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1/10 (poor) 4 (2.8%)
10/10 (great) 16 (11.3%)
LorenzoDuke
"Bwahaha! Spongebob and Kim Possible! Because he didn't like this episode of Futurama! So he must be a big baby! LOLZ!!11"
If that's your idea of wit, your appreciation of this episode suddenly makes a whole lot of sense.
Kindly keep your arrogant prickitude to yourself. I don't care how long you've been here or how many smug, self-important posts you've made. I'm not impressed, humbled, or amused by it, and will continue to post my opinions on episodes as frequently or infrequently as I choose.
If you feel the need to respond to someone's opinion on a TV show with personal insults, that's your issue. I've got better things to do than waste my time explaining my views to someone who cannot do the same in an objective/adult manner.
DaJacksterN
Woohoo! Turns out my crossed fingers were not in vain; the writers managed to build a plot that doesn't side with either argument completely, thereby making it a more meaningful and interesting episode as a whole.
While I didn't find this eppie particularily funny, I did find it interesting, and that's enough to warrant an 8/10. Dr. Banjo is now my new monkey orangutan idol.
Quote from: LorenzoDuke on 08-15-2010 01:02
I completely disagree. I found it to be not only hilarious, but the funniest episode so far this season.
Rubbish main plot with a predictable conclusion.
Again, I disagree. The main plot was a wonderfully inventive storyline with some lovely science fiction elements. The conclusion was predictable though, but so what. The conclusion to loads of classic episodes of the show are predictable. Who cares?
Dull subplot with a nonsensical conclusion.
The subplot was hysterical and if you can't fill in the gaps then you clearly have absolutely zero imagination. Cubert is annoying. Zoidberg welcomed him into his life, then Cubert clearly got on his nerves and he got sick of him. Just as many people on this forum hate Cubert (I'm not one of them personally, he allows for great things like this subplot).
Bad characterization.
I genuinely have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. At all. Examples please.
No development.
No development of what? Character development? Overall story arcs? What do you mean?
And then there's all the cheap tactics that certain lesser animated shows employ. "Let's go find the missing link!"....yeah, sure. Let's just do that, out of nowhere, because it's convenient to the plot. And let's destroy the dynamic and in-show world we spent 5 seasons creating while we're at it.
1. That was played for laughs.
2. The show has ALWAYS been like that. Remember how the Professor's glow in the dark nose machine just so happened to translate the alien language on that note in Leela's Homeworld for example? It's almost a running gag that the Professor can do anything science-based within an incredibly short time span. Like building that space ship in 2 hours in this very episode.
"Didn't we used to be a delivery company?" Yeah, but that's ok, you've acknowledged that you've flushed the show's premise down the toilet in an ironic fashion so that makes it fine.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. In the show's original run they made roughly 4 deliveries per season. And most of those were throw-away jokes like the crew returning from the mob planet at the start of The Problem with Popplers. Go ahead and count them up. They've made 1 delivery so far this season -I'd argue the case for 2 what with the way Leela gets the Planet Express company running in The Late Philip J. Fry. There are still 17 episodes to go. And who honestly watched the show because they made deliveries?
If anything I'm glad they don't make deliveries too often. If they did it every week, the show would become incredibly formularic and predictable.
There's no interplay between the core characters anymore. They don't feel real. It's all so stilted and forced. There's no 'Leela says this, and then Fry would say that'. It all seems to be 'if Bender says that we can get to that joke, and then the Professor can do that bit of exposition, and then there's a robot dinosaur'. In other words, it's Simpsons syndrome.
There's plenty. Not between EVERY core character in EVERY episode, but plenty all the same. Bender had loads of fantastic interaction with Hermes in Lethal Inspection. The Professor and Fry had loads in The Duh-Vinci Code and so on. Again, not every episode of the original run had every character interact beautifully with every other core character.
And yet you've watched them all. Seriously, if you dislike it, don't watch it. I found myself disliking several episodes of the Simpsons... and I've not watched it for the last few years. Never felt the need to join a Simpsons forum just to announce that, either
To be fair, I waited until every episode of The Simpsons became awful before I stopped watching it. If Futurama ever gets to a point where I dislike more episodes than like (can't see it happening in all honesty, I like almost every episode) then I'll still watch it for the good ones. I'll only stop watching when it looks like they're never going to produce anything good ever again.
I now see that tnuk has already written a post like this but I spent a good few minutes writing my post out so I'm going to post it anyway.
« : 08-15-2010 02:29 by totalnerduk »
Yet you continue. I don't feel the need to insult you so much as the compulsion to amuse myself, and as for Spongebob/Kim Possible, and an "adult manner", I'm simply basing that on your decidedly immature response to my original rebuttal of your "review".
No, not wit. More like me being arrogant and smug, trying to push your buttons a little for my own amusement. Think I may have succeeded somewhat.
Kindly keep your arrogant prickitude to yourself.
I don't care how long you've been here or how many smug, self-important posts you've made. I'm not impressed, humbled, or amused by it, and will continue to post my opinions on episodes as frequently or infrequently as I choose.
Good for you. I'm sure your buddies at the Teletubbies forum will be impressed! (see what I did there?)
But seriously, if you're going to make a habit of posting your opinions that would be great. Because I'm enjoying this, and I sense that you're not the type to take any of my advice, or learn from this. So the next episode's "review" from you should be just as enjoyable to respond to.
Quote from: DaJacksterN on 08-15-2010 02:18
I disliked him at first. Following a second viewing, I'm actually hoping we see more of him. Although I'm guessing as with almost all the other academic characters, he's a one-shot guy.
Hey, I'll take any assistance I get in blowing the sand out of this guy's vagina.
Fallback Guy
you two are rapidly degenerating to personal attacks. Please try to stick to arguing the merits of the episode, rather than of each other.
« : 08-15-2010 02:58 by Gopher »
the more i watch this episode, the more i like it. that is exactly like the original run. what a great episode. i particularly loved the farnsworth robot. brilliant.
imo, there wasn't ONE thing wrong with this episode. honestly, i'm getting sick of reading a lot of idiots negative comments towards the series. it sickens and appalls me.
also, why would anybody complain about futurama taking on the so called topical issue of science and religion? futurama is a sci-fi show!!! this had a great sci fi plot, with great twists. as good as 'amazon woman in the mood'. my second favorite of the season (behind tlpjf).
Thanks both of you, for your fascinating counter arguments to my points about the episode.
Dude, Svip won't play with you because he doesn't enjoy that kind of thing, but if you're willing to get messed-up in a big way, continue to antagonize tnuk. Even on Prozac, he is willing and ready to spend entire pages insulting you and never have to repeat a word.
So you don't like the new episodes. fine. You're entitled to your opinion. I hated the Direct-To-DVD's but that doesn't give me the right to tell other people to not like them.
As for the episode, I gave it a 6/10 becasue there just seemed to be something missing. I can't explain it other than to say that the subpar "B" story may have left the empty spot for me.
But still entertaining enough for me to watch again at a later date.
Quote from: Ralph Snart on 08-15-2010 03:08
Even on Prozac, he is willing and ready to spend entire pages insulting you and never have to repeat a word.
Y'know I'm not actually on Prozac, right? It's a second generation SSRI with a long name. In the US, I think Lexapro is one of the brand names. Anywho, I have a doctor's appointment coming up. Medication may change, because the anger has been seeping through lately.
Thanks for the vote of confidence though.
question in regards to the episode:
when farnsworth presented homo farnsworth (which it shouldn't hae been called. from the infosphere: If filling the gap between "apes" and the Darwinius masillae, the species would not fall under the genus Homo, which appeared much later.), banjo presents, what, a picture drawn of a human with a dinosaur? what the heck does that prove? it wasn't a photograph, like the one taken by the professor later in the episode. that made no sense to me. if i am missing something, please enlighten me. it has bothered me since thursday night.
also, totalnerd uk in teh man. any fool daring to debate him is making a mistake. and yes, i spelled the incorrectly. i am also aware never to start a sentence with 'and'. sue me.
He was the curator of the museum and I'm pretty sure it wasn't a picture, but rather some life-size models.
It didn't 'prove' anything but it completely undermined Farnsworth's achievement and was teaching anyone who went into the museum a lie. That's why Farnsworth got upset.
An excellent episode.
A surprisingly great plot with some nice sciencey elements. Something I wasn't expecting given that all we knew was it featured a robot-only planet, something about evolution and a courtroom scene.
It was a hilarious episode too. Possibly the funniest so far this season for me. The subplot was especially funny and whilst Zoidberg turning on Cubert was a bit sudden, that just added to the comedy for me. Cubert is annoying, so I can easily fill in the blanks as to why Zoidberg might've gotten sick of him.
I also felt like the episode did a great job of showing both sides of the argument whilst still clearly sitting on the sane side of it.
And it had some nice bits of art-design and animation to top it all.
One of the best episodes so far this season as far as I'm concerned. I'm surprised I enjoyed it so much as this wasn't one I expected to 'wow' me.
this perfectly sums up the episode.
Nixorbo
First half of episode: blehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh stoopid
Second half of episode: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FUN
Kinda like the exact opposite of Cryonic Woman that way.
Quote from: Ichimaru on 08-14-2010 15:33
I liked the episode, for me on par with the original run.
My favorite scene was definetively the reference to Jurassic Bark, when Dr. Zoidberg found the dog and just said that it seems to be another dog of Fry and put it to the "soup". That really made me laugh hard.
That was Hermes. But yeah, I loved it too, especially Fry's innocent, unknowing look
Hmm, I thought it was Bender?
the Zoidberg/Cubert subplot was pretty good (though the ending seemed kind of crass and lazy). I'm liking these new pairings of characters (Hermes/Bender, Amy/Nibbler)
Anyone want to guess at the next new pairing? Kif/Bender would be interesting to justify.
Nope, it was Hermes.
Yeah, fuck us for bringing the show back.
Do you mind explaining that remark? Isn't it possible to try and bring something back because you love what it used to be, and yet be disappointed if it's return does not live up to expectations? Is it allowed for me to have an opinion different than yours, or are you just so mind-blowingly uptight that you can't allow that to pass?
Contrary to Ralph's remarks, I will take this one up. Because any expectations can never be fulfilled. I was not expecting the show to come back as how it was; how could it? Too high expectations for the return of Futurama have ruined many people's opinions of it.
I am not saying it's actually the best ever of Futurama (it has it downsides), but neither would I label it as 'not funny'. If I try to watch anything with an expectation of its own ancestors, then yes I will feel it's crappy. And don't get me wrong, the first 3-4 times I saw new episodes of Futurama it felt really weird. And it still does a bit.
I posted that remark for a very simple reason; your post seemed only to go in a negative spiral towards the episode (not really labelling why stuff was bad, but more that they were) and I got a sense when I read that you would probably have preferred Futurama to have stayed cancelled.
In short; the show you remembered never existed.
jeepdavetj
I'm just happy its back. Very few shows get that chance. I have been watching the seasons in order lately, and this season is not worse honestly. Par for the course is still par. That's not a bad thing.
I'm not liking it as much as seasons 3 or 4 yet, but I think I prefer it to seasons 1 and 2 and the back end of episodes seem to have been a lot better than the first few so if episodes like The Mutants are Revolting and Benderama deliver, then it may eventually become my favourite season. Although that's unlikely because 3 is so damn good.
bendershaul
Good episode, best one this season by far.
Another strange ep. Probably not quite as good as I was hoping, but it had its moments. Cubert was being a brat again, but I like that. The evolution robot planet thing seemed slightly too weird for me. The robotic dinosaurs were clool though, and the ending was good. 6/10...
I was not expecting the show to come back as how it was; how could it? Too high expectations for the return of Futurama have ruined many people's opinions of it.
Frankly I don't see how, I think the new episodes have been great so far. Even though I didn't care much for this episode, I still think it's on par with the original. I think some people just like to complain. and FYU LorenzoDuke, this comment is not directed at you. I agree with you that this episode wasn't that good, I'm talking about those people who are complaining that the new Futurama sucks and such.
Johnnyboy33
it's Simpsons syndrome.
So far this season I've kinda liked 2 episodes. Poor hit rate for me.
I can't know whether I'll like an episode or not if I don't watch it, smart boy. Based on the proportion of episodes I've liked in the past, I've kept watching. Is that allowed, my liege? Do I have to ask for your permission? And FYI I've been a member of this forum for 7 years and will post my opinions as and when I like.
I'm sick of ridiculous fanboys who can't stomach any criticism of a show, even when it's clearly expressed and explained. Isn't this thread for episode discussion? If some sort of brown-nosing only policy has been employed, I must have missed the PM.
Lol, dude, you're explaining your criticisms yet they hold no ground whatsoever. Nobody gives a crap how long you've been a member of this forum, your opinion is unpopular and holds very little legitimate complaints. Just nitpicky BS that we've heard far too much of. We're fine with criticism if it actually means something, but when you repeat the same old crappy ass arguments that STILL hold no ground then we're going to flame you for being moronic.
FemJesse
Just pretend it never went away and it will all feel much better... there's no reason not to. They didn't drastically change studios, cast or premise.
Spacedal11
I finally got to this episode! This one I was hoping would be like 'Fear of a Bot Planet' and instead it's gotten my lowest rating. I liked it but I'm hating these 22-minute episodes, everything is so rushed and choppy. While this one ranks in the bottom of this season, I still thought it had its moments. Fry totally stole every line, "What a cool way to die!", I loved it.
I only have my wetware memory to go on here, but ... did Bender throw the dog in the soup? He would have been the logical character to, anyway.
Seriously, can't you just check the episode? It was Hermes.
Actually, in the context it makes pretty good sense for Hermes to do it. Far more than it would for Bender and Zoidberg to have. Bender is pretty emotionless, so he wouldn't care about Fry's feelings (which is Hermes' motivation) and Zoidberg is not too bright, so he wouldn't be smart enough to realise how to avoid Fry seeing it (which is why Hermes throws it in the soup).
The other two would probably have showed Fry the dog instead.
Though Bender could have had the motivation that he knows what happened last time - Fry forgot about him and got a new best friend. Still, Hermes was the best for it, and I loved the joke.
Quote from: Jezzem on 08-13-2010 05:35
This episode was great! I loved that they made fun of both sides of the debate and that, in the end, they agree that both theories have some merit to them rather than say it went one way or the other.
Since when is creationism a theory? I mean I doubt that many (internationally acclaimed) journals would support that kind of stuff. Evolution (in some form) is the scientific canon for now, it drives me nuts how this could even be a point of contention. As far as I'm aware, there isn't a single piece of empirical/experimental/... evidence, which would support a scenario with a creator. So, yeah I take "offense" that they would portray those theories as equal. (That is not to say that evolution is the final answer, or the like.)
Apart from that, I'd say average but not that funny.
Anteater #1
There is one massive piece of empirical evidence... the principle law of physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed. At some point in the history of existence, something HAD to be created from nothing, at least once. Admittedly whatever made things BE was probably not a bearded man in the sky, but something had to be working outside the laws of physics at least once. This episode then works in the sense that it shows how one theory might depend on the other.
Puma I take offense that you take offense to that!
Think about all the other things that are theories that we accept as fact only because we cannot disprove it. Gravity, relativity etc...
I simply cannot accept that all of creation stems from cosmic space dust on the premise that the space dust is itself an item other than the nothingness. If you're trying to explain to me how we get something from nothing, then do not bother explaining how we get something from something!
This episode is poking fun at the holes in scientific theory as well as the holes in Creationism. Since its impossible to explain nothing into something couldn't it also be possible that there were some outside influence via an alternate universe or anomaly that we just don't understand yet?
i love how you guys analyze a passing joke.
lately, i have been watching the older episodes to see how they stand with the new ones. imo, they are all on the same level (minus prop infin, in a gadda, and ipod crap ep). some eps are better than others, of course. it really depends on your taste. personally, i don't care in the least bit about all the emotional webs and this emotional continuity that people have been getting their panties in a bundle over.
being a scifi fan, i love the great sci fi plot episodes. episodes that let you learn about different cultures are some of my favorites as well.
for instance, i am a huge fan of 'ymibacil', while 'jb' was not one of my favorites.
Seriously, can't you just check the episode?
No. I watched it on TV; I don't even know where to go online to view it.
Quote from: PumaGirl on 08-16-2010 17:52
Yeah, because I was totally saying that creationism is true because I'm such a religious nutter. Stop getting worked up over semantics.
The point I was trying to make was that, in the end they don't disprove either creationism or evolution, they basically say that evolution's probably right but there could have been some form of creator-type thing involved.
Oh wait, I already said that! But I used the word "theories" and so you got pissed off because if I used the word "theories" then I must be a creationist.
But while we're getting worked up about the use of the word theory, there's a difference between a scientific theory (e.g. evolution) and an insane theory that no one has any evidence for (e.g. young earth creationism)
It's not possible to acquire empirical evidence for the creation of the Universe.
So.... creator God.... or science magic are both reasonable choices for how somebody wants to believe the Universe was created.... not like that actually affects anyone on a day to day basis anyways..... OR DOES IT!?
Evolution as I thought relates to how humans came about (simply put), not the universe (that's more like Big Bang, etc.). But I did put the word "offense" under quotation marks because I realise how stupid a word it is, in particular when discussing things that some people feel strongly about.
Personally, I have no problem with the notion that the right conditions (energy, water etc) millions of years ago meant that first forms of life developed (like first cells). I often feel (please correct me if I'm wrong) that the element of chance in the creation of life is something that creationists have a huge problem with. Personally I do not take issues with this, I find it quite weird actually to believe that it might have been something else, like some bigger purpose or something. But that's just me, I know I'm a bit strange.
Please keep in mind that I refer to how life appeard on earth, not the existence of the universe, meaning of life, etceteras.
@winna: I'm not a physicist at all but from what I understood in "Universe in a Nutshell" and the like (go on beat me - I do too with people who read popular books in my area of research) there are mathematical models on the universe that can be empirically tested in one of those particle labratories like CERN.
From what I understood in "Universe in a Nutshell" and the like (go on beat me - I do to with people how read popular books in my area of research) there are mathematical models on the universe that can be empirical verified in one of those particle labratories like CERN.
Firstly, that last sentence is a disgrace to English. It's unpossible.
As for empirical verification of the formulation of the universe, that would require something more concrete than a mathematical model. A witness to the creation of the universe would be able to gather empirical data. Somebody working from a model gathers theoretical data.
Winna (as much as he might speak nonsense or post bimf a lot of the time) is right.
Quote from: winna on 08-17-2010 08:42
So.... creator God.... or science magic
Winna, you're starting to sound like Gene Ray.
willsterdude3000
Quote from: Spacedal11 on 08-16-2010 03:35
I liked it but I'm hating these 22-minute episodes, everything is so rushed and choppy.
The episodes have always been 22 Minutes.
Let me take this one by one. For some reason I have some difficulty with replying because the scroll bar behaves in a strange and uncontrollable way. Plus I type on a handheld device which makes it that much more challenging. Usually, I edit my posts after a while, to remove the gravest errors – not in this particular case.
By and large, however, while I don't try to mislead people with my typing errors, I can't say that I love it when people go on about it - but I take it that it is satisfactory to point out someone else's short-comings.
As I have pointed out, I'm not an expert in physics. But it is mentioned (in Universe in a Nutshell amongst others) that mathematical models on the universe (such as Big Bang, black holes etc.) can be tested. Whether you call it experimental testing or empirical testing is a matter of methodology I suppose, again I do not know how far/how strict this distinction is made in physics and have no useful conclusion to offer. Also I'm not sure how one would gather theoretical data? But maybe that's just semantics.
I didn't mean to imply that he is right/wrong. I simply indicated what I have read in a popular science book.
Yes, it is. It's also sometimes helpful, as occasionally people genuinely don't realise that they've posted gibberish.
Theoretical data would be gathered from the mathematical model. Empirical data would be gathered from the real thing.
To test mathematical models, people generally go with testing one small portion with known behaviours, and extrapolate to fill the framework of the model. For example, by using the universal law of gravitation and working from data suppliued by atom-smashers like the LHC on particles approaching lightspeed, it's possible to deduce ("test") models regarding the behaviour of black holes.
Pshaw. In context, you were arguing with him. Besides which, popularised science is generally misleading.


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Radio Telescope Unfurls 3 Antennas Beyond the Far Side of the Moon
By Meghan Bartels
A series of three photographs show a Dutch radio antenna as it unfolded from the Chinese lunar relay satellite, Queqiao. (Image credit: Marc Klein Wolt/Radboud University)
In a quiet orbit around the far side of the moon, three radio antennas are now outstretched, craning for whispers from a mysterious period early in the universe's history.
The devices are attached to a Chinese communications satellite, Queqiao, which has been supporting the country's moon mission, Chang'e 4. As the equipment for an experiment dubbed the Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer, the antennas mark the first step toward ducking behind the moon in order to flee the eternal technological chatter of modern Earth that poses a constant challenge to radio astronomy.
"The mission came about during a visit of our king to China discussing cooperation in space," Heino Falcke, a radio astronomer at Radboud University in the Netherlands and a lead scientist on the experiment, told Space.com in August. "China, of course, wanted to go to the moon; we had proposed to put radio telescopes on the moon."
Related: Chang'e 4 in Pictures: China's Mission to the Moon's Far Side
The key to the collaboration was that China didn't just want to go to the moon — it wanted to go to the far side, a feat never accomplished previously. China's science priority was to better understand the differences between the two sides of the moon and what that could teach us about the moon's history.
But the far side of the moon is also the only place in the solar system where a massive amount of rock can shield instruments from the barrage of light waves produced by Earth's technology. Those long-wavelength radio signals constantly leak at Earth's surface and in orbit around our planet.
Frustratingly, the fingerprint of those signals happens to coincide precisely with a particularly intriguing signal that dates to a period after the Big Bang but before stars began to coalesce. "The Big Bang was gone, you had a boring, cold, dark universe filled with dark matter and hydrogen," Falcke said. "Essentially, it's this ocean of hydrogen. That's all. No stars, nothing."
So for decades, radio astronomers have dreamed of rolling fine wires across the moon's far side to catch these signals and the birth of the first stars. The three antennas are hardly as ambitious as that, but their deployment on Nov. 27 marks a first step toward tackling such a challenge.
Related: Project Chang'e: China's Moon Missions Explained (opens in new tab)
An artist's illustration of China's Queqiao relay satellite, which launched on May 20, 2018. (Image credit: CNSA)
The Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer launched in May 2018 on board China's Queqiao relay satellite, which it launched in preparation for the Chang'e 4 mission to the far side of the moon that arrived in January. Queqiao makes huge, lazy circles around what spacecraft engineers call the Lagrange 2 point, a spot directly behind the moon from Earth.
If Earth is a torso and the moon is a head, Queqiao traces out a halo wider than the girth of the moon above it, perpendicular to the line connecting the centers of the two spheres of rock. From that orbit, Queqiao can bounce signals between Earth and the two robots on the far side of the moon.
The arrangement means that the antennae aren't completely shielded from Earth's radio noise: a little sneaks around the edge of the moon. And hitching a ride on a communications satellite also makes for some radio chatter. "We bring our own interference source with us, and even though we're behind the moon we still see the Earth all the time now," Falcke said.
A key priority of the mission, then, will be to measure the interference itself, as well as trying to snag science data. The instrument was already gathering data for a few hours each lunar night while the surface robots slept, to understand the signals created by the spacecraft itself. Now, the team has both more time and the assistance (and interference, of course) of the antennae.
"Our contribution to the Chinese Chang'e 4 mission has now increased tremendously," Marc Klein Wolt, managing director of the Radboud Radio Lab and a leader of the project, said in a statement (opens in new tab). "We have the opportunity to perform our observations during the 14-day-long night behind the moon, which is much longer than was originally the idea. The moon night is ours, now."
According to the statement, the antennae didn't unfurl quite as smoothly as the team had hoped, so mission personnel paused the operation to gather some data now. In the current configuration, the devices should be able to pick up signals from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, the statement noted. The deployment hiccup may be a consequence of the year and a half the instrument has already spent in the harsh environment of space.
The Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer was designed to work for three years, but half of that time was eaten up by delays deploying the antennas, when China didn't want to risk communications with the Chang'e 4 robots. The Queqiao spacecraft itself is designed to stay at work for 10 years, which could give the radio science experiment a longer tenure.
Falcke said that he hopes Queqiao's orbit may eventually be tweaked such that the instrument could at least temporarily duck within the quiet zone behind the moon, where it could gather cleaner data.
"This is, in a sense, pie in the sky right now," Falcke said. "We have no guarantee."
Photos from the Moon's Far Side! China's Chang'e 4 Lunar Landing in Pictures
NASA Probe Spots China's Chang'e 4 Lander on Far Side of the Moon (Photo)
China's Chang'e 4 Returns First Images from Moon's Farside
Email Meghan Bartels at mbartels@space.com or follow her @meghanbartels. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.
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Meghan Bartels
Meghan is a senior writer at Space.com and has more than five years' experience as a science journalist based in New York City. She joined Space.com in July 2018, with previous writing published in outlets including Newsweek and Audubon. Meghan earned an MA in science journalism from New York University and a BA in classics from Georgetown University, and in her free time she enjoys reading and visiting museums. Follow her on Twitter at @meghanbartels.

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Scribbles from a midnight diary: Up in Canada, eh?
Last week, Dusty and I made the trip up to Canada, my home country. This was the first time that Dusty travelled in an airplane and everything went quite well; he was a little nervous at first, slept most of the way and then vomited all his food over me once we arrived at our destination. I figured that was pretty good for a 15 1/2 year old Pekingese with one eye and failing kidneys.
I will be spending most of my time at my family's cottage near Fergus, Ontario. The weather isn't too bad (it hasn't started snowing yet) and I can live here very cheaply (my parents pay for food!!).
This month, I have started to write a book about my experiences as a veterinarian. I have the perfect place to get a little peace and quiet; a small cabin down by the lake.
I occasionally get distracted by visitors who try to steal my food.
And my father has provided me with posters for inspiration.
While the sun sets, this is my view.
Is it any wonder why I don't miss my job?


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In Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP → 2 days ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Fleuri Jodeau
Aria and the shielded knights surged past Fleuri through the breach, into the fray. I've done my part, I suppose, he thought as he watched his colleagues charge. No. An Iron Rose's work is never done, he rebuked himself. He was unsure what he could do, and how to make himself useful. He needed to see where he was needed, and he couldn't do that from where he was standing.
I need a better view of the battle, he contemplated as he looked around. His eyes came to a stop on a tree at the edge of the camp, possessing branches low enough to climb onto without difficulty and large enough to support the weight of an armored knight. From up there he'd have a relatively unobstructed view of the camp.
Somewhat reluctantly, he drove his greatsword into the ground, as it would impede climbing (and in his haste to join the battle he had neglected to take a sheath or sling for it), then drew his dagger and thrust into the tree trunk. Using the dagger as a step, he made his way up to a large branch. The limb shuddered as he climbed onto it, but to his relief it did not give. He remained uneasy at having disarmed himself to get up there, but was at the same time relieved to be able to see what was going on.
The bandits were surrounded on all sides. The initial attack, spearheaded by the captain herself, had driven the bandits back, right into the path of the three other groups. He looked closely for any sign of this so-called "bandit king" but none of the surrounded brigands looked like or fought like a bandit king. None of them looked or fought like real warriors, just raiders and ruffians. Certainly nobody capable of cutting through those Thaln soldiers. He continued looking, searching for any exposed flanks of either friend or foe, and for any spots where the bandits threatened to break out of the encirclement and escape.
He spotted one straggler, a crossbowman who had somehow avoided the encirclement. There was no need to go after him, however- the Captain herself rushed up to the shooter and handily dispatched him. Perhaps I should just join Tyaethe's group. No real use for me in Aria's shield wall...
He was about to climb down when he saw a burning tree fall near the Captain's location. He couldn't discern whether or not the tree struck her, but what was clear was that she had been cut off from her group. Whether it was a trap or not, the captain likely needed help. Without thinking twice, he jumped down from the tree and reclaimed his armaments from their impromptu sheaths, then rushed in the direction of the burning tree without delay.
If his hunch from earlier was correct- that the enemy leader would single out Fanilly, as a perceived weak link in in the Iron Roses and as a symbol of the kingdom he so brazenly opposed- it was quite possible that he was heading straight for the Bandit King.
Reon, whatever I face, I ask for your blessing that my sword strike true, and I ask for your protection that will I not fall.
honestly wishing we were ardougne but on the other hand i don't want to get locked in a house and pickpocketed until somebody gets a 99
@HereComesTheSnow
Better that than be poisoned by hazmat suited elves and dragged off to be used as slave labor.
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As the knights assembled, Fleuri thought about what they were up against. The camp was fortified by stakes or spikes, and judging from what he had glimpsed of the camp, it probably held a good number of bandits. It appeared that they were still unaware of the trap closing in around them, but the knights would have to capitalize on it quickly, before somebody realized something was amiss. Were those sentries at the end of their shifts, or the start? I suppose it doesn't matter- they're already surrounded on four sides, he contemplated as he fiddled with his armor, ensuring everything was properly fastened.
As anticipation of the attack grew, Fleuri contemplated his role. His skills and armaments were of little use in a shield wall- he didn't carry a shield when on foot, and his greatsword required ample space to use effectively. Regardless, he was intent on doing whatever he could to ensure the success of the attack. He glanced at the fortifications ahead, and the answer slowly came to him. With a plan in mind, he approached the leader of the group, intent on coordinating it with her.
"Those stakes aren't much of a danger on foot, but they'll slow our charge," he spoke to Aria. "If you would allow me to take care of them before the flank pushes through, it would allow an easier advance."
When the signal to attack was given, in the form of magical flares that lit up the darkening sky, Fleuri was ready. As planned beforehand, he charged forward to the camp's spike fortifications ahead of the others. He swung his greatsword in a wide, low arc, cutting them down and sending the wooden stakes flying. With two swings, he managed to create a nearly ten foot wide gap in the fortifications, providing an unobstructed path to the camp- but also giving the bandit crossbowmen an unobstructed line of fire at Fleuri.
"The path is clear!" he shouted back at the knights behind him as he stepped back, trusting that they would advance forward and shield him from missile fire. He had done his part, and he knew better than to charge ahead blindly. It was now up to Aria, Elodie, and the others.
Reon, goddess of the sun, please let my trust in them not be misplaced, he silently prayed, uncomfortable at being exposed to enemy crossbow fire even for a moment.
@OwO @ERode
I improved the formatting on my character sheet. No information has been changed.
Fleuri briefly assessed the different groups. Fanilly would be leading from the front. Tyaethe the First and Youngest would be leading from the left. Sir Gerard, the Reonite former mercenary, was leading the right flank. Dame Aria, a veteran knight of the Larette family, was leading the rear flank. Fleuri had alrady interacted with and assessed Gerald, but he had not thought too much about the other two yet.
Paladin Tyaethe needed no further introduction, as her reputation preceded her. If the stories were true, she could probably handle the entire left flank by herself. He wondered if Tyaethe knew or remembered his ancestor Armand Jodeau, a renowned knight in his own time. Perhaps he could ask her about it later, once this bandit business was concluded. Assuming, of course, Fleuri had the nerve to approach and ask her- even as small of stature as she was out of her armor, she was quite intimidating.
The second flank leader, Dame Aria, was somewhat known to Fleuri. She was a decorated veteran of Cal's rebellion and a member of the Larette family. They were a powerful noble family, distinguished by their red hair and great stature. In the past, they were bitter rivals of the Jodeau, back when Fleuri's family was relevant. The mutual disdain didn't end when Jodeau relinquished its land and ceased to be a threat to Larette, as doing so only demonstrated how deeply contrasting the two familes' ideals were. It was unclear whether Aria adhered to Larette's ruthlessly pragmatic ideals, but what was clear was that she was a valorous warrior whose loyalty to the kingdom was not in question.
"I volunteer to fight on the rear flank," Fleuri announced to the captain. He wanted to see how the rival family- and their martial tradition- had fared over the years. She'll probably hate him, but why would a Jodeau ever care for a Larette's opinion?
OOC: History between Jodeau and Larette was discussed over PM.
With some time to spare before being ordered into position, Fleuri removed his helmet to get a better look at where his armor was struck with a quarrel. To his relief, there was no damage beyond a minor scratch where it glanced off his pauldron. The only other telltale signs of his participation in the battle was his bloodied greatsword and a few scarlet drops that had dripped from his sword onto his white cape. The evening was still young, however, and they had another fight ahead of them.
Fleuri contemplated about what the bandit had said while being interrogated. If this knave is telling the truth, sentries might be an issue if they spot us before we can get into position. If the bandits were alerted before they were encircled, many of them would be able to slip away into the woods. The other detail he noticed was the mention of prisoners. It wasn't surprising that these brigands kept prisoners, but it posed a slight complication in that the camp contained innocent people. There was a chance the bandit was lying about that detail, but the Iron Roses would not gamble with people's lives by calling his bluff.
There was one other detail that was worth noting- the bandit's description of the Bandit King. According to the reports, most of the royal soldiers sent to stop the bandits were torn apart by a single, unknown weapon. It was speculated that Jeremiah was this weapon's wielder but assuming he wasn't some sort of elaborate red herring- which these bandits were clearly not smart enough to pull off- this further suggested that it was indeed Jeremiah.
If he is surrounded, he could try to break out- after all, if he's as skilled as they say, he could very well succeed. But a man as bold as Jeremiah does not seem like the type to flee. Fleuri glanced at Fanilly. If the Bandit King opted to stand and fight, he'd probably go straight for the young captain. The thought of the Order losing its Knight-Captain so early into her captaincy, and just a few short years after losing their previous captain, made him uneasy. On the other hand, from what little he had seen of Fanilly, she wasn't just some bravado filled fool. Between the Vindramael knight and the legendary First and Youngest, she was in good hands.
He thought of speaking up to the captain, but decided against it. He had nothing noteworthy to say, and there were already enough people telling Fanilly how to do her job. He silently put his helmet back on and mentally readied himself for the next phase of the battle.
The skirmish was over. The bandits weren't just defeated, they were crushed. Most were dead and strewn on the ground, and the few that lived would no doubt hang for the depravities they committed. Looking over the battlefield, Fleuri wasn't seeing any casualties among the knights, thank Reon, just fallen bandits. To spring an ambush blindly without knowing what they're up against, and committing to a skirmish with the Iron Roses. How ever did these fools ever defeat a group of Thaln's soldiers? To Fleuri's relief, he hadn't seen any of them escaping- if any of them got back to warn the camp, the rest of them would be able to scatter like roaches into the dense forest.
Speaking of which, Fleuri needed to get his prisoner to the wagon as per the captain's orders. First, however, he would need to disarm him. Fleuri pulled a dagger from a sheath hanging from the man's belt and tossed it aside, then briefly patted down the prone brigand, checking for any weapons concealed in his cuffs or boots. Finding nothing else, he grabbed the bandit by the back of his leather armor and pulled him to his feet.
"Quietly. No sudden moves, or I'll take your head off," he sternly warned the man, directing him to the cart. The man complied, slowly trudging along as his captor demanded. There was no doubt that the man would hang. These bandits had killed innocents and royal soldiers alike, and intended to kill whoever sprung their roadside trap. Unlike the murderer in front of him, however, Fleuri found it distasteful to shoot or stab a fleeing man in the back, as fitting and deserved an end as it would be for someone that did it for a living.
"I got one that needs tying up," he announced, handing the man over to a knight who was helping to bind the captives. Glancing around, he noticed seemed that some of the other knights had wasted no time in interrogating the captives. Fleuri saw one of them being worked over by the Larette woman and Sir Reynaud, one of the order's Living Reliquaries. He himself was unsure that it would yield anything useful. The bandits seemed outmatched enough that it seemed doubtful that they could produce useful information, and even if they did, Fleuri would rather not place any trust in the words of a knave.
Regardless, he approached the two knights, curious to see how the interrogation would play out. He said nothing, merely observing, while silently waiting for the Captain's orders to resume advancing on the camp. The sooner they begin to lay their trap to surround the bandits, the better chance the knights would have at catching them off-guard and preventing their escape.
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I wasn't trying to take a prisoner, I just did it because I figured a brigand with a crossbow would panic and run when a knight is rushing at him with 2-handed sword. And in slasher movie convention, trip and fall on his face.
Through the chaos of the fighting, Fleuri could discern the captain's voice barking more orders.
"Do not let a single man escape! They cannot alert the camp to our presence!"
If there's was one advantage of having a sixteen year old girl in charge, it's that her voice certainly stands out, he mused. He looked over the nearest bandits, a scarred woman with a shortsword. His foe kept her distance, perhaps a bit shocked from seeing her buddy killed. Fleuri readied his sword and prepared to charge, when his concentration was disrupted by the impact of a crossbow bolt striking his left shoulder.
His pauldron deflected the quarrel, which tumbled and impacted harmlessly against his helmet. He was unharmed, but was all too aware as to how close the shot came to his neck. By Reon, that was close. Both his instincts and his anger concurred- he needed to take that crossbowman down as quickly as possible.
Before he could even scan the area for whoever shot at him, the sword bandit rush in, her earlier hesitation having evidently been to give her friend a clear shot. Fleuri raised his sword and brought it down as his assailant closed the distance. The brigand managed to bring herself to a halt of the tip of the greatsword, narrowly avoiding the downward swing, but kept at a distance by the sword's length. Before the brigand could regain her balance from the very sudden stop, however, Fleuri stepped forward and thrust his sword with all his might, pushing through his target's shoddy armor and skewering her through the chest.
He pulled his sword back and wrenched it free of the fatally injured bandit. Free of that distraction, he turned to his left, intent on finding who shot at him. Sure enough, there was a man frantically trying to reload a crossbow. Without skipping a beat, Fleuri charged. Seeing the knight coming at him, the man lose all nerve, dropped his crossbow, and turned to flee into the thicket. Fleuri was very briefly concerned that this bandit might actually escape to warn the others, lighter on his feet than the knight and no doubt more familiar with the terrain.
Fortunately for the Iron Roses, the man was not as familiar with the terrain as Fleuri thought. In his panic to escape, the bandit failed to notice an exposed tree root behind him, and tripped on it almost immediately. He hit the ground face-first, quarrels spilling from his quiver. It was a bit ironic, that he'd be undone by the same woods that he had relied upon for concealment.
Before the man could regain his senses, Fleuri was already standing over him, sword in hand.
"Stay down and don't make any moves, if you want to live," Fleuri spoke to the fallen bandit. "You can consider yourself a prisoner of the Iron Roses."
>riding a gelding
Didn't realize this was little bitch hour
@OwO
@Psyker Landshark
Some knights really did ride geldings
These knights, specifically. It wasn't a behavioral thing, but rather to prevent their enemies from being able to breed them.

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saluk on 2007/04/09 04:10 of Century of the Fruitbat Moving Picture Publishing Company - with 1000 elephants
Before voting on the game, please either download the one-line fixed version here: cenf_of_fb_0.99.zip
or make sure not to click the launch button while people are on/waiting to go on a mission.
We had a pretty good time with developing this game, but not nearly enough time to do all that we had wanted to! There will certainly be future versions to come.
IF THE LONG TUTORIAL SCARES YOU OFF:
The game isn't as complex as it seems, you should be able to figure out how to play from trying stuff, and the people are pretty fun to watch for a bit as well. The general idea is: make units on the left screen, send units in groups to find resources on the headquarters screen, and wait until you have enough resources to launch the ship. It's much simpler than the somewhat clunky interface makes it appear.
In fact, it's hardly a game at all!
I'm impressed with a lot of the other entries, so impressed that I'm going to hold off on voting until I've played through a lot of them till the end. It would be very easy to distribute the top score to too many games and not have a good enough range of scores.
Good job everyone, I hope you can get over the scary tutorial and enjoy "Up Up and Away" for what it is: a fun little toy simulation that only gives you as a player a minor effect on what's going on.


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Mackenzie Little (Australia, 27 de diciembre de 1996) es una atleta australiana especializada en la prueba de lanzamiento de jabalina, en la que consiguió ser campeona mundial juvenil en 2013.

Carrera deportiva

En el Campeonato Mundial Juvenil de Atletismo de 2013 ganó la medalla de oro en el lanzamiento de jabalina, llegando hasta los 61.47 metros que fue récord de los campeonatos, superando a la cubana Yulenmis Aguilar (plata con 59.94 metros) y a la letona Anete Kocina.

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Atletas de Australia
Nacidos en Sídney

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Bird, the billion-dollar American E-scooter company is keen to launch their product in the UK. A pilot scheme in London's Olympic Park, proved successful and the product has had a generally positive reception.
However despite popularity from the public, many are questioning the firm's decisions to try and launch in the UK. As it currently stands, it is illegal to ride electric scooters on UK roads for fear it could cause a surge in the number of traffic accidents. However, Bird appears undeterred by this, and is still hoping to launch in the UK imminently.
Bird is planning to lobby parliament hoping to make e-scooters legal in Britain. Whilst some are sceptical and believe that parliament will harden it's heart against any sort of reform, it is undeniable that Bird has an effective lobbying system in place, huge amounts of funding, and a plethora of resources.
The Department of Transport has begun reviewing all sorts of road traffic regulations as part of a "Future of Mobility" strategy. The Department of Transport has 'coincidentally' launched this strategy at the London Olympic Park. It is clear that Bird has already got its tentacles round parliament. As it currently stands, parliament isn't planning to legalise e-scooters, but it will be interesting to see bow this story develops.
In reality it will take at least 3 years for any meaningful legislation to pass, and for e-scooters to be legally allowed on our streets and in our roads. By the time all of the legal issues have been taken care of, e-scooters may be a thing of the past. Bird's lobbying operation is draining, expensive and wasteful and Bird may eventually decide to call it quits. Until then we will have to wait and see.


After six long years, our national nightmare is over. The sequel to 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop' has finally arrived. In the stunningly titled 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,' Kevin James reprises his role as the portly rent-a-cop with a bad habit of stumbling into dangerous situations that are beyond his meager pay grade. This time, he fights thieves while attending a security conference in Las Vegas, as you are wont to do when you visit Las Vegas in a comedy sequel.
Anyone who has seen/suffered through the original film knows what to expect here. James says a lot of dumb things, does a lot of dumber things, and gets into a lot of bizarre scuffles. If the 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2' trailer is anything to go by, unexpected punching and kicking is the highest form of comedy, with the title characters throwing down with all kinds of people and beasts. In two and a half minutes, he combats armed crooks, a bird, a horse, and an old woman. Who knows what surprises lurk in the full film?!
To his credit, James never seems to phone in his work, even in the most dire projects. No one in cinematic history have managed to create so many variations on the "fat guy falls down" jokes. He's an inspired performer in his, you know, own special kind of way. There's something inherently appealing about him, even if that appeal is always squandered in movies that look like parodies of bad movies featured in good movies. There are stretches of the 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2' trailer that look like they belong in 'Tropic Thunder' or something.
'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2' opens on April 17, 2015.


All lectures held at 4.00 pm in Physics Lecture Theatre, Science Concourse, unless otherwise stated.
"Sustainable Polymer Chemistry: from new synthetic mechanisms to applications"
Week 2 - 11 Oct Dr Ismael Diez Perez Kings College London "The Art of Wiring Single Molecules: from the Synthetic simplicity to the Biological complexity"
Week 4 - 25 Oct Prof Nick Westwood University of St Andrews "From biomass to natural products via aromatic monomers"
Week 5 - 1 Nov Prof Roberto Berlinck Instituto de Quimica de Sao Carlos "A multi-strategy approach for the discovery of bioactive natural products"
"Metal-catalyzed C‒H Bond Activation and Oxidation Reactions towards Bioactive Quinoidal Systems: The Special Case of A-ring Functionalization"
Week 7 - 15 Nov Assoc Prof Filippo Mancia Columbia University "Structural Insights on Catalysis at the Membrane-Water Interface"
Week 10 - 6 Dec Prof Bo Iversen Aarhus University "Chemical bonding in layered thermoelectric materials"
"Rhodium(III) and Iridium(III) Complexes of a NHC-Based Macrocycle: Persistent Weak Agostic Interactions and Reactions with Dihydrogen"
"Wavepacket insights into the photoprotection mechanism of the UV filter methyl anthranilate"
"Building precise molecular architectures to maximise f-element properties"
"Computational insights into light- and electron-driven chemistry at surfaces" and "Machine Learning: Navigating the Hype"
Helen received her Ph.D in 1991 at Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Jim Staunton. She pursued post-doctoral work at Cambridge, and then at Imperial College London with Professor Steve Ley and subsequently with Dr David Widdowson. She joined the Department of Chemistry, University College London as a Lecturer in 1994, becoming a Senior Lecturer in 2002, a Reader in 2005, and Professor of Chemical Biology in 2010.
Martin did his PhD studies with Tom Steitz at Yale and postdoctoral studies with Venki Ramikrishnan at MRC LMB, in both cases on the structure of the ribosome. He thus has the unusual distinction of having worked with two Nobel Prize Winners. Since starting his independent career at McGill University in Montreal he has focused on structural studies of nonribosomal peptide synthetases, resulting in several high profile papers, including one in Nature in 2016. Martin will be with us for a day or two before/after his seminar lectures, so there will be plenty of opportunity for faculty, postdocs and PhD students to meet with him.
Discussing what epitaxy is (growth of one crystal on another) and some examples: semiconductors and nanostructures, graphene, etc.
are crucial. This talk highlights (with the aid of 3D specs) the use of advanced modelling methods in synergy with experiment to gain new insights into the materials chemistry of lithium batteries and perovskite solar cells.
This talk will focus on our work on the development of methods that allow devices to be probed while they are operating (i.e., in-situ). This allows, for example, the transformations of the various cell components to be followed under realistic conditions without having to disassemble and take apart the cell. To this end, the application of new in and ex-situ Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray diffraction approaches to correlate structure and dynamics with function in lithium- and sodium-ion batteries and supercapacitors will be described.
Winner of the RSC Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship.
Yi did his PhD at Caltech with David Tirrell and postdoctoral work with Chaitan Khosla at Stanford. He has more than 150 publications (H-index 46), including numerous recent articles in JACS, Angewandte Chemie and Nat. Chem. Biol. His primary area of current research interest is fungal natural product biosynthesis and he recently published the textbook "Natural Product Biosynthesis: Chemical Logic and Enzymatic Machinery" with Chris Walsh (Tim Bugg's postdoctoral supervisor). Yi will be with us for a day or two before/after his seminar, so there will be plenty of opportunity for faculty, postdocs and PhD students to meet with him.
Skills? What skills? Do undergraduates studying chemistry recognise or value skills development?


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Visual, creative, style, and fashion inspiration. Our reoccurring Inspiration feature with eye catching photographs and looks.
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You can almost feel the warmth from the bright sunlight through these vividly colored, blood-orange poppy fields. This photo series creates a soft, sedative, dream like state in juxtaposition to the dark message from our Future Forward series. Given all of this curative warmth, do not let the light breeze that flows through the woman's hair in this opium illusion give you the impression of a carefree simplistic beauty. On the contrary, the poppies are a symbol of the fallen and an offering to the dead. This is a commentary on the times we are currently living in, surrounded by violence and death in the name of fighting for justice and basic human rights for all.
Using the significance of the poppy flowers we honor those who have bled, sacrificed, and died because of systemic racism. The poppy fields, like the spirits of those lost to systemic oppression, will never die; each year the fields will continue to bloom and the souls of those who were taken from us will live on through the fight to change our broken nation into a nation of true equality. Humanity must unite and fight for peace and justice.
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Steven attended the Arts Institute in San Francisco and graduated with a bachelor's degree in film and video production. Growing up In the San Francisco Bay area, he was exposed to a wide range of expressions in art making him an extremely versatile director and producer. With this knowledge he has led projects from nationally syndicated car commercials, producing and directing major label music videos to shooting product shots for fashion brands and even household products. Having such high expectations in his work, Steven took it upon himself to learn all the ins and outs that make for a great product. He is proficient in film equipment, Photoshop, video editing software, lighting, gaffing, location scouting, and overall production operations. As a great communicator he understands the importance of executing a vision in ways you never thought possible.
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Looking for some sparkly DIY craft ideas you can make with glitter? Fun, fun, fun! We love glittery do it yourself ideas and are excited to share some of our favorites with you. From creative home decor, to cool gifts, to shiny fashion ideas, these fun project tutorials are sure to please. Crafty DIY ideas for teens, most of these crafts are easy and totally doable. Make a few for yourself and a few more for your friends.
All I can say is "wow." Amazing the difference a little glitter can make. This crafty mouse pad will look awesome on your desk and be a practical addition, too! I made one for my sister and also for me. Pink, blue, gold, silver glitter, however to decide?
Not your ordinary hair accessory, these fun and fashionable DIY bobby pins are simple to make and so elegant. Make lots to give as gifts, and dress them up even more by designing a cute handmade card to put them on. Teen girls and adults alike will love having these around.
Cute, aren't they? These homemade princess crowns are sparkly, glittery and perfect for fancy dress up parties. Princesses of all kinds will be thrilled to have these cute DIY crowns made of lace and glitter. Super adorable as birthday party favors, they are inexpensive and easy to make at home.
DIY fashion can't get much better. Add some glitter to your ordinary tote to get this handmade bag you will just love to carry around.
Boring gets exciting with simply the addition of golden glitter. The before and after pic of this awesome craft say it all. Learn how to make this with easy to follow step by step instructions.
Ever made handmade cards like this? Take regular photographs and make a creative statement with these artistic cards. Vintage postcards go modern and glamorous with this easy how to.
I want glitter in my bathroom now, too! This DYI makeup brush holder is fun to make and looks amazing. Use any color glitter you like, too. Pink, purple, gold, green, blue, silver, just too many to choose from.
DIY glitter nail polish is just so fab. Better than the kind you find in stores, too, if you ask me. I made some of this with my friends and it is super sparkly.
Need some splashy new room decor ideas? Dress up a boring bulletin board with these DIY glitter thumbtacks. You can find big packages of tacks at dollar stores, so you can make tons of them to share.
Mod podge, glitter and a hairbrush. So surprisingly simple, and so adorably elegant. I thought the glitter would come off when I made mine, but it has lasted thanks to the tips in the awesome do it yourself project tutorial.
Want to dress up your closet? Make it sparkle with these fun DIY glitter coat hangers. Makes closet organization much more exciting when you have these.
Last minute gift wrapping ideas? No problem. This cute glittery polka dotted bag can be made in minutes.
Want, want, want. I have yet to make this but it is at the top of my DIY "wish" list. I am so making these as soon as I find the time. No longer will I have a blah coffee cup in hand or get it mixed up with everyone else's. Take your Starbucks tumbler to a new level with the crafty, glittery, idea.
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Asian traditional therapies have been in use for centuries and cover areas that encompass the entire body such as massage therapy and acupuncture. Herbal medicines are used to balance the body with natural products such as noni, a tree that grows throughout Southeast Asia and produces an oval fruit.
Traditional medicine in China is linked to yin, which is associated with cold, darkness, and earth, and its opposite yang, associated with warmth, light, and heaven. Qi is another element of Chinese medicine that represents the balance between yin and yang. Because the Chinese regard the body as a miniature form of the universe, balance is sought through their traditional medicine. An imbalance between yin and yang is believed to be the cause of illness.
Herbal medicines are important to regulate the body's balance in TCM and are prescribed according to the condition of the patient. Herbal medicines are also used as a dietary supplement to prevent and treat certain conditions. Herbal medicines may be powders, pills, raw herbs, or tinctures to be used on the outer body or internally. Herbs and plants, such as noni, are used to improve the outer body, including the hair and skin.
Acupuncture, a large component of TCM, has been in use for thousands of years in Asia. The practice of acupuncture makes use of small, thin needles that are inserted into the body's energy channels to stimulate the mind's and body's energy. It is used to relieve pain, digestive problems, depression, and many other conditions. The herb, mugwort, is sometimes used in connection with acupuncture.
Acupressure involves massaging special points on the body believed to regulate the yin and yang and is used to restore the body's energy to its proper levels. Some studies have shown that acupressure may be helpful in certain conditions such as for the treatment of vomiting and nausea, following surgery and chemotherapy and during a spinal for surgery. However, it might be a good idea to ask your physician before an acupressure session, since some conditions are contraindicated.
Tai chi is a good, low-impact exercise.
While tai chi is also a martial art, it has developed into a form of graceful exercise combined with mental focus, relaxation, and breathing. Because one move flows gracefully into the next, your body stays in motion. This low impact exercise, according to the National Institutes of Health, can improve stability and balance in older people, and can improve the lives of those who suffer from debilitating diseases such as Parkinson's, heart disease, and cancer. Of course, anyone with a health condition should consult with his or her physician before beginning tai chi.
Ayurveda is a holistic system developed in India that has been in use for thousands of years and aims toward a balance between the body, spirit, and mind. Those who practice ayurveda believe that each individual is made up of the elements of space, water, fire, earth, and air. Each person may be one of three combination types, called doshas. Practitioners of ayurveda believe that an imbalance can be caused by an individual's age, emotions, an injury, or seasonal and climatic changes.
The vata dosha (the air) is believed to control the basic functions of the body. The health of this type of individual can be adversely affected by grief, fear, staying up too late, not spacing out meals correctly, or eating dried fruit.
Pitta dosha, composed of water and fire elements, is believed to control the function of the entire body. Individuals of this type can be adversely affected by staying out in the sun too long, eating sour or spicy foods, and getting fatigued.
Kapha dosha represents water and earth types. The body of this type of person can be disrupted by overeating, drinking or eating things that contain too much water or salt, overeating sweets, being greedy, or sleeping during the day.
Natural medicines are commonly used in Asia. Many have become popular in other countries due to their effectiveness. Biconi products use elements of traditional Asian products, such as noni and virgin coconut oil, to restore your skin and hair to a healthy condition. Shop women's products or shop men's products to find healthy hair products.


Journaling is a discipline!! As with all things where discipline rears its ugly head – it takes effort. We know that we don't get 'the bod' by looking at diets or gym equipment…. Same with journaling – it has NO benefits, until you actually DO it.


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Shaun de Burgh completed a Master of Marketing here in Australia, he was so eager to be at the forefront of marketing technology, that he travelled to the USA, where he spent most of his time learning from some of the world's best marketers, people that continue to mentor him even today.
Chasing the dream, he then moved to Asia and began freelancing for companies all over the world, which was going well, until he had children. Wanting them to have the best education, he moved back to Australia and began marketing for a car dealership, which is where he met Ben.
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Graffiti calls for end to rhino horn use in Vietnam
Twelve walls in Nguyen Thai Binh ward of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, are being covered with rhino-themed graffiti to call for an end to the use of rhino horn in Vietnam.
VNA Thursday, January 12, 2017 11:04
Project to protect Vietnam's elephants kicks off
Thursday, December 15, 2016 08:57
Tourism firms vow to fight illegal wildlife trade
Rhino horn smuggling case busted in HCM City
Sunday, November 20, 2016 19:04
Vietnam destroys trafficked elephant tusks, rhino horns
Monday, November 14, 2016 14:59
Vietnam commits to fighting wildlife-related crimes
Wednesday, October 05, 2016 20:04
There are only 25,000 wild rhinos in the world at present, dropping by 95 percent over the last 40 years (Photo: Education for Nature-Vietnam)
Hanoi (VNA) – Twelve walls in Nguyen Thai Binh ward of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, are being covered with rhino-themed graffiti to call for an end to the use of rhino horn in Vietnam.
The event, taking place from January 9-15, is part of a rhino arts week which features street art and interactive activities to convey anti-rhino horn messages to the public.
The 10 graffiti artists such as Trang Suby, Florian Nguyen and Danny Dao will also show off their skills in individual and mass performances during the week, which is expected to attract 10,000 visitors.
The 12 walls will be kept intact after the week ends so as to encourage people to protect rhinos.
Statistics show that there are only 25,000 wild rhinos in the world at present, dropping by 95 percent over the last 40 years.
South Africa is home to about 20,000 rhinos or 80 percent of the global total. Up to 1,175 rhinos were poached there in 2015, down slightly from the record of 1,215 in 2014. However, many experts believe that the real number of poached rhinos is much higher.
Poaching is attributable to the rising demand for rhino horn in some Asian countries, including Vietnam, since many people in these nations believe that rhino horns can cure illnesses, which is refuted by science.
Conservationists warned that rhinos will become extinct within the next 10 years if poaching is not stopped.
The last Java rhino in Vietnam was killed at Cat Tien National Park in 2010.-VNA
graffiti rhino horn poaching
Flowers and ornamental trees typical in the traditional Lunar New Year not only make the home more beautiful but also bring luck, peace, and fortune to the family.
As many as 91 new species were discovered in Vietnam in 2020, including 85 endemic species, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in its report issued on January 26.
Vietnam supports contents of global biodiversity framework: Minister
Vietnam supports contents of the global biodiversity framework and suggested the need for further research to complete its indicators, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said at a working session in Hanoi on January 26.
A cold spell combined with a strong north-east monsoon is forecast to cause temperatures in the northern region to drop sharply, with frost in mountainous areas between January 28 and February 3, coinciding with Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
Campaign launched to combat plastic waste
A campaign aiming to tackle plastic waste in Vietnam was launched on January 24 in Hanoi.
World Bank builds offshore wind roadmap for Vietnam
The World Bank has recommended 20 actions that address three priority themes for Vietnam's successful offshore wind industry.


Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a team that defines the saying "Hard work and determination are keys to success". Having faced a poor start in the first three years of their journey in the Indian Premier League (IPL), KKR started to catch momentum from the fourth season where they qualified for the Play-offs for the very first time.
Since then, they have always been one of the most lethal sides to face in the league. Tasting the sweet smell of victory twice (in 2012 and 2014), the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned team seems all set to rock this IPL season, with their core team intact.
The year 2018 proved to be a good one for the Knights as they finished at the third spot in the league standings. Winning the first qualifier against Rajasthan Royal, the team was knocked out by Sunrisers Hyderabad in a close tie.
Retaining a wholesome of 14 players before this year's auction, KKR made it very clear that they are going to have the same core which helped them reach the qualifiers last time.
Spending a total of Rs 9.15 crore in the auction this time, they managed to catch hold of eight players, including the mighty Carlos Braithwaite for Rs 5 crore.
With Braithwaite, they also bought the English duo of Joe Denly (opener) and Harry Gurney (fast bowler) in their squad.
Anrich Nortje could have been another star performer for KKR if he wouldn't have been ruled out due to a shoulder injury right before the season. With him, the team has already lost the young pace duo of Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi to injury, and have called up Sandeep Warrier and KC Cariappa as their replacements.
With the release of Mitchell Stark and Mitchell Johnson, and their current fast bowlers suffering from injuries, all eyes will be on the bowling department. Finding the right combination of spin and pace along with all-rounders like Braithwaite and Russell, this season will be a true test of KKR's temperament and consistency.
Despite all the trouble before the beginning of the season itself, it will be interesting to see how KKR makes a comeback to give a tough competition to the rest of the sides.


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Contractor: Maiz Mier
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Making Waterproofing with Shotcrete So Much Simpler
La Capital is a multi-use building that displays distinctly modern urban architectural features, which still pay respect to the legacy of Monterrey's history and culture. To add to this atmosphere, the building is surrounded by underground springs and caves.
While atmospheric, these natural formations come with a high water table that in La Capital's case can be found only 6-7 m (19-23 ft) below ground level. That presented a challenge during La Capital's construction as the building was designed to incorporate four levels of below grade parking. If these levels of concrete parking were not waterproofed effectively, the high hydrostatic pressure could carry waterborne contaminants into the structure itself. That would eventually cause the reinforcing steel within to corrode and the concrete itself to deteriorate.
On top of this obstacle, the contractors for the building elected to use shotcrete for the four below grade levels of La Capital. That would maximize the footprint of the building while reducing construction time and costs. However, it would also increase the challenge of constructing the building as shotcrete can be difficult to waterproof, especially in below grade areas where a high water table is present.
With shotcrete involved, external membranes were a less-than-ideal waterproofing option. After all, shotcrete could tear or puncture the membrane, rendering its protection useless. Realizing that, the contractors chose to go with Kryton's waterproofing admixture, KIM, instead. As an admixture, KIM only needed to be added to the concrete mix to provide it with proprietary waterproofing chemicals, making it fully part of the concrete and impossible to tear or puncture.
Then, once its chemicals interact with water, they form millions of needle-like crystals. These crystals will then interlock with each other to fill the capillary pores and micro-cracks in the concrete, blocking the flow of water. As time passes and stresses form new cracks, any incoming moisture causes the crystals to reactivate, ensuring a continuous watertight seal that will last for La Capital's lifetime. Such blocking capabilities will remain possible even in regions with high hydrostatic pressure as KIM is specifically designed to be a permeability-reducing admixture for hydrostatic conditions as defined by the American Concrete Institute.
The contractors were delighted with this knowledge and went on with Kryton's Krystol Waterstop System to protect the surrounding construction joints and details, giving La Capital's four levels of underground parking a comprehensive waterproofing system.


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Hello! It's been a few weeks since I posted on here, but I promise to stay more consistent moving forward - life just happens sometimes, ya know?
I've noticed new people following me and reading this blog so I wanted to share 10 things about myself that you may not know!
I always include this fact because my life's not that exciting honestly LOL and this may be one of the more interesting facts. But yep, I speak it fluently and actually learned Russian before English!
My birthday is December 12th which makes me a Sagittarius, and I 100% fit every single characteristic/trait of my sign.
I don't have any tattoos (and don't think I would ever get any) but I have quite a few piercings. 9 of them are ear piercings and 1 of them is a belly button piercing.
I was diagnosed a few months ago and now take medication daily. I didn't even know anything was 'wrong' with me until this past year, so I finally went to a doctor. My life has completely changed for the better since getting help.
I'm the oldest of three. My brother is 10 years old and my sister is 4! My mom remarried and gave me two of the best little siblings I could've ever asked for.
I get asked this all the time! No, I don't dye or color my hair at all. It's completely natural and I've always had really really dark hair.
My #1 fear in life. I can't even look at them at the aquarium or anything, I get too grossed out.
It's not too hot or cold, it's beautiful outside, and it's football season. There's also so much to do this time of the year. The best season!
Only a few people know this about me, but I used to do ballroom/latin dancing (like what they do on Dancing With The Stars) and compete. I still have trophies and ribbons from it! I stopped when I was in high school though.
I graduated this past Spring with a degree in Marketing, and I currently work for a catering company as their Marketing Manager. I love it!
Hope you learned something new about me that you didn't know before.
Comment below to share something about yourself so I can get to know you too!


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The Cyclone You're Not Hearing About: An Appeal from Somali Prize Winner Fatima Jibrell
In mid-November, a devastating cyclone made landfall in Somalia's Puntland region- home to 2002 Goldman Prize winner Fatima Jibrell. Jibrell is working with her organization Adeso to raise funds and awareness about the storm and provide much needed relief to its victims.
Please read the message below, orginally posted by Jibrell on the Adeso website for details about the extent of the storm's damage and for ways you can help:
For four days, the cyclone brought heavy rainfall, icy winds, flash floods, and mudslides. Roads, houses, mosques, schools and farms were destroyed. Fishing boats sank. Water sources were damaged.
It took days for the extent of the damage to become fully known. My colleagues at Adeso sent out teams to assess the damage and needs on the ground in the worst-hit areas. They found that many families had barely enough food to last a week. In addition to losing livestock, many have lost their shelter and possessions, and have no clothes to protect themselves against the weather. Mudslides are also unearthing landmines from the Somali civil war, endangering children and livestock.
I am particularly troubled by the loss of livestock, farms, and fishing boats. Thousands of households lost their only means of earning a living. These people were already living in extreme poverty, and we need to help them recover as quickly as possible to rebuild their lives. Adeso estimates that over 100,000 people have been affected by this disaster and are at risk of destitution and hunger.
In the short term, Adeso is helping communities meet their immediate food needs, and providing them with water and farming inputs. Cash assistance will enable people to purchase water, food, and clothing, and will stimulate the recovery of the local economy. In the long term, Adeso will provide support to rehabilitate water sources, roads, homes and restore livelihoods of nomadic and fishery communities.
Adeso is uniquely placed to respond to this crisis. Since 1991, when I began humanitarian work in Puntland helping families caught up in the Somali civil war, we have built deep relationships with these communities. We know them well, and we have supported them through civil war, drought, and famine. Now we are prepared to help them recover from this new disaster.
I am asking for your help. Your donation can help people meet their immediate needs, as well as support them to rebuild what has been lost. We need your help to make this a reality – please give generously to the cyclone affected people of Somalia.
You can DONATE online today through our secure donations portal.
You can donate checks in local currency by mail to our offices in the USA, UK and Kenya
Donate via Somali money transfer companies to Adeso's Dahabshil account No. GRWD0003245 or Amal account No. 0704-04-56259-01-Adeso.
All donations we receive as part of this appeal will be solely dedicated to support the recovery of the communities struck by the cyclone. If donations exceed our appeal target, they will be used to help vulnerable populations wherever the need is greatest.
Share news of the cyclone and our work on social media;
Notify your churches, mosques, or synagogues about this disaster, and raise funds for us to distribute on the ground;
Alert your contacts in corporations and philanthropies about the needs in Somalia, and let us know of their interest in supporting an Africa-based, African-led organization working there.
Thank you for believing in our work. God bless you and those who are suffering in Somalia and all over the world.
Fatima Jibrell
Adeso Founder and Special Advisor for Somalia
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The Goldman Environmental Prize is excited to share that the 2023 Prize winners will be announced on Monday, April 24. The Prize winners will be celebrated at live ceremonies to coincide with Earth Day: at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco on Monday, April 24, and at the Eisenhower Theater at the John…
January 3, 2023 – By Michael Sutton
Happy New Year! A new year brings fresh inspiration, motivation, and possibilities. It also provides an opportunity for reflection—on the previous year, its highs and lows, and what lessons it conveys to us for the future. This past year, I had the opportunity to immerse myself in nature on several occasions. Memorably, my son and…
As 2022 concludes, we reflect on what a year it has been! Join us in celebrating some key moments at the Goldman Environmental Prize this year. 1. The 2022 Prize Winner Announcement The Goldman Prize was thrilled to welcome the 2022 winners: Chima Williams, Niwat Roykaew, Marjan Minnesma, Julien Vincent, Nalleli Cobo, and Alex Lucitante and Alexandra…


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Hamsters are people too! Not really. But they do make the cutest little workers you've ever seen. Kawanabesatou uses his spare time making little play sets for his pet hamsters and posts them to Twitter. Just imagine what each hamster might be thinking or saying in each scenario!
#1. Why thanks for that bloody Mary my friend! Kanpai (cheers)!
#2. I'll have a California roll and a Mexican roll. I'm not that into octopus rolls, but thanks.
#3. My yūjin (friend), why are you eating the menu!?
#4. Thanks for the great deal on that tombstone. I think Kawanabesatou would approve!


Guess co-founder Paul Marciano resigned as the company's chairman.
Marciano exited the company following an investigation by a special committee into allegations of improper conduct.
Marciano left behind the day-to-day operations of the business in February, days after model and actress Kate Upton accused him of using his power to harass women.


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