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JAXA's Astro H falls silent as troubling radar data shows debris
The Astro-H mission has encountered a severe in-flight anomaly which included a drop in altitude – as well as five pieces of orbital debris appearing on radar – potentially from the newly-launched spacecraft. Image Credit: JAXA
The ASTRO-H or "Hitomi" telescope, launched on Feb. 17, was supposed to study exotic phenomenon across the universe. On Saturday, March 27, the future of the ASTRO-H mission fell into doubt as controllers on the ground lost contact with the spacecraft – and radar showed a loss in altitude and debris in the spacecraft's vicinity.
This orbital track shows ASTRO-H's orbital period versus time. Image Credit: @spacetrackorg
Reports on both SpaceFlight 101 as well as National Geographic have stated that communications with the spacecraft have been lost, that it has experienced a decrease in altitude – and that at least five pieces have been "liberated" from it.
What SpaceFlight 101 has called a serious onboard anomaly, likely suggests an end to the mission from either an in-flight explosion or external collision.
ASTRO-H/Hitomi was supposed to have a mission life of approximately three years. Some 70 different organizations, including NASA, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and the European Space Agency (ESA) were involved on the project.
National Geographic has stated that the spacecraft might not be lost and that the extra radar hits could be non-essential spacecraft elements such as insulation. At this point, it is unclear if the spacecraft is salvageable.
A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA 204 (F30) rocket lifted off at 5:45 p.m. JST (03:45 a.m. EST; 08:45 GMT) on Feb. 17 from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center located off the southern coast of Japan with ASTRO-H. The flawless flight of the space-based observatory is the first of three that are currently planned to take place from Tanegashima this year.
Upon reaching orbit, ASTRO-H was renamed Hitomi and placed into an orbit of 358 miles (576.5 kilometers) at apogee. The spacecraft weighed about 5,952 lbs (2,700 kilograms) and was sent aloft to study black holes, dark matter, galaxy clusters, and other high-energy objects.
After it had reached its destination high above our world, it underwent a shakedown phase of sorts with the Critical Sequence part of the flight. During this time, the spacecraft was reconfigured so as to begin the operational phase of the mission. The telescope's core systems were activated, it extended the roughly 21-foot (6.3 meter) Optical Bench, and went through other procedures necessary to begin its primary mission. Everything appeared to be going well with the mission until this event.
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As more information about this unfolding story becomes available, SpaceFlight Insider will work to bring it to you.
Tagged: ASTRO-H Hitomi JAXA Lead Stories
David Pavlicek
I believe the graph shows orbital period in time. Not altitude.


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Why you don't want to get on the wrong side of Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault was the last French rider to win the Tour de France and the last French rider to effectively terrify the peloton. He's still got it.
Words: Kenny Pryde
Photographs: Offside-L'Equipe
It's hard to tell if Bernard Hinault is acting, even today. As a rider, bluffing and using the media to psych-out the opposition were integral parts of his racing.
Whether it was freaking out Greg LeMond in 1986, playing games with Laurent Fignon in 1984 or just shooting his mouth off to wind up the press, Hinault couldn't let it lie. Following his retirement at the end of 1986, a T-shirt industry grew up around his quotes, such was their crafted, crowd-pleasing pith.
Read: How Hinault's 1983 Vuelta victory changed 80s cycling
Sitting in a plush Paris hotel in 2017, he still knows how to play to the gallery with a collection of stories that help maintain the legend of 'the Badger' – le Blaireau from Brittany. It's a role he's been playing since 1978, the year he won his first Tour de France and led a rider's strike en route. You wouldn't be surprised if, like some pub nutter, he asks you to punch him in the stomach, just to show you how hard he is. (He didn't).
Benard Hinault, flanked by Michel Pollentier and Freddy Maertens, leads a protest at the finish line of Stage 12A of the 1978 Tour de France in Valence.
In his presence you feel compelled not to rile him, partly in recollection of photos of him swinging for striking dockers during Paris-Nice in 1984, a move presented as heroic, but just as revealing of a thuggish approach to anyone who got in his way, literally or metaphorically.
The message? Don't upset Bernard, because someone will pay, and it'll probably be you.
Half man, half badger: bunch bruiser Bernard (actually carrying the marks of crash) at the 1985 Tour de France
It was ever thus, it was as if he couldn't help himself, he just had to be the alpha male. Take the 1980 Tour de France: "Stage five, 250km to Lille, had a lot of cobbled sectors, but the weather had been terrible, so it was like a sea of mud, you couldn't actually see the cobbles at all it was so deep," he recalls. "So at the stage start I said, 'OK, guys, let's not be crazy, we take it easy today,' and we started the stage.
"Well, we got to the cobbles and Jan Raas attacked. Uh-huh, not Joop Zoetemelk, but Raas. And I said to myself, 'OK, if it's war you want, that's what you'll get."
Hinault rode clear with Hennie Kuiper and won the stage by two and a half minutes, a classic piece of Hinault 'coup de theatre' that would cost him, his knee and his team dear a few days later when he pulled out of the race with tendinitis.
A riled Hinault on his way to stage five victory at the 1980 Tour de France
Or there's this: "I remember one year, 1982 I think, at Grand Prix La Marseillaise, my first race of the season and I was out of shape, a couple of kilos overweight.
"The first hour of the race was crazy, like 50 kilometres in the first hour or something. Madness. I was dropped, but the group I was in kept riding and eventually the front slowed up and we caught them again. 'Well, listen,' I said. 'If you are going to ride like that and drop me, you had better do it right and make sure I don't get back on again. I'm going so badly, but you can't even drop me? I'm going the worst out of all of you!'
"So I attacked and got away with five others. I was still struggling, but I hung on and hung on and made it to the finish. Inside the final kilometres they started attacking each other, cancelling each other out and I just followed wheels. Anyway, it came down to a sprint and I won," smiles Hinault. "They should have made sure I stayed dropped."
To be fair to Hinault, it's not always only ever about Hinault. He does offer credit to some of the people he worked with, just not necessarily those you'd expect.
Paul Koechli offers advice and reason to Hinault from the team car
"I only learned how to train when I was 28 when I started working with Paul Koechli at La Vie Claire," he reveals. "Previously, at Renault, Cyril Guimard would tell me what to do, but not why I was doing it. With Koechli, it was different, he taught me and explained things."
Given that the Hinault-Guimard tandem was widely assumed to be key, this 'shout out' to the Swiss almost seems like a calculated wind-up.
Read: Team Bernard -Robert Millar on the La Vie Claire team
However, Hinault also adds a genuine note of thanks to Toni Maier, the man who founded Assos and introduced Lycra shorts and synthetic chamois to the peloton. "You know, when I started racing we were wearing shorts made of wool and leather, it was basic, and when you raced in the rain and they got wet, your shorts got soggy and heavy and would end up hanging over the back of your saddle.
"So when Lycra shorts arrived, that made a big difference, believe me."
There's a line there somewhere about a Badger's backside. But it's not worth risking the man's ire, so we'll leave it at that.
Tags: Bernard Hinault, Friday interview, Jan Raas, La Vie Claire, Paul Koechli

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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich
Kathleen Mcinerney , Jorjeana Marie , Amanda Carlin , Rebecca Lowman , Coleen Marlo , Kimberly Farr , Cassandra Campbell , Kirby Heyborne , Hillary Huber , Mark Bramhall , Fred Sanders
The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature—a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia
When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing "a new kind of literary genre," describing her work as "a history of emotions—a history of the soul." Alexievich's distinctive documentary style, combining extended individual monologues with a collage of voices, records the stories of ordinary women and men who are rarely given the opportunity to speak, whose experiences are often lost in the official histories of the nation.
In Secondhand Time, Alexievich chronicles the demise of communism. Everyday Russian citizens recount the past thirty years, showing us what life was like during the fall of the Soviet Union and what it's like to live in the new Russia left in its wake. Through interviews spanning 1991 to 2012, Alexievich takes us behind the propaganda and contrived media accounts, giving us a panoramic portrait of contemporary Russia and Russians who still carry memories of oppression, terror, famine, massacres—but also of pride in their country, hope for the future, and a belief that everyone was working and fighting together to bring about a utopia. Here is an account of life in the aftermath of an idea so powerful it once dominated a third of the world.
A magnificent tapestry of the sorrows and triumphs of the human spirit woven by a master, Secondhand Time tells the stories that together make up the true history of a nation. "Through the voices of those who confided in her," The Nation writes, "Alexievich tells us about human nature, about our dreams, our choices, about good and evil—in a word, about ourselves."
Read by a full cast:
Mark Bramhall
Cassandra Campbell
Kimberly Farr
Kirby Heyborne
Hillary Huber
Rebecca Lowman
Jorjeana Marie
Coleen Marlo
Kathleen McInerney
Fred Sanders
Praise for Svetlana Alexievich and Secondhand Time
"For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."—Nobel Prize Committee
"For the past thirty or forty years [Alexievich has] been busy mapping the Soviet and post-Soviet individual, but [her work is] not really about a history of events. It's a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul."—Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
"Secondhand Time [is Alexievich's] longest and most ambitious project to date: an effort to use an oral history of the nineties to understand Soviet and post-Soviet identity."—The New Yorker
"In this spellbinding book, Svetlana Alexievich orchestrates a rich symphony of Russian voices telling their stories of love and death, joy and sorrow, as they try to make sense of the twentieth century, so tragic for their country."—J. M. Coetzee
"[Alexievich's] books are woven from hundreds of interviews, in a hybrid form of reportage and oral history that has the quality of a documentary film on paper. But Alexievich is anything but a simple recorder and transcriber of found voices; she has a writerly voice of her own which emerges from the chorus she assembles, with great style and authority, and she shapes her investigations of Soviet and post-Soviet life and death into epic dramatic chronicles as universally essential as Greek tragedies. . . . A mighty documentarian and a mighty artist." —Philip Gourevitch
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A Brief Survey of the Sources of Black Esoteric Thought - Spirituality in Hip Hop Part III: The Nuwaubians
As African American religious belief branched out and took on numerous forms during the 20th century, many flocked to alternative spiritual systems in an effort to find answers to the particular and unique absurdities of life in the Americas. Black esoteric groups have provided inimitable answers to the incongruities of American life by redefining and reshaping the images and historical platitudes of White supremacy. Dwight D. York, renamed Malachi Z. York, organized the Nuwaubian Nation to reshape the narrative of White supremacy by using a wide variety of differing belief systems.[1] They argue Black people are not only divine but are otherworldly, and while on this planet they are locked in a mortal battle against other extraterrestrial beings.
York began organizing the Nuwaubians in New York City in the midst of a well-established and diverse array of African American philosophies; in New York the Zulus, 5%ers, Moors, NOI and Garveyites all jostle for ears, minds and territory in already congested space.[2] This may be the reason why York moved the headquarters of his organization to Atlanta, Georgia in 1993. However, law enforcement bodies argue that York was on the run from charges of child-molestation and statutory rape.[3] Still, another theory suggests that York went to Atlanta because he regarded the city as an archetype of the mythical Atlantis, a perfect setting to usher in the next evolutionary stages of humanity. Regardless of the reason for the move, in Georgia York attracted many followers and was able to purchase land where he began building an ancient Egyptian themed compound for his followers.[4]
Like the MSTA, the Nuwaubians refer to themselves as Moors and don the Fez,[5] as well like Noble Drew Ali, York claims to be divinely inspired, a receptacle of celestial knowledge.[6] Further, Nuwaubian narrative of humanity centers on the belief that Earth has been colonized and enslaved by otherworldly beings, and York along with other African American leaders (Elijah Muhammad, Noble Drew Ali, Malcolm X, Father Ali and Yahweh ben Yahweh, to name a few)[7] have been charged to teach the truth about the planet and its inhabitants.[8] To support his ideas and movement, York created a library of booklets and pamphlets called "scrolls" (numbering well over 400) that reference various holy texts (including the Qu'ran, Bible and Torah) and lost books which support the idea of an Earth colonized by malicious reptilians.[9] Additionally, the Nuwaubians share many similar philosophic qualities of other African American esoteric movements of the 20th century, such as: a leader whose beginnings and knowledge base is shrouded in mystery, alternate understandings of the historical record, belief in the inherent divinity of Black people, ancient glory to be regained with a promise of future utopia for Black people.
York was also involved in the music industry during the 1960s, 70s and 80s as a vocalist and a producer with groups: Jackie and the Starlights, the Students and Passion. He eventually organized his own production company called Passion Productions and used music as a vehicle to spread his spiritual influence.[10] While little is known about his artistic endeavors in music, the influence of his movement directly ties into Hip Hop culture through the Atlanta based group OutKast, specifically on their second album ATLiens. To elaborate, the entire motif of this album was steeped in the theology of the Nuwaubians and was a clear departure in artistic and philosophic focus from their debut album Southernplayalisticcadilacfunkymusic. The creative direction unsettled many in the Hip Hop community, arguably because the overall motif and perspective of the Nuwaubians was and is largely unknown.[11] However, close examination of the lyrics and theme of the album reveal a fascinating presentation of Nuwaubian theological understandings. For example, the song Extraterrestrial features the lyrics "out of this world like ET/coming across your TV/Extraterrestrial/straight from ATL", clearly referencing the beliefs of the Nuwaubians while simultaneously suggesting that there something otherworldly about the Atlanta based group.[12]
To expound further, "Elevators," the featured song and video of the album, in many ways announced a clear departure from the philosophic direction of the first album by featuring imagery that was replete with Nuwaubian theological symbolic expression.[13] To explain, the motif of the group evolved to display their shift in consciousness: Andre 3000 traded his Atlanta baseball cap for a turban; and their Cadillac, which dominated the motif of the first album, was demolished, making it clear that the group was modifying its paradigm. Moreover, instead of continuing with the parking lot/club playa scenes from the first album, "Elevators" displayed the duo meditating in the forest with others who were also seeking spiritual enlightenment. Finally, all of this was set as the backdrop to a chase scene of sorts, where Andre 3000 and Big Boi are leading a group of Nuwaubian pilgrims searching for a promised-land while being pursued by government agents looking to thwart their efforts. Upon reaching this promised-land, the wayfarers are greeted by extraterrestrials occupying a land dotted with great pyramids. The Nuwaubian trek displayed in this video attempts to project an apocryphal utopia, an appendage consistent with their theological approach.
OutKast was known for altering their motif and philosophy with each album to signify their evolution as artists, however with each offering, traces of their past mindset and artistry lingered, reminding listeners of their growth process. Their Nuwaubian experience also continued on subsequent albums, bleeding through in certain phrases, artistic styles and imagery.[14] Moreover, there are other groups and individuals that have presented the beliefs of the Nuwaubians, such as Erykah Badu, the Roots and Killa Priest, but none as flamboyantly or loudly as OutKast. Again, what this suggests is that there is vibrant spiritual expression within Hip Hop culture yet to be fully explored, that pushes against accepted norms.
[1] Paul Easterling, "The 'Nu' Nation: An Analysis of Malachi Z. York's Nuwaubians," Julius H. Bailey, "Sacred Not Secret: Esoteric Knowledge in the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors," Stephen C. Finley, Margarita Simon Guillory and Hugh R. Page, Jr., eds. Esotericism in the African American Religious Experience: "There is A Mystery…". (Boston: Brill Publishing, 2015), 198-209, 210-224.
[2] Julius H. Bailey, "Sacred Not Secret: Esoteric Knowledge in the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors," Stephen C. Finley, Margarita Simon Guillory and Hugh R. Page, Jr., eds. Esotericism in the African American Religious Experience: "There is A Mystery…". (Boston: Brill Publishing, 2015), 210-211.
[3] U.S. v. Dwight D. York, a.k.a. Malakai Z. York, etc. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, D.C. Docket No. 02-00027-.
[4] David Cay Johnston, "Wesley Snipes to go on Trial in Tax Case." The New York Times, January 14, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/business/14tax.html?_r=0. The Nuwaubian compound caught the eyes of many in law enforcement, however, they also attracted many from the entertainment industry, including Wesley Snipes.
[5] Robert Dannin, Black Pilgrimage to Islam. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), 18. Dannin discusses the track of the Fez for the MSTA specifically and African American Islam in general, however, the Moors themselves argues that the head gear is very ancient and is evidence of the Lost City of Atlantis.
[6] "A Personal Note From The Receiver," http://holytablets.nuwaubianfacts.com/thereceiver.htm.
[7] Stephen Finley, "Mathematical Theology: Numerology in the Religious Thought of Tynnetta Muhammad and Louis Farrakhan," Stephen C. Finley, Margarita Simon Guillory and Hugh R. Page, Jr., eds. Esotericism in the African American Religious Experience: "There is A Mystery…". (Boston: Brill Publishing, 2015), 123-137. This chapter deals extensively with NOI concept of the Mother Wheel.
[8] Julius H. Bailey, "Sacred Not Secret: Esoteric Knowledge in the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors," Ibid., 211.
[9] Malachi Z. York. Are there UFO's Extraterrestrials In Your Midst. (Atlanta: Free Will Offering, Holy Tabernacle Ministry, 1995), 58. The Nuwaubians believe that Europeans evolved from reptiles. Further, they stake a claim to the planet Earth, while propagating the notion that white people are a group of covert galactic invaders whose ancestry is reptilian, as opposed to mammalian.
[10] Malachi Z. York "El's Qur'aan 18:60–82, What It Means Today" The Truth (Bulletin), The 7 Heads and the 10 Horns (1993), 12
[11] Outkast, Speakerboxx/Love Below, "Unfinished," recorded 2003. Andre 3000 speaks to this point in the song: Unfinished on the double album.
[12] Outkast. ATLiens, "Extraterrestrial," recorded 1997.
[13] Quincy Jones, III, The Art of Organized Noize, documentary release March 21, 2016 (Netflix). This particular song was produced by Andre 3000 and Big Boi, whereas the majority of their production was done by Organized Noize.
[14] Outkast. Aquemini. "Aquemini," recorded 1998. Also, some of the clothing worn by Andre 3000 in videos and at award shows there directly influenced by the Nuwaubian Nation.
A Brief Survey of the Sources of Black Esoteric Thought - Spirituality in Hip Hop, Part I: The Universal Zulu Nation
There are many organizations within the Africana religious paradigm that are often over looked because of their fringe nature. That is to say, some movements are in danger of being lost in the annals of history because they lack a mainstream voice like African American Christian groups or because they have not attracted Hooveresque attention like many African American Muslim organizations. These movements I label Black Esotericism because, while they may be well-known in particular neighborhoods in certain urban locales, their culture and presence are largely unknown and histories often overlooked. Further, these groups, while not formally private organizations, remain mysterious and veiled to the majority of Americans, African descended or otherwise. With this understanding, I will examine the culture and religious make-up of the Universal Zulu Nation (UZN) as a Black Esoteric spiritual movement and as an organization which illuminates the religious underpinnings of Hip Hop culture.
To elaborate, one advantage that comes with studying the UZN is that its' history runs parallel to the founding and flourishing of Hip Hop culture in the city of New York. As a matter of fact, one cannot study the UZN without discussing Hip Hop history and vice versa. The UZN rises out of the war torn Bronx borough much like Hip Hop. As well, much like Hip Hop culture, the UZN was created to redirect some of the more problematic energies which dominated the focus of young people throughout the city, such as violence and drug abuse, into something that was more productive to the impoverish residents. This effort of the UZN was nothing less than a spiritually centered movement that attempted to incorporate all aspects of an individual's being into a force for positive growth and change.[1] Emmett G. Price, III author of the introductory text Hip Hop Culture adds that after a prominent gang member was murdered in the Bronx street organizations "met to discuss the possibilities of finding a better way to handle their aggression and for having peace on the streets of their city."[2]
Impetus for the name of the UZN came from movies inspired by the struggle between European colonizers and the southern African Zulu people. Films like Shaka Zulu[3] became motivators for young Afrika Bambaataa (born Kevin Donovan) to unite rival gangs in a common effort for unanimity and peace in the violent streets of the South Bronx.[4] From its founding the UZN was amalgamation of street organizations, in particular the Black Spades, Savage Nomads, Seven Immortals and Savage Skulls.[5] The endeavor to coalesce opposing streets gangs is very similar to the unifying efforts Shaka Zulu made in the early 19th century with the Zulu nation.[6] Furthermore, Bambaataa's push for unification was not just focused on nonviolence but an ecumenical enterprise centered on the spirituality of New York City's young people.[7] Evidence of this comes from their beliefs (or factology as they term it) which state: "We believe as Amazulu, we will not fight or kill other human beings over which proper name to call God. We will recognize them all to be the same one God. We believe God will come to be seen to the human eye and will straighten out the problems that Human Beings brought upon this planet so-called Earth."[8] It is clear from this first tenet of the UZN that unified spirituality is of primary importance for Bambaataa and his nation, not money, weapons nor a political agenda, but union of the human spirit.
Though the UZN is not a religion in the formal sense, it, much like the Nation of Gods and Earths as well as the Nuwaupians, has a mystical focus at its core dedicated to raising the spiritual consciousness and awareness of humanity. Evidence of this is made clear through the beliefs of the UZN: "We believe in one God, who is called by many names-Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, RA, Eloahim, Jah, God, The Most High, The Creator, The Supreme One." [9] It becomes apparent from this passage that there is not just a spiritual focus for the organization but a conscious effort that chooses ecumenicalism as it top priority. The only substance of use for the UZN is unity, and spiritual unity seemed to be the most important material available for impoverished communities.
Investigation of the UZN reveals much in the way of not only the spiritual focus of the Nation but the spiritual focus of the Hip Hop cultural movement as a whole. To elaborate, Price states "former and present gangbangers and drug dealers would lay down their weapons and drug paraphernalia for a time at Zulu Nation functions and join the burgeoning Hip Hop community. Armed with the motto 'Peace, Love, Unity and Having Fun,' Bambaataa, through his 'Infinity Lessons,' not only aimed to offer and expressive outlet but also encouraged intellectual pursuit via study, affirmations, and a systematic process of getting to know one's self."[10] Bambaataa being the founder of the UZN as well as one of the fathers of Hip-Hop culture centered his focus on the spiritual well-being and advancement of the youth of the world at a time of serious crisis in the United States.[11] Keeping these contributions in mind, it would not be completely outlandish to suggest that Bambaataa and the UZN are responsible for the reorientation of an entire generation of people headed toward an Orwellian state of being. Further, this reorientation was not just about the sound and style but the realignment of the human spirit towards love and acceptance.
In summation, the UZN, in an effort to quell the violence of their time, found a creative outlet for the rogue youth of New York City and developed a spiritual movement that directly contributed to the founding of new understandings of sound, style, and spirit. Further, as a spiritual movement the organization unified the youth under a banner of 'fun', a simple but powerful statement against violence and death.[12] This notion of fun is a potent spiritual statement that is part of the core beliefs of the UZN movement. Fun: an incredibly complex and simple expression that requires more analysis with respect to the spiritual growth and enlightenment of humanity; yet as a spiritual countenance of the UZN and Hip-Hoppers the world over this word and concept speaks to an entire movement's effort to create social and spritiaul change throughout the world.
[1] Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn. Yes, yes, y'all: Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade. (Cambridge: Perseus Books Group, 2002), 5.
[2] Emmett G. Price, III. Hip Hop Culture. (San Barbara: ABD-CLIO, INC., 2006), 9.
[3] Film: Shaka Zulu (1983). See also: Zulu (1964) and Zulu Dawn (1979).
[4] Website: http://www.zulunation.com/about-zulunation/. Emmett G. Price, III. Hip Hop Culture. (San Barbara: ABD-CLIO, INC., 2006), 9-10. Donovan was fourteen at the time he started organize the rival gangs of New York.
[5] Ibid., 10. Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn. Yes, yes, y'all: Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade. (Cambridge: Perseus Books Group, 2002), 5.
[6] Donald R. Morris. The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1998), 40-68. Ian Knight. The Anatomy of the Zulu Army: From Shaka to Cetshwayo 1818-1879. (Mechaniscburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1995), 31-35. To explain, Shaka is well known for a number of reasons: he revolutionized the Zulus approach to warfare, he redesigned the primary weapon of the Zulus changing the long traditional spear (assegai) to a shorter more versatile weapon called the iklwa, as well he conducted a campaign of forced unification of the southern African kingdoms and nations into one all-encompassing Zulu nation.
[7] This effort was also allegorized in the movie The Warriors (1979).
[8] Webpage: http://www.zulunation.com/the-beliefs-of-the-universal-zulu-nation/.
[10] Jeff Chang. Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. (New York: St. Martins, 2005), 105. Emmett G. Price, III. Hip Hop Culture. (San Barbara: ABD-CLIO, INC., 2006), 13.
[11] Murray Forman. The 'Hood Comes First: Race, Space and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop. (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2002), 141. The author points out that the efforts of non-violence and cultural upliftment for Bambaataa and the UZN reach global audiences with the release of the single "Self-Destruction". Murray states: "KRS-One, Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy, Heavy D MC Lyte, Kool Moe Dee, Just Ice and Afrilka Bambaataa, recorded the twelve-inch sing 'Self-Destruction' (1989, Jive Records), which entered the Hot Rap Singles chart at number one on March 11, 1989 and eventually went gold."
[12] http://www.zulunation.com/the-beliefs-of-the-universal-zulu-nation/.


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Who Was Jackie Robinson PDF Download
Author: Gail Herman
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But beyond athletic skill, it was his strength of character that secured his place in sports history. In 1947 Jackie joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the long-time color barrier in major league baseball. It was tough being first- not only did "fans" send hate mail but some of his own teammates refused to accept him. Here is an inspiring sports biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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Author: Arnold Rampersad
Category : Biography & Autobiography
The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and was given unprecedented access to his private papers. We are brought closer than we have ever been to the great ballplayer, a man of courage and quality who became a pivotal figure in the areas of race and civil rights. Born in the rural South, the son of a sharecropper, Robinson was reared in southern California. We see him blossom there as a student-athlete as he struggled against poverty and racism to uphold the beliefs instilled in him by his mother--faith in family, education, America, and God. We follow Robinson through World War II, when, in the first wave of racial integration in the armed forces, he was commissioned as an officer, then court-martialed after refusing to move to the back of a bus. After he plays in the Negro National League, we watch the opening of an all-American drama as, late in 1945, Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers recognized Jack as the right player to break baseball's color barrier--and the game was forever changed. Jack's never-before-published letters open up his relationship with his family, especially his wife, Rachel, whom he married just as his perilous venture of integrating baseball began. Her memories are a major resource of the narrative as we learn about the severe harassment Robinson endured from teammates and opponents alike; about death threats and exclusion; about joy and remarkable success. We watch his courageous response to abuse, first as a stoic endurer, then as a fighter who epitomized courage and defiance. We see his growing friendship with white players like Pee Wee Reese and the black teammates who followed in his footsteps, and his embrace by Brooklyn's fans. We follow his blazing career: 1947, Rookie of the Year; 1949, Most Valuable Player; six pennants in ten seasons, and 1962, induction into the Hall of Fame. But sports were merely one aspect of his life. We see his business ventures, his leading role in the community, his early support of Martin Luther King Jr., his commitment to the civil rights movement at a crucial stage in its evolution; his controversial associations with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Humphrey, Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller, and Malcolm X. Rampersad's magnificent biography leaves us with an indelible image of a principled man who was passionate in his loyalties and opinions: a baseball player who could focus a crowd's attention as no one before or since; an activist at the crossroads of his people's struggle; a dedicated family man whose last years were plagued by illness and tragedy, and who died prematurely at fifty-two. He was a pathfinder, an American hero, and he now has the biography he deserves. From the Hardcover edition.
Author: Mary Kay Linge
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
Profiles the first African American to play baseball in the Major League.
Author: Susan Muaddi Darraj
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Before 1947, professional baseball was as segregated as the rest of American society: Black baseball players were forced to compete in the Negro Leagues, rather than in Major League Baseball. But on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and changed history by becoming the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball. Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and managed by the visionary Branch Rickey, Robinson spent 10 seasons in the major leagues, during which time the Dodgers won six pennants. Robinson was a six-time All-Star, the National League Rookie of the Year in 1947, and the National League MVP in 1949. This fully illustrated, highly readable biography traces the phenomenal rise of this all-American icon.
The African American Century PDF Download
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Profiles one hundred influential African Americans who helped shape the history of the twentieth century, including revered figures in the fields of music, literature, sports, science, politics, and the civil rights movement.
Jackie Robinson And The Story Of All Black Baseball PDF Download
Author: Jim O'Connor
Illus. in full color with black-and-white photos. "Covers not only the story of Robinson's prowess and his problems as the first black man to play in the major leagues, but also the story of the rise and fall of black baseball and some of its star players and managers. Nicely geared by vocabulary, sentence length, and print size to the primary grades audience."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.
Author: Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Presents the life of the first African American to play Major League baseball, from his childhood to his role as a hero of the Civil Rights Movement.
A Time Of Paradox PDF Download
Author: Glen Jeansonne
In this lively and provocative synthesis, historian Glen Jeansonne explores the people events that shaped America in the 20th century. Comprehensive in scope, A Time of Paradox analyzes the political, diplomatic, social and cultural developments of the last century while focusing on the diverse and sometimes contradictory human experiences that characterized this dynamic period in American history.
Jackie Robinson And The Integration Of Baseball PDF Download
Author: Scott Simon
The NPR Weekend Edition broadcaster tackles the 1947 integration of major league baseball, capturing the drama of Jackie Robinson's first year in baseball. 50,000 first printing. 100,000 ad/promo.
Time Magazine Biography Jackie Robinson PDF Download
Author: Garth Sundem
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Introduce biographies with fun, creative activities that teach literacy skills and more. Stimulate student interest with the color TIME Magazine cover. Focus on the background information, time line, comprehension questions, and extension ideas.
Author: Carol Greene
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Relates the life story of the first black man to play baseball in the major leagues.
Author: Joseph Dorinson
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
There are defining moments in the life of a nation when a single individual can shape events for generations to come. For America, the spring of 1947 was such a moment, and Jackie Robinson was the man who made the difference. With these words, President Clinton contributed to Long Island University's three-day celebration of that momentous event in American history when Robinson became the first African American to play major league baseball. This new book includes presentations from that celebration, especially chosen for their fresh perspectives and illuminating insights. A heady mix of journalism, scholarship, and memory offers a presentation that far transcends the retelling of just another sports story. Readers get a true sense of the social conditions prior to Robinson's arrival in the major leagues and the ripple effect his breakthrough had on the nation. Anecdotes enliven the story and offer more than the usual larger than life portrait of Robinson. Contributors from the sports world, academia, and journalism, some of Robinson's contemporaries, Dodger fans, and historians of the era, all sharing a passion for baseball, reflect on issues of sports, race, and the dramatic transformation of the American social and political scene in the last fifty years. In addition to the editors, the list of authors includes Peter Golenbock, one of America's preeminent sports biographers and author of Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947-1957, Tom Hawkins, the first African-American to star in basketball at Notre Dame and currently Vice-President for Communications of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bill Mardo a former writer for the New York Daily Worker, Roger Rosenblatt, teacher at the Southampton Campus of Long Island University, and author of numerous articles, plays, and books, Peter Williams, author of a study of sports myth, The Sports Immortals, and Samuel Regalado, author of Viva Baseball!: Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger.
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I caught an episode of House online today, and in it something interesting happened in relation to relationships.
Wilson and "CB" were choosing a mattress together. Each had a preference. She told him to pick whichever mattress he wanted - that either was fine with her. He choose the one that she preferred. When she realized it, she was upset. She told him that his pattern of 'just trying to get along' by doing whatever his former partners wanted rather than doing things he wanted created resentment in him and led to the demise of those relationships. She told him not to do that to her. She wanted him to use his own voice in their relationship, too.
She brings up a good point. Where is that line in relationships between genuinely being kind to your partner and doing things 'just to get along' that create resentment?
It seems to me that if you feel in any way pressured (real or imagined pressure) to do something 'just to get along', it is likely going to create a feeling of resentment in you. There is nothing wrong with an ebb and tide in a relationship where each partner gets something they want, when what they want diverges.
Like "CB", it drives me crazy when someone does the 'just trying to get along' thing with me. Just as I want a partner who will know when to 'give' to me, I also want the opportunity to 'give' to my partner. I don't want a mindless sheep who will give in to everything I want. I don't have all the answers, and I certainly don't want all of the responsibilities. I want a partner who will create a relationship and life with me - by my side.
What are YOUR thoughts about 'just trying to get along'?


Widespread accessibility to the Internet and the proliferation of Web 2.0 technologies has led to the growth of online tools for educational content creation, delivery, and assessment. Maintaining high quality of assessment using this medium is made more practical by using tools to author and represent a broad range of assessment problems. A survey of existing problem-authoring tools uncovered two main deficiencies: (a) lack of support for authoring "dynamic" (parameterized) problems, and (b) lack of tools that are independent of a specific publishing format, persistence format, and/or authoring platform. Dynamic problems are assessment problem templates that support parameterization of the problems by the use of variables. Variables dynamically take values assigned at random to generate different instances of a problem from a template. This provides for greater diversity of authored problems, and permits students to practice with different variations of a problem. In existing problem authoring tools, the problem types supported are often limited to static problems. A formal definition of an assessment problem structure is presented. This formal definition served as a design aide for a new problem authoring system named QBank, a web-based tool that supports authoring dynamic problems. The proof-of-concept implementation of QBank supports export of questions in CSV format and the Khan Academy Exercise format. The extensible nature of the framework allows future development of features supporting export of authored problems into other publishing and/or persistence formats.


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Japan's Eureka, developer of dating and couple apps, acquired by Match Group
SCORE 2,284 Masaru Ikeda 2015.05.11
Since its launch in 2008, Tokyo-based startup Eureka has developed Pairs and Couples, mobile apps for dating and couples. The company announced today that it has been wholly acquired by US-Based The Match Group, a company of NASDAQ-listed IAC which runs globally online dating services such as Match, OKCupid, Tinder, HowAboutWe, Meetic, Twoo as well as other media sites including Ask, About.com, and Vimeo. Details of the acquisition price has not been disclosed.
Boasting over 1.3M users, Japan's Eureka tackles online dating with data-driven approach
Pairs is a Facebook-based dating and marriage hunting app launched in 2012 and has acquired over 1.5 million users in Japan and 800,000 users in Taiwan to date. Couple is a memory-sharing and messaging app for couples, and has acquired over 2.2 million users. The company recently launched a media business targeting couples in their teens and 20s leveraging the user base of the Couple app, planning to launch a traditional Chinese version for Taiwanese users in June.
Taking advantage of the business experience of IAC with which has succeeded in many media businesses globally, Eureka wants to further develop its business around the Couples app not only in Japan but also in the Southeast Asian region. The two firms will maintain their brands and independent business operations with their personnel structures unchanged after the merger.
In this space, we've seen Korean startup VCNC seeing a good growth in Asia and boasting over 11 million downloads (as of January 2015) of its couple messaging app Between, which fundraised an estimated several millions of dollars from 500 Startups and Japanese VC firm Global Brain last year.
Edited by "Tex" Pomeroy
Japan's Meetrip acquired by social game developer Donuts, relocates to Bangkok
Japan's DogHuggy, Airbnb for dogs, secures funding from CyberAgent Ventures
CyberAgent Capital
DogHuggy
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based DogHuggy provides a service to replace kennels for dog owners, making it possible by matching them with reliable pet sitters (or hosts) online in a way like Airbnb that connects those in need of staying with others offering a place to stay. DogHuggy, the company behind the service under the same name, announced in March that they have fundraised an undisclosed sum from CyberAgent Ventures. DogHuggy lets users sign up as a dog owner or sitter (host) so that owners who go out of town can find someone reliable and affordable to take care of their pooch. In this space, we've seen startups like US-based DogVacay raising $25 million last November as well as Tokyo-based inDog which recently launched a teaser site. For dog owners, DogHuggy shows you a list of available hosts in your neighborhood so that you can choose one of them as your host by checking their profiles and the reason why they have registered. Once your booking is made, you need to take your pooch to the host's venue and later pick him up according to the schedule that you have agreed with the host. Planning to start its…
From the left: DogHuggy CEO Shogo Nagatsuka, CTO Yohei Someya
Tokyo-based DogHuggy provides a service to replace kennels for dog owners, making it possible by matching them with reliable pet sitters (or hosts) online in a way like Airbnb that connects those in need of staying with others offering a place to stay. DogHuggy, the company behind the service under the same name, announced in March that they have fundraised an undisclosed sum from CyberAgent Ventures.
DogHuggy lets users sign up as a dog owner or sitter (host) so that owners who go out of town can find someone reliable and affordable to take care of their pooch. In this space, we've seen startups like US-based DogVacay raising $25 million last November as well as Tokyo-based inDog which recently launched a teaser site.
For dog owners, DogHuggy shows you a list of available hosts in your neighborhood so that you can choose one of them as your host by checking their profiles and the reason why they have registered. Once your booking is made, you need to take your pooch to the host's venue and later pick him up according to the schedule that you have agreed with the host.
Planning to start its operation in Japan's major city areas, DogHuggy will offer the service for 4,000 to 5,000 yen (about $33 to $42) per night while conventional kennels usually charge 6,000 to 7,000 yen ($50 to $58). Hosts can partially donate their income from the platform to selected animal welfare NPOs upon request.
In our recent interview with DogHuggy CEO Shogo Nagatsuka and CTO Yohei Someya, they told us what has triggered them to launch the service.
What's the problem with conventional kennels?
Aged 18 years now, CEO Nagatsuka has loved animals since childhood. So he took a class of animal welfare while attending a high school attached to a college of veterinary medicine. In contrast with the US and UK where people obtain pets from breeders, he learned that pets in Japan are typically being sold at pet shops as a commodity.
Uncovering the fact that this type of trade practice results in a tendency to abuse pets which is especially on rise in Japan, Nagatsuka felt a sense of urgency with increased awareness of the problem to be dealt with. He thought how he can make a greater contribution through work to the society than by just becoming a veterinarian helping animals at hand. So he started with solving common problems that many pet owners face while attending high school.
When out of town, dog owners typically entrust their pets to kennels. But the service quality of kennels in Japan is inferior to that in Western countries, and not merely that dogs are penned in a very small cage. The DogHuggy team interviewed 200 people walking with their dogs in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo's huge green area known for having several dog run facilities. As a result, the team learned that many dog owners use kennels because there's no other choice when leaving home.
Nagatsuka explained:
I have entrusted my pooch to kennels, but he returned in an unwell condition when I picked him up at the kennel because he was forced to spend long hours in a small cage and got stressed. I then came to avoid taking long day trips because I was afraid that the same thing would happen again.
Caring for beloved animals, not just making money
DogHuggy prioritizes improving the quality of their pet sitters. Only qualified sitters upon interview are allowed to sign up as a host, and many of them have a publicly-certified license. Nagatsuka and Someya have taken advantage of their network since school to attract licensed pet sitters.
In addition, using DogHuggy, their pet sitters are obliged to send at least three daily snapshots of your pooch per night so that it will keep you updated about how your pooch spends a good time even when being apart. The team also has a system enabling rapid response to your possible anxiety about your pooch as needed.
In terms of the demographics of hosts, many of them are people in their late 20s to early 30s who typically have a pooch at their parents' home but are unable to do in their apartment in urban areas.
Nagatsuka elaborated:
Many of our hosts agree with our vision of wanting to help animals and make them happier. Because of the platform allowing them to donate animal welfare NPOs, they are participating in our activities upon supporting our vision rather than just making money.
DogHuggy is planning to launch pretty soon. They want to acquire 500 hosts by the end of this June.
Translated by Taijiro Takeda
Edited by Masaru Ikeda & "Tex" Pomeroy
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This social network app from Japan connects people working in the same office building
Birutomo
Building Friend
Kayac
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based internet service company Kayac (TSE:3904) launched a mobile app called Biru-Tomo (literally meaning 'Building Friend') earlier this week, connecting you with your neighbors as well as people working for different companies in the same building that your office resides in. The app is now available for iOS on the AppStore and for Android on Google Play. While there are many types of communities according to the environment, the Kayac team thinks that people working at different companies in the same office building can also create a local community. The app helps these people connect with each others and hold community events. It is said that new condominiums are struggling to acquire new residents these days, so more condo developers are adding values for potential customers by appealing that a community of residents can be formed on their properties. I'm not sure if this is also true for office buildings, but connecting office workers in the same building may also bring a good effect to building owners. A user has to be sign up using Facebook authentication upon registering a minimum of one building where he or she is based. In this way, the app will help provide for networking opportunities with office…
Tokyo-based internet service company Kayac (TSE:3904) launched a mobile app called Biru-Tomo (literally meaning 'Building Friend') earlier this week, connecting you with your neighbors as well as people working for different companies in the same building that your office resides in. The app is now available for iOS on the AppStore and for Android on Google Play.
While there are many types of communities according to the environment, the Kayac team thinks that people working at different companies in the same office building can also create a local community. The app helps these people connect with each others and hold community events.
It is said that new condominiums are struggling to acquire new residents these days, so more condo developers are adding values for potential customers by appealing that a community of residents can be formed on their properties. I'm not sure if this is also true for office buildings, but connecting office workers in the same building may also bring a good effect to building owners.
A user has to be sign up using Facebook authentication upon registering a minimum of one building where he or she is based. In this way, the app will help provide for networking opportunities with office workers at different companies and even find drinking buddies after hours in the same building.
Translated by Masaru Ikeda
Sensei Note: Japan's new social network for teachers
Japan's job search startup LiB raises $700,000, offering more options for working women
Japan's Global Brain setting up Singapore subsidiary to expand in region, with hotshot exec as chief
Global Brain
See the original story in Japanese. Tech in Asia Singapore 2015, the annual startup conference by Singapore-based tech news media Tech in Asia, is now taking place at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre on 6th and 7th May. At the event, Yasuhiko Yurimoto, CEO of Tokyo-based investment firm Global Brain, told The Bridge that his company will set up a regional office in Singapore soon and appointed Hisashi Suzuki as the chief representative for the office, aiming to better serve local entrepreneurs and startups in the Southeast Asian region. Co-founding notable Japanese video game company Square in 1986 (subsequently merged and rebranded as Square Enix), Suzuki produced legendary game series Final Fantasy and then made the company IPO at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in August, 2000. Subsequently he was appointed as the chairman of Japanese leading entertainment agency LDH where he produced many stars including popular J-pop performing group Exile and Japanese supermodel Jun Hasegawa. Following that he served Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten as Director and Senior Executive Officer, he is currently serving as independent director for Japanese companies like video recording device maker Spider and online business school company Business Breakthrough (TSE:2464). Since 2005 when he started working…
Global Brain CEO Yasuhiko Yurimoto (right), Singapore office representative Hisashi Suzuki (left)
Tech in Asia Singapore 2015, the annual startup conference by Singapore-based tech news media Tech in Asia, is now taking place at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre on 6th and 7th May. At the event, Yasuhiko Yurimoto, CEO of Tokyo-based investment firm Global Brain, told The Bridge that his company will set up a regional office in Singapore soon and appointed Hisashi Suzuki as the chief representative for the office, aiming to better serve local entrepreneurs and startups in the Southeast Asian region.
Co-founding notable Japanese video game company Square in 1986 (subsequently merged and rebranded as Square Enix), Suzuki produced legendary game series Final Fantasy and then made the company IPO at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in August, 2000. Subsequently he was appointed as the chairman of Japanese leading entertainment agency LDH where he produced many stars including popular J-pop performing group Exile and Japanese supermodel Jun Hasegawa. Following that he served Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten as Director and Senior Executive Officer, he is currently serving as independent director for Japanese companies like video recording device maker Spider and online business school company Business Breakthrough (TSE:2464).
Since 2005 when he started working with Rakuten, he has been working while flying back and forth between Singapore and Japan so he has built up a vast network of business executives in Southeast Asia. Joining Global Brain is the first experience for him to work in the startup community, so he said "People to meet up with, things to talk about, everything happening here is very new to me." However, leveraging his deep insights dependent on his IPO experience, we can expect that he will devote himself to fostering entrepreneurship and forming startup ecosystems in the region.
Global Brain will establish a local business entity in Singapore in the near future, meaning that the regional office will become the company's subsidiary named "Pte Ltd." Their Singapore office is the second overseas office in Asia, following the launch of their Seoul office back in December 2014.
In this region, Global Brain is better known for having recently invested in Singapore-based online cosmetics and skincare products e-commerce site Luxola as well as India- / Singapore-based adtech startup AdNear. Going forward, the firm plans to strengthen investing in startups in the region upon the launch of the Singapore office at this time.
Japanese VC Global Brain joins Telstra, Sequoia, and Canaan in AdNear's $19M series B funding (Tech in Asia)
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Japan's mobile analytics company Repro secures $835,000 from DG Incubation, others
Shintaro Eguchi 2015.05.06
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Repro, the provider of mobile analytics tool Repro, recently stated that the company has fundraised 100 million yen (about $835,000) from DG Incubation, Brain Pad (TSE:3655), and Shift (TSE:3697). DG Incubation is the investment arm of Japanese internet service company Digital Garage (TSE:4819) while Brain Pad is a Japanese big data analysis company and Shift runs a software testing business. Repro provides SDK (software development kit) for supporting the development of apps for the retention rate of users and UI (user interface) improvement based on user behavior on mobile apps. When a user operates an app with an SDK installed, information such as the user's method of operating the interface, the track record of that operation, and the user's facial expressions during that time are recorded. Unlike websites, it is very difficult to update apps real time once they are released. Therefore, it is important to improve the app as much as possible before release. Hence, these days an increasing number of startups and companies are strengthening their UX (user experience) design based on user tests and hearings. However, in group tests for running user tests, the situation can often differ from the…
Tokyo-based Repro, the provider of mobile analytics tool Repro, recently stated that the company has fundraised 100 million yen (about $835,000) from DG Incubation, Brain Pad (TSE:3655), and Shift (TSE:3697). DG Incubation is the investment arm of Japanese internet service company Digital Garage (TSE:4819) while Brain Pad is a Japanese big data analysis company and Shift runs a software testing business.
Repro provides SDK (software development kit) for supporting the development of apps for the retention rate of users and UI (user interface) improvement based on user behavior on mobile apps. When a user operates an app with an SDK installed, information such as the user's method of operating the interface, the track record of that operation, and the user's facial expressions during that time are recorded.
Unlike websites, it is very difficult to update apps real time once they are released. Therefore, it is important to improve the app as much as possible before release. Hence, these days an increasing number of startups and companies are strengthening their UX (user experience) design based on user tests and hearings.
However, in group tests for running user tests, the situation can often differ from the everyday, natural atmosphere. Even direct observation of behavior and interview with users still can be artificial due to it being a face-to-face interaction in an interview setting, which means that there is still the chance of a mismatch between the interaction produced there and the users' actual thoughts and actions. In response to these problems, Repro saves voice recording data and takes photographs with a built-in camera, thus recording the user's natural behavior. In addition, Repro also accumulates data on how users swiped and clicked on the screen, which makes it possible to see when and where the user decided to depart. Test users can use the app in natural settings such as the user's home, as opposed to places such as a meeting room.
Unlike existing crash-detection tools, Repro can reproduce the crash based on video recordings from the start to the crash of an app, providing fact-based feedback and making debugging more efficient. The accumulated data support the improvement of the app not only through quantitative analyses such as click rates, roaming time and departing points, but also through qualitative analyses based on video recordings. Needless to say, Repro also assures privacy protection. The text fields of the app detect text input and runs an image processing. Also, it is possible to place a survey either at the beginning or the end of the tests.
Repro CEO Yusuke Hirata explained:
Many customers who introduced Repro into their systems voice how they were able to learn the users' behavior which were not visible through mere quantitative data and became visible by knowing the living behavior of users. Of course, most of these lessons seemed to have been quite shocking for them. (Laughs.) I mean, learning the manner in which the majority of users move away from the app in a matter of seconds, and learning it through the qualitative data of video recordings, one can directly confront actual reality. We believe that app improvement begins with a proper confrontation of such reality. Indeed, most people who introduce Repro are able to find concrete solutions.
Moreover, in addition to traditional funnel and retention analyses, the administrator screen shows real-time analyses based on video recordings of the users' behaviors within the app. With previous quantitative data, the only way to analyze user behavior was to look at behavior represented by numbers alone. Over the Repro administrator screen, on the other hand, video allows for a much more concrete representation of user retention and conversion and of where, when, and how users depart or stumble.
Hirata explained:
Live user behavior is a goldmine of hints for app improvement. I would like others to reflect such live information on their apps and understand the true behavior of users. Once analyses are done carefully, one could discover the magic number for letting services grow. For example, users may become active after the number of friends on Facebook passes a certain threshold, or when a certain number of follows are made on Twitter, or the number of saves on the Pocket app (formerly known as Read It Later), and so forth.
If there existed a magic number for increasing the growth of all services and user activity rates, and if it were possible to discover such numbers, then they could be used as KPIs. Enabling analysis of data, discovering the interrelationships. Therefore, Repro can allow observations which can capture the live voice and behavior of users with greater accuracy, by combining quantitative data with qualitative ones.
Repro graduated from the 6th batch of KDDI Mugen Labo, the accelerator program by a Japanese leading telco. During the eight months from the program's demo day up to the present, Repro has already released a beta version, been introduced into companies such as Mixi and Rakuten, and been used by more than 400 e-commerce and news apps from various genres.
Based on the present release, Repro began providing an official version from its beta version. Plans include a free plan, 12,000 yen ($100) per month plan for startups, 60,000 yen ($500) per month basic plan, 120,000 yen ($1,000) per month gross plan, 360,000 yen ($3,000) per month plan for businesses, and more. The recorded videos and the quantity of data varies according to price.
Moreover, the funding will foster an expansion of the supply of developers, which will lead to creating business overseas, primarily in the US, by 2016.
Notes Hirata,
Analytics service such as MIXPanel and Lookback exist overseas, but Repro has demonstrated high performance in SDK storage, CPU usage, memory usage, etc. As a product, it has been developed to compete on the world market. Taking the present funding as an opportunity, we will build the foundations for expanding our business overseas.
Repro CEO Yusuke Hirata
Translated by Conyac crowdsourced translation service
Edited by "Tex" Pomeroy and Masaru Ikeda
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How watcher robot Bocco secured $20,000 on Kickstarter within three weeks
Yukai Engineering
See the original story in Japanese. The inhabitants of our childhood dream worlds are about to populate ordinary life – yes, robots. However, for most people, it might be unclear as to how robots are supposed to help us in our lives. For example, it might be helpful to have drones deliver packages, but it is a little disappointing if that is all that robots can do. Robots and drones are supposed to make our dreams come true (or at least that is how it should be from my point of view), and they face some big challenges. Yukai Engineering, a development team particularly unique within the domestic robotics industry, released Bocco, which may help us expand such dreams. The company's crowdfunding project, which opened on March 14, 2015 via Kickstarter, has successfully attained its target of more than $20,000 in just three weeks. In light of this event, developer and Yukai Engineering CEO Shunsuke Aoki released the following comment. For this project, we mostly appealed to foreign investors. It was our first time promoting a product outside Japan, and so the campaign took a lot of time to prepare. I am very pleased to see that we were able…
Watcher robot Bocco
The inhabitants of our childhood dream worlds are about to populate ordinary life – yes, robots. However, for most people, it might be unclear as to how robots are supposed to help us in our lives.
For example, it might be helpful to have drones deliver packages, but it is a little disappointing if that is all that robots can do. Robots and drones are supposed to make our dreams come true (or at least that is how it should be from my point of view), and they face some big challenges.
Yukai Engineering, a development team particularly unique within the domestic robotics industry, released Bocco, which may help us expand such dreams. The company's crowdfunding project, which opened on March 14, 2015 via Kickstarter, has successfully attained its target of more than $20,000 in just three weeks. In light of this event, developer and Yukai Engineering CEO Shunsuke Aoki released the following comment.
For this project, we mostly appealed to foreign investors. It was our first time promoting a product outside Japan, and so the campaign took a lot of time to prepare. I am very pleased to see that we were able to receive a lot of generous support as a result.
Next, let us take a look at what Bocco means for the future.
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Bocco as a watcher robot
According to Aoki's "general" explanation, Bocco is said to be a watcher robot.
If you attach this red sensor to places such as your front door, it reacts to movements, and Bocco sends a notification to a smartphone app. This enables you to find out when your children have come home, for example. The robot is good at watching and communicating.
As the promotion video shows, Bocco has its own chat app for smartphones (only for iOS at present, Android versions are to come out in July), which enables users to communicate verbally through Bocco.
By pressing the "REC" button on the robot's belly, voice messages can be recorded. The system then sends this message to smartphones via Bluetooth. Moreover, text-to-speech services are provided from the servers, which means that chat messages sent as text will be read aloud by Bocco simply by pressing the play button. (There is no limit to the number of characters in the message, but Aoki told us that perhaps the API will place a certain limit on this feature in the future.)
In short, Bocco works as a "messenger." Instead of handing dry electronic devices to children, the robot provides an opportunity for them to engage in a more humane form of communication.
When speaking on or receiving a message, Bocco makes a cute gesture by rolling its head. The movement really is quite robotic, and it mysteriously kindles a sense of warm sympathy.
If only I had encountered Bocco during my childhood, I might have taken a different path in my life.
Bocco in the future
While Bocco is already cuddly enough, as with drones, there may be adults who still complain, "Is that all?" Indeed, for us (especially of the Showa [Japanese calendar years from 1925 to end of the 1980's] generation) Doraemon stands for robots. Doraemon has an infinite store of possibilities in his four-dimensional pocket.
Aoki continued:
Bocco contains a Linux box, and it can be extended from the outside. For example, say, it can control domestic electronic appliances to make the lights go on and off in response to the opening and closing of doors. Or it can respond to voice and turn on the television, or give us a warning when we are using too much electricity. I am interested in those kinds of areas associated with smart homes.
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Arriving home, Bocco analyzes your day's updates on any social media site, and then says, "You had a long day. Since you seem to be feeling stressed, I decided to buy some relaxing music for you. Would you like to listen to it?" It can be said that such a world is already on the horizon.
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Aoki of Yukai Engineering started his career as a founding member of TeamLab (CTO). After that, he worked for pixiv before founding Yukai Engineering. When I first met him, Aoki was developing the "Eyeball Dad" which can be operated over a smartphone.
I got into robots through 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' – I decided then that I was going to make my own robot in the future. I had been working as a CTO for about 6 years, and yet I still wanted to make robots, so I quit my job and flew to China.
Doraemon has always been my inspiration. Today, it might be something like Baymax. Robots are for me something which exist in our daily lives, always teaching us something new or helping us to realize our wishes. You know, smart homes are not very exciting since you can't feel any human 'presence' there. Instead of making voice recognition for those kinds of things, I wanted to create something with more character, like an avatar. I want to make something which makes people feel excited to go home to.
Of course, this robotic vision has just gotten off the ground. Pepper, developed by SoftBank, entered our era as a pioneer. While it may take a little longer for these to have a real impact on society, perhaps more people are willing to try starting up in this research field.
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by don | Jul 1, 2009
I have always had a good number of neotropical migrants nest every season in the woods around my home. The mornings and evenings are filled with the flute-like melodies of wood thrushes, various selections from the wide-ranging repertoire of the hooded warbler, the constant back and forth chatter of red-eyed vireos, the buzzy robin-like song and rolling "chick-buurrr" of the scarlet tanager and the more musical robin-like renditions of the rose-breasted grosbeak.
New songsters have joined the chorus this year. The dapper black-throated blue warbler with its blue-gray back, black face and flanks, clear white underside and white kerchief on the wings is one of the new choristers. I have, occasionally, heard black-throated blues from rather deep in the woods in the past. But this year the noisy crooner is right in front of the house. His buzzy "I'm so lazyeeee" plus longer and shorter derivatives are loud and conspicuous.
The northern parula — another wood warbler of the family Parulidae — is also a new nester at my home this year. The male northern parula is quite a colorful little bird. The parula is grayish above and if you're fortunate enough to catch one foraging low enough you can see a greenish-orange iridescent patch on its back. He has whitish spectacles and two white wing bars. The throat is yellow and the yellow extends to the chest. It is broken by a dark bar across the throat that has an orange wash (similar to the color on its back) below it.
The northern parula's standard song is a buzzy, ascending trill that breaks off abruptly at the end. Alternate songs include short buzzy notes, generally with a trill at the end. Some of the parula's and black-throated blue's alternate songs can resemble one another.
The ovenbird is another warbler that I usually hear (it has a very loud song) from the woods that has moved in next door this year. In fact, I have often seen the ground-dwelling ovenbird just outside the window from my computer desk. The rusty-backed ovenbird with its darkly streaked breast is suggestive of a thrush but it is sparrow-sized and it has an orange crown.
Many field guides describe the ovenbird's song as a loud, emphatic "teacher, teacher, teacher." But in this region the song is monosyllabic, "teach, teach, teach."
My other new neighbor this year is not a warbler but a flycatcher. The Acadian flycatcher is one of a group of five small flycatchers of the genus Empidonax. All of these dusky little (five inches or so) flycatchers have wing bars and eye-rings and are best identified in the field by voice. The Acadian is the delivery boy of the group, its enthusiastic shout of "pizza" ringing out from the woods.
I don't know what, if anything, this year's new suite of nesters says about the environment around my home. Is the maturing forest more attractive to these species? Are these species becoming more numerous and/or expanding their ranges or is it simply the luck of the draw?
Whatever the reason, I'm happy to have these new neighbors and hope that next year will be a replay.


Putting the pieces together for a small home studio. Currently have a Portico pre, UA2192 converter, and a dedicated Windows-based DAW. I also have an E-MU 1616M (PCI version) that I could use as the interface to the DAW (bypassing the preamp and converters, just using the MIDI and the spdif connection to/from the 2192). The cable run between the 2192 and the DAW interface will only be a foot or so, would there be any sound quality benefit from chucking the 1616M and getting a Lynx AES/EBU or RME or something else? The 1616M would utilize the 2192 clock. I need 2 channel only. Would very much appreciate any thoughts? Thanks.
If your not using the converters in the interface, and are going to a dedicated converter via SPDIF, it should not make any audible difference weather you use an EMU or an RME as the host interface.
The only thing that may make a difference is the reliability of one box vs the other.
Thanks, I was thinking that might be the case given the short cable run. But would quality of the windows drivers have any imprint at all on the signal to distinguish one vs the other? As far as driver performance I have read that RME probably wins, followed by Lynx, and then E-MU a distant third? Finally, I guess I should also pay attention to any preference for the software mixers if everything else were equal.
In theory the drivers shouldn't make any difference to the sound quality if these interface have been designed properly. In a real world test i wouldn't be surprised if some of the lower cost interfaces are not properly designed.
Eitherway the main difference between two drivers would be reliability and compatibility.
Here we go again... What INTERFACE? / DAW?


Many types including common, riverina, tree and tiger the most prevalent of all which are very susceptible to biological control with cochineal the best and cactoblastis also used in very dense infestations.
Cactoblastis moth & cochineal, a scale insect are the most effective in scattered infestations. Both can be used together in heavier infestations.
There is also indian fig which is a legal plant it does not respond to bio control methods.


The defense side has a choice of a starting pistol. There are only two options — P2000 and USP-S. On paper, the difference between these devices is barely noticeable, but the absolute majority of pros choose USP-S. Among all the characteristics, three key differences can be distinguished. This is the amount of ammunition, accuracy and presence of a silencer.
The P2000 has 13 cartridges in the container and 52 in stock, which is a total of 65. USP-S has 12, 24 and 36, respectively. Despite a twofold advantage in the general stock and a slightly larger container, the P2000 does not benefit from this. Even with mediocre firing accuracy, a player with USP-S will have enough ammunition to kill 2-3 opponents.
In terms of accuracy, the USP-S unquestionably outperforms P2000. Standing, sitting down, on the move and even crawling, a player with USP-S will be more accurate than a player with P2000. This is true, both for the first shot, and for discharging the entire container case. It is worth noting that both pistols kill from the first headshot at distances of up to 45 meters.
Shots from the USP-S "fall" closer to the first shot than the P2000 and with a smaller spread in the vertical. Because of this, at any distance, the USP-S will be more accurate.
when trying to hide from the enemy.
Overall, the P2000 is not the worst pistol. It perfectly copes with the typical tasks for the pistol round. The "problem" is that the USP-S is better at the distance and is on an equal footing in all other situations. It is universal, and therefore P2000 is not in demand.
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2023 Volkswagen Touareg R Price, Redesign, Release Date
September 10, 2021 by Bryan C. James
2023 Volkswagen Touareg R Price, Redesign, Release Date – The 2023 Volkswagen Touareg R will be the first Volkswagen hybrid R model. We love this model. The latest news states that the R model will be powered by the same propulsion system as the Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid. It features a V-6 turbocharger and an electric motor. This combination produces 455 horsepower and 516 pounds. This combination produces a lot of torque. The Touareg R is unfortunately not available for purchase in the USA. Lower.
2023 Volkswagen Touareg R Redesign
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The 2023 Volkswagen Touareg R will be available on the market with a more modern appearance than the traditional Touareg models. Touareg's famous MLB architecture is being used to design the SUV. This platform supports Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid if you don't know.
2023 Volkswagen Touareg R Exterior
Touareg R's design is solid thanks to its radiator grille with black stripes and LED matrix lamps. R-style bumpers are also visible on the exterior. They include 20-inch Braga alloy tires, dimmed LEDs, and trapezoidal exhaust pipes.
The 2023 Volkswagen Touareg's R cabin will feature high-quality materials, excellent technology, and a spacious interior. The company also included Innovision Cockpit standard equipment, as is the case with many SUVs. Buyers can now expect a digital cockpit (12-inch screen) as well as an infotainment screen (discover Premium (15-inch TFT touch screen).
2023 Volkswagen Touareg R Interior
We noticed the new trim at the door and dashboard when we got inside. The center console is also shiny in black and silver. The R model comes with the most comfortable seat, upholstered in Vienna leather. As a multifunctional leather steering wheel, the Leather R logo is also visible in the headrests.
2023 Volkswagen Touareg R Engine
The 2023 Volkswagen Touareg R SUV is a powerful SUV that will be powered by a hybrid system. This model comes with a 3.0-liter V-6 turbo-engine and an electric motor. This model is expected to make 456 horsepower according to recent information. It also has a 14.1 kWh battery under the rear trunk. This reel can be connected to an 8-speed automatic gearbox and used for all-wheel driving.
You may recall that the Bentley Bentayga hybrid uses an identical car transport kit. They produce fewer horses than the Touareg R. The 17.3 kWh battery in the Bentley Bentayga can be used to save 16 miles of electric driving. As you can see, Bentley exceeds the Touareg R's range. Although the Touareg R's acceleration will not be as fast as that of the Bentley, it will still be acceptable. The model can accelerate from 0-60 mph in just 5.2 seconds.
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The new 2023 Volkswagen Touareg R is one of the most impressive SUVs in VW's lineup. The new Touareg component systems will make the next model more competitive. The manufacturer also created a sportier and more aggressive design.
According to the company, the Touareg R model is not currently available for purchase in the United States. The Touareg R model, however, will be made available in Europe during the summer. We do not know the price.
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Movie Review: Salad Days
Alan Zilberman May 5, 2015
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It could be confirmation bias, but I have seen more documentaries about the early days of punk rock than any other music scene, including classical. Punk musicians around that time are in their fifties now, some with families, yet directors force them to talk about the angriest part of their lives as if it was also the most important. Salad Days, the Kickstarter funded documentary about DC's punk scene, veers between inessential and eye-opening. Director Scott Crawford devotes some attention to the problems with D.C.'s hardcore punk community, particularly in terms of its exclusivity, and while he goes into more depth the D.C. punk documentaries that precede him, his conclusions are pretty much the same as everyone else's.
Crawford starts in the early 80s, with bands like Minor Threat, Void, and the Bad Brains. Most of the history comes from Ian MacKaye, the ubiquitous front-man of Minor Threat, and various other bands on the Dischord label, which MacKaye co-founded. In addition to lauding DC's DIY punk ethic, Crawford has the talking heads discuss their experience as scared kids in Georgetown. The suggestion is that they had the right fashion/attitude without the music, and they would get harassed on the street until a push from none other than Joe Strummer helped them start bands.
Through interviews and concert footage, some of it incredibly grainy, Crawford looks at the hardcore/straight edge movement, its inevitable backlash, and "Revolution Summer," a period in 1985 where the scene got more political and personal. Still, by the end of the 80s all D.C. bands lived in Fugazi's shadow. The first section of Salad Days is borderline tedious, with broad context and little new insight. If you have seen the documentary American Hardcore, which focuses on scenes throughout the country, then Salad Days will not offer much.
Crawford's most refreshing insight is how he conflates the evolution of the scene with personal growth. It is important to remember Minor Threat started while MacKaye was only 18, an age where self-aggrandizing adolescent rage has lots of personal influence, so he along with any other punks now have the wisdom to realize they were just kids. A buddy of mine once described 80s MacKaye as (I'm paraphrasing), "A rich white kid from D.C. who hated Reagan." It's a reductive summary, except now I think MacKaye wouldn't object to it. He's always been principle crank, to the point where he can be annoying, so Crawford also interviews former bandmates who confirm the same thing.
Despite all its posturing, including the purity of straight edge, the D.C. punk scene was far from perfect. Crawford devotes sizable attention to the violence of hardcore, both in terms of slam-dancing and its inherent misogyny, and some punks bristle at the introduction of a narrative that goes against what they've been selling. Salad Days transitions its focus to 1984 and 1985, a period where the crack epidemic and its subsequent crime wave denigrated the city, and how that coincided with Positive Force as well as "emo-core" from bands like Rites of Spring.
Unsurprisingly, Crawford handles this stretch with more nuance since he was a part of it. There is footage of him at shows in the mid-80s (he was just a kid), and the influential zine he started is the basis for this documentary. Crawford also doubles as an interview subject: he speaks in front of the camera like several other talking heads, which creates a conflict since he is trying to sell a story harder than the others who speak about the scene fondly.
It has hard to imagine Salad Days will have a big audience beyond punks and longtime District residents who are curious about a small part of its history. Unlike A Band in D.C., a recent documentary about The Bad Brains, this documentary is not exactly a character study. In fact, it has more common with a Ken Burns documentary, particularly in terms of cinema, only the background music is much louder, and more abrasive. Salad Daystalks to all the right people, including members of old Go-go bands, so the film has genuine credibility.
The final minutes are a call to action, with old punks reiterating the profound freedom of DIY. The irony is that Crawford has little interest in D.C.'s current punk community, which is thriving with the same integrity as it was thirty years ago. Crawford instead gives the last word to Dave Grohl, who understands his roots even if he long left the scene for the mainstream. That's always the problem with punk documentaries: the talking heads get keeping older, while the scene kids stay the same age.
Salad Days screens tonight at the NPR building (1111 N Capital St. NE) at 7 p.m. Click here for free tickets.
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I don't think Ian Mackaye would agree with the described statement: "A buddy of mine once described 80s MacKaye as (I'm paraphrasing), "A rich white kid from D.C. who hated Reagan." It's a reductive summary, except now I think MacKaye wouldn't object to it." Mackaye grew up middle-class and going to public school and his lyrics never narrowly focused on "Reagan." Call him preachy if you want, but you also need to acknowledge his music fanaticism, his sense of humor, and a lot more. His out of step nature with the world