expanding wind energy to all those places on the fringes where it doesn't really work today, and expanding the amount of wind power that's able to be deployed globally," Rein says.
Aerostat innovation
Much of the BAT's innovation lies in its complete autonomy, Glass says. Such aerostats usually require full-time ground crews to deploy, land, and adjust. But the BAT automatically adjusts to optimal wind speeds and self-docks in case of emergencies, eliminating the need for manual labor.
"When winds are low, typically we want to go as high as possible—because, generally speaking, the higher you are, the stronger the winds," Glass explains. "But if winds get too high, above the maximum [capacity] of the turbine, there's no reason to operate in those very strong winds, so we can bring it down, where it operates at rated power, but is not subject to very strong winds."
To guide its positioning, the BAT is equipped with anemometers installed in the airborne unit and ground station. When the anemometers detect optimal wind speed, a custom algorithm adjusts the system's tethers to extend or contract, while the base rotates into the wind. In rare instances, when wind conditions are optimal on the ground, the system will self-dock, but continue rotating.
Designed to handle winds of more than 100 mph, the system is unaffected by rain or snow. However, should the weather get too inclement, or should a tether break loose, the BAT's secondary grounding tether—which protects the system's electronics from lightning strikes—will self-dock.
Because the BAT is an advanced aerostat platform, Glass says, customers can use it to lift additional "payloads," such as weather monitoring and surveillance equipment.
But perhaps the most logical added "payload," Glass says, is Wi-Fi technology: "If you have a remote village, for instance," he says, "you can put a Wi-Fi unit up, outside the village, and you're much higher than you'd get with a traditional tower. That would allow you to cover six to eight times the area you would with a tower."
Prototype to product
Glass first conceived of the BAT while working at MIT toward his master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics. Harboring an interest in wind turbine design, and knowing that traditional towers could never reach high-altitude winds, he designed the BAT in his free time, receiving technical guidance from Institute Professor Sheila Widnall and other faculty.
Soon, he'd bring his concept to 15.366 (Energy Ventures), a class at the MIT Sloan School of Management where engineering, policy, and business students build startups around clean tech ideas. At the time, Rein, who had done independent research on clean energy, was an MBA student and teacher's assistant for the class who helped Glass flesh out an initial business model.
The duo—along with Harvard University grad student Alain Goubau and investor Alex Rohde, then an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow—soon formed Altaeros. They solicited advice from seasoned entrepreneurs at MIT's Venture Mentoring Service (VMS)—"our first advisory board," Rein says—who steered the startup toward rapid prototyping by using low-cost, off-the-shelf materials.
For their first power-producing prototype, they bought a small, reliable wind-turbine rotor, "and cut off some metal in the back that was dead weight and built a composite nacelle to hold our custom electronics and control systems," Rein says.
In 2012, Altaeros, after just two years of refining, proved the BAT's efficiency at 300 feet above ground at a former Air Force base in Maine, where the company still assembles and tests the system. They did so again last August, at 500 feet in 45-mph winds.
Altaeros remains headquartered in cleantech incubator Greentown Labs (which Rein co-founded), in Somerville, Mass.—where its first rotor is proudly displayed near the entrance, along with enlarged photos of the first trial run. At Greentown, employees engage in computer modeling and design, build electronics and circuit boards, develop algorithms, and test winches and cables.
Looking back, Glass credits his undergraduate years on MIT's Solar Electrical Vehicle Team—a student organization that builds and races solar cars for competition—with giving him the experience and motivation to bring the BAT from concept to reality.
"Just being able to see a project from design and analysis stage through building, testing, and operating was valuable," he says. "It's also something that helped in leading a technical team at Altaeros, to essentially do the same thing on a bigger scale."
For now, Altaeros is focused on finalizing the commercial product for Alaska and, eventually, deploying the technology worldwide. "To take the system from concept to actual prototype has been exciting," Glass says. "But the next step is making the prototype a commercial product and really seeing its real-world performance."
Buoyant Airborne Turbine to harness winds in Alaska
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S ince bat mortality from colliding with wind turbines is high, a wind turbine hovering far above where the insects the bats hunt would be a welcome innovation.
And if strong lightweight materials should one day make it possible to launch a wind turbine to the altitudes typical of the jet stream, we would be talking about serious energy production.
hangman04
"But despite its efficiency, the BAT is not designed to replace conventional tower-mounted turbines" - really ? Is it just me or he doesn't want to stir up the big guys in the wind industry? Cause from i get, these BATs are more efficient, and consume way less land than e normal wind turbine, so why not just make the next 2015+ wind parks full of these instead of conventional turbines?
antialias_physorg
so why not just make the next 2015+ wind parks full of these instead of conventional turbines?
Need to find another filler than helium, though (which is getting increasingly scarce)
krundoloss
This is great concept, I wonder how it might compare to a Kite-Type device, where a large kite gets pulled out to great length, then unseals itself, gets reeled in, and reseals itself to get pulled by the wind again. Kitepower.eu
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Hot air... lot's of it in Washington...
and7barton
With the looming Helium crisis, surely this is an opportunity for using good, old-fashioned Hydrogen. Such an application would surely carry almost no risk to people in the event of fire, plus Hydrogen is a sustainable material and has higher lifting properties than Helium.
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Autonomous communication drones. Use the power from the turbine to power electric engines that hold it aloft.
Augment the lifting power with Hydrogen instead of Helium; containment has become much safer since the Hindenburg, and there's no people on board anyway. Plus it could drop to bodies of water, use spare power to separate more hydrogen as needed, and head back up.
Coat the shell in solar collectors for extra collection.
Send hundreds of them up higher than commercial aircraft lanes, and you have a relatively cheap alternative to communication satellites. Blanket the world in a global internet (shorter distance to the relays than geosync satellites makes the communication lag doable).
No valuable helium use. No launch vehicles needed. No danger of adding to space debris.