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History of The Beatles as told by their hair
The Beatles were famously known for their mop-top haircuts in the early 1960s, but their styles evolved over time. DeviantArt user mozzarellapoppy has a look at the hair, moustache, and spectacle changes over an eight-year span. Watch as they slowly morph into The Bee Gees.
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Jorge Galindo — July 23, 2010 at 1:04 am
Great. Just to put in context each year/hair style:
1963 – Please Please Me, With The Beatles
1964 – A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale
1965 – Help!, Rubber Soul
1966 – Revolver
1967 – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mistery Tour
1968 – White Album
1969 – Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine
1970 – Let it Be
Don Nelson — July 28, 2010 at 10:30 am
The order at the end really isn't quite right. While Let It Be was the last album released, it was not the last album the group recorded. That honor goes to Abbey Road. For numerous reasons, Let It Be was delayed and did not get released until after Abbey Road. I will leave the discussion of this fact's impact on the hair chronology to others.
Kingston — November 9, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Don is correct re: order of albums, but the hair chronology is still correct :)
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Mike — July 23, 2010 at 7:52 am
Is the increase in head size over time a significant part of their evolution?
beatle dog — July 23, 2010 at 8:43 am
head size is correlated with money. Bill gates actually pays someone to support his cranium for him.
martha — July 23, 2010 at 9:39 am
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shill — July 24, 2010 at 6:43 pm
The heads appear to be getting bigger every year. This distorts the comparison of hair styles. This is not legitimate.
In summary, I agree with Mike and Beatle Dog. This webstie should be taken down immediately. Please read more of my ideas at antrho.org/shill.
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Nicole — July 28, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Some minor issues:
1. John's should be red and Ringo's should have a grey streak on the right side.
2. Don't underestimate the importance of eyebrows, particularly on George and John. They had unibrows but began manscaping in 1963, only for John to grow his back in 1969. (Of course Paul was a chronic manscaper pre-1969 and Ringo's left eyebrow has a silver streak in it.)
3. John in 1966, 1969 and 1970 are slightly off. He cut all his hair off after the 1966 tour to make the film "How I Won The War." In 1969 (after the disasterous "Get Back/Let It Be" project) he grew his hair out to look like Jesus (see: Abbey Road cover, August 1969.) Finally, in December of 1969 he and Yoko got brainwashed and scalped by a cult in Denmark (see 1970's "Instant Karma" vids. Later in 1970 they auctioned off their shorn locks to benefit the Black Panthers.)
4. The Bee Gees didn't get this hairy until the 1970's.
Overall, though, this is quite entertaining.
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thedude — August 2, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Fucking, fucking awesome!
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katie — October 9, 2010 at 1:58 am
Their heads aren't bigger – 1970 is just closer than 1963!
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Data Underload #5 – The Portfolio
Lazy Bob called himself an information designer, but everyone else knew the truth.
Here are the mothers and fathers who work like you.
What That Election Probability Means
You're going to see probability values mentioned a lot these next few months. Many people will misinterpret. But not you.
Data Underload #1
Listening to music is overrated.


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Diana chauffeur was driving like a maniac
HENRI Paul drove like a maniac and nearly killed Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed's entourage hours before the couple's fatal crash, their inquest heard yesterday.
By Richard Palmer Royal Correspondent
PUBLISHED: 00:00, Wed, Dec 19, 2007
HORROR: The mangled Mercedes
One of four passengers driven by the hotel security manager said she was so terrified by his fast and reckless driving she thought they were all going to die.
Myriah Daniels, a holistic healer who had accompanied the couple on a Mediterranean cruise on the Fayed family yacht the Jonikal, told of her terror as she and their entourage travelled from the airport to Dodi's apartment in central Paris.
"I should be dead. I was positive we were going to get killed on that drive," she said. "With all due respect to him, he was probably a really nice man, but he was a s*** for a driver."
She told how Diana and Dodi went ahead in a limousine driven by Dodi's usual chauffeur Philippe Dourneau after the group arrived at Paris's Le Bourget airport from Sardinia on Saturday August 30, 1997.
Miss Daniels, who was Dodi's healer, followed with butler Rene Delorm, boat stewardess Debbie Gribble and bodyguard Kes Wingfield in a Range Rover driven by Mr Paul, the Ritz Hotel's acting security manager.
"Look, I have driven with Philippe over the years. He drove fast, I drive fast, but you drive fast safely," said Miss Daniels. "You don't tailgate, you watch cornering and stuff like that. Philippe was a good driver.
"But Henri Paul, he almost killed us, honest to God. We were sitting there and he was driving way too fast and recklessly, and I kept saying, 'Can we slow down, can we slow down?'
The American therapist, who also massaged Diana on the cruise, described how Mr Paul nearly rolled the car over after clipping a kerb as he tried to exit the motorway.
"He was driving like a maniac. He drove from the left-hand lane all the way across the freeway to the offside ramp and the Range Rover almost tipped over and I was sure we were all going to die," she told the inquest.
In contrast, the jury heard that bodyguard Kes Wingfield, who was also in the Range Rover, described the journey as "relaxed" and the speeds they were travelling at as "appropriate" and "reasonable".
Miss Daniels, who had worked for Dodi since the late Eighties, said he was a sweet and considerate man. But he had not been used to the sort of intense media scrutiny that came with Diana that summer.
Yet despite this, Miss Daniels said the couple would leave the multi-million pound yacht without their overworked bodyguards, who repeatedly asked Mohamed Al Fayed's London office for more help.
She described how, on the cruise, it was clear that Diana and Dodi were enjoying an exciting new relationship.
"You have that sense of invincibility. You are smitten with somebody. That is what I saw – two people smitten with one another," she said.
"They were having fun getting to know each other and I cannot believe that Dodi would have been premature to ask her to marry him."
The inquest in London continues.

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    use strict;
    use Stats;
    use SeedUtils;
    use Bio::KBase::CDMI::CDMI;

=head1 CDMI Table Deletion

    CDMIClean [options] obj1 obj2 ...

This script deletes the tables specified by the entities and relationships in the
parameter list.

The command-line options are as specified in L<Bio::KBase::CDMI::CDMI/new_for_script> plus the following.

=over 4

=item test

Display the tables to be truncated, but don't update the database.

=back

The positional parameters are the entity and relationship names. All tables for these
objects will be truncated and removed from the database.

=cut

# Prevent buffering on STDOUT.
$| = 1;
# Declare the command-line option variables.
my ($test);
# Connect to the database.
my $cdmi = Bio::KBase::CDMI::CDMI->new_for_script(test => \$test);
if (! $cdmi) {
    print "usage: CDMIClean [options] obj1 obj2 ... \n";
} else {
    # Create the statistics object.
    my $stats = Stats->new();
    # Loop through the list of objects.
    for my $obj (@ARGV) {
        print "Processing $obj.\n";
        # Get the entity structure.
        my $struct = $cdmi->FindEntity($obj);
        # If no entity structure was found, it's a relationship, so it has only one table.
        my @tables;
        if (! $struct) {
            @tables = ($obj);
            $stats->Add(Relationships => 1);
        } else {
            # Get the list of tables forming this entity.
            @tables = keys %{$struct->{Relations}};
            $stats->Add(Entities => 1);
        }
        # Loop through the tables, truncating them.
        for my $table (@tables) {
            print "  Clearing $table.\n";
            if ($test) {
                print "      Test mode: no update.\n";
            } else {
                $cdmi->TruncateTable($table);
            }
            $stats->Add(Tables => 1);
        }
    }
    # Denote we're done.
    print "All done.\n" . $stats->Show();
}

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You make a reference to Sodom, yet when you say "God will not destroy us" are you referring to the Church or to the country? To say the Church is obvious… God will jealously protect His bride. The country is another thing. In the case of Sodom, Abraham was bartering (so to speak). In the case of Israel and Judah, both went in to captivity, lost all autonomous identity and their city and temple were destroyed (twice); all this despite the fact that a faithful remnant always remained – at least ten anyway.
This nation and its systems may or may not descend into the oblivion of Christ's judgment during This Age. We certainly have earned it by turning away from founding principles based on righteousness found in Judeo-Christian teaching. I'm not a theonomist so I wouldn't say that we have a responsibility as a nation to reflect in our laws all Biblical principles; but when we move away from Common Grace, away from justice, away from Biblical order…. and when we move towards oppression and embrace as a society the more 'heinous' sins in Scripture, I daresay we do invite with open arms the wrath of God.
In contrast to the power of God for salvation, Romans 1 outlines the depth of wrath reserved against ungodly men who suppress the truth and, knowing full well what they were doing, became idolaters. Their lives are characterized by foolishness and futility and by calling evil good and good evil. This is what we have become. Maybe our end will be, as GK Beale describes, becoming like our idols – mute, blind and dumb. If so, it is surely our judgement. What that looks like as a culture, I'm not sure.
I fear, in terms of this country and its survival, "To whom much is given, much is required." Though it is a thought full of arrogance, I understand the mis-identification of America with the plan of salvation found in the purpose of Israel. Most American Christians simply see their church as the savior of the world and should America fall, Christ must soon return because, of course, we are the '"be all, end all." Well, in contrast with other nations (not all), America HAS been given much. We were set up with principles that were designed to support righteousness and justice and not impede it. What, then, is required of us? And what will be required of us in the face of the last decade's significant cultural shift away from Godly principle.
If we survive as a people (speaking of America now) it will only be by the grace of God overlooking the flagrant middle finger that we have shoved in His face. "Thanks for the start… but we can take it from here. We know better." Sounds familiar….
Thanks for your gracious reply. I concur that a distinction needs to be made. I am a theocrat, so I know the end of the story and by what means that end will look like, at the same time I strongly oppose any form of utopian vision that makes the U.S. outside God's judgment. yes, pain will come, but the faithfulness of only a few churches may keep God from pouring judgment on this country in the ways he poured on other nations. Please opine often and spread the word. Always delightful to hear from you.


There is a stark difference between a pilgrimage and a vacation, as our teachers reminded us of often. We were told not to expect luxury accommodations or any other traveller comforts. Our time in Rome was meant to be one of reflection and reverence, especially as Easter drew near.
We stayed in a dorm-styled room at the seminary of the Legion of Christ. Although the city of Rome was bustling, the seminary gave us pilgrims a chance to slow down and reflect.
The seminary was serene, a place of calm and devotion. Seminarians walked in prayer through scenic grounds. Every morning and evening, they gathered in the chapel for prayer. Their life of discipline and piety was interesting to see. The Masses we celebrated together in the chapel were reverent, uplifted by the singing of the Legionnaires' choir.
Our pilgrimage was led by three members of the Legionaries of Christ. They were brilliant tour guides.
At one of our first visits to the Vatican we attended Pope Francis' general audience for the Easter season. As the Pope drove by and greeted the crowd, I felt drawn closer to my faith. Everyone was overjoyed to be near this one man. We saw the Pope again at the Coliseum where he reflected on each station of the cross.
Then we celebrated Easter Mass with the Pope and about 150,000 other worshippers. The readings were done in several different languages, reflecting the international reach of the Church. At all these events, pilgrims came from every corner of Earth to share in this season of worship.
The pinnacle of our pilgrimage came during one of our visits to the Vatican. Our group was taken underneath St. Peter's Basilica to view the bones of St. Peter, a display normally off-limits to the public. We felt exceptionally lucky to see the relics of the first Pope and be right at the heart of the Vatican. It made me appreciate the endurance of our Church. St. Peter bore witness to God by suffering, something we all reflect on over the Lenten season.
So many moments of this pilgrimage were awe-inspiring. We visited 12 churches in Rome and other parts of Italy. We saw firsthand the work of Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the Pietà sculpture in St. Peter's Basilica. Even smaller details, like the intricate design of the ceilings of churches, were inspirational.
We visited a church dedicated to St. Rita in the nearby town of Cascia. Its cavernous ceiling was adorned with beautiful images depicting St. Rita's life. All of these works were created out of devotion. That fact touched all of us pilgrims.
Our visit to the Catacombs of St. Callixtus particularly stood out for me. We witnessed a small stone altar in one section of the catacombs. Early Christians celebrated Mass there in the age of Roman persecution. Despite the many lavish altars I saw in the other churches, this one said the most to me about Christianity. It was a sign of our faith's perseverance in spite of persecution. In a dark, underground corridor, I was as moved by my faith as I would be in a grand church.
At times, however, churches like the Sistine Chapel felt more like a tourist attraction than places of worship. Large groups were shepherded through the chapel quickly, leaving little time to contemplate the artwork. Nevertheless, this made me realize that I shouldn't have to be standing in a historic church to show reverence.
We took a side trip to Assisi, visiting the Basilicas of St. Francis and St. Clare. Completely by chance, we met a wandering Franciscan hermit whom the Legionaries knew. The hermit told us of his life of poverty in the image of St. Francis. Even without material wealth, he seemed so fulfilled. This chance encounter showed me how happiness can be attained without wealth, something St. Francis lived by.
On our last night in Rome, a seminarian who led our group compared the Vatican to the Kingdom of Heaven, a place where the faithful flocked to worship God. Even as we prepared to leave Rome, the seminarian's message stayed with us.
When I returned home, I felt a sense of disappointment. My local parish seemed bland without any renaissance art to admire. Even now, I feel a yearning to go back to Rome.
But as this time passed, I realized that Easter celebrations do not have to take place on a pilgrimage. I must celebrate the risen Lord with the same passion back home. Being on a pilgrimage certainly helps, but no matter our place on Earth we can rejoice in the celebration of Easter.


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Pimlico Academy
Since when do School Children dictate School Policy?
The Head Teacher of Pimlico Academy has removed the Union Flag pending review due to a student walk out, protesting at the union flag and the uniforms policy.
"Last September, a Union flag erected outside the school was also ripped down and set alight by pupils, according to The Guardian, while the walls of the academy were also vandalised with graffiti over the weekend, with messages including "ain't no black in the Union Jack".
This country must stand up for it's flag, it's heritage and it's culture. We cannot allow our national heritage to be eroded by immigration and easily influenced natives. We do not need to change, and anyone whom thinks we do need to change, should simply leave.
The United Kingdom is one of the most welcoming nations on earth. However, our heritage and culture should not be a casualty of diversity.
Union Flag


This six-stage Augetron was intended to be a high gain audio frequency amplifier.
The Augetron has a triode section which consists of a cathode, a grid and an anode with a centre opening, this opening being directed towards another section, in which secondary emission stages are placed one behind the other.
Diagram showing a five-stage Augetron multiplier.
Secondary cathodes consist of nickel plates in which conical impressions have been formed. The diameter of each diminishes in the direction of travel of the electrons. This results in a complete inclined surface being presented to the main electron stream, thus giving a maximum possible collision efficiency. To make sure of this maximum, successive secondary cathodes are staggered; this is made possible by the construction of the secondary cathode plates. The lugs with which the cathodes are supported on insulating pillars are eccentrically disposed in relation to the holes, so that all that is necessary in order to obtain perfect staggering is to turn the secondary cathode plate 180° round with respect to the preceding one.
The Augetron secondary cathode. The perforations are off-set, as shown by the centre-line.
Reference: Van den Bosch, F.J.G. The Augetron and its Applications. The British Institution of Radio Engineers, 1941.


Cleaned up the 024 and brought it to Eric on Saturday. Still getting over a really bad cold (mild flu?), was able to do light work like this and working on my truck this weekend, but no stamina for hard work. Cut up a 1/4 cord of wood today (including some noodling and taking down a large stump to ground level)...and that was all she wrote.
I spent about $70 on a new chain, bar cover, oil and gas caps, a quart of oil, and a scrench to set Eric up. A very fair trade (translation: steal of a deal).


Nestlé Cereals has launched Breakfast to Go cereal packs, a pack containing 45g of cereal in a pot, a carton of milk and a spoon.
The range is available in two varieties, Original Shreddies and Shredded Wheat Honey and Nut. It comes in cases of four and has a RRP of £1.99 each.
Bakers adds the packs tap into a growing sector where shoppers are prepared to pay a premium for a convenient solution.
"The out-of-home breakfast market was valued at £4.96bn in 2016, and is one of the few meal occasions in growth, with a 5.6% increase last year. The value of breakfast meals eaten out of the home was £2.30 compared to just £0.63p in the home," he says.


1. A Psalm of David, A Maskil. Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2. Happy is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3. When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6. For this shall every one who is pious pray to you in a time when you may be found; then surely the floods of great waters shall not come near him.
7. You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8. I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9. Do not be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they do not come near you.
10. Many are the sorrows of the wicked; but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the Lord.
11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
1. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 2. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger; nor chasten me in your wrath.
3. For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me hard.
4. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; nor is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
5. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
6. My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness.
7. I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
8. For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
9. I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
10. Lord, all my desire is before you; and my sighing is not hidden from you.
11. My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
12. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand far away.
13. Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and plot deceits all the day long.
14. But I am like a deaf man who does not hear; I am like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
15. Thus I was like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth there are no rebukes.
16. For in you, O Lord, I hope; you will answer, O Lord my God.
17. For I said, Lest they should rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
18. For I am ready to fall, and my pain is continually before me.
19. For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
20. But my living enemies are strong; and those who hate me wrongfully are many.
21. Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
22. Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, do not be far from me!
23. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation!
1. In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to confusion.
2. Save me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape; incline your ear to me, and save me.
3. Be my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort, which you have appointed to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.
4. Save me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5. For you are my hope, O Lord God; you are my trust from my youth.
6. By you have I been sustained from the womb; you are he who took me from my mother's bowels; my praise is continually of you.
7. I am a wonder to many; but you are my strong refuge.
8. Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your honor all the day.
9. Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
11. Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him; for there is none to save him.
12. O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
13. Let those who are adversaries to my soul be put to shame and consumed; let those who seek my hurt be covered with reproach and dishonor.
14. But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more.
15. My mouth shall declare your righteousness and your salvation all day; for their numbers is past my knowledge.
16. I will come to celebrate the mighty acts of the Lord God; I will mention your righteousness, yours alone.
17. O God, you have taught me from my youth; and I still declare your wondrous deeds.
18. And also now when I am old and grey haired, O God, do not forsake me; till I proclaim your might to this generation, and your power to every one who is to come.
19. Your righteousness also, O God, reaches the high heavens; you have done great things; O God, who is like you!
20. You, who have shown me many and grievous troubles, restore me back to life, and bring me back from the depths of the earth.
21. Increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22. I also will praise you with the harp, speaking of your truth, O my God; to you I will sing with the lyre, O you Holy One of Israel.
23. My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you; and my soul, which you have redeemed.
24. My tongue also shall declare your righteousness all the day long; for those who seek my harm are confounded, they are brought to shame.
5. Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul!
6. Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth!
7. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth!


Help middle school learners make choices for life! The middle school years are full of choices. FaithWeaver NOW helps your middle school learners make real-life choices as they face life's big adventure. FaithWeaver NOW Middle School Leader Guide equips you to lead this age level. Because choice is so important to this age group, resources include options for learners to select which activitycalled "Adventures"they would like to do as part of their Bible study. The "Adventures" include activities that meet the needs of different learning styles and interests: drama, writing, music, art, discussion, and more. Directions for these student-led "Adventures" are included in the Student Book. You'll also have access to a FREE digital copy of this Teacher Guide in Word and PDF format. You can customize the Word documents so that any lesson fits the needs of your ministry. Sharing lessons with busy volunteers couldn't be easier!


The animated blue dot on the pixilated computer screen morphed into purple with an unholy black center as the storm increased in strength over the ice-choked waters of Baffin Bay. In two days' time, this Beaufort force-10 storm with 100+ kilometer-an-hour winds and 30-foot seas would be right on top of the Akademik Ioffe before making landfall along the coast of Western Greenland. Although the situation onboard was unsettling, the expedition team thought only of me, their friend and co-worker who, only two days before, set off alone into the Greenland backcountry. And I had no idea that this brutal force of nature was headed directly toward me.
The idea was simple when viewed on a map from the comfort of my living room thousands of miles away: move two wheels from point 'A' to point 'B' along the Arctic Circle by any means necessary. In this case, 'point A' would be the Russell Glacier, a tongue of ice extending off the Greenland Ice Sheet, and 'point B,' Sisimiut, the second largest 'city' in Greenland, roughly 200 kilometers (124 miles) to the west. Sparsely shrubbed tundra, scoured-gneiss rock slabs and gigantic lakes lay between the two points. To simplify things, there was a route (not-so-creatively named the Arctic Circle Trail), scratched into the landscape by cloven caribou hooves and the Vibram soles of a few European hiking boots.
First, I had to get there. Sure, I could have flown into Greenland, attempted the trail and left, but where's the adventure in that? Instead, I would earn my keep driving zodiacs, interpreting the northern landscape and keeping adventurous visitors safe in the land of Ursus maritimus aboard a vessel that had more likeness to an iceberg than a ship. I'd work as an assistant expedition leader, crossing the entirety of the Northwest Passage before setting tread knob to dirt on the Artic Circle Trail.
Adjusting to ship life wasn't without its challenges. Being confined to a rigid schedule within 113 meters (370 feet) of ship without the freedom to pedal made me antsy. I had to be 'on' all the time, surrounded by enthusiastic guests hungry for insight into all things Arctic. My lone reprieve was on polar bear patrol. Four of us would head out in separate directions armed with rifles for self-defense, acting as bear bait to make sure there weren't any errant bears sleeping in gullies or foraging behind boulders. Given my tight living quarters, this solo time on land made me long for more.
Moving through the Arctic is an exercise in patience. Dogs have historically been the quickest mode of transportation, and even with a keen arsenal of Greenlandic Huskies at your bridals, hillsides seemingly still take days to pass. Scale is distorted by the fata morgana, mirages of the north. Distance and time become irrelevant as duration stretches. You get there when you get there, one of the many lessons the Arctic teaches. Plants grow slowly—a fraction of a millimeter in a season, and with so much space, competition is non-existent. Greenlandic speech is polysynthetic, words regularly stretch 20-plus characters long, spoken in a low, easy tone as though a sentence could take all day to finish. Rushing is useless in a land of perpetual sun. In the ship, with a maximum speed of 12 knots, we were no exception to this naturally enforced law.
In Kangerlussuaq, I said goodbye to the passengers and fellow staff I had lived among for the past three weeks. Almost instantaneously my excitement was replaced by severe loneliness. After living unavoidably cramped, I expected the emptiness of a barren gravel road to be a welcome reprieve. But the shift was too drastic, too instantaneous and too complete. I longed for a companion to share the burden of the unknown.
Kangerlussuaq sits in dust at the start of a 190-kilometer long fjord in western Greenland. The former American military outpost boasts a poorly stocked grocery, small airport hotel and a handful of haphazard shops colorfully painted in an otherwise monochromatic backdrop. I half-managed a Skype call to my girlfriend, which promptly cut out before I gained comfort from her familiar face. I struggled to find excitement. A large storm was to hit in three to four days. If I pushed hard, could I finish the 200 kilometers of unknown and potentially unrideable terrain in time?
Feeling under-confident and overwhelmed, I took stock of my food, bought more fuel for my stove and anxiously took the first pedal strokes toward the Greenland Ice Sheet as dust clouds swirled. I had 14 kilometers of gravel before the Arctic Circle Trail officially started. Everything was cold and uninviting. Low shrubs provided a dismal modicum of color across a barren landscape carved from stone by sardonic wind.
The next morning, I shivered inadequately until the sun hit my tent. Peregrine falcons dive-bombed small birds meters from where I cooked my meager ration of oatmeal. A poor night's sleep left me lackluster. But as my tires left gravel and tasted Arctic Circle dirt, I felt progress and excitement that tempered my unease. I was actually on my way.
The hills burst with vibrant autumn color on the end of my second day. Deep reds and oranges of dwarf birch, Scotch heather and blueberry bushes engulfed me. Tufts of cotton floated from yellow miniature willow trees like a warm, gentle snowfall. With such a short growing season, the flora in this part of the world puts its energy into roots and leaves, so century-old trees look like baby shrubs compared to their southern counterparts. I rode like a giant through the canopy of this pint-sized old-growth forest, lapping in a fast descent to my campsite for the night.
I measured my riding progress in ratios. A good day meant a 60-40 riding to hiking ratio but even so, I enjoyed the changes in movement. Hiking gave my lower back some reprieve from the heavily loaded pack and the descents on the bike were an added boost of speed and an instant mood enhancer.
Pushing, meanwhile, came with its own set of unique challenges. The hearty tundra brush, although generally below knee height, fought with a determined vengeance. Stout, rigid branches grabbed at pedals, spokes and derailleurs. Techniques evolved and devolved depending on the situation. Occasionally, it seemed best to push the bike through the vegetation and walk on the trail while pulling excelled near creeks that fed bike-accosting tree limbs at eye level. Cliff sections required shouldering my fully loaded rig and very careful foot placements.
Bog wrestling was a daily, if not hourly, occurrence. Days spent staring into sphagnum tested my already-strained sanity levels. Any slight depression bred thick beds of moss in ruffled mounds sponging up every ounce of water, stretching occasionally for kilometers at a time. I played Russian roulette with semi-dry feet, it was impossible to tell if each footstep would end in a relieving sigh of firm footing or a disagreeable, soggy demise. Pedaling didn't help, often ending with a foot plunged within water, barely above freezing.
Five days into my journey and somehow without the impending storm, the frozen trail formed an icy snake dissecting two lumpy mountains creating a wide valley. Cresting the pass, I emerged from cold shadows greeted by a small herd of caribou grazing in bright sunshine. Nibbling on lichen and short grasses, they eyed me with caution keeping a comfortable distance. I admired their beauty, lowered my seat and dropped into a long, technical descent, giddy to quickly cover ground. Picking my way down a rocky ridgeline, I could hear a dull, unfamiliar sound coming from behind. Three massive bucks galloped over the ridge. I momentarily locked eyes but saw not a hint of fear or aggression in the foreign beasts. I let go of the brakes and shot forward with the bucks running at my side all the way to the valley below. Did they see me as one of their own? Had I unknowingly transformed if only for fleeting moments?
In a land of mirages and perpetuity, the spiritual and perceived 'real' world intermingle in a dreamlike existence. Shape-shifting, or ijiraq, emerged in Inuit culture for better travel—a raven or caribou compared to a clumsy, inefficient human form, not to mention one perched atop a bicycle. In folklore, a man would go hunting, shift into a polar bear, hunt seals and eventually return to the form of a man when deemed necessary. If only I could shape-shift.
Violent blasts of wind threatened to tear the tin stove pipe from its feeble plywood footing. It wouldn't have mattered, I had no heater paraffin. I watched lenticular clouds maliciously build throughout the day. Storm imminent. Now I was in a hut that felt like little more than a lean-to.
This glorified garden shed was the only thing keeping me from the gale which would have surely torn my ultra-light solo tent to shreds. I cinched my sleeping bag beneath my armpits and boiled my tea bag for the third time. There would be no going out today. I was now on half rations of already insufficient portions. Cold, hungry and bored, I stared out of the small window at steep cliffs hemming in the narrow valley. Frozen streams crisscrossed like icy spider webs. Listening to steel cables creak and groan under the strain of 100-kilometer-per-hour winds, I was grateful for shelter, no matter how humble.
As the storm cleared the following day, schools of Arctic Char lined the icy river banks, so thick that I could nearly walk across their backs—a nice sounding alternative to further numbing my already aching, fragile and peeling feet. My big toes had lost feeling days ago from the icy dunkings. At first, I didn't even notice the mangled toenail from the river crossing. The cold was triumphantly sunny, somehow difficult to enjoy. Terrain following the river was not bike friendly. So I pushed. Pedals scratched exposed calves, an insatiable woodpecker of hurt. I crossed the river three more times before the valley opened up. Then I hit my ultimate low.
I collapsed in a crumpled heap, soaking the left side of my body in a shallow trough of frozen water. Flopping onto the highest point of moss, I grasped my head in hands.
Empty. This had to be the loneliest place, inside and out. I was mentally and physically drained. Looking up, I struggled to find beauty in untouched wilderness encasing me. Dull, lifeless hills were in front and behind me. This was not a safe place.
There was no easy way out of this demoralizing wetland. I had to keep going. With a partner for commiseration, the situation would've been laughable rather than agonizingly hopeless. Leafless twiggy branches and a large lake foaming at the edges surrounded me. This saturated wasteland of muted color made me sad. If I didn't move, I'd be overcome by dire vegetation. Consumed like an insignificant drop of water and frozen in docile captivity.
I forced open the Dutch door of the hut in the faint blue outside glow of early morning as thick rime crashed covering the outer steps. Ten centimeters of snow in long streaks and drifts, lay pasted to erratic boulders. Cooking my final packet of oatmeal, I wore every stitch of clothing with waterproofed feet courtesy of used Ziploc bags. I packed, cleaned hardened snow from my bike, and picked my way through vague hints of trail, obliterated by snow over subtly featured tundra. Whether from heightened anxiety, or an overwhelming drive to complete the route, I made good time.


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Im Kirchspiel leben  Einwohner, davon  im Kirchdorf (Stand:). Im Kirchspiel liegt die Kirche "Brenderup Kirke".

Nachbargemeinden sind im Westen Asperup Sogn, im Südwesten Nørre Aaby Sogn, im Süden Fjelsted Sogn  und im Südosten Harndrup Sogn, ferner in der östlich benachbarten Nordfyns Kommune Hårslev Sogn und Ore Sogn.

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Fallasburg, MI – Come out for an action-packed weekend to the Fallasburg pioneer village on Sept. 16 & Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Once you enter the Fallasburg Park via the Fallasburg Park Rd., hang a right at the Covered Bridge road, continue until you see the Covered Bridge.
Cross the romantic Covered Bridge under the speed limit of 5 mph, so you don't get a ticket, and you will find yourself in the tiny 1850s pioneer village of Fallasburg founded by John W. Fallass.
Decked out in its autumn glory with reds, yellows, oranges and greens, the village greets its visitors with a Flavorful combination of the old and the new. There's nothing pretense about the atmosphere or the ambiance in the village that nestles on the banks of the Flat River.
As often depicted in my short stories, where I combine the old with the new, the result is pure magic. You close your eyes and you can see the settlers hurrying around this once busy settlement with stagecoaches from Ionia crossing the Covered Bridge.
However, the railroad going through Lowell, diverted further development of the village for at least a century. That is until 1965, when the Fallasburg Historical Society, (FHS) came into existence for the purpose of preserving this treasure.
Another push forward came with the Internet at the turn of the millennium. The village is now accessible to all visitors from around the world on the social media, on our website, blog and future app.
If you subscribe to our E-newsletter, you will always be in the loop.
You can join us for our Christmas party with our live video.
There is a unique camaraderie among the villagers, who mostly know each other, and many of them went to the one-room schoolhouse at the bottom of the hill.
This camaraderie has carried onto the friendly vendors of the annual village bazaar, that will open its doors Saturday morning.
So, come on in for a sampling of what we have to offer. It's everything from refurbished furniture to clever rock art, and much more.
The folks at the Whites Bridge booth are more than friendly. They have many reasons to be. Recently, they had been approved for a major grant to rebuild the neighboring Whites Bridge Covered Bridge.
We all have great stories to share.
Stop by at the one-room schoolhouse to chat with local author Emma Palova about the magic realism, she creates in her stories on both days from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Try to bring your own book from Schuler Books or from Amazon. There will only be limited copies of Shifting Sands Short Stories on hand.
See you on this glorious weekend.
Explore the Fallasburg pioneer village & bazaar this weekend. Come & chat with local author of Shifting Sands Short Stories, Emma Palova.
My passion for history and writing has grown together with the Fallasburg Historical Society (FHS).
It helped me fill in the gaps about early American history that I wouldn't have otherwise discovered.
Thank you FHS for giving a new dimension to my personality and offering me the schoolhouse museum for book signings.


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Father Francis Xavier Kavanagh, OCSO, a founder of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit and the senior monk of the nine Trappist monasteries for men in the United States, died late in the evening on May 9. He was nearly 94 years old and would have celebrated 75 years as a monk this August.
"He was the face—the icon—of the monastery for many years," said Abbot Francis Michael Stiteler, OCSO, who was welcomed himself in 1974 when he entered the community by Father Francis Xavier.
In addition to being one of the 20 monks who made the foundation in 1944, Father Francis Xavier was known to hundreds, if not thousands, in the Atlanta area because he gave them tours of the monastery when they visited as schoolchildren. He also corresponded with many who wrote thank-you letters.
Father Francis Xavier was guestmaster at the retreat house from 1968 to 1981. Until very recently, he was the monk who closed up the abbey church following night prayer. His good cheer and smile were the last memory visitors would have when the doors closed for the night and they had to leave the monastery grounds. He had been the sacristan who kept the church clean.
He also celebrated Mass in Latin at 5:15 a.m. at a side chapel in the abbey church every morning, in addition to the community Mass, well into his 80s until he was no longer physically able.
The highlight was clearly giving tours to children when the monk could show his own high spirits, Father Tom Francis continued.
A diminutive, wiry figure, Father Francis Xavier, whose given name was Francis, came from a Philadelphia family of six children and had several brothers who were priests. Born June 18, 1912, he waited one year after his high school graduation to enter Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky and said in an oral history that he picked the Trappist order because he thought it would be the most severe and demanding. He entered Gethsemani on Aug. 31, 1931. Changes following the Second Vatican Council relaxed some of the most severe fasts and extended silence he would have known for three decades as a monk, the abbot reflected at the funeral Mass May 13.
Father Francis Xavier made his solemn vows as a brother on Nov. 15, 1936 and was ordained a priest on Sept. 24, 1938. On March 19, 1944, he was named one of the 20 who would leave on March 21 for Georgia to begin the new Trappist foundation.
In the oral history of Holy Spirit Monastery compiled by Drs. Dewey and Victor Kramer, he said he had not wanted to leave Gethsemani.
When the monks arrived in Rockdale County, they lived in the only structure on the property, which was a working barn. Father Francis Xavier said his job was to clean out the barn.
He worked at the sawmill they established on the grounds where the monks made lumber out of the trees they felled in order to build their first wooden monastery.
When Father Methodius first visited the monastery as a Catholic University of America student on retreat, Father Francis Xavier immediately gave him encouragement, standing him in front of a mirror and pointing out that he'd look good in the tonsure-style haircut monks wore at the time.
Immediately following the funeral Mass, Father Francis Xavier was buried in the monks' cemetery behind the abbey church. He is survived by one sister, Rita O'Connell, of Drexel Hill, Pa., three nieces, Rita Marie, Teresa and Patricia, and eight grandnieces.
Those wishing to honor the memory of Father Francis Xavier may send a donation to the monastery to help with the care of the infirm monks. The Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit is located at 2625 Highway 212, SW, Conyers, GA 30094. The full text of the abbot's homily at the funeral Mass and audio of Father Francis Xavier leading a decade of the rosary and speaking to the community on his 50th anniversary as a monk can be found atwww.trappist.net.


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Thousands of tourists each year visit IMG World Adventure, the biggest indoor theme park in the world. The theme park has a large number of visitors on weekends, even though it is somewhat less crowded during the week. You need to prepare ahead of time to make the most of your time there. Everything you need to know, including the opening times for IMG Worlds, is provided here. IMG World Adventure offers year-round access to four exhilarating adventure zones in a climate-controlled indoor setting. If you want to go to Dubai, contact one of the best tour and travel agencies in Dubai, UAE.The company is highly recommended for people looking for adventure in the park with their Dubai tour needs and the IMG World's largest indoor theme park in Dubai. Here are some highlights from Dubai's IMG World Adventure, the largest indoor theme park in the world.
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IMG Worlds has four adventure zones and is 1.5 million square feet in size. If you need help visualising it, think of 1.5 million square feet as being equivalent to 28 football fields if you need help. Yes, that is accurate. IMG Worlds of Adventure truly is that large. Get ready to pack, because this comprehensive guide to IMG Worlds of Adventure is here!
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Monday-Wednesday 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
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It features Marvel, Cartoon Network, and Lost Valley: Dinosaur Adventure. The adventure zones offer a variety of thrill rides, roller coasters, and other attractions for visitors of all ages. The entry pavilion, known as IMG Boulevard, houses a number of upscale retail boutiques, fine dining establishments, and a 12-screen Novo cinema for further entertainment.
1. Area Marvel
a)3D Hulk Epsilon Base
Using 360-degree projection displays, this 100-seater Hulk Epsilon Base 3D attraction distorts reality to make you feel as though you're in the thick of a battle.
b)Ultron's War in the Avengers
Visitors will join Marvel heavyweights like Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain America, and the Hulk on this adventure as they fight the evil Ultron. You can ascend the Quijet and join the heroes you adore in the fight against evil. It's a fantastic 3D game with a physical setting that seems incredibly lifelike.
c)Doc Ock's Revenge for Spider-Man
Want to be as agile as Spider-Man and leap from one building to another? With this 400-meter-long spinning Spiderman roller coaster, you can now. As you join the battle with Doctor Octopus to save the city, Spiderman will push you across the thrilling New York skyline.
d)Thor, Thunder Spin
On this ride, let Thor try to save you from Loki's wicked grasp. The Thunder Spin ride actually does what its name suggests—it spins you around. If you experience vertigo, it's best to avoid trying it.
e)Quinjet Flight of the Avengers
The rider can take charge of their own two-seater pod and participate in an immersive and interactive flying race.
2. Lost Valley Dinosaur Adventure Zone
a) Predator
Predator is the type of ride that thrill seekers live for; it involves a significant drop, a sheer vertical drop, and plenty of screams.
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c)Forbidden Ground
Are you prepared for a safari into the Forbidden Territory's deep jungle? Over 70 prehistoric species will be encountered, all of them life-size animatronic dinosaurs. It is comparable in real life.
d)Animal Carousel
Here is a carousel with dinosaurs as the motif, including some of Lost Valley's gentler dinosaurs. The first of its kind in the world, this gorgeous hand-carved dinosaur carousel is stunning.
e)Thrill Fortress
This is a slightly more active adventure for adrenaline enthusiasts. The adventurer will face a variety of challenges, including nets, ladders, slides, tunnels, and more.
3. Cartoon Network
a)Ben 10: 5D Hero Time
It's time for a completely engrossing experience in the 5D multi-sensory theatre depicting the actual conflict between Ben and Rook.
b)The Ride of the OOO with Finn and Jake from Adventure Time
Prepare for a spectacular aerial trip around the park. You will go across all of IMG Worlds of Adventure's zones, including the IMG Boulevard's themed restaurants and shops in the OOO land.
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Q: Check for Duplicate values and Pull Info to New Dataframe I have a dataframe (df_data) with 14 columns for info over 1 month. I pulled out one week's data (df1) and made a list of all the account numbers there (accounts1)
What I am trying to do is take that accounts1 list and have it go through each value in the list, checking if it is counted more than once in df_data and if so, to save that account number to a new list for repeats only.
Then I want to take that repeats list and pull the 14 columns out of the original df_data so I can have all the rows of all 14 columns for each occurrence of that account number.

I'm getting stuck with the list of repeated account numbers, I used the following code, which seems to have worked to create a list with results
cnt = collections.Counter(accounts1)
repeats.append([k for k, v in cnt.items() if v > 1])
print((repeats).count)

but the amount of elements in that list is right under 3,000. When I used the .unique and checked the difference it should be a little over 5,000. What am I doing wrong? And how can I then use those elements to pull the columns from the original dataframe?

Basically say I had
accounts1 = df1['accntnum'] = [0,1,2,5,8,2,5,0,0,7]

I would want it to cycle through and pull out each repeat from df_data and return a list of them like
repeats = [0, 2, 5, 7]
(There are numbers in the monthly df_data that are in weekly df1 but may not be repeated there yet)

Then I'd like to use that list to pull from df_data['accntnum'], thinking something like
df_repeats = df_data[df_data['accntnum'] isin repeats]]

Oh also, I'm really only interested in the first occurrence of a repeat. There is a date and time column that can help sort those out in the end though. Thank you in advance!


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Q: Export Microsoft Access tables to MySQL I have a database that was created in Microsoft Access and I'm trying to replicate it in a MySQL database. Is there some sort of tool that can do it?
Historically, I've exported to CSV and then used a whole lot of replacements to whip it into shape, but I'm looking for something that takes less work.
I'm working on a Windows machine and would prefer free software.

A: We used to bring 30 remote MS-SQL databases, together with some Access data, into MYSQL so we could do some central reporting and it was an automated process of dumping out CSV files and then imports with some stored procedures to modify the data as requied.
It took some work to get things going, but then the process was a daily, automated run - so don't rule out the csv route. While deciding what to do, we did try some commercial convertor products (dbconvert) - which duplicated things very well but did not give us the flexibility of our scripted work.
If you are just concerned about manual aspects of the conversion, you might want to check out the Open Source shellsql tools that did most of our MS-SQL dumping for us:
http://shellsql.sourceforge.net/
I daresay I could dig out some of the scripts I wrote if you want to investigate further.

A: I use premiumsoft navicat for mysql admin (including access, excel conversion), which I find very good. There is a lite (free) version but I don't think that the conversion tools are included. For me, as I use mysql a lot, it is well worth the cost.

A: See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/758669/automatically-generate-sql-from-existing-ms-access-table

A: If you create a DSN for your target MySQL database, you can then export your Access tables one-by-one to the DSN. Likely the data types won't be exactly what you want, so you'll probably have to do it more than once, but it's one way to get the data into an ODBC database quickly.


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With construction of the Lone Star State's largest solar facility beginning this winter, Texas has firmly established itself as a leader in renewable energy generation. Enel Green Power North America, Inc. is building the 497-megawatt Roadrunner solar plant in Upton County, Texas, which will become the state's largest solar facility.
Texas is ranted sixth among states for installed solar capacity, generating 2,465.75 megawatts annually, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. The Lone Star State has embraced renewable technology. Wind and solar energy has enabled Texas to attract investors and companies that seek to power facilities with renewable energy.
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Ultrahigh Elastic Strain Energy Storage in Metal-Oxide-Infiltrated Patterned Hybrid Polymer Nanocomposites
Phys.org reports: A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have developed a customizable nanomaterial that combines metallic strength with a foam-like ability to compress and spring back.
This scanning electron micrograph (SEM) image shows the nanomechanical testing tip passing over the arrays of custom-made nanopillars as it applies pressure to test elasticity and energy storage potential. The inset shows the structure of an individual hybrid nanopillar. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-12-scientists-nanoscale-pillars-memory-foam.html#jCp
According to the supplemantary information The patterned SU-8 nanopillars were subjected to the AlOx infiltration synthesis at 85 °C using a commercial ALD system (Cambridge Nanotech Savannah S100). TMA (Sigma-Aldrich) was infiltrated into the polymer template for 5 min (vapor pressure <100 Torr), followed by N2 purging of the ALD chamber for 5 min (100 sccm). Then, water vapor was infiltrated into the polymer next for 5 min (pressure < 10 Torr), followed by N2 purging for 5 min, completing one synthesis cycle. A total of up to 16 cycles were applied.
This diagram shows the breakthrough synthesis process developed for these hybrid nanomaterials. First, electron-beam lithography carves the isolated nanopillars, then an aluminum vapor (TMA) infiltrates the pores in the structures, and finally exposure to water creates the final aluminum-oxide infused material. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Please finde the abstract from Nanoletters below.
Nano Lett. , 2017, 17 (12), pp 7416–7423
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03238
Modulus of resilience, the measure of a material's ability to store and release elastic strain energy, is critical for realizing advanced mechanical actuation technologies in micro/nanoelectromechanical systems. In general, engineering the modulus of resilience is difficult because it requires asymmetrically increasing yield strength and Young's modulus against their mutual scaling behavior. This task becomes further challenging if it needs to be carried out at the nanometer scale. Here, we demonstrate organic–inorganic hybrid composite nanopillars with one of the highest modulus of resilience per density by utilizing vapor-phase aluminum oxide infiltration in lithographically patterned negative photoresist SU-8. In situ nanomechanical measurements reveal a metal-like high yield strength (∼500 MPa) with an unusually low, foam-like Young's modulus (∼7 GPa), a unique pairing that yields ultrahigh modulus of resilience, reaching up to ∼24 MJ/m3 as well as exceptional modulus of resilience per density of ∼13.4 kJ/kg, surpassing those of most engineering materials. The hybrid polymer nanocomposite features lightweight, ultrahigh tunable modulus of resilience and versatile nanoscale lithographic patternability with potential for application as nanomechanical components which require ultrahigh mechanical resilience and strength.
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