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Foguetão : semanário juvenil, foi idealizado e dirigido por Adolfo Simões Müller (num total de 13 números, entre Maio e  Julho de 1961) que começa por aliciar o seu público alvo com um Prospeto no qual anuncia: "Vai ser lançado em Portugal o primeiro Foguetão",  "Finalmente! Um jornal para os mais novos! Um jornal diferente para toda a gente!". Eis, portanto, um novo concorrente no mercado, com maior dimensão, profusamente colorido, do interior às capas o que lhe confere uma vivacidade original.

Disposto a avivar a saudade dos mais velhos e a alimentar  as aspirações mais jovens o Foguetão promete: viagens ao "mundo de amanhã"; contos e crónicas de ficção científica; ciência, aventura, mistério, enigmas policiais, artes mágicas e passatempos; secções de desporto, cinema, rádio, televisão, discos e selos.

Introduz títulos de banda desenhada franco-belga Tintim de Hergé (versão original) e o gaulês Asterix de Albert Uderzo e René Goscinny. Tudo em somente um trimestre de existência.

Na ilustração do seu projeto, Adolfo Simões Müller faz-se acompanhar de alguns desenhadores de renome, nomeadamente: José Garcês, Fernando Bento, Uderzo, Jean Graton, Frank Hampson Edgar P. Jacobs, Eduard Aidans e Yves Duval. Também como colaboradores: José Águas, homem da bola, na coluna futebolística;  o crítico e locutor de televisão e rádio Jorge Alves e o filatelista Henrique Mantero.

Ver também
 Lista de publicações disponíveis na Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa

Ligações externas
 Foguetão : semanário juvenil Acervo digitalizado Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa

Jornais extintos de Portugal
Fundações em Portugal em 1961
Revistas de banda desenhada de Portugal


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Clemson football is the program that comes closest to matching Alabama's dominance in recent years. At least in the College Football Playoff era. In this the fifth season of the CFP, the 20 berths so far break down like this: Alabama 5, Clemson 4, Oklahoma 3, Ohio State 2, Notre Dame, Oregon, Florida State, Georgia, Washington and Michigan State all have 1.
So of the 20 berths, 60% have gone to just three teams, and Clemson football is one of them. Dabo Swinney's program beat Alabama for the 2016 national title, but lost to them in the 2015 national championship and 2017 Sugar Bowl semifinal. The odds makers have both teams as double digit favorites to win their semifinal games and play for the national title again; which would make it the third time in five years.
What sets Alabama and Clemson football so far above everyone else? Well, there are lot of factors and reasons, but defensive line talent and depth is critical. While quarterback is and always has been the most position in all of sports, the DL, as a position grouping is key.
It's been a consistent college football paradigm in recent decades- the most stable and elite programs have top tier talent and an abundance of depth on the DL. Our 2019 NFL mock draft is loaded with Clemson football players, and here are four who could go in the first round.
He had another spectacular season with 17 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks. He has a versatile skill set that makes him a potentially every down player at the next level. Probably could have left school last year, but definitely drove up the price of his stock by playing another year of Clemson football.
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly had a lot of praise for his opponent, especially the front seven, during the Fighting Irish's on campus Media Day.
"Defensively, I think you obviously start with the defensive front. You probably have three guys there that could be top 50, top 60 players in all of college football," said Kelly.
Wilkins was perhaps ready to jump in 2018, but since he stayed in school longer, his stock may be higher when he enters the process this spring. His ability to play any position on the DL makes his stock high. He's crazy athletic and wicked fast too. At 6'4″, 315 he's actually lined up at running back for Clemson; not fullback but tailback. His rushing TD at Florida State this season complements the receiving TD he had in 2016.
He's a prospect that knows how to split through gaps and create pressure on opposing back fields.
You can see why the Notre Dame OL, or any offensive line for that matter which plays Clemson, will have their hands full. Lawrence was the #2 overall rated recruit in the nation when he came to South Carolina in 2016. At 6-4, 351 pounds, he's a match-up nightmare for tackles and guards everywhere.
Lawrence won the 2016 ACC Defensive rookie of the year award on the strength of his breaking the Clemson freshman season sacks record which was held by William "the Refrigerator" Perry, Ricky Sapp and Shaq Lawson. Lawrence, like the Fridge versus the Green Bay Packers in 1985, scored a rushing touchdown this season, against lowly Louisville.
The junior just spoke out about his upcoming NFL Draft status decision a couple days ago, and said that he will weigh up all his options and make the call after the season is over. At 6-2 he has ideal size for a corner and the scouts will love his long arms. He has the requisite speed too, but overall his prospects have tended to fluctuate over the course of the season.
Even if he wanted to shut out all the draft chatter and mock draft projections etc. it's pretty much impossible as family and friends have been keeping him updated on that stuff.
"I would say it's kind of surprising, but I know I'm a really good athlete and I know it's something that was possible, so I'm just embracing it," Mullen said of one mock placing him top ten, and the first Clemson football player selected.


Real Madrid were in seven heaven yesterday after they handed out a thrashing to Deportivo at the Santiago Bernabeu. Zinedine Zidane's men may well be stuttering this season but they were no such signs of that on Sunday as the La Liga holders smashed their way to victory.
It was a day of braces for Los Blancos as Nacho, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo all picked up a pair of goals each. But what makes the result all the more interesting is the fact that they actually went behind halfway through the first half.
Adrian silenced their home fans on 23 minutes but if anything that would have just woken the Galacticos up as they then played like something resembling a wounded animal that was ready to lash out in retaliation and lash out they did.
Nacho and Gareth Bale would each get their first goals of the day before the break to overturn their deficit and but Real Madrid ahead at half time. From the restart though the home side had it all their own way as they then scored another five unanswered strikes.
First up Bale got his second of the afternoon to make it 3-1 and then Croatian international Luka Modric who subsequently was the only person not to have scored a pair yesterday made it 4-1 to kill off any lingering hopes of a Deportivo comeback.
There was still plenty of time though for Cristiano Ronaldo to get in on the act he scored the fifth and six goals for Real Madrid yesterday while Nacho then bookended all of the goals for his team by making it 7-1 with just two minutes remaining.
An emphatic victory and a much needed one after the recent performances by this side, can they now use this as a springboard to at least salvage something from this season?


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"The Top Tens" website came out with a list of the best decades to live in since 1900. Can you guess which one topped the list? The 1980s. When I think about that decade, things like acid wash jeans, cassette mixtapes, and Nintendo come to mind. I also think about the great movies of that time, like Top Gun, Crocodile Dundee, and Beverly Hills Cop. There was the tragic shuttle explosion in 1986 and the powerful "Tear Down This Wall" speech by President Reagan a year later. However, one of the things I remember most, probably because of my age at the time, was Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign against drugs. She traveled the country, flooded the airwaves, and partnered with countless celebrities to repeat one simple word — NO!
"Just Say No" would have been an appropriate slogan for the Pharisees in the first century, but for an entirely different reason. These men were strict Jews who thought very highly of themselves and were constantly finding fault in others. They considered just about everything to be a sin. Therefore, they engaged in their own kind of "Just Say No" campaign.
The Pharisees were obsessed with keeping the "traditions of the elders" (a set of oral instructions that had been compiled over the generations). These traditions were very cumbersome, going beyond the Word of God and adding to the Word of God. Yet the Pharisees believed these traditions were a requirement that had to be observed by all the Jews. To them, violating a tradition was equivalent to violating the law itself. This was especially evident when it came to the Sabbath.
Though the old law prohibited working on the Sabbath, it did not go into much detail about the work itself. However, traditions were developed over time that attempted to list exactly what could and could not be done. This resulted in 39 different categories of "forbidden labor." For instance, you could not take a bath because water might spill on the floor and wash it. You could not swat a fly because killing it would be slaughtering. You could not drag a chair across the dirt because it might make a rut, which would be plowing. Washing, slaughtering, and plowing were all categories of forbidden labor.
You could not climb a tree because a leaf might accidently fall off and make one guilty of reaping. You could not wear false teeth because if they were to fall out and be picked back up, the person would be guilty of carrying a burden. A woman could not even look at her reflection because she might see a gray hair and try to pluck it out, which would be working. Other forbidden labor included tying or untying a knot, washing or drying clothes, lighting or extinguishing a fire, and separating good fruit from spoiled fruit.
If a hen laid an egg on the Sabbath, you could not eat it because the hen had worked. If reaching for food when the Sabbath began, the food had to be dropped on the floor. Cold water could be poured into warm water, but not warm water into cold water. And something lifted up in a private place could only be put down in a public place (and vice versa).
Interestingly, many of their traditions had convenient "loopholes." For instance, you could not take the saddle off a donkey. However, you could unloose the saddle and let it fall to the ground on its own. You could not carry clothes out of a burning house. However, you could put on several layers of clothes and wear them out of the house. You could not travel more than 3,000 feet from home. However, if you placed food at that precise point before the Sabbath, you could travel another 3,000 feet because the food was considered an extension of the home.
When it came to medical treatment, their tradition said that only lifesaving measures could be taken. You could prevent death, but not do anything to improve health. This is why Jesus caused such a stir for healing on the Sabbath.
Obviously, these traditions were way over the top. They bound where God had not bound, put an enormous burden on the Jewish people, and changed the focus of the Sabbath from a day of "rest" to a day of "restrictions." Therefore, Jesus was very antagonistic toward what He called "the traditions of men" (Mark 7:8).
Instances of Opposition
Below are three instances in the gospel accounts where Pharisees (and other Jewish leaders) tried to bind their traditions on Jesus and His associates.
In Matthew 12, some Pharisees accused the disciples of violating the law for eating grain on the Sabbath. The charge would have included reaping (for picking the grain), threshing (for rubbing the grain), and winnowing (for blowing off the chaff).
In John 5, some Pharisees accused a man Jesus healed of violating the law for taking up his bed on the Sabbath. The charge would have included carrying a burden (for holding the mat).
In John 9, some Pharisees accused Jesus of violating the law for using saliva to make mud on the Sabbath. The charge would have included kneading (for making clay out of spit and dirt) and rendering nonvital treatment to someone. Their tradition only allowed treatments to prevent death, not to improve health.
Perhaps the most well-known clash Jesus had with the Jewish leaders over tradition involved handwashing as is recorded in Matthew 15 and Mark 7. In that text, the disciples were accused of eating with defiled hands because they did not wash first. (This was not a matter of hygiene but of ritual. It was a ceremonial rinsing for the purpose of removing any possible contamination, like having contact with a Gentile). The Jewish leaders took this very seriously. Some rabbis taught that a certain demon could enter the body through unwashed hands while others said the act of washing assured eternal life. One imprisoned rabbi would use the little water he was given to wash his hands rather than drinking it because he thought it was better to perish than to transgress the tradition. He nearly died of thirst.
The ceremonial rinsing had very rigid requirements. It was to be done before every meal and between each of the courses. The water had to be kept in special stone jars that could not be used for any other purpose. First, the hands had to be held with fingertips pointing upwards so the water could run down to the wrist. After each hand was cleansed with the fist of the other, the procedure was repeated but with the fingertips pointing downwards. Then and only then was the person considered clean.
Jesus used this confrontation to expose the Pharisees' hypocrisy and accused them of teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. This shows just how strongly Jesus felt about binding where God has not bound.
Application for Today
The Pharisees thought they were just being "conservative," but they were really being extreme. In their zeal to do right, they became obsessed with manmade traditions and found fault in anyone who did not adhere to them. They became the "Just Say No" crowd of the first century.
Sadly, some Christians fall into that same trap today. In their desire to do right, they fail to distinguish between truth and tradition, which inevitably leads them to oppose many things that are not wrong. For instance, some oppose displaying the cross on church buildings or pendants, using modern translations of the Bible, singing contemporary hymns in worship, wearing casual attire at services, celebrating religious holidays, and designating a minister's area of work (youth, family, worship, etc). None of those things are a violation of truth, they just go against long-held traditions.
May God help us to keep manmade traditions in their proper place. They are not equivalent to God's Word and should not be viewed as such. Nor should we impose them on others. We do not want to be the "Just Say No" crowd of the 21st century!
We are excited to announce that the Taylorsville church of Christ will be moving into a new building later this year. At that time, we will become the North Point church of Christ. This designation was picked for two reasons: (1) It is geographically accurate. The new building will be on the north point of Spencer County. (2) It is highly symbolic. In scripture, God is said to dwell in the north and His blessings flow from the north. We hope you'll come and experience the great things happening in this church!

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Henryk Mikolaj Górecki was born in 1933 near Rybnik in Polish Silesia. After musical studies in Rybnik and Katowice, he began making his mark as a composer in the mid-1950s, at the forefront of the Polish avant-garde.
His early works show a clear development from the folk-influenced worlds of Syzmanowski and Bartók to the modernist techniques of Webern and Boulez, as demonstrated in his Symphony No. 1 (1959). During the 1960s, Górecki continued in a radical direction in the ›Genesis‹ (1962-63) and ›Muzyczka‹ (1967-70) cycles, while continuing to explore the folk music traditions of his beloved Tatra region in such works as ›Three Pieces in Old Style‹ (1963).
The simple yet monumental style for which Górecki is today renowned became fully established in the 1970s with such works as the Symphony No. 2 ›Copernican‹ (1972), the much-lauded Symphony No. 3 ›Symphony of Sorrowful Songs‹ (1976) and ›Beatus Vir‹ for chorus and orchestra (1979). Withdrawing from public life in the early 1980s, Górecki concentrated on choral settings and chamber music.
In the end-1980s, Henryk M. Górecki's music has enjoyed increasing popularity on the international level. This renewed interest has led to the composition of two major string quartets, ›Already It Is Dusk‹ (1988) and ›Quasi una fantasia‹ (1991), both commissioned for the Kronos Quartet. In addition to being featured at numerous international festivals, Górecki's compositions have appeared in a series of highly successful new recordings on the Nonesuch and Decca Argo labels.
(Status 1997, Source: Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki)


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Interview with Peter Weibel, Chairman and CEO of the Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Peter Weibel: The first task of a curator working on the web is to find out the criteria of what work is only adequate for the net and to develop criteria for works that are non-local. Most of the artworks in history are locally bound, which means the spectator and the artwork itself share the same space. Even with media works this is important - in a media installation you share the same space. For the first time with the net, the spectator and the work are dislocated, separate; they don't share the same space. It is important to look for works and the criteria that are appropriate to this condition.
The next thing is the classical function of a curator: selection. Anybody could go to any artist and say, "I want to see your work." Hypothetically they have the possibility to travel to Germany and Italy and England and have a list of artists and have addresses and phone numbers. But there are social obstacles - namely, artists will not open their doors to just anybody because the artist is also an entrepreneur - he needs money, he needs managing - so he will only open his doors to people he thinks are useful to him. People have this romantic belief of how art functions, but truthfully, a normal spectator doesn't count for anything in the art system. This is the undemocratic truth. If a famous curator from a famous place calls an artist, he would say, 'please come ...'. So the job of a curator is to select artists and to bring this work together so that the public can see it.
And this is the same for the net. People do not have the time to go through the hundreds of thousands of works on the net, so we have to create sites that are curated. People then know that if they want to save time that curators will always provide orientation and navigation to the works. So you have to trust, when you visit a curated site, that you will see a hundred excellent works dealing with the conditions of the net. This is the classical function of a curator and it is also necessary on the net as it is necessary in the museum. People say, 'why should I need a curator on the net?' And I say 'for the same reasons that you need a curator for the paintings. The paintings are available, but you don't have the chance to see them.' They say, 'I can look at home at net art' and I say, 'You would not know where to go because you don't have the address. There are hundreds of thousands of artists on the net but you would never find them, it would take you years.' But if somebody has the time to concentrate and to select then you can just click and then you can see it. And this is the second function of media curator.
The next is for me the most interesting function of a curator and that is to understand the technology as a tool. That means a curator can know even more than the artist can. He can study theory and then can commission a work. This would be the next step - the curator as producer, or impresario, as in the field of cinema. A cinema producer says 'I have an idea but I need a scriptwriter, I need a director, I need an actor.' So a curator can say, 'according to my knowledge, according to my expertise, I think we have to develop something new.' And then he can look around and see whom the people are who do this. A curator then is not someone who takes care of an existing work but a producer commissioning a new work. This is the most interesting aspect of curatorial work.
It means, for example, when we have installation systems, when we have artificial intelligence, then as curators, we have to think of what these new entities consist of and what they can they do for the net. So the curator's job is not only to make an exhibition of existing work or traditional work, as in a museum. A curator also has to remember that a virtual museum can consist of additional work, being rendered two-dimensionally or digitally; it can be media work. So the most important other thing is to develop new things that another museum cannot do, what I call new formats. A curator can ask 'how can I combine photography, video, computer, and the Internet? What could be a new format, a new way of story telling, or a new lifestyle, new activities?' And then you have to find the people - poets, singers, songwriters - not to make a song for a record, not to make a poem for a book, but to think about what can be done for the net, and then develop something specifically for it.
These are the four basic principles.
Sarah Cook: Following the principle of selection, how did you research the works in net_condition? Do you work from recommendations, do you talk to artists and find out what they're looking at?
PW: Yes, everything that you've just said.
SC: What about how the web has changed your working practice? Do you go to the festivals - which do you find useful? Do you do studio visits online? Do you first communicate with artists by email, do you do traditional studio visits? Where do you look for new work? Do you subscribe to any of the listservs?
PW: Theoretically I would subscribe, but purely practically, being burdened by so much work as head of the institution, I don't have the time to participate. But this is truly just a practical reason. About the festivals, I have to tell you the terrible truth that I have never been to them. I was only at Ars Electronica as long as I was the director. But I have never been to Siggraph, nor Doors of Perception, or any of these festivals. And I don't think it is necessary. Which is why I don't organise a festival here. When I started at ZKM they had the 'Multimediale,' and I stopped it, because this festival had a historical role that is now over. The role of Multimediale was (in the 80s, and beginning of 90s), to promote media art, to make it more widely accepted. For example, in 1972 nobody knew about Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, about Woody and Steina Vasulka, about Nam June Paik. But today, when Nam June Paik attracts a mass audience and is as popular as Mickey Mouse, then it is because of the festivals promoting media art. Media art festivals have now become a routine element. It is no longer a forum where you have new subjects, new issues, new ideas, and new names. So this pivotal agency or role that festivals had - to play the motor of acceleration, of investigation, motivation of innovation - is over now.
The first period of my research is just telematic - by writing, phoning, and mailing around - and only when I think I have to speak to the person in person, to be at the place (which is usually the case to support my judgement) do I go there. But what is useful is actually to go to some places to discover new artists that are not part of this electronic community. Many artists are a little bit difficult, or shy, or have bad connections, or hate each other, so they will say 'I'm the only one here in this whole city, there's nothing here,' and you cannot trust them. You have to go there and find out there still are other existing artists, to see there are others beside this one you have already approached. So in the end local research is also necessary to get, as much as possible, an objective image.
But first of all - this is my approach and maybe it is not an approach many people share - you need a theory. A theory is a tool to discover something. You can go to the jungle without a map, but it will take you a long time to discover what a jungle is. But a map is a theory so you know what you are looking for. Naturally during the trip your perceptions change, because a map is not an exact representation, but is a start. With a theory (a tool, a map, an idea) you can make your journey and during the journey the theory changes and you say 'ah, I made a mistake, I have to reconstruct my tool.' But this takes a lot of time and what is very important is to know what you don't see.
When you go to a studio, or when you look at a paper you need what is called 'selective perception.' Without a theory in mind you might look through a magazine and not even realize what you are looking at. If you don't have this selective criteria in mind, then you won't find the interesting works. This is the starting point. Then you ask artists, then you read magazines, then you ask for recommendations from artists, from curators, and you follow every little piece of paper you find. But first you have to have a theoretical framework.
SC: What you've just described can be said to be true of traditional curatorial practice also. I'm interested to know how you think the field of curating has changed as a result of new media art.
PW: I would say the challenge of media curating is much greater than that faced by a normal curator, because there are so many books about painting and sculpture that it is difficult to make an error. But when you have a field like new media there is not much information in the field. There is a theoretical framework of painting and sculpture that has been elaborated over 100 years. As a curator then you have a very solid fundament for your judgement. And what is even more important is that you have a very strict, consolidated social structure, from galleries and museums. Curators just have to say 'what kind of artist do I want to show?' and then see that this artist has shown in this famous gallery, in this famous collection in this famous museum, and has these famous curators as supporters; you just proceed like this. Curators are always doing the same thing - waiting and waiting to see who else will buy a particular artist. In fact, if you go to European museums you see nearly all the same artists everywhere. It is true that people chose to rely on the judgement of other people, and on an accumulation of judgement following the curatorial mainstream. In media work, at the moment, we don't have this consolidated social structure.
SC: Do you think there will there be one?
PW: I don't hope so. Because if there will be one, we would have the same thing, just a repetition of the mainstream. So in media work, from avant-garde to advanced computer work, the challenge is greater for the curator because he has to be very bold and he must know a lot. He must know, above all, theory. I assure you it is absolutely for sure that many curators who curate shows about painters haven't read a book about painting in the last ten years. Because they don't need to. They say, 'I can trust my eye.' What that in fact means is that they are trusting the judgement of others. Their eyes are trained to see what they know. And when they have seen the works everywhere on the markets then they can show it. In the media world this is not possible. In the media world to discover something, to make a good show, you have to have a lot of theory in your mind about the work and about the general discussion otherwise you would not see the work, you would not find it.
SC: One concern I have as a result of this perspective is that curators are presenting new media art accompanied by a lot of theory, as if to disguise the fact that it still has a lot more development to go through before it is seen as art.
PW: But I see that as an advantage. Your description is correct. Media art is very much theory dependent. But now comes my argument. What else, or what in the modern world is not theory dependent?
SC: Entertainment.
PW: Entertainment, exactly. And art is not entertainment. This is my point.
SC: Well, what about the exhibition at the Walker Art Center called Art Entertainment Network? AEN was an exhibition of web art about entertainment as part of the traveling exhibition Let's Entertain (seen at the Pompidou in December 2000 under the title Au Dela du Spectacle). I think those boundaries can be pushed …
PW: Yes, those boundaries can be pushed. But it depends actually what the audience thinks. If an artist thinks it's entertainment that doesn't mean that an audience thinks it is entertainment. Naturally there are attempts to respond in that direction, but I'm skeptical. I'm skeptical, because my point is - and this is now a deeper argument - that the modern world is in fact dependent on theory. Airplanes and cars, all that we can see, is not built from perception, but from scientific concepts.
If we agree that the construction of the modern world is theory dependent, then we will agree that even if people believe in the world, they don't understand it. They use a computer and they don't know how it is constructed, they just know how to use it. People know how to push a button for a coffee but they don't know how the coffee machine works. You can be happy about it and say 'this is the point of entertainment, objects and machines should entertain me.' But if you believe that man should master, or should try to be a master of his fate, that he should have the knowledge and competence to know what he is doing, then you have to accept that he should learn theory to understand the world.
You could then say that art should not be theory dependent, but then the consequence is that art is not a part of the modern world. Modern painting is theory dependent. Art is theory dependent because it wants to be part of the modern world. The opposite would be to exclude art from the modern world and say this is something we just enjoy sensually, we just have fun with, are entertained by. And it is understandable that artists don't want to be marginalised, and they want to become part of the fun. But then you see art is also defeated, because science, which is not fun, can not become marginalised because science is important. People are dependent on the images that are provided by science (on x-rays, on ultrasounds). They are no longer dependent on the images provided by art. Therefore art becomes marginalised because its images lack in necessity. And therefore in order not to be marginalised artists have decided to be part of the entertainment industry. But this is exactly the way they will be further marginalised because the professional entertainment industry knows better than art how to make fun entertainment.
SC: When you are curating, and in the case of net_condition, are you trying to remove new media art from that context, of entertainment or commercialism? Are you trying to give them a necessity?
PW: I give the works exactly what I am talking about: away from entertainment, I give art a strong theoretical, political and social urgency. And I make difficult shows.


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United Airlines Commits to 100% Green Carbon Neutral by 2050
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We recognize the role we play as an airline in contributing to climate change and therefore our responsibility in solving it. To meet our goal of going 100% green by reducing 100% of our greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, we want to lead our industry toward real solutions and lasting change.
A word from our CEO, Scott Kirby
"When I became United Airlines' new CEO at the beginning of the pandemic, I did so with a grand vision for our company: to make sustainability the new standard in flight. I realize it's an ambitious vision for someone in an industry that depends on burning fossil fuels to operate. As the leader of one of the world's largest airlines, I recognize our responsibility in contributing to climate change as well as our responsibility to solve it. It's no longer enough to for us to connect the world without making sure it has a future."
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Our path to decarbonization
True sustainability is about taking on the biggest culprit in our industry — the emissions generated by our aircraft. Unlike other airlines, we're looking beyond using carbon offsets. We believe carbon offsets simply don't go far enough to address the emissions caused by our operations. To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, we'll aim to tackle emissions at their source by continuing and accelerating development and investment in:
Sustainable fuel
Sustainable fuel is made from renewable resources and waste byproducts — and sustainable fuel has up to 80% fewer carbon emissions than conventional jet fuel, making it the fastest and most effective way United is reducing its emissions across its fleet. We have been investing heavily in sustainable fuel for more than a decade now, using half the world's committed volumes alone.
Direct Air Capture
Carbon capture and sequestration has been widely viewed by scientists as a necessary step to limit climate change and one of the most scalable options is Direct Air Capture technology. We intend to make a multimillion-dollar investment in a startup that will help fund the first Direct Air Capture plant in the U.S. A Direct Air Capture plant is planned to capture, remove and store 1 million metric tons of CO2 — which is like the work of 40 million trees.
How does carbon capture and sequestration work?
Direct Air Capture is a technology that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air so it can be buried deep underground or reused. Giant fans continuously pull in atmospheric air, then a chemical reaction extracts the CO2 molecules and traps them in a non-toxic liquid solution. The CO2 is then put through a series of chemical processes, compressed, purified and pumped into the ground and sequestered permanently or reused. Capturing and sequestering carbon using Direct Air Capture technology is similar to what trees do as they photosynthesize but this process is much faster.
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WebMD® also reports on this new research, which was presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. According to the article, this process seems to work by heating the sweat gland and ultimately destroying it.
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Lord Heseltine was a Member of the Parliament in Britain from 1966 to 2001. He was a Cabinet Minister in various departments between 1979 and 1986 and between 1990 and 1997. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997. He is founder and Chairman of the Haymarket Media Group, the largest privately owned publishing company in the UK. He has written books on Europe and more recently his political autobiography, Life in the Jungle. Lord Heseltine is an enthusiastic gardener and has created an arboretum for over 3000 different trees and shrubs.


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The Two-Day Diet was developed from scientific studies1,2 conducted by UK researchers, Dr Michelle Harvie and Professor Anthony Howell at the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, part of The University Hospital of South Manchester. Being overweight significantly increases a person's risk of developing breast cancer and so Dr Harvie and Prof Howell spent years researching and developing a diet to help people not only lose weight easily but keep it off. The diet involves two consecutive semi-fasting days with a very low carbohydrate intake. However, unlike 5:2/The Fast Diet or Eat Stop Eat, the non-fast days require you to follow a Mediterranean diet. Dr Harvie and Prof Howell have published a book which guides you through choosing the right foods on fast days and non-fast days.
Fast days: on two consecutive days a week eat a very low carbohydrate diet. There is no calorie counting but you must choose from a restricted list of low carbohydrate foods.
Non-fast days: eat a healthy Mediterranean diet, with a focus on vegetables, nuts and seeds and unsaturated fat.
FastDay says: the semi-fasting days actually work out at a 'generous' 1000 calories, which makes it sound easier, but it is more complicated to follow and involves dieting on the other 5 days as well. The scientific research did not use the exact same diet as is recommended in the book, and did not show such rapid weight loss as has been observed with the 5:2 diet, perhaps due to the higher calorie allowance on the semi-fasting days. However, the scientific studies behind the diet are interesting and suggest that the two consecutive days of very low carbohydrate intake may be more important than the fasting aspect in this diet.
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1. Harvie MN, et al. The effects of intermittent or continuous energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic disease risk markers: a randomized trial in young overweight women. Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 May;35(5):714-27. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2010.171. Epub 2010 Oct 5.
2. Harvie M, et al. The effect of intermittent energy and carbohydrate restriction v. daily energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic disease risk markers in overweight women. Br J Nutr. 2013 Oct;110(8):1534-47. doi: 10.1017/S0007114513000792. Epub 2013 Apr 16.
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Any help will be appreciated with handbuilt buildings. These buildings need to be designed with brick and wood. The stores with brick and concrete. I can do it all myself but it'd take a lot longer. I'll be visiting Cobar (hopefully) in a few weeks so I'll be putting down notes for authenticity with this map.
Considering PZ does is not a fan of diagonal roads this will create some minor defects, namely the IRL diagonal roads will be more zig-zag-like. I will post an image when of my first design in the next week or two.
Currently in Cobar. Mapped some more landmarks. Everything else is residential.
For reasons the interior of shops won't be exact. I'll make them up as I go.


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Australia, Perth – 04-02-2019 (PRDistribution.com) — Key updates to the Docmosis Cloud in 2018 have attracted new enterprise customers for their SaaS document generation solution.
Australia-based software company Docmosis measures usage of their Cloud document generation solution via the number of pages rendered each month. The graph shows the steady growth in annual usage since 2013, now exceeding 35M pages per year.
In October 2018, the new Docmosis Cloud console was officially launched, providing users with improved usability and functionality. Feedback has been positive, with users reporting that uploading and rendering templates is easier and more intuitive.
Also in 2018, in response to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) roll-out in Europe, the Docmosis Team conducted an audit and released a guide on how to use the Docmosis Cloud service in a GDPR compliant manner. "The fact that our Cloud service does not retain customer data or store the generated documents has been a key differentiating security factor world-wide," says Hughes.
In addition to reduced risk, customer feedback has highlighted that the stability and scalability of the Docmosis solution have been significant factors in their choice. For the last 12 months, Docmosis status monitoring has measured uptime to be at 99.998%. Key US customer LeaseAccelerator's usage has scaled from small beginnings in 2013 to hundreds of thousands of pages each month. "Five years in, we have absolutely no pressure to switch to a different reporting solution," said Jonathan Crawford, CTO of LeaseAccelerator.
In early 2019 the directors and founders, Paul Jowett and Graham Hughes, once again headed to the SaaStr Annual Conference in San Jose to gain valuable insights for taking Docmosis the next step as a growing SaaS business. Also in the pipeline for 2019 will be the transition to new hardware and a fully updated rendering engine (DWS3). This update is expected to deliver significant performance and quality improvements to users of the Docmosis Cloud. For the on-premise product, Tornado, the Docmosis team has been working on delivering using the Docker container platform, driven by customer requests.
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NLC threatens nationwide industrial strike
The Nigerian Labour Congress might be heading for another nationwide industrial strike if its demands are not met by the Federal Government. The Labour Union made its intention known yesterday after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Benin, Edo State, which discussed several issues regarding the state of the nation.
The Labour Union called for the withdrawal of armed military men from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) headquarters and installations. It also advised the FG to bring all power stakeholders to the negotiation table to discuss their outstanding labour issues before the planned privatization of the sector takes place.
According to the Vanguard Newspapers, President of NLC, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, also demanded far-reaching actions from the government on various national issues bothering on insecurity, corruption, crude oil theft, fuel subsidy scandal, murder of Olaitan Oyerinde, among others.
The Union singled out the problem of insecurity where it accused the government of failing in its responsibility of protecting the lives and properties of citizens as enshrined in the constitution.
It later directed its affiliate unions nationwide to put plans in motion for a full-fledged nationwide strike if these demands are not met within the period of one week.
According to Omar, "NEC calls on the Federal Government to within the next one week, withdraw the army from PHCN installations and commence negotiations with the unions on outstanding labour issues.
"Congress reiterates its earlier position that the New Pension Act did not abolish gratuity and that the 25 percent contributions by the workers should be paid up to date. It holds the view that there cannot be retroactive contribution, hence if the PHCN management intends to migrate to the new pension policy, they should go into an agreement with the unions and agree on the commencement date to start the contribution."
It subsequently directed the unions in the power sector to commence actions to compel the government and management of PHCN to implement agreements as contained in the conditions of service.
We shall be observing to see if the NLC is serious about going ahead with these threats or it's just a gambit to force the arm of the FG to do its bidding.
Tags: Benin, Edo state, Military, nigerian labour congress, nlc, PHCN, Powwer Holding Company of Nigeria, strike
Ade Aderinto
Rubbish. NLC ko…CNL ni. Bunch of clowns who only know how to make noise. When the time comes to act the go to abuja and sell out.
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Olusoga Edward B Tai
They prey on the masses to amass wealth, awon ole, wait and see, they will change gear with a flimsy excuse
August 11, 2012 - 7:20 am Reply


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A software developer Abraham Masri has managed to identify a new iMessage bug dubbed as chaiOS, which can infect Apple's iPhone and Mac devices and crashes or freezes them. The developer posted about his findings on GitHub this Tuesday.
According to Masri, the vulnerability was identified when he was attempting to break the operating system through inserting random characters into its internal coding. If a message containing a link having the code identified by Masri on GitHub is sent to a device, and even the user doesn't click on it, the bug will be activated.
The iMessage app generates a preview of this malicious link and since Apple allows developers to insert a few characters into the HTML of their website for customization of the title of that link preview in the app Masri was able to insert new characters. Masri actually inserted thousands of characters, which was much more than the iOS allowed. This is why the iMessage app got crashed. The code for this bug was later posted on GitHub by Masri due to which it became available to the public.
The bug was tested by a Twitter user @aaronp613 and reported that when the link was sent the device froze for a few minutes and then restarted. The device continually crashed and the user wasn't able to load messages. Masri stated that the bug affected iOS versions 10.0 through 11.2 beta 5 while the flaw wasn't tested on the recently released iOS 11.2.5 beta 6 and that he tested the bug on iPhone X and iPhone 5S. On Mac devices, the bug crashes the Safari browser and causes the system to slow down.
Masri notified Apple about the bug on January 15 in response to which he received two automated emails from the iPhone maker but no solid response indicating that the company was giving this issue its due consideration.
The only option users can exercise is to restore the iOS device to factory settings but beware that this will delete all the data including settings and photos stored on your device. To prevent from being targeted, Masri suggests keeping iPhone and iPad updated with latest iOS version as it includes patches for such bugs. It is also possible to block GitHub domain by following this path Settings app > General > Restrictions > Enable Restrictions > Websites > Limit Adult Content > Never Allow > GitHub.io on Safari settings so that if the bug is reposted on GitHub you will stay protected.


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Hepatic lipase deficiency
URL of this page: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/hepatic-lipase-deficiency/
Hepatic lipase deficiency is a disorder that affects the body's ability to break down fats (lipids). People with this disorder have increased amounts of certain fats, known as triglycerides and cholesterol, in the blood. These individuals also have increased amounts of molecules known as high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) and decreased amounts of molecules called low-density lipoproteins (LDL). These molecules transport triglycerides and cholesterol throughout the body. In people with hepatic lipase deficiency, the LDL molecules are often abnormally large.
Normally, high levels of HDL (known as "good cholesterol") and low levels of LDL (known as "bad cholesterol") are protective against an accumulation of fatty deposits on the artery walls (atherosclerosis) and heart disease. However, some individuals with hepatic lipase deficiency, who have this imbalance of HDL and LDL, develop atherosclerosis and heart disease in mid-adulthood, while others do not. It is unknown whether people with hepatic lipase deficiency have a greater risk of developing atherosclerosis or heart disease than individuals in the general population. Similarly, it is unclear how increased blood triglycerides and cholesterol levels affect the risk of atherosclerosis and heart disease in people with hepatic lipase deficiency.
Hepatic lipase deficiency is likely a rare disorder; only a few affected families have been reported in the scientific literature.
Hepatic lipase deficiency is caused by mutations in the LIPC gene. This gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called hepatic lipase. This enzyme is produced by liver cells and released into the bloodstream where it helps convert very low-density lipoproteins (VLDLs) and intermediate-density lipoproteins (IDLs) to LDLs . The enzyme also assists in transporting HDLs that carry cholesterol and triglycerides from the blood to the liver, where the HDLs deposit these fats so they can be redistributed to other tissues or removed from the body.
LIPC gene mutations prevent the release of hepatic lipase from the liver or decrease the enzyme's activity in the bloodstream. As a result, VLDLs and IDLs are not efficiently converted into LDLs, and HDLs carrying cholesterol and triglycerides remain in the bloodstream. It is unclear what effect this change in lipid levels has on people with hepatic lipase deficiency.
Learn more about the gene associated with Hepatic lipase deficiency
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This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern , which means both copies of the gene in each cell have mutations. The parents of an individual with an autosomal recessive condition each carry one copy of the mutated gene, but they typically do not show signs and symptoms of the condition.
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Kobayashi J, Miyashita K, Nakajima K, Mabuchi H. Hepatic Lipase: a Comprehensive View of its Role on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2015;22(10):1001-11. doi: 10.5551/jat.31617. Epub 2015 Jul 21. Review. Citation on PubMed
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Red-hot Iceland Keeps Some Investors Out in the Cold
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Iceland spent nearly a decade trying to keep foreign money in the country after a financial collapse, now it is trying to keep some of it out.
The economy is booming again and hedge funds and other foreign investors want exposure to a surging tourism sector, banks, property, infrastructure and the soaring krona currency.
Most capital controls from the 2008 banking crisis were lifted in March, allowing money to flow in and out of the country more freely.
But with over 20 financial crises since 1875 and warnings from economists about the risk of overheating again, the government is being cautious.
It has left in place restrictions making it prohibitively expensive to buy government bonds which offer returns of 4.5 percent, the highest of any developed economy.
On Monday, the central bank took another step to try and break the cycle of boom and bust on the isolated North Atlantic island, clamping down on derivatives and other avenues it was worried were being used to bet on the krona.
"There are a bunch of people I know who would love to put money into Iceland but they simply can't because of restrictions on the inflows," said Mark Dowding, who runs a hedge fund at BlueBay Asset Management and bought into the Icelandic government bond market in 2015, before the central bank rules were introduced.
The government is preparing other steps to make Iceland less attractive — a contrast to other economies recovering from crisis which have welcomed inflows of money.
The government is preparing to raise taxes for the tourism industry which has been growing at 20 to 25 percent a year as foreigners flock to its volcanoes, glaciers and geysers. It is also considering a currency peg for the krona.
Iceland offers other exciting investment opportunities.
Growth of more than 6 percent is forecast this year and the krona is up 20 percent versus both the dollar and euro over the last 12 months.
The central bank has cut interest rates four times in the last year and analysts say it would need to cut further if it wants to slow the rise of the currency. That could further stimulate the economy.
"Once every decade or two, I come across a market overseas which is most attractive and is worth considering," said Gervais Williams, a portfolio manager at London-based Miton Group. "That last happened in 1995 in Ireland, and Iceland is the market I now like."
Cumulative net capital inflows have gone from almost nothing to 150 billion crown ($1.45 billion) in two years.
New cars sales are at the highest in 10 years, Marriott will open Iceland's first five-star hotel next year. Data center firms are also moving in as the climate and cheap geothermal energy cut the costs of cooling huge server stacks.
A potential float of Arion Bank, the domestic arm that emerged from the collapsed Kaupthing bank, meanwhile is expected to lead to a surge of new foreign money into the stock market which currently lists just 17 firms.
Several hedge funds — Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, Taconic Capital Advisors and Attestor Capital — bought stakes in Arion privately, after the bulk of capital controls were lifted earlier in the year.
On the back of the shifts, London and Iceland-based fund firm GAMMA Capital Management launched its first two funds — including one hedge fund — for foreign investors in November last year after requests from abroad.
"We have been getting a lot of interest … but investing in Iceland brings a lot of hurdles, so we created a simple conduit," said Hafsteinn Hauksson, economist at GAMMA. Both funds have more than doubled in size this year, he said.
Nevertheless, there are concerns that Iceland could overheat again.
The International Monetary Fund said in a report last week that there was a need for "vigilance with regards to credit growth and the real estate sector, labour market tightening and wage increases."
It called for capital inflows to be managed carefully.
Iceland has a history of spectacular booms and bust.
The head of Iceland's central bank regularly describes its 2007-2008 banking bust — when the top-three banks, Kaupthing, Glitnir and Landsbanki collapsed under heavy debts — as "the third-biggest bankruptcy in the history of mankind."
A 2015 report by Bank of Iceland economists noted that this was not Iceland's first financial crisis.
"In fact, over a period spanning almost one and a half century [1875-2013], we identify over twenty instances of financial crises of different types," it said. "Recognizing that crises tend to come in clusters, we identify six serious multiple financial crisis episodes occurring every fifteen years on average."
The report said the crises typically involved a sudden collapse in the currency and capital inflows.
Glacier bonds
Wary of its history and nervous that the end of capital controls would bring a wave of foreign money, the central bank brought in a rule in May 2016 forcing buyers of its bonds to park additional money in a low interest account.
That costly "special reserve ratio" arrangement has meant foreign investment in Icelandic debt has dropped close to zero.
Along with repeated interest rate cuts, it has taken some of the steam out of the crown over the last month.
"In the current domestic and global circumstances, the risk of excessive and volatile carry-trade type capital inflows was becoming significant," a central bank spokesman said of why the measure was brought in.
Monday's decision to scale back some exemptions aimed to make it harder for foreign investors to bet on the krona.
Those exemptions had made it possible to conduct carry trades by issuing krona-denominated bonds — nicknamed Glacier bonds — and entering derivatives contracts with domestic banks.
"Experience has shown that capital inflows in connection with foreign issuance of krona-denominated bonds [Glacier bonds] could weaken monetary policy," the central bank said.
Iceland also still has controls in place that prevent proceeds from the sale of pre-crisis bonds leaving the country unless the investor signs up to the terms of the central bank's buyback arrangement, which offer a punitive exchange rate.
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PBS Digital Studios, and myself. And for that glow cloud, hovering outside of town, that no one is sure actually exists.
I write and host (and sometimes film and edit) a YouTube series about science called It's Okay To Be Smart, which is produced by PBS Digital Studios (our public broadcasting service here in the States). I try to uncover the amazing parts of everyday life as they relate to science. One week that might mean thinking about how much air there is around Earth, the next week it might be about superheroes and their animal counterparts. I also write an award-winning science-themed Tumblr, which is just like a normal blog, but with more animated GIFs and the occasional picture of Carl Sagan riding a dinosaur while holding a light saber. I also do the occasional bit of freelance science writing.
I make stuff for curious non-scientists of all ages. But since I'm on Tumblr and YouTube, which are pretty young, most of my audience is 15-35. But I resonate with people from 8 to 80.
I try to reach out and grab people who might not think they want to read about science, and then politely trick them into doing so. That might mean using super-engaging photos and videos, or internet memes, or art as a hook. My driving principle is "science plus ____". By that I mean that science becomes infinitely more entertaining and valuable to people when they see that it doesn't exist on some deserted island only inhabited by socially-stunted misfits in ill-fitting clothing, but rather that it connects to other things that they like, and that they don't have to feel awkward or excluded by being "into it".
Of course it helps if I can do that while being funny, or poetic, or dropping in references to pop and internet culture, all while clearly explaining why things are awesome. Someone once said "Never underestimate their intelligence, and never overestimate their vocabulary." That.
Circa 2009-2010, like many people in their late 20's, I started a Tumblr blog, because our parents were getting on Facebook and we needed a place to be goofy and express ourselves without them judging us. I filled mine with my interests, which are science and art and humor and Neil deGrasse Tyson GIFs. I started adding little explanations and curating interesting science from around the web, and people really seemed to enjoy that.
All this time, I was finishing my PhD in biology, blogging while a gel was running, or researching a script instead of reading that paper that I brought home to read before bed. One day, I realized that I was a science communicator and that people were actually listening to me! So here I am, 9,000 posts later. PBS apparently liked what I was doing and asked me if I'd like to make a science show for them. I said yes approximately 1.3 seconds after they asked. It was only in my last few months of my PhD that this became something I could actually do for a living. It took a great deal of practice and commitment to get there, and I still look at myself as a new kid on the block, wide-eyed, occasionally tripping over my feet and wondering if I really belong. But everyone feels like that, of course.
I got a great amount of support, coaching and encouragement from the science online community, too. I owe my peers a lot.
Mostly because I can't not do it. I was already the guy at parties saying "Hey, let me tell you about this cool article" or "Did you know that bees can see ultraviolet light? How cool is that?!" This usually ended with people giving me a funny look and excusing themselves from my presence. So I decided that I might as well do it on the internet, where I could reach even more people, and where I couldn't see them walk away.
I genuinely enjoy teaching people how the world works, and I think that's a large part of what any science writer does, even if they don't think they do that. Mostly I'm just tired of hearing how "the general public", whoever they are, don't accept science. I think "science" needs to accept part of the blame there, because it hasn't always done the best job of telling people why its likable. It sounds very lofty, but I really believe that by giving people a positive experience with science every day, I can help change how they view it, and how they experience it, even if it's just a little bit. There are a lot of younger science communicators that feel this way, like many of my YouTube comrades, or even pages like IFLS. We are not afraid to cover the "wow beat", as Ed Yong calls it. We understand that not everyone needs to understand the math behind quantum mechanics in order to understand that magnets work because of quantum mechanics. It's a different kind of magic. Will we make a difference? Ask me in ten years when our audience has voted a few times.
If we can break down the barriers of intimidation and education that contribute to some people's distrust of science, then I think we'll create a better future. Politics, policy, jobs, environment . . . all that dire stuff, but also happier humans, who enjoy simply knowing more today than they knew yesterday.
You remember the old cartoon scenes where a light bulb goes on above someone's head when they have that "Eureka!" moment? Well, that happens in real life, only the light goes on in their eyes. Every teacher already knows this, but that moment is like the best drug, in that it's addictive and makes you feel really good, but doesn't ruin your life or take your money. I get to experience that every day, in so many ways, with so many people. It's awesome. I really feel like I make a positive difference in people's lives, through science.
Making YouTube videos has just been the most fun ever. There are no rules. I get to create exactly what I want to create, to tell the exact story I want to tell, in whatever way I want to tell it. Sometimes, other people even enjoy it! My favorite project just wrapped filming, and while I can't say exactly what it is, it involves several famous scientists that have turned into bobblehead dolls and have been transported to modern times via a temporal wormhole.
I am amping up my YouTube series to a weekly show, which means lots and lots more science and lots and lots less free time for me. I have some pretty special episodes and projects in the works for that, but too early to say.
Don't wait for someone to give you permission to start. Just start. Know that you will not be good when you start, and you will refuse to read your own writing a year later, on account of how much you hate it, because you were so bad. But that means you are getting better. Work every day, even if you're just thinking about the project you're working on. Reach out to our community and ask for tips and feedback. This has been the most welcoming and helpful professional community I've ever been a part of. Look for somewhere where no one is talking about science, or some subject that isn't being covered in the right way, and do that. Write a lot. Read even more.
You can follow Joe on Twitter at @jtotheizzoe or see what he's up to on YouTube or on his website.
NOTE: This interview happened before Joe's A Very Special Thanksgiving video was issued, which proved to be both popular and controversial to many people. For those who thought it was controversial, Joe did write an apology and explanation behind this film. Because we'd already interviewed him we didn't get the chance to discuss this with him, but hope to at a later date.
I communicate the contract opportunities available to industry at a number of large science facilities like CERN. I don't think it's what people traditionally think of when they think of science communication, but I have to help industry understand what large science facilities are and get them interested, so there's a large component of communicating science and hopefully inspiring people to be interested.
Industry and businesses are my main audience, but this covers a huge range of people and knowledge levels. For instance, a company that makes magnets for particle accelerators will already have a good understanding of what particle accelerators do, but providers of language classes or IT manufacturers won't necessarily have heard of CERN or other facilities.
I have to think about what will interest that individual and then focus on that. With CERN for example, most people are interested to hear that it has an annual procurement budget of around £325M but then I try to tailor my message. When we were trying to find patent lawyers to respond to a market survey, I focussed on the fact that people working at CERN have made a huge number of technology discoveries during their work. The biggest of these is the World Wide Web, but they have also made advances in touch screen technologies and developed particle beams which are used in cancer treatments. When contracts in civil engineering are released, I focus on the fact that CERN has a particle accelerator in a ring which is 27km diameter, straddling the border of France and Switzerland and 100m underground. In addition to its amazing science, CERN is also a major civil engineering accomplishment.
Once I've piqued their interest, I end with the 'wow' factor that CERN is a worldwide endeavour to understand the origins of the universe. I think that the companies who are working with CERN are genuinely proud and excited to be part of something so special.
I did a PhD in physics and joined STFC to work at the ISIS neutron source. I managed a project to coordinate the development of new instrumentation for neutron sources across Europe, so I always had a focus on technology for large facilities. I moved to Swindon to STFC's head office and when a vacancy for the industry liaison role opened up, I thought it would be really interesting and so I applied.
I really enjoy developing new procedures and improving the way things are done. When I started my role, I looked at how to improve the way we communicated with industry and how to engage them and I think that's shown a real increase in the number of companies who are interested in working with facilities. Over the last three years, the UK has won over £47M worth of contracts. These contracts have benefitted hundreds of companies and it's great to have played a part in that.
As taxpayers fund science facilities, we have a duty to explain where that money goes and the work that the facilities are doing. Last week I met someone from industry who was quite cynical about why we should fund facilities. I spent a while explaining the benefits both to industry, technology and society as a whole and they left knowing why being involved in these global projects is worthwhile. We need to have that support for science and that only comes through understanding.
I love the variety of my work and enjoying speaking with a wide range of people. I'm really honoured to play a small part in some massive global endeavours and it's fun to be able to share that excitement.
I needed to find companies who would be able to respond to heating and ventilation contracts coming up at CERN. I found a number of suitable companies and spent three days with a team from CERN travelling around the UK to visit industrial sites. One of the companies CERN met has gone on to win £1M worth of work and it's satisfying to know that I helped to play a part in that.
I don't have specific projects as such but this is a part of my daily work.
Science communication can be part of many different jobs. It doesn't have to be public facing or to schools necessarily, which is what I think most people think of when they imagine science communication.
Brian Glanz works for the Open Science Federation, a group in the US that attempts to break down the barriers that stop everyone accessing science.
I met Brian at Mozfest 2013, and took the opportunity to find out how OSF facilitates science communication between scientists and non-scientists to make their work more transparent.
We talk about what open science is, how OSF facilitates it using science communication techniques, and whether it is possible or not.
You can follow Brian on Twitter at @brianglanz or see what he's up to on his website.


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Cyber Monday crowds overwhelm some large e-tailers
Macworld	 Dec 2, 2008 4:03 pm PST
In a challenging holiday shopping season when the economy has shoppers spooked, the Web stores of some large retailers buckled under heavy traffic, probably costing the companies sales.
That was the finding from Web site monitoring company Gomez, whose CTO, Imad Mouline, said it's critical for large retailers to test their online stores early and thoroughly in preparation for the holidays, when these companies do heavy business.
Since consumers are expected to spend less than originally forecast, due to the crumbling economy, online retailers need every shopper they can get and can't afford to lose them to technical problems. "There is more pressure this year than in previous ones because of the economy," Mouline said. "The implications are greater than in years past."
Running an online store that can withstand spikes in traffic is getting tougher because these Web sites are getting more complicated, he said. For example, in the past 12 months, online stores have featured significantly more rich media content, such as photos and videos, as well as more interactive capabilities, he said.
In addition, these stores, more than ever, are made up of multiple components powered by an increasing number of external providers. These can be outsourcers that handle a specific task or partners that interface with the site via mashups, Mouline said.
Adding to the complexity is a new generation of browsers that either have recently been shipped or will be shipped soon from vendors including Microsoft, Mozilla, Google and Apple. The new browsers are significantly different from their predecessors, and online stores need to be adapted for them.
For 25 large online retailers, Gomez measures their sites' ability to complete transactions, from picking a product to paying for it, and found that Victoria's Secret fared particularly badly on Monday. That day, the so-called Cyber Monday, has been seen as a big day for e-commerce following big Thanksgiving weekend shopping sprees at brick-and-mortar stores.
Between 6 a.m. and midnight U.S. Eastern time Monday, the Victoria's Secret Web store had availability of 74.30 percent, meaning that out of every 100 visitors, almost 26 were unable to complete a transaction due to Web site problems, Mouline said. Most issues were centered on the site's shopping cart, which for several hours malfunctioned, not allowing shoppers to place items in it, he said.
Others that had availability problems on Monday included Staples (88.32 percent), Costco (92.45 percent), Dell (95.26 percent) and OfficeMax (96.26 percent).
Any performance degradation is costly to online retailers because every day, shoppers are savvier and have higher expectations for convenience, especially when search engines and comparison shopping sites make it increasingly easy to find the same product elsewhere on the Web, he said.
Limited Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret, didn't respond to requests for comment on Monday and Tuesday. A Dell spokesman said Monday that the company hadn't detected any problems with its Web site. Staples, Costco and OfficeMax didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
In addition to availability, Gomez measures response time, which is the time it takes a Web site to complete all the steps in a purchase transaction. By this measure, the site that fared the worst was that of Williams-Sonoma, with an average response time of 27.43 seconds. It was followed by Target, with 21.16 seconds, and Costco, with 21 seconds.
A Williams-Sonoma spokeswoman said via e-mail on Monday: "We are happy to report that our customers have had no trouble shopping our e-commerce site. Traffic is strong and we have not experienced any delays."
Target and Costco didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
As a point of comparison, the 25 retail Web sites for which Gomez measures transaction performance had an average response time of 17 seconds and availability of 98.13 percent in October.


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Today was 08/09/10. I wanted to take photos of us tonight at 5:06:07 pm but, didn't. So, I tried again at 7pm! Here are some silly photos of what we were doing tonight at 7 (pm) 8/9/10!
I grabbed the camera and headed to find Miss. Princess. She was, of course playing with her babies in her room!
Tony and Tobin were watching transformer clips on Tony's iphone, on the couch.
I stole tobin for a split second to catch a photo of the two of us. (don't notice my sunburned, no make up face! :) Look at his beautiful eyes!
By that time, Caroline had picked up her milk and had run to see what we were up to!
Then, Tobin decided to get his, too!
I know what you're thinking... Why would she post this photos? Well, it's the last time in my life time that it will be 7, 8, 9, 10! So, there ya go!
...her mommy do multiple times a day!
She thinks she is sooooooo "Prebby!"(aka, pretty) She is right!
Have I mentioned I'm a little addicted to my lip gloss? We may be in some trouble with our princess sooner than we think!
Tobin Loves Ninja Turtles! I caught him playing so sweetly with them at the kitchen table and snagged some photos. He never likes me to take his picture and he was being such a Ham, I had to post them. Hope you have a Terrific Turtle Tuesday!


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Rugged, mountainous, and culturally complex, Uzbekistan is a fascinating country at the heart of Central Asia. Among its neighbors –which include Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan – Uzbekistan is the most populous and the most powerful in terms of military force. It has a large but unstable economy based largely on mining and cotton production, which is a risky basis for an economy in an arid region ill-suited to this kind of intensive monoculture. As a result, the Uzbekistani economy fluctuates fairly widely based on crop yields and prices of natural resources such as petroleum and natural gas. Culturally, it is heavily influenced by Islamic art and architecture and its historical place at the center of the Turkic empire under the famous conqueror Timur or Tamerlane.
Living and studying in Uzbekistan is an experience unlike any in the world. Beautiful, ancient mosques of staggering size and complexity can be found in the capital city, Tashkent, while the sparsely-populated north is dominated by red sand deserts. As one of the main stops on the Silk Road, Uzbekistan has a rich history and many ancient cities, as well as archaeological sites that draw scholars and excavators from many countries. Many people in Uzbekistan's larger cities and towns have studied in Western countries and are eager to converse with foreigners, learn about other cultures, and improve their English.
Independence was a contentious question for the country throughout the late 20th century, and Uzbekistan has seen many problems since the fall of the Soviet Union. Anti-Russian sentiment led to a mass exodus of millions of ethnic Russians from the country. Corruption, terrorist attacks, crackdowns on civil liberty, and ethnic tensions caused many problems through the early 2000s, although some signs of recovery can be seen in Uzbekistani society today.
Under the Societ Union, education in Uzbekistan proliferated widely, and the nation achieved a 99.3% literacy rate that it has maintained down to the present day. Mandatory schooling starts at age seven and continues for eleven years, comprising four years of primary school and two stages of secondary school totaling seven years. Since independence, education has suffered under the Uzbekistani government, which has struggled to find funding and staff adequate for the ever-increasing numbers of young people that put pressure on the school system. In addition, government spending on education has been decreased, especially at the primary and secondary levels, which are seen as less important by the government. Unfortunately, college and university attendance has fallen as well.
In an effort to reverse these negative trends, the Republic of Uzbekistan has been reaching out to foreign universities to undertake collaborative projects that will help to shore up their education sector. One of the early fruits of this labor, the 2002 founding of Westminster International University in Tashkent, is he first Western-style university in all of Central Asia, and in only 10 years of operation it has already gained a reputation as one of Uzbekistan's most prestigious educational institutions. Westminster International University (known by the acronym WIUT) brings European standards of excellence and an internationally-recognized degree system to the eager students of Tashkent. Building on the strength of WIUT, several similar projects are being considered for European- and American-style universities, as well as possible student-exchange programs with countries around the world.


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@souvikdg @ap00rv @aroradush @lokallobaat Plan's confirmed folks. Majnu ka Tila at 1pm tomorrow.
@gonsalves_r @s_shashank_s The depth! Bears such an eerie similarity to the pit in The Dark Knight Rises.
Mr. Fateh has a most interesting (and quite tasty) twist on the versatile kachori.
@turmericdesign Haha :) Can't wait to pour over these in person. When does it open?
@souvikdg @ap00rv @aroradush Sunday sounds good. Around 5 / 6pm. I'll confirm the plan in a day or two.
@turmericdesign The cities of old!
@gursartaj Have something specific in mind? Let's move this to email.
@sonix15 Tell me about it! Just got out of the shower.
@sonix15 Overcrowded with bad acoustics, as I found out today. Today was the last day anyway.
We have an extra pass for the Mohit Chauhan concert at the Qutub Minar today. Anybody interested?
@_RohitNag You absolutely must! How did you not get to it yet?