Last Sunday we had the Hyderabad Marathon event and I ran the Half Marathon……till the last flyover. After that, I walked.
The event was organized by Hyderabad Runners – a running group that promotes the cause of running in the city. It was done with such class that it would put any professional event management company to shame. There were volunteers all along the route, water stations, pacers with balloons urging and guiding people with time targets, marshals on bikes, policemen regulating traffic when not cheering the runners, it was perfect……until the last flyover.
The weather was simply lovely; customized for the run. A cool breeze took care of the sweat and the cloud cover kept the sun's harshness at bay…..oh, it was such fun to run. Until the last flyover.
The route was challenging; not many flat stretches in the entire route. There was one flyover right at the beginning followed by another one after a couple of kilometers and then this lovely rolling stretch with gradual inclines and descents that kept the boredom away. The route then turned left at Cyber Towers and was a very gradual downhill slope all the way till the Old Mumbai Highway. This section was probably the easiest on runners and I would imagine that most of the runners – including me – ran faster in this stretch and covered up for any lost time on the uphill stretch. Great going and I was feeling very happy with my timing….till I reached the last flyover.
So what was it with the last flyover? I guess, it was mostly psychological. This flyover has recently been completed and has not yet been opened to traffic. Since I don't pass it every day, I was not even aware that it was ready and was expecting that the route would take us from below the under construction flyover. However, when I saw people ahead of me getting on to the flyover, my racing heart skipped a beat.
The second reason is that by that time I was close to hitting my wall and only determination would have helped push me ahead. The flyover completely crushed that determination.
Thirdly, it was a pretty long incline and would have completely knocked me out had I attempted to run while climbing it. The finish line was barely 2 kms from the flyover but that stretch was as good as running the whole run. Anyway, I resumed running on the downhill section and tried to maintain a disciplined run/walk schedule for the last stretch. However, I was running for much smaller stretches and walking longer.
A 50 year old gent overtook me during one of my walk breaks. And then a 60 year old whizzed by. I had crossed them sometime back and here they were, catching up with me, giving me words of encouragement before flying ahead. I was crushed. (at least I feel crushed now. At that point, I couldn't have cared less even if an 80 year old would have run by…I just did not have any energy left to do anything more than what I was already doing).
And this was just the Half Marathon. My ultimate goal is to run the full at Mumbai in January. I had serious doubts on myself during the last stretch – how on earth will I be able to run 42kms when I have so much trouble just finishing 21? Why am I doing this? As any endurance runner would know, such questions are very common and keep popping at challenging moments. The idea is to trick the brain into not triggering a shutdown and keep going. I am determined more than ever to attempt my maiden full marathon in Mumbai but I know that I will have to train much harder physically and mentally. Thanks to the last flyover.
Anyway, coming back to the run, the end point of the run was inside the Gachibowli stadium. Thankfully, I had enough energy to sprint the last section. As soon as I entered the stadium and set foot on the track, I threw away my water bottle and started sprinting towards the finishing arch. Meters before the end, I raised my hands above my head in victory hoping that the photographer behind the line would freeze this moment for ever. I had done it. A doctor asked me if I was ok. I am fine, I said, panting. I looked at my watch. 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The first 15 kms covered with a speed of 8.9kms/hr despite taking regular walk breaks after every 7 mins of running.


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c) 1/2 of cumin powder.
b) 2 spn. of lemon juice.
Mix 1/2 spn. of dried ginger powder in 1 1/2 spn. of honey. Serve 1/2 spn with 1-2 times a day(Not for kids).
h) A handful of tulsi(basil).
Cover the pan and bring to boil for 3-4 minutes. Drain it and drink hot .It is the traditional and perfect remedy for cough and cold. You can also have daily. It is good for immunity .
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Mix 1 spn. of turmeric powder with 2 spn. of honey and 1 spn. of lemon juice. Serve 2-3 times a day.
Boil you drinking water with 1 spn. of cumin seeds and drink often. You can also Mix 1 spn. of honey in warm water and drink 1-2 times a day. This also will clear mucus in your throat.
Crush all the ingredients in a grinder and serve often.
Tulsi and honey syrupGrind Tulsi leaves and squeeze out the juice using you hand. Mix this juice with honey or salt. Serve morning and evening.
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Here is a glossary of words commonly used when discussing HDI PCBs. This will help you keep define terms and keep track of how each item impacts designing HDIs.
Layers on a board are defined by the different layers of material. This includes copper layers and core substrates. Between each copper foil is a PCB material, or dielectric, to insulate the copper layers from each other.
The more layers you want your board to have, the more costly the project will be. Each layer requires a certain amount of time to process, including steps like etching and plating, and require more material to be used. A large number of layers can also affect yield, which will affect price.
Lamination is a process in which heat and pressure bonds two layers together. There are a few lamination choices.
A single side lamination means there is only one layer of copper on one side of the laminate. Components will only be mounted on the side with copper.
A double side lamination means there is a layer of copper on either side of the laminate. Components can be mounted on both sides of the board.
Multi-layer lamination is used for a PCB with multiple layers. The copper layers are sandwiched between layers of laminate and outer copper layers.
Press out thickness is the predetermined thickness a board needs to be after lamination.
The substance between copper layers to insulate the copper layers is called dielectric material. The most common PCB material is FR4, fiberglass impregnated with resin, but a variety of other substances are used as well. A thicker amount of material will translate to higher cost since more of the material is used for each layer of the board.
A surface finish is a layer of coating between the components and the bare PCB. The finish protects the board and any exposed copper from the outside environment.
Based on the material you choose, prices can vary. Keep in mind that though some materials cost less, they may not meet project requirements, and some are expensive and still may not be what the board needs. For this reason, the designer needs to determine which material would be the best fit for the particular product and environment the board will be in.
Solder masks are layered on top of bare copper, or solder mask over bare copper (SMOBC). Areas of the copper without a surface finish will be covered with soldermask.
A via is an electrical connection provided by a hole drilled between layers on a printed circuit board. Microvias are defined as any hole equal to or less than 150 microns in size, and are made by laser drills. The hole formed connects the layers with copper plating. The hole cannot penetrate more than a couple layers, so the vias need to be stacked on top of each other or staggered in the board. Microvias can be buried or blind.
Blind vias (pictured below) are vias that enter through the outer layer of the circuit board and end in one of the inner layers; it does not go all the way through.
Cost implications: The smaller the hole needs to be, the more it will cost. This is due to the need for precise equipment use for drilling and plating.
The aspect ratio is the thickness of the board versus the width of the via.
The ratio of size of microvias to dielectric thickness. This is important to make sure vias can be plated properly.
A ball grid array is a type of surface mounting packaging used for integrated circuits. It has a grid of solder balls to conduct electrical signals and attach packages with many pins to the surface of a PCB. The solder balls melt, cool, and harden at the same rate so the connections are consistent. Some downsides of this process are that the melted solder balls are not flexible and can strain the connections.
The path of copper (in some cases, other metals) that connects parts of the board together and allows electricity to flow between components and features of the board.
These are small exposed copper areas, usually round, on a board to make a connection between a via and a trace, or a component. Pads can be off to the side of a component or under the component to save space, which is common when size is a concern. Pads can be through-hole pads or surface mount pads.
Through-hole pads are meant for the pins of components to go through them and to be soldered on the underside of the component. Surface mount pads are meant for components to be soldered on the same side of the board.
The distance from the edge of the drilled hole to the copper feature (pad, pour, trace, etc). There should be enough space between the hole and the copper so that any via that is not exactly centered in the pad will not hit the copper.
Yield refers to the amount of boards you need to make to fill an order. This includes boards with mistakes or discrepancies that are replaced to send to the customer. If a shop makes 10 boards to fill an order of 5 boards, yield is 50%.
An annular ring is the area of the pad that surrounds a via. Microvias require small annular rings.
Annular breakout An annular breakout is when the via is not fully surrounded by the pad, ie. the via is drilled off-center. This can create problems with the connections of the vias to the layers.
Signal integrity describes the signal's nature and whether it has been affected or distorted by electrical properties. Signals can maintain signal integrity when frequencies are low, but at higher speeds, some signals will distort and bounce back, etc. Careful design to match traces and connections to the signal can prevent distortions.
Electrical impedance is the opposition applied to a current moving through a circuit, which slows the current down. Signals in PCBs may need to arrive at its destination at different times in order to function properly. Controlling impedance, adding more or less resistance to a current, of certain signals to slow them down will allow them to reach the destination at the right time. Impedance can be controlled through the width of the trace, the space between signal trace and signal return path, relative dielectric coefficient of material, and the thickness of the trace.
Depending on what the board needs and how the signals behave, there may be a need for an increase in space for wider traces, or more spacing of components from other copper features, or similar considerations. Material usage may also change based on needs and that can increase or decrease price as well.
The time it takes for a PCB job to be finished. Different requirements and processes will affect turntime. Sequential laminations for example, take more time because the board needs to go through the shop over and over to be drilled and laminated.


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I strongly recommend reading La Gringa's posts on the deal signed by our President Elect Pepe Lobo granting a free passage document for Zelaya....Lots of questions very few answers I am afraid.
Given the limited options available to him, Lobo's making the best of a bad deal.
I'd guess that Lobo and his advisors determined that Zelaya's less likely to be a poltical and public relations problem if he's stashed in the DR (or ultimately, elsewhere), as opposed to being held in Honduras, where he'd continue having access to the media and his supporters.
Are LG's questions pertaining to criminal charges against Zelaya valid? Yep, they are. But in the larger, and longer term political interests of the country, should they take precedence? I'd say no, and that's what Lobo's saying. Ultimately, improving Honduras's economic health concerns has to take priority over taking Zelaya to court.
LG correctly points out that Honduras has serious economic problems now, due in part from Zelaya's shenanigans. In even larger part now, though, those problems stem from economic sanctions imposed by countries not happy with the events of last June, and those are the problems that Lobo wants to address; he needs the recognition of Honduras's trade partners to get the country back on the road to economic health and normality, and that's why Zelaya's being released.
I do understand the bad situation Mr. Lobo is facing at this point. Yet, I cannot avoid the bad taste in my mouth for letting Zelaya go this easily, without even having to testify in front of the Truth Commission as a pre-requisite before obtaining an amnesty.
I have read many opinions out there indicating that the amnesty and letting go of Zelaya seems a bit hurried, preferring Zelaya to face the law. The fact that we are letting Zelaya go does contradict the principles and rationale behind his removal from office. Certainly, we have survived 7+ months, we could survive a a bit more if pressed in order to do things properly.
I don't agree with your argument that Zelaya is less of problem in Dominican Republic or whatever he may be later. Based on his previous behavior, he will intensify his campaign to promote "Socialismo XXI" and other crap, as he will be emboldened by the fact of his "victory" over the "golpista" government and the continued flow of resources from Caracas/Habana which will use him as a loudspeaker/puppet and a model/martyr to promote their agenda.At least in the Brazilian embassy there was some control over his actions. Zelaya is not rational and will likely not be in the future.
The continued foreign intervention from Brazil and Spain are unacceptable and will have to think long and hard about this, if the price we are paying for dignity and self respect is too much by lowering our heads to accept the wishes of these folks.
I can understand the bad taste in your mouth re: letting Zelaya go without a trial, or at least, testimony in front of the Truth Commission. Personally, I'd like to see Zelaya horse-whipped in his pajamas en la Plaza Grande, but that's just personally gratifying to me; and it would only serve to keep this pendejo in the Honduran public eye which would be good for him, but not the country.
I also hope that I am wrong in my perception that Zelaya will cause more headaches being in the DR than caved in the Brazilian embassy...after DR he will probably leave for Mexico or some other place, and then who knows may want to try again the Honduras-Nicaragua-Honduras dance again...sorry could not resist.


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ACGA to hold Virtual National Mòd in November
Mark your calendars — An Comann Gàidhealach Ameireaganach (ACGA) will hold its 31st US National Mòd entirely online the weekend of Nov. 7-8. The Mòd Committee is contacting adjudicators and making plans for the competitions and any other events, and more information will be available soon.
The coronavirus has pushed all types of events online this year, including ACGA's Grandfather Mountain Song and Language Week. That event not only survived the transition but grew, drawing 43 people this year. We expect the virtual US Mòd, untethered by a physical location, will draw more people from all points of North America as well.
The event will be live, much like the online North Carolina Mòd that followed the Grandfather Mountain week in July. Look for more information at this site and on Facebook soon!
August 25, 2020 By Liam Cassidy Events, Gaelic Song, National Mòd Gaelic song, Gàidhlig, Scottish Gaelic, US National Mòd
Cape Breton's Féis an Eilein Goes Virtual, Puts Concerts Online
Many of us are missing the opportunity to travel to Cape Breton this year, especially to Féis an Eilein, which is celebrating its 30th year despite the coróna-bhioras (COVID-19).
The weeklong event in August is a highlight of the Gaelic year in Nova Scotia. The féis, held on Eilean na Nollaig or Christmas Island, is the first to be held outside Scotland.
But don't despair. Even if you can't go to the féis this year, the féis can come to you.
Féis an Eilein has gone virtual, like many events, and its concerts are available on the organization's website, and through its YouTube channel. They'll bring Cape Breton into your own home.
First up, Aug. 18, was the Mòd nam Fìdhlearan, the Fiddler's Court concert.
Second, on Aug. 19, Cèilidh nam Pìobairean, the famous Piper's Cèilidh.
Keep an eye out for other programs from Féis an Eilein.
August 20, 2020 By Liam Cassidy Events, Gaelic Learning Communities, Gaelic news, Gaelic Song
ACGA Elects Officers, Plans Online Events, Outreach
An Comunn Gàidhealach Ameireaganach (The American Scottish Gaelic Society, or ACGA) has elected a new slate of officers for 2020-21, and welcomes two new members to its board of directors.
The ACGA board chose long-time member and former co-vice president Liam Ó Caiside (Cassidy), to lead the board as president for the next year. Former co-vice president Jeff Justice will be vice president, and former president Mìcheal MacAoidh (Mackay) will be treasurer.
Term limits required MacAoidh to step down after serving as president since 2014.
Eileen Walker of Virginia and Reese MacKay of Colorado both joined the board, after being elected by the membership earlier this year. In addition to Cassidy, Justice, and Mackay, they join current directors Shannon Duncan, Cam MacRae, and Barbara Lynn Rice.
"This new board will continue to build on the strong foundation laid by Mike Mackay over several terms as president," Ó Caiside said. "We will bolster the events and services we currently provide to members, and introduce new services and initiatives as well, especially online."
Among the goals set by the board in its August 9 meeting were:
Developing a new Scottish Gaelic Learners Grant Program.
Holding a Virtual US National Mòd this fall.
Holding an online Annual General Meeting before the end of the year.
Using Zoom to reach out to Gaelic Learning Communities.
Developing a monthly Zoom-based video program.
"During the pandemic, we've become accustomed to using video conferencing programs such as Zoom and Skype to work remotely, and we've seen how powerful these tools can be," Ó Caiside said. "ACGA held a very successful Grandfather Mountain Gaelic Song and Language Week entirely through Zoom, with four days of classes followed by a mòd."
Like other organizations and businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing ACGA to adopt new ways of doing things and to seize new opportunities. "We can't meet 'shoulder-to-shoulder' during this pandemic, but we can meet online, and we plan to do much more online this coming year," Ó Caiside said.
August 16, 2020 By Liam Cassidy Uncategorized

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Some of them did indeed show up at the anti-racist rally on Saturday. However, there weren't 500 of them, they didn't batter anyone and they failed in their attempt to intimidate people.
We Are Wakefield reckon "approximately 70" NF racists showed up in Wakefield. Hardly the "forest of flags" they promised but still 70 Nazis too many for us. Over the course of the day We Are Wakefield reckon they got 300 people to the anti-NF rally.
Well done to all who took to the streets on Saturday!


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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Peeling paint, live wires and mold–all found inside a Baltimore City school. Now a state senator is demanding answers from the school system about what he calls an emergency situation.
Meghan McCorkell has the disturbing images from inside the building.
The senator says even though school doesn't start until August 31, someone has dropped the ball on giving students what was promised.
Live wires sticking out of a wall, mold growing on the ceiling, carpets filthy dirty inside classrooms.
"Parents are upset, community members are upset," said Senator Bill Ferguson, (D) Baltimore City.
Those are the dire conditions state senator Bill Ferguson, a former city school teacher, found when he went to check on New Era Academy in Cherry Hill last week.
"What was promised there was a model institution for the city of Baltimore. What I saw was a disgrace," Senator Ferguson said.
Even with a month left until school starts, Ferguson says some issues won't be fixed in time.
Originally posted on CBS Baltimore, available online here.


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By J. P. Tangen
Special to Mining News
Alaska's miners need to go back to work
The issuance of a permit to mine ought to be a routine where the conditions are harsh, and risk of adverse impacts are few
President Trump prepares to cut "red tape" at a display representative of U.S. regulations in 1960 compared to today.
If I were to write a letter to the President of the United States, it would probably go something like this:
Dear Mr. President – Notwithstanding the aggressive Executive Orders that you have signed dealing with the regulatory burden on small businesses in the United States, it appears that you have missed an important point.
Regulatory requirements are straitjackets on the economy, and one size simply does not fit all. Over the past 50 years, the Executive Branch has imposed innumerable demands on our domestic mining industry. Many of these demands have resulted in unnecessary and expensive non-productive delays in bringing mineral commodities to market.
The problem is not the people of the government, but the mandates those bureaucrats are charged with implementing. In a word, the scientist inside a regulatory agency has no accountability to the broader economy.
Not unlike the tension that has surfaced with the covid-19 pandemic, American miners have been straining at the bit to go back to work, even in the face of credible and authoritative guidance to the contrary.
In the case of the "vid", the risk of spreading possibly fatal infection is apparently substantial but possibly controllable with certain minimal safeguards. In the case of mining, no one challenges the science, but the known risks can be contained. The trick in each case is to strike the best balance under the circumstances.
To illustrate, a knowledgeable and experienced placer mine operator in Nome recently applied for a permit to undertake a new operation on some patented ground. The ground was sold by the United States to the original purchasers under the Mining Law of 1872, specifically to be mined.
Nonetheless, because some of the miner's 49 acres included "wetlands" as that term is currently defined – notably "wet" is not necessarily a part of the definition – the U. S. Corps of Engineers became the lead agency in ensuring that all relevant federal and state environmental laws were going to be complied with.
This obligation specifically includes notice to State and federal agencies and the general public inviting comments and objections. In this case an email was sent to over 100 individuals and entities. Under the applicable regulations, each recipient is entitled to a reasonable opportunity to respond. Predictably, the number of respondents to this notice was very small.
The point remains, the necessity for significant public involvement in a project of this dismissive magnitude, and the concomitant delay, essentially waiting for the paint to dry, conceivably cost the affected miners essential working days in an environment in which the operating window is extremely tight.
Mr. President, there needs to be a reconsideration of this interagency consultation process for small projects. There is virtually no conceivable reason why, at least in this context, the issuance of the requested permit should take more than a day.
Specifically, the area in question is in the heart of a placer mining district in which the climate ensures that virtually any impact on the land or water will be trivial due to the extreme conditions that prevail for roughly half the year.
While arguably there may be public resources that are briefly compromised, the land and waters of concern are so finite and remote that it is a manifestation of incompetence and a waste of taxpayer dollars for the government to delay such a minor project.
Nome is not in a densely populated part of the world. The miners and fishermen who work there cannot compete with the ambient conditions when it comes to environmental impact. Collateral factors such as endangered species or historic preservation sites on this modest tract simply do not outweigh the economic contribution that even a small miner can make to the community in terms of locally acquired goods and services as well as taxes, fees and wages that ensue from a successful operation.
This is not to challenge the desirability of government attention to industrial applications in terms of the health and safety of workers and the endemic sensitivity to environmental conditions. But the social contribution that mines make in the community establishes that, despite oppressive governmental oversight, the U.S. in general and Alaska in particular is a very desirable place to produce basic commodities.
The question posed, relates more to superfluous regulatory delay – delay that can be ameliorated by the delegation of discretion to the front lines. It doesn't take 100 commentators to say whether a modest mining operation in a district that has been extensively mined for over 120 years can proceed to production.
To be clear, the argument is not against licensing, nor is it against reasonable stipulations on the permits to address known issues. It is simply a request that indefensible delays be excised from the application process.
Mr. President, the ball is in your court.
It is time for a new look at Windy Craggy
A lot riding on Alaska's Pebble Mine
Why can't we placer mine tidal wetlands?
Reports contrast role of fishing, mining
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As Ars Technica points out, many Mac users' first folder is .DocumentRevisions-V100, which is used by the Mac's autosave feature and can cause problems if deleted.
The Adobe bug could also have dire consequences for users who have important folders with spaces in them, since those also assume a top alphabetically sorted spot on the Mac hard drive (which by default is labeled Macintosh HD).
An Adobe spokesperson said the company is investigating the issue and has pulled the distribution of the update until the problem is fixed. Creative Cloud users should avoid updating until a clear fix is provided by Adobe, and as an extra layer of precaution, a fake folder with a name that will place it in the top spot in the root directory may also help users avoid issues.
I think this is less of a pervasive problem than it may seem.
Deleting .DocumentRevisions-V100 will clear revision-history from those apps that support the feature, but few apps support it and VERY few people even know this feature exists. Only a tiny subset of Mac users would be affected in any way that they'd catch or might lose anything important to them. Auto-save should resume automatically with a clean slate.
It's may be a problem for people who have upgraded from previous operating systems where they were able to easily save a lot of junk at the root level of their boot drives and due to laziness and ignorance those items are still present years later. But it's doubtful that many of them have folders at the root of the drive that are named in such a way as to rise above dot-files alphabetically.
Backblaze users will find that their automated backups have stopped, but can be resumed by re-selecting the drive as a source in the app settings.
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I was locked out of getting CS6 the last year at work.
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OAK LAWN, Ill. – Jan. 10, 2012 – Safelite AutoGlass®, the nation's largest provider of vehicle glass repair and replacement services, opened a store in southwest Chicago located at 9609 Southwest Highway, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 on January 9, 2012.
The newly remodeled 6,208-square-foot facility offers large, comfortable customer waiting areas and allows Chicago-area customers to schedule more same- or next-day appointments; however, they may still opt for mobile service as well.
The shop, managed by Ray Dunham, currently staffs seven employees with the goal of hiring four more in the next year.
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Temujin – 1000 Tears (2008)
Temujin – 1000 Tears (2008, Renaisance Records)
1000 Tears
So Near
Let You Go
All Of You
Throwing Stones
Band Lineup:
Kelly – Vocals & Keyboards
Karl Lean- Guitars, Bass, Drums
Additional Musicians:
Buddy Snape – guest Lead Guitar on 'Find Me', 'Taken', & 'Sheltered'
Sham Hughes – guest Lead Guitar on 'So Near'
Produced by: Temujin
Total Time = 55:51
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Temujin is from Australia and began in 2005 when guitarist Karl Lean started writing new music in a different style than the Thrash Metal he made with Nothing Sacred. That new style turned out to be Gothic Metal that is guitar driven and not as operatic or orchestrated. Mainly collaborating with the talented and beautiful Kelly, the duo has created 1000 TEARS, an album that is influenced from the late '90s Gothic/Ambient Metal moverment that included bands like The Gathering and Lacuna Coil.
First thing you notice when listening to Temujin is Kelly's haunting voice. I was immeadiately drawn to her melodic soaring singing and I thought of The Gathering's Anneke Van Giersbergen on albums like MANDYLION (1997) and NIGHTTIME BIRDS (1998). The singing is not operatic and over the top like some of today's contemporaries are doing, it's darker and sets a certain mood. Obviously, Kelly has a beautiful voice but she also maintains a calm control during each song as well as retaining the melody. Kelly also lends her keyboard talents to the record and that is an integral part of the overall ambient sound. Keyboards in this kind of Metal can be overbearing but on 1000 TEARS they compliment the overall sound structured around Karl's guitar.
You might recognize Karl Lean from the Australian Metal band Nothing Sacred. After being in the band for over 10 years, Karl moved on to studio session work with other Australian bands. This experience in the studio is one of the reasons why he plays the rest of the instruments on the album except for some lead guitar parts on a few of the tracks. Karl is a multi-talented musician and it's obvious by the perfect precision there is between the guitar, bass, and drums in each song. The songs are all guitar based with the keyboards coming in to compliment the sound. The guitar sounds really thick overall and the rhythm section keeps the songs on track without being a distraction. The majority of the songs are mid-paced and keep in line with Kelly's range and beauty…..these tracks are not quiet ballads, they are still layered in heaviness.
The only minor complaint I have is that the production is a little weak when it comes to mixing Kelly's voice and the guitars. It sounds like she is in the background on some songs and then she's right up front on the next. Take a listen to 'Sheltered', it's a great song but I sometimes feel like Kelly's vocal gets pushed back by the main riff. Then you listen to 'Haunted' right after and she sounds like she's right up front. No problem though, it's all in the mix and I'll bet that in concert there is a better difference. I was also waiting for Kelly to really let go and wail but that's not the style she uses. I'm a little too used to hearing all the vocal histrionics that happen sometimes in this genre so the controlled power Kelly displays is fresh and gives an added element to explore.
I had never heard of Temujin until I received the CD…..this is how Gothic Metal should be played. The fact that the music sounds similar to The Gathering in the late '90s is a major plus for me because that music is the basis of what bands like Evanescence (who are terrible!) are doing with success on the U.S. charts. I've always said that Evanescence was a sham and that band's like The Gathering, Lacuna Coil, and After Forever do not get the credit they deserve. Add Temujin to that list because they are definitely a really good new band in a crowded scene. I think they choice to go with less operatic vocals, subtle keyboards and more focus on the guitars will set them apart from the other female fronted bands in the future. A great debut!
Favorite songs: 'Find Me', 'So Near', 'Sheltered', 'Haunted', 'Throwing Stones'
By rhodeislandrock • Posted in Album Reviews	• Tagged AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Gothic Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Rock, Temujin
One comment on "Temujin – 1000 Tears (2008)"
annoymas
they actually began in 2004.


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Last year it was revealed that ten of 12 water companies operating in the UK are still using a practice called water dowsing to locate leaks underground, despite there being no evidence that it works.
What is water dowsing?
It's an old method for finding water beneath the ground, often to locate the source of leaks. Those who use the practice, called dowsers, or water witchers, say that their metal divining rods will cross over each other in the presence of water.
Numerous studies have shown that it's nothing but a pseudoscience and simply doesn't work. Despite this, water companies in the UK still say that it's an effective practice and is comparable with more modern methods.
Who uses water dowsing?
This discovery was made by Sally Le Page, a science blogger, after her parents saw an engineer from Severn Trent "walking around holding two bent tent pegs to locate a pipe."
Le Page quizzed Severn Trent on why they were still using divining rods. They replied on Twitter by saying: "We've found that some of the older methods are just as effective than the new ones, but we do use drones as well, and now satellites."
Le Page went on to ask the other 11 water companies around the UK whether they were using the same method.
Only two said that it did not use divining rods, Wessex Water and Northern Ireland Water. The other nine companies confirmed that they still used water dowsing in some form.
Should it be used at all?
Christopher Hassall, a specialist in water management at Leeds University said: "This isn't a technique, it's witchcraft."
He's since called on Ofwat to stop the practice in the future. "The statutory bodies need to be stepping in. It is analogous to using homeopathy and reiki on the NHS. These are unproven practices that waste time and money.
"Drinking water is a fundamental human necessity and something that the water companies should be managing as effectively and efficiently as possible without using these medieval witchcraft practices."
Mr Hassall also highlighted that this could be affecting the costs passed on to the customer. "If they are going to be passing the charges on to us for using dubious practices, then that's something everyone in the UK should be concerned about."
Le Page also commented: "Sending out somebody off to a location just to wave some sticks around is not a good use of time or money."
A spokesperson for Ofwat has urged water companies to consider the cost-effectiveness of any techniques they use to detect and stop leaks.
Not an official practice
Companies including Yorkshire Water, Northumbrian Water and Thames Water said that while it's not necessarily an official practice or part of their training, some employees do use them occasionally.
Anglian Water, who had previously admitted using divining rods said in a statement to the Guardian, "Using dowsing rods to find leaks is an old-fashioned method. We don't spend money on it, or issue rods to our engineers."
A spokesperson for trade body Water UK said: "Water companies are spending millions of pounds each year on innovative leakage detection schemes which has helped reduce leakages by a third since the 1990s, and it's unlikely that a few individuals doing some unofficial divining has had much impact."
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Last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new set of guidelines on workplace safety, specifically targeting slips and falls along with other common causes of injury. OSHA believes that the new safety standards could help prevent up to 5,000 workplace injuries every year. The only problem is, data shows that most companies and firms do not know about OSHA's new guidelines, so they are not adequately protecting workers.
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NIOSH also cites the amount of workplace falls – which, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics were over 260,000 in 2014 alone –and nearly 800 of them were fatal. NIOSH estimates that falls cost the U.S. over $70 billion in medical costs and workers' compensation each year.
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Hamilton, Ontario-based Stelco, owned by U.S. private equity group Bedrock Industries, will use part of its $230 million (US$181 million) IPO proceeds on projects that boost capacity at its two steel-processing facilities in southern Ontario.
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Declining to identify targets or timing, Kestenbaum said "attractively priced" North American assets, with synergy benefits, are ideal.
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That coincides with mostly weak North American auto sales this year, after a record 2016, though global steel prices SRBcv1 have gained 157 percent since end-2015 as China, the world's top steel producer and consumer, shut capacity in an environmental crackdown.
Stelco, under bankruptcy protection between 2004 and 2006, was acquired in 2007 by U.S. Steel Corp.
Kestenbaum said Stelco will now operate under a "tactical flexibility" strategy, adjusting the products and industries it pursues based on margins.
While its shipments to automakers fell to 3 percent last year, from 37 percent in 2006, Stelco plans to boost production of lightweight, higher-strength steels increasingly sought by the industry.
Auto industry gains are not critical to Stelco's growth, but offer an opportunity to boost margins, Kestenbaum said. "The auto industry wants more suppliers and they remember Stelco," he said.
(Reporting by Susan Taylor; Editing by Dan Grebler)


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USA TODAY reported last week the growing movement of ecologically conscious Serious Games that deals with the real destiny of our actual habitat.
I had early identified this trend, to the point of creating a dedicated category in both my previous blog FUTURE MAKING SERIOUS GAMES Ecology Games (31) and the current one SERIOUS GAMES MARKET Ecology Games (30).
As the cost of development has dropped, games have gained in popularity as a method to spread environmental messages. "Many different organizations want to put out green messages, be associated with the environmental movement and develop competence and conviction in saving energy," says Clark Aldrich.
Serious Games with environmental and ecological themes are becoming a tool for non-profits and governmental groups because, "This is an issue that resonates with the next generation," Aldrich says. "Both the inclusion of emotion and engagement make the messages stickier, and it speaks the language of the students."
Face the Waste - Toxic Tim tries to thwart players as they sort trash into the correct recycling bins. Find the game on the iPhone or iPod Touch for 99 cents.
The article also provides examples of Recycling Serious Games for the iPhone/iPod Touch, Web games, with a wide variety of free-to-play Flash-based games addressing environmental issues, as well as Downloadable games, like the upcoming game Okabu that will be available on the PlayStation Network (later this fall).


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Q: Fork() in an IF statment in UNIX What I understand about fork() is that once the child process created by it, it knows nothing about the code that was exsited before that point we reached "fork()".
But in if statments with multiple fork() it seems like the child process is doing the argument calculation even though it came before it's fork() creator.
For example:
int main ()
{
if((fork())==(fork()))
   printf ("Hello.\n");

printf ("Bye.\n");
return 1;
}

There would be a sum of 4 process including the father. In the child process (I will call it d) that was created by another child process, the fork() that created our d process is the second fork() in the if statement.
Even though that the first fork() shouldn't be familiar to d, it is my understanding that d process calculates that 0==0 and print "Hello" (the output is correct for sure).I have two questions:
1.How is it that the d process even able to reach the first fork() in the if statement that came before the fork() that created this d process (the second one) ?
2.Why in that point that we are in the d process does the first fork() equals to 0 if it happens only in the child process that was created by this specific fork() (the father of d) ?

A:
What I understand about fork() is that once the child process created in knows nothing about the code that was existed before that point we reached "fork()".

The child is an exact replica of the parent, apart from the return value of fork(). This includes all run-time state, including the memory and the CPU registers. That's all the memory the processes have, so they "remember" the same things.
Let's rewrite your program like this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(void)
{
    pid_t a = fork();
    pid_t b = fork();
    if (a == b)
        printf ("Hello.\n");
    printf ("Bye.\n");
    return 1;
}

After the forks, there are four processes, the original one has a != 0 && b != 0 (and a != b since its two children are distinct), two others have one of a and b zero, and the fourth has a == b == 0. The last one is the only one where a == b, so that one runs the conditional printf() call.


Originally form France Gaspard-Felix Tournachon better known as Felix Nadar. He was a multifaceted caricaturist, writer, portrait photographer and balloonist, and flamboyant showman. Nadar was derived from his nickname ("tourne a dard") meaning "bitter sting", which he earned for his caricatures. He owned a portrait studio with his brother Adrien, from 1853, in the Rue St. Lazare, Paris.
In 1856 he took his first aerial photograph . Was a photograph taken over Paris, within the year 1866. Somewhere around 1863, Félix Nadar engineered an oversized balloon, that was named as Le Géant. It was a two-story gondola, capable of carrying up to fifty men. The balloon had its own darkroom, the process at the time requiring exposure and development whilst the plate was still wet. Two years later capped this by photographing the Paris sewers, using electric light.
He photographed many famous people, including Liszt, Balzac, Delacroix, Emile Zola and Rossini. One of his pictures is that of Victor Hugo, whom he had known for many years, on his death bed, 1885. Though he photographed many women, it is said that he preferred not to, saying that "the images are too true to Nature to please the sitters, even the most beautiful".
His studio became the meeting place for great artists of the day, and in 1874 it housed the first Impressionist exhibition.
"The theory of photography can be taught in an hour; the first ideas of how to go about it in a day. What can't be taught… is the feeling for light – the artistic appreciation of effects produced by different…sources; it's the understanding of this or that effect following the lines of the features which required your artistic perception.


At the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, I found myself thinking again about praying for one's enemies, and the process of reconciliation. On Monday, my friend Joe Canner posted a link to the story of Bryon Widner, a reformed skinhead whose new life was impeded by the venomous tattoos that covered his face. What people saw often kept them from getting to know the man whose heart had had a radical transformation.
Desperate to rid himself of the vestiges of his former life, Bryon considered extreme methods, including brushing his entire face with acid. His wife intervened, and their journey to healing began with contacting a former "enemy," Daryle Jenkins, who runs an anti-hate group called One People's Project. Through a series of conversations, Widner was finally connected to a surgeon who was able to do the necessary reparations. An anonymous donor agreed to cover the cost of the ongoing surgeries with a few conditions, including Bryon's attendance at counseling and obtaining his GED.
marveled at the team's level of commitment and care."
As painful as the removal of the tattoos was, the ongoing pain of what Bryon did while a skinhead enforcer continue to plague him. "Bryon has constant nightmares about what injuries he might have inflicted —injuries he can only imagine because so often he was in a drunken stupor when he beat someone up. Did he blind someone? Did he paralyze someone? He doesn't know. But there are moments of grace. After a recent screening of the documentary in California, a black woman embraced Widner in tears. "I forgive you," she cried.
The road to repentance and reconciliation is often a long and difficult one, for all parties involved, and can necessitate the support of a larger community. Stories like Widner's are inspirational, but also instructive. They encourage me to look below the surface - after all, Bryon's tattoos are truly only skin-deep. They remind me that the cost of reconciliation is high, and that I should be willing to offer my resources and encouragement to help in this restorative process, even and perhaps especially if it includes a former enemy. And they are also sobering as I realize that reconciliation may not truly be accomplished in this lifetime.
As a Christian, I remain hopeful for ultimate reconciliation. The power of Christ's atonement is applicable at exactly this point. It undergirds my belief that one day, perhaps at the end of an age, things will be "put to rights," as N.T. Wright, Anglican Bishop and New Testament scholar likes to say. Victim and perpetrator will truly be healed, and all tears, all scars, will be wiped away.
To read the entire article I've mentioned, click here. The above picture is from a documen-tary based on Widner's story which MSNBC aired on June 26.


Fans believe that Noel Gallagher could be teasing them about the release of new material.
The Manc warbler previously said that his band The High Flying Birds would release an album this year, according to NME.
But he's now posted an image on Instagram with the rather opaque caption "it's a beautiful world," which looks like it could have been taken on a music video set.
This has prompted many to speculate about whether "it's a beautiful world" will the the name of the band's next single.
Some have also posted on Twitter suggesting it may also be the title of the new album.


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Q: R find and replace partial string based on lookup table I've found variants on this issue but can't get the suggested solutions working in my situation. I'm pretty new to R with no other coding experience so it may be I'm just missing something basic. Thanks for any help!!
I have a data table with a column of names of organisations, call it Orgs$OrgName. Sometimes there are misspellings of words within the strings that make up the organisation names. I have a look-up table (imported from csv  with common misspellings in one column (spelling$misspelt) and their corrections in another column (spelling$correct).
I want to find any parts of OrgName strings which match spelling$misspelt and replace just those parts with spelling$correct.
I have tried various solutions based on mgsub, stri_replace_all_fixed, str_replace_all (replacement of words in strings has been my main reference). But nothing has worked and all the examples appear to be based on manually created vectors using vect1 <- c("item1", "item2", item3") rather than based on a lookup table.
Example of my data:

                                         OrgName
1:                         WAIROA DISTRICT COUNCIL
2:                         MANUTAI MARAE COMMITTEE
3:                                C S AUTOTECH LTD
4:                  NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF SPORT
5:                                 BRAUHAUS FRINGS
6:   CHRISTCHURCH YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

The lookup table:

    mispelt         correct
1 ABANDONNED       ABANDONED
2  ABERATION      ABERRATION
3  ABILITYES       ABILITIES
4   ABILTIES       ABILITIES
5     ABILTY         ABILITY
6    ABONDON         ABANDON

(There's no misspellings in the first few lines of org names but there's 57000+ more in the dataset)
UPDATE: Here's what I have tried based on the update to the second response (trying that first as it's simpler). It hasn't worked, but hopefully someone can see where it's gone wrong?
library("stringi")
Orgs <- data.frame(OrgNameClean$OrgNameClean)
head(Orgs)
head(OrgNameClean)

write.csv(spelling$mispelt,file = "wrong.csv")
write.csv(spelling$correctspelling,file = "corrected.csv")

patterns <- readLines("wrong.csv")
replacements <- readLines("corrected.csv")
head(patterns)
head(replacements)

for(i in 1:nrow(Orgs)) {
  row <- Orgs[i,]
  print(as.character(row))
  #print(stri_replace_all_fixed(row, patterns, replacements,
vectorize_all=FALSE))
  row <- stri_replace_all_regex(as.character(row), "\\b" %s+% patterns %s+%
"\\b", replacements, vectorize_all=FALSE)
  print(row)
  Orgs[i,] <- row
}

head(Orgs)
Orgsdt <- data.table(Orgs)
head(Orgsdt)
chckspellchk <- Orgsdt[OrgNameClean.OrgNameClean %like% "ENVIORNMENT",,]
##should return no rows if spelling correction worked
head(chckspellchk)

#OrgNameClean.OrgNameClean
#1:   SMART ENVIORNMENTAL LTD

UPDATE 2: more information - there are spaces in the spelling lookup if that makes a difference:
> head(spelling[mispelt %like% " ",,])
     mispelt correctspelling
1: COCA COLA            COCA
2:   TORTISE        TORTOISE

> head(spelling[correctspelling %like% " "])
    mispelt correctspelling
1:   ABOUTA         ABOUT A
2:  ABOUTIT        ABOUT IT
3: ABOUTTHE       ABOUT THE
4:     ALOT           A LOT
5: ANYOTHER       ANY OTHER
6:    ASFAR          AS FAR

A: We can use stringi's stri_replace_*_all() to do multiple replacements on a whole string.
library("stringi")
string <- "WAIROA ABANDONNED COUNCIL','C S AUTOTECH LTD', 'NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF ABERATION ABILITYES"
mistake <- c('ABANDONNED', 'ABERATION', 'ABILITYES', 'NEW')
corrected <- c('ABANDONED', 'ABERRATION', 'ABILITIES', 'OLD')

stri_replace_all_fixed(string, patterns, replacements, vectorize_all=FALSE)
stri_replace_all_regex(string, "\\b" %s+% patterns %s+% "\\b", replacements, vectorize_all=FALSE)

Output:
[1] "WAIROA ABANDONED COUNCIL','C S AUTOTECH SGM', 'OLD ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF ABERRATION ABILITIES"

Some notes:

*

*stri_replace_all_fixed replaces occurrences of a fixed pattern matches.

*stri_replace_all_regex uses a regular expression pattern instead. This allows us to specify word boundaries: \b to avoid substring matches (an alternative to \bword\b is (?<=\W)word(?=\W)).

*vectorize_all is set to FALSE, otherwise each replacement is applied to a new copy of the original sentence. See details here.
Full sample:
library("stringi")
Orgs <- data.frame("OrgName" = c('WAIROA ABANDONNED COUNCIL',
                                 ' SMART ENVIORNMENTAL LTD',
                                 'NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF ABERATION ABILITYES'),
                   stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

patterns <- readLines("wrong.csv")
replacements <- readLines("corrected.csv")

for(i in 1:nrow(Orgs)) {
  row <- Orgs[i,]
  print(as.character(row))
  row <- stri_replace_all_fixed(row, patterns, replacements, vectorize_all=FALSE)
  #row <- stri_replace_all_regex(as.character(row), "\\b" %s+% patterns %s+% "\\b", replacements, vectorize_all=FALSE)
  print(row)
  Orgs[i,] <- row
}

PS: I've made a separate CSV with a single headerless column for each character vector. But there are many other ways to read a CSV with R and convert the columns to a char vector.
PS2: If you want substring matches, eg. match ENVIORNMENT in ENVIORNMENTAL do not use stri_replace_all_regex() along with word boundaries \b. This is a great tutorial to buff-up your regex skills.

A: This answer is potentially too complicated for a new programmer, and I may be writing this more like Python than R (I'm getting a bit rusty on the latter)* but I have a proposed solution for your problem, which isn't trivial by the way. The issues I foresee you having with other solutions you looked at is that they individually only address one small part of the larger puzzle, which is that you need to be able to check every word inside every string against your lookup table. The simplest way I see to do this is to write a number of small functions to do what you need and then use R's family of apply functions to loop through entries and use the functions.
The only other tricky thing here is using an R environment as your lookup table. For whatever reason in R people don't seem to talk much about or really  use hash tables (the real name for a lookup table) but they are very common in other languages. Luckily R's environments are actually just an implementation of a C hash table, which is good because hashes are very fast and allow you to directly map one value to another. (More on this here, if interested.)
*I welcome comments or edits from others that would make my answer simpler or more R-idiomatic
# Some example data - note stringsAsFactors=FALSE is critical for this to work
Orgs <- data.frame("OrgName" = c('WAIROA ABANDONNED COUNCIL',
                                 'C S AUTOTECH LTD',
                                 'NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF ABERATION ABILITYES'),
                   stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

spelling_df <- data.frame("Mistake" = c('ABANDONNED', 'ABERATION', 'ABILITYES', 'NEW'),
                          "Correct"= c('ABANDONED', 'ABERRATION', 'ABILITIES', 'OLD'),
                       stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

# Function to convert your data frame to a hash table
create_hash <- function(in_df){
  hash_table <- new.env(hash=TRUE)
  for(i in seq(nrow(in_df)))
  {
    hash_table[[in_df[i, 1]]] <- in_df[i, 2]
  }
  return(hash_table)
}

# Make the hash table out of your data frame
spelling_hash <- create_hash(spelling_df)

# Try it out:
print(spelling_hash[['ABANDONNED']])  # prints ABANDONED

# Now make a function to apply the lookup - and ensure
# if the string is not in the lookup table, you return the
# original string instead (instead of NULL)
apply_hash <- function(in_string, hash_table=spelling_hash){
  x = hash_table[[in_string]]
  if(!is.null(x)){
    return(x)
  }
  else{
    return(in_string)
  }
}

# Finally make a function to break the full company name apart,
# apply the lookup on each word, and then paste it back together
correct_spelling <- function(bad_string) {
  split_string <- strsplit(as.character(bad_string), " ")
  new_split <- lapply(split_string[[1]], apply_hash)
  return(paste(new_split, collapse=' '))
}

# Make a new field that applies the spelling correction
Orgs$Corrected <- sapply(Orgs$OrgName, correct_spelling)

A: I came across a similar issue and might have a tidyverse-style solution.
stringr::str_replace_all should let us do multiple replacements using a named vector.
With the lookup data frame of misspelled and corrected values we could turn that into a named vector. Then we could use that named vector as a lookup in str_replace_all.
Here is an example using some of the misspelled and corrected values provided previously.
library(tidyverse)

# load data frame of misspelled and corrected values
foo <- read_csv("mispelt, correct
                ABANDONNED, ABANDONED
                ABERATION, ABERRATION
                ABILITYES, ABILITIES
                ABILTIES, ABILITIES
                ABILTY, ABILITY
                ABONDON, ABANDON
                COCA COLA, COCA
                TORTISE, TORTOISE
                ABOUTA, ABOUT A
                ABOUTIT, ABOUT IT
                ABOUTTHE, ABOUT THE
                ALOT, A LOT
                ANYOTHER, ANY OTHER
                ASFAR, AS FAR",
                col_types = "c")

# str_replace_all requires a named vector of replacements
# the value of the vector is the correction,
#   while the name of each value is the search string to replace
lookup <- foo$correct
names(lookup) <- foo$mispelt

# data frame to test our lookup named vector
tbl <- tibble(old = foo$mispelt)

# mutating to a new column to show replacement works,
#   but we could just overwrite the old column as well using mutate
mutate(tbl, new = str_replace_all(old, lookup))

I did not deal with upper or lower case considerations as I'm just demonstrating the named vector usage in str_replace_all and the examples were all upper case. However, regular expressions and/or the regex function could probably help with that if necessary.
Session info:
|package   |loadedversion |
|:---------|:-------------|
|dplyr     |1.0.7         |
|readr     |2.0.0         |
|stringr   |1.4.0         |
|tibble    |3.1.3         |
|tidyverse |1.3.1         |


Over here, most (I cannot say all) people who believe in creationism do not believe in evolution.
So when it comes to those people, their version of creationism is not evolving.
My mother and I were talking this morning about the plight and extinction of the Puerto Rican parrots.
In the 1960s a biologist/agronomist researched them.
He discovered that the Puerto Rican parrots only built their nests in one type of tree.
His desire was to plant trees of that specific species to ensure viability.
Other people of his time did not believe in any of this.
Animals do not go extinct, deforestation does not endanger animals, blah blah blah.
Well... fast forward 21 years and all the parrots are gone.
But, someone had brought Dominican parrots over here.
And those little guys, who had been removed from their natural environment, started nesting in any type of tree, any which way.
Were not picky, and were willing to adapt to the new environment into which they had been transplanted.
They were able to change.
The change guaranteed survival and future generations.
I was thinking of all the creation stories that came before. The Jews and Christians got theirs from the Mesopotamians. Sort of how Saturnalia evolved into Christmas. Shame about the parrots. And the Passenger pigeon. And the Dodo. And that big Emu thing in New Zealand.
I think all religions have creation stories.
And they are very very very old!
I used to teach "Geography of the Latin American World" and when I started teaching the course, it did not have a section on Spain and the pre-Columbian peoples.
I took an excerpt from the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the Mayas, and added it to our class.
I had the students compare it to the creation story in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
plus there were some elements that were SO different that it was hard for me to comprehend.
I tried adding some creation stories from the Native Americans/American Indians here in the U.S., but they are so different that I cannot understand them.
I figured if I was the teacher and I could not understand them, then I could not use them in class, for I would not be able to explain anything to the students!
I think that throughout most of human history/experience, people have believed that there was a being or beings that created the Earth and all that is in it.
The not believing in some sort of creator -or creators- is a new thing in the big long chain of human history.
It is mostly a phenomenon of post-modernism.
A logical chain of regression. Someone made you.
I had a biology teacher who said she believed in both at the same time. I sat near the door after that. Do you think creationism is evolving?
I think there are all sorts of beliefs.
Some people believe ONLY in Creationism.
Some believe ONLY in Evolution.
Others believe in both, God created the universe, the world and things in it, and animals and people evolve, they adapt.
Others believe we were created by extraterrestrials.
Some believe extraterrestrials did not make us, but brought us here, from some other planet.
I know people who believe that humans evolved because they interbred with aliens, and that is why humans have "junk DNA".
So it really is more complicated than simply creation vs. evolution, and not just in the UK.
Its difficult to reason with those theories but if God made us then show me God.
If Aliens made us then show me aliens.
Evolution is happening all over. Anyway that is just my take.
There are lots of pictures of gods and not a few statues. And if you met an alien, would you know? Reality only exists if it is observed. For that you need an observer. This is now a testable fact. An advance on the double slit experiment has shown that a photon that will behave like a particle or a wave depending on if it is observed, will alter its past if the recorder is operated after the photon has left the emitter. i.e. A photon is aimed at the slits and over time behaves like a wave if unobserved. If observed it behaves like a particle. If a camera is placed next to the slits to go off randomly after the photon has been emitted, which means it should be travelling as a wave then it becomes a particle in the past. This calls into question the definition of time. The only rational explanation for an observer, so far, is consciousness. So the next time you want a word with your creator, just look in the bathroom mirror and say, "Hello.............". And as for all the bad stuff, I did say there may be trouble when I get there.
Here in the States, the creationists go by the pretense that they're talking "Intelligent Design Science." Howe-some-ever, they cannot point to a single peer-reviewed article in any "Journal Of Intelligent Design Science" magazine or other anthology. They also cannot point to any scientific experiments (successful or failed) carried out based on a hypothesis out of intelligent design dogma. Nor can they produce a biology textbook in which every principle of life-sciences is explained out of their dogma, without raising and endless guffaw from people who possess the slightest wit or already have studied biology from actual Scientific texts.
I'm talking about reality at the quantum level. The rest of it is probably incidental after that. Once you've got a hydrogen atom, anything could happen. And does.


Undoubtedly one of the most recognized and respected scientists of our time, Stephen Hawking has touched millions around the world with his singularly brilliant mind, defiance of a debilitating disease, and inspirational approach to life and happiness.
His death shook the world, as despite his advanced age, it almost felt inconceivable that such a brilliant mind could cease to exist.
As news of his passing broke, social media was flooded by tribute after tribute, with posts celebrating his groundbreaking work, bravery, sense of humor, intelligence, and love of life.
'It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love' – that's a wonderful 'theory of everything' in its own merit. RIP Professor Hawking.
Diagnosed with the debilitating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease at the age of 21, Hawking defied doctors' prognoses, refusing to be overcome by his condition, even as his body continued to degrade.
Devoted to understanding the workings of the universe, of time, space, and even the divine, Hawking went on to define some of the most groundbreaking scientific theories not only of our time, but also of the past centuries.
His life story inspired the 2014 Oscar-winning biopic The Theory of Everything. His joie de vivre inspired countless memes and guest appearances on iconic shows such as the Simpsons.
First published in 1988, his book, A Brief History of Time, became an instant bestseller, selling over 10 million copies in the past 20 years in over 30 languages. Hawking's effortless breakdown of complex notions such as quantum mechanics and general relativity to the average reader transformed him into a pop-culture fixture.
Let us take a moment to remember and celebrate a life that created and gave more than most of us could ever dream of. Rest in peace, Stephen Hawking — you will be sorely missed and fondly remembered.


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