On the Friday after Thanksgiving Eileen and I made a visit to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They have a very impressive collection of historical artifacts and natural history specimens.
They have an impressive exhibit about the Lakota Sioux. I was fascinated by the bow and arrow display. You are close enough to see how the items were made and detail about the craftsmanship. The bow is short which would make it better to use when on horseback. I noticed the arrowheads are steel which means these arrows are from the era after contact with the Europeans.
Beyond the Lakota exhibit is the Hall of the North American Indian. They have some great artifacts.
The photo above are weapons of the Iroquois tribe. I found it interesting that the the tomahawk is also a peace pipe. Very symbolic of the tenuous balance between war and peace.
A special arrow for bird hunting caught my eye along with some fine examples of snowshoe craftsmanship. The blunt end of the bird arrow did not cause damage to the flesh or valuable feathers of the bird.
As a fisherman I am always interested in historical fishing technology and artifacts. This gear is from the Thompson River area in British Columbia.
One of the things I have always loved about the Peabody Museum are the wonderful models and dioramas they make. This wonderful model of a Mandan Indian house is a great example. I remembered that the Mandan tribe was one of the tribes encountered by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804.
The mural shows the "Maize deity" receiving a gourd of water from a kneeling person.
Before leaving the archaeology museum we visited the adjacent Museum of Natural History. They have many impressive crystal, mineral and rock specimens including this replica of a giant gold nugget named the "Welcome Nugget". The real one was discovered in Australia in 1858.
Thanksgiving 2010 was special because Eileen and I spent the long weekend in Cambridge at the Hyatt. Friday we went to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology at Harvard and Saturday it was the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
The view of the Charles River and Boston skyline was nice. I recommend the river view rooms.
Here is a nice view of the Prudential Building and the large Citgo sign near Fenway Park.
Stay tuned for more photo from the museum trips.


Who Says You Can't Change?
Anyone who's ever backslid on a New Year's resolution before the previous year's hangover wore off has probably wondered if personal growth is possible at all. Most January 1 vows are fueled by a rush of initial optimism. Then when those efforts to "ride more" or "eat better" don't immediately stick, you're left feeling hopeless and ready to reclaim your KOM for the segment between the refrigerator and the couch.
But there's hope for all but the most dedicated slackers. Some fascinating research in the field of willpower suggests that you can improve self-control the same way you would increase your fitness on the bike—simply by using it. Turns out, activating your willpower is the key to honing it. And of the two major traits scientists say predict future success—intelligence and willpower—the latter is the one you have the most control over.
There's a reason self-control can feel hard though. Like the energy your muscles use to power your bike, your willpower can temporarily be depleted as you tap into your stock, says psychologist Roy F. Baumeister, author of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. In practical terms, this means don't decide to bail on tomorrow's ride after you've spent the day forcing yourself to avoid the donuts in the office pantry.
The good news is that, like a muscle, self-control gets stronger with practice. And now is the time to pay attention to it because the "fresh-start effect" is a legitimate thing. University of Pennsylvania researcher Hengchen Dai, has studied the power of hitting the reset button in conjunction with important dates. "There's this sense of, 'I've failed in the past, but I can be a new person from here on out,'" Dai says.
1. Start on a meaningful date. It doesn't have to be January 1; it could be your kid's birthday or some other special day. "The transition point helps you leverage the natural feeling that you're separated from your past," Dai says.
2. Make resolutions measurable. "Ride 10 more miles each week" or "Follow a meal plan for three weeks out of each month" is easier to accomplish than "ride more" or "lose weight." And accomplishment breeds motivation.
4. Cater to your willpower. Resist depleting your limited supply of self-control by keeping temptations at bay. If you're trying to shed pounds, for instance, keep unhealthy foods out of the house. If you're trying to increase your mileage, keep gear clean and accessible, and plan rides with friends so you won't back out.


Mojang just announced that Minecraft 1.7.6 will be coming out today ^ (well, depends what time zone you are in). Can't wait for the update! It will include the new skin format, which means you can have an extra layer OVER your normal skin. You can also enable or disable outer skin layers, which is AWESOME. This means I can have my squid skin on, and a normal one on top. I just disable the top layer so that the lower squid layer shows!


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I'm sure they are. Like I said they've been broken since Eden. This is why I attached a log do someone could help me figure out what's going on.
Xbmc version, operating system, log file?
i'm running xbmc 11.0 and when i go to video add on's I see one youtube addon. works great except i am unable to login. I'm very new to xbmc and am very very impressed and still learning. I am assuming this is the same youtube in this thread. I am using two step authentication on the google side and attempted several times, carefully to verify i am entering correct u.n./pwd. Any thoughts?
I've been a hobbyist program for years and know that i'm probably missing something simple.
Cannot say enough how blown away I am by this product. Absolutely floored and am excited to take full advantage of it.
You're best bet may to be to just wait for a YouTube addon update. It's having login issues right now.
Common Plugin Addon updated... lost youtube plugin (script error).
(2012-12-29, 05:06)Bunto Skiffler Wrote: [ -> ] Common Plugin Addon updated... lost youtube plugin (script error).
YouTube plugin stopped working completely. Receive script failed error attempting anything.
Tried to select search, sent several links from chrome add-on etcetra.
xbmc.log in two parts as is too large for pastebin.
Hopefully devs can figure out what's up.
If you manually rollback script.module.parsedom to 1.4.0 it will work again. You can find previous version in the addons/packages folder. I would have preferred to roll it a back from XBMC to ensure it doesn't get auto-upgraded to 1.5.0 again, but I couldn't find a listing for it in the Addon manager.
EDIT: Never mind I've found it, replaced the old folder but still getting the failed script error!
Thanks wmansir! Rolling back to script.module.parsedom 1.4.0 works fine.


Just picked up Macy from the vet's office after her surgery for a torn ACL. She's doing great and has officially joined the stitch club with Schaefer and Sylvia. With all of our pups' surgeries, amputations and blocked intestines, we'll be more than prepared for Mary Hudson's schoolyard bumps and bruises that will inevitably happen!


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Embiid leads balanced attack, 76ers beat Pistons, 113-93
Dec 21, 2022, 4:37 AM | Updated: 8:11 pm
Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid, right, tries to get past Detroit Pistons' Marvin Bagley III during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 22 points and 10 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers used a balanced scoring attack to extend their winning streak to six games with a 113-93 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
"We like to work together," Embiid said. "We think we have a top two, top three defense in the league. Offensively, I think we're finding ways even when we're not making shots up there. We just have come together and everyone is understanding their role."
Tobias Harris had 17 points, despite early foul trouble, and James Harden added 15 points and eight assists for the Sixers. Philadelphia got double-figure scoring from six players, including De'Anthony Melton (12), Georges Niang (11) and Montrezl Harrell (10).
"We're just staying focused and locked into the goal, which is stringing together a few wins," Harris said.
The Sixers' six-game winning streak is their longest since a seven-game run from Dec. 26-Jan 10 in the 2021-22 season. Philadelphia has won eight straight games at home after starting the season 5-5 in their own building.
"We're playing well, but we have a lot of work to do," Sixers head coach Doc Rivers said.
Detroit was led by Jaden Ivey, who followed up his career-best 30 points on Tuesday night with 16 points. Killian Hayes scored 12 and Saddiq Bey 11 for the Pistons, who have lost seven of their last eight games.
"We kept shooting ourselves in the foot and we didn't take good care of the basketball," Pistons head coach Dwane Casey said. "Down the stretch, we couldn't cut into it, but we couldn't close it."
Philadelphia overcame some offensive struggles with defensive stinginess. The 76ers forced 22 turnovers and held the Pistons to 32.1% shooting from the floor in the third quarter. That allowed the Sixers to weather an offensive drought and maintain a double-digit lead.
It also allowed Rivers to give some of his starters a much needed breather. Even during this six-game winning streak, most of the Sixers starters have been forced to go deep minutes. Two of the previous five wins in the streak — against the Lakers and Raptors — featured overtime games after Philadelphia had held a sizable lead.
Embiid played 34 minutes. Harden totaled 32 minutes. Harris and PJ Tucker (10 rebounds with no points) were on the floor for only 21 minutes.
"We want to get to the point where we know we have the game in the fourth quarter," Harris said. "We know we're going to play great teams where this is not going to be the case. But as a group, we know the teams we should know to have a lead and maintain a lead to have comfort in the fourth quarter to get guys less minutes."
Pistons: Hayes started for Detroit despite being labeled as a game-time decision with a left knee contusion. … Detroit has lost nine straight at Wells Fargo Center, dating to March 4, 2017. … Jalen Duren had his streak of seven straight games with 11 or more rebounds snapped. It was tied with Dwight Howard for the longest in NBA history by a rookie.
76ers: Furkan Korkmaz, who has missed the last two games with a non-COVID illness, returned to the Philadelphia bench and was available Wednesday night, playing late in the contest, when the game was secure. … There is still no timeline on Tyrese Maxey's possible return. Maxey, the Sixers' No. 3 scorer from the guard position, has missed the last 15 games due to a fracture in his foot.
Pistons: At Atlanta on Friday night.
76ers: Wrap up seven-game homestand on Friday night versus the Clippers.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas had a harder time strictly following all of the rules than he did outplaying his opponent in the early going, then recovered after blowing two match points late in the third set, and eventually reached the final at the Australian Open for the first time by beating Karen Khachanov […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic's father decided to stay away from the 21-time Grand Slam champion's semifinal after getting embroiled in a flap involving spectators who brought banned Russian flags to Melbourne Park, Tennis Australia said Friday. In a release e-mailed to reporters about 2 1/2 hours before Djokovic was scheduled to face Tommy […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If anyone needed any proof of how confident Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers are feeling, it came late in the second quarter of their game against the San Antonio Spurs. George stole the ball from Zach Collins after a bad pass by Stanley Johnson, dribbled down the court and […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Luka Doncic's early injury on Thursday night gave the Dallas Mavericks a very valid reason to lose on the road. Instead, Spencer Dinwiddie responded to the adversity with a season-high 36 points, Dorian Finney-Smith added 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Mavs held on for a 99-95 victory over the Phoenix […]
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Two games into his NHL career, Blackhawks rookie goaltender Jaxson Stauber is playing like a poised veteran. Stauber stopped 34 shots for his second consecutive win and 13 players contributed a point as Chicago beat the Calgary Flames 5-1 Thursday night. "Looks really solid and calm in there," Blackhawks coach Luke […]
Rybakina meets Sabalenka in Australian Open women's final
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka figures she'll feel some jitters when she steps out on court to face Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open women's final. Saturday's contest is, after all, Sabalenka's first singles title match at a Grand Slam tournament. Rybakina is more familiar with this stage: She won Wimbledon a little more […]
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Biodun Ajanaku Premieres New Single - 'Redeemer Lives' [Prod. by Wole Oni] || @biodunajanaku @iamwoleoni
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Gospel artiste, composer and performer - Biodun Ajanaku stays relentless, indefatigable and relevant as she releases yet another single -...
Gospel artiste, composer and performer - Biodun Ajanaku stays relentless, indefatigable and relevant as she releases yet another single - 'Redeemer Lives' - produced by the unbeatable Ambassador Wole Oni.
The single - Redeemer Lives is Retro Pop fusion of Soul, R&B and Jazz, garnished with Caribbean horns ensemble in the arena of EDM. Biodun delivers the song with so much energy and precision ensuring that the listener misses out on nothing.
You might also like: Nike Okebu Premieres Groovy Thanksgiving Single - 'Everytime, Everyday' [Prod. by Wole Oni]
Redeemer Lives pulls the attention of the listener to the quality and quantity of the sacrifice made by the Redeemer to get us back to the place of victory. At the same time, it also causes us to be intentionally grateful for this sacrifice that money could not and cannot buy.
Redeemer Lives has been brought into your space. Please, download it, listen to it and spread the good news.
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About Biodun Ajanaku
Biodun Ajanaku is a Gospel artiste, composer and performer with a strong musical background in the African-American/ Negro music style; her music is a fusion of both the African music feel and the Western style.
She has always had a flair for singing since she was a little child. She caught the singing bug from her Mother. Although, she studied Mass Communication at the University of Publication and has a Masters Degree in Public Relations and International Affairs, she decided to pursue a career in music. She writes her songs with the aim of reaching the soul of her listeners.
She has accomplished so much over the years through her widely recognized songs around the world especially crossing cultural and international boundaries.
Her previously released songs includes - Thank God, Joshua, Apata Ayeraye, Tofunmi and Soul Cry - her musical video which featured Obiwon, has gained massive airplay.
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Halloween (1978) is a genuinely scary, stylish and tasteful, extremely well crafted slasher/horror classic from director John Carpenter. This original film invented many of the slasher clichés and was one of the most successful independent films ever made.
Director Richard Rowntree talks to Dan Collacott about the Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign for home invasion horror thriller NEFARIOUS plus the soon-to-be released folk horror, DOGGED. Want to be a part of Nefarious? Campaign ends 18th May.
The Cured, starring Ellen Page & Sam Keeley, isn't quite like all the other zombie apocalypse movies on the market. The story's premise is based on the infected being treated and cured of their once-zombie-like state. However, nothing is ever easy in this thought-provoking horror thriller.
A couple meet online despite warnings a serial killer is picking his victims from dating websites. Undeterred, they plan to meet and stay at a deserted cabin in the woods, but soon discover they're not alone. Disturbing, twisted slasher horror starring Jewel Shepard.
Michael Pearce's debut feature BEAST is a psycho-sexual Cinderella-story framed by the beautiful, rugged background of Jersey. Inspired by the real life psychopath 'the Beast of Jersey', it stars Jessie Buckley as the put-down, repressed woman who meets Johnny Flynn's handsome prime suspect to a series of murders.
An All American family's road trip turns to terror and slaughter when they turn up to find the trailer park strangely deserted and Uncle Marvin, who invited them, dead and mangled. Christina Hendricks stars in horror sequel THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT (2018). In cinemas 4th May.
Brace yourself to experience ALL FALL DOWN, a unique and unforgettable interactive horror performance. Enter a world of shadows and phantoms, where nothing is as it seems and reality erodes away into a nightmare. Coming to London May 2018. 25% discount for Horror Island followers.
Imagine a darkly beautiful horror animation, from an award-winning writer/director, with live musicians to create the musical score & stunning graphics from a team lead by a top concept artist. Sounds good, right? BLACK LAKE will be all this and more - but they need YOU to make it happen.
John Krasinki's bold decision to direct and star in a story in a setting where being silent is a prerequisite to survival for his first horror outing, A QUIET PLACE, proving that an almost constantly silent backdrop can enhance a suspenseful atmosphere.
From writer-director Tom Lee Rutter, BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM is a Midlands Phantasmagoria, a darkly beautiful and true murder mystery that began Seventy-five years ago, when schoolboys trespassing through Hagley Woods made a horrific discovery, prompting the question: Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?
College friends celebrating their "Final Spring break before life tears us apart" head for a haunted house in a remote town in Mexico. There they are plunged into an escalating nightmare of terror, catalysed by their desperate answers to the question: Truth or Dare?
A depressed young woman is stalked by a malevolent force in this chilling, atmospheric horror from writer/director Elliott Maguire. Available on VOD 13th April, 2018.
Tom Bielby takes a look at how stories of ghosts and the supernatural have been at the forefront of British horror throughout its fascinating history, from 1945's DEAD OF NIGHT through to the latest cinematic chiller, GHOST STORIES.
Based on their terrifying West End Play, Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson bring their horror anthology to the big screen. Prof. Goodman's (Nyman) life takes an unexpected turn when he is challenged by a former mentor to investigate and resolve three unsolved hauntings.


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Earthbound – David Bowie and the Man who fell to earth
A revealing exploration of The Man Who Fell To Earth, Nicolas Roeg's classic 1976 film starring David Bowie as an alien who comes to our planet in search of water. It also seeks to uncover the mysteries surrounding Bowie's rejected soundtrack to the film (elements of which later ended up his groundbreaking 1977 album Low) and closes with a look at his return to the themes and characters of The Man Who Fell To Earth in one of his final works, the acclaimed musical production Lazarus.
The first book-length exploration of a landmark of otherworldly big-screen science fiction, and a key work by Nicolas Roeg, one of the greatest British film directors of all time. Offers a thorough examination of David Bowie's first (and best) leading role as Thomas Jerome Newton, and explores the legend of his rejected soundtrack to the film. Bowie's final project was the musical Lazarus, a continuation of the story and themes of the film, which is due to transfer to London in 2017 following a successful Off-Broadway run.
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Agencies battle blazes, plus two big questions: How did we get here?And what does prevention look like in a new and unprecedented era of wildfire?
It's fire season in the West, and that means an overflowing inbox for Daniel Berlant, assistant deputy director at Cal Fire.
The emails arrive frequently, always with the best of intentions. A common recommendation from Californians: Why not just set up a sophisticated sprinkler system throughout the state's 101 million acres?
A resident recently suggested turning blimps into giant water balloons as a way to control blazes. Fill them up, drop them on wooded areas and soak the land. Easy, right?
They all mean well, Berlant said, and he's happy residents are engaged. But those ideas aren't realistic.
What is realistic: The blazes currently ripping up and down the western part of the United States are here to stay. Large chunks of the West are under siege from wildfires right now, in what many experts have deemed "the new normal."
Over the weekend, the Mendocino Complex Fire burning in Northern California nearly doubled in size, torching 454 square miles as of Aug. 7. That makes Mendocino the biggest fire in state history, already surpassing the Thomas Fire from December. It is only 34 percent contained.
Cal Fire, the state agency responsible for protecting 31 million acres, currently has more than 14,000 firefighters on the frontlines battling 17 large wildfires that combine to cover more than 967 square miles. More than 34,000 residents are still evacuated.
Because of the scope, resources are pouring in from all over the world. Australia and New Zealand sent firefighters to help, and the Army has started firefighter training with plans to deploy soldiers across the country. Fire is ruining homes, businesses and vacations. All but one of Yosemite National Park's entrances has been closed indefinitely as the Ferguson Fire rages on.
And it's only August. Last year, the two biggest fires in California – both of historic proportion – didn't spark until October and December. Agencies tasked with studying, preventing and suppressing fire now battle blazes year-round, along with two big questions: How did we get here? But more importantly, what does prevention look like in a new, and unprecedented, era of wildfire?
"We were standing in a neighborhood in Redding that was completely obliterated, and the chief and I were talking that this (destruction) was something you used to see every 10 to 12 years," said Mike Mohler, deputy director at Cal Fire, which sparked July 23. "It's to the point that we're seeing devastation almost on a monthly basis.
Last October, the Tubbs Fire torched California's wine country, killing 22 people and destroying 5,636 structures. It jumped Highway 101 – a six-lane freeway – as it rolled through Santa Rosa, leaving unbelievable carnage in its wake. Decades ago, the U.S. seemed to have solved the problem of burning cities. Today, anything seems possible, and any community seems vulnerable.
California isn't alone. As of Aug. 7, 1.57 million acres across the U.S. are currently on fire, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Already this year, 8,234 square miles have burned.
In California, a six-year drought coupled with climate change and invasive grass species have created conditions once considered unimaginable. During the Carr fire, an EF-3 tornado ripped through Redding during evacuations, creating a new kind of havoc.
A lot of it, too. According to Cal Fire, 14 of the largest 20 wildfires in California have occured since 2000. This isn't normal, Westerling said, because "normal" isn't on the table anymore.
That makes for some interesting, and scary, prospects.
Fire prevention and suppression is a complex system involving federal, state, local and privately owned land. It's easy to critique decisions from the past. In hindsight, we shouldn't have used shake roofs (shingles made out of wood), and building in spaces susceptible to wildfire probably wasn't wise either. But the urban sprawl ship has mostly sailed.
Different agencies are responsible for different areas; Cal Fire, for example, is responsible for only one-third of California.
Vocabulary matters in this discussion, too. Say the word "prevention," and you might think of Smokey Bear, the long-running campaign on campfire safety.
But on a bigger scale, prevention refers to hazardous fuels reduction, which includes prescribed fires and mechanical thinning, efforts to lessen the number of dead trees and brush that litter the ground and act as kindling. There's also fire mitigation, where agencies work with communities to reduce risk of severe damage from inevitable wildfires.
Cal Fire views prevention as a three-pronged attack: engineering, education and enforcement. Engineering refers to modifying the environment through actions like brush clearance and prescribed fires. Cal Fire's goal, according to Berlant, is prescribed burns on 31 square miles a year, plus mechanical fuel treatment on another 31.
It's not enough. In May, California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order to improve protection from wildfires, setting a goal that 781 square miles be treated and restored annually.
The federal government can relate to overwhelming numbers when it comes to land that needs some TLC: According to Jennifer Jones of the forest service, the agency has conducted hazardous fuels reduction treatments on 2 million to 3 million acres over the last decade, but estimates that between 65 million and 82 million acres still need restoration. At least 1 in 3 acres are in poor health.
But how to pay for all this? Agencies across America are strapped for cash, and when faced with budget cuts, prevention is usually the first to go. Life-saving funding will always take precedent. There's lots of glory – and money – for emergency helicopters, but considerably less for building codes.
Nationally, the USFS got a boost this spring when Congress passed the Omnibus bill, which provided an additional $40 million for hazardous fuels reduction. That should help stop "fire borrowing," the practice of taking money set aside for prevention and using it instead for immediate suppression needs.
California lawmakers have tried a variety of tactics to fund wildfire prevention – some of them widely unpopular, like the fire prevention fee.
Initially approved during the 2011 California budget crisis, the fee charged up to $153 per habitable structure in rural areas at high risk for wildfires, which affected approximately 800,000 property owners. The fee collected roughly $75 million a year but was opposed by many from the outset.
Last July, California legislators passed Assembly Bill 398, the cap-and-trade program, which suspended the fire fee through 2031.
One of Brown's signature pieces of legislation, the cap-and-trade program "essentially tripled our (prevention) spending" even without the fee, according to Berlant, partially because $200 million was allocated for Cal Fire prevention grants, up from $15 million just a few years ago.
"We're infusing significant money into fire-prevention projects in a way California has never seen," Berlant said.
After the 2010 Fourmile Canyon Fire, which destroyed 169 homes, Boulder County launched the Wildfire Partners program, which works with residents to make their communities more fire adaptive.
It's important, said Wildfire Partners program coordinator Jim Webster, to not tell someone, "If you had just done 'X,' your house would still be standing," in the aftermath of a destructive fire. Because of a wildfire's unpredictable nature, there are no guarantees. But Webster stresses that if just one person takes mitigation steps, it often helps their neighbors. Slowly, communities become more resilient.
Wildlife Partners works with the private sector – mostly insurance companies – to save homes by "reducing ignition potential," which often starts by creating a defensible space around the home. Most homes don't ignite because of the giant flame you've seen on TV, but because of embers, which can travel a mile ahead and fly through an open window. And instead of a mitigation assessment once every 20 years, Wildfire Partners checks in with residents multiple times a year, often re-certifying homes every two years.
Webster acknowledges the idea of fire-adaptive communities is something probably no one could have predicted.
"The sense of living with large fires with multi-million dollar losses, that wasn't something people were talking about 50 years ago," he said.
Part of the battle in the education component of fire prevention is fighting the perception that all fire is bad. Fire is actually good, and it's healthy for the environment when controlled.
The United States needs more prescribed burns, Pyne said. A lot of them.
The forest service started the practice of prescribed burns back in the late 1940s, though Native American communities had been burning their land centuries before. Setting fire to wooded areas helps clean out dead brush, can ward off invasive species and is often crucial to new vegetation growth.
The federal government, the Nature Conservatory and many states perform prescribed burns. If you're looking for an example of who does it well, Pyne said, look to Florida.
The Sunshine State does prescribed burns on more than 3,281 square miles per year, more than five percent of its total 58,594 square miles. The USFS, by comparison, burned just 1,719 square miles of its 301,563 square miles in 2017, down from 2,188 square miles in 2016.
California tries to burn 31 square miles per year.
The knock against government is that it moves at a glacial pace, a fair criticism, Gaines said, when it comes to the prescribed burn approval, which is partially determined by the California Environmental Quality Act.
Enacted in 1970, CEQA "requires state and local agencies to identify the significant environmental impacts of their actions and to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible," according to its website.
"It can take up to three years for Cal Fire to get approval – that's outrageous when you consider the conditions we're currently in," Gaines said.
Cal Fire said six months to one year is more common for the approval process but that still pales in comparison to Florida, where approval typically takes three to four minutes.
Pyne said initially, everyone assumed the West could adapt the Southeast model. But that was never going to work because of differing ecosystems.
Florida's humid climate – the rainy season runs May through October – helps keep burns mostly under control. California, with its already shoddy air quality, doesn't have the same freedom.
It only takes one good fire turning bad to scare everyone into halting the practice. In 2012, a prescribed burn in Colorado burst out of control, killing three people. After that, Colorado stopped prescribed burning for five years.
Jessica Gardetto at the National Interagency Fire Center said that as a society, we haven't been able to grasp the idea that fire isn't just good, but natural.
By the time agencies moved to restore it, fire had already decided to come back – mostly in the form of wildfire.
Mohler at Cal Fire knows it's easy for residents in the West to look at a rapidly changing climate, feel the heat from mega fires and panic.
This is commonplace now, he said – but it doesn't mean it's hopeless.
In the spring, Brown created the Forest Management Task Force, signaling he and the legislature recognize wildfire prevention is a serious problem.
Fear can jumpstart a lot of action, Mohler acknowledged, but preparation can help quell anxiety.
Mohler encourages everyone to log onto readyforwildfire.com and come up with a home evacuation plan and create defensible spaces around your home. Cal Fire will never have the resources to put a fire engine in every driveway, but if individuals take on some of the responsibility for prevention, maybe they won't have to.
And not just the kind that glows because a forest went up in flames.


The technicalities and rules applying to foreign journalists entering Papua were slated to be drafted soon, the Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko said on Monday.
President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo announced on Sunday that he was opening access for foreign journalists to enter Papua and West Papua, after a decade of strict regulations on entering those provinces.
'€œThe President'€™s instruction is clear, that foreign journalists are able to enter Papua freely now. But we have to think about the rules and the technicalities,'€ said Moeldoko in Makassar, South Sulawesi, as quoted by tempo.co.
He said that the rules would be drafted with Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno.
Moeldoko went on to say that Papua was in a conducive situation, as there were no military operations ongoing at the moment. There was only a territorial operation to secure the area along the border, he added.
Previously, foreign journalists intending to report on Papua, an area with a history of rampant human rights abuses, needed to fill out permission request forms that had to be approved by numerous government institutions.
The Jayapura District Court convicted French journalists Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat of abusing entry visas while producing a documentary on the Papuan separatist movement in 2014. They were sentenced to two months and 15 days'€™ imprisonment.


WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Polk County deputies busted a retail racketeering scheme surrounding JC Penney.
Three people were arrested after an investigation which began in March.
Investigators found they had worked together stealing identities and personal information of 60 people and used that information to defraud the JCPenney's stores in 11 counties.
Aramis Nelson, 26, of Lakeland — Charles Gibson, 30, of Lakeland, as well as Da Jah Charisse Scott of St. Petersburg have been arrested and charged with racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, grand theft, criminal use of personal identification and petit theft.
One ring member is still on the loose.
26-year-old Shykiah Rosetta Samoya Byrd has a warrant out for her arrest for allegedly being involved in the scheme. Deputies say she is from the Riverview area.
If you have any information, call crime stoppers.
There were three JC Penney's stores in Polk County that were victims of Grand and Petit Theft: 3800 U.S. 98 North Suite 200, Lakeland; 6200 Grandview Parkway, Davenport; and 501 Eagle Ridge Drive, Lake Wales.
Other locations include Duval, Clay, Lake, Pinellas, Pasco, Volusia, Orange, Osceola, and Hillsborough counties.
"This investigation turned up sixty victims of identity theft from all over the United States, and the numerous JC Penney's stores across Florida. But it doesn't stop there, because when stores lose money like this, it eventually costs us all. This was outstanding investigative work by our Organized Retail Crime Unit." - Grady Judd, Sheriff.
Between October 26, 2017, and April 3, 2018, Nelson, Scott, Byrd, and Gibson (and possibly others) were responsible for making sixty-five separate fraudulent transactions online to purchase $21,555.43 worth of JC Penney's merchandise using someone else's credit/debit card information. 15 of those occurred in Polk County.
Members of the organization were able to obtain 32 JC Penney's gift cards totaling $10,458.29 (exchanged for fraudulently purchased merchandise), three cash refunds totaling $877.34 and one transaction valued at $303.88 where the merchandise was returned for either cash or a JC Penney's gift card.
22 of the fraudulently obtained JC Penney's gift cards were sold at Tampa Gift Card King that is located at 9340 North Florida Avenue Unit F in Tampa, Florida for a total of $4,729.00.


In 2000 we traveled for 12 months.
Not a holiday, not leisure, not business – just a a different way of living.
A mental and physical challenge described in photos only… words are not necessary.
Yes – we have travelled a lot in Myanmar. First tim was twenty years ago. And until May this year we've stayed 2/3 of the last two years in our flat in Yangon where we worked on setting up Tings. We gave up – things are too crazy with all the international organizations throwing around money in ways that make it impossible to start up small and medium sized business like ours. Instead we try to stat up in Lisbon.
We have a long list of places to go and see in Myanmar – and also recommondations for Laos and Cambodia.
I will get back in a couple of days.
NOTE: Myanmar is expensive (for the reasons mentioned above). But its very easy to travel there. The most important things you should know at this stage is: 1) You can get visa on arrival (you apply online and arrive in Yangon), 2) You DON'T need to bring US in Cash – you have ATM's every where 3) Its easy to get around and 4) Some destinattions may be difficult to reach due to "ethnic problems" and 5) in January its possible to travel by river (I'll get back).
With 3 months you get a chance to see things most other travelers (and residents) never see. We suggest that you spend 1 1/2 month in Myanmar and the rest in Cambodia and Laos.


So, you want to stop clutter and have a clutter free home? After you have decluttered your home how do you keep the clutter from creeping up and taking over again? The easy answer is this: have a place for everything, and keep everything in its place. Easier said than done, right? Use these helpful organizing tips to help you to keep your stuff from becoming clutter.
Touch it once. Sort your mail as you walk back from the mailbox, putting some directly into the recycling bin. Open the rest and recycle bill inserts and other junk immediately - if you lay these things on your kitchen table or desk, you will just have to deal with them later. Do it now while they are still in your hand!
File it, act on it or toss it. Force yourself to do one of these three things with every piece of paper that comes into your house. Acting on it might mean making a phone call or a adding a note to your calendar. Filing it means putting it directly into a folder or in your in-basket to be filed when you sort (weekly).
Label files clearly. Use a marker or label maker and use broad categories like "Banking", "Insurance - House", "Insurance - Car". This makes filing less painful so you are more likely to do it.
The same principle applies to children's toys, books, DVDs, tools, etc. Try to get your spouse to do this too, and teach your kids to.
Schedule periodic 'flushes'. Go through your refrigerator once a week or so and take out old produce and leftovers that never got eaten before they become covered with mold. This will refresh your memory about what you have in there, too, so you can use it before it's time does run out.
Do this with your car, too - periodically go through and take out all the litter and replenish any supplies that you keep in your car such as tissues, snacks, or water bottles.
Keep your keys by the door. Hang a hook by the door (whichever one you go in and out of most often) to keep your keys on. Always put them on this hook when you walk in the door, and you will never misplace your keys again!
Use baskets. No organizational system is going to work unless you use it. Baskets are easy to toss things into, so they get used more than some other storage solutions. Baskets are handy for storing all kinds of things in an attractive way. Keep magazines in the living room in a large basket by the sofa; keep a basket by the door for umbrellas or shoes; place a small basket by the TV for remotes and program guide. Baskets are great for stashing toys, games and books in the kids' rooms.
Share your ideas to stop clutter I know you have ideas that I have missed! Share them here and rate those submitted by other readers. Together we can collect an impressive list of keeping organized tips!
How do you keep clutter under control in your life?
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How do you stop clutter?


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Q: Find the length of minimum sublist of a given list that contains all the numbers from the list Given an Array A[] = {7,3,7,3,1,2,3,4,1}. The distinct numbers in the Array are 1,2,3,4,7
I want to find the length of the contiguous subsequence of numbers  in A, which contains
all these numbers, so in the above, for example, A will have 6. The minimum subsequence - 7,3,1,2,3,4 is of length 6 which contains all the numbers 1,2,3,4,7
One approach is to see if, for all pairs of the index (i,j), the numbers from A[i] to A[j] contain all the numbers from the A. But this will yield an O(n^2) algorithm. Could there be an efficient way  to do this?

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The 12-year-old girls had been plotting the murder for months, police say.
Morgan E. Geyser was allowed to have two friends over each year for her birthday. This year, she'd celebrate on May 30. That is the day she and Anissa E. Weier would try to kill their friend during a sleepover.
On Monday, the two Waukesha girls were charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court as adults with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, each facing up to 65 years in prison. Their victim, another 12-year-old from Waukesha, was stabbed 19 times by either Geyser or Weier or both, according to a criminal complaint. All three attend Horning Middle School in Waukesha.
Geyser and Weier are being held on $500,000 bail each. The pre-teens attempted murder, they told police, to pay homage to a fictional character who they believed was real after reading about him on a website devoted to horror stories.
On Saturday, a bicyclist found the victim, lying on the sidewalk and covered in blood, with injuries to her arms, legs and torso. She had managed to crawl out of the woods, where the suspects had left her. She was rushed to a hospital, where she was in stable condition Monday evening, but fighting for her life.
A Waukesha County sheriff's deputy found Geyser and Weier hours later, walking near I-94 in Waukesha. A knife with a five-inch blade was in Weier's backpack.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel normally does not name juveniles involved in crimes, but is naming the suspects because they are in adult court and because of the severity of the charges. A criminal complaint filed Monday detailed the allegations.
Both suspects explained the stabbing to police referencing their dedication to Slender Man, the character they discovered on a website called Creepypasta Wiki, which is devoted to horror stories.
Weier told police that Slender Man is the "leader" of Creepypasta, and in the hierarchy of that world, one must kill to show dedication. Weier said that Geyser told her they should become "proxies" of Slender Man — a paranormal figure known for his ability to create tendrils from his fingers and back — and kill their friend to prove themselves worthy of him. Weier said she was surprised by Geyser's suggestion, but also excited to prove skeptics wrong and show that Slender Man really did exist.
The suspects believed that "Slender," as Weier called him, lived in a mansion in the Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin. The plan was to kill the victim and walk to Slender's mansion.
After school on Friday, Weier told police, she and Geyser went to Weier's house, where she packed a backpack with clothes, granola bars, water bottles and a picture of her mother, father and siblings. She didn't want to forget what her family looked like after leaving for Slender's mansion.
The girls then went to Geyser's house. With Geyser's father, they picked up the victim and all went to Skateland.
They came home around 9:30 p.m. and went to sleep in Geyser's room.
Geyser and Weier originally had planned to commit the murder at 2 a.m. Saturday, according to the criminal complaint. They'd duct tape their victim's mouth, stab her in the neck and pull the covers up to make it look like she was sleeping. Then they'd run.
But the plans changed after they'd been out rollerskating Friday night. Instead, they'd try to kill her in a bathroom at a nearby park the next morning. Weier knew there was a drain in the floor for the blood to go down, she told police.
The next morning, Geyser's mom said they could go and play in David's Park, on S. East Ave., just north of Les Paul Parkway. As they left, Geyser lifted up the left side of her white jacket; the knife was tucked in her waistband. Weier told police she gave Geyser a look with "wide eyes." When asked by police what that meant, Weier said, "I thought, dear God, this was really happening."
Weier said they eventually ended up in the park bathroom where Weier planned stab her friend. Once in the bathroom, Geyser handed Weier the knife, and Weier indicated that Geyser tried to restrain the victim, but Geyser had a "nervous breakdown" and Weier had to calm her down.
Weier then suggested they go for a walk, pointing out a wooded area near Rivera Drive and Big Bend Road. They could play hide and seek, distract the victim, then kill her. Geyser was the first "seeker," and Weier and the victim hid. Weier told the victim where to hide and told her to lie facedown in the dirt. The girl refused. Weier then pushed the victim and sat on her, thinking Geyser could stab her. But the victim began to yell and complain that she couldn't breathe. She was attracting attention, so Weier got off her.
Weier said that once Geyser got the knife back, Geyser told Weier, "I'm not going to until you tell me to." Weier said she started walking away from Geyser and then told her, "Go ballistic, go crazy." Geyser said she would go ballistic, and Weier said, "Now."
Weier said Geyser then tackled the victim and started stabbing her. The victim was screaming. Weier said when Geyser got off the victim, the victim screamed, "I hate you. I trusted you."
Weier said the victim tried to walk toward the street but was stumbling. They didn't want anyone to see her, so Weier grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the street. The victim fell. Weier said the victim couldn't breathe, see or walk. Weier told the victim to lie down and be quiet — she would lose blood more slowly. Weier told police she gave the victim those instructions so she wouldn't draw attention to herself, and so she would die. Weier told the victim they were going to get her help; but they never planned on actually doing so. They hoped she would die, and they would see Slender and know he existed. With the victim lying on the ground, they began to back away.
When police asked Weier if she knew what it meant to kill someone, Weier said, "I believe it's ending a life and I regret it." Weier also said, "The bad part of me wanted her to die, the good part of me wanted her to live."
Geyser's report to police was much shorter.
She confirmed the details of Weier's interview with law enforcement officials, but said she thought that Weier stabbed the victim first.
"Weier put the knife in my hand and then I continued to stab her," the complaint quoted Geyser.
When asked how many times Geyser thought she stabbed the victim, Geyser said she did not know; all she heard was screaming.
At one point, when talking with police, Geyser said she was sorry. She said she had put the knife back into her bag and wiped it off on her jacket. She then told a detective, "It was weird that I didn't feel remorse."
Geyser said they had to do it or "he would kill our family." When asked who "he" was, Geyser said she didn't know him. When asked what she was trying to do when she stabbed her friend, Geyser said, "I may as well just say it: Kill her."
When asked about Slender Man, Geyser said she had never met him but said he watches her and he can read minds and teleport. Geyser said what she did was "probably wrong." She asked a detective if it is illegal to stab someone in self-defense. The detective said sometimes, and asked her if that was what happened in this instance.
In court on Monday, Geyser's family members broke into tears several times during her appearance.
"The family is very horrified at what has happened," attorney Donna Kuchler said.
Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel stressed the girls were innocent until proven guilty, but added he has never encountered allegations like this as a prosecutor.
"Most of the time in a crime like this, with such violence like this, there's spur of the moment, there's the heat of passion," he said.
This time, he said, it was calculated.
"It's troubling when a person lashes out in anger," he said. "It's more troubling when they lash out in cold blood. Isn't that the worst kind of killer, the cold-blooded killer?"
Schimel, a Republican running for state attorney general, said he had to bring the case in adult court because of the level of charges against the girls. He said he expected the girls' attorneys to attempt to "reverse waive" them into juvenile court, which he said he would resist.
If moved into juvenile court and convicted, the girls could be held at most until they were 25 years old, Schimel said.
Dressed in a black suit and with no visible face the Slender Man is an apparition with arms that stretch wide to entrap his chosen prey. Towering high the Slender Man hunts children with a voracious appetite, stalking them through parks and play grounds, and has even been known to attack children within their dreams. Due to his attire the Slender Man has been linked to the notorious 'Men in Black', who are thought to be Government agents who harass and threaten UFO witnesses, and who some believe to be aliens themselves. The only problem is that the Slender Man is a fictional character.
The Slender Man was born within the 'Something Awful' forums in 2009, when a thread was created to challenge members to create fake photo-shopped paranormal photographs. The idea however was not just to create these images, but to also filter them through the internet, in a bid to convince those who sought out such things, that the images created were authentic 'real' ghost/alien photographs.
Despite the Slender Man being a complete fabrication his legend has spread like wild-fire throughout the internet as a successful 'Internet MEME', a phrase used to describe a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the internet, much like an esoteric inside joke, that evolves with time.
A YouTube sensation of sorts the 'Marble Hornets Project' is a series of video clips that were supposedly recorded by a teenager named 'Alex'. The segments of video taken from Alex's camcorder tapes follow him as he becomes increasingly concerned by the fact that 'something' sinister, is apparently stalking him.
Whilst Alex himself has mysteriously vanished, the video clips he left behind him become increasingly disturbing, as the Slender Man peers from distant corners. The 'Marble Hornets Project' has greatly increased the range of the Slender Man myths reach, with some unfamiliar with the legends origin taking it at face-value, and they in turn spread the legends grip further still.
IS THE 'SLENDER MAN' REAL?
Like the Tulpa of Tibetan Buddhism and mysticism, thought-forms are brought into existence merely through power of will and strength of mind. A Tulpa is defined as 'a humanoid thought-form' and likened to a personal 'genie' that you create using thought energy. Once created, the Tulpa can be put to practical use to help you in all sorts of ways.
But, is it possible that if enough people believe in something, that this belief alone could give birth to its form?
In John Keel's 1975-authored book, The Mothman Prophecies he deals with the tulpas early on in his narrative and, now and then, throughout the text.
* A group of teenagers gathered around a Ouija board receives mysterious messages from a person's spirit who claims to have died 40 years ago.
* A paranormal society conducts a séance where they contact a ghost that communicates though table rappings.
* The residents of a century-old home continually see the spirit of a young child playing in the hallway.
Are these manifestations truly the ghosts of departed people or are they creations of the minds of the people who see them?
Some researchers of the paranormal suspect that some ghostly manifestations and poltergeist phenomena are products of the human mind. To test that idea, an experiment was conducted in the early 1970s by the Toronto Society for Psychical Research (TSPR) to determine if they could create a spectre. The idea was to assemble a group of people who would make up a completely fictional character and then, through séances, see if they could contact him and receive messages and other physical phenomena - perhaps even an apparition.
The TSPR, under the guidance of Dr. A.R.G. Owen, assembled a group of eight people culled from its membership, none of whom claimed to have any psychic gifts. The group, which became known as the Owen group, consisted of Dr. Owen's wife, a woman who was the former chairperson of MENSA (an organization for high-IQ people), an industrial designer, an accountant, a housewife, a bookkeeper and a sociology student. A psychologist named Dr. Joel Whitton also attended many of the group's sessions as an observer.
Philip was an aristocratic Englishman, living in the middle 1600s at the time of Oliver Cromwell. He had been a supporter of the King, and was a Catholic. He was married to a beautiful but cold and frigid wife, Dorothea, the daughter of a neighboring nobleman.
One day when out riding on the boundaries of his estates Philip came across a gypsy encampment and saw there a beautiful dark-eyed girl raven-haired gypsy girl, Margo, and fell instantly in love with her. He brought her back secretly to live in the gatehouse, near the stables of Diddington Manor - his family home.
Philip was subsequently stricken with remorse that he had not tried to defend Margo and used to pace the battlements of Diddington in despair. Finally, one morning his body was found at the bottom of the battlements, whence he had cast himself in a fit of agony and remorse.
One of two recovered photographs from the Stirling City Library blaze. Notable for being taken the day which fourteen children vanished and for what is referred to as "The Slender Man". Deformities cited as film defects by officials. Fire at library occurred one week later. Actual photograph confiscated as evidence. Photographer Mary Thomas, missing since June 13th, 1986.
In September 1972, the group began their "sittings" - informal gatherings in which they would discuss Philip and his life, meditate on him and try to visualize their "collective hallucination" in more detail. These sittings, conducted in a fully lit room, went on for about a year with no results. Some members of the group occasionally claimed they felt a presence in the room, but there was no result they could consider any kind of communication from Philip.
So they changed their tactics. The group decided they might have better luck if they attempted to duplicate the atmosphere of a classic spiritualist séance. They dimmed the room's lights, sat around a table, sang songs and surrounded themselves with pictures of the type of castle they imagined Philip would have lived in, as well as objects from that time period.
It worked. During one evening's séance, the group received its first communication from Philip in the form of a distinct rap on the table. Soon Philip was answering questions asked by the group - one rap for yes, two for no. They knew it was Philip because, well, they asked him.
The sessions took off from there, producing a range of phenomena that could not be explained scientifically. Through the table-rapping communication, the group was able to learn finer details about Philip's life. He even seemed to exhibit a personality, conveying his likes and dislikes, and his strong views on various subjects, made plain by the enthusiasm or hesitancy of his knockings. His "spirit" was also able to move the table, sliding it from side to side despite the fact that the floor was covered with thick carpeting. At times it would even "dance" on one leg.
That Philip was a creation of the group's collective imagination was evident in his limitations. Although he could accurately answer questions about events and people of his time period, it did not appear to be information that the group was unaware of. In other words, Philip's responses were coming from their subconscious - their own minds. Some members thought they heard whispers in response to questions, but no voice was ever captured on tape.
Philip's psychokinetic powers, however, were amazing and completely unexplained. If the group asked Philip to dim the lights, they would dim instantly. When asked to restore the lights, he would oblige. The table around which the group sat was almost always the focal point of peculiar phenomena. After feeling a cool breeze blow across the table, they asked Philip if he could cause it to start and stop at will. He could and he did. The group noticed that the table itself felt different to the touch whenever Philip was present, having a subtle electric or "alive" quality. On a few occasions, a fine mist formed over the center of the table. Most astonishing, the group reported that the table would sometimes be so animated that it would rush over to meet latecomers to the session, or even trap members in the corner of the room.
The climax of the experiment was a séance conducted before a live audience of 50 people. The session was also filmed as part of a television documentary. Fortunately, Philip was not stage shy and performed above expectations. Besides table rappings, other noises around the room and making lights blink off and on, the group actually attained a full levitation of the table. It rose only a half inch above the floor, but this incredible feat was witnessed by the group and the film crew. Unfortunately, the dim lighting prevented the levitation from being captured on the film.
Although the Philip experiment gave the Owen group far more than they ever imagined possible, it was never able to attain one of their original goals - to have the spirit of Philip actually materialize.
The Philip experiment was so successful that the Toronto organization decided to try it again with a completely different group of people and a new fictional character. After just five weeks, the new group established "contact" with their new "ghost," Lilith, a French Canadian spy. Other similar experiments conjured up such entities as Sebastian, a medieval alchemist and even Axel, a man from the future. All of them were completely fictional, yet all produced unexplained communication through their unique raps.
Recently, a Sydney, Australia group attempted a similar test with "the Skippy Experiment." The six participants created the story of Skippy Cartman, a 14-year-old Australian girl. The group reports that Skippy communicated with them through raps and scratching sounds.
What are we to make of these incredible experiments? While some would conclude that they prove that ghosts don't exist, that such things are in our minds only, others say that our unconscious could be responsible for this kind of the phenomena some of the time. They do not (in fact, cannot) prove that there are no ghosts.
Another point of view is that even though Philip was completely fictional, the Owen group really did contact the spirit world. A playful (or perhaps demonic, some would argue) spirit took the opportunity of these séances to "act" as Philip and produce the extraordinary psychokinetic phenomena recorded.
In any case, the experiments proved that paranormal phenomena are quite real. And like most such investigations, they leave us with more questions than answers about the world in which we live. The only certain conclusion is that there is much to our existence that is still unexplained.
In conventional thought, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or may be thought to be. Reality also includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible.
In the case of the Slender Man and other similar thought-form phenomenon, reality is basically perception.


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Q: Deadlock like behavior in Oracle 12c on select statements I have an oracle 12c R2 warehouse (an extensively elaborate db schema our app creates). I have run a TOOL(internal to our product) that runs multiple queries to fetch data and I see logs stuck at a point. Looks like there is some db query taking too long to finish. I need to find out what is going on.
I tried to check on the fly queries with following.
select x.sid
      ,x.serial#
      ,x.username
      ,x.sql_id
      ,x.sql_child_number
      ,optimizer_mode
      ,hash_value
      ,address
      ,sql_text
from   v$sqlarea sqlarea
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where  x.sql_hash_value = sqlarea.hash_value
and    x.sql_address    = sqlarea.address
and    x.username       is not null;

This gives me multiple rows for one query lets call it A(second row and so on in the snapshot below) and few more rows for another query B(3rd row and so on in the snapshot below). These 2 queries have joins on table T. Now, I don't know what that mean. I tried following query to find all db locks but it just return a very irrelevant result.
Following is the snapshot of db result from toad for above query.

Please help me understand what such a result from the first query might imply. Execution of the TOOL takes about 6 hours and finishes successfully.


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Irish give €5 million online to help victims of Haiti disaster
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The level of online charity donations has soared as Irish people make donations to help victims of the Haitian earthquake. More than €5 million has been donated online so far.
In the days since the disaster, online donations valued in excess of €5 million have been made to numerous charities that process payments with Realex Payments, the company said.
According to figures released by Realex Payments today, in excess of 50,000 transactions have been processed in the two weeks since the tragedy.
Donations started to flood in as soon as news of the devastation caused by the earthquake emerged.
The day after the earthquake in Haiti
The day after the earthquake struck, there was a significant increase in the volumes of payments processed for charities, with the volume of online donations increasing by more than 1,100pc in just 24 hours.
The normal average for daily online donations is €85,000, however this increased to €443,000 from 13 January. The biggest donations were made 14 and 15 January, when the average donation was in excess of €113.
However, the volume of donations continues to remain high.
Realex Payments is Ireland's largest payment service provider and supports more than 125 charities who accept donations online.
For many charities, the internet is an important source of revenue and these figures would reflect this fact and that Irish people continue to be very generous, even in these financially restrained days.
Photo: More than 50,000 transactions have been processed in the two weeks following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, figures released by Realex Payments have indicated
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Home Cannabis Industry News Jay-Z's Cannabis Company (TPCO) Pays $11.5 Million For Prestigious West Hollywood Dispensary
Jay-Z's Cannabis Company (TPCO) Pays $11.5 Million For Prestigious West Hollywood Dispensary
By Karlton Jahmal
The Parent Company (TPCO) continues to make big moves. Recently, TPCO (of which Jay-Z is the Chief Visionary Officer), invested in the first black-women-owned cannabis speakeasy in America. Now, the vertically integrated business is expanding its dispensary real estate in California.
TPCO announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the equity of Calma WeHo. The dispensary, which is located in West Hollywood, boasts a 3,250 square foot space and is one of only ten stores in the popular Los Angeles neighborhood that is licensed for both delivery and storefront retail. This brings TPCO's California retail operating base to four now, with two operating locations in San Jose and Bellflower as well. California hosts the biggest legal cannabis market in America, during a time where marijuana sales are booming.
"We are thrilled to be expanding our retail presence in the iconic West Hollywood region and look forward to continuing to provide our clients with the exceptional selection and retail experiences they've come to expect from us," stated Steve Allan, Chief Executive Officer of TPCO. "Strategically positioned in a high-traffic, high-population region of Los Angeles, this acquisition enables us to expand our reach to a broader potential audience of consumers and patients with both in-person retail and delivery options." Calma sells a multitude of cannabis products, from flower and tincture to topicals and smoke accessories such as weed grinders, cool bongs, dab rigs, and more.
"The Calma team is thrilled for the next phase of its growth as part of The Parent Company," added Cobby Pourtavosi, Founder of Calma. "The Parent Company shares our relentless belief in prioritizing consumer experience and will be a contributing member of the West Hollywood community for years to come." The customer experience at Calma is key, from the friendly and informative budtenders down to the marijuana packaging.
TPCO will acquire the equity of Calma for a total of $11.5 million. The acquisition is split between cash ($8.5 million) and TPCO equity ($3 million). The initial closing is expected to occur in Q3 2021, at which point 85% of Calma's equity will be acquired by TPCO with the approval of the City of West Hollywood. The remaining 15% of Calma's equity is anticipated to be transferred in 2022.
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PHUKET: Patong CC top the Island Furniture cricket league after a comfortable win over Phuket's youth development team, the Leopards, played at the ACG last Sunday.
With all seven teams in the competition moving into the third round of matches, a victory and taking every available bonus point was a must for Patong while the Leopards were on the prowl for their first victory, or at least to take points from last year's league champions.
It was a much improved performance from the youngsters, but their enthusiasm to get runs on the board cost wickets and that exuberance also contributed to the boys failing to bat out the full 40 overs, reaching a total of 95 runs in just 22.5 overs.
To ensure the Leopards weren't thrown to the lions, Patong put them into bat first, but their flamboyant batting gained only 15 runs and the loss of three early wickets.
After a shaky start, both TP Suttiprapha (32) and SK Jutamart (16) developed confidence in their shots and the Leopard's innings took shape. Unfortunately, Jutamart was undone by a clever delivery from Manesh Sadarangani just as he was settling in for a decent score.
Suttiprapha then took the game by the scruff of the neck, and when Dave Thomas was called on for more spin attack, it was the young Leopard who went on the offensive. One over yielded 16 runs including three boundaries.
With the score on 67, Suttiprapha fell victim to miscommunication with his batting partner, WJ Letingoo (7), who stalled in his crease when Suttiprapha called for a run. Quick thinking and action from Richard Folds and Dean Noble made sure Suttiprapha was dismissed after Noble misfielded the ball, taking the bails off with his glove to then retrieve the ball and a fallen stump as rules dictate – under vociferous guidance from the Patong skipper.
As the morning's heat increased, the Leopards lower order wilted with the the exception of AF Uphama (15), eventually being bowled out in the 22nd over for 95 runs.
Patong may have given away more runs than they had hoped, but the Leopards certainly enjoyed their efforts at the crease made evident by the cries of enthusiastic support from the pavilion.
Stand out bowlers for Patong were Danny Hyams (2 for 14) and Richard Folds who mopped up the lower order (2 for 18).
Anthony Van Blerk (21) and Neil Quail opened the batting for Patong with the intention of chasing down the target in less than 20 overs to secure maximum available points. Van Blerk's eagerness to get the scoreboard ticking almost cost his wicket early on when he was dropped after scoring just two runs.
Costly or not, Van Blerk and Quail (28) took the score to 54 before Van Blerk popped a delivery from Suttiprapha skywards, but this time the bowler held his catch. Quail soon followed – clean bowled by Uphama attempting to heave a full toss.
Seemant Raju (17) and Dean Noble (11 not out) set about finishing the game, but were frustrated by decent bowling and committed fielding from the Leopards who had an eye on securing at least one bonus point.
With only one run required for victory, Raju was dismissed by PM Suriya to finally give the Patong player a realistic average for the season so far. Victory eventually came in the 13th over with Noble scoring the winning run. Patong also secured a full seven points having reached the total in less than half of the alotted 40 overs.
Leopards bowling stars were PM Suriya (1 for 1) and TP Suttiprapha (1 for 37).
Man of the Match was TP Suttiprapha, with Neil Quail second and Dean Noble taking third for his fine display behind the stumps.
Patong now sit on top of the table after having played three matches (click here to see IFL table).
Following the scheduled league game, Patong and the Leopards made use of the spare time and played a mixed T20 game which fittingly ended in a draw on the very last ball of the game.
The next Island Furniture League match at the ACG sees Island Cricket Club take on the Thanyapura Tigers on Sunday 22 January 2012 at 9am.


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The Third Industrial Revolution: A New Story for the Human Family premieres at Tribeca Film Festival
by Office of Jeremy Rifkin | Apr 26, 2017 | third industrial revolution
New York, 22 April 2017 Fast Company profile piece on Jeremy Rifkin and the Third Industrial Revolution While his plans are in the works in Europe and Asia, The Third Industrial Revolution, a new film about Rifkin and his work, that recently premiered at the Tribeca...
Investing in Europe: Building a Coalition of Smart Cities & Regions
by Office of Jeremy Rifkin | Apr 7, 2017 | Smart Europe Initiative, technology, third industrial revolution
Brussels, 7 February 2017 The Smart Europe Third Industrial Revolution long-term economic development plan was formally announced by Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Commission, Markku Markkula, President of the Committee of the Regions, and Jeremy...
Official Unveiling of the Third Industrial Revolution Roadmap Next Economy for the Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam and The Hague
by Office of Jeremy Rifkin | Feb 3, 2017 | third industrial revolution
Rotterdam, 3 February 2017 Mr. Rifkin joined with Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, and Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Commission in Rotterdam to present the Third Industrial Revolution Strategy Study. The Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam and The...
Official Unveiling of the Third Industrial Revolution Strategy Study for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
by Office of Jeremy Rifkin | Nov 14, 2016 | Luxembourg, third industrial revolution
Luxembourg, 14 November 2016 At the occasion of the Luxembourg Sustainability Forum, Mr. Rifkin presented Etienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg, with the Third Industrial Revolution Strategy Study. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and TIR Consulting...
Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DIPLOCAT)
by Office of Jeremy Rifkin | Sep 21, 2016 | Catalonia, Europe, keynote address, third industrial revolution, zero marginal cost society
Barcelona, 21 September 2016 Mr. Rifkin joined Carles Puigdemont, President of the region of Catalonia, in Barcelona to address 800 Catalan stakeholders (institutions, politicians, and entrepreneurs) on how Catalonia can be a leader in the transition to a Third...
Invest and Connect: 7th European Summit of Regions and Cities
by Office of Jeremy Rifkin | Jul 9, 2016 | economic development, Europe, European Union, third industrial revolution, zero marginal cost society
Bratislava, 9 July 2016 Mr. Rifkin joined Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, and Markku Markkula, President of the Committee of the Regions, in Bratislava to give a keynote presentation and showcase the Third Industrial...


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Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort Sets Monday 27 July Target For Reopening
Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort confirmed today that it is open for bookings for overnight stays, day visits and restaurant bookings and plans to have all its new operational procedures in place by Monday 27th July.
Subject to a further update from the NI Executive, it said it hopes it can welcome guests from the end of July.
Northern Ireland's premier tourism and hospitality destination said it was introducing a new and comprehensive series of industry-leading measures to reassure guests of their safety and comfort during their stay. Galgorm shared the measures it was taking with authorities earlier this month.
Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort, which employs more than 750 staff, closed on Saturday 21 March as part of the government's plans to restrict the spread of Covid-19 and protect the NHS. Most staff have been furloughed temporarily but The Resort hopes that by setting a date now, numbers can return gradually over the coming weeks ahead of reopening.
"We have for several months been preparing and rehearsing a precision-based approach to reopening which prioritises the health and wellbeing of all our team and our guests which goes above and beyond any guidelines published elsewhere. I would stress that this is a target date and that first and foremost, the safety of our team and guests is paramount. However, if we get closer to the date and government guidelines deem it is not safe to open we will move the date." said Colin Johnston, Galgorm Collection Managing Director.
"New and returning guests can be reassured by the steps we are taking to safely manage every guest visit. We have not underestimated the importance of these and we are confident in the measures which we will be introducing."
"Delivering a world class service to our guests has always been our goal and the mark of our success and we look forward to sharing our award-winning hospitality experience with guests once again when it is safe to do so."
"We will only reopen once advised that it is safe but we hope that by working towards a reopening date for now, we can ensure that every possible measure is in place and that staff are fully trained and appraised of the new procedures."
Galgorm confirmed that subject to working together with government and local council guidance all areas of The Resort would be reopening, including the Thermal Spa Village, River Room Restaurant & Conservatory, Fratelli, Castle Kitchen + Bar and McKendry's Bar + Lounge.
The Resort will also be offering safe spa treatments from when advised, while its award-winning Thermal Spa Village, 90% of which is located outside, will be open for guests.
Galgorm said that after working closely with a range of leading hospitality bodies, it has developed "Our Hygiene Commitment", new enhanced hygiene and standard operating procedures covering every aspect of The Resort. It has made these new standards available online.
A major investment in new technology will also support the measures agreed, Galgorm said.
This includes the introduction of thermal cameras to monitor temperatures of staff and guests arriving on-site, temperature checks, aerofog generators to sanitise areas throughout The Resort and decontamination units the same as those used by health professionals. The availability of 24 hour hand sanitiser and established social distancing measures for team members and guests, supported by wall and floor signage are also included.
The Resort is also introducing guidance which includes a new and enhanced cleaning regime in all areas, removal of touch points and appropriate PPE use, hand hygiene and best practice advice for customers.
All experiences must be pre-booked by customers in advance to support measures introduced. Team members will also be fully trained and regularly briefed on the new standard procedures which will be kept under continuous review.
For more information, or to book your visit to Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort please visit www.galgorm.com
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At Leicester Assizes last week, sentence of death was passed upon Solomon Herring, England Herring, and Mary Herring, (three Gipsies) for sheep-stealing; upon Wm. Sharpe, for highway robbery; William Smith and T. Wilcox, for horse-stealing; and John Hubbard, for privately stealing in a dwelling-house, to the value of 20s.
The Grand Jury at these Assizes entered into resolutions to drive the mutton-eating race of Gipsies out of the country.


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"Classic 1957 Chevy Bel Air - Lawn Art That Burns Rubber" - superchevy dot com
Pretty much every automotive authority agrees the '57 Chevy Bel Air merits the accolade: "A classic." And there are any number of reasons for this unanimous honor. Hemmings put it this way: "Automotive historians have long searched for one reason why the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air is the quintessential 1950s American car. But there is no one reason. Rather, its status must be credited to a unique combination of reasons, taken together." They went on to imply some sort of extraterrestrial magic at work to bring the car into being: "…all the stars somehow aligned just right behind the '57 Chevy, and, specifically, the Bel Air. With something for everyone, is it any wonder Americans have chosen it to represent the fabulous Fifties?"
The '57 Bel Air two-door sedan offered here is an updated, but faithful example of the genre. The exterior on this Harley Earl-designed classic shines with its factory-color red paint complemented by the characteristic—and now iconic—mid-Fifties design like the "Bel Air" and "V8" gold badging and the three gold "front-fender louvers." All the other classic design cues have been similarly retained on the car: the bumper "Dagmars;" the two aircraft-inspired distinctive hood ornaments; the swoopy stainless-steel side moldings; the anodized-aluminum quarter-panel trim; the dual rear (fake) exhaust outlets; even the "betcha can't find it" gas cap. Aftermarket chrome "spinner" wheel covers are in place in homage to the early customizers who couldn't resist personalizing their Bel Air. Narrow-whitewall tires complete the period look.
The updated retro theme continues on the interior, as does the retention of all the classic factory design elements. The dashboard houses the stunning gauge cluster set in red steel; chrome and machined-steel trim extends across the dash, and a red steering wheel (with chrome trim) is in place. The seats have been re-upholstered in diamond-stitched red fabric accented with black and silver, and black carpeting covers the floor. Door-panel upholstery nicely mimics the seating surfaces and includes chrome-strip trim. Auxiliary water-temperature and oil-temperature gauges have been added below the dash.
The tidy engine bay houses the 327 cubic-inch V8 engine topped with an Edelbrock chrome air cleaner. Underneath, dual exhausts with performance mufflers are in place. Overall, only minimal surface rust is evident owing to the car's longtime Arkansas ownership.
Across the board, this restored '57 is in drive-ready condition. Available at the GarageKeptMotors website, are more than 155 high-definition photographs of the car, taken from virtually every angle including from underneath. The short walk-around-and-startup video gives a brief audio sampling of the 327 V8 muscle. We encourage in-person inspections of the car at our Grand Rapids, Michigan showroom. Please call or email us first to arrange an advance appointment, or to ask any questions.
Back in the day, a Chevrolet magazine advertisement promised: "You'll feel a very special kind of pride the day you park a new '57 Chevrolet in your driveway. You'll take extra pride and pleasure in the way it looks, the way it acts, and the way it's put together." It's pretty rare that an advertising copywriter's promise holds up more than 60 years after it was written.


THE Town Hall has plans to refurbish a building hailed as a Modernist "masterpiece", but those hoping to see rapid changes will have to wait more than 10 years.
Visitors have long called for Finsbury Health Centre, in Pine Street, to be upgraded after its sale to developers was fought six years ago. The centre, designed by renowned architect Berthold Lubetkin 80 years ago, houses a GP and dental surgery alongside a podiatrist.
It was built to offer a welcoming space for some of the city's poorest residents. The site is owned and managed by NHS Property Services, but Islington Council has said it wishes to see the building refurbished in its Local Plan, released this week.
The plan acts as a blueprint for changes the council wants to see in the borough from 2020 to 2035.
It highlights more than 100 sites it would like to see developed or refurbished. In the plan, the "estimated timescale" for refurbishment of the health centre is from 2030 to 2035 – more than 12 years from now.
The plan calls for Moorfields Eye Hospital, in City Road, to be turned into a "new high-quality business quarter".
As first reported in the Tribune last year, there are plans to move the world-famous eye hospital to St Pancras Hospital by 2024.
The Local Plan details proposals to ease traffic, make improvements for pedestrians and to build cycle lanes. The council is looking for feedback from residents.
The plan says: "The Seven Sisters Road, Isledon Road and Tollington Road gyratory system will be removed if feasible in the long term. A cycle route linking Camden and Tottenham Hale along Seven Sisters Road will be supported.
The plan enshrines a council pledge to deliver more homes, with at least 50 per cent of new housing being "genuinely affordable".
It says that all sites capable of delivering "10 or more conventional units" or where "1,000sqm residential floorspace or more" is proposed and which are or have been in public ownership must provide 50 per cent genuinely affordable homes.
The council sets out stringent viability rules to prevent developers from building fewer than 50 per cent affordable homes. Developers use viability assessments to determine how many affordable homes can be built on a site while returning a healthy profit.
But critics say these numbers can be manipulated to build fewer affordable homes, something the council has long opposed.
The council won a High Court battle over the number of affordable homes planned by a developer on the site of a former Territorial Army building in Holloway in April.
Other sites which the council have earmarked for development include Clerkenwell Fire Station, in Rosebery Avenue, and the Sainsbury's site in Liverpool Road, which it says "offers an opportunity for the development of a significant amount of retail and business floorspace, to complement and enhance the existing character and function of the area".
There are roughly 166 sites listed in the Local Plan, of which around a third already have planning permission.
Housing chief Councillor Diarmaid Ward said: "The council has been very successful in the past using tough planning policy to ensure that developers deliver the homes and workplaces local people need, and the new Local Plan builds on that approach.
The council is inviting feedback on the draft Local Plan until January 14.


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Margaret "Peg" Cowley Acquaviva, age 99, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at the Sodus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Sodus, NY. Born in Utica, she resided in the Fulton area since 1967. She graduated from the St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing and Catholic University. In 1979, Margaret retired from the Oswego County Health Department as a Public Health Nurse after over ten years of service. She was an active board member for the Fulton Consolidated School System and the Gauchos Drum and Bugle Corps and an avid gardener and will be remembered for her rose gardens. Mrs. Acquaviva was a communicant of Church of the Holy Trinity (Immaculate Conception), Fulton. Peg was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas J. who died in 1978, two daughters, Ann Nasca who died in 2000 and Cathy Acquaviva in 2018 and by two brothers, John Cowley and James Danquer. Peg is survived by her three daughters, Mary (Gary) Clark, Joan Acquaviva, and Peggy Acquaviva; five sons, Nicholas Acquaviva II, Thomas (Cindy) Acquaviva, John (Sandra) Acquaviva, Art (Mary) Acquaviva and Patrick (Linda) Acquaviva; several nieces and nephews from the Utica area; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Calling Hours will be held on Sunday, January 16, 2022, from 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm at Foster Funeral Home, 910 Fay Street, Fulton, NY. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Church of the Holy Trinity, 309 Buffalo Street, Fulton on Monday, January 17, 2022, at 10am. Burial will be held in the spring at St. Mary's Cemetery, Fulton. If you wish, please plant a tree in remembrance of Peg or make a donation to a charity of one's choice in her name. To leave a special message for the family, please click the tribute button.
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