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The Pastures of Heaven
Written By: John Steinbeck
Narrated By: Sean Runnette
Publisher: Penguin Audio
In Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck's beautifully rendered depictions of small yet fateful moments that transform ordinary lives, these twelve early stories introduce both the subject and style of artistic expression that recur in the most important works of his career. Each of these self-contained stories is linked to the others by the presence of the Munroes, a family whose misguided behavior and lack of sensitivity precipitate disasters and tragedies. As the individual dramas unfold, Steinbeck reveals the self-deceptions, intellectual limitations, and emotional vulnerabilities that shape the characters' reactions and gradually erode the harmony and dreams that once formed the foundation of the community.
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Pastures of Heaven
by John Steinbeck
This title is due for release on April 1, 2013.
This title is due for release on April 1, 2013

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It's 9 at night. in Seattle and there is still nothing to talk about regarding a new contract for Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson before the arbitrarily imposed deadline.
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Take a Look at How Quickly a Forest Can Recover From Fire
By Andy Newman
Though it appears destructive, fire in the New Jersey Pinelands is a force of renewal.
On April 22, a spring wildfire roared through Penn State Forest in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, sending 100-foot flames shooting from the crowns of the pitch pines. The fire consumed half a square mile in 40 minutes and could be seen from space. By the time the New Jersey Forest Fire Service got it under control, it had burned 843 acres, an area the size of Central Park.
A week later, even as ash still swirled through air heavy with the creosote scent of burned resin and a cedar log smoldered at the edge of a swamp, the forest was being reborn. Pine cones that open only under extreme heat had released their seeds. Though the trees themselves were charred, almost all survived the fire. Where chest-high blueberry and huckleberry had burned down to pointy stubs, tufts of grass were sprouting.
Destructive fires in the West dominated the news this summer, but for eons fire has been not just an inevitable feature of the landscape, but essential to the forest's health and continuity. In the vast wilderness of the Pine Barrens, the forest regenerates so fast that scientists studying the physics of fire use it as a laboratory.
Eleven weeks after the fire in Penn State Forest, at the height of summer's greening, new blueberry bushes were already shin high. A grass that flowers only after fire had put forth purple-brown seeds. And scattered all through the fire site, bursts of bright-green pitch-pine needles grew straight out of scorched trunks.
Source: Take a Look at How Quickly a Forest Can Recover From Fire – New York Times, 2018-09-25
Posted on September 29, 2018 Categories FeatureTags ecology, New Jersey, restoration, silvics, wildfire
The lodgepole pine is the poster child of Yellowstone's plant recovery
By Brett French
If there's a plant-based poster child for wildland fire in the subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park, it would be the cone of the lodgepole pine tree.
"All of these forests evolved with fire after the last glacial retreat," said Roy Renkin, a vegetation specialist for Yellowstone National Park. "Different species have evolved different mechanisms to deal with fire."
The Douglas fir has thick bark meant to resist low-intensity fires. Fireweed spends a lot of time spreading its roots out so it can sprout after fires remove competition. And the lodgepole pine's specially devised cones will open to release seeds only when heated to 104 to 122 degrees.
"This green forest over here looked like that black forest many times," he explained.
Renkin is one of the few people still on staff at Yellowstone who was around when the 1988 fires swept across roughly one-third of the park, charring more than 793,000 acres. Since then, he's been witness to the rebirth of the park's vegetation following what many at the time thought would be a legacy of scorched earth and a slow rebound.
"You guys will be lucky to have a meadow there in 100 years," let alone a forest, he remembers one group of "ologists" concluding after visiting a heavily burn site. Thirty years later some of the trees that repopulated the area are 25 feet tall. Elk sedge that took root has grown "as big as basketballs."
Source: The lodgepole pine is the poster child of Yellowstone's plant recovery – The Missoulian, 2018-08-28
Posted on September 1, 2018 Categories FeatureTags ecology, lodgepole pine, silvics, wildfire, Yellowstone national park
Are Trees Sentient Beings? Certainly, Says German Forester
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees, discusses how trees are sophisticated organisms that live in families, support their sick neighbors, and have the capacity to make decisions and fight off predators. He has been criticized for anthropomorphizing trees, but Wohlleben, 52, maintains that to succeed in preserving our forests in a rapidly warming world, we must start to look at trees in an entirely different light.
Source: Are Trees Sentient Beings? Certainly, Says German Forester – Yale Environment 360
Posted on November 18, 2016 Categories ReviewsTags ecology, silvics


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Choice is an Illusion, Main Site
Quick Facts Against Assisted Suicide
Dore Friend of Court Brief
Dore Letter and Bill Analysis Sent to the New Jersey Assembly
Dear Legislators:
I am attorney in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. I am writing to urge you to not make our mistake. Please vote "No" on [the third reprint of A2270].
I have prepared an in-depth legal/policy analysis describing some of the problems with A2270, which can be viewed at the links set forth below. (or click here).
I make three points:
1. The bill, A2270, is titled "Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act." "Aid in Dying" is a euphemism for assisted suicide and euthanasia. The title is, regardless, deceptive because it implies that A2270 is limited to people who are dying, which is untrue. For example, A2270, if enacted, will apply to people with chronic conditions who otherwise have years, even decades, to live. See memo, pp. 4-7. Once enacted, there will be pressure to expand to a broader group of people. See memo, pp. 7-8.
2. The bill is a recipe for abuse with the most obvious reason being a complete lack of oversight when the lethal dose is administered. See memo, pp. 9-16.
3. The bill lacks transparency and accountability. See memo., pp. 17-19.
The last part of the memo is a discussion of the "Oregon and Washington Experience," with supporting documentation attached.
Here is a link to the memo and attachments in one document: https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/nj-no-on-a2270-no-assisted-suicide-11-12-14.pdf
Or, if you like, a link to the memo alone: https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/nj-no-on-a2270-memo-only-11-12-14.pdf and a link to the attachments:
https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/nj-no-on-a2270-attachments-pnly-11-12-14.pdf
Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA, President
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, P.S.
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Labels: Assisted Suicide, euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide
Assisted suicide proposal ignores wrong diagnoses of terminal illness
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/08/letter_a_mistaken_prognosis_saps_the_will_to_live.html
Virtually every state's chapter of the American Medical Association is opposed to assisted suicide, the reasons for which were absent from The Times' recent editorial, "Death with dignity for the terminally ill includes crucial safeguards" (Aug. 10).
Studies show that diagnoses of terminal illness are very often wrong. A doctor may know someone has an illness, but determining how quickly it might kill the patient or even if it will kill him or her is difficult to determine. A wrong prognosis can easily lead patients into a spiral of hopelessness and to give up on treatment unnecessarily, thereby prematurely ending their lives.
In an age when almost every one of us knows someone who outlived their terminal prognosis, it's important to remember that legalizing assisted suicide offers no second chances. No supposed "safeguard" can protect patients from deciding to die based on a faulty prognosis.
-- Eileen Fisher,
Labels: Assisted Suicide
People with Disabilities at Risk from Assisted Suicide
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/08/letter_people_with_disabilities_at_risk_from_assisted_suicide_measures.html
In its editorial "Death with dignity for the terminally ill proposal includes critical safeguards" (Aug. 10),The Times' assurances that the Death with Dignity for the Terminally Ill Act (A2270) has safeguards is not very reassuring to those of us with disabilities, who see it as dangerous to our lives.
Citing the Oregon and Washington laws as further assurance simply repeats propaganda from proponents. The Oregon law has no protection against coercion used against vulnerable people by those whose motives involve fraud or abuse. Oregon annually destroys data in the doctors' reports about the deaths allowed by the law, leaving only statistics without investigation, so it is really overreaching to say the law has meaningful protections.
The current legislation in the Statehouse has "protections" that amount to an honor system, providing little comfort to people with severe disabilities. Indeed, whatever protections were seen by The Times are at best a half-hearted attempt by proponents to placate broad-based concerns over this legislation, the assurances of The Times' editorial board notwithstanding. Unfortunately, these provisions may protect those who assist suicide from any liability for mistakes or abuses, but they do nothing to protect the patient or more vulnerable people with disabilities.
-- Norman A. Smith,
The writer is president of the board of directors of the Hamilton-based Progressive Center for Independent Living and associate executive director of Project Freedom, based in Robbinsville.
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Labels: Assisted Suicide, disability
Legal/Policy Analysis Against Bill A2270
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
A legal/policy analysis against New Jersey's proposed assisted suicide/euthanasia bill, A2270, can be viewed by clicking here.
If the analysis is "too big" for your computer, you can view it in pieces, by clicking the following links to: the cover sheet and index;the memo; and the appendices.
There are three main points:
1. A2270 is titled "Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act." "Aid in Dying" is a euphemism for assisted suicide and euthanasia. The title is, regardless, deceptive because it implies that A2270 is limited to people who are dying, which is untrue. A2270 applies to people who may have years, even decades, to live. See memo, pp. 5-8.
2. The bill is a recipe for elder abuse with the most obvious reason being a complete lack of oversight when the lethal dose is administered to the patient. Even if he struggled, who would know? See memo, pp. 8-17.
3. The bill lacks transparency and accountability. Id., pp. 17-19.
Please contact me with any questions or concerns at contact@choiceillusion.org or margaretdore@margaretdore.com.
Margaret Dore, President
Choice is an Illusion, a human rights organization
Labels: assisted suicide, Elder abuse, euthanasia, Margaret Dore, New Jersey,Oregon, Washington
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Labels: Assisted Suicide, Elder Abuse, euthanasia, Margaret Dore, Oregon, Washington
"Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?"
By Margaret Dore, Esq.
A legislator considering an assisted suicide law asked me this question: "Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?"
This was my (slightly edited) response:
People take their lives all the time. One of my cousins shot himself and another threw himself in front of a train. There was no criminality involved. Also, if people are in pain, palliative care laws allow medical personnel to give patients copious amounts of drugs, including up to sedation, which can hasten the patient's death. This is the principal of double effect. This is legal. For more information, read the Affidavit of Kenneth Stevens, MD, page 3, paragraph 13.
There is also palliative care abuse in which no one seems to be held accountable, except for maybe one case in California where doctors relied on a wealthy patient's daughters, who said that their father was really bad off and didn't want treatment, which was not the case. At least, that's what's claimed by the man's son. See William Dotinga, "Grim Complaint Against Kaiser Hospital," Court House News Service, February 6, 2012.
I've had like 15-20 contacts in the past year by people upset about their family member being suddenly off'd by medical personnel and/or having DNR's put on family members/friends without the patient's consent. My caregiver friends also talk about guarding their patients in the hospital. Here are some letters from Montana. http://www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org/2013/04/dont-give-doctors-more-power-to-abuse.html
Here's a letter from Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. The letter talks about doctors being quick with the morphine and also regarding the conduct of an adult son shortly after our assisted suicide law was passed ("an adult child of one of our clients asked about getting the pills [to kill the father]. It wasn't the father saying that he wanted to die"). http://www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org/2012/07/dear-montana-board-of-medical-examiners.html Here's a letter from a wife about how she was afraid to leave her husband alone after a doctor pitched assisted suicide to her husband. http://www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org/2013/01/i-was-afraid-to-leave-my-husband-alone.html
There is also the issue that people who say they want to die don't mean it, as with any suicide. See http://www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org/p/what-people-mean-when-they-say-they.html
I've had two clients whose fathers signed up for the Oregon/Washington assisted suicide acts. With the first case, one side of the family wanted the father to use the act and the other side didn't. He spent the last months of his life torn over whether of not he should kill himself. His daughter was also traumatized. He died a natural death. There is a Swiss study that you might be interested in, that 1 out of 5 family members were traumatized by witnessing the legal assisted suicide of a family member. See http://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/family-members-traumatized-eur-psych-2012.pdf
In my other case, the father had two suicide parties and it's not clear that it was voluntary. My client, his son, was told that his dad had said "You're not killing me, I'm going to bed"). Regarding the next day, my client was told that his dad was already high on alcohol when he drank the lethal dose. But then the person telling him this changed his story. In Montana, Senator Jeff Essman, made a relevant observation regarding this point:
"[All] the protections [in Oregon's law] end after the prescription is written. [The proponents] admitted that the provisions in the Oregon law would permit one person to be alone in that room with the patient. And in that situation, there is no guarantee that that medication is self-administered.
So frankly, any of the studies that come out of the state of Oregon's experience are invalid because no one who administers that drug . . . to that patient is going to be turning themselves in for the commission of a homicide."
Senate Judiciary Hearing on SB 167 on February 10, 2011
I, however, doubt that a person in Oregon could be prosecuted. If you read the act carefully, there is no requirement of patient consent to administration of the lethal dose, and to the extent that's ambiguous, there's the rule of lenity. In Washington State, prosecutors are required to report assisted suicide deaths as "Natural" - no matter what - at least, that's what the regulation says: http://www.doh.wa.gov/portals/1/Documents/5300/DWDAMedCoroner.pdf How can you prosecute someone for homicide if the death is required to be reported as "Natural?"
Here in Washington, we have already had some informal proposals to expand the scope of our assisted suicide act. One in particular disturbed me. A Seattle Times column suggested euthanasia as a solution for people unable to support themselves, which would be involuntary euthanasia. See Jerry Large, "Planning for old age at a premium," March 8, 2012, which states:
"After Monday's column, . . . a few [readers] suggested that if you couldn't save enough money to see you through your old age, you shouldn't expect society to bail you out. At least a couple mentioned euthanasia as a solution." (Emphasis added)
So, if you worked hard and paid taxes all your life and then your company pension plan goes belly up, this is how you want society to pay you back?
As a Democrat, I see us as looking out for the little guy, not passing laws to protect perpetrators, healthcare systems, etc. from legitimate claims. I hope that you will vote against any effort to legalize assisted suicide/euthanasia.
Thank you for writing me back.
Margaret Dore
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Tomáš Tichák (* 14. května 1957 Olomouc) je český publicista, fejetonista, dramatik a šéfredaktor časopisu Listy.

Životopis
Jeho otec Milan Tichák (1933–2020) byl autorem publikací o historii Olomouce. Tomáš Tichák vystudoval Elektrotechnickou fakultu VUT v Brně, do roku 1990 pracoval jako technik ve výpočetním středisku.

V letech 1990 až 1996 působil v olomouckých Hanáckých novinách, od roku 1991 zastával pozici šéfredaktora. Koncem 90. let byl zaměstnán jako redaktor časopisu České katolické charity. V roce 2001 se stal českým redaktorem Česko-slovenského týdeníku Mosty, od roku 1994 byl redaktorem literárního časopisu Scriptum, v roce 2002 pracoval v redakci pražských Literárních novin, fejetony přispíval například do olomoucké přílohy Mladé fronty Dnes.
Společně s Václavem Burianem se autorsky podílel na knižním rozhovoru s Jaroslavem Šabatou (Sedmkrát sedm kruhů, Votobia, Olomouc 1997), dále spoluredigoval knihy Večerní rozmluvy Josefa Jařaba (Votobia 1998) a memoáry Vlasty Chramostové (Doplněk, Brno / Burian a Tichák, Olomouc). Nyní je šéfredaktorem dvouměsíčníku Listy a spolupodílí se na činnosti nakladatelství Burian a Tichák, které jej vydává.

Dílo
V roce 1975 spolupořádá "cimrmanovské semináře" a o rok později zakládá s Ladislavem Šenkyříkem a Jiřím Lamačem neoficiální autorské divadlo Bernardýn (plný název zněl Hanácké premiérové divadlo Bernardýn, literární orchestr U pana ředitele), od přelomu 70. a 80. let pro ně píše scénáře a také hudbu. Divadlo Bernardýn se vyznačovalo svébytnou poetikou, neslo znaky studentské recese a spontánnosti. "Olomoucké divadlo Bernardýn představuje svým způsobem existence specifický politický aspekt divadelních aktivit v období "normalizace". Nehlásilo se programově k protirežimní činnosti, ale samotný fakt, že svou nezařaditelností a neoficiálností vyjadřovalo postoj vzdoru, byl diváky vnímán jako politický akcent. Navíc jeho zábavné a hravé adaptace zcela nepokrytě směřovaly k parodickému glosování reality."

V roce 1981 píše první fejetony, povídky, básně a jiné kratší texty do olomouckého samizdatového časopisu se symbolickým názvem Ječmínek, mezi jehož autory patřili Václav Burian, Ladislav Šenkyřík, Pavel Opelík. Pavla Foglová ad. Časopis se zaměřil na tvorbu výše zmíněných autorů, ale také na překlady, např. z polštiny (Czeslaw Milosz, Witold Gombrowicz, Rafal Wojaczek) a anglosaského kulturního prostředí (Charles Bukowski, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Joni Mitchellová).

Roku 2007 vychází v nakladatelství Periplum soubor fejetonů nazvaný Podvratné a závratné a jiné fejetony. Jedná se o výbor z kratších prozaických útvarů – z fejetonů a aforismů, který je rozdělen do 6 částí s názvy: Točí se, a přece nic (13 textů), Aforismy (7 aforismů), Za oživení města a veřejnou zeleň (16 útvarů), Vinice a citadely (7 postřehů z cest), Naše globální vesnice (10 textů), Kteří jsou naši (14 textů). Fejetony jsou sestaveny chronologicky – nejstarší byl napsán roku 1981 do Ječmínku, poslední pochází z roku 2007, výbor tedy shrnuje období 26 let.

Divadelní hry
s Jiřím Lamačem
 Hrabě Monte Christo (1977)
 Tři Mušketýři (1977)
 Císařovy nové šaty (1978)

samostatně
 King-Kong (1980)
 Mauglí (1980)
 Žlutý gentleman (1986)
 Cibéba (1988)

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Zájmy
Tomáš Tichák se věnuje hře na kytaru, v minuosti i na baskytaru (rocková a jazzrocková skupina WSS) a působil v olomouckých hudebních uskupeních (nyní v jazzovém kvartetu).

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Čeští novináři
Čeští dramatici
Narození v Olomouci
Narození 14. května
Narození v roce 1957
Žijící lidé
Muži
Absolventi Fakulty elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií Vysokého učení technického v Brně

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Austrocylindropuntia vestita  es una especie perteneciente a la familia Cactaceae nativa de Sudamérica, principalmente presente en Argentina y Bolivia.

Descripción
Cactus de crecimiento arbustivo con tallos cilíndricos sin segmentar de color verde medio que pueden medir hasta 50 cm y unos 3 de diámetro. Tiene numerosas espinas delgadas que surgen de areolas lanosas. Las flores, de unos 3,5 de largo por 3 de diámetro, son rojas.

Taxonomía
Austrocylindropuntia vestita fue descrita por (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.  y publicado en Die Cactaceae 11. 1939.

Etimología
Austrocylindropuntia: nombre genérico con el prefijo australis = "sur" y el nombre del género Cylindropuntia con lo que alude a que es la "Cylindropuntia del Sur".

vestita: epíteto latino que significa "vestida" y que alude a que está cubierta de pelo.
Sinonimia
Opuntia vestita Salm-Dyck basónimo
Cylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Maihueniopsis vestita
Opuntia heteromorpha Phil.
Tephrocactus heteromorphus  (Phil.) Backeb.
Opuntia teres Cels ex F.A.C.Weber
Cylindropuntia teres  (Cels ex F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia teres
Opuntia chuquisacana Cárdenas
Austrocylindropuntia chuquisacana (Cárdenas) F.Ritter

Más información
Morfología de los cactus
Terminología descriptiva de las plantas

Referencias

Enlaces externos

http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Austrocylindropuntia&species=vestita

vestita
Flora del sur de Sudamérica
Flora de América del Sur continental
Flora de Sudamérica occidental
Cactus y suculentas
Plantas descritas en 1939
Plantas descritas por Salm-Dyck
Taxones descritos por Curt Backeberg


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Myelin sheaths in the central nerve systems (CNS) and peripheral nerve systems (PNS) are mainly manufactured from oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells (SCs), Rabbit Polyclonal to 5-HT-2C respectively. SCs may also be required for making extracellular matrix, modulating synaptic activity, helping nerve advancement and regeneration, and offering neurotrophic support3. It really 231277-92-2 manufacture is commonly recognized that transcriptional control is certainly one primary regulatory system for the myelination procedure4. Many transcriptional components managing myelination and differentiation of SCs have already been discovered, including transcriptional elements Sox10 (SRY-related HMG-box-10), Oct6 (octamer-binding transcription aspect-6) and Krox20/Egr2 (early development response-2)4. Sox10 activates Oct6, which synergistically induces the appearance of Krox205. 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The roof got so many horses geh..
Yay! Makan again ah...this time at Palace of the Golden Horses.Papa, can we go exporing 1st before we go makan? I've never been to such a big hotel. They say this is the only 6 stars hotel in Msia ?? True ah?
Such a nice view of the sunset. Is that a "Water Taxi"? Can we take a ride on it?
The top of the building looks like a Mosque.


This photo of Paine Grande was taken after my official Patagonia Photo Adventure 2015. After the photo tour, I took some time for my own photography development to enrich my connection with the area that I have experienced during my earlier trips. Exploration in search for new photo locations defines my philosophy of landscape photography. Every time when I go off the beaten path, I refuel my creativity and find where the essence of landscape photography exists. It was a very colorful morning in the off-the-main-trail area of Torres del Paine. For that particular daybreak, I had planned a different location for possible composition, but this view caught my attention the night before so I decided to stay there instead. The water level in the stream outflowing from the lake was very low, but I found the angle that allowed catching the reflection. The mountain and the area shown on this photo required some of the off the trail hiking, but it was definitely worth the effort as it shows a new and previously unphotographed perspective on Paine Grande.


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In the thick of her very first North American tour, and debut studio album, slated for release this June, 21-year old Dua Lipa is already on everyone's radar.
The British singer-songwriter scored her first solo Billboard Dance Club Songs No. 1 with "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" in January and fans can't get enough of her of larger-than-life personality.
Dua's follow up single, "Be The One" is already climbing the charts worldwide, hitting top 10 in over 15 countries.
Watch Dua Lipa's "Be The One" video featuring Ansel Elgort below.
Earlier this month Dua Lipa brought her tour to a sold out Irving Plaza in New York City, where she greeted the crowd saying, "New York, go f—ing crazy with me," and they did.
The young powerhouse rocked the stage before becoming so overwhelmed by her fans that at one point that she forgot the lyrics to a song. And she stopped the band and started over, having the audience sing the verse for her instead.
"I honestly can't believe it, thank you so much. I just need a moment to take this in," Dua told Irving Plaza.
After her show, PRO MOTION had the chance to chat with Dua Lipa about her new album, inspirations, obsession with hiphop, and struggle with body image.
"Personally I'm learning to love myself everyday, but I'm here to help anyone that's dealing with the same thing. I've been there, I know what it feels like not to be good enough, but you are, and if you ever feel like you're not, I'm here to tell you, you are," she said.
Watch the full interview below and pre-order Dua Lipa's self-titled album on iTunes here.


Two people, including a woman, were killed on Sunday afternoon in a shooting incident in St Joseph.
The deceased have been identified as Krystal Heeralal and Keron Rampersad.
A third individual, identified as Shamila St John, was also injured in this incident, however, up to 7 am today, she was said to still be warded in a critical condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
The incident took place around 4.30 pm on Sunday, the three were liming along the roadway when gunmen approached the group and opened fire.
The three victims were all hit, and the police and emergency health services were notified.
However, Heeralal and Rampersad succumbed to their injuries.


14 Nov How to Avoid Decision Fatigue; Wait, Avoid What?
Decision fatigue. It's a phenomenon which probably affects you. Yet, you're not truly aware of it. Put another way, you've likely felt its impact, but just didn't know what to make of it. Or, more particularly, what to call it. That's okay. It's something many people experience a few times. Others are hit with it a lot — a whole lot. Usually, these are individuals in positions of authority. You know, the "decision makers." Although we joke about it, the truth of the matter is, making decisions gets harder and harder as the day goes on. So, let's look at some ways to avoid decision fatigue.
Is Decision Fatigue Actually Real?
The short answer to the question above is a resounding, "Yes!" Decision fatigue is real. In fact, two university researchers examined more than 1,000 decisions made by judges in Israel. Said judges either decided to grant or to deny parole. Prisoners who appeared in the morning, about 9 am, fared quite well. Those offenders had a 70 percent chance of making parole.
But, by the time mid-afternoon rolled around, those chances dropped down to just 10 percent. The conclusion, of course, was the judges simply used-up their stamina and therefore, took the simplest and safest way out.
Start tomorrow today. At the end of every day, start getting things in order for the next morning. Don't make big decisions. Just get organized so you're ready to go when you come back tomorrow. While this might seem too simple, it will have a big impact.
Make important decisions early. When you start your day, don't "ease" into it. Instead, challenge yourself by making the most important decisions when you're most fresh and have new energy. You'll see things more clearly and have a better sense of which way to go.
Stop second-guessing yourself. In the military, some class instructors tell their students to bite the erasers off of their pencils right before starting a test. It's not literal — it's a figure of speech. It means your first intuition is typically the right one; so, don't second-guess yourself.
Snack and exercise every day. It's a very good practice to have a solid but sensible breakfast in the morning. A light lunch is also a sound practice. But, you might feel a bit worn by mid-afternoon. The cure? Exercise and have a small snack to re-energize.
What other ways do you combat decision fatigue? Please share your experiences by commenting!


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Britons Are Trying To Save The Alpaca That Is On Death Row In England
In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's administration is facing outrage over a death sentence, the name of the condemned is Geronimo.
HELEN MACDONALD: He's a little, black alpaca, very cute, very cheeky, loves his hay. He's a little porker.
DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST:
An alpaca. Helen Macdonald is Geronimo's owner. He's one of around 80 alpacas on her farm. She bought him in New Zealand in 2017, where he passed several tests for bovine tuberculosis, a fatal disease that alpacas can get, too.
KING: But once he got into the U.K., he failed two tests. And according to British law, that means he needs to be euthanized. Macdonald is arguing the results were false positives because Geronimo got a vaccine for the disease just before those tests.
MACDONALD: He's been in isolation. There's no public health risk. He's got his friends. He's very happy. And, you know, all we've - I've been asking for is a test applicable to the circumstances for alpacas in the U.K. so that we can clear his name.
ELLIOTT: Last week, Macdonald lost her final appeal to the high court in London after years of legal battles to save Geronimo.
KING: Britain's business minister Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News that euthanizing animals with bovine tuberculosis is important to keep farms safe.
KWASI KWARTENG: It's obviously difficult because there's a lot of, you know, people invested emotionally in a story of an animal. But there's a policy.
ELLIOTT: Macdonald says she will not put up a fight if the authorities come to her farm for Geronimo.
MACDONALD: We're not going to break the law or anything. But we won't make it easy for them. And we're certainly not going to, you know, just hand him over. I don't have to do that.
ELLIOTT: But Geronimo's fans aren't deterred. Boris Johnson's own father told British media he hopes the animal can be saved.
KING: Also, 100,000 people have signed petitions. Others marched to the prime minister's residence this week in protest. But ultimately, the country's health authorities have the final word.
(SOUNDBITE OF CLIVE CARROLL'S "OREGON") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


The world is a different place now than when this theatre was first built in 1927, but today the venue now known as the Virginia Samford Theatre remains a singular hub of creative insight and diverse entertainment. This historic multi-purpose arts facility actively encourages participation in a diverse range of arts performances and educational services in the Birmingham community.
Kinetic set out to capture the look and feel of the theatre experience, while keeping a multitude of information organized and clearly marked. The final product is a website that not only presents the theatre's season lineup, it also educates and provides information on how to support the theatre's commitment to the area community. Take a look for yourself. You just might say, bravo!


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An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income
MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
This was published in Your Story on May 22, 2018.
YES Bank in association with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has released a study that says an 'open data ecosystem' can grow India's GDP by $22 billion by 2020. It could impact critical sectors like agriculture and double farmer income by reducing wastage and system inefficiencies.
The report titled Open Government, Open Data – Re-imagining India observes that farmers' income could be twice of what it is in less than five years from now. Universal Health coverage could be strengthened, and micro-loans could be disbursed to millions of MSMEs more effectively through a well-functioning open data ecosystem.
Empirical evidence shows that open data has aided agriculture world over. Combined with agricultural knowledge, remote sensing, and mapping, it helps create early warning systems for farmers. That enables them in "protecting crops from pests and extreme weather, increasing yields, monitoring water supplies, and anticipating changes brought on by climate change," according to the World Bank.
While India was among the first countries in the world to set up an Open Government Data (OGD) platform that offered open and free access to data and information released by over 100 government departments, there have been loopholes in the project that has led to data being restricted in some cases. At present, OGD houses info-sets from 180,543 ministry resources and is presided over by a hundred-plus data officers.
YES Bank has recommended steps to eliminate the existing gaps and boost usage of OGD to improve governance across sectors. It has also said that emerging technologies like Blockchain, Machine Learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT) would drive further efficiencies in the open data ecosystem, and lead to more tech-focused innovation.
One such innovation has been brought about by Silicon Valley agri startup, Harvesting, that recently launched its India operation. Harvesting uses remote sensing and geo-spatial imagery along with existing farmer data to monitor farmlands, assess them in real-time, and send out reports and analysis to all stakeholders, including farmers, agri lenders, rural banks, and so on.
Harvesting Founder-CEO Ruchit Garg told YourStory,
"There are over 500 million small farm-holders in emerging markets that feed 80 percent of the world. But there is a data asymmetry in the agricultural value chain. Most problems arise because of a massive data deficit. We started to look at how this could be solved by leveraging data and technology."
Besides industries, the open data is available for citizen access too, and that is important.
Rana Kapoor, MD and CEO, Yes Bank, said,
"Data is collected from citizens for citizen welfare and should therefore be shared with them. Secondly, data like Government budget usage, welfare schemes and subsidies increases transparency, thereby building greater trust."
YES Bank also recommends more public-private partnerships (PPP) for open data to be fully utilised. It proposes the formation of an Open Data Council comprising representatives from private and public sectors as well as technology service providers. The council would be chaired by MeitY and will work towards the identification of 'priority sectors' which require data digitisation.
But, merely having large amounts of open data sets is not enough. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) sounds a word of caution.
In a separate report titled Open Government Data Study: India, the CIS states,
"To ensure the relevance of open government data, mechanisms have to be put in place to take its benefits to ordinary people and to marginalised communities. Simply putting up raw data will not suffice."
The report notes that a richer open data ecosystem can be created by harnessing records and information from rural internet kiosks, community e-centres, e-healthcare, geographic information systems (GISs), dairy sector applications, teacher training programmes, online agricultural systems, wireless local loop solutions, databases of rural innovations, land property registrations, women and children's services, and more.
Filed under: Open Data, Access to Knowledge, Openness
Open Data and Land Ownership
Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources
Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment Scan
Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya
NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017
CoinFest 2016
Seminar on Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach


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Winter Revisits
Winter has revisited here briefly, and it's actually a 'Texas Low' that moved up through the states. You'd think that would be warm wouldn't you, but it brings lots of moisture and then bumps into the arctic air still sitting up here, and that moisture changes to snow or ice. So we've had a messy 24 hours of light snow changing to freezing rain changing to rain. Just a yucky, cold, drizzly day today.
The storm never-the-less turned out mostly to be the storm that wasn't. Compared to the forecast of up to 10 cm. of snow again, this was pretty mild. And freezing rain when the temperature is rising rarely turns out to cause big problems, 'cause it just melts.
It was very patchy freezing rain overnight, leaving some places decorated in ice, while in other areas it really wasn't apparent.
There wasn't much snow, but just enough to cover the ground, with a strong wind. It left interesting patterns across the ploughed fields, snow accumulating in the furrows, and then everything covered in a thin layer of ice. Here are a few pix.
Looking forward to the next few days of warmer temperatures and sunshine!
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Starry Nights
It was a wonderful clear starry night two days ago, and I headed out at 11 p.m. with my camera and my tripod. The Weather Network had suggested we might see Northern Lights even this far south in Canada, but no such luck. However there were billions of stars!
Perhaps the most easily recognized constellation, the Big Dipper, was almost directly overhead, and therefore upside down.
And across the North Star from the Big Dipper, down near the northern horizon, was Cassiopeia, the 'Big W'. It's a rather distorted 'W', but you can probably pick it out here in the centre of the picture, at a 60° angle.
This is exactly the same picture, but I just edited it to increase the exposure, making thousands more stars visible. It shows how amazing the universe is, but it actually makes it harder to pick out individual constellations, because there are so many stars it's confusing.
The 'Big W' still shows up on the left of this picture, but it also captures part of the constellation Draco, the Dragon. Its head is that awkward rhomboid shape on the right hand side of the picture. And just left of centre is the constellation Cepheus, but I couldn't figure out which of these many stars match it. The line of flashing light is a plane headed into Toronto Airport in a 30 second exposure.
But in a darker photo, cropped down a little, Cepheus becomes very obvious. That's the 'Big W' on the left, and on the right of centre is a distorted square, with a fifth star far about it like a high-peaked roof on a house; those five stars are Cepheus.
Looking to the west of the 'Big W', which you can see on the right hand side here, are another group of constellations. The most obvious is the small dense cluster of stars down near our house, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. Right in the middle of the picture, where there's a confused group of stars, is the constellation Perseus,
Looking west you can see the well known constellation Orion, the Hunter. It's a winter constellation here, and at this season it's disappearing, the lower right star already below the horizon, the whole constellation on a 45° angle. Three stars in the middle make up its belt, and three smaller ones below form its sword. The top bright star of the left shoulder is Betelgeuse, a red giant. And another plane, this one leaving Toronto, and heading west.
And looking south you can see Jupiter, the largest of our planets, now passing through the constellation Virgo, just above the bright star Spica in the centre of the picture. Two more planes headed into Toronto, and the glowing lights of Toronto on the horizon, 100 km. away.
Just for fun, a car going past on the road. I heard it coming and turned the tripod to capture it.
If you're interested in the photography, all of these were 30 second exposures, with the camera on a tripod, the aperture set wide open (on this lens that was f/3.5), ISO 1600, and focal length 18 mm. This meant setting the camera on Manual, in which case 30 seconds is the longest exposure I can take without holding down the shutter. But stars move, and 30 seconds is a bit long, because the stars move slightly in this time. Sharper (but darker) pictures would result at 15 second exposures. Some editing was done to effectively increase the exposure even longer.
You may wonder at my listing names of the constellations, and recognizing them, but this has been a favourite interest for a long time. My dad taught navigation during WWII, by the stars in those days, flying over rural Manitoba and teaching how to recognize the constellations. To be honest I've always had trouble beyond the easy three (the Big Dipper, the Big W, and Orion), but I sat here for two hours tonight with my Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, and these photographs, and slowly figured out at least some of what was what. Never before have I actually been able to successfully identify this many constellations, so I'm pleased. You may get more star photos in the future!
Spring has Sprung!!
The biggest seasonal change of the year is underway! Pick your indicator - first flower, last snow, first Turkey Vulture, first Spring Peepers. We had them all today, a beautiful and busy blue sky day (before tomorrow's freezing rain and snow)!
I'm running out of pictures for the blog, so I went out into the yard briefly, and there they were, a small but bright blue patch of Dwarf Iris, a stunning royal blue. My favourite, and usually first, spring flower.
In last year's debris of the scree garden, the patch of blue stood out like a beacon, and there are quite a few yet to bloom.
Our tiny patch of Snowdrops is also unfolding, almost in bloom after fighting their way up through the leaf litter.
See the snow - it's GONE! Today the last little white patch of snow where I blew the snow off the driveway into a pile, vanished. Perhaps the dullest picture I've ever posted, but it's gone. Unfortunately, when you have a gravel driveway, a snowblower the size of mine picks up a fair bit of gravel, especially in the first two or three storm events. Every spring I have to rake it up into little piles, gather it up, and toss it back on the driveway, one of those early spring chores.
We're still getting lots of morning frost (here on a cedar rail in the fence) as the night-time temperature drops below freezing, but on a day like today the sun burns it off by 9 a.m.
And we've seen our first Turkey Vultures, here the way you actually see them, a distant black pair of wings in the sky. Had to dig into the archives for this one, taken a year ago on a hike up to some cliffs here in the valley.
Another rather dull picture, but standing here we heard our first Spring Peepers, and a solitary Spring Chorus Frog (if only I could photograph the sound!) So that's the first flower, the first Turkey Vulture, and the first frogs calling, all in 24 hours! Spring has truly started, even though snow is forecast for tomorrow.
There were two more ships berthed in Owen Sound harbour when I was there last week, the Algoma Olympic, another bulk carrier, and the Chi-Cheemaun, our favourite ferry.
The Chi-Cheemaun can be found here every winter, with a skeleton crew living onboard keeping all the systems running and ready. It runs between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island from about May 24 until Thanksgiving. Unusually, the Algoma Olympic had reversed into the harbour, and was berthed ready to head out into Georgian Bay.
But I first approached it from the other end, walking along the dock that`s all open to the public. This walk seems to be a good balance of an industrial site that is safely accessible. Closer to the downtown there are a number of historical plaques outlining the history of shipping in the harbour.
Actually I took this picture because the pattern of the street lights appealed to me, but you can also see the stairs that is lowered for staff to access the ship while it`s berthed here for a long time. You can also see one of the large electrical cables that they run to the ship for such a stay. Must be interesting to live onboard an inactive ship for 3 months.
This ship has a square stern, which helps increase the hold capacity, and lots of activity onboard at the moment. Those double dark square towers are the smokestacks. Although I didn`t get a picture to illustrate it, this ship is another self-unloading bulk carrier like the two ships I featured yesterday. It has carried a lot of coal, but also carries salt and grain on occasion.
The crew was obviously busy with maintenance activities, though I have no idea exactly what they`re doing. There are five men working on things in this photo if you can spot them.
The Chi-Cheemaun (`big canoe`) ferry is berthed on the far side of the harbour. Since we once owned a cottage on Manitoulin Island, we have travelled on this ship at least 40 or 50 times. We got to know it quite well. It loads and unloads from both stern and bow, letting vehicles drive straight through. It`s large enough to handle full size trucks and buses.
The current paint job features an interesting native design on the smokestack. Both the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island have significant First Nation communities, with strong and creative artistic interests. Although it`s a good size for a ferry, it is dwarfed by the nearby lakers.
Ships in Harbour
There were three big lake freighters in harbour in Owen Sound the other day, and I'm always fascinated by those big ships. They were all floating high, probably empty of cargoes for the winter, and anxious to get moving again.
When the John D. Leitch was built, in St. Catherines, Ontario, it was the largest self-unloading bulk carrier on the lakes; now it's the oldest such ship, though it's had a major refit.
Originally it was built to carry coal for Ontario Hydro, but now that Ontario has phased out coal power generating stations, it can carry grain, iron ore, gravel and other bulk cargoes. John Leitch owned Upper Lakes Shipping, but the business has been sold to Algoma Central, who have kept his name on this ship.
It took a little walking around to get a picture of the full ship, but the cement dock isn't busy of course, so I was able to walk under the loading tower for that and get these pictures. This ship has been called the "little bank building on floats" because of its tall wheelhouse that looks a bit like a corporate building.
I think it must have taken a team of boathands to drag this chain up and onto the pier. A lot of other ropes are holding it close all along the dock.
On the other side of the harbour was the Algoway, another bulk carrier. It carries the same range of bulk cargoes, including salt from the mines underneath the harbour in Goderich.
Owned by Algoma Central, this ship was built in Collingwood when there was still ship-building in the harbour there. It's a little smaller than the John D. Leitch.
This is the huge boom for loading and unloading, 250 feet long. It can swing out at right angles to help load or unload. On older ships there might be several cranes unloading bulk cargo out of each hold, and corresponding cranes on shore to load each hold. Loading with a bucket on a crane is a slow process!
On ships like this, conveyor belts do all the work. They run along the bottom of the ship so the cargo can be dropped down onto them. Then they rise up an elevator and drop onto the 2nd main conveyor belt that runs along this boom, extending onshore. It can drop piles of coal on a dock, or drop grain into a receiving bin for an elevator. All the magic is actually out of sight, and it makes shipping much safer than it has been in the past. Dust control is also much better if the conveyor belts are enclosed in a tunnel. You can find a neat video that illustrates all this here.
The rear superstructure looked freshly painted,
But the wheelhouse definitely looked like it could use a fresh coat of paint!
And the hull looked like it had either run through a lot of ice, or they were preparing to repaint it.
Looming over all of this were the Owen Sound grain elevators, though none of these ships are necessarily carrying grain.
And stretching to the north, behind the Algoway, is the blue water of Georgian Bay.
Winter's Last Gasp - I hope!
We had a very light bit of freezing rain over Friday night, and woke to tiny ice pellets falling off the trees into the leaves below. It was like a light rattling coming from all directions.
Little drops of ice decorated the White Pine, rapidly melting and turning into drips of water.
Looking upwards through the pine needles gave a very different impression.
Back in the meadow, the bare twigs of the Tamarack were marked with plenty of ice drops, as well as the tiny cones ready to grow and unfold.
Looking through an old apple tree. By mid-morning the sun had melted all the ice and our last winter storm (?) was gone.
Hopefully that bit of freezing rain was winter's last gasp. The snow along the fencerow is almost gone, and will probably be totally gone in 24 hours.
The big pile of snow where I blow snow off the driveway will take a little longer, but it is shrinking rapidly, down to 18 inches from 4 feet.
And underneath the snow we've had for 4 months, the mosses and lichens on logs and boulders provide the brightest bit of immediate green as spring tries to drive winter away and take over.
"Seagulls"
Thornbury Harbour
Another Harbour - More Ice
Coast Guard Boats
Ice in Meaford Harbour
The Promise of Spring
Barn Quilt Trail
MIssed it by a Nose!
Georgian Bay Skies
The Beaver River
Spring is in a Holding Pattern
Last Year's Seeds
Where did spring go?
For the Love of Grey Barn Quilt Trail
The Swans are Back!
Sunrise Feb. 28th
Early Look at the Garden
Inglis Falls
Winter is Bouncing Around!
Back to Winter
Georgian Skies and Melting Ice
Jones Falls (Again)


The Bunny Dodo is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. It was added during the ARK: Eggcellent Adventure event.
Bunny Dodos act exactly like normal Dodos. The only difference between them is that Bunny Dodos also lay Bunny Eggs (very rare=around 1-2 per hour) and they have cute bunny ears on their heads.
A flightless species of pigeon, the dodo is easily identifiable by its large beak and stout body. Bunny Dodos vary in many colors. They have bunny ears.
This section displays the Bunny Dodo's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Bunny Dodo. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Bunny Dodo will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.
For example, "cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6" would color the Bunny Dodo's "body" magenta.
The Bunny Dodo pecks at the target.
The Bunny Dodo is carryable by flyers, but sometimes can be glitched.


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What is 0.162 as a fraction?
Solution and how to convert 0.162 into a fraction
0.162 = 81/500
Check out our introduction to decimal numbers page for basics on decimal numbers. Also take a look out our fractions section of the website, it may be helpful for this matter.
As we've seen in other parts of this website, decimal numbers can be represented as fractions (and vice-versa). See blow for instructions on how to do this.
How to convert 0.162 to a fraction
Step 1: Take your decimal number and set it as the numerator of a fraction with denominator of 1. In this case 0.162 / 1.
Step 2: Of course, we want both parts of the fraction (numerator and denominator) to be integers. To convert this into a fraction of integer parts, we need to multiply. You need to multiply both the numerator and denominator by 10 for each digit in after the deicmal place.
Step 3: In this case, there are 3 after the decimal, so we need to multiply both numerator and denominator by 10, 3 times. This is the same as multiplying each by 1000.
Step 4: We can see now that we have 162.0 / 1000 after multiplying both numerator and denominator by 1000.
Step 5 (optional): Now that we have our answer, we can simplify the fraction to 81/500.
It is often easier to use a calculator to solve these types of problems, but it is also possible to do it by hand. If you want to practice doing it by hand, you may want to double check your solution with a calculator afterward.
When is this useful?
Sometimes it is more useful to convey a decimal number as a fraction instead. In those cases, this type of conversion is helpful.
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So I have a TON of books that I've either been given as gifts, won in giveaways, given just because, or ARCs I've either traded for or received from Goodreads that are simply taking up space on my bookshelves. I wanted to do a giveaway for one of these books, but then I realized everybody has different tastes and it would be silly for me to try to pick one book that everyone would want. So I picked out 14 books for the winner to choose from. Some are ARCs, a few are signed, and some are just regular paperbacks or hardbacks. A few have been read, but most are brand new. I will post the link to the book's goodreads page and the condition of the book under each picture. This is open internationally and the winner will choose one book from the list. I am also throwing in a BCC swag pack with the book and a second winner will win a swag pack as well!


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