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1) An interview with Max Tegmark (pictured above) about why he thinks that the universe is itself a mathematical structure.
2) An interview with physicists David Berman about how many dimensions exist.
3) A talk with cosmologist John Barrow about infinity.
4) A discussion with Roger Penrose about the puzzle of time.
And many more. Well worth a listen!
5) There's also a good lecture by Professor Ray Monk on the University of Southampton page (see "useful downloads") looking at the link between philosophy and mathematics – which takes a fascinating journey through the history of maths and the great ideas of great men.
6) Maths for Primates is a fantastic source of podcasts – 14 and counting, on fractals, Zeno, Hilbert's hotel and more.


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8 Best Unity Game Development Companies
By Arthur Tereshchuk • November 24, 2021
Such games as Cuphead, Hearthstone, Hollow Knight, Ori and the Blind Forest, and Rust are most definitely among the favorites of many gamers. Those are some of the most successful titles built with the Unity game engine, the beloved tool of indie and mobile games developers.
If you aim for creating another Unity masterpiece and need capable hands to implement your idea, then this list of 8 top Unity game development companies might help in finding the optimal outsourcing partner.
How We Selected Top Unity Game Developers
Our researchers have analyzed various research and review platforms (Clutch.co, the Manifest, GoodFirms.co) to find the most rated and professional Unity game developers. We have browsed LinkedIn accounts of those companies, looked through their websites, and checked their portfolios. Based on our findings, we were selecting candidates according to the following criteria:
5+ years of industry experience
100+ in-house employees
Available portfolio of Unity development projects.
Positive feedback from customers
Active social media presence
The list below includes some of the most competent Unity game development companies that the industry has to offer:
N-iX Game and VR Studio
N-iX Game & VR Studio is a part of N-iX, an established Ukrainian software development company with over 2,000 software engineers and 20 years' market presence. Currently, the studio has over 200 passionate game development professionals and is focused on providing an array of game development services, including Unity development, Unreal Engine development, 2D/3D art production, animation and motion capture clean-up, co-development, full-cycle game development, and VR solutions.
N-iX Game & VR Studio is a long-time partner of Paradox Interactive, Wargaming, and Tempo Storm. N-iX Game and VR Studio has contributed to such AAA and large projects as World of Tanks, Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2; Remothered: Broken Porcelain; Stellaris, Crusader Kings III.
As a Unity game development company, the studio offers Full-Stack Unity Team Setup, Team Extension and Augmentation, Development Support. The team is also experienced in C++, C#, Vulkan, HLSL, OpenGL and has a strong tech experience in a number of world-known game engines, industry-standard graphic solutions, and proprietary third-party technologies (physic, networking, animations, etc.) on different platforms (PC, consoles, mobile, VR/AR, etc.).
iLogos Game Studios
The company was founded in 2006 and since then has been providing full-cycle game production and co-production game development services, including Unity game development solutions. iLogos Game Studios has a total of 300 specialists and works in almost all major areas of game development. The company is divided into four different divisions: game development, game art, game live ops, and game porting. This Unity game development provider delivered over 400 projects and has positive clients' feedbacks, as well as the history of cooperating with such known companies as Electronic Arts (EA), Zynga, Playrix, Rovio, Wargaming, Peak Games.
Winking Corporation
This game development company was founded in 2003 in Taipei, Taiwan. The company offers Unity / Unreal Engine full-cycle development services and is capable of developing games on console and mobile platforms. Since the company is among the top art outsourcing companies, its other three major game development directions are 2D concept art (illustration, poster, environment), 3D modeling (level design, texture, characters), and in-game animation (VFX, Spine, rigging). The company has solid experience working with MMO titles, such as Blade & Soul 2, Lineage 2, AION. Within the last few years, this game development company formed partnerships with Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Epic Games.
Starloop
This Unity game development company is part of Magic Media Group, an international group with 500+ specialists worldwide. The company was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Lleida, Spain. They provide a vast range of Unity development services, including full-cycle Unity game development, 2D/3D games development, Unity mobile development, social integration services, augmented reality and virtual reality games production, cross-platform games development, and game backend development. Apart from that, the company offers such game development services as game porting, maintenance, testing, level design, animation, etc., as well as a variety of flexible services, such as cybersecurity, software development, VFX.
Pingle Studio
Next on our list of Unity game development companies is this Ukrainian game studio that was founded in Dnipro in 2007. Today, the studio has over 200 in-house specialists and offers a set of Unity development services, including 3D modeling, 2D animation, game testing, tech art, porting, co-development, and full-cycle game development. The company has a decent Unity game development portfolio with over 60 delivered game projects and worked with such clients as Square Enix, Epic Games, tinyBuild, and Qualcomm.
FuryLion
This Unity game development company was founded in Minsk, Belarus in 2012. Over the years the company has worked on several large projects, like FIFA 2021, Homescapes, and The Elder Scrolls Online. Today the company offers an array of services, including 2D & 3D animation and art, playable ads development, full-stack development, co-development and works with such game development technologies as Unity, Unreal Engine, Spine, HTML5, and more.
Stepico
The company started its way as a full-cycle game development company in Lviv, Ukraine, in 2014. Having over 100 specialists under its roof, the company offers a vast specter of game development services, including Unity programming, art production, XR development, and blockchain game development. Over these 7 years on the market, the company delivered more than 25 projects, including Gu8ild of Warriors, Bigfoot, MMA Manager, etc.
Last but surely not least on this top of Unity game development companies is Virtuos. This company was founded back in 2004 and has over 2000 specialists in offices around the globe, including Singapore, China, Vietnam, Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, Ireland, and the United States. This Unity game development company specializes in game development and 3D art production for PC and mobile titles. The company has experience working on large game titles with eminent game publishers and has a total of 1,200 projects delivered since its establishment.
Why Choose N-iX Game and VR Studio as Your Partner
N-iX Game and VR Studio is a separate Unit of N-iX, one of the leading IT companies with 2,000 software engineers, 19 years' market experience, and a renowned employer brand.
Our studio provides an array of game development services, and we can help you with whatever else you might need, be it AWS and VR services, full-cycle development, co-development Unreal/Unity development, art production, etc.
Headquartered in Ukraine, N-iX Game and VR Studio provides the best price-quality ratio for unity game development solutions.
N-iX Game and VR Studio is a reliable partner with high client satisfaction and return rates.
Our Unity Development Success Stories
Here are some of N-iX Game and VR Studio successful Unity-based game projects:
Tempo Storm is a US-based esports organization with 50+ professional gamers, fielded in the world's top competitive games. The client entrusted N-iX Game & VR Studio with the creation of their very own digital-first strategy game, the Bazaar.
For this project, N-iX Game & VR Studio was responsible for:
Game Art Production: together we developed an appealing and recognizable art style for the game.
Game Design: Tempo Storm and N-iX Game & VR Studio teams are working closely together to come up with the best game design solutions.
UI/UX Design. our team created a customizable user interface from scratch.
Programming: it was decided to build the Bazaar on the most popular cross-platform technology, Unity.
AWS Implementation: we used AWS to provide the game with the highest security standard and make it suitable for several million players.
Currently, the game is in an active development state, and the N-iX team puts maximum effort to polish every aspect of the game before its release. Tempo Storm is delighted with the result that we deliver and is eager to continue our cooperation:
"Partnering with N-iX has been one of the best decisions we've ever made as a company. They've repeatedly shown themselves to be skilled, responsive, fast, and flexible."
Andrey <Reynad> Yanyuk - CEO Tempo Storm
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Adverty
A Swedish technological company, Adverty has come up with the idea of creating an advertising platform that would allow integrating ads into the game seamlessly. For this project, Adverty partnered with N-iX Game & VR Studio to develop a solution that helps to bring ads in extended reality (XR) without breaking the game experience.
For this project, N-iX Game & VR Studio provided end-to-end development services: from solution architecture to implementation, testing, and maintenance. Our team had to execute the following tasks:
build the core of the platform – Unity SDK which integrates the service with Unity-based solutions;
implement scalable and reliable backend;
ensure Unity plugins don't affect clients' performance;
develop an Unreal Engine plugin.
The project is continuously growing and our Unity game development company is providing constant support and quality assurance of the platform. Here is what the client says about our cooperation:
"In N-iX we found the excellence and top competence required to build our ad tech platform for the media of tomorrow. On top of that, we have integrated with the team on levels required to not only develop state-of-art technology but having fun while doing it."
Niklas Bakos - CEO
ComPet
ComPet is a Unity game development project for MindArk AB, a Swedish software company. The customer requested N-iX Game & VR Studio to create a cross-platform mid-core game with real cash economy, real-time PvP multiplayer with turn-based battles in the arena, and city-builder functionality.
This is a full-cycle development project for which N-iX Game & VR Studio provided such game development services as prototyping, game design, Unity development, art production, and post-production.
The customer's feedback:
"MindArk have been working with N-iX for a number of projects over the last couple of years. Good communication, easy to work with, and friendly people have made our projects pleasant and successful experiences!"
Henrik Nel - CEO
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'Looking For Alaska' Season One, Episode Four Recap: "The Nourishment Is Palatable"
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This episode, Thanksgiving dinner is the setting for potential forgiveness, and Alaska must deal with the full fallout from her actions. Miles attempts to get closer to Alaska while alienating himself from The Colonel, and everyone must choose a side. This episode has raw and excellent performances by Kristine Froseth and Denny Love as his stubbornness and her loneliness collide in heartbreaking fashion. As The Colonel's mother Dolores, Deneen Tyler, is spectacular, and I hope this isn't the last we see of her before the finale.
As the show opens, Alaska is walking alone across the campus, earbuds in. It feels like everyone is looking at her. One of the Weekday Warriors throws a lacrosse ball at her, and it whizzes past her head. She falls to the ground as Miles watches, but he doesn't move. Alaska gets up and walks away with all the dignity she can muster, but it's clear she's affected.
Lara is scraping the spray paint off Alaska's door when Miles approaches. The two are working together, Lara because she believes that no matter what Alaska is accused of doing, she doesn't deserve to be called a name. Miles apologizes to Lara for leaving her after she helped him at the hospital. Lara forgives him, and they continue scraping as Alaska watches from afar.
Miles wakes from a nap to find Alaska playing a video game in his room, relishing the violence in her anger. Alaska says that the second The Colonel saw her, he left, leaving her alone. Miles asks her why she ratted, especially since she despises rats. She says she's sorry and it won't happen again, but that is all she has to say on the topic. She quickly changes the subject to Thanksgiving. She'll be staying on campus and wonders if Miles is too. She pulls out a list she made of reasons for Miles to stay with her at Culver Creek. Miles seems swayed at first, but then he tells her his parents are expecting him. Alaska takes it in stride, then leans on Miles, saying she's not flirting, just tired. She seems to crave the intimacy, and Miles doesn't complain.
Back at The Smoking Hole, The Colonel and Takumi inform Miles that Alaska asks everyone to stay with her over Thanksgiving; Takumi did it last year. The Colonel mocks Miles wanting to be with her, saying that she's not going to break up with Jake and suddenly become his girlfriend by doing this for her. Miles seems to leave, and The Colonel says that if he does stay he's a rat by association. Miles joins the two under the bridge, saying that he never even considered staying (but his earlier attitude betrays him).
Miles calls his parents, who are so excited to see him on Thanksgiving that they want to make it a road trip. He hangs up, conflicted, then the phone rings again. It's Jake, wanting to speak with Alaska. He hasn't heard from her since the party. Miles, feeling hope, calls his father to tell him he's not coming home for Thanksgiving. Miles goes to tell Alaska he's staying with her for the holiday, and she smiles, pleased.
Everyone is leaving for Thanksgiving while Miles attempts to justify himself to his friends. The Colonel and Takumi both tell him that this is a mistake before leaving with The Colonel's mother. Miles heads to Alaska's dorm, and they go out out in her car. They buy liquor and bury it in the woods, which apparently Alaska has done before. They start making candles, just as Takumi said.
The next morning, a hung over Miles is woken up by Alaska, who says they are behind schedule for their adventure on the creek. Alaska wants to see if it really is connected to Miss Ann's Diner in town like rumor says. They row a canoe together while Alaska reads from her novel. They are victorious and grab lunch in the diner. Miles asks Alaska why she doesn't go home, and she says it's because her home is full of ghosts. They are forced to to carry their canoe back to campus when it occurs to them that they can't get back up the creek.
Miles and Alaska finally get back to campus, where Alaska suggests they go "porn hunting," breaking into rooms and crawl spaces for contraband. Miles is worried about getting caught, as usual, but Alaska quiets his fears by pointing out that no one is going to tell The Eagle that someone stole their wine cooler. They finally find a porn film and sit down to watch it, with Alaska giving a running feminist critique.
Later, they wander the woods as they drink from a bottle of wine. Miles asks why Alaska hasn't called Jake back. She avoids answering, and they run into Dr. Hyde, walking his dog. They quickly hide the alcohol, but Dr. Hyde just smiles knowingly. Hyde brings them to his house, where he tells them they're lucky he's the one on duty and not The Eagle. Alaska starts to rant about The Eagle, but Hyde gently pushes back, pointing out that The Eagle is responsible for overseeing the safety of two hundred students. Hyde asks why they haven't returned home for the break. Miles cites homework while staring longingly at Alaska. Alaska says it's just her tradition. Hyde says he's there because he doesn't have family left. He never married or had children. Alaska wants to know if he ever experienced love, and Hyde says the person he loved hasn't been around in a long time. Alaska sees a picture on the mantel of a young Hyde with another young man and asks if that was him. Hyde says it was, and she proposes a toast to love.
Meanwhile, The Colonel is food shopping with his mother. He seems dejected and his mother wants to know what's wrong. He tells his mother that he's lost Sara and Miles, since he's spending Thanksgiving with Alaska. He says he hates them, but his mother says he doesn't hate anyone, and that what Alaska and Miles need is a home cooked meal.
Back at Hyde's, Alaska wants to find out about Hyde's love Diego. He describes how they met, when he was teaching politics at Berkeley. When Diego died of AIDS, Hyde was devastated. Hyde is emotional talking about it, and it seems to affect Alaska and Miles. Alaska invites Hyde to go to the diner with them tomorrow for Thanksgiving dinner, but he declines, saying he's fine alone. They leave, and Alaska and Miles sit by the fire pit discussing Hyde. Alaska thinks that maybe the labyrinth is suffering — maybe Bolivar was talking about the part in between life and death. Miles, finally seeing beneath her facade, asks, "Are you suffering?" Alaska tries to brush him off but he persists. She admits that losing everyone after being called a rat has been hard. Miles tries to point out that he and Hyde are there for her, and that Jake loves her. Miles is fixated on the fact that she hasn't called him back, and Alaska says she doesn't want to bother explaining because he couldn't understand. Miles says he's all in — he wants to know everything about her. Alaska responds to this by running away — this much emotional intimacy is too much for her.
She runs to the pay phone and calls Jake. She says she's sorry about not calling, but that she didn't know how to tell him that she wants to break up. She was using him to not deal with being alone. She thanks him for being her rock, then tells him to find happiness three doors down with Fiona. Alaska returns to Miles with sleeping bags so they can be under the stars. She tells Miles she broke up with Jake, and he seems hopeful. She tells him not to ruin it as she holds his hand, and he says he won't.
The next morning, the two are still asleep with hands intertwined. The Colonel is standing there as Miles wakes up. He coldly says that he and Alaska are invited for Thanksgiving dinner at his house, not looking at or speaking to Alaska. He walks away, telling them to hurry because his mother Dolores is waiting. They drive silently to The Colonel's trailer. He tries to walk in without acknowledging Miles or Alaska, but his mother tells him to show hospitality. The Colonel is ashamed of the trailer, and mocks Alaska and Miles for not understanding. Alaska says that poor is poor, and that she understands. The Colonel is very protective of his mother, listing off her many accomplishments as if to offset the impression he thinks the trailer leaves.
The Colonel's mother insists that everyone help cook, and they all sit down to dinner. Some of the tension seems to be eased, and The Colonel takes Alaska's hand to say grace. Dolores asks them all to name something that makes them feel blessed. Miles says he's thankful for the food and to have a real home for Thanksgiving. Alaska says she's had the best Thanksgiving in a decade. The Colonel tries to joke, but his mother won't have it. The Colonel says his mother is the best thing on this planet. Dolores says she's thankful for her home and her job, but most importantly for her son. Hyde is shown making his own dinner alone as Dolores says a prayer.
As they clear the table, Dolores puts on a record and asks The Colonel to dance with her. At first he's embarrassed, but then complies, laughing. Alaska and Miles join in and she gets close to him. They all dance together, and seem to be having a great time. Hyde is also shown dancing alone, dreaming Diego is there in his mind. Dolores and Alaska are sitting in the store by the trailer cleaning up, and Dolores tells Alaska not to worry, that The Colonel will come around. Alaska seems to be comforted by her words, if not optimistic about her chances. Miles is in Dolores' room as Alaska enters, offering a slice of pie. Miles offers to sleep in the store, but Alaska declines, which means she and Miles will share a bed. Miles whispers "be cool" to himself as Dolores walks by, and she simply says "small trailer, son."
Alaska visits The Colonel with a slice of pie as a peace offering as Dolores suggested. The Colonel flatly refuses, saying that he can't trust her now. Alaska says she had to rat out Paul and Marya, but The Colonel is stubborn. He says that if she really cared and really wanted to make things better, she would leave Miles alone. His life will be a living hell at Culver Creek if she keeps seeing him. Alaska, on the verge of tears and losing the most important friendship she has, is devastated as The Colonel walks away.
Alaska joins Miles in the bed, turning away from him. Miles tries to comfort her, saying that the thing he is most grateful for is her. Alaska faces him, and he leans in to kiss her. She roughly pushes him away, and she falls off the bed. Miles apologizes for misreading the situation, but Alaska is angry. The Colonel's words are in her head. She says "I told you not to ruin it," then leaves to sleep outside. The next morning, they drive back to school, again silent. The Colonel tells his mother to stop the car just outside campus and let Alaska out; he doesn't want to be seen with her. Dolores protests, but Alaska insists she's fine, refusing to let Miles come with her. Dolores is angry with The Colonel, saying "I did not raise you to put some juvenile honor code over treating people right." The Colonel hits back, saying that all the times Dolores forgave his abusive father proved she shouldn't have. Dolores says she won't drive any further — if Alaska walks, he walks. Miles takes the opportunity to exit quickly as The Colonel lingers. His mother tells him that unlike his father, The Colonel cares about people. She tells him that Alaska is lonelier than he thinks and that she needs him. As Alaska walks towards campus with The Colonel and Miles just behind her, the title card flashes: "21 Days Before".
"The Nourishment Is Palatable" Mixtape:
"To Be Alone With You" by Fleurie
"Shuffle Your Feet" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet
"E-Pro" by Beck
"Julie" by Jens Lekman
"Lovely Day" by Bill Withers
Looking For Alaska is available to stream now on Hulu.
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I am a nursing student and dedicated fangirl from Boston! When I'm not at work, I'm rewatching old favorites like Supernatural and Lost or discovering my new obsessions (too many to count!). I'm a huge Disney fan and my happy place is the Happiest Place on Earth! When not fangirling, I can be found reading, writing and listening to a true crime podcast. You can find me on Twitter @juleswritesblog for more nerdy nonsense and occasionally rants.
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Optogenetics (from Greek optikós, meaning ""seen, visible"") is a biological technique which involves the use of light to control cells in living tissue, typically neurons, that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels. It is a neuromodulation method employed in neuroscience that uses a combination of techniques from optics and genetics to control and monitor the activities of individual neurons in living tissue—even within freely-moving animals—and to precisely measure the effects of those manipulations in real-time. The key reagents used in optogenetics are light-sensitive proteins. Spatially-precise neuronal control is achieved using optogenetic actuators like channelrhodopsin, halorhodopsin, and archaerhodopsin, while temporally-precise recordings can be made with the help of optogenetic sensors for calcium (Aequorin, Cameleon, GCaMP), chloride (Clomeleon) or membrane voltage (Mermaid).The earliest approaches were developed and applied by Boris Zemelman and Gero Miesenböck, at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and Dirk Trauner, Richard Kramer and Ehud Isacoff at the University of California, Berkeley; these methods conferred light sensitivity but were never reported to be useful by other laboratories due to the multiple components these approaches required. A distinct single-component approach involving microbial opsin genes introduced in 2005 turned out to be widely applied, as described below. Optogenetics is known for the high spatial and temporal resolution that it provides in altering the activity of specific types of neurons to control a subject's behaviour.In 2010, optogenetics was chosen as the ""Method of the Year"" across all fields of science and engineering by the interdisciplinary research journal Nature Methods. At the same time, optogenetics was highlighted in the article on "Breakthroughs of the Decade" in the academic research journal Science. These journals also referenced recent public-access general-interest video Method of the year video and textual SciAm summaries of optogenetics.


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Disney Consumer Products introduces "Playmation", the future of game playing
Posted on June 2, 2015 June 2, 2015 by Corinne Andersson Leave a comment
Introducing Playmation – the next step in the evolution of play, where digital gets physical and imagination becomes real. The groundbreaking system of toys and wearables uses smart technology to inspire kids to run around and use their imaginations, as they become the hero or heroine of stories from across The Walt Disney Company.
Connected toys and wearable technology come together to put kids at the center of the world's greatest stories from Disney, Marvel and Star Wars.
"Innovation and creativity are the driving forces behind Disney, and our goal is to inspire children to unleash the power of their imaginations through the stories we tell and the experiences we create. With Playmation, we're taking the next step in that tradition – bringing the worlds of play, storytelling, and technology together – in a new and very exciting way," said Leslie Ferraro, president of Disney Consumer Products.
She continued: "Playmation takes the best the digital world has to offer and uses it to create supercharged, real world play. This is play updated for today's kids – bringing their imaginations to life as they go on active adventures alongside their favorite characters."
Playmation Marvel's Avengers is the first in a series of systems in development around Walt Disney Company franchises, and will hit shelves this October. At launch, the Playmation Marvel's Avengers Starter Pack will include five connected toys: one piece of Avenger Gear (Repulsor), two Power Activators and two Smart Figures – a Super Hero (Captain America) and a Super Villain (Iron Skull). Getting started is easy, strap the high-tech Repulsor Gear onto your arm (it fits adults, too!) and listen closely to JARVIS as he takes you through the tutorial on how to control your new Gear, inspired by Iron Man technology. Other Playmation Marvel's Avengers connected toys that work with the Starter Pack will also be available separately for purchase at launch, with more on the way.
Also available at launch, is the AvengersNet app where you can register your Avenger Gear to see progress, explore additional locations and characters, and get access to new missions. New recruits to the Avengers can fight Marvel Super Villains including Ultron, Iron Skull, Loki, or join fellow Avengers Super Heroes like Black Widow, Falcon and more as they battle to save the Earth by running, jumping, ducking and dodging – whatever each challenge requires.
The Playmation Marvel's Avengers Starter Pack will have a suggested retail price of $119.99 and will launch in October 2015 in the United States and Canada at mass and specialty retailers, select Disney Store locations and DisneyStore.com, and will be available for pre-order starting July 7.
Star Wars and Disney Frozen systems are currently in development for 2016 and 2017, respectively. Each will use a range of technologies to create a system based on the different ways that kids play and experience their favorite stories and characters from that franchise.
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Will Robert Patrick Be In Terminator 5?
by Rob Keyes
– on Mar 04, 2009
The folks over at the new FearNet website (still in Beta) went to WonderCon and got a chance to speak with McG, director of the upcoming Terminator Salvation.
The interview hit many of the common topics such as whether or not Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton will be involved in the project.
McG said that Arnold saw the movie a few days before WonderCon took place and that he was scheduled to meet with him to discuss involvement.
As for Hamilton, McG has been communicating with her regularly to discuss her reprising the role of Sarah Connor, most likely in a voiceover narrative role. Screen Rant reported this a few weeks ago where she had confirmed she was in negotiations for a voiceover role – so, it's still not confirmed yet.
Now for the most interesting part: McG also brought up that he's been meeting with Robert Patrick (who played the infamous shape-shifting T-1000 villain in Terminator 2) and has figured out a possible way of including his character in a sequel to Terminator Salvation (Terminator 5?). This is what he had to say about that:
"I talk to Robert Patrick with great regularity," he said. "It's interesting – I was [thinking of] a through line. I'll bounce it off of you guys: I like the idea in a prospective next picture that you meet Robert Patrick the way he looks today, and he's a scientist that's working on improving cell replication so we can stay healthier and we can cure juvenile diabetes and all these things that once again sound like good ideas -- and once again live as an idealized expression of ourselves. So imagine seeing a sixty-year-old Robert Patrick and knowing, 'Holy shit! That's gonna be the T-1000 – who comes back perfect, lean and the whole thing.' I haven't concluded that, but Robert and I had dinner the other night and talked about it. I made two movies with Robert Patrick, so I like him very much. And now he's very heavily into motorcycle riding. He's a really serious guy."
Awesome! Anything they do to tie the new movies into the old and keep it within canon, I'll fully support!
Back in December, the sequel to Terminator Salvation was more or less greenlit and we had always heard that the new installments to the franchise would be setup as a second trilogy of films.
I can't wait for this movie ever since seeing the new trailer that came out Monday (go see it if you haven't!). It completely changed my expectations and anticipation for the movie – I hope it can live up to that now.
What do you think of this news and would you like to see all the stars of the first two films return?
Terminator Salvation this theaters May 21, 2009.
Source: FearNet
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We all have huge demands on our time, energy and focus. Without exception. But the biggest demand for our attention are the conflicting voices in our head. This is the reason why many people find it challenging to make a decision, stop procrastinating about things, or make changes in their life.
The most important conversation you have every day – is with yourself. It makes sense then that the less talk you have to listen to inside your head, the more productive and effective your life will be.
Look at it this way, it's almost like we have a crowd inside our head that are vying for our attention. This crowd includes your doubts, fears, judgments, past memories, limiting beliefs, conditioned beliefs, and a host of additional ideas about what's okay or not okay for you to be, do or have.
We really have two voices though that matter. There's the inner critic, which fills your head with limiting and negative self-talk and there's your inner self, which I call your sacred-self, which speaks to you with logic and reason.
The inner critic's job is to second guess everything you want to be, do or have. This is the part of you that doesn't believe that you deserve to be happy or fulfilled and that life is nothing more than struggle and pain. It also is the part of you that sabotage's your happiness and success in life.
The inner critic evolves from self-limiting beliefs that are conditioned in your thoughts and behaviors as you grow up. These are beliefs about what you can't do and what is not possible to achieve in your life. They are the ones that shatter your dreams and whisper in your ear that you'll never amount to anything anyway.
As long as you continue to let the voice of doubt, limitation, or negativity rule your life you will always feel like either a fraud or a failure. No matter how successful you get, or how much others praise you, if your inner critic is in control, then it will fall on deaf ears.
Every time you doubt yourself – it's not you doing the doubting. It's a voice from the past who caused you to doubt yourself and it was easier to believe it than stand up for yourself at the time. That voice is a fraud.
This negative self-talk is linked to voices that belong to your past that criticized or judged you and you believed in them. What this does is to crush your dreams, devours your confidence, and keeps you stuck in a cycle of fear and insecurity.
We can learn to turn the dial dial on our inner critic so that the sound of the crowd of naysayers gets lower and lower until finally they have no voice at all. It won't happen overnight but it will happen, you just need to learn how to turn the dial up on your sacred voice.
Let's have a look at how you can start to take back your power from your inner critic.
Your sacred voice is always talking to you and all you need to do is listen. It is the voice that always knows what you want. It is the voice that always knows what to do. It is also the voice that is connected to your deepest dreams and purpose in life.
In short – it is your voice. Any other talk you hear is nonsense that has been borrowed from people or the world around you, and it's time to put it back where it belongs – in the trash.
Next time you hear it – tell it to shut-up. That's all you need to do.
Sure, it may keep trying to sabotage you from taking back your power by getting a bit louder at first but as long as you are not willing to buy what it's trying to sell you, then it knows it's playing a losing game.
It may sound like such a simple thing to do to break free from a lifetime of negative self-talk and yet it's the simplicity of it that is the power and beauty of this technique. However, just like anything of value in life, you need to be consistent with it to get the best results. Just doing it once, won't cut it.
The second part to making this work even faster is that once you have told your inner critic to 'shut-up', then you need to immediately do something to show your inner critic that you are now in control. The easiest way to do this is to do the opposite of what your negative self-talk would allow.
For example, if you want to lose weight and your inner critic is sabotaging you eating well and exercising regularly, then force yourself to make one change to your diet or exercise routine starting today. Then keep doing it daily for 30 days so that you lock it in as a new habit.
It doesn't matter how big or small the change is – just do something. This teaches your inner critic that you are in charge. This is by far the fastest way to start to take away the power from your voice of doubt and fear. Then, at the same time you can start to turn up the dial and start taking more notice of what your sacred voice is saying.
1. It never lies to you. Your inner voice is always connected to your deepest truth and what is aligned to for your highest good. It may not always be what feels comfortable for you to do but staying comfortable means to never change. To never change means your life will stay the same.
2. The more you listen to it and do what it says, the stronger you will get. Your power as a person is only limited to how much you believe in yourself. Things like doubt and self-sabotage hold you back from your greatness. True power comes from knowing who you are and what you really want out of life – and then making it happen.
3. It will give you more confidence. Your self-confidence grows as you listen to and trust yourself more. The only time we doubt ourselves is when we allow the voices or reason of others to make us second guess ourselves.
4. You will live a life of unstoppable passion. Passion comes from living what you love and being truly happy to be alive each day. When you let your inner voice lead the way in your life then you are opening the doorway to your inner-most passions and desires to be lived.
5. Your life will be on purpose. Living an authentic life is simply one that you live according to your own rules. It's following your heart without hesitation and using your mind to make the right choices for what's in alignment with your god-given talents and abilities.
6. It will make you a leader. Every one of us is unique to the world. None of us are exactly the same – this is the beauty of our lives. For us to fully live our uniqueness we need to be ready to stand out from the crowd and dare to be different from the rest of the sheep that settle for a second-hand life.
We get one chance at living an Authentic life in this lifetime and if we miss it, then we are really missing out on giving ourselves the best chance to let our light shine brightly into the world. Too many people have given up on their dreams already and live their lives in misery – we can show them another way if we just stay true to ourselves.
7. It will put an end to any suffering. The main struggle that most people have is the struggle they have within their own minds. Should they do this or that? What if this or that happens? Why isn't their life the way they want it to be? Why do bad things keep happening to them?
These questions and the multitude of other distracting and conflicting thoughts that people have take up valuable real-estate in the mind. A busy mind that is not focused or even worse gets stuck focusing on negative things will eventually ruin any chance you have at having the best quality of life.
We all need a break from our own heads from time to time and without it, life tends to feel overwhelming, which leads to all sorts of mental, physical or emotional problems we then have to deal with. When you have only one voice to listen to then you can give yourself a break from your head anytime you like.


Speaking at the UFC 232 post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White said that he expects former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor to return sometime around the summer of 2019.
The UFC boss dropped this Conor McGregor tidbit as he discussed the exciting state of the UFC lightweight division.
Whatever the case, Dana White reminds that Conor McGregor will first have to face the music with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, who will soon be punishing him for his role in the ugly brawl that broke out after his UFC 229 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
"None of that can even begin to play out or even begin to think about it until this stuff is done with Nevada," White said.
While Conor McGregor has plenty to deal with before he returns to the cage, it seems that his intention is definitely to fight again. The Irish MMA superstar has repeatedly eluded to a return to action in the New Year — though it doesn't sound like he's decided if it will be in the cage or the ring.
Do you think we'll see Conor McGregor fight again in 2019?


Dr. Nathan Azrin was a professor at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He received his Ph.D. under B. F. Skinner at Harvard University in 1956. Dr. Azrin began his career doing basic laboratory research in operant conditioning, and later shifted to applied psychology. He was a pioneer in establishing the field of applied behavior analysis, and many of the treatment/training programs he developed are now in widespread use. Specific examples are the token economy or point reward program (with Dr. Teodoro Ayllon); time-out; and effective self-care programs for retarded persons including toilet training, nocturnal enuresis, dressing, mealtime skills, self-stimulation, aggression, and self-injury. He also developed programs for non-retarded persons including those addressing alcoholism, drug use, medication adherence, tics, stuttering, Tourette disorder, trichotillomania, marital dysfunction, classroom management, toilet training, nocturnal enuresis, the job club method for securing employment for the chronically unemployed, parent-youth problems, and major depressive disorder. The great diversity of problems he studied reflects his conviction that applied behavior analysis is a rich conceptual strategy with unlimited avenues for treatment applicability.


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Sea Fury: History in Photographs
Sea Fury Main Article
Right: A cut-away diagram of a Sea Fury, which had its origins in 1943 when the RAF saw a need for a long range fighter to counter Japanese fighters early in the Pacific campaign. A lighter and smaller version of the Tempest was suggested by Hawker's design team, but the Admiralty's requirement for a new interceptor saw an opportunity to combine both proposals into one airframe. As it turned out, the land based version was cancelled in 1945 with the end of WW2 in sight, but the naval career of the new fighter was assured. (Click to enlarge).
Interestingly, the first production model of the Sea Fury (with an "F.X." nomenclature) was designated as a Fighter only. It only remained in RN front line service for a short time before being replaced by the FB (for "Fighter-Bomber") Mk. 11. This change was driven by the RN, who saw a need for an aircraft with ground-strike capability, and which believed the fighter version to be capable of such a role. The FB.11 variant differed insofar as underwing hardpoints were fitted, to enable the carriage of ordnance such as bombs and rockets. The hard points also allowed external fuel tanks to be fitted, giving a total range of some 1,140 miles (1,673km). The FB.11 also had provision for Rocket Assisted Take Off Gear (see photo later in this collection with an explanation), and its maximum all-up weight was increased to 14,650lb. The RAN only ever operated FB.11s.
Below: HMAS Sydney arrives at Jervis Bay in preparation to unload her precious cargo on May 25th 1949. 'Operation Decanter' commenced at 0800 when the group officer went ashore. During the day three F.I.R. aircraft were disembarked and towed successfully to Jervis Bay airstrip (the Fireflies were taken by low loader). Nine aircraft were disembarked to JB the following day, and some F.A.E. aircraft taken to RANAS Nowra. The operation was complete by 1500 on Friday 27th May. All JB Sea Fury aircraft were gradually towed to Nowra, typically in convoys of eight aircraft, with the last being delivered on Sunday 29th. In fact, the road to JB had been widened and sealed to allow the evolution to occur.
The 805 Squadron diary reports that the Squadron offices were still under construction, with painters, electricians and telephone linesmen still working, and that the runways of the air station were 'in no state whatsoever for a full flying programme at the moment', although there was no reason given.
There were other problems too: only 100 gallons of Sea Fury engine oil was to be found at the air station, which held up the process of de-inhibiting the embalmed aircraft. There was only one fuel bowser, too, with a limited capacity of only 600 gallons, and every time it needed to be filled it had to drive into Nowra town some 6.5 miles away. One Squadron estimated it would take about 12 hours to refuel all its aircraft, should that be required.
Despite these setbacks the first Sea Fury flew took off from RNAS Nowra at 1000 on Friday June 10th, as the runway was at last finished (or at least enough for flying). This marked the beginning of flying operations at the Naval Air Station, and the Fleet Air Arm had its footprint on Australian soil for the first time.
Above. The initial batch of 25 Sea Furies were brought to Australia aboard HMAS Sydney as the fighter component of the 20th Carrier Air Group. A second batch of 32 aircraft arrived in November 1950 (again on HMAS Sydney), two were delivered by ships "SS Sussex" and "SS Stentor" later in March and May 1950 respectively, and further small batches arrived via Sydney and Vengeance between 1952 and 1954. A total of 93 aircraft were thus delivered and another 8 were received from the Royal Navy in Korea in 1951 to bring the total number of 101. The images above show Sea Furies being delivered to HMAS Albatross after their long journey from the UK. The arrival of the first aircraft must have been a momentous event as they marked the beginning of an operational Fleet Air Arm in Australia, as well as delivering a potent force projection. The Sea Furies had a relatively small service life and each aircraft was to suffer its own fate: Sea Fury VW626, shown above right being towed though the main gate of HMAS Albatross, survived its flying days but suffered the ignominy of the scrapyard in June of 1957.
Below. Another shot of a Sea Fury being delivered: the terrain suggests it is traversing the eastern side of Nowra Hill, not far from the main gate of HMAS Albatross. The antiquity of the lorry towing the aircraft gives a real sense of the era, now nearly seventy years ago. (RAN images)
Left: This photograph, found in the Fleet Air Arm Museum in 2018, simply has 'Sea Furies in reserve at NAS Nowra' inscribed on the back. Like every picture, it tells a thousand words. The second batch of Furies, including the specific aircraft in the foreground, were received at RNAS Anthorn (the RN Aircraft Receipt and Dispatch Unit) on 14July1950 where they were embalmed (on 18Aug50) ready for their journey to Australia. VX756 was then embarked aboard HMAS Sydney at King George V Docks in Glasgow shortly thereafter, and reached Australia on 07Dec50 for towing to HMAS Albatross.
It would appear it was then held in Reserve, together with other aircraft. It was then assigned to 850 Squadron as 164/K. This Squadron was short lived: it commissioned in January 1953 under the command of LCDR Reginald Wild RAN (who was killed in a flying accident shortly thereafter) and decommissioned less than 18 months later when Vengeance was returned to the UK. After a varied career with 805 Squadron the aircraft was Struck Off Charge (SOC) in Oct 1965 after being used for fire fighting training at the fire ground. (RAN image).
Above (three images): Sydney's second delivery of aircraft brought the 21st CAG home, together with 23 Fireflies, 32 Sea Furies and about 100 tons of air stores. The three clippings tell something of the story from left to right: [1] Copy of the 17Oct50 page from HMAS Sydney's Record of Proceedings [2]'The West Australian' 28Nov50 reports on the arrival of Sydney at Fremantle (Trove), and [3] 'The Age', 05Dec50 reports on the brief visit to port Melbourne (Trove). The ship then sailed to Jervis Bay to unload both the aircraft and the CAG. Unless you have bionic vision you may want to click on the images to better read them.
Left: Sea Fury aircrew making their way across Sydney's Flight deck for the camera in Hobart in 1951. From left to right: CO LCDR Jim Bowles, SBLT Fred Lane, SBLT Ian Macdonald and LCDR Fred Sherbourne. Bowles, Lane and Macdonald were to go on to serve in Korea. This image was extracted from the excellent .pdf archive of Phil Thompson.
Below: A group of Sea Furies lined up at NAS Nowra. The UN stripes on the wings denote they were engaged in the Korean conflict, or about to be. The design was to be the last of the big propeller driven fighters, as jet propelled aircraft were already in the sky: but their high price tag was a deterrent to countries with fledgling Naval Air Arms, such as Australia and Canada, and the Sea Fury was only overshadowed by them marginally in terms of speed and altitude. Andrew Powell, who flew the Fury in Korea, has some interesting observations about piston vs jet on his page here. (Photo Neil K.)
Below: Visitors to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Nowra will recognise this quintessential image from the days of the Sea Fury operating to straight-deck carriers. It shows a Sea Fury on short finals to the deck of HMAS Sydney on a perfect flying day, with hook down for an arrested landing. It also captures the relationship between the pilot and the Landing Signals Officer ('Batsman'), who worked together to bring the aircraft safely to the deck. Image: AWM. Below. A loose stick of seven Sea Furies head south over Sydney harbour, perhaps bound for HMAS Albatross some seventy miles to the south. Note the warships moored off Bradley's Head, which are most probably the heavy cruiser HMAS Shropshire and the Destroyer HMAS Quality, both of which had been decommissioned and were awaiting disposal. The identity of these ships and the lack of UN markings on the aircraft suggests the photograph was taken circa 1950 – i.e. before Korea. (RAN photo).
Left: A Sea Fury taking off with Rocket Assisted Take Off Gear (RATOG). Rocket assisted take-off was used as an alternative to catapult launching for heavily loaded aircraft, or in low wind conditions. One or two rockets were fitted in jettisonable carriers each side of the fuselage, above the wing-root and angled up. The rockets were fired at a pre-calculated distance from the start of the take-off run determined according to aircraft weight, wind speed and take-off run available.
It was not without hazard. In the early '50s an RN Firefly driver, doing RATOG practice from an airfield in Northern Ireland, pressed the firing button and the rocket motor on the port side immediately departed its carrier and neatly removed (the then) four propeller blades, plus the pilot's beard – which spread out luxuriously from under his oxygen mask. The subsequent noise from a pilot with a burnt beard and a Griffon engine at full throttle under no-load conditions, must have been something.
RATOG was discontinued following the accident in which LEUT Barnett lost his life, when asymmetric firing caused his aircraft to spin into the sea.
Left: Sea Furies of 805 Squadron near Beecroft Range, Nowra. The image was taken in 1950 as a PR photo-shoot and shows the aircraft discharging their 3-inch rockets. It appears that Fury 116 has a 'hang up' rocket on the port wing – such occurrences were not uncommon and were typically due to the firing pigtail falling out in flight, although it could have been a switchology error by the pilot. (RAN image).
Below. A gorgeous shot of Sea Fury WH587 near Nowra, in NSW. It was not only a potent weapon system of the time, but regarded by many as one of the best looking prop-driven aircraft ever. This particular aircraft survived its service life and was spared the knackers yard, living on to be fully restored as a flying historic aircraft in the United States. (Image: RAN)
Left: A photograph and newspaper clipping from a Nowra local paper describe the loss of Sea Fury WV646 on 22 November 1950, when the CO LEUT Bowles experienced an engine fire whilst still about 10 miles from Nowra.
The 805 Squadron Diary entry for that day states that the dive bombing programme was interrupted at 1050 by the first complete engine failure in 20 CAG – quote: "…shortly [afterwards] his engine made loud noises and started to catch fire as it started to break up…in the words of the ditty – 'black smoke came out, great flames came out, Jim Bowles came out – f*** staying in there.' He got the speed back to 120 knots, jettisoned his hood and got out over the side with his hand around the canopy release. The tail passed over him by a clear few feet but the subsequent investigation showed that his hand must have jerked in the slipstream the necessary one inch to pull the release. It appears therefore the he lost the pilot chute and broke a few rigging lines on the aircraft as he jumped as well as burning a few holes in the canopy. His chute developed a 'rolled periphery' forming two lobes and his rate of descent, to his perturbation, was more than one would have wished. However, his descent took him into a 40′ tree which effectively broke the fall and a few minutes saw him on the ground having climbed down the tree none the worse for wear."
The story goes that having extracted himself from the tree, LCDR Jimmy Bowles was in the need for a cigarette and, while he had the cigarette, he did not have a light. He therefore proceeded to the burning wreck where he was found by Gordon Hardcastle, the 20th CAG Army Liaison Officer, poking a stick into the fire to get a light. Gordon drove Jimmy back to the Air Station in the Army Jeep and, as it was 1300, went straight to the Wardroom bar where many of the Squadron had congregated to ply him with beer. As the bar shutter came down about an hour later, RADM 'Mumbles' Coplans appeared, unamused at the scene before him. Apparently he'd been waiting at the sick bay for the pilot to be brought in for a check. (Source:Gordon McPhee. Slipstream, April 1996).
Above: a Sea Fury executes a missed approach very late on finals, to the consternation of several handlers who take evasive action. The photo dramatically illustrates the hazards of a Flight Deck, where things could turn pear shaped very quickly. (RAN image).
Above: This Fury is undergoing significant base level servicing, most probably in Nowra. The UN (Korea) markings indicates it was a 'K' aircraft (HMAS Sydney). There were five Sea Furies sequentially allocated the side number 101/K: two were destroyed in separate crashes in 1949, killing one pilot (Hare) and severely injuring another (Bolton); one was lost off Sydney in December 1950, killing the pilot (Beardsell) and a fourth crashed into Beecroft range in mid 1951, claiming the life of LEUT Leeson. One would have thought the "101" number would have been regarded as jinxed, but it continued to be used. Only the fifth aircraft – WJ279 -survived to its end of life. (Image via Jeff Chartier).
Left: A Fury on the deck of HMAS Sydney, awaiting an order to move. The lack of drop tanks and armament rails suggests it was early in the aircraft's career. (RAN image).
Left. This photograph, supplied by Jeff Chartier, was captioned 'HMAS Sydney Flight Trials 1949'. The take-off flap suggests a free take-off, probably during a work up, which supports the caption date. From Korea onwards, the catapult launched all aircraft. The numbers on the deck abreast each white centreline were distance to the bow for free take-offs. These numbers and the steam jet markers by the aircraft's starboard wingtip were painted over around the time of the Korean conflict.
The Wind Over Deck Board was maintained by Flyco and set according to the planned aircraft weight and wind over deck speed. This board had room for two aircraft (Sea Fury, Firefly or "Light Sea Fury", "Heavy Sea Fury", etc.) slots. Flyco had a table for aircraft type, weight and planned windspeed. Sydney always had a catapult, unless it was down for maintenance.
The object in the bottom right corner of the photo looks like the Number 1 Barrier knuckle going down, just in time. (Info courtesy of Fred Lane).
Left: Sea Fury VX751 after an engine failure forced a landing at a bush strip on Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 10 September 1952. The aircraft was acting as a communications relay for Fireflies and Sea Furies in transit from HMAS Albatross to rendezvous with HMAS Sydney, which was enroute to the Monte Bello nuclear tests. The pilot survived the crash and the aircraft was subsequently stripped of useful components before being destroyed. (Photo: Jack Duperouzel).
Above Left: A group of maintenance personnel pose with their Sea Fury. The names have been lost in time, but if anyone knows please tell us! Above Right. A cut out schematic of the Sea Fury's cockpit (Drawing: P. Cooke. Click image to enlarge). You can see a copy of the original Pilots Notes here, but be patient while it loads…its a big document.
Below: This image gives some idea of deck operations. The Sea Fury on deck has just landed – number 3 (or 4?) wire is being retracted and the flaps do not seem to be fully up, so the wings should not yet be selected to fold. A second aircraft is approaching the deck to land, with undercarriage and flaps down. He appears to have about 40° still to turn, which suggests he is low and late. In a worked up state, the second aircraft would nearly be in the finals groove at that height. (RAN photo from the Gordon Evans collection. Technical advice courtesy of Fred Lane.)
Below: Whilst photographs of flying Sea Furies are common, images showing them below decks are hard to find. The two photos above are not particularly good quality but do give an impression of the hangar deck aboard HMAS Sydney, and aircraft either stored or undertaking maintenance. (unknown source).
Above Left: A Sea Fury preparing for a free deck take off aboard HMAS Sydney. Once the Korean conflict started, free take-offs were abandoned as deck space was at a premium and aircraft were typically more heavily laden. The white numbers painted adjacent to the dotted centre-line were also removed as they were superfluous for catapult operations. Above Right: In contrast, this Fury has been catapulted. A second aircraft is lining up for dispatch and others await their turn. During operations a carrier's flight deck has often been described as one of the most dangerous places on earth with high winds and moving aircraft and propellers a lethal combination in a small area. A/SBLT John McClinton was to find that out to his cost, when he walked into a revolving propeller in early 1954. (RAN images).
Below: One of those photographs that could almost be a painting. It shows a Sea Fury about to land on HMAS Sydney in 1953, although the exact date is not known. The LSO is signalling to the pilot and more aircraft can be seen in the distance. The RESDES is escorting to one side. The photograph is from the collection of Kevin Pavlich, who is the cine photographer in the foreground (every landing was filmed for later analysis) but the photographer's name has been lost in time.
Above. Crew members study damaged aircraft on the deck of HMAS Sydney after Typhoon Ruth had passed. She had been lying at anchor in Sase Bo Harbour in Japan, replenishing for her next Korean War operational patrol, but the severity of the approaching storm and the restricted nature of the anchorage forced her to take to sea. She experienced the most critical phase of the typhoon from 5pm to midnight on 14 October 1952, with winds exceeding 68 knots. (RAN photo – CPO Alan White).
Below Left: A group of Sea Furies approach 'mother' in loose formation. Below right (1) and (2): Aircraft accidents were relatively common, given the size of the deck, the number of aircraft aboard and the rudimentary landing aids. Most involved striking the forward barrier which was raised to protect parked aircraft on the bow section of the ship. The advent of the angled flight deck, which was first introduced when HMAS Melbourne entered service, removed this particular hazard, although flying operations remained a dangerous occupation. (RAN images).
Above: Another mishap during the work up for Korea. On 18 July 1951 VW626 flown by Leut Knappstein trickled over the side of the flight deck, the aircraft hanging by a prayer. Although the 805 Squadron Diary makes light of it, this was one of several significant accidents during this period. LEUT Andrew Robertson (later RADM) is reported to have recorded:
'I was the Gunnery Officer of HMAS Anzac, the brand new destroyer that acted as plane guard for Sydney during some of the work up. Sydney had ten major crashes (within our view) in ten days as she worked up in heavy weather off Jervis Bay. Flying eventually ceased when a [new Pilot's] Sea Fury bounced – and went over the side where the barrel of a Bofors pinned the aircraft like a moth! The pilot went up the wing like a rat up a drainpipe and so onto the flight deck. An OA was trapped under the breech of the Bofors but escaped unharmed. The plane could neither be pushed overboard nor hoisted on the crane – so back to Jervis Bay'. (Photo: LEUT Knappstein).
Above. The immediate future does not look good for this aircraft, which has shed its starboard wheel on landing. Below: Not all mishaps were at sea. Sea Fury VW640 was one of the originals delivered by HMAS Sydney, being towed though the main gate of Albatross on 31 May 1949. It served until 1953, although it was damaged two years earlier, requiring repairs by Fairey Aviation Clyde. On 18 March 1953 it suffered an engine failure on take off from Albatross and crashed into a nearby field, severely injuring the pilot, LEUT J. Bolton. The aircraft was subsequently reduced to spares in August of that year. (RAN image).
Below and left: More spills. Operating high performance aircraft to a 'straight deck' carrier was inherently hazardous. Most of the accidents resulted from floating over wires, or catching a late wire to strike the forward (No 2) Barrier. Few, if any, injuries resulted from such incidents although the cost on the aircraft involved was high.
Later generation carriers had angled flight decks which avoided such problems – although the incidence of ditching was proportionally higher as mishaps where a 'go around' wasn't possible usually resulted in the aircraft trickling off the flight deck into the sea.
Left: Oops! A collision between WZ642 (LEUT Leeson) and WZ652 (LEUT Litchfield) on 15 May 1955 resulted in the tail of the latter being severed. This particular accident happened at Griffith, where dust from five Sea Furies revving their engines reduced visibility. Dust notwithstanding, taxying accidents were relatively common as the visibility afforded to the pilot was severely limited by the nose of the aircraft. Ronald Leeson was to die two months later when his Sea Fury crashed into Beecroft Range (below) (Photo: FAA Museum)
Below. The 805 Squadron Line Book records the above collision with customary irreverence. (FAAM image)
Below left: September 1952. Eight Sea Furies at Manus in Papua New Guinea's Admiralty Islands group, site of the huge WW2 American and Allied bases around Seeadler Harbour. Immediately after the war the RAN commissioned part of this complex as HMAS Seeadler, but its name was changed to HMAS Tarangau around April 1950 when it was realised that 'Seeadler' is the German word for Sea Eagle. Below right: A few of HMAS Sydney's air group pose with an old RAAF base squadron sign during the same detachment. Jack Duperouzel, who took both photographs, is standing second from the left. He was a Radio Mechanic at the time.
Below: One of the few surviving Sea Furies, WH587 was first delivered in 1952 and served until it was struck off charge on 23 September 1963: a relatively short life for a military aircraft. Like most restored historic aircraft it was then owned by a succession of well-meaning collectors until it was finally returned to flying status. Its last known location was San Jose, in California. Image: Jim Jackson.
Below: This Sea Fury was positioned in front of Melbourne's Museum Victoria Building in 1953. (RAN image)
Below. A brief article in "Slipstream" magazine of March 1958 marks the final days of the few remaining aircraft. Slipstream was never magnanimous in its praise of any FAA aircraft types, so the words here were somewhat remarkable. Within a few months the last of the Sea Furies had gone, and the sound of the 18 cylinder Bristol Centaurus was replaced by the whine of the De Havilland Goblin. (FAAAA archive).
Above right. Inevitably, as the RAN's Sea Furies reached the end of their service life they were disposed of. Most were sold to scrap merchants, but a few survived – at least for a while. VW647 was used by the CSIRO building materials testing establishment in Ryde in 1959, where it served as a wind-generator to test windows against gale force winds and rain resistance. It later found its way to a private collection in the Camden Museum of Aviation.
Right: VX730 on a low loader in 1987. According to ADF Serials, this aircaft was sold to the NSW Department of Education in 59. A Fury bearing this serial number is now on display in the Australian War Memorial, although it could contain parts from TF925 and VW232. Additional photographs of surviving Furies will be added here as they become available.


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The largest driver of increases in global connectedness since 2001, information flows, almost tripled in intensity from 2001 to 2017. But global trade also held up well. Following a multi-year decline, the share of economic output traded internationally rebounded in 2017, with trade in both goods and services increasing. Fuelled by strong economic growth, merchandise trade volumes actually experienced the fastest growth since 2011.
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And yet the world is actually still much less global than many think, and than globalization's opponents would have us believe. Again, the hard facts tell a story that may surprise you. According to the latest GCI report, only around 29% of economic output around the world is exported. Adjusted for exports that cross borders more than once, this figure shrinks to roughly 20%. And when we look at the 7% share of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in gross fixed capital formation, we can see that only a small fraction of business investments are made across borders.
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I do not usually appreciate African culture, or feel enriched by it. I am often annoyed or disgusted by its bestial lack of depth and only rarely do I like anything about it.
But I need more of these knife fight videos.
They bring me joy.
The best way for me to get more of these videos is for all UK citizens to be taught street fighting unarmed knife defense combat skills.
Sir Christopher Chope agrees with me.
Children should get 'fitter' so they are more able to repel the growing threat of knife attacks, an outspoken Tory MP told senior police officers today.
Sir Christopher Chope says more youngsters should be encouraged to try judo and taekwondo to avoid them feeling the need to carry a blade themselves.
The Brexiteer, who represents Christchurch in Dorset, suggested martial arts would help youngsters be 'physically able to deal with the situation' by either disarming a rival or fighting back.
He told police officers at the Home Affairs Select Committee in Parliament today: 'It's an alternative. If they [young people} say "well I'm carrying a knife because I want to protect myself' – an alternative to that is actually to protect yourself by actually being fitter and more able to deal with that sort of attack'.
He added: 'In the same way as a lot of young women are taught how to deal with men who get violent or threatening towards them'.
Dave Thompson, Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police, told MPs today that the 'best knife prevention technique is to run away, as fast as you can'.
Sir Christopher replied: 'You do need to be fit to do that'.
I assume that Sir Christopher winked at someone as he spoke those last words.
It's clear what he meant to say. Some people are more fit than others. None of us chose for things to be this way. This is how things are ordered in nature.
Sir Christopher was tired of reading good news about the economy. He stood up and bravely declared it to be self-evident that Parliamentary authority be justified only through its adherence to one first principle. Parliament must strengthen the British people. To strengthen the collective spirit, each individual Briton must know mortal combat. To strengthen the national bloodline, the weak must be purged.
Sir Christopher's radical politics of civilizational bloodsports seen through virality algorithms of mass surveillance footage are the logical extension of his ecofascist worldview. He believed in the genetically determined Neitzchean superman as the only valid social goal. He believed in himself, and in his own imperative to supply me with ever-increasing sacrifices of relatively athletic knife fight videos with moral consequences to jungle barbarians.
It does not matter what has to happen to society in order to produce the imagery.
The violence was fast-paced and tactical, but Sir Christopher knew that there could be more. To achieve his goals, society would have to be repurposed away from the production and consumption of consumer goods, and towards the attainment of the ideal human form through mass sacrificial combat.
Ecofascists such as Sir Christopher Chope believe that the three factors which conspire to determine a nation's destiny were land, divine fortune, and blood nobility. Britain's land mass was already sufficient to sustain many more Britons (if only they would breed in captivity!) and in any case could not be increased because there were no more wars.
A worldly man, Sir Christopher reasoned well that divine fortune was often indifferent to man's interests and could not be surely appeased with any policy of Parliament.
For one revolutionary MP, it is racial destiny itself which must be mastered. Of all the factors incumbent upon the United Kingdom's inevitable destiny, it is only this factor which could be improved upon through its subjugation to Parliamentary policy. Through mass conscription of the civilian population into a street fighter knife defense training program, Sir Christopher saw the most expedient path to the completion of German idealism, and the justification of previous acts of Parliament.
The Briton would be forced to confront knife-wielding barbarians, which had already been brought to roam their homeland through previous acts of Parliament, as a test of personal strength.
The Briton would share this experience of Victory with all other Britons through their culture, and recall the culling of the weaker Britons in their collective racial memory. This test of martial nature would define their national identity and embolden their will to exist and to struggle as a People. If the Briton were to achieve his perfect form, it would not matter to him if society were to collapse or if government were to fall into corruption and chaos.
Civilization was created once through collective spirit of will to power. As long as the spirit of greatness is within man, he can create it again, stronger.
You heard the gub'ment, Brits. Start sprinting, start lifting weights, start training tactically effective martial arts. If you already play video games, play classical aristocratic games that challenge strategy, logic and perception.
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Pucayacu ist eine Ortschaft und eine Parroquia rural ("ländliches Kirchspiel") im Kanton La Maná der ecuadorianischen Provinz Cotopaxi. Die Parroquia besitzt eine Fläche von 181,2 km². Die Einwohnerzahl lag im Jahr 2010 bei 2054. Die Parroquia wurde am 27. Juli 1949 gegründet.

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Die Parroquia Pucayacu liegt an der Westflanke der Cordillera Occidental im Nordwesten der Provinz Cotopaxi. Der  hoch gelegene Hauptort Pucayacu befindet sich am Nordufer des nach Westen fließenden Río Quindigua. Er liegt 28 km nordnordöstlich vom Kantonshauptort La Maná sowie 60 km westnordwestlich der Provinzhauptstadt Latacunga. Der Río Quindigua begrenzt das Gebiet im Süden und entwässert dabei den Süden der Parroquia nach Südwesten, der Río Lulu Grande den Nordteil des Verwaltungsgebietes nach Westen. Im Osten erreichen die Berge Höhen von . Im äußersten Südwesten befindet sich der tiefste Punkt am Río Quindigua mit .

Die Parroquia Pucayacu grenzt im Süden an die Parroquia Guasaganda, im Westen an den Kanton Valencia (Provinz Los Ríos) sowie im Nordosten und im Osten an die Parroquia Sigchos des gleichnamigen Kantons.

Ökologie
Der Osten der Parroquia liegt innerhalb der Reserva Ecológica Los Ilinizas.

Weblinks
 https://pucayacu.gob.ec/cotopaxi/ – GAD Parroquial Pucayacu
 Bevölkerungsstatistik bei www.citypopulation.de

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Q: .NET Framework Time complexity in the documentation Where can I find the time complexity for methods in the standard .Net library?
I use MSDN and it occasionally mentions time complexity, but not often (I ran into a similar problem with Java).
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