New Zealand has snared a silver medal at the Sochi Paralympics through New Plymouth skier Corey Peters in the giant slalom.
New Plymouth skier Corey Peters saved his best for last by winning silver at the Paralympics, New Zealand's only medal of the 2014 Games in Russia.
The last Kiwi to compete at Sochi, sitting class athlete Peters shone in his favoured event, the giant slalom, to reward a consistent week in which he placed fourth in the Super-Combined discipline and sixth in Super-G.
He led the 31-man field after clocking one minute 18.10 seconds in his opening run.
The last man to complete the second run, his time of 1:15.10 was the sixth fastest and left him 0.47sec behind Swiss winner Christoph Kunz overall. He was 0.11sec clear of third-placed Austrian Roman Rabl.
"I'm pretty blown away really," Peters said.
"You can never really expect the podium at this level but I knew I skied well in the Super-Combined and it was just a matter of getting a good night's sleep and repeating it the following day which I've definitely done."
A former Taranaki age group rugby representative, Peters, 30, was paralysed at a motocross event in 2009.
He says all the hours of training he had since poured into skiing in Wanaka and Colorado since taking it up in 2011 had paid off in a way that surpassed his expectations.
"It makes it even more special coming away with a medal. Even if I didn't have a medal I'd still be stoked but this is just the icing on the cake."
The two other New Zealand athletes in Sochi came agonisingly close to winning medals on Friday.
Wanaka's Carl Murphy was fourth in the snowboard cross while 2010 Paralympics gold medallist Adam Hall was fourth in the men's standing Super-Combined.


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Home Election 2019: A better year for Nigeria
2019: A better year for Nigeria
By Nonso Ozoemena
Every new year, for the first month at least, most Nigerians experience a word I made up called "Janumism." It is a portmanteau of "January" and "Optimism." We are generally positive about having a fruitful, prosperous year, we make resolutions that make us feel hopeful, and we project our minds to December with a vision of accomplishment. Reality starts to set in in February and the mood dissipates but for the first month of the year at least, people tend to believe they have a shot at a better year ahead.
Off the back of a turbulent 2018, I'm not sure how many Nigerians have the Janumism spirit within them. It was a very challenging year. Back in June of 2018, it was reported that Nigeria had surpassed India to become the nation with the most people living in extreme poverty. 87 million Nigerians against 71.5 million Indians. What makes this particularly mind-blowing is that India's population is more than six times Nigeria's: 1.3 billion people compared to 190 million.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2018 was weak. GDP is the market value of all goods and services produced within Nigerian shores. From 2.1% in the last three months of 2017, it slowed to 1.9% in the first three months of 2018. It slowed again to 1.5% in the second quarter of 2018, before picking up to 1.8% in the third quarter. The main takeaway from this is that our dear nation is not growing fast enough economically to lift its people out of poverty.
Population growth in Nigeria is at an annual rate of 2.6% which exceeds our GDP figures. Think of a family woman making N50k monthly with two children to care for. Assume she adds another child every year but her N50k salary doesn't rise. The burden of supporting a growing household with stagnant wages is what Nigeria is facing with millions of her citizens bearing the brunt of weak economic growth.
There has to be a better way because none of the problems we are facing will magically disappear in 2019. A hopeful solution can be found in making the right choice in the upcoming February 2019 elections. Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Peter Obi, look very much like the proverbial light at the end of a pitch black tunnel.
Mr Abubakar and Mr Obi intend to transform Nigeria into a modern economy that is people-centered. How do they intend on doing this? By, among other things, attracting much needed investment funds into the nation. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria has fallen in recent years: since peaking at $718m in the third quarter of 2015, it fell to a low of $118m in the third quarter of 2017. In the 2nd quarter of last year, it reached $261m. Point is, we need more money. We need more investment coming into Nigeria to boost our infrastructure and Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are the best placed candidates to get Nigeria back on track.
For foreign investors to be comfortable enough with Nigeria to send more funds our way, they have to be confident that they will operate in an environment that is conducive for business. Atiku is a businessman. Obi is a businessman. They both believe in a healthy private sector that is attractive to foreign investment. Much work needs to be done to improve the business environment. The World Economic Forum ranked Nigeria 115th out of 140 countries for Global competitiveness. Infrastructure was ranked 124th. ICT adoption ranked 123rd.
The more investment dollars Atiku and Obi can convince to come into Nigeria, the stronger the Naira will be. It is a case of demand and supply. More investment dollars flowing into Nigeria means the supply of dollars increases. This reduces the cost of acquiring them which makes the Naira appreciate. The Naira has not had it easy under this administration. Thanks to the recession of 2016, dollar scarcity got so bad that one dollar was going for N500 back in February of 2017! Things have moderated but are still expensive. The Central bank's official rate is N305 but the dollar goes for N366 on the parallel market.
Nigeria had a chance last year to boost its currency position by increasing trade with our African sisters and brothers via the African Continental Free Trade agreement. It was signed last year by 44 of the 55 member nations of the African Union in Kigali, Rwanda. President Buhari pulled out of his trip to Kigali at the eleventh hour, saying he had to consult with stakeholders. Why he didn't consult with them ahead of time is part of why we are where we are today and in need of practical, pragmatic leadership from Abubakar and Obi.
Practical, pragmatic leadership accurately highlights inefficiencies in a system, as Mr Obi did when talking about Nigeria's expensive fuel subsidy. He called for funds used in subsidizing fuel for Nigerians to be used in improving our education sector. The more we hear about the subsidy, the worse things seems to get. The Guardian recently reported that the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) which has the responsibility of determining the pricing template of petroleum products imported into Nigeria, has been unable to do this over the past two years! Their website has been dormant for the last two years with no updated information on how much it costs to bring refined fuel into Nigeria.
As at last year, the daily consumption figure for petrol consumption in Nigeria was pegged at 50 million liters by the NNPC's Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru. There has been no one at the PPPRA to verify this information. The Guardian reported that the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has taken over the required calculations from the PPPRA. This was confirmed to the Guardian by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division (GPAD) of the NNPC. When he was asked to confirm the 50 million liter per day consumption figure, all calls entered voicemail.
The Guardian went ahead and used the most recent data available to calculate what the subsidy cost and arrived at a staggering figure of N2.43 billion per day. You can read it here https://guardian.ng/news/petrol-subsidy-hits-n2-43b-daily/
So we're spending an astounding N2.43 billion per day on subsidy, we don't know if Nigerians consume more than 50 million liters or more of fuel per day, and the Agency tasked with calculating this information has not done so for two years. If that doesn't spell inefficiency then I don't know what does. Mr Obi was spot on.
Nigerians are suffering under an incompetent, inefficient administration with misplaced socialist tendencies that are not improving matters. We need leadership that can identify our issues, proffer bold solutions, and be courageous enough to see them through. That leadership comes in the form of Atuki Abubakar and Peter Obi and come February 16th at the polls, Nigerians have to make the all-important choice of sending them to Aso Rock to turn things around.
Our entire future depends on it.
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HAVANA — Cuban faithful celebrating Christmas say they have plenty to cheer this year as they prepare for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI, the first visit by a pontiff to the Communist-run island since John Paul II's historic tour nearly 14 years ago.
The visit, expected in March, coincides with the 400th anniversary of Cuba's patron saint and follows years of lobbying by Roman Catholic officials on the island.
The timing also appears to reward the larger role the church has assumed in Cuba in recent years. Havana Archbishop Jaime Ortega personally negotiated the release of political prisoners in 2010 and 2011, and church magazines have become a forum for articles offering advice to Cuban leaders on a process of free-market reforms begun by President Raul Castro.
Castro even cited Benedict's visit in announcing on Friday that Cuba would free 2,900 inmates as a humanitarian gesture, including some jailed for political crimes.
Churches across Cuba were holding Christmas services Sunday. Outside the Cathedral in Old Havana, retiree Rogelio Montes de Oca said he was counting down the days to Benedict's arrival, and praying that the pope would have the strength to go ahead with the visit amid reports the 84-year-old spiritual leader has appeared unusually tired in recent months.
"We have faith in God that we will be allowed to have this treat," said Montes de Oca, 72. "Not every country will have the chance to see him physically and receive his blessing."
Religious leaders and others who have spent time with Benedict recently say they found him weaker than they'd ever seen him. He has stopped meeting individually with visiting bishops, and has begun using a moving platform to spare him the long walk down St. Peter's Basilica.
Still, the pontiff has rallied in the past on grueling trips, and Cubans said they were hoping he will be able to see as much of the island as possible. When John Paul II visited in 1998 for a five-day trip, he was met by multitudes as he toured the eastern metropolis of Santiago and the central cities of Santa Clara and Camaguey.
"I am so happy Cuba is getting a second visit by a pope," said Gilberto Sigarti, a musician who was praying before a statue of the island's patron saint, the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre. "John Paul II's visit was a great joy."
The last papal visit to Cuba broke down walls that had existed between the church and Fidel Castro's government since the early days of the revolution, when priests were harassed and sometimes arrested, and the state formally declared itself to be atheistic. Authorities discouraged Christmas celebrations, closed religious schools in 1962 and barred Communist Party membership to people of religious belief.
A lot has changed since John Paul II's visit.
Instead of Fidel, Benedict will meet with younger brother Raul, 80, who has had a much less stormy relationship with the church and has even looked to church leaders for advice on some of the economic changes he is pushing. Benedict will also find an island much more at ease with religion than the one visited by his predecessor.
In today's Cuba, Catholicism is practiced openly — even by many Communist Party officials. Many Cuban Catholics mix the faith with aspects of the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion. Evangelical churches are also on the rise on the island.
Even with Christianity's increased role, Christmas is a subdued event in Cuba. There are no sales in state-owned shops, and virtually no Christmas ornaments or decorated trees on display in public, in contrast to the ubiquitous signs celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the revolution, which takes place Jan. 1.
Cubans traditionally get together for a family meal on Christmas Eve, though a feast of pork leg, yucca and black beans on New Year's Eve is more widely and enthusiastically celebrated.
Benedict's visit is a pilgrimage to honor the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre, the patron of Cuba. A relic of the virgin has been traveling around the island this year. The pontiff has not given exact dates for his trip, but the Vatican has indicated it will be in March, shortly before Easter. The pope also will make a stop in Mexico on his Latin American swing.


ACM mod for ANY (1.8). Updated.
Share your mods and tricks of the trade here.
What is your overall opinion of this mod?
Good mod, but some things need more work.
Nothing special. Some ideas are interesting, but overall opinion is average.
This is the worst mod i`ve ever played!
Re: ACM mod for ANY (1.8). Updated.
Yes its ok. Tree has more branches than vanilla and its larger than these rotating rings that vanilla has in the screens. So both are removed.
Good job, looking forward to your work Okim! Best mod out there I cannot match.
I feel like maybe I should check this out, but at the same time, I feel like I should actually get good at this game first. I still have trouble learning the combat after so much time.
Edit: The tech tree image appears to be missing.
Thanks a lot. That'll be quite helpful. I decided to try my hand at this mod anyway. It really wasn't kidding when it said the research times would be a lot longer. Took forever just to even get Gene Modification, and that's as Morrigi. On the other hand, I've had phenomenal luck with planetary exploration on this playthrough.
Thanks for the tree BlueTemplar.
After installing your mod i get an error everytime i try to get into a real-time battle, it crashesright at the start of battle, then closes the game after acknowledging the error, the crash dump is attached below.
.dmp files can only be used by Kerberos and are no use to modders, unfortunately. The Session.log however is very useful for debugging especially the bit at the end, perhaps you can post that? It will have to be the .log file as at after the crash.
Otherwise, you have any other mods installed? You use the mod manager? Do you have the latest versions of SOTS ANY and ACM? You may have to re download the mod.
R2dical wrote: .dmp files can only be used by Kerberos and are no use to modders, unfortunately. The Session.log however is very useful for debugging especially the bit at the end, perhaps you can post that? It will have to be the .log file as at after the crash.
i'm running ANY 1.8.0 and ACM 141, no other mods installed, no i don't use a mod manager(is there one for SOTS?).
Hmm, looks like some funny business going on, are you running a save that was made from that same ANY 1.8.0 + ACM 141 + no-other-mods setup? (IIRC ACM had some errors in the log but was actually OK, so hard to say what is actually a problem).
Try re-downloading ACM, I saw some issues before due to an incomplete mod folder. If the same thing happens upload the save and I can take a look for you if/when/until Okim pops in.
There is a mod manager but I recommend you stick to modifying the .ini instead as combining or editing mods loaded with the manager can mess things up easily.
I've been using the mod recently with no problems. I would suggest that you manually edit the ini. Note: If you are running it on Steam then make sure you set the game properties to not automatically update so that it will not eventually overwrite your change.
R2dical wrote: Hmm, looks like some funny business going on, are you running a save that was made from that same ANY 1.8.0 + ACM 141 + no-other-mods setup? (IIRC ACM had some errors in the log but was actually OK, so hard to say what is actually a problem).
No, i started a new game when i installed the mod, i really think i got the complete zip file, but i'm going to redownload it to make sure.
There are a couple things in the log that are worrying, but I think I need to look closer to find the thing causing the crash. If you can post your save file I can investigate.


Fewer than half of American adults have wills, according to a survey reported on by the New York Times.
But this is a dangerous statistic. Having a will is extremely important, the Times reports. It decides where you money and property go after you die. Without a will, your belongings will automatically be distributed according to state law. That's probably not want you want.
And then there are other important estate planning documents that could save you and your family a lot of stress and heartache, including health care surrogates, which allow a person of your choice to make medical decisions for you when you are unable to yourself.
According to the New York Times, Katie Roper, vice president of Caring.com, advises that everyone 18 or older — not just elderly people — should have a health care surrogate.
"If you have a children 18 or older away at college, she said, making sure they have such documents can help make sure you are able to discuss their treatment, should an emergency arise," the article states.


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The Multi-Omics Hubs unite researchers who generate large data sets to understand the complex relationships between genes, environment, and life experience. Such multi-omics data are derived from diverse biological sources and include genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, metagenomics, and transcriptomics. The Microbiome Hub and Epigenetics Hub, both part of the Multi-Omics effort, provide linkages and integration across researchers on campus. Specifically, the Hubs aim to:
link the use of several -omics methodologies in the same biological system;
integrate researchers asking similar questions in systems as dissimilar as the human gut and the soil;
link research conducted at the clinical, epidemiological, and ecological levels with mechanistic and molecular studies;
provide avenues for collaboration among computational scientists and biologists.
The Multi-Omics Hubs are intimately linked to the Data Science Hub through the use of data management and analytics tools for acquisition and mining of multi-omics data. The intersection of various types of -omics data provides fertile ground for new biological insight, necessitating new methods for data management and analysis. Currently, the Multi-Omics effort has two major areas of emphasis: epigenetics and the microbiome. Comprehensive analyses in both areas require the acquisition of multi-omic data to understand the chemical and biological information unique to individuals and communities. The Multi-Omics Hub provides services that include epigenetic-linked analytical methods and microbiome bioinformatics resources to enable a broad community of researchers to include epigenome and microbiome assessments in their research.
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Not good for the USMC, not reported by the U.S. mainstream media, but reported by the Russians…do you think this was important and is a big deal? Read for yourself. The BAE Systems ACV 1.1 will be years to fielding, and it can't do all that a AAV P7 SU (A2) can do.
COLUMBIA Class Submarine – Stealthiest Sub Ever?


Because black holes absorb light and radio waves [electromagnetic radiation] with such strong force, it isn't possible to see them.
A group including Japan, the USA, Europe, and others investigated a black hole that's located 55 million years away from earth at the speed of light. They used 6 radio telescopes located in Chile, South America, and other places around the world and, at the same time, collected data on gas and debris in the vicinity of the black hole that emitted electromagnetic radiation. Then they produced the image from the data.
In the image, the electromagnetic radiation being emitted by the gas around the black hole can be seen as red and white, and in the middle there is what looks like a hole that appears black.
It just means "light years"
Yeah, I always vacillate on how freely to translate what these articles say, since the language is (by definition) simplified. My understanding is that the Japanese word for "light years" is 光年, which is not what this said, so I decided to go with a more word-for-word rendering. Similarly, I gave "hole that appears black" for 黒い穴 because I needed to point up the difference between that and ブラックホール, even though both would be most naturally rendered as "black hole."
Yeah, they're just using a roundabout way of saying it because they've decided that 光年 is too difficult. My impression reading these easy news articles is that they have a list of "allowed" words and they have to use an alternative word or explanation for anything not on it. IMO, it actually makes it more complicated. Like, I saw an article where, instead of 10連休 (10-day holiday), they said something like "a sequence of 10 holidays following after each other." I think it would be more beneficial to move on to normal NHK articles when you feel comfortable because the Japanese is much more natural. Although there isn't a sub for that.
Yeah, agreed, and it definitely makes the translations sound awkward and artificial at times. (I can only assume the original Japanese sounds just as awkward and artificial to native speakers!) Right now, I'm at the point where I find most of the NHK Easy News articles to be easy-to-manageable, but normal NHK articles are still mostly above my level, so I'm not quite ready to take that leap. Plus, as you say, there's no sub for that.
With their very strong power, black holes absorb all light and waves that they come into contact with and as a result the cannot be seen. A group consisting of Japan, America, Europe and others investigated a black hole 5,500,000 light years from earth. Using a telescope in Chile along with 6 others around the world simultaneously, they gathered data from the area surrounding the black hole and radio waves emitted from it. From the data the image was created. In the image around the black hole the gas and emitted radio waves are red and white and in the middle a black hole glcan be seen. The group said "this is the first time an image of a blsk hole was able to be captured. From here we are looking to better understand how black holes and space itself came to be."
An image of a black hole is captured for the first time in the world.


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SEE IT: Last-second rescue saves cat at Russian garbage plant
By Joseph Wilkinson
He pulled the cat out of the bag.
A Russian man rescued a cat Monday, seconds before it was about to meet certain doom at a garbage processing plant, state news agency TASS reported.
Mikhail Tukash reached out to save the cat, but he said it was almost pure luck, according to the Moscow Times.
"The cat wasn't meowing, and the bag wasn't moving," Tukash told local news. "I needed to cut the bag to screen it for metals. I was just doing my job."
Tukash opened the bag and saw the cat looking back at him, Reuters reported. He alerted his supervisors at the plant in Ulyanovsk, about 500 miles east of Moscow.
Veterinarians said the cat appeared healthy and was likely a house cat, according to the Moscow Times.
Naturally, the cat's luck didn't end there. He's been named honorary deputy environment minister for the Ulyanovsk region. The ministry is holding a nationwide contest to name its new furry official.
And he still has eight lives left.


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Opuscula 6 is now available for purchase and free download at Bokorder.se. Also available at Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Bokus.com and Adlibris.com. Books reviewed in Opuscula 6 (2013) Jesper Blid | Building a new Rome: The imperial colony of Pisidian Antioch (25 BC–AD 700), eds. E.K. Gazda & D. Y. Ng, in collaboration with Ü. Demirer, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2011. 219 pp., 168 ills. +1 video disc. ISBN 978-0-9741873-4-1. http://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-11 Anton Bonnier | E. Farinetti, Boeotian Landscapes. A GIS-based study for the reconstruction and interpretation of the archaeological datasets of ancient Boeotia (BAR-IS, 2195), Oxford: Archaeopress 2011. xiv + 425 pp. + 1 CD. ISBN 978-1-4073-0750-3. http://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-12 Maja Kramer | G. López Monteagudo, M.L. Neira Jiménez, 'Mosaico', in Arte Romano de la Bética. Mosaico. Pintura. Manufacturas, ed. P. León, Sevilla: Focus-Abengoa 2010. 381 pp., 482 ills. ISBN 978-84-89895-27-0. http://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-13 Gullög Nordquist | Mesohelladika. La Grèce continentale au Bronze Moyen. Actes du colloque international organisé par l'École française d'Athènes, en collaboration avec l'American School of Classical Studies at Athens et le Netherlands Institute in Athens, Athènes, 8–12 mars 2006 (BCH Suppl., 52), eds. A. Philippa-Touchais, G. Touchais, S. Voutsaki & J. Wright, Athens 2010. 1046 pp. ISBN 978-2-86958-210-1. http://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-14 Vassilis P. Petrakis |…
The Makrakomi Archaeological Landscapes Project (MALP)
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Opuscula 6 is now available for purchase and free download at Bokorder.se. Also available at Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Bokus.com and Adlibris.com. The Makrakomi Archaeological Landscapes Project (MALP). A preliminary report on investigations carried out in 2010–2012 By Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou, Arto Penttinen, Gregory N. Tsokas, Panagiotis I. Tsourlos, Alexandros Stampolidis, Ilias Fikos, Georgios Tassis, Konstantina Psarogianni, Lambros Stavrogiannis, Anton Bonnier, Monica Nilsson & Henrik Boman Abstract In this article we provide a preliminary report of the work carried out between 2010 and 2012 as part of the Makrakomi Archaeological Landscapes Project (MALP). The programme of research is carried out in co-operation between the Swedish Institute at Athens and the 14th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities at Lamia. The interdisciplinary project started in the summer of 2010, when a pilot survey was conducted in and around the hill of Profitis Elias, in the modern municipality of Makrakomi, where extensive traces of ancient fortifications are still visible. Systematic investigations have been conducted since 2011 as part of a five-year plan of research involving surface survey, geophysical survey and small-scale archaeological excavation as well as geomorphological investigation. The primary aim of MALP is to examine the archaeology and geomorphology of the western Spercheios Valley,…
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Now available for purchase at Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Bokus.com, Adlibris.com, and Bokorder.se San Lorenzo in Lucina. The transformations of a Roman quarter By Olof Brandt (ed.) This volume presents the results of research carried out by the Swedish Institute in Rome in the Roman church of San Lorenzo in Lucina. This research involved the Roman phases of the site and the surrounding quarter. The research began with the 1993–1998 excavation of the baptistery of the Early Christian church, and continued in 2000 with a project which also included other parts, aspects and periods of the site. The papers in this volume shed new light on the Late Roman and post-Antique development of an area which is between Augustan monuments such as the Ara Pacis, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the obelisk and its meridian. The papers include studies on the early 3rd century insula beneath the church, the baptistery and the Early Christian basilica, as well a survey of hagiographic legends, medieval wall-paintings, and other finds such as inscriptions and graffiti, pottery, glass, marble, bones and spolia. Reports on the conservation on fragments of Roman wall-paintings and marble fragments are also included. Contents Barbro Santillo Frizell | Preface Olof Brandt | Introduction…
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Now available for purchase at Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Bokus.com, Adlibris.com, and Bokorder.se. Contents Johnny R. Bengtsson | Late Bronze Age handles from the Apennine settlement at Luni sul Mignone: Some chronological observations Ingela M.B. Wiman & Yvonne Backe-Forsberg | Surfacing deities in later Etruscan art and the sacellum at San Giovenale Allan Klynne | The Villa Selvasecca revisited John W. Hayes | Villa Selvasecca: the pottery finds Ebba Engström & Ragnar Hedlund | Villa Selvasecca: the coins Dominic Ingemark | Villa Selvasecca: the glass Anne-Marie Leander Touati | Interim report of the Swedish Pompeii Project: Work 2000–2004/5 in Insula V 1. Introduction Margareta Staub Gierow | The House of the Greek Epigrams V 1,18.11–12: preliminary report 2000–2004 Arja Karivieri & Renée Forsell | The House of Caecilius Iucundus, V 1,22–27: a preliminary report Henrik Boman & Monica Nilsson | The commercial establishments V 1,13; V 1, 14–16; V 1,20–21: preliminary report 2001–2004 Mark Robinson | Evidence for garden cultivation and the use of bedding-out plants in the peristyle garden of the House of the Greek Epigrams (V 1, 18i) at Pompeii Henrik Boman & Monica Nilsson | The early street and the prehistoric finds in Vicolo delle Nozze d'Argento, Pompeii Jörg…


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This mic is the perfect fill-in between an omnidirectional and a directional microphone.
The off-axis characteristics of this mic are totally linear, a unique quality when it comes to authentic sound reproduction. Any leakage that occurs from off-axis sound sources is still a faithful reproduction of these sounds, just softly attenuated.


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Halloween Horror: Glaring Hunter
Posted on October 13, 2008 by JLaSala
A new twist on one of our favorite monsters is brought to us by author Jeff LaSala (Darkwood Mask) with art from Bradley K. McDevitt (Blood!).
Watch the rooftops, you never who, or what, may be watching you…
Glaring Hunter
Created by Jeff LaSala
With Art by Brad McDevitt
Everyone knows what gargoyles are, but very few legends have survived the ages concerning these gruesome stone antiquities. One such story that has endured in some circles is that of the anomalous statue known as the Glaring Hunter. Though it is far less famous than its Notre Dame brethren, the Hunter is the only gargoyle said to appear, without explanation, in more than one place.
The earliest confirmed account of its existence came from a 14th Century anchorite in the north of England who described its perch upon an old abbey wall. An ancient scroll rumored to be one of the lost Gospels also made reference to "the Staring Demon" whose presence Biblical scholars say follows the steps of the Devil. Yet now, this particular gargoyle has been appearing in many different places across the world, more and more frequently—from Tokyo to Manhattan, from small town Middle America to rural Bavaria. Most legitimate scholars dismiss the Glaring Hunter as just another "sensationalist bugbear for paranormal fanboys," while others maintain it is merely an elaborate architectural hoax. But none of these have ever laid eyes on the thing itself.
Though no authenticated photographs have been taken of it, the stone-carved Hunter itself is considered ghoulish beyond expectation. Its body is excruciatingly hunched, with sharp protrusions jutting from its spine like bladed vertebrae. The entire frame is emaciated as of severe malnutrition, yet its shoulders and hands are overlarge, with long digits curled into rending claws. Two arched masses only vaguely suggestive of wings hang from the shoulders to the figure's taloned feet, presumably positioned to offset the forward-leaning body and anchor it in place.
The rare few who have been able to spy the Glaring Hunter in close proximity found themselves unable to effectively describe its face. Their hasty, fumbled narratives suggested a leering visage that stares directly back at the viewer as if the Hunter is the keeper of some hideous knowledge. Some have sworn that the gargoyle knew them and all their sins merely by the force of its stone-eyed scrutiny, while all swear that the original sculptor must certainly have been mad. The gargoyle always appears near the apex of its chosen building, on roofs or turrets far from casual view or easy examination. Night or day, the Hunter seems to maintain its brooding perch, a dark silhouette under the sky, unmoving and unafraid.
Scholars of the occult and law enforcement agencies alike have observed a surge of paranormal and criminal activity at the approximate time of the Hunter's appearance, and many claim it is therefore an icon of ill omen. Others see the gargoyle as a lightning rod for evil, gathering dark forces from the land around it.
But another, more recent theory has also come to light: that the Glaring Hunter may be—as gargoyles were originally intended to do—warding off evil spirits. And that it appears only where evil has already taken root. Like its name implies, the Hunter seeks out the most depraved souls among humanity or the vilest demons that prowl the Earth wherever they take refuge—and there, from its lofty vantage, the gargoyle grapples with its victim. Whether it defeats its prey physically or spiritually, when the Hunter disappears again, it leaves quietude in its wake. Without exception. Is it, then, as some unpopular theologians submit, merely a grotesque angel?
If so…after all this time, why has its activity been increasing?
About Jeff LaSala
Jeff LaSala actually spends a lot of his time thinking about—if not writing about—monsters. Earlier this year saw the publication of his first novel, The Darkwood Mask (with Wizards of the Coast), an Eberron tale of gothic mystery, murder, and…well, monsters. He currently resides in the Bronx with his Argentine gypsy wife, tries very hard to dodge the rat race, and strives to find the time to do everything all at once. When not doing any of the above, he even writes RPG books for Goodman Games and lurks like a gargoyle over his own website, www.jefflasala.com.
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Bradley K. McDevitt is RPG Illustrator and Graphic Designer, his client include Wizards of the Coast, Postmortem Studios, Fantasy Flight Games, Mongoose Publishing and many more. He recently published a new game, Haiiii-Ya!, and you can find more of his art in the Clipart Critters series.
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Professor Alistair Ross's 'Finding Political Identities: Young People in a Changing Europe' has been nominated by his publisher for the Mackenzie Book Prize.
A book by London Met's Emeritus Professor of Politics and Education Alistair Ross has been nominated by his publisher for the Mackenzie Book Prize, an award bestowed by the Political Studies' Association annually for the best book published in political science.
The book, Finding Political Identities: Young People in a Changing Europe, examines how young people in Europe construct their political identities. Based on small discussion groups with 2000 young people across 29 European states, Professor Ross explores how 13 to 20-year olds build identities in contemporary society, creating contingent narratives of local, national and European identities with families, friends and social media. As well as exploring what these kaleidoscopic identities look like and the sources they draw on, it also examines how these accounts are assembled and integrated with each other.
The study uses deliberative discussions to allow young people to develop their own constructs and terms in conversation with each other. This analysis presents a complex polyphonic of political beliefs and values of rights, which young Europeans attach to political structures and institutions that often transcend traditional boundaries of state and nation.
In addition, Professor Ross will build on this research through a pilot study of young people's political identities in selected Eastern Partnership Countries in the autumn of 2020. This will be a limited exploratory study, to establish if it's possible to conduct online deliberative discussions of sufficient quality.
It's hoped to make a more substantial study in 2021-2, as a continuation of his earlier studies in central (2020-2014) and western (2014 – 2019) Europe - both of these involved a particular technique of deliberative discussion, using open-ended questions that enabled talk that used the informants' own terms, formulations, categories and constructs, rather than the researcher's. This method empowered and encouraged informants (aged 14-19) to develop their ideas, agreements and disagreements in a non-judgemental, and non-decision-making format.
Finding Political Identities: Young People in a Changing Europe is available from Palgrave Macmillan.


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NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. - The Penn State New Kensington women's volleyball team fell in straight sets to Penn State Fayette Sunday afternoon. New Kensington drops to 7-10 and 0-7 in conference play, while Fayette improved to 16-7 and 7-1 in the PSUAC.
After losing the first set 25-11, the Lions regrouped in the second stanza, hammering out 12 kills. Sophomore outside hitters Kaylea Flick (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) and Janet Surma (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell) each posted five kills in the set. New Kensington held close the whole set, behind just two points at 18-20, but Fayette scored five out of the last six points to take the set 25-19. Fayette went on to win the third frame 25-14.
Flick finished with nine kills, while Surma added six kills and nine digs. Freshman Erin Tumas (Vandergrift, Pa./Kiski Area led the defense with 13 digs and junior Lindsey Hessom (Leechburg, Pa./Kiski Area) had 19 assists.
The match marked the last at home for senior Cora Rejniak (Gibsonia, Pa./Deerlakes), who posted eight digs.
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Over the course of the academic year we provide an array of theme days, activities, cookery classes and charity events – these are advertised around the school and on the website.
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One day, at the beginning of the decade, a middle-aged Londoner named Gerald Kingsland placed a personal ad in a magazine. He was looking for a "wife" to spend a year with him on a deserted tropical island. Lucy Irvine, a young secretary, answered the ad and joined the experiment.
What resulted from his escapade was a perilous year on the island and two books by the participants. And, now, a movie, Castaway, which turns the experience into a vehicle for some distressingly simple-minded ideas and a great deal of naked flesh.
Most of the naked flesh belongs to Amanda Donohoe, who plays Lucy; Oliver Reed plays Gerald. Donohoe has a great body, which is important in a movie such as this. It may also be the film's only selling point.
Much of the film depends on the sexual tension between the two, once they reach the uninhabited island. After meeting on a blind date, they began a sexual relationship, but once on the island Lucy suddenly calls it off. Since she is, unavoidably, the only game in town, this leaves Gerald with some—ah—unresolved feelings.
The movie charts the many disasters that plague these two during their stay. They are stung by bees, poisoned by plants, dried up by the sun, washed out by a hurricane. Their most exciting conversation, held at the point of starvation, is about their favorite foods, a chat that Gerald says is better than sex. (Not that he has much choice, at that point.)
Late in the year Gerald is enlisted as a handyman by some natives at a neighboring island, and they bring over their appliances for him to tinker with. Which prompts Lucy to note that their exotic journey to Eden has become "a bloody garden suburb where people take their lawnmowers to get fixed."
Mankind's inevitable tendency to civilize (i.e., destroy) nature is spelled out with some insistence; by the end of the year, Lucy and Gerald are listening to radios, tossing beer cans, and munching Ruffles potato chips.
This heavy-handedness is a disappointment because this is a film directed by Nicolas Roeg, who has made some of the more challenging films of the last couple of decades (Performance, Don't Look Now). Roeg has always been a filmmaker of social comment, but his capacity for subtlety seems to have decreased over the years. There are flashes of the old style here, but when Oliver Reed dresses in a skirt and applies lipstick, it's but a shadow of the inspired identity-confusion of Mick Jagger and James Fox in Performance.
It sounds like a good subject for Roeg, and for Reed, and for Donohoe too, for that matter. The film's argument is just a little too pat, alas.
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Q: PHP script using over 512MB when only processing a few MB array I have PHP running on Ubuntu with Apache. I have a simple script that simply does a query to pull a bunch of latitude, longitude pairs from the database, stores them into an array, and echo's out the JSON.
The array comes out to be about 40,000 elements. An entry in the array looks like this
{"lat":"41.951234015","lng":"-87.5317308"}.

The query is to a MySQL DB through an MSSQL DB using a linked server, if that is relevant at all.
PHP runs out of memory if I do ini_set('memory_limit', '512M'), but succeeds if I do ini_set('memory_limit', '1024M').
Why is this script taking up so much memory? An array of 40,000 elements, with each element being no more than 20 characters or so, should only take up a few MB of memory. I'm not doing ANY processing on the array.
EDIT: here is my code
mssql_query("SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON");
mssql_query("SET ANSI_NULLS ON");

ini_set('memory_limit', '1024M');
$cbsa='16980';
if(isset($_POST['cbsa'])){
    $cbsa = sanitize($_POST['cbsa']);
}

$zipstrings = get_zipstring($cbsa); //external function that returns two lists of about 500 zipcodes each

$lat_lng = array();
foreach($zipstrings as $zipstring){
  $result = mssql_query("select * from openquery(database, 'SELECT lat, lng from coordinates
  JOIN with other table....");
  while($row = mssql_fetch_array($result, MSSQL_ASSOC)){
      $lat_lng[] = array("lat"=>$row['lat'], "lng"=>$row['lng']); **CRASHES HERE**
  }
}
echo json_encode(array("coords"=>$lat_lng, "error"=>mssql_get_last_message()));

A: How much data does that query return ? You have a select* from opendata if that has very large columns and many of them that will be the cause. Your code looks ok to me

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Danakil Desert, Ethiopia - It may look like another planet, but the Danakil Desert is actually in Ethiopia, with parts in Eritrea and Djibouti.
Danakil desert, Ethiopia - It's one of the hottest and most inhospitable places in the world, with volcanoes, lava lakes, deadly hot springs and geysers blowing steaming hot water out of the ground.
Danakil Desert, Ethiopia - Though it may seem like a hellish place to live, it is inhabited by people who mine the otherworldly landscape for salt.
Fukushima, Japan - Everyone knows Fukushima in Japan. The nuclear reactor there was damaged during the catastrophic earthquake that hit the region in March 2011.
Fukushima, Japan - It was the ensuing tsunami, which sent a huge wave over 12 m high towards the power station, that resulted in a core meltdown. 120,000 people in the surrounding region had to be evacuated just because of the threat of radiation.
Fukushima, Japan - Today there is still an exclusion zone around the site of the disaster, and in July 2018, radiation levels inside the power plant were determined to be still too high for people to enter.
Vanuatu, South Pacific - Vanuatu may look like paradise, but it hides some deadly secrets.
Vanuatu, South Pacific - The tiny island nation is considered to be one of the most at-risk areas for natural disasters in the world.
Vanuatu, South Pacific - Its population is regularly hit by earthquakes, storms, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. The fact that the islands are so small is also significant, as it means these natural disasters have wider-reaching effects.
Aral Sea, Central Asia - The haunting Aral Sea lies between Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Aral Sea, Central Asia - Once a vast lake, the Aral Sea has been rapidly drying up since the 1960s, after Soviet irrigation projects diverted the water. The result was one of the biggest ecological disasters of recent times.
Aral Sea, Central Asia - What's more, pesticides and other agricultural chemicals from the surrounding land contaminated the lake. Once the lake dried up, polluted dust particles became a health hazard for all the nearby inhabitants.
Vozrozhdeniya Island, Aral Sea - Within the Aral Sea itself lies an even deadlier location. Vozrozhdeniya Island in the middle of the lake was used by the Soviet Union to test biological weapons.
Vozrozhdeniya Island, Aral Sea - There were a series of accidents while the base was still operational. In one, multiple people died after the accidental release of weaponized smallpox.
Vozrozhdeniya Island, Aral Sea - A number of bioweapons were reportedly stored there, including anthrax spores and the bubonic plague. After the island was evacuated, the containers began to deteriorate.
Norilsk, Russia - Norilsk in Russia is the world's most northernmost city, and according to some, also the world's most-polluted.
Norilsk, Russia - The smelting of nickel ore is what causes the horrific pollution in this toxic city, releasing vast quantities of harmful gases into the air, which causes acid rain and smog.
Norilsk, Russia - Norlisk is home to 177,000 people, and has an average life expectancy that is 10 years shorter than the rest of the Russian population.
Lake Natron, Tanzania -
This lake in East Africa looks like it should really be on Mars.
Its water is filled with minerals, and the high evaporation rate means that it is extremely alkaline. It is fed by natural hot springs, which mean that the water can reach up to 60°C (140ºF).
Lake Natron, Tanzania - For humans and animals that are not evolved to deal with such inhospitable conditions, the water can burn the skin. The natural chemicals in the water can also mummify creatures which die on the lake, leaving eerie petrified fossils.
Skeleton Coast, Namibia - The Skeleton Coast is the name used to describe a large part of the northern shoreline of Namibia. In the past, it was also called "the gates to hell" by Portuguese sailors.
Skeleton Coast, Namibia - What is it about the Namibian coast that makes it so deadly? A fierce combination of rough surf, sea fog, and onshore wind meant that it was possible to land on the beach, but not to launch again.
Skeleton Coast, Namibia - Sailors who found themselves shipwrecked on this desolate stretch of coastline would then be faced with a punishing arid landscape of seemingly-endless sand dunes.
Lake Nyos, Cameroon - This seemingly-nondescript lake in Cameroon was the site of a horrific natural disaster in 1986, which resulted in the death of over 1,700 people.
Lake Nyos, Cameroon - The reason the lake is so deadly is due to the volcanic activity hidden beneath its surface. Magma underneath the lake releases carbon dioxide, which slowly filters up through the water.
Lake Nyos, Cameroon - It is suspected that a landslide or an earthquake triggered the sudden release of a fatal cloud of carbon dioxide, which descended upon the local region and asphyxiated its inhabitants. Measures are now in place to prevent such a disaster from happening again.
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Centralia, USA - Today Centralia, Pennsylvania, is practically a ghost town, after suffering from a serious catastrophe in 1962.
Centralia, USA - A landfill fire spread into the coal mines beneath the town. Attempts to suppress the fire failed, and it continued to burn unnoticed until the 1980s.
Centralia, USA - Sink holes expelling hot toxic plumes of carbon dioxide began to open up all over the town, which then led to the forced eviction of almost all of its inhabitants. There is estimated to be enough coal for the fire to burn for another 250 years.
Pripyat, Ukraine - The Chernobyl disaster is considered to be the most catastrophic nuclear accident in history.
Pripyat, Ukraine - A meltdown in the nuclear reactor in Chernobyl in 1986 meant that the neighboring town of Pripyat had to be evacuated immediately.
Pripyat, Ukraine - Even today, high levels of radiation mean that the town is inhabitable, and can only be visited for short periods of time.
Death Valley, USA - The morbidly named Death Valley in California is famous for its incredibly inhospitable characteristics.
Death Valley, USA - The desert valley holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in the world.
Death Valley, USA - Temperatures frequently supersede 50°C (122ºF) in the summer, and the aptly-named Furnace Creek holds the record for the highest recorded air temperature at a staggering 56.7°C (134ºF).
Dzerzhinsk, Russia - Dzerzhinsk is a city 400 km (248 miles) from Moscow, which is frequently described as one of the most polluted in the world.
Dzerzhinsk, Russia - Chemical and biological production during the Soviet era resulted in wide-scale pollution in Dzerzhinsk and the surrounding area. According to some sources, the local population has a life expectancy of just 47 years.
Dzerzhinsk, Russia -
A nearby lake is known as the "black hole," and is one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world. Hundreds of thousands of chemical waste was dumped there, and merely being in its vicinity is harmful to your health.
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