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Posted on September 24, 2019 March 2, 2020
Just How Feasible is a Warp Drive?
It's hard living in a relativistic Universe, where even the nearest stars are so far away and the speed of light is absolute. It is little wonder then why science fiction franchises routinely employ FTL (Faster-than-Light) as a plot device. Push a button, press a pedal, and that fancy drive system – whose workings no one can explain – will send us to another location in space-time.
However, in recent years, the scientific community has become understandably excited and skeptical about claims that a particular concept – the Alcubierre Warp Drive – might actually be feasible. This was the subject of a presentation made at this year's American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Propulsion and Energy Forum, which took place from August 19th to 22nd in Indianapolis.
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Gravitational Wave Detectors Might be Able to Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding With Their Mirrors
The field of astronomy has been revolutionized thanks to the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs). Since the initial detection was made in February of 2016 by scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), multiple events have been detected. These have provided insight into a phenomenon that was predicted over a century ago by Albert Einstein.
As it turns out, the infrastructure that is used to detect GWs could also help crack another astronomical mystery: Dark Matter! According to a new study by a team of Japanese researchers, laser interferometers could be used to look for Weakly-Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), a major candidate particle in the hunt for Dark Matter.
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Dr. Avi Loeb Thinks the Government Should set its Sights on Big Ideas in Space Exploration
On July 20th, 2019, exactly 50 years will have passed since human beings first set foot on the Moon. To mark this anniversary, NASA will be hosting a number of events and exhibits and people from all around the world will be united in celebration and remembrance. Given that crewed lunar missions are scheduled to take place again soon, this anniversary also serves as a time to reflect on the lessons learned from the last "Moonshot".
For one, the Moon Landing was the result of years of government-directed research and development that led to what is arguably the greatest achievement in human history. This achievement and the lessons it taught were underscored in a recent essay by two Harvard astrophysicists. In it, they recommend that the federal government continue to provide active leadership in the field of space research and exploration.
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Weekly Space Hangout: June 19, 2019 – Corey Gray, Lead Operator at the LIGO Hanford Observatory
Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)
Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )
Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org)
Dr. Brian Koberlein (briankoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein)
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As Expected, the Newly Upgraded LIGO is Finding a Black Hole Merger Every Week
In February of 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs). Since then, multiple events have been detected, providing insight into a cosmic phenomena that was predicted over a century ago by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.
A little over a year ago, LIGO was taken offline so that upgrades could be made to its instruments, which would allow for detections to take place "weekly or even more often." After completing the upgrades on April 1st, the observatory went back online and performed as expected, detecting two probable gravitational wave events in the space of two weeks.
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LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st
In February of 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) made history by announcing the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs). These ripples in the very fabric of the Universe, which are caused by black hole mergers or white dwarfs colliding, were first predicted by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity roughly a century ago.
About a year ago, LIGO's two facilities were taken offline so its detectors could undergo a series of hardware upgrades. With these upgrades now complete, LIGO recently announced that the observatory will be going back online on April 1st. At that point, its scientists are expecting that its increased sensitivity will allow for "almost daily" detections to take place.
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New Gravitational Waves Detected From Four More Black Hole Mergers. Total Detections up to 11 Now
On February 11th, 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) made history when they announced the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs). Since that time, multiple detections have taken place and scientific collaborations between observatories – like Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo – are allowing for unprecedented levels of sensitivity and data sharing.
Previously, seven such events had been confirmed, six of which were caused by the mergers of binary black holes (BBH) and one by the merger of a binary neutron star. But on Saturday, Dec. 1st, a team of scientists the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) and Virgo Collaboration presented new results that indicated the discovery of four more gravitational wave events. This brings the total number of GW events detected in the last three years to eleven.
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Gravitational waves were only recently observed, and now astronomers are already thinking of ways to use them: like accurately measuring the expansion rate of the Universe
Neutron stars scream in waves of spacetime when they die, and astronomers have outlined a plan to use their gravitational agony to trace the history of the universe. Join us as we explore how to turn their pain into our cosmological profit.
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How to Listen to the Background Hum of Gravitational Waves From all the Black Holes Colliding into Each Other
The first-ever detection of gravitational waves (which took place in September of 2015) triggered a revolution in astronomy. Not only did this event confirm a theory predicted by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity a century before, it also ushered in a new era where the mergers of distant black holes, supernovae, and neutron stars could be studied by examining their resulting waves.
In addition, scientists have theorized that black hole mergers could actually be a lot more common than previously thought. According to a new study conducted by pair of researchers from Monash University, these mergers happen once every few minutes. By listening to the background noise of the Universe, they claim, we could find evidence of thousands of previously undetected events.
Their study, titled "Optimal Search for an Astrophysical Gravitational-Wave Background", recently appeared in the journal Physical Review X. The study was conducted by Rory Smith and Eric Thrane, a senior lecturer and a research fellow at Monash University, respectively. Both researchers are also members of the ARC Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav).
Drs. Eric Thrane and Rory Smith. Credit: Monash University
As they state in their study, every 2 to 10 minutes, a pair of stellar-mass black holes merge somewhere in the Universe. A small fraction of these are large enough that the resulting gravitational wave event can be detected by advanced instruments like the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo observatory. The rest, however, contribute to a sort of stochastic background noise.
By measuring this noise, scientists may be able to study much more in the way of events and learn a great deal more about gravitational waves. As Dr Thrane explained in a Monash University press statement:
"Measuring the gravitational-wave background will allow us to study populations of black holes at vast distances. Someday, the technique may enable us to see gravitational waves from the Big Bang, hidden behind gravitational waves from black holes and neutron stars."
Drs Smith and Thrane are no amateurs when it comes to the study of gravitational waves. Last year, they were both involved in a major breakthrough, where researchers from LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) and the Virgo Collaboration measured gravitational waves from a pair of merging neutron stars. This was the first time that a neutron star merger (aka. a kilonova) was observed in both gravitational waves and visible light.
The pair were also part of the Advanced LIGO team that made the first detection of gravitational waves in September 2015. To date, six confirmed gravitational wave events have been confirmed by the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations. But according to Drs Thrane and Smith, there could be as many as 100,000 events happening every year that these detectors simply aren't equipped to handle.
Artist's impression of merging binary black holes. Credit: LIGO/A. Simonnet.
These waves are what come together to create a gravitational wave background; and while the individual events are too subtle to be detected, researchers have been attempting to develop a method for detecting the general noise for years. Relying on a combination of computer simulations of faint black hole signals and masses of data from known events, Drs. Thrane and Smith claim to have done just that.
From this, the pair were able to produce a signal within the simulated data that they believe is evidence of faint black hole mergers. Looking ahead, Drs Thrane and Smith hope to apply their new method to real data, and are optimistic it will yield results. The researchers will also have access to the new OzSTAR supercomputer, which was installed last month at the Swinburne University of Technology to help scientists to look for gravitational waves in LIGO data.
This computer is different from those used by the LIGO community, which includes the supercomputers at CalTech and MIT. Rather than relying on more traditional central processing units (CPUs), OzGrav uses graphical processor units – which can be hundreds of times faster for some applications. According to Professor Matthew Bailes, the Director of the OzGRav supercomputer:
"It is 125,000 times more powerful than the first supercomputer I built at the institution in 1998… By harnessing the power of GPUs, OzStar has the potential to make big discoveries in gravitational-wave astronomy."
What has been especially impressive about the study of gravitational waves is how it has progressed so quickly. From the initial detection in 2015, scientists from Advanced LIGO and Virgo have now confirmed six different events and anticipate detecting many more. On top of that, astrophysicists are even coming up with ways to use gravitational waves to learn more about the astronomical phenomena that cause them.
All of this was made possible thanks to improvements in instrumentation and growing collaboration between observatories. And with more sophisticated methods designed to sift through archival data for additional signals and background noise, we stand to learn a great deal more about this mysterious cosmic force.
Further Reading: Monash, Physical Review X
Kilonova Neutron Star Collision Probably Left Behind a Black Hole
In February of 2016, scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the first-ever detection of gravitational waves. A little over a century after they were first predicted by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, we finally had proof that this phenomenon existed. In August of 2017, another major breakthrough occurred when LIGO detected waves that were believed to be caused by a neutron star merger.
Shortly thereafter, scientists at LIGO, Advanced Virgo, and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope were able to determine where in the sky the neutron star merger occurred. While many studies have focused on the by-products of this merger, a new study by researchers from Trinity University, the University of Texas at Austin and Eureka Scientific, has chosen to focus on the remnant, which they claim is likely a black hole.
For the sake of their study, which recently appeared online under the title "GW170817 Most Likely Made a Black Hole", the team consulted data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory to examine what resulted of the supernova merger. This data was obtained during Director's Discretionary Time observations that were made on December 3rd and 6th, 2017, some 108 days after the merger.
This data showed a light-curve increase in the X-ray band which was compatible to the radio flux increase that was reported by a previous study conducted by the same team. These combined results suggest that radio and X-ray emissions were being produced at the same source, and that the rising light-curve that followed the merger was likely due to an increase in accelerated charged particles in the external shock – the region where an outflow of gas interacts with the interstellar medium.
As they indicate in their study, this could either be explained as the result of a more massive neutron star being formed from the merger, or a black hole:
"The merger of two neutron stars with mass 1.48 ± 0.12 M and 1.26 ± 0.1 M — where the merged object has a mass of 2.74 +0.04-0.01 M… could result in either a neutron star or a black hole. There might also be a debris disk that gets accreted onto the central object over a period of time, and which could be source of keV X-rays."
The team also ruled out various possibilities of what could account for this rise in X-ray luminosity. Basically, they concluded that the X-ray photons were not coming from a debris disk, which would have been left over from the merger of the two neutron stars. They also deduced that they would not be produced by a relativistic jet spewing from the remnant, since the flux would be much lower after 102 days.
Collisions of neutron stars produce powerful gamma-ray bursts – and heavy elements like gold. Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc.
All of this indicated that the remnant was more likely to be a black hole than a hyper-massive neutron star. As they explained:
"We show next that if the merged object were a hyper-massive neutron star endowed with a strong magnetic field, then the X-ray luminosity associated with the dipole radiation would be larger than the observed luminosity 10 days after the event, but much smaller than the observed flux at t ~ 100 days. This argues against the formation of a hyper-massive neutron star in this merger."
Last, but not least, they considered the X-ray and radio emissions that were present roughly 100 days after the merger. These, they claim, are best explained by continued emissions coming from the merger-induced shock (and the not remnant itself) since these emissions would continue to propagate in the interstellar medium around the remnant. Combined with early X-ray data, this all points towards GW170817 now being a black hole.
The first-ever detection of gravitational waves signaled the dawn of a new era in astronomical research. Since that time, observatories like LIGO, Advanced Virgo, and GEO 600 have also benefited from information-sharing and new studies that have indicated that mergers are more common than previously thought, and that gravity waves could be used to probe the interior of supernovae.
With this latest study, scientists have learned that they are not only able to detect the waves caused by black hole mergers, but even the creation thereof. At the same time, it shows how the study of the Universe is growing. Not only is astronomy advancing to the point where we are able to study more and more of the visible Universe, but the invisible Universe as well.
Further Reading: LIGO, arXiv


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Q: Jest: mocking conditional function calls I am trying to write a test to make sure that, when appropriate, a particular function (in this case, a sentry function) is called with a particular message. However, when I write this test, it fails, and I get the following message. How to I properly mock the captureMessage function in handleError.test.js to make sure that it is properly called with the "this is an error message." string in handleError.js? Thanks!
error message:

Error: expect(jest.fn())[.not].toHaveBeenCalledWith()
jest.fn() value must be a mock function or spy. Received:   function:
  [Function captureMessage]

handleError.js:
import {captureMessage} from '@sentry/browser';

const handleError = (error) => {
  if (error.name === "ApiError") {
    captureMessage('this is an error message.');
  }
};

export default handleError;

handleError.test.js:
import {captureMessage} from '@sentry/browser';
import handleError from '../handleError';

class ApiError extends Error {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.name = 'ApiError';
  }
}

test('When an ApiError is returned with no action type, sentry is notified', () => {
  const sampleError = new ApiError();
  handleError(sampleError);
  expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('this is an error message.');
});

A: As @balzee mentioned, you have to actually spy on the method you want to make assertions about. That causes Jest to replace the method with a special spy function that keeps track of the parameters it is called with, how many times it was called, and so on.
You should also provide a mock implementation for that function, so that you don't actually call out to Sentry when running your unit tests.
Finally, when spying on a method, you first pass the object the method is on, and then the name of the method as a string. Jest then replaces that property on the object with a spy function, that will call the original function if no mock implementation is given.
Without referencing the object the function exists on, you would just be changing what a local function variable points to, from the original/real function to a jest spy function. That won't change the function that the code you are testing invokes, so the test will fail.
So the final test should be:
handleError.test.js:
import * as sentry from '@sentry/browser'; // CHANGED
import handleError from '../handleError';

class ApiError extends Error {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.name = 'ApiError';
  }
}

// added this to remove any spies/mocks after the test
afterEach(() => {
  jest.restoreAllMocks();
});

test('When an ApiError is returned with no action type, sentry is notified', () => {
  const sampleError = new ApiError();
  // added next line
  jest.spyOn(sentry, 'captureMessage').mockImplementation(() => {});
  handleError(sampleError);
  // note the use of `sentry.captureMessage`, which is now a jest spy fn
  expect(sentry.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('this is an error message.');
});

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We invite everyone concerned about the climate crisis to sign a petition urging the federal government to take bold action with significantly increased climate ambition.
Canada's federal government is rolling out its' emissions targets, sectoral action plans and legislation (Bill C-12 Short title "Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act"). These plans fall far short of meeting the level set by the IPCC in Paris in 2015. (Some supporting action plans are equally questionable, notably the plan to develop new nuclear reactors that will not be ready in time to address the climate crisis and will add more toxic radioactive waste.)
"Why Getting to Paris with Trudeau Doesn't Cut it" https://crednb.ca/2021/03/12/why-getting-to-paris-with-trudeau-doesnt-cut-it/ describes how inadequate federal government plans are. Our petition calls on them to address these shortfalls by increasing Canada's emissions reduction targets and ensuring that the 'advisory body' of up to 15 people proposed in the legislation, is comprised exclusively of scientific experts. If you agree, please sign the House of Commons Petition https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3221 You will receive a follow up email from the House of Commons which asks you to respond to confirm that you were the person signing the petition.
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Tracing Princeton's Connections to Slavery through Intentional Serendipity
Posted on June 28, 2017 by April C. Armstrong *14
The Princeton and Slavery Symposium, a presentation of several years of "scholarly investigation of Princeton University's historical engagement with the institution of slavery," is scheduled for November 17-18, 2017. As we lead up to that date, we will be blogging about Mudd's involvement in this larger project.
Last November, the University of Houston-Downtown Archives wrote about their staff's annoyance at headlines about items "Found Buried in the Archives!" Articles like these often rub staff in archives the wrong way, because they render their ongoing efforts (necessary for scholars to uncover such material) invisible. Working day-to-day in the archives of a university, we often know a lot more about our institutions than we're ever able to share in writing, leaving it to the researchers who visit us to record most of the stories that the materials we show them reveal. It is sometimes our jobs to tell the stories of our schools, but not always; even when it is, there will never be enough time for us to write them all down. My multi-page list of blogs-in-progress attests to this.
Even so, there are still discoveries made on a daily basis, "buried" materials or not. Not everything is easily found. My work at Mudd often highlights our collections from new angles and/or reveals forgotten stories about Princeton's past. In order to do this, I keep records of what I discover in the course of my workday. Themes sometimes emerge and eventually become social media posts, blogs, or exhibit fodder as I transform the messy notes in my legal pads and Word documents and the connections in my head into more coherent pieces for public consumption. I also recruit my student assistants to help in this endeavor. Just as I do, they sometimes intentionally set out to tell a specific story, but we also write the stories that find us rather than vice versa. Our discoveries about Princeton's connections to slavery reflect this kind of intentional serendipity (not quite the oxymoron it seems). The work of Mudd's Public Services is both visible and invisible to the patrons who use our library. In today's blog, I will reveal some of the invisible work that we do to support Princeton's educational mission.
The first such item I want to highlight is one I uncovered in the course of collecting items for the weekly blog feature, "This Week in Princeton History." The notice of a slave sale held on the Princeton campus in 1766 was worth including in this weekly roundup of events in mid-August 2015 in part because I had talked with students in the "Princeton and Slavery" course about their research and knew it was of interest to the public we serve. The professor for the course, Martha A. Sandweiss, referred to the slave sale in an article about her class that appeared in The Nation a few months later.
Clip from the Philadelphia Journal, August 14, 1766.
My student assistants were aware that the course was meeting at Mudd and had interacted with its students in the performance of their duties here as well. While Natalie Fahlberg '18 was working on a long-term digitization project in the Office of the President Records (AC117), she noticed an indenture contract for a child and pointed it out to Dan Linke (the University Archivist) and me. This information was also passed on to the student researchers.
(Click to enlarge.) Indenture contracts like these did not commit one to a lifetime of servitude, but rather a specified period. Natalie was particularly struck by the age of the African American child supposedly willingly entering into a contract of 12 years–at nine, it would seem unlikely that he was indentured of his own free will. Office of the President Records (AC117), Box 8, Folder 3.
In the final case I'd like to highlight, Zachary Bampton '20 was at work on his blog about language at Princeton and looking through issues of the Nassau Rake to find specific examples of some outdated words and phrases. In the process, he found a play from 1860 mocking a black abolitionist. The play called him "Honeyman," a Princeton slang term dating back at least to the mid-18th century that roughly translates as "unoriginal (in the sense of plagiarism)" or "copycat." Though the play makes little sense to a 21st-century audience, Zach was able to determine that it somehow reflected student attitudes toward slavery in the early 1860s and alerted me to it. To interpret the play and see that they're mocking the abolitionist as someone who can't think for himself requires familiarity with Princeton's defunct modes of expression. This specialized knowledge arising from daily contact is something else we offer to confused researchers.
(Click to enlarge.) "The Early Bootlick Gets the Grade: A Drama in Two Acts." Nassau Rake, 1860.
While we were not specifically looking for slavery in any of these examples, we knew that it was an important issue of concern to many people who use our library. In the course of our work, we collected this information and organized it thematically, just as we do with respect to other topics. You will sometimes see blogs or exhibits as a result of these kinds of efforts made by my team of student assistants, my colleagues at Mudd, or me. However, much of the time—perhaps most—our work remains a largely invisible support of Princeton's commitment to learning in an environment dedicated to public service, made known instead by the full community of researchers at Princeton and beyond who utilize it for their own historical writing.
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The composition was engraved in reverse by Enea Vico (Bartsch XV.292.21). According to the date of 1539 on Giovanni Battista Scultori's print, Vico's was made later and on the basis of Scultori's version. Vico does not date his print, but as his earliest prints date to 1541, it appears that Scultori devised the original. There is a drawing by Ippolito Andreasi in the Staatliche Graphische Saamlung, Munich (inv. no. 991), made after Scultori's or Vico's print (see Richard Harprath, 'Ippolito Andreasi as a Draughtsman', Master Drawings, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring, 1984), p. 21, no. 96).


Starting off in "30 Days Without Incident", the first episode of the fourth season, things are going well at the prison. The protagonists have taken the Governor's leftover followers under their wing, so now the prison is home to more people, living in multiple cell blocks. And in the time since we have last saw them, they've set up a garden. They're raising pigs for food. They have formed a council. And they have a stand outside where meals are handed out. It ain't no Bahavia, but everyone is fed and protected.
Alone in the forest outside the prison, Rick encounters a tattered, broken woman. She begs Rick to help take her catch back to her husband. Rick is hesitant, and as soon as he lets it slip, the woman wants to get her husband, and go live at the prison. Rick only agrees to meet her husband, but warns her: "You try anything... anything... you're gonna be the one who loses." Her haunting reply: "I don't have anything else to lose."
Meanwhile, some of the others (including Daryl, Michonne, Glen, and the now-established Sasha) go for a run at a supermarket. The military had set up base there, but now it's abandoned, and crawling with walkers. In the store, one of the new characters (Bob) knocks over a shelf of wine, and the noise attracts the walkers on the roof. The ceiling has rotted, so walkers begin raining-shooting-down through the ceiling. Visually, it's extremely clever, and executed in a grusomely terrific way. Also in this episode: Carol teaching the kids about knives, and how to use them (how disturbing). The new characters are all good-looking and boring. The show's portrayal of romantic relationships is a true weak spot, and always has been. It is the non-romantic relationships (the bond shared between Daryl and Carol, for example) that are the most fascinating. Rick's interaction with the woman he finds is tense, but predictable and pointless. And in usual Walking Dead fashion, everything in "30 Days Without Incident" is dragged out as long as possible. "30 Days Without Incident" was really, really bad. Highlights include Michonne's determination to hunt down the governor, and the supermarket scene.
In "Infected", the second episode of the fourth season, an advancing virus is turning the prison's inhabitants very ill, and people are dying. As a result, a string of walkers attack within the prison's walls. And outside the fences... the walkers are beginning to break through.
"Infected" was light years better than the previous episode. In this one, things are starting to pick up, very slowly. ("Infected" and "30 Days" should have been combined into the first episode of the season.) I do like how the show is introducing so many new characters, and then killing them off quickly and by the handful. It gives the show more suspense, makes it more dramatic, and keeps it unpredictable. Overall, "Infected" was a good episode... until about the last twenty minutes.
I am thinking of the penultimate scene when Carol finds Lizzie and Mika at the fence, after their father dies. The show's crew is trying (here, and in other places) to add so much emotion into the show... but most of the time it fails. And so, is there even a point to it? I am not suggesting that the characters should be two dimensional. But hello... it's a show about a zombie apocalypse. The show needs less coupling, less moral debate, and more conflict, more drama, more action. In the show's bleak, nihilistic setting and atmosphere, with such grim, desperate characters... the conditions are just not suitable for the emotional depth they are trying to attain.
In episode three, "Isolation", nothing really happens. I mean, more than usual. The only highlights were Rick rescuing Carol at the pump, and Daryl, Michonne, Bob, and Tyreese's escape from the crowd of walkers. The revelation that Carol killed Karen and David wasn't very shocking.
In episode four, "Indifference", Carol's explanation to Rick, of why she killed Karen and David, is really contrived. The Carol and Rick storyline was intriguing. But the other one, with Daryl and the others... God it was dull.
Over the four seasons of The Walking Dead, the quality has been inconsistent, ranging from horrendous to terrific. And yet, over time, the show's ratings have only continued to rise. This speaks volumes about the show, as well as the people who watch it.
In the past I have gotten sucked into watching crappy shows. I would watch a few episodes to see how it went... and then I would have to keep going. Maybe there was a character I wanted to follow. Maybe there was a mystery I wanted to see the conclusion of. But now, I have decided, I can no longer do this. There is too much good material out there to waste one's time with the bad stuff, hoping it will eventually pay off.
The biggest thing I was looking forward to, coming into the fourth season, was the conflict between our survivors and the Governor. And I know that The Governor will be back. But I won't be sticking around to find out what happens.


ThePub @ NetApp: Flocker, Docker, Cinder, & NetApp!
Being able to run about four-to-six times the number of server application instances in comparison to traditional VMs on the same hardware is one of the reasons why the adoption rate of Docker containers has skyrocketed. The advantage of containers in packaging applications, dependencies, and configurations not only allows portable and flexible packaged applications that are fast and easy to deploy, update, and scale, but can also help cloud and database service providers cut down costs by providing higher infrastructure utilization. Without the overhead of an additional OS, or the abstraction of a hypervisor, containers are able to be more densely placed on server resources, leading to higher resource utilization and greater efficiency.
One limitation of using containers is that their associated volumes, housing the application data, exist for only as long as the containers do. This makes containers lose their value for applications that require data-retention, such as a database application. Flocker, an open-source container data volume-manager from ClusterHQ, tries to fill that gap by allowing a Flocker data volume, called a dataset, to be used with any container in the cluster. Unlike Docker volumes which are tied to a single server, Flocker datasets are portable, and can be easily moved between nodes in a cluster. You can learn more about Flocker and how you can get started on the ClusterHQ website.
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Flocker provides support for multiple storage back-ends using plugins, including a driver for Cinder, the block storage provisioning and management framework for OpenStack. This backend driver can be used with the Flocker dataset agent nodes, deployed as virtual machines by OpenStack Nova. After installing the Flocker service on your control host and your nodes, you will need to create a configuration file on the nodes at /etc/flocker/agent.yml to start the Flocker agent and ensure it can take advantage of the Cinder integration. The configuration file must include version and control-service items. You may refer to the Flocker documentation for the contents of those blocks. When configuring the Cinder driver, the dataset block, which houses the configuration parameters for the dataset backend, must be configured for your environment. It's also important to note that all the nodes must be configured to use the same dataset backend.
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Teen Wolf Star Charlie Carver: ''I Am a Proud Gay Man''
by Bruna Nessif | Mon., Jan. 11, 2016 3:46 PM
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Charlie Carver is opening up about his sexuality.
The 27-year-old actor, who stars in hit shows like Teen Wolf (along with his twin brother Max Carver) and The Leftovers, took to Instagram today to repeatedly share a single quote that was important to him. But what was even more important were the captions paired with the photos, which included a lengthy but heartwarming message—Charlie Carver shared that he is gay.
With a photo of the quote "Be who you needed when you were younger," the celeb wrote, "As a young boy, I knew I wanted to be an actor. I knew I wanted to be a lot of things! I thought I wanted to be a painter, a soccer player, a stegosaurus... But the acting thing stuck. It was around that age that I also knew, however abstractly, that I was different from some of the other boys in my grade."
PHOTOS: A Brief History of Gays on TV
He continued, "Over time, this abstract 'knowing' grew and articulated itself through a painful gestation marked by feelings of despair and alienation, ending in a climax of saying three words out loud: 'I am gay'. I said them to myself at first, to see how they felt.
"They rang true, and I hated myself for them. I was twelve. It would take me a few years before I could repeat them to anyone else, in the meantime turning the phrase over and over in my mouth until I felt comfortable and sure enough to let the words pour out again, this time to my family.."
Carver celebrated the fact that he comes from a family who was very accepting of who he is, but understand that's not the case for everybody in his situation. He also made mention that there were plenty of things about "coming out" that rubbed him the wrong way.
A photo posted by Charlie Carver (@charliecarver) on Jan 11, 2016 at 2:14pm PST
"While my Coming Out was very important for me, I wanted to believe in a world where one's sexuality was for the most part irrelevant. That it didn't 'matter,' or that at least it was something that didn't need to or ideally shouldn't ever have to be announced to a stranger, a new colleague, an interviewer," Carver, who has played a variety of gay roles on-screen (including a steamy threesome with James Franco and Zachary Quinto in I Am Michael), added.
"Even the words 'Coming Out' bothered me. I took issue with them insofar as that 'Coming Out' implied being greeted with attention, attention for something I would prefer to be implicitly just Human, an attribute or adjective that was only part of how I saw my whole self. I did not want to be defined by my sexuality. Sure, I am a proud gay man, but I don't identify as a Gay man, or a GAY man, or just gay. I identify as a lot of things, these various identifications and identities taking up equal space and making up an ever-fluid sense of Self."
Carver continued, "I long for the world to be simple, for everyone to feel happy and safe in who they are as individuals and members of a community. I can only hope that the beginning of this unrest is productive, something our generation(s) is moving through in order to end up someplace better.
"So now, let the record show this—I self-identify as gay. And does that really matter anymore? As a young man, I needed a young man in Hollywood to say that—and without being a dick about it, I owe it to myself, more than anything, to be who I needed when I was younger."
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Q: Dnsmasq makes ping start slowly I just updated a lot of Raspberry Pis and other machines to Debian Stretch and while doing that (and repairing some broken stuff due to the upgrade) I noticed that my ping startup times, so the time till I see the actual first response, is really bad on some machines. I've been running the same configuration on a lot of different machines up to now, so I'm not actually sure if that is new and I just did not notice, or if this is actually related to the upgrade.
To put it into shell output, here is what I see:
time ping -c1 serverfault.com
PING serverfault.com (151.101.193.69) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 151.101.193.69 (151.101.193.69): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=29.0 ms

--- serverfault.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 29.085/29.085/29.085/0.000 ms

real    0m5.098s
user    0m0.010s
sys     0m0.000s

A second call will be cached, thus shows the expected behaviour:
time ping -c1 serverfault.com
PING serverfault.com (151.101.1.69) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 151.101.1.69 (151.101.1.69): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=16.8 ms

--- serverfault.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 16.819/16.819/16.819/0.000 ms

real    0m0.063s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.020s

The funny thing about this is that it is actually not the upstream servers:
19:49:38.040549 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 37883, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.37868 > 10.179.1.1.53: [bad udp cksum 0x17ac -> 0xe329!] 54130+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.040624 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 6297, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.37868 > 208.67.220.220.53: [bad udp cksum 0xb918 -> 0x41bd!] 54130+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.040657 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 25130, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.37868 > 208.67.222.222.53: [bad udp cksum 0xbb1a -> 0x3fbb!] 54130+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.040688 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 62720, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.37868 > 83.169.184.33.53: [bad udp cksum 0x17c3 -> 0xe312!] 54130+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.040717 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 40746, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.37868 > 83.169.184.97.53: [bad udp cksum 0x1803 -> 0xe2d2!] 54130+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.040744 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 41541, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.37868 > 8.8.4.4.53: [bad udp cksum 0x1804 -> 0xe2d1!] 54130+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.040773 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 58321, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.37868 > 8.8.8.8.53: [bad udp cksum 0x1c08 -> 0xdecd!] 54130+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.041061 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 37884, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.35828 > 10.179.1.1.53: [bad udp cksum 0x17ac -> 0xe101!] 49810+ AAAA? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.041120 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 25131, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    10.179.1.11.35828 > 208.67.222.222.53: [bad udp cksum 0xbb1a -> 0x3d93!] 49810+ AAAA? serverfault.com. (33)
19:49:38.049748 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 59, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 125)
    10.179.1.1.53 > 10.179.1.11.37868: [udp sum ok] 54130 q: A? serverfault.com. 4/0/0 serverfault.com. [4m46s] A 151.101.129.69, serverfault.com. [4m46s] A 151.101.65.69, serverfault.com. [4m46s] A 151.101.1.69, serverfault.com. [4m46s] A 151.101.193.69 (97)
19:49:38.054841 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 57, id 43395, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 125)
    208.67.222.222.53 > 10.179.1.11.37868: [udp sum ok] 54130 q: A? serverfault.com. 4/0/0 serverfault.com. [3m7s] A 151.101.129.69, serverfault.com. [3m7s] A 151.101.193.69, serverfault.com. [3m7s] A 151.101.1.69, serverfault.com. [3m7s] A 151.101.65.69 (97)
19:49:38.074955 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 57, id 53865, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 125)
    208.67.220.220.53 > 10.179.1.11.37868: [udp sum ok] 54130 q: A? serverfault.com. 4/0/0 serverfault.com. [5m] A 151.101.1.69, serverfault.com. [5m] A 151.101.65.69, serverfault.com. [5m] A 151.101.129.69, serverfault.com. [5m] A 151.101.193.69 (97)

So, as you can see I get a response pretty quickly.
Even when I look only at the local loopback the answer when issuing a ping command is more or less instantly:
19:50:48.577615 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 29962, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    127.0.0.1.45851 > 127.0.0.1.53: [bad udp cksum 0xfe3c -> 0x12d5!] 40455+ A? serverfault.com. (33)
19:50:48.578344 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 29963, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 61)
    127.0.0.1.45851 > 127.0.0.1.53: [bad udp cksum 0xfe3c -> 0xab1d!] 60094+ AAAA? serverfault.com. (33)
19:50:48.591133 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 29964, offset 0, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 125)
    127.0.0.1.53 > 127.0.0.1.45851: [bad udp cksum 0xfe7c -> 0x3aea!] 40455 q: A? serverfault.com. 4/0/0 serverfault.com. [3m36s] A 151.101.129.69, serverfault.com. [3m36s] A 151.101.65.69, serverfault.com. [3m36s] A 151.101.1.69, serverfault.com. [3m36s] A 151.101.193.69 (97)

But then ping blocks and apparently retries (I see that from the tcpdumps) and then only accepts the answer?
When I dig I only see sub 100ms answers. That somehow feels as if ping (or something in the libraries) does not accept this first answer that comes from dnsmasq and needs the "cached" answer somehow.
I can measure this with other tools too (curl, etc). That somehow defeats the purpose of having dnsmasq in the first place. I played around with basically all my dns related options in the config, but to no ends (dnssec, cache sizes, etc). I always have this five seconds delay on the first use.
Any other ideas where to look? Am I interpreting something wrong?
I'm pretty much out of ideas now.
Update
Some more things I tried and observations:
When I disable the cache in dnsmasq completely, I still have the delays, just everytime I start the ping now.
ping -4 does not show the delays, though ipv6 is disabled via sysctl.
Adding
options single-request

to /etc/resolv.conf makes it go away. So apparently an issue with the parallel requests. I will go and ask the mailing list.


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Interview: Robin Sansom of Blackburn
Written by Anna Schwinn June 15, 2015
Blackburn emerged in a landscape where bicycles were beginning to be recognized in the US for their capabilities as dedicated vehicles of transportation rather than solely recreationally or race purposed. Capitalizing on the opportunity to support the emerging need, Jim Blackburn started the ball rolling to create gear that allowed riders to carry what they needed while getting out there on their own.
The resurgence of the Blackburn brand over the past several years can, at least partially, be linked to its brand manager Robin Sansom. Arriving at Blackburn with a healthy industry pedigree and a soft spot in his heart for cargo bikes and touring, Robin has worked to rectify the current brand with the legacy established by brand founder and spirit animal Jim Blackburn, through the Ranger Program and in product such as the Outpost Bag line.
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Robin in Santa Cruz to discuss the history and the context of the emergence of the brand as well as its current direction.
BIKERUMOR: Where did the brand get its start?
ROBIN: Jim Blackburn graduated from San Jose state 1974ish. I don't know exactly when that was. Mike Sinyard somehow, as a fledgling business owner, snuck onto Jim's committee for his graduate studies at San Jose State because Jim was doing this project for a bike as his thesis. Mike was importing all these parts from Italy- that's why the official name of Specialized is SBC, Specialized Bike Components, because he sold Campagnolo and all these other brands. He'd find these racks from Italy, which I don't know if you've ever used an Italian bicycle rack, they are designed to hold, like, a newspaper. That's what they carry there.
BIKERUMOR: A cannoli… a newspaper…
ROBIN: They needed racks and nobody makes a rack that can hold more than a newspaper.
BIKERUMOR: That's a question I have. In the Blackburn literature, there is talk about recognizing opportunity in the "emerging bike culture." Is this referring to domestic emerging bike culture, or otherwise? Because references to racks at the time, well, there were the Italians. As far as touring racks for road bikes, they also were being made by the Swiss. There were a couple entities, European entities. So is that reference is just to emerging US bike culture?
ROBIN: Absolutely.
BIKERUMOR: I think that's really important context for Blackburn especially because now people think globally but at that time, it wasn't really a global situation.
ROBIN: To get something from Europe was fucking impossible. It was an American problem.
BIKERUMOR: I think that's something worth discussion too.
ROBIN: Basically, the culture was happening. It was happening because- National Geographic at the time was the biggest magazine on the planet. They did a full page spread featuring these two couples that went to South America on their bikes that happened to found the Adventure Cycling Association which now makes all maps for cycling in the US.
BIKERUMOR: Do you know what year that was?
ROBIN: They started in the early 70's on this ride from Alaska to Argentina. One of the founders of the ACA, he flew to National Geographic and told them what he was going to do. They said he was crazy and they gave him film. That was a big thing back then. Film was really expensive. So they started the trip and sent some back to National Geographic and they said that's great, we want to do an article. They did the whole trip and they did an article about it. And I think they might have paid them some cash, I'm not sure. But mostly it was film. That captured everyone's imagination. You think of the time period, you know, people were hitching around in that era and to have a bike… oh shit, I don't have to hitch anymore. I have a bike. Then they created a Bikecentennial, a celebration of the US Bicentennial, which created a lot of attention. And that's about the time that Blackburn started making racks, which no one could really get before.
BIKERUMOR: There was this crazy patchwork of small American importers at the time. That was the landscape. I worked for a shop who had been one of these importers. That's how you would get stuff. You would call or write an importer and get a catalog and then hope they had the shit you wanted. Or ask around, if you were fortunate to have someone knowledgeable on the right stuff to ask… if you even knew what to ask for. QBP and Specialized- people don't understand why those entities were critical, but at that time you were really otherwise at the mercy of the large bike companies and what they wanted to sell you.
ROBIN: At the time bikes were primarily either toys or for racing. Not for transportation. And I think Jim Blackburn saw that culture emerging. He was like, I'm on it. He was an industrial designer, not a cyclist really. People want this. They don't know how to get it. I can design it and make it better than anything that's been available, and I can have it made.
At the time, having stuff made, Silicon Valley was booming with manufacturing. Real manufacturing, not software. Silicon manufacturing was starting but it was real manufacturing. Computers were essentially hard goods at the time. It wasn't about the software, it was about the hardware. So there were a lot of resources. He capitalized on them. He had the racks made, and the cages made. And pumps and the trainers and so on. He kept recognizing these needs out there and he's very aware of that.
BIKERUMOR: One thing that can be said about Jim is that he was user focused. Not just making stuff to sell to the user, but being aggressive about addressing actual user needs.
ROBIN: And that takes a certain amount of humility and lack of hubris to be able to do that. It's not easy, if you're a designer or engineer there are things you know aren't technically better, but they are more accepted and people like it. Understand the cultures around it. People want this. Why do they want it? Okay, because they think it's stiffer. How can we talk to that? To understand that and design around it and say "okay, I can solve that," it's pretty fucking cool. I think that guy figured it out. I think that's our biggest take away for now, for the future. When I talk to Jim Blackburn on the phone, he's not sentimental. He's like "I figured out what people wanted and I made it, I made it well, I marketed it well, I'm a good businessman, and I sold my business, and I live on a golf course now and I don't care what you guys do."
BIKERUMOR: Why do you talk to him twice a year then?
ROBIN: Because I need to hear that. I think that's awesome. That's a great point of view. I did my job. I did it well. I'm doing other things. I have a life. Go away. He doesn't like the logo, though.
BIKERUMOR: So tell me about the Ranger Program.
ROBIN: I think the best way to relate it is, you know how Jim was super into emerging cultures, we don't have a mechanism for that these days so much. Our only mechanism is to do it ourselves, the only problem with that is that we have to do our jobs. We have to show up at work every day. We can ride on the weekends, on vacation. We can do marketing trips, but nobody really knows it as well as those people who check out for a couple of months and ride bikes from Mexico to Canada. We thought, well, let's find those people and make sure we listen to them.
BIKERUMOR: How do you find these people?
ROBIN: There are people where that is their existence like Doom and Steve Fassbinder. We're not looking for the serial and professional- I mean, we are, we want their feedback as well. We want the people who are counterculture. They are like: you know what, I'm going to quit my job. I'm going to rearrange my identity to ride my bike this amazing distance. It's not even about the bike. It's about taking the time off from whatever their lives were and transferring that to a life of travel and adventure. We wanted to really want to tap into that, but we still had a business to run.
It's easy for us to find the lone guys, but we also wanted to find the people who- it's funny, the first year we did this, we were just asking people we know, like "do you know anybody who is going to quit their jobs?" At first it was just word of mouth. The second year we did a campaign. A call to action. Are you looking to do this type of riding? This past year we did a more robust version of that, but the same question. People have seen what we've done the past couple of years and said hey, that's something I'd love to be a part of. The Rangers are amazing. We've got a great crop. I think we're in a time and a place where there's culture out there for this that hasn't existed in 30-40 years. I don't know if it is ephemeral, if it will go away.
BIKERUMOR: The thing is that touring has been happening the whole time. But now mainstream industry is starting to support it.
ROBIN: And the demographic has changed too. Young people in the 70's that rode those bikes kept riding their bikes. They just got older. I think there is a young generation, younger than any of us here, but there is a culture that grew up riding in college, I think that's the big thing. You go to college and a lot of college towns are a pain in the ass to drive so you bike everywhere. Then you are a bike commuter. Then you are like: now what do I do? Then you are like I can take this cheap vacation and go see these amazing things.
And I think that people's ambitions are about being happy more than they are about status or money. I think happiness is, especially in this younger generation, a much bigger factor in what they choose in their career path. We're going for people with great stories, who will give us the best testing.
BIKERUMOR: When you have super experienced people, they have a certain product tolerance and expectations. You get new enthusiasts and they don't have those expectations. They use it differently. It's a different intuition.
ROBIN: Like, "where do I put my $2000 camera" or "where is the small pocket to carry my credit cards?" Whereas the experienced people are like "this is where I always put my stuff."
BIKERUMOR: So the Outpost Bags…
ROBIN: Those things are… I've always had this as a product person, like; I made this cargo bike for Kona. It took me three years to get Dan and Jake to let me make this bike. I made the drawings in CAD.
BIKERUMOR: You CAD?
ROBIN: I'm horrible at CAD. It's like my mom using Paint, that's kind of like me using CAD. Anyway, I can manage. So I made the bike and put it in the tube for three years and finally I presented and they were like "really? again?" and I was like "yes!" "Go ahead and make it." And that year it was their best selling bike.
BIKERUMOR: Don't you love when that happens?
ROBIN: It was like that with the Outpost bags. They were like, aren't they kind of niche? And I'm like, once people start using these bags like I have, people won't want racks anymore. They will just want to put those things on. You get the same capacity. Look, I've got this bag here. I've got a down jacket in there that is warm as fuck. You can throw your sleeping bag and your camera in there. And the same thing is happening with all your camping gear. It's not like it used to be where all your camping gear was like- your sleeping bag was THIS big around. A beautiful fantastic sleeping bag is only THAT big now. Same thing with tents. Tents used to be huge. So the bags you use on your bikes don't have to be some fantastic thing attached to a rack. Now they can just attach to the bike. People want the traditional stuff too. So those Outpost Bags that we make are more mountain bike centric… I think will actually become a road staple as well. It works. It's easy. It's simple. I can put it on any bike.
What happened in the 70's and 80's, when Blackburn racks came along, they were accessible. You could buy them. Before that, you really couldn't unless you had someone make you one or find the right catalog. That's what I like about the modern stuff. There are great brands like Relevate and Porcelain Rocket- I love those brands. Just like cargo bikes like the Xtra Cycle, I love that stuff. We're just trying to make this stuff more accessible. If you live in San Francisco or LA, you can ride from your house to a place where you can to camp in an hour- an hour in a half. If you want a Relevate or Porcelain Rocket bag you have to wait 6-8 weeks and pay a bit more money. I think that's one thing that Jim Blackburn did with racks that we do with bags.
I mean, that product is awesome. People will buy it, will continue to buy it. But this is product is for everyone else as well. We're not here to steal market share away from that level of product. All those people that can't afford the higher level product have something to go to. I think of it as a very democratic way of broadening the market. Getting more people into it. I believe in the democracy- there is a certain economy of scale.
BIKERUMOR: How else do you democratize cycling? How are you proud of that?
ROBIN: I think with all the other accessories it's been a commodity game. They come into a shop and say "I need a light because it's dark" or "I got a ticket" or "I don't feel safe out there." There aren't many light brands that have a point of view on that, alright. Some brands have a point of view of like "we're design." Our brand has a nice history and point of view on being durable and dependable. All our products can survive these amazing journeys- surely they will be reliable on our ride across town. We build everything with that mentality. We call it "Mission Critical-" "Mission Critical Gear." If it doesn't meet that standard then it's not really one of our products. Hopefully that message will get to the consumer. From everyday blinky lights to things that you depend on to get you through an overnight bike trip.
BIKERUMOR: Where does "Get Out There" come from?
ROBIN: That one is actually super easy. There was an ad that we dug up and here is Jim Jenson riding, a silhouette of him riding with panniers on. The only phrase on the ad was "Get out there." When I first started at Blackburn, I was hired as product manager. And they were like "Okay, go make product." And I was like "Okay, who am I making it for?" I had to figure out who the consumer was. I made my own little brand book- like when you're a kid, you make little cartoons. But I found that ad and I was like, alright, cool, that's it. Then they put me in charge of the brand so I pulled that into it.
BIKERUMOR: That's the technical story at how you arrived at that language. How does that apply to your product, man?
ROBIN: Hey man, I have to ride home right now at night through the sketchiest neighborhood in Santa Cruz. I know that the light is going to get me there. And I know that because people who are getting out there in the middle of nowhere have taken this light to those places and it's what works for them. So it will work for me. And I'll be fine.
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AdventuresAnonymous
Excellent marketing piece. Unfortunately, the bags certainly don't make the "Mission Critical" cut for actual bikepackers. Poor design, poor materials, poor execution. Try again – or better yet, just stick to cheap Chinese accessories and leave the bikepacking world alone.
The "touring market" is actually several. On-road, dirt road, off-road, expedition– different bikes and different carrying setups work better for each situation. Even mega expensive, suspension-corrected drop bar mountain bikes are a compromise. I love my Tamland and tubeless 40mms for almost all kinds of roads, but not on singletrack.
I just returned from a month of 85 pave/15 dirt touring in Italy (Tuscan white roads are wonderful). My favorite gear were my Arkel Dry-Lites. Cheap, light, good enough. Not slick to mount, not bomb proof, not idiot proof, but light and stupid simple. My friend with his burly german-made panniers was carrying rear bags that weighed 2.5 lbs more. No thank you. Will my panniers last 10-15 years, probably not, but I'll by another set when I need to in 5 years and will still have spent no more than him.
I am willing to compromise for a lighter, better experience on the bike. Lightweight backpackers and that industry finally figured this out about a decade ago, thanks to Ray Jardine and co. Wouldn't we all rather ride a 60lbs bike than a 90lbs at the end of the day riding up to Volterra, or over Giau pass, or on the cobbles of Napoli, or… anywhere. For touring, where the daily mileage is cumulative, please prioritize lightweight!
MarkyMark
Jim's right. The (new) logo actually is pretty terrible. Difficult to read. Doesn't do anything for the brand or what it stands for.
interesting to read about Dan and Jake's shortsightedness yet again. Kona seems to keep bumping along though.
Ripnshread
Yea, that logo is horrid. I just flipped to the site and my wife looked over my shoulder and said, "Whats Blackbum?"
Dr Boom
From Spin Cycle to bike dude at Blackburn. Not bad.
Nearly all my bikes have Blackburn stainless steel water bottle cages. Thank you Blackburn for continuing to make them. Best $15 you can spend on a bike besides a bell.
It was a delight talking with you Anna. It is not easy to pare down a conversation and keep most things in context . . . you managed it pretty well. I would just say that I have and will continue to learn a lot from all the great people I have worked with, especially the folks at Kona. They taught me to question the norm (like making a cargo bike), don't take yourself too seriously and to have fun.
sketchiest neighborhood in santa cruz? whatever dude.
Rock Creek Bike Park expands on Kanuga with wooden features & shuttles!
North Carolina gets another killer mountain bike park, this time with shuttles to the top and more technical trail features from Neko Mulally!


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Could Doomsday Bunkers Become the New Normal?
Mira Ptacin / Source: The New York Times
When we were told to stay inside our homes, a portion of the population quietly went below ground.
The first tenant for one of Frank Woodworth's underground bunkers wasn't a human, it was a seed. "A couple of hippies called me up and asked me to build them a vault for their heirloom seeds," he said.
A reserved man with Downeast stoicism, Mr. Woodworth is the owner of Northeast Bunkers, a company in Pittsfield, Maine, that specializes in the design and construction of underground bunkers. It was 18 years ago that Mr. Woodworth outfitted that first steel vault while working as a general contractor, and he has since changed direction, pivoting his business model to focus solely on designing, installing and updating underground shelters... [+]
Regional Foundation Repair: Basement Bunkers Aren't Just for Preppers Anymore
Bunker Coronavirus / Covid-19 Emergency architecture Mira Ptacin
Isabel Zendal Hospital, Madrid
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Instant Architecture
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The Context of a New Healthcare Venue
Justo Isasi It is fitting to use the name of the nurse Isabel Zendal, a key figure in the extraordinary expedition that took the smallpox vaccine to the confines of the Spanish Empire early in the 19th century, for the Community of Madrid's new hospital for epid
Paula Gortázar
On another notice, the photographer Paula Gortázar walks us through the interiors of the European Parliament, spaces that most people are unfamiliar with but where important decisions affecting our everyday lives are made. From Greece to the Roman Em
Ceuta Public Library
Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos Spain The site's complexity – with a fragment of the Andalusian medieval Ceuta –, the compressed character of the current city, and the marked topography encouraged to think of a unifying proposal that could make both aspects coexist. With this integrating
El Garaje, Madrid
NOMOS Architects Spain An automobile repair shop surrounded by a ramp becomes a home where a sequence of parallel walls makes hallways unnecessary and is conducive to the crossing of paths. Both energy saving and natural lighting determined the construction solutions appli
Kazuyo Sejima and Phyllis Lambert named winners of the 2023 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable Prizes
The Architectural Review and the AJ have named Kazuyo Sejima and Phyllis Lambert as winners respectively of the 2023 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable prizes Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima has been awarded the Jane Drew Prize for Architecture 2023.
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In the interview, held at the Norman Foster Foundation, Luis Fernández-Galiano explains his relationship with Norman Foster, how his innovative design has changed the world of architecture, and how they worked together for the Norman Foster Foundatio
In 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered a mysterious radiation – which he called unknown ray or X – that was able to penetrate the surface of bodies and reproduce their structure on photographic film. This phenomenon has had a hug


Are these designs good enough?
Two new planning applications are coming forward for approval. Engage would like to know what you think of the quality of these two proposals. The one above is a design for a new hotel on the Strand and James Street. And the one below is for another hotel on Duke Street.
The 167-bedroom hotel on the Strand (above) is designed by Studio Mutt for Marshall CDP and is directly opposite the World Heritage Site of the Waterfront and Pier Head and lies in the Buffer Zone. Do people think this design is of sufficient quality to merit being passed by the Planning Committee when they meet? More details HERE Place North West website 05.04.19.
The Liverpool City Region have appointed architect Paul Monaghan as the first Design Champion with the task of improving the quality of design right across the region. One wonders if he has been asked to comment on these two schemes or if he isn't allowed to have a view as Liverpool City Council has responsibility for planning decisions and not the Liverpool City Region?
Planners are recommending approval next week for the Duke Street hotel development but their ideas on the Strand hotel proposals are as yet unknown.
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Body in Motion
Physio Tauranga | Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation & Pilates | Body in Motion
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About our Bethlehem Physio practice
The Bethlehem clinic is a modern physiotherapy and pilates clinic that provides a welcoming, calming atmosphere. We are located on the ground floor of the Bethlehem Birthing Centre and have convenient parking as well as disability car parks immediately outside the clinic.
Our Bethlehem physio team provide a holistic approach to your well-being and each therapist has a specialist area of interest.
The expertise of our team ranges from Acute sports and spinal physiotherapy, Hand Therapy, Women's Health, Bradcliff Breathing Assessment/Treatment, Pinc & Steel Cancer Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Return-to-Work Rehabilitation, Acupuncture, Exercise Rehab, and Manual Therapy.
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Olivia van Schaik
Sharlene Roche
Receptionist / Administrator
Tracey Lougheed
Dominic Samuel
Principal, Physiotherapist
Anna Ness
Fanny Peters
Pilates Service Manager
Annalees Jones
Shannon Fisken
Laura O'Brien
Kelly Griffiths
Marjo Thomas
Physiotherapist - Falls Prevention Team
Ian Culpan
Rina Bester
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Raised in Southland, Olivia graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2011. She worked for the Southland District Health Board in Dunedin for a few years, before travel beckoned and she moved to the United Kingdom to pursue physiotherapy in London.
In between exploring Europe, she worked for the NHS in hospital and community based settings. After three years, Olivia moved back to wonderful New Zealand and now resides in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. Olivia is passionate about health and fitness and is qualified in dry needling. She enjoys meeting people from all walks of life and delivering a holistic client centred approach to injury rehabilitation and achieving goals.
You'll find Olivia keeping active in the outdoors, playing social sports, and spending time with friends and family.
Originally from Wellington, Shaz has come from a hospital administration background. First working for Wellington DHB then moving to Southern Cross Hospitals. Shaz enjoys spending time with her family exploring Tauranga and loves her sports, netball and tennis in particular.
Tracey moved to Tauranga and joined the Body In Motion family in 2014. She absolutely loves living in the Bay and enjoy the balance between growing avocados and her role as a receptionist/administrator. Tracey is passionately interested in holistic wellness, nutritional health and fitness.
BSc (HONS) Biology with Sport & Exercise Science. MSc in Physiotherapy. Certtificate in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (NZMPA)
Hailing from the UK, Dom joined the BIM Team in January 2015 after four years working as a Staff physiotherapist in Waikato Hospital.
Dom initially completed a Bachelor of Science Degree (with honours) in Biology with Sport and Exercise Science, going on to coach football in America for 2 years. During his time in America, Dom decided he wanted to work as a Physiotherapist and retured to the UK to undertake his training, graduating from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh in 2010 with a Masters of Science Degree in Physiotherapy.
Dom is a certified STEEL cancer rehab physiotherapist providing individualised rehab plans with men who have/had cancer. Dom and his young family love the outdoor lifestyle New Zealand has to offer, so much so they have become New Zealand residents – that's not to say Dom won't stop keeping tabs on his beloved Liverpool!!
BPhty (Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Otago), MPNZ
Anna graduated from Otago university in 2013 and has worked in both the public and private sector as a physiotherapist. She has completed numerous rotations including neurological rehabilitation, orthopaedics, cardio-respiratory ICU care and outpatient musculoskeletal and pediatric therapy.
Anna thrives on the diversity within her role at body in motion. She currently divides her time between treating patients in the Bethlehem clinic, managing the BOP in home falls prevention programme and partnering with BOP women's rugby as one of their key physiotherapists. In her spare time Anna can usually be found along side family and friends, in the outdoors or trying some new baking or cooking recipes.
Fanny Peters:
Originally from France, Fanny worked in Western Australia for 7 years as a Research Scientist in Infectious Diseases, before recently relocating to New Zealand with her family.
Fanny started practicing Pilates in 2012 and was amazed how quickly her posture improved. The back pain and headaches she suffered for years disappeared within months and was moving more easily and gracefully. In 2016, Fanny completed her certificate IV in Pilates through Breathe Education in Melbourne. She teaches Evidence-based Pilates which is a science based method that aims to help people improve their movement with a focus on them rather than the exercises.
Passionate about movement and improving health and wellbeing, Fanny loves challenging her clients and introducing new exercises to her classes.
BHSc Physiotherapy (AUT), Postgraduate study in Rehabilitation (AUT), APPI certified Pilates instructor, Bradcliff breathing practitioner, Therapeutic Yoga, MPNZ
Annalees works in pain management with people whose pain has become persistent or chronic. She enjoys guiding people to gradually become more active, manage stress and engage in the things they love doing again.
Breathing rehabilitation is a core part of Annalees' approach to stress management as when we breathe better, our bodies and minds do better.
B Phty COMT MPNZ
After graduating from the University of Otago in 2011 with Distinction in a Bachelor of Physiotherapy Stephanie began her physiotherapy career working in the public hospital setting in Wellington. While working as a rotational physiotherapist Stephanie gained experience in a wide range of areas including post-operative and orthopedics, musculoskeletal outpatients, neuro-rehabilitation and general medical.
Stephanie has been with Body In Motion since her return home to Tauranga in 2014. She has since completed a Certificate in Orthopedic Manual Therapy and integrates both manual therapy and exercise prescription in her practice. Stephanie loves being a physiotherapist, working alongside patients to restore their function and keep them doing the things they love. Outside of work, Stephanie enjoys running and enjoying the Bay's beautiful beaches and outdoors.
BPhty (Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Otago)
APPI certified Pilates Instructor
PINC certified Cancer Rehabilitation Physiotherapist
Originally from Waiuku, Shannon completed a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at Otago University in 2002.
Shannon has been a member of the Body In Motion team since 2007 after several years working & travelling in the UK. Whilst in the UK, Shannon qualified as a Clinical Pilates Instructor with the Australian Physiotherapy Pilates Institute (APPI). Shannon has completed further Pilates equipment training & also Antenatal & Postnatal Pilates through APPI & is also a certified PINC Cancer Rehabilitation Physiotherapist. She is passionate about working in this field; there is real lack of support for women once they have completed their medical treatment & PINC rehab helps these women to have quality survivorship & get back to the things that matter most to them.
Outside of work, Shannon is kept busy with her family either doing DIY at home or enjoying the great outdoors. Shannon is a keen member of Mount Runners & Walkers & enjoys the snow with the family in winter.
BPhty, MPNZ, Certified Polestar Pilates rehabilitation practitioner.
Laura graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2012, and the New Zealand School of Dance Wellington in 2007 having majored in classical ballet. Whilst completing her degree Laura instructed Pilates in rehabilitation gyms and upon graduating has gone on to become a fully certified rehabilitation practitioner through Polestar Pilates NZ.
As an undergraduate she was able to combine her passion for physiotherapy and dance by working with the physiotherapist for the dancers of the Royal NZ Ballet. She has a rich appreciation of the benefits of combining her physiotherapy and Pilates knowledge to help anyone regain and maintain their best physical and mental health.
Laura has also trained in dry needling to give her patients more treatment options to improve their functional ability whatever that may be. She keeps herself fit by utilising her home gym and Pilates workouts, and ocean swimming in the warmer months.
BPhty, MHSc Hons, PG Dip Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Western Accupuncture, MPNZ
BradCliff Breathing Practitioner
Kelly graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 1996, completing a Masters in Health Science, majoring in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Western Acupuncture in 2004.
She spent her carreer working in private practice in Tauranga and London expanding her repertoire of manual therapy, acupuncture, functional exercise and rehabilitation skills. Focussing on wellness led her to become a BradCliff Breathing Practicitioner, completing these skills with Vestibular retraining for balance and vertigo issues.
Kelly enjoys addressing and resolving dysfunction; whether it is related to sporting, work, recreational or home persuits.
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Marjo graduated in Cape Town, working there as well as in London. A few years later she immigrated to NZ and worked in Auckland since then. Her varied work experience includes musculoskeletal and sports injuries, with the majority in private practice as well as in hospital outpatient departments, and Occupational Health Physiotherapy. Marjo developed an interest in the "Older Adult" having worked with many in that age group in the past five years while working in ED and Orthopaedics at North Shore Hospital.
Marjo has recently moved to Tauranga with her husband and excited to have joined the Falls Prevention team at Body in Motion. Marjo enjoys swimming, tramping, cycling, gardening and exploring beautiful areas with her husband and friends in their campervan.
Ian Cuplan:
Ian is both a Pilates and Fitness trainer. He completed his Core Foundation and Optimal Mobility Pilates course in 2012 at Studio Pilates in South Africa. His training emcompasses many different methods of Pilates including STOTT, Power, and the New York discipline, where his knowledge and experience in each of these can facilitate his individualised approach when programming for clients. In fitness, Ian is grounded in TRX suspension training & functional fitness and incorporates elements of these disciplines into his classes. He loves the mechanics of our anatomy makeup and feels privileged to help others reach beyond their training goals whether it be post injury returning to wellness or athletic conditioning.
Rina lived most of her life in Gaborone, Botswana, before relocating to New Zealand with her husband at the start of 2018. She has always loved being active and enjoying the outdoors, participating in different types of sport throughout the years. Rina started doing Pilates after a minor horse riding accident and was impressed with a rapid recovery, complimented by experiencing a notable physical transformation. This inspired her to become a Pilates Instructor, starting with formal training with BASI. She initially completed BASI Mat training and is now working towards her completion of BASI- Global Comprehensive training. It is her goal to keep studying beyond this and to learn as much as possible in the process. She has a passion for people from all walks of life and loves helping clients to get stronger and achieve their personal goals. Rina is passionate about active ageing and assisting others to live the fullest life possible. Outside of work, Rina loves spending time with her husband and visiting her daughters who live in Australia. The family enjoys exploring different parts of the world, hiking, good food and wine.
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Johannesburg - Mozambique has further cut electricity supplies to South Africa after a fault at the Cahora Bassa hydropower dam, the sub-Saharan region's biggest.
Eskom has been receiving 900 MW of power from the dam out of a possible 1 300 MW because of a fault at one of the turbines, the utility said in reply to questions. That is a drop from the 1 150 MW Cahora Bassa had already reduced supply to because of falling water levels at the dam.
More than 80 percent of Eskom's installed capacity of 42 000 MW comprises coal-fired power plants. Its generation capacity plus imports and other purchases including those from independent renewable-energy producers are forecast to increase to 50 556 MW this year, according to a report posted on the national energy regulator's website.
Eskom's energy availability factor, which measures how much electricity generation it can use and excludes capacity that has broken down or is out for planned maintenance, reached 81 percent in June, the highest since July 2013.


My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration and ignoble deaths; that there is security in personal strength; that you can fight City Hall and win; that any action is better than no action, even if it's the wrong action; that you never reach glory or self-fulfillment unless you're willing to risk everything, dare anything, put yourself dead on the line every time; and that once one becomes strong or rich or potent or powerful it is the responsibility of the strong to help the weak become strong.
If you don't have "The Essential Ellison" collection, you're missing out on a half-century of some of the greatest literature to ever permeate the English language.
The author of "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" really needs no introduction; A man of great writing prowess, who not only helped provide the world with some of the best short stories around, but a great activist for the civil rights movement during MLK's heyday.
This collection of stories and essays somehow condenses an entire writing career's worth of treasure into some great pieces: "From Alabamy, with Hate" is one of the best essays about participating/getting jailed in the civil rights movement march on Alabama in the early sixties.
Stories of love, hate, friendship, the passage of time, and what it means to be a singular human being in such an infinitely expanding universe as ours; not to mention, "Prince Myshkin and Hold the Relish" is one of the funniest stories to ever include Dostoevsky, Pink's Famous Hot Dogs, and the free-wheeling analysis of literature all in one.
Art is not supposed to be easier! There are a lot of things in life that are supposed to be easier. Ridding the world of heart attacks, making the roads smoother, making old people more comfortable in the winter, but not Art. Art should always be tough. Art should demand something of you. Art should involve foot-pounds of energy being expended. It's not supposed to be easier, and those who want it easier should not be artists. They should be out selling public relations copy.
Larry Ellison, did you see Rafael Nadal beat Tomas Berdych?


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