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Former KHS student among archaeologists digging in Garapan
By Alexie Villegas Zotomayor - avz@mvariety.com - Variety News Staff
AN alumna of Kagman High School is at the forefront of a major discovery in Garapan as she joins the team of experts excavating at Best Sunshine's proposed casino site.
Vanessa Cabrera, a graduate of Kagman High School in 2007, is pleased to be taking part in what others refer to as the biggest archaeological dig in Saipan's history.
Vanessa Cabrera
Cabrera, whose family resides in Tanapag, is excited about the ongoing excavation work in Garapan as it will allow her to learn more about her roots.
Cabrera, who has a bachelor's degree in anthropology, is currently working on completing her graduate studies in archaeology at the University of Guam.
"I am from here. I just moved to Guam for my studies," said Cabrera.
She joins the elite few from the islands who specialized in archaeology.
Her thesis proposal focuses on the pre-Contact Period Chamorro and Carolinians.
She was pleased that she was given the opportunity to work at the site and collaborate with the experts in the region.
"I am half Chamorro and half Carolinian. I want to learn about my roots — to learn more about where I came from and share what our people were doing before," she said.
But at the site in Garapan, she is not just an archaeologist; she is also an indigenous person who would like to pay homage to her ancestors who were there.
Cabrera said she treats the site with reverence and prays for the ancestors laid there in the ancient burials.
While she is excited over the prospect of finding artifacts and human burials, Cabrera is aware that she has to be respectful at the site.
"I am very excited brushing off the bones but, at the same time, I am apologizing," she said.
When asked if she knew she was among the few from the islands who had gone into archaeology and anthropology, Cabrera said she was not aware.
"I never really thought about that. I just told my family that I wanted to do archaeology," she said.
But venturing into archaeology was not an overnight decision.
It was while in seventh Grade at Mt. Carmel that Cabrera's life took an interesting turn.
"We were watching a documentary on Pompeii," she said.
The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius left the city of Pompei in ruins, and this engendered an indelible interest in Cabrera to read more about the city that was engulfed in lava.
"After that I went to the library. I kept browsing," she said.
This interest would lead her to earn a degree in anthropology and soon, a master's degree in archaeology.
At the Garapan site, Cabrera has found two ancient burials.
"I want to work with burials, that way I can learn what's associated with them, and this will tell me what they ate, how they lived," she said.
They have found fish bones, fish hooks, potsherds, and beads all suggestive of Pre-Contact culture.
"I am hoping I'll find more burials," said Cabrera.
The archaeological dig touted as the biggest in Saipan history owing to the massive area to be excavated is anticipated to yield significant artifacts from the Pre-Contact period.
The area is about 40,000 sq. m.
It is more than twice the size of the Nakamoto hotel footprint.
Earlier work at the Nakamoto site found 260 burials.
Cabrera looks forward to finding more pottery that will help her determine if the site is Latte or Pre Latte.
She said she is interested in Lapita pottery, and how it relates them to other places in Southeast Asia.
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"Decorated potsherds would be a good find," said Cabrera who is also working with fellow indigenous John Castro.
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Eva-Maria Neher is founder and director of XLAB – Experimental Laboratory for Young People in Göttingen (since 2000) and founder and managing director of the XLAB-foundation (since 2008).
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Q: CSS cross browser compatibility on Ubuntu I'm currently working in web development and my default desktop is Ubuntu and I'm kind of happy with the setup and applications I got going. But I need to test web pages for cross browser compatibility while still being on Ubuntu.
I have gone through hell trying to get IE7 or IE8 (with wine) to run on ubuntu and when they finally worked they were very buggy and the graphics/scrolling was insanely slow.
Of course there is the option of virtual box but again, too much GBytes just to run a small application!
So to all the CSS gurus out there, how can I continue with my beloved Ubuntu and still deliver a good quality (tested) page.
Thank you.

A: Edit:
Update for freshness:
I now use the paid service from browserstack.com to provide the multitude of different browser testing environments via flash tunnelling.  I'm a paid user, but there is an initial free trial period.  browserstack has freed me of the need to run the windows os on my machines in any form, virtual image or otherwise.  Since it also allows tunnelling, I can host the site on my local machine but still test in browserstack browsers.  I consider the monthly fee money very well spent.
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Various options I have tried, including "the final solution": free downloadable windows testing OSes from microsoft
I've tried a number of the options below, but virtualbox may be your best bet for full & complete testing, especially because in a professional capacity you often have to test ie8, ie7 -and- ie6.  Which gets tricky with only a single os installed.  So in order of simplest and most shallowly testing to most complex and most fully testing:
browserlab.adobe.com

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*A newer, interesting online solution is: browserlab.adobe.com.  It's actually very specific and fast compared to browsershots.  It only gives you screenshots, but it's a great first step.  So I do recommend that for purely visual (and thus relatively shallow) testing.

Browsershots.org

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*And while browsershots.org is also something that you should use for an overview experience of what users might see, you really can't get by without the real browsers for javascript and behavior testing (instead of just display & rendering testing that browsershots provides).  The delay before you can see the images is also killer.

Dual booting into windows

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*Another that I've tried is dual booting, I work 99% of my time in ubuntu, and I have windows installed & available to dual boot into.  Not a fast way to test, but if you don't have any other way to access ie, it should work for at least the latest version.

Remote desktop-ing over to a running windows box

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*Before I mention the "covers-all-the-bases" option, another useful possibility is to set up a windows machine and boot it up and connect to it via remote desktop so that you can work from one machine and test from both.

The final solution, using virtualbox

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*Finally, the mother of all solutions, using virtualbox:

Luckily (I know you said you didn't like the virtualbox solution, and I know it's an annoying setup process, but...) Microsoft provides available-for-a-year-or-more virtualmachine distros with different versions of ie pre-installed, available without the need for a license for a year or so before you'd have to update the virtualmachine, @
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en
Installing a virtualmachine from microsoft's freely available browser testing images
Because this guide to setup on ubuntu is no longer available in full anywhere else, just in case you or someone else actually need it I feel compelled to include the actual details of the install process that were suggested to me on the ubuntu forums and worked when I went through them.  I apologize for their length.  Courtesy of the now anonymous original poster on the ubuntu forums:
Free Access to Microsoft Browser Compatibility Virtual OSes, Install Steps for Ubuntu

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1097080 (Ed: I can't find this thread online any more)
HOWTO: run IE6, IE7, IE8 on Linux in
  VirtualBox You need: virtualbox, qemu,
  wine
Code: apt-get install virtualbox qemu
  wine
Download the free(!) Microsoft
  Internet Explorer Application
  Compatibility Check VPC Images here:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en
  (Note: you don't have to download the
  full pack, you can cherry pick
  specific combinations of XP/Vista and
  IE6-8)
Extract the VPC image(s) with wine
  (double-click). (Note: it might take a
  while before the first window shows
  up)
Turn the VPC image(s) into (a) VMWare
  image(s) (which is/are readable by
  VirtualBox): qemu-img convert -f vpc
  image.vhd -O vmdk image.vmdk
Setup a new VM in VirtualBox, using
  the vmdk image as an existing disk.
  Boot it, you will see the Windows boot
  progress bar and ... it will BSOD
  shortly after.
Fixing the BSOD:
The BSOD is caused because the virtual
  Windows tries to load processor
  drivers for the wrong processor (it is
  not running on VirtualPC proc, but on
  VirtualBox proc). Or something like
  that... We need to force Windows not
  to attempt to load drivers for the
  processor (it doesn't need any proc
  drivers, because it's all virtual
  anyway). Start safe mode by
  (frantically) hitting F8 at Windows
  boot and choosing safe mode.
Ignore all the 'New hardware' detected
  warnings (we will deal with those
  later). Start a command box and run
  the following command to disable the
  loading of processor drivers:
Code: sc config processor start=
  disabled (note the space between '='
  and 'disabled'!)
Restart the virtual Windows, it should
  now boot all the way to the Windows
  Desktop.
Now just when you think you can start
  browsing the web with IE, you will
  find out that the virtual Windows
  needs to install the drivers for the
  AMD PCnet NIC, which are located on
  the Windows install disk. Fortunately
  for those without a Windows install
  disk, there is another way :)
Download AMD PCnet drivers here:
  http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_2330_6629_2452%5E2454%5E2486,00.html
Make an iso file containing the
  drivers. I used Brasero for
  simplicity. Choose to create a Data
  Project, add the zip file (or the
  unzipped files, saves you a step in
  Windows), create the iso. No need to
  burn an actual cd!
Stop the virtual Windows, edit the
  settings in VirtualBox: mount your
  brand new iso.
Start the virtual Windows, when it
  asks to install the drivers for the
  PCnet nick, point it to the (unzipped)
  drivers. Et voila! You have teh
  innernets! (Now you can also try to
  install the other drivers it complains
  for, but it's not really necessary)

The image README says the image will expire after about a year.  In my experience the system gets hobbled against multi-hour use, but is still usable for the kind of short periods that you might want when booting up to test a website.  At worst you might have to go through these steps again, so be sure to put them somewhere where you can find them again after a year or so.

A: I think setting up a virtual machine (Virtualbox or VMWare or...) with a proper Windows will be your only (local) option.
I you don't have one, buy a used Windows XP license. XP is cheap (around 20-30 euros here in Germany, for example) and all relevant versions of IE run on it. Home edition is enough. No need for Windows 7 or anything.
You could install IETester on that to get all the IE versions on one OS. IETester has flaws and is not always 100% reliable in what it renders, but for a general CSS compatibility check it should be okay.
I've never tried IE using Wine, but even trying to imagine the combination gives me goose bumps :D

A: If you have a copy of Windows you could install it in a virtual machine (Virtualbox is a good, free option).  Or if you don't mind a lot of lag time and publicly exposing your web pages you could use a service like BrowserShots.

A: I have not tried this on Ubuntu or anything but windows - but this seems to be a pretty good testing system over the web.
http://spoon.net/browsers/
however, I think your best result would be to use a VM if possible.

A: I have to add my voice to those opting for VirtualBox.
VMs are the only way to get an accurate representation of how IE platforms behave. They also allow you to keep your main Linux install free of WINE and IE gunk, which is otherwise always troublesome and fragile. (Especially if you're trying to run multiple IEs, which is unreliable and inaccurate even under Windows).
They're not necessarily that big, if you take care to prune the unneeded features, turn off swap, compact the disc image and so on. My XPSP3 test image is just over 800MB.

A: I didn't want to install all this stuff as I wanted to move forward quick.
I found public AWS images with pre installed browser that you just can start and use.
http://www.hens-teeth.net/html/products/cross_browser_testing.php
If you already have an AWS account this will take you only 5 min. Make sure that you enable the RDP port on the incoming traffic in your security group.
As I use ubuntu I was looking for a way to connect from it to MS Win.
I'm connection on to them via remote desktop.
The way to go here is rdesktop, a command line utility for Windows Remote Desktop. (sudo apt-get install rdesktop)
If you feel like a GUI use tsclient. It's very close to the windows version.
From a work flow perspective I develop for Chrome in Ubuntu first, then have a look at the  other browsers via browserlab.adobe.com.
After that I start my new AWS instance to debug.
The small AWS Windows instance is a $0.12 per hour (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricing). I can work for a long time on that before it's worth installing all this stuff.

A: CrossBrowserTesting.com works from Linux.  Allows you to access Mac, Windows, and Ubuntu configurations and all the browsers loaded on them via vinagre vnc client.

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Prayer language debate: whose history is correct?
By James A. Smith, James A. Smith, Sr., Sr., posted February 26, 2007 in
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)–Can Southern Baptists adopt elements of charismatic theology and still be considered Baptist?
How Southern Baptists answer this question -— prompted by recent debates about policies regarding speaking in tongues and "private prayer language" at the International Mission Board and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary — may turn on the historical record.
Is there historical evidence that Baptists were willing to embrace elements of charismatic theology while remaining in the Baptist fold?
For Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, the answer is yes. The 18th-century Sandy Creek Baptists, based in North Carolina, held to elements of what may be regarded today as charismatic theology and were able to unite with Charleston Baptists, based in South Carolina, whose theology rejected such views. Both Baptist movements, according to McKissic, were willing to set aside their theological differences in order to cooperate together in missions.
To advance a similar coalition in Southern Baptist life today, McKissic convened the Sandy Creek-Charlestonian Convergence last December. About 100 Baptists and other Christians from about a dozen states attended the meeting and developed several strategies to gain acceptance of their views in the SBC.
In April, McKissic will host a "Baptist Conference on the Holy Spirit" to explore various interpretations of spiritual gifts in Southern Baptist life.
McKissic has argued for "latitude" among Southern Baptists on tongues and private prayer language in correspondence to various SBC leaders, as well as a position paper published to explain the rationale for the Sandy Creek-Charlestonian Convergence. In each, McKissic grounds his argument for religious liberty in these matters on the Sandy Creek-Charleston Baptists analogy. Among McKissic's objectives is an amendment to the SBC's statement of faith, the Baptist Faith and Message.
McKissic's historical claims to buttress his argument for latitude in the SBC on spiritual gifts rests on the scholarship of two Baptist church historians, Leon McBeth and Walter Shurden. At least for several other Baptist church historians interviewed by the Florida Baptist Witness, the historical conclusions arrived at by McKissic in defense of liberty on certain charismatic theology are suspect.
McBeth retired in 2003 after teaching 43 years at Southwestern Seminary as distinguished professor of church history. He also has served on the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Baptist Distinctives Committee.
Shurden is professor of Christianity at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., where he also directs The Center for Baptist Studies. He previously taught church history and was dean of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's school of theology. The Georgia Baptist Convention ended its 172-year relationship with Mercer in 2006 in the wake of several controversies regarding liberal theology.
Although McKissic references both McBeth and Shurden as sources in his paper, "Why Call a Sandy Creek-Charlestonian Baptist Roundtable?" he cites only McBeth's book, "The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness." McBeth, however, relies upon lectures by Shurden for the Sandy Creek-Charleston Baptists analogy.
Quoting McBeth, McKissic writes, "[Both] the order of the Charleston and the ardor of Sandy Creek contribute[d] to the synthesis that made up the Southern Baptist Convention. Creative elements from both traditions have enriched Southern Baptist life and, like two streams merging into one river, currents from each can still be identified and traced. The merging of these traditions [brought tensions] which continue today; Southern Baptist[s] are still trying to maintain balance between two streams of their heritage, the order of Charleston and the ardor of Sandy Creek" (text McKissic did not include from the original text is supplied and shown in brackets [ ]).
McKissic also asserts, paraphrasing McBeth, "The Separate Baptists' most distinctive feature was their emotional style preaching and worship. Outcries, epilepsies, and ecstasies attended their meetings. Shouting, weeping, and falling down in a faint were not uncommon. They often danced in the spirit in worship. Women assumed a more prominent role among the Separate Baptists. There were elderesses and deaconesses, and some women also preached and prayed in public. The role of women at Sandy Creek was initially problematic for the Charlestonian Baptists."
McKissic cites this passage of McBeth's book in an Oct. 13, 2006, letter to his fellow Southwestern trustees, adding, "The word extacies [sic] is an obvious cognate of the word ecstatic, which is the word I have used on numerous occasions to describe the use of a private prayer language…. Clearly, the Sandy Creek tradition involved these manifestations, much to the embarrassment and indignation of the high-church Charlestonians. Yet those who disagreed with the Sandy Creek followers saw the importance of maintaining unity and good-will for their Christian fellowship. Therefore, they neither disassociated from them, nor did they seek to silent their witness."
But, are these descriptions of Sandy Creek Baptists historically accurate, and are they relevant to a call for latitude on tongues and private prayer language? To answer these questions, the Witness interviewed three Baptist historians, including Walter Shurden.
Since McBeth relied upon Shurden's analysis, the Witness interviewed Shurden via e-mail concerning some of McKissic's historical claims and applications of the Baptist historian's analysis. In his comments, Shurden generally rejected application of his Sandy Creek-Charleston analogy to the current debate in SBC life about tongues and private prayer language.
When asked if there is any historical evidence that Sandy Creek Baptists spoke in tongues or private prayer languages, Shurden responded, "I know of none in historical sources."
Asked if his use of the word "charismatic" was to merely suggest the persuasive nature of their preaching, rather than charismatic theology, Shurden told the Witness, "I am not completely comfortable with your words 'to merely suggest the persuasive nature of their preaching.' Sandy Creekers seriously advocated personal religious experience in salvation, in worship, in preaching, and in every area of their lives. However, I think that the answer to your question is 'yes.' Sandy Creekers were what I would call 'little c charismatics.' I know of no evidence to suggest that they spoke in tongues as in what I would call 'large C Charismatics' today."
With regard to his description in the lecture of Sandy Creek Baptists as "semi-pentecostals," Shurden told the Witness, "The current debate within the SBC cannot be imposed upon my language. Nor can my language be used in a partisan way in the contemporary SBC debate. I was speaking poetically, trying to contrast the restrained, somewhat orderly spirituality of the Regular Baptists with the unrestrained, somewhat disorderly spirituality of the Separate Baptists." Charleston Baptists were also known as Regular Baptists, and Sandy Creek Baptists were also known as Separate Baptists.
Baptist historian Gregory Wills agrees that the Sandy Creek-Charleston analogy is not particularly helpful in the current SBC debate and "is pretty well suited to mislead as much as to illuminate."
Wills, professor of church history and director of the Center for the Study of the Southern Baptist Convention at Southern Seminary, told the Witness, there is reason to doubt that "outcries, epilepsies, and ecstasies" were a customary part of Sandy Creek Baptists' meetings. Although "it is historically unassailable that these things occurred primarily during times of revival," to the extent these practices did exist they are "not relevant to the question of charismatic gifts."
Wills added, "Some of the Separates in their early years introduced novel practices, such as appointing eldresses and apostles, and apparently permitting women to lead in prayer or engage in exhortation. The Separate churches came to doubt the scriptural propriety of such practices and dispensed with them." He added that he could find only two churches that believed in women elders/pastors.
Contrary to the suggestion of McKissic, Wills said, "The Sandy Creek and Charleston traditions were not very different. They had different names because they had different origins…. Separates and Regulars united because they recognized that they believed the same New Testament doctrines, taught the same New Testament standards of behavior, and established the same New Testament order in their churches." Their differences, he said, mostly related to "style of preaching and worship."
The main doctrinal difference was on the question of a general versus particular atonement in the doctrine of salvation. But even this difference was not that great, Wills told the Witness. "Both groups were Calvinist in their understanding of Scripture teaching. All the early historians testify to this fact," adding that in "modern terminology" Separate Baptists were "four-point Calvinists."
For his part, Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Seminary, rejects any suggestion that elements of charismatic theology have ever found a permanent home among Baptists historically.
In an interview with the Witness, Patterson talked extensively about the current debate in SBC life about tongues and private prayer language, while declining to address the particular controversy last August involving McKissic's seminary chapel sermon advocating private prayer language.
Acknowledging isolated historical examples of Baptists who held "charismatic leanings," Patterson said, "Overall, consistently, for all the years of Baptist theology, whether we are talking about Anabaptists, whether we are talking about British Baptists, or whether we are talking about American Baptists and certainly Southern Baptists have rejected the charismatic interpretation of spiritual gifts."
Noting that differences of interpretation on spiritual gifts is one reason why different denominations exist, Patterson invoked a baseball analogy, suggesting Baptists and charismatics are not on the same denominational teams: "Why would I want to wear a Red Sox uniform if I want to play for the Yankees?"
"For us to become charismatic in our emphasis now would be a major, new departure for Southern Baptists," Patterson said, while affirming religious liberty for those who hold such views.
"There's a difference between arguing for religious liberty and agreeing that divisiveness can be brought into the denomination in a leadership role. I may be proven wrong on this in the long run, but I don't think so -— I think that Southern Baptists pushed with their backs to the wall are going to say, no, we are not charismatics and we will not have people in leadership roles who embrace that."
Patterson added, "I think that a part of religious liberty is that Baptists have a right to define themselves over against Methodism and over against Anglicanism and over against Catholicism and over against the Charismatic movement."
While advocates for liberty on tongues/private prayer language have argued that latitude on that issue is required in the same way it is on differences of interpretation on Calvinism, Patterson disagreed.
"God knows, I'm no Calvinist. But the fact of the matter is that there's never been a time in Southern Baptist life when a more Calvinistic and a less Calvinistic position did not co-exist together. From the outset, we've had both…. It's a tension we've lived with since our inception." In contrast, he said, "there's no such history of charismatic thinking" among Southern Baptists.
As to calls to amend the Baptist Faith and Message to address the controversy over tongues and private prayer language, Patterson said he hopes that does not happen, believing the current statement -— revised in 2000 -— should "take us nicely, like previous statements have, 25 to 50 years into the future."
Still, the need to amend the Baptist Faith and Message may depend on "how much these folks want to push on it. I can see a situation where they would eventually push the convention into" resolving the matter in the BF&M, Patterson said.
McKissic, nevertheless, maintains that it's time for the SBC to adopt a formal statement offering acceptance of various viewpoints on spiritual gifts, tongues and private prayer language.
In a Sept. 14, 2006, letter to Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page and the SBC Executive Committee, McKissic outlined why he believes it's necessary to accommodate within the Baptist Faith and Message various views on spiritual gifts.
McKissic urged in the letter that an investigative study committee be constituted to consider adding a position statement to the Baptist Faith and Message addressing "spiritual gifts, private prayer language and speaking in tongues." Because Southern Baptists are diverse in their viewpoints regarding spiritual gifts, McKissic wrote, "The Southern Baptist tent should be large enough to include cessationist, semi-cessationist and the continualist viewpoints. I believe that we could unify our convention by acknowledging in the context of the Baptist Faith and Message that Baptist scholars and lay people have diverse viewpoints and they all are within the boundaries of acceptable evangelical scholarship."
McKissic concluded his letter asserting that with the Conservative Resurgence's establishment of the inerrancy of the Bible in SBC "churches, seminaries, agencies and boards," what is now needed is a "fresh breeze of the Wind of God stirring among God's people." McKissic promised that if the SBC Executive Committee fails to act, "I will be compelled to bring a resolution to the floor of the San Antonio 2007 Convention, asking the convention to empanel an investigative study committee to report back to the convention concerning these matters."
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NEW DELHI, March 19 – An Indian IT analyst has found a satellite image of a large aircraft flying low over the Andaman Islands on March 8, the day when a Malaysian airliner disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, according to The Hindu newspaper. Anoop Madhav Yeggina, 29, believes the image is that of the lost Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Boeing 777-200ER which was carrying 239 people on board as Flight MH370, the daily said.
The techie is among the thousands of people from across the globe involved in the 'crowd-sourcing' to find the missing plane which veered off course towards the Indian Ocean after shutting all communication links as it was flying over the South China Sea. 'Crowd-sourcing' refers to obtaining information or input into a particular task or project by enlisting the services of a number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet.
The Hindu reported that Anoop had been scurrying through innumerable images of DigitalGlobe Satellite QB02 over the past few days until he stumbled upon an image which almost took his breath away.He uploaded his 'discovery' along with a write-up on the CNN website on March 14 and, since then, received more than 16,000 views followed by many comments from viewers.
"I am confident that the image is that of the missing plane because of many reasons. First giveaway is the fact that the image was captured just above a forest and very close to the Shibpur airstrip of the Andaman Islands. "The airstrip is exclusively used by the defence forces with no permission for civilian aircraft in this area. "A close look at the image will reveal if it is flying extremely low so much so that the clouds are above it, which suggests it was done to avoid detection by radar.
"Most importantly, the standard scale measurement and colour of the missing plane matches with that of the plane in the image," he was quoted as saying in The Hindu report. Anoop wished for the safety of the passengers and appealed online to people with technical know-how of aircraft to further investigate the image in order to trace its whereabouts, said the report. However, Mapbox, a company providing satellite images for the public to help search for MH370 has debunked the sighting, saying it was based on old data, according to news portal 3News of New Zealand.
Mapbox chief scientist Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuno confirmed on Twitter that the plane belonged to their baseman, 3News said. It was just one in a growing number of red herrings that had been brought up and then discounted in the search for the aircraft, he was quoted as saying by 3News. Oil slicks and purported sightings of parts of the plane in satellite photographs had all proven to be false leads, the news portal said.


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25 million couples in India couldn't access contraceptives due to COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted contraceptive access for an estimated over 25 million couples in India, said a report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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GENEVA: The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted contraceptive access for an estimated over 25 million couples in India, said a report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Health officials in some low- and middle-income countries are bracing for a surge in new births due to interruptions to contraceptive access during the pandemic, said the report titled "Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the centre."
The report highlighted that the global AIDS response was off track before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but the rapid spread of the coronavirus has created additional setbacks.
Modelling of the pandemic's long-term impact on the HIV response shows that there could be an estimated 123,000 to 293 000 additional new HIV infections and 69,000 to 148,000 additional AIDS-related deaths between 2020 and 2022, said the report released ahead of World AIDS Day 2020 on December 1.
"The collective failure to invest sufficiently in comprehensive, rights-based, people-centred HIV responses has come at a terrible price," Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, said in a statement.
"Implementing just the most politically palatable programmes will not turn the tide against COVID-19 or end AIDS. To get the global response back on track will require putting people first and tackling the inequalities on which epidemics thrive."
Although some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, such as Botswana and Eswatini, have done remarkably well and have achieved or even exceeded the targets set for 2020, many more countries are falling way behind.
The report highlighted that insufficient investment and action on HIV and other pandemics left the world exposed to COVID-19.
Had health systems and social safety nets been even stronger, the world would have been better positioned to slow the spread of COVID-19 and withstand its impact.
COVID-19 has shown that investments in health save lives but also provide a foundation for strong economies.
"No country can defeat these pandemics on its own," said Byanyima. (IANS)
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Tom Brady is putting his money into … pickleball
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN
Published 6:01 AM EDT, Thu October 13, 2022
Brady has hinted at his retirement in recent months.
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Tom Brady may or may not have his eye on retirement, but he's certainly expanding his portfolio of extracurricular interests – this time, putting his cash into pickleball.
Last month, the seven-time Super Bowl champion twice hinted that retirement was not too far away, saying he was "close to the end" of his NFL career.
Now, the 45-year-old quarterback, along with former world No.1 tennis player Kim Clijsters, has joined an ownership group which has bought an expansion team for the 2023 Major League Pickleball (MLP) season.
MLP founder Steve Kuhn said he was "thrilled" to add the stars to the league's list of strategic partners, adding they "are champions in their fields and will now be champions for Major League Pickleball."
Brady and Clijsters follow in the footsteps of other sports titans, including LeBron James and fellow NBA players Draymond Green and Kevin Love, who earlier this year were revealed to have joined a consortium which is buying an expansion franchise in MLP as the competition grows from 12 to 16 teams.
The basic aim of pickleball is to hit the ball over the net -- and stop an opponent from hitting it back.
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Pickleball's popularity has skyrocketed in recent years in North America.
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"We are thrilled to welcome them to our unrivaled roster of strategic partners, who are individually and collectively instrumental in helping us elevate professional pickleball, showcase the joy it brings to millions of people around the globe, and further our '40 by 30' campaign – our mission to reach 40 million pickleball players by 2030," Kuhn added in a press release.
The basic aim of pickleball, like with other racket sports, is to hit the ball over the net and prevent an opponent from hitting it back.
It can be played in singles or doubles, inside or outside on a 20-foot by 44-foot court – approximately the size of a badminton court – and lasts until one side reaches 11 points, with a two-point cushion.
Pickleball's popularity has skyrocketed in North America, partly driven by the Covid-19 pandemic as it offers a safe, socially distanced form of exercise.
It had originally found a solid base among retirement communities where it was beloved for its sociable aspect, moderate exercise, and for simply being fun.
Between 2018 and 2021, however, USA Pickleball membership nearly doubled and the organization estimates that 4.8 million Americans now play the sport.
The New Yorker even asked if pickleball can save America, Ellen DeGeneres ran a segment about her "obsession" with it on her eponymous TV show, Vanity Fair wondered how it had won everyone over, and the Kardashians played it on their own reality show.
The financial terms of Brady's Clijsters' investment were not disclosed.
CNN's Issy Ronald, Ben Morse and Matt Foster contributed reporting.


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Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield as judge of the 165th Judicial District Court in Harris County for a term to expire at the next general election in November 2016.
Judge Mayfield currently serves as judge of Harris County Civil Court at Law Number One, where she has held office since 2011, and she currently serves as Administrative Judge of the County Civil Courts. In 2013, she was selected as a "Woman on the Move" by Texas Executive Women. She is also the past president of the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston, received the 2014 "Public Service Award" from South Texas College of Law, and is on the board of the Institute of Hispanic Culture. Judge Mayfield received a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and a law degree from South Texas College of Law.
This appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
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Starting on Earth Day, Green Town Los Altos is sponsoring the third annual Drive Less Challenge. The Challenge is a fun competition to encourage residents to explore alternatives to driving solo in their gas-powered vehicles.
The Challenge is aimed at getting residents to think about their daily transportation habits using gas powered vehicles so that they come up with other green options for getting around. Almost everyone can think about that quick trip to the supermarket for a loaf of bread or the half mile trek to school to "drive and drop" the kids. Both of these examples are good targets for driving less. Especially with the beautiful weather, why wouldn't you consider walking or cycling instead? Of course there are more impactful changes that you could make. How far is your commute to work? Is it 1-10 miles? Could cycling be an option? Do you commute up or down the Peninsula close to Caltrain or the light rail? What a relaxing way to commute that also offers some spare time to read the newspaper, or a book, or just to get ready for the day by checking emails. Getting to the train station could also include a short bike ride and with 2 bike-cars on trains now, it is a great option.
There are many great reasons for driving less. Just to name a few, you can save gas and money, get and stay fit, reduce carbon pollution, traffic congestion and make the streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
To make the challenge fun and easy, we have made the pledge process simple. Residents simply pledge to drive less during our challenge period April 22 – May 5 by registering on our website, DriveLessChallengeLA.com. You can choose from a wide range of green transportation options including walking, cycling, taking public transit, or carpooling instead of driving alone. At the end of the 2-week challenge, check back in via our on-line survey and tell us how you did. Participants will be entered in to a drawing for a whole host of fabulous prizes donated by local merchants. These prizes will be awarded at our Bike! Walk! Win! party that will be held on May 9 (Bike to Work Day) from 6-8 at the Costume Bank in Downtown Los Altos.
Share your story! Let other residents know what you are doing to Green your transportation. Post the story on GreenTown Los Altos Facebook page. Prizes will be awarded for 1. Most inspiring, 2. Most original, and 3. Most impactful green transportation story.
This year we have set a goal to get our elementary and middle schools involved. Los Altos and Los Altos Hills schools will compete for "The Greenest School" title by logging the greatest percentage of kids using alternative green transportation, via a poll that will be taken during the challenge period. We all know that good habits start young and Los Altos Schools are renown for its well-rounded educational curriculum. If our children are encouraged to walk or bike to school instead of being victims of the deadly "Drive and Drop" syndrome they will be more fit and hopefully make it a life long habit.
Last year over 170 Los Altos & Los Altos Hills residents helped us win the Peninsula wide challenge by logging over 10,000 green miles by taking the train or bus, cycling, walking or carpooling. They prevented about 6600 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. Even though there is no Peninsula-wide challenge this year, we hope that Los Altos and Los Altos Hills residents will continue their winning ways by doubling participation and extending carbon savings this year.
Make a pledge to drive less today by registering your pledge to drive less on DriveLessChallengeLA.org.


In this spin-off from Hidden Villages, Penelope Keith leads a squad of judges around the island, in an effort to crown the Village of the Year 2017.
"Penelope will preside over heats, semi-finals and final, with a panel of expert judges deciding which villages will progress through the rounds before revealing their winner, based on the following criteria: Appearance; History & Heritage; Village Events; Activities; and Visitor Experience.
"They will award their chosen village with the accolade of Village of the Year and £10,000 to be used for a worthwhile community project."
Most of the series went out in daytime; the final programmes were elevated to primetime.
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Roasted Parmesan Broccoli – broccoli tossed in olive oil, garlic powder, and a touch of salt then tossed in grated parmesan and roasted in the oven.
Some days you just need some veggies.
And today was one of those days, by George!
I mean, how many days can a person eat a sweet baked good?
Day after day after day after…well, you get the picture. And ok, I know I haven't been baking a sweet every. single. day., but when you do a few days in a row you start to feel blechy.
Can I use that word here, blechy?
Because that just about sums it up as to how I've been feeling with this processed flour and granulated sugar stuff I've been making.
SAVE THIS BROCCOLI RECIPE TO YOUR FAVORITE PINTEREST BOARD!
And before any of you start going off on me, I am fully aware that I can use different kinds of flours, sugars, yada yada to make this year of baked goods I'm doing healthier. And rest assured, you will see some of those recipes, too – everything won't be made entirely with all-purpose unbleached flour.
I, and yes, the rest of this 365 family was craving something green today in a baaaaaaaad way!
And since we already eat quite a bit of broccoli every week, like at least 3-4 nights a week quite-a-bit, I figured heck, why not BAKE it today!!!
And can I tell you, the pan was gone in three minutes flat.
Yuppers. This stuff was good and I'll definitely be making it again. I was inspired by this recipe from The Two Bite Club I found on Pinterest.
In a large bowl, mix together olive oil, garlic powder and salt.
Cut broccoli into florets of approximately even size and add to seasoned olive oil. Toss gently to ensure everything is evenly coated.
Pour onto a rimmed baking sheet in a single layer.
I rate everything I bake on a scale of 1 – 4 with 4 being the best and this Roasted Parmesan Broccoli earned 4 rolling pins!
Let dinner be a breeze with these terrific recipes!
I'm not so sure if it's because we were all jonesing for some healthy type of food, if we were hungry or if it was really that good. No, it was really that good.
And, as I said before, I'll definitely be making it this way again.


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Geosites are areas of geological importance. There are 9 sites in the Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark, each is accessible and tells a part of the story of the geology of the Burren.
The Stone, Water, Ice publication is a guide to each site and is available from Visitor Centres throughout the Burren.
The Flaggy Shore is located at Finvarra near New Quay. It is about half a mile of coastline that stretches from New Quay to Finavarra Point. Martello Tower still stands at Finavarra Point. A paved road runs along the shore making it ideal for walkers of all ability and age.
Strewn with rocks from far away places, this shoreline provides several clues to the movement of ancient ice sheets across the Burren landscape. Pink coloured granite rocks from Connemara to the north and purple sandstone rocks from the Slieve Aughty Mountains to the east; share the shoreline with the native grey limestone rocks of the Burren.
The smooth limestone pavement of the upper shore is embedded with the fossils of creatures that lived here 330 million years ago, while the brown coloured, pitted, deep creviced limestone (biokarst) of the lower shore is being carved by living marine organisms.
Golden sand dunes, storm beaches of boulders stacked together by powerful waves, rocks rich in ancient marine fossils and smooth lime encrusted stones in the river bed of the Caher river – the only surface river in the northern Burren, are all to be discovered at Fanore Beach. Together with its diversity of flora, birdlife, butterflies and moths – and evidence of prehistoric hunters-gatherers living amongst the dunes, it is easy to understand why this beach is a Special Area of Conservation.
Walk the limestone pavement and explore rock pools. Ferries to the Aran Islands run daily throughout the summer from Doolin Pier.
Experience the full force of the power of the Atlantic Ocean, as it crashes into the land, and see the massive limestone blocks that have been thrown up onto the shoreline. Imagine the great ice sheets that moved across this land between 25,000 and 12,000 years ago, plucking rocks and boulders from the landscape, carrying them along and then dropping them as the weather warmed and the ice melted. Spot these huge glacial erratics scattered around the fields of the Burren.
The Cliffs of Moher and Visitor Centre are open all year round. Highlights include over 800m of cliff edge paths and viewing areas, the gothic style 19th century O'Briens Tower near the highest point of the cliffs and the eco-friendly underground visitor centre building containing visitor services and facilities, gift shop, restaurant & coffee shop and the award winning Atlantic Edge Exhibition.
As a special protected area (SPA) for seabirds the Cliffs are home to over 30,000 pairs of seabirds. Internationally significant numbers of both Guillemots and Razorbill can be found here along with Puffins, Kittiwakes, Fulmars, Peregrine Falcons and Choughs.
Imagine the time taken to create the mighty and formidable Cliffs of Moher. The sand, silt and mud layers of the cliff face tell us about the local environment that existed over 300 million years ago when they were laid down in an ancient river delta. Stand on the cliff top and experience the powerful energy of the Atlantic Ocean's wind and weather which has carved those layers of sand, silt and mud into cliffs. Examine the fossil trails in the flagstones and picture the unidentified, wormlike creature that made them as it moved across the soft sediments over 300 million years ago before they were hardened into rock.
Open from April to October. Visit the pump room where you can sample the sulpher water for free – donations towards the restoration fund are always welcome.
Lisdoonvarna (Lios Dúin Bhearna, meaning the Fort of the Gap) is set within a landscape of steep shale hills, interspersed with the deep gorges of the Aille, Gowlaun and Kilmoon rivers. Where the upper shale layer meets the underlying limestone a number of mineral springs rich in sulphur, iron, magnesium and calcium emerge, providing Lisdoonvarna with the health-giving water that has attracted visitors to the town for over 150 years.
A FREE bus runs from Corofin to the Burren National Park through the summer.
Visit the Burren National Park information Point at Clare Heritage Centre, Corofin National Park for further information, free walks, talks and activities. Guided walks for groups can be booked in advance.
Please visit www.burrennationalpark.ie for more information.
Follow the Nature Trail and Walking Routes to view limestone pavement, calcareous grassland, hazel scrub, woodland, turloughs, lakes, petrifying springs, cliffs and fen. Your journey of discovery will lead you towards the folded limestone layers of Mullaghmore – a mountain buckled and warped by ancient movements of the Earth's crust.
Explore the shoreline of this mysterious lake – where no streams flow in or out. Seek out the unique karst limestone features of freshwater lakes such as the peculiar egg-box shaped solution hollows. Here you stand between the ancient limestone pavements of the Gort lowlands which extend eastwards towards the Slieve Aughty mountains and the younger limestone hills which rise up to the west.
Carron Turlough is a disappearing lake, appearing with heavy rainfall and then vanishing as the water drains.
Poll na mBrón Irish means "hole of the quern stones". Poulnabrone is a portal tomb dating back to the Neolithic period, between 4200 BC and 2900 BC. Excavations in 1985 found that between 16 and 22 adults and 6 children were buried under the monument. Buried with the dead were personal items that included a polished stone axe, a bone pendant, quartz crystals, weapons and pottery.
Pause for a while at Ireland's most ancient and iconic archaeological monument. For almost 6,000 years, Poulnabrone portal tomb, built by the local Burren community of that time, has stood proud within this rocky landscape. Look closely at the rocks that surround you and discover the fossils of the marine creatures that lived in the warm, shallow, tropical sea that covered this area approximately 345-326 million years ago – before dinosaurs, flowering plants or man had even evolved.


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describe('method "fail"', () => {
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    console.error = consoleError.bind(console)
  })
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  test('should works correctly with Error', () => {
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      jwtCookie: {
        name: 'jwt',
      },
      internalRes: {
        clearCookie: jest.fn(),
        redirect: jest.fn(),
        resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
      },
      originalOptions: {},
      resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
    }
    const error = new Error('test')
    const status = undefined

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

    expect(context.internalRes.error).toEqual('test')
    expect(context.internalRes.statusCode).toEqual(401)
  })

  test('should works correctly with String', () => {
    const context = {
      jwtCookie: {
        name: 'jwt',
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      internalRes: {
        clearCookie: jest.fn(),
        redirect: jest.fn(),
        resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
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      originalOptions: {},
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    }
    const error = 'test'
    const status = undefined

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

    expect(context.internalRes.error).toEqual('test')
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  test('should works correctly with Number', () => {
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        name: 'jwt',
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  })

  test('should works correctly with Boolean (false)', () => {
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      jwtCookie: {
        name: 'jwt',
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    const error = false
    const status = undefined

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

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  })

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    const status = undefined

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

    expect(context.internalRes.error).toEqual('true')
    expect(context.internalRes.statusCode).toEqual(401)
  })

  test('should works correctly with undefined', () => {
    const context = {
      jwtCookie: {
        name: 'jwt',
      },
      internalRes: {
        clearCookie: jest.fn(),
        redirect: jest.fn(),
        resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
      },
      originalOptions: {},
      resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
    }
    const error = undefined
    const status = undefined

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

    expect(context.internalRes.error).toEqual('Unknown error')
    expect(context.internalRes.statusCode).toEqual(401)
  })

  test('should works correctly with null', () => {
    const context = {
      jwtCookie: {
        name: 'jwt',
      },
      internalRes: {
        clearCookie: jest.fn(),
        redirect: jest.fn(),
        resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
      },
      originalOptions: {},
      resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
    }
    const error = null
    const status = undefined

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

    expect(context.internalRes.error).toEqual('Unknown error')
    expect(context.internalRes.statusCode).toEqual(401)
  })

  test('should works correctly with custom status', () => {
    const context = {
      jwtCookie: {
        name: 'jwt',
      },
      internalRes: {
        clearCookie: jest.fn(),
        redirect: jest.fn(),
        resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
      },
      originalOptions: {},
      resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
    }
    const error = new Error('test')
    const status = 518

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

    expect(context.internalRes.error).toEqual('test')
    expect(context.internalRes.statusCode).toEqual(518)
  })

  test('should works correctly with custom Error', () => {
    const context = {
      jwtCookie: {
        name: 'jwt',
      },
      internalRes: {
        clearCookie: jest.fn(),
        redirect: jest.fn(),
        resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
      },
      originalOptions: {},
      resolveAuth: jest.fn(),
    }
    const error = new Error('test')
    error.status = 518
    const status = undefined

    authenticateWrapper.fail.call(context, error, status)

    expect(context.internalRes.error).toEqual('test')
    expect(context.internalRes.statusCode).toEqual(518)
  })
})

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Home Dinosaur Warm blooded or cold? Dinosaurs were somewhere in between
Warm blooded or cold? Dinosaurs were somewhere in between
The dinosaur named "Sue," a 41-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex, is shown on display at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois in this May 17, 2000 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Sue Ogrocki/Files
The hot question of whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded like birds and mammals or cold blooded like reptiles, fish and amphibians finally has a good answer.
Dinosaurs, for eons Earth's dominant land animals until being wiped out by an asteroid 65 million years ago, were in fact somewhere in between.
Scientists said on Thursday they evaluated the metabolism of numerous dinosaurs using a formula based on their body mass as revealed by the bulk of their thigh bones and their growth rates as shown by growth rings in fossil bones akin to those in trees.
The study, published in the journal Science, assessed 21 species of dinosaurs including super predators Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus, long-necked Apatosaurus, duckbilled Tenontosaurus and bird-like Troodon as well as a range of mammals, birds, bony fish, sharks, lizards, snakes and crocodiles.
"Our results showed that dinosaurs had growth and metabolic rates that were actually not characteristic of warm-blooded or even cold-blooded organisms. They did not act like mammals or birds nor did they act like reptiles or fish," said University of Arizona evolutionary biologist and ecologist Brian Enquist.
"Instead, they had growth rates and metabolisms intermediate to warm-blooded and cold-blooded organisms of today. In short, they had physiologies that are not common in today's world."
There has been a long-standing debate about whether dinosaurs were slow, lumbering cold-blooded animals – as scientists first proposed in the 19th century – or had a uniquely advanced, more warm-blooded physiology.
As scientists unearthed remains of more and more fast-looking dinosaurs like Velociraptor, some championed the idea dinosaurs were as active and warm–blooded as mammals and birds. The realization that birds arose from small feathered dinosaurs seemed to support that view.
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University of New Mexico biologist John Grady said the idea that creatures must be either warm-blooded or cold-blooded is too simplistic when looking over the vast expanse of time. Like dinosaurs, some animals alive today like the great white shark, leatherback sea turtle and tuna do not fit easily into either category, Grady added.
"A better answer would be 'in the middle.' By examining animal growth and rates of energy use, we were able to reconstruct a metabolic continuum, and place dinosaurs along that continuum. Somewhat surprisingly, dinosaurs fell right in the middle," Grady said.
The researchers called creatures with this medium-powered metabolism mesotherms, as contrasted to ectotherms (cold–blooded animals with low metabolic rates that do not produce much heat and bask in the sun to warm up) and endotherms (warm–blooded animals that use heat from metabolic reactions to maintain a high, stable body temperature).
Grady said an intermediate metabolism may have allowed dinosaurs to get much bigger than any mammal ever could. Warm–blooded animals need to eat a lot so they are frequently hunting or munching on plants. "It is doubtful that a lion the size of T. rex could eat enough to survive," Grady said.
Note : The above story is based on materials provided by Will Dunham; Editing by Marguerita Choy "Reuters"
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Intro: Hi, I'm Rose. As the Web Services Specialist for SCLS, I spend my days building and maintaining websites for our member libraries, troubleshooting issues that come up with the WPLC Digital Book service, and providing tech support for the databases. No surprise, but one of my favorite library blogs is LibrarianInBlack!
Digital images are protected by copyright (see the U.S. Copyright Office website for the official summary of how long copyright endures and other FAQs).
Along with the image itself, look for licensing information or "terms of usage" that the creator has specified for that image. If you can't find these, look for any broader legal information or terms of service provided by the web site. If you still can't find anything, contact the image's creator to request permission to use the image.
Typical terms of usage tend to include restrictions like only using the image for noncommercial purposes, notifying the creator that the image is being used, explicitly giving the creator credit, or requesting written permission from the creator. Be aware of what is required for the image you want to use.
Even Microsoft Clipart comes with specific use guidelines!
For a bigger taste of "free" photo/clip art websites, check out Phil Bradley's list of websites for Stock and Royalty-Free Photographs and the list at Uncle Sam's Photos.
Thanks for the links to the sites! One of my favorites is http://www.openclipart.org. According to the website: "This project aims to create an archive of user contributed clip art that can be freely used. All graphics submitted to the project should be placed into the Public Domain according to the statement by the Creative Commons." I usually "Browse Tags" (on the left) to find what I'm looking for.
Thanks for the tip -- it helps to have another clip art option!


I no longer bring broth to a full boil. I let it rise to a simmer and then simmer for eight to 24 hours. I rarely simmer over 16 hours. I also now cook it in a large covered Visions glass pot on the stove to reduce contaminants from the crock pot. The broth does not cook down much when using a Visions glass pot.
We no longer make kefir ahead of time and refrigerate, as cold beverages inhibit digestion. We also no longer use honey in our smoothies - banana is sweetener enough for us.
Inspiration for anyone trying to get their kids to eat what they don't want.
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Last winter certainly took its toll on Phormiums. I have a large one in the front of the house, which by this spring was certainly looking the worse for wear.
I was getting ready to send it to the great garden in the sky, when a friend recommended a tool to tidy it up. I have previously used secateurs to tidy New Zealnad flaxes, but they are not the ideal tool for this job. They are meant for woody material and really don't cope well with the sinewy leaves of a phormium.
The tool she recommended was Jakoti shears, so I decided to invest in a pair. Within a couple of days my new shears arrived in the post and I set to tidying the plant. What a wonderful job they did too. Secateurs had made me feel that I was fighting the plant, but these shears just sliced through the old dead and dying leaves like butter. They are very sharp, so you have to be careful not to cut yourself.
So, I now have a lovely tidy phormium and I will never again dread having to give one a serious haircut.


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The Real Victims of Climate Change
Climate change is the public policy problem from hell. If you were inventing a problem that would be virtually impossible to solve, you'd give it all the characteristics of climate change: it's largely invisibile, it's slow moving, it's expensive to fix, it requires global coordination, and its effects will be disproportionately borne by poor countries that nobody cares about.
That last item might seem like a harsh way of putting things, but it's pretty much the truth. And today, via Brad Plumer, we have a new OECD report that illustrates the problem starkly. It examines which cities will have the most residents vulnerable to coastal flooding due to storm surge and high winds in 2070, and as you can see on the map below, the risk is almost entirely concentrated in developing countries in Asia and Africa. New York and Tokyo have a small bit of exposure, leaving Miami as the sole rich city with a substantial exposure. The total number of vulnerable residents will increase from 40 million today to 150 million in 2070, with the vast bulk of the increase coming in developing countries. The five riskiest cities — by a large margin — are Kolkata, Mumbai, Dhaka, Guangzhou, and Ho Chi Minh City.
Can we just adapt to this? Sure, I suppose we could, if the rich world were willing to donate enormous sums of money to these cities to finance a massive campaign of preparation and amelioration. But what are the odds of that happening? After all, the rich world isn't even doing that in its own cities.


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Opening Arguments Begin In Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Defamation Case
Sebastian Murdock, Ryan Grenoble
July 26, 2022, 12:10 p.m. ·4 min read
AUSTIN, Texas ― Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faced his first day in front of a jury Tuesday in a defamation case that will decide how much money he will have to pay to the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he spread lies about the child's death.
Jones is being sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, was killed when a gunman walked into the Newtown, Connecticut, school and killed 20 children and six adults. For years following the massacre, Jones used his conspiracy outlet Infowars to falsely claim the shooting was faked and that the parents were only pretending to grieve.
In his opening statement representing the plaintiffs, Houston attorney Mark Bankston of the firm Farrar & Ball laid out how Jones profited off the suffering of the families he lied about, all in the name of growing his audience so he could sell more products.
Jones stared impassively ahead throughout much of Bankston's opening remarks, at times shaking his head as the prosecution described ― and refuted ― Jones' series of increasingly preposterous lies.
"Jones told his audience that [Barack] Obama staged Sandy Hook ― and not that Obama ordered the murder of those children ― but that there were never even children at all," said Bankston. "Jones said the school was fake, the parents liars, paid actors. The funerals fake, their tears fake."
In one example, Bankston played an Infowars video from Sept. 25, 2014, in which Jones mocked the crying parents for mourning their dead children. He also claimed their deaths had been faked and that there are photos showing they're still alive.
"Jones said there were photos of victims still alive," Bankston emphasized. "This is so disgusting, so repulsive, that I feel silly standing here and telling you that's false."
In June 2017, Sandy Hook parent Neil Heslin sat for an interview with Megyn Kelly and tearfully recalled holding his dead son with a bullet in his head. Heslin said he hoped the interview would stop the harassment.
Instead, Jones doubled down. Jones went on Infowars the next day to call Heslin a liar, and "to retaliate against Neil for daring to speak out against years of cruelty," said Bankston.
"Now, every single time Neil Heslin has to think about the last moments he spent with Jesse, he also has to think about this horrible man," Bankston said, referring to Jones.
Jones' attorney, Houston-based lawyer Andino Reynal, claimed in his own opening statement that Jones had a First Amendment right to be wrong about what he said about the shooting.
In front of a poster board on which he'd written "Don't lie to the jury," Reynal proceeded to distort Jones' record and downplay the impact of Infowars' 10-year Sandy Hook disinformation campaign, saying Jones was simply "concerned about government involvement" in the shooting.
Reynal told jurors several times that Jones "has apologized repeatedly." Judge Maya Guerro Gamble later ordered that struck from the record and instructed jurors to disregard the claim. "Public retraction should not be considered as evidence," she said.
Reynal also sought to distance Jones ― whom he referred to as "Alex" ― from the information presented on Infowars, instead blaming the experts Jones invited onto the show. They include "experts" like Wolfgang Halbig, a notorious harasser of Sandy Hook parents, who has repeatedly claimed the shooting never happened.
"Alex Jones was wrong to believe these people," Reynal said. "But he didn't do it out of spite, he did it because he thought it was important coverage."
Judge Gamble, who is overseeing this week's trial, previously issued a default judgment against Jones after he failed to produce court-ordered discovery documents. The ruling meant Jones and Infowars were held liable for all damages, and now a jury will decide how much he will have to pay to Heslin and Lewis.
The jury will look at two factors: how much Jones should pay for damages, and how much additional money he should pay based on his net worth.
Jones also lost three other Sandy Hook defamation cases under rulings of default judgments. He'll face a jury again in September, this time in Connecticut, to find out how much more money he'll have to pay.
Jones did not attend the second half of the day's trial.
Instead, as Sandy Hook lead investigator Daniel Jewiss tearfully told the jury about the families being harassed by conspiracy theorists, Jones was back on Infowars, complaining about the judge in the case and selling supplements.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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Marketmind: Asia's FX doom loops
Economy Sep 25, 2022 04:05PM ET
© Reuters. Banknotes of Japanese yen and U.S. dollar are seen in this illustration picture taken September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
(Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever
Expect an ugly open to Asian markets on Monday as investors try to shield themselves from the fallout from the widespread selling that battered stocks, bonds, and currencies on Friday.
The historic rout in UK bonds and sterling took center stage on Friday but at the heart of the gloom shrouding world markets is the Fed's drive to raise rates far higher than most people had bargained for, and the effect that is having on global rates.
And the dollar.
The dollar's 'wrecking ball' status is being painfully felt in Asia, where several currencies have sunk to multi-year or record lows, and central banks have intervened to try and stop the rot.
On Friday, India's rupee hit a record low, Indonesia's rupiah and China's yuan fell to their weakest levels since mid-2020, the Thai baht slumped to a 16-year low, and South Korea's won hit a 13-year trough.
Falling currencies increase inflationary pressures, forcing policymakers to turn more hawkish, tightening financial conditions, and crushing demand. Central banks will find it hard to break this doom loop.
Their pool of FX reserves for intervention purposes is also limited - even the Bank of Japan will be aware its $1.3 trillion stash won't last forever if it follows last week's historic dollar-selling intervention often enough.
And talking of doom loops, if Asian central banks sell chunks of their U.S. Treasuries holdings to support their domestic currencies, U.S. yields rise, Treasuries are more attractive, investors pile in, and the dollar strengthens.
Asia's economic and corporate calendars on Monday are light.
A batch of Japanese economic data, including retail sales and consumer confidence, and China's September PMIs will give an insight into the health of the region's two largest economies at the end of the week.
India's central bank announces its latest interest rate decision on Friday too.
Key developments that could provide more direction to markets on Monday:
German Ifo (September)
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Informative. Thanks!
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"Do not judge or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will judged." Let us not generalise what Jesus said about judgment. We need to make right judgment that does not serve our own pride or benefit but to make right what is wrong before the Lord.


Is Routine Water Heater Maintenance Really Necessary?
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This preset collection can be used with the free AAS Player plug-in as well as the String Studio VS-3 string oscillator synthesizer.
With String Theory, Adam Pietruszko takes meticulous advantage of String Studio VS-3's two-voice multitimbrality and MIDI-controlled sound variations features to deliver rich, complex, and refined sounds. From strings to a wide selection of basses, leads, plucks, pads, and keys, with tonal qualities ranging from acoustic, through electric, up to far-out synthetic, String Theory forms a sweeping collection that will tackle any musical genres with ease. And with presets notes, Adam Pietruszko shares a tremendous amount of insight about synthesis as well as expert information to take full advantage of String Studio VS-3's capabilities.
Adam Pietruszko is a sound designer and audio engineer from Poland. Even though he specializes in cinematic and avant-garde sound design, his expertise also covers genres ranging from electronica, experimental music, techno, IDM, Synthwave, EDM, and many others. Adam also teaches at the Academy of Audio Engineering and Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, Poland. He provides lectures on sound synthesis, acoustics, electroacoustics, digital audio theory, as well as electronic music and FX production. Visit his websiteto find out about his latest projects.
Adam Pietruszko is also the man behind the Fear Within sound pack—check it out.
Read our interview with Adam Pietruszko.
Check out Adam's website Knobz.net to learn more about him.
String Theory was created with the String Studio VS-3 string oscillator synthesizer. You can obviously play and edit the sounds in String Studio VS-3, but you can also access and play them via the free AAS Player included with your String Theory purchase.
String Studio VS-3 and AAS Player are compatible with nearly all DAWs.


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