Selling out might be a right pain for the consumer, but for us it is a triumph. Especially when the toastie that sells out is the most expensive one on the board, and especially when people see it, stare at it, and then come tell you they simply couldn't resist it. Such is the greatness of the venison toasted sandwich.
To those lovely folks who then came back and bought seconds whilst stopping to tell us how good it was, you are the ones that make this the best job in the world. But the deer season is almost over, so what was probably a firm keeper for the future will vanish for 6 months before we can serve it again.
To give it a decent send off I thought I'd share it with you, because it's just too good not to. It's also an excellent example of why it's nice to have a trained chef stashed away in your kitchen for making toasties. This recipe makes about 15, because chef quantities are endearing and also the only way Barny will give me recipes.
Roughly chop the veg and garlic, add to a large pot with the venison and season well. Cover with booze (use veg stock to bulk out the booze) – your piece of meat should be covered.
Pop in a pre heated oven at 130 °C until meat is tender, meaning it can be broken apart with a fork. It takes about 5 hours.
Once tender pull apart while still warm and store the meat packed in its own juices. This will keep it tasting amazing.
NOTE: Meatlovers may be tempted to opt for beef stock, but this will overpower the venison, so stick with veg, or chicken if you really need the extra meatiness.
Slice the mushrooms, throw into a pan with a knob of butter, season with salt and pepper and fry until soft. Set aside.
Zest and juice the orange, then add all the Cumberland ingredients to a pan and reduce over a gentle heat, stirring occasionally. You're looking for the consistency of warm runny honey. Cool and set aside as well.
Butter your bread on the outsides. Slice on the double Gloucester. Mushrooms next, try and squeeze or drain off any excess water. Then pile on your venison and add a drizzle of Cumberland sauce. I know it was a pain to make, but be gentle, you really only do need a decorative squirt: it's potent stuff and will make the venison ferociously delicious.
Toast on both sides for two minutes each in a hot pan or toastie press, applying pressure throughout. It's done when the cheese starts to leak out.
There you have it, one venison toasted sandwich. Serve straight away. It should look a little like this. Only with double Gloucester. We ate that one before we took pictures.
Getting pictures while Barny is cooking is like trying to film a wildlife documentary on an endangered species. Cooking happens incredibly quickly because he's a professional chef, so by the time I've got the camera out all the fun bits have happened. However luckily we research a lot of toasties, so sometimes I can catch a glimpse of an earlier one before it lands on the press and gets eaten.


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Unsung Artists: April 2018
As the sun continues blazing this Summer, this month's Unsung Artists will offer a selection of new voices. We managed to shine the spotlight on popular releases in April. Winner's Everyd4y and Pentagon's "Shine" were comebacks worth waiting for, whereas The Rose's "Baby" was also a tune gladly received by fans. Yet, many debuts and duets released during the past month slipped through our fingers. Presented below is a belated appreciation of artists and tunes that you might have missed out on.
UNB, "Feeling"
UNB debuted in early April through The Unit with a double title album Boyhood. "Feeling" is their first title track in the album, followed by "Only One." The nine-member boy group consists of Jun, Euijin, Go Ho-jung, Feeldog, Marco, Ji Han-sol, Daewon, Kijung, and Chan. "Feeling" fuses R&B grooves into an EDM track, constructing a surprisingly impactful debut song. The song's narrative intro begins the tune with an irresistible charm.
For a debut track, the MV is surprisingly intricate with its use of psychedelic aesthetics and unique camera angles. The overhead shots, coupled with the quirky colour scheme, makes the MV a work of art. The MV also carries a strong literary thread with its narrative break that quotes French author Andre Gide:
Any understanding that was not preceded by a feeling is useless to me. Look at the night as if the day were to die in it. And the morning as if it was where everything appeared. May your vision be in every moment, new. The wise is the one astonished by everything.
A charismatic start for the group, "Feeling" offers a performance telling of the member's hard work and capabilities.
Yoo Seon-ho, "Maybe, Spring"
Receiving much attention after his participation on Produce 101, Yoo Seon-ho finally makes his debut with the mini-album Spring, SEONHO. "Maybe, Spring" is the perfect tune to close the season and embrace the Summer heat. Composed by singer-songwriter Lee Jin-ah, the melody is playful and cheery, chasing away the sadness of winter.
Yoo Seon-ho's gentle voice is a great fit for the blooming flowers scattered throughout the MV. The bubbly song is encouraging and envelopes listeners warmly:
I will sing every day
You'll be able to hear my heart
Our spring will start from now on
I will remember you in my mind, my heart
It is hard to resist Yoo Seon-ho's bright smile as he plays the piano in the soft sunlight. This song was a surprising discovery, but certainly a tune worthwhile treasuring for a long time.
Lee Hong-ki X Yoo Hwe-seung, "Still Love You"
As part of FNC Entertainment's new experimental music platform FNC Lab, Lee Hong-ki of F.T. Island collaborates with Yoo Hwe-seung, the vocalist of band N.Flying. The meeting of two powerful vocalists has produced a spectacular song, "Still Love You." Many might already be familiar with Hong-ki's shocking vocal range, but Yoo Hwe-seung does not fail to impress when singing with Hong-ki. The belting of high notes performed by Yoo Hwe-seung in this heart-breaking tune pushes the song to an emotional peak.
Rarely do we see duet songs between male artists, but "Still Love You" is wonderfully executed by both singers. The beauty of the song lies not in its lyrics. Instead, the two male voices complement each other, infusing the song with its heart-wrenching depths of sadness. Neither singer overpowers the other, presenting the song as a well-balanced and affecting portrait of lost love.
Ahn Hyung-seob X Lee Eui-woong, "Love Tint"
Participants of Produce 101, Ahn Hyung-seob and Lee Eui-woong made their debut with a project album, It Will Be Good. This time around, they return with a different take on love. "Love Tint" carries a tune that screams out to youthfulness, with the MV popping in vibrant colours. Perfect to welcome the Summer, the boys take on the sun and sand in this song.
The play with the song's title "Love Tint" in the expressions of being coloured by someone's love is novel, and charming in its own way:
If I'm with you
My nights will be brighter
Than others' days, stay here
Now I'm forever
Coloured by you
Returning to the concept of travel to frame the MV, the song makes one want to pack up and take a trip to a new place. The refreshing vibes that come with visiting beaches lined with palm trees and having the sea breeze in one's face are infectious. It is hard to resist humming along to the tune and start pulling out those caps for a trip to the seaside.
Park Hyo-shin, "The Other Day"
Having waited two years for Park Hyo-shin's comeback, "The Other Day" is nothing short of impressive. The veteran singer manages lyrical beauty with a moving delivery, accompanied by a bare instrumental background:
This song is you
Who lets me walk on a road without a single light
I'm looking for the meaning of this song
That I've written during long nights
The MV paints different experiences of loneliness around users of a telephone booth. The song then offers gentle words of comfort in response to these individuals struggling to find people to connect with. The luminescence that falls over these individuals creates a soothing concluding statement to the song. Park Hyo-shin's voice is a gem that would be a pity to leave out, and certainly, one that has been missed in the break after his 2016 album.
(Korea Business News, Pop!gasa, YouTube [1][2][3]. Images via FNC Entertainment)
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Making meals for kids is like a project in the world of motherhood. If the child is a good eater, then the options to keep up with his/ her appetite make the mother dizzy; alternatively if the child is a picky eater then figuring and identifying food options that will appeal to the child's mood and palate gives the mother sleepless nights.
Either way, feeding the little or over grown babies remains a huge task and feels like as though the question "what must be cooked today?" outweighs some of our national interests.
Though we all cook what we have traditionally followed in our own households, a little bit of twist (serving old wine in a new bottle) goes a long way. Kids usually like food that looks good and are quick to reject mom's efforts. So treat them with what makes them happy, remain interested and not get bored or complain about home food.
If your child is bored of roti, sabzi treat him/ her with wraps.
Wraps are healthy, good looking and made of roti and whatever you desire in the filling; making it a complete meal in itself.
Take the same roti, fill it up with items like veggies, paneer, potatoes, eggs, chicken; whatever you like. Garnish it with some coriander and cooked bell peppers and kids will feel as though they are being treated in a restaurant.
Dosas are pretty stylish too ... You can fill them up with things your child likes and make it tempting enough for him/ her. Street food stalls sell very interesting Chinese dosas, schezwan dosas, paneer dosas, mixed veggie dosa and more ... Most of these can be replicated at home. If you are a dosa expert then options like dosas made in Urad dal, moong dal, mixed dal, ragi, egg, rava are also great options to name a few.
Replace a regular pizza base with a multigrain base and top it up with healthy veggies/ chicken and other toppings of your choice. Hopefully your child will be delighted.
Make tikkis loaded with nutrition - Soya, paneer, mixed veggies clubbed with some dal, chicken, kheema whatever you like. Place them between whole wheat or multigrain buns, layered with tomatoes and some greens. Kids and burgers have a historical love story.
If kids want something sweet, treat them with some homemade Ragi, Oatmeal or Raisin cookies.
Throw in a veggies (or non veg) in wok, stir fry them ... add some sauces of your choice and mixed it all up with some rice. Quick and easy to cook for mommies and something different for the kids to meal on apart from the daily white rice.
Pav Bhaji is probably one of the healthiest street foods. It is packed with nutrition from multiple vegetables and looks uber tempting when served with dollops of butter.
We Indians have been brought up on Rotis (Chapatis). As important as water in most North Indian households, Parathas are great breakfast, lunch and dinner options. One doesn't even need a separate dish with it. Just team it up with some yoghurt/ chutney/ sauce or pickle and the meal is complete.
Eggs are a great source of protein, supply essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. A must have for kids in their diets, eggs can also be presented in interesting forms such as frankies, bull's eye egg, egg rolls to name a few.
Treat your child with some whole wheat pasta instead of the regular one. Thrown in some home made purees and sauces with some veggies topped with some cheese. Pastas are usually a hit with kids.
Though feeding children can be a stressful affair, making it a fun activity can make life slightly easy for the mom and exciting for the kids.
Do share anything you cook with a twist for your child, with us in the comments below.
Until next time, enjoy your meals.


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Example: Two succulent plant genera, Euphorbia and Astrophytum, are only distantly related, but the species within each have independently converged on a similar body form.
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in the last common ancestor of those groups.[1] The cladistic term for the same phenomenon is homoplasy, from Greek for same form.[2] The recurrent evolution of flight is a classic example of convergent evolution. Flying insects, birds, and bats have all evolved the capacity of flight independently. They have "converged" on this useful trait.
Functionally similar features arising through convergent evolution are termed analogous, in contrast to homologous structures or traits, which have a common origin but not necessarily a similar function.[1] The British anatomist Richard Owen was the first scientist to recognise the fundamental difference between analogies and homologies.[3] Bat and pterosaur wings constitute an example of analogous structures, while the bat wing is homologous to human and other mammal forearms, sharing an ancestral state despite serving different functions. The opposite of convergent evolution is divergent evolution in which related species evolve different traits. On a molecular level, that can happen from random mutation unrelated to adaptive changes; see long branch attraction.
Convergent evolution is similar to but different from parallel evolution. Parallel evolution occurs when two independent but similar species evolve in the same direction and thus independently acquire similar characteristics; for instance, gliding frogs have evolved in parallel from multiple types of tree frog.
Many instances of convergent evolution are known in plants, including the repeated development of C4 photosynthesis.
Mammals and insects are part of different homologous and analogous evolutionary groups. In the horizontal direction, the structures are homologous in their morphology, or anatomy, but different in their function due to differences in habitat. In the vertical direction, the structures are analogous in function due to similar lifestyles of organisms but anatomically different since they are part of different groups.
In morphology, analogous traits will often arise where different species live in similar ways and/or similar environment, and so face the same environmental factors. When occupying similar ecological niches (that is, a distinctive way of life) similar problems lead to similar solutions.[4]
In biochemistry, physical and chemical constraints on mechanisms cause some active site arrangements to independently evolve multiple times in separate enzyme superfamilies (for example, see also catalytic triad).[5]
Convergence has been associated with Darwinian evolution in the popular imagination since at least the 1940s. For example, Elbert A. Rogers argued: "If we lean toward the theories of Darwin might we not assume that man was [just as] apt to have developed in one continent as another?"[6]
In his 1989 book Wonderful Life, Stephen Jay Gould argued that if the tape of life were re-wound and played back, life would have taken a very different course.[7] Simon Conway Morris disputes this conclusion, arguing that convergence is a dominant force in evolution, and given that the same environmental and physical constraints are at work, life will inevitably evolve toward an "optimum" body plan, and at some point, evolution is bound to stumble upon intelligence, a trait presently identified with at least primates, corvids, and cetaceans.[8]
Convergent evolution is a topic touched by many different fields of biology, many of which use slightly different nomenclature. This section attempts to clarify some of those terms.
Diagram of cladistic definition of homoplasy, synapomorphy, autapomorphy, apomorphy and plesiomorphy.
Cladistic definition
In cladistics, a homoplasy or a homoplastic character state is a trait (genetic, morphological etc.) that is shared by two or more taxa because of convergence, parallelism or reversal.[9] Homoplastic character states require extra steps to explain their distribution on a most parsimonious cladogram. Homoplasy is only recognizable when other characters imply an alternative hypothesis of grouping, because in the absence of such evidence, shared features are always interpreted as similarity due to common descent.[10] Homoplasious traits or changes (derived trait values acquired in unrelated organisms in parallel) can be compared with synapomorphy (a derived trait present in all members of a monophyletic clade), autapomorphy (derived trait present in only one member of a clade), or apomorphies, derived traits acquired in all members of a monophyletic clade following divergence where the most recent common ancestor had the ancestral trait (the ancestral trait manifesting in paraphyletic species as a plesiomorphy).
Re-evolution vs. convergent evolution
In some cases, it is difficult to tell whether a trait has been lost then re-evolved convergently, or whether a gene has simply been 'switched off' and then re-enabled later. Such a re-emerged trait is called an atavism. From a mathematical standpoint, an unused gene (selectively neutral) has a steadily decreasing probability of retaining potential functionality over time. The time scale of this process varies greatly in different phylogenies; in mammals and birds, there is a reasonable probability of remaining in the genome in a potentially functional state for around 6 million years.[11]
Parallel vs. convergent evolution
For a particular trait, proceeding in each of two lineages from a specified ancestor to a later descendant, parallel and convergent evolutionary trends can be strictly defined and clearly distinguished from one another.[12] However the cutoff point for what is considered convergent and what is considered parallel evolution is assigned somewhat arbitrarily. When two species are similar in a particular character, evolution is defined as parallel if the ancestors were also similar and convergent if they were not. However, this definition is somewhat murky. All organisms share a common ancestor more or less recently, so the question of how far back to look in evolutionary time and how similar the ancestors need to be for one to consider parallel evolution to have taken place is not entirely resolved within evolutionary biology. Some scientists have argued parallel evolution and convergent evolution are more or less indistinguishable from one another.[13] Others have argued that we should not shy away from the gray area and that there are still important distinctions between parallel and convergent evolution.[14]
When the ancestral forms are unspecified or unknown, or the range of traits considered is not clearly specified, the distinction between parallel and convergent evolution becomes more subjective. For instance, the striking example of similar placental and marsupial forms is described by Richard Dawkins in The Blind Watchmaker as a case of convergent evolution,[15] because mammals on each continent had a long evolutionary history prior to the extinction of the dinosaurs under which to accumulate relevant differences. Stephen Jay Gould describes many of the same examples as parallel evolution starting from the common ancestor of all marsupials and placentals. Many evolved similarities can be described in concept as parallel evolution from a remote ancestor, with the exception of those where quite different structures are co-opted to a similar function. For example, consider Mixotricha paradoxa, a microbe that has assembled a system of rows of apparent cilia and basal bodies closely resembling that of ciliates but that are actually smaller symbiont micro-organisms, or the differently oriented tails of fish and whales. On the converse, any case in which lineages do not evolve together at the same time in the same ecospace might be described as convergent evolution at some point in time.
The definition of a trait is crucial in deciding whether a change is seen as divergent, or as parallel or convergent. In the image above (with a caption that begins "Evolution at an amino acid position"), note that, since serine and threonine possess similar structures with an alcohol side-chain, the example marked "divergent" would be termed "parallel" if the amino acids were grouped by similarity instead of being considered individually. As another example, if genes in two species independently become restricted to the same region of the animals through regulation by a certain transcription factor, this may be described as a case of parallel evolution — but examination of the actual DNA sequence will probably show only divergent changes in individual base-pair positions, since a new transcription factor binding site can be added in a wide range of places within the gene with similar effect.
A similar situation occurs considering the homology of morphological structures. For example, many insects possess two pairs of flying wings. In beetles, the first pair of wings is hardened into wing covers with little role in flight, while in flies the second pair of wings is condensed into small halteres used for balance. If the two pairs of wings are considered as interchangeable, homologous structures, this may be described as a parallel reduction in the number of wings, but otherwise the two changes are each divergent changes in one pair of wings.
Similar to convergent evolution, evolutionary relay describes how independent species acquire similar characteristics through their evolution in similar ecosystems, but not at the same time (dorsal fins of sharks and ichthyosaurs).
For more details on this topic, see List of examples of convergent evolution.
Evolutionary convergence of serine and cysteine protease towards the same catalytic triads organisation of acid-base-nucleophile in different protease superfamilies. Shown are the triads of subtilisin, prolyl oligopeptidase, TEV protease, and papain.
Protease active sites
Main article: catalytic triad
The enzymology of proteases provides some of the clearest examples of convergent evolution. These examples reflect the intrinsic chemical constraints on enzymes, leading evolution to independently converge on equivalent solutions repeatedly.[5][16]
Serine and cysteine proteases use different amino acid functional groups (alcohol or thiol) as a nucleophile. In order to activate that nucleophile, they orient an acidic and basic residue in a catalytic triad. The chemical and physical constraints on enzyme catalysis have caused identical triad arrangements to have evolved independently over 20 times in different enzyme superfamilies.[5]
Threonine proteases use the amino acid threonine as their catalytic nucleophile. Unlike cysteine and serine, threonine is a secondary alcohol (i.e. has a methyl group). The methyl group of threonine greatly restricts the possible orientations of triad and substrate as the methyl clashes with either the enzyme backbone or histidine base. Consequently, most threonine proteases use an N-terminal threonine in order to avoid such steric clashes. Several evolutionarily independent enzyme superfamilies with different protein folds use the N-terminal residue as a nucleophile. This commonality of active site but difference of protein fold indicates that the active site evolved convergently in those families.[5][17]
As more sequence data are becoming available, there is growing interest in convergent changes at the level of DNA and amino acids. In 2013 the first genome-wide study of convergence was published. Comparisons of the genomes of echolocating bats and the dolphin identified numerous convergent amino acid substitutions in genes implicated in hearing and vision.[18]
Bodyplans
A classic comparison is between the marsupial fauna of Australia and the placental mammals of the Old World. The two lineages are clades—that is, they each share a common ancestor that belongs to their own group, and are more closely related to one another than to any other clade—but very similar forms evolved in each isolated population.[8] Many body plans, for instance sabre-toothed cats and flying squirrels,[19] evolved independently in both populations.
Examples of distinct features shared both by dolphins and derived ichthyopterygians
The same streamlined shape has been converged upon by fish (e.g., herrings), marine mammals (e.g., dolphins) and even the extinct ichthyosaur (Mesozoic era). This bodyplan is an adaptation to being an active predator in a high drag environment. It is also debated whether earless seals and eared seals are a single marine group, or represent two separate episodes of carnivorans turning to a marine environment.[20]
See also: Evolution of avian flight, Evolution of insect flight and Evolution of aerial locomotion
Vertebrate wings are homologous as forelimbs, being derived from the same organs; however, as organs of flight in pterosaurs (1), bats (2) and birds (3) they are analogous; they resemble each other in some ways, and they fulfill similar functions, but their roles in flight have evolved separately.
A classical example of an analogy is the ability to fly in birds and bats. Both groups can move by powered flight, but flight has evolved independently in the two groups. The ability to fly does not make birds and bats close relatives. The ancestors of both bats and birds were terrestrial quadrupeds, and each has independently evolved powered flight via adaptations of their forelimbs. Although both forelimb adaptations are superficially "wing-shaped," they are substantially dissimilar in construction. The bat wing is a membrane stretched across four extremely elongated fingers, while the airfoil of the bird wing is made of feathers, which are strongly attached to the forearm (the ulna) and the highly fused bones of the wrist and hand (the carpometacarpus), with only tiny remnants of two fingers remaining, each anchoring a single feather. (Both bats and birds have retained the thumb for specialized functions.) So, while the wings of bats and birds are functionally convergent, they are not anatomically convergent.
Similarly, the extinct pterosaur also shows an independent evolution of vertebrate forelimb to wing. An even more distantly related group with wings is the insects, they not only evolved separately as wings, but from totally different organs, starting from a fundamentally different bodyplan.
Opposable thumbs
Opposable thumbs allowing the grasping of objects are most often associated with primates, like humans, monkeys, apes, and lemurs. Opposable thumbs also evolved in pandas, however, and are completely different in structure, having six fingers including the thumb, which develops from a wrist bone entirely separately from other fingers.[21]
Flying squirrels and sugar gliders
While they look almost the same, flying squirrels and sugar gliders are very different. Flying squirrels are placental mammals and sugar gliders are marsupials, which practically puts them at opposite ends of the mammal lineage. Humans are more closely related to flying squirrels than flying squirrels are to sugar gliders.
Echolocation
As a sensory adaptation, echolocation has evolved several times, in cetaceans (dolphins and whales), as well as bats. Surprisingly, humans actually are capable of echolocation with training.[22]
Vertebrates and cephalopods developed the camera eye independently. In the vertebrate version the nerve fibers pass in front of the retina, and there is a blind spot, 4, where the nerves pass through the retina. In the cephalopod version, the eye is constructed the "right way out", with the nerves attached to the rear of the retina.[23]
Main article: Eye evolution
One of the best-known examples of convergent evolution is the camera eye of cephalopodss (such as squid and octopus), vertebrates (including mammals) and cnidaria (such as jellyfish).[24] Their last common ancestor had at most a simple photoreceptive spot, but a range of processes led to the progressive refinement of camera eyes — with one sharp difference: the cephalopod eye is "wired" in the opposite direction, with blood and nerve vessels entering from the back of the retina, rather than the front as in vertebrates. This means that cephalopods do not have a blind spot.[8]
Insect mouthparts
Insect mouthparts show many examples of organs which can be used to study convergent evolution in the context of form and function. The mouthparts of different insect groups consist of a set of homologous organs, specialised to the function of dietary intake of that insect group (which can be experimentally quantified). Convergent evolution of many groups of insects led from original biting-chewing mouthparts to different derived function types. They build a proboscis at flower-visiting insects for example,[25][26][27][28][28] which are able to ingest food very efficiently or biting-sucking mouthparts, showing different function mechanisms at different groups of blood-sucking insects.
While convergent evolution is often illustrated with animal examples, it has often occurred in plant evolution. For instance, C4 photosynthesis, one of the three major carbon-fixing biochemical processes, has arisen independently up to 40 times.[29][30] About 7,600 plant species of angiosperms use C4 carbon fixation, with many monocots including 46% of grasses such as maize and sugar cane,[31][32] and dicots including a sizeable minority of species in the Chenopodiaceae and the Amaranthaceae.[33][34]
Good examples of convergence in plants include the evolution of true fruits such as apples. These incorporate one or more ovules and their accessory tissues, but many edible plant-derived tissues commonly regarded as fruits actually arise from very different embryological structures. This implies a convergent process in which genetically unrelated precursors assume a common form under selective pressure, in this case the competition for seed dispersal through consumption by animals.[35]
In myrmecochory, seeds such as those of Chelidonium majus have a hard coating and an attached oil body, an elaiosome, for dispersal by ants.
The emergence of seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) has evolved independently more than 100 times and is present in more than 11,000 plant species. It is also considered one of the most dramatic examples of convergent evolution in biology.[36]
For more about how homoplasy is measured in datasets, see Cladogram#Measuring homoplasy
Haplotype convergence
Isomorphism (biology)
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↑ Tietjen, William J. "Convergent Evolution Examples – Ecological Equivalents". The Spider Lab: The Internet's True Web Page. Louisville, KY, USA: Bellarmine University Department of Biology. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
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↑ Kozmik, Z; Ruzickova, J; Jonasova, K; Matsumoto, Y.; Vopalensky, P.; Kozmikova, I.; Strnad, H.; Kawamura, S.; Piatigorsky, J; Paces, V; Vlcek, C (1 July 2008). "From the Cover: Assembly of the cnidarian camera-type eye from vertebrate-like components". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (26): 8989–8993. Bibcode:2008PNAS..105.8989K. doi:10.1073/pnas.0800388105. PMC 2449352 . PMID 18577593. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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↑ Krenn, Harald W.; Gereben-Krenn, Barbara-Amina; Steinwender, Bernhardt M.; Popov, Alexi (2008). "Flower visiting Neuroptera: Mouthparts and feeding behaviour of Nemoptera sinuata (Nemopteridae)". European Journal of Entomology. 105 (2): 267–77. doi:10.14411/eje.2008.037.
↑ Bauder, Julia A.S.; Lieskonig, Nora R.; Krenn, Harald W. (2011). "The extremely long-tongued Neotropical butterfly Eurybia lycisca (Riodinidae): Proboscis morphology and flower handling". Arthropod Structure & Development. 40 (2): 122–7. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2010.11.002.
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University of Cambridge's Map of Life website ("Convergent Evolution Online")
Patterns of evolution
Divergent evolution
Paradox of the plankton
Signalling theory
Antipredator adaptation
Alarm signal
Aposematism
Apparent death
Deimatic behaviour
Distraction display
Crypsis
Mimicry
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The engineering innovation and hard-fought compromises created the jewel of New York.... More
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The engineering innovation and hard-fought compromises created the jewel of New York.
The longest suspension bridge in the world has to be built over a treacherous stretch of water in brutal conditions.
Sears Tower
Two legendary partners reinvent the skyscraper to build the tallest building on Earth.
The bold design and bitter feuds behind the world's first glass skyscraper.
Hucksters and con men compete to build the most thrilling rides for the original amusement park.
Big risks, high stakes, and bad luck. How they built (and saved!) the oldest park in the majors.
One man's larger than life idea. How an army of carvers managed to 'Face' the nation.
From a mosquito-infested swamp to America's winter playground. How they built and saved Miami Beach.
It was an 800 mile race against time and nature. How they brought the oil out of the arctic when America needed it most.
The Television
How an Idaho farm boy changed the world from the back of a plow. The unlikely story of the invention of the Television.
An uncompromising president moves mountains to connect oceans.
Crystal Cathedral
An ambitious preacher and a visionary architect build the largest glass structure on Earth.
Alcatraz Prison
The most notorious prison in America took decades to get right, and one night to go horribly wrong.
Saturn V Rocket
A German defector leads an army of engineers to build the rocket that put America on the moon.
High rollers and ruthless mobsters transform a dusty dirt road into a gambler's paradise.
River Rouge Plant
Henry Ford builds a jaw-dropping factory that can turn raw materials into finished cars in just two days.
A hard-driving general bulldozes the bureaucracy to build the largest office building in the world in record time.
An unlikely team nicknamed 'The Incredibles' revolutionizes air travel by building the largest airplane in the world.
Two bitter rivals race to save the world, while America mobilizes for the largest experiment in history.
A heart-stopping story of galactic ambition, public disgrace, and an all-or-nothing repair job in outer space.
O'Hare Airport
A boggy patch of farmland is transformed into a revolutionary airport that defines the jet age.
LA Aqueduct
Men, machines, and mules bring water through the desert to save Los Angeles.
Thousands of men risk their lives to build the largest dam in the world in the middle of the Great Depression.
USS Nautilus
A no-holds-barred admiral steamrolls the Navy's top brass to build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine.
The college football arms race produces the largest stadium in America.


Samuel D. Ferguson, Chief Warrent Electrician (T)/Aviation Chief Electrician's Mate (PA), born Nov. 14, 1916, Philadelphia, PA. Education: High School, Navy Schools and various night schools. Joined USN Jan. 7, 1936, and stationed in USS West Virginia, USS Bull Finch minesweeper, advanced base aviation, ACORN (RED)2, Espiritu Santos, New Hebrides, Naval Air Technical Training Command, Jacksonville, FL. He was discharged July 3, 1946.
Ferguson and his wife, Pearl, have three sons and one daughter. Their marriage from 1940-81 ended when Pearl died. He married Helen Ayres Aug. 7, 1986. There are seven grandchildren. Ferguson sailed as chief electrician on research vessels and passenger cargo ships; was employed by the Univ. of Washington and Navy Civil Service; and as elevator mechanic by Sound Elevator Co. and the Univ. of Washington. His hobbies are football and baseball.


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Q: Best way to compute $A^{-1}$ when the Cholesky decomposition $A=LL^T$ is known Suppose $\mathbf{A}$ is symmetric positive definite, and that I have available the Cholesky decomposition of $\mathbf{A}=\mathbf{L}_A\mathbf{L}_A^T$. I want to know $\mathbf{A}^{-1}$. Which of the two methods below are best (fastest, robust, or any other quality indicators)?

*

*Compute $\mathbf{L}_A^{-1}$ and then $\mathbf{A}^{-1}=\mathbf{L}_A^{-T}\mathbf{L}_A^{-1}$. EDIT: Here, I re-use $\mathbf{L}_A$ from a previous step in my calculations, so assume no computational cost of obtaining $\mathbf{L}_A$.

*Compute $\mathbf{A}^{-1}$ directly. E.g. MATLAB applies first the LU decomposition and then uses the results to form a linear system whose solution is $\mathbf{A}^{-1}$ https://se.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/inv.html#d123e769694.

A: Method (1). An efficient method of inverting a lower triangular matrix ($L$, in this case) requires $ < n^3/2 + n^2/2 $ operations.[1]
Computing the product $L^{-T}L^{-1}$ requires $2n^3/3+n/3$ operations using an efficient method for multiplying triangular matrices.[2]
Method (2). Since you already have Cholesky factors, you should not perform LU decomposition in order to compute $A^{-1}$; because doing so, would effectively mean that you are deriving Cholesky factors again! This only incurs unnecessary cost. In this case, you can solve two triangular systems (each would cost $n^3/2 +n^2/2$ arithmetic operations) using the well-known method:
$$\text{Data: } L, L^T. \text{ Output: }X=A^{-1}$$
\begin{align*}
AX &= I \\
L(L^TX) &= I
\end{align*}
\begin{equation}
  \left\{
  \begin{array}{@{}ll@{}}
    i)\ LY=I & \rightarrow Y\ ✔ \\
    ii)\ L^{T}X = Y & \rightarrow X=A^{-1}\ ✔
  \end{array}\right.
\end{equation}
Summing the operations count, you'll find that the second method requires less computation if properly implemented. If you are using MATLAB built-in functions, I believe the following command would be fastest way to compute $A^{-1}$:
X = L' \ (L \ eye(n));

As a final note, I would like to give a quote from Meyer[3] discussing the same problem:

A tempting alternate solution might be to use the fact $A^{-1} = (LU)^{−1} =
U^{−1}L^{−1}$. But computing $U^{−1}$ and $L^{−1}$ explicitly and then multiplying the results is not as computationally efficient as the method just described.

EDIT:
Below, is a naïve performance comparison of the two methods in MATLAB for randomly generated s.p.d matrices. As you can see, on average, you will get slightly faster results with method (2).

[1] Stewart, Gilbert W. Matrix algorithms: volume 1: basic decompositions. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1998, chapter 2, section 2, algorithm 2.3.
[2] Lyche, Tom. Numerical linear algebra and matrix factorizations. Vol. 22. Springer Nature, 2020..
[3] Meyer, Carl D. Matrix analysis and applied linear algebra. Vol. 71. Siam, 2000.

A: From the book of Nick Higham on "Functions of Matrices Theory and Computation", we can find the theoretical number of flops for both LU and Cholesky factorization where $n$ is the A matrix size $n \times n$.
In general, Cholesky $\mathcal{O}(n^3/3)$ is twice as fast as LU decomposition $\mathcal{O}(2n^3/3)$ but depending on your matrix, LU can be made faster in the order magnitude of $\mathcal{O}(n^2)$.

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Listen and watch as this group of percussionists from Russia made music in the frozen lake of Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is simply awesome! Lake Baikal is the deepest, oldest and biggest lake all over the world. In 1996, it was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site and considered as one of the most amazing tourist attraction in Siberia.


How Top Companies Approach Training & Development Implementing HR Technology: Is Everyone Really Doing It?
A Human Resources Information System (HRIS) is a database that allows employers to track and report various employee-related information. Employers can usually customize the system to their organizational needs, identify and add specific modules, and activate features associated with each module.
An Applicant Tracking System is a software application that assists specifically with recruitment. The main function of ATS is to provide a central location and database for an organization's recruitment process. Applicant tracking systems can manage applications received and job requisitions, report key metrics associated with the recruitment process, and can even automate communications with applicants and aspects of the on-boarding process.
A Learning Management System/Performance Management (LMS) is a software application used for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, and delivery of educational courses or training programs.
A Talent Management System is a software application that focuses on providing assistance to organizations with regards to managing talent.
These systems are useful in helping organizations meet current and future organizational needs by integrating strategies and systems designed to improve processes for recruiting, developing, and retaining key talent.
Compensation Management Software is used to manage and automate compensation and benefits processes. The software can be utilized to manage bulk data, minimize human error, and reduce processing time in regards to the administration of benefits and compensation.
It often includes features which help track market pay data, plan merit increases, determine accurate budgets, conduct compensation analysis, as well as build and manage compensation structures and pay for performance plans.
Time and attendance software helps organizations with controlling labor costs by reducing over-payments, decreasing time spent on tracking time and attendance, and also providing detailed records of attendance issues.
Selecting and vetting the appropriate HR technology for your organization's needs is important, as technology is costly and varied. It's helpful to assess technology needs in collaboration with a business analyst or IT individual at your organization.
Will the system meet the organization's needs?
What is the cost of the system, and do the benefits outweigh the cost?
What degree of flexibility is needed?
Can data be imported into the system? If so, how? If data is going to be imported from multiple sources such as Excel or other formats, will the software be able to accommodate this?
Will the software be able to accommodate operational procedures?
Will the technology be able to grow and scale with the organization?
Who will be responsible for implementing or building the solution?
What level of training will be needed?
If training and development on the system is involved, is there a charge?
Who will own the data and maintain the system?
What types of maintenance and upkeep are required for the system?
What security measures are built into the system?
Will the technology provide HR with the authority to decide who will be allowed access and to what degree?
What types of reporting capabilities are available from the system?
What level of customer service is provided?
In addition, make a list of "must haves" and "nice to haves." Compare different vendors and technologies and how well they meet your needs. It is important to note that some HR technologies have overlapping functions and therefore one or two technologies may suffice instead of multiple technologies.
Big data and cloud-based technology are two trends emerging in HR technology. Below is a summary of these trends and how they may affect your organization's technology practices.
One of the biggest trends in HR technology is using big data, or workforce analytics, to evaluate and improve HR practices. "Big Data" involves integrating and analyzing internal metrics, external benchmarks, social media data, and government data to produce more informed solutions to business problems facing an HR department. Research conducted by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 60% of companies are now investing in Big Data and analytics tools to help make their HR departments more data-driven.
Research conducted by Forbes found that out of 480 large organizations using Big Data, only 4% have achieved the capability to perform predictive analytics about their workforce. This research also shows that only 14% of the organizations have completed significant statistical analysis of employee data.
While most organizations are still working on getting a handle of Big Data, leading companies are seeing high returns for their efforts. Forbes reports that the leading organizations of Big Data have stock returns 30% higher than the S&P 500, are twice as likely to be delivering high impact recruiting solutions, and their leadership pipelines are healthier. The HR teams of these organizations are also four times more likely to be respected by their business counterparts because of their data-driven methods.
The advantage of cloud-based technology is that it maximizes shared resources and allows organizations to set up applications faster, improve manageability, and require less maintenance.
On a final note, with the variety of technologies and applications available for HR to use, it is important for an organization to determine their current and future needs, price range, and resources available as well as the general trending outlook for HR technology before choosing the best fit for the company.


I arrived in Bayahibe late Sunday afternoon. The guagua dumped me in the middle of town and I wondered around the winding streets (only mildly lost), until I found my hotel.
Bayahibe really is quite small and it didn't take me long.
The hotel, much to my happiness, is more like a set of apartments than it is a hotel (hence the name Aparta-Hotel Villa Baya), each room coming complete with a kitchenette, free wifi, cable tv, nice stone floors, and the cremé de la cremé? a beautiful balcony. By far the best hotel of my trip, and the most economical to boot at $30 USD a night.
I ditched the suitcase and headed off to scout out the town and the beach as I like to get my bearings on a place right off the bat.
....and grabbed a Presidente to take back to my balcony. Might as well put it to good use after all!
Alarmed by the grumbling of my tummy later in the evening, I made my way back towards the beach in search of some dinner.
There´s just something beautiful about anchored boats sleeping at night time.
Dinner actually turned out to be quite the experience...but I´m not going to tell you what happened. Not yet anyways. I´ll save that surprise for next post.
In the meantime, I´ll allay you with my adventures the following day. As always, I rolled out of bed with the sunshine and headed to the beach. Bayahibe is actually more of a bay than a beach, used primarily for anchoring fishing boats and launching katamarans full of tourists to the nearby islands of Saona and Catalina.
Turns out, mornings are all hustle and bustle on this beach, so my original plan of a nice long rung in the sand was thwarted. I don´t much like running when there are lots of people about.
I just whipped out my book instead (never leave home without one!), and caught some rays as I enjoyed the goings on around me.
I spent most of the day just taking it easy, but by mid afternoon I was jonesing for a new adventure. A quick google search of things to do in the area and I was off on the first motoconcho I could find for la cueva Padre Nuestro.
A little background info here: La cueva Padre Nuestro is located in El Parque Nacional del Este. Before going there you have to get a wristband and entrance pass (200 pesos) from the park tourist center (a little building located where all the big tourist buses park near the beach). Then grab a motoconcho to take you to the park for 100 pesos. You could have him drop you off at the park entrance if you want (its about a half mile hike from the park entrance to the cave), or you can have him drop you off right at the cave entrance.
The entrance of the cave is actually a bit intimidating, staring up at you lie a giant black mouth waiting to swallow you up. But it´s also a bit daring, promising adventures and hidden treasures. Maybe buried pirate gold or the Lost Ark of the Covenant, just like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.
After carefully picking your way down steep stone steps into the dark pit., you will hear strange squeaking sounds and catch glimpses of movement flapping rapidly in a blur past your eyes. Throw your arms up wildly and shield your head! You´re about to be attacked by a swarm (flock? pack?) of murderous vampire bats!
It´s actually just swallows. You know, the bird. Turns out they like caves about as much as bats do and make their nests in the rocky crevices in the cave roof.
Anyways, by now your eye sight should be adjusting, and what was once a dim black hole is slowly evolving into something beautiful. You probably aren´t going to find any pirate booty here, but what you will find is something just as precious: deep blue waters smooth as glass, reflecting the cave back up at you like a mirror.
As the fuzzy black edges around the corners of your vision further clear away, you´ll realize that this little underground pond is actually much bigger than you first imagined...extending far back into deep, shadowy corners and eerie bends.
Once you´ve absorbed the silence for long enough , it´s time to head back to the light.
I opted to walk back through the National Park and take in the naturaleza.
In the evening I headed off to one of the beachfront bars to enjoy a drink and some free wifi.
But I was one tired puppy and headed to bed shortly after the sun did.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's powerful army chief called Thursday for U.S. military aid to be converted to civilian assistance, an unusual move that reflected growing domestic criticism of the nation's armed forces.
While the comment is unlikely to have any tangible impact in the short run, it could help shape an emerging debate in Washington over the wisdom of spending billions of dollars to support a military that many U.S. lawmakers view with deep suspicion.
In Pakistan, Kayani's call was seen as an attempt to win back for the military some of the public affection that has been lost since Navy SEALs killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last month in the northern city of Abbottabad. In recent weeks, Kayani has been under intense pressure from the public — and from his own officer corps — to distance Pakistan from the United States.
Kayani has responded by ordering most of the estimated 135 U.S. military trainers who had been in Pakistan out of the country and by publicly resisting American calls for greater cooperation.
The United States has provided approximately $20 billion in assistance to Pakistan over the past decade. Most of the money has gone to the military, although the Obama administration has shifted the balance toward civilian aid in recent years.
Pakistani political analyst Hasan-Askari Rizvi said Kayani's statement could put pressure on the civilian government by reminding Pakistanis that it is not only the military that depends on support from Washington.
"The military is saying that if the civilians want to revise Pakistan's foreign policy, they should go ahead and do it," Rizvi said.
Pakistan's armed forces have traditionally dictated the nation's security and foreign policies, with weak civilian authorities playing only a marginal role. But with criticism of the military rising, politicians have become bolder in challenging that dynamic. This week, one lawmaker called for the nation's intelligence budget — long a closely held secret — to be made public.
Those operations continued to take a toll Thursday. Taliban fighters stormed a checkpoint in the northwest, killing eight soldiers in an area that had been declared free of militants. Elsewhere, bomb attacks left six civilians dead.


A seamless integration between web client and native DDS clients.
Hard to believe… I was the voice out of the choir. The rest of the crowd seamed to believe, or had some obscure interest to believe, that what really mattered was to provide DDS with a W3C WebService API. Yack! The result of this is a Web-Enabled recommended (not yet adopted) OMG specification that actually has nothing to do with the Web (other than with heavy weight old fashioned Web Services). In essence the end result was more a "Web-Disabled" DDS.
So what to do? Well, if you know me, you've already guessed. As I did with simd-cxx for the DDS C++ API I've created a prototype of what the real Web-DDS technology should be like. After some fun hacking I am happy to unveil dscript.
I've posted an intro presentation on slideshare, but I'll try to summarize the key points of dscript below.
The client side provides a simplified and refined semantics for the DDS entities, for instance dscript reduces the DDS concepts to Topics, DataReaders, DataWriters and QoS — DomainParticipant and Publishers are managed for you.
The API is reactive and considers DataReaders as the source for a stream of data. This data can be handled by the application or bound to a data cache (notice the cache is not part of the DataReader) that provides a higher order function for processing contained data.
The server side minimizes the number of DataReader / DataWriter created to manage the established sessions and deals with entity garbage collection too.
Pretty Cool, isn't it? The good news is that dscript.js and dscript.play are Open Source projects available on GitHub.


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Blast from the Past (1999)
Hugh Wilson
Brendan Fraser; Alicia Silverstone; Christopher Walken; Sissy Spacek; Nathan Fillion
Comedy, Romance
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
Grease 2 (1982)
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?
13 Going On 30 (2004)
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.
Sweet Lies (1989)
An insurance investigator is visiting Paris on assignment. He is soon made the object of a seduction bet amongst three ladies. Problems arise when the girls realize they are really falling for him.
Bunker Bean (1936)
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
Anna is a young costume designer, focused on her job and wary of getting caught in romantic relationships. She has just found a new apartment, and is tempted to let her latest boyfriend, Frank, move in with her. Instead, she finds a tenant: The flamboyant, fun-loving Camilla, who shares Anna's views on love and commitment. For both of them, it's all about fun.
Radioactive Dreams (1986)
After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.
Clarkson: Powered Up (2011)
I'm in the South of France. My base? The high-tech testing ground for Formula One Circuit Paul Ricard. My mission? To find find my favourite car of the year. There's a pair of Ferraris, the V12, 6.3 litre FF and the 458. There's the UK challenger to the 458, McLaren's MP4-12C. The latest gizmo-laden Nissan GTR, Porsche's GT2 RS, the 570-horsepower Lamborghini Performante and the fun BMW 1M. Helping me are The Stig and Formula One new boy, Karun Chandhok. I look into the future, in the shape of the hybrid-engined Mugen Honda CR-Z, And there are blasts from the past as well. The beautiful Eagle Speedster a modern twist on the iconic, timeless E-Type, with its 4.7 litre engine and an eye-watering £500,000 price tag. And there's the all new Jensen Interceptor R with its 6.2 litre Corvette motor. The mighty Brutus, a vintage car fitted with a flame-spitting BMW airplane engine. Also the single-seater, B.A.C. Mono - capable of 0-60 in 2.8 seconds. What more could you want?...
The Bunker (2015)
A young student seeks quiet and solitude to focus on an important work but ends up as the teacher of a peculiar boy who is home-schooled by his parents in an isolated bunker mansion. THE BUNKER is a dark, twisted, and funny tale about childhood, growing up and education.
Here Comes the Bride (2010)
Here Comes the Bride tells the story of five different people who get their souls switched in the middle of a wedding preparation on a solar eclipse. Stefanie's (the bride) soul gets into the body of the snobby Precy, whose soul gets into the yaya, Medelyn, whose soul switches with Bien, the grandfather, whose soul enters the gay beautician's body, Toffee, whose soul enters Stefanie's body. The problem is the souls are happy where they are except for the bride, whose wedding is coming. She now has to find a way to get into their own bodies.
Listen Up Philip (2014)
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
The Olsen Gang in Jutland (1971)
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large sum of money (in American dollars and gold bars) in one of their commando bunkers, when they were defeated in 1945; the only problem it's in Jutland. Egon, Benny and Kjeld "appropriate" a car and drives to Jutland along with Kjelds wife and child Yvonne and Borge. They look forward to fooling the the people in Jutland, but of course, things don't go quite as planed. It ends with Benny, Kjeld, Borge and Yvonne sitting in the train back to Copenhagen, were they are overtaken by Egon in his car on the road next to the track. This is the last time the Olsen gang goes to Jutland.
Rhapsody in August (1991)
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' (which lasted two minutes and twenty eight seconds, including the signing of the peace treaty) is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
Where the Money is (2000)
Carol Ann MacKay is a popular nurse at a retirement home, and spends her free time with her hunky athletic husband Wayne MacKay, who would do anything for her, including cleaning up the messes her ideas get them in. When legendary bank robber Henry Manning, who had a major stroke in prison, is placed in the home and supposedly having lost all control over his body, she notices he must be in far better condition then he lets appear. Soon Carol gets his confidence and the two start planning how they three can commit another robbery on an armored money transport.
Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983)
Part live stand-up performance, part documentary, this film is one of comedian Richard Pryor's later stand-up performances. As foul-mouthed as ever, Pryor touches on most of the same topics as in his previous live shows.
Dane Cook: Isolated Incident (2009)
Dane Cook: ISolated INcident is a Comedy Central special which premiered on May 17, 2009 with the CD/DVD release following on May 19. In the special, Cook performs for a crowd of 400 people at the Laugh Factory. The entire special was shot in one take with no edits. He recently started performing the new material live for the Isolated Incident - Globo Thermo Tour 2009, which began on April 25, 2009. Dane Cook released the DVD special that was aired on Comedy Central on November 17, 2009
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)
As a child Jack Brooks witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Now a young man he struggles with a pestering girlfriend, therapy sessions that resolve nothing, and night classes that barely hold his interest. After unleashing an ancient curse, Jack's Professor undergoes a transformation into something not-quite- human, and Jack is forced to confront some old demons... along with a few new ones.
Demolition Man (1993)
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been cryogenically frozen when wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.
'Weird Al' Yankovic - Live! The Alpocalypse Tour (2011)
"Weird Al" Yankovic Live! — The Alpocalypse Tour is the concert event to end all concert events…and the perfect way to kill some time while waiting for the end of the world. It features all of the multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning artist's greatest hits, including "Perform This Way," "White & Nerdy," "Amish Paradise," and "Fat." So lock the airtight door on your fallout shelter, sit back, relax and enjoy the Alpocalypse with Weird Al.
This Is Not a Test (2009)
This Is Not A Test is a comedy/drama directed by Christopher Angel. The film is based around a man called Carl (Hill Harper) who's living his everyday life whilst trying to cope with his fear of terrorist nuclear attacks. However, with the threat so high he soon lets loose and jeopardizes his family and friends.
The Atomic Kid (1954)
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring.
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler (2006)
Na construção de um prédio é descoberto por acaso o bunker onde Adolf Hitler cometeu suicidio. No seu interior, juntamente com o esqueleto da sua companheira, encontrava-se dentro de um boião de formol o seu viril membro. Este peculiar achado levou a que um grupo de neo-nazis espanhóis fossem recrutados por um cientista maluco para o roubarem o dito pênis conservado, para que assim se pudesse reconstruir o clone do Führer.
Top Secret! (1984)
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
Little Boy (2015)
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
My Hobo (1962)
Komako (Hideko Takamine) is a confidence trickster who pretends to be an atom-bomb victim with keloids who is collecting money for charity but actually just has a burn scar. Junpei is a confidence trickster who is beaten up after falsely claiming there is a fly in his udon. They meet in a police station. Komako tells Junpei to get a proper job, then steals his money, food and clothes. Two children are abandoned by their aunt at Shimonoseki Station, and go with Junpei to Tokyo to find her, visiting many sites along the way, including the Kintai bridge, Himeji Castle and the Kurama Fire Festival. Junpei pretends to be a war victim, a blind man and a cripple to beg money but his begging often ends in failures. When Mariko gets a fever, no-one will treat her because of Junpei's appearance, until Komako helps. Eventually the children and Junpei get to Tokyo and find the aunt, but they decide to run away to find Junpei and Komako, who become a mother and father to the children.
Three Kings (1999)
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.
Some Girl(s) (2013)
On the eve of his wedding, a successful writer travels around the country to meet up with ex-lovers in an attempt to make amends for his wrongdoings.
Sci-Fi High: The Movie Musical (2010)
Mysterious forces complicate the everyday problems of high school students in this quirky, blast-from-the-past musical.
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.
Olsenbanden tar gull (1972)
Hele banden med Kjell, Benny og Egon i spissen er denne gangen på jakt etter en skatt fra krigens dager, gjemt bort i en millitærbunker. De er ikke alene om jakten, det er flere som kjenner skjulestedet: Profesjonelle revolverbanditter, froskemenn og en skraphandler. Samtidig har militæret mistanke om at det foregår noe på sperret område.
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
Undead (2003)
A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.
Minutemen (2008)
A comedy/sci-fi/adventure about three high school kids who invent a time machine to spare others just like them from the humiliation they've endured.
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision is made to travel back in time and murder Einstein, with the hopeful result being that without the noted mathematician's research there will be no atomic bombs.
The Silencers (1966)
Matt Helm (Dean Martin) is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.
All The Wrong Spies (1983)
In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin join a resistance group during the Japanese occupation. They aim to steal back the formula to the atomic bomb from a war traitor and transfer it to an American before the formula ends up in the Japanese emperor's hands.
Adam & Paul (2004)
This movie follows a day in the life of two Dublin Heroin addicts, Adam and Paul. Adam is the taller and slightly smarter of the two while Paul is his sidekick. Since they were small boys, Adam and Paul have withered into two hopeless, desperate Dublin junkies, tied together by habit and necessity.
Santa's Slay (2005)
Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an Angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.
Cannibal Girls (1973)
A young couple spend the night in a restaurant, only to find out that it is haunted by three dead women who hunger for human flesh.
Friend of the World (2020)
After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker.
Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
On a remote, isolated, unnamed Lebanese village inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. The village is surrounded by land mines and only reachable by a small bridge. As civil strife engulfed the country, the women in the village learn of this fact and try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark, sabotaging the village radio, then destroying the village TV.
Cyber-C.H.I.C. (1990)
A madman is holding the world hostage for a billion dollars. Chaos and violence rule the streets. Enter Robo C.H.I.C.… a Computerized, Humanoid, Intelligence Clone… an unstoppable killing machine packed into one of the hottest bodies around! The ultimate crime fighter, she's faster than a laser beam, more powerful than an atom bomb and able to wipe out ten men with a single blast from her ion shooting orbs. The challenge: can this bodacious bombshell wipe out the bad guys, save the world, fall in love and get her hair done all in the same day? Or, will the vicious scum take over the earth and get all of the great looking babes?
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
2002 HBO Stand-up Special starring Robin Williams. Recorded and broadcast live from New Your City's Broadway Theater at the culmination of his historic 2002 sold-out tour, this special finds the Oscar-winning actor/writer/comedian returning after 16 years to his stand-up roots to deliver what the Washington Post calls "...in its madcap way, a seminal cultural event."
Bunker of the Dead (2016)
After Using the instructions found in an old Jewish diary, Markus and Thomas hope to gain access to a WW II underground military base formerly codenamed: Cerusit. It was used by the Nazis as a secret research institute and is shrouded in rumors to this day about the lost gold of the Third Reich. The entrance to the cave system, however, lies right within the restricted area of a U.S. military base.. the first of many problems Markus and Thomas will have to face.
Space Zombie Bingo!!! (1993)
The U.S. Military along with the general population are trying to rid the country of alien zombie invaders.
How to Kill a Zombie (2014)
Mack and Jesse are a father and son survivalist team, in the making. Jesse just wants to do his own thing, his own way. A sudden outbreak of zombies centers on an office building, trapping the occupants. Mack and Jesse happen upon the scene, on their way to an underground bunker. Against Mack's better judgment, they stop and try to help. The situation becomes grim as the zombies breach the building, and the office workers are picked off. Mack and Jesse attempt to lead the remaining group to safety. Can they some how learn to see eye to eye, during a zombie holocaust and save humanity?
A King In New York (1957)
Due to a revolution in his country, King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money he goes to TV, making commercials and meets the child from communist parents. Due to this he is suddenly a suspected as a communist himself and has to face one of McCarthy's hearings.
Bunker Paradise (2006)
Le monocle rit jaune (1964)
Look Who's Back (2015)
Adolf Hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in Berlin, with no knowledge of anything that happened after 1945. Homeless and destitute. Although everyone recognizes him, nobody believes that he is Hitler; instead, they think he is either a comedian, or a method actor.
The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
The fate of the planet in the hands of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe? That's exactly the situation the trio finds themselves in when they befriend a wacky scientist and must defend his secret invention from a pair of malevolent Martians. Sight gags, slapstick and plenty of nyuks abound as the Stooges bumble their way through an adventure of intergalactic proportions.
Top of the Food Chain (1999)
An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory closed, then the CATV antenna stopped broadcasting, and now something is gruesomely devouring the townsfolk! Can visiting atomic scientist (and expert on "cool fusion") Dr. Karel Lamonte solve the mystery before everyone disappears?
Matinee (1993)
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
Aces Go Places II (1983)
An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by King Kong's new girlfriend, nearly committed to a mental hospital by their devious boss, and forced to battle Filthy Harry's weaponry-laden robot while covered with time bombs.
Fathom (1967)
While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission. Before long, Fathom realizes that no one around her, including the mysterious Peter Merriweather, can easily be trusted, leading to various adventures that involve bull fighting, beaches and, of course, romance.
The Human Resources Manager (2011)
A tragic comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.


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Steel jack stands are an authorised pier substitute supplied they are designed and sealed by a licensed engineer. I recommend contacting your native licensed structural engineer who can help you with determining your own home's compliance and what steps, if any, are required to improve the foundation of your property. And because the materials are being delivered to an enclosed manufacturing unit, they are at no danger from being broken by the elements, as the uncooked supplies at traditional home constructing sites typically are. As of May 21, 2009, vinyl or metal skirting supplies are allowed. A little research into modular home costs might lead you to the conclusion that, all different issues being equal, a modular home will cost lower than a standard home of similar square footage and with the identical amenities.
By having only those materials he needs for his current orders, and through the use of precision reducing, the producer has little or no waste, and can keep his modular home prices low. The supplies used in modular properties are cut by laptop-controlled machines to precisely match together; and there's very little waste. Which means there are various quality mobile homes accessible. Are you looking to buy a manufactured "cell" residence and finance it with a FHA mortgage? • The bottom underneath the house have to be lined with a 6mil minimal thickness polyethylene vapor barrier. • All gear used to transport the house (tongues, Arizona axles and wheels) should be removed from the positioning. Having all their main installations finished in the manufacturing facility is another reason for lower modular home prices. Less labor means decrease employment costs for the producer and lower modular home costs for customers. A modular home may be accomplished in weeks, further lowering its worth.
By ordering components for several properties directly, the producer should buy in materials bulk and get them at discounted charges. Modular houses are assembled from modules produced in climate-managed clean factories, and because they're ordered in advance, the producer can order precisely what he needs to make the modules for the homes on order. The nodules for the modular homes are pieced together on meeting strains, reducing the quantity of labor concerned in their production. The muse requirements posted by HUD are often instances more stringent than those required by the local constructing code. HUD sells these foreclosed properties to recuperate the loss on the foreclosure declare. 1 square foot of internet free space per a hundred and fifty sq. toes of crawl house floor area is required around the perimeter of the home. The intent of these requirements is to make your own home secure by increasing it is skill to withstand strong winds and earthquakes, extra resistant to moisture problems and enhanced bearing energy to reduce the likelihood for foundation settlement.
The one time plumbers and electricians are wanted in the modular home building course of are at its very end, and hardly ever is a couple of of each vital. Are you looking to refinance your current mortgage with an FHA mortgage? • The chassis should be anchored to the footings (screw-in earth anchors are usually not allowed). • All utilities should be completely put in. • Enclose the foundation with a durable skirting. • Provide sufficient ventilation in the crawl space area. The lower modules include fasteners with which they'll attach to corresponding fasteners on the muse, and can be lifted into position with a crane. The modules are so exactly lower that the match is seamless. As you may see, the necessities are more stringent than these required by most constructing codes.
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The Marvin and Rosalie Okun Kalamazoo Community Jewish School teaches children in grades Kindergarten through tenth, and strives to provide our students with a comprehensive Jewish Education, as well as prepare them for their B'nai Mitzvah.
All grades meet on Sundays during the school year from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Grades two through seven also meet on Wednesdays from 4:15pm to 6:15pm.
Our Sunday education focuses on Jewish values and ethics, holidays, history, and current events as well as Jewish culture, music and dance. On weekdays the focus is on Hebrew and prayers in preparation for student's B'nai Mitzvah. Additionally, we like to provide occasional field trips and enrichment opportunities for our students.
The congregation also provides our students with the opportunity to help in leading services. Four to five times a year we have a Shabbat community dinner and services with different grades leading the Friday Night Service.
As the children get older, they are encouraged to participate in the Saturday Morning Service to make them more comfortable on the Bimah. We believe this helps children become more aware of the order of services and promotes their involvement in services throughout their lifetime.
Many of our teachers are community members, and most of them have teaching degrees. They bring a love of their faith and community to the classroom and take their roles as educators very seriously. Community members also help out as Bubbies and Zaydes in the classrooms and help with the preparation of our community dinners. An actively involved community is needed for the complete education of our youth.
Our children are our community's future and our school works hard to provide them with love, guidance and a complete education to encourage them to become educated, active adults.
Contact the Religious School Principal here.