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How Non-Native Workers Can Break Through The Glass Ceiling
Mary Atamaniuk10 min read29 March 2019
Communication is essential to smooth and successful working relationships. You could argue that it is the key ingredient to succeeding in a professional environment. It isn't always what you know, but how you convey your ideas and beliefs that can propel a career forward.
So it should come as no surprise that non-native workers — whether remote freelancers or permanent employees — operate under an invisible glass ceiling that doesn't exist for native speakers. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on native English speakers, encompassing the U.S., UK and any country where English, in some form, is the majority or de-facto language of the business and entrepreneurial communities.
Although it is illegal in many of these English speaking countries to discriminate on grounds of national origin, and the languages people speak (along with race, gender, age, and numerous other things), this doesn't prevent unconscious bias on the part of native speakers.
Language remains an invisible barrier.
In this article, we will cover what this means, how it impacts native and non-native workers and managers, and how both can work together to overcome the invisible language glass ceiling.
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When working with a remote team, open, honest and shared communication is an essential part of the process for managers and freelancers or employees. Working effectively is more challenging when people don't communicate often enough, clearly enough or with an openness that makes it easier for everyone to trust one another.
Unfortunately, this is where the glass ceiling effect kicks in for non-native speakers.
If two or more on a team speak the same language fluently, as native speakers, then communication is simple and natural between them. That primary language doesn't need to be English.
But when a manager speaks English (with native fluency) and a remote worker does not, then the glass ceiling could put the working relationship at risk.
In practice, this might mean the manager may prefer a native speaker on a future project. Or trust a native speaker — or someone with more proficient language fluency — in a managerial role over someone without the same level of language skills.
Cost savings and other benefits might encourage the client or manager to keep working with non-native employees or contractors. However, they might not get the pick of the best projects. They could be sidelined for a local team, or the working relationship could be more difficult as both sides try to find common ground and overcome the language and cultural barriers.
Native speaking managers often work on the assumption that non-native workers aren't as skilled and qualified.
Even when someone demonstrates the skills and experiences necessary, studies show that non-native workers are more likely to be passed over for managerial roles if there is an equally qualified native speaker going for the same position. According to a Harvard Business Review study, "native speakers were, on average, 16% likelier to be recommended for" managerial roles.
In another HBR study, a funding pitched was judged on whether entrepreneurs appeared to have accents, political skills, communication skills, and collaboration skills. Those watching weren't told the outcome of the funding pitches. The results showed that speakers without accents "were, on average, 23% likelier to have gotten funding."
Paul Graham, Co-founder of Y Combinator, in an interview, amplified this inherent bias in the startup community:
There are a bunch of subtle things entrepreneurs have to communicate and [you] can't [do that] if you have a strong accent.
"One quality that's a really bad indication is a CEO with a strong foreign accent," Graham said in an Inc. magazine interview.
It comes down to political skills. Language fluency makes it easier — when communicating with native speakers — to perceive, understand and influence others. Managers and team leaders need those skills. You need those skills when working with clients.
This glass ceiling reduces the number and quality of job opportunities, career advancement, and the ability for entrepreneurs to raise funding for startups.
Let's take a look at how both native speaking managers and non-native developers can work together to overcome this barrier and break the glass ceiling.
#1: Reach out
Before launching into a project, take time to get to know your team. Ask them questions. Master effective chat and phone techniques and talk to them. It will give you a chance as a manager to gauge communication proficiency early on. Not only will this start to build trust, but getting a sense of skills, experiences and language abilities makes it easier for managers when communicating with team members during a project.
Making your messages clearer will help your team, and in turn, help you.
This way, when speaking with team members and sending emails, you can more accurately assess whether someone has understood something. When they understand something quicker, they can ask the right questions and both sides can get closer to the target outcomes and outputs.
#2: Don't assume or make snap judgements
One reason for the unconscious bias when working with non-native speakers is the assumption that they aren't as qualified and therefore don't know what they're doing. Even if they are experts with years of experience, a lack of fluency is mistaken — usually on a subconscious level — for a lack of skills, or poor political and therefore communication proficiency.
Native English speaking managers tend to make assumptions and snap judgements.
For example, if a non-native developer has missed a crucial point in an email, Slack message or Skype call. Missing a detail is often seen as an example of weak skills or abilities, rather than not understanding subtle language details, words and phrases that a native speaker would spot.
#3: Recognize and acknowledge improvements
Part of these assumptions often overlook when a non-native speaker has made noticeable improvements.
Team members benefit when managers take the time to notice and acknowledge their work.
On the part of the manager, some effort is needed to encourage and support improvements in language and communication skills. If nothing has been said prior to an improvement being made, a manager might need to be politically astute enough not to mention an improvement. It could cause embarrassment.
#4: Know the law
When employees are working on-site, health and safety law in the U.S. requires that employees are given health and safety training in their native language.
Always be aware of laws when making hiring and promotion choices.
Other laws, focusing on discrimination, in the U.S., UK and numerous other countries, prevent companies for discriminating on grounds on country of origin, race and language skills.
#5: Listen for cues
When you've got employees or contractors on-site, body language cues are easier to spot. So a manager needs to work harder when communicating with remote non-native team members. Try not to read too much into the tone of a message or email. Often, especially when communicating with non-native team members, mistakes can be made. Ask for as much openness and honesty as they're happy to give. Try to do the same and do your best to make sure that neither party is in the dark about what the other means.
Ask for clarification when you aren't sure what someone means.
Next, we will look at the other side of the table. For non-native workers — whether salaried or freelance, there are numerous ways you can work more effectively with managers. This process works both ways. It requires give and take on both sides, and crucially, proficient listening skills so that you find the best ways to communicate with one another.
#1: Use slides
Code — whether Ruby, JavaScript, Python or OCaml — is a universal language. Similar to maths, it's a language that anyone who's fluent in one or more of those languages is going to understand and appreciate. This is useful to know and remember when speaking to a manager or colleague who also speaks one of those languages.
Use slides to illustrate a point. Even if your language skills lack behind your coding skills, visual and diagrammatic displays are one of the most effective ways to get a point across. One that maybe you can't express as easily in English. Work in the assumption that your slides are going to be more easily understood than what you say — if your English skills are still fairly basic — so be visual with these sides and illustrate what you mean.
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As a developer, reading programming documentation, you are going to encounter a lot of English words on a daily basis. All of this will help you learn to become more proficient, which is what you need because to be understood in daily life, only 850 words are needed in English, in most everyday situations.
#2: Ask questions
A gold rule, when working with native speakers, is to ask questions when you aren't sure about something. Never assume.
A manager or client would rather you ask an extra question or two than make an assumption that turns out to be incorrect and produce work that either isn't needed, or someone else has already done, or is simply completely wrong and delays a project.
#3: Listen carefully
Words and phrases sound different depending on the native language of the speaker and the listener. Beyond that, words and phrases can sound different depending on where someone is from. Regional variances in accents and what people mean are quite dramatic. Even in relatively mid-sized countries, such as the UK, there are hundreds of regional variables that can sound odd to a non-native speaker.
Listening skills when working with native speakers are as important as your ability to communicate and ask questions.
#4: Break the ice
When starting to work with a new manager or client, find ways to break the ice and break through cultural and language barriers.
Tell personal stories, find common ground, share memes, share cultural observations; find something you have in common, you can talk about that isn't work. It will make communicating far easier.
#5: Communicate clearly
And crucially, always communicate clearly when sending emails, messages and talking with clients and managers. If in doubt, ask more questions. Run emails and other messages through language and spell-check programs whenever possible, to make sure something comes out as clearly as possible in English.
Find ways to work on your language skills and proficiency, which could mean anything from binge-watching US or British TV series on Netflix and Amazon Prime, or taking online or in-person language classes?.
Non-native speaking developers do face an unfortunate and fairly ingrained bias against those without the relevant language skills. But these can be overcome.
Both managers and developers can work on their listening and communication skills to overcome this bias and break the glass ceiling. Language skills, like developer abilities, improve with time and work. Give each other time to understand one another and overcome this bias, to improve project outcomes and teamwork.
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We derive the optimal second-order coding region and moderate deviations constant for successive refinement source coding with a joint excess-distortion probability constraint. We consider two scenarios: (i) a discrete memoryless source (DMS) and arbitrary distortion measures at the decoders and (ii) a Gaussian memoryless source (GMS) and quadratic distortion measures at the decoders. For a DMS with arbitrary distortion measures, we prove an achievable second-order coding region, using type covering lemmas by Kanlis and Narayan and by No, Ingber and Weissman. We prove the converse using the perturbation approach by Gu and Effros. When the DMS is successively refinable, the expressions for the second-order coding region and the moderate deviations constant are simplified and easily computable. For this case, we also obtain new insights on the second-order behavior compared to the scenario where separate excess-distortion proabilities are considered. For example, we describe a DMS, for which the optimal second-order region transitions from being characterizable by a bivariate Gaussian to a univariate Gaussian, as the distortion levels are varied. We then consider a GMS with quadratic distortion measures. To prove the direct part, we make use of the sphere covering theorem by Verger-Gaugry, together with appropriately-defined Gaussian type classes. To prove the converse, we generalize Kostina and Verd\'u's one-shot converse bound for point-to-point lossy source coding. We remark that this proof is applicable to general successively refinable sources. In the proofs of the moderate deviations results for both scenarios, we follow a strategy similar to that for the second-order asymptotics and use the moderate deviations principle.


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RCMP are still looking for suspects in the beating of a local skier on Blackcomb last Friday, March 8. Staff Sergeant Jim Eglinski said Tuesday the incident "almost appears to have started as a consensual fight" between a skier and a snowboarder but got one-sided when two other snowboarders got involved. Eglinski said the incident appears to have begun when a skier skied through the snowboard park on Blackcomb Friday. Several snowboarders yelled at the skier, who then fell. Eglinski says the skier's poles may have slashed someone when he fell. The skier then got up and skied to the bottom of the Catskinner Chair. A snowboarder followed him to the bottom of the lift, where they began to argue. Eglinski says the boarder may have thrown the skiers poles away. The two then started fighting and ended up wrestling on the snow. At that point two other boarders showed up and started kicking the skier. Blackcomb staff saw the fight and yelled at the boarders, who then took off. Eglinski says the skier received multiple fractures to his face, but the injuries were not life-threatening. He has since been released from medical care. David Barry, Blackcomb's director of public relations(?) said Tuesday it appears to be a case of assault, rather a skier-snowboarder conflict, and they have left the matter in the RCMP's hands. As of Tuesday no charges had been laid. The RCMP are asking anyone who knows the identities of the boarders to come forward.


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Cases of COVID-19 edged up by six in the Western Tidewater Health District in Friday's report from the Virginia Department of Health.
It came one day after the district's biggest one-day spike in cases, an increase of 64 cases that was almost entirely attributable to increased testing at Deerfield Correctional Center in Southampton County.
Suffolk now has a total of 138 cases, with 91 in Isle of Wight County, 75 in Southampton County and 15 in Franklin.
There are 41 patients hospitalized in the district, and there have been seven deaths in the district.
Statewide, the VDH reports 11,594 cases and 410 deaths.
The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association reports 912 patients hospitalized statewide who have tested positive for COVID-19, and 487 in the hospital whose test results are pending.
There are 379 in the two groups combined in ICUs, and 220 on ventilators. Only 22 percent of the state's total ventilators are in use for COVID-19 and other patients.
In good news, the VHHA reports 1,672 patients with confirmed cases who have been hospitalized and then discharged.
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MOVIE: POSSESSOR
STARRING: ANDREA RISEBOROUGH; CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT; JENNIFER JASON LEIGH; SEAN BEAN
DIRECTED BY: BRANDON CRONENBERG
AMovieGuy.com's RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4)
By the end of Possessor, the effects that occur on your brain will be something you're processing much longer after it ends, and even then, you will want to see it all over again, just to make sure you understood what you saw. This is a mind scrambler. A wild and original science fiction film; And a movie that has moments that shock and awe. I was fascinated by Brandon Cronenberg's new film. This is his second full length feature, but his first mainstream production, and clearly the arrival of a brilliant new auteur. Andrea Riseborough stars as Tasya Vos, an assassin in a distant future, but she does not do the job in person, but through a possessing process, connecting into another person's mind. Possessor follows her taking over the mind of Colin (Christopher Abbott), the boyfriend to the daughter of billionaire CEO John Parse (Sean Bean), and the contact that Vos must eliminate. But somehow the science is starting to falter, where the person possessed knows something is happening, and a battle takes place between the human and the mind. Possessor is a fascinating experience. Trippy, violent, and one of the most original movies of 2020.
Because of how obscure and strange Possessor is, it makes things difficult to describe, especially due to the narratives distortion of reality. The other movies to compare it to is a mix of films such as, Blade Runner 2049, Total Recall, and The Matrix. Vos is a mother, recently separated from her husband, but still in the process of trying to rekindle their love. Her boss is the mysterious Girder (Jennifer Jason Leigh- a character similar to her work in Annihilation), often the one to give Vos her next assignment, and help get her out when the job is done. The mind melding process is a connection through the brain, like an MRI for your head mixed with a heavy trip on acid. The assignment prior to the film's major plot does not exactly go well; The possessed stabs a guy too many times to count, completing the mission, but Vos pretends that things are all good after, but her mind is clearly losing sense of reality.
That word reality is the major thing to consider when watching Possessor. It's never clear who is possessed or who isn't. What is happening now versus what is happening in Vos' mind. The distortion is the point. It's done perfectly through a combination of Cronenberg's unique screenplay, Risborough's fascinating commitment to her character, Christopher Abbott continuation with roles that balance between quiet and disturbed, cinematography by Karim Hussain with excellent use of neon colors, and violence that will send shivers down your spine. Possessor has so much to it, it's impossible to forget it, and that's before an insanely climactic ending.
What I also loved about Possessor was the inventiveness and authenticity to its science fiction. It should not be surprising to see a movie of this caliber made by the son of David Cronenberg, master director that gave us The Fly, The Brood, and Dead Ringers. Clearly this stuff is in the family genes. But Possessor is Brandon separating himself from his father, while still engaging in the types of odd science fiction and body horror that make a director's work stick out. Possessor has incredible set design, with high tech looking chairs that audiences will look back at and marvel at the prediction of futuristic decor. It also has a narrative that draws the viewer in from beginning to end. Possessor had me from the start.
There are no negatives to speak about after watching Possessor. Brandon Cronenberg is a brilliant new mind in cinema. I see his work rising in the same way audiences have gravitated to artists such as Rian Johnson, Denis Villeneuve, or Christopher Nolan. As for the ending, it is undoubtedly shocking and will leave audiences cold, but it stays true to its unique nature. I don't think you should expect anything else. If you want a different ending, one that is spoon fed, or much happier, you might want to watch something on Disney+. Possessor is going to take over cinema for a long time.
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Jason Statham stars as an experienced hit man who decides he's ready to retire his weapons once and for all -- after he finishes training eager young apprentice Steve McKenna (Ben Foster) in the ways of the professional kill. But the assassin's bosses are not pleased when they discover their man is giving away his trade secrets. Simon West directs and Donald Sutherland co-stars in this action-packed remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson thriller.
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Made some chocopops recently and had an idea to put them like a flower arrangement (I've seen this with cake "pops" but not chocolates before, but I am sure I am not the first!). Seemed to work well and went down pretty well too at work! Also made some patisseries - mousse cakes, praline-chocolate and raspberry. Quite disappointed as I crushed the macarons (and they were 1 min away from being done ) but tasted good!


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The New Zealand Wine Company (NZWC) announces record net earnings for the 30 June 2008 full year with audited net profit after tax of a $1,351,000 result Before Biological Bearer-Asset Adjustments. This represents a 41% increase on the $960,000 result for the same period in 2007. The full NZ IFRS result was $2,044,000, including unrealized profit adjustments, compared to the equivalent $1,167,000 result for the previous 2007 year, an increase of 75%.
Basic earnings per share were 15.6 cps for the 30 June 2008 full year under the result Before Biological Bearer-Asset Adjustments and 23.6 cps under NZ IFRS.
Total revenue earned for the 30 June 2008 full year was $11,986,000 which represents an increase of 6% on the $11,309,000 earned for the same period in 2007.
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A fully imputed final dividend of 5 cents per share for the full year will be paid to shareholders on 26 September 2008, which represents a 25% increase of 1 cent per share over the prior year final dividend.
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Q: ssh not offering public key Trying to ssh on windows server using a public key authentication, but it is not recognizing the public key.
Kept the public key in .ssh/authorized_keys with proper permission.
When running in verbose mode getting below message:
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: C:\Users\$amku001\.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: C:\Users\$amku001\.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Trying private key: C:\Users\$amku001\.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug1: Trying private key: C:\Users\$amku001\.ssh/id_ed25519
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive

As can be seen it is not even offering the public RSA key.
Also it is trying for private keys which doesn't exists.

A: It is possible that you didn't place the private key in your machine running the client-ssh.
Please confirm that you perform all the below instructions.
In order to perform ssh login using private/public key you should:

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*Create key pair (e.g. using instructions from here)

Client side:

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*Create .ssh folder in your home dir

*Place the private key in .ssh folder

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*name it id_rsa
Server side:

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*Create .ssh folder in your home dir

*add the content of the public key to file .ssh/authorized_keys
File permissions:

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*private key should be accessed only to you

*public key might be read by others (but not write-able by others)

*.ssh folder should be accessed only by you

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EDF Energy app – is technology really destroying our jobs? Is so what's the future?
The other day I received a notification that our energy supplier EDF, had created a smartphone app. Not just a basic one though. This one lets you submit a meter reading with your camera, change your monthly amounts and even send an alert if you're moving out. The point is, suddenly, I was given the power of doing a lot of stuff that other admin people used to do for me.
Me and this phone are now a meter reading person, as well as accounts and customer service executives. It made me wonder how far is this stuff is going to go? No-one will argue with the benefits of technology, but it seems as though we haven't as a society really thought through the situation where huge chunks of general administrative jobs suddenly disappear because they're not needed any more.
We're not the only ones asking the question of course, as this article from Technology Review shows.It started with manufacturing and robots, and we kind of were OK with it, since it seemed such an obviously beneficial change – for the consumer. But the spread of this trend has gathered pace over the years, and now it's becoming a significant feature of the landscape. The list below – taken from this Reddit thread – shows the percentage and type of jobs lost to automation over the past two years from 2010 to 2012. The thread makes for a fascinating, if scary, read.
Once upon a time there were secretaries, who took meeting notes, fielded calls etc. Now there are PAs who are only for the higher echelons, and they're typically shared in smaller companies. It looks like technology is going to radically re-define how we get these types of tasks done, and it's clear that more of the burden will move to the consumers themselves. But these 'consumers' meanwhile will have a smaller pool of jobs to choose from as the list reduces. Does anyone spot a problem there?
I'm now voluntarily taking up the role of meter reader and customer service admin with my phone, but how soon will it be before it's mandatory? This is more than just an issue of a digital divide, eventually it will be a complete paradigm shift, and if you can't cope with the change, how will you manage to live a reasonable life? Progress is progress of course, but there's going to come a point where there's even a machine for doing your hair which replaces a salon, and then where will we be, eh?
So what is the future, if these jobs disappear never to return? How are we expected to consume, if the robots are grabbing the roles which deliver our financial resources? I'm not sure anyone has an answer to that, but it looks like we're soon going to have to come up with some sort of idea, otherwise things could get messy.
Frederick Pohl's novella, The Midas Plague, pictured a world where everyone *had* to consume to quotas, and that's how we earned our living. In fact the really wealthy were identified by how *little* they had to consume to meet their monthly quotas. It's an absolutely fascinating concept, and it's hard not to believe this could be where we're heading, unless something drastic happens to avert the possibility.
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A: you can achieve it by dividing the actual width to a specific percentage of height.
lets say you want your division to be 10/15/45/30
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i hope you get my point, you can create a method so you can reuse the code.


Even for the experienced facilitator who feels he or she has "mastered" a case, the key to a great session remains preparation—especially of the questions that will be used to guide the discussion.
Common sense and educational research emphasize the importance of "knowing your learners." In general, what level of knowledge and experience do the participants have? Who are they? What are their names? If possible, spend some time "exploring" what you can find out about your participants in advance. If it's a group that you know, spend a few minutes reflecting on what you expect will happen in the session.
about leading a group discussion for residents of all levels. However, since they did not have the content expertise, they were less tempted to revert to didactic style. Senior residents, fellows, and faculty, on the other hand, found it challenging to avoid falling into this trap.
Before the session, every facilitator should: a) review the goals for the case; b) review the case, facilitator guide, handouts, supplemental materials, and references; c) select and prepare individuals prior to beginning the session if the case involves role playing; d) gather any additional materials needed (e.g. state or institutional forms for child abuse reporting); and e) prepare a list of suggested questions for the case.


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Q: BCM4352 Wireless network card issues with lubuntu 14.04 LTS Just got a new laptop with Windows 8 on which I installed Lubuntu, but Lubuntu does not recognize my Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 Wireless Network Adapter. I Googled the web and went through a couple of tutorials but nothing seems to work.
I think before I try anything else I need to remove all the things that I installed from the tutorials I went through (dkms, bcmwl-kernel-source-dw1550.deb, bt-dw1550-firmware_0.1.all.deb, etc.)
Is there a way I can uninstall everything I installed after Lubuntu? In other word, is there a way to revert-to-default post installation state?

A: There is a dell laptop that has drivers for this card. Link to thread here.
What I did:
1) First download and extract the .tar.gz file from here.
2) Then in debs/main/ folder install (double click in GUI or use dpkg -i in cmd) linux-headers-3.5.0-30.51~precise1_all.deb (the 12.1MB one).
3) Next go back to the debs/ folder and install the bt-dw1550-firware_0.1_all.deb
4) Install bcmwl kernel source by: sudo aptitude install bcmwl-kernel-source
5) Finally restart and WiFi should be working like normal
Not managed to get the integrated bluetooth to work only just this second got WiFi to work and came across this thread as I was searching for help. If anyone finds a way to get bluetooth to work please do tell! :)

A: As of today, this network card is not supported.


A - 75 seconds is fine with me, I prefer the shorter draft (90 seconds used to drag on and on man) but another 15 seconds per pick is fine.
B - Either Sunday or Monday works for me - I'm totally flexible. Just give me a weeks notice or so to plan around it.
Yeah the draft date will be settled by a week before.
From what I remember the 90 second pick drafts lasted 2 1/2 hours and last year with 60 seconds lasted 1 1/2 hours, so it's a decent bet it'll be a 2 hour draft if we bump it back up halfway to 75 seconds. Which isn't terrible, but I'm never doing 90 seconds again with this size league.
I wish we could bank time on the picks; there are plenty of picks I need like 10 seconds or less for; but certain picks where 60 seconds is tough; especially with the last 10 seconds kinda being rushed since you need to get the pick in or face autodraft, etc.
Looks like we'll need three new spots to get to 14, guess I'll post in Hell later. Could probably go down to 12 if we have to and release all the players back into the draft pool but I like the challenge of bigger leagues.
Henriqued has taken over Squirtle Squad, Pacific Devil has taken over Eat Another Donut and an invite was sent to devlman for DirtyMike, with any luck all spots will be filled today or tomorrow.
I was gonna say.. after all the damn work I did to get Eichel last year..
Last signup complete, back to 14 teams this year. Hopefully the noobs remember to look for the thread here.
That was never an issue, I just meant release the players from the unclaimed teams if we had to play with <14.
Checking in. Ready for another season!
Did the draft now officially move to Sunday's October 2nd?
Yeah I think we'll probably leave it at next Sunday - the 1st (safely after our horror football festivities), and the pick limit at 75 seconds.
Yeah I think we'll probably leave it at next Sunday - the 2nd (safely after our horror football festivities), and the pick limit at 75 seconds.
I meant Sunday October 1st. That's the new date? I got myself all confused because I have something that Saturday (Sep 30th).
anyone in the 8-11 slots interested in trading your 1st & 2nd round picks for my 1st & 2nd round picks?
I wont be able to make it. I'll be flying back from Europe that day.
Bah my mistake, yeah I meant Sunday the 1st.
Unfortunately it seems as if you drew the short straw, cause afaik only you can't make Sunday and only one other couldn't have made Monday. Hope autopick and your lists are kind to you.
Reminder that the draft is on Sunday so keepers need to be done by Saturday.
Any interest in Sergei Bobrovsky?
Will there be a list of keepers to share?
So which board members took over the dead teams?


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Irish fall short of third-straight national championship
Charlotte Edmonds | Friday, May 17, 2019
Having a top-ranked target on its back for the majority of the season, Notre Dame looked to continue its reign of dominance under head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia by three-peating at the national championship. While the team backed up its title for much of the regular season, a slow start and missed opportunities down the stretch
Notre Dame finishes third at NCAA Championships
Charlotte Edmonds | Tuesday, March 26, 2019
After struggling to find its groove in the first two days of competition, Notre Dame fell short of a comeback in the second half of the weekend on their quest to secure a third-straight NCAA title. Opening in Cleveland last Thursday, the men looked to hang in with a crowded field of Columbia, Penn State
Irish to compete for 3rd-straight national title
Charlotte Edmonds and Grant DelVecchio | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
For Gia Kvaratskhelia, this week is familiar territory. In his fifth season with the Irish, championship chasing is like clockwork for the head coach. Kvaratskhelia, orginially from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, has built his program on the fundamentals, insisting that the work it has done throughout the season will set it up for
Notre Dame dominates by recording clean sweep at ACC Championships
Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The two-time defending national champions issued a mandate this past weekend, sweeping all six individual awards on their way to claim both the women's and men's ACC titles for the first time in program history. After falling short of the conference title last year, with the women losing to North Carolina in a three-way tiebreaker
"Every guy has an individual battle": ND fencing leaders, former NFL coach discuss team success before Stanford game
Serena Zacharias | Monday, October 1, 2018
Notre Dame fencing head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia, fencing team captain senior Sabrina Massialas and former NFL coach and Notre Dame football player Tom Clements spoke at the Eck Center Friday as part of the "Catching Up With…" Football Friday lecture series. Kvaratskhelia and Massialas began the conversation by discussing how they became involved in fencing. Kvaratskhelia
Notre Dame takes home second-consecutive national title
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, March 26, 2018
When asked about the key to the success of the fencing team, athletes and coaches repeatedly cited one quality — grit. This determination proved key in the team's quest to repeat as national champions this past Sunday in State College, Pennsylvania. Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said there was never a doubt in the team's
Notre Dame sets sights on title repeat at NCAA championships
Charlotte Edmonds | Thursday, March 22, 2018
Notre Dame will prepare to defend its title starting Thursday at the NCAA championships with a full roster of 12 competitors. As one of only three schools, along with Columbia and Ohio State, to qualify the maximum number of athletes, the Irish have positioned themselves to compete for a repeat of last year's success. The
Six fencers medal for Irish at Midwest Regional championship
Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Notre Dame had another dominant performance at the Midwest Regional championship in Cleveland on March 10, earning the maximum number of qualifications a team can achieve for the NCAA championships Thursday. Coming off the ACC championships — where both the men and women finished in second place in team competition, though the women swept the
Irish prepare for Duke Duals
Charlotte Edmonds | Thursday, February 8, 2018
After hosting duals for the past two weekends, the No. 1-ranked Irish will travel to Durham, North Carolina, to participate in the Duke Duals. Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said he's fully aware of the intense competition they'll be facing this weekend. "All the teams there will be tough to deal with," he said. "Especially
Notre Dame wraps up successful weekend at Northwestern Duals
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, February 7, 2018
This past weekend, No. 1 Notre Dame impressed yet again, this time as hosts at the Northwestern Duals held in Castellan Family Fencing Center. The top-ranked women went 11-0 and extended their current win streak to 22 matches while the No. 1 men walked away from the action at 7-2. On day one of competition,


This stunning Rosso Corsa Red 2010 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is fitted with the optional HGTE Handling Package. The Ferrari 599 with its 6.0L V-12 engine—sourced from the Enzo—produces an impressive 612 HP, enabling the car to reach a top speed of 206 MPH, accelerate from 0-60 MPH in a mere 3.3 seconds and eclipse the quarter-mile in 11.2 seconds at 131 MPH. This Ferrari 599 is equipped with the HGTE Handling Package which added an additional $30,095 to the car's already hefty base price of $326,730. The HGTE Package adds a sizeable amount of machismo to an already testosterone-filled Ferrari. The package is a cohesive collection of upgraded parts focused on ultimate handling capability which consists of stiffer springs, thicker anti-roll bars, retuned shock absorbers, wider wheels, lowered ride height, retuned exhaust note and stickier Pirelli P2 tires. The HGTE package still employs the magnetorheological shock absorbers which adjust damping on command, but has recalibrated them for more aggressive cornering. Another feature of the HGTE package is the interior which has been bathed in black leather, Alcantara and carbon fiber trim. This 599 GTB has a menacing look with its bright red paint, lowered ride height and black wheels, revealing the carbon ceramic rotors and Brembo brake calipers in the background. This 599 GTB is equipped with the Ferrari F1 Superfast Automated 6-speed transmission which enables paddle-operated lightning-quick shifts. It is significant to note that the Enzo was the benchmark of performance when Ferrari was in the design process of the 599 GTB. It was the hot lap test around the Ferrari track at Fiorano that validated the 599 GTB with recorded lap times less than 1 second shy of the Enzo.


A thunderstorm is probably something worth avoiding.
Yet, using time-lapse photography, one resident managed to capture the movement of a storm in Germany's fourth largest city, Hagen, in a fascinating way.
In the video, which was uploaded to Rumble by Kometennorbert, dark clouds roll across the sky in a tumultuous fashion as they head towards the residential area.
Tracking overhead, the video shows the sky as it's illuminated with lightning, while the clouds tumble over each other like the underbelly of a wave.


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Number of visitors to Singapore falls in 2014, but amount spent remains the same
Jessica Lim
https://str.sg/3sUb
SINGAPORE - A total of 15.1 million visitors came to Singapore last year, a drop of 3.1 per cent compared to 2013.
The amount they spent - $23.5 billion - remained the same as the previous year.
The drop can be attributed falls in visitors from top source countries including China (-24 per cent), Malaysia (-2 per cent), Australia (-4 per cent) and Indonesia (-2 per cent).
Even so, tourism receipts stayed stable compared to 2013 due to each visitor spending more.
The per capita expenditure of each visitor from China, for instance, went up by 29 per cent to $1,600.
The top five visitor markets were Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Australia and India. Visitors from these countries also spent the most.
limjess@sph.com.sg


So why does this game have such a strange name 'hit the ground' ? Well, there's a simple explanation for that. Jerry (or should I say Jerry's head) sits on top of a stack made out of wooden cubes, while Tom wants to get him down to his level - to knock him down to the ground. With mouse click, the wooden block pops up, making the whole structure imbalanced. Your job is to get Jerry to the ground in a specified number of mouse clicks. Starting from level 4 both Tom and Jerry should be brought down to the ground. Basically, this is point and click physics game, and I guess I wouldn't be too surprised to see it on some mobile device any time soon.
One of the first things that caught my eye was the 'levels' screen. It appears that all the levels are unlocked by default. This is quit a neat option in case you want to leave the game for few days and than go back to it and pick up exactly where you left off. That way you wouldn't have to go through the hassle and solve all the puzzles again.
First rule is to get Jerry down in a limited number of clicks. Second rule is not to allow Jerry touch or fall onto Tom's block, as if that happens it is obvious that Jerry is obstructed from making a clean contact with the ground's surface. So make sure their blocks do not touch each other. As you can see on level 8, the platform with tom and jerry is initially imbalanced, so you must act quickly and prevent Tom and Jerry from touching.
At higher levels, it all comes down to finding correct clicking combination, by the trial and error principle.


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Trey Burke Signs with New York Knicks
Official Release | January 14, 2018
WHITE PLAINS, NY, Jan. 14, 2018 – The New York Knicks announced earlier today that the team signed guard Trey Burke. Burke was called up from the Westchester Knicks, the official NBA G League affiliate of the New York Knicks. He joins Langston Galloway (called up to the New York Knicks on Jan. 7, 2015), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (called up to the New York Knicks on Jan. 29, 2016), Jimmer Fredette (called up to the New Orleans Pelicans on Nov. 10, 2015 and to the New York Knicks on Feb. 22, 2016), and Chasson Randle (called up to the Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 10, 2017 and to the New York Knicks on Feb. 27, 2017) as the fifth player in the Westchester Knicks' history to sign with an NBA team.
Burke (6-1, 190) joined Westchester as an affiliate player after signing with the New York Knicks on Oct. 11, 2017. He was the team's leading scorer in 17 of his 26 games for Westchester, averaging a team-high 26.6 points along with 5.4 assists, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.92 steals over 37.0 minutes per game and a shooting percentage of .488. Prior to his call-up, Burke was the second-leading scorer in the NBA G League.
Burke was named the NBA G League Player of the Month, a first for Westchester, for games played in December after being named the league's Player of the Week consecutively for games played Monday, Dec. 4 though Sunday, Dec. 10 and Monday, Dec. 11 through Sunday, Dec. 17. Earlier this season, he broke Westchester's all-time scoring record in the team's third game of the season with a 43-point performance at Delaware on Nov. 7.
Burke averaged 10.6 points and 3.6 assists over 24.8 minutes in 267 career games with Utah and Washington from 2013 through 2017. The Columbus, OH native was originally drafted by Minnesota out of the University of Michigan with the ninth overall selection in the 2013 NBA Draft and named to the 2013-14 NBA All-Rookie First Team as a member of the Jazz. Last season, Burke appeared in 57 games for the Wizards to average 5.0 points and 1.8 assists over 12.3 minutes.


I had created something that I was giving out as holiday gifts every year. Every year there was more and more demand. People loved them so I decided to put it to market to see if I could get more of the world to love it too. I was also at a point in my life where I was ready to be my own boss, and creating business appealed to me.
We are makers of small-batch hand-packed all-natural pickles, pickled veggies and savory drink mixers. We feature produce grown locally in Santa Barbara in what we have termed a "West Coast style" of pickles. We have a wide variety of pickled veggies including spicy garlic pickle spears, pickled green beans, carrots, okra, fennel root and Brussels Sprouts. Our products are known for their superior taste and texture – oh, and for our clever product names such as "Jalabeaños", "Asparagusto", "Carriots of Fire", "Brussizzle Sprouts", etc.
It means that it was made right here with quality ingredients and a human packed (and looked at) every jar.
We have lots of great locally crafted beer and wine here in Santa Barbara – so yeah, that.
I was not raised in home that was big into food, but somehow throughout my life I have been drawn to people that enjoy food – like really enjoy food. I didn't purposefully seek them out, it just happened. As such, I learned to appreciate the craft through these associations.
When I eat something I like, I often want to try to recreate it. I get excited by the idea of trying to identify all the parts and flavors and then figuring out how I would go about making it, or something similar in my own style.
Savory drink mixers. A few years ago we came out with our Bloody Mary Elixir which is a liquid seasoning (basically everything by the tomato juice). But, I didn't want to just combine a bunch of other products to make ours, so I set out to figure out how to make Worcestershire sauce from scratch so we could have a completely hand-crafted and all-natural product. Our latest creation is a Michelada Shrub which just hit the shelves this summer.
I'm loving our new Michelada Shrub – it's so versatile as both a drink mixer and a marinade. I keep coming up with new ways to use it. But when it comes to pickles, I'm always partial to our pickled beets.
Mexican oregano and mayonnaise. Not necessarily together, buy maybe???
Chicken enchiladas – marinated in our Michelada Shrub. Makes the chicken so tangy and delicious.
There's a ton of regulatory and business stuff involved in creating packaged food products. If you're not interested in the business side of things, then find a partner who is or think twice about doing it. I've seen too many people quit after figuring that out or running out of money. They get into the business because they want to sell their amazing cookie, but then find out it's not really about that.
I truly admire every single local producer that put everything on the line to create their business. There are so many great brewers, wine makers and food makers here in Santa Barbara that risked everything, often contrary to good judgement, and just made it happen. It takes guts and commitment.
Steamed artichokes and King crab with sides of melted butter and mayo.
So hard to pick just one. My mind is always blown whenever Cindy Black at The Blue Owl in Santa Barbara makes my favorite dish – Porducken. Yes, it's what you think it is.


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Can the "Shanghai Model" Solve the Global South Debt Crisis?
During the last major Global South debt crisis in the late 1980s, the United States pioneered an initiative that bundled together all of these countries' debts into a bond that would then be re-packaged and sold to investors. These so-called "Brady Bonds" were very effective in giving many of the poorest, most indebted countries the breathing room they needed to recover.
Now, as developing countries are confronting yet another debilitating debt crisis, an update to the Brady Bond idea is now circulating but this time it's coming from China, not the U.S.
Just like a Brady Bond, the so-called Shanghai Model would roll up poor countries' debt into a bond asset and then sell it to investors. But there's a catch: rather than price it in dollars, the Shanghai Model would use Chinese yuan.
Economists Ying Qian and Yan Wang from Boston University's Global Development Policy Center have been writing a lot lately about the Shanghai Model and exploring its viability. Ying joins Eric & Cobus from Washington, D.C. to discuss whether it really can replicate the success of the Brand Bond.
Boston University Global Development Policy Center: Reflections on Sovereign Debt Restructuring in Low-Income Countries and the 'Shanghai Model' by Ying Qian and Yan Wang
Boston University Global Development Policy Center: Brady Bonds and the Potential for Debt Restructuring in the Post-Pandemic Era by Ying Qian
Financial Times: UN launches African repo market in bid to lower borrowing costs by Tommy Stubbington
About Ying Qian:
Ying Qian is a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow with the Global China Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and a freelance consultant and researcher. Previously, he served as the Director of Public Management, Financial Sector and Regional Cooperation Division at the Asian Development Bank, where he and his colleagues implemented programs and projects in areas of public finance, financial market development and trade and investment in countries of Central Asia, South Asia and Southeast and East Asia. Dr. Qian has also worked at the World Bank and the American Express Co. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Renmin University, China.
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Sometimes you get lucky. During a lunch in Neive with cult producer Fabio Gea in the summer of 2021, Fabio mentioned that we needed to taste the wines of Cascina Munesteu. Fabio is one of the most uncompromising and innovative figures in Langhe, who also has a huge respect for the traditions of the area. So, when he recommended a winemaker that none of us had ever heard about, we were all ears.
Somewhat miraculously Cascina Munesteu has managed to fly under the radar despite uncompromising craftsmanship and prestigious vineyard possessions in Montestefano and Montefico, among others. Montestefano is called Munesteu in the local Piedmontese dialect, which is where the Rocca family lives: At the top of the hill that is also the home of the Montestefano vineyard in Barbaresco. Since 1997, the vineyard has been managed by Roberto Rocca, but his father Giovanni, who is fast approaching his 90s, also still takes part in the work.
Giovanni Rocca was among the original farmers who founded Produttori del Barbaresco back in 1958, which the family has loyally supplied with grapes ever since. Out of respect for this tradition, Cascina Munesteu does not produce Barbaresco, but is instead making Langhe Nebbiolo of an unheard quality and at a price that is extremely approachable. You get all the classic qualities of traditional Barbaresco – not least a really flattering perfume with delicate balsamic notes – but Roberto also focuses on great drinkability, meaning that the tannins are restrained and extremely balanced. His Barbera is old-school with lots of depth and concentration, and his Langhe Rosso from 100% Freisa is an impressive example of this overlooked grape variety that both captures Freisa's elegant aromas and avoids dominant tannins that are often seen with this grape.
Seldomly, do we come across producers that – like the Rocca family – cherish traditions and their own history while showing an enormous curiosity and a desire to develop and experiment. For this exact reason, it is a bit of an honour that the family has put their trust in us as their first export market ever.
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News | Monitor | Reviews & Features | Future | Directories
• Monitor: Classic Reprints
New editions of classic fiction seen in the last few weeks of 2004 include Nancy Kress' Beggars in Spain, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. IIA in hardcover, a 20th anniversary edition of Samuel R. Delany's Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, and other books by Peter Atkins, Henry Kuttner at al, Carol Emshwiller, Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth A. Lynn, E. Hoffman Price, Vernor Vinge, Philip Wylie, and Roger Zelazny
• Monitor: Notable New Books
Descriptions and links for new books seen the last half of December: Allen Steele's Coyote Rising, Douglas Clegg's Afterlife, Alternate Gerrolds, novels by Diana Hignutt and Elizabeth Scarborough, and nonfiction by Michael Shermer
• Monitor: Last Weekend's Bestsellers
J.K. Rowling retakes all the Amazon lists; plus Michael Crichton, Nancy Farmer
• Monitor: This Week's Bestsellers
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due for publication July 16, 2005, is #1 at Amazon
• Monitor: What's In Other Magazines
Seen the first half of December: The Third Alternative's 10th anniversary issue, and new issues of Amazing Stories, Black Gate, Dreams and Nightmares, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Paradox, and Weird Tales
Descriptions and links for new books seen the second week of December: Dean Koontz's Life Expectancy, Stephan Zielinski's offbeat first novel Bad Magic, Lou Anders' anthology of essays about SF and film, Forry Ackerman's collection of pulp magazine covers, other novels by Catherine Asaro, Mike Shepherd, Susan Shwartz, and Alan F. Troop, anthologies from Denise Little and Diana L. Paxson, and the Art of Halo
Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz
Descriptions and links for new books seen the first week of December, including Michael Crichton's State of Fear, Steven Gould's Reflex, Spider Robinson's Very Bad Deaths, other novels by Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, K.J. Bishop, Albert E. Cowdrey, David Gemmell, John Moore, Susan Price, and Travis S. Taylor, plus anthologies from Dann & Dozois and Deborah Noyes
• Monitor: New in Paperback
Mass market editions of Jo Walton's World Fantasy Award winner Tooth and Claw and other novels by Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Robin Hobb, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Chris Moriarty, Robert Reed, Wen Spencer, Victoria Strauss, and Harry Turtledove
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Descriptions and links for new books seen the last week of November, including Mark Budz's Crache, Jon Courtenay Grimwood's Stamping Butterflies, Alastair Reynolds' Century Rain, other novels by Paul Di Filippo, Jennifer Fallon, Al Sarrantonio, and David Sosnowski, plus a book on digital SF art, and an anthology from Keith Olexa
Seen the second half of November: Jack Williamson in the 75th-anniversary Analog, Roger Ebert in Sheila Williams' Asimov's, plus new issues of Amazing Stories, Chronicle, Interzone, Star*Line, and True Review
Locus Online survey of genre titles on general lists...
Descriptions and links for new books seen the third week of November, including Jack Vance's Lurulu, Marcos Donnelly's Letters from the Flesh, Charles Stross' The Family Trade, Spider Robinson's The Crazy Years, and Cathy & Arnie Fenner's Spectrum 11; plus a short novel and an anthology from Michael Chabon, a poetry collection from G.O. Clark, a collection from Jonathan Lethem, and novels from Jane Lindskold and L.A. Marzulli
Seen the first half of November: new issues of Book of Dark Wisdom, Flytrap, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mythic Delirium, and Realms of Fantasy
Michael Chabon, Susanna Clarke, Stephen King, Philip Roth
Books by Catherine Asaro, Robert Asprin & Jody Lynn Nye, Orson Scott Card, William C. Dietz, Ty Drago, David & Leigh Eddings, James A. Hetley, Kij Johnson, Jack McDevitt, and Robert Silverberg
Fifty years of Australian SF, a 20th anniverary edition of Neuromancer, plus new editions of fiction by Greg Bear, Jonathan Carroll, Harlan Ellison, Keith Laumer, and Pamela Sargent, and an anthology of Christmas tales edited by David G. Hartwell
Descriptions and links for new books seen the second week of November, including Gene Wolfe's The Wizard, other novels by Jacqueline Carey, Keith R. A. DeCandido, David Drake, David & Leigh Eddings, Tamara Siler Jones, Oisin McGann, Christopher Moore, Jean Rabe, Leigh Richards, Joel Rosenberg, and Lisa Smedman, plus an anthology from Eric Flint, and a collection by Robert Silverberg
Philip Roth, Susanna Clarke, Stephen King
Descriptions and links for new books seen the first week of November, including Jack McDevitt's Polaris, Tad Williams' Shadowmarch, other novels by Kelley Armstrong, Alison Baird, John Barnes, Robert Buettner, Dennis Foon, Shannon Hale, James A. Hetley, Michael Hoeye, and Matthew Hughes, plus collections and anthologies from Algis Budrys, Esther M. Friesner, John Pelan, Stanley C. Sargent, and George Zebrowski
David Weber, Christopher Moore, Dean Koontz
Aeon, a new electronic magazine, debuts, and Premonitions, a UK magazine from the early '90s, relaunches. • Plus, new issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and The New York Review of Science Fiction
Descriptions and links for new books seen the last week of October, including Jack Williamson's memorial Seventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer, Peter Straub's In the Night Room, the first James Tiptree Award Anthology, Lucius Shepard's Viator, and other fiction by Bruce Balfour, L.G. Burbank, Clamp, Madeline Howard, Michael Lawrence, R.A. Salvatore, Ruth A. Souther, Judith Tarr, G.P. Taylor, Karen Traviss, Harry Turtledove, and David Weber, plus nonfiction about Harry Potter
R.A. Salvatore, Philip Roth, Susanna Clarke
Stephen R. Donaldson, Lackey & Mallory, R.A. Salvatore, David Weber
Descriptions and links for new books seen the third week of October, including Stephen R. Donaldson's The Runes of the Earth, Johanna Sinisalo's Troll: A Love Story, Jeff VanderMeer's Why Should I Cut Your Throat?, and other books by T.A. Barron, John Gregory Betancourt, Storm Constantine, Emily Drake, Alan Dean Foster, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory, Maxine McArthur, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Sean Russell, Dana Stabenow, Harry Turtledove, and Liz Williams
New editions of classics by Philip K. Dick, Stephen R. Donaldson, Robert Jordan, Russell Kirk, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, Frederik Pohl, and Robert Silverberg
Books by Neal Asher, Kage Baker, Herbie Brennan, Janis Ian & Mike Resnick, Tamora Pierce, John Ringo, Peter Straub, Jonathan Stroud, F. Paul Wilson
Stephen King, Philip Roth, Susanna Clarke
Descriptions and links for new books seen the second week of October, including Iain M. Banks' The Algebraist, Lucius Shepard's A Handbook of American Prayer, Frederik Pohl's The Boy Who Would Live Forever, and other books by Piers Anthony, Stephen Baxter, Charles de Lint, Dave Duncan, Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, Tanith Lee, Philip Reeve, John Ringo & Julie Cochrane, and Lucius Shepard
New issues seen the first half of October include December issues of Asimov's -- Gardner Dozois' last issue as editor -- Analog, and F&SF; and issues of Amazing Stories, Chronicle, Leading Edge, The New York Review of Science Fiction, San Diego Jewish Journal, and Star*Line
Laurell K. Hamilton, Stephen King, Philip Roth
Descriptions and links for new books seen the first week of October, including Liz Williams' new collection The Banquet of the Lords of Night and Other Stories, plus books by Margaret Ball, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Elaine Cunningham, William C. Dietz, Laurell K. Hamilton, Dean Koontz, Michael Martinez, Jalina Mhyana, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Elizabeth Moon, Mary Murrey, Parker & Parker, Martin Scott, Wen Spencer, and Stewart & Riddell
Descriptions and links for new books seen the last week of September or before, including Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, Terry Pratchett's Going Postal, novellas by Stephen Baxter and Paul Park, and others by Herbie Brennan, Clamp, Pushman Clark, Ronald L. Donaghe, L.B. Graham, Iwase/Yatate/Tomino, P.B. Kerr, Mercedes Lackey, Tamora Pierce, and Stephen Woodworth
Stephen King, Neal Stephenson, Philip Roth
New issues seen the last half of September include TTA Press's takeover of Interzone with Issue 194, plus new issues of Chronicle and The Third Alternative
New hardcover editions of classics by Clifford D. Simak, Edgar Pangborn, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard; plus, new editions of books by Isaac Asimov, Gregory Benford, James Gunn, Jack Vance, and Gene Wolfe; collections of classic short fiction by Gardner Dozois and John Varley; and a chapbook by Sidney Bechet
Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver; plus titles by Ben Bova, Terry Brooks, Orson Scott Card, Ellen Datlow, Brian Jacques, Elizabeth Moon, Terry Pratchett, Philip Reeve, Laura Resnick, and Sheri S. Tepper
Susanna Clarke, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Philip Roth, David Mitchell
Descriptions and links for new books seen the third week of September, including Geoff Ryman's Air, Stephen King's The Dark Tower, Neal Stephenson's The System of the World, other novels by Clive Barker, Loren W. Cooper, Brian Jacques, Gwyneth Jones, Christopher Pike, Scott Westerfeld, and Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer, Bev Vincent's guide to Stephen King, and an anthology
Descriptions and links for new books seen the second week of September, including a new edition of Michael Moorcock's Wizardry & Wild Romance, novels by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson, Carol Berg, Eric Flint & Dave Freer, S.E. Hinton, and Rosemary Kirstein; plus more nonfiction, a collection, and two anthologies
Susanna Clarke, Stephen King, Neal Stephenson, DiTerlizzi & Black
Issues of new SF 'zines Alchemy and Postscripts; plus the latest issues of Analog, Asimov's, the SFWA Bulletin, Chronicle, and NFG
Descriptions and links for new books seen the first week of September, including Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, plus novels by Terry Brooks, Trudi Canavan, Jay Caselberg, Sara Douglass, Nancy Farmer, M. John Harrison, Elizabeth Lynn, Jennifer Stevenson, Timothy Zahn, and Sarah Zettel; plus, collections by Eileen Gunn and Robert Silverberg; an anthology by Maxine McArthur & Donna Maree Hanson; and nonfiction by James P. Hogan and S.T. Joshi
Susanna Clarke, Terry Brooks, Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Wednesday 8 September 2004
Descriptions and links for new books seen the last week of August, including the US edition of M. John Harrison's acclaimed novel Light, plus books by Cornelia Funke, Theodora Goss, Jay Lake, Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Adam Roberts, Nick Sagan, Tom Smario, Jonathan Stroud, and N. Lee Wood
Thursday 2 September 2004
F&SF's October/November 55th anniversary issue features Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, Lisa Goldstein, Robert Reed, M. Rickert, and others; plus, new issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Realms of Fantasy
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Harry Potter 5 reaches paperback; as do titles by Kristen Britain, Joe Haldeman, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Walter H. Hunt, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jonathan Lethem, James Luceno, Nick Sagan, Norman Spinrad, and Scott Westerfeld
New editions of books by Poul Anderson, Gregory Benford, Algernon Blackwood, Steven Brust, Karen Joy Fowler, Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Moorcock, Spider Robinson, Josepha Sherman & Gwen Hansen, and Christopher Stasheff
Descriptions and links for new books seen last week by Elizabeth Haydon, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Walter H. Hunt, Greg Keyes, Brandon Massey, David Mitchell, and John C. Wright
J.K. Rowling, Terry Brooks, Raymond E. Feist, David Mitchell
Descriptions and links for new books seen recently by Neal Barrett, Jr., Jim Butcher, F. Brett Cox & Andy Duncan, Victoria Elisabeth Garcia, Laura Anne Gilman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Juliet Marillier, S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Michelle M. Welch, and Leslie What
Jasper Fforde, Harry Turtledove, Karen Marie Moning, J.D. Robb, Jim Butcher
Amazing Stories is reborn (yet again); plus, a special issue of Publications of the Modern Language Association of America on science fiction; and new issues of Analog, Asimov's, Cemetery Dance, Chronicle, The New York Review of SF, and True Review
Descriptions and links for new books seen last week by Kevin J. Anderson, Mark Anthony, Sarah Ash, Marion Zimmer Bradley & Deborah J. Ross, Julie E. Czerneda & Isaac Szpindel, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Minister Faust, Jasper Fforde, Andrew Fox, James Alan Gardner, Joe Haldeman, Nancy Kress, and James Morrow
China Miéville, Herbert & Anderson, D.J. MacHale
Monday 2 August 2004
Nonfiction and poetry 'zines published in the last half of July: Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, The New York Review of Science Fiction; Dreams and Nightmares, Star*Line
Susanna Clarke gets a pre-publication boost from New York Times
Sunday 1 August 2004
Descriptions and links for new books seen this past week by Ken Akamatsu, Catherine Asaro, Kage Baker, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Robert Borski, M.M. Buckner, Jack Dann, Ellen Datlow & Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, Alexander C. Irvine, Theodore Judson, Mercedes Lackey & Eric Flint & Dave Freer, China Miéville, and Sean Stewart
• 2004 Directory
The 2004 Directory now includes a page for 2004-dated Magazines, compiling references to Locus Magazine reviews and links to Locus Online descriptions and reviews on other sites
Isaac Asimov; Jasper Fforde
Books by Alfred Bester, Harry Harrison, Robert Holdstock, Katherine Kurtz, Ellen Kushner, Richard Matheson, Jack McDevitt, William Nicholson, Andre Norton, James H. Schmitz, and Philip Wylie
Three of this year's Hugo Award nominees, by Brian Herbert, Charles Stross, and Robert Charles Wilson; plus other books written and edited by Lou Anders, Kevin J. Anderson, Sarah Ash, Greg Bear, Sara Douglass, Jude Fisher, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Paul Levinson, China Miéville, Michael Moorcock, Larry Niven, Spider Robinson, and John C. Wright
Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury
Descriptions and links for new books seen this past week by Chris Bunch, Clamp, Paul Di Filippo, Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Naomi Kritzer, William Pillow, Michael Reaves & Steve Perry, and Charles Stross
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, Stephen King, Karen Joy Fowler, Ray Bradbury
Second issue of Argosy includes a chapbook novella by Charles Stross & Cory Doctorow • Plus, Liverpool Stories, UK publication promoting writers from the area or writing about it. • DNA Publications' new mag, KISS • And new issues of Dreams and Nightmares, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, F&SF, The Third Alternative (and The Fix)
The Locus Awards -- an anthology of selected stories that have won Locus's annual readers' poll over the past 30 years -- is published. • Plus, descriptions and links for other new books seen this past week by Ray Bradbury, Richard Butner, Loren W. Cooper, Sara Douglass, C.S. Friedman, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Mel Odom, Diana L. Paxon, John Ringo, S.L. Viehl, Margaret Weis, and Martha Wells; and anthologies from Bill Fawcett and Keith Olexa and of Rhysling nominees
Tuesday 6 July 2004
Stephen King, Karen Joy Fowler, Ray Bradbury, R. Scott Bakker
Monday 5 July 2004
Descriptions and links for new books seen this past week: Best of the year anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois, and by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer; other anthologies from Martin H. Greenberg, Alexander Potter, and Mark Tier; novels by Alan Dean Foster, Elizabeth Hand, and Frank M. Robinson; and a collection by Diana Wynne Jones
Stephen King, Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Ray Bradbury
Descriptions and links for new books seen this past week by M.T. Anderson, Stephen L. Antczak, Claire Bott, Paul Brandon, Christopher Fowler, Mindy L. Klasky, Ian R. MacLeod, Daniel J. Reitz, Del Stone Jr., and Timothy Zahn • Plus, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's YA fantasy series "The Edge Chronicles" reaches the US, with a contest from the publisher
David Pringle's final issue of Interzone is published; plus, the second issue of Tim Pratt & Heather Shaw's Flytrap, and new issues of Analog, Asimov's, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and Paradox
Stephen King is #1
Descriptions and links for new books seen this past week by R. Scott Bakker, Steven Erikson, Rich Gray, Debra A. Kemp, Elizabeth Kerner, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Robert Newcomb, and Donna Siepiela, plus anthologies from Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, and T.K.F. Weisskopf
New issues of Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, and Space and Time
Steven Barnes, Karen Joy Fowler, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Terry Goodkind
Descriptions and links for new books seen this past week by Thomas Berger, Lian Hearn, Stephen King, Larry Niven, Kit Reed, Harry Turtledove & Noreen Doyle, and Gene Wolfe; plus nonfiction about Philip K. Dick by Emmanuel Carr�re, about Samuel R. Delany by Jeffrey A. Tucker, and about SF by Brian Stableford
Books by Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ramsey Campbell, Samuel R. Delany, Harlan Ellison, James Gunn, Larry Niven & David Gerrold, Robert J. Sawyer, Jack Vance, and Roger Zelazny
Books by Jeanne DuPrau, Michael Flynn, Terry Goodkind, Graham Joyce, Louise Marley, Linda Nagata, Audrey Niffenegger, Terry Pratchett, Alastair Reynolds, and Jo Walton
Stephen King, Dean Koontz
Sunday 6 June 2004
Descriptions and links for new novels seen this past week by Greg Bear, John Birmingham, C.J. Cherryh, Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Dennis L. McKiernan, Alastair Reynolds, John Ringo & Michael Z. Williamson, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Kenji Siratori; plus anthologies edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer and Al Sarrantonio
G.P. Taylor, J.K. Rowling
End of May issues of Chronicle, New York Review of Science Fiction, and Star*Line: Mark Rich on SF, Symbols, and Society; Bud Webster on two early Wollheim anthologies; Brian Stableford on Guy de Maupassant; poetry by Darrell Schweitzer and Sonya Taaffe
Descriptions and links for new novels seen this week by Neal Asher, Adam Connell, Jeanne DuPrau, Dean Koontz, Kenneth Oppel, Terry Pratchett, Thomas Wheeler, and Tony Wolk, plus a book of short stories by Brian Jacques
Dean Koontz, Audrey Niffenegger, Eoin Colfer, Emily Rodda
Del Rey does manga — descriptions and links for these and other new books by Trudi Canavan, Tracy & Laura Hickman, Mathew Lyons, Sarah Micklem, and Jeff VanderMeer
New issues of Analog, Asimov's, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, and Weird Tales: a serial by Mary A. Turzillo; fiction by Allen M. Steele, Judith Berman, Michael Bishop, Robert Reed, Ian Watson, Michael F. Flynn, Eliot Funtishel; interview with Terry Pratchett
Descriptions and links for this week's new books by John Crowley, Julie E. Czerneda, Tony Daniel, Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis, Karen Joy Fowler, Jim Grimsley, E.E. Knight, Jane Lindskold, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen, and David Weber
Karen Joy Fowler, Eoin Colfer, Terry Pratchett, David Weber
Sunday 9 May 2004
New issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, the SFWA Bulletin, Chronicle, Dreams and Nightmares, Leading Edge, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, The Third Alternative, and True Review -- plus a special free sampler issue of Mythic Delirium
New books from North and South American writers: Isabel Allende, Kelley Armstrong, Ben Bova, Steven Brust, Thomas Harlan, Joe R. Lansdale, and Bruce Sterling
New books from UK writers: Neal Asher, N.M. Browne, Ian Graham, Ken MacLeod, George Mann, Michael Marshall, David Mitchell, Richard Morgan, Charles Stross, and Steph Swainston
Books by Margaret Atwood, Ashok K. Banker, Steven Brust, David B. Coe, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Nancy Farmer, Raymond E. Feist, Greg Keyes, Nancy Kress, Ian R. MacLeod, Mike Resnick, Robert J. Sawyer, S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, John Varley, Tad Williams, and Timothy Zahn
Tuesday 4 May 2004
Terry Pratchett, Neal Stephenson, Karen Joy Fowler, Charlaine Harris
Neal Stephenson, Margaret Atwood
April books: Neal Stephenson's The Confusion, plus novels by Patricia Bray, John Dalmas, Eric Garcia, Howard V. Hendrix, Sean McMullen, Rudy Rucker, Matt Ruff, and others; plus anthologies
Books seen in late March include novels by Andrew Sean Greer, Anne Harris, Mercedes Lackey, Scott Westerfeld, Zoran Zivkovic, and others; plus critical nonfiction by Damien Broderick, a Tolkien chronology, and anthologies
June issues of Analog, Asimov's, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: a SETI debate, a 21st anniversary, and a competition; fiction by Joe Haldeman, Michael A. Burstein, James Patrick Kelly, Stephen Baxter, Neal Asher, Ray Vukcevich, Nancy Kress, and others
Raymond E. Feist, Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis, Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black, Margaret Atwood
New York Review of Science Fiction offers Brian Attebery's reappreciation of Eleanor Arnason, and Allen M. Steele's reconsideration of Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer • Plus, new issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Harpur Palate, NFG, and True Review
Tuesday 6 April 2004
David Gemmell, Raymond E. Feist, Garth Nix
John Saul, Andrew Sean Greer
Philip K. Dick's Lies, Inc. completely restored; plus classics by Gregory Benford, John Brunner, William Morris, Roger Zelazny, and others
Books by Steven Barnes, Stephen Baxter, Jacqueline Carey, William Gibson, Laurie J. Marks, Stanley Schmidt, and others
Eleanor Druse
Analog concludes Joe Haldeman's latest novel, and publishes James Gunn's latest "Immortal" novelette; New York Review of SF examines Heinlein and Wyndham; Asimov's publishes a double-issue with stories by Feeley, Baker, Rosenblum, and others • Plus issues of Chronicle and Star*Line
Major new novels by Gregory Benford, Peter F. Hamilton, Guy Gavriel Kay, Paul McAuley, Richard K. Morgan, and others; plus art by Caniglia, the first best-of-2003 anthology, the latest Nebula Awards volume, and a collection by Lucius Shepard
Mon 15 Mar 2004
• This Week's Bestsellers
Eoin Colfer
Tue 9 Mar 2004
Sat 6 Mar 2004
• Magazines: New Issues seen in February
Asimov's creates a scandal in Michigan; plus, what's in new issues of Analog, Bulletin of the SFWA, Cemetery Dance, Chronicle, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mythic Delirium, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Star*Line, and Weird Tales
Mon 1 Mar 2004
Fri 27 Feb 2004
• Notable New Books
Poetry by Bruce Boston, G.O. Clark, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Laurel Winter • Nonfiction by Ursula K. Le Guin; collected short fiction by C.J. Cherryh; an anthology of Irish fantasy; novels by Carol Berg, Sara Douglass, Scott Mackay, and others
Mon 23 Feb 2004
• Bestsellers
William Gibson, Guy Gavriel Kay
Laurell K. Hamilton, Robin Hobb, Timothy Zahn
Kim Stanley Robinson begins a new trilogy
• Other new novels by Mary Gentle, Walter Jon Williams, Catherine Asaro, Laurell K. Hamilton, Patricia A. McKillip, and others
• And a nonfiction study of Gene Wolfe by Peter Wright
Mon 9 Feb 2004
J.D. Robb strikes again
Fiona McIntosh ranks in Australia
• New in Paperback
Books by Charles Dickinson, Kelley Eskridge, Nancy Kress, Ken MacLeod, Allen Steele, and others
• Classic Reprints
Peter Pan illustrated by Charles Vess, Gregory Benford's In the Ocean of Night, and works by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Octavia Butler, Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, and Jane Yolen
• Bestsellers — Tue 27 Jan 2004
Laurell K. Hamilton poised to debut
• Magazines — Fri 23 Jan 2004
Analog serializes a new novel by Joe Haldeman; plus, what's in new issues of Asimov's, Challenging Destiny, Chronicle, Interzone, Jupiter, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and The New York Review of Science Fiction
Robert Jordan's New Spring debuts strongly
• New Books — Fri 16 Jan 2004
The Art of John Berkey, Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" prequel, the Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction;
• Plus, new books by Dale Bailey, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Ty Drago, Mitchell Graham, Mercedes Lackey, Julian May, Justina Robson, Fred Saberhagen, E. Rose Sabin, Judith Tarr, Sheree R. Thomas, and Sean Williams & Shane Dix
• Bestsellers — Mon 12 Jan 2004
Christopher Paolini surpasses J.K. Rowling
• Bestsellers — Mon 5 Jan 2004
Robert Jordan sells pre-publication; Tolkien editions gain
• Books — Wed 31 Dec 2003
Gene Wolfe's The Knight is released, to glowing reviews.
• Hippocampus Press releases a previously-unpublished novel by Lord Dunsany
• Also new: novels by David Gerrold, Gwyneth Jones, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Tom Kratman, Alastair Reynolds, Tricia Sullivan, and David Zindell; nonfiction by John Garth about Tolkien, and M.J. Simpson about Douglas Adams; and anthologies edited by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, and by Robert Silverberg
• Magazines — Tue 30 Dec 2003
What's in new issues of Andromeda Spaceways, Chronicle, Dreams of Decadence, F&SF, Leading Edge, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Nova SF, and Realms of Fantasy
• Bestsellers — Mon 29 Dec 2003
Pre-publication orders put Robert Jordan in Amazon's Top 100
Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas debuts on 3 more lists
• Classic Reprints — Sat 20 Dec 2003
Two early Andre Norton titles are brought back in hardcover • Plus, new editions of classic books by Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Richard Matheson, Jack Vance, Vernor Vinge, and others
• New in Paperback — Sat 20 Dec 2003
Reprints of books by Greg Egan, Robert Jordan, Stephen King, Paul McAuley, Jeff VanderMeer, and others
• 2002 Books Directory — Thu 18 Dec 2003
Complete results of the 2003 Locus Poll are now compiled in this directory
• Index to Book Reviews in Locus Magazine — Thu 18 Dec 2003
Locus Online's index is now extended back to 1984, using data supplied by William Contento
Dean Koontz, Eric Nylund debut
• Forthcoming Books — Thu 11 Dec 2003
Selected titles scheduled for Dec. '03 - Sep. '04 (from Locus's December issue)
• New Books — Thu 11 Dec 2003
Robert A. Heinlein's previously unpublished novel For Us, the Living, plus books by Stephen Baxter, Mark Budz, Arthur C. Clarke & C.S. Lewis, Paul Di Filippo, Nalo Hopkinson, Rick Klaw, Michael Marshall Smith, and others
• Bestsellers — Mon 8 Dec 2003
Anne & Todd McCaffrey, Jonathan Stroud debut
2003 Monitor Archive
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Mei long ("tvrdě spící drak") byl velmi malý troodontidní masožravý dinosaurus, žijící v období spodní křídy (asi před 125 miliony let) na území provincie Liao-ning v severovýchodní Číně (souvrství Yixian, tzv. Jeholská biota).

Okolnosti objevu
Jeho jméno je odvozeno ze skutečnosti, že tento teropod byl objeven v pozici spánku (stočený do klubka, jako kdyby si chránil tělesné teplo). Jeho poloha s hlavou zasunutou jakoby pod křídlem navíc svědčí o blízké příbuznosti těchto dinosaurů s ptáky. Jde tedy o další zajímavý důkaz svědčící pro teplokrevnost dinosaurů a zmiňovanou příbuznost mezi teropodními dinosaury a ptáky. Velmi pravděpodobně byl i tento dinosaurus za života opeřený (viz opeření dinosauři). Stejně jako mnozí jiní živočichové v této oblasti byl nejspíš i Mei zasypán sopečným prachem.

Rozměry
Mei byl velmi malý dinosaurus, dosahující délky kolem 53 až 70 cm (nedospělý exemplář) a hmotnosti asi 0,4 kilogramu. Patří tak k vůbec nejmenším dnes známým neptačím dinosaurům.

Zajímavost
Mei byl dříve také "držitelem" nejkratšího rodového jména mezi všemi neptačími dinosaury, a to spolu s rodem Kol a Zby (ještě dříve to byly rody Minmi a později také Khaan, dnes je to Yi qi). Mei se objevil také v jednom díle populárního fiktivního dokumentu Prehistorický park. Žil v období ztížených životních podmínek v podobě výrazného ochlazení klimatu. V době jeho existence bylo v oblasti východní Číny klima mírné, v zimě ale mrzlo a padal sníh. Teropodní dinosauři zde byli často opeření zřejmě i z důvodu adaptace na tyto těžké podmínky.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura

Česká literatura
 SOCHA, Vladimír (2021). Dinosauři – rekordy a zajímavosti. Nakladatelství Kazda, str. 51.

Externí odkazy

 Článek na webu DinosaurusBlog
 Informace na webu Thescelosaurus

Plazopánví dinosauři
Teropodní dinosauři
Dinosauři z Asie

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Like most boys, I dreamt of flying. My young nights filled with aerial adventures that come crashing to earth with the morning alarm. And like most men, I lacked the ambition, attention span or available stockpile of cash to make those dreams a reality. These days, most of my flying dreams are set in an airport where I'm arriving late, without my luggage on the wrong day and possibly in the wrong country. Not unlike real life, but in my waking hours I'm usually wearing pants when it happens.
My dream of a pilots license has pretty much gone the way of other youthful dalliances. My time living in Alaska, with its steady diet of missing and presumed dead weekend bush pilots, pretty much extinguished any chance of me walking through the flight school front door.
But show me a camera that flies, and now we're talking.
Days before I left on this expedition, I ordered DJI's latest Phantom drone. I've used earlier versions that seemed a miracle of technology at the time, but I was never able to match when I hoped to see from the air with what I could actually capture in a photograph. I had great fun flying my old drone in Botswana, hovering over the Okavango Delta and photographing elephant herds that I couldn't have reached any other way. But the camera was primitive, and continually flying it into trees didn't help.
But now, it feels like I'm hovering 500 feet above the pack ice, or 50 feet above a sleeping polar bear. I feel like I have a god's eye view of creation, seeing the world from entirely new perspectives.
It's not perfect; but the technology is nothing short of amazing…when it works. When it doesn't it's sheer agony to go through a string of system alerts and error messages, IMU calibrations and MC data errors. I've spent an hour just starting and restarting it, hoping and praying that it might miraculously spring back to life.
But when it sings its boot-up tweet, swivels its little gimbaled camera to life and takes flight, it is magic. The best camera ever, because it FLIES. Suddenly I feel like I'm on even footing with all the Blue Planet, Frozen Planet, Planet Earth BBC types, just without the posh accent, cute production assistants or extravagant budgets.
I'm thinking of giving my drone a name; Petit Mort. It's about as clever as I will ever get in French, meaning both "small death" and also a common term for…how you say…a moment of maximal sensual pleasure.
When it works, I need a cigarette by the time I'm done. And when her little head becomes filled with ennui and feels the need to flee and die, a little of me dies with it. Picture me standing on an arctic shore, fiddling with the controls trying to convince my little drone that suicide is not an option, even as it flies 50 mph downwind and out of sight on a course only it knows, bound for a certain watery death. It's like a video game, only you only get to die once and it costs you a thousand bucks to start over.
But so far, touch wood, I've managed to coax my little PM off the cliff and fly her home, both of us a little shaky for the experience.
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Kumbh 2019: Where are the Much-Hyped Facilities, ask Devotees
Saurabh Sharma | 17 Jan 2019
No water in toilets and no one for complaint redressal, complain many people staying in the huge mela ground.
Image Coutesy: The Sentinel
The world's biggest religious bathing festival-- Kumbh-- has started in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, all considered holy by the Hindus. A large number of devotees have also started pouring in to take a dip in the river, but are returning disappointed due to the lack of facilities at the huge ground in Prayagraj, earlier known as Allahabad.
To make this religious event successful, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government of Uttar Pradesh is spending Rs 4,236 crore on different schemes, upgradation of facilities and makeshift arrangements at the ground which includes rain basera (night stay tents) and toilets.
The first Shahi Snan or Royal Bath was held in Prayagraj's sangam (where the rivers converge) on January 15 last and over 2.5 crore people from different parts of the country and world thronged the river banks on that day but a majority were disappointed with the lack of basic facilities at the mela ground.
Rosa L Mark, 25, who came from the United State here to witness this gathering, says she was really excited about attending this event but the government seems to have taken this festival for granted, as there are hardly any facilities at the mela ground and there is no one for complaint redressal.
"I came here along with few of my friends. We booked a tent, but guess what? There was no water in the toilet during the day time. The water came next day in the morning. The person, who was more or less a caretaker of the tent, kept assuring us that water supply will start soon, but was also left embarrassed when a senior officer insulted him in front of us. He finally gave us two bottles of water which he had stocked for himself," she says.
Rosa, who is a Lord Shiva devotee, further complains that she went to take a bath in the river the very next day at 6 o'clock in the morning, but to her disappointment she did not find any place to change her clothes.
"After taking bath, I did not find even a temporary arrangement for changing clothes. I am a regular flyer to India and have seen ghats with this facility in Varanasi, but here the officers and the government seems to have done nothing. Thankfully, there was a bunch of good Indians who helped us by making a small circle," says Rosa.
"I understand that this is a very big occasion and making arrangements for everything is not possible but one should have thought about women, elderly persons and kids," she adds.
Lalit Verma, 29, an engineer who took a bus from Lucknow to reach sangam, says that his bus was stopped eight kilometers ahead of the venue and there was no shuttle service operating early in the morning.
"I had to walk more than five kilometers and my energy was drained off even before reaching the venue. I hitch-hiked and reached the venue, but the bigger problem was yet to come as none of the toilets installed there were useable. There was no cleaning staff, some of the toilets had no seats and some were too dirty (messy) to be used. So, I had to go back five kilometers to Civil Lines just to access a good toilet," he says, adding that he was lucky enough to find a shuttle bus service during the day time.
SDM Kumbh, Rajeev Rai, when asked about the problems that devotees are facing, said that corrective measures were being taken and within two or three days everything would be sorted out.
"I accept that there were some loopholes in the facilities on the first Royal Bath and we have immediately started acting on it. We are even contemplating to change the contractors of toilets and other services. The transport department has also been directed to run the buses during night for the facility of devotees coming to attend this event," he said.
It may be noted that the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government and the Kumbh Mela authority claim that they have installed more than 1.22 lakh toilets at the temporary tent city and have spent an elephantine budget on it.
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