I am not a big sports memorabilia collector, but last month at the annual Marvin Lewis Community Fund Golf Classic, there was an auction item that I was thrilled to purchase.
Former Bengals coach Sam Wyche has created 150 unique works of art – at least for avid football fans. They are diagrams of plays meticulously drawn with a white marker on a black canvas. Each drawing is approximately 16 by 20 inches. Another one will be up for auction at the Marvin Lewis Football 101 event on Wednesday, October 21st.
In the 20-16 loss to the 49ers, the Bengals were held to 106 rushing yards after averaging 155 per game during the regular season. Wyche thinks they would have fared better if Wilson had not succumbed to a cocaine relapse the night before the game.
Kicker Jim Breech didn't miss that day, as he drilled three field goals including a 40-yarder that gave Cincinnati a 16-13 lead with 3:20 remaining.
Montana led San Francisco on an 11-play, 92-yard drive that ended with a game-winning touchdown pass to John Taylor with 34 seconds left.
Wyche says he regrets that he was not able to hand the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the man that signed him as a player and hired him as a head coach.
Cincinnati returned to the playoffs two years later under Wyche and beat Houston in the Wild Card round 41-14. The Bengals have not won a playoff game since.
Much of the criticism for their last four playoff losses has been heaped on Andy Dalton, but Wyche remains supportive of the Bengals quarterback.
"It's an 11-man operation every time the ball is snapped," said Wyche. "The guy that gets most of the credit or blame is the quarterback because he's got the ball in his hands on virtually every snap. He's got the close-up shots on him, but viewers don't see the routes that are run, the coverages that are good, the pressure from the defensive line – a lot of things happen to the quarterback. After watching Andy Dalton, I see a good quarterback.
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Zimbabwean president hails Chinese miner's acquisition of lithium mine
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa holds a press conference on August 3, 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean government applied to join the club in 2018 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa took office. (Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday welcomed the partnership between Chinese firm Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt and Australian firm Prospect Resources, under which the Chinese firm will acquire Arcadia Lithium Mine.
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said in a statement this week that he would pay a total of US $ 422 million to acquire the Arcadia Lithium mine owned by Prospect Resources, about 40 km east of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. He said he would pay $ 377.8 million for the 87 percent stake in Prospect Resources and $ 44.2 million for a 6 percent stake held by a local investor.
Speaking at a signing ceremony between the two sides held at State House, Mnangagwa pledged his government's full support to facilitate unlocking the maximum value of the strategic mineral resource, for win-win benefits.
State broadcaster ZBC reported that Mnangagwa said the signing of the agreement for the development of the Arcadia lithium mine is a positive development as the country continues to move towards achieving a $ 12 billion mining sector. US dollars by 2023.
"Development further reinforces the important role played by the mining sector for the overall achievement of the results set out in National Development Strategy-1 (NDS-1) and Vision 2030. On behalf of the government, the people of Zimbabwe and good Sure of On my own behalf, I am pleased to welcome to Zimbabwe a world-class partner, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, "he said. "We are therefore excited by the emergence of companies such as Prospect Resources and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt. With a focus on lithium mining and value chain industries, this key mining sub-sector will contribute immensely to achieving development that leaves no one and no room. I expect that investments of this nature will also help lift many of our citizens out of poverty and prosperity.
President Mnangagwa pledged that the government will continue to implement comprehensive reforms to improve the country's competitiveness in this sector.
"Lithium is the mineral of today and even of tomorrow. Its many uses are essential components of various industries in the value chain, including portable electronics; glass and ceramic; energy storage and the manufacture of electric vehicles, "he said. "As a country with one of the largest lithium reserves in Africa, we are poised to become a hub for research, development, exploitation and manufacture of green energy and solutions to lithium base. "
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Teddy Wilson was an American jazz pianist who made his name through his elegant and sophisticated style of play. He featured with jazz biggest names including, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Louis Armstrong.
Wilson was among the first musicians of African roots to prominently appear with the white musicians.
Teddy Wilson was born in Austin, Texas on 24th November 1912. He learnt how to play violin and piano at Tuskegee Institute based in Alabama.
Wilson first joined the Speed Webb band where he worked with Louis Armstrong in 1933, later Benny Carter's Chocolate Dandies
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In 1935, Teddy Wilson joined Goodman and Gene Krupa to form the Benny Goodman Trio. The three went on to perform in the Big Band Intermissions event. Wilson's presence in a band consisting of whites was a big statement against racism.
He got his first a contract with Brunswick courtesy of John Hammond in 1935. This helped him to record over fifty heat songs with musicians such as Helen Ward, Billie Holiday and Lena Horne.
He formed his band in 1939 which lasted for four years before the group went separate ways. The group was made of six people.
Wilson also worked as a music director for the show, Dick Cavett.
Teaching career
Teddy Wilson started his short teaching career in 1950, at Juilliard School.
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Teddy Wilson was awarded by Berklee College of Music with an Honorary Doctorate of Music.
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On July 31, 1986, Wilson succumbed to his death in New Britain, at the age of 73. His body was laid in Fairview Cemetery in New Britain.
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«Заслуженный художник» (азерб. Əməkdar rəssam) — почетное звание Азербайджанской Республики, присваиваемое живописцам, скульпторам, графикам, художникам декоративно-прикладного искусства, создавшим значительные произведения искусства, за заслуги в развитии азербайджанского изобразительного искусства. Следующей степенью признания является присвоение звания Народный художник Азербайджана.

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Президент Азербайджанской Республики присваивает почетное звание по личной инициативе, а также по предложению Национального Собрания и Кабинета Министров.

Почетное звание присваивается только гражданам Азербайджанской Республики. Согласно указу почетное звание «Заслуженный художник» не может быть присвоено одному и тому же лицу повторно.

Удостоенное почетного звания лицо может быть лишено почетного звания в случае:

 осуждении за тяжкое преступление;
 совершения проступка, запятнавшего почетное звание

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Почетное звание «Заслуженный художник» было учреждено указом Президента Азербайджанской Республики от 22 мая 1998 года наряду с некоторыми другими званиями:В целях оценки труда лиц,  достигших больших успехов в развитии в нашей республике культуры, литературы, науки, образования и здравоохранения, в целом на пути прогресса страны, учитывая многочисленные обращения различных организаций, отдельных граждан по этому вопросу и руководствуясь пунктом 32 статьи 109 Конституции Азербайджанской Республики, постановляю:Учредить почетное звание в области культуры «Заслуженный художник».

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Лица, удостоенные почетного звания «Заслуженный художник» Азербайджанской Республики также получают удостоверение и нагрудный знак почетного звания Азербайджанской Республики. Нагрудной знак почетного звания носится на правой стороне груди.

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New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A NJ-based investment advisory firm and its owner have been charged by the SEC for "misleading investors in a collateralized debt obligation (CDO) and breaching their fiduciary duties in order to accommodate trades requested by a third-party hedge fund firm whose interests were not necessarily aligned with the debt investors," the SEC reports.
The SEC alleges that Harding Advisory LLC and Wing F. Chau compromised their independent judgment as collateral manager to a CDO named Octans I CDO Ltd. Harding agreed to give the hedge fund firm rights in the process of selecting and acquiring a portfolio of subprime mortgage-backed assets to serve as collateral for debt instruments issued to investors in the CDO. These rights, which were not disclosed to investors, included the right to veto Harding's proposed selections during the "warehouse" phase that preceded issuance of the CDO's debt instruments. The influence of the hedge fund firm led Harding to select assets that its own credit analysts disfavored.
According to the SEC's order instituting proceedings, the hedge fund firm was Magnetar Capital LLC, which had invested in the equity of the CDO. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. structured and marketed the CDO, which closed on Sept. 26, 2006. Merrill Lynch, Magnetar, and Harding agreed in the spring of 2006 that Harding would serve as collateral manager for the CDO. Chau understood that Magnetar was interested in investing as the equity buyer in CDO transactions, and that Magnetar's strategy included "hedging" its equity positions in CDOs by betting against the debt issued by the CDOs. Because Magnetar stood to profit if the CDOs failed to perform, Chau knew that Magnetar's interests were not necessarily aligned with investors in the debt tranches of Octans I, whose investment depended solely on the CDO performing well.
The SEC's Enforcement Division alleges that while assembling the collateral for Octans I, Chau and Harding allowed Magnetar an undisclosed influence over the selection process. Harding's own credit analysis of many of the selected assets was disregarded, and Magnetar's influence over the portfolio was omitted from materials used to solicit investors for the CDO. Chau and Harding misrepresented the standard of care that Harding would use in acquiring collateral for Octans I.


It's a great night cream that I've worn over my retinol cream(Affirm). It absorbs very easily and feels nice. However, it does come in a jar, which isn't the best packaging. And the fragrance is pleasant, but far too strong.
I bought this yesterday for �1.99 at my local Aldi with the sole intent to use it on my neck and decolletage as I dont want a sggy or wrinkly neck when im much older (Im 25 - prevention better than cure springs to mind lol). Anyhow, I used it last night and this morning and Im in love with it! It has a nice scent to it, its nice and rich and thick and even better is it sinks into the skin so quick, leaving your skin feeling plump and moisturised!!! It doesnt leave a sticky or greasy filmy residue which a LOT of other brands do (Nivea, Simple, Loreal you get the gist!) which is ace as I dont wanna feel greasy all night and day!
I love this product already and will definitely be rebuying!
I was really hoping this would be my new HG nightly retinol cream, but alas, it was not meant to be. The smell was a bit on the strong side, but I can overlook that as long as the product itself is worth it. The jar is not ideal for sanitary reasons, so I make sure to always wash my hands before dipping a finger in to the tub. My issue with this cream is that it does not sink in. It sat on top of my face hour after hour without ever sinking in. Even 7hrs later, my parched skin did not absorb any of this, and my rosacea flared up because it made my face hot & heavy. Hot & heavy is good for the bedroom, but not so good for the face! At least it was as cheap as cheap can be, so no real money wasted!
Edited 2/17/12: Just finished this jar. Slight crows feet still there. Slowly realizing at 39 that unless you slathered on sunscreen when you were a child the wrinkles are inevitable! Moved from FL to WA. No Aldi's only Trader Joe's and no Lacura... Not to devastating since Aldi is discontinuing a lot of Lacura.
$3.99 at Aldi. It looks richer than the day cream yet feels lighter to me. It is lightly scented to my nose. My previous night cream was Nivea Visage Light Regenerating Night Care. It was too rich for my combination skin. I am 38 with no blemishes or wrinkles save slight crows feet. I like this product. It goes on smoothly and you only need a little bit. It hasn't irritated my skin. (I am new to Q10.) The glass jar with a blue lid is pretty. I am going to send a jar to my mom!
Dirt cheap and better than any other night cream I've ever tried. Moisturizing, fresh, soothing and smoothing, it makes my skin even and glowing.
Will definitely buy again, so I can have amazing skin AND spend my money on other stuff too!
I shop at Aldi regularly for grocery bargains, and I'd heard good things about the Lacura products, so I decided to pick them up and try a few. I cannot say enough great things about this cream! First off, the packaging is very nice - glass jar with a plastic lid, and looks very high-end. Second, the ingredients are those typically found in more expensive creams. No cheapie fillers. The cream itself is thick and has a fresh floral scent. I apply this over either Estee Lauder Advance Night Repair or Perricone Evening Repair. My skin tends to be normal-dry, and it soaks this cream right up. Only use a tiny amount and no greasy residue. Hydrates very well, absorbs quickly, leaves my skin smooth and moisturized in the AM, and hasn't caused any breakouts. The price is insanely cheap (under $4), which makes it about half the price of even most lesser-quality drugstore moisturizers. I would easily put this on the same level as a Lancome or Estee Lauder product - it is that good. And this is coming from someone that regularly uses Chanel, Lancome, Guerlain, NARS, MAC, and Laura Mercier for skincare and cosmetics. As far as I am concerned, Lacura is one of the best beauty bargains, and best kept beauty secrets, available. Will definitely repurchase.
The Lacura line is fabulous.
I've been using their products for a couple of years now. My day moisturiser my change but the Night Cream is one product I can't live without.
Sinks into my skin beautifully. Doesn't feel heavy or make my skin greasy. My skin feels really soft the next morning.
I've tried so many night creams that it's ridiculous. This one jar that costs about �1.99 works so much better than products I've spent �30 and upwards on.
I don't really have many wrinkles yet, but I thought I'd give this a try. I LOVE IT!!! I have oily/acne prone skin and I was skeptical about putting on a thick night cream but this works like a charm. My skin soaks it up and I wake up with extremely moisturized skin without looking like an oil slick.
The one thing I don't care for is the scent. It's got this vegetable-like scent that quite honestly made me gag for the first few weeks I used this, but I've gotten over it now.
I will continue to use this and repurchase b/c it's so darn cheap!!!


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This week: Obama and Romney debate for last time
- The third and final presidential debate of this election season takes place Monday from 9-10:30 p.m. EDT. This debate will focus on foreign policy and will be moderated by Bob Schieffer, host of "Face the Nation."
- The World Series begins Wednesday night. TV coverage will be on Fox.
- New albums are coming Tuesday from Anita Baker, Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Tony Bennett and more.
- Among the new movies this week are the much-anticipated "Cloud Atlas," an R-rated three-director effort starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant and Hugo Weaving; "Chasing Mavericks," a PG drama starring Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler and Elisabeth Shue; and "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D," an R horror flick.
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On September 25, a production press conference was held for OCN's upcoming drama, "Bad Guys." During the interview, Kim Sang Joong's comparison between the drama and his documentary program, "I Would Like to Know" is garnering much attention.
Meanwhile, Kim Sang Joong will play the role of police detective Oh Gu Tak, who is even more cruel and merciless than a criminal. He will work with violent criminals in order to bring an end to worse crimes. The drama also stars Park Hae Jin, Ma Dong Suk, Jo Dong Hyuk, and Kang Ye Won. It will air its first episode on October 4.


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Do you want to hatch those eggs quickly because you have other stuff to do and still get some awesome extras to trade? This tutorial can help you in the games from 2004 on up.
Get a Pokémon egg by leaving two Pokémon in the same egg group or a non-legendary Pokémon with ditto. Every 255 steps there is a chance your Pokémon have laid an egg.
Get a Pokémon with the ability Magma Armor or Flame Body. Slugma, Magcargo, Magby, Magmar, Magmortar Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure, Larvesta, and Volcarona have these abilities. Litwick and its evolutions may have Flash Fire as an ability, so check to make sure for them.
Put the Pokémon with Flame Body or Magma Armor in your party. Magma Armor halves the number of egg cycles, and Flame Body halves the number of steps needed for the egg to hatch, thus making egg hatching more efficient.
Hatch the Pokémon egg by running around. Use a fast bike and cycle up and down somewhere with a long stretch of open ground. Use the Mauville breeding line in Hoenn, the Solaceon breeding line in Sinnoh and the Cycling Road in Kanto. You can tell the egg's progress in hatching by checking its summary.
Use the Acro Bike to try to go up it. Every time you fail you have taken one step. You can sit there with a weight on the forward button and it will hatch before you know it!
Unfortunately, this error has been rectified in Emerald, so you'll have to use the Mauville breeding line. But, this was untouched in Gen IV games, so good luck!
Go to the Fuego Ironworks near Floaroma Town.
Find a place where the slide tiles faces the wall.
Position your character next to the wall then hold down the direction button that sends your character to the slide tile with a rubber band or bulldog clip. Leave this for as long as necessary.
For Pokémon X and Y, try this method.
Get a Ditto. It doesn't matter what gender the Pokémon is. Ditto breeds with everything because of its transforming ability.
Place the Ditto and other the Pokémon you wish to breed with in the daycare on Route 7.
Find Froufrou palace. There will be a courtyard near by. Using your bicycle, ride around the courtyard and go back to the daycare to obtain your egg.
Go back to the courtyard and ride around until the egg hatches.
Secure your phone to a bike wheel. Flip a bike upside down and attach your phone to the inside of one of the wheel's spokes. Pedal the bike with your hands and the Pokémon GO app will register movement, allowing an Egg in your possession to hatch as if you were walking.
Secure your phone to a fan. With duct tape, secure your phone very carefully to the blade of a standing fan or to the top of a ceiling fan. With the fan on, Pokémon GO will register movement and make it possible to hatch your Egg.
If you are using a standing fan, make sure that its base is secure and can handle the weight of the phone without falling over.
The farther from the center of the fan you tape the phone, the more quickly it will cover distance.
Put your phone on top of a record/vinyl player. With the record player turned on, your phone will spin around the perimeter and cover distance on the Pokémon app as if you were walking.
Put your phone on top of a Roomba. As you may have gathered, you can hatch your Pokémon Eggs faster by putting your phone on essentially anything stable that makes detectable movements in the same direction. If you happen to have a flat-surfaced cleaning robot like a Roomba and you put your phone on top of it while it's in use, you've got an easy way to catalyze your Eggs' hatching - all while getting the dirt out of your carpet.
Simply leave the app open during bumper-to-bumper traffic. Who knew traffic could be enjoyable before self-driving cars? If you're going under 20mph, the app will record your mileage for your egg incubation. Note: we do not encourage nor suggest actively playing Pokémon GO while driving; just let the meter run to hatch your egg.
Strap your phone to a dog. Presumably yours, the dog should be medium to large sized. Let your dog do what he/she does best - wander. Be sure to keep your dog in sight to keep your phone from being stolen.
Attach your phone to a drone. Extend your egg incubation to the stars above.
Turn off Google Maps. Doing this can cause the game's location function to glitch, making your trainer avatar "walk" erratically near your location without you ever moving around.
Acquire a Pokémon Egg. To hatch a Pokémon Egg in Pokémon Go, you need to find one first. To find an Egg, walk to your nearest PokéStop and activate it by spinning the medal that appears in its center. A number of items will appear, and one may be an Egg. Tap on it to collect it; if the PokéStop you visit does not yield you an egg, head to another PokéStop that appears as blue and try again.
Open your items by pressing the PokéBall on the bottom of the screen.
Tap "Eggs" in the top-right corner.
Find your Egg and tap on it. On the screen, the Egg will display as either 2km, 5km, or 10km. This tells how far you need to travel in order to hatch the Egg (in kilometers).
Navigate to your Eggs as described above.
Tap on the Egg you wish to hatch.
Select "Incubate" to begin the incubation process.
Travel the distance specified on the egg. If your egg is a 5km egg, you will need to travel 5km to hatch it. So, get walking, jogging, skateboarding, or cycling! After you have travelled this distance, you will see a screen that says "Oh?" and your Pokémon will hatch!
You must travel the distance specified with the app open.
You cannot incubate your egg while traveling faster than 20mph.
Pay attention to your surroundings while traveling with the app open.
Incubate another Egg once one Egg hatches. When the Egg you were incubating hatches, your Incubator will continue to "deteriorate." Make the most of your Incubator by putting another egg into it as soon as possible.
To hatch multiple eggs at once, you can purchase additional Incubators at the shop.
Put the egg in your party.
Head to the small fenced in area with the hay bales directly across from the Pokémon Nursery on foot.
Once in there get on Tauros and use the circle pad to spin around in circles while holding down the B button. This is the quickest way hatch an egg.
Or you can just keep it in your party while you walk from place to place if you're in no hurry.
Can I hatched an evolved Pokemon?
It depends. If the Pokemon's pre-evolution is a baby Pokemon (i.e. Munchlax, Budew, and Azurill), where you need the parent Pokemon to hold a specific item/incense to hatch a baby Pokemon, then yes, your Pokemon that you hatch will be "evolved." However, with most other Pokemon having non-baby pre-evolutions, you will get the first-evolved stage of the Pokemon.
What do I do if my Pokemon eggs won't hatch?
All non-glitch eggs will hatch. Just keep cycling!
While riding on Latios/Latias in ORAS, will that count as steps?
Riding Latios or Latias won't count. It'll only stop the egg cycle.
How do I hatch an egg on Pokemon moon?
Go to the conservation area in Aether Paradise and walk around there. Then it will hatch.
How can I tell which breed is good for hatching Pokemon eggs?
In ORAS, try using the Eon Flute with a Ditto and Castform in your party, and travel to wherever a Pokemon day care is and deposit them.
I received a Caterpie from a 2K egg. What size eggs do Pikachus hatch from?
I got my first Pikachu from a 2K egg. I don't know if I was lucky, but it was my 4th 2K egg.
I walked 5km and got an Ekans with 34 CP. I'm very frustrated. Is there any way to know which Pokemon is inside?
If I have a Flareon and Ditto in the nursery, will they have a baby Eevee?
Yes. A Ditto can breed with any Pokemon to make the same Pokemon that the Ditto is in love with.
Is it possible to get a shiny encounter?
Yes. However in most Pokemon games, it is rare to find a shiny. I believe there is a 0.3 or 0.5 percent chance of getting a shiny encounter.
What do I do if I find another method on YouTube?
Check the comments to assure it is a legitimate method, and if it is, you can try it yourself if you'd like.
Breeding Lines. Breeding Lines are long uninterrupted stretches of ground that you can run or bike along. Each line is usually 150 steps long. The Solaceon line is on the very right of the path through Solaceon town (you'll have to use the fast gear to get up the mud slides) and the Mauville one follows the very top of the path below Day Care.
If you have received an egg, go to Goldenrod city and ride your bike up and down and keep checking the eggs summary and it will hatch.
Keep watch of your game system, and put the sound on the maximum. It is recommended to place the game system on a desk near you computer so you can do stuff on the computer while you are hatching the egg/s.
If the Pokémon in Daycare are low enough level that they will still learn moves through leveling up, they will automatically learn level-up moves and delete a random move.
To hatch a Pokémon Egg without walking, try turning off Google Maps on your phone, which causes the location function to glitch so that the game thinks your avatar is walking around near your location. Alternatively, you can carefully attach your phone to anything that rotates, such as record player, a fan, or a toy train, to trick it into thinking you're walking around. You can also leave the app open while you're sitting in traffic so that it records your mileage for egg incubation.


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Lucy was one of several AUB alumni to work on the costumes for the 2015 Disney blockbuster, Cinderella.She shares more on what it was like to work on one of the film's most iconic dresses.
"I worked on gowns for Lily James (Cinderella), Helena Bonham Carter (Fairy Godmother) and then bits for Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera (Wicked Stepmother and Ugly Sisters respectively).
The structure of the work was really varied, from spending a few days ironing the layers of chiffon fabric for the top layer of the ball dress, to embellishing collars by hand. No one works to finish one garment – it's all a massive group effort and everyone works at their level; senior members cutting bodices and addressing larger, structural elements, and less experienced team members focussing on detail, embellishments and hand-finishing.
Working on costumes for film means reproducing identical copies of the costumes many times to allow for re-dressing between retakes.
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We also made several of the pink 'Mother's Dress' that Cinderella wants to wear to the ball before her Stepmother and Sisters shred it, preventing her from leaving the house.


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The Murder Curtain
Are Veterans Administration hospitals the perfect hunting ground for serial killers? That's one of the provocative suggestions in former VA special investigator Bruce Sackman's new book, "Behind the Murder Curtain."
Sackman was the special agent in charge of the VA's Criminal Investigation Division's Northeast Field Office, chasing crime from West Virginia to Maine. A maverick, he bucked the system and brought two prolific serial killers—Michael Swango and Kristen Gilbert—to justice. Both murdered veterans at VA hospitals.
"There have been plenty of hospital serial killers in the private sector throughout history," Sackman writes. "But it sticks in my mind that a VA medical center is a perfect hunting ground. The VA facilities are filled with long-term care patients with serious debilitating illnesses," making them easy marks for medical serial killers. Often, patients are isolated and vulnerable, with visits from family members few and far between.
"Behind the Murder Curtain," co-authored with Michael Vecchione and Jerry Schmetterer, unfolds like a police procedural, taking us through the Swango and Gilbert cases. The authors make quick stops at other cases and offer a smart program for spotting trouble.
Sackman estimates that Swango, a doctor, killed as many as 100 patients in the United States and Africa. Swango began practicing medicine in 1983 and drifted from hospital to hospital, dogged by reports of fraud and improper behavior. By 1995, he was at the Northport VA Medical Center in New York. A television news program raised questions about his past. Medical personnel at Northport were concerned.
Sackman caught the case. But he faced resistance. Allegations of killings at hospitals were largely uncharted investigative territory. The FBI considered murder on federal turf to be their territory, but had little experience with hospital cases. VA law enforcement usually focused on white-collar crimes like embezzlement and fraud.
Was Sackman out of his league? He persisted, put together a team of experts, including famed forensic pathologist Michael Baden, and ultimately was instrumental in convicting Swango on multiple murder counts and sending him to Colorado's Supermax prison for the rest of his life.
In a chilling image, Sackman writes that most hospital killings occur behind "the murder curtain" surrounding a patient's bed. Medical records and documents "revealed a pattern of behavior by Doctor Swango at his patients' bedsides: he entered their rooms by himself, drew the curtains, and administered lethal injections."
Kristen Gilbert, a nurse at the Northampton VA Medical Center in Massachusetts, also committed her killings behind the murder curtain. It began with the theft of epinephrine from the hospital medical cabinet. Swango also used "epi," a common drug to speed up the heart rate, but fatal in high doses.
Like Swango, Gilbert worked the overnight shift. "When the ward was empty of other personnel," Sackman writes, Gilbert "would pull the bedside curtain around her. She would then inject the patient with a fatal dose of the drug." In an attention-seeking twist, Gilbert would often be on hand when the patient "coded"—began to go into cardiac arrest and die—taking seemingly heroic measures to save her victim.
Hospital killing cases are tough to make. In the Gilbert investigation, Sackman writes, "We would need to count those missing bottles of epinephrine, prove that Gilbert had access to them, prove they were administered to the patients in question, and finally, prove they died from those injections. We had to paint a picture for the jury that, given the opportunity and the resources, Kristen Gilbert would draw the curtain around her patient, and for the thrill and glory, administer a dose of fatal poison. "
In 2001, a Massachusetts jury convicted Gilbert of killing four veterans. She's serving four consecutive life terms.
Nurses are Sackman's heroes, on the front lines of patient care night and day. Three concerned nurses at the Northampton VA first raised the alarm about Gilbert—a tough call to make about a colleague in the tight world of medical personnel.
Nurses also first raised the alarm about healthy patients dying under Swango's care. Early in Swango's career, "nurses reported their concerns, but the administration conducted a very superficial investigation and then dismissed the complaining nurses as paranoid," Sackman writes. "This was a pattern I would see often…. Hospital brass never wanted to hear bad news about their doctors. Too often, they were willing to cover up in order to save face."
Sackman retired from the VA in 2005 and works as a private investigator and consultant, specializing in healthcare matters. (He's also president of the Society of Professional Investigators, where I am a member.) Suspicious hospital deaths, he writes, are "a problem that afflicts every type of hospital, public or private."
Sackman notes that "hospital managers have a well-documented history of defending employees suspected of intentionally harming patients. They are afraid that bad publicity and potential lawsuits will follow formal investigations, especially if conducted by outside authorities like a district attorney. When the police or DA get involved, a record of their activity is a public record. The media will find out about it and sensational stories will result. They are right to fear that but sweeping the problem under the rug is not a solution."
A better solution, Sackman believes, is the adoption of what he calls "Red Flag Protocols" by nursing and medical schools to help identify possible medical serial killers. Sackman has presented his protocols at healthcare symposiums around the world and outlines them in the book.
Is there an increased rate of patient deaths connected to the suspect? Does he (or she) work a late-night shift and frequently is alone with patients? Is the patient's death unexpected and attributed to a "catchall like cardiac arrest?" Are "sudden-death" chemicals available on the ward? Do colleagues have concerns about the suspect? Was the suspect with the patient before the patient's death? Do records of prior employment show questionable incidents? Does an initial review by management find insufficient evidence to proceed?
Those are some of the questions raised by Sackman's Red Flag Protocols. "Most importantly," Sackman writes, "hospital brass must listen to their staff when allegations are made." Michael Swango, Kristen Gilbert and others, he notes, "were left free to kill even after hospital brass was warned."


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Back of the Cereal Box: Ceuf or Oeuf?
I enjoy it when TV shows name their episodes with a certain theme. All the Seinfeld episodes were "The X," Friends did "The One With X" or "The One Where X," all the Cougar Town episodes are Tom Petty Songs, and all the Community episodes are named in the style of a college class. I could go on. Each Hannibal episode take its name from French cuisine, mixing high culture with the literal worst of humanity in a way that really underscores what the show is about. But it all hit a snag with the Molly Shannon episode, which is either titled "Oeuf" or "Ceuf," depending on where you read it. (Wikipedia has "Oeuf," while NBC's official site and iTunes have "Ceuf".) So what gives? Well, here's what I think happened.
There is no French word ceuf, from what I can find. However, there is oeuf, which means "egg" and would seem to be appropriate, given how the episode is about evil "hen" Molly Shannon brainwashing children into murdering their families. In writing the word, you may skew fancy and join the "o" and "e" together — a ligature known as oethel or ethel. In print, and especially to American eyes, this doesn't necessarily look like a conjoined "o" and "e." See?
The strange result of this mix-up is that you can now find a ton of web hits for the word ceuf, whereas far fewer would have existed before. They're almost all Hannibal-related. And I'm guessing that those that aren't Hannibal-related are either coincidences (those letters, in order, not appearing as a result of French culinary vocabulary) or other incorrect renderings of oeuf, where someone or some program saw that conjoined "o" and "e" and said, "Oh, that's obviously a 'c.'" Hence, ceuf — a word that's more made-up than most and which has been given sudden popularity as a result of a TV show. And that's kind of cool, linguistically speaking: a TV show accidentally popularizing a new word, more or less, and giving it meaning that it wouldn't have had just one month ago.
That's my guess, anyway. If ceuf means something — in French or otherwise — I'd be happy to hear about it. Does it?
You're right, this "mistake" populated google searches with Hannibal-related content.
It WOULD have been cool from a TV show to popularize a new word, IF the latter had been made up for the show, on purpose. But instead this story tackles a certain lack of professionalism as someone clearly didn't do his homework.
I imagine the following happening to someone at NBCretin: "OMG, what the hell is that strange œ sign? Aren't the titles supposed to be in french? Let's try to find "oeuf" and/or "ceuf" in the dictionary. Darn, I don't have the appropriate character on my keyboard, how should I write it then? It's not like it would be easily findable on an online encyclopædia ...."
It's a bit sad that at any point in the process, nobody pointed out the wrong spelling of the "egg" word, which is a word which must be taught during the 1st or 2nd year of french as a foreign language.
I'm not too upset about it. I think it's kind of funny, I suppose, and someone should have double-checked this at some point, but overall this made for a neat little word mystery. Of course, that may just be because I'm totally in the tank for the show.
I was thinking the same thing, but it's awesome you posted this. I've been watching illegally all night, so I didn't watch Oeuf/Ceuf in the legal forms, as clips on Hulu or on iTunes, so how'd they do it without Molly Shannon?
It's literally just the Hannibal/Abigail scenes. And those are important for the overall season's arc, but they're not quite enough for constitute a real episode. We demand our Molly Shannon.


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However, US will promote democracy and economic development in the region, reports PK Balachandran.
The Bush administration would not campaign to topple leaders and governments in Central and South Asia, but would promote democracy, economic development and regional cooperation for the sake of the stability and security of the region, a top US official said in Washington on Thursday.
Richard A Boucher, Assistant Secretary-designate of the newly formed Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in the US State Department, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the US would engage the governments and peoples of this area through "transformational diplomacy."
But he assured that the US was "not setting out on a campaign to overturn troubled leaders and governments" in this region.
"Rather, we seek to champion change and reform to produce a more stable, prosperous and integrated region through the advance of freedom," he said.
"Transformational diplomacy", a term used by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, implied "partnership" with the peoples and the governments in this region, Boucher said.
"In doing things with people, not for them, we seek to use America's diplomatic power to help foreign citizens better their own lives and to build their own nations and to transform their own futures," he explained.
The US government, along with the US private sector, would make an economic contribution in the form of new technology, opening up of markets and the provision of training.
"We would help each of these countries fight corruption and improve education - two of the most critical elements in achieving sustained growth," Boucher said.
The success of US policy in South and Central Asia was"critically important" for US interests, Boucher said.
"September 11th cemented our realisation that stability in South and Central Asia was ever more vital."
"Many of the world's most difficult threats are found in this region: narcotics, terrorism, corruption, weapons proliferation, HIV/AIDS, failing institutions, ethnic strife, stunted economies and natural disasters," he pointed out.
"The success of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Kyrgyztan, and other nations in working towards a modern, moderate, democratic future is critical to peace in this neighbourhood and will have major implications throughout the world," he said.
Hoping that the Central Asian and South Asian nations would develop ties with one another, Boucher said: "We believe that the strengthening of these ties and helping build new ones in energy, infrastructure transportation and other areas will increase the stability of the entire region."
He made a special mention of the oil and gas in the Caspian Sea basin, particularly in Kazakstan and Turkmenistan, and said that this could make a "significant contribution to global energy security."
Explaining the reasons for Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's 2005 decision to club Central and South Asia into one bureau, Boucher said the countries of the region belonged together.
"In addition to deep cultural and historical ties, major 21st.century realities such as the war on terror, outlets for energy supplies, economic cooperation and democratic opportunities tie these regions together," he said.
The new, combined bureau will handle India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Earlier, the Central Asian countries were handled by the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
The new structural arrangement would not sever the current links between Central Asia, Europe and the trans-Atlantic alliance, Boucher said.
"We will emphasise the involvement of the Central Asian nations with Euro-Atlantic institutions. Their links with NATO, the European Union, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and with individual European nations must remain an important part of their future," he said.


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Appeal by Desperate Housewives' Actress Denied
Nicollette Sheridan said she was fired because she claimed she was hit in the head by series creator Marc Cherry
Published Nov 18, 2012 at 3:22 PM | Updated at 3:35 PM EST on Nov 18, 2012
Nicollette Sheridan played Edie Britt in "Desperate Housewives," which concluded its eight-season run this year.
The California Supreme Court has declined to review Nicollette Sheridan's lawsuit over the demise of her role on "Desperate Housewives."
The state's high court said Friday it would deny an appeal by the actress in her wrongful termination case against ABC and Touchstone Television.
Sheridan said she was fired because she claimed she was hit in the head by series creator Marc Cherry. ABC attorneys claimed Sheridan's contract simply was not renewed.
In March jurors deadlocked after a two-week trial. An appeals court found in August that Sheridan was not entitled to a new trial, but should be allowed to file an amended lawsuit claiming she was retaliated against because she complained about her boss.
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"Desperate Housewives" concluded its eight-season run this year.
Calls to Sheridan's representatives were not immediately returned Sunday.


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    margin: 10px;
}
.box:hover {
    transform: scale(1.1);
}

p.box-text {
    color: black;
    padding: 10px;
    text-align: justify;
    font-weight: 500;

}
h2 {
    text-align: center;
    font-weight: 900;
}

.button a {
    background-color: white;
    color: black;
    font-size: 15px;
    padding: 15px 20px;
    display: block;
    text-align:center;
    margin: 0px 100px;
    text-decoration: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    border-radius: 10px;
    box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px grey;
    bottom: 2px;
}

Památky

Egypt je země na památky velice bohatá. Pojedeme-li po Nilu od egyptských hranic na sever, můžeme se neustále nechávat okouzlovat novými a novými chrámy, sfingami, pyramidami … . Naše stránky se teprve rozjíždějí. Proto jsme zatím vybrali pouze nejnavštěvovanější památky. Samozřejmě budeme jejich počet průběžně rozšiřovat. Zatím jsou rozděleny do tří oblastí - okolí Káhiry (Gíza, Sakkara a Memfis), okolí Luxoru (starověké Théby neboli Veset) a jižní hranice Egypta (Asuán, Abú Simbel …). S rozšiřováním stránek budeme samozřejmě rozšiřovat i počet oblastí.

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Pyramidy

Tři velké jehlany se sfingou v popředí jsou snad nejčastěji používaným symbolem Egypta.Udivující je, že vznikly již v raném počátku egyptské civilizace a státnost, za vlády 4. dynastie. Tyto tři velké pyramidy v Gíze jsou sice nejznámější, avšak v žádném případě jediné. Po celém Egyptě je rozeseto množství méně známých, ale ne méně cenných pyramid. Že tyto monumentální stavby byly postaveny proto, aby chránily věčný spánek faraónů, ví dnes každé malé dítě. Již pět tisíciletí zaměstnávají mysl architektů, matematiků, archeologů, stavitelů, ale i vyznavačů méně exaktních směrů.

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Chufevova pyramida

Je známá pod jménem vládce, který ji nechal postavit, faraóna Chufeva, řecky Cheopse. Je to největší dodnes stojící pyramida a na dlouhá tisíciletí největší dílo lidských rukou vůbec. Do roku 1880 byla nejvyšší stavbou na světě, pak ji překonaly věže dómu v Kolíně nad Rýnem a v roce 1889 Eiffelova věž. Se čtvercovou základnou o straně 230 metrů a původní výškou 146 m si naše představivost asi těžko poradí. Fotbalovým fanouškům přiblížíme lépe její velikost, když řekneme, že na její základnu by se vešlo deset fotbalových hřišť.

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Rachefova pyramida

Známe ji též pod názvem Chefrenova pyramida. Po vzoru svého otce Chufeva si nechává stavět svoji hrobku i faraón Rachef. Tato pyramida, která je o deset metrů nižší, než byla původní výška Chufevovy pyramidy a o metr nižší než je dnes, působí daleko vyšším dojmem, protože je postavená na místě výše postaveném. Obě jsou však téměř stejně veliké. Rozdíl deseti metrů výšky a dvaceti metrů v jedné straně základny (Rachefova má základnu 210 x 210 m) už na výsledném monumentálním dojmu nic nebere.

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A: You can try this :

.box {
    position : relative;
}

.button {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 10px;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

A: The idea is to make all the .box elements as flexbox containers with column direction and the last child elements (the .button container) should have margin-top: auto.
You could also improve the accessibility and maintainability of the content by placing the images as regular images elements (and not as backgrounds, since they convey information) using the object-fit property (as you can see I used 4 different images, but they cover the space keeping their aspect ratio.)

.container3 {
  padding-top: 50px;
  display: flex;
  gap    : 20px;
  justify-content: center;
}

.container3 * {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.box {
  background-color: white;
  opacity : 0.9;
  width   : 300px;
  border-radius : 10px;
  transition    : transform 0.5s;
  box-shadow    : 2px 2px 20px grey;
  cursor        : pointer;
  display       : flex;
  flex-direction: column;

}

.box figure {
  display: block;
  height: 200px;
  margin: 10px;
  padding: 0;
  border-radius: inherit;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.box img {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center center;
}

.box:hover {
    transform: scale(1.1);
}

p.box-text {
    color: black;
    padding: 10px;
    text-align: justify;
    font-weight: 500;

}
h2 {
    text-align: center;
    font-weight: 900;
}

.button {
  margin-top: auto;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
}

.button a {
    background-color: white;
    color: black;
    font-size: 15px;
    padding: 15px 20px;
    display: block;
    text-align:center;
    margin: 0px 100px;
    text-decoration: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    border-radius: 10px;
    box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px grey;
    bottom: 2px;
}

Památky

Egypt je země na památky velice bohatá. Pojedeme-li po Nilu od egyptských hranic na sever, můžeme se neustále nechávat okouzlovat novými a novými chrámy, sfingami, pyramidami … . Naše stránky se teprve rozjíždějí. Proto jsme zatím vybrali pouze nejnavštěvovanější památky. Samozřejmě budeme jejich počet průběžně rozšiřovat. Zatím jsou rozděleny do tří oblastí - okolí Káhiry (Gíza, Sakkara a Memfis), okolí Luxoru (starověké Théby neboli Veset) a jižní hranice Egypta (Asuán, Abú Simbel …). S rozšiřováním stránek budeme samozřejmě rozšiřovat i počet oblastí.

VÍCE

Pyramidy

Tři velké jehlany se sfingou v popředí jsou snad nejčastěji používaným symbolem Egypta.Udivující je, že vznikly již v raném počátku egyptské civilizace a státnost, za vlády 4. dynastie. Tyto tři velké pyramidy v Gíze jsou sice nejznámější, avšak v žádném případě jediné. Po celém Egyptě je rozeseto množství méně známých, ale ne méně cenných pyramid. Že tyto monumentální stavby byly postaveny proto, aby chránily věčný spánek faraónů, ví dnes každé malé dítě. Již pět tisíciletí zaměstnávají mysl architektů, matematiků, archeologů, stavitelů, ale i vyznavačů méně exaktních směrů.

VÍCE

Chufevova pyramida

Je známá pod jménem vládce, který ji nechal postavit, faraóna Chufeva, řecky Cheopse. Je to největší dodnes stojící pyramida a na dlouhá tisíciletí největší dílo lidských rukou vůbec. Do roku 1880 byla nejvyšší stavbou na světě, pak ji překonaly věže dómu v Kolíně nad Rýnem a v roce 1889 Eiffelova věž. Se čtvercovou základnou o straně 230 metrů a původní výškou 146 m si naše představivost asi těžko poradí. Fotbalovým fanouškům přiblížíme lépe její velikost, když řekneme, že na její základnu by se vešlo deset fotbalových hřišť.

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Rachefova pyramida

Známe ji též pod názvem Chefrenova pyramida. Po vzoru svého otce Chufeva si nechává stavět svoji hrobku i faraón Rachef. Tato pyramida, která je o deset metrů nižší, než byla původní výška Chufevovy pyramidy a o metr nižší než je dnes, působí daleko vyšším dojmem, protože je postavená na místě výše postaveném. Obě jsou však téměř stejně veliké. Rozdíl deseti metrů výšky a dvaceti metrů v jedné straně základny (Rachefova má základnu 210 x 210 m) už na výsledném monumentálním dojmu nic nebere.

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A: They react this way because they're dependent from the text's length. You can place the buttons in your .box with position: absolute.
Put them in a .container, give width: 100% to the .container, then text-align: center (so the button will remain centered) and the coordinates with position: absolute. Give left: 0 (so the .container remains centered) and the distance from the bottom you want. Obviously give position: relative to your .box and everything should works properly.

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Felix Uhlmann (* 23. April 1969 in Basel, heimatberechtigt in Huttwil, Kanton Bern) ist ein Schweizer Rechtswissenschafter.

Uhlmann studierte an der Universität Basel Rechtswissenschaft und promovierte dort 1996 bei René Rhinow zum Thema «Gewinnorientiertes Staatshandeln». Zudem erwarb er einen Nebenfachabschluss in Volkswirtschaftslehre. Nach einem LL. M.-Studium an der Harvard Law School und seiner Habilitation (zum Thema «Willkürverbot») wurde er 2004 Assistenzprofessor an der Universität Basel. 2006 wurde er zum Extraordinarius an die Universität Zürich berufen, wo er den Lehrstuhl für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Rechtsetzungslehre und die Leitung des Zentrums für Rechtssetzungslehre von Georg Müller übernahm. Er ist Konsulent bei der Anwaltskanzlei Wenger Plattner, wo er zuvor während einiger Jahre als Advokat tätig gewesen war.

Uhlmann ist Vorstandsmitglied des Literaturhauses Basel sowie des Basler Juristenvereins. Zudem ist er Mitglied der Steuerrekurskommission des Kantons Basel-Stadt. Anfang 2010 wurde er vom Bundesrat in den Stiftungsrat der Pro Helvetia gewählt; er gehört als 2. Vizepräsident dem Leitenden Ausschuss an.

Als Schachspieler hatte Uhlmann zuletzt eine Elo-Zahl von 2177. Seit 1995 ist er Mitglied des Verbandsschiedsgerichts des Schweizerischen Schachbunds.

Weblinks

Website des Lehrstuhls an der Universität Zürich
Website des Zentrums für Rechtssetzungslehre
Offizieller YouTube-Kanal des Lehrstuhls

Rechtswissenschaftler (20. Jahrhundert)
Rechtswissenschaftler (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Zürich)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Basel)
Schweizer
Geboren 1969
Mann


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The Eras of Hobbits and Humans May Not Have Overlapped
Nancy Loyan Schuemann April 5, 2016
Did Hobbits and Humans live together?
Hobbits did exist, not the fictional characters depicted by Tolkien but a small human-like species, Homo floresiensis. The skeletal remains of this type of hobbit were discovered in the Pleistocene sediments in caves of Lian Bua, Indonesia in 2003. Only recently have scientists concluded whether they lived in the same period as modern humans, Homo sapiens.
Comparison of Hobbit and Human Skulls
Previous findings placed hobbit fossils at about 12,000-100,000 years old, suggesting that they lived during the same period as humans, who arrived in Australia and Indonesia around 50,000 years ago.
New research contradicts these earlier findings. These creatures with the brain the size of a grapefruit, who stood around three-feet tall, were thought to have existed 12,000 years ago.
While excavating sediment around the skeletons of the hobbits, initial research did not take into account the steep slope of the site, thinking that the newer sediment on top was level land and dating the remains based on this assumption.
Matthew Tocheri, a paleoanthropologist at Lakehead University in Toronto and study co-lead, who was not part of the original excavation team but an observer, realized that these assumptions were wrong and set out to right them. He says,
This was a pretty big deal among the team. It was a big struggle. It took about three years before even a majority of the team was beginning to be convinced of what was going on.
Erring on the side of caution, an established, more accurate study was conducted. It was determined to use multiple sediment samples and multiple techniques to accurately date the skeletal remains at the site. Most of the methods used were not invented until after 2004.
The actual bones were put through uranium series dating that placed the remains between 100,000 and 60,000 years ago. Infrared tuminescence dating placed them around the same time period. Older techniques, such as carbon dating and argon-argon dating were also used. All tests drew closely similar conclusions.
Recreation of the Hobbit
Thus, the hobbit species went extinct prior to the arrival of modern humans. Possible causes of the hobbits' extinction may be the arrival of said humans, volcanic eruptions or climate change. What is interesting is that other species vanished around the same time as the hobbits: vultures, giant marabou storks, komodo dragons and pygmy Stegadons.
Richard "Bert" Roberts, a geochronologist at the University of Wollongong in Australia says,
This long period of overlap was always a puzzle to us, as extinctions seem to follow hot on the heels of modern human, when they arrive somewhere new. There was no lengthy period of overlap between the two species as far as we can determine.
Tocheri says,
There were lots of different kinds of hominin species and some of them shared this planet at the same time as us. But all of these other hominins have gone extinct, and we modern humans are the only ones left. We need to better understand why they went extinct and we survived in order to make better decisions as a species for how we take care of our planet and each other for the future.
Will another species someday make the same discoveries about us?
Tags Australia biology geochronology geology Hobbits Homo floresiensis Indonesia Liang Bua caves natural world paleoanthropology Science technology Tolkien
NASA Plans for Nano-Starship to Travel 1/5th Speed of Light
Paul Seaburn December 14, 2016
Genetically Modified Silkworms Spinning Body Armor Threads
Paul Seaburn July 19, 2016
Giant Monitor Lizards Taught to Avoid Eating Toxic Toads
Mysterious Tennessee Booms Have the Government Puzzled


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Discussion FrankenTyne - It's Alive!
Sometime last year, when I was looking for a putter change, I rolled everything Golf Galaxy had to offer and walked out with a PING Sigma Tyne H. I really enjoyed it, but did find it a bit heavy, and aesthetically wished the fangs were just a bit shorter. I did a crappy MS Paint rendering of what it would look like with shorter fangs, and actually inspired at least one person on here to take a band saw to theirs.
A friend in my club is a professional machinist, and said he could shorten the fangs for me if I was interested. After much waffling, I decided to give it a go. He did superb work, and trimmed them down just enough to get the headweight bang-on at 350g. I believe he said it ended up being right at about .5" trimmed.
Next it went off to a certified cerakote applicator, to be finished in the socom blue color.
I just got it back yesterday, and it turned out fantastic. I can't wait to have it all re-assembled and give it a roll!
Like to reply ratio is strong.
Cerakote is completely maintenance free, that putter should hold up for a long time.
My beef with the Tyne is the heavy weight. This looks like a win-win all around: the shorter fangs look great and it's lighter. Well done!
Lots of guys doing this. Maybe Ping will take notice. Looks much better when it's a bit more compact. Looks good!
I feel like "FrankenTyne" is a very underrated title here...well done, lol.
Very nice. Does the cerakote affect the feel of the insert at all?
Here is mine. I had my step dad cut 5/8" off of each fang in a mill, bringing it to 351grams just like yours. I then attempted to touch up the ends but couldn't find a paint that matched to my liking, so I decided to go a different route and went with white. I was a little sloppy on my masking so it isn't perfect but I still really like it.
The cerakote doesn't have any noticable impact on the feel.


There are currently 3 different types of vendors who are actively being recruited to complete work within the Property Preservation Industry.
Here is a brief overview of what is expected from each of these 3 types of vendors.
As an REO inspector or property preservation inspector, you will be responsible for weekly or monthly inspections of the bank's foreclosure properties to determine such things as occupancy status (Is the property vacant or occupied?) current condition of the property (Are there any new damages to report?), perform quality control checks on the repair orders being completed by other vendors. You do not need any construction background to complete inspections, but it would be helpful.
A Repair Order is what you receive once your bid (estimate) gets approved, and your client sends it over to you as a request to complete the repairs per your bid. You would then take the necessary steps to complete the repairs or arrange to have them completed using your own network of independent contractors.
As a maintenance contractor, you will be completing mostly smaller jobs that do NOT require you to have any specialized construction background. Typical property preservation maintenance jobs include changing locksets, boarding up or repairing broken window panes, performing winterizations, removing debris, cleaning entire properties (maid services) and depending on the client, you may also receive work orders that involve grass cutting & other misc lawn maintenance.
You will also have to complete some inspection type tasks such as noting the current condition of the properties that you are working on as well as basic estimating of minor property repairs. Although you do not need any extensive construction background to complete these basic property maintenance jobs, it would be helpful. if you wanted to accept the larger repair jobs along with these maintenance jobs.


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Climate Change and Migration
Emily Veres
Earth and Space Sciences +3 Age Levels Middle School (13 to 15 years old), High School (16 to 18 years old)
What will the future reveal about our choices and attitudes toward the natural world? This collection uses the painting 'Mamakadendagwad' by Tom Uttech and two Project Zero routines, 'Ten Times Two' and 'Unveiling Stories,' to start or continue a dialogue about the impact of humans on the environment.
"Tom Uttech's visionary paintings emerge from a deep sense of communion with nature. As an accomplished birdwatcher, conservationist, wildlife photographer, and hiker, Uttech (born 1942) has spent his life engaging with the unspoiled wilderness of his native Wisconsin and the neighboring woodlands of northern Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. Yet while Uttech's experience of the landscape is grounded in firsthand knowledge and close observation, his paintings do not represent specific scenes. Instead, he uses his understanding of the ecosystem's animals, plant life, light, and atmospheres to conjure fantastic reconstructions of the natural world.". (https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/mamakadendagwad-110761)
Climate change is expected to cause larger migrations both within and across borders - displacing individuals from their homes. This movement is the result of many complex factors such as: sea level rise, desertification, extreme weather events, etc. While humans are certainly impacted by climate change, so are other living organisms.
This collection can be used in several classroom settings: Biology (ecology unit or any units that address human impact on the environment or relationships between living organisms), IBDP Environmental Systems and Societies (many connections with content throughout the course), AP Environmental Science (many connections with content throughout the course), Theory of Knowledge (when exploring the Natural Sciences Area of Knowledge or exploring knowledge claims about evidence), or Geography.
This collection could be used at the start, middle or end of a unit as there are valuable connections possible at any point; however, I think this would be a fantastic starting image for a unit. In the absence of any context of what is being learned in class, students may come up with a larger variety of observations and perhaps a more emotional connection with the painting.
Annotations attached to the painting provide information on how to guide student exploration with each of the thinking routines.
Extension: The first additional resource is a map showing the average direction mammals, birds, and amphibians need to move to track hospitable climates as they shift across the landscape. The following three articles are related to the moving map and should be used along with the map. Teachers could start with this moving map before showing the painting depending on their students' level of interest and knowledge. Another extension could be analyzing data to draw conclusions about how migration changes biodiversity in various ecosystems. The last article from National Geographic explains that "…as the planet warms, species are shifting where, when, and how they thrive. They are moving up slopes and toward the poles. That is already altering what people can eat; sparking new disease risks; upending key industries; and changing how entire cultures use the land and sea". (https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/climate-change-species-migration-disease/) Each of these articles highlight an aspect of the complexity of climate change and its impacts on the environment.
Mamakadendagwad
Looking: Ten Times Two: Project Zero Artful Thinking Routine
Unveiling Stories: Project Zero Global Thinking Routine
Meet the Artist: Tom Uttech
Migration in Motion (Map showing the average direction mammals, birds, and amphibians need to move to track hospitable climates as they shift across the landscape)
How Climate Change Will Affect Animal Migration, in One Map by Linda Poon
'Migration in Motion: Visualizing Species Movements Due to Climate Change' by Justine E. Hausheer
Species On the Move: Mapping Barriers for Wildlife in a Warming World by Justine E. Hausheer
Half of All Species Are on the Move—And We're Feeling It by Craig Welch (National Geographic)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 11—CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.10 By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9—10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6—8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.8 Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.
MS-LS2-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
MS-LS2-3 Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
MS-LS4-4 Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
MS-ESS2-6 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.
MS-ESS3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
HS-LS2-1 Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.
HS-LS2-2 Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
HS-LS4-6 Create or revise a simulation to test a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.
HS-LS4-5 Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.
HS-LS4-4 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
HS-ESS3-3 Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
HS-ESS3-6 Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.
Science arguments are strengthened by multiple lines of evidence supporting a single explanation.
Scientists search for cause and effect relationships to explain natural events.
Science explanations describe the mechanisms for natural events.
Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth's mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities, and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behavior and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and activities.
Things that people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them. But they can make choices that reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things.
Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth's resources and environments.
Human activities have significantly altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging or destroying natural habitats and causing the extinction of other species. But changes to Earth's environments can have different impacts (negative and positive) for different living things.
Typically as human populations and per-capita consumption of natural resources increase, so do the negative impacts on Earth unless the activities and technologies involved are engineered otherwise.
The sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources.
Scientists and engineers can make major contributions by developing technologies that produce less pollution and waste and that preclude ecosystem degradation.
Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns.
Changes in the atmosphere due to human activity have increased carbon dioxide concentrations and thus affect climate.
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there.
Changes in biodiversity can influence humans' resources, such as food, energy, and medicines, as well as ecosystem services that humans rely on—for example, water purification and recycling.
Biodiversity is increased by the formation of new species (speciation) and decreased by the loss of species (extinction).
Humans depend on the living world for the resources and other benefits provided by biodiversity. But human activity is also having adverse impacts on biodiversity through overpopulation, overexploitation, habitat destruction, pollution, introduction of invasive species, and climate change. Thus sustaining biodiversity so that ecosystem functioning and productivity are maintained is essential to supporting and enhancing life on Earth. Sustaining biodiversity also aids humanity by preserving landscapes of recreational or inspirational value.
Patterns in the natural world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.
Patterns in the natural world can be observed.
Patterns of change can be used to make predictions.
Patterns can be used as evidence to support an explanation.
Cause and effect relationships can be suggested and predicted for complex natural and human designed systems by examining what is known about smaller scale mechanisms within the system.
Relationships can be classified as causal or correlational, and correlation does not necessarily imply causation.
Phenomena may have more than one cause, and some cause and effect relationships in systems can only be described using probability.
D4.1.6-8 Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of the arguments.
D4.5.9-12 Critique the use of the reasoning, sequencing, and supporting details of explanations.
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